From the sudden shifts in the ground, it seemed that the park wasn't the only area affected by the quakes, where the whole of Shinjuku began to shake, concern filling many at what could be causing such seismic activity, including Takato and Rika.
While the pair had left off and began their own date, with the pair sitting beside one another in the movie theatre, sharing a bucket of popcorn, while having Calumon along, the tiny Digimon keeping quiet as he sat in Rika's lap and nibbled away at the snacks his friends shared with him, only for the mood to change when the movie cut twenty minutes through and the ground began to shake rapidly.
"This isn't part of the movie is it?" Calumon asked, not liking the sudden vibrations, feelings Takato and Rika shared as they got to their feet and began to leave, fighting against the quakes as they headed out and to the streets, betting that whatever was causing the sudden vibrations was Digimon related.
Feeling the quakes dying down, but certain more were to come, Takato faced Rika.
"C'mon, we need to find the others." He said with a seriousness in his voice, causing Rika to nod in reply, where she continued to carry Calumon as she followed Takato through the streets and over a bridge that lead to the sewers below, where inside the sewers was the bruised form of Impmon, still recovering from his thrashing against Indiramon, both physically and mentally.
"I bet those Digi-loving humans and their Digimon slaves are laughing it up at me." Impmon thought aloud, where the memory of Indramon continuing to pummel him replayed itself over and over in his head.
"Everyone hates me. I'd hate me too if I were everyone. I'm just a loser who can't Digivolve." Impmon then said, continuing to feel sorry for himself, while slowly hating Guilmon and the others more and more.
-Meanwhile-
With the sudden quakes, Hypnos was quick to act on it, analyzing the data of the area, where Riley and Tally found it was indeed Digimon related.
"Detecting another wild one. The computer is having trouble pointing it out, but it looks as though it's coming from the west Shinjuku area." Riley informed.
"West Shinjuku!?" Yamaki questioned, before he ordered. "Pinpoint the location now."
"Trying to get a lock on the target." Riley replied, tying upon her monitor, where she was taken by surprise at the spike of energy being produced.
"Whoa! There's a massive amount of Data coming in. It's too much!" Tally informed, which caused Yamaki to question with some nervousness. "What is the problem?"
"We've never seen this much data at once, it's overloading the system." Tally replied, where she and Riley did their best to combat the sudden spike of energy, which was displayed as a massive red mark on the cybernetic map, which continued to grow and grow.
Seeing this problem was becoming too much for them to handle, Yamaki decided to call for outside operatives.
"Get me Chief Cabinets!" He commanded.
"Already on it." Riley replied, anticipating her boss, where she brought up a holographic screen that displayed a mysterious brown haired man with a pair of dark shades, conversing with Yamaki in the back of a limousine.
"This had better be good, Yamaki." The man said, sounding impatient.
"It's nothing, just a wild one that could wreck the city." Yamaki said back, catching the chief's attention, where he asked. "Wreck the city? Does this have anything to do with the Earthquakes?"
"I don't know, sir, we're still looking into it." Yamaki confessed, but was close to positive that a Digimon was the cause.
"Get at it and report to me immediately." The chief commanded, showing his superiority over Yamaki.
"Don't make me think my trust in you is misplaced, Yamaki. I won't overlook another disappointment." He then added, bringing up the first Juggernaut incident, annoying Yamaki as their conversation ended, where the blond then said bitterly. "I'll show you, I'll show everyone."
-With Impmon-
Remaining on his lap, down in his luck, Impmon could feel his negative emotions continue to grasp him.
'Friends? Who needs 'em anyway?' Impmon thought, before feeling another quake, causing debris to rain around Impmon, who just chuckled and remained in his pity.
"What? So even the Earth wants to get rid of me now?" He questioned, oblivious of what was actually happening above him.
"Nobody likes me, everybody hates me..." Impmon then said, still in his bad mood, before noticing a light filling the sewers.
"A Digital Field? What's going on?" He questioned, looking at the light and sensed a great power within it.
-Around the same time-
Within the apartment complex, where the Wongs lived, within the lounge room, Suzie was tearing up as she curled up on the couch, clutching Terriermon tightly as a means of protection and security.
Keeping Terriermon in her arms tightly, Suzie then spoke up when she saw Henry enter the room.
"Henry, is it over?" She asked fearfully, where Henry said calmly. "Yeah, it's over."
"Well next time can you make it over sooner?" Suzie questioned, still in fear, which left Henry silent and in thought.
'I wonder if those readings were caused by Digimon' Henry thought, deciding to check on it himself as he walked over, before Suzie, held his hands out, gesturing for her to hand Terriermon to him.
But still frightened, Suzie shook her head, keeping a tight hold over Henry's partner.
"Suzie, can I have Terriermon back?" Henry asked, only for Suzie to shake her head again and say back. "No! Terriermon will protect me!"
Henry took a deep breath to stay calm, before crouching, making himself eyelevel with his little sister, trying to keep her comforted.
"Suzie, I know you are scared, but I promise that if you give me Terriermon, there is a chance we can stop this."Henry said with a caring sincerity in his voice, making Suzie look at her brother and saw him smiling at her.
"Can you be a big girl for me? Think you can be brave like Terriermon?" Henry asked, slowly moving his hands toward Terriermon, trying to keep Suzie calmed and hoping she would comply with his needs.
Suzie nodded to the request of her big brother, relinquishing her hold on Terriermon, allowing Henry to take his partner in his arms, where Terriermon smiled himself, glad to be out of the tight grasp.
"Momentai, Suzie." He then said, looking up at Henry with pride, where he stated. "Don't sweat it, we can solve this problem. That's a promise."
Feeling a little better, but still seeing his sister somewhat afraid, Henry put his hand on suzie head, causing her to look at Henry again, seeing the care and devotion in his eyes.
"As your big brother, I will protect you and our family." The blue haired boy said, giving Suzie a smile as he rubbed her head, before standing up and began to head for the front door.
"If things get too scary, just call me and we will be right back." Henry then said, making sure Suzie knew she could call upon her brother if she got too scared, where he could feel that he had managed to calm his sibling down, allowing him and Terriermon to head off and take to the streets, reuniting with Jeri and Leomon outside the building before all four headed for the park, knowing they would need Guilmon and Renamon's help if the threat was another Deva.
But as the four headed through the streets, passing a store, Henry stopped when he saw something in the window that caught his attention.
Curious, Terriermon asked. "What's up, why did we stop?"
"Just take a look." Henry said in reply, pointing at the Chinese Horoscope in the window. "Doesn't that remind you of anything?"
Confused at first, Terriermon carefully eyed the pages, where it then hit him, stunned at what he and Henry now saw.
-With Henry's father-
Working in the Juggernaut control room along his college friends and the scientists of Hypnos, Janyu came across some new information, where he called as he took charge. "This is very troubling. Get me analysis on the new data."
"New data?" Yamaki questioned, before demanding. "Why wasn't I informed?"
"Yamaki?" Janyu asked, surprised to see the blond, where he then approached Yamaki and informed. "I'm sorry but we had just collected it."
"Well give it to me." Yamaki ordered.
"I'm afraid it won't do much good without further analysis." Janyu pointed out, where he then informed. "The Digimon have evolved and we don't have an accurate picture of exactly how. We'll need more time."
"More Janyu?" Yamaki questioned, sounding somewhat annoyed, before he then said, ready to end their fight against the Digimon once and for all. "I've already been more than generous with the time I have given, now just give me what you have so time has come to act swiftly against the Digimon before it's too late. Your son and his friends can no longer play this dangerous game."
-Several minutes later-
Feeling the vibrations in the ground themselves, Guilmon and Renamon broke from their training, where both rose from their meditative positions and faced each other.
"It would appear another Deva is upon us." Renamon commented, sensing the presence of an unwanted Digimon filling the area, causing Guilmon to growl, feeling his primal side taking over as he added. "And this one is different than the Devas we fought before."
"We need to find Takato and Rika." He then said, which caused Renamon to nod, before turning her head and commenting. "It would seem they are ahead of us."
Facing the direction Renamon was looking, Guilmon saw Takato, Rika and Calumon rushing toward them, where Calumon spoke up.
"The ground seems really mad today." He said, causing Renamon to correct Calumon's mistake.
"Actually the cause is a Digimon. And from what I can only anticipate, it is close by." The foxy Digimon said, which scared Calumon a little, before he felt Rika rub his head.
"Don't worry, Calumon, we'll look after you." She said with a sincerity in her voice, causing Calumon to smile and hug Rika, knowing he could trust the red haired Tamer.
And Calumon's smile increased as he saw four familiar figures rush up to the group.
"Yay! Leomon is back!" Calumon called, where he, Takato, Rika, Guilmon and Renamon looked as Henry, Jeri, Terriermon and Leomon met up with them.
"Leomon?" Takato let out, glad to see the lion Digimon again, before looking at him, then at Jeri, where he asked. "It's good to see you again, but does this mean you are now Jeri's partner?"
From the question, Leomon nodded.
"From our recent battle with Kumbhiramon, Jeri has shown me her strength." Leomon said in reply, his words causing Takato to smile and say as he extended his hand out as a gesture of friendship. "Welcome to the team."
However, another quake changed the mood, where Renamon said. "We can make the proper inductions later. Right now, we have a Deva to deal with."
In agreement with Renamon, the group nodded, where Guilmon, Leomon and Renamon took the lead, following their instincts as they headed out of the park and to the direction of the Digimon.
While all continued to run, save Calumon and Terriermon, from the top of Henry's head, Terriermon spoke up. "Speaking of the Devas, Henry found out something interesting."
As they continued to run, Takato and Rika looked at Henry, interested in what he had discovered.
"Take a look at this." Henry said, revealing a long sheet of paper in his possession, handing it to Takato, who examined it.
"It's the Chinese horoscope." He said, but had to ask. "What about it?"
"Take a closer look." Terriermon called, before asking. "Remind you of anything?"
At first, it was just a picture of twelve animals, before it then dawned on Takato, where he said, shocked at the realization. "The Devas!"
At Takato's call, all were shocked, while Henry nodded.
"Seems every Deva we faced has been an animal." Henry pointed out, before reminding the others. "So far we have faced seven Devas. Mihiramon, tiger. Sandiramon, snake. Sinduramon, rooster Pajiramon, sheep. Vajramon, ox. Indiramon, horse, and Kumbhiramon, rat."
"Which means we have five to go." Rika said.
And though she was new to the team, having confidence in herself, and in her friends, Jeri stated. "No matter what we face, so long as we work as a team, I know we can beat them."
"Words spoken like a true warrior." Leomon commented, continuing to feel pride in his Tamer, knowing he had made the right choice to side with the brunette, confident that with Jeri, there was nothing that could stop them from keeping the peace, none aware of the Digimon that threatened their home, nor the actions occurring within Hypnos.
-Back at Hypnos-
Within the monitoring room, Riley and Tally picked up on the signal of the wild one, seeing it was starting to enter the Real World.
"Standby. It's Bio-Emerging." Riley warned, which was no matter to Yamaki, for he then commanded. "Ready the Juggernaut Program."
"But sir, without analysis of the new Data..." Tally began to say, only for Tamaki to cut in and snap with authority. "Spare me your theories and do it!"
"Engaging program." Tally said, complying with the order as she and Riley typed in the last codes for the Juggernaut program, making Yamaki smile as he declared victoriously. "Good. At last these Digimon will see what the Juggernaut is really capable of and just how easily we can defeat them."
-With Takato and the others-
Finally arriving to where they were picking up the presence of the Digimon, Takato and the others found themselves on the outer area of the city, only to see it deserted.
"So where is the Digimon?" Jeri questioned, just as a Biofield appeared around them, where all shielded themselves from the sudden force that filled the area.
"Does that answer your question?" Terriermon asked back, before composing themselves, where the small beast Digimon then turned his head up, shock filling his entire being, alongside Henry, Jeri and the others at the size of their foe, where all tilted their gaze upward, looking at a tremendous sized Digimon, which was bigger than anything they had faced before.
"Well there's the pig Deva." Takato pointed out, drawing his D-Power, where he analyzed the Digimon and informed the others. "Says his name is Vikaralamon. Ultimate Level."
Bracing themselves as they prepared to take on Vikaralamon, all were puzzled as the Deva turned and began to head toward the city.
"Wait. Where is it going?" Jeri asked, confused as to why Vikaralamon didn't attack.
"I believe it plans to destroy the city before fighting us." Leomon guessed.
"Then we have to stop him before he stomps everything." Takato said in reply, seeing Vikaralamon moving through the streets, destroying all the vehicles and buildings that crossed his path, which caused the brunette and the others to chase after the pig Deva.
-Returning to Hypnos-
Yamaki grinned as he remained in the monitoring room, believing that soon, all his hard work, all his time and sacrifices would pay off.
"Juggernaut at fifty percent and building all systems nominal." A preprogrammed voice informed, where Yamaki continued to bask in his moment, only for Janyu to enter.
"Just what's going on here, Yamaki?" He questioned, which caused Yamaki to face Janyu and tell him. "Something I should've done a long time ago. This Juggernaut system will allow us to control the entire network."
"And then what?" Janyu questioned, which made Yamaki grin.
"And then I'll simply use the system to destroy all artificial life in the Real World." Yamaki replied, shocking Janyu at what Yamaki had said.
"Yamaki, have you lost your mind?" He questioned, where he then pointed out. "If you do that then all the children's Digimon will be destroyed as well."
"A small price to pay." Yamaki said simply, not caring if Henry's Digimon and the others were casualties in the destruction.
Concerned, Janyu then said. "But why? We were just starting to make progress, really starting to understand artificial life."
"Are you willing to sacrifice the world and your son for artificial life!?" Yamaki questioned with a great hostility in his voice, leaving Janyu falling silent, unsure what to say or how to react.
"It just seems like such a waste." He then finally said, knowing there were troubled Digimon like Impmon, but Digimon like Terriermon didn't deserve to be in the same fate.
"I want you to see something. Take a look at your precious artificial life." Yamaki said, bringing up the image of Vikaralamon, seeing the pig Deva tearing through the city and destroying everything that got in his way.
"That thing will flatten the whole city if we don't stop it. So you tell me, what choice do I have mister Wong, but to destroy it. Once this abomination is gone, I'll construct a firewall so they'll never Bio-Emerge again." Yamaki then declared, continuing to concern Janyu, starting to believe Yamaki was really on the deep end.
-Returning to the Tamers-
Keeping up with Vikaralamon, worry filled the Tamers at seeing the path of destruction the pig Deva was causing.
"C'mon guys. We have to stop him before everything is gone." Takato said, getting no complaints from Henry, Rika or Jeri, where the blue haired boy and the Nonaka each drew a Digivolution Card.
"Jeri, think you and Leomon can try and slow Vikaralamon down for us?" Takato asked, drawing his own Digivolution Card, which caused Jeri to nod.
"Leave it to us." She replied confidently, charging off and alongside Leomon, where the lion Digimon leapt up and onto Vikaralamon's back.
"Take this! Feel the power of my blade!" Leomon called, plunging his weapon into Vikaralamon, but found it did nothing to slow him down.
"Leomon, let me help!" Jeri called, drawing out her Digimon Cards and selecting one she hoped could help in their situation.
"Digi-Modify! DemiDevimon's Pico Dart activate!" She announced, causing Leomon's blade to change into a giant syringe, which he plunged into Vikaralamon, injecting the toxins within the needle.
But to his and Jeri's continued puzzlement, the attack did nothing to slow Vikaralamon down.
"Guys, I could use some help here!" Jeri called, looking between Leomon and the Tamers, seeing her moves having no power on Vikaralamon, hoping Takato, Rika and Henry would have better luck.
"Just leave it to us." Rika called confidently, before she then announced alongside Takato and Henry. "Digi-Modify! Digivolution activate!"
"Guilmon Digivolve to... Growlmon!"
"Renamon Digivolve to... Kyubimon!"
"Terriermon Digivolve to... Gargomon!"
With the three Digimon in their Champion forms, they joined Leomon in combating Vikaralamon.
"Pyro Blaster!"
"Gargo Pallets!"
"Dragon Wheel!"
"Fist of the Beast King!"
Releasing off their four attacks, the four Digimon were shocked to see Vikaralamon take the hits, but continued to move.
"That didn't even faze him!" Kyubimon said, astonished.
"Don't give up. Just keep fighting!" Henry encouraged from the sides, believing their Digimon had it in them to win, but knew the odds were against them.
-Returning to the inner sanctum of Hypnos-
While Growlmon, Kyubimon, Gargomon and Leomon continued to fight, throwing everything they had in their attacks against Vikaralamon, Yamaki had his own plans, but found Janyu disapproving toward them when the programmer fought against him.
"Juggernaut at eighty percent and climbing." The preprogrammed voice informed, while below the stunned forms of Riley and Tally, Janyu graspd at Yamaki's arms.
"I beg you, stop this!" Janyu pleaded, trying to reason with the blond, but found Yamaki refused to listen.
"Get your hands off me!" Yamaki yelled, pushing Janyu to the wall, before looking back at the monitor displaying Vikaralamon, where he smirked and said. "Enjoy your rampage while you can, you're about to be deleted."
-Back to the battle-
Takato, Rika, Henry and Jeri watched as their Digimon partners tried to slow Vikaralamon down, but found they had no luck, for he kept moving forward, destroying the city streets.
Takato growl at seeing their attacks failing.
"There has to be way to Defeat this guy. I wish we had a Blue Card to help them." He then said.
"Same here, but it's not as if they grow on trees." Rika said in reply, concern filling her, worried if they couldn't defeat the Deva, then what would happen.
"Don't give up!" Jeri called, before saying with a determined voice. "You three are the strongest Tamers I know, actually you are the only Tamers I know, but I believe in you, your Digimon believe in you, so you just have to believe in yourself."
From Jeri's words, Takato, Rika and Henry felt their confidence come back, where Takato drew out one of his Digimon Cards, looked at his best friend and his girlfriend, who copied Takato's actions, before all three began to focus, thinking of all they had in their lives, all those they cared about and wanted to protect, where their dedicated feelings reflected themselves upon the Cards as each shone with a bright light, transforming into a Blue Card.
And not needing another second, as one, Takato, Henry and Rika called as one. "Matrix Digivolution activate!"
"Growlmon Matrix Digivolve to... WarGrowlmon!"
"Gargomon Matrix Digivolve to... Rapidmon!"
"Kyubimon Matrix Digivolve to... Taomon!"
Achieving their Ultimate forms, the three Digimon were ready to retry their luck against the pig Deva, while Leomon remained by their side, willing to offer what strength he could to his friends.
"Let's show this oversized furrball that he messed with wrong Digimon." Rapidmon said, charging out and alongside the others.
However, just as Growlmon, Gargomon and Kyubimon had reached their Ultimate forms, the power of the Juggernaut had reached its maximum.
"Power at one hundred percent. Ready to engage program." The preprogrammed voice informed, where Yamaki didn't hesitate for even a second.
"Do it! Destroy them all!" Yamaki yelled, causing the new Juggernaut to activate, where a set of green lights shot from the twin rooftops of the Hypnos building, into the sky and creating a giant rift, which all noticed, but all continued to combat Vikaralamon, trying to stop him as he kept moving through the city streets.
Moving before Vikaralamon, WarGrowlmon, Taomon, Rapidmon and Leomon, where WarGrowlmon stated. "Hold it, hog breath, we won't let you pass!"
While agreeing with his friend, Rapidmon had to ask."Ew, what's that smell?"
"He's a pig, what did you expect?" Taomon asked, looking at the enemy and commenting. "This is definitely not kosher."
"Focus, everyone. we need to find a way to stop Vikaralamon." Leomon said as he got ready to keep fighting along with his friends.
"Leave that to me." Rapidmon said, moving in front of Vikaralamon, where he began to attack.
"Rapid Fire!" He announced, releasing a series of missiles from the ports within his arms, blasting away at Vikaralamon, which only seemed to anger the pig Deva.
"Bad move, bunny! Boar Bog!"Vikaralamon called with hostility as he shoot a black sticky substance from his mouth, trapping Rapidmon.
"Great. Not only am I stuck, but now I stink." He whined, struggling to escape.
"You're mine, insect!" Vikaralamon declared, ready to crush Rapidmon, but Taomon acted fast as she ensured Rapidmon's safety.
"Talisman of Light!" Taomon announced, swinging her paintbrush around and casting off the symbol she had painted, which shot off as a beam of light, cutting through Vikaralamon's sludge-like substance, freeing Rapidmon.
"Wow. You give art appreciation a whole new meaning."Rapidmon said, hovering next to Taomon, glad he could count of her to watch his back.
"You shall all pay dearly!" Vikaralamon declared, continuing to feel his rage increase at those refusing to just give up and perish at his end. "Boar Bog!"
"He's erupting! Counter attack!" Takato called, where WarGrowlmon brought up his arms and began to cut through the oncoming gunk, clearing away the ooze and giving him a clear path toward the pig Deva.
"Plasma Blades!" WarGrowlmon then announced as he lunged forward, ready to attack Vikaralamon, but found the pig Deva ready for him.
"Fusion Ball!" Vikaralamon roared in retaliation, gathering a sphere of orange energy in his mouth that he then spat at WarGrowlmon, being too much for WarGrowlmon to handle as the attack not only threw him back, but pinned him to the ground.
"Ugh... Can't move..." WarGrowlmon groaned, finding the energy was pinning him to the ground, concern filling Takato as he approached WarGrowlmon and called. "Come on, WarGrowlmon. You have to fight it!"
"I can't..." WarGrowlmon said back, finding it near impossible to move, which continued to concern Takato.
And with one, down, Vikaralamon turned his attacks on Rapidmon, Taomon and Leomon.
"Boar Bog!" He announced, spewing his ozze upon Rapidmon, Taomon and Leomon, trapping the trio and leaving the Tamers defenceless.
With WarGrowlmon and the other Digimon trapped, no longer seeing them as a threat, Vikaralamon carried out the plans of his master.
"Time to open the gate." He called, where a stream of data shot out of Vikaralamon's back and into the sky, where Takato and the others looked up, shocked to see the sky filled with the countless shadowed forms of Digimon.
Confused, Henry asked. "What's that?"
"Looks like Yamaki teared up the sky again." Rika commented, before saying. "And I'm guessing things are about to get worse.
-With Yamaki-
Back in the monitoring room of Hypnos, now seeing the juggernaut was active, Yamaki looked upon Riley and Tally, where he asked. "Status?"
"Juggernaut has reached network control level four, sir." Tally replied, before saying quietly and with some worry. "I just hope we aren't making a mistake."
Ignoring Tally, Yamaki fouced back on Janyu, bringing up Vikaralamon's image, where he declared. "Amazing that you and your friends are responsible for creating such a foul menace. This hideous swine is your latest abomination."
"I never designed that." Janyu pointed out, astonished at how far evolved the Digimon had become since his college days, but still believed not all of them had to suffer.
Back outside, with Rapidmon, Taomon and Leomon bound by Vikaralamon's ooze, concern filled Henry, Rika and Jeri.
"What can we do?" Rika questioned, looking through her Digimon Cards, where she pointed out. "We don't have a single decent Digimon Card to defeat this beast."
"Maybe it doesn't matter what Card we use." Jeri spoke up, causing Henry and Rika to look at the brunette, who explained. "Think about it. The only times our Cards have helped our Digimon is when we believed in them, so all we have to do is believe in ourselves."
Looking at Jeri, Henry and RIka realized Jeri was right, recalling how their belief had even allowed them to gain the power of the Blue Card to begin with.
"You're right. If you all believe in me, then I can too." Rika said, where she Henry and Jeri each drew a Digimon Card, placing their faith in the Card, which shone with a great light.
"Digi-Modify! Radiant Fate activate!" Henry, Rika and Jeri called as one, slashing their Cards through their D-Powers, which caused Rapidmon Taomon and Leomon to glow with auras of pure light.
Feeling Rika's power within her, Taomon acted, concentrating her mystical energies, where she called forth the Devanagari letter, ra, solidifying it.
"Talisman Star!" She called, using the letter to carve through the dark slime, freeing herself, Rapidmon and Leomon, giving the duo a clear shot at Vikaralamon
"Take this, bacon breath! Rapid Fire!" Rapidmon announced, releasing a massive fleet of missiles into Vikaralamon's mouth.
"Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon followed up, casting off a surge of energy into Vikaralamon's mouth, which struck the missiles and caused the attacks to blast inside, causing Vikaralamon to cry at the pain from the burst filling his burning mouth.
"We've got him on the ropes now." Rapidmon said confidently, only to freeze up as his body began to faze, shifting around like static.
"My strength is fading... What's happening...?" The cyborg Digimon then questioned in worry as his body kept fazing, looking to see it was also affecting Taomon, Leomon and Vikaralamon.
"Talisman Spell!" Taomon quickly announced, forming a barrier around her, where she called to her friends. "Rapidmon, Leomon, gather here. This should protect us."
"Thank you for the protection." Leomon said, stepping inside Taomon's barrier, where he and Rapidmon saw the negative effects wearing off.
Though glad to see Taomon, Leomon and Rapidmon safe, as well as seeing Vikaralamon seemingly paralyzed by a beam of light which had cast down upon him, concerned, Jeri said. "Something bad is happening up there."
"And it's just beginning." Henry said in reply, noticing the rift above the Hypnos building, believing it the cause of the sudden power drain in the Digimon.
And though Calumon seemed unaffected physically, he began writhing around, crying in Rika's embrace, feeling something was trying to pull him back to the Digital World.
-Meanwhile-
Maintaining the Juggernaut program, Riley and Tally continued to type at their monitors, before tally informed her superior. "Juggernaut has reached level five. Holding steady at full power."
"Full power, I love to hear that." Yamaki replied with a devious laugh.
"Watch carefully. The world is about to change forever." He then said as he closed his lighter, believing he had made the winning move in his fight against the Digimon.
But unable to take in the sight of seeing the Tamer Digimon also caught in Yamaki's wrath, Janyu turned away.
"I've seen enough." He said, leaving the room, which made Yamaki say arrogantly. "Face it, Janyu. There is nothing you can do to stop this."
Ignoring Yamaki's words, Janyu continued to exit, not only leaving the monitoring room of Hypnos, but the very building, where he was confronted by two guards.
"Hold it. You aren't allowed to leave this room, sir." One of the guards said, both approaching Janyu and prepared to drag him back inside.
But refusing to follow Hypnos' lead anymore, Janyu showed he was more than a programmer.
"I hate to do this but my son needs me." He stated as he swung his right palm into the face of one of the guards, causing the second to charge at him, ready to use force to neutralize the reluctant individual, only for Janyu to grab at the guard's arm and flip him over his shoulder, knocking them both.
"Henry!" Janyu called he left the area, leaving Hypnos behind him and headed to the last known location of his son and his friends.
-Back to the battle-
With Taomon keeping Rapidmon and Leomon protected from whatever Yamaki was up to, Henry, Rika, Calumon and Jeri had found Takato, where they saw the brunette staring vacantly at WarGrowlmon's prone form.
"Hello? Earth to Takato. Will you wake up?" Rika called, trying to snap her boyfriend out of his trance-like state, even kissing his cheek, but found Takato remained unresponsive.
"That's odd." Rika commented, before saying. "Normally that would wake Takato up if he fell asleep in class."
"Oh, Guilmon..." Takato then said, his voice sounding solemn and regretful, which was noticed by the Tamers.
Worried for Takato, Calumon asked. "What seems to be the problem?"
"Whenever he Digivolves, it's as if part of him is gone and replaced by the Hazard. Sometimes I don't even recognize him. Don't get me wrong, I am glad Renamon helped train Guilmon, how she made him stronger, but I am afraid of losing him, of losing our friendship." Takato replied, expressing his concerns.
"Takato, you're not going to lose anything, Takato."ri Rika stated, getting the brunette's attention, looking at her as she set her hands on his and assured. "No matter what happens to Guilmon, he will always be your friend, just as I will always be your girlfriend."
And making sure Takato knew Rika was serious about her words, she moved in closer, closing the gap between them with a deep and heartfelt kiss, where she felt that this time she had awoken her beloved, and just in time.
While the power of the Juggernaut continued to affect the Digimon, lines of energy waves filled the skies, which began to slowly deteriorate Taomon's barrier.
"Whoa! Looks like our Yin is getting yanked." Rapidmon pointed out, seeing the sphere around them slowly breaking into particles, which concerned Taomon.
"This isn't good. My protection spell is being deleted." Taomon said in worry as she felt her barrier's strength continue to fade.
"And if we don't do anything to counter this, then we'll be next!" Leomon stated, sounding fairly worried, while Rapidmon showed absolute fear as he cried out. "Henry, help us!"
Wanting to help, but seeing his Cards couldn't combat the effects of the Juggernaut, seeing their situation was a continued losing battle, it made Henry question. "But what can I do?"
Thinking they had failed, Henry thought it was all over until he heard someone calling his name, where he turned and saw his dad rushing toward him.
"Dad!?" Henry let out, surprised to see his father coming over in the midst of a Digimon battle, but needed guidance as he said. "I need your help."
-Meanwhile, inside of Hypnos-
"Juggernaut is entering its final phase and in a few minutes Digimon will be history." Yamaki said with a victorious grin, only for it to fade, replaced by confusion as the monitors began to display binary code.
Confused by the sudden interference, Yamaki questioned. "Why is this happening!?"
"Hard to say, sir." One of the scientists stated, before telling his superior. "It seems to be a pulse code that is overriding Juggernaut from a layer somewhere deep in the net."
"It's that ancient machine language again." Yamaki said bitterly, grasping his lighter, remembering how it was responsible for Juggernaut's first failure.
And his anger grew when he heard a voice fill the room, the tone seeming to mock him.
"As simple as you are, you pathetic humans created us and the world we live in. You polluted your world and started to mess with ours', which caused us to evolve so we could adapt in order to survive. The only way to protect our world is to destroy anybody who threatens it. You ignorant children hold the key that we need." The voice said, sounding amused, continuing to enrage Yamaki, but it also seemed focused on the Tamers.
-With Impmon-
Ignoring the light of the Digital Field, Impmon then heard a voice within it, where it asked curiously. "What's wrong, feeling sorry for yourself?"
"What now?" Impmon questioned the being in the Digital Field, not wanting to fight anymore as he said. "Leave me alone will ya?"
Ignoring Impmon's desire to be alone, the voice then asked. "You crave power, don't you?"
"Yeah, so what?" Impmon asked back, but was a little interested to what the entity had to say.
"You have the ability to Digivolve, we all do. And I can help you." It offered, causing Impmon to stand and approach the light, which enveloped his form, filling the whole area with light.
-Meanwhile-
As things were looking up for Impmon, things were getting worse for the Tamers, for the mysterious kid that had been hanging around and toying with them had shown up, speaking about protecting his world and about Calumon being a key that he needed.
Confused at his words and presence, all were in shock as a beam of light shone upon the mysterious child, shocking all as it revealed his true form and that he was a Digimon, losing his human disguise and showing he was a monkey-like Digimon.
"That kid was a Digimon?" Henry questioned, surprised at the sight, which made Takato comment. "You'd think we'd know if we were hanging around with a monkey by now."
"Don't forget, we also hang around Kazu." Rika pointed out, keeping herself focused on the Digimon, wondering what other tricks he had prepared.
"I am Makuramon." The monkey Digimon declared, drawing up the orb that hung around his neck, where he let out an ear piercing screech, forcing the Tamers to cover their ears to avoid the wailing.
"What's he doing?" Rika questioned, looking on as Makuramon leapt up and threw the orb into the vortex above Hypnos, causing it to suddenly warp and for Takato to guess. "I don't know, but I have a bad feeling we're about to find out."
From within the Hypnos building, the second makuramon orb filled the vortex, it spread a destructive virus, causing all of Hypnos' alarms to go off, while the facility began to fall to pieces.
Shocked at the events, Yamaki questioned. "What's happening to my system!?"
"Complete failure. We have to evacuate!" Tally said nervously.
"We're not leaving." Yamaki said back, refusing to leave after all the effort he had put into Hypnos.
"The Juggernaut system is imploding, this whole place could go off like a bomb." One of the male scientists informed.
"No! Just shut it down and start it up again!" Yamaki commanded, still believing he could destroy the Digimon and put an end to their existence.
"We can't! The system has been corrupted." The scientist told Yamaki, before telling him. "It's over, sir. Get out while you still can."
"Hold it!" Yamaki yelled, remaining in place as he questioned. "Are you abandoning your duty!?"
"No, sir. I just believe my life is more valuable than your cause. Goodbye, sir." The scientist replied, making a run for it.
As the rest of the Hypnos staff began to retreat, including Riley and Tally, Riley stopped as she faced Yamaki, seeing the frustration and pain behind his stoic expression.
"Riley, get out of here." Yamaki ordered simply, which made Riley nod.
"Good luck." She said softly, hoping Yamaki would survive, before retreating, just as the Juggernaut room began to explode and the upper sections crumbled down.
This was the end of Hypnos.
With Makuamon's virus kicking in, the Juggernaut program shutdown, where it cast of the light fields around the Digimon, but it gave Vikaralamon back his power.
"I'm back, human filth!" Vikaralamon called as he felt he could move again, where he glared at the Tamers.
"We've got to find a safer place." Janyu stated, leading off Henry, Takato, Rika, Jeri and Calumon, only to stop as Makuramon jumped before them.
"Sorry, but you aren't going anywhere." Makuramon informed, holding out his right hand as he demanded. "Now hand me the key."
Frightened by the monkey Deva, Calumon hugged Rika tightly.
"No, I don't want to go with you. I want to stay with my friends. Leave me alone!" Calumon cried out, fear continuing to consume him.
"I said give him to me!" Makuramon said back, getting a little annoyed by the lack of cooperation.
"And Calumon said no!" Takato yelled, stunning everyone as he clenched his right hand and slammed it into Makuramon face, knocking the monkey Deva down.
Angered by the attack, Makuramon rose to his feet and questioned. "You dare attack me, human!?"
"I do, and I'll keep doing it because we care about Calumon, we care about our Digimon, unlike you or your Sovereign." Takato said back, glaring at Makuramon as he began to slowly walk up to the monkey Deva, who backed away, actually afraid of Takato and the strength of his words.
Lunging forward, Takato tackled Makuramon to the ground, continuing to amaze Janyu and the Tamers at the brunette's bravery.
"Maybe now you know how Calumon feels." Takato commented, where Makuramon struggled underneath the Tamer.
"Let me go!" Makuramon ordered, trying to push Takato off of him, but found himself unable to escape, for Henry and Rika had joined in, each holding down Makuramon's arms, while Jeri hung back, keeping a watchful eye on Calumon.
"Not until you leave us and Calumon alone." Rika said, looking over at the destroyed buildings and at the tiny white Digimon, angered that the Devas would put so many people in danger just for one Digimon.
"Never!" Makuramon snapped back. "I'll never disobey my master!"
"Then I guess we're going to be here for a while." Takato said in reply, before looking at Henry and Rika, smiling to see them helping him overpower Makuramon, where it then hit him, he knew how to defeat Vikaralamon.
"Our Digimon need us more than ever, it's time we come together and combine our strength." Takato called, giving off a powerful battle cry, releasing his determination, where Rika, Henry and Jeri got into it, all calling alongside Takato, which awakened something inside of WarGrowlmon.
'I can hear you, Takatomon. I can feel your strength.' He thought, feeling more power than ever, allowing him to push back Vikaralamon's Fusion Ball, slashing it to bits and rising free.
"Great to have you back, boy." Takato said, before commanding. "Now attack!"
"You don't have to tell me twice." WarGrowlmon replied, charging up his thrusters, before launching himself into Vikaralamon, stunning the pig Deva when he found he was unable to advance any further.
Grabbing at his jaw, WarGrowlmon continued to push Vikaralamon back, amazing Janyu, who thought. 'Remarkable. It seems that the greater the bond with their Tamer, the greater the strength of the Digimon. Takato is actually giving using power for WarGrowlmon to use. But how far can this bond go?'
"Stop now while you still have a choice!" Vikaralamon called nervously, feeling WarGrowlmon continuing to push him back.
"No way bacon breath! As long as Takato's with me, I'll never give up!" WarGrowlmon called back, showing the power of the Digimon Tamers as he pulled Vikaralamon down to his side.
Inspired by WarGrowlmon and their Tamers, Rapidmon and Taomon decided to join in.
"Now let's give it all we've got!" Taomon declared as she and Rapidmon took a side adjacent to WarGrowlmon, hovering by his side and creating a triangular formation
"Trinity Force!" WarGrowlmon, Rapidmon and Taomon announced as one, each gathering light around their bodies, linking it with their friends, before casting it off as a single beam of light that struck into Vikaralamon's stomach, where he squealed loudly.
The attack too great for him to withstand and caused him to burst into particles of Data, granting victory to the Tamers once again.
At seeing Vikaralamon destroyed, Makuramon looked at the Tamers with awe.
"You... you beat Vikaralamon...?" He asked, only to then give off a sly grin and say. "I admit I am impressed, but if Vikaralamon's sacrifice is needed to ensure the Digital World is safe, so be it."
Confused by Makuramon's words and lack of grief for his ally, Takato was about to question Makuramon, only to back away as the monkey Deva let out another loud screech, forcing the humans to back away and shield their ears.
Released from their hold, Makuramon rose and lunged at Jeri, swiping Calumon up in his arms.
"Calumon!" Jeri called as Makuramon began to flee, using the gravity of the failing Juggernaut to propel himself in the air and to the vortex.
"Since you wouldn't give me what I wanted, I've decided to just help myself." He said, looking down at the humans and their Digimon.
"Give him back, monkeyboy!" Rika ordered.
"Calumon is our friend, not your so called key!" Takato added, but found Makuramon just ignoring them as he floated closer and closer to the rift.
"So long, humans." The monkey Deva called, just as he entered the rift, which closed up after him, leaving Takato and the others in silence.
Even though they had defeated Vikaralamon, the Devas still had shown their destruction and had managed to take Calumon away from them.
"Our town has been destroyed." Janyu said, looking around the area, seeing all the damaged buildings, streets and vehicles.
"And with Calumon's powers, the Devas can destroy the rest of the world." Henry pointed out, knowing that if they could control Calumon's Digivolution power, than the Devas would be unstoppable.
"Then we'll just have to get him back." Takato said in reply, facing WarGrowlmon, Rika and the others as he added with determination. "We have to go to the Digital World."