Chapter 33: The Mole

Jessica, Taylor, Drusilla, Zai, Emmett, Martin, and all their Digimon appeared at World For Us All HQ, on top of a metallic pad that served as the access point. Jessica looked around curiously. This was the first time she had ever visited this inter-multiversal Digidestined organization. "So this is World For Us All HQ." Jessica said. Taylor nodded. "Yep. This is where we've been staying." Taylor confirmed. Taylor took her mother by the hand and started walking. "I'll show you to my apartment!" Taylor said cheerfully before giggling. Nibblemon's tummy growled. He looked distressed. "My tummy is growling! Can we get hot dogs first?" Nibblemon asked. Litmon put her hand over her mouth and giggled. "Nibblemon, you need a more balanced diet." She said. Naturemon locked arms with Martin; just one of the many things that made her look more like a girlfriend than a Digimon Partner. With a big smile on her face, she said, "Marty Hearty and I are going to back to our room to rest." And Martin said, "Yeah, we'll see you guys later."

Everyone went back to their own apartments, with Zai naturally going with Drusilla. Taylor, Jessica, and their Digimon entered their apartment. Jessica was still in her clamshell bra and Aqualian loincloth and so was Taylor. Jessica sat on the couch with Gabumon, Leormon, and Pawnchessmon. Taylor went into the bathroom and grabbed a towel to dry off. After she dried off, she put on her aquamarine colored t-shirt and royal blue shorts along with her shoes and socks, and exited. Taylor walked out of the bathroom and saw her mother hunched over on the couch with her chin resting on her fingers. Something was on her mind. "Mom? What's wrong? Oh, stupid question. You're worried about Dad, aren't you?" Taylor said. "Actually, that's not it at all." Jessica said. "Then what is it?" Gabumon asked. "Have you noticed that there wasn't a single person here?" Jessica asked.

"You know, now that you mention it, I didn't see anyone else." Gabumon said.

"Maybe they all ate some spicy tacos and are having fire craps at the same time? Happened to me last week. It's terrible." Leormon said.

Taylor put some hot dogs in a bowl of water and was heating them up in the microwave. She stood in front of the microwave with her arms folded. "Well, maybe they're all in a meeting. We had one right before we came to rescue you. Every member of World For Us All attended." Taylor said. Of course, if that were indeed the case, then that must mean that Ryo gave Mirei some important intel. Then she thought that if it was anything they needed to know, they would be told. The timer on the microwave beeped. Taylor was beginning to get concerned as well. She didn't know why. Something in her gut told her something was off. "Let's go to the meeting hall after dinner." Taylor said as she carefully took the bowl of cooked weenies out of the microwave and sat them on the counter.

Jessica then tugged at the glowing red ring around her neck. "Also, there's this. I can't seem to get this off no matter what I do. If I can't get this off, I can't use any of the powers of Poseidon." Jessica said. The ring seemed to be suspended around her neck by some mystical force.

Later, Taylor had contacted the rest of the Elemental Four and told them of their concern. They all went down to the Meeting Hall. When they got there, they were surprised to see that a huge metal door was blocking the way! "What's going on here? There was a normal wooden door here before." Drusilla said. Litmon, who had now digivolved back into Coalmon, said, "You know, while we were coming here, I noticed that most of the other doors were covered in metal doors as well." Zai looked down and put her fist up to her chin with a concerned expression on her face. "This looks like a lockdown. We can't get in, but nobody else can get out." Zai said. They all looked concerned now. Something really was up.

On the other side of the Meeting Hall door, all of the World For Us All HQ members were gathered. Izzy had been using the Aqualian lie detector test on them one by one. He had kept his suspicions of a mole to himself for a long time, but after Owarimon found them on 404 Island and nearly killed The Elemental Four and their Digimon, Izzy knew he couldn't continue to keep his suspicion a secret. For the sake of all their safety, he had to tell at least one person and organize a way to trap the mole. He had told Mirei Mikagura, World For Us All's Founder and President. It was risky. Even she could be the mole for all he knew, but he took a gamble. Mirei had listened to Izzy's arguments and agreed that there was grounds for suspicion. She arranged a false meeting, gathered everyone together in the Meeting Hall, and activated an emergency shutdown. This had caused doors made of Chrome DigiZoid to completely cover every single door within the entire facility with the exception of The Elemental Four's apartments. Mirei had kept them open knowing that the children and their Digimon would need to return for food and rest. It was indeed not her plan for them to stay in Universe 616's Dark Area until the job was done.

Izzy took the electrodes and other wirings off of Dr. Joe Kido. Joe smiled and said, "I'm glad it came out negative. I was so worried, I was afraid I would create a false positive." Joe said. "With the Aqualian lie detector, that's not possible." Izzy said before standing up and turning to his right. He had tested every single person in World For Us All HQ, even Mirei herself. Now, only one person remained; Jeri Kato. Izzy scowled at Jeri who was sitting beside her husband, Takato. "By process of elimination, logic dictates that you, Jeri Matsuki, are the mole." Takato's heart started racing. He looked worried. Would Jeri really work for All For One World? The thought was inconceivable to him. Jeri was the sweetest and kindest woman he knew. She had always been a gentle soul ever since they were children. In fact, it was her sweet and kind nature that made him fall in love with her. "No way! There is no way my wife would be working for such scum!" Takato said indignantly. He had put his arm in front of her instinctively, as though to shield her. Ever since the D-Reaper took her and messed with her mind, Takato had secretly swore to himself that he would never let anyone hurt her ever again. Jeri was a sweet and gentle soul, and Takato knew that this cruel world devoured people like her. Izzy sighed. "Look, Takato. I won't accuse Jeri of anything by elimination process inference alone. I'll still test her, but if she's guilty, you have to let us take action." Izzy said.

Takato sighed. "Ok." He said. Jeri clung to Takato's arm. A worried look was on her face. "Darling, you can't! I'm innocent!" She protested. Takato looked over at his wife and gently held her face. "I believe you. And that's why I know you'll pass the lie detector test." Takato said. Takato wasn't lying. He didn't believe Jeri could be the mole, but there was a small doubt. Izzy tried to hook up the Aqualian lie detector to Jeri, but as he reached out to stick electrodes to the 40 year old woman's head, she quickly stood up and kicked Izzy right in the gut, sending him falling backwards! Takato and the others gasped. "Jeri!?" Takato exclaimed. "Che cosa!?" Zoe exclaimed. Tentomon flew over to his partner out of concern. "Izzy! Are you alright?!" Tentomon asked. Izzy got back up and looked at Jeri angrily. "That's pretty incriminating behavior if you ask me." Izzy said.

Jeri's personality seemed to do a complete 180. Now she was mean and aggressive. "There's no point in keeping up this pointless charade. Yes, Koushiro Izumi. I am the mole." She said. Takato looked horrified. This couldn't be! "Jeri, what's happened to you! The Jeri I know would never-" he was cut off by Jeri who was going into a monologue;

"I'm not the Jeri you know. The Jeri you know is being held prisoner at All For One World HQ. I am a Jeri from another universe. When researching you and my counterpart, I discovered that our lives played out almost exactly the same. But at one point, a nexus event happened. You see, in my world, Leomon tried to stop Beelzemon from killing Kyuubimon. But he wasn't able to grab him in time. Rika's partner was killed and absorbed by Beelzemon. Rika went into a deep depression at the death of her partner, and this depression enabled the D-Reaper to manipulate her. Then, decades later, we were visited by people from another world. However, soon our universe went to war with theirs, and Takato - MY Takato - was taken from me. My eyes were opened that day; the only way to live in this world - any world - is to kill or be killed. Kindness makes one weak. Only the ruthless will survive. That's why, when Morty Shin approached me and told me of his plans, I agreed. Leomon was hesitant to say the least. In fact, he spouted some nonsense about me not being the Jeri he first met. He's stuck around and tries to talk me out of doing what I'm doing occasionally, but so far, nothing he's said has been very compelling."

Jeri then quickly pulled out her yellow D-Power. The static that was on the screen disappeared. She pushed a button and Leomon materialized out of the D-Power! "Her digivice was containing her partner the whole time!" Kari's Gatomon exclaimed. "But our D-Powers can't do that!" Takato exclaimed. AU Jeri smirked. "Of course, yours can't. Morty gave mine an upgrade." Jeri said. Leomon pulled out his blade and faced the group in a fighting stance. "Jeri, please. I don't want to hurt these people. Stop this madness now!" AU Jeri's Leomon said. Jeri looked over at the humanoid lion's direction and scowled. "Be quiet, you! They're onto us! They're not just going to let us off the hook!" She barked. "What happened to that sweet little girl I met all those years ago? You seriously think killing the rest of the multiverse will bring about peace?" Leomon argued. "Yes, I do! Now shut up and fight!" Jeri barked. Jeri took out a blue card and scanned it through her D-Power. "Digi-Modify! Matrix Digivolution activate!"

"MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION"

"Leomon matrix digivolve to….GrapLeomon!"

Jeri scoffed and placed her hand on her hip. "This is the best we can do, since we can no longer bio-merge to HeavyLeomon. You're so useless." GrapLeomon ran to the metal door blocking the exit. "The King Of Fists!" GrapLeomon shouted, spinning the turbines on his arms at top speed and attacking with a powerful enough punch to distort gravity. The metal door and the wooden door it was blocking were both shattered and GrapLeomon busted through with Jeri running behind him, to the surprise of The Elemental Four, Jessica, Zai, and their Digimon who were standing on the other side. Syn, who had eaten earlier and digivolved into a Salamon shouted, "Whoa! Who let the cat out of the box!?" Takato and Guilmon ran after them. "It's Jeri's Leomon! Stop them!" He shouted. "But Jeri's Leomon is dead!" Taylor exclaimed. Syn looked confused. "He's dead and alive!? Hey, it's Shrodinger's Cat!" Syn exclaimed.

Izzy ran out as well, stopping in front of The Elemental Four. "It was Jeri! Jeri was the mole!" Izzy exclaimed, taking his digivice out. Taylor and the others gasped. Taylor looked down at Sharkmon. "Think Jawsmon is fast enough to catch them?" She asked. Sharkmon grinned and clenched his little claw. "I know he is!" Taylor look out her D-Eco and pointed it at Sharkmon.

"DIGIVOLUTION"

"Sharkmon digivolve to…Jawsmon!"

Izzy's digivice shot light at Tentomon. "Tentomon digivolve to….Kabuterimon!" Taylor jumped on Jawsmon's back, piggyback style while Izzy hopped on Kabuterimon's back. Jawsmon took off running while Kabuterimon flew.

Taylor looked distressed. "I don't even see where they went!" She exclaimed. "They must have turned a corner and we lost 'em!" Jawsmon said. Izzy smirked. He had a contingency plan if the mole actually managed to break out of the lockdown. He took out a com device and spoke into it. "Davis, the mole is headed your way! It's Jeri!" Izzy said. Down the hall, near the garage of the Kommondomon garage, a man with brownish red spiky hair blocked the way. A Veemon stood beside him. The man frowned. "Ah man, looks the mole has an Ultimate with her. Without Ken here, Magnamon's the best we can do." The red spiky haired man said as AU Jeri and GrapLeomon ran in their direction. The Veemon looked pumped up. "Then let's do this, Davis!" Veemon said enthusiastically. The middle aged Davis Motomiya then took his D-terminal and blue D3 out of his pockets. "Golden Armor Energize!" Davis shouted. Golden light shot out of his D-Tector, passed through his D-3 and then enveloped Veemon.

"Veemon golden armor digivolve to….Magnamon!"

Magnamon stood in front of Davis prepared to battle. "Where do you think you're goin', traitor?" Magnamon asked as he took a fighting pose. AU Jeri and GrapLeomon stopped right in their tracks. "How can I be a traitor when I was never on your side to begin with?" AU Jeri asked rhetorically. Magnamon flew towards GrapLeomon, opened his arms out wide, and shot out multiple golden plasma balls while shouting "Magna Blast!" Jeri reacted quickly. She pulled out a card from the old Digimon TCG from a satchel around her waist. It had a picture of WarGreymon's shield on it. She scanned it through her D-power. "Digi-Modify! WarGreymon's Brave Shields Activate!" She shouted. Suddenly, the shield that WarGreymon has materialized into GrapLeomon's arms. He he held the shield up and deflected Magnamon's attack. "Digi-Modify? You're full of surprises, lady!" Davis said.

AU Jeri then took out two more modify cards. "Digi-Modify! Power activate!" "Digi-Modify! Hypersonic activate!" GrapLeomon was now extremely fast, running around Magnamon at such a high speed that he appeared to be a blur. Magnamon turned his head left and right quickly trying to keep up with the speedy bi-pedal lion. "He's so fast!" Magnamon exclaimed. "King Of Fists!" GrapLeomon shouted as he punched Magnamon while the turbines on his wrists were spinning. Magnamon got hit so hard that he slammed into the wall leaving a gigantic crater in it! Magnamon groaned. "And strong too!" Davis took a step forward with his fists clenched. "Get up! They're going to escape!" Davis exclaimed. Magnamon launched himself from the wall and tried to punch GrapLeomon only for him to dodge to the side at lightning speed! "Cyclone Turbine!" GrapLeomon yelled before unleashing the ultimate barrage of roundhouse kicks! Magnamon got hit with every kick and grunted in pain. He was partially protected by his armor, but one of the modify cards has substantially increased GrapLeomon's attacking power.

"Magna Blast!" Magnamon yelled, shooting more golden plasma balls at GrapLeomon. GrapLeomon dodged again. "Cyclone Kick!" GrapLeomon shouted as he shot another barrage of roundhouse kicks at Magnamon. Magnamon groaned in pain and then de-digivolved to DemiVeemon. Davis ran over to his partner. "DemiVeemon!" He exclaimed as he ran. He got over to his partner and picked him up. "How could they beat us so easily?" DemiVeemon complained. "Hey, don't beat yourself up." Davis said. "I don't have to. GrapLeomon did that for me." DemiVeemon joked.

AU Jeri smirked at the fallen blue Digimon and his partner. "Now that that annoyance is out of the way, we'll take our leave." She said. She and GrapLeomon turned towards the Kommondomon Garage door. Just as Jeri reached out to touch the handle, GrapLeomon perked up, sensing that something was coming. He shielded his tamer with his body as Jawsmon came sailing through the air, shouting "Shark Body Ram!" Jawsmon tried to slam into GrapLeomon, but GrapLeomon jumped up high into the air with AU Jeri in his arms. He wouldn't have been able to pull it off were it not for the major speed boost from her modify card. Jawsmon turned around and growled in frustration. "Darn it!" He exclaimed. Taylor, who was writing on his back, patted the Champion level shark Digimon on the head. "Don't worry, my guy. We won't lose to them." Taylor said.

Takato and Guilmon, and the other Elemental Four members with their Digimon showed up at the scene.

GrapLeomon set AU Jeri down on the ground. "Jeri, we're outnumbered! And without bio-merging we're bound to lose! Please, I'm begging you! Let's surrender!." GrapLeomon said. GrapLeomon knew the cause he fought for was unjust. He continued to obey Jeri's commands not because she was his tamer, but because she's his friend. He had hoped that he could retrieve the sweet little girl he met somewhere deep inside this embittered emotionally scarred woman. Izzy finally caught up on Kabuterimon's back. Having caught what GrapLeomon said, he asked, "Why can't you bio-merge?" GrapLeomon turned to them and said, "It's because our hearts are no longer one. Jeri fights for an evil cause. I'm only with her because I hope to someday persuade her back to the path of righteousness." He explained. Jeri grit her teeth. "You're so annoying." She said.

Takato looked furious. "Where's my wife!? Give her back!" He shouted.

The evil alternate universe counterpart of Jeri then started laughing. She reached into her pocket and took out a syringe. A syringe full of red liquid and purple particles. "As if I need to bio-merge with this useless lion!" She said. GrapLeomon saw this and gasped! Suddenly, GrapLeomon knocked the syringe out of her tamer's arm and stomped on it, crushing it flat! "No! You fool! What have you done!?" Jeri shouted as she looked at the bent and shattered syringe. "I've stopped you from becoming one of those mechanical freaks." GrapLeomon said. AU Jeri looked enraged, but then she noticed that she was being watched from all sides. She looked around and saw Marcus Damon, Yoshino Fujieda, Rika Nonaka, Takato Matsuki, Kari Takaishi, T.K Takaishi, Joe Kido, Izzy Izumi, The Elemental Four, Zai, Zoe Orimoto, Willis, and Mirei all standing with their partner Digimon holding their digivices out. The alternate universe Jeri knew she was outgunned. Her rage turned into despair and the woman collapsed on the floor sobbing. GrapLeomon de-digivolved into Leomon and wrapped his arms around her. "Takato, my son, my daughter, my father! I'm sorry! I couldn't avenge you!" AU Jeri said through her tears. Jeri took a device out of her pocket and spoke into it, "This is agent Jeri Matsuki! The mission has been compromised! Get Ryo! He's a mole!" As soon as she finished, Mirei had run over and kicked the device out of her hands. "Darn it! Ryo, you'd better get out of there." Mirei said in frustration. Jeri knew that Ryo was a spy for World For Us All just as she spied for the other side. No doubt the two spies refused to rat each other out because of a mutually assured destruction. If Ryo told Mirei about Jeri, Jeri would inform Morty about him and vice versa. However, now that Jeri had been caught, she had nothing to lose.

Later, World For Us All had locked Jeri and Leomon up in a sturdy cell. The alternate universe Jeri had had her digivice taken from her. Mirei came into the dungeon after a few hours had passed. She had a tray of food in her hands. She slid the plate through a horizontal slot in the cell. "Dinner's here." Mirei said. "Why don't you kill me?" This Jeri asked as she looked at the yellow D-Power in Merei's hands. Meriei adjusted her glasses. "We could. But what good would that do? We've already lost one mole today thanks to you. We're going to keep you alive. That head of yours is probably full of useful information." Mirei said. Then Mirei turned around and walked out the door.

Jeri walked over and laid down on one of the beds in her cells. "You're not going to eat?" Leomon asked. "What's the point? Everyone I've ever cared about is gone. My whole planet, every planet….ravaged by war. And now…my one remaining reason for living…is gone." Jeri said. Sadness filled every word that left her lips. Leomon looked at the brown haired woman with an aching heart. "You still have me." He said. He walked over and knelt beside the bed. "Yes, I do….but for how long? It's only a matter of time before another multiversal war starts. You could be the next casualty." Jeri said before getting up and throwing herself into the humanoid lion's arms, sobbing. "I don't want to lose you, Leomon! I love you! You're all I have left! You're all I have left!" AU Jeri cried. Leomon held her and patted her back. "L-L-Leomon, what's going to happen to us now?" Jeri asked. "I don't know." Leomon answered. It was silent for a moment as Jeri continued to sob into Leomon's arms. "Do you…really think there's a way….to achieve peace….other than…Morty's way?" She asked before continuing to sob. Leomon was silent for a moment. "I…I don't know. But what I do know is that Morty plans to end the lives of countless innocents. Does his ends really justify those means?" Leomon asked. Jeri just sobbed. She was inconsolable. All of the grief from losing her parents, her husband, both her children, her friends Rika, Henry, and many others, plus today's defeat was becoming too much for her. She couldn't stop weeping. "I don't know anymore! I don't know anymore!" She answered.

All For One World HQ….

Ryo and Cyberdramon were walking down one of the halls of All For One World when they were suddenly surrounded by All For One World Agents. "Hey guys. What's up?" Ryo asked. He had an uneasy feeling come over him. These agents didn't look too happy to see him. Cyberdramon also got this uneasy feeling. "Word from up top says you're a mole. You've been leaking information to World For Us All." One of the agents said. Ryo's face turned serious. "Jeri." He uttered. Cyberdramon began growling ferociously. He and his tamer were in serious trouble. They were surrounded by All For One World agents, many of whom controlled Gizumon, or had Digimon partners. Everyone around them were capable of taking them on. Even if he bio-merged with Ryo to become Justimon, it would probably be impossible to make it out alive. Cyberdramon loved fighting, but he wasn't about to risk the safety of his partner trying to fight a battle that couldn't possibly be won. Just then, two men with partner Digimon approached them. One of them was a man with short brown hair and brown eyes. The other was a man with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes. At their sides were an Agumon and a Gabumon. They were wearing the All For One World uniforms which consisted of a jacket with a blue grid design and a button on the upper left side that looked like planet Earth with a red number 1 on it, dress pants with a gray grid pattern, and black and white colored shoes. The brown haired man took Ryo by one arm and the blonde took Ryo by the other. "It's useless to resist. Just come with us. Morty will deal with you." The brown haired man said. "Yeah, you're surrounded. There's no way you can fight your way out of this!" The blonde haired man said. The brunette and blonde both gave Ryo a wink.

Ryo knew these men; these men were Tai Kamiya and Matt Ishida. Like himself, they too were undercover World For Us All agents. Mirei had an extraction plan in case things ever went south. Tai reached into his jacket pocket and took out some handcuffs which he put on Ryo. Then they turned to leave for what the other All For One World Agents assumed was Morty's office. It was in the direction they were heading, after all. "So, Agumon, what do you think Morty will do to this traitor?" Tai asked. "Maybe he'll let me barbeque him with my Pepper Breath!" Agumon replied. Gabumon chimed in, "Or my Blue Blaster!" Tai laughed. "Haha! Yeah, that'll teach this treacherous scum!" Tai said.

The group was making their way to the Kommondomon Garage. Their plan was to escape in one of the Kommondomon and take Ryo directly back to World For Us All. They turned the corner and saw that the door to the Kommondomon garage was being guarded by two Gizumon hybrids; TomokoGizumon and BobGizumon. Tai, Matt, Ryo, Cyberdramon, Agumon, and Gabumon immediately snuck back behind the corner they had just turned so as not to be seen. "This is bad. The door to the Kommondomon garage is being guarded. We could fight them, but the sound of our fighting might alert the whole base." Tai said. Matt grit his teeth and scowled. "If only we had some tranquilizer darts or something." Matt said. "I don't see that we have any other choice. Let's just force our way through. We don't have to defeat them. We just have to get out of here." Agumon said. Tai and Matt looked at their partners in concern. "Well, if we're going to do this…" Tai said, taking out his digivice. "Then let's do this." Matt said, taking out his digivice.

The digivices glowed and light enveloped their partners.

"Agumon digivolve to….Greymon!"

"Gabumon digivolve to….Garurumon!"

Tai, Matt, Ryo, Greymon, Garurumon, and Cyberdramon turned the corner and began running towards the two Gizumon-Human Hybrids. TomokoGizumon and BobGizumon took fighting stances. "The prisoner is trying to escape!" TomokoGizumon said before taking off running in their direction. "Not on our watch, they won't." BobGizumon said before following suit. "Nova Blast!" Greymon shouted before firing a huge ball of fire at TomokoGizumon. TomokoGizumon jumped to the side to dodge it. She caused a whip of red energy to materialize in her hands and then she started whipping Greymon repeatedly shouting, "Crimson Lightning! Crimson Lightning! Crimson Lightning! Crimson Lightning!" Greymon grunted in pain as he was hit by this attack. After four hits, Greymon caught the whip, yanked on the whip and slammed TomokoGizumon in the wall. TomokoGizumon groaned in pain. She stood up, holding her now bleeding head in her left hand. She held her arms out in front of her, making a sort of O shape in front of her body, like she was miming a hug. When she did this, a ball of electrical energy appeared. "Electro Shocker!" TomokoGizumon shouted before firing the electric ball at Greymon. Greymon countered this attack with another "Nova Blast!"

Meanwhile, Garurumon was taking on BobGizumon. "Howling Blaster!" Garurumon shouted, spewing a stream of blue flames out of his mouth. BobGizumon got hit and took some damage. BobGizumon then caused his arms to become gatling guns. "From a Gargomon I absorbed yesterday, have some Gargo Pellets!" BobGizumon shouted. The gatling guns on his arms span rapidly and shot out a plethora of bullets at Matt's Garurumon, doing some damage. BobGizumon then jumped high into the air and came down on Matt's Garurumon, hitting him the head with one of the gatling guns. "Bunny Bummel!" BobGizumon shouted. BobGizumon struck Garurumon in the head multiple times. "Bunny Pummel! Bunny Pummel! Bunny Pummel! Bunny Pummel!" BobGizumon shouted. Matt clenched his fist, scowled, and took a step forward as he watched his partner get pummeled. "Garurumon!" Matt shouted.

Tai's Greymon ran over and knocked BobGizumon away from Matt's Digimon with his large tail. Then, he fired a huge fireball at BobGizumon. "Nova Blast!" Greymon shouted. BobGizumon got hit and took some damage.

Tai looked over at Matt. "Matt! This is taking too long. We need to escape soon! Let's have our Digimon digivolve again!" Tai said. Matt looked over at Tai and smirked. "Right with ya, Tai!" They took our their digivices again. This time, their digivices shot out symbols made of light; resembling their Crests of Courage and Friendship respectively.

"Greymon digivolve to….MetalGreymon!"

"Garurumon digivolve to…WereGarurumon!"

Now, a metal T-rex Digimon and a werewolf Digimon stood in the places of Greymon and Garurumon respectively. MetalGreymon's metal chest opened up to reveal a missile silo. "Giga Blaster!" MetalGreymon shouted as he fired two large dark gray missiles from his chest. WereGarurumon lunged at BobGizumon, "Kaiser Nail!" He shouted, swiping at BobGizumon with both claws. TomokoGizumon got hit with the missiles and screamed in pain! BobGizumon was able to block WereGarurumon's claws with his arms covered in purple Gizumon armor. BobGizumon opened his palm in WereGarurumon's direction, "Thunder Blast!" He shouted, firing a ball of electricity at WereGarurumon. WereGarurumon slashed through the attack, deflecting it. "Kaiser Nail!" Then he jumped up and did a roundhouse kick to BobGizumon's face, "Garuru Kick!" he shouted. Again, BobGizumon blocked with his metallic arm.

"Meteor Wing!" Fire balls came out of TomokoGizumo's arms and flew towards MetalGreymon. MetalGreymon swiped at a few of the fireballs with his metal arm to deflect them, but he still got hit with two of them. "Giga Blaster!" MetalGreymon shouted, firing more missiles at TomokoGizumon. TomokoGizumon attempted to deflect the missiles by smacking them away with her large purple mechanical claw. However, when she did this, she caused the missiles to explode right in her face! She screamed and fell to the ground.

Tai and Matt fist pumped each other, grinning from ear to ear with their eyes closed. "Alright! No one can stop the four of us! Take a lesson from Diaboromon and Eosmon and a bunch of other guys!" Tai exclaimed cheerfully.

TomokoGizumon groaned in pain after being burned. Then she grinned and started laughing. "A couple of mere Ultimates can't defeat us anymore." She said. Then TomokoGizumon caused Gallantmon's lance and shield to appear in her hands. She also made Machinedramon cannons grow out of her back, and she caused her head to turn into a MetalSeadramon head. BobGizumon, on the other hand, caused his arms to morph into a WarGreymon head and MetalGarurumon head. In other words, he had Omnimon's arms! Tai and Matt both looked shocked. "This is bad!" Tai exclaimed. "We need to give it our all!" Matt shouted. "MetalGreymon!" Tai yelled. "WereGarurumon!" Matt yelled.

Light shone from their digivices and enveloped their partners once more.

"MetalGreymon mega digivolve to….WarGreymon!"

"WereGarurumon mega digivolve to….MetalGarurumon!"

TomokoGizumon started powering up her attacks, "Shield Of The Just, Giga Cannon, River Of Power, Lightning Joust combo!" TomokoGizumon shouted as different blasts of energy fired from all of her weapons at once. BobGizumon pointed his MetalGaururmon arm at the two megas and shouted "Garuru Cannon!" while shooting out a powerful blast of ice! The two Megas got hit with the attacks and took major damage! They shouted as they got hit with the powerful attacks! Their armor cracked and nearly shattered completely! WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon fell to the ground. The two Gizumon, who had lost to Ultimate level Digimon before, were now more powerful, powerful enough to take down two Megas! Tai and Matt were shocked at the raw power of their attacks. "WarGreymon, no!" Tai shouted. "MetalGarurumon, get up!" Matt shouted. Tai growled. "Darn it! We need Omnimon!" Tai said, looking down at his clenched fist that was trembling. Matt looked over at him. "That's my line." He said. Then orange and blue colored light shot out of both of their digivices and enveloped WarGreymon and MetalGaurumon. Their bodies turned into light and shot up vertically into the air in a double helix fashion.

"WarGreymon…

"MetalGarurumon….

DNA Digivolve to….Omnimon!"

Now, the two Digmon had become one. A humanoid Digimon clothed in white armor and a red cape stood where the two individual Digimon once stood. His arms looked like WarGreymon's and MetalGarurumon's heads. Out of the MetalGaurumon head came a cannon which he then aimed at BobGizumon. Both Omnimon and BobGizumon shouted in unison "Garuru Cannon!" And blasts of energy fired out of their MetalGarurumon head arms! The two blasts of energy clashed and canceled each other out!

The hallway was becoming badly damaged by all the fighting. There were scorch marks, cracks, holes, and ice everywhere. "You can do it Omnimon!" Tai and Matt shouted as they stood shoulder to shoulder. Tai's and Matt's Omnimon ran towards BobGizumon and caused a large sword to protrude from the WarGreymon head. "Grey Sword! Grey Sword! Grey Sword! Grey Sword!" Omnimon shouted, striking at BobGizumon repeatedly. Unfortunately, BobGizumon parried all of his sword strikes with his own Grey Sword. BobGizumon smirked as he fenced with Tai's and Matt's Omnimon. "I already killed and absorbed one Omnimon. What makes you think you'll do any better?" BobGizumon asked. BobGizumon then made the cannon come out of the MetalGarurumon head on his arm again. Pointing it in Omnimon's direction, he shouted, "Garuru Cannon!" and fired a blast of ice energy. Tai's and Matt's Omnimon got hit with the attack and flew back into the wall, causing a large hole and a pile of rubble. Omnimon stood up and pointed his Garuru Cannon at BobGizumon again, but before he could attack, he was kicked in the face by TomokoGizumon who had an arrogant grin on her face. "You didn't forget about me, did you!?" TomokoGizumon asked rhetorically. Her kick was pretty powerful! It actually knocked Omnimon over!

Tai and Matt grunted in frustration while clutching their digivices tightly. "This is crazy! These two are even strong enough to take on Omnimon!" Tai exclaimed. "They've definitely gotten stronger. Jeri's intel told us that these two were beaten by Ultimates before." Matt said. "Yeah, but don't forget that the power of those partner level Digimon of those children exceed their digivolution level. Their Rookies can take on Champions, and so on." Tai said. "What else would you expect out of the fragments of Harmonymon?" TomokoGizumon asked, putting her hand on her hip and smirking in the two men's direction.

TomokoGizumon then turned to Omnimon and aimed the Machinedramon cannons, MetalSeadramon head, Gallantmon lance, and Gallantmon shield at him.

"Shield Of The Just, Giga Cannon, River Of Power, Lightning Joust combo!" TomokoGizumon shouted as different blasts of energy fired from all of her weapons at once. BobGizumon pointed his MetalGaururmon arm at the two megas and shouted "Garuru Cannon!" while shooting out a powerful blast of ice! Omnimon got hit with the attacks and let out a cry of pain! Omnimon took some major damage! Tai's and Matt's Omnimon then struggled to get up. He was in a lot of pain, and his armor was cracked in some places. Every muscle he moved ached within him. "It's…not over! We're…getting Ryo out of here!" Omnimon said. He pointed his Garuru Cannon at the two, preparing to strike again. BobGizumon smirked. "Earlier, one of your partners mentioned that you once defeated a Diaboromon. That's interesting because…." BobGizumon's Omnimon arms turned into Diaboromon arms. A crazed look then came across BobGizumon's face. "So did I!" Omnimon's eyes widened with shock. BobGizumon then struck Omnimon with the large brown and purple cable cluster like arms. "Cable Crusher!" BobGizumon shouted. Omnimon fell back! It looked like he was going to fall on top of his digidestined partners and crush them, but Omnimon reverted back into Agumon and Gabumon before that happened and merely knocked them over!

Tai held his beaten and battered Agumon in his arms. "Agumon, speak to me!" Tai exclaimed. Agumon opened his eyes and looked up at Tai. "Don't take me out, coach." Matt held Gabumon in his arms with a worried look on his face. "Gabumon!" Matt exclaimed. Gabumon opened his eyes and looked up at Matt. "I'm fine, just one question; who's Gabumon?" He joked.

Tai and Matt stood up, having been knocked over by their defeated partners flying in their direction. Tai set Agumon down and Matt did likewise with Gabumon. Tai smiled at the little orange dinosaur. "Hey….do you remember the saddest day of my life?" Tai asked. Agumon scratched his chin and looked confused. "You mean the day I found your gravure model trading card collection?" He asked. Tai grimaced and sweat dropped. "No, shortly after that." He said. A look of realization came across Agumon's face. "Oh!" Gabumon also looked like he realized what he was talking about. "You want us to take THOSE forms!" Gabumon said. Tai and Matt held up their digivices. "Yep. I thought I'd lost you forever. But then my first child was born, and we found out that our childrens' potential to grow are ours. I gained the potential to influence my child's growth…and mine to grow as a father….and you came back! You just materialized right there in the hospital room! Scared the heck out of my wife! But before you left, you took on some really cool 'last' digivolutions." Tai said.

"Our bonds!" Tai and Matt shouted in unison.

"Agumon mode change to…..Agumon Bond Of Courage!"

"Gabumon mode change to…..Gabumon Bond Of Friendship!"

Agumon now appeared to be a huge orange man encased in an orange armor with neon blue stripes like that of Greymon. He had a black helmet with red stripes like that of GeoGreymon, and he had large red metallic claws coming out of his hand. He had a long orange tail with a sharp red sword at the end. Gabumon was also now very humanoid, covered in dark blue armor, and a helmet that looked like that of Lobomon's, glowing neon red stripes on the armor, a long and thick blue tail with red stripes circling around it, and shoulder blades with large golden yellow hoops at the ends. These were their Bond or Kizuna forms. They first achieved these digivolved forms back in 2010 when Tai and Matt were in their second year of college.

Agumon Kizuna raised both of his arms towards TomokoGizumon and shouted "Striking Salamander Slash!" and fired high intensity red lasers from the tips of his claws. TomokoGizumon tried to deflect the attack with the Gallantmon shield she had materialized. It worked! TomokoGizumon smirked, "So you're just a bigger, buffer, more human looking version of yourself. Big deal." TomokoGizumon taunted. But then, she noticed something; the Gallantmon shield she was using to deflect herself was glowing red! Agumon Bond Of Courage kept firing the lasers at TomokoGizumon relentlessly. The Gallantmon shield glowed red from the intensity of the heat and began to melt! TomokoGizumon's eyes widened in horror! If Agumon Bond Of Courage's attack was doing this to her shield, what would it do to her? "No! No! Impossible! This shield is made of Chrome Digi-Zoid! Just how hot are these lasers!?" TomokoGizumon exclaimed. She was beginning to panic…big time! Her heart raced within her. She knew she was about to be incinerated! Half of the shield melted and TomokoGizumon got hit directly with Agumon's attack. She screamed bloody murder as the searing hot flames burned her body! "AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" When Agumon Bond of Courage's attack stopped, there was just a pile of ashes where TomokoGizumon used to be!

BobGizumon now looked afraid, but he wasn't going to back down. His fearful expression turned into a determined one as he pointed his Garuru Cannon at Gabumon Bond Of Friendship. Gabumon Bond Of Courage blocked it with his "Moon Phase!" attack which fired powerful red lasers. Then, Gabumon Bond Of Courage caused a downpour of iron to fall down from the Cowl Parts on his arms! "Full-Metal Machine Gun!" Gabumon Bond Of Courage shouted as he attacked. BobGizumon tried to deflect the bullets with another Garuru Cannon, and he seemed to be successful, but then he noticed Agumon Bond Of Courage run up to him, turn around, and tried to impale him in the back with the sword at the end of his tail while shouting "Red Reamer!" BobGizumon jumped up to dodge. "Full-Metal Machine Gun!" Gabumon Bond Of Courage shouted as he attacked. BobGizumon screamed in pain as he was killed!

Tai and Matt cheered as their foes dropped! Agumon and Gabumon returned to their Rookie forms. "Whew! That was epic!" Tai's Agumon exclaimed as he ran over to his partner. Now, the place was even more damaged then before. The group knew they had no time to waste. They had to get out of there, fast! Surely the rest of All For One World knew Ryo was trying to escape by now! Indeed, they did. As Tai, Matt, Agumon, Gabumon, Ryo, and Cyberdramon turned to enter the hole in the wall that Omnimon had created (it lead into the Kommondomon garage), a bunch of Gizumon showed up with some All For One World Agents. "Halt, traitors! You're not making it out of here, alive!" One of them said. Tai started sweating. He put his hands up and nervously said, "Umm…these aren't the droids you're looking for?" Matt looked at him and said, "Now's not the time for movie references! We need to get out of here!" The group turned and started running towards one of the Kommondomon. Multiple Gizumons fired their lasers in the group's direction, but they all missed. "Really Matt? Because with their aim…" Tai said. "Be careful! If those things hit you, you'll be gone for good! You won't even be reduced to a DigiEgg!" Tai's Agumon cautioned. "I know! That's why I'm running!" Matt's Gabumon exclaimed.

They made it to a Kommondomon and opened the door. Ryo shouted, "Take us out of here!" The Kommondomon listened and ran out the door, dodging Gizumon lasers as he ran! Tai smiled. "Good thing we were so nice to this one while we were here." He said. Tai, Matt, and Ryo had secretly been feeding this Gizumon treats and talking to at night. They also did this when it was their turn to clean the garage. In doing so, they managed to sway this cyborg dog's loyalty to them. Kommondomon saw them as their new master. Matt smirked. "You know, an RV Dog Digimon is kind of cool. To think, our younger alternate universe counterparts rode in one of these for most of their adventure." Matt said.

They were all sitting on a red U shaped couch at the back of the Kommondomon. Tai layed back and put his arms behind his head. He closed his eyes. "Yeah. We had to walk for most of our adventure. But those other versions of us got to ride in one of these things, rather than having suffer Joe and Mimi complain about their feet hurting." Tai said. Matt chuckled. "How do you know THAT Mimi didn't complain about the interior design?" He asked. The two then began laughing. It was safe at this point, the Kommondomon had gotten enough distance from the Gizumon. Or at least they thought, The Gizumon XT were pursuing them! They had left the base to hunt the three adult Digidestined down. They were hit with a laser blast! Fortunately, it wasn't fatal to the Kommondomon because it only grazed him, but it was enough to shake the place. Tai and Matt clenched their fists and grit their teeth in frustration. "They just won't give up!" Matt complained. Ryo stood up and took out his dark blue D-Power Digivice. He gave reassuring looks to the two men. "Don't worry. Leave this to us." Ryo said. Ryo and Cyberdramon ran up the stairs and came out onto the wooden porch-like area on Kommondomon's back.

Ryo took out two Digimon TCG cards and swiped them through his D-Power. "Digi-Modify! Hypersonic activate!" "Digi-Modify! Power activate!"

Suddenly, Cyberdramon became two things; faster and stronger! He flew from one Gizumon to another attacking them over and over, one shotting each one! "Desolation Claw! Desolation Claw! Desolation Claw! Desolation Claw!" Cyberdramon shouted as he shredded through the artificial Digimon one after another. He had taken out four of them. There were about 8 left. He flew over in their direction too at an incredible speed. "Desolation Claw! Desolation Claw! Desolation Claw! Desolation Claw!" Four more of the artificial Digimon were destroyed! Ryo smiled and pumped a fist. "Way to go, Cyberdramon!" He cheered.

Cyberdramon flew around some more. Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! All of the Gizumon were destroyed! Cyberdramon came back to the Kommondomon. Now, they were safe, but now, World For Us All would be in the dark about All For One World's plans going forward.