Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Mystic Digital War ❯ Chapter 28: Eleventh Hour ( Chapter 28 )

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 joining us, Lord Kamiya and ze twins entered Neo Digital City, but were ambushed by Krake. She had a plan to control him like she did to Mimi, but her plan waz foiled when Tai remembered Lady Sora. Mimi broke free of Krake's control, juzt as Eiri and I arrived.

Back on Earth, Lucifer uzed ze children that he infected wit' ze Dark Spores and changed Oikawa to Annubismon, ze Digidestined Destroyer of ze Tamer's future! Wit' Apocalymon about to recharge his Matrix of Evil, ze eleventh hour has arrived!

Chapter 28: Eleventh Hour

Mimi pulled with all her strength on the ropes that bound her tightly to the hard metal table. She had been struggling for the past half-hour, but was no use, she was not going anywhere.

She took a deep breath, trying hard not to cry. Had it been seven years ago, when she first fell into the Digital World, she would have sobbed herself to sleep by now, but she had developed into a warrior fighting against Oikawa. Sure, she was a long way from being someone like Sora or Kari, but she was not the spoiled brat she once was.

The brunette took another deep breath and glanced around, trying to get an idea of where she was: it was not a pleasant room, in fact, it looked more like a jail cell; a dank, bricked wall room with a set of stairs running up to a small balcony containing the only door in the cell.

Mimi suddenly remember something. She quickly spun her head to the right and breathed a sigh of relief. Palmon was lying on a metal table beside her; bound and unconscious, but there beside her.

Mimi's heart froze as she heard the door knob slowly turning. Her head instantly shot to the balcony and watched as an elder woman wearing a white cloak stepped inside. The brunettes heart was about to jump out of her chest as the older woman descended the stairs and walked to stand in front of her. "Greetings," she grinned, "I am Krake, servant of the Dark Masters."

"Duh-Dark Muh-Masters?"

Krake nodded. "Yes." She reached inside her robes and pulled out a square device. "It is their wish that the last of the Wiants serve them."

"You've got to be kidding!" Mimi laughed,"I'l never serve them."

Karke gave an annoyed sigh. "Everyone says that every time! and It's really getting annoying! This device will turn you into one of the Dark Digidestineds." She pushed a button on the device's side. "Enjoy unleashing the evil part of you soul!"

"No!"

"No!" Mimi shot her eyes open when she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders.

"Mimi..Mimi! Calm down! It waz a dream!"

Mimi stared at the face that the hands belonged to-a blond girl around sixteen. She knew that face, but she could not place where...t.v., maybe?...A reporter? Yes, that was it.

"Ca..Catherine?" she stuttered,"You're Catherine, right?"

The blond nodded. "Yes."

Mimi looked past her and saw a man who she definitely recognized. "Eiri?! No, I didn't escape!" She was backing up to run, when Catherine grabbed her.

"Mademoiselle Tachikawa," she said,"Don't you remember what happened? Krake tried to control Lord Kamiya, but you broke free of her. Eiri iz wit' moi. He iz helping uz now."

Mimi looked to her, then at Eiri. "Tai! Where's Tai?" she shouted.

Catherine moved aside so Mimi could see Lord Kamiya lying on the ground, his eyes were close. The twins and their digimons were lying at his side. Mimi jumped to his side. "Is he...?"

"He is in a deep sleep, almost unconsciousness," Eiri frowned,"Denying Krake took much of his energy."

Mimi buried her face in her hands. "This is my fault! I...oh Lord, I almost killed him! I lead Proteus right to him!"

"Miss Tachikawa," Eiri knelt down beside her,"Krake is a powerful sorceress, she brought your hidden 'evil' to the surface, bust she had to, because you would never let that out. Mimi, what you did, it was all under the control of you "Dark Side."

He took a deep breath,"What I tell you now, I do not to hurt you. Mimi, if you had not repressed your anger and rage all this time, you would not have fallen so easily under her control."

Everyone except Mimi gasped. "How could you say something like that?" Palmon shouted,"Mimi is fine just the..."

"No, he's right," Mimi replyed from under her hands.

"What?"

"Palmon, if I hadn't repressed it for so long, maybe I could have been able to fight it, but it overwhelmed me. I...I'm sorry everyone." She removed her head from her hands and looked at everyone. "If you're trying to free Sora and the others, I know where they are."

"Really?" Floramon asked.

Mimi nodded, then suddenly realized that they were not outside. "Where are we?"

"A shed or something," Bakemon answered,"I don't think we'll be spotted."

Mimi sighed, but it turned to surprise when Eiri sat down beside her. "I didn't mean to offend you before. I know that you'd have to be a very good person with your parents."

"You knew my parents?" she gasped.

Eiri was going to remind her that he had already told her that, but it was when he had taken her as a POW to search for the last Zhuqioamon stone before the Day of Apocalypse. So, he decided it would be best to tell her again.

"When I was serving in the fist Gulf War, my platoon was ambushed near an ancient desert temple. A group of Wiants appeared and killed everyone near it." He shrugged,"They must have missed me. When I returned to the United States, I was approached by the Monster Makers, under the financial baking of your father. They went to the temple and found Apocalymon. Your father and I arrived later and found your mother guarding it. We got to know each other pretty well over the next year, but we lost contact with each other. I then found my way into the Digital World and the rest is history."

Mimi just nodded. "I had no idea."

Eiri shrugged, "Well, when were we going to get a chance to talk, right?"

Bakemon suddenly called out to them. "Someone's coming!"

Eiri, Mimi, and their digimons ran over to him. "Stay and look after Tai and the twins, Catherine!" Mimi ordered.

Eiri was the first one out of the shed, soon followed by Mimi. Standing in front of them were eight figures that they hoped they would never see again. "The Dark Digidestined!"

"That's right!" Barker shouted,"And we hit paydirt! Both sets of traitors, right here! I guess Kamiya is inside, isn't he?"

"If you want him, you have to go through us!" Eiri said, as Bakemon floated in front of him.

"We've got to help," Palmon jumped in front of Mimi,"Right?"

The brunette nodded. "After all the trouble we cause, we have to."

"Palmon digivole to Togemon! Togemon digivolve to Lillymon!"

"Bakemon digivolve to Daemon!"

The two sides charged at each other and the battle began.

The rain was pouring down so fast that the mud puddles were turning into rivers. If they did not get out soon, the second generation of the Digital Warriors would surely be trapped.

Kasumi paused just before the corner of the building. She peered around and saw the barbed wire fence in front of her. She mentioned to the others, and they quickly ran across the grass field. The Digital Warrior leader mentioned for her group to be silent. Takato, Kazu, Jeri, Henry and their digimon followed her and her Toy Agumon under the wires, careful not to get caught, one false move could rip their skin apart. They also had the problem of the mud slide that could carry them off. Thankfully, they all made it through the wires and mud sea to escape into the woods.

"We made it!" Jeri shouted,"We broke out of the Digidestined compound."

"Jeri," Leomon's stern face said,"we should hold back our celebrations until we are at a safe distance."

"Too late."

The Digital Warriors shot up and saw a fox woman wearing armor and a teenage girl on the ground. "Rika Ishida!" Kasumi growled,"Let us pass, or be sorry!"

Rika let out a deep laugh from her throat. "Is that the best you could do?"

Kasumi growled again. "I'm going to enjoy tearing you apart."

"Bring it on!" Rika shouted. The two girls were about to attack each other, when a large shadow fell over the group; a giant man/dog with large wings.

"Annubismon!"Takato shouted.

The memory ended abruptly for Takato and the Digidestined Destroyer landed on the roof of the Ishida's apartment building. The Tamer from the future saw that Jeri was shaking next to him. He stepped in front of her and stared the evil digimon down. "What are you doing here?"

Annubismon remained silent. He continued to stare at them. Takato frowned. "Not talking, huh?"

"So, we can't know how he got here, huh?" Derek asked.

"He's here to kill us all!" Rika shouted,"That's what he does!:

The Digidestined and Digital Warriors huddled together as Annubismon stood still "I dunno," Crabmon shrugged,"It doesn't look like he'll been botherin' us anytime soon."

"Why hasn't he attacked yet?" Anna asked.

"It looks like he's waiting for us to make the first move," Kazu mumbled.

They all stared at the digimon. Annubismon was now staring back at them. The dog creature growled. "He's not here."

"Who?" Derek asked.

"The strongest digidestined in the city. He's not with you, but he's here."

Michael turned to Derek. "What aren't you telling us?"

"Lord Ishida's right below us," he whispered,"Unconscious, but below us."

"That's why he's here, because he followed the strongest digital signal in the city. Which is Lord Ishida, because Lord Kamiya isn't here?"

"Are ya telling me that Kamiya is stronger?" Derek snapped.

"What if he is?" Michael shouted back.

"Now's not the time!" Jeri shouted. Michael and Derek both turned away from each other and back at Annubismon. The Digidestined Destroyer had his arms crossed and was staring at them.

"Hand over Lord Ishida, now."

"Not a chance!" Derek shouted.

"You'd better do what he says."

"I'd recognize that voice anywhere," Takato growled. Everyone turned their heads to the sky and saw two figures floating over them.

"Lucifer and Piedmon," Michael frowned,"What are you doing here?"

Lucifer laughed. "Where do you think Annubismon came from? Just a little something that I created with one of the many....devices given to me by the Monster Makers.."

Henry felt a shiver up his spine. "My father's devices..." he said under his breath.

"Annubismon is my crowning achievement," Lucifer grinned," And he's going to destroy you all!"

"We've got ta protect Lord Ishida," Derek whispered.

"I agree with you," Michael nodded. He looked over his shoulder at the Digidestined assembled. "Who's up?"

"Why not all of us?" Anna asked.

"Some of us need to be ready to fright Piedmon in case he steps in," Betamon explained.

"Terriermon, Gaurdromon, Penguinmon and myself," Renamon said,"The rest of you should conserve you strength."

Michael, Derek, Takato and their Digimon just nodded. Rika stepped forward. "Let's go now!"

"Terriermon digivolve to Gargomon!"

"Penguinmon mega digivolve to Eaglemon!"

"Renamon energy bio merge to Sakuyamon!" Annubismon took to the sky as the others shot after him.

Meanwhile in the Digital World, Mimi and Eiri were watching as their Digimon fought against the Dark Digidestined.

Lillymon twirled around in the air to avoid Megadramon's missile attack. The projectile missed her, but tore through the back of her dress. She would have said something, only she had to dodge Ladydevimon's claws. She kicked her foot into the demoness's face, but Megadramon would take more power. She put his fists together to set up for her Flower Cannon, but Megadramon had speed as well as strength. He pounded the flower child in the face, and sent her falling to the ground.

"Lillymon, are you okay?" Mimi shouted.

"I..I'm fine," she coughed, climbing onto her feet, then shooting back into the sky.

Mimi turned her attention to her reluctant partner. Eiri had a stone face as he watched Daemon battle against Skull Satanmon and Marine Devimon. Daemon was much stronger then Lillymon so his battle was not as difficult. Skull Satanmon swung his staff at the fire demon, but he easily blocked with his wrist. Marine Devimon snuck up behind him with his tentacle, wrapping him tightly. Skull Satanmon raised his staff for an attack, but Daemon twisted around so the attack hit Marine Devimon's tentacle instead.

Apocalymon, Krake, and the remaining Dark Masters stood inside of the Neo Digital thrown room, watching the battle between the Dark Digidestined and Eiri and Mimi on one screen, while the battle between Annubismon and the Digidestined was on another. The Neo Digital Emperor grinned. "The time is upon us," he said,"The gates will soon open. Bizzard, Mora, prepare to join Lucifer on Earth."

The two bowed.

"Krake, it is time to recharge the Matrix of Evil. Bring the Crest digidestined to their places. I will be waiting in mine."

"Yes, my lord." The throne room was soon emptied.

Catherine lightly placed the water soaked wash cloth over Tai's forehead, then felt the ground start to shake. She quickly ran to the door of the small compartment and looked outside. Surprisingly, the battle had stopped, and both sides were staring at Krake and Sorcerymon, who had appeared on the battlefield. "What are you doing here?" Mimi demanded.

Krake grinned, "The time is right. Lord Apocalymon has commanded me to prepare for the recharging of his Matrix of Evil." She grinned,"And you can not interfere. Sorcerymon..."

Her digimon floated down in front of her and started twirling his staff around. "Not again!" Daemon shouted. Lillymon started screaming and shrunk to Palmon.

"Daemon!" Eiri shouted,"He's trying to regress you to your rookie form!"

"No, he won't!" Daemon shouted. He flew towards Sorcerymon, but the wizard's spell took effect and Daemon charged back to Baekmon. His momentum had not stop and Sorcerymon used that to his advantage when he rammed his staff through Bakemon's chest.

"Bakemon!" Eiri shouted.

Krake grinned. "If it's any consolation, you'll see him shortly." She produced a dagger and shot it forward. It picked up speed before piercing the left side of Eiri's chest. He fell onto his back, clutching his chest.

"Eiri!" Mimi shouted.

"Good riddance," the witch chuckled. She opened her palms and a giant web of black energy shot from her finger tips and into the ground. Seconds later, a group of bubbles tore through the pavement and into the sky, forming three/quarters of a circle around the tower.

"The missing digidestined!" Catherine shouted.

"Krake," Barker asked,"What are you doing?"

"Emperor Apocalymon needs the crest energies to recharge his Matrix of Evil, and that includes you!"

The we of dark energy grew to encompass the four Dark Digidestined. "Why are you doing this?" Azuna shouted.

"You have failed once too often," Krake grinned,"Lord Apocalymon and the Dark Masters have both agreed. We will drain your crest energy to refuel the Matrix of Evil, then we'll remove the crests from your dried and drained bodies and give them to more...compatent digidestined."

"Damn you!" Barker shouted as they were flung into the circle's missing quarter. Mimi and Catherine could only watched in horror as Apocalymon tore through the roof the black tower and took his place in the center of the circle. The crests started to glow and fired power bolts into the crystal hanging around Apocalymon's neck.

"No!" Catheirne shouted.

"Floramon digivolve to Kiwimon!"

The bird digimon stood firmly and fired smaller birds at Krake and Socerymon, but hit an invisible dome surrounding Apocalymon, the circle and the witch and her digimon. "That barrier can stop an ultimate Digimon," Socerymon chuckled,"You're not getting through!"

Mimi started gasping for breath as she watched her friends high in the sky, screaming in pain as Krake drained their energy into the Matrix of Evil. "W..what am I going to do?"

She heard a small moan. She looked down and saw Eiri. She quickly ran over to him and knelt beside him. The dagger was still in his chest and the stain of blood was spreading fast. She was about to remove the metal projectile, when Eiri's hands grabbed hers. "No! It's too late."

"No!" she almost shouted,"Don't die.."

Eiri smiled," Thank you for your concern, but nothing can stop my fate now." He grabbed the Essence of Earth that was resting on his chest and held it out to her. "Take this, it is yours now."

She gasped,"I...I can't use that..."

"You...have...to...please, all I ever wanted was a world at peace, please make my dream come true.."

She did not know what to say. "W..will I have enough power to safe the others?"

He nodded. "Yes."

Mimi reached down and grabbed the small orb. Eiri smiled. "Thank you." He then closed his eyes for the final time.

Mimi wiped the tears from her eyes and stood up, determined to use her new power to save her friends. She placed it around her neck, but nothing happened. She held it and concentrated on making it glow, but still nothing. She looked up to the circle around Apocalymon. She could hear them screaming as their energy was torn from their bodies.

"Why won't this stupid thing work?" she shouted at the Essence of Earth.

"Mimi..."

She spun around. "Catherine?" she asked, but the reporter was shouting at Kiwimon to keep firing her daggers to crack the shield. The Wiant turned back around.

"Mimi.."

"Who's there?"

"I am not talking to you across the physical plain, but the mental one. I am Darius, I created the Essence which you now wear around your neck."

"W..what do you want?"

"I am here to aid you. I am a Wiant, like yourself."

"You are?"

"Yes, but your power is not at a level that a Wiant of your age should have."

"Hey!" Mimi shouted back,"Is that an insult?"

"An observation. In fact, the reason the Essence won't work is the same reason your power is so underdeveloped."

"Oh really? Why is that?" she asked, sarcastically.

"Simple, you have the power, but you hold it back, along with your anger and you..'fighting urge'."

"I..what?"

"You never liked to fight. You have a fear of confrontation, so you buried your anger, your..for lack of a better term, battle lust. Even part of you knows you have the power to make your Essence work, and that part keeps repressing it. You have to let got of that...buried..part of yourself."

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

"You have to, Mimi! You're the only one left that can stop Krake. The Matrix of Evil will recharge, there's no stopping that now, but Krake will draw all the energy including life energy out of them. Remember those graves you made seven years ago? You'll be making them for your friends today if you don't do something!"

Mimi's hands turned into fists. "T..they'll die..." She could feel her anger start to rise.

"That's right. Let your anger out. You've got to. Neo Digital World will destroy everything! Let your anger out, your still holding too much inside! Let it out! You have to stop Krake! She's holding them at bay with her power! Stop her, no matter what it takes."

Mimi stopped shaking with anger and started to tremble with fear. "I..I can't kill her..."

"You have to! Mimi, you've got to stop her. Please! Everyone's counting on you!"

Mimi felt her anger start to return. "That's it, Darius said,"Let your anger go. Let it go. LET IT ALL GO!"

Mimi threw her head back and screamed as loud as she could. The Essence of Earth began to glow. She continued to scream, causing even Apocalymon to glance at her. "What happened to her?"

"Mimi!"Palmon shouted, running to her partner's side, but she felt something deep inside of her. A feeling that flowed over her filling her with power she had never felt before, power that could let her reach a level she never reached before.

"Palmon mega digivolve to..."

Palmon curled her body up into a ball, then flew apart. The skin on her arms tore as a glowing human arm emerged. Her feet pulled apart as human feet grew out. Her green skin flowed off her body to reveal a glowing female body underneath. Red roses started to flow around her. The petals merged onto her body, creating a red body suit, while the stems linked together to create a whip that the new digimon grabbed with her hand. She flicked the whip around her, twirling around her red body."...Rosemon!"

Socerymon gasped as he watched the Mega fly to the edge of his energy barrier. She pounded her fist to the edge and started to push with all her might, but the flower child was not moving forward. He was beginning to relax, but then he heard his energy barrier start to crack. "No!"

Mimi screamed again, her wings shooting from her back. She took to the air and grabbed a sharp piece of metal and shot forward. "Rosemon!"

The flower woman pulled her fist back; it started to glow with a green aura. She slammed it through the barrier and shattered it. Socerymon's eyes were wide with fear. Mimi overtook Rosemon, but shot past him. He turned back to look at Rosemon, but the mega was much too fast for him. Before he could react, Rosemon's whip was out in front of her. "Rose Thorn Whip!" Socerymon's eyes were wide open as the whip tore across his body, ripping him apart. Rosemon's whip fell to her side as the mega digimon vanished.

"Krake!" Mimi screamed, flying towards where the witch was holding the digidestined captive while Apocalymon recharge his Matrix of Evil. "Let them go now!"

"I won't!" she sneered,"They will die for their crimes against Neo Digital World."

Mimi held the piece of metal out in front of her and started flying even faster. "Let them go!" she screamed.

"No!"

Mimi started screaming even louder and she flew forward. She rammed the sharp piece of metal through Krake's chest. The witch screamed out, then fell to the ground. Mimi looked to the sky. The bubble holding the digidestined around Apocalymon popped and fell to the ground. Mimi and Rosemon flew to the falling digidestined. Mimi caught as many digidestined and digimon as she could. Rosemon used her powers to create a whirlwind of rose petals to gently placed them on the ground.

Apocalymon watched as the digidestined fell to the ground, but he did not care, his Matrix was recharged. He yelled out in pleasure; lightning crashed around him. "My Matrix is recharge! Hahaha!"

Back on Earth, Yamaki ran into the laboratory where the Monster Makers were working feverously. "We've just registered a massive surge of power from the Digital World."

"It's got to be Apocalymon," Alice growled.

"Don't worry," Wong smiled,"Daisy is in the control room and we are ready to launch."

Yamaki's eyes opened wide. "Your weapon?"

Wong nodded. "Yes." He walked over to a small intercom on the wall. "Daisy, we're ready."

Zoe's voice was on the other side. "Okay, tell me when you're ready."

Wong grinned. "Launch the Holy Destroyer, launch..D-Reaper."

Mimi, Catherine and the unconscious digidestined and digimon hid themselves as best they could while Apocalymon slowly descended towards them. "It's no use hiding," he laughed,"I can see you clearly." Mimi stood in front of the others, staring the demon straight in the eyes. "I suppose you think you can stop me, but you can't!" He laughed as he raised his fist, ready to destroy the fighters below him, when a bright light flashed in the corner of his eyes. "What was that?"

He turned his head and saw a ball of red flying towards him. The ball stopped right in front of him, then grew larger until he formed a human-shaped creature with a mess of red forming a cape. "Who are you?"

"I am D-Reaper," it said,"And you must die!"

Apocalymon's face was twisted in shock and pain as the D-reaper slammed it's red fist into his stomach. D-reaper used his other fist to punch the Neo-Digital Emperor in the side of his face. Apocalymon finally got control and shot his claws out, through the D-reaper's chest.. It's red body flowed over the hole, healing the injury. The Monster Maker's creation's right hand formed into a long blade. The Holy Destroyer slashed the scythe down, slicing across Apocalymon's cube body and threw him to the ground.

Mimi and Catherine were in complete shock as they watched the battle between the two giants in front of them. "What is t'at red t'ing?" Catherine asked.

"The Monster Maker's creation."

The two girls twirled around. "Lord Kamiya, Agumon" Catherine shouted,"You're awake!"

Tai nodded, then mentioned to the unconscious digidestined and digimon in front of them. "We've got to get them back to Earth."

"How?"

Mimi suddenly gasped. "Oh no! It's the night when all the Digital Gates opened!"

"What?"

"Some king of legend," she explained,"Apocalymon wanted to wait until those Gates all opened until the invasion began."

"We've got to get back home!" Tai exclaimed,"This was once the Land of Modum, right? There should be only one Gate, right outside the mountain range. If we destroy that Gate after we head through, then Apocalymon'll have to move to the Western Digital Gate. We'll get as many digidestined as we can, then position ourselves in front of it."

They nodded. "Good idea," Agumon grinned.

Tai glanced over his shoulder at the battle between Apocalymon and D-reaper. "Let's hurry while we have the chance."

Noriko, Taisuke and their digimon quickly ran up the stairwell to the roof. Michael, Takato, Derek and their digimon were watching the battle between Annubismon and the other digidestined and digimon. "Michael!" she shouted. The blond turned around and ran over to her.

"Noriko, where have you been?"

"A..annubismon," she panted,"He's...he's...Oikawa. Lucifer turned him into that."

Michael shot his head back to the sky. "We've got to warn them."

The sky suddenly was on fire with dozens of glowing squares of light. "What are those?" Takato gasped.

"Gates!" Derek gasped,"All the Digital Gates are openin'!" Most of the glowing circles began to shoot out streams of digimon. "It's an invasion!"

Tai lead the way as the small group charged across the landscape towards the only Digital Gate for miles. The other digidestined had slowly regain consciousness and were now all running along with them.

"How much further?" Yolei whined.

"We're almost there," Tk said, climbing up the mountain side. When he made it to the top, he smiled; the television was resting on the cliff.

There was aloud explosion from behind. They spun around and saw Apocalymon pinning d-reaper to the ground. The red monster exploded apart, then pulled together behind him. It slammed both fists into Apocalymon's back. The Neo-Digital Emperor was now pinned to the ground."It'll keep him distracted," Tai said,"Open the gate."

Yolei did as she was told and the digidestined started going through, while the others watched the battle between Apocalymon and D-Reaper. The Monster Makers' creation was clearly the stronger of the two. With every punch, the digidestined could see that Apocalymon was staggering. D-reaper might just win this war.

Tai watched as everyone went through except for Sora and Biyomon. He glanced over his shoulder at the battle, then looked at the Gate. "After you."

Sora grinned, and Biyomon stepped in. Tai grabbed the redhead and hugged her tight. "Sora, I wish I could stay with you forever, but if anything happens. I want you to know, I love you, and I always have."

She just nodded, a confused look on her face. "I..I love you too, but what are you...?"

Tai forcefully pushed her into the gate. After she was through, he kicked the television off the cliff. He smashed into the ground, shattering into a thousand pieces.

"There," Tai said, turning to his partner,"You ready?"

The dinosaur nodded. "Always."

"Tai!" Sora screamed as she fell onto a carpeted floor."Tai!"

Kari looked around. "Wait, where is Tai?"

"He's still there!" Sora cried,"He's going to get killed!"

"Tai's there, alone with D-Reaper and Apocalymon?" Matt asked, walking into the room with Rumiko supporting him.

"Matt?" Tk asked,"We're in your apartment?"

The Digidestined leader shrugged."We've don't have time for guesses." He stumbled for a second, then rubbed his head,"Wow, I'm still a little wozzy. I just woke up you know."

"Matt!" Sora pleaded,"Can you send me back?"

Matt pointed out the window. "Neo Digital World is invading! There's an entire army outside, about to use this city as a launching point for the rest of the world! You go and stop them. I'll get Tai back."

The other digidestined reluctantly ran upstairs to propel themselves off the roof. Matt turned to the computer. "No matter where we end up, we can use the Teleportation card to take us to Neo Digital City."

Gabumon nodded, "I'm ready."

Matt turned to Rumiko. The blond smiled slightly. "I have to go."

She nodded. "I understand."

"I love you," he said, hugging her,"and I always will."

She started crying softly. "Promise you'll come back."

"I promise," he smiled. He held his D-arc to the computer screen and he and Gabumon were pulled in.

Outside, the Hypnos building was in the center of the invasion, completely safe until Bizzard, Mora and their digimon appeared. The evil ten-year-old boy grinned. "So, this is where the D-reaper's signal is coming from."

Mora returned the evil grin,"It would be a shame if that satellite dish was destroyed."

The two laughed, then ordered their digimon to attack. Puppetmon's Puppet Pummel and Machinedramon's Giga Cannon combined together and obliterated the building roof.

Inside, Zoe and Tommy hugged each other as the building shook. "What was that?" Mina asked.

"We're under attack!" Yamaki shouted, running inside the room,"The roof's been destroyed!"

All the color drained from Dr. Wong's face. "The satellite dish?"

Yamaki nodded,"Yes."

"Without that satellite dish, the D-Reaper will lose all power, " Wong gasped.

"What?!"

"We didn't have the time to install a power supply, so we were just transmitting it to it."

"Just great!"

After Matt used his Teleportation Digi-modify card, he found himself staring at the battle between Apocalymon and D-reaper. "Wow, the Monster Makers' creation is really strong."

"Matt?"

He looked down and saw Tai and Agumon shouting to him from one of the mountain cliffs. He and Gabumon climbed down from the mountain peak and joined Tai. Matt reached into his pocket and pulled out two modify card. He threw one to Tai, "This is how we'll beat Apocalymon."

Tai stared at the card. "I don't know. Besides," he turned around,"D-Reaper is kicking some butt! I don't think we'll even have to get involved."

The small group watched as D-reaper flung Apocalymon onto his back. The red weapon flowed its body over Apocalymon, restricting his movements. It formed one of its hands into a long blade and held it over Apocalymon's neck. It raised the blade high up, when suddenly its whole body started to turn into a duller version of red. It's body started to flow back together.

"What's going on?" Gabumon asked.

"It looks like it's batteries ran out," Agumon answered.

"D-reaper's body flashed a couple of more times before remaining in the duller red. Apocalymon slowly realized that his opponent was incapacitated. He pushed the lifeless body off of him.

"Ultimate Weapon? Ha!" he laughed. He fired a blast of dark energy from his fist which shattered D-Reaper. The Neo-Digital Emperor rose to the sky, and flexed his muscles. "Still, that could have been the end of me." The Matrix of Evil around his neck glowed a covered his body in a dark light, healing his injuries. He grinned,"Now, to Earth!"

"D-Reaper failed!" Matt shouted,"Tai, we've got to use those cards!"

Tai looked at it,"Is it...permanent?"

"Rika assured me that they weren't."

They heard Apocalymon scream out. The monster of the Apocalypse was flying right towards them.

"He's going towards the Western Gate!" Tai shouted. He glanced at the card in his hand. "Alright."

Matt grinned, then turned to the digimon. "Both of you, digivovle to mega."

"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"

"Gabumon warp digivolve to Metalgarurumon!"

Matt and Tai looked at each other. They both held the cards over their D-Arcs. "Digi-Modify! Fusion Activate!"

Apocalymon stopped short as he watched the sight before him. Both D-Arc's on Matt and Tai's belts started glowing. They pulled both digidestined together. The two D-arcs slammed into each other, covering Matt and Tai with a white light. Both of their digimon were covered in the same light and slammed into each, creating a gigantic figure.

Apocalymon's eyes, however, were focused on the much smaller figure below, where Tai and Matt once stood. The new figured stared straight in Apocalymon's eyes and grinned. "Yes!"

Next: Do I really need to say anything? The Final Battle!

Author's note: After reading this, many of you might think I'm a 'die-hard' fighter, but I'm more like Mimi. However, I realize that sometimes you have to do something that you might not like. To quote Android 16, "There are some whose words alone will not reach....It is not a sin to fight for a just cause."

Killing Krake is going to haunt Mimi, but she's got more to occupy her mind at the moment. When the war is over, the full brunt of what she did will come down on her. Don't worry though, she'll have a good shoulder to cry on.