(A/N: Last time, FearDevimon revealed his trump card, as well as the truth behind his name. Now that he's all jacked up on negative emotions, how will our heroes handle him when they were already struggling before? It's time to stop playing it safe and to bring out the big guns before it's too late.)

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Chapter 15: Mega Power

"What is it with the bad guys growing bigger?" Imperialdramon grumbled.

"Now is not the time for joking around," Shakkoumon scolded. "We have to find a way to stop him."

"But how?" Silphymon cried. "We were having trouble with him before. How can we possibly beat him now?"

FearDevimon grinned. "You can't. You never could. Since this battle began, you never stood a chance. Now you will see how helpless you truly are."

Growling, Davis ran closer, waving his fist. "Don't lose heart, guys. You know what they say, the bigger they are, the higher they bounce."

"Fall, Davis," Yolei told him with hooded eyes. "The harder they fall."

Imperialdramon got into a fighting stance. "Either way, he's got the right idea. Lets show him the power of the DigiDestined."

He flew towards FearDevimon. The fallen angel Digimon did nothing to stop him as he looked on with interest. "Dragon Knee!" He slammed his knee into FearDevimon's face, and the fallen angel Digimon stumbled back. "Dragon Kick!" He did a flip, bringing his heel down on FearDevimon's head. "Imperial Claw!" FearDevimon's head snapped to the side as Imperialdramon slashed his face. "Ionic Blaster!" He flew back and produced his emitter from his chest, firing a blast of energy that caused FearDevimon to topple over. "And to finish it off, Majestic Strike!"

He dropped from the sky, slamming into FearDevimon's chest. Breathing heavily from unleashing so many attacks so quickly, he looked towards FearDevimon's face. "Like they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall."

A chuckle escaped FearDevimon, and he raised his head to look at him. "And then they simply get back up again." His hand shot out and grabbed the dragon Digimon. "But the things they fall on never do."

He stood up, leaving several tress flattened. Fortunately, any Pokemon that may have once been around had long since fled during the course of the battle.

"This destruction is only the start," he told them. "I'll bring this entire world to ruin. If I have to, I'll burn the whole planet to the ground and rule over the ashes."

"We're not going to let that happen!" Shakkoumon declared. "Justice Beam!"

"Static Force!" Silphymon cried, throwing a ball of energy.

The two attacks blasted against FearDevimon, but appeared to do no damage. Charizard slammed into him with his Skull Bash, but only seemed to have succeeded in hurting himself. Even Pikachu charged forward, latching onto FearDevimon's leg and using his Thunderbolt. FearDevimon didn't even react.

"Lets try your Majestic Strike on them," he told the dragon Digimon in his clutches, and threw Imperialdramon at the other two Digimon, flattening both Silphymon and Shakkoumon. Then he looked down at Pikachu and grinned. "And thank you, little one. Pokemon Move: Mirror Move!"

Electricity flew from his body as he copied Pikachu's Thunderbolt. Bolts tore the ground apart and fried trees to ashes. Charizard roared, dropping from the sky, and the Digimon cried out right along with him. Pikachu remained latched onto FearDevimon's legs, his muscles frozen as the electricity cursed through him. And when the attack finally died down, he fell from FearDevimon's leg.

"Pikachu! Charizard!" Ash called to them.

The flame Pokemon got shakily to his feet. Pikachu struggled to as well, but it seemed he had reached his limit, and he finally collapsed.

FearDevimon raised an eyebrow at this. "And to think how much I was holding back against it." He shrugged. "Oh well, it was fun while it lasted."

He raised his foot, fully prepared to crush the electric mouse Pokemon beneath it. Charizard gasped and sped forward, snatching up Pikachu before he was crushed. But as he flew over to Ash, FearDevimon's other foot shot out, kicking him, sending both Charizard and Pikachu flying over the humans' heads. Charizard held Pikachu close to his body protectively as he crashed into a tree hard enough to knock it over.

"Charizard, no!" Ash shouted, running over to his Pokemon. "Are you ok?" He looked at the electric mouse Pokemon. "Pikachu, hang in there."

Pikachu's eyes cracked open, and he gave Ash a smile. "Pika, Pi…"

"Char," Charizard growled, holding the electric mouse Pokemon to Ash.

Ash took Pikachu and looked up at Charizard worriedly. "Charizard?"

He received another growl in response, and the flame Pokemon took a step towards FearDevimon. He barely took two steps before collapsing.

"Charizard!" Ash cried. He crouched down beside the flame Pokemon. "Charizard, it's ok, you don't have to fight anymore."

The flame Pokemon just growled again and attempted to rise. He wasn't even on his feet before his legs gave out again. Ash told him to stay down, but Charizard stubbornly ignored him and began flapping his wings. He rose off the ground a few feet, but his strength left him, and he once again fell to the ground.

"Charizard, stop!" Ash ordered in a more authoritative voice. "That's enough. Stay down. If you keep going, you're going to get yourself killed." He looked at the electric mouse Pokemon in his arms. "You too, Pikachu. You're both done here. I'm not going to let you get yourselves killed."

FearDevimon laughed at the display. "You're all dead anyway. It's only a matter of time."

TK let out a frustrated growl. "He's right. We're never going to win at this rate. We need more power."

Professor Stevens' face lit up. "Of course, more power! That's it!" He turned to Brock, pushing his notebook and pencil into his hands. "Please keep taking note on everything that happens. Everything. In great detail."

Brock sweat-dropped. "Um, ok…"

Smiling in appreciation, he hurried off. The others watched him scurry away curiously.

"What's he planning?" Shakkoumon wondered out loud.

Silphymon looked back at FearDevimon. "It doesn't matter. We've got this to deal with. And we've got to go all out. We can't worry about Fearow anymore."

Shakkoumon sighed, knowing what she meant. "You're right. It made its choice, we can't put the world in danger for it anymore."

The two began glowing, and split into Angemon, Ankylomon, Gatomon, and Aquilamon again. The cat Digimon looked up at the dinosaur and eagle Digimon with sorrowful a look. "Sorry, but you guys will have to sit out from here on out."

A frustrated growl escaped Aquilamon. "It's fine. We don't like it, but we know we'll just end up getting ourselves killed if we keep fighting."

"We'll protect the others," Ankylomon replied. "You guys just do what you have to do."

Reluctantly, the two headed over to the humans and Pokemon, standing in front of them protectively. Brock gave them a confused look. "What's going on?"

Trying not to show how frustrated he was at having to sit out, Aquilamon glanced at him. "Just be sure to take notes for your scientist friend. He's going to hate that he missed this."

FearDevimon was also curious as to what Gatomon and Angemon were planning. "And just what are you two going to do?"

"Just wait and see," Gatomon told him.

Angemon glanced at her. "We haven't done this since we fought Kokomon when he had that virus. I hope we have enough energy left for it."

Gatomon nodded. "I know. We should have just done this from the beginning, but I guess we'll have to make do. Gatomon Warp Digivolve to… Magnadramon!"

"Angemon Warp Digivolve to… Seraphimon!"

Gatomon and Angemon were gone. In their place were what could only be described as a majestic dragon and a warrior archangel. Both radiated power that seemed to penetrate the darkness that covered the village.

Imperialdramon flew in front of the two Megas, pointing to them over his shoulder. "I'm with them."

FearDevimon stared at the three Megas with renewed interest. A smile slowly spread across his face, and his hands opened and closed in anticipation. "Now this is more like it."

The Trainers were stunned at what they saw. Brock had completely forgotten to take notes as he stared at the two new Digimon. "Are they… Megas?"

Kari nodded. "We've only seen Gatomon and Patamon become Megas once before when they fought another Digimon that had become corrupt when it was infected with a computer virus that had become sentient."

Ash gave her a bewildered look. "A computer virus that became sentient? How?"

"After it infected Diaboromon's Digi-Egg and took on some life-like characteristics," TK replied. "It doesn't matter right now, we'll tell you about it later. There are more important things to worry about."

"I wish they could release the Golden Digi-Egg," said Yolei, "we could use Magnamon's help, but I don't think they have enough power left for that."

"Wait, "said Misty, "why didn't they just go straight to Mega when Imperialdramon did?"

"Sounds like they were hoping to find a way to save Fearow without having to destroy it," said Cody.

FearDevimon chuckled. "Fools. There is no Fearow. There is no Devimon. There is only FearDevimon." He grinned broadly at the three Megas. "And it doesn't matter what form you take. You will all fall before me."

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Professor Stevens raced through his lab. If what he planned worked, it would help increase the odds in their favor. He still had no idea how powerful FearDevimon was, or how much stronger he had become since consuming all those negative emotions, but every little bit helped.

At the rate things were going, they were going to lose the fight. And if the DigiDestined failed to stop him here and now, it was all over. There were no Pokemon strong enough to stand up to FearDevimon. Heck, it didn't look like there were many Digimon that would be able to survive an encounter with him. Teamwork would be the key.

Upon entering the next room, he came to a stop. Team Rocket was in the room, each member with a sack full of stolen goods. Professor Stevens' eyes scanned the room, finding many of his inventions gone. His eyes landed on the sacks they were carrying as James stuffed the Silph Scope inside. It didn't take a genius to figure out what else was in them.

"Hey!" he shouted, pointing at them. "That's Silph Company property!"

Team Rocket had a look on their faces like a Stantler caught in the headlights. They hadn't expected to be interrupted with the others busy with FearDevimon.

Getting over her shock, Jessie flashed the professor a smile. "Sorry, now it's Team Rocket's property."

"Weezing, use Smokescreen!" James shouted, throwing out the poison gas Pokemon's PokeBall.

"Weezing."

It unleashed a black cloud that filled the lab, allowing Team Rocket to make their escape. Professor Stevens sputtered and coughed as he attempted to follow after them.

"Stop! My research! My inventions! My life's work!" He tripped over his own feet and fell over. The sound of Team Rocket laughing as they made their escape grew fainter as he tried to feel his way around the lab. "Please, come back! I worked so hard to make that stuff!"

"Sorry," Jessie's voice called back at him, "but don't worry, Team Rocket will put it to good use."

Professor Stevens got to his feet, walking around blindly in the smoke. When it finally cleared, Team Rocket was long gone, as were the things they had stolen. The professor's immediate instinct was to go after them, but then he remembered the battle with FearDevimon taking place.

Feeling torn, he looked to the door he had come through to the one Team Rocket must have fled through. He didn't want to let those thieves get away, but there were more important things to worry about. He could always recreate the things they stole, but not if FearDevimon destroyed the world.

A frustrated cry escaped him as he ran over to his laptop, which, fortunately, Team Rocket had not taken, and began typing. He'd brought Devimon into this world, and now he had to take responsibility.

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Once they were at what they deemed to be a safe enough distance, Team Rocket stopped running. They dropped their loot and tried to catch their breath. Trees surrounded them as they took cover in the forest, proud of themselves for a job well done.

"Finally, some success," said James, breathing heavily from running.

"Yes," Jessie agreed, "it feels like forever since we've had a successful heist."

Meowth nodded. "Mmm hmm." He patted his sack. "Wit' t'ese goodies, Team Rocket can mass produce the latest technology before anyone else. It'll make catchin' and stealin' Pokemon much easier. And possibly even snatch some Digimon from t'at ot'er world."

"Maybe we can even use some of these gadgets to capture Pikachu."

"Yeah!" the other two exclaimed.

They looked back towards the battle. FearDevimon towered over the trees as he did battle with Imperialdramon and two new Digimon they hadn't seen before. Yet as they watched, the smiles soon began to fall from their faces. They looked at each other, all three thinking the same thing.

"Although…" Meowth began.

"If FearDevimon kills Pikachu," Jessie picked up.

"Then we'll never get to steal it," James picked up.

Another thought suddenly occurred to Jessie. "What's worse, if FearDevimon does take over the world, there will be nowhere left for Team Rocket to rule."

"Even worse t'an t'at!" Meowth exclaimed. "He may jus' kill us all!"

James gave a frightened squeak. "But I'm too handsome to die!"

"And I'm too beautiful!" Jessie added.

Meowth was chewing his nails nervously. "So what do we do?"

Standing up straight, Jessie pointed into the distance. "There's only one thing to do. Deliver this stuff to the boss, get a nice juicy bonus, and use the money to build an impenetrable shelter where we'll be safe to live out the rest of our lives."

The other two beamed, as if this should have been obvious, and jumped to their feet. "Good plan!"

Grabbing her sack, Jessie threw it over her shoulder. "Alright, lets go."

James and Meowth grabbed their own sacks as they prepared to head out. But before they could go anywhere, the rustling of a bush drew their attention, and they turned to it.

"Hmm?" they muttered together.

Whatever was inside stepped out, and all three of them screamed in horror.

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"Strike of the Seven Stars!" Seraphimon cried, and seven balls of light appeared in front of him, six in a circle, one in the center. He launched them at FearDevimon, and they tore through the air.

"Storm of Knives!" the demon Digimon countered, firing his glowing feather-knives. They rained against the seven spheres, slowing their progress until they eventually erupted from the continuous onslaught.

Flames gathered in Magnadramon's mouth as energy from all the justice in the world gathered together. "Fire Tornado!"

FearDevimon turned to her as a flaming vortex came at him. "Death Drill!"

His drilling beam shot out, tearing through Magnadramon's attack. Imperialdramon quickly flew over and knocked her out of the way, nearly getting hit himself. "Giga Crusher!"

FearDevimon countered with his Pokemon Move: Hyper Beam, the two attacks resulting in a massive explosion. Seraphimon used it as a distraction to fly over and use his Hallowed Knuckle, delivering a punch to FearDevimon's jaw while simultaneously firing a ball of light from his fist in the process.

FearDevimon stumbled back, and Magnadramon flew over, coiling around his waist, trapping his arms to his sides and squeezing him tightly. Imperialdramon raised his hand and used his Light Barrier, this time using it to encase the fallen angel Digimon.

"Excalibur!" Seraphimon cried, a sword of light appearing around his hand. He brought the blade down towards FearDevimon, but the fallen angel Digimon met it with his Pokemon Move: Drill Peck, his beak meeting Seraphimon's sword.

"Storm of Knives!" he cried, extending his wings, causing Imperialdramon's barrier around him to shatter. The feather-knives rained against Seraphimon, embedding in his armor. He thrust his arms out, knocking Magnadramon off him, then quickly grabbed her tail. Imperialdramon flew forward with his Imperial Claw, and FearDevimon swung the holy beast Digimon into him.

Seraphimon tore the last of the feather-knives out of his armor and flew towards FearDevimon, hitting him with a Heaven's Kick. The fallen angel Digimon grunted and turned to him, slashing him with his Crow's Feet. Magnadramon had recovered at this point and unleashed her Hermit Fog, breathing a corrosive mist on him.

Feeling his skin burning, FearDevimon turned to her and flashed her a grin. "I can do that too, only better. Wicked Windstorm!"

His attack not only came at her, but carried her corrosive mist back at her as well. She hissed and flew out of the two attacks' path as Imperialdramon moved in to attack, his emitter protruding from his chest. "Ionic Blast-"

FearDevimon's arm shot out, stretching the distance between them. His hand grasped Imperialdramon's emitter and bent it upward. The dragon Digimon cried out, his attack firing into the air. FearDevimon laughed as he unleashed his Tornado of Terror on him until Magnadramon came over to engage him once more.

Seraphimon got to his feet, five deep gashes now present in his armor, each one seeping dark energy, causing his armor to rust. He used his Final Heal, and the damage caused by FearDevimon's feather-knives and slash was repaired. He followed up with his Justice Genome, increasing the power of his Light attacks.

Flying over to the fallen Imperialdramon, he used his Perfect Revival, and the dragon Digimon's injuries healed, his emitter bending back into place and retracting back into his chest.

"We're going to have to hit him hard," Seraphimon told him. "Stand by to attack.

Imperialdramon grunted as he got to his feet. "No problem."

"Magnadramon!" the angel Digimon called. "How about a lightning combo attack?"

Knowing what he was referring to, the holy beast Digimon put some distance between herself and FearDevimon. "You got it. Dragon Fire!"

"Hallowed Ascension!"

The sky became erratic as Magnadramon called down bolts of energy while Seraphimon summoned down lightning. The attacks rained down on FearDevimon, bringing him down to one knee. Imperialdramon took that as his cue and manifested his cannon. "Giga Crusher!"

The attack was powerful enough to knock FearDevimon off his feet, and he hit the ground hard, tearing up several trees in the process. The others cheered as it seemed as if they had finally managed to deliver a good deal of damage to the fallen angel Digimon.

"Now we're making some progress," said Ash. "The power of a Mega is amazing."

"Lets not get ahead of ourselves," said TK. "We don't want to let our guard down."

Kari placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's ok, TK. It won't be like the first time you fought Devimon."

"Indeed." FearDevimon was getting to his feet. Despite taking two powerful attacks, he was smiling. "This time, you will all die."

"He still wants more!?" Brock exclaimed. "Even after taking a hit like that? How much more power is it going to take to stop him?"

"More than you possess," the fallen angel Digimon declared. "Tornado of Terror!"

The three Mega Digimon were pulled into the deadly tornado. It didn't last long this time as FearDevimon slammed them into the ground repeatedly before leaving them where they lay.

"We're running out of time," said Ash. He turned to the DigiDestined. "Isn't there anything we can do? Maybe combine our Pokemon with your Digimon the way Fearow combined with Devimon?

Davis beamed. "Great idea! How do we do it?"

His question was met with silence, as none of them had the slightest idea. They looked at Aquilamon and Ankylomon questioningly, but only received shakes of the head.

"Don't look at us."

"How should we know?"

Ken sighed. "They're right, there are too many variables to consider. Compatibility, power, emotional state, elemental type. We don't know what's involved. It might even be permanent; Pokemon evolution is."

"Then what do we do?" Misty asked.

"I've got it!" Professor Stevens had returned, running over to them, holding his laptop in the air. "I've got it! I know how we can defeat FearDevimon! I know…" He slowed to a stop, staring at Magnadramon and Seraphimon with a dumbfounded look. "When did this happen?"

Kari blinked. "What?"

"That's Seraphimon and Magnadramon! I recognize them from their profiles! Where did they come from?"

Yolei glanced at the two Megas, then looked back at him. "What do you mean? Gatomon and Angemon Digivolved to their Mega levels, of course."

"And I missed it!?" He rounded on Brock. "Please tell me you took notes on this!"

"Uh…" Brock glanced down at the notebook in his hand. He had been so focused on the battle that he hadn't taken a single note. "Not exactly…"

"Not exactly! Not exactly!" He grabbed Brock and began shaking him. "I missed the Digivolution of one of the Celestial Angels and one of the Four Great Dragons, and you didn't take any notes!? What about Shakkoumon and Silphymon? What happened to them?"

Misty motioned to Ankylomon and Aquilamon. "They split into their Champion forms, then Gatomon and Angemon Digivolved to Mega."

The professor began shaking Brock harder than ever. "You're saying that you not only didn't take any notes on them DeDigivolving from their DNA Digivolved forms, but you didn't take any on the Digivolution of their Ultimate forms to their Mega forms either!?"

Gulping, Brock nodded nervously. "Kind of…"

"Ahh!"

Yolei sweat-dropped. "Actually, they Warp Digivolved."

Brock gave her a desperate look. "Don't tell him that!" He quickly turned back to the enraged professor. "You really didn't miss anything. When they DeDigivolved, they just glowed brightly and split into two. And when they Warp Digivolved, they glowed too bright to see, and then they were suddenly Megas."

"AHH!"

"Um, professor," said Ash, grabbing his arm, "they can show you anything you missed later. Right now we need to focus on the battle. So show us what you've got."

Professor Stevens still looked like he wanted to throttle the former Gym leader, but eventually he relented. "Yes… Yes, you're right. Here, look." He was about to open his laptop, but then glanced back at Brock. "Did you at least take notes on the battle?"

"Professor!" the others shouted.

"Right, right, ok, fine." He began typing. "After our conversation with Gennai earlier, I managed to reestablish communication and make contact with your friends." He turned the screen around. "Look."

On the screen were four familiar faces, two human, two Digimon. The DigiDestined's faces lit up upon seeing them.

"Tai! Matt!" Kari exclaimed happily.

"And Agumon and Gabumon too," said Aquilamon.

The images on the screen were distorted by static and pixilation. "Hey," the former leader of the group greeted. "Heard you guys need some help."

"I'll say," Cody replied. "Things really went south around here."

"What?" Matt asked, his image distorting. "We couldn't make out what you said."

Professor Stevens looked nervous. "It's a weak connection due to the darkness FearDevimon surrounded the town in. I don't know how long the connection will last. Better do it fast."

The two Digimon on the screen nodded. "Agumon/Gabumon Warp DNA Digivolve to… Omnimon!"

The Trainers stared at the Mega level Digimon on the screen, just as impressed as they were with the others. The DigiDestined had seen the knight Digimon before, yet he never failed to amaze them.

"Hey, Omnimon!" Yolei exclaimed. She looked at Professor Stevens. "Are you going to bring him here?" She glanced at the other three fighting FearDevimon. "They need all the help they can get."

The professor frowned. "No, I can't bring him here due to the surrounding darkness; the connection is too weak."

"But we can do this," said Omnimon. "Hey, Imperialdramon!"

The dragon Digimon turned to the computer. "What? I'm a little busy here."

On the screen, Omnimon's body began glowing. A beam of light flew out of the screen, and Omnimon reverted into Koromon and Tsunomon. The beam flew through the air and struck Imperialdramon, causing the dragon Digimon to begin glowing brightly.

"Oh yeah, now we're talking. Imperialdramon Mode Change to… Imperialdramon Paladin Mode!"

(A/N: And our team has just reached their highest point of power. We've now got three Megas, one of them being the super powerful Imperialdramon Paladin Mode. But will it be enough to defeat FearDevimon, or has the power boost he gained from the negative emotions he absorbed made him too strong? I guess they really should have gone all out at the beginning, but they had been hoping to save Fearow. I wanted to fill in that plot hole, and thought it made for a good reason. Too bad, it looks like that ship has sailed. At least Professor Stevens was able to help. And if I hadn't made it clear, it was very hard for him to turn his back on Team Rocket when they were stealing his inventions, but he knew he needed to do the right thing, no matter how obsessed he is with his work. And what about Team Rocket? What trouble have they run into now? Find out next time.)