We shot to the sides, Sakuyamon, MegaGargomon and myself moving in different directions, while Megidramon simply took a deep breath.

"Megiddo-"

pulse

The D-Reaper mass below us rippled as something large and green shot out of it, ramming into Megidramon's jaw and forcing his head upwards.

The thin beam still came out- but it missed entirely, going wide over the Optimizer and the Bubbles, harmlessly passing them.

Megidramon growled, and swiped at the Horn Striker, backhanding it into a building.

He took another breath-

"Watch out!"

The Horn Striker came back again, much larger than it was only a moment ago, punching at Megidramon.

This time, however, Megidramon was ready for it.

He spun suddenly, letting the fist fly past him, his mouth opening and glowing with an inner light.

"Megiddo Flame!"

The beam struck out, lancing through the Agent with casual ease. Megidramon moved his head, and the beam followed, going vertically upwards and splitting the Horn Striker apart as it went up.

The beam ended as the Agent dissolved, D-Reaper mass fading out of existence.

Megidramon turned to the Optimizer again, ignoring the bullets from the Bubbles, which were simply bouncing off of his body.

He took another deep breath, preparing to launch another attack-

pulse

His head snapped downwards, just in time to catch the three Horn Strikers bursting out to try and hit him.

He growled. "You guys go deal with those flying things, I'll take care of these ones!"

He charged at them, mouth open wide and roaring.

"Right." I turned to the Optimizer. "Be careful Megidramon, Sakuyamon, MegaGargomon."

I warped and twisted space, heading off to the Optimizer.

I appeared in the midst of the Bubbles, immediately sending off spikes in every direction, trying to kill as many of the Bubbles as I could.

Most hit, tearing through the D-Reaper Agents easily. Some missed, the Agent I was targeting managing to get away.

I didn't particularly care either way.

I dissolved into flakes, thousands of tiny blades flitting through the air.

I spun in a circle, a tornado of knives shredding the Bubbles that were caught inside it, before shifting into a stream.

I flowed through the air, my flakes pointed forwards and impossibly sharp, moving like a cloud of Buzzers from Agent to Agent, cutting into and through them, thinning the numbers as much as I could.

The Optimizer hummed for a moment, turning to face my swarm.

It's mouth opened, a blue light appearing within, charging up.

I continued to tear through the D-Reaper Agents, ignoring the Optimizer for the moment.

There was a moment's pause, and the Optimizer fired, a beam of blue lightning striking out.

I moved the majority of my swarm out of its path, though I wasn't quite able to get it all out of the way before the beam struck.

I felt that portion of my swarm be destroyed, reduced to acrid smoke- but no more than that.

The blast continued onwards, striking the ground and exploding, a bright, powerful detonation that accomplished exactly nothing but collapse a few nearby buildings from the shockwave.

Powerful, yes. But it meant nothing against me.

I concentrated for a moment, forming the portions of myself that had been destroyed back into flakes, moving them to re-join the stream again, continuously cutting apart the Bubbles.

Why are there so fucking many of these things?!

I spread my swarm more, splitting off into several streams, sending each one in different directions.

It honestly didn't matter too much. There were so many Agents that picking any random point in space and sending them in that direction would have had them hit something.

Again, the Optimizer Agent hummed as energy built up in its mouth, the blue beam once more preparing to fire.

I struck at the Bubble Agents surrounding me, still tearing into and through them.

I ignored it, paying only minor attention as it prepared to attack again.

The humming reached a crescendo, the energy building stopping for a moment.

And then-

The Optimizer turned, facing away from me.

What?!

The beam lanced out in an instant, crashing directly into Sakuyamon.

There was a flash of light as the detonation came, consuming Sakuyamon's form.

No!

"Sakuyamon!" Megidramon roared.

He shifted, using his raw strength to throw off the D-Reaper Agents attached to him, his wings flapping as he rushed off to the fallen Sakuyamon.

No no no!

I turned back to the Optimizer, my form shivering in anger.

"!"

My streams shot towards the D-Reaper, the flakes merging together into lines of Darkness, and the streams themselves coming together into a single, massive stream.

Absolutely not!

I pulled on the Darkness of the World, beginning to absorb and consume it, and struck at the Optimizer Agent, ripping into it, tearing through it, slicing it apart.

A portion of my Darkness reached up, grabbing onto the Optimizer's head and crushing, raw strength reducing the head into paste.

The Agent dissolved, falling apart into red chaos, which quickly faded away into nothing.

I spun around, seeing Megidramon catch Sakuyamon before she could hit the ground, rising into the air and sweeping away, Sakuyamon in his arms, held against his chest.

Even from this far away, I could see Sakuyamon's state- and she wasn't in a good way. Her armour was cracked and damaged, parts of it scorched and melted. Her bodysuit wasn't doing too much better, with parts of it missing, showing burnt skin underneath, wounds which would have taken out any lesser Digimon.

I felt Megidramon's presence begin to twist and distort reality, anger and rage rising in both Takato's and Guilmon's Hearts. I didn't, and couldn't, blame them for it.

But nevertheless.

I moved closer, tendrils of Darkness striking out every single D-Reaper Agent in my way, killing and destroying each one in my path.

"Megidramon, I know you're angry, but you need to stay calm!" I swiped at one of the Horn Strikers, cutting the cable before crushing it. "You're beginning to release the Hazard!"

"They hurt her!" He roared. He glared at the surrounding Agents, covering Sakuyamon's body with his own and preventing her from being damaged any more.

"Die!" MegaGargomon shouted, firing upon the masses of D-Reaper Agents, bullets and lasers and missiles streaming out and destroying entire groups

"I know!" I launched several spikes at the Agents, skewering them. "And we will get revenge, but you need to remain in control!"

He growled.