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I was really looking forward to this one, because it's got the introduction of my favorite Digimon it it!
So let's not waste anytime and get this party started!
The Titans! HerculesKabuterimon & UlforceVeedramon!
"Of all the places they could have copied and used on this mountain…" Pierce sighed as the hot sun was beating down on them as they walked through the long stretch of asphalt road. "Why did it have to be fucking Route 66?!" he angrily demanded as true enough, there was a sign right there that said 'Route 66'. The very same one from America.
"How long have we been going down this road?" Floramon asked tiredly. After the Forest area dissolved, most of the Digimon who rebelled opted to leave the mountain, but Floramon, Deramon, and Waspmon all chose to stay with them.
"I lost count," Deramon sighed, though he seemed pretty okay. It was likely due to him once living in a desert area too.
"Not to worry, I can see a city in the distance," Waspmon said.
"Who's the leader of the city?" Veemon asked.
"That would be Machinedramon, and he's cold hearted and ruthless from what we've heard." Floramon answered.
"Right. THAT one," Blake frowned, remembering their encounter with that particular Dark Master.
"Still...we'll be in a city, so maybe we'll have more familiar terrain to work with," Salamon mused.
"Or he could have the entire city be his personal base," Tentomon sighed.
"Right...or that…" Salamon groaned.
"Well...I guess there's no point in thinking about it too much if we haven't even gotten there, right Ruby?" Palmon asked, before turning around. "Ruby!" she shouted in alarm, catching all their attentions, as Ruby was lying on the ground, having clearly collapsed.
Minutes later, the group was gathered under a bus stop they had managed to find, Ruby layed down on the bench.
"Dammit, she's burning up." Pierce sighed as he removed his hand from her forehead.
"What happened though? She was fine recently. And last I checked she didn't have a cold, right?" Nora asked in confusion.
"Not that we know of." Blake said, shaking her head.
"Yang would be the one with that answer." Weiss added.
"Or Gyro, considering how much time the two spent together when we were on Remnant for that one week." Tentomon tacked on.
"Sadly… none of those options are available to us right now." Ren sighed.
"Is she going to be ok?" Palmon asked in worry.
Pierce looked back at Ruby for a moment, before nodding as he turned back to Palmon "Yeah, she should be fine with some rest. As for the cause… I may have an idea."
"What is it?" Pyrrha asked.
"You all remember when she got pissed off at MetalSeadramon, right?" he asked, receiving nods from everyone "That was her Silver Eyes awakening."
"Why is that special?" Wormmon asked.
"Because people with Silver Eyes are not only rare, but they have the power to be the bane of all Grimm, though they've also been shown to harm humans, and now, Digimon as well." Pierce further explained.
"I'm guessing Ruby's eyes awoke in the canon timeline?" Gabumon asked knowingly.
Pierce nodded "Right, it happened when she, well, witnessed the original Pyrrha's death, it pushed her over the edge and activated them, the result being she managed to turn a giant Grimm Wyvern to stone, and somehow made Cinder… lose some parts if you will. Although the last bit is due to Cinder strangely having a Grimm bonded to her, and don't ask how, it's just plain weird."
"Okay, but why did she collapse?" Ren asked, wisely not questioning the Grimm bond.
"Well...I don't know. All I know is that originally after she used it, maybe it was the shock, the stress, the exhaustion from the Battle of Beacon adding up with it too, but suffice to say she only woke up...I'd say about a week later," he explained. "There really isn't much info on the Silver Eyes, so for all I know, this is a side effect of awakening it."
"Meaning the only person who would have the actual answers…" Patamon trailed off.
"Is Summer Rose." Salamon finished with a sigh.
"So, what should we do then?" Waspmon asked, he was confused about the things mentioned in the past tense, but he didn't pay it mind at the moment
"For now? We should get to the city as soon as we can, then find somewhere to rest," Pierce frowned. "From there...then we'll make a plan."
"Right," the others nodded, Waspmon carrying Ruby so they could cover ground faster.
"Geez...who designed this city? Frankenstein?" Pierce asked, as they looked around at the city that looked like a hodgepodge of various cities, seeing as he could see landmarks from New York (Statue of Liberty), Rome (the Colosseum), Paris (the Eiffel Tower), and several others.
"I can even see parts from Mistral." Pyrrha pointed out as she saw what looked like landscape carved out into the sides of cliffs, though she assumed some of the area was also mixed in with Japan from Earth, seeing as the two shared some similarities.
"I can even see Atlas… and mixed in with some buildings from Earth I think." Weiss noticed.
"Yeah, that's Saint Basil's Cathedral from Russia… and that over there is an ugly sight." Pierce added with a grimace as he looked to the left and saw a mansion that had a… literally, a swastika banner hanging in front, obviously dating back to the Nazi regime.
"Wait, that's my mansion!" Weiss realised as she saw where he was looking.
Pierce blinked slowly at that "Huh… so even the Digital World thinks your dad is like Hitler… good to know." he said, before tapping the shell beneath him "Safe to say we're going there big guy."
"I figured as much." AtlurKabuterimon said with a laugh, having had to go all the way to Perfect to carry everyone.
Once they were inside, finding a room was easy. Seeing as this WAS her home, Weiss knew it like the back of her hand. The question was...which room to use…
"Hm...seeing as we're in the middle of enemy territory...maybe a room we can evacuate out of quickly if needs be?" Patamon suggested.
Weiss mused about it...and nodded. "I think I know just the place," she said, before she lead them to a room that was actually pretty close to a back entrance, so if needs be they could get away quickly. The only thing was that it was a bit smaller than some of the other rooms available. "Sorry about the space, but this is where Klein's room would be in the real mansion."
"No problem, I think we prefer this to your parent's room… or Shitley's room." Pierce said.
Weiss snorted at the name, catching a few of them off guard "Ok… that one was good." she said after a moment.
"We should probably see if there's any medicine around, maybe we could alleviate Ruby's symptoms." Ren suggested.
"Could aromatherapy help her?" Floramon asked as she raised her flower shaped hands.
"Well… possibly, it's worth a shot I suppose." Pyrrha said after a moment of thought.
"Let's look for the medicine while they do that." Veemon said to his partner.
"Right." Pierce said, before turning to Weiss "You're the one who knows where everything is around here."
"Of course, follow me." Weiss said as she left the room with Tentomon, Pierce and Veemon in tow.
On their way to the medical room (which Weiss said was more like a doctor's clinic complete with an actual doctor) they stopped halfway through a hallway, Weiss looking up at a painting on the wall with narrowed eyes.
Pierce stepped up next to her to look at it, and found it was the same family portrait that had been shown in Volume 4 "What's the story behind the sad looks?"
"Back when Winter and I actually cared about HIS opinion, we ended up disappointing him, though we still don't know why to this day, and of course, my little brother saw it as an opportunity to play kiss up." Weiss answered.
"So, born a little shit then, good to know, won't have qualms about kicking him in the balls if I meet him then." Pierce said with a smirk.
"Even mom doesn't like him, she said he reminds her too much of his father." Weiss added.
"Speaking of that, besides catching up, did you and your mom talk about anything else before we left?" Pierce asked.
"Well… she mentioned how she's thinking about doing something in regards to the company, though she's not sure what that could be." Weiss said with a sigh.
Pierce hummed in thought at that, before grinning a bit "I'm reminded of a fic I read once, there's a few interesting details I won't bother you with, but the main thing is an idea I'd like to give to your mom."
"I'm sure she'd like to hear them," Weiss nodded. "At any rate, this should be where the medical supplies are kept," she said as they arrived at their destination.
"Here's hoping this mansion is a complete copy of yours," Tentomon said as they went through the medicine cabinet in the room.
"Well...I found some stuff for fevers but...think this would help?" Veemon asked as he held up medicine for the common cold mostly.
"There's nothing here for anything worse than a cold or a light fever…" Weiss confirmed after a few minutes.
"Damn...this...might not be enough…" Pierce frowned.
"How about we bring this back anyway. Maybe it'll at least help lessen the fever," Tentomon suggested.
"That's fair," everyone nodded before taking the medicine the found with them...and a few extras just in case.
On their way back though, Weiss stopped in front of the painting again and pulled out her weapon "I've always wanted to do this." she said with a small grin, before using it to cut out the parts that contained her father and little brother.
"I get the feeling you've been needing THAT for a long time," Pierce chuckled lightly.
"Let's just say having time away from Remnant gave me plenty of time to think too," Weiss said with a satisfied look.
When they got back to the room Ruby was in, the first thing they were met with was a relaxing scent. "...that feels really good after a long day like this," Tentomon couldn't help but say.
"Why thank you," Floramon said. "I'm not sure how much its helping with the fever, but at least everyone is feeling relaxed again."
Veemon looked around the room a bit "Where are Blake and Patamon?"
"They went out to be lookouts just in case, Waspmon went with them and degenerated himself to FanBeemon to avoid being spotted." Gabumon answered.
"Right. Good idea," Weiss nodded in approval. As it was, the fact remained they were still in enemy territory. "At any rate, we found some medicine...but its only for light fevers."
"But it might be able to help lower the fever, right?" Palmon asked hopefully.
"That's what we're hoping for," Pierce nodded, before going over and propping Ruby up a bit. They quickly helped her take the medicine and laid her back down. So far she was still out, and the fever didn't seem to be going down much…
"Looks like there's no choice." Ren said after a few minutes of waiting.
"We need to go look for better medicine for her." Nora finished with a nod.
"Weiss and I will go with our partners, it's best if we're as small as possible for this, to avoid Machinedramon finding us easily." Pierce said quickly, so the others didn't get too gungho about it.
"It'll be tough, the merged landscapes means I don't know where the closest hospital to the mansion is. And hacking Machinedramon's network to get that information could be risky, for all we know, he could be monitoring it." Weiss mused.
"She's right, he could be capable of tracing the signal, and since our scrolls can connect to each other easily, there's a risk of him finding us as well." Pyrrha added.
"So in other words, it's best if we avoid having to try to hack for information, but if we absolutely have to...make sure the scrolls are disconnected," Pierce nodded.
"That… or I COULD try something… I have an idea which may possibly work, but I'll have to be quick about it." Weiss said after some thought.
"We'd better save that for if we really need to then," Tentomon said.
"But for now let's go. The sooner we get what we need, the sooner we can get back," Veemon said.
"We'll keep an eye out for enemies," Deramon volunteered. "I'm quite good at playing a bush."
"I can also spread my roots. That way I'll know if anyone is coming near," Floramon said.
"I'll help too," Palmon added.
"We'll take care of the mansion defenses. You four just worry about getting the medicine," Ren nodded.
"Alright, we're counting on you," Pierce nodded before he, Weiss, Veemon, and Tentomon soon left the mansion.
"I can't believe we're doing this. Again," Weiss sighed.
"Hey, if it works, it works, sure as hell is working on those things too." Pierce said, glaring at something ahead.
"Why can't we just break them again?" Veemon asked.
"Because it's likely they regularly report in, so one missed report, and poof, the place is on high alert." Tentomon answered.
"Still… I didn't think I'd ever fight an Atlesian Knight." Weiss added, looking at the few Atlesian Knights roaming the streets.
"Considering that they have some of Atlas's factories here, I'm not surprised they used it to mass produce the things to act as sentries." Pierce said with a frown.
"I suppose… but did we have to use boxes again?" Weiss grumbled.
"Hey, it's working right?" Pierce shot back.
Weiss chose not to dignify that with an answer…
"Anyway, we should keep moving," Tentomon sighed.
"Yeah, the shop is just over there," Veemon nodded.
"Let's just get this over with," Weiss sighed as they put on their...disguises...and made their way to the shop, the sentries not once seeming to register the oddity of a random box.
Once they were inside, they wasted no time in raiding the stock in the shop. The problem was, it seemed many of the supplies were..not that different from what was already available in the Schnee Manor.
"Dammit." Pierce sighed "Still nothing."
"And it's not like we can just give her more of the same thing. She might overdose if we do, and things could only get worse from there." Weiss added as she looked at bottles containing the same pills and liquids they had already given to Ruby.
"What do we do now?" Tentomon asked. "We can't keep randomly searching."
Weiss frowned, looking around...and spotted a computer. "...I may have an idea," she said, before booting up the computer.
"What do you have in mind?" Pierce asked.
"We can't do a random search, but we can't risk hacking either," she said. "So I'm gonna send them on a little wild goose chase while we find what we want. We won't be finding anything stronger than what the mansion already has if we hit normal shops, and the only place that would have that are hospitals."
"Okay?" Veemon blinked. "I don't really get it."
"...I'm with Veemon on this one. How do you plan on sending Machinedramon's forces somewhere else while looking for somewhere we can go at the same time?" Tentomon asked.
"Like this," Weiss said as she opened up a search and a map, and typed in 'radioactive equipment'.
Pierce looked at the screen in confusion for a moment, before his eyes widened in understanding "Of course!" he exclaimed, the two Digimon jumping in surprise at his sudden words, while Weiss smirked at him catching on.
"What is it?" Veemon asked.
"Hospitals make use of radioactive equipment all the time with certain treatments, x-ray scanners and the like, meanwhile, you can find radioactive equipment in certain other areas…" he trailed off.
"Like a military base, or even a power plant from what you two said about Earth several years ago." Weiss finished as she memorized all the locations, before adding in the specification of 'weapons' into her search, cutting down the number of results by at least half. "Alright, now we disconnect, and they'll think we're trying to find powerful weapons to take them on with." she said, closing the search engine and shutting the computer off.
"So, while they attack weapon depots and the like…" Tentomon trailed off, finally getting it.
"We raid some unguarded hospitals." Pierce finished with a grin.
"We'd better hurry. We don't know how long it'll take for them to attack the locations they'll think we're at, so we have to get to the nearest Hospital quickly," Weiss said.
"Right. Lead the way," Pierce nodded.
"So far the plan is working like a charm," Pierce reported as he and Veemon were on lookout duty while Weiss and Tentomon had raided the hospital they went to. Right as he said that, an explosion happened in another section of the city. "A little too well possibly."
"Well...this confirms one thing at least," Weiss frowned. "Machinedramon seems to be the most militaristic of the group. We can expect army tactics moving forward."
"Yeah...also I don't think the Manor is gonna be safe forever," Pierce added. "Call it a hunch, but I think we'd better think of where else we can hide that is less...open...of a target…"
"No, I think you may be right…" Weiss sighed. With how easily they were blowing up locations, the mansion would be all too easy a target.
"Well, as long as nothing forces him to change to carpet bombing, we'll be good, and Murphy can't twist that around in my face because they only just STARTED to blast things sky high." Pierce said, glaring at the sky, as if daring the gods to prove him wrong.
"But it's only a matter of time before he realizes he's not getting us, so…" Tentomon trailed off.
"Let's just go back…" Veemon suggested with a gulp.
"Right, but before that…" Weiss frowned, booting up a nearby computer. "This may or may not be a good idea, but I'm going to type in food locations," Weiss said. "Unless anyone else has a better idea of where to mislead them, I'll start in a minute."
"Let's not blow up important things just yet," Pierce said, stopping her, before typing in a new search option.
"...why would we want to get clothes?" Weiss asked.
"We don't, yeah. But seeing as he's bound to realize something is fishy soon, at least this might slow him down a little," he said, before entering the search, and they all soon ran away. They were now racing against the clock.
"We're back! Did anything happen while we were gone?" Veemon said as they reached the mansion.
"Nothing's happened here so far," Deramon said.
"But I don't think its going to be that way for long," came Blake's voice as she, Patamon, and FanBeemon came down.
"We saw a fleet mobilize a bit earlier," Patamon reported.
"Right, any noteworthy Digimon among them?" Weiss asked as they all hurried inside.
"Several." Blake said with a grimace as she pulled up her Analyzer with some highlighted entries of what they saw.
Commandramon, Sealsdramon, Pteramon, Tankmon, Mekanorimon, Assaultmon, Elephamon, Bulbmon, and several others, making for a rather...extensive...army.
"Daaamn…" Pierce could only whistle. Neither of the previous Dark Masters brought an army THIS diverse to the field.
"And just like the previous two, they're all part of the same 'Family'. Metal Empire," Weiss noted.
"Huh...think Piedmon is the same?" Veemon mused.
"Definitely something to consider, but not right now," Tentomon said as they were soon in Ruby's room.
"We got the medicine!" Weiss said as they brought out the medicine.
"Okay, let's give them to her now," Palmon smiled, as they quickly administered the medicine.
"Now while we wait and see what happens, we've got another issue to worry about," Pierce said.
"What now?" Wormmon frowned.
"Well...to find the medicine AND to throw Machinedramon off, we sorta...lead them on a wild goose chase," Tentomon said.
"But we doubt it's going to work for long," Weiss frowned.
"That's...bad…" Ren gulped, realizing what they were going for.
"We're not gonna like this at all, are we?" Deramon sighed.
"Nope, seeing as we think they might try carpet bombing the city on the logic that they'll have to hit us eventually…" Pierce shook his head.
"What's the plan then?" Wormmon asked.
"We need a place to escape towards, sure this room is a back door, but all it leads to is the outside of the mansion, right?" Blake asked as she turned towards Weiss.
Weiss nodded "Right, and we'd very likely be sitting ducks outside right now. So we need another route." she said as she tried to remembered every little detail about her home, which was harder than it should be. Eventually a thought clicked. "The cellar!"
"...okay, I don't think raiding the drinks are gonna help us," Nora said.
"No, the cellar has a secret passage in it. It was built as an emergency escape just in case the mansion ever needed to be evacuated without anyone noticing," Weiss said. "There's even a small room down there which we can move Ruby to so we can leave in a hurry if needs be," she added, though she seemed less...enthused...with the last detail, though nobody asked her about it.
"That'd be a good place as any for us to prepared," Pierce nodded. "Alright, everyone, don't leave the mansion. We'll move Ruby inside, then everyone be on the lookout. The moment anyone sees any signs of Machinedramon's forces coming, we get into the cellar."
"Uh...before we do that though, I should mention something…" Weiss added. "I've...never actually gone into the passage, so I have no idea what's in there or the way through…"
"...okay...that dampens the plan a little...but still viable," Blake said.
"Yeah, I think we'd all rather wander a dark corridor than be blown to smithereens," Nora gulped.
"Besides, even if you had navigated them before, with the merged landscape, it's unlikely the tunnels would be the same." Pyrrha added.
"Right, that's true," Ren nodded. "Alright, we'd better start moving. We don't know how long we have before they start attacking."
"Right!" everyone nodded, before they all got to work. Palmon, Nora, and Salamon quickly moved Ruby to the cellar room, while Weiss, Pyrrha, Tentomon, and Gabumon raided the mansion of any provisions they hadn't already taken, just in case. Meanwhile, Pierce, Blake, Ren, Veemon, Patamon, and Wormmon were all patrolling sections of the mansion, keeping eyes out the window for any signs of incoming Digimon, FanBeemon, Deramon, and Floramon doing what they could to help the various tasks as needed.
Minutes later, all they could do was wait, checking for any signs of movement towards their location, and it was likely the most tense they had ever been so far.
Pierce looked out a window, hiding within the shadows, watching explosions ring out through the city, likely Machinedramon was catching on by now though, since he'd noticed some areas blowing up a bit more, either collateral or intentional, he couldn't tell.
"Dammit… if only we had Gyro and the others here, at least that way a full frontal assault would be a viable option with 5 Ultimates… if Ruby recovers fast enough that is." he sighed, honestly, he wondered how his brother took command so naturally at times, although he himself was doing his best to pick up the slack.
"Don't worry, you're doing just fine," Blake said. "We're all having it hard, but we've been able to hold up so far."
"Besides, we're all in this together," Veemon added, earning a chuckle and nod from his partner.
"Hey, what's that?" Patamon said, pointing out of the window.
The three of them were soon looking at the direction...and saw several black dots in the sky.
"Okay, time's up!" Pierce gasped, before calling everyone, giving everyone the gist of it, as they all started rushing to the cellar.
Once everyone was gathered, Weiss wasted no time and threw open the cellar door while Nora had Ruby slung over her shoulder, the girl still looking weak, but her fever had started to go down, so all good signs. Whatever the case, the group soon ran into the door, and through the tunnels, before the tremors started. "Not to sound sentimental, but I can't help but feel...apprehensive...that my family's mansion is about to be demolished…" Weiss couldn't help but say as they ran.
"Hey, this is a near perfect replica. We don't blame you for thinking its your house," Veemon said as they kept running, and the tremors became worse.
"Their nearly here." Ren realised quickly enough.
"Blake! What's up ahead?" Pierce asked, having told Blake to lead the group due to her night vision and the tunnel being dark.
"A fork in the road, which way do we go?" she answered back.
"Uh…" Pierce frowned, before gulping. "Semblance don't fail me now. That way!" he said, pointing randomly to the left, and at that moment his Crest glowed a little. However, at that moment the choice was taken out of their hands, as a MASSIVE explosion rocked the manor above, causing a cave in from the vibrations.
After a few moments…
"Is everyone alright?" Ren asked after coughing through some dust.
"I...think so…" came Blake's voice.
"Ruby's okay too!" Nora reported.
"Great, now let's...shit…" came Pierce's voice when he finally realized something. "The cave in blocked the left path…"
"What are you talking about, the path is right...oh no…" Pyrrha realized what had happened. They'd been separated by the cave in.
"What do we do now?" Patamon asked, as he and Veemon were thankfully still with their partners. Everyone else was on the left side.
"...you guys go first. We'll find another way," Pierce said.
"Are you sure? Maybe if we tried we could…" Gabumon started, but…
"No!" Pierce said quickly. "The last thing we want is to risk another cave in. We HAVE to get away from here. We'll be alright, you guys find a safe place first!"
The left side looked at each other with uncertainty, but ultimately nodded. "Alright," Ren nodded.
"But be careful you guys," Nora said.
"We'll find you as soon as we can," Weiss said before they were soon going down the left path.
"Well...looks like we're going exploring…" Blake sighed after a minute. If nothing else, she could still see through the tunnels…
Ruby groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. "Where…?" she blinked, looking around. They weren't on the road anymore. From the looks of it they were in some kind of underground room. That and she noticed she was lying on a bed of...well...miscellaneous things, but somehow it was mainly straw or something like it.
"Boop." she heard as she felt two fingers on her forehead, turning to look at Nora's grinning face "Glad to see you're up."
"Nora? What happened? How'd I get here? And where IS here?" Ruby blinked.
"Let's see… you collapsed because of a fever, which means we had to look after you, you're here because I carried you of course silly, and here is just this big system of underground tunnels below the city in Machinedramon's area." Nora listed off.
"Wait, what?" Ruby blinked. "I...missed a lot...huh?" she sighed...before noticing something else. "Uh...where is everyone else?"
"The others went to scout the area. We have to make sure there aren't any of Machinedramon's forces lurking around," Nora frowned at that one. "They should be back soon though."
Right on cue, several footsteps were heard as the rest of the group soon returned.
"Ruby!" Palmon all but glomped her partner upon seeing her okay.
Ruby laughed a bit as her partner jumped at her "Good to see you too Palmon."
"Nice to see you're awake Ruby." Pyrrha said, relief evident in her voice.
"How long was I even out exactly?" Ruby couldn't help but ask.
"Roughly 4 hours, possibly a bit more, we didn't really bother to check since we were in a hurry." Tentomon answered this one.
Ruby nodded in acceptance at that, before noticing something "Hey, where are Pierce and the rest?"
"There was a cave in earlier, and it split us up into our two current groups." Ren said with a sigh.
"What?! Then we need to find them!" Ruby tried to get up...a little too quickly, and soon was on the ground again.
"You shouldn't push yourself too hard just yet," Palmon said in worry.
"She's right. We don't even know if there are any other effects that might happen," Weiss agreed.
"Effects?" Ruby blinked.
"Pierce theorized that the reason you collapsed is due to how you awoke your silver eyes recently, he said that in canon, you passed out for about a week after triggering them." Salamon explained.
"My silver eyes?" Ruby blinked, before remembering what she did against MetalSeadramon. "So that's what they were…" she mused.
"At any rate, we were scouting the area and you wouldn't believe what we found," FanBeemon said. "This isn't just an underground tunnel, there's practically an underground city here!"
"What?" was the almost flat question the chosen and their Digimon all gave, as FanBeemon had been with Deramon and Floramon.
"Its true! This place is so big, we even saw a whole bunch of houses here and there, though they were more like apartments in a way," Deramon said.
"Wow...that...seems like we'll have a lot of ground to cover…" Wormmon sweatdropped at that.
"Well, we should look into it, maybe we'll end up finding the others if we're lucky." Gabumon said.
"Just as long as SOMEONE is careful." Weiss said as she looked at Ruby dryly.
"Alright, I get it, no running off." Ruby said with a sigh as she got up slowly.
The tunnels were, as expected, expansive. Honestly, it looked like a massive subway station mixed with a residential area in some parts.
"Damn...you could hide an army down here…" Nora couldn't help but whistle.
"Please don't say that," Tentomon deadpanned. The last thing they wanted was to have to fight an army down here when they'd been separated even further than before.
"Still...it's incredible they could hide all this down here…" Floramon mused. "We're so deep I didn't even notice it when I was spreading my roots up top."
"Guess that gives a whole new meaning to the word 'Downtown', huh?" Ruby couldn't help but say, earning a few chuckles.
"This would be the part where Yang or Pierce complain that nobody would have found it funny if they said it." Pyrrha said with a slight smirk.
The mirth didn't last long though as Salamon's ears perked up. "Uh...does anyone else hear that?" she asked.
The group all stopped and listened carefully. "Hey...I think I hear it too," Nora said.
"Same here...I think its coming from that way," Gabumon said as they all soon followed. What they found…
"Get to work you maggots!" came a cruel voice followed by a whip crack. The scene they found was that of a black teddy bear, clearly sewn back together several times, claws on his left hand, a red cape hanging off his back, and sewn onto his left arm was the japanese kanji for evil.
"Is that a Monzaemon ripoff?" Nora wondered silently.
"Close, it's WaruMonzaemon, pretty much the anti-Monzaemon." Salamon explained.
Digimon Analyzer: WaruMonzaemon
WaruMonzaemon. Virus Type. A Perfect Level Puppet Digimon. Opposed to Monzaemon, WaruMonzaemon is a cruel Digimon who prefers to deliver pain and suffering rather than joy and laughter. Its left arm is equipped with the Bear Claws, a weapon fashioned out of claws he stole from another Digimon. His special attacks are Heartbreak Attack, releasing broken hearts from his body that fills anyone they touch with a sense of despair and hopelessness, and Custom Claw, growing his weapon to a larger size before attacking his enemies with it.
"Work! Work! Work! THEN you can go die you worthless slugs!" WaruMonzaemon laughed as he cracked his whip, forcing a large group of Numemon to keep working on the machines they were strapped to. "You may be lowest of the low, but at least THIS way we're getting some use of from your existence!"
"What the hell?" Deramon ground out silently.
"Something like that… it's horrible." FanBeemon said.
"How should we do this?" Nora asked, knowing they weren't going to just leave it as it was.
"Fast for starters, or… maybe we could draw him away instead and free the Numemon." Ruby said, tapping her chin as she wondered which idea to go with.
"Draw him away, huh? Shouldn't be a problem," FanBeemon said, before flying over. "Gear Stinger!" he called out as he fired several small serrated stingers at WaruMonzaemon, catching his attention.
"What the?! Who are you?!" he growled.
"Nya nya! Can't catch me!" FanBeemon taunted, before firing again, further annoying WaruMonzaemon.
"Why you! Come back here!" he shouted as FanBeemon flew away, the bear hot on his trail.
"Huh...that was easy," Ren blinked, before they set about freeing the Numemon.
It wasn't long before all of them were free, the Numemon cheering for them as they got out of the room. After a few minutes, they ended up in an empty room, the Numemon still cheering.
"As nice as the cheers are, is FanBeemon gonna be okay? I mean...that WAS a Perfect he was up against…" Palmon asked.
"He's pretty fast, he should be able to get away," Ren frowned. "If nothing else, he's smart enough to know when to aim to get away…"
However, as if to answer the question, a nearby wall exploded and in came WaruMonzaemon...though rather than flying in, he looked like he was thrown in.
"Had enough?" Waspmon smirked as he came in...then noticed the others. "Huh...didn't realize we were going to where you guys were…" he blinked.
"We?" Weiss asked, right as 3 new Digimon entered.
The first was draconic in appearance, being a quadruped reptile with four wings, one pair smaller than the other, though his body was actually covered in red and white fur rather than scales, his tail had the appeared of several tails twisting together, the tip held in place by a golden spike shaped ornament, and on his snout was a sword like horn, right in front of a triangular red jewel.
The second was a black chinese dragon with a red underbelly, golden horns sprouting from his head and a sort of golden metal covering most of his snout, in each hand, he held an orb, one teal, and another orange.
The third was the only biped of the group, his whole body covered in golden armor, and instead of hands he sported swords where they should be, even his tail was a sword, and he had another coming out of his head, while sporting a 20 on his chest.
"Do… do they look familiar to anybody?" Palmon whispered to the others.
"Now that you mention it...yeah…" Pyrrha frowned.
The three newcomers saw them and smiled. "Oh hey, didn't expect to see you guys again," the red dragon said.
"...okay, you definitely recognize us, but we don't. Who did you three evolve from?" Ren asked.
The golden one chuckled "I guess it was to be expected. If it helps, we met Gyro first, and then met the rest of you on your ship."
The answer was met with several slow blinks, before their eyes went wide.
"Wait, it's you three?!" Weiss exclaimed in shock.
"That's right." the black dragon said with a nod "Though we have new forms, we're still the same… if not older at least." he laughed at his own words "You can call me Hisyaryumon."
Digimon Analyzer: Hisyaryumon
Hisyaryumon. Vaccine Type. A Perfect Level Beast Dragon Digimon. Clad in thick, shining scalemail, this Digimon soars through the skies unbound. It has a calm demeanor, and with it's great mobility has total control over the skies. His special attacks are Seiryujin, transforming into a giant katana to slice his enemies down, and Tenryu Suishoukyu, throwing his two crystal balls which ricochet everywhere to attack his enemies.
"As for me, I'm Duramon." said the golden Digimon.
Digimon Analyzer: Duramon
Duramon. Vaccine Type. A Perfect Level Weapon Digimon. Eternally training, this Digimon tempers his blades constantly, even though it knows not what the future awaits. Capable of transforming in a greatsword, he is one of the strongest weapon Digimon. His special attacks are Grasslash, a powerful slash that can cut even Chrome Digizoid clean in half, and Blindead, firing a beam in the shape of a 20 from his chest to deal massive damage.
"And I'm DoruGreymon." finished the furry dragon.
Digimon Analyzer: DoruGreymon
DoruGreymon. Data Type. A Perfect Level Beast Dragon Digimon. A powerful dragon Digimon that can hold back even the most powerful of holy and dark warriors with a mere sweep of his wings. Most people expect it to be a mindless beast, but in actuality he's quite wise and cunning. His special attacks are Metal Meteor, firing an iron ball of super high mass ten times greater than his own body, and Bloody Tower, skewering the enemy with his tail and flinging them into the sky.
"Okay, a lot of questions, but I think we can all agree we can save it for after we deal with the bear," Weiss sighed.
"Yeah, that works," the three chuckled, before everyone's attention was on WaruMonzaemon.
"Uh…" WaruMonzaemon gulped, before making his decision. "Bye!" he shouted as he went for the door.
"Oh no you don't! Turbo Stinger!" Waspmon shouted, firing his attack.
"Metal Meteor!"
"Blindead!"
"Tenryu Suishoukyu!"
The four attacks went flying, but in a bout of fear, WaruMonzaemon reached the door and managed to close it...only to be sent flying when it unsurprisingly exploded.
"Come back here you coward!" Hisyaryumon shouted as they gave chase...but no dice, he was gone.
"I guess he was just a bully in the end." DoruGreymon sighed out.
"At least he's not bothering us anymore." Duramon added.
"But we'd better get moving," Pyrrha frowned.
"Right, since he got away, no doubt he'll tell Machinedramon," Ruby nodded.
"And THAT would be a real pain…" Waspmon groaned. Sure they were gonna fight him eventually...but they'd rather not do it just yet. "Right, let's move."
"You can all come with us if you want," Nora said to the Numemon with a smile, to which they all nodded and suddenly the group had grown like crazy.
"...how long have we been down this tunnel?" Patamon idly asked.
"Lost count after the last 3 hours or so…" Pierce sighed.
"At least its bright…" Veemon said in consolation.
"Still...we've been here for quite a while and still haven't found anyone," Blake frowned.
"Reminds me of some video games, big world, but empty as heck." Pierce said, trying to make a joke out of it.
"Well...I guess that's both good and bad…" Blake said...before she stopped. "Wait."
"What is it?" Veemon asked.
"I hear something. Something's coming...and I think it might be big," she frowned.
"Machinedramon?" Patamon gulped.
"Possibly. For now let's hide," Blake said, as they found a fence of sorts, and soon hid in the shadows behind it and a few pillars.
Slowly, the sound of something could be heard, the two hunters nodding slowly to each other and readying their weapons, while their partners tensed, ready to evolve at a moment's notice.
Slowly the sound came closer...before it stopped...followed by what appeared to be footsteps. And they were coming closer.
Blake narrowed her eyes in confusion, the soundsteps sounded rather light, at least lighter than what Machinedramon likely sounded like, and there seemed to be… two of them?
Her confusion cleared when one of the two became visible.
"Andromon?" Pierce blinked in confusion, Andromon stopping in surprise and turning to them.
"The Chosen Children?" he said, just as surprised as they were obviously.
After coming over their surprise, the small group stepped out of their hiding spot, seeing who Andromon was accompanied by.
Standing next to him.. And reaching just above his ankle, was a small grey spherical Digimon with red gloves and boots.
And standing some feet behind them was what they quickly confirmed to be GrandLocomon.
"So, who're you?" Patamon asked the small Digimon.
It chuckled in response "I guess it's been a while, but, really, don't you remember another small Digimon shaped like a ball?"
They blinked at that, thinking back, before Veemon snapped his fingers "I know, you're Thundermon aren't you?"
Thundermon, or rather, his evolved form, nodded "That's right, and as of now, you can call me Mamemon."
Digimon Analyzer: Mamemon
Mamemon. Data Type. A Perfect Level Mutant Digimon. A Digimon that evolved in a harsh environment, wielding destructive power that surprises most opponents. It is one of the faster Digimon in existence, and combined with his power, he becomes nigh-unstoppable. His special attacks are Smiley Bomber, shooting off his hands like rockets and making them explode against his enemies while they grow back, and Buster Dive, leaping high into the air and crashing down on his foes.
"Glad to see you all are okay," Patamon smiled. "But why are you all here? Wasn't File safe?"
"It is," Andromon nodded. "...for the most part," he added with a frown. "But either way, we all knew the problem wouldn't get better if we did nothing, so we decided to come here to try and stop the Dark Masters, or failing that, act as a resistance movement to at least hinder them. So far that's all we've managed to do…"
"Well, at least you're all safe, on our end, we've already managed to defeat MetalSeadramon and Puppetmon, Machinedramon's next on the list now." Pierce answered.
"That's good to hear." GrandLocomon started "For a while now, I was the only one who had even remotely enough strength to defeat Machinedramon, but knowing you've defeated two of the Dark Masters already will help… though, aren't there supposed to be more of you?"
"We had a bit of an accident earlier, a cave in split us up, now we're looking to reunite with the others." Blake answered, earning what she assumed was a nod from the locomotive shaped Digimon, if the slight tilt of its front was any indication.
"Right, well, if you're looking for them, let us help. I've been helping our little rebellion by being our main mode of transport. I know these tunnels well," GrandLocomon offered.
"That'd be a big help," Veemon grinned.
"Great, hop on," GrandLocomon smiled as they boarded him. Once inside, Andromon took a few cables and connected them to himself.
"I will act as our navigator," he said. "I've managed to hack into Machinedramon's network, and from there we will be able to gain a map of the area."
"I'll provide a look out from up here," Mamemon added as he hopped onto the roof and nestled himself into a small groove.
The trip through the tunnels was moving a lot faster, as now it was possible for them to find the paths that they should take. However…
"I'm detecting a disturbance up ahead," Andromon reported. "I think it may be Machinedramon."
"And if he's causing this much trouble, I bet its cause he's found the others!" Pierce said in alarm.
"Then we'd better hurry!" GrandLocomon said, going full speed ahead.
"Cocytus Breath!" MetalGarurumon shouted as he fired the stream of cold energy, coating Machinedramon in ice.
"Grandis Scissors!" GrandisKuwagamon followed up, but when his attack hit the ice, it was stopped dead, before the ice exploded and out came Machinedramon looking no worse for wear.
"That's impossible! He took both of those and nothing?!" Ren gasped, eyes wide.
"Guys, look out!" Pyrrha warned, using her Semblance to just barely manage to pull them both out of the way when Machinedramon countered with his Infinity Cannon, causing the area to tremor violently from the explosions.
"This is bad! We need to do something!" Salamon frowned.
"But what can we do? He's taking their attacks like they're nothing!" Palmon asked frantically.
As if to answer their question…
"Dynamic Entry!" came a familiar voice, as Machinedramon was promptly ran over by a train. Literally.
They all had to take a moment to process the scene they just saw "Was… was that Pierce sticking his head out of GrandLocomon and shouting at the top of his lungs?" DoruGreymon asked, blinking several times.
"I… think it was." Ruby said slowly, being carried by Weiss and Nora at the moment as she was feeling too tired to properly power her crest.
"Follow them!" Pyrrha said quickly snapping out of her confusion as the large group quickly followed after them all.
"I don't know how to feel about this, walking right into danger like this." one of the Numemon said nervously.
"If you want to turn back, go ahead, we won't hold it against you for being afraid of Machinedramon." Weiss said, glancing at the small army of slime Digimon that were following them.
"Keep in mind, we're about to fight a ruthless Ultimate Level Digimon. There's no shame in choosing life," Ren assured.
The Numemon looked uncertain, but ultimately...they realized where they stood in a battle. "Thank you. We'll never forget this," they said as one before they turned and left.
"There they go," Nora said.
"It's better this way," MetalGarurumon said. "If they'd joined us, they likely wouldn't have survived…"
"Now then, we'd better go help the others. There's no telling how long before…!" Tentomon started, but…
An explosion happened, and GrandLocomon was thrown through the wall, landing on the ground with a skid. "Owww…." he groaned.
"...that happens…" Tentomon finished lamely.
"Before you jump into that melding pot, word of advice...watch out for the claws...and the cannons…" GrandLocomon said dizzily. "I'll jump back in just as soon as the room stops spinning."
"We'll keep that in mind…" GrandisKuwagamon said as they all sweatdropped, before quickly turning to the fight and running towards it.
When they got there, they were met with the sight of AeroVeedramon and HolyAngemon evading a barrage of cannon shots, while Andromon soon tried to attack Machinedramon...only for him to throw him aside, as while the Perfect was holding his own remarkably well...not quite enough.
However, when he tried to strike again, Andromon held one of his claws down. "Now!" Andromon shouted, before his allies unloaded their attacks on Machinedramon, causing explosions to cover the Dark Master...only for him to emerge unharmed.
"What the hell is that armor made of?!" Pierce growled.
"A futile effort. Unlike my comrades, I actually bother to upgrade myself. Aside from my Chrome Digizoid armor, this new coating of Adamantium metal serves me well," Machinedramon said. "You cannot defeat me."
Pierce let out a rather loud… and long lasting groan after hearing those words "Dammit Marvel!"
"Wait, you know what that is?" Weiss asked.
"It's a metal from a comic book, one of the characters in them has his skeleton coated in the stuff, and it makes him just about impervious to bullets." Pierce explained, his annoyance clearly visible on his face.
"...why the heck are fictional metals appearing here?" Salamon couldn't help but say...before it clicked. "Oh...right...data from both worlds…"
"So, how do we beat that kind of metal?" Pyrrha asked.
"Well...there were a few ways from the comic including…" Pierce trailed off before he slowly looked at Pyrrha...with a rather wicked grin on his face.
"Uh...why are you looking at me like that?" she asked a little nervously while GrandisKuwagamon and MetalGarurumon had joined in the fight, and were only just barely holding Machinedramon back.
"Adamantium can be affected by magnetism. A villain with Magnetic abilities pulled the coating out in one story," Pierce said.
"Okay...gory image aside, you want Pyrrha to do that?" Ren checked.
"Yep," Pierce nodded.
"Well...I'll try," Pyrrha said, before focusing...and soon scrunching up. "There's...a lot of metal. I can do this, but he's gonna need to be still…"
"Well, try to focus on one part of his body to make it less dangerous by pinning it down, like one of his arms, it'll make the job of keeping him still easier." Ruby suggested.
"Right, that I can do." Pyrrha nodded, before focusing her attention on Machinedramon's left arm, trying to subtly keep it pinned to his body.
However, this proved harder than expected, as after a moment or two of being pinned, the pressure suddenly increased and he broke free. "That is also pointless. I've ensured that my systems are running at optimum capacity, and with the help of my network, I've been able to get my hands on all your existing battle data. You have no way to defeat me," he said, before with a strong swipe of his claw, the Digimon that had been in the fray, were blown back, causing them all to hit the ground.
"Okay, this guys not all talk…" MetalGarurumon admitted.
"Okay...so he's strong, and he's got a brain under that armor…" Palmon frowned.
"Question is, how do we get around that?" Salamon said.
"You won't! Infinity Cannon!" Machinedramon growled, before firing.
"Heaven's Gate!" HolyAngemon countered, absorbing the cannon shots into the gate. " That same trick won't work forever!" he shot back.
"Same trick...that's it!" Weiss realized.
"You have a plan?" Blake asked.
"Yes, he says he's getting data from his network. But do you see any cables attached to him?" Weiss pointed out, and they realized that he did NOT have any.
"Is this plan going somewhere?" Waspmon asked.
"He's connecting to his network wirelessly. That means…" she continued, pulling out her scroll and began working on it faster than she'd ever done. Machinedramon seemed to notice, and moved to stop her, but the Troublemaker trio suddenly jumped him.
"Hey, didn't anyone tell you it's not nice to try and pick on a lady!" Duramon said mockingly as they started wailing on him, but all that did was annoy him, as with his coating, even Duramon's attacks weren't getting through.
Weiss had no intention of wasting the time they'd bought her. She worked on what she was doing like her life depended on it...and honestly, if she was right, then not just her life, but the lives of all her friends depended on it too. Taking everything she'd learned through her time in the Digital World, she went over the data she had, and found what she was looking for, hacking into Machinedramon's network. That's when she found the next roadblock. It seemed the network was indeed directly linked to Machinedramon...and boy was he mad that she was trying to hack into it.
"Miserable girl!" Machinedramon roared, actually getting angry...before AeroVeedramon and HolyAngemon tackled him, holding him back.
"Okay, I think it's safe to say we need to buy Weiss time for this. Everyone, go Perfect!" Tentomon said, as everyone who hadn't already evolved (save Weiss who was fully focused) quickly did so.
"Floramon, you stay back. I'll try to help however I can!" Deramon said, before running to the side and pelting Machinedramon with his Royal Nuts, but never staying still lest he make himself an easy target.
While this was happening, Weiss continued to frantically work, making her way through as many security systems in as little time as she could, using every bit of information she'd gathered up till now to decode and break through security. All the while the battle raged, Machinedramon hell bent on squishing her like a bug before she could crack the system, but the Digimon weren't letting him get an inch, even as they got knocked into the walls and ground time and time again.
"I hope whatever you're doing is gonna turn the tables, cause he's wiping the floor with us!" Angewomon groaned after getting blasted back.
Weiss didn't say anything, completely focused on the task at hand. She had to make this work. She had to get through the system, had to cut off one of the key parts of Machinedramon's power. As long as the system was feeding him data to counter them, they wouldn't be able to win. If she didn't...what the heck was she gathering all this knowledge for if it couldn't even save her friends?!
At that moment, her Crest started to glow, and her fingers began working even faster, and before she knew it. She was in. "I'm in!" she shouted, before she immediately pulled the plug on the extra power and information that Machinedramon was getting the only way she knew would be permanent. By destroying it all.
At that moment, several explosions happened through the city, and a backlash soon happened as Machinedramon roared in pain as his body was covered in sparks and his vision danced due to the abrupt and destructive loss of his network. "He's lost his Network, and any boosts he's been getting from it! He's down to his own powers now!" Weiss shouted.
"GLAD to hear that," DoruGreymon groaned as he shook his head to get the dizziness out.
"Impossible! How could a mere human crack my systems?!" Machinedramon growled.
"You're right, if it was just me, I probably wouldn't have succeeded," Weiss said. "But this wasn't just me. I've been learning so much since coming here, and I've met people who've taught me so much. Everything I've learned, its went into breaking through that defense you put around yourself. You're not going to have your way anymore! Put up as many defenses as you want. I'll use everything I've learned and tear them all down!" Weiss declared, and at that moment, her Crest shone brighter than ever, as a pillar of purple light shot out of her and into the sky, the Tag floating up before shattering, the Crest flying into her body and the light all focusing into her hand, quickly taking hold of her D-Core, changing it into a D-Crest with a purple grip "Tentomon!"
"Way ahead of you!" Tentomon said as he flew ahead, Weiss aiming her D-Crest at him.
(Play Brave Heart)
The Crest of Knowledge appeared on the glass covering, before the light erupted from the D-Crest, the Crest flying out with the beam, before flying into Tentomon who turned the same color as the Crest. "Tentomon, Warp Evolution!" Tentomon called out as he did a backflip and released a burst of light from his body. The beam soon revealed Kabuterimon, who released another beam, revealing AtlurKabuterimon, before releasing one final beam. The form that emerged was without a doubt an evolution of Kabuterimon, and compared to his Perfect form, he was gigantic, sporting both stag beetle pincers and rhino beetle horn on his head, a golden shell quickly to started to flash into existence all over his body, starting with his legs, followed by his arms, his body, and finally his head, before a golden carapace appeared over his back, bearing the Crest of Knowledge, and splitting open to reveal his wings as Tentomon's green eyes flashed for a moment through the holes in his new form's helmet. Lightning arched off his body and into the air around him, suddenly leaving him in the middle of a storm cloud with thunder cracking overhead as he let off a huge discharge "HerculesKabuterimon!"
Machinedramon, actually losing his composure at the insolent girl's words, roared in anger...only to be tackled and thrown aside by the newly evolved Digimon.
"Woah...he just lifted that guy up like he was nothing…" Mamemon said in awe.
"That's cause he's HerculesKabuterimon now," Weiss couldn't help but grin as she looked up her partner's new form.
Digimon Analyzer: HerculesKabuterimon
HerculesKabuterimon. Vaccine Type. An Ultimate Level Insectoid Digimon. A Digimon carrying data from both the Kabuterimon species and the Kuwagamon species, granting him all the perks with none of the flaws. Having regained the wings he lost as AtlurKabuterimon, he now sports a higher range of mobility, and is said to be able to travel the Digital World at supersonic speed. His special attacks are Giga Blaster, firing an extremely powerful beam of lightning energy from his main horn and Horn Buster Kai, ramming the energy with his electrified horn.
"So you've reached Ultimate as well," Machinedramon said as he got up, but didn't seem the least bit worried. "It won't make a difference," he growled.
"We'll see about that! Horn Buster Kai!" HerculesKabuterimon flew forward, ramming into Machinedramon, the Dark Master grunting as he braced against the attack, getting pushed back, and electricity surging through him, but slowly the momentum slowed, and he managed to push the attack aside, to which HerculesKabuterimon quickly regained his distance.
"That armor is STILL holding up?!" MetalGarurumon growled in disbelief.
"Adamantium is REALLY sturdy…" Pierce admitted.
"There's gotta be SOMETHING we can do…" came AeroVeedramon's words as he and HolyAngemon landed nearby and reverted back to their Child forms out of exhaustion.
"Sorry we couldn't do more though…" Patamon said apologetically, to which Blake just picked him up and smiled reassuringly
"So I guess we really DO have to get that coating off of him," Pyrrha frowned. "But we need to hold him still!"
"I got this!" came a familiar voice as GrandLocomon was now charging at full tilt, aiming right for Machinedramon.
The Dark Master didn't have a chance to evade or move, as he was forced to brace once again, GrandLocomon slamming into him, and pushing him back considerably, before HerculesKabuterimon slammed him from behind, the Dark Master finding himself pinned between the two Ultimates.
"Pyrrha! Do it now!" HerculesKabuterimon roared.
"Right!" Pyrrha nodded before she focused once more. This time she focused on trying to get rid of the metal coating. The metals were very well melded, to the point it wasn't easy, but slowly but surely she could feel it falling under her control. However, as she pushed as hard as she could, the metals only slowly started to separate, starting with the claws, the metal coating coming off of his main body bit by bit. However, no doubt Machinedramon wasn't about to let her do this unimpeded.
Growling, he continued struggling, but the two Ultimates held tight, before he suddenly jerked his head back, slamming into HerculesKabuterimon, forcing him to let go a little, before he stopped fighting, causing GrandLocomon to accidentally push him right into the larger Ultimate, sending him back, before regaining his footing, and soon stopping the train shaped Digimon again.
(Stop Song)
"Your efforts, while plentiful, will only result in one outcome." Machinedramon said, before using his right arm to grab hold of GrandLocomon and lift him upwards, surprising the locomotive Digimon.
"Let him go!" Mamemon shouted as he and Andromon ran forward to save their friend, the same with GrandisKuwagamon and MetalGarurumon, but at that moment Machinedramon turned to them and with a roar, used GrandLocomon as an impromptu bat, knocking them all away, the two Ultimates reverting to their Baby forms after they landed, having stayed too long in their current forms.
"I'll admit, you've all caused me quite a lot of trouble. But your luck ends here," Machinedramon said coldly, his cannons extending and aimed right at GrandLocomon's head. The others who still could fight tried to run to help, to stop what was about to happen...but all they could do in the end was watch as the cannons charged up.
"Finish this for me, okay guys?" GrandLocomon managed to say, looking one last time at his comrades before glaring at Machinedramon defiantly, right before the cannons were fired. The force blew holes right through his head and body before he shattered into data shortly after.
"No…" Nora whispered in horror, Ren looking on with grit teeth.
"Bastard." Weiss growled.
"How dare you…" Pyrrha muttered, trembling, before her head snapped up at Machinedramon with a glare. "How dare you kill him!"
"And what of it?" Machinedramon said coldly. "It was only a matter of time before he met his demise, the same holds true for the rest of you. You may have defeated MetalSeadramon and Puppetmon, but the same won't happen three times. Your luck has run out, Chosen Children."
"Run out?" Pierce muttered, before his eyes snapped open, and if looks could kill, Machinedramon would be molten scrap right now "It hasn't run out you bastard! Because we make our own luck!"
Right as he said that, Pyrrha's hands glowed brighter than usual, and she pulled.
Machinedramon barely had time to let out a roar of pain, before his Adamantium coating was completely ripped off his body. However that seemed to take a toll on Pyrrha too, as she soon fell to the ground unconscious, to which the others quickly took her back to safety before the Dark Master could regain his bearings.
Seeing an opening, HerculesKabuterimon roared in anger, before he rammed his horn into Machinedramon, and this time, the Dark Master was sent flying, causing him to crash into a nearby wall, groaning as he got up.
"Still gonna call that luck?" Pierce dared as he looked the cruel Digimon in the eyes. "That's why you're going to lose here! You think every win we've scored was just us getting lucky, when we've made our own luck. You're not just fighting us! You're fighting anyone and everyone who has the will and wish to see you and all the other Dark Masters dead and dust! THAT is why we're not going to lose to you! And once we're done, we'll send Piedmon right after you too!" he shouted, his Crest exploding into a pillar of golden light around him while the Tag shattered apart and the crest sunk into his skin, the light quickly focusing down on his hand as he grabbed his D-Core, changing it into a D-Crest with a golden grip "Let's kick his ass Veemon!"
"Right!" the blue Digimon shouted as he jumped to his feet and Pierce aimed his Digivice at him.
(Brave Heart restart)
The crest of Miracles appeared on the glass covering, before the light erupted forth, sending it flying out and into Veemon who turned the same color as the crest. "Veemon, Warp Evolution!" Veemon called out, as a beam of light was released from his body, revealing Veedramon, who turned and released another burst of light, revealing AeroVeedramon who repeated the process one more time. The resulting body was humanoid in shape with a draconic head that sported four horns pointed backwards, before pieces of blue and silver armor started to appear on his body, starting with shoulder pads, then gauntlets, armored boots, and proper chest armor. His body became colored in at that moment, in shades of blue, silver and gold armor, while his eyes were the same red as Veemon. A pair of silver bracelets appeared on each wrist, followed by a pair of wings shooting out his back, appearing similar to a cape, and finally, a large golden V shining into existence on his chest. The area around him finally settled into the middle of a tornado, the raging winds whipping around him while the Crest of Miracles appeared on the back of his right hand, followed by an energy saber shooting out from his silver bracelet as he swung it to the side, the tornado dissipating from around him to reveal clear skies "UlforceVeedramon!"
"Woah!" Pierce breathed in awe as he looked up at his partner, he was actually tall enough that he could stand on his shoulder.
"I think we've officially hit overkill." Ruby muttered from where she was.
"You have no idea how right you are." Weiss said as she looked down at the Analyzer.
Digimon Analyzer: UlforceVeedramon
UlforceVeedramon. Vaccine Type. An Ultimate Level Holy Knight Digimon. One of thirteen Royal Knights said to uphold order in the Digital World, UlforceVeedramon possesses the highest speed amongst them, capable of reaching hypersonic speeds in a matter of seconds. His armor is fashioned out of Blue Digizoid, a more lightweight version of Chrome Digizoid that allows the user to be even faster than normal, and he wields the V Bracelets on his arms, capable of forming any weapon he wishes out of pure energy. His special attacks are Shining V Force, firing a ray of energy from the V on his chest, and Ulforce Saber, cutting his opponents to pieces with swords created from his V Bracelets.
Machinedramon was just getting to his feet again when both of the Ultimates landed before him...and boy did they look PISSED.
"Wanna open up this tin can?" HerculesKabuterimon growled.
"With pleasure," UlforceVeedramon agreed.
"Insolent upstarts! Don't think you will defeat me so easily!" Machinedramon growled, before lashing out with his clawed left arm, something that UlforceVeedramon met head on, igniting his V Bracelets that formed a pair of sabers made of light. A flash occured, and Machinedramon roared in pain as his left arm went flying, the sabers cutting through his armor as if they were butter. "Impossible! Even without the Adamantium coating, I'm still made of Chrome Digizoid!"
"For a guy who thinks he's so smart, you're sure acting dumb right now," HerculesKabuterimon chuckled.
"Doesn't matter how hard your armor is. My blades are made from pure energy, perfect for cutting right through armor like yours," UlforceVeedramon smirked.
"You bastards!" Machinedramon roared, before charging up his cannons. "Infinity Cannon! Full Blast!" he roared, his cannons practically bursting with energy, before he fired them in a constant stream.
"Not this time," UlforceVeedramon growled. "Shining V Force!" he called out, firing a V shaped beam of energy from his chest armor.
"Giga Blaster!" HerculesKabuterimon added, firing his best attack, the two attacks meeting the cannon beams head on, the attacks struggling against each other, before the attacks slowly overpowered Machinedramon's attack, sending the energy back and into his cannons, which promptly exploded from the overload.
Machinedramon roared in agony as more of his armor was ripped off from the explosion, the Dark Master stumbling back.
"Its over. You've lost," Weiss said simply, catching the Dark Master's attention.
"Over?" Machinedramon repeated, as if trying to comprehend her words. "No! This is NOT over! I will NOT be defeated by the likes of you!" he roared, as his eyes glowed red, and his body started to glow. "If I will die here, I will take you all WITH me!" he roared. "You will all die to my most powerful attack! Catastrophe-!"
He didn't get to finish, as the two Ultimates were already upon him. "Take this somewhere else! Horn Buster Kai!" HerculesKabuterimon roared as he slammed his horn into Machinedramon, and with a might swing, sent him flying up through the ground and out into the sky above.
However, Machinedramon barely had time to register what happened as a blur shot up past him, before coming down again.
"Ulforce Saber!" UlforceVeedramon called out as several flashes went through Machinedramon's body, and time seemed to stop for the Dark Master.
"T-this can't be!" he managed to roar out before he was diced up like an onion, his body falling in a hundred pieces which soon shattered into data.
(Song End)
UlforceVeedramon didn't wait, zooming back down and landing at the same time as HerculesKabuterimon "Everyone climb on, we have to leave before the city disappears!"
Right as he said that, the ground started shaking around them.
"Come on!" Pierce said quickly, climbing up to his partner's shoulder, while a few of the others got in his hands, everyone else not capable of flight climbing on top of HerculesKabuterimon's head as they took back off into the air, soon watching as the third section of Spiral Mountain disappeared.
"GrandLocomon… his sacrifice will forever be honored in our memory." Andromon said sadly as Mamemon was sat on his shoulder.
"That's three down now." Pierce said, before glaring at the top of the mountain "Only one left. Wait for us Piedmon, we're coming for you."
Only one Dark Master remains now.
Hope you're all looking forward to the coming climax of the Adventure Arc, because...
The Adventure Evolves.