Part 3 down the hatch.

As MetalGarurumon got closer, a light shone out of Chip's pocket. MetalGarurumon stopped not three feet from Chip's face as a hand grabbed the back of the wolf's neck, stopping him dead and holding him just above the ground. All eyes went to this new form who had so easily stopped the attack.

He was tall in comparison to a human, standing about seven feet tall. He had broad shoulders and every inch of him was covered in olive green plating. The armor was not metal exactly; more of a plastic metal hybrid. It covered every solid muscle group while a black cloth covered the joints. He wore a helmet of similar, olive material with a solid gold visor surrounded by the plating. It gave him a slightly menacing look, but he somehow still had a friendly quality to his presence. He easily held MetalGarurumon off the ground with his right hand on the wolf's neck and the other on his tail.

He then smoothly swung his arms back and flung MetalGarurumon out of the pit and onto the ground next to the group. MetalGarurumon grunted as he landed, the wind knocked out of him.

"I don't want to fight you. Any of you." Chip said sadly. "But Holomon will protect me, my brother, and whatever we stand for. So please don't force us to do anything stupid."

Just then, Tai stood up. All eyes went to him as he stumbled and struggled to get his footing. When it finally looked like he was stable, he lifted his head and roared and unholy roar, shaking the ground with its power. It ruffled Chip's hair as it hit him, but he didn't flinch. Suddenly, Tai's crest shot a black beam out and into the air. Agumon roared too and started to grow, absorbing the black power from the crest and changing his form.

"What's happening?" Chip asked calmly.

"Something very, very bad." Kari whispered seconds before it hit the fan.

Tai and Agumon both exploded in a cloud of darkness, blasting everyone back and onto the ground. Chip, Holomon and BlackWarGreymon were blown out of the crater and into a pile by the trees as the two clouds merged and expanded into the sky. The other digidestined quickly turned and ran off to a safer distance as the two red spots appeared in the cloud. Chip lifted his head off the ground and quickly pushed himself up, taking a good time to make sure that he understood the scene before he jumped in. Holomon too got to his feet.

"What's the plan?"

Chip remained silent and Holomon waited patiently.

BlackWarGreymon, who had landed on his back, lifted his head up and looked at the others. Chip was standing in front of him, almost guarding him. This struck him as odd. 'Why does he defend me? All the others attack me while having nothing more than reasonable suspicion, yet he trusts me? It is not a logical move. Even I recognize this. I do not fault them with assaulting me; in fact, I would do the same in their shoes. Given my history with them, their actions are of no surprise. Except for this one. This...Chip I believe his name was. I have never seen him before in my life and he treats me as if we were brothers: with no malice or prejudice. I suppose that he is proof that the little Agumon was correct: I can have friends anywhere...' (A/N cheesy I know, but deal with it XD)

The methods in which they escaped varied between the individuals as well as the generations. For example: Davis simply ran. Ken, on the other hand, ran covering Yolei, for obvious reasons. Matt took this opportunity, the opportunist he was, to help his new love, Mimi. It had been fast and rushed, but he was rather certain that he did love her. She was a lot like Sora, while still different. They were each a drink: Sora was a smooth, silky milkshake while Mimi was more like a sweet cider. Sora was warm and loving in everything she did, but Mimi was vibrant and fun. Not to say the other was completely the opposite, more that they specialized in that certain area. Sora was fun, but Mimi was more. Mimi was tender, but Sora was more. It was a trade off, and while he still hurt for losing Sora, he did truly believe himself in love with the pink princess. She hated when he called her that, but that was how he was. He teased her for her obsession with the color and she teased him about many, many embarrassing things. As much as he loved Sora and would always miss her, Mimi seemed to do a very, very good job distracting him from his thoughts and from the part of his heart that he had cut out of him. The same was for TK, but his heroism was beaten to the punch by a very unlikely party.

As they turned to run, Kari's hand was held by TK. He never wanted to let her go, so it was together that they ran. Kari, however, did not see where she was running. Her sight was drawn to the face of her savior, her guardian angel, as they started, causing her to trip of a small clump of dirt. Gravity took a deadly hold and down she went. TK's hand was forced out of her's as his momentum drove them apart, and he desperately tried to cut back, but his effort was interrupted by the effort of Tai's id. Still not quite solid, the form's hand came crashing down on the sprawled Kari. TK dove to reach her but fell short. When he lifted his head, he couldn't believe his eyes.

There lying on top of Kari, right under the now solid hand of the monster, covering her from harm, was Blake. But what surprised him more was the figure that held the hand off of them. Crouched over the two children will all hell on his back was BlackWarGreymon. TK's jaw dropped as the dark dragon struggled with the weight. Was this really happening?

Blake lifted his head and looked back at BlackWarGreymon, surprised as well at the supposed monster's generosity. BlackWarGreymon returned the stare. "Run!" he managed through gritted teeth. Blake turned and looked at Kari, who shared the surprise, then he propelled himself to his feet and pulled her off the ground, following BlackWarGreymon's command. TK had started running back towards them, ignoring the shock of the BlackWarGreymon's act, just desperate to save his beloved. But Blake had beaten him to the punch, and he didn't stop just with the immediate act of picking her off the ground. He carried her in his arms as he ran to catch up with the others. TK and Kari didn't have time to gawk at the surprise strength Blake was showing. Kari wasn't big, but she was about their height, and to run full speed with someone of near equal mass in one's arms was not the easiest of tasks, but Blake seemed to deal with it with ease. When they finally reached the group and he set her down, he made no sounds of fatigue. His breath was silent as his mouth was closed and he didn't double over like the rest to catch his breath. Rather, the first noise he made was to Kari.

"Are you alright?" he whispered, leaning down to the level of her ear as she caught her breath from the ordeal. She lifted her head and turned to look at him, leaving only a small gap between their faces. She froze, stunned by the proximity. She didn't know what to think right now...she swallowed and nodded. He smiled and helped her stand. TK and Davis both quickly came running over to take her away from this stranger and comfort her. How could they let this new suiter come over and take their love away from them? As they pulled her away, she looked back at Blake and mouth the words "Thank you." He nodded and turned to see what was happening.

-/-

Chip and Holomon watched as BlackWarGreymon rushed to save his brother and his new crush. Chip read Holomon's mind and answered him before he could even ask.

"Give it a minute. I think the fight may change."

Holomon nodded and they watched the giant cloud start to solidify and condense into a slightly-larger-than-human form. Furemon was a mega of ridiculous power and reasonably distracting size. Standing at slightly over 8 feet tall, he was a demon straight from hell. With an alien face and piercing red eyes on an all black, ghastly body, it was as if he perspired fear. The mood of the entire field changed as he locked in his size and fixed his sights on the only other monster there: BlackWarGreymon.

Having regained his footing, the other powerful mega turned to challenge the newcomer. He ignored the fear struck to his heart and met Furemon's charge with his own.

He was far outmatched and did not hold well. Quite quickly, he was thrown down to the ground from the monster's sheer power, a feat that quickly discouraged him. 'I cannot defeat this beast. This proves that there are things I am incapable of slaying, and peace is the only logical option for me. How ironic that this realization only finds me now...'

Furemon stepped overtop of BlackWarGreymon and prepared the killing blow. BlackWarGreymon was no coward and looked his death in the glowing red eyes as the end neared.

But it never came.

Chip whispered to Holomon and he shot off at the demon, removing him from BlackWarGreymon's chest, dragging him into the air, away from the others. The speed of the attack was very surprising and very effective, as BlackWarGreymon was now free to fight again.

Holomon pulled Furemon right up into the air, now hundreds of yards away from the collateral of children and others. Furemon fought back violently and eventually worked out of Holomon's grip. Once free, he let out a barrage of darkness on the soldier, which did much more to hurt him than he had anticipated. This monster was powerful.

But so was he.

Holomon let out a volley of punches and kicks at the dark monster, who bellowed at the force, but held his ground, blocking most, but failing as some snuck through, catching him in the core and head. Holomon moved with grace and skill, flawlessly dancing around the demon, peppering relatively powerless hits, trying to find a pattern to the monster's defense. But Furemon was not amused, unleashing a burst of shadow in all directions that sent Holomon tumbling down to the earth with a rather gruff landing. Holomon grunted as he got to his feet, but was thrown back to the ground as Furemon landed on top of him. A black hand came down and covered Holomon's face. The soldier reached up and tried to pull it off, but Furemon didn't budge. He screamed a deathly scream and started pumping pure pain into Holomon's body. Black ripples flowed through Furemon's arm as the scream's pitch went higher. Through the scream, a ghastly whisper pushed through.

"Silent Genocide!" He hissed, dragging life out and slowly replacing it with pain. Holomon was strong, but the induction of direct evil into his being made him roar with the pain. Furemon leaned in closer a the attack intensified, the scream growing louder and louder until no one was able to stand the aural assault destroying them. All the humans covered their ears in pain, except for Tai and Chip. All the digimon were on their way to help the losing Holomon. Despite this obvious failure of his partner, Chip didn't seem to show worry nor emotion.

But time was running out for Holomon. Chip's arrogance, while flattering to Holomon, was not in the right place. Many other foes had been defeated by the warrior, but none at the level of Furemon. The soldier acted strong and durable, which he was, but he knew he didn't have a prayer alone. He held desperately onto the monster's arm as his life was slowly being drained.

And it was nearly gone.