EL Digital Saviors 18

Ok loyal readers now that the facility fools have been taken "care of" the start of the next story arc can begin. Its main villain... surprise, surprise is Etemon. After finding out that Devimon is gone the Network places his faction in charge of destroying the Digidestined. However upon tangling with the evil virus they soon find themselves outmatched by his power. Story is still rated the same. Please read and review.

-chapter 18 - Step Up Etemon!

-begin Digimon Tamers US Theme by Paul Gordon

-Server of Darkness

Deep in the Server of Darkness in the Digital World the shadowy higher ups of the Kaiser Viral Network were going over their data. The Digidestined were growing stronger every passing day. Devimon had been defeated and the Eighth Digidestined had been found as well... there was grumbling amongst the lower tier fighters that maybe just maybe the humans weren't so powerless after all.

However the Kakuzawa's had both been eliminated from the equation which meant their Project Virus was no threat anymore. But the fact the humans and the Diclonius brat Lucy had managed to Digivolve to Champion so quickly well then it was time for them to step up their power as well.

''Etemon... Step forward.'' A large mechanical dragon-like Digimon who kept itself in shadow commanded. It possessed cannons on its back.

The Digimon that stepped forward resembled a man in an orange monkey suit with black sunglasses. Attached to his hip was a Manzaimon beanie doll. ''Yeah boss you wanted me for somethin' uh-huh?"

Another of the figures cloaked in heavy shadow spoke to him. This one was small like a wooden figure the size of a child. "Y'see those brats are getting too tough for their own good. I say ya go and rub 'em out!''

One of the shadowed Digimon stepped out of the darkness and he resembled a blonde blue suited vampire. "In other words Etemon annihilate them! Kill them slowly, painfully, I don't care how you kill them just do it."

Sometime later after being the next Network warrior to take on the Digidestined Etemon was sure he had what it took to wipe the smug grins off those humanoid fools. Etemon was assisted by several other Digimon most at Champion level but his two top soldiers were at the Ultimate level like him. The first was Metaltyrannomon. He was a grey skinned cyborg dinosaur with a metallic lower jaw, a vest made up of big cables which were present on various parts of his body. His toes and arm claws were also metalized. He was several times bigger than his orange boss.

Walking alongside Etemon at only half his height was the vacuum-tube looking Datamon who possessed four cable-like legs with a pink claw-like toe. His long arms on extendable sections had a five fingered hand. His color was mostly dark grey and black. A creepy toothy mouth adorned his face.

Among the other followers of Etemon were more Kuramon, the In-Training Pagumon, Tsumemon, the Larva types Kunemon and its green variety Dokunemon, the rabbit-like Gazimon, the koala-like Phascomon. His whole crew was quite large and varied with every member hell-bent on enslaving humanity and Diclonius kind.

-begin Monkey by Mosquito-Milk featuring Showtaru Morikubo

In the safety of their hideout Etemon's crew plotted out their next move at taking out the Digidestined. The group plotted their next move to take on the Digidestined one member a Blackgargomon which resembled a black bunny with gatling guns forearms, black pants and a white face. He turned on the group's meeting room radio hoping some good tunes would get their creative juices flowing. ''Y'know for being greedy and gross their culture ain't all that bad, like their music for example. This song ain't half bad." Blackgargomon mentioned. (Blackgargomon sounds like Gargomon from Digimon the Movie)

"Now we're heading out into the that part of Tokyo the humans call Kamakura. Right my lord?'' Metaltyrannomon asked glancing down at his significantly smaller orange master. (Metaltyrannomon sounds like Brawl from the Transformers War for/Fall of Cybertron games)

''Yes Master Etemon it will be done." Datamon said saluting his master. (this Datamon is portrayed as more loyal to Etemon but sounds like his Adventure 01 counterpart)

"Yeah boys we'll really wreck the town. Hah... Those kids think they're hot stuff wait til they tangle with me eheheheheh!'' Etemon snickered out very much like the late human singer Elvis. (this Etemon sounds identical to the one in Adventure 01 aka Digimon season 1)

-meanwhile

Meanwhile at the Inn things were getting a bit... well ''they" as in the residents were getting antsy. Though antsy was too light a word to describe the ''delicate'' situation. Lucy was at her wits end and sat herself down at the table. Patamon was perched on her shoulder looking over the list of chores that had to be done that day. Everybody just left to go to school just under a minute ago. Everybody was excited as the place was finally rebuilt after days of reconstruction plus it was Friday with a long weekend ahead. "Anyways see Luce I said it should be clear sailing all the way." Patamon said then suddenly cringed as he heard a vase fell off its stand and the yells of Nana filling the room.

"OWWW! Lucy Mariko won't stop kicking my chair! Lucy make her stop! Plus she knocked over the vase!" Nana ranted like a little kid.

"I'm making sure my legs work Nana! You know they don't work very well!'' Mariko complained right back.

Looking over the two girls fight at the table like two savage cave girls the elder of the three Diclonii knew this day was going to be a long one indeed. Lucy just shot Patamon a glare that clearly meant "You were saying". The older pinkette knew just from this incident alone dealing with the likes of Nana and Mariko would be a monumental task in of itself. The Inn just made Lucy their nanny slash babysitter. "Already a minute in and I just now realize I'm stuck with two Diclonii with the IQ of Kindergartners. Oh yay for me. Patamon I have to ask is this what being a mother's like?''

"Eh... Can't say. I don't have anyone to look over besides you." The small Rookie admitted after some hesitation.

However the pink haired caretaker of the Inn could fly a jet liner through Patamon's story with the huge holes it had in it. "No one, except yeah you do. Calumon ring any bells pal?"

Needless to say that got the little Digimon rattled. He frantically tried to cover it up by having it based on another context. "That's different... I'm his... his mentor slash brother figure.''

"Right, whatever you say." Lucy said getting back to separating the two warring Diclonii sisters. "Both of you knock it off! I don't care who started it both of you stop it!"

This was the start of Lucy's dealings with the two sisters. They raised all sorts of unholy terror. Whenever Mariko got into a pissy mood she'd let Nana have it... upside her behind and noggin that is. Then there was the incident involving Nana's chore skills in general. She was absolutely terrible at cleaning, in fact Salamon pretty much had to lead her by the hand for everything.

The two drove her nuts all day long. And it was starting to wear down the taller girls' patience. There had to be something Nana could do to help keep the place neat and tidy. Then it hit the elder girl like a ton of bricks. "Nana, I've figured out what your chore will be. You can feed the dogs. Salamon can guide you through every step. Right Salamon?''

Little Salamon blinked unsure if she heard Lucy right and then sweat dropped. Every other chore Nana tried she goofed up on so could she much less even should she even try this one? She wasn't too sure. ''Feed the dogs? You mean the furry four legged creatures that bark? Ok... "

The elder Diclonius then gave an affirmative nod and pointed in the direction Nana needed to go. Salamon mentioned how to measure the dog food, put it in the dish, and when to clean out the dish when the water got dirty.

However not everyone was sure of this decision to let Nana do her assigned chore... namely Patamon for example. ''You sure that's a good idea Luce?'' Patamon whispered into her ear.

''Its the only chore left. How hard could it be for her?'' The elder horned lass hissed back. Lucy then turned to Mariko. The angry glare on the Digidestined face was a killer one. She wasn't happy with the way the wheelchair bound girl was behaving. ''And you young lady! Mariko you stop your misbehaving right now. I mean it! You've been a bad girl! Bad. Bad. Bad. You know better than to kick Nana go wheel yourself into the corner and think about what you did. You can come out when you realized what you did wrong or until I think you're sorry. Now go." Lucy ordered as she pointed to the corner Mariko was supposed to go to.

The chair bound girl was about to protest about it only to be silenced by Bokomon. Even he wasn't happy with her behavior, in fact he was sick of it. ''In the corner. NOW. A girl your age should not act like savage.''

-later that afternoon

And that was how Lucy's whole day went babysitting the two young Diclonii girls, it went like this all day long. It was always the same thing too, Mariko would start some odd shenanigan which caused Nana to whine or cry. That in turn led Lucy to separate them yet again, punish Mariko, then try to explain to her why she shouldn't be acting the way she did. Then the process began again. This led Lucy to try another tactic with Mariko, she asked the girl whether she liked getting hurt back at the institute. Initially hesitant to say anything she admitted she didn't like it at all. So Lucy told her she shouldn't do it to others in return. The older girl warned the little one not to try her patience but Mariko was bound determined to push every button Lucy had.

By the time everybody got back from school Lucy just barely finished up cleaning the place. She was so pooped she could barely get off the couch to help Kanae prepare dinner, this time herb rice filled perogies and fried crab legs. Which was something Lucy picked up from the net. Yuka had to ask how her live-in maid was doing with the chores and taking care of the ''kids''. ''So how's things with the cleaning and the little ones hmm?''

It was by this point Lucy mentioned just how much of an arduous task taking care of everything was plus watching Nana and Mariko. ''Ahh... It was a nightmare. Those two are the worst behaved twosome I've ever had the displeasure taking care of. Those little munchkins drove me and Patamon nuts all day long.''

''Oh Mariko's just a confused little girl. She can't be that much trouble right?'' Yuka mentioned back offhandedly.

But the older pinkette was quick with her retort and glared at Yuka. Her chin was resting on the table as she was too wore out to really argue. ''She's a little devil is what she is.''

''Look she doesn't have any socialization. You'll just have to work with them it'll take time.'' Patamon added.

Taking a bit of a break from her fried fish Lucy added another snippy retort. ''Time where I'm going to be dead and buried. Again you appoint me teacher slash babysitter to them. Don't I get any input in this?''

''I thought you were the adult here Luce... " Mayu deadpanned. "You're supposed to take care of us, right?'' Mayu however had a good point... Lucy was the adult in the situation. It was up to her to take care of them.

Needless to say dinner finished up without any further hitches and Jason helped Lucy with the dishes. He could tell she was still worn out from the day. But he saw something else as well, a slightly depressed look in her eye. After getting the full story on the Diclonii from Hawkmon he wasn't sure what to make of Lucy. On one hand she terrified him with the vector arms she possessed but the other side of his conscience said Lucy had been nothing but kind to him and hooked him up with said Digimon. In fact if Hawkmon hadn't of shown up he'd likely be in a grave right now. So he indirectly he owed the pink haired girl his life. In fact she wanted nothing from everyone but their trust and friendship. It seemed a fair trade he thought.

Plus the fact she mentioned when she was younger she was beat up and picked on a lot made him think of when he first met Alex. Poor guy barely said a word when JP and he first tried to talk to him... Alex was just too engrossed in a Spider-Man comic to really be in the mood to communicate. People didn't really have a reason to talk to him they found unless it was to steal his lunch money or make fun of him.

After cleaning off the table he remembered something Yuka told him. "I think Yuka wants you to read a story to Nana and Mariko before they go sleep. She said it'll help them adjust to living here. Good luck.'' Jason added as he went upstairs to get his shower.

''This is crazy. This is borderline insane. This is outright utter crap... " Lucy grumbled out still annoyed about her day watching the Kurama sisters. First she was their nanny now their stand in mother. What was next, their school teacher?

''Well I can tell you this isn't Sparta." Patamon added making no sense whatsoever.

This wasn't exactly the answer the pinkette had expected to hear from her small orange partner. Just what did the country of Greece have to do with the situation they were in? Lucy was tired and still had to find something to read to the Kurama girls and was in no mood to argue with the mammal type Digimon. "What the heck does Sparta have to do with this Patamon?! Oh never mind I don't even wanna know, argh I'm tired and I simply want to relax for a bit. Now if I could just find the right story to read to those two.''

-the next morning

The next morning after everyone got dressed and the group decided unanimously they should go out for breakfast. There was a Jack in the Box restaurant that had recently opened up not too far from the college. It was a Saturday too so there was plenty of time to get there. Unlike a lot of fast-food joints they served breakfast all day long so a hurry was unnecessary.

Upon arrival at the restaurant yet again it was up to Lucy to make sure Mariko and Nana didn't misbehave at the tables and booths the group was seated at. She kept them separated placed at opposing corners of the booth. But what she really had to do was put a big lid on their table manners, as in making sure they didn't pick their noses, burp, or run around the place like spoiled brats. To her annoyance no one but Patamon helped her keep a watchful eye on them. ''You could at least help me with these two kiddo... " Lucy hissed over into Mayu's ear very much annoyed. She simply glared.

After being seated their waiter gave them their menu's which the others read to the Kurama sisters (since they couldn't read). Finally everyone settled on what they wanted and the topic of discussion was the ''dumping'' of the Kurama girls into Lucy's sole care. Needless to say she was very livid about it. "I don't see how I'm supposed to take of the girls all by myself. Is it too much to ask that I get help once in a while when I ask for it?'' Lucy said in a very stern tone of voice. But by the way she was talking she was addressing everyone not just Kohta, Yuka, and Kanae.

Seeing as how the pinkette might be getting the wrong idea about her duties Yuka tried to say something but was again cut off by the rosette. ''Don't even say a word Yuka I'm not in the mood. Lemme tell you something in fact let me tell all of you something very important. When you all go to school I work and slave to prepare dinner in advance and clean. I can only do so much so keeping watch on the girls atop chores is too much, I am not their mother, I am not their nanny, and I am not their caretaker. I'm pulling enough weight as it is you all could at least help me with it all.''

After taking a sip of his pink haired partner's glass of apple juice via straw Patamon had a few things to add just making sure it didn't seem like Lucy was royally steamed about the whole previous matter. "Look everyone we're just asking for more help now and then that's all. Remember I'm no Superman, anyways lets just enjoy our breakfast. I'm starved... ''

Soon the waiter came by with everybody's choice of drinks and eventually everyone was served what they ordered. Upon being served their respective meals the tension Lucy had on the the group finally let up as a joyful mealtime discussion finally stirred. ''And then I said no I'm not paying that ticket my time hadn't run out." JP mentioned about a parking meter mistake when he was with Jason.

''So how'd you beat it?'' Nana asked despite not knowing much about parking meters.

After hearing tons of questions from just about everyone Jason was trying to stifle a laugh simply because how the two solved their dilemma was the stuff of legend back at their school in New York City. ''It turns out I still had a 45 seconds left. The officer's clock was off by one minute. She forgot to set right."

Even Alex couldn't help but chime in on that particular day. He remembered it was hilarious. The shocked expression on the meter maid was etched forever into his memory. "You shoulda seen the look on her face guys, it was priceless so much so... Huh?" He looked outside puzzled on why everyone was running. ''Wonder why everyone outside's running? There's not a marathon going on today."

It was then a huge explosion rocked the city block which knocked everyone inside the restaurant off their seats and rather painfully onto their behinds. The explosion was the only answer the group needed. It was the Network obviously as it couldn't be anyone else. Mayu had to add a quick quip about this. ''If we don't put that Network offline permanently, this city will never have any peace.''

The group managed to slip outside the place through the kitchen during the initial confusion. Outside in the streets was in utter chaos as from the dust and smoke three figures slowly emerged. Once clear of their concealing shroud the kids got a very good long look at their new enemies. The largest resembled a grey skinned cyborg dinosaur with a metallic lower jaw a vest made up of big cables which were present on various parts of his body. His toes and arm claws were also metalized. He was several times bigger than his smallest comrade who looked like a vacuum-tube looking Digimon who possessed four cable-like legs with a pink claw-like toe. His long arms on extendable sections had a five fingered hand. His color was mostly dark grey and black. A creepy toothy mouth adorned his face. Their leader seemed to be a guy dressed in an orange monkey suit with black sunglasses.

The orange monkey man with the shades looked around the city block and did a quick sweep of the area. If one's looks could kill then the evil smirk the Digimon would be a death sentence. He spotted the DigiDestined. ''Eheheheh! Since Devimon is gone looks like I gots big shoes to fill! And I don't even wear 'em anyways. Oh Digidestined there you are. I was just wandering around enjoying the neighborhood until I came upon this nice city block. I figured why not blow it up and attract some Digi-brats? And I was right."

Everyone then called out for their data based partners to get battle ready. "Execute! Champion Level Digivolve!"

''Agumon Digivolve to... GEOGREYMON!" Agumon now Geogreymon called out.

''Patamon digivolve to... ANGEMON!" Patamon now the blue robed Angemon shouted.

"Palmon Digivolve to... SUNFLOWMON!'' Palmon now Sunflowmon called out third.

''Renamon Digivolve to... KYUBIMON!" Renamon now Kyubimon yelled.

''Tentomon digivolve to... KABUTERIMON!" Tentomon now Kabuterimon yelled next.

''Hawkmon digivolve to... AQUILAMON!" Hawkmon now Aquilamon yelled third.

"Hagurumon digivolve to... GUARDROMON!'' The likes of Guardromon called out last but not least.

The seven Champions faced off against the likes of trio of Virus Digimon. Making sure they were safe Yuka and Nana took Mariko back behind a parked truck. She couldn't get over just how huge the Champion's were. From the other side of the partially ruined street the kids figured they needed intel on their foes. Taking out his Digivice Alex wanted answers on who these party crashers were. After all he was trying to have a breakfast out of the inn for once. ''Ok then let's see who the two flunkies are. Digivice scan mode activate. Ok the big grey dino is Metaltyrannomon. Type is apparently Android, attribute is Virus, and what about his level... Oh boy he's at the Ultimate level... "

Getting worried Kohta scanned the leader of the triad. His orange color made him stick out like a sore thumb. He read off what his device told him. ''Etemon. Attribute Virus. Type Puppet. Level... again Ultimate. Oh no... Geogreymon be careful he's stronger than you!"

''We'll see about that I don't care what level he is! I'll annihilate him!" The huge dinosaur roared out as he charged right for Etemon.

-begin Dreams by Romantic Mode

Letting out a loud roar Geogreymon charged right for Etemon powering up his Horn Impulse technique. He slammed his powered up horn down Etemon... who caught it with some effort. The pavement cracked and fractured from the force of the two Digimon's clash of power. Grinning like a sadistic killer Etemon smirked and leaped up punching the orange dinosaur right in the face then karate kicking hard in the gut. The force of both blows sent Geogreymon careening backwards right into a building.

After shaking off just how hard of a hit he just took Geogreymon was on the defensive. He couldn't believe this, was this the power of the Ultimate level? But before he could think the matter out any further Metaltyrannomon wanted some of him. "Here have of this! Giga Destroyer II!'' Metaltyrannomon roared out as he fired a missile from his right arm headed straight for Geogreymon.

"Mega Flame!" Geogreymon roared out blasting the missile but the huge explosion nearly toppled the dinosaur over backward. Seeing as he had to step this battle game if he was to even hope to win it Geogreymon charged his Mega Burst to its limit. ''Mega Burst!

Seeing the massive fire blast head towards him Metaltyrannomon was hardly impressed and simply chuckled as the attack hit him with full force. The fire engulfed him in a huge wall of fire. At first everyone thought Metaltyrannomon had been terminated, but from within the flames a shape was moving around. Metaltyrannomon walked right out of the blaze completely unfazed.

''Humph that all you got? Try this on for size you scum Nuclear Laser!" Metaltyrannomon roared out as he fired an energy shell this time from his left arm.

The highly potent energy shell detonated right in the orange dinosaur's face which made him fall face first onto the road. The orange puppet in shades strolled over ready to finish his foe. It seemed to curtains for Geogreymon but luckily was on the way, the likes of Sunflowmon, Angemon, and Aquilamon weren't about to let Geogreymon take on Etemon and the cyborg dinosaur alone.

"Hand of Fate! Sunshine Beam! Blast Rings!'' The trio called out as they assaulted Etemon all at once. But to their shock their attacks did little damage.

The ultimate level puppet lunged right for Angemon. He used a double-haymaker punch sending the white winged angel crashing to the ground. "C'mere pretty boy!" Etemon snarled out grabbing him by the hair and slamming him repeatedly into the support columns near the post office. He threw the angel right through another of the pillars.

After such a harsh beating Angemon was stunned into submission. The plant based Sunflowmon fired off several spikes using her Cactus Tail but they bounced harmlessly off the virus' metallic armor. The next round went to Aquilamon as he used his Grand Horn technique to charge his opponent from the sky. He rammed right into the cyborg dinosaur's metal plated face unfazed but still irritated. "ARGH! You fools. First I blow off your wings then see how well you fly. Giga Destroyer II! Nuclear Laser!" Metaltyrannomon fired off both a Giga Destroyer II and a Nuclear Laser.

The laser shot Aquilamon right out of the sky whereas the Giga Destroyer II sent Sunflowmon careening back crashing through several multi-level parking garages. Seeing as how he had his opponent on the ropes Metaltyrannomon fired off a second Giga Destroyer II missile attack which headed for the plant monster. She barely had time to tail swat it away where it detonated at the newly rebuilt high school. The place was instantly demolished.

Running along right behind Guardromon were the likes of Kabuterimon and the nine tailed fox Kyubimon. Kyubimon started using her Dragon Wheel as she spun into Datamon as a blazing wheel. But despite his small size he caught the flaming fox in mid-spin. He had her by the neck and slugged Kyubimon upside her jaw. He picked up a huge chunk of road and gave it a heavy throw at the fox. The kitsune barely dodged it as the chunk went flying far off into the distance where it crashed into Mayu's school.

''Give up now Guardromon you and your teenage do-gooders are no match for us. Wastes of space like you should be deleted. And you my dear are in my way! Those who get in my way die!" Datamon uttered out trying to punch Kyubimon again to Guardromon and Kabuterimon as he struck a fighting posture ready to take on his enemies.

"Guardian Barrage!" Guardromon shouted out sending off his volley of whistling missiles.

The attack engulfed Datamon in an immense explosion but shockingly Datamon calmly walked out of the inferno of the blast without so much as a scratch on his shiny metal armor. "Is that it no flashy comebacks? As you humans say "Here's some presents"! Digital Bomb!"

The machine based virus then fired several computer viruses from his fingers, which can delete enemies. The numerous viruses whizzed past Kabuterimon who launched off a powerful Electro Shocker at the machine based Network warrior. The electrical blast hit dead center only for Datamon to hoist it up over his head and throw off into the city. It landed right where the college was demolishing it again.

The blue beetle couldn't believe how strong these Ultimates were. It was unreal. But he had to protect Alex at all costs. "No way! Nobody's that strong!" Still Kabuterimon couldn't allow the innocent people caught up in this to suffer. He went on the the offensive. ''Beetle Horn Attack!''

The blue beetle then went into a dive with his horn ready to crush whoever was foolish to get in its way. Datamon threw out his long arms and caught the Insectoid's horn attack however the asphalt beneath his feet cracked from the clash of the two Digimon's power. ''Not even your horn attack is strong enough to stop me! Give it up!"

The evil machine type then threw up his bug based foe and slammed him on top of Guardromon almost effortlessly defeating both. Kyubimon then charged at him biting onto one of his metallic arms. ''Get off me you flea bitten beast! Get OFF! Let go you fur bearing MONGREL!''

The nine-tailed fox continued to bite down on Datamon's arm now even harder. It was beginning to irritate the virus all the more. "Fine if you won't do so willingly I'll make you! Digital Bomb!"

At pointblank range Datamon blasted Kyubimon with several computer viruses blasting her right off from where she landed on the ground in a heap. Lucy couldn't believe just badly this battle had gone... there had to be a way to turn it around. She looked to her partner then a feeling of fury overcame her mindset. She ran as fast as her legs could carry her and leaped at Etemon. ''V for Victory!'' Lucy shouted out she charged up her gloves then fired a beam in the shape of the uppercase English letter "V" and intended to take out Etemon in one foul strike.

The assault blasted Etemon and engulfed inside a huge fireball of an explosion. Smoke billowed from the flames as the likes of Datamon and Metaltyrannomon stared in shock at the possibility of their being terminated by one of the horned mutant mongrels humanity hated. But then slowly, steadily it was revealed Lucy still couldn't do the deed as Etemon calmly strolled out of the black smoke slightly charred up but mostly unharmed.

"No... It can't be my gloves don't work on Ultimates?'' Lucy uttered out collapsing to her knees in shock. She had fought Ultimates back at Primary Village so her combat techniques should've done more damage than this.

The evil new supervillain grabbed the stunned Diclonius girl by her neck lifting her up. He glared into her scarlet eyes well as best he could because of the fact the monkey puppet wore shades over his eyes. "Yup! I've been taking my Digi-vitamins girly! See ya!''

The monkey puppet then threw Lucy off to the side and was just barely caught by Angemon. Then everybody de-digivolved back to rookie level as the triad of supervillains stood and glared triumphant in their defeat of the Digidestined. Metaltyrannomon had a few things to utter to his master. "My lord it seems they've had enough of a beating. Shall we take leave and let them stew in their own frustrations?"

''Yes master shall we?" Datamon inquired.

''Heh! Why not. Later kids, ya come after us again we'll exterminate ya!'' Etemon said as the three opened up a Digiport and entered into it gone from view.

After regaining his sense of balance JP dusted off his jacket in shock at just how powerful the trio of viruses were beating them. Was this the power of the Ultimate level? No it couldn't be. These jokers couldn't be this strong... Could they? ''Ok just what kind semi trucks hit us?" He griped helping up Hagurumon.

''We don't stand a chance against powers like that. We fight them next time we'll be slaughtered... " Mayu sniffled out getting Renamon back to her shaky feet.

''Digiport open. This will save us time getting back." Lucy muttered as she activated the port as everyone carried or helped walk their injured partners back to the inn.

''Lucy I'm scared!" Mariko said as she started to cry. She tugged at Lucy's jacket as her eyes watered up. It was clear the battle against the trio of virus Digimon had frightened her. It pained her but Lucy figured she had to use what little maternal instincts she had to calm the younger girl down.

Wheeling the younger girl into the port that was the shortcut to the inn. The older pinkette was unsure on how to rectify her fears. In short she was scared too. "I'm scared too... Patamon we have to go Ultimate if we're to beat 'em.''

"We're gonna have to talk to the Trinity... We don't even have the action code activated." The orange mammal type replied as he perched on her shoulders. Then they ushered everybody through the portal which vanished into nothingness.

-to be continued

Ok, ok, readers let's set this straight before I get flamed. I've been wanting to get this update done for awhile now but here it is. Next chapter deals mainly with Nana and Salamon. In short Salamon finally digivolves into her champion form wait for it drum roll please... Gatomon!

No I don't think Mariko is actually a little devil nor do I outright approve of spanking children so they behave. For the most part it doesn't work however I was spanked years ago and I turned mostly alright. But for a child like Mariko whose whole life was spent in a cage like an animal presents her major problem. She simply wasn't taught how to be social and act properly in public because her mad scientist of a father caged her up like a common criminal...

But anyways I hope you approve of this update. Here Etemon is introduced and he utterly curb-stomps the whole team and even hands Lucy rear end to her on a silver platter so I apologize if you get annoyed after seeing the group lose during the big fight scene. It'll take awhile before the team ascends to Ultimate level so to fill in the arc other things will happen like Kohta's father and aunt showing up. Needless to say their reaction to the Digimon will be focal point of the chapter. Lucy's mother will be making an appearance as well with her reaction to her long-lost daughter's guardian angel a bit bewildering.

PS: To all those who work under Saban Brands I make no money off this fanfiction story so its counterproductive to try suing me. I don't have any money to shell out.