Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Mystic Digital War ❯ Chapter 21: Beetlemon ( Chapter 21 )

A young woman with curly blond hair held a microphone close to her mouth as she spoke,"Zis is Catherine DeGual reporting live. For zose of you juzt joing us, Matt waz going to recive a reward from ze city for saving it from Myotismon. Tai and Matt both beat him, zo Tai went ot Matt's apartment to zteal ze award.

Meanwhile, ze Digidestined and Digital Warriors arrived at a dance studio where ze Dark Digidestined were searching for ze High Priest. Unfrotunatly, Hypnos showed up as well. Takato zen discovered zat ze Digimon Emperess was in fact, Jeri. Davis and June finally discovered each other as well. Zey were on opposing teams, and did not rejoice at each other'z prezneze. Ze Digidestined team were able to find ze High Priest, only to discover it was in fact a High Priestess.

Back at ze Kamiya apartment, Tai read from his father's journal, which told of My. Kamiya's journey into the Digital World where he met Sora'z fazer and a strange prophet. She told him prophesies of Armageddon, leaving ze Digital Warriors in doubt of zier mission.

Prologue

Makura, the head of the Wiant army growled. "This is the most unorthodox..."

"Lord Makura," Queen Miriya repermanded,"I will not tell you again, Darius holds the right to speak."

The master-smith bowed. "Thank you, my Queen. " He turned to face the council,"As I was explaining, Amadeaus's Matrix of Evil has grown more powerful then I could have imagined. If we do not act soon, we all may very well be destroyed."

"And how do you know that the Wiant Empire will be destroyed?" an elderly man asked.

"I have foressen it," he simply said.

"I'm sorry," a woman said,"but I must echo Makura's statement. We do not support fortune telling of any kind. Normally, we would exile anyone who practiced such...sacrilegious nonsense. Why should we not do the same to you?"

"You have to trust me," he said,"All will be destroyed if we do not act soon. Amadeaus's power grows every second, which makes his Apocalymon partner even more powerful. You have to trust me, I know what I am saying will occur."

"If we do agree with you," Makura said,"What would you suggest we do?"

"Attack him head on," Darius nodded,"I know where his stronghold is."

"What of this army you say he is building?" Miriya asked,"How would we defend against it?"

"We can aid in your campaign

Everyone present in the council gasped as the roof of the room turned black like the depths of space, complete with glowing stars. A gigantic turtle appeared in the southern end of the room, while a giant bird appeared in the northern end, a giant tiger appeared in the west, with the biggest of them all, a large dragon, appearing in the east.

"We will help you," the dragon said,"The four gods of the Mystic World will aid to destroy the threat to all."

"Lord Azulongmon," the Queen of the Waints gasped, falling to her knees.

"Lord Baihamon," Makura gasped,"And Lord Zhuqioamon, and Lord Xuwanamon!"

Darius bowed down, slower than the others. "Thank you," he said,"We will surely win this war with the gods on our side."

Chapter 21: Beetlemon

Nami shivered slightly as Andromon slowly approached her. She glanced around the room she was in. Blossumon, Frigamon and the other members of the Restoration were seated around the room at a circular table, along with the higher ranking members of the Digidestined. She stood in the center along with Andromon, and she was glancing up at him when she felt herself shivering again.

"Are you okay?" Andromon asked, stopping in front of her.

"Just a little nervous, that's all," she shrugged.

"We do not have to do this if you do not want to," Andromon said with compassion in his voice,"If you feel you are not ready, we can find another.."

"No, no," Nami said, shaking her head,"Ever since I watched my parents die before my eyes, I've never wanted to be that helpless again. I want to help save innocent lives. I am ready."

Andromon nodded, then grabbed a staff with an small statue of a dragon on the top from off of the table and held it over Nami's head. "I now give to you the Staff of the Digital World. As you except this staff, so will you become infused with the knowledge of the previous Priests..."

"Wait," Nami said, "If I receive the memories of the previous ones, won't I get the traitorous thoughts of Geni?"

"A cleaver and intelligent question," Andromon smiled,"But, when Geni began to stay from the path of righteousness, he was no longer worthy of the staff, and so none of his knowledge from that point will be remembered. Do you except the staff?"

"Yes," Nami said, holding up her hands,"I am ready." Andromon said a short prayer, then placed the staff in her open palms. She instantly screamed aloud as memories from the previous hundred priests and priestess were funneled into her mind.

Biyomon felt as though she was going to collapse, she didn't know how Sora was able to fly, but she was able to do it faster then the digital bird could. She had been flapping her wings so fast that they were ready to fly off. She was panting and it was hard to stay in the air, but she could see Sora in front of her. The red head suddenly stopped and shot down into an alley below.

"Great, she's at it again!" Biyomon sighed, following her. She landed on the ground just as Sora was holding a helpless old woman by the throat, ready to drain away her energy like she had done to all the others.

"Sora!" Biyomon shouted,"You've got to stop this! Look at what you're doing!"

Sora's now metal hand hesitated, inches away from the old woman's face. "Need energy...more energy...."

"Sora, you're sick," Biyomon said,"Something is affecting your mind,you've got to pull yourself out of it! Come on Sora, please...!"

Sora's grip relaxed slightly, and the old woman fell to the ground. She quickly ran out of sight. "B...Biyomon," she moaned,"Y...you've got to knock me out..."

"What?" her digimon asked.

"U..use your attack, knock me unconscious, hurry, I don't know how much longer I...I can stay..in control..."

"Sora..I can't..."

"B..Biyomon..." Sora maoned,"I...I...need more energy, more energy!" She shot towards Biyomon.

Her digimon friend had no choice. "Spiral Twister!" Her attack slammed Sora in the head and sent her crashing into the brick wall of the nearby building.

"I'm sorry Sora," Biyomon said.

Hiroshi Eiri, commander of the Dark Digidestined, knelt nervously on the floor of the Neo-Digiworld throne room, all the while keeping his gaze towards the ground. The three remaining Dark Masters, Lucifer, Bizzard, Mora and their Digimon, along with the Neo-Digworld Emperor himself, Apocalymon, were staring down at him.

"You've really screwed up this time!" Mora growled.

Eiri glanced up at her and found it difficult to remember that the small child in front of him was spiritually older then he was. "Lady Mora...." he started.

The ten-year-old body showed her teeth, "Nothing you say can change the fact that you messed up! Big time!"

The then-year-old frame of Bizzard stepped forward. "You were at the dance studio! The new High Priest, Priestess, whoever, was right there! You let her slip through our fingers!"

Eiri swallowed,"But, both the Digidestined and the Digital Warriors were there...."

Piedmon cleared his throat,"The Digital Warriors were busy fighting that Hypnos organization! The Digidestined's digimon did not even go beyond the Champion level, tell me, how were you so busy that you couldn't even glance at your psychic locator?"

Piedmon's partner, the most evil one of all, Lucifer, stepped forward. "You let the High Priestess get away!"

"I...I am sorry,.." he stammered.

"Stop apologizing!" Lucifer growled,"You're not a warrior! I can't believe we counted on you for anything! You've disgraced all of us! Now get out!"

Eiri slowly raised himself and walked out of the room. "That was a little harsh, wasn't it?" Apocalymon asked.

Lucifer turned to his massive emperor,"We could have had the Restoration under our control as well, and that blubbering buffoon let it slip through his fingers."

"Those two digidestined teams are becoming a nuisance," Piedmon added.

"Actually," Mora's partner, Puppetmon said,"Krake has something in that department that might help."

Apocalymon nodded,"Then send for her."

A few minutes later, the black haired mystic walked into the throne room, her Soulmon was following behind her with his arms carrying three digi-eggs. "My lords," she bowed,"I understand you want to destroy the digidestined forces. I have something."

Soulmon placed all the eggs on the ground, then both Krake and and Soulmon held their hands over the eggs. They began to utter a strange incantation, then all three eggs suddenly shot forth with a bright light and slowly grew into figures with arms, legs, and evil gazes in their eyes.

"My lords, " Krake said,"I would like you to meet Milleniumon, Arukennimon, and Plagemon, known collectively as..."

"Oikawa's Dark Lords," Apocalymon said,"You resurrect them?" The disgust was obvious from his tone.

Krake was slightly nervous as she turned her back to the resurrected warriors. They were completely disoriented.

"Wh-where are we?" Milleniumon asked.

"This isn't Earth," Arukennimon said.

"Vat happened to Lord Oikawa?" Plagemon asked.

"Look at them!" Bizzard shouted,"They're useless idiots!"

Milleniumon's eyes glowed for a second, then dimmed. "What was that about?" Bizzard laughed, crossing his arms. As he did he noticed that he was no longer wearing his gray jacket, white t-shirt or black pants. Instead he was now wearing a pair of blue jeans, green shirt and purple and blue sweater-Mora's uniform! He glanced over and saw that his fellow Dark Master was now wearing his. "What the hell...?"

Krake grinned. "Milleniumon's special attack freezes time for as long as he needs. A latent power that I have brought out in him."

Apocalymon smiled,"Excellent. Dark Lords, whom do you serve?"

"Neo-Digiworld," they bowed.

"And who do you hate the most?"

"Kamiya," Milleniumon growled,"and those that serve her."

"Hikari Kamiya has an older brother that she was working for," Apocalymon explained,"Destroy all of them."

Milleniumon bowed,"By your command."

"Good morning Zoe," Davis yawned as he walked into the kitchen and saw the newest member of the Digital Warriors at the table.

Zoe glanced at her watch. "Morning?" she asked,"It's closer to afternoon. Does everyone around her sleep so late?"

"It was a very long day yesterday," he explained, grabbing juice from the refrigerator,"Not the least of which was at the ballroom....."

Zoe saw the Davis's expression completely changed. "What is it?"

"I...I don't know why I'm about to tell you this, maybe you really are that Zoe that helped my father build the weapons that should have brought down Oikawa, but...at the ballroom last night I...I discovered that Mask is really June."

"Your sister?!"

Zoe and Davis turned around and saw Kari standing in the doorway,"You found your sister?"

"Yeah," Davis sighed, "and she's on Ishida's Digidestined team. She was the one that...that tried to throw me in a Digital World prison." His hands started to shake,"I...I've finally found her and she's my enemy."

"Davis..."Kari said, placing her arms around his shoulder. Suddenly, Zoe shot up and her eyes rolled back into her head.

"Zoe?" Kari asked,"Are you okay?"

The blond girl shook her head a few times,"Yeah, I...I think so."

"What happened?" Davis asked.

"I..I don't know," Zoe sat down,"I just felt like something was pulling me, like I needed to be somewhere else."

"Maybe we should get you to a doctor..." Kari started.

"No, I'll be fine."

She nodded, then glanced at the clock,"Come on, Davis, we're going to be late for school."

He grumbled slightly, then walked into the room he shared with Michael and the Tamers. He found that Ken was there also. That in itself was not what Davis thought was odd. Even though the only ones actually living the Kamiya apartment were Tai, Kari, their younger brother, Taisuke, Davis, Michael, Noriko, now Zoe, and Mrs. Kamiya (how she was able to support this many people was beyond him) Although the Tamers were currently living with them, they had paid for their share by giving Mrs. Kamiya a large amount of money to fund what they would need. How they amassed that much money, Davis'll never know. Ken lived with is rich brother, or did until Sam Ichijoji was taken mysteriously by the Hypnos organization, which was where Ken was calling.

"Yes," Ken said into the phone,"I am the younger brother of Sam Ichijoji. I am trying to find out what happened....no....no, don't put me on hold again, don....hello...helllo..?"

"So they hung up instead, huh?" Davis asked, peeling off his pajama's.

"I just want to know what happened to him," Ken sighed,"Why won't they let me at least talk to him?"

"I don't know," Davis said,"It seems we both have a problem with older siblings. So, where's Takato? I need to ask him a few things."

"He's been spending a lot of time on the roof," Kazu yawned from his bed ,"He's probably up there."

"I wonder why?" Davis said,"Hey, Henry's gone too. Where are those two?"

Up on the roof, Takato sat gazing at the city below, admiring the view of the city that would be destroyed in twelve short years if his future was allowed to come to pass. As his gazed passed over a small pond in front of an office building, where he was able to catch a glimpse of the sun shimmering in the pond.

"Kasumi," he sighed,"Please, I need your help. Jeri is the Digimon Emperess, my mission to come back to this time has only assured Armageddon, Uncle Tai is with Anna Vassil, someone else I can't save, I don't even know where Aunt Sora is. I tried to fill your shoes Kasumi, but I've totally failed. What should I do?"

He glanced up at the sun and saw an image of a thirteen-year-old girl with long jet black hair that reached the middle of her back, pushed down on the top of her head by a pair of blue goggles. She wore a white jumpsuit with dark red stripes down the side, under a thick dark black cloak.

"Takato," she said,"Ya haf'ta get over your self pitey, it's the only way you'll be able to lead the others. The fact that cha want ta change history ta save me means a lot ta me, but ya've got to put me behind you, there are too many other people that need ta be saved. Why did'ya stop tellin' my father information that could help 'im? You were tellin' your parents, Mr. Izumi and the others that night in Modem, why did'cha stop with my father? You have info that he needs. Ya hav'ta tell 'im. You're the leader now, not me. Trust in Kazu, Guardromon, Henry, Terriermon and Guilmon, they'll help ya. Remember, you're stronger than all a' em put together."

"That's what you always said, Kasumi," Takato sighed,"But I don't believe it. I can't forget about you, you were my hero, I won't forget!"

Something from the corner of his eye made him turn to the building across the street. Nothing was in view,"Must have been a bug or something," he muttered.

On the other building, a young boy with black hair and a cap on his head glance nervously at Takato. "He almost saw me! Where is Zoe, she hasn't come out yet, maybe she resisted the pull, but, I need to know where Takuya is, before it's too late!"

TK glanced up from the table when he saw a familiar figure walk by. "Catherine?"

The blond French girl turned her head to the kitchen. "Au Voir," she called,"My, I must zay, you zure fill out zose sweat pants nicely."

TK started to blush slightly,"What are you doing here?"

She was about to answer when her Floramon interrupted. "Wait, don't you live with your mother?"

"It was a late night last night so we just slept here," Patamon explained, hovering in.

"That's not the point!" TK said,"Why are you here?"

"I'm waiting for your fazer to return. He iz going to give me anozer assignment."

"You're not going to be our reporter anymore?" he asked, a little sad. Ever since the fight with Oikawa, Catherine had been on the sideline reporting on the Digidestined activities. She had even helped in fighting Apocalymon in Modem. It would be weird not to have her there anymore.

"Juzt until anozer Digital ztroy appears," she sighed,"Zo, where is Lord Ishida?"

"He and Rumiko went out for a little while..." Suddenly, Catherine had wiped out her little note pad.

"Really?" she asked,"How are zey az a couple?"

"They are getting married..." Patamon said before TK shut him up.

Catherine was going to ask a few more questions, when Rika walked out of the guest room, yawning. She saw TK and Catherine staring at her. "Well, what?"

"Zo," Catherine asked, turning back to TK,"Who iz zis?"

"She's...juzt another Digidestined,"TK said,"Her name's Rika."

"Rika, huh?" she asked, glancing at the girl in the purple stripped pajamas.

The front door opened,"Guys!" Mr. Ishida called out,"I'm home. Ah, Catherine, you're early."

"Ze early bird, zir..." she laughed slightly, following him into his office.

"Was that DeGaul?" Rika asked.

TK nodded. "Don't tell her anything about who you really are. She'd hound us to the ends of the earth."

"Really?" Rika asked,"In my time, she was one of the last reporters left. After Apocalymon took over Japan, the UN was going to counter-strike with a massive attack. She was the only one on the front lines, broadcasting as long as she could. The strike failed, but still..."

"I just hope she isn't going to get herself killed,"TK sighed.

Henry shot up in his bed when he heard the doorbell. He groggily walked over to the front door of the Kamiya apartment. "Mr. Izumi," he yawned,"Good morning."

"Hi, Henry," Izzy said, stepping inside with Tentomon. He glanced around the apartment,"It's way too quiet in here. Where is everyone?"

"I don't know," Henry yawned again,"I was asleep. Hey, Terriermon where is everyone?"

His digimon peeked in from the balcolny,"Mrs. Kamiya is at work, Lord Kamiya and Anna said they were taking a day off, Miss Zoe said she felt like something was pulling her somewhere, so she and Michael are investigating it, Noriko, Lady Kari and Master Davis are at school. I do not know where Henry or Master Takato are."

Henry turned back to Izzy,"Well there you go."

The redhead sighed,"You are all insane. Do you have any idea when Tai will be back?"

Guardromon shook his head,"They made it seem like they would be gone all day."

Izzy sighed. "Well, we came all the way over here," Tentomon buzzed,"Can we wait a little while before we head back?"

"Tentomon," Izzy said,"We only live down the block."

The telephone rang. "I'll get it," Henry said, running to the hall,"Hello, Kamiya residence...How can I.....who..? Sora Takenouchi, yeah...but....Hold on." He turned around,"Uh, Mr. Izumi, maybe you should take this call."

Izzy ran over. "Hello? Biyomon, what's....yeah...what?...wait, where? I'll be right over." He hung up the phone then turned to Kazu. "Are you doing anything today?"

"Um...welll, I don't know..."

"I might need your help. Come on."

"W-wait, I need to get dressed," Henry ran into the guest room.

"Hurry up!" Izzy shouted.

A few minutes later Henry ran out of the room dressed in his usual attire. Izzy grabbed his wrist and pulled him out of the apartment. "Where are we going?" he called.

"To the hospital. Sora Takenouchi is dying."

June sighed deeply as she stared into her locker. She felt herself seconds away from crying. "No!" she fiercely told herself,"I am not going to cry! Daisuke is the Digital Warrior Master of Courage...oh why didn't I see it before? Maybe part of me didn't want to believe it, but....I tried to throw him in jail! Oh, I can't believe I did that! He hates me now. what am I going to do?"

She slowly swung her book bag over her shoulder and walked to her first period class. She did have some good news, the doctor had told her that her scaring was healing nicely and she only had to wear her burn mask at night. She at least felt normal as she walked into her classroom. She knew that her classmates were staring at her, she still had extensive burns on her face. She wished she was with her friends, especially her brother.

"I'll talk to him after school," she decided, sitting in her desk,"Lord Ishida knows where the Kamiya Apartment is. I'll talk to him then."

JP was lying on his bunk with his hands under his head when he slightly opened his eyes when he heard a familiar voice in the hallway outside of his cell. "Dr. Kafka," he heard Sam Ichijoji saw,"Has there been any progress?"

"You are progressing nicely," she said, stepping into Sam's cell.

"Hmp," JP said, turning away,"I could hardly believe that Sam Ichijoji was the Digimon Emperor, and I have even less faith now. He's so weak!"

JP glanced back across the hall to where Takuya was sleeping in his cell. "And he's the weakest one of all! How could he be that Digimon Agnimon? It's not possible!"

He heard Dr. Kafka leave Sam's cell and continued down the hall. He closed his eyes again, when he noticed that all the talking in the hallway had stopped. "What the?" he asked, jumping to stare out the bars,"Why is everyone asleep?"

"I turned on the tranquilizer system."

JP glanced up,"Orion?"

The Digital Hunter nodded. "Yes, I did not want the others to hear our conversation."

JP eyed him suspiciously. "What are you talking about?"

"Tell me, how would you like to do what Takuya is able to do? How would you like the power he wields?"

"O-of course I would," JP said,"What of it?"

"What if I could give you that power?"

"What do you mean?"

Orion reached into his cape and pulled out a strange object, it looked like the bust of a giant beetle. "This is a spirit, the same thing that Takuya uses to digivolve. What do you say?"

JP eyed the glowing object in Orion's hand. "What's the catch?"

"The catch," Orion said," is that you must serve me. Don't worry, it isn't anything I don't think you'll like. I have a little...project that I am taking care of, but I require a large amount of energy. Your mission will be to collect energy from dying humans. What do you say?"

"Why? You work for an organization that is trying to save earth from..'digital threats."

"My reasons are my own!" Orion shouted,"Suffice to say, the Digidestineds will pay for betraying me! I have already taken care of Sora Takenouchi, no I must destroy Ishida and the others!"

"That sounds good to me," JP laughed,"I'll take it!"

Orion grinned slightly under his mask.

JP stared at the object,"What are you waiting for? I am yours man! You want energy, I'll give it to you! It'll be a nuclear holocaust, and, like cockroaches, we'll be the only ones left!"

"I like the sound of that!" Orion said, hand the object to JP. As soon as it touched him, he was overcome with a bright light, causing his body to twist and change. "You promised me destruction that only bugs would survive, so you will deliver, Beetlemon!"

JP suddenly felt as though his body had a mind of its own. A strange device appeared in his right hand, while a glowing circle appeared around his left hand. He slid the circle across the device. "Execute! Spirit Evolution!"

He felt as though armor was being welded onto his body, a sort of thick armor. He instantly felt the increase of power and strength. "Hahaha!" he laughed, throwing his arms into the air,"This is incredible! I can feel the power!" He slammed his fists together and lightning shot in all directions, blasting into the walls and ceilings, shorting out numerous electronic systems.

"Nice job!" Orion shouted,"You've shorted out the tranquilizer system! I can't be seen here, you fool! Don't forget, you promised to serve me!"

"I haven't forgotten!" Beetlemon laughed,"What do I need to do?"

"Use this device!" he shouted, throwing a square box into his hands, and turning around "Kill and collect the dying life force. I will contact you again!" He turned around and charged out of the hall.

Takuya slowly opened his eyes. "Was I asleep? That stupid tranquilizer..." He looked across the hall and saw Beetlemon blasting a lightning bolt into the wall and jumping through the hole.

"Takuya!" Sam cried from across the hall,"What's going on?"

"JP...he spirit evolved," Takuya said, almost in a daze."I've got to go after him!"

"What?" Sam asked.

Takuya held up a device in his right hand while a glowing circle appeared around his left hand. He then slid the glowing circle across the device. "Execute: Spirit Evolution! Agnimon!"

Sam gasped "T-Takuya..y-you really are Agnimon!"

The fire digimon nodded. He blasted a ball of fire into his cell bars, burning them to ash. "I have to go after JP," he said, diving through the whole JP made in his escape,"Tell Dr. Kafka I'll be back as soon as I get him!"

Rumiko hummed to herself as she stared at the reflection of the dress that she held in front of her. "This is the best in the entire maternity wear. I wonder how much it is?" She looked at the price tag,"Well, it's really expensive, but Matt can afford it."

She smiled slightly, glancing at her stomach,"My mother told me I should buy my maternity clothes early, but I haven't even started to show yet. Anything to get her off of my back."

She started folding up the clothes she was going to purchase, then walked out of the dressing room and nearly ran into a short blond haired girl carrying a blue evening dress in her hands. "Oh, excuse me," she said.

"Sorry," Rumiko nodded, noticing the accent in her voice,"Excuse me, are you from Russia?"

"Yes I am," she smiled slightly.

"Do you live here?" Rumiko asked.

"Actually, I'm just staying with my...boyfriend, I guess."

Rumiko laughed slightly,"You're not sure?"

"Well, our relationship is...complicated."

"Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Rumiko."

"I'm Anna."

The two girls smiled at each other, then suddenly faded as they stared at each other with no sign of a smile on their faces. "Rumiko Makino?"

"Anna Vassil?"

The two girls stared at each other for a few minutes. "So, what do we do now?" Anna asked.

"I am not a digidestined," Rumiko said,"I can't fight you."

Anna hesitated for a second, "Let's pretend we didn't see each other, okay?"

Rumiko was going to agree, but it was too late. Tai came around the corner carrying a pile of clothes, while Matt came around the other corner. "Hey Anna," Tai called," I thought you might like these...Rumiko Makino?!"

Matt was looking at a small catalog as he approached his girlfriend. He glanced up, "Tai?"'

"Matt!?"

Both Anna and Rumiko sighed as their boyfriends dropped what they were carrying and stared at each other, the stress was so thick it could be cut with a knife. "Matt."

"Tai. What are you doing here?"

"I'm just shopping with my girlfriend," he said, narrowing his eyes,"This mall is my turf!"

"What? Tai, you've got to be kidding me," Matt sighed, shaking his head,"Tai, you're dividing up the city now? What's next, the entire planet? The Digital World?"

"What are you so pissed for?" Tai asked,"You started this!"

Anna and Rumiko rolled their eyes, then Tai's cell phone rang. "Hello?" he almost shouted into it,"Izzy, this had better be impor-what...she what? Yeah...yeah I'll be right there."

Tai put the phone back into his pocket. "Anna," he said, walking away,"We've got to go."

Anna looked at Tai, then at Matt and Rumiko, then back at Ta. "W-wait, I'm coming."

"What was that about?" Rumiko asked.

"I don't know," Matt said,"He looked like someone just died."

"This is totally unacceptable!" Yamaki shouted as he glanced into the remains of JP.'s cell,"How could he escape?"

"From what we were able to find out, he changed into a digimon, then escaped."

Yamaki glanced at Taily. "What do you mean?"

"Our security cameras showed him changing into a beetle-like digimon. Someone gave him that ability, but we can't see who, the image is foggy."

"Takuya is gone also," Riley pointed out.

"He escape with him?"

"No, you're wrong!" Sam shouted from his cell.

"What?" Yamaki snapped.

"Takuya never belonged here," Sam said,"Takuya told me that JP did something called spirit evolve. Takuya did the same thing and became Agnimon. He told me he needed to stop JP, and that he would be back as soon as he got him."

"Takuya could have left anytime he wanted," Dr. Kafka said, running down the hall,"Like I said, he doesn't belong here!"

"Regardless," Yamaki said,"We've got an escaped felon with enormous power. We've got to find him."

"You're going to be hard pressed," Sam said,"You've got no choice, send me out there."

"There is no way," Yamaki started, when Dr. Kafka stepped in front of him.

"I vouch for him," she nodded,"He can help, we're going to need it."

Yamaki sighed, then nodded to Riley. She walked over and opened Sam's cell. Yamaki threw him a couple of small circular devices. "Those are communicators. If you meet up with Agnimon, give him one. You've got two hours, if you can't bring them back, I'm sending Orion out."

Sam nodded. "Right." He grabbed the dark digivice from Dr. Kafka's hands and ran through the opening JP made during his escape.

"Airdramon!" he shouted, then saw a serpent with wings flew down towards him,"There you are."

"Glad to see you back, boss," his Airdramon said as Sam jumped on.

"Glad to be back," Sam laughed,"The Digimon Emperor rides again!"

Tai stood staring through the large window into Sora's room. He still could not believe what was happening to her. She was lying in the hospital room, a million sensors attached to every part of her body. There were guards and doctors everywhere; Izzy and Henry were in there also, and absolutely no one knew what to do. They had no idea what was killing her, or if it was contagious. On the bright side, they had the entire floor to themselves. Tai did not want anyone to get wind of what was happening, especially Catherine and that Hypnos Organization. They would never give them a moments peace if the knew.

"Tai!" Kari cried, running down the hall with the rest of the Digital Warriors,"We came as soon as we heard." She stopped in front of the window and looked inside. She gasped and covered her mouth with her hand. "What's...what's happening to her?"

"We don't know," Tai sighed,"Izzy and Henry are working with the doctors, but all they are certain of is...is she's dying."

Kari started to cry slightly and found comfort in Davis's arms. Michael walked over and placed his hand on Tai's shoulder. "How are you feeling?"

Tai did not answer. "Where's Takato?" he asked instead.

Michael shook his head,"We don't know. He and Zoe were out searching for that 'pull' she felt."

Tai nodded and continued to stare into Sora's room.

Kari noticed that Anna was sitting alone on a bench across the hall. "Hi," she said, sitting next to her.

"Hello, Miss Kari," Anna said, smiling slightly.

"Please, don't be so formal.

"Kari," Anna nodded.

Kari smiled slightly,"How are you doing?"

"I'm fine," she said quickly.

"No you're not," Kari said, firmly placed her hand on Anna's shoulder,"You don't like Tai this worried about Sora do you?"

Anna hesitated, then sighed. "No, I mean..I wouldn't want Sora to die, and I hope we can do something to help her, but...."

"But...?"

"But....Tai is my boyfriend, and I..and I...." She trailed off and stared at the floor. Kari started rubbing her back.

"I always wanted Tai and Sora together," she thought," but I don't want Anna to get hurt."

The door to Sora's room opened and Izzy and Henry stepped out. Tai ran over to them. "Well?" he asked.

Izzy sighed,"I'm sorry Tai. All we've discovered is that her condition is caused by some sort of viral infection, and, surprising as this may sound, it is transforming her cellular structure into some sort of mechanical organism."

"So if this isn't stop, she'll be like a...a robot or something?"

Henry shook his head. "No, if it infects her brain, she'll become a tabula rasa-a black state, if it infects her heart, then...I'm sorry, Lord Kamiya."

"What is really draining her is that the infection demands an extensive amount of energy from her system," Izzy explained,"She needs energy in order to keep herself alive. The virus had effectively turned her into a vampire-like creature."

Tai dropped his head. "I...I need to be alone for a little while." He slowly walked towards the staircase.

Yolei walked peeked her head inside of the room of the child she had been babysitting for the past few weeks. He was seated on the floor of his room, looking at his television set. Yolei did not know what program it was, but it appeared to be Metalgarurumon and Wargreymon fighting each other. "Tommy?"

He quickly hit a button on the remote and the television shut off. He turned around,"Yes, Miss Yolei?"

She walked into the room,"Uh, Tommy, what were you just watching?"

"The news," he said, shrugging,"I didn't know what was happening, but it looked kind of cool."

Yolei smiled,"There's nothing wrong with him. What was I thinking? So he likes to watch two extreamly powerful beings tear into each other, all boys do. There's nothing odd about him."

"Well, I've got to get going," she said,"I'll see you later sometime, okay?"

"Sure," he said, waving slightly as she left. Once she did, he turned back to the television and continued watching.

The Dark Digidestined Commander, Hiroshi Eiri sat in his quarters in Neo-Digiworld Capital, his mind full of the encounter with his commanders earlier.

"Stop apologizing and get your act together!" Lucifer growled,"You're not a warrior! I can't believe we counted on you for anything! You've disgraced all of us! Now get out!"

"I'll show them," he growled, standing up from his bed,"I'll show them all! Those Digidestined had better say their prayers, because soon they'll be resting ten feet under the ground!"

The woman quickly yanked the young boy out of his room and charged down the hall. "Where are we going Mom?" he asked.

"The city's being attacked!" she shouted,"We've got to get out of here." He followed her into the living room where an older man and a girl slightly older then him were nervously standing. The girl was wearing pink pajamas and had something under a white sheet.

"Okay," the man said, holding up a golf club,"When I count to three, we'll run to the elevator, got it?"

He turned to the other three in the room,"If need be, you''ll be able to use your powers, right?"

The woman, girl and boy nodded. "Okay," the man said, kicking open the door,"Let's go!"

The quartet ran as fast as they could down the outside hall, pushing and diving past the floating ghost. They dove into the elevator. "We made it!" the man cried, pushing the button on the small control panel. The door was half-way closed before the ghosts shot through.

Alice shook his head in an effort to erase the memory. "Alice?" Cody asked, glancing over his shoulders to the other passenger on the subway.

"Yeah," she said,"I'm fine."

"No you're not," Cody said,"Lord Ishida put me as your partner, so we can make the most of it, or hate each other."

Alice was silent for a few minutes, then sighed. "I've been having strange visions, flashbacks, but in each of the flashbacks I'm seeing the world through the eyes of a young boy. In this flashback, I learned that he had an older sister, and his family was captured by a group of ghosts as they were trying to escape their apartment. Wait, the ghosts were Bakemons."

"Bakemon?" Cody asked,"The only time Bakemon were in the city was when Myotismon invaded. Maybe you were captured when...wait, a boy's memory?"

Alice nodded.

"Um...if you ever want to...talk...about anything..."

"I don't have many memories of my past, but I've always been a girl."

"Sorry," Cody said, turning his head away. He suddenly heard Alice gasp. "What is it?"

"Something's here," she said,"Something strong."

Cody glanced around the monorail car, but did not see anyone that appeared to be a threat. "It's not in the car," Alice said, pointing out the windows to the city below,"It's out there."

Cody looked out the window and gasped. "Daemon? That's mean Eiri's here. I'll e-mail the others and we'll get off at the next stop."

Izzy sighed as he stared up at Sora's x-rays. "Mr. Izumi? Tentomon?" Henry asked, walking into the doctor's lounge,"What are you doing here? This is for staff only?"

"The doctors gave me permission to remain here," he said,"The physicians need me help in diagnosing Sora's condition. Unfortunately, I am not a doctor, I can only help so far."

"Mr. Izumi," Henry said,"What about the baby Lady Sora is carrying? If the child that will grow up to be Kasumi is killed, then Takato, Kazu, our digimon and I won't be here."

"So far the child's health in stable," Tentomon explained, "Probably due to the natural antibodies present in the mother's womb to protect the developing fetus from infection, however, should Sora transpire, then child will die also."

"Isn't there anything we can do?"

"If we only could obtain a pure sample of the virus," he sighed,"All blood samples we take from Sora have the viral agents in them, true, but these agents have part of Sora's DNA in them, most likely from the first infection. The virus has adapted to better harm her, who know how her DNA could have change it?"

"Biyomon told us that Orion infected her," Henry pointed out.

"Tai order us to keep this quiet. If we contact Hypnos, they'll have Sora in a military hospital somewhere, you know, where they keep all the alien stuff they find."

Tentomon noted Izzy's use of the word 'stuff'. "He must really be worried about Sora. What are we going to do if she should...? IF her child is never born, then, what's going to happen? Could the Tamers manipulation of the time stream inadvertently destroy us as well? Dear me, we've got to save her, no matter what!"

Kari found her brother on the roof of the hospital, he had one knee on the ledge, staring at the city below them. Kari was almost certain he was going to jump over. She couldn't see Agumon anywhere and was afraid he had gone over first. "Tai?" she asked, cautiously approaching him.

"It's funny, isn't it?" he asked, stepping towards her.

"What is?" Kari asked, relieved that he was away from the edge of the roof.

"How one person's life affects others," he said,"If I never had meet Sora, none of this would be happening to her. If I had stayed in that coma, trapped in my tomb in the Digital World, then Sora and Matt's relationship wouldn't have become so awkward and she would still be in charge of the Digidestined!"

"Tai..."

"Don't you get it?" he shouted, his expression clearly visible on his face,"Sora came to our house that night because she didn't have anywhere else to be! The Digidestined didn't want her anymore, but instead of listening and accepting her, I told her to leave! She wanted to prove herself to me, that's why she went into the Hypnos building where Orion infected her with the disease that's killing her!"

"Tai!" Kari shouted,"You can't base your whole life on...on 'what ifs!' What if I had never been born? Sure, Myotismon wouldn't have invaded earth to look for me, but if Angewomon hadn't of defeated him, he wouldn't have digivolve to Malomyotismon. Without Malomyotismon, Agumon and Gabumon would have never been able to warp-digivolve to mega! What would have happened when the Dark Masters appeared, huh? You wouldn't have stood a chance!"

"And what about me?" Michael asked, stepping onto the roof with Betamon, Anna and Unimon, Kazu, Guardromon, Davis, Veemon, and Ken and Wormmon,"What if I never became a Dark Master? Sure, you wouldn't have had to worry about Metalseadramon, but if I hadn't of been defeated, then I wouldn't have had been reborn by Lucifer and Piedmon, and I certainly wouldn't have awoke up outside of Santa Carea with amnesia. Without my help, Kari, Izzy, Davis and Ken wouldn't have been able to stop Datamon. He might have launched that missile and destroyed the Digidestined base on File Island. The Earth would certainly be gone by now!"

"Every life has its ups and downs," Gatomon said,"It's not our place to try and choose otherwise."

Tai sighed,"But, if she dies, it'll be my fault."

"No it won't," Anna said, stepping closer to him,"You can't hold the weight of the world on your shoulders. We're all here to help you."

Tai smiled slightly,"I..I'm sorry. You guys are right, it's just...Sora's a special friend. I've known her for a long time, I..I just don't want to lose her."

Anna hugged Tai and kissed him on the check. "Woa, what was that for?" he asked.

"For being you!" she smiled. Secretly, her mind was shouting with joy! "Tai only thinks of Sora as a friend! Yes!"

"Come on," Tai smiled, walking towards the stairs,"Let's go."

The noon-day sky suddenly darkened. "What the-?" Kazu asked,"What happened to the sun?"

"And what is that?" Veemon asked, pointing to a glowing circle in the sky.

"Internal sensors activating," Guardromon said,"It is registering as a Digital Gate! With three beings of incredible power!"

"Agumon's still sleeping downstairs," Tai said, turning to the others,"You guys are going to have to hold them off until I get him."

"We're ready," Kari said.

The Digital Warrior digimon glanced up at the gate. They could make out a sinister face emerging from the gate. "Milleniumon?"

Agumon yawned as he stretched his arms. "I fall asleep for a little while and everyone leaves me." He opened the door to the roof and walked out. "Hey, where is everyone?"

He walked out to the center and glanced around. The roof was completely vacant. "Tentomon said they were all up here, where did they...Huh?" He suddenly shot his gaze up and saw the fading Digital Gate. "What the..?"

He squinted his eyes and made out the same sinister face as before. "Milleniumon!" he shouted as the Gate disappeared. He turned around and charged back down the stairs,"Izzy!"

Daemon raised his hand and shot a blast of fire at a set of phone booths, destroying them in a blast of smoke. He delighted in the screams of the crowd watching his destruction of the city. The people had not run in terror yet, but they were keeping their distance. Daemon moved over to the row of cars lined up along the curb; he smiled and lifted one of the cars high above his head. He threw it into the center of the street where it burst into flames.

"Fire!" he laughed,"You've got to love it! Ha!"

From the sidewalk, Eiri crossed his arms, the Essence of Earth glowing around his neck. "We're not here to annihilate the city!"

"Then why are you here? It looks like you're doing a pretty good job of that!"

Eiri grinned as he turned his attention to a group of humans and digimon running towards them from down the street. "Digidestined," he smiled,"Please, don't take this personally, but, I am going to..destroy you all!"

Daemon flew away from the destroyed cars and landed in front of the Digidestined. "I'm going to enjoy destroying you all!"

"Crabmon digivolve to Colemon!"

"Gommamon digivolve to Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon digivolve to Zudomon!"

"Hakwmon digivolve to Aquillamon! Aquillamon digivolve to Silphymon!"

"Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon! Ankylomon digivolve to Shakkoumon!"

"Aluarmon digivolve to Ninjamon!"

"Patamon digivolve to Angemon!"

"Go!" TK shouted.

Colemon jumped into the air and fired a barrage of needles at Daemon's face, but the demon blocked it with the back of his arm. He shot his other arm forward, blasting a shot of fire at the circle of Digidestined. The humans instantly dove for cover as the digimon launched to attack.

"Hand of Fate!"

"Ninja Stars!"

Daemon easily blocked Ninjamon's attack, but had a slightly harder time with Angemon's Hand of Fate. He held up his left palm to absorb Angemon's energy beam and winced slightly,"Wow, that's pretty good," he said, rubbing his hand,"My hand kind of hurts. But, Adult digimon don't stand a chance against Megas!"

He slammed his fist into Ninjamon, pounding him into the sidewalk. June ran over to her fallen digimon, but was herself knocked out when Deamon grabbed Angemon and swung him around into the air, then threw him into the pavement, cracking the blacktop. Daemon threw his hands together and pointed down,"Evil Inferno!"

"Angemon!" TK shouted,"Get out of the way!"

Angemon raised his head, but was too late, as a massive wave of fire slammed into his back, creating a massive crater in the street. TK held his breath, but found it hard to let it out after the flames dissipated and Angemon was no where in sight.

"Angemon!" Zudomon called out,"Angemon!"

"Right here," Patamon said, hovering over to TK,"Was easier to dodge the flames as Patamon, so I regressed."

"Patamon..." TK smiled.

"Let him rest," Joe said,"We'll take care of Daemon."

"Ha ha ha!" Eiri laughed,"You're going to need to reveal your trump card if you want to win."

TK glanced down at Patamon. "I can't...not yet."

"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zudomon shouted, pounded his massive mallet onto Daemon's head. Eiri's digimon swung around and slammed the bottom of his foot into Zudomon's stomach.

"Is that all you've got?" Eiri laughed.

"Oh man!" Joe sighed,"How is he beating us so bad? We're good as done for!"

"We can't give up," Cody said,"He's going to hurt too many innocent people!"

Yolei ran up next to him and threw her hand into the air,"Yeah! There's no way we're gonna lose! Sylphymon!"

"Shakkoumon!" Cody shouted.

"Attack together!" both digidestined shouted.

Sylphymon soared into the air, then dive bombed forward, aiming straight at the dark mega, but pulling up at the last second. "Astral Laser!"

After Sylphymon's attack was successful in causing Daemon to stumbled backwards, Shakkoumon stepped up. "Justice Beams!"

Daemon twisted out of the way, the two lasers ripping a small part of his robe away on his back. He then swung his fist forward and punched Shakkoumon square in the nose in a blast of dark fire and smoke.

"Shakkoumon!" Sylpymon cried, flying to assist his fallen friend. Unfortunately, this left him wide open for Daemon's fire attack, which he used to burn Sylpymon's stomach. Yolei watched as her digimon landed on top of the fallen Shakkoumon.

"We've got no choice!" TK shouted, "Patamon..."

His digimon nodded and flew towards the battlefield, "Patamon...warp digivolve..." Before he could finish, Daemon fired a small fire blast which exploded in front of Patamon. TK's digimon shook it off, then flew even higher into the sky,"Patamon...warp digivolve..." Again, Daemon threw a small blast inches from the Rookie's head.

Eiri laughed slightly as he watched the look on TK's face,"We're not going to let any megas interfere. We are going to destroy you and present your heads to the Dark Masters!"

Over on the sideline, June and Ninjamon slowly came to. "W..what happened?" she asked, rubbing the back of her head.

"Nevermind!" her digimon said,"Look!"

June turned her attention back to the battlefield and watched as Patamon's repeated attempts to digivolve to mega were stopped by Daemon's fire balls. Eventually, Patamon gave up and landed next to TK. "Oh no!" she shouted,"Daemon's beating us all!"

Eiri watched the rookie and his partner also. He laughed,"Now Daemon, the finishing stroke!"

Daemon's raised his palm and pointed it towards TK and Patamon. "Evil Inferno!"

"No!" June shouted,"Th..they're not gonna make it! Everyone's going to suffer if we don't stop Eiri and Daemon! Daisuke..my grandparents...my friends...There has to be something I can do!" Suddenly a bright glow shone forth from underneath her shirt. June glance down. "The..Crest of Sincerity is glowing...?" She put a determined look on her face and turned to her digimon," Ninjamon!"

June's Digivice shook from left to right, then turned a light green color. It shot a beam of light from its screen up to her Crest of Sincerity. The symbol of the crest was pushed up by the beam of light, continuing it ascent. The symbol twisted and turned, shattered through a smoke filled sky. The symbol gathered bits of energy and exploded, sending a twisting spiral down, nailing a twisting Ninjamon.

"Ninjamon digivolve to...."

Ninjamon's body turned to white and all of his weapons disappeared. His arms and legs merged into his body, then shrunk into an even smaller ball. Two wings grew from his back and a metal staff appeared in his new hands as two feet grew from his bottom. The light glow faded to reveal a body covered with pink fur. He twisted the staff around in his hands and few times before pointing it forward.

".....Pixiemon!"

TK quickly shot Patamon under his crouched body, waiting for Daemon's fire attack, but it never came. He shot his gaze up and saw Pixiemon holding his staff perpendicular to his body, a invisible shield of some sort was deflecting the fire attack away from TK and Patamon. "It's Pixiemon."

"Hurry," June said, running over,"My digimon will give you the time you need. Warp-digivolve."

Both Patamon and TK nodded at each other. "Right."

"Patamon warp digivolve to....Goldramon!"

Both Eiri and Daemon were aware of the bright light that was suddenly shinning forth behind Pixiemon's barrier. Both human and digimon partner also gasped loudly when they saw Goldramon shot into the sky. "Darn it!" Eiri shouted,"They were able to achieve mega! You can't let them win, Daemon!"

His digimon dimished the fire he was pouring at Pixiemon, then pointed his palms at the floating Goldramon. "Don't worry, I'm not going to. Evil Inferno!"

Goldramon grinned, "You call that a fire attack? Watch this!" He placed both of his palms together then fired a massive blast of glowing fire, which blasted into Daemon's attack, "Gold Flame!"

Both TK and Eiri watched in anticipation as Evil Inferno battled against Gold Flame. It seemed like the battle would never end, but, soon the Evil Inferno began to diminish in strength, while the Gold Flame grew even stronger. Goldramon's attack ripped through Daemon's fire and continued to the evil mega himself. Eiri cried out his digimon's name as he watched Daemon scream in pain. Eiri himself fell to his knees. Daemon gave out one final scream before a blast of white light exploded from his. "Daemon," Eiri said, looking exhausted. Suddenly, he noticed a crack appear in the globe around his neck. More appeared, and the globe shattered into a million pieces.

"No.." Eiri said, struggling to stay conscious,"The..the Essence of Earth...destroyed." He looked up to his fallen digimon. Daemon's body was glowing brightly, then shrunk into a smaller figure wearing a white cloth covering its entire body. "B..Bakemon," he moaned, then his eyes rolled back into his head and he fell flat on his face.

Goldramon landed next to TK and regressed back into Patamon. "Good job," TK said, as Patamon flew into his arms,"We defeated the Dark Digidestined commander, but..what are we going to do with him now?"

"Leave that to me."

The Digidestined turned around and saw a familiar girl wearing a white robe and carrying a staff walking towards them. "Hey," TK said,"It's the new High Priestess of the Digital World, Miss Asage, what's she doing here?"

Next: Why is Miss Asage there? Will Sora survive? What about Agnimon's search for Beetlemon? Who is the mysterious person that has been watching Zoe? What happened to Tai and the Digital Warriors? What is going on with Tommy? With Alice? What is so important in that warehouse laboratory? All will start to become clear as Orion makes his move, but, who is Orion? Next: Mystic Digimon War Chapter 22: Laboratory of Evil!

Okay, I have some things to comment on. First, a number of reviewers have been asking about Taisuke's role in this story. All I'm going to say is that, his story will be unfolding soon. Remember, he was one of the children that Lucifer infected with Oikawa's blood.

Next, Tai, Anna and Sora. This triangle will become resolved soon. (Don't think this automatically means this story is going to be a Taiora. Remember, I've fooled you all a number of times in this story so far. It could very well turn out to be a Tai/Anna, which I have name Tainna. You know the rules, the first person who writes about a new couple, get's to name it.

Also, I need a website where I can get pictures of Digimon cards, in particular Deathmon or Ghoulmon. I have been using www.theotaku.com for evolution purposes, but some of the images aren't there. So if anyone can help me I would gladly appreciate it.

Before anyone can say anything, I know that after Myotismon was defeated he digivolved to Venom Myotismon, but this fic is an alternate reality. So, this time after Myotismon was defeated, he digivolved to Malomyotismon. This will help explain some of the mysteries that are occurring.

Lastly, no one has been trying to guess who Orion is. I guess you didn't think he was a big enough threat to try and determine who he really is. His true identity will be revealed soon, but I'll give you a hint. So far I've at least named a numerous amount of characters from all three seasons, but you'll notice I've missed one.