Chapter 8: Unhinged
Taikei picked at his food, his boredom was causing him to play with the scattered peas on his plate "man, I really don't like Commissary food" a voice rang out from behind him "ain't that the truth" Taikei looked back to see Mamoru in the hallway, he was wearing regular clothes consisting of a green jersey and khaki shorts with hightop sneakers "hey man, have you just been...standing there?" Mamoru made a "tch" sound "no...you just talk to yourself too loudly, look I'm also sick of the slop they serve here, you wanna go ln a Burger Run?" Taikei's eyes lit up "oh you sweet talker you, nothing would make me happier". Taikei and Mamoru passed by Akira's room, it was wide open so they had to look, Akira had her hair down for once, it was thick and long and draped over her face, she was sharpening a knife with a honing rod "y'know, the whole edge aesthetic isn't a linear path" Taikei said interrupting Akira's concentration "oh...what do you two mouthbreathers want?" Taikei pointed towards the hangar "Burgers...I was gonna ask if you were in but-" Akira interrupted him "shut it, I'm in lemme just get ready".
Taikei and Mamoru stood in the hangar infront of the Transporter, Akira entered the hangar, she was wearing a purple dress with a black waist sash with black fishnets and a black leather jacket "remember what I said about a linear path?" Akira rolled her eyes "so...where are we going to get Burgers?" Mamoru responded "some place in America, a place called Iron's Burger Joint, hope you brushed up on your english" Akira then responded "all of us can speak ABC smart one" Taikei looked at both of them "wait...you guys can speak english?" Akira looked at him "wait...you're telling me you can't?" Taikei scratched his head "no, no I can, I'm just not good at it". Mamoru fired up the Transporter "well, lets go" the three entered the Transporter and found themselves in an alleyway, they exited to see a mountainous skyscrapers and a bustling city of people "okay, the place should be about half a kilo away" Taikei looked around "wow, I've never been to America before it's so crowded". Mamoru pulled out his digivice and typed on it, a male voice came through, they spoke english "yo Mamoru, what brings you onto this line my man?" Mamoru responded in perfect english "hey Peter, I'm in New York right now, gonna grab a bite at Iron's if you want to join us" Peter instantly responded "bet, I'm heading over there now, I'm sick of commissary food".
The team arrived at Iron's, surprisingly it wasn't busy at all, it was empty. The team walked in to see a tall mam at the counter "yo, Peter, did you rent the place or something?" Peter turned around, he was wearing a cardigan with blue jeans. Taikei waved but noticed Akira wasn't interacting at all, she had her arms cross and was reserved. Mamoru approached Peter and gave him a handshake "this is Peter, an Officer for the US DATS Division, also the guy who got me through basic training when I was stationed here" Peter shook Taikei's hand then turned to Akira who turned away from him "still as cold as ever Akira". The group ordered food and sat at one of the tables in the corner, Taikei fought the urge to comment on the decor, Iron's was styled in a similar way to an old-school American Diner "make yourselves comfortable, it's gonna be a bit" Mamoru and Peter started reminiscing as Taikei looked around, meanwhile Akira was staring daggers at Peter "hey Taikei, Mamoru tells me you have one hell of a Partner Digimon" Taikei stood at attention "oh, yeah, I have a good partner, he is much strong" Peter chuckled "not very polished in english huh?" Mamoru giggled and turned to Taikei "let Peter see Veemon" Taikei got up from his seat and pulled out his Digivice "Veemon Realise!" Veemon popped out "woohoo!" Veemon shouted, Veemon sniffed the air "oooh, it smells good in here! Are we gonna eat?" Peter got up from his chair and approached Veemon "wow, I can tell just from here this one is special, strong, has some serious potential" Peter circled Veemon "hey, after this how 'bout we visit the DATS base here and we can spar" Mamoru shook his head "sorry man, we aren't DATS Agents anymore" Peter was confused "then...why do you have your Digivices and Digimon still?" Mamoru got up "it's a long story dude".
Everyone's burgers finally arrived and Taikei cut his in half and gave it to Veemon who happily ate it in one bite along with all of Taikei's fries, Taikei glared at Veemon who rubbed his head, Taikei took a bite of his burger, it was delicious, well seasoned with a hint of pink in the middle, it had a hint of garlic and the cheese was sharp but was cut through by the crisp lettuce and sweet carmelized onions. Taikei sipped his milkshake as he noticed Akira was eating slowly and staring daggers at Peter, Taikei put down his cup and looked at Mamoru and Peter, both were too distracted in catching up to notice, Taikei leaned towards Akira "hey, what's up with you?" He whispered with Akira looking at him "this is not the place okay? Just don't let Veemon out of your sight around him" Taikei looked at Peter who was still laughing with Mamoru not noticing Veemon taking his milkshake and putting it in his mouth, cup included.
The group finished their food and walked out "hey guys, I think we should still go to the DATS Base, I can sneak you guys in and we can see what your new teammate is made of" Akira looked at Taikei and shook her head, Taikei looked at Peter "no thanks, we really should get back to Base" Mamoru looked at Taikei with a confused look "not like you to bail out of some practice" Taikei scratched his head "yeah no thanks, I'd rather not" Peter frowned "that's too bad" Akira and Taikei walked toward where the alleyway was when Akira stopped, she grabbed Taikei by the arm "listen to me Taikei, I need to tell you something" Taikei turned to meet her gaze "what is it?" Akira took out her Digivice and Impmon came out "Impmon isn't my first Digimon Partner, I had one before, her name was Gatomon, it happened a year ago, I was on a mission with Peter and his Digimon, Dracmon"
One Year Ago
Akira rushed up the stairs "why did he rush in alone?" Akira got to a closed door and kicked it open "Gatomon! Engage!", Gatomon leaped into the room claws out, she was a small Cat-Like Digimon colored in mostly white fur with yellow gloves with its claws tearing through, it had a gold band around its tail. Akira looked around to see Peter on the ground and Dracmon being strangled by a large Digimon. Akira gritted her teeth "Gatomon, rescue Dracmon" Gatomon leaped up and struck the Digimon on the hand causing it to let go of Dracmon "Agent Gimler, Digivolve Dracmon so we can end this quickly" Peter grumbled "I can't, Dracmon can't Digivolve!" Akira sighed "fine, Gatomon and I will take care of this, retreat for now" Gatomon attacked the Digimon, the two were evenly matched and so it was a stalemate. Peter clenched his fist "I can't believe I'm getting outperformed by a woman, this is humiliating" Gatomon uppercutted the Digimon but it used its large hand to strike Gatomon down "that's it, we need a man to do this! Dracmon, Last Resort!" Dracmon looked at Peter "are you sure Peter?" Peter nodded "do it" Dracmon cautiously walked over to Gatomon, Gatomon looked at Dracmon "what are you doing Agent Dracmon? It's too dangerous for you!" Dracmon grabbed Gatomon by the face "I'm sorry Agent Gatomon, I hope you can forgive me one day" Gatomon was suddenly sucked into Dracmon through its palm. Akira stood there stunned, she didn't understand what had just happened, confusion, rage, and sadness mixed within her body, she looked at Peter with complete vitriol, she struck Peter with a spin kick that knocked him back making him slide back "what did you do Agent?!" Peter struggled to get up "you bitch!" Peter got up and lunged at Akira but she threw a knee into his jaw causing him to crumple "you piece of shit, what did you do to my partner?!" Dracmon roared and began glowing, a sudden flash from Dracmon erupted and a new Digimon stood there, it was a massive wolf-like Digimon with purple fur and bladed limbs.
The Digimon howled its name "Sangloupmon!" Sangloupmon attacked the enemy Digimon but was swiped away, Sangloupmon shook it off and rushed again but the Digimon caught it and slammed Sangloupmon on the ground then struck it causing the wolf to crash through the wall, Sangloupmon hooked its claws to not fall out. Sangloupmon recovered and it growled, its blades suddenly extended from its paws and it launched them at the Digimon, the blades stuck into it but that just seemed to anger it, the Digimon rushed forward slamming its fist down onto Sangloupmon, it then lifted the large wolf and smashed it back onto the ground "some plan! That power boost didn't matter at all!" Peter looked at Akira "shut it! Sangloupmon's got this" Sangloupmon lept onto the enemy and bit down onto it, the Digimon grabbed Sangloupmon's tail and yanked it off, lifting Sangloupmon and slamming it into the ground, Sangloupmon lied there in defeat "I'm sorry, Gatomon" Sangloupmon whispered before reverting to Dracmon with no Gatomon in sight "where's my Partner Gilmer?! Where is she?! With her we might've stood a chance" Peter finally snapped "God just shut up! This is why I don't request female partners!" Akira grabbed Peter by the shirt collar and hit him with a right hook that knocked him unconcious.
Akira turned to the Digimon, it loomed over them and growled lowly. It turned to Akira, suddenly a lightning strike hit the Digimon causing it to recoil, Akira turned to see Aiko there with Kabuterimon "Kabuterimon, Commence Attack Plan Epsilon!" Kabuterimon shot an energy blast and it was over. Peter regained conciousness to see multiple DATS Agents around him conversating "who-who beat that Digimon?" One of his teammates looked at him "oh, Agent Vertanen saved you" Peter rushed up "what?! Her?!" Peter looked at Aiko "dammit..." Akira turned to Peter, her eyes were like daggers, Aiko put her hand on her shoulder "do not do anything rash" Akira spun to Aiko "my partner is gone!! He took her from me! I have to do something" Aiko shook her head "let things take its course, I am sure you will get justice"
Back in the Present
Akira crossed her arms "as you can see, Gatomon did not get justice, and Peter is still employed at DATS and my Partner is still gone..." she petted Impmon "I'm thankful for Impmon though, she got me through the worst parts of my grief, I don't deserve her for how much she put up with" Impmon hugged Akira's leg "now you know why I act weird around Peter, its because he reminds me that this world is unfair, and people can get away with taking a life with no consequence" Taikei clenched his fist "okay...lets go spar with him then..." Taikei walked out of the alleyway and jogged to catch up to Mamoru and Peter with Akira close behind "wait Taikei! What are you doing?!" Taikei responded "Peter doesn't like feeling weak, let's show him how weak he is".
Taikei and Akira made it to Mamoru "hey guys, you changed your minds?" Taikei nodded "you could say that" Peter escorted them to the DATS Base he works at "the Training Room is this way" Peter opened the door to reveal various arenas scattered across the room "how about we go in pairs, I'll spar with Taikei, Mamoru and Akira go over there". Taikei stepped onto the mat with Peter, Taikei looked at Peter, he was determined to humiliate him "Veemon, Realize!" Veemon popped out of the Digivice, his stern face mirrored Taikei's. Peter brought out Dracmon "let's go" Dracmon thrusted both of its hands forward and waves of light shot out of the eyes on its palms. Veemon rolled to the side to dodge the attack and dashed forward faster than the eye could see striking Dracmon with a powerful headbutt sending it sprawling to the ground "wow, you're fast" Dracmon stated before swiping at Veemon with its claws, Veemon weaved underneath its arms and gut punched Dracmon, Dracmon spat a bit before backing away holding its stomach "such...power" Peter whispered. Dracmon recovered and frowned "I think we should step it up just a bit" Taikei looked at Akira and nodded, Akira nodded back and then turned to Mamoru "hey, I've got a plan but I want you to know if you're in" Mamoru sighed "if this is about Peter just drop it already, he was found innocent, isn't that enough?" Akira growled "he wasn't even demoted, the Director of this place even praised the decision and in barely two months he was promoted, and what am I stuck with? My partner, my best friend is gone and the person who did it is living his best life, her death truly meant nothing and I'm supposed to just get over it? Gatomon was like family to me, I can never forget, nor can I afford to forgive" Mamoru looked down "I-I really wish I could do something but...Peter is my friend" Akira responded "fine, this plan will work fine without you".
Akira looked to Veemon and Dracmon, Veemon was relentless throwing blows that Dracmon couldn't evade so it had to block. Dracmon threw a punch and it hit home on Veemon's face causing Veemon to step back. Dracmon breathed heavily "wow, so this is you at your best the rumord were true" Veemon looked at Dracmon confused "at my best? You've been trying?" Dracmon and Peter couldn't believe what they heard, Veemon has been holding back considerably. Peter clenched his fist "I think that's enough for today, why don't you guys stay for a bit?" Taikei smirked "sure, we don't have anything to do today" Akira smiled "all according to plan". Peter led the three through the base, it was fairly similar to the DATS Base in Japan but much more lively, American DATS Agents were more active than what Taikei had seen, Peter turned to the group "this is the Rec Room". Peter opened the door, some other DATS Agents were already there playing Ping Pong and listening to music, the speakers were incredibly loud "sorry for the noise, my Agents like to party" Peter let Taikei in but suddenly a crowd of Digimon rushed through the hallway carrying Akira and Mamoru away. The door suddenly shut, the music seemed even louder now that the room was insulated "didn't take you long to show your hand Peter" Taikei said with the other DATS Agents breaking character and surrounding Taikei "and you have some people in on it" Peter was confused "how do you know so much?" Taikei crossed his arms "you didn't think Akira was gonna let you get away with killing her partner? She showed me everything, the multiple dismissed reports, not a lot of Digimon for the DATS Agents here, wonder where they went".
Peter's face turned to an irritated grimace "she needs to learn to let go, anyway, I have an offer for you, your Digimon is strong, strongest I've seen, lend some of that power to me, it might be just the thing that will push me and Dracmon to the Ultimate Level, I won't take it all, just enough to get over this hurdle" the Digimon surrounding Veemon attacked, Taikei nodded at Veemon and Veemon smirked, in a flash of blue Veemon dispatched the Digimon. Suddenly red chains wrapped around Veemon pinning him down "huh, that's new...Dracmon, are you doing this?" Dracmon shook his head "no, this is not me..." Peter shrugged "well, Law of the Jungle, go ahead and feast Dracmon" Dracmon approached Veemon "please forgive me Veemon, I did not want to do this" Dracmon reached toward Veemon with Veemon trying to pull away.
The ground began to shake and crack, suddenly a giant missle broke through the ground and exploded knocking everyone back and freeing Veemon from the chains. The smoke cleared and Witchmon appeared with Akira on her broomstick aswell "sorry, we got held up" Akira locked eyes with Peter "you're mine asshole" Akira lept at Peter hitting him in the face with her knee. Witchmon launched a missle at Dracmon who dove out of the way, Akira grabbed Peter by the collar and repeatedly buried her fist into his face drawing more and more blood with each punch "did you really think killing my partner would just go away?! You deserve every single punch I give you, and even then you deserve worse!" Peter recovered and headbutted Akira causing her to let him go, he then kicked her in the gut and she doubled over, Peter spat out a tooth "y'see, you coulda just let this go but you kept pushing, willing to ruin an Agent's career just because of something he did that wasn't even a big deal!" Akira uppercutted Peter causing him to fall back "I relive that awful day everytime I close my eyes, I even thought of letting it go because the system favored you, but my partner, Gatomon would want you brought to Justice".
Mamoru's head popped through the door "the hell is going on here?" he then noticed a bloodied Peter, and Veemon surrounded by defeated Digimon "Peter...what's going on?" Peter wiped the blood from his face "Mamoru I can explain" Mamoru walked around the room, everyone had stopped fighting "you really didn't stop with Gatomon, did you?" Peter looked away. Mamoru's face became stern and cold "I didn't want to believe the rumors but...God how could I have been so stupid?!" Mamoru pointed at Peter "Keramon, execute Plan Theta!" Keramon flew forward and blasted around Peter, the ground cracked and Peter fell through it landing on the lower floor "okay, that's it, Dracmon Digivolve!" Dracmon began to emit dark smoke and morphed into Sangloupmon, Sang roared and attacked Witchmon, Witchmon dodged its pounce and struck it down the same hole Peter fell through.
Sang recovered and Witch sat on her broom yawning "c'mon, try to punch it up a little" Sang growled and lept back up, Witch surprised it with a Gatling Gun she pulled out from her broomstick, a wicked grin appeared on her face as she riddled Sang with bullets, Sang was pushed back by the barrage, Sang growled and Witch picked her ear. Veemon jumped down as did Taikei "hey Witchmon, let us take a crack at it, I think we've gauged their power enough and I think we can take em" Witch shrugged "go get em" Veemon cracked his knuckles "let's go!" Peter smirked "if you insist, no way a Rookie level will take down a Champion" Sang pounced and Veemon tightened his fist then unleashing a shattering uppercut sending the beast flying upward, Veemon jumped up and axe kicked Sang right through the building and to the ground floor, Peter stood awestruck "you were holding back this much power? If only we had the time and that strength would've been ours" Taikei shot a glare at Peter "that power would've been wasted on you, you didn't earn your power, no hardwork, just leeching off others". Veemon jumped down landing on Sang who was lying in a crater "man, this was so disappointing, I wish you'd put up more of a fight" Sang growled and thrashed about throwing Veemon off.
Sang got up shaking off the debris from its fall, it looked toward Veemon who was in a readied stance waiting for Sang to move, Peter clenched his fist, his face was still throbbing with pain from Akira's assault "Sangloupmon! I think it's time for our contingency plan!" Sangloupmon lowered its head "very well, to hell with my morality! This is about survival!" Sangloupmon howled, a sudden swirl of power surrounded Sangloupmon, in an instant a swarm of lightning bolts surged from it, the bolts snaked their way up and grabbed the unconcious Digimon that Veemon defeated, one of the Agents that were helping Peter shouted "wait! You said our partners would be safe if we helped you, you bastard!" Peter gritted his teeth "the deal's changed! I need the power" the captive Digimon moved quickly, all being pulled into Sang's fur. Once all of the Digimon disappeared into the massive wolf it began to twitch and morph, it's skin began to tear open as if it was a suit, the flesh fell off and something split open its back causing the room to fill with a dark red mist, a being emerged from it, it was draped in a blood red cloak, its long sleeves ended with giant blades emerging from them, it's face was nothing but a sharp edge and it's demeanor was one of a zombie. It twisted and contorted its body as if it's own bones were fighting against its motion, its head cracked toward Veemon, a low growl came from its face before it rose to a screech so loud and piercing it made the building shake.
The Digimon took one step then disappeared, Veemon was too slow to react as he was hit from behind, the blow launched him straight into a vending machine. Veemon emerged "ow, that one hurt" a can of soda fell onto Veemon's head "now that's just insulting" the Digimon cricked and cracked "now I have evened the odds" it's voice was like a blade sratching metal "I am now at my Ultimate Level, I am Matadormon!" Matador moved in a flash striking Veemon again, this time it was high up into the air, Matador jumped up and axe kicked Veemon into the ground. Matador dove forward aiming its claw at Veemon, a missle interrupted the fight hitting Matador, Matador landed on its feet "you dare attack me?" Witchmon aimed her gatling gun at Matador "yeah, now lets see if that little feast you had made a difference" Witch unleashed a barrage of bullets from her gun, Matador weaved throught the bullets and lept toward Witch, with a solid kick it knocked her off her broomstick and onto the ground, Witch quickly recovered and began to fire again, Matador swiped at the stream cutting each and every bullet cleanly, Matador circled Witch with her following his movements with her constant stream of bullets, Matador jumped into the air slashing at Witch but she dove out of the way. When she stood back up she called for her broom, it instantly found itself in her hands and she aimed it at Matador "Boom" she whispered before a massive rocket adorned with a sharp toothed grin fired from the broom, Matador reeled back and slashed the missle in half causing both pieces to explode as they passed it. Witchmon stood there in shock as Matador slowly approached her "fear...it smells so delicious, and despair to pair with it, you will be a tasty meal afterall" Witch clenched her fist "I still have one more trick up my sleeve" Witchmon held her broomstick up she then channeled an enormous amount of power, the broomstick began to crack and splinter, she then pointed it at Matadormon, slowly the bristles parted as a massive railgun emerged from it.
A handle then broke through the side of the broom and Witchmon grabbed it, the Railgun pulsed with purple lightning as it made a whiring sound "Railstorm Cannon!" Witchmon shouted before pulling the trigger and a deafening boom erupted from the gun sending a fast moving projectile toward Matadormon, Matador put its blades up to block it, the blast made contact and the outward force blasted a hole clean through the building and blew out the other side of the entire structure. Witchmon breathed in heavily, she looked down to see that her broomstick was in pieces, burnt and shattered like glass, the smoke cleared and Matadormon was still standing there but now in much worse shape, it was nearly torn to shreds by the blast, bits of its flesh were hanging from it and the rest of its body was burnt and raw, its blades were now uneven and broken "I...am...not...defeated...yet" it uttered before quickly regenerating from the damage "wha- how?!" Witchmon uttered with Matadormon cracking its neck "I used the data from the Digimon I absorbed to replace the Data that I lost, too bad for you, because as far as I know, you can't do the same with that stick" Witchmon stepped back "no...that was my last shot" Matadormon chuckled and began approaching Witchmon, Matadormon was then struck by a fast moving object that sent it through the wall, Veemon stood there "I'm not letting you hurt anyone else today!" Matadormon jumped from the hole in the wall, fury was written all over its body "I shall feast on your Data and become even more powerful than before!" Matadormon and Veemon rushed at one another colliding their attacks, Matadormon slashed at Veemon but was dodged by a quick duck, Veemon uppercutted Matadormon but was then countered by a spinkick that sent him sprawling "they're still too strong for me..." Veemon said, Taikei shouted to Veemon "don't worry, a little Digivolution will do the trick!" Taikei took out his Digivice but was tackled by Peter, Peter got on top of Taikei and started punching him "you're not going to ruin this, that Veemon is the key for me to become the greatest DATS Agent the world has ever seen!" Taikei threw a punch back knocking Peter off of him, Taikei got up "you're not gonna get away with that, now let's go, been wanting to kick your ass since I got here" Taikei gave Peter a righthook then a left, then a right before giving Peter a kick to the ribs, Peter backed away in pain and Taikei continued just to get uppercutted then hit with a knee to the gut. The two Agents kept throwing punches at eachother as Akira made her way down and next to Witchmon "I'm here partner, I won't let you down" Veemon joined them "that thing can regenerate, it uses the Digimon trapped inside of it" Akira was then struck with an idea, and hope "that means Gatomon is still inside of there..." Akira pointed her Digivice at Matadormon "Gatomon...Return!" Matadormon suddenly began to move involuntarily toward Akira.
Matadormon fought against the pull, Witchmon conjured a fireball and hit Matadormon with it causing its focus to slip, Veemon jumped forward and let gravity drag him dowm hitting Matadormon with a headbutt. Akira flared her DNA in her left hand, she then stabbed Matadormon with her fingers and it dug straight into its midsection, suddenly she felt something grab her by the hand, she began to pull, Matadormon raised its claw to end Akira but Veemon grabbed into its sleeve dragging it down and began pulling, Witchmon also grabbed Matadormon and pulled, with a liud and wet tear Akira pulled her hand out of Matadormon, along with a familiar purple and white colored fur. Akira fell back, she opened her eyes, there on her chest was Gatomon, alive, a little wet, but alive, Akira felt her emotions well up, she hugged Gatomon who finally gained conciousness, she looked around "where am I? What happened to that Digimon?" Akira lifted Gatomon up "oh...oh I missed you!" Gatomon was confused "missed me? Where did I go silly? We were just...wait, Dracmon..." Akira hugged Gatomon again tightly "I'm so glad I can hold you again" Gatomon was then put down "huh, everything's a blur, I can't really remember anything after Dracmon grabbed me, I must've been out for awhile" Akira shook her head "you've been inside Dracmon this whole time, it's been a year" Gatomon's expression quickly turned to shock, she then looked at Matadormon who had regenerated the damage "so that's where I've been".
Gatomon stood up and then jumped high into the air "Lightning Paw!" Her fist collided with Matadormon's raised claw and it knocked it back, Gatomon landed next to Witchmon "so...you were my replacement" Witchmon chuckled "yeah, but there's only one of you" Akira flared her DNA again and saw that the data of Gatomon and Witchmon were intertwining "well then, let's see how this works!" Akira slammed her hand onto her Digivice "DNA Double Charge!" Gatomon and Witchmon were then pulled together and merged, a spiral of Data erupted from it and a massive clawed paw cut through it, standing there was a new Digimon, it was human-like with dark skin, fiery and wild red hair, piercing green eyes, a veil over its mouth, it had a fairly revealing red bustier and baggy leopard print panys, its arms ended in large paws with red claws sticking from them and clawed feet, two tails swung behind her "Beastmon!" She shouted shaking the whole headquarters, she turned her attention toward Matadormon "you...you took me and I was powerless to do anything about it" Beastmon cracked her neck "but now, but now I can pay you back" Matadormon slashed at Beastmon, Beastmon ducked under the attack and threw a kick into Matadormon, Matador was thrown back by the attack, it scrambled to its feet trying not to stumble over.
Beastmon stood there, locked gaze with Matadormon, Matadormon shuffled its robe and bent its elbows causing its claws to dangle, a red aura seeped from it and it began to vibrate, in an instant both Beastmon and Matadormon disappeared, faint evidence of their battle were various slash marks that appeared on the floor and walls and the sound of clashing blades. Veemon and Akira backed away not being able to see what was going on, suddenly the ground erupted, chunks of rock and dust flew through the air. Beastmon stood above Matadormon with her foot on its head "I think its time we end this" Matadormon screeched and threw Beastmon off, it stumbled to its feet "I agree, but this ends with you a part of me" Matadormon dashed forward as did Beastmon, in an instant they were passed eachother. The moment felt like an eternity as they stood there, Matadormon straightened its back and stood there before falling to its knees, it looked up at Peter who was staring down at it "I will never forgive you" Matadormon whispered as it began to unravel, its data took the form of ribbons that whipped into a frenzy, the data balled up and formed into an egg.
Peter looked down at the egg in shock falling onto his stomach "no, I can't lose, my dreams, my plans, gone" Peter got to his feet and screamed "I'm ruined!" From Peter's side came a voice "Hey!" Peter turned only to get kicked in the face by Taikei, Taikei then heel kicked Peter in the face with the same leg, Peter stumbled back but Taikei was on him hitting him with an uppercut that threw Peter's head back, Taikei then spinkicked Peter causing him to fall, Taikei then jumped off a piece of debris and struck Peter with one final punch knocking him out. Taikei dusted his hands "that takes care of that" Taikei looked around, he was surrounded by DATS Agents, they passed Taikei and grabbed Peter. A voice emerged from behind Taikei "hello Agent Nakamura" Taikei slowly turned around to see a very muscular man behind him, his left eye was covered in an eyepatch and his hair was in a very neat buzzcut, there were medals lining the flap of his jacket, and he wore the same sunglasses the Director wore, this was a Director. The Director walked around Taikei and to Peter "Agent Gimler, you're hereby relieved of duty" the Director then turned back to Taikei and approached him sticking out his hand "Director Thresher" Taikei looked at him "like the shark?" Thresher smiled "the very kind" Taikei shook his hand "are we in trouble?" Thresher shook his head "not at all my dear boy, infact you did our job for us" Thresher looked past Taikei to see an overhead lamp hanging by its cord "with some, forseen damages" Taikei was confused with Akira, Veemon, and Beastmon joining him "what do you mean? You were going to arrest Peter?" Thresher cleared his throat "we had him under surveilance but we couldn't make a move unless we had proof, but all of you don't abide by DATS Protocol, no hoops to jump through so you sped things up, thank you, as for the damages...from how he reacted here I assume if we confronted him thingd would look exactly the same as he did here so no worries about that."
Akira looked at Beastmon "so...are you Gatomon...or Impmon?"Beastmon smiled and knelt down putting her paw on Akira's shoulder "I am not Gatomon...and I am not Impmon, I am someone entirely new, I am the love that both of them have for you given form and strengthened by their desire to protect you" Beastmon hugged Akira "cherish them, just as they do for you" Beastmon glowed with energy and she was gone, what was left was another new Digimon, Akira backed up a bit, she was a combination of Impmon and Gatomon, she had striped dark purple and white fur and a white furred face with the left eye green and right eye blue, golden whiskers with yellow gloves striped with red with a handkerchief colored like the gloves and a devil-like tail with a leather band wrapped around the tip. The Digimon looked at itself "huh, this is new, I guess I need a new name, I think Nyajinmon, that's my name!" Akira hugged Nyajinmon.
Back on the Ship
Akira cuddled Nyajinmon the whole ride, Taikei looked out the window "hey Veemon" Veemon looked at Taikei "what's up Boss?" Taikei sighed "do you think any other DATS Agents treat their partners like how Peter treated Dracmon?" Veemon looked around "I don't know what that stuff means, I just like spending time with you! Peter was a jerk and Dracmon was weak" Taikei put his hand on Veemon's head and petted him "you're my best friend Veemon, I hope you know that" Veemon smiled "I know, you're my best friend too!"
Within a Prison Transport truck
Peter sat there, bound and chained as the truck bounced along the road, beside him was a capsule containing Dracmon's egg, a guard looked at him with contempt "you give this Division a bad name, I can't believe such a weasel like you was working with us" suddenly the guard was pulled into the ground, the other guard got up pointing his rifle around the truck "Mission Command we have a situation on Prisoner Transport" that same guard was also pulled down, Peter looked around in a panic, was he next? The truck slowed down to a stop, it was as if time stopped as Peter waited, a dark portal opened up infront of him, a figure crawled its way out, it was human-shaped and it was holding the guard's helmet, it threw the helmet to the ground, they then turned toward Peter, it spoke in a distorted and deep voice "Peter Gimler, my associate wishes to speak with you..." In one swift strike Peter's restraints were shattered "and bring that egg aswell, you'll need a Digimon for where we are going..."