Chapter 11: Red Mark Riot (Part 2)

Back in Tokyo, prior to Taylor and Jawsmon's battle with the Deep Savers Digimon, Martin, Naturemon, Drusilla, and Coalmon stood near the corner of a street. This scene took place a few minutes prior to their battle. Naturemon folded her arms behind her head. "Martyyyyyyy! I want to go look at pretty flowers!" Naturemon whined. Martin sighed. "You ALWAYS want to look at pretty flowers. We should do something I want to do once in a while." Martin said. Naturemon puckered her lips like a pouting child. "I want to see flowers!" She said angrily, sounding like a spoiled child. "You know, if you really cared about me, you'd want to make me happy, right? Guess you don't care." Martin said. Naturemon gasped. She quickly hugged Martin and started rapidly showering him with kisses. "Nonononononono! I do care! I love you, Marty Hearty! We'll do whatever you want! Do you want to see a movie? Go to the arcade? Go to the beach and pine for Taylor to come to the surface? Anything!" She said.

That last sentence made Martin look embarrassed. "P-p-pine for Taylor? I don't pine for her! I don't pine for anyone!" He said. Naturemon stopped embracing him and looked him in the eye. "Of course you do. I see you sitting on the beach looking out at the ocean all the time." Naturemon said.

"Has it occurred to you that maybe I just like looking out at the ocean?" Martin argued.

"Well that doesn't explain why you, making sure you're out of sight, gaze at Taylor when she sits on nearby rocks with Sharkmon, flapping her mermaid tail." Naturemon rebutted.

"Th-th-that's because…" He began, trying to think of a comeback.

"You do that? Dude, that's like, stalker behavior." Drusilla observed.

The cat ears on Martin's head began twitching and he began blushing even more now. "Uhh…" Naturemon started doing a little jig. "You like like Taylor. You like like Taylor." She sang. Before the conversation could continue, they heard loud noises, rumbling, and people screaming. The four looked over to see some Tuskmon, Tyrannomon, Cyclonemon, Gazimon, and Meteormon causing lots of damage. They were rampaging and trashing all of the buildings! Every single one of them had Red Marks on them!

There were also flocks of Airdramon and Megadramon in the sky attacking buildings. There were also Numemon and Sukemon throwing poop at passersby. "Have a crappy day!" One of the Sukamon shouted. Also nearby was a BlackAgumon who swiped an ice cream cone from a little girl, making her cry. Everywhere they looked, there seemed to be a Red Mark Digimon either destroying something, attacking someone, or just being mischievous.

"So many Red Marked Digimon at once! So not cool." Drusilla said, taking out her red D-Eco. Martin took out his green D-Eco. He turned the nob looking at different settings. He noticed one that said "Call". He selected it, not really knowing what it would do. Drusilla's digivice started ringing. She looked down at it. "A call?" She answered it. Martin's face appeared over her D-Eco in hologram form. Soon, Taylor's and Emmett's also appeared. "We can use our digivices to contact each other!" Martin observed. Drusilla shrugged. "Yay. Like our smartphones, smart-sunglasses, and smart underwear couldn't do all of that." She said in a monotonous tone. Kids these days in the 2030s just weren't as impressed with that sort of thing like Evander's generation would be.

"Taylor! It's Emmett! Have you seen the news!" Taylor tilted her head. "No, why?" She inquired. "Red Marked Digimon are attacking Tokyo, Shibuya, and Akihabara in droves!" Drusilla told her. "It's like every Digimon in the city has been Red Marked!" Dovemon said. Taylor looked surprised. "Every Digimon! I can't believe it!" Taylor exclaimed. "Not to sound like a certain ninja protagonist, but believe it!" Drusilla replied.

"Dovemon and I are in the Digital World right now on our way to join up with Drusilla and Martin." Emmett said.

"Be careful. Don't get hurt. Please." Martin said. Taylor smirked a little. "You worried I might die before you can confess your feelings to me?" Taylor said. Martin blushed a deep red. "F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-Feelings?! W-w-w-w-w-what feelings? I-" He was flustered. Everyone hung up. Naturemon elbowed Martin with smirk on her face. "See? Even Taylor knows you like her. I mean 'like like' her." She said. Martin got flustered again, this time nearly dropping his digivice. "N-n-n-no time to argue over nonsense like that!" He then lifted his Digivice up high. "Digidestined! Assemble!!!" Drusilla's eyebrows furrowed. "What are we, the Avengers?" She said in a monotonous tone.

"DIGIVOLUTION"

"Naturemon digivolve to….MotherNaturemon!"

"Coalmon digivolve to….CoalGolemon!"

MotherNaturemon put both of her hands up to her chest and looked at the opposing Digimon lovingly. "You poor, poor creatures. I will set you all free." She said. GoalGolemon looked down at Drusilla. "We Digimon will fight. You and Martin try to get civilians to safety." She said. Drusilla looked up at her massive coal monster friend and nodded with a smile. "You got it. Do your best, CoalGolemon!" Drusilla said. Drusilla grabbed Martin by the hand and started running. "Come on." She said.

MotherNaturemon ran up to one of the Cyclonemon and started doing a pirouette. "Tree Twirl!" She shouted. The tree branches protruding from MotherNaturemon's lower back hit Cyclonemon's Red Mark multiple times, doing some damage. Cyclonemon grunted, and then grabbed MotherNaturemon by one of her tree branches WHILE she was spinning! MotherNaturemon's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "I-Impossible!" She exclaimed. The Cyclonemon, having a hold of MotherNaturemon by the tree branch, tossed her up into the air! "Hyper Heat!" Cyclonemon shouted before sending out an extreme blast of heat in MotherNaturemon's direction. MotherNaturemon watched helplessly as the super heated air came towards her. "If I get hit by that, I'm done for! I'm weak to fire moves anyway!" She thought to herself as she tensed up, waiting to be burned to a crisp. But just before the attack hit her, it was intercepted by a blast of magma coming from the left. MotherNaturemon landed on the ground on her feet and looked over to see CoalGolemon with both of her large rocky coal like arms extended. She had intercepted the attack and protected MotherNaturemon. "Thanks, CoalGolemon!" She said. CoalGolemon gave MotherNaturemon a thumbs up. "You got it, girlfriend!" She responded.

CoalGolemon shot more streams of magma out of her hands at Cyclonemon. "Molten Blast!" She shouted as she attacked. Cyclonemon got hit by the attack and cried out in pain. The Red Mark was greatly damaged and started glitching up. What's more, the magma that had hit him hardened and prevented him from moving anymore. MotherNaturemon took this as her opportunity. She fired an electricity covered arrow at Cyclonemon's Red Mark. "Nature's Arrow!" She shouted. The arrow hit the Red Mark and it dissipated.

MotherNaturemon smiled and patted the Cyclonemon on the head. "You're ok now. Let me heal those burn wounds my friend inflicted on you. Motherly-" MotherNaturemon said, about to use her Motherly Love technique to heal the large yellow monster, but before she could, a Tuskmon ran up behind her and knocked her to the ground. "Slamming Tusk! Slamming Tusk! Slamming Tusk!" Tuskmon shouted as it rammed his tusks into MotherNaturemon's gut over and over as she laid on the ground. Her eyes widened with pain. She felt like could throw up at any moment from the repeated blows to the abdomen. Just then, a big rocky fist hit Tuskmon and sent him flying! "Get off of my friend, ya creep!" It was CoalGolemon! CoalGolemon helped MotherNaturemon up, and then they stood back to back.

"Nature's Arrow! Nature's Arrow! Nature's Arrow! Nature's Arrow!" MotherNaturemon shouted as she fired four consecutive electricity covered arrows at a Tuskmon, a Gizamon, a Tyrannomon, and a Meteormon. The arrows hit all of the targets and did some damage, but didn't fully cause the Red Marks to disappear.

"Molten Blast! Molten Blast! Molten Blast!" CoalGolemon attacked consecutively. Her attacks hit a couple of Meteormon, destroying their Red Marks completely. Some Airdramon flew down towards CoalGolemon from above "Spinning Needle!" They attacked simultaneously, producing a cutting vacuum from the thrashing of their humongous wings. CoalGolemon held up her arms and just took the attack. It didn't phase her much. She reached up and grabbed the two dragonlike Digimon. She had one in each hand. She then slammed them down to the ground and disintegrated the Red Marks that were on their bellies. MotherNaturemon then ran over to the Airdramon and knelt down beside them. She placed a hand on each one of them. "You poor things. Let me ease your pain. Motherly-" Again, MotherNaturemon was prevented from healing the freed Digimon. A Meteormon flew up from behind her and punched her in the face. Meteormon was traveling at high speed, so MotherNaturemon was sent flying about 30 feet. She slammed back first into a nearby building. MotherNaturemon sat up gripping her head. It was pounding.

CoalGolemon looked down at her green vegetation covered ally. "MotherNaturemon, listen to me. I know you have a deeply compassionate heart, and you are merciful to every living thing. But right now, you need to focus on fighting instead of healing. If you try to heal the freed Digimon now, you'll just leave yourself open to attack." CoalGolemon said. CoalGolemon was actually punching Airdramon that were trying to divebomb her the entire time she was talking. MotherNaturemon nodded in understanding. She put one hand on the wall and the other on one of her flower covered legs to get up.

Martin and Drusilla were nearby helping men, women, and children get to safety. They were all walking in single file. "Single file! Single file! Don't panic! Our Digimon are taking care of the rampagers." Drusilla said. One elderly lady stopped walking momentarily, looked over to Drusilla and scowled. "Digimon. If only they never came to this world." She said in a disdainful tone of voice before continuing to walk. "Yeah, the longer they stay here, the more damage they do." One man said. Martin got angry. He clenched his fists. "Hey! Listen! Not all Digimon are bad! I know a certain Digimon who is the sweetest and kindest creature you'll ever meet!" He said, thinking of his partner. Drusilla put her hand on Martin's shoulder. "Martin. Calm down." She said.

Back at the battlefield, MotherNaturemon roundhouse kicked a Gotsumon in the face, destroying its Red Mark. She then round house kicked another, and then another, and then another. The Gotsumon all lay on the ground. Their Red Marks were gone and they were groaning in pain. MotherNaturemon looked away from them. "I mustn't stop to heal them. CoalGolemon is right. I'll be open to attack if I do." She thought. "Uuuuugh. My head!" One of the Gotsumon complained. MotherNaturemon gritted her teeth. She knelt down and placed a hand on two of the three Gotsumon. "Motherly Lo-" Alas, she couldn't succeed. "Sunshine Beam!" a beam of energy came and hit MotherNaturemon. MotherNaturemon grunted in pain as she fell over onto her side. MotherNaturemon slowly sat up and saw a Red Marked Sunflowmon floating there. MotherNaturemon gritted her teeth in pain and frustration. "Damn it! So many hurting Digimon…and I can't ease any of their pain!" MotherNaturemon said.

"Fire Frenzie!" CoalGolemon held her arms out and blasted the Sunflowmon with streams of fire that came out of her arms. The streams of fire hit the Sunflowmon, destroying her Red Mark, but also causing her body to burst into flames as well! Her body was made of a plantlike material and was flammable. Sunflowmon fell to the ground and screamed as she stopped, dropped, and rolled. A couple of tears came down MotherNaturemon's face. She wanted to heal these Digimon so badly. She couldn't stand to see others suffering. She ran over to the Sunflowmon thinking, "Please! Let me heal just this one!" She got within inches of the Sunflowmon before she got hit with multiple fire balls mid run! "AHH!!!" She screamed in pain as the flowers on her body caught fire and she fell to the ground. She looked over to see a Red Marked Meramon staring her down. Meramon was a humanoid Digimon's whose entire body was made of fire. CoalGolemon glanced over to her friend on the ground. "MotherNaturemon!" She called out in worry. She wanted to go over and help her, but an increasing number of flying type Digmon were coming down and engaging her all at once. CoalGolemon couldn't stop punching, kicking, headbutting, and spraying magma for even a second or she'd be overwhelmed by the enemy! She was being ganged up on. "MotherNaturemon, please get up!" CoalGolemon cried out. She punched an Airdramon, then a Megadramon, then a Birdramon, then a ThunderBirdmon, then another Airdramon. "Damn it! These guys won't let up!"

"Molten Blast!" CoalGolemon shouted, consuming the Airdramon, Megadramon, Birdramon, and Thunderbirdmon in magma and destroying their Red Marks in the process.

MotherNaturemon groaned loudly in pain as the fire burned her flesh. The flowers growing out of her legs were reduced to ashes. The roses on her chest were still intact as were the leaves on the tree branches growing out of her back. MotherNaturemon fired an electricity covered arrow at the Meramon. "Nature's Arrow!" but the arrow never even hit its target. Meramon grabbed the arrow while it traveled in mid-air and burned it up with his hand. MotherNaturemon looked to CoalGolemon, hoping she would help her, but she could see CoalGolemon had her hands full. "Not good. Plant type Digimon like myself are at a disadvantage against fire types like Meramon." MotherNaturemon said, staring the fiery man Digimon down. Meramon laughed before sending a flurry of fire balls at MotherNaturemon. She turned around to run, but the fire balls hit her! She screamed as the branches caught on fire. MotherNaturemon's skin was far more exposed than usual, with all of the flowers having been burned off and most of the roses on her chest being charred, almost leaving her breasts fully exposed. Almost.

Drusilla and Martin had made their way - and the way of many citizens - to a shelter, normally used for natural disasters. MotherNaturemon's screams were so blood curdling that Martin heard them even though there was a good bit of distance between them. "MotherNaturemon!" He exclaimed. He didn't hesitate. He started running as fast as could to get back to his Digimon. "Please be ok! Please be ok! Please be ok!" Martin thought as he ran. He kicked a Numemon as he ran. "Hey! I'm not Red Marked!" He said. Martin stopped, looked around and grimaced. "Oops! My bad!" He then started running again.

Martin eventually made it back to his Digimon. He was appalled at what he found! MotherNaturemon laid on the ground, nearly naked from having her vegetation burned off of her body, and she was wincing and groaning intensely. Martin ran over to the Champion Digimon and knelt down beside her. "MotherNaturemon! No!" He exclaimed. She looked over at the red haired cat eared boy and said "Marty…..Hearty….I….tried to heal the Digimon we freed….but…..I couldn't. I….kept getting attacked every….time….I….tried." Martin started tearing up. "Oh, MotherNaturemon." Just then, Meramon prepared for another attack. "Fire Ball!" He shouted before punching the air rapidly and sending multiple fire balls their way. MotherNaturemon acted instinctively. She threw her body over Martin and shielded him from the blasts! MotherNaturemon was in so much pain right now that she thought she would pass out! Then she looked down at Martin and something came over her.

She turned around and put an arrow in her bow. MotherNaturemon looked furious. A dark green energy surrounded her body and the arrow in her bow transformed into a really big arrow, more like a spear, really. She fired it! Meramon tried to burn the arrow, but the green energy surrounding the arrow made the fire to no effect! Meramon got jabbed right in the middle of the chest by MotherNaturemon's gigantic arrow! The Red Mark vanished! MotherNaturemon looked back at Martin and smiled. "Is this what being a mother feels like…Kari?" She thought to herself.

MotherNaturemon then ran around punching and kicking Red Marked Digimon left and right, moving their Red Marks one after another after another, the dark green aura surrounding MotherNaturemon the entire time. Drusilla finally caught up to Martin. She had stayed behind for a little while to help the people of Tokyo get into the shelter. She looked over and saw a badly burned, nearly flowerless MotherNaturemon punching and kicking Red Marks with her hands and feet. Eventually, every Red Mark Digimon in Tokyo was freed from their Red Mark.

MotherNaturemon turned around, and looked Martin in the eye. "Now I'm….ready….to heal…." She said before completely passing out and de-digivolving back into Naturemon. Martin ran over to Naturemon and picked her up, which was much easier as her Rookie form was the size of an 11 year old girl. Her champion form, by contrast, was the size of an adult woman. "You've done enough." He said before giving her a kiss on the forehead.

Just then, Jessica appeared on the back of her Garurumon with Leomon running beside her. "Sorry I'm late! I had to fight an army of Red Mark Digimon to get here!" Jessica said. Jessica was wearing a denim jacket over an aquamarine tank top with a black skirt. Martin ran up to Jessica with Naturemon in his arms. He looked desperate. "Naturemon! She's hurt! Help her, please!" Martin said. Jessica gasped and put her hand over her mouth when she saw how bad of a shape Naturemon was in. Even de-digivolved, Naturemon still had burns all over her body, and her legs were completely bare whereas normally, they were covered by leaves that sprouted from her pores. The wood that normally covered her neck and arms were gone, revealing skin underneath. "What do you want me to do?" She asked. "You've got like, special powers or something right?" Martin replied. Jessica took Naturemon into her arms. "I can't do what you're thinking, but I will take her to a nearby Digimon Hospital to get treatment." Jessica replied as she sat the little green haired girl onto Garurumon's back. Jessica pet her Digimon's maine. "Garurumon, please take Naturemon to get medical treatment. I'm going to see if my daughter's ok." Jessica said.

CoalGolemon got on her hands and knees in order to lean in closer to Naturemon. She was about two meters tall in her champion form. "Naturemon…I'm sorry I couldn't help you." She said.

Jessica took off for the beach to get to Plankton City.

The Digital World….

Emmett and Dovemon ran down a street in File City. They opened up a portal to the physical world and went through it.

Shibuya….

When they got to the physical world, they were stunned to find out that in Shibuya, many Digimon were wreaking havoc left and right. Emmett looked a little worried. "Umm…maybe we should just let the grown ups handle this." Emmett said, nervously. Dovemon pecked Emmett in the head. "No way! We're Digidestined and Digidestined Digimon! We have to fight!" Dovemon said, indignantly. Emmet almost got hit by a BlackGarurumon's claw, but he jumped off to the side and dodged it. "But there's so many of them! We should run away!" He said. Dovemon pecked him in the head again. "Don't be a coward! Go on already and digivolve me so I can get to work!" Dovemon said. Emmett reluctantly took out his digivice.

"DIGIVOLUTION"

"Dovemon digivolve to….Harpymon!"

Harpymon flew over to the BlackGarurumon that had just took a swipe at her human partner. "Wind Seeker!" She shouted as she flapped her wings and sent out a gust of wind that could slice the opponent. The attack hit the BlackGarurumon and did some damage to the Red Mark on his head. "Ice Cannon!" BlackGarurumon shouted as it shot a huge ball of ice out of its mouth. Harpymon caught the ball of ice with one of her talons and crushed it. Then she flew over to BlackGarurumon and began clawing at the Red Mark. BlackGarurumon took a couple of scratches before jumping back and shouting "Howling Blaster!" before spewing streams of blue flames in Harpymon's direction. Harpymon flew off to the side to dodge and attacked with another "Wind Seeker!" The BlackGarurumon jumped up into the air to dodge it. BlackGarurumon had actually lunged himself at Harpymon. He used his powerful legs to jump up into the air, but also to propel himself forward at the same time so that he'd be traveling in Harpymon's direction. "Foolish mistake." Harpymon said. "Wind Seeker!" Harpymon hit the Red Mark! Being mid-air, BlackGarurumon had no possible way to dodge. The Red Mark disappeared and BlackGarurumon landed on the ground. Emmet fist pumped into the air once and shouted "Nice one, Harpymon!"

Meanwhile….

Jessica made it to the shore of the Beach Of Kawasaki. She had driven there. She got out of the car, and removed her denim shirt, and put it in the passenger seat. Then she removed her aquamarine tanktop and skirt. She got out of the car and ran down the beach. She jumped up into the air and, while mid-air, transformed her legs into a mermaid tail before landing in the ocean.

In Tokyo, Garurumon ran down the street, deflecting Red Mark Digimon that attacked him with his "Howling Blaster!" attack which involved Garurumon shooting streams of blue fire out of his mouth. Leomon was accompanying him, slicing Red Mark Digimon with his sword. Leomon turned back and looked at the unconscious Naturemon. "Hang on, child." He said before turning back to a Blue Greymon charging in their direction. "Fist Of The Beast King!" Leomon shouted before punching forward and unleashing a burst of energy that took the shape of a lion's head. The lion head shaped energy burst hit the BlueGreymon, removing his Red Mark. Garurumon and Leomon then kept running. Martin was also riding Gaurumon. He was embracing Naturemon tightly. "Hang on, Naturemon." He said, looking down at her.

Up above them, unaware, Rumiko Shinigaki stood on the roof of a building watching all the Red Marked Digimon cause havoc. She let out a laugh reminiscent of a Saturday morning cartoon villain. "If this doesn't awaken the world to the truth about Digimon, nothing will!" She said, spreading her arms out and looking up at the sky.

She turned back and looked at a C.A.D agent who was standing on the building with her, behind her. "I think it's about time for Project Gizumon Salvation." She said with an evil smirk on her face.

Garurumon and Leomon dashed into the Digimon hospital. "We have an injured Digimon that needs taking care of immediately!" Garurumon shouted. The hospital appeared to be very busy. Evidently, lots of Digimon had gotten injured by being attacked by those with the Red Marks. "Hey! Come on! This is an emergency!" Martin shouted. A group of Ganviormon came pulling a stretcher. These were yellow catlike Digimon who wore nurse uniforms and appeared to levitate inside of large pill capsules larger than their bodies. The Ganvivormon picked Naturemon up collectively and set her down on the stretcher. One of them turned to Martin and asked "What are her fields?" Martin looked confused. Then he understood. It just took him a moment to understand the question. "Umm…Nature Spirits and Jungle Troopers, also Virus Busters. She's a Child level." Martin said. The Ganvivormon nodded. "Is she allergic to any medications?" She asked. "Not that I know of." Martin replied. The Ganvivormon rushed Naturemon to the Emergency Room.

Garurumon and Leomon de-digivolved to Gabumon and Leormon. Martin sat in one of the chairs in the waiting room, looking distraught. "Can't they just give her an HP Capsule? My Dad gave her one recently and all the scuff marks and bruises she had vanished in an instant." Martin said. Gabumon plopped himself in the chair next to Martin and put a gentle comforting paw on his back. "Well, it depends on how extensive the injuries are. There's a world of difference between being a little beat up and being nearly incinerated." Gabumon said.

"Luckily we Digimon are not as complicated as you non-Digimon. Treatments for burned plant type Digimon usually involve an infusion of data from plants from the Digital World." Leormon said.

Martin started crying. "This is my fault. I shouldn't have left her behind to fight. Now she might die!" He then heard a familiar voice. "Nooo! Please don't be sad!" It was…Naturemon!? She looked as good as new! "Naturem-!" She reached out and hugged Martin tightly. "Don't be sad! I'm ok! I'm ok! See?" She said. Martin looked over to one of the floating Ganvivormon who was approaching. He looked confused. "Didn't expect her to be better in 5 minutes did ya? Well, that's what happens when we Ganvivormon use our own powers in conjunction with advanced Aquallian technology. Hurray aliens!" Ganvivormon said.

Ganvivormon looked down and noticed that part of Naturemon's leg was still burned and leafless. "Whoops. Missed a spot." She hovered down and fired what looked like a temperature checker gun, but pink energy in the shape of a heart came out of it and touched her leg, causing a leaf to grow in the bare spot. "There we go. 100% healed." Ganvivormon said. Martin looked so relieved. "Thank you. She means so much to me." He said. Ganvivormon looked like she suddenly realized something. "Oh! I meant to give you this. I found this little green pendant in between Naturemon's….erm….well, I thought it might be a necklace that broke off from its chain. You might want it back." She said. She handed the pendant to Naturemon. She looked down at it. She had never seen it before. It was small, round, and dark green. It had artwork of a couple of leaves engraved into it. Then she turned to Martin as though she realized something, which she did. "Marty Hearty, look at this. Doesn't this remind you of the one Taylor has?" Martin took it out of Naturemon's hands and when he did, it started shining green light. Ganvivormon shielded her eyes with her little paws. "Oh my!" She said. After a few seconds, the light faded. Ganvivormon chuckled. "That's one fancy necklace you got there, girly. That tamer of yours treats you as well as if you were his girlfriend." She said. She turned around and started floating away. "I'll send you the medical bill in the mail."

Meanwhile, in Nakano, near Nakano Broadway, Evander and his team of Greymon, Gargomon, and BoxerInsectmon battled a bunch of Red Marked Digimon. Zai and Syn were there too. Zai's BlackGatomon jumped up and punched a Kuwagamon in the face while shouting "Lightning Paw!" and destroyed it's Red Mark. Greymon was going toe to toe with another Greymon. Evander's Greymon knocked the other Greymon down and hit it with a "Nova Blast!" destroying it's Red Mark. "I hope my little girl is doing ok." Evander said. Zai placed her hand on Evander's shoulder. "I know she is. She's YOUR daughter after all." Zai said with a smile. Evander nodded. "Thanks, and I'm sure Drusilla is doing just fine too." Zai responded, "Their Digimon are pretty powerful."

Back in the ocean, near Plankton City, Jessica had just finished speaking with Taylor. Taylor sat on top of Jawsmon's left shoulder while grabbing his shark fin tightly. Jawsmon ran on the ocean floor at top speed towards Plankton City. "Good luck, my little guppy." Jessica said as she watched them race off. Jessica then looked over to Brittany who was just floating there. The young mermaid looked very anxious. "You're classmates with my daughter, aren't you?" She asked. Brittany nodded. "You should come with me for the time being. It may not be safe back at your house." Jessica said, extending a hand. Brittany nodded. "Oh…ok." Brittany felt her pride being utterly crushed. She didn't want to admit it, but what Taylor said about her being jealous may have been more accurate than she wanted to admit. Was her constant desire to put Taylor down really a result of her own insecurities like Taylor had told her they were. Taylor was cool. Her Mom brought awareness and knowledge of Aqualians to Earth a decade ago, she's a best selling author of her autobiography and her non-fiction book on mermaids, and moreover, she's a Digidestined with incredible powers! And now Taylor was a Digidestined herself, fighting alongside Jawsmon; her partner. Doubts about herself that Britany had were beginning to surface; doubts that she thought she had buried.

Deep in thought, Jessica placed her hand on Britany's shoulder to get her attention. "I know you must be scared, but we have to go." Jessica said. Just then, something occurred to Jessica. She facepalmed and grunted. "So stupid! Of course!" Brittany looked confused. "What's wrong, Mrs. Glovion?" She asked. "As a descendent of Poseidon and part of the generation that actually has access to the powers, I might be able to use my ability to control marine life to counteract the power of the Red Marks!" Jessica said. Brittany twiddled her fingers and said, "So umm….does that mean you're going to leave me behind to go help Taylor?" She asked. Jessica sighed. "No, I can't do that. If you're attacked by a Red Marked Digimon, you have no means of protection. It'll be fine. Taylor and Jawsmon can handle it." She said.

While Jawsmon was running, Taylor felt like she was on an underwater roller coaster ride. She gripped the large bi-pedal shark with everything she had to avoid falling off and getting left behind. It wasn't too long before they made it to Plankton City. Sure enough, there were aquatic Digimon rampaging. Lots of damage had been done to several buildings. Taylor still sat on Jawsmon shoulder. She looked around surveying the area. "Again, there's so many of them. But if we can recruit them after we beat them like the last time, then it should be no problem." Taylor said. Taylor got off of Jawsmon shoulder and gave him a determined look, clenching her fist. "Go for it, Jawsmon!" She said. Jawsmon nodded. "Right."

Jawsmon ran toward a Seadramon that was shooting beams of ice at different buildings. He swam up to it. The Red Mark was on Seadramon's back. "Titanic Bite!" Jawsmon attacked. The Seadramon was taken by surprise! He didn't see Jawsmon coming! The Seadramon's Red Mark vanished. Seadramon looked back at Jawsmon and said, "Thank you for freeing me. I don't know what came over me." Jawsmon folded his arms. "It was nothing. But do you think you can help me fight these other Digimon? They're being controlled by Red Marks. If we destroy the Red Marks, they'll be freed like you are." Jawsmon explained. Seadramon gave Jawsmon a knowing nod. "I don't think that will be a problem."

Jawsmon ran over to a Coelamon. "Titanic Bite!" He shouted as he attempted to bite down on a Colelamon. However, the Coelamon dodged it and retaliated with "Fossil Bite!" Jawsmon caught the fish Digimon with his two hands before he had a chance to bite down. "Seadramon, by the way, don't let any biting attacks get you! Digimon can spread Red Marks that way!" Jawsmon said while holding off the Coelamon. "Got it." Seadramon responded. Jawsmon took the Coelamon he was holding and slammed him to the ocean floor. "Power Pummeling!" Jawsmon shouted, punching the Red Mark over and over. The Red Mark on Coelamon vanished. Coelamon didn't even need to be told what to do. Digimon were aware of what was going on around them while they were Red Marked, they just couldn't control their bodies. Coelamon swam up to another Coelamon and bit down hard on its Red Mark.

While Jawsmon and the few freed Digimon were fighting, Taylor looked over to see a little girl mermaid trapped under some rubble. It looked like a building had collapsed on top of her, but the way some of the rubble fell prevented her from being completely crushed, only trapped. Only her torso was visible. She had blood streaming down her head. "Help me! Please help me!" She cried out. Taylor swam over to her and immediately began trying to lift the piece of building off of the extremely young mermaid. She was crying. Taylor said "Don't worry, I'm here to help you!" She strained and strained but couldn't get the large block of wall up enough. She looked over to her Digimon who was punching, kicking, and biting a group of Red Marked Seadramon. "Jawsmon! Help!" Taylor cried out. Jawsmon was suddenly wrapped up by one of the Seadramon, in a way that resembled a serpent catching its prey. "Ugh!" Jawsmon grunted as he was bound. "I'm a little busy right now!" Jawsmon said. Jawsmon then looked over and saw what Taylor was trying to do. Jawsmon started expanding his arms outward to break free from the sea dragon's grasp. "AHH!!!!" Jawsmon shouted as he pulled the coiled body apart. Jawsmon successfully broke out of the literal bind he was in and swam over to the trapped tiny mermaid. Jawsmon grabbed the rubble and lifted it off the child with ease. "There you go." Jawsmon said. The young child fled into Taylor's embrace and Taylor patted her on the back, comforting her. She continued crying. "There there. It's ok now. What's your name?" Taylor asked. "Marnie." The young child responded. "I'm Taylor. And this is Jawsmon. We won't let anything bad happen to you. Where are your parents?" The little Marnie pointed over to a large pile of rubble that was completely flat. Taylor was horrified. "I'm….I'm so sorry." She said as she embraced Marnie out of compassion. However, Taylor assumed wrong. Suddenly, the large wall lifted up and underneath was a large merman glowing in a silver aura. It was King Kinandon of Aqualia! Taylor looked amazed. "No way! Uncle!?" She exclaimed. Kinandon pushed the rocky wall over and gave an annoyed sigh. He had some blood running down his face. "If I wasn't a descendent of Neptune, I would have been a goner." He said. He then looked over to see a very surprised Taylor and Marnie. Kinandon smiled and waved at her. "Hey, Taylor! Long time no see! My, my, you've grown so much! Still rocking those goggles, I see." Kinandon said. Evidently, it was like he forgot that he just nearly got crushed by falling rubble and that Plankton City was under siege.

Kinandon was Taylor's uncle and Jessica's half-brother. They were both fathered by Ahab, the former king of Aqualia, but due to adultery on the part of Jessica's mother and other circumstances, they were birthed by different mothers. Due to the responsibilities of Kinandon as king and due to Jessica's responsibilities as a Kamishiro employee and mother to an 11 year old, the two didn't get to see each other as much as before Taylor was born. It had been 5 years since Taylor had last seen her uncle. What was he doing here now?

"I snuck away from the castle. It was my plan to surprise you and Jessica with my visit, but then all this chaos started happening." Kinandon explained. Marnie swam up and hugged Kinandon. "Daddy! You're ok!" She said cheerfully. Taylor looked surprised. "That's my cousin?" Kinandon nodded. "Yep. She just turned 5. Isn't she adorable?"

Jawsmon had resumed combat with the Red Marked Digimon. He looked back at the 3 merpeople with an annoyed expression on his face. "If you time to chat, you have time to get the heck out of here!" Jawsmon said. "Right." Kinandon said.

Kinandon and Marnie were about to leave, when all of a sudden, a woman's voice came on the large screen on a building in the middle of the city. Plankton City was an Aqualian settlement that had a segment of the city that was structured to mimic Time Square in New York City. As a result, there were lots of screens and advertisements all over the place. And on the biggest screen in the middle of the town was Rumiko Shinigaki! She was broadcasting from C.A.D Headquarters underneath the Attorney's Office.

But this wasn't the only place showing her face. Lots of big screens in Tokyo, Akihabara, and other places on land were also broadcasting her. "People of Japan. Please listen to me. As you know, Digimon have gone on a rampage all over the country. They have damaged your homes, your businesses, and even killed innocent people. My name is Rumiko Shinigaki. I am the head of an organization called Crusaders Against Digimon. Our goal is to rid the world of Digimon. We consider them menaces to society. They have been for some time, but this senseless riot is the last straw. We've created a mechanical Digimon called Gizumon that can permanently destroy a Digimon by getting rid of what's called it's DigiCore. We are now in the process of unleashing these Gizumon to stop the rampaging Digimon and save our great nation." Rumiko said.

"So it's just like that suspect my dad interrogated said; they want the Red Mark Digimon to rampage so they look like menaces to society. Then they'll come in and kill them with the Gizumon and make themselves out to be heroes." Taylor said.

"Despicable." Jawsmon said.

Just then, hordes of Gizumon XT came into Plankton City, Tokyo, Akihabara, and other places. They began shooting their red DigiCore-destroying lasers at various different Digimon. Digimon that had been freed from the Red Mark's control, and those who were still under it. Taylor watched in horror as a Seadramon, then a Coelamon, then an Ikkakumon, then a few Crabmon were all destroyed, one after another, not even leaving DigiEggs behind. "STOP IT!!!" She screamed. Jawsmon grabbed Taylor and Marnie and started running. "There's too many of them! We need to regroup!" Jawsmon said. Jawsmon was holding Taylor up to his chest while he ran in order to shield her. The Gizumon chased them, as they were a threat to C.A.D. Kinandon scowled at the Gizumon going after Jawsmon. He manifested a trident in his hand and his body began glowing in a silver light again. "No you don't." He said. Kinandon swung his trident and several sharp spears of ice flew out of it. The spears penetrated the Gizumon XT, causing it to dissipate into digital pixels before reforming as a purple DigiEgg. Kinandon then turned around and began teleporting in front of every Gizumon in the area, stabbing them with his trident one after another. "I won't let you hurt my daughter and niece!" Kinandon said before twirling his trident above his head. This created a whirlpool that trapped the Gizumon XT and sent them flying high up above the ocean surface.

Kinandon flew around them all at lightning speed and slapped them silly with his merman tail, causing dents in each one of them. One of them shot at him with a red laser, but Kinandon protected himself by manifesting armor made of thick ice all over his body. "You're dealing with a Neptunian, you mechanical monstrosity!" Kinandon said.

Jawsmon, holding Taylor and Marnie, burst up out of the ocean and went up about 20 feet into the air. At some point, Taylor had crawled up on Jawsmon's shoulder. Taylor jumped off of Jawsmon's shoulder and formed human legs while in mid-air before sticking the landing. She reached up and put the goggles back on her forehead. Looking away from the ocean with a determined look on her face, she said, "Let's go help our friends."

Back at the hospital, Martin, Naturemon, Gabumon, and Leormon all looked over to the Gizumon XT. They were destroying Digimon one after another after another. Naturemon looked horrified. "NO!!!" Naturemon grabbed Martin and began shaking him violently. "Digivolve me! Digivolve me! Digivolve me! Digivolve me! I have to save them! I have to save those poor innocent Digimon!" Naturemon pleaded. She stopped shaking him, leaving him a bit swirly eyed. Martin looked Naturemon in the eyes. "You just got out of the hospital. Your injuries may be healed, but you need to recover your strength." Martin said. Naturemon was visibly upset. "Digivolve me! NOW! Or I'll never forgive you!" She yelled. Martin shook his head. "You need to rest." He said. Naturemon then took off running towards one of the Gizumon XT. "Then I'll fight as I am! Spear Jab!" Naturemon yelled before jabbing one of the Gizumon with her spear. The Gizumon knocked her back with one of its large purple mechanical arms. "Naturemon! Please stop!" Martin shouted. Naturemon quickly stood back up and caused thorn-covered vines to protrude from her back. "Vine Vengeance!" She shouted before whipping the Gizumon XT repeatedly, and not doing any damage in the process. Gizumon XT then brought out its laser and aimed it directly at Naturemon. Martin looked horrified. He started running towards Naturemon, hoping perhaps to push her out of the way if possible. But would he make it in time? Before the Gizumon could fire, Jawsmon appeared and punched it, causing it to be crunched up like an empty soda can! Taylor was riding on his shoulders. Jawsmon held little Marnie in the other arm. Taylor was now in her "land clothes", i.e an aquamarine t-shirt, blue shorts, and sneakers. She looked over to Martin and adjusted the goggles on top of her head. She flashed him a smile and said. "I'd say that was purrrfect timing, eh cat boy?"