Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Mystic Digital War ❯ Chapter 26: Super Pharoahmon ( Chapter 26 )

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, ze Digital Warriors, entered ze Dark Ocean to rescue Babel. Michael found his Essence of Water and zey were able to enter ze Dark Ocean's command center, Anna sacrificed her life to zave Tai. Lord Kamiya zen left with ze twins and left Michael, Takato, and Noriko to stop ze Dark Ocean's planz for creating an invincible army for Apocalymon. Meanwhile, ze Devas launched an attack on Tokyo, zier mission, terminate every human life. Ze Digidestined tried zeir best to stop zem, but Matt was attacked by ze Deva leaders, Levare and his partner, Deathmon. Ze End Times are fast approaching, and only one side will remain!

Chapter 26: Super Pharoahmon

"Daddy!" Rika screamed as she watched her father fall from the sky after his battle with the Deva leader, Levare. Taomon quickly created a floating shield around herself and the young teenager leapt inside. They quickly shot across the sky to intercept Matt and Gabumon before they crashed into the ground. They were successful, Rika caught her father and Taomon caught Gabumon. The other digidestineds quickly joined them.

"How is he?" Derek asked.

"He's barely breathing!" Rika shouted, trying to stay calm,"W..we've got to do something!"

"We've got to leave now!" Jeri shouted,"The Devas are coming!"

Rika glanced over her shoulder and saw that the Digimon Empress was right. All twelve Devas were quickly heading towards them. "I'll take care of them!" Cyberdramon growled. He held his open palms forward and created two balls of energy. He fired the energy balls at an abandoned building, showering the Devas in debris. When the smoke cleared, the Digidestined were gone.

"Damn it!" Levare shouted, swinging his head around,"Where are they?"

"They're gone, sir," Makuramon said.

"Find them!" Levare shouted,"Now! But do not kill Ishida! He is mine!"

Noriko pulled her legs to her chest as she leaned back on Seadramon as the massive serpent floated through a patch of seaweed. "We are we going anyway,Michael?" she asked, twisting her neck to address the blond haired young man.

Michael did not turn his gaze away from staring forward. "Digidestined surveillance seemed to indicate that there was a village or something near here. They might be able to help us."

"Or kill us," Noriko muttered. Her digimon partner chuckled.

"Why do you always act so pessimistic?" Michael asked.

The young teenager shrugged. "It's not hard."

Kunemon laughed slightly. A second later Takato and Growlmon swam up beside them. "What's so funny?" Growlmon asked.

"Nothing," Noriko said,"A/B conversation only."

Takato crossed his arms. "Ha ha, very funny. Did you think that one up on your own?"

Noriko was about to toss an insult at him when Seadramon suddenly stopped, throwing her into the water. She shot up a second later, using the serpent's scales to climb back on. "What was that for?!"

"Shh!" Megaseadramon hissed,"Something's under the water."

The group was instantly quiet. Each one stared down at the surface of the murky water. No one even moved. The entire swamp was dead silent, there was not even the sound of breathing.

"Ahhh!" Noriko screamed. The surface of the water was blown apart as an Ikkakumon shot from the bottom. A force of Betamons and Gommamons launched from his back, surrounding the small group. "Three humans and three digimon. Digidestineds, no doubt."

Michael glanced around at the digimon surrounding Noriko, Takato and their digimon. He raised his arms over his head. "I suspect that you are not with the Dark Ocean. In that case, we mean you no harm."

The Ikkakumon pointed his horn straight at Seadramon's head. "How do we know that you are not of the Dark Digidestined?"

Michael thought for a few seconds. "We are willing to surrender to you."

The Ikkakumon stared at the group. "Well, you could have done better, but, I don't recall the current Dark Masters or Dark Digidestined as having a Seadramon, Kunemon or Growlmon. Besides which, our reconnaissance reported that a group of digidestined fled from the prison section of the Dark Ocean's Command Center."

Michael nodded. "Yes, we are part of the Digital Warriors. I am Michael, this is Noriko and Takato. You already know the digimon."

Ikkakumon nodded. "We are Dark Ocean Resistance, part of the Restoration. It is our task to free the Dark Ocean from the traitor Geni and the Dark Digidestined Charon."

Michael nodded. "That is our task as well. Maybe we can help each other."

Ikkakumon grinned."Perhapse we can."

Migiramon stopped short in the sky as he approached Mehiramon on a building's roof. "Have you found anything yet?" the tiger asked.

"No," the dragon said,"It's like they vanished."

"Levare will not tolerate failure again," Mihiarmon shivered,"We've got to find them."

Migirmon nodded. "I am going to search through the eastern side."

"Yes," Mihiramon said,"I am going to the northern end. Let us go."

As the two Devas separated in the sky they had no idea that far below them in an abandoned warehouse that was not quite abandoned a pair of robotic eyes watched through a sky light.

Guardromon let out a sigh or relif. "They're gone."

"Good," Kazu nodded,"Keep lookout, though."

"As you wish."

He turned his head away from the sky light to the center of the room: Lord Ishida was lying on a metal table, shirt less so that Henry could dress the Digidestined leader's wound. Gabumon was lying unconscious at a smaller table next to his human partner. Rika stood at her father's side holding his hand tightly. All of the other digidestined fighters in the city were resting inside of the warehouse. Most of the Devas were Ultimates, but unfortunately, most of the fighters to oppose them were Champions. Matt was their pillar of hope, but if even one of the strongest Digidestined fell, what hope was there for the rest of them, not to mention those left alive inside of the city boundaries?

Henry tightened the white bandages then used his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead. "There, that should slow down the bleeding at least, but I'm afraid that's all I can do for him. We really need to get him to a hospital."

"How?" Rika asked,"Did you forget about those twelve soldiers that are flying around out there?! They're just waiting to finish my father off!"

"Calm down, Princess," Derek said, stepping in front of her,"We have to get Lord Ishida somewhere, or else he won't last long."

"But where?" Ryo asked,"I mean, this city has turned into a war zone. Every hospital in the city is probably either destroyed, or filled to the brim."

"Then we just have to get him to one outside the city," Jeri said, as if it was the simplest answer.

"How?" Rika snapped,"Remember the Devas?"

Derek started couting the humans and digimon inside of the warehouse. "Rika, Renamon, Digimon Empress, Airdramon, Takuya, Koji, Matsuto, Mina, Meramon, Henry, Terriermon, Kazu, Guardromon, Ryo, Cyberdramon, Eiri, Bakemon, Oikawa, Daitiramon, Crabmon and myself..."

"Hey!" Zoe snapped, crossing her arms, an angry look on her face, "What about me and Tommy?"

"You guys can't fight," Crabmon said.

"Couting Takuya, Koji, and Matsuto, we've got twelve fighters, one for each Deva..."

Rika glared at him,"I'm not leaving my father's side!"

Derek sighed. "Okay, that's all right, we've still got Hypnos to aid us. They can handle the extra one."

"You're still forgetting something," Koji said,"Takuya and I both went up against JP and we were both defeated."

"I have something that may help you," Tommy said. He reached into his backpack and pulled out two statue like objects. He handed one to Koji and one to Takuya,"Here, these are Beast Spirits. Use them like you would your human spirits, together you should be more than a match for Metalkabuterimon."

"Really?" Takuya asked, looking at his Beast Spirit.

Tommy nodded. "Yes, I based them on the powers of Lord Ishida and Lord Kamiya."

Derek sighed again,"That's two Devas that are left uncounted for. I guess Hypnos will have to handle that other one as well."

The group nodded, each one thinking a question that no one wanted to ask. Rika took a deep breath,"What about Levare? Look what he did to my father, no one's strong enough to stand up to him."

Oikawa and Daitiramon glanced at each other, then nodded. "Leave him to us."

The others gasped. "What?" Rika asked,"Are you sure?"

He nodded. "Yes," Daitiramon said,"If Renamon is not going to fight, and Gabumon is also unconscious, then I'm the only other mega here."

The digidestined glanced at one another. "I don't know..." Derek said.

Oikawa chuckled. "I'm not your enemy," he sighed slightly,"Not any more. Please, trust me."

"You saw what he did to Lord Ishida!" Takuya shouted.

Oikawa grinned. "I've got a few tricks up my sleeve."

"What tricks?" Rika asked, raising her eyebrow.

"You just worry about getting Lord Ishida to a hospital," Oikawa nodded,"We'll take care of the rest."

Derek and Rika glanced at each other. "Alright," Derek said.

"What about us?" Zoe asked.

"You two stay here and help Rika with Lord Ishida," the Australian nodded, "Alright mates, let's go!"

Tai shielded his eyes from the sun as he surveyed the barren wasteland in front of him. "This was Modem?" he asked, shocked.

"It was," Agumon reiterated,"Remember Apocalymon?"

Tai continued to stare at the land in front of him. The land was mostly flat, except for a few remaining hills. There were no trees, no flowers, only the smallest blades of grass growing from the ground, and that was only in patches scattered about. "Kari told me that Modum was beautiful. I wish I could have seen it." He smiled slightly. "But that's in the past." He turned to the twins and their digimon. Ai was busy focusing her binoculars. "Well?"

"I can see something, Lord Kamiya," she said, twisting the two chambers, "It's definitely some kind of city."

Tai nodded. "That's got to be out destination." He patted the two young teenagers on the back,"Let's get our friends, then get out of here."

Marko grinned, then jumped into the air."Let's go!"

Apocalymon stared at the Dark Masters and Dark Digidestined assembled in Neo Digital World's throne room. "Have you heard the latest news from Earth?" Mora asked, grinning,"At last estimation, Tokyo was at one quarter of its original population. The Devas are completing their mission."

Apocalymon nodded. "Yes, they have always been excellent exterminators. Ha!"

"M' lord," Bizzard bowed,"I do have troubling news. Charon reports that Kamiya's Digital Warriors infiltrated the Dark Ocean. They freed Babel, but Charon was able to recapture the Monster Maker. He believes that they were searching for a secret entrance into Neo Digital World." He frowned,"I was then able to verify that when our perimeter sensors registered a gate opening."

"Kamiya is here?" Apocalymon shouted.

"Yes sir," Bizzard bowed.

"They are no doubt after their captured members," Lucifer said,"In two days the gates between Earth and the Digital World will be opened freely for the first time in over five millennia. Kamiya must not be allowed to interfere before then!"

"Calm yourselves, Master Lucifer," Apocalymon said,"As always, I have come prepared." He snapped his hands and a small globe appeared in his hand. "This is the Essence of Metal."

"Who shall receive it?" Barker asked.

"A faithful soldier," Apocalymon grinned,"Proteus, the warlord of Chiroptera."

"Chiroptera?" Mellissa asked,"A classification of bats?"

Apocalymon nodded. "Yes. Bat and demon digimon are his to command. He will handle this intrusion. Tachikawa!"

The former Digidestined at the back of the room bowed. "Yes, my lord?"

The Neo Digital World Emperor threw the Essence of Metal at her. "Deliver this to Proteus, and instruct him to destroy Kamiya and who ever else was foolish enough to follow him here."

Mimi smiled. "As you wish, my emperor."

Ai wiped her forehead. "Man, it's hot."

"I know," Marko said, his shirt soaked with sweat,"I need to take a rest."

Tai glanced at them from his position in the lead,"Come on guys, I know its tough, but we've got to keep moving. Everyone's counting on us."

The twins nodded and continued to breath heavily. Tai watched them as they struggled over the rocky ground. He smiled to himself: they really needed to rest, but as long as he needed them, they would keep going. He was about to give them a five minute break, when saw a bright flash of light before his eyes. When it cleared, a very familiar figure floated in the sky in front of him. "Mimi?!"

The Wiant chuckled, crossing her arms. "Is that all you have to say to me?"

Tai's mouth was wide open, and he was struggling to say something. "I...I..What everyone said was true, huh? You are somehow being controlled by Neo Digital World."

Mimi just smirked at him."Don't bother trying to convince me to trade sides, it's not gonna happen. Ha!"

"What do you want?" Agumon asked.

"I'm just delivering a message," she said, uncrossing her arms,"My associate Proteus and his army will be here shortly. Know that he will not take prisoners, surrender now, and you will not be harmed."

"Yeah right!" Tai snorted,"There's no way we're going to surrender."

"Fine," Mimi smiled,"Then die. Good bye." She disappeared in another burst of light.

"Was that one of your friends?" Ai asked.

"She was," Tai sighed,"But, I guess.." He stopped talking when he noticed that the ground was trembling. The group shot their heads up and saw a wave of darkness flying towards them from the city far in the distance.

"I guess that's her associate," Marko gasped.

"She called him Proteus," Impmon added,"and the rest must be his army."

"They're bats!" Agumon shouted,"Hundreds of bat digimon!"

"Lord Kamiya," Ai asked, nervousness in her voice,"What should we do?"

Tai watched as the army grew ever closer. He was able to make out Devidramons, Demidevimon, Devimons, and sword carrying digimon, Musyamons. At the front of the army was a man in a chariot being pulled by two Devidramons. At his side was a demon in red armor riding on a horse. He figured that was Proteus.

"Lord Kamiya?" Ai asked again.

Tai stood tall and held out his digivice,"We've got to face our problems, head on!"

Agumon nodded."I'm ready."

Impmon grinned as Ai held out the twins' digivice. "Bring it on!"

"Agumon warp digivolve to...."

"Impmon mega digivolve to Beelzemon!"

"...Wargreymon!"

As soon as the two digimon completed their evolutions, the bat army attacked. Wargreymon blocked a scratch with the back of his gauntlet, then spun around and cracked the back of his heel against a Demidevimon, sending him bouncing along the ground.

While Wargreymon was easily holding his own, Tai was left vulnerable and in danger. He was ducking jabs and running as fast as he could to escape the attackers. "Lord Kamiya! Over here!"

He shot his head up and saw Beelzemon and his two human partners on a motorcycle stop in front of him. Tai quickly jumped on the back as the demon digimon shot through the army of darkness. Beelzemon pulled two guns out of their holsters and pointed them forward. "Double Impact!" The bullets shot from the guns and tore through a large number of Musyamons before vanishing. Beelzemon smiled at his handiwork, then fired again, creating a path for them to escape through.

"Wargreymon!" Tai shouted,"Come on!"

The dinosaur digimon finished destroying a Devidramon, then flew after his friends.

Deep within Neo Digital City, inside of Apocalymon's castle, Mimi stared out the window of her room, trying to watch the battle at the edge of Neo Digital Capital. She was only able to make out a massive blackness, no doubt created by Proteus's army. However, a image flashed across her mind, of a large demon riding a motorcycle.

"Beelzemon," she said, sadly.

Another image, of boy and girl.

"Ai, Marko.

A large dinosaur wearing armor.

"Wargreymon..."

A last image, of a young man with spiky brown hair.

"Tai.." She buried her face in her hands and sobbed loudly.

Takato moved a strand of hair away from his face as he stared at the large glowing circle in the sky. "Are you sure this is the only exit gate?"

Marine Angemon nodded,"Yes, this is the only way to leave the Dark Ocean. Charon will be arriving shortly."

"Babel told us that this gate keep changing its location. Why doesn't Charon and Geni just wait until it moves again?"

Marine Angemon nodded. "Yes, I understand your question. I, too, have studied the exit gate from the Dark Ocean as well. It does change locations, but whenever it appears in this location, it has a tendency to remain for a long while. It could be that this is it's true location, or something else. But, the gate should not change locations for another day or so."

The time-traveling Tamer nodded, but continued to stare at the massive circular shaped object that was doing the impossible by existing in the sky, but somehow was. He turned back around to survey the massive army floating in front of them, positioned in the deep water in front of the gate. The resistance army was mostly comprised of water digimon on the lower end of the evolution scale: Betamons, Gommamons, Crabmons, Colemons, Ikkakumons,, a few Whamons, and one Zudomon. In fact, the strongest digimon they had was their leader, Marine Angemon, but while a mega, his attacks were effective against the darker digimon, none of which comprised the Dark Ocean's army.

The Tamer nodded slightly as Michael, Noriko, their digimon, and the army's general, Zudomon swam over to them "Well?"

Noriko sighed,"They're definitely coming. The Dark Ocean's probably got every one of its soldiers coming straight for us."

"Not us," her Kunemon corrected,"They want to go through the Digital Gate, we're just going to happen to be in the way."

"We're still going to get our butts' kick," Noriko shook her head,"Aw, if I wanted an semi-normal life, I'd of checked into an orphanage." She lightly started to rub her chin,"Hmm, get adopted by a nice couple..."

"Noriko!" Takato and Michael shouted.

"What? I was only kidding!"

"You humans certainly are strange," Zudomon chuckled to Marine Angemon. He turned to the humans,"Our strategy is to defend the gate, we are not planning an offensive."

Michael nodded,"We will help you, but, there is a prisoner inside of the Command Center, a man named Babel, he must be freed."

Zudomon nodded,"If you are going after him, I will assemble a team to go with you." He swam away, towards the army.

Michael walked behind Takato and Noriko. "I'm not going," He patted Noriko on the back,"But she is."

"Me?" the brunette asked, her eye wide open,"Why do I have to get myself killed."

"More then have the army's going to be coming after us," Seadramon muttered.

"I see your point," Noriko nodded,"Alright, we'll do it."

Zudomon returned a second later with an Ikkakumon, who had two Gommamons and three Betamons on his back,"This will be your team, small enough to sneak through air vents, but a few are able to digivolve. And Ikkakumon will be your ride."

"Just get Babel and get out," Michael said.

"I just might forget Babel," Noriko mumbled as she climbed onto the sea mammel,"Okay, um, move out?"

Ikkakumon chuckled as he swam away. Takato turned to Micheal,"Are you sure about sending her?"

"We've got an entire army heading towards us," Michael said,"I prefer Wargrowlmon over Kuwagamon to watch my back."

"I see your point, but.."

"Quiet!" Michael snapped back, staring forward,"They're here."

Takato turned his head and saw the Dark Ocean's army advancing towards them. The Divermon and Gesomon saw the resistance army waiting for them, and they quickly fell into position. They stopped a few feet in front of the resistance army. Michael and Zudomon nodded to each other. The massive digimon took a deep breath, then pointed his hammer forward,"Attack!"

Indramon roared with laughter as his Horn of Desolation attack destroyed a large apartment building. He grinned with delight as he heard the screams of the residence seconds before he sent them into death's open arms. "These pitiful humans are no match for us. Surely all of the Devas were not needed for this."

"Your boss probably just wanted to be careful. you were bound to run into resistance."

The horse turned around slowly and saw Ryo and Cyberdramon resting on one of the remaining buildings. "Ah, so you've come back for more, have you?"

"Don't think it's going to got like it did the last time," Cyberdramon growled,"I'm not going to stop until you're destroyed!"

Metalkabuterimon was destroying large sections of the city was incredible ease. He had positioned himself on a building roof, and simply kept firing his massive cannon, totally annihilating the area around him. "This is so much fun!" he laughed,"To think I wasted all those years being an extortionist, when my true calling was destruction! Ha, I love it!"

His sensors started to indicate a proximity breach. He turned around and saw Takuya and Koji standing on the roof. He started to laugh even harder. "You guys are back again? Ha ha ha! I totally kick your butts before, do you really want me to do it again?"

"We're here to stop you!" Takuya shouted.

"But this time, we've got a secret weapon," Koji grinned.

"Whatever it is, it's not going to be as strong as me!"

The two boys looked at each other, then nodded. "Execute! Beast Spirit Evolution!"

"....Burning Greymon!"

"....Kendo Garurumon!"

Metalkabuterimon gasped as he saw the two Beast Spirits standing in front of him. "M..maybe I was a little hasty...."

"Two late for that now!" Burning Greymon said. He turned to his partner,"Are you ready?"

Kendo Garurumon nodded,"Let's go!"

Makuramon glanced around the city beneath him as he rested on Migiramon's back. "I don't know where those brats are! Why are we stuck looking for them, while the others are able to enjoy themselves exterimating these weak humans."

"Commander Levare told us to," Migiramon shuttered,"Remember what happened to Sinduramon when he disobeyed him? Deathmon got fried chicken for weeks."

Makuramon just nodded. Their commander demanded complete loyalty, anyone that disobeyed him usually ended up dead, or worse. "Still, I wish we could just find these brats!"

"You've found some!"

The two Devas glanced down at a remaining building. On the roof was Mina, Meramon, and Matsuto was hovering above them. The Wiant boy grinned,"And if you think we'll go quietly, think again."

While Indramon, Metalkabuterimon, Makuramon and Migiramon were busy with their own battles, Vikalarmon had to face off against Henry and Rapidmon, Kumbiramon was busy with Derek and Colemon, Vajramon and Guardromon battled, and Chatsuramon faced off against he Hypnos army. Santiramon, the snake, had been ignored, and was able to complete his mission. He was not aware, however, that even though he had the highest kill rating, he would was not going to be able to gloat to his fellow Devas.

He was hiding in the swears, waiting for an opportunity to strike, when he heard two voice able him. He moved over to storm drain, then leapt through, ready to claim another victim.

Catherine was having a hard time keeping her composer as she reported at the destruction occurring all around her. "Ze death toll iz too high to calculate at ze moment, but it iz feared zat only one eighth of ze original population remains. Zere iz zome hope, however, az ze Digidestined have appeared once again to challenge ze Devas to combat. We can only hope zat zey will be able to ztop this carnage. Back to you in ze studio."

Floramon sighed as she lowered the camera from her face. "This is so horrible."

The French girl nodded. "I know, how could anyone be capable of doing zomezing like zis?"

Floramon was about to reply, when Santiramon shot through the street and headed straight for them. Catherine screamed, and her partner leapt in front of her. She was about to attack, when the snake Deva was suddenly thrown onto the ground by a massive black claw connected to a large ghost. The two girls gasped as the ghost began to attack the snake. Catherine turned her head and saw the person she expected to see. "Eiri!"

"Are you okay, Miss DeGual?" he asked, helping her to her feet.

"Y..yes," she said,"But I..."

Eiri just smile slightly, then ran over to the battle. Bakemon had his claw wrapped around Santiramon neck, trying to stop his breathing, but the snake kept thrashing around, making it difficult to pull tightly enough. He eventually gave up on that idea, and began using his claws to dig deep into the snake's scales. Santiramon did scream out in pain, but he still had enough strength to throw Bakemon to the ground.

The snake hissed in anger as he pinned the ghost to the ground with his tail. "You should know better then to attack those that are stronger! Ha!" He opened his mouth wide, but suddenly howled in pain as two bird shaped daggers slammed into his eyes.

Bakemon and Eiri both turned around and saw Kiwimon standing next to Catherine. "I zought you could uze zome help," she shrugged slightly.

Santiramon's threw his head back in an attempt to free himself of the two daggers in his eyes, but Kiwimon began to fire more of her bird shaped daggers, which tore into Santiramon's stomach, a few even went through the other side.

Bakemon spied these puncture wounds. He quickly jumped from the ground and shot both of his claws through the small opening. Santiramon looked at him with worry in his eyes. "Good bye!" Bakemon said, pulling his claws apart. The snake Deva was ripped in half and vanished seconds later.

"That's one down," Bakemon panted.

Eiri sighed as he surveyed the destruction around him,"Even if we do defeat the Devas, it won't ever stop until Neo-Digital World is destroyed. Apocalymon and the Dark Masters are going to keep doing this to Earth until thier mad ambitions are satisfied."

His digimon partner glanced up at him. "What are you going to do?"

Eiri was about to answer when he remember that Catherine and Floramon were still behind him. He turned around, but Catherine crossed her arms. "You're going to Neo Digital Capital, aren't you?"

Eiri shook his head,"No, I.."

"Yes you are, and you're going to take uz wiz you."

"No, I..listen, it's really dangerous and..."

"We can take care of ourselvez," Catherine said. She opened her jacket to reveal the orb hanging around her neck.

"Is that and Essence?" Eiri asked, his eyes open wide.

"Yes, I found it one morning in my room."

Eiri lost his temper. "If you had that kind of power, why don't you help us against the Devas?"

Catherine crossed her arms and grinned. "Who do you zink took care of ze sheep Deva?"

Eiri sighed. "Alright, but we're leaving right away."

"I'm ready," Catherine grinned.

Levare was growing impatient. The Devas should have found Ishida by now, he could not be hding that well. The Devas obviously were not searching hard enough, and now they were all engaged in battle with the Digidestined. If he wanted to find Ishida, he would have to do it himself.

Deathmon was circling the building that Levare was resting on, so the Deva leader called his partner down. He was about to jump onto him to circle the city when both human and digimon saw a large mummy ascend from the ground. "Pharoahmon?" Levare asked,"So where's Oikawa?"

He turned his head to the left and saw the human in question standing on a smaller building's roof. "I'm right here, why, aren't you suddenly afraid?"

"Call your digimon off!" Levare demanded,"Or else."

"Or else what?" Oikawa asked,"You'll kill him, like you're planning on doing anyway?"

Levare grinned,"Oh, I get it, you're here to fight us, aren't you?"

"That's right. Of course, you're quite powerful, I doubt we could handle you. I mean, Wargreymon or Metalgarurumon could have finished you off easily, but Lord Kamiya's probably in Neo Digital Capital right now, and..well, we all saw what you did to Lord Ishida." His smile faded and he grabbed his hands tightly,"You're going to pay for what you did to him!"

"Let me guess, you're the ones that are going to do it, aren't you?" Levare chuckled,"But you just said you don't stand a chance."

"As a Mega, no," Pharoahmon laughed,"So I'll have to go up one more level."

"That's impossible!" Deathmon shouted,"No one has ever been able to transcend a mega, this is as far as we can go."

"We found a way," Oikawa grinned. He opened his trench coat to show the orb hanging around his neck. "The Essence of Desert. Pharaohmon, go ahead."

His digimon partner nodded, and stared Deathmon straight in all three of his eyes. His hands suddenly turned into fists, and he leaned forward. "Watch, as I go one level more!"

His body suddenly began coursing with electricity as the sky above him started to become hazy. A scream shot from his open mouth, as if it was painful to go beyond the mega level. His body started glowing brightly as he kept screaming. Levare and Deathmon both were frozen in place, if Pharaohmon could indeed transcend a mega, they both were eager to see it.

Across the city, the Devas and Digidestineds stopped their battles when they felt the tremendous amount of energy that was coursing through Pharaohmon's body. Indramon and Cyberdramon both stared wide-eyed at the glowing digimon above the center of the city. "He can't really be doing it, can he?" Indramon asked.

Ryo noticed that he was sweating; and realized how heavy the air suddenly was. "How did it get so humid all of a sudden?"

"That's it!" Cyberdramon growled,"Oikawa has the Essence of Desert, Pharaohmon must be pulling all the 'aridness' towards him. The dryness gives him power!"

Pharaohmon continued to scream as his body began to twist and change. His muscles started growing; the bandages that wrapped his body were pulled and torn to shreds, reveling his gray skin. While these bandages were dissolved, more grew from his back and wrists, creating a bandage cape in the shape of large bat wings. More bandages wrapped around his waist, creating the bottom half of a robe. He was pulling so much dryness towards him that the moisture could actually been seen around him.

Deep in the Dark Ocean, Megaseadramon tore his horn through a Gesomon, destroying him. He was about to engage a dark skinned Ikkakumon, when he suddenly shot his head up. "What's wrong?" Michael asked.

"P..Pharoahmon?"

Inside of Neo Digital Capital, Wargreymon and Beelzemon momentarily ceased in their own defensive maneuvers. "That..that feels like Pharoahmon!" Wargreymon gasped.

"It is," Beelzemon nodded,"It's him."

"How can you guys feel that?" Tai asked,"Pharoahmon's not strong enough to be felt this far away."

"It is him," Wargreymon said,"And that's not a good thing."

Back on earth, Pharoahmon's body was now twice the size it was before. While he had never been the smallest mega, he was now certainly a fearsome sight. As his body continued to change, the buildings around him began to shake. Windows warped and shattered, the street below him grew fissures, fire hydrants exploded, sending up geysers of water.

Inside of their hiding place, Renamon watched Pharoahmon change through the warehouse's skylight. "He's going to tear this city apart!"

Rika laid her body over her father to protect him in case the roof collapsed. "I hope we did the right thing in trusting him."

The glow around Pharoahmon exploded so brightly that Levare and Deathmon had the shield their eyes. When they light faded, their mouths opened wide as they gasped from breath. The new digimon stood before them, and they could feel his tremendous power. "Sorry about the wait," he said,"But I've only done this one other time. You can call me Super Pharoahmon.

Levare struggled and was able to turn his amazement into anger. "It doesn't matter how strong you are. Deathmon can still defeat you!"

His digimon grinned at Super Pharoahmon. "Come on, don't tell me you're scared."

The new digimon laughed. "Hardly. Bring it on!"

Deathmon nodded, and the two combatants charged into each other. Super Pharoahmon's fist slammed into Deathmon's face, sending the demon flying backwards through a couple of buildings, bringing the structures to the ground. Levare gasped in horror as Oikawa grinned. Super Pharoahmon just waited patiently as Deathmon shot up from the rubble, all three of his eyes red with anger.

"Okay," he panted,"But, can you do it again?"

Super Pharoahmon laughed. He shot forward again, connecting his bent elbow into the demon. The mummy used less power this time; not propelling Deathmon backwards but keeping him in the same place. Super Paroahmon quickly brought his knee up into Deathmon's stomach, then slammed his other fist down on top of Deathmon's head. He released his grip, and Deathmon floated harmlessly away."Is that good enough?"

Deathmon's body glowed for a second, then his bruises melted away. He chuckled slightly,"Yes, that was invigorating, but I think you'll have to do better."

Super Pharoahmon growled, then head butted Deathmon. Unfortunately, the demon dug his claws into the mummy's head. Super Pharoahmon twirled around in the sky, trying to shake the slug creature free. The mummy concluded that Deathmon had a death's grip on his head, so he twisted his body around, and dove head first into the pavement below. Deathmon still refused to let go, so Super Pharoahmon did it again, and again and again. Finally Levare's digimon released his grip and fell to the ground. Super Pharoahmon laughed slightly,"I have ascended past the mega level, you'll never defeat me!"

Deathmon slammed his head into Super Pharoahmon, sending him onto his back. Leveare's digimon jumped back up and began slashing his claws into the mummy's skin. Super Pharoahmon brought his foot up into Deathmon's back. The demon ceased his attack, and shot into the sky. Super Pharaohmon followed closely behind.

As Deathmon and Super Pharaohmon continued their battle, Oikawa shot his glance to the warehouse below. He turned his gaze back to the battle, then back to the warehouse. "What are you waiting for?!" he shouted,"Rika, get Lord Ishida to safety!"

"So that's where he's hiding!" Leveare grinned from the building roof he was standing on. "Deathmon, we've found them! They're below!"

Deathmon grinned, then broke away from Super Pharaohmon and shot to the warehouse below.

"Damn it!" Oikawa swore,"Super Pharaohmon, stop him!"

His digimon dove after Deathmon, but quickly realized that he was not going to be able to catch him in time. Super Pharaohmon shot a strand of bandage from his wrist, which wrapped around Deathmon's leg. The mummy pulled tightly and flung Deathmon back towards him. Super Pharaohmon punched Deathmon hard in the face, which sent him flying back towards the ground. The elasticity of Super Pharoahmon's bandage pulled him back towards the mummy, who repeated the same technique. The mummy king repeated this one more time, then released his grip, which sent Deathmon crashing into a building roof.

"How's that for you?" Super Pharoahmon laughed,"My physical attacks are obviously too much for you to handle, so how about we try an energy attack?" He raised his palms, when he suddenly began shaking. He glanced at his twitching hands,"What? No. not now! No!"

"Super Pharoahmon!" Oikawa cried,"Hang on, just a little bit longer! We've got him on the run!"

Super Pharoahmon gripped his fists tightly, and the shaking stopped. Unfortunately, Deathmon returned from the building roof. Leveare laughed. "Deathmon, apparently Super Pharoahmon cannot remain in that form for very long."

Deathmon nodded. "I understand." He grinned at Super Pharoahmon, then shot further into the sky.

"He's trying to wear the battle out!" Oikawa shouted,"Finish him, quickly!"

Oikawa opened his palms and pulled them back. He took a deep breath, then shot them forward, firing a massive stream of fire from each hand. "Ra's Fire!"

Deathmon harmlessly moved out of the way.

"Damn it!" Super Pharoahmon hissed. He took a deep breath, then flew closer to the demon digimon. He pulled his body into the fetal position, then shot apart. "Osiris Attack!"

His body suddenly pulled apart into fourteen parts, which shot at Deathmon. The demon digimon was pounded fourteen times before Super Pharoahmon pulled together behind him. Deathmon spun around, but saw Super Pharoahmon clenching his fists. "Isis's Light!"

His body went nova, filling the sky with an intense light. Deathmon was momentarily blinded in all three of his eyes. The mummy king pounded the demon in the face, shooting him down towards the street below. Super Pharoahmon shot after him, ready for one final attack, when his body betrayed him once more. He clenched his fists tightly, trying to cope with the pain. His body started coursing with electricity, and he began to shake again. He tried to stay afloat, but his strength gave out and he plummeted towards the ground. He was caught by Deathmon, who held him by the head with one of his claws. Deathmon glared at the moaning digimon. "I get it," he laughed,"All your power's worn out, huh?" He started roaring with laughter. "Super Pharoahmon...indeed!" He slammed his fist into the digimon, sending him shooting towards the roof Oikawa was standing on. Super Pharoahmon glowed for a second, then shrunk into Daitiramon, whom Oikawa caught in his hands.

"Ukyo," the small digimon moaned,"I..I tried my best."

"It's alright," Oikawa sighed,"It's not your fault."

"I've got to say," Leveare grinned,"That was impressive. You actually transcended the mega level. I am really impressed. Please, it you surrender, I'll make sure that you receive the finest acomidations at Neo Digital City."

Oikawa grinned slightly,"I'm sure. Forget it!"

Leveare frowned. "Then die!"

The twins held tightly to Beelzemon's back as he slammed his motorcycle into a group of Devimons. He pulled back and landed the bike on a Devidramon. He reved the engine and drove the fallen digimon before landing on a Musyamon. A large group of Devimons were heading straight for him. He glanced over his should at his two passengers,"Hang on guys, this is gonna get rough."

The twins nodded, and held tightly to their digimon's back. Beelzemon shot his motorcycle forward, but let go of the handle bars, holding his claws out in front of him. "Crimson Claws!" His attack easily tore through the line of Devimons, but there were more than twice the amount to take their place.

"This is gonna be a long day!" Beelzemon sighed.

Wargreymon ducked a swipe of a Musyamon's sword, then backhanded the samurai digimon into one of the few rock walls. He took a breather for a second, then looked to where Tai was ducking behind a mountain. "Good!" he shouted,"There's about half the army left! Great job!"

Wargreymon smiled slightly,"T..thanks. We've got to..." He gasped as an armored digimon riding a black horse descended in front of him. "W..who are you?"

"He is Zanbamon," a man in armor said as he walked from around one of the boulders,"And he is my partner."

"Proteus, I presume," Tai said, emerging from his hiding place.

"The great Tai Kamiya!" Proteus laughed,"Well, I must say, it is an honor to finally meet you."

Tai smirked,"I wish I could say the same, but I've never even heard of you."

Proteus chuckled,"That's the break I guess." He shook his head,"Lord Apocalymon and the Dark Masters send their wishes. Surrender, and you can see them."

:Tai crossed his arms,"If you've heard of me, then you know my answer, don't you?"

Proteus sighed,"Well, it was worth a try." He mentioned to the orb hanging around his neck,"This is the Essence of Metal."

"Metal?" Tai asked, raising his eyebrow.

Proteus nodded. "Yes, as in reflective surfaces. With my Essence, Zanbamon can copy any attack that we've seen. I guess you want an example, huh?" He crossed his arms and grinned. "Crest of Friendship!"

"Tk?" Tai asked.

Zanbamon raised held his palms open. "Gold Flame!" Tai watched as his digimon was thrown back by a tremendous burst of fire.

Proteus laughed. "Try this one! Crest of Courage!"

"Kari," Tai mumbled.

Two lances appeared in Zanbamon's hands; the weapons of Ophanimon. He charged forward and slammed the side of Wargreymon's head, then used the other one to send Wargreymon back the other way. Wargreymon stumbled back, but remained on his feet.

"This is great!" Tai thought,"Zanbamon adds his own strength to whoever he's mimicking. If he copies someone really strong, we're done for!"

"Essence of Shadow!"

Zanbamon's lances disappeared and were replaced by two swords. He pointed them at Wargreymon, the shot them forward,"Trump Sword!"

The four swords ripped across Wargreymon's armor, tearing it apart. He twisted and hissed in pain, but refused to fall.

"I'm impressed," Zanbamon said,"Even with my own strength augmenting the power of Piedmon, you still are on your feet." He turned to his human partner,"Hey, Proteus, how about we choose someone that he won't be able to withstand?"

Proteus laughed. "I like that idea. Essence of Ice!"

Wargreymon shot his head up, and Tai gasped. "Now we're in trouble!"

Zanbamon pulled his head back, then shot it forward, mouth open. "Metal Wolf Claw!"

Wargreymon tried to move out of the way, but Metalgarurumon's attack was too fast. The dinosaur was thrown into the side of the mountain, his armor totally disintegrated. He fell face first to the ground, but still remained in his mega form. Zanbamon floated over to him and laughed. "And you're suppose to be one of the two strongest digimon from Earth? Ha!"

Tai saw what had happened to his digmon partner, but he knew that as long as Proteus had the Essence of Metal, there was no way to defeat him. Tai silently made his way behind the rocks and boulders until he was directly behind Proteus. He made a silent prayer, then tackled the evil human to the ground. He grabbed the Essence of Metal from around the human's neck. "Got it!"

Zanbamon turned to his human partner, then back at Wargreymon. The dinosaur digimon was now on his feet, and slamed his fist into Zanbamon, spinning him around until he was at his partner's side.

Tai jumped behind Wargreymon. "Without the Essence of Metal, Zanbamon's strength can go any higher. Finish him off!"

Wargreymon held his arms above his head and created a ball of light between them. He launched it forward,"Terra Force!" The ball of light overtook both human and digimon, completely destroying them.

"That wasn't so tough," Wargreymon laughed before he crashed into the ground and returned to Agumon.

"Lord Kamiya!"

Tai glanced up and saw Beelzemon's motorcycle fly over the mountain. It's owner easily destroyed the remaining Devimons. "Are you guys okay?" Ai asked as she and Marko jumped off of the motorcycle. Beelzemon returned to Impmon a second later.

"Yeah," Tai panted as he sat down on one of the rocks,"I..I think so. What about the rest of the army?"

"Hey!" Impmon pointed at himself,"I took care a' um."

"Great," Tai grinned.

Marko looked around at the, once again, empty wasteland. "How about that rest?"

Noriko used her foot to kick open a grating to the same air vent that she had crawled through only hours before. The metal grate clanged loudly onto the floor. Noriko held her breath for a second, sure she was about to hear the alarms blast at any second. To her relief, nothing came. She let out the breath she was holding, then turned to the three others members of her team, a Gommamon, a Betamon, and her own Kunemon. "We're safe so far, come on."

She jumped through the hole and landed on the floor. She caught the three smaller digimon, then placed them on the ground. She then glanced around at their location; a very familiar looking hallway intersection.

"Recognize this place, Kunemon?" she asked.

"Yeah," the caterpillar digimon said, glancing at a small computer terminal,"That's where you hacked into their system."

The brunette grinned. "Which means the prison section is right around the corner. Okay team, move out!"

As the group followed Noriko, one of the Gommamons noticed how empty the command center was. "Where is everyone?" he asked.

"They're probably all outside attacking our friends," one of the Betamons replied.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

Noriko ordered her team to remain quiet as they rounded a corner and reached the prison section. Surprisingly, there were not even any guards. "Okay," said the other Gommamon as he waddled into the hallway,"Something is definitely not right."

"There should at least be someone here," the second Betamon added.

"It's just a lucky break for us!" Noriko laughed, running to Babel's prison cell,"Of course, knowing our luck, they changed his cell!" To the brunette's relief, Babel was still in the same cell as before.

The Monster Maker of Circuit Maps gasped loudly as Noriko entered his cell. "You've returned..."

She nodded and helped Babel to his feet. As they exited the cell, she explained their situation. "Yes, Lord Kamiya and the twins went into Neo Digital Capital alone. Michael, Takato and I joined the resistance fighters. Hopefully, if they haven't gotten themselves killed yet, we're going to free the Dark Ocean."

"I don't think that's going to happen."

Noriko's team gasped as they watched a figure enter the prison hallway. Noriko's eyes opened wide. "A..are you Geni?"

The former High Priest of the Digital World chuckled. "Yes, I am Geni, and I believe that man over your shoulder belongs to me."

Noriko glanced at Babel, then back at Geni. "He doesn't belong to anyone, he's a living being!"

Geni crossed his arms. "And what about you? Don't you refer to Kunemon as 'your' digimon?"

"So?" Kunemon asked,"I refer to her as my human. What's the big deal?"

Geni frowned. "So I see the human infestation has spread to the partner digimon as well."

"How can you talk like that?" Noriko shouted,"You created us!"

Geni grinned. "A mistake I am about to rectify." He reached for his sword.

Noriko glanced at Kunemon and nodded slightly. She turned to the Gommamons and Betamons. "Here, take him somewhere safe." She handed Babel over to the quintet of small digimon, who carried the Monster Maker out of the prison section on their backs.

Geni griped his sword. "I'm afraid that Babel must reman here!" He launched at the group of small digimon.

"Kunemon!" Noriko shouted. Her digimon crawled off of her shoulder and jumped onto the ground.

"Kunemon digivolve to Kuwagamon!"

The large insect digimon quickly grew to a size which caused the walls and ceilings to crack under the pressure. However, he was able to use his pincers to block Geni, while the smaller digimon with Babel on their backs were able to sneak beneath him.

Geni glared at Kuwagamon. "Why don't we take this outside?"

"Gladly!" Kuwagamon shouted. He picked up Noriko with his hand. He and Geni then shot through the ceiling, destroying everything in their path until they emerged above the mountain.

"You realize, of course, that you don't stand a chance!" Geni chuckled.

"I guess we're just slow learners," Noriko chuckled as she climbed onto Kuwagamon's back,"Bring it on!"

Geni shot forward, swinging his sword into Kuwagamon's outstretched arm. The insect shot back in pain, but shot the other hand out and snatched the traitor. He started to squeeze tightly, but Geni easily broke free of Kuwagamon's grip. He flew forward and pounded his fist into Kuwagamon's face. Noriko had to hold tightly to keep from falling off.

Geni chuckled,"I told you that you didn't stand a chance." He held his sword out in front of him,"I was once the High Priest of the Digital World. Don't you think I can handle one simple Champi-ah!" He shouted out in pain. He glanced down and saw that a sharp claw had shot through his stomach. He turned his head over his shoulder and saw a blond haired girl riding atop a massive bird creature. The girl grinned,"You might be able to handle and Champion, but I guess when it comes to a Mega, you should watch your back."

Geni gave one final moan before he vanished. Noriko gasped a few times as Kuwagamon and the massive bird creature landed on the mountain top. Both girls jumped off, and Noriko launched herself at the blond girl, squeezing her in a hug. "Anna! You're alive!"

The blond girl grinned. "You can't kill someone who can fly by dropping them off of a cliff."

Noriko laughed, then mentioned to the creature behind her. "Who's that?"

"I am Eaglemon," the creature said,"And I am Anna's Mega digimon."

Noriko frowned. "Now I'm jealous."

Anna just shook her head. "Now, where is everyone else?"

Michael gripped Megaseadramon's horn tighter as he maneuvered around a Gesomon's tentacle. The serpent opened his mouth and fired a blast of blue water that frozen the squid digimon in place. Micheal's digimon dove through the frozen digimon, shattering him apart.

"Good job," Micheal nodded. Megaseadramon took a brief rest as Micheal watched the battle occurring around them: Betamons were tearing into their cousins, Modiki Betamons. Gommamons fought Scubamons, while the Divermon were being torn apart by Zudomon, Ikkakumon and Wargrowlmon. "What a fight."

"You're telling me," his digimon sighed,"I can't remember the last time we were in a battle like this."

The blond nodded, then something caught the corner of his eye. He turned his head slowly around and gasped. A massive squid creature was wading through the water; his very presence caused the Dark Ocean soldiers to move out of his path. Michael could not believe his eyes,"Charon!"

"And Dragomon!" Megaseadramon shouted.

Michael grinned. "Yes!"

"What about your promise to Lisa and Sergi?" his digimon asked.

"I think they would understand," Michael sighed,"I mean, Takato probably could stand a chance against Charon and Dragomon, but I would have to pull him away from fighting the Divermon. We're here, ready for battle, and if those two get through, they'll no doubt start hurting innocents on the other side of that gate."

"I see your point, hang on!" Megaseadramon shot through the water like a missile. Everything was a blur as they quickly approached Charon and Dragomon. The evil digimon saw the serpent flying towards him, but was unable to move out of the way in time. Michael held tightly as his digimon slammed his head into Dragomon's chest, throwing him backwards.

Once the squid digimon stopped his backwards momentum, Charon glared down at the serpent and his digidestined partner. "Who are you to dare such a cowardly attack?"

Michael growled. "You don't remember me? Well, let me give you a little hint." He raised the Essence of Water which was hanging around his neck.

Charon's eyes opened wide. "The boy from the village, but, I see you are a man now." His face twisted into rage,"You cost me an awful lot of trouble you know! When I arrived here this place was a couplet mess! I had to turn it into the impressive military organization you see. But it was your fault! Throwing that Essence into here, which ended up in your hands anyway!" He grinned,"I'm gonna enjoy this."

Michael returned the smile,"So am I!"

Megaseadramon shot into Dragomon, scratching his horn across the squid's chest. Unfortunately, Dragomon was much larger then the serpent, so when he griped Megaseadramon with his massive hands, almost all of the serpent's body was covered. Dragomon tossed Megaseadramon into the air, almost throwing Michael off, but he was able to grab his digimon's horn. Unfortunately, that left him dangling in the air.

Charon laughed. "It looks like you're hanging on for dear life there, I mean, it would probably really hurt if you should fall, right?"

Dragomon nodded. He released his grip near Megaseadramon's head, but started swinging the serpent around by his tail. Micheal's knuckles were bone white as he hung on to his digimon for dear life. Once Dragomon ceased treating Megaseadramon like a centrifuge, Chraon laughed,"I guess it wasn't smart to engage us in battle after you became worn out from fighting our soldiers, huh?"

Megaseadramon just panted loudly, Micheal held tightly with a worried look on his face.

""And now, the grand finish!" Dragomon shouted. He slammed the serpent into the water, then placed his foot on his body to keep him underwater. "And now you die!" the squid laughed.

Deep under water, Micheal tried his best to swim to the surface, but Dragomon was thrashing about too much, creating too much of a vacuum The digidestined felt his lungs start to burn, he was grasping at nothing, trying to reach the surface, but it was not working. "No! I...I can't give up! It can't end like this, it can't!" Despite his best efforts, he felt himself start to black out. The Essence of Water around his neck, which had been dull for seven years, glowed once more.

"Betamon mega digivolve to....Metalseadramon!"

Dragomon's foot was suddenly thrown off of him as the mega digimon rose through the surface. Charon and Dragomon back off, horror in their eyes. Underneath the water, Micheal's eyes opened. He was not drowning, in fact, he was actually breathing! He looked down at the orb in his hands,"My Essence is allowing me to breath under water! Cool...."

He was about to swim to the surface, but his digimon picked him up with his tail and placed him on his head. The digidestined was gasping,"M..Metalseadramon!" He broke into another smile,"You're back!"

"That's right," the metal mega said,"and I've got more then enough power to take this creep down!"

Dragomon back up slightly, but masked his fear with determination. "You're still not going to defeat me."

Metalseadramon chuckled,"Yeah, guess again." He slammed his flat nose into Dragomon's chest, then started swimming around the massive Ultimate, creating a whirlpool that started twirling Charon and Dragomon around in circles as well. "It's not so fun when you're being spun around, huh?"

The serpent stopped spinning, which also stopped Dragomon. While both evil digidestined and digimon were dizzy, Metalseadramon shot from the water and pointed his nose at Dragomon's head. Micheal grinned,"Now you die."

"River of Power!" His digimon screamed out as the energy blast shot from Metalseadramon's nose and annihilated Dragomon's head, and the evil Charon along with it. The rest of the ultimate's body vanished a second later.

Micheal breathed a sigh of relif,"Lisa, Sergi, I hope you can rest in peace."

Migiramon fired his massive fire breath in an attempt to destroy Matsuto, but the Wiant boy was much too fast for the dragon. He shot underneath the dragon Deva and slammed his first into Migiramon's stomach. The Wiant fluttered his wings and shot above the the dragon. He opened his palm and fired a beam of energy at Migiramon's back. The dragon Deva screamed out in pain, and twisted around so his stomach was facing the Wiant.

Matsuto grinned, and held both of his palms out to face the underside. "Good bye!" he laughed. He shot a massive ball of light that tore through the Deva's scales, ripping his data apart.

Mina turned her attention away from Mearamon's battle with Makuramon, and watched with awe as the Wiant descended towards the roof. "How were you able to do that?" Mina gasped.

"What do you mean?" Matsuto asked,"I have Wiant powers, remember?"

"That's not what I meant," Mina sighed,"I mean, I've seen Mimi Tachikawa fight. She's older then you, so how can you be more powerful then her?"

Matsuto landed, then stared Mina in the eyes. "I...I..." He shook his head,"I don't know. It was so clear a second ago, I...I can't figure it out." He chuckled for a second, then fell to the ground. Mina ran over to his side.

"Matsuto, are you okay?"

The Wiant boy looked up at her, his once brown eyes now blue. Mina gasped, backing up,"Y..You're changing again!"

The Wiant began shaking suddenly. A beam of light shot from his eyes and into Makuramon. The monkey Deva screamed out in pain as his digital information broke apart, but instead of dispersing, they flowed right into Matsuto. Mina and Mearmon both watched in awe as Matsuto's body changed to slightly resemble the monkey Deva, before changing to a older red haired man.. Mina was struggling for her voice. "Alice! W..What happened!"

The Wiant started to talk, but in was in Alice's voice. "I..I remember!"

"Remember what?"

"Alice's power," the man continued,"She is a shape shifter, and she absorbs memories and personalities. I am her grandfather, Professor Rob McCoy, the Monster Maker of Memory Circuits, known as Dolphin. My family and I were staying in Tokyo seven years ago, when we were caught up in Myotismon's invasion. We tried to resist, but the Bakemon killed everyone except for myself and Alice. In her moment of fear and desperation, her hidden powers emerged, absorbing my memories and personality."

The professor shifted and changed, this time to a brown haired young woman,"While Alice was being taken to the Convention Center, her powers began to flare up again. She could not control it, almost everyone she came in contact to was absorbed."

The woman changed to a ten-year-old boy,"Each one of us remained ourselves, though. Alice simply copies memories and personalities, and stores them inside of her mind. We are able to live on inside of her, but our real selves no doubt have perished at Myotismon's hands."

The boy changed again, this time to a familiar five-year-old girl, Kayko. "When Myotismon determined what Alice could do, she was thrown in a special cell with Matsuto Tachikawa. The two of them waited until Myotismon came for them."

Kayko shifted back to Matsuto,"I tried to fight Myotismon off when he came, but I was no match for him. Alice tried to treat my injuries, but I was doomed. I gave Alice my powers so she could free herself, but her absorption abilities were augmented by the fact that I volunteered myself to her. She took more of myself then normal. That is why she has the Wiant powers of myself, plus my entire memories. The experience was no doubt stressful and chaotic to her. It is no wonder that she was amnesic. Hypnos found her and brought her to their base. She escaped seven years later, when Lord Ishida found her."

Mina could not believe her eyes as Matsuto shifted and changed once again, this time back to Alice. The blond gothic girl fell to her knees, then to her hands. Mina ran over and helped her to her feet,"Alice! Are you okay?"

"Y..yeah," she panted,"I..I finally think so. I'm finally okay! I remember everything! I'm finally okay!"

While the other Devas were being destroyed around the city, Metalkabuterimon raised his eyebrow as he watched the two new Hybrid digimon standing before him. "Burning Greymon, and Kendo Garurumon, huh? Well, you don't scare me!"

The two hybrids glanced at each other,"Well, maybe we should!" Burning Greymon laughed. He shot forward, tearing his claws across Metalkabuterimon's chest. He shouted out in pain, but Kendo Garurumon's attack made that one feel like a bee's sting.

"You're going to pay for that!" he screamed. He held both of his cannon arms out in front of him, creating two balls of lightning. "Polar Blaster!" The two balls of electricity flung from his hands and crashed into the two digimon, sending them to the ground. Kendo Garurumon jumped back up and used the wheels on his feet to blast forward. "Lupine Laser!"

Kendo Garurumon's attack tore across the scratch made by Burning Greymon, greatly widening it. "That didn't hurt!" the evil hybrid laughed. He turned his head to the right and saw Burning Greymon standing in front of him.

"This will," Takuya's digimon form grinned. He fired a massive blast of fire that tore into the large scratch on Metalkabuterimon's chest. The evil hybrid screamed in pain as he was encased in a bright light, and returned to JP. The two other Hybrids were breathing heavily, and they shrunk back to their human forms as well.

Jp took a couple of deep breaths as he glanced at the unconscious Takuya and Koji. "I guess you guys should have trained for a bit in your new forms, you're completely wiped out!" He tried to laugh, but it only caused him pain,"I guess I am too. Well, I know when it's time to run. Bye." He walked away, leaving the two unconscious boy lying on the roof.

Renamon gasped as she stared through the warehouse skylight. "Princess!" Renamon shouted,"I think we've got to get out of here!"

"How?" Rika shouted back, standing in front of her unconscious father,"I don't think we should move him!"

Renamon tried to stay calm as Deathmon landed on top of the glass skylight."We'll, I think we're all going to be joining him shortly!"

Rika reached behind her and grabbed her father's hand. "Don't worry, Daddy, I'll protect you."

Matt's eyes twitched underneath his eyelids."Rika, is that you? W..what happened? Oh, right, Deathmon. How could things have gotten to this point? How could I have lost? If I can't stand up against a underling, what am I going to do when we face the Dark Masters? or Apocalymon? I need to get stronger, but how? Wait..Darius told me how, he said that I don't know what I'm really fighting for. That's ridiculous! Well, maybe not so ridiculous, but what's important?" His mind gave him his own answer as images of people flashed across his mind's eye. "Rika...Rumiko...Tk...Dad...Mom....Derek, Joe...Cody...Yolei...Gabumon..Renamon...Patamon...Crabmon...Gommamon, Armadillomon...Hakwmon...Yes..even you Kamiya. I'm fighting for you! I'm fighting for all of you!"

Rika screamed as Deathmon shattered the glass skylight and dove into the warehouse. Matt and Gabumon's eyelids shot open and the Essence of Ice blast a bright blue light that filled the entire warehouse.

"Gabumon warp digivolve to Metalgarurumon!"

Deathmon was thrown back through the skylight and into the air as Matt and Metalgarurumon followed them. Levare was in complete shock. "Ishida...y..you're alive?"

Matt did not say anything as he glared at Levare and Deathmon.

"How are you alive?" Leveare shouted,"Deathmon's claw tore through you! There's was no way! Wait, of course, your Essence protected you. I guess Deathmon's aim was off, he missed your vital organs." Leveare grinned,"If he had, not even your Essence could have saved you."

Matt growled at him. "Making small talk isn't going to save you now! You're going to pay for what you did to this city!"

"Can't you feel it?" Metalgarurumon asked,"All the other Devas are gone. You're the only ones left."

Leveare laughed as he jumped onto Deathmon's back, "We beat you before, and we're going to do it again."

"No you won't!" Matt screamed. His Essence glowed even brighter, covering him and Metalgarurumon in a icy colored light.

Leveare paled. "H..How did you gain so much power?"

"Because I finally know what I'm fighting for!" Matt screamed,"You're going to pay for all the deaths you caused!" He and Metalgarurumon began screaming at the top of his lungs, and ice began to form in a ball shape around him. Metalgarurumon pulled his head back, then shot it forward. "Metal Wolf Claw!"

Deathmon threw his hands up in an attempt to save himself, but it was no use. Metalgarurumon's attack covered both human and digimon. They screamed in intense pain, but were silent moments later as they both vanished from sight.

Matt smiled, but seconds later his eyes rolled back into his head and he fell off of Metalgarurumon. His digimon partner would have dove after him, but, he too fell into unconsciousness and returned to his Gabumon form. Lord Ishida and his digimon partner were easily caught by Rika and Renamon.

"Are they okay?" Derek asked, panting as he and Crabmon limped over to them.

"Yeah," Rika smiled,"He's just exhausted. He used up a lot of energy to finish off the last of the Devas. I can't believe he actually did it."

"Your father is an amazing man," Oikawa grinned as he walked over with Daitiramon on his shoulder.

Derek glanced around at the city. Buildings were destroyed, the streets were a mess, and there were bodies lying everywhere. "D..do we have any idea how much damage was done?"

"We'll have to wait for an exact count," Renamon said,"But the last estimation was one eight of the population remains."

Derek growled with anger. "T..They're not going to get away with this!"

"They won't," Rika narrowed her eyes,"They're all going to pay!"

Next: Micheal's team returns to earth, and Noriko and Oikawa finally talk about their pasts. Lucifer has a plan of his own, using the children he infused with Oikawa's blood! Meanwhile, Neo Digital World has a plan to control Tai the same way they did Mimi. Can Lord Kamiya save himself, and rescue the other Crest carrying digidestineds before Apocalymon resurrects his Matrix of Evil? The end times have arrived! Mystic Digital War: Chapter 27: Approaching Destruction!

I finally got this chapter done. It would have taken much longer, except I spent all day Sunday and Monday writing. This will be the last 'long' chapter until the final chapter. The next two will probably be much shorter as most of the lose ends have been tied up already. Just three more chapters, and this story will finally be finished!

The reason Mimi's younger brother was stronger then her is simple, Mimi's not a real fighter. She never liked fighting, so she never really developed her Wiant powers. She flew around with her wings alot, but if I could fly like that, I definetly would. Her younger brother always practiced, even though he wasn't suppose to. But it came in handy.

I've heard rumors of a level beyond a mega, but I haven't heard any proof. So, you can make your own assumptions as to where Pharoahmon actually made it to the next level. His attacks were based on Egyptian gods: Ra, Isis and Osiris. According to mythology, Osiris was separated in fourteen parts by Set. Isis was able to recover thirteen parts, but the fourteenth part, the phallus, was eaten by a crab. Tough break, I guess.