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Chapter 29
The Dark Digidestined
Jason got up early the next day. He and Velocimon looked at the others. He went over what Kyo had said in the middle of the night. He then went over the days plan as the others began to wake up. Velocimon started a fire and Jason made some breakfast with some fruit.

“So, what are the plans for today?” Gre asked.

“Nothing,” Jason replied.

“Nothing?” Tao repeated.

“Nothing. I figured that I’ve been working so hard lately that I thought that we deserved to take a break. We can just relax today so we’ll be better rested for tomorrow’s journey,” Jason explained.

Everyone agreed with him and started discussing with each other what they were going to do that day. It was a beautiful day with only a few white clouds in the sky. For hours, everyone was having fun. They played a game of tag and even Orbmon joined in. Soon enough they ate lunch and rested.

But their rest didn’t last long. A small black cloud was rushing towards them.

“Nosa,” Jason said as the cloud stopped in front of him.

The cloud changed into Nosa. Standing next to him was Blackvelocimon.

“Why are you here when you know that you’re greatly outnumbered?” Jason asked.

“I’ve decided to bring my new friends. Meet the rest of the dark digidestined,” Nosa said as seven other dark clouds surrounded them. Each one turned into a copy of one of the digidestined. The digidestined stood in a circle around Orbmon, facing their dark counterparts. They introduced themselves to the digidestined. Their names were Yrog, Ira, Ota, Alo, Elise, Yuro, and Tina.

“Where do you get Tina from?” Elie asked her dark counterpart. She had noticed that all of the others had names that related to their good counterparts name. Take Gre’s for example. His name’s Gregory. Yrog is the last four letters. And Elie noticed this, but Tina had nothing to do with Elie.

“I just liked the name. Okay?” Tina replied.

“So, you just came to introduce yourselves?” Jason asked.

“Yes. And now we’re going to leave you to Darklordmon’s generals,” Nosa said as the dark digidestined turned back into black clouds and flew off.

A sphere began to enclose the area around them. Everyone ran towards the open space as it closed. Most of them got out, but Rei, Jason, Velocimon, and Birdmon were stuck inside. At first it was pitch black. Then it was like someone had turned on the light switch. It was a bright white.

Jason recognized the sphere. It was like inside an internet site. “Diaboromon,” Jason said.

“Who?” Rei asked.

“An evil digimon who attacked the internet a long time ago. I saw a show about it. Darklordmon must have revived him. And now he’s encased us in an internet sphere. Each sphere represents a home page. But this one is different. It’s only a replica. It took a lot of power to defeat him before, but we can do it,” Jason said.

Rei smiled at him with a giddy heart. “You’re right. Together we can win. Let’s go,” She said.

“Digital armor activate,” they said together.

“Velocimon warp digivolve to Warriortyromon.”

“Birdmon digivolve to Wingmon. Wingmon digivolve to Skymon.”

Diaboromon had appeared on the wall facing them. The four looked on with determination in their eyes, but Diaboromon just laughed at them.

(And here starts the General Ark.)

Chapter 31
The Second General: Rampagemon VS. The Twins
The others soon joined Rei and Jason. The two told everyone what had happened.

“So, does this mean that they two of you are officially a couple?” Gre asked.

Jason blushed. “Yeah,” he replied.

Everyone laughed at Jason’s blush, including Rei. They relaxed the rest of the day. That night they all sat around the campfire telling jokes and interesting stories. They woke early the next morning. They had no problem traveling because of the previous day’s rest.

Soon, a tall building came into sight. Then another. And another. Soon there stood hundreds of buildings infront of them. They soon came to a paved road.

An Apemon pulling a cart stopped as he passed. He was wearing a brown vest. “You guys heading to Digimegalopolis?” he asked them.

“We’re actually trying to get to Darklordmon’s Island,” Jason said.

“Darklordmon? I used to be controlled by him. I don’t know what happened but…” Apemon started, but Rei interrupted him.

“So, you’re the Apemon we helped,” she said. She then explained to him what had happened.

Apemon then told her that after his digiegg hatched, he resumed his form as

Apemon and went back to his home. Of course, he didn’t stay to long because he was a traveling salesman. “You’ew welcome to join me if you like,” Apemon said.

“That’d be nice. It’s always nice to have new company in the group,” Jason said.

They all walked together listening to Apemon’s tales as a salesman. Some were quite interesting while others almost put them to sleep. Rei was excited to hear all of them.

They soon came to the gate of Digimegalopolis. There was a Gaurdromon standing guard. “State your business,” he said.

“I’m here to sell products,” Apemon said.

“We’re just passing through,” Jason said.

“Don’t cause any trouble,” Gaurdromon told them. The gate opened to reveal a platform. Gaurdromon opened a box in the wall. “18 coming up,” he told the box.

“They keep track of how many guests there are,” Apemon told them.

The gate closed and the platform lifted up into a long tunnel towards a bright light at the top. As they went into the light, they saw the great city. There were Trailmon transporting other digimon from place to place. There were large buildings for miles. The platform stopped at a Trailmon station. After about 5 minutes of waiting, a Trailmon pulled up.

“Where are you heading today?” Trailmon asked as they got on.

“Travelers Market, C building,” Apemon said.

Trailmon sped off towards 5 identical buildings in a row. He went straight to the third building. “Travelers Market, C building,” Trailmon told them as the doors opened.

They followed Apemon off and to the left. A Gekomon was waiting at the gate. “Welcome. How many are sellers today?” Gekomon asked.

“Just me,” Apemon told him.

“We’ve got an opening on the seventh floor, slot 28,” Gekomon replied.

After setting up shop, Apemon gave each of them a gift before they went on their way. Unfortunately, none of them wanted an “I love Zeta” button pr magnet. For about half an hour, they looked through the different markets. After that, they traveled the streets which were surprisingly empty. After about two hours of traveling through Digimegalopolis, sirens came out of the ground and started blaring.

“What’s going on?” Gre asked a Digitamamon that was running past.

“You should get to a safe point. Rampagemon is back. He’s one of Darklordmon’s Generals,” Digitamamon told them.

“Let’s go guys,” Jason said. They readied themselves as they watched the buildings around them sink into the ground. Only a few other digimon were trapped on top as a giant, dark figure appeared at the edge of the city.

He stood on two bulky, dinosaur-like legs and had four muscular arms. He had spikes going down each arm. He had two black horns and black hair on top of his head. His red body stood at 20 feet tall. He let out a great roar that shook the ground.

“Time to stop this terror,” Kyo said.

Velocimon, Kabumon, Felimon, and Birdmon all warp digivolved. The other four digivolved to their ultimate forms. The eight digidestined all put on their digital armor.

“Dragon Claw,” Warriortyromon cried.

“Dog Barrage,” Metaltokumon growled.

“Were Howl,” Werepanthermon howled.

“Wing Sabre,” Megaskymon called out.

Rampagemon didn’t move as the blasts hit him. “Rampage Blast,” Rampagemon cried as he created a huge ball of dark energy from the center of his body. The four ultimatesblocked the attack and reverted back to their rookie forms.

“CRABMON!” Tao and Lao cried as they caught their partners.

“We can do it,” Lao said.

“Together we can beat him,” Tao said.

“Our combined power…” Lao started.

“Should be strong enough, but the four megas alone won’t have enough strength,” Tao said.

“Crabmon, I give you my power. I give you my strength,” the two said together. Their armor grew bright and turned into energy that transferred to their Crabmon. Their crests grew bright as the Crabmon accepted the power.

“Crabmon warp digivolve to Machinedramon.”

“Crabmon warp digivolve to Metalseadramon.”

The twins ran over to Jason and Gre.

“We need to combine all of their attacks,” Lao told them.

“Of course. Rei and I did it to defeat Diaboromon. C’mon everyone combine your attacks,” Jason cried out. The six mega digimon shot their strongest attacks at Rampagemon and the attacks merged together to form one large blast.

“Rampage Blast.” The two attacks nullified each other. “Spike Cannon,” Rampagemon launched the spikes on his arms at them.

“Vine shield,” Demiplantmon cried. A giant shield made of vines formed and blocked the spikes from hitting them. He and Cyberdramon were back at ultimate level.

“Demiplantmon, Cyberdramon. The two of you need to distract him while we blast him,” Warriortyromon told them.

After the shower of spikes stopped, Demiplantmon released his shield, and he and Cyberdramon dashed off to the right. The two attacked Rampagemon distracting him from the group.

Rampagemon used another Spike Cannon on Demiplantmon and Cyberdramon.

The six attacked together again. Their attack hit Rampagemon and digitized him into a digiegg. Ten black spheres appeared and the digidestined destroyed them. The buildings came back up and everyone began to cheer. Everyone thanked them and gave them food and shelter. They spen the rest of the day looking at shops and receiving the supplies they needed.

(Yup, once again the twins have digivolved together.)

Chapter 33
The Fourth General: Justimon Fights
They spent an hour at the lake before leaving the valley. Before them were more plains.

“We need to have a plan before we continue on,” Jason told the.

“I think we should wait for the generals to come to us. I was always told that if you want to find someone, stay put and let them find you,” Kyo said.

“That sounds good, but we should probably find a location that suits us, so that we can see them coming,” Gre said.

“It should probably be somewhere out in the open,” Leslie said.

“No, we should make it so that they can only attack us from one side,” Tao said.

“But then we would be setting ourselves up to be trapped between a rock and a hard place,” Lao said.

“We’ll go out to the middle of the plains. That way we could see them coming from a long distance and we’ll be able to prepare to attack and defend,” Jason said.

Everyone agreed that that would be the best plan. They walked out about a mile into the plains. They could see in every direction for miles. They each took a turn looking out for any general that may attack. They spent a long boring day doing nothing but lounging around waiting while one person kept lookout.

It was already night when Elie’s turn came around. Kyo agreed to stay up with her. Everyone else was already asleep when they began to talk.

“Thanks. I don’t think I could survive the night by myself if a general attacked,” she said to him.

“Of course you could. You shouldn’t give up so quickly,” Kyo told her.

“I know it’s just that…Well…My partner’s the only one that can’t warp digivolve…” she said softly.

Gizamon looked up at her. “Don’t worry. It’ll happen,” he said to his partner.

“Gizamon’s right. When the time comes, you’re going to shine,” Kyo said.

Elie smiled. “Thanks,” she said to him.

The four of them continued to talk for about an hour before they heard a loud buzzing noise.

“You hear that?” Elie asked.

“Yeah,” Kyo replied.

A large object appeared to be flying closer. They woke the others as the object got closer. As soon as it got close enough, they realized that it was a swarm of Roachmon. Soon, the digidestined were able to hear them chanting.

“Capture the digidestined. Bring them to General. Capture the digidestined. Bring them to General. Capture…”

The digidestined quickly activated their armor and their partners digivolved to their champion forms as to not over exert themselves. As the battle begun, the digimon digitized the Roachmon and the digidestined destroyed the black spheres. Eventually, the digimon and digidestined were getting exhausted. Orbmon was having a hard time keeping his Orb Barrier up to protect himself and Lordmon’s egg.

The Roahcmon overwhelmed the group and was able to capture the digidestined. The Roachmon carried the digidestined away from their partners and over the plains at a fast speed.

A large digimon appeared in sight. The Roachmon held the digidestined up to the general.

“We’ve finally caught you. Or I finally caught you, I should say. I, the Great Grankuwagamon, caught the nuisance that was bothering my master. Darklordmon will be pleased,” the giant insect said.

The digidestined had all given up trying to escape because they had no energy left.

Everyone except the one that everyone expected to give up….Elie.

“Come on guys. It’s not over yet,” she encouraged them.

“We’ve got no strength left and our digimon are miles away,” Kyo said to her.

“So? After everything we’ve gone through so far, you’re just going to give up. There are digimon counting on us to stop Darklordmon. What about Agumon or Wizardmon or any of the other digimon who helped us? Are we just going to give up hope? Well, you can go ahead and give up. But I won’t. I’m not giving up hope. Not yet!” Elie exclaimed.

As she said this, her crest grew bright. It was like a beacon for their partners who appeared on the horizon. They were all in their rookie forms and Orbmon was carrying them on a large orb.

“Gizamon!” Elie cried out.

The Roachmon tried to stop the digmon but Gizamon felt the energy from Elie’s crest.

“Gizamon warp digivolve to Justimon.”

Justimon punched through the Roachmon. The Roachmon dropped the digidestined and went after Justimon. Justmon continued to punch through the Roachmon, clearing a path to the digidestined.

“I knew you’d come to help,” Elie said to her partner.

“I could never leave you,” Justimon said.

“That’s fine and all but we still need to take care of this general,” Jason said. “Let’s go, Velocimon.”

The rest of the digimon warp digivolved and they destroyed the Roachmon army and the black spheres with ease.

Justimon had gone after Grankuwagamon. “It’s over, Grankuwagamon.” Justimon said.

“Not quite. I’ll beat all of you with ease. Dimension Scissors,” Grankuwagamon said as he shot a blast from his blades at Justimon.

Justimon easily dodged the attack. “You know, I don’t like cocky digimon. Justice Punch,” Justimon said as he hit Grankuwagamon.

Grankuwagamon digitized into a digiegg.

Kyo quickly shot the three black spheres with his light arrows. “It seemed that my plan worked,” he said walking up to Elie.

“What plan?” she asked him.

“Kyo noticed that you weren’t so confident in yourself. He suggested that he all hang back and pretend to have given up hope,” Gre explained.

“You did that for me?” she asked.

“Well, we need you on board as a team…” he said turning slightly red.

Everyone laughed at that.

“Wait a minute. What happened to the digieggs from the Roachmon?” Gre asked.

“They were probably just shells. It’s possible to create a mindless digimon from spare data, but normally they don’t have any power. It must have been the black spheres that gave them their strength,” Orbmon explained.

“Well, that’s four down. Plus, all of our partners can now warp digivolve. We’re doing great guys….but let’s get some sleep,” Jason said, groggily.

Chapter 35
The Sixth and Seventh Generals
After a night’s rest, they decided to go through Ancient Forest. They found a path and began traveling down it.

Whenever they rested, Jason spent time with Rei. He knew that as soon as they began to fight the elemental lords, they wouldn’t be able to spend as much time together.

With Orbmon gone, they no longer had someone there to explain things to them if they needed it.

It took two days to cross the forest. All around were signs of the battle between Dinorexmon and Rig.

When they got to the other side, they found a strange plain. To their right were pyramids lined up in a row with a floating sand clock about each one. To there left were clocks, but instead of numbers, their faces were there.

“What is this place?” Elie asked.

“The Land of Illusion,” a voice replied.

“Show yourself,” Jason said.

“No problem,” another voice said.

A Piedmon appeared in front of them and a Puppetmon appeared behind them.

“We’d love to destroy the traitors who decided to betray Darklordmon,” Piedmon said.

“I’m not going to be that easy to destroy,” Jason said.

“We’re not after you. We’re after Machinedramon and Metalseadramon. We used to be the Dark Masters, but the first digidestined stopped us. Then Darklordmon brought us back to serve as his generals, but those two betrayed us,” Puppetmon told them.

We weren’t revived by Darklordmon. Lordmon was the one to save us. We know now that the side of evil isn’t for us,” Crabmon (blue) said.

“Crabmon warp digivolve to Metalseadramon.”

“Crabmon warp digivolve to Machinedramon.”

Machinedramon swung at Puppetmon who easily dodged. Metalseadramon had the same success as he lunged at Piedmon.

“Fools! We’re not going to be beaten from one measly attack,” Piedmon said.

“He's right. It’s time for us to join in. Digital Armor Activate,” Jason said. His armor formed around him as the others activated their armor. Jason lunged at Piedmon.

“Trump Sword,” Piedmon cried.

A sword launched at Jason from nowhere. Which caught him off guard. He barely had time to block it. He landed on the ground and lunged at Piedmon again.

“Trump Sword,” Piedmon cried, as he blocked Jason’s attack with the sword. The two clashed blades as they hit the ground. “You’re just a weak human. You’ll never beat me,” Piedmon said.

“Not by myself. But then again, I’m NOT by myself,” Jason said.

Piedmon saw Gre behind him in the reflection in Jason’s sword. He quickly turned around to block the shots from Gre’s blaster. Jason took his chance and slashed through Piedmon.

“Maybe one day, you’ll also find a partner and a friend,” Gre said. As Piedmon digitized into a digiegg. The egg flew off as Gre destroyed the black sphere.

Meanwhile, the others were having trouble with Puppetmon.

“Puppet Pummel.” Puppetmon cried as he countered Machinedramon’s attack.

Kyo shot an arrow at Puppetmon who swiftly dodged but was hit by Eli’s staff as she swung at him. He dodged her second attack but was hit by Rei’s whip. Metalseadramon swung his tail at Puppetmon who dodged again. This time Tao used his knuckles at full force to defeat Puppetmon.

“Maybe you guys were right,” Puppetmon said as he was digitized into a digiegg. His egg flew off as Lao destroyed the black spheres.

Metalseadramon and Machinedramon reverted back to being Crabmon. Everyone surrounded them and allowed them to explain.

“Before we were the Dark Master, the four of us were Crabmon brothers. Then, a strange virus attacked us. It made us stronger and we became the Dark Masters,” Crabmon (blue) said.

“After we were defeated, the virus left us and our data was brought here. When Darklordmon found Piedmon’s data and revived him, Lordmon found our data and revived us, but by that time, Puppetmon had also been revived by Darklordmon,” Crabmon (grey) finished.

“That’s all in the past,” Tao said.

“What’s important is defeating Darklordmon,” Lao told them.

“That’s be hard to do when I’m through with you,” a dark voice said.

Everyone looked around, ready for an attack from any side.

Chapter 37
The Earth Lord: Callismon's Earthquake
Lao slowly sat up. She was still a little drowsy. The last thing she remembered was that she was falling. She looked around for the others but only saw her partner. She got up and picked up the unconscious Crabmon. She started down a path she had found but didn’t have to walk far before she found Kyo in the same state she had been in. Unconcious.

“Kyo, wake up,” she said as she sat him up.

He slowly opened his eyes. “W-where am I?” he asked.

“I don’t know, but I don’t think it’s Zeta,” Lao said.

“We’re inside Zeta,” Felimon said. He was walking up with some berried. “This is what Zeta used to be. But then it expanded leaving this land behind. This has got to be where the elemental lords are.”

Crabmon stirred in Lao’s arms as he woke up. Loa sat him on the ground.

“So, where are the others?” Lao asked.

“Probably in the other elemental regions. Zeta was originally split into four regions so that like digimon could live together in harmony. But when they formed Zeta around this part, they decided to make it more like Alero,” Felimon explained.

“I’m guessing we’re in the earth region,” Kyo said.

“Precisely. There are also the fire, water, and wind regions,” Felimon told them.

“I hope everyone else is okay,” Lao said.

“You should worry about yourself,” a growling voice said from behind them.

They turned around to see a large bear with dark fur. He stood at about twenty feet tall. The digidestined faced the large bear, ready for an attack.

“I’m guessing you’re the Earth Lord,” Kyo said.

“You’re a good guesser. I am Callismon, but you may call me your doom. Deep Forest,” Callismon said as he slammed his weapon into the ground. It sent an earthquake towards the four.

The four were barely able to get out of the way escaping the quake.

“Rodeo Bullet,” Callismon said as he shot blasts at them. The blasts hit the trees around them. The trees fell perfectly to hide them. “Where did you go?” Callismon looked around but couldn’t find them.

They stayed hidden until Callismon was gone.

“We’ve got to hide,” Lao said.

“I saw a cave a not too far away,” Felimon said.

The trees around them began to repair themselves.

“Let’s go,” Felimon said as he lead them down a path, supposedly towards a cave.

Chapter 39
The Earth Lord: Fall of Callismon
Lao separated herself from the others. “Hey, bear butt,” she cried out to Callismon.

Callismon tried to smash her but she easily dodged.

“I’ve got it. I’ve figured out his weakness,” Kyo said. The other three looked at him. “He’s incredible slow.”

The others grinned and separated. Without saying anything to the others, Lao’s plan was unfolding.

“Hey, beans for brains! Over here!” Kyo cried, distracting Callismon.

As Callismon turned around, Machinedramon attacked him from behind. Callismon turned towards Machinedramon. Then, Werepanthermon attacked.

Callismon fell to his knees. They continued to attack in this pattern for five more minutes before they reformed their group for a final attack. First, Lao and Kyo attacked, then Machinedramon and Panthermon attacked. It was then that Apemon gave the final blow. Callismon began to digitize into a digiegg. “I’ll be back. You’ll see,” Callismon cried out before completely turning into a digiegg.

Machinedramon and Werepanthermon reverted back to their rookie forms. The group watched as Callismon’s digiegg floated in midair and began to glow.

“Now what?” Kyo asked.

“Callismon’s digiegg is preparing to create a portal back to the surface of Zeta. That’s going to be our only way out of here,” Apemon told them.

“How do you know?” Lao asked.

“Because I used to live here. I’m one of the only ones left who lived here and didn’t digitize into a digiegg after the world expanded. The gate will only be open for a minute so we must hurry through as soon as it opens,” Apemon explained.

Just then a small beam emitted from the egg and went about four feet away. IT then stopped and began to create an orb that looked as if it was made of pure light. The orb slowly grew into the shape of a large circular entrance way. The beam stopped emitting and the portal opened up. The egg rushed through.

“Now’s our only chance,” Apemon said before jumping in. The digidestined and their partners followed Apemon into the portal, not knowing where they would end up.

(That's one Elemental Lord down. Let's wait and see how the others do facing the other elemental lords.)

Chapter 41
The Wind Lord: Megaskymon Fights
For about five minutes, the only sounds were of Justimon fighting Dynasmon. Elie had given up. She didn’t know what else to say.

Finally, Elie spoke. “Why?” she asked softly. “Why can’t you fight? I’ve seen you do it a bunch of times.”

Rei looked down. “I…I’m usless without Jason. I’m worthless. He’s the only one…” she started, but she stopped as Elie slapped her across the face. “WHAT WAS THAT FOR?” Rei yelled.

“Jason won’t always be there to help you out. You’re not worthless. Nobody is. You’re a great friend. And I’m sure Jason doesn’t think you’re worthless. How do you think he would feel if you just let yourself get destroyed like this?” Elie asked angrily.

Rei took in what Elie had said and thought about it. She smiled. “You’re right. I guess it’s time I stood up for myself. Digital Armor Activate,” Rei cried as her armor formed around her.

“That’s my girl. Digital Armor Activate,” Elie said joining Rei.

“Birdmon warp digivolve to Megaskymon.”

Megaskymon rushed in and hit Dynasmon sending him flying. Dynasmon flew back at Mageskymon and tried to attack but Megaskymon blocked all of his attacks. Megaskymon hit Dynasmon. Elie and Rei were in awe.

“How did she get to be so strong?” Elie asked.

“It’s the love Rei now has for herself,” Justimon said joining them.

Rei thought about it for a minute. “I guess it’s true. I kept thinking I was worthless and subconsciously I didn’t love myself. I thought that I was only there for Jason. But I know I’m my own person. I know I’m not worthless. And it’s time I proved it!” Rei yelled as her crest shone bright. She then launched herself at Dynasmon and helped Megaskymon fight.

Dynasmon was quickly overwhelmed by the power of Rei and Megaskymon. “That’s it! Wyvern Wind.” Dynasmon cried as he sent a blast of wind at the two, but they just cut right through it and through Dynasmon. He gasped as he was digitized into a digiegg. The egg fell through a hole in the roof that was made from the battle.

The two then flew over to Elie and Justimon.

“That was amazing,” Elie said, which made Rei blush.

“Thanks,” Rei said.

“We don’t have time for this. This castle is going to fall apart. Dynasmon was the only thing keeping this castle together,” Justimon said.

“Well, how do we get out of here?” Elie asked.

“We have to find Dynsamon’s egg. It will open a portal to the surface world. That’s the only way off of the core world,” Justimon told them.

“Then, we better hurry,” Rei said as they ran over to the hole. It was their only hope of getting back to the others.