The sun was going down. Taylor, Jessica, Martin, and Naturemon layed on the sand of the beach. Taylor and Jessica were still in their mermaid forms and Martin was in his diving suit, though he had taken the helmet off. Naturemon wasn't in her diving suit at all. She had already taken it off because she had felt that it was so restricting. "Today was a fun day." Jessica said. Taylor nodded. "Yep. It took me 10 tries but I finally beat you, Mom. You're such a fast swimmer even without activating your Poseidon power." Taylor said. Naturemon was walking along the shore picking up sea shells. "Oh wow! So pretty!" She said scooping up an armful.
Taylor looked over to Martin and smiled. "Martin, I want to thank you." Martin turned his head to look into Taylor's eyes. He blushed. "For-For what?" He asked. "For what you said about my eyes. I was worried that you'd make fun of me like everyone else does. I took what you said to heart. I'll try not to be ashamed of my eyes anymore." Taylor said before putting her finger up near one of her eyes, now no longer covered by goggles as the goggles were back to sitting on top of her head. "These are my father's eyes." Taylor then placed both of her hands on her mermaid tail. "And this…this is my mother's tail. You're totally right! They both exist in me because my mom and dad loved each other enough to make me!" Taylor said with a smile. Martin looked glad.
Martin was lying down with Taylor to his right and Jessica to his left. Taylor's phone began ringing. Taylor's ringtone was an instrumental version of "Apollo" by Porno Graffiti. Taylor sat up and reached into her satchel, getting her smartphone out. She answered the call. Drusilla was on the other line. "Taylor! Something happened earlier. Syn was Red Marked! She attacked us and almost killed my mom! Fortunately, I acquired a Digimon partner like you and Martin did. She fought Syn and got rid of the Red Mark. Please tell your dad as soon as possible!"
So, the three made their way to the Glovion Residence. Evander, Jessica, Taylor, Martin, Drusilla, Zai, Mario, Flora, and all of their Digimon were sitting in different chairs in the basement. All over the basement were various different tack boards, sticky notes, news articles, notebooks, etc. A Picture of Kyoko Kuremi hung on the wall with captions. It was captioned "WANTED: For Crimes Against Coffee Recipes. 300,000,000 Yen Reward.". It was a gag gift from Jessica herself. She gave it to him for Christmas one year, making fun of how Kyoko used to make some really bizarre coffee recipes back when in 2021 when she was possessed by Alphamon.
Evander was wearing his trench coat and a pair of black jeans with an orange t-shirt underneath. He paced back and forth, looking deep in thought. "Ok, so I want you to tell me everything again from the start so I can start making deductions and inferences." Evander said.
Taylor raised her hand. Evander smiled at his daughter. He thought she was so adorable. He put his hand on her head and rubbed it, messing her hair up. "This isn't a classroom, my little mermaid. No need to raise your hand." Taylor look mildly annoyed. She hated that nickname. She thought the protagonist of the movie he was referring to was an immature brat, not to mention a simp. And she thought it was pathetic that she needed to consult a shady octopus lady just to grow legs. The movie's writers clearly knew nothing of real mermaids. Her annoyed expression left her as she began to recount the events of 4 days ago. "Well, four days ago. I met this little guy." She said, placing her hand on Sharkmon. "I befriended him just as I befriend lots of Deep Savers Digimon. Drusilla and I were playing at Plankton Park when we saw a bunch of Digimon swimming quickly, screaming and crying. I swam up to one to ask her what was the matter. She screamed about not wanting to die right before being hit by a laser that deleted her entirely; not even leaving a DigiEgg behind to be reborn. We all swam away as fast as we could to get away from whatever danger we were in, but they found us. Three purple mechanical Digimon called Gizumon AT and Gizumon XT were responsible for the permanent deletion. Gizumon XT deleted one of my Sangomon friends, and, enraged, Sharkmon and I both decided to fight it. Sharkmon was outmatched by Gizumon XT, but just as he was about to be deleted, a digivice appeared in my hands, and I caused him to digivolve to Jawsmon, allowing us to turn the tides of the battle…pun not intended." Taylor explained.
Taylor was rubbing her hand over Sharkmon, petting it like a cat. Sharkmon seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit. Then he decided to chime in. "After that, Taylor brought me to this house, and none of you had even seen a Sharkmon before. Not even your Digimon Analyzer apps on your Digivices had any data on me." Sharkmon said.
Naturemon looked restless and bored. She was looking down and poking herself in the belly button. "I'm bored!" Naturemon complained. Martin wrapped his arm around her. "If you're a good girl, I'll take you a flower field this weekend and we'll spend the entire day there from sun up to sun down." Martin said. Naturemon looked up, smiled brightly and squealed. Martin then looked at Evander and said "The day after that, I met Naturemon. Almost immediately after meeting her, I got a news alert on my phone about a rampaging Triceramon. I couldn't see it on the news footage, but when I got up close, I could tell there was a glowing Red Mark on it. I had heard about Red Marks from my mom when she told me stories about her adventures in the Digital World as a child. Naturemon fought hard and put her own well being in danger to protect me. When Naturemon was about to be defeated, I had this powerful feeling well up inside me. I wanted to protect her. I wanted her to be safe. I just wanted to pummel Triceramon with my own fists, grab Naturemon and whisk her to safety. That's when a Digivice appeared in my hands, and Naturemon digivolved. She was able to destroy the Red Mark and free Triceramon from its control." Martin explained.
Naturemon hugged Martin and started showering him with a barrage of kisses on the cheek. "Your desire to protect me enabled me to protect myself! Thank you, Marty Hearty!" Naturemon said.
Drusilla raised an eyebrow, looking over at Naturemon and Martin. Introductions between them had already been done before they ever entered the basement. Drusilla knew that Naturemon was Martin's Digimon, but she acted like a clingy girlfriend. "I wonder if I should ship it." Drusilla joked to herself in her mind. Drusilla got up and stretched. "And now for my side of the story. So, Mom and I were flying through the sky like birds released from their cages-" Drusilla was interrupted by Syn, the BlackGatomon who was sitting in Zai's lap. "I was there too!" She protested.
"So, Mom, Syn, and I were soaring through the sky like birds released from their cases. We had a blast. Eventually, we landed at Arakwawa Saiko Park. There, Syn was marked by a Red Stone and started attacking us. I ran hoping to get one of you to come and fight her, but I tripped over who I would eventually discover to be my Digimon partner. She digivolved and defeated Syn, who was a LadyDevimon at the time." Drusilla explained. Coalmon closed her eyes and smiled while flexing her rocky coal arms, which looked muscular due to how the coal looked. "That's because I am awesome!" Coalmon said. Drusilla put her hand on the Digimon and rubbed her. "Hey, now. Don't be getting a big head. You would have lost if not for me." She said.
Evander looked very focused, rubbing his scraggly beard. He always ran his hand through his beard when he was thinking hard. "So…Three attacks. One artificial Digimon, two Red Marked Digimon. I've noticed a pattern. All three enemy Digimon were Ultimate levels, and yet they were defeated by Champion levels. That's something you Gen Alpha Digidestined all have in common; your Digimon beat their first enemy who was at a higher level than their current Digivolutionary stage. But another thing they all have in common is that prior to ending up in our world, they had no memory of anything that came before. Naturemon almost didn't even remember she's a Digimon and had to infer it from the 'mon' suffix of her name." Evander said.
Evander's Agumon was eating a bag of chips, spilling some on the floor. "So, they're super strong and super forgetful. What does that tell us?" Agumon asked. Mario's Guilmon was trying to grab his bag of chips but Agumon kept pulling it away. "Hey, sharing is caring!" Guilmon said.
Evander took out his notebook, put it down on his desk, bent over, and started jotting down all of what they knew so far. "I think it means that they may all have a common origin." He said.
"Don't forget the fact that the Digimon Partners of Gen Alpha are Digimon none of us have ever seen before." Gabumon added.
"And even the Digimon Analyzer doesn't know about them." Terriermon added.
Evander wrote that down too. That was three things that the Gen Alpha partner Digimon shared in common. Evander put the pen down and stood up from the desk. He bit his lower lip. "This can't just be a coincidence….can it?" Evander said.
Taylor raised her hand again. Evander pointed to her. "What is it, my little mermaid?" He asked. Taylor put her hand down. "I was reading some of the works of Aristotle last night before I went to bed. When reading about his scientific views, something stood out to me. He believed that there were only 4 elements that existed in nature; earth, air, fire, and water. It dawned on me that the three Digimon partners we kids got so far represent three out of the four." Taylor said. Taylor stood up and ran to the center of the room. She then pointed at Sharkmon. "Sharkmon is water." Taylor said before moving her pointing finger to Naturemon. "Naturemon represents Earth." Taylor said, before moving on to point at Coalmon. "And Coalmon represents fire." She finished.
Evander rubbed his beard again. "That's incredible! You're right!" He said. He put his hand on Taylor's head and rubbed it again, messing causing her hair to look like the worst bed head in the world. "You're not just adorable, but you're smart as well. Just like your old man." Evander said. Taylor grimaced and blushed. He was embarrassing her. Zai said "Ha! Smart? Is this the same old man who tried to fight a 40 foot tall Devimon with his bare hands?" She said, teasing him. Evander shot her a dirty look. He didn't like Zai bringing up the stupid acts he did as a kid.
Evander looked mildly annoyed. He turned back to bend down to his notebook to jot this newly acquired clue down. "Aaaanyway. That's a fourth thing these Digimon have in common. At least potentially. It's always possible that it's just a coincidence they correspond to the Aristotelian elements, but I can't ignore it." He said while writing.
Sharkmon ran over to Evander's desk, hopped up on it, and then turned to look Evander in the eyes. "But if we do correspond to those 4 elements, that's means there's 1 more of us out there somewhere." Sharkmon observed. Evander petted Sharkmon. "Yep. There's an 'air' Digimon somewhere, and a partner to go with it."
Naturemon got up and started pacing around. "Bored, bored, bored, bored, BORED!" She complained. Martin shot her a mean look. "Naturemon! Do you want me to take you to the flower field or not?" He asked rhetorically. Naturemon ran over and started bowing rapidly in front of the cat eared boy. "I do! I do! I do! I'm sorry! I won't complain about being bored anymore!" She said. "Then sit down and behave yourself." Martin said. Drusilla's eyebrows furrowed and her neck went back briefly. "I'm not sure if they're relationship is like boyfriend and girlfriend or like son and daughter?" She thought to herself.
Ladybugmon flew over to Evander and landed on his shoulder. "Don't forget about the C.A.D guys. Kyoko got intel that a group of them killed the Triceramon later in the evening after it was freed from the Red Mark." Ladybugmon said. "Right. And there was a merman with that same logo tattooed on his chest. He controlled Gizumon as well." Evander said. He wrote that down.
Jessica started taking her long sleeved blue office shirt and office skirt off, revealing clam seashells covering her breasts and an Aqualian loin cloth underneath. "Ooooooh my gosh! I see what you mean about this basement getting hot. No wonder you come out of here without pants all the time." Jessica said. Jessica's hair was dripping wet from sweat. Martin blushed and blinked, looking a little surprised at the sudden strip down. "I see what you meant about mermaids not being afraid to bare skin." He said.
"I think we should contact Emily. She might know something." Gabumon said.
"Good idea, Gabumon." Palmon said.
"We haven't seen Emily since the Ordinemon incident in New York." Gatomon said.
New York City….
A blonde boy walked down the street of New York City. He had blue eyes, and a pair of large round glasses on. He wore an orange t-shirt with a black vest over it. His pants were brown and his shoes were yellow with black lightning stripes on them. The boy lived in Queens. It was around 8:00 at night. As he approached his house in Queens, he went up to the door to open it. He heard a woman screaming from inside. Frantic, the boy opened the door and ran in. "Mom! What's wrong!?" He asked. On the couch was a blonde woman with blue eyes wearing office dress who was sitting up on the couch in a cold sweat. He walked over and put his hand on the woman's shoulder. "Another nightmare?" He asked, concerned. The woman looked to him and smiled. "Yeah." She replied. "Mom, won't you at least tell me what these nightmares are about? Are you being chased by a monster? A murderer? Do I die in the dream? Is it one of those dreams where you end up naked at school for no reason? Are you being chased by a monster at school naked and the monster ends up murdering me?" The boy asked. The woman was still breathing heavily. She didn't answer. A high pitched voice came from the staircase. "Like she's told you before, it's none of your business. So, stop asking, Emmett." Emmett was the name of the blonde haired boy. His mother was Emily Liberty. He looked over to see a Lopmon standing on one of the steps, looking through the staircase. "But maybe I can help if I know what it is. I've been reading books about recurring nightmares to try to help her." Emmett said. "Emily needs no assistance from a child." Lopmon said, sounding rather cold.
Emily thought about the dream she just had. She remembered being clad in her Digimon Ruler outfit, red marking Digimon after Digimon, causing them to rampage and hurt their friends. The amount of pain and suffering she caused was immense. The reason she caused Digimon to rampage was to assert her dominance. Her goal was to take over the Digital World and become its queen. That's why she called herself The Digimon Ruler. She used red gemstones with mystical powers to mark Digimon and then control them remotely. Everything they said and did, she knew about from her lair. Many Digimon even died by her hands. The Digidestined stopped many of her Red Marked rampagers, but they couldn't be everywhere. Red Marked Digimon rampaged even in parts Evander and the crew didn't know about, and Digimon died from the attacks. Even though the Digimon who died became DigiEggs, their memories of their past lives were gone, so despite having continued digital continuity of existence, it was like they really did die for good. Who they were died even if they as digital life forms continued on. "No, Emmett. I'm not being attacked by a monster in the dream. I AM the monster." She thought to herself. She was only 14 when she did all these horrible things. Now, at 43 years old, her past still haunted her. "I deserve to be haunted by these dreams." She would often think to herself. "My emotional suffering is how I will atone for my sins."
Emily turned and put her feet on the floor. Emmett sat down beside her and laid his head on her chest. He was a bit of a mama's boy, but he owned it. "Mom, I love you very much. If you don't want to tell me, you don't have to." He then picked up the remote that was on the coffee table. "How about we watch some TV? It might help you get your mind off things." He suggested. He pushed the power button and the TV came on. The channel just happened to be the news. A green skinned 3 eyed woman was holding some papers with her multiple hands. Not an odd sight in this day and age where numerous alien races lived on Earth in harmony with each other, with humans…and with Digimon. The 3 eyed multi-armed green alien spoke "This is Shmorpagorph Gorphakellyba with the news. Another Digimon went on the attack recently at Arakawa Saiko Park over in Japan. An eyewitness got this footage of a LadyDevimon attacking a Devillian woman, trying to strangle her to death. This, just one day after a Triceramon rampaged in Tokyo. Apparently, the 43 year old Devillian woman is Zaiaku Gray, a Digidestined, and the LadyDevimon is her Digimon partner. No one is quite sure why this Digimon went on the attack, but after being beaten in a battle by a large Digimon who identified herself as CoalGolemon, the LadyDevimon dedigivolved into BlackGatomon and stopped being hostile."
Emily's eyes widened with horror as she saw the footage of LadyDevimon attacking Zai. Besides seeing one of her old friends being strangled, what horrified her the most is what she noticed on LadyDevimon's head. A glowing Red Mark! She gasped and put her hand over her mouth. Flashbacks of the things she did as the Digimon Ruler flooded her mind. Emmett noticed how distraught his mom was. "Mom, it's ok. That Devillian lady is fine now. There were no casualties." He was still snuggling up next to her. Emily put her face in her hands and started breathing heavily. She was having a panic attack. "Mom, remember your breathing excercizes." He said. When she sat back up, she looked over to her son. "Emmett. I need to come clean with something. Your mother….." She paused. It was like her heart was in her throat. What would Emmett think? "Your mother used to be a very bad person." She began.
"I grew up in New York. My little brother, your uncle, died when I was only 7 years old, and my parents died 3 years after that. My Aunt and Uncle raised me. When I got to high school, I majored in
computer electronics. In fact, I was SO good that I stumbled
upon the Digital World. I knew that this wasn't an online game
and I obtained my Digivice.", she said, taking out a brown D-Power and looking down sadly at it. She didn't upgrade to the D-Smartphone like the other Millennial Digidestined did. Emily continued, "When I got to the Digital World, I met Lopmon, my Digimon partner. Lopmon was an explorer, she wanted to explore with me. Well, we explored some and we battled some evil Digimon that attacked us. I also obtained my
Crest. Well, one day when we were exploring a cave, deep underground in the Digital World, I found the Red-Mark Stones and soon realized their power. I had such a terrible life. I felt like everything that ever happened to me was outside of my control. I was embittered at the world. I could feel the power emanating from the red stones. It was…immeasurable. Incalculable. It consumed me. I found out I could control Digimon just by placing the stones on a part of their body. Finally, I thought, something I am in control of. Something that isn't just happening to me. I made puppet slaves out of many Digimon. I caused them to attack innocent Digimon to assert my dominance. I thought if I threw my weight around enough, eventually everyone would submit to me. The Digidestined….one of which was that woman on TV….defeated me. Lopmon was killed by a NeoDevimon I had put several Red Marks on. She was reborn as a DigiEgg and was fortunate that she didn't lose her memories. I joined the Digidestined and stopped a group called the Anti-Royal Knights from destroying the world. I thought that by defeating D'arcmon and Thithemon that I'd finally atoned for my sins. I thought 'Surely this deed of righteousness has redeemed me.' But….I keep having these nightmares. No, they're memories. Memories of everything I'd done. My whole life has revolved around trying to make atonement for the evil I've done. But…" Emily explained. Emily began to choke up. "No matter how much good I do - Defeating the Anti-Royal Knights, fighting off the Aqualian army in New York, being a good mother, helping out at the soup kitchens - nothing washes away the dark blue blood that's on my hands."
Emily put her face in her hands and began weeping. Emily had revealed everything. She was so ashamed, and she had no idea how her son would see her now. Would he continue to be the affectionate child who wanted to spend time with her whenever he could? Or would he begin to grow distant? She had kept him in the dark all this time about her past. Emmett gave his mother a big ole hug. "I don't know who that Digimon Ruler girl was, but that's not my mother. My mother is a kind and gentle woman, and beautiful too. My mother always tucks me in at night, read me bed time stories when I was little, packs my lunch with all my favorite foods, and works hard at the office so she can afford to buy me all the toys I want. She always makes sure to lysol all the surfaces in the house so I don't have to be afraid of germs." Emmett said.
Emily sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes. She gave her son a big hug. "I don't know who is using these Red Stones to control Digimon, but I have to stop it." Emmet stood up and gave Emily a big kiss on the head. "Mom, thank you for telling me the truth. Let me treat you to some ice cream." Emmett said. Emily nodded. "Sure. Let me just put something more casual on." She said. She was still wearing her office attire.
Several minutes later, Emily came out wearing a golden yellow tank top with a canary yellow vest, and a short gray mini skirt. Emily was blushing. "This is more casual, but I don't know. This skirt's a little short." Emily said. Emmett waved his hand. "Nonsense. It's great. Show those gorgeous gams. It'll increase your chances of attracting a man." Emmett said. Emmett's father had passed away 5 years ago from stage 4 lung cancer. Emily was devastated, and Emmett had been trying to hook her up with all sorts of men ever since. He was close to his father, and wasn't personally thrilled about the idea of a step dad, but he cared about his mom's happiness more than anything. Emmett was surprisingly mature for his age. Emily thought it was actually ironic that she was concerned about modesty concerning how incredibly skimpy her Digimon Ruler outfit was back in the day.
Emily and Emmett arrived at an ice cream parlor in New York City. Behind the counter was a three eyed obese alien with six arms, wearing an apron and black baseball cap that said "I <3 New York." Emily was bent over looking at the different ice cream flavors. She was taking her time deciding which kind of ice cream she wanted. "I'll have….two rocky road triple deluxe with chocolate chips and sprinkles. And maybe you could give me a couple of vanilla ice creams with chocolate syrups and sprinkles in a tiny fridge to go. Oh, and for Lopmon, it's always just straight up chocolate." Emily said. "I'll have one vanilla ice cream cone." Emmett said. Emily looked up at the chunky alien and gave a sweet smile. "Sorry, I'm a bit of an ice cream fanatic. I hope that's not too much for you to handle." She said. The chunky multi-armed creature laughed. "Toots, with all these limbs, I could make twice as much ice cream. Forgetta bout it." Although he wasn't a human, he spoke with a Brooklyn accent for some reason. Emily wondered about this. He couldn't have been born and raised here. Alien life forms had only lived among humans openly since the early 2020s. She thought it was rude to ask. The man made their ice cream and they sat down to eat it.
Emmett explained to his mother that he was a Rokusapian, and that they grow at a rate similar to dogs. Even though he's an adult, he's likely only 4 or 5 years old, so he likely grew up in Brooklyn and that's why he has the accent. Emily smiled. "How'd you know what I was thinking?" She asked. "I could see it written on your face." Emmett responded. "By the way, did you find him at all attractive?" Emmett asked. The question was so abrupt that Emily started choking on the ice cream she had swallowed. She giggled a little. "I love you, Emmett. And I appreciate you trying to get me back in the dating game, but I'm just not ready. Besides, if I were date outside my species, it would be someone resembles a human more closely. Like Evander and Jessica. I certainly wouldn't mind an encounter with a sexy merman." Emily said. She smile and blushed while imagining a muscular tailed merman holding her gently on a sunset beach. She was much more chipper now. Not at all distressed like she was earlier. This made Emmett happy. Emmett then realized his mom dropped some names that were unfamiliar to him. "Evander and Jessica?" "Oh, yeah, they're a couple of Digidestined friends of mine. They fought against me back when I was….you know. Well, Jessica's certainly got a mighty right hook." Emily said, initially starting to feel heavy hearted about her past again, but then trying to make light of it by referencing when Jessica had punched her. Emily looked off to the side. "Gosh. To think that was 2006. It's 2033 now. Time certainly flies." Emily said.
They finished their ice cream before they heard bickering. "What do you mean my money's no good!? Digi Dollars are legit!" They looked over to see a small bird Digimon with a ring around her body, flapping in mid-air arguing with the green six armed man. "We use American dollars here, little Digimon. I'm sorry. I'd like to give you some ice cream, but Digi Dollars are as good as play money in this world." He said. The little white bird Digimon landed on the ground and folded her wings, scowling. "This stinks! I was so hungry!" She then flew up again and got in the man's face. "I'd like to speak to your manager!" Before she knew it, she was pulled back by someone; Emmett! "Whoa, calm down there, Karenmon." He joked. "Let me go! Help! I'm being kidnapped!" The bird shouted. Emmett took some money out of his pocket and paid the man. "Here. I'll pay. Just get her anything." He said. Emmett grimaced and his eyebrow started twitching. "Well, there goes the last of my allowance." he thought.
The green tentacled ice cream man handed the little white bird a vanilla ice cream cone. She started going at it with her beak. "Mmmm! Yummy!" She said. She turned to Emmett with a happy expression. "Gee, thanks mister! I appreciate it!" She said. Emmett knelt down to talk to her at eye level. "No problem, little missy." He said. The bird Digimon looked confused. "Little Missy? That's not my name. I'm Dovemon." She said, before adjusting the ring around her belt. "Dovemon, huh? I'm Emmett." He said before shaking Dovemon's wing. Then he pointed over to the table he was previously sitting at. "That over there is my mother. Her name is Emily. And that little bunny is her Digimon partner, Lopmon. I think of her as like my older sister." Emmett said. The two were within earshot, so Lopmon quipped. "Sounds about right. You're about as annoying as a little brother." Emily giggled.
Emmett leaned into Dovemon and whispered, "This one time, Lopmon was in the shower, and I came in and flushed the toilet, making the water scalding hot. She was soooo mad!" He said before laughing. "Mad enough that I hit him with my Blazing Ice attack. The little twerp never did it again." Lopmon added before taking another lick of her ice cream cone. Lopmon's ears afforded her terrific hearing.
Suddenly, they heard a rumble from outside. It felt like an earthquake, but no one was quite sure. Emily, Emmett, Lopmon, and Dovemon ran outside. It was a Sistermon Ciel. Sistermon Ciel was a Digimon who, like Naturemon, looked extremely human. She looked like a 5 foot tall woman in a nun's habit, except the veil on her head looked like a blue mouse. There was also a MetalTyrannomon in the area. "I know her! It's Sistermon Ciel!" Emily exclaimed. "And a MetalTyrannomon!" Lopmon added. Emily's eyes widened with shock and she gasped as she saw that on MetalTyrannomon's arm and on Sistermon Ciel's head were Red Marks!
"Red Marks!" She shouted. MetalTyrannomon was shooting its laser all over the place causing damage to the buildings and cars. People were hurrying trying to flee the area. The Sistermon Ciel was a Digimon she knew personally. They were good friends and she often baby sat for Emily when she and Emmett's father would go out. Sistermon Ciel was wielding a sword and was hacking and slicing at civilians who miraculously managed to evade all of her swings. Emmett ran over to Sistermon Ciel and grabbed her arms. "Sistermon! Sistermon, stop! It's me, Emmett!" He pleaded. Sistermon Ciel was struggling to get free from the boy's grasp, but when she did, she positioned her sword and was about to slice down vertically. "Emmett!" Emily cried out. Just as Sistermon Ciel brought her sword down, Dovemon tackled Emmett to get him out of the way!
"Emmett! Sistermon Ciel is under the control of the Red Mark. She can see you and hear you, but she can't control her actions. You need to get away!" Emily told him. "I can't lose you too!" Emily took out her Digivice.
"DIGIVOLUTION"
"Lopmon digivolve to…Tururiemon!"
Tururiemon ran over to Sistermon Ciel. "Sorry about this, sister. Ninja Claw!" Tururiemon said as she attacked with a quick and stealthy Ch'uan Fa which capitalizes on its great leaping power. Sistermon Ciel parried all of her claw swipes with her sword. "Shirotsume Ichimonji-giri!" She yelled as she rapidly slashed at Tururiemon over and over with her sword. Tururiemon was parrying each attack with the claw like weapons on her hands. "Ninja Claw! Ninja Claw! Ninja Claw! Ninja Claw!" Tururiemon shouted as she attacked over and over. Again, Sistermon Ciel parried each attack. Sistermon Ciel put her sword away and unleashed a barrage of powerful punches onto the bunny Digimon. "Tekken Seisai!" Sistermon Ciel shouted. Tururiemon tried to parry her punches, and while she was able to parry most of them, she got hit with several blows. "Tekken Seisai! Tekken Seisei!" Sistermon Ciel shouted as she continued to attack with lightning fast punches. Tururiemon continued parrying, but some punches still managed to land. Tururiemon then dropped to the ground and swung her leg around, causing Sistermon Ciel to fall right on her back. Sistermon Ciel grunted in pain as her back hit the pavement. Tururiemon aimed a punch straight at the nun's head, but Sistermon Ciel blocked it with her arm.
Emmett ran up to Sistermon Ciel and put her foot on her chest to push her back down. He then got on top of her and pinned both of her arms down. He then turned back to Tururiemon. "Strike now!" Tururimon jumped up into the air and came down on Sistermon Ciel. "Ninja Claw!" Tururiemon shouted. She struck the red mark and it disappeared. Sistermon Ciel blinked a couple of times. "Emmett! Tururiemon! Thank you! I…couldn't control myself." She said.
They heard a scream. It was Emily! Tururiemon and Emmett were so focused on taking down Sistermon Ciel that they forgot about the other Red Marked Digimon. The MetalTyrannomon had Emily in one of its claws. What was it going to do to her? Eat her? Throw her to the ground? Or just simply kill her? "Mom!" Yelled Emmett. Dovemon flew over to MetalTyrannomon. "Feather Darts!" Dovemon crossed her wings over her chest and the golden tips of her feathers began to glow. She released the energy in the form of razor sharp projectiles, the light from which can be nearly blinding! The sharp feather like projectiles hit MetalTyrannomon's arms, doing absolutely no damage. MetalTyrannomon swiped at Dovemon a few times with his free claw. Dovemon dodged all of the claw swipes. "Feather Darts!" Dovemon crossed her wings over her chest and the golden tips of her feathers began to glow. She released the energy in the form of razor sharp projectiles, the light from which can be nearly blinding! The sharp feather like projectiles hit MetalTyrannomon's arms, doing absolutely no damage.
MetalTyrannomon swiped at Dovemon a few more times. Dovemon once again dodged all of the claw swipes. Tururiemon lunged at MetalTyrannomon. "Ninja Claw! Ninja Claw! Ninja Claw! Ninja Claw!!" but Tururiemon wasn't doing any damage either. The metal armor protected him from damage. Emily struggled, but she managed to grab her digivice. "Tururiemon! Digivolve again! This guy's an ultimate!" Emily said.
"DIGIVOLUTION"
"Tururiemon digivolve to…Antylamon!"
"Bunny Blades!" Antylamon turned her long arms into sharp metallic battle axes and swung at the MetalTyrannomon. He got hit with both of the attacks. The arm axes cut through his armor and actually did some damage. MetalTyrannomon yelled in pain. The arm that Antylamon attacked was the one holding her human partner. When MetalTyrannomon's arm was struck, he dropped Emily. "I got ya!" She landed in Emmett's arms. But because Emmett was a child and Emily was a grown woman, he fell to the ground when she caught him. "My arms!" Emmett said in pain. He just wasn't strong enough to even hold a 135 pound woman, much less catch a falling one. Emily quickly got up and looked at her son's arms. "Oh, honey! Are you ok?" She asked.
MetalTyrannomon swiped at the building they were in front of causing glass and rubble to fall down on them. Antylamon deflected all of it with her Bunny Blades. Antylamon turned to MetalTyrannomon and was about to aim for its Red Mark. Just then, MetalTyrannomon bit Antylamon's arm! Antylamon cried out in pain. When MetalTyrannomon bit Antylamon, the Red Mark started to run like paint until it was making contact with Antylamon. It then ran up her arm and formed the same shaped Red Mark that was on MetalTyrannomon.
FLASHBACK…
"Allomon does something unexpected. It suddenly bites
Tyrannomon. Tyrannomon struggles for a few seconds before freezing,
beginning to look like a zombie. The red mark suddenly glows, red paint or something branching from it, streaking across Allomon's body and then onto Tyrannomon's. The red paint or whatever then migrates to Tyrannomon's left arm, below the shoulder, where it forms into a similar symbol as on Allomon. Both symbols glow before Tyrannomon's eyes glow red then return to their normal coloring, but it was obvious what had happened." - Digimon Universe, Episode 18, "Remember The Allomon".
FLASHBACK OVER….
Emily looked horrified. "That's right. I chemically engineered the Red Marks to be able to spread to other Digimon through saliva! Antylamon's been taken over!" Emmett looked over to Dovemon. "Then it's up to us." He said. Dovemon nodded. "I have to repay you for that yummy ice cream." Dovemon said.
Dovemon flew up to MetalTyrannomon, "Feather Darts! Feather Darts! Feather Darts! Feather Darts!" She attacked over and over, aiming for the Red Mark. MetalTyrannomon knocked all of the projectiles away. He then swiped at Dovemon several times. Dovemon was able to dodge many of MetalTyrannomon's claw swipes, but got hit with the last one. Dovemon came crashing down to the ground. "Dovemon, are you ok?" Emmett asked. Dovemon groaned and stood up. The ring around her fell to the ground. She bent down and picked it up to readjust it. "Yeah, I'm ok." She responded.
Dovemon then took a running lift off and her beak started glowing white and grew long. "Perfect Peck!" Dovemon shouted before striking the Red Mark with her elongated beak. "Nuclear Laser!" MetalTyrannomon shouted before shooting a green laser and hitting Dovemon at point blank range. Dovemon screamed in agony as she was sent flying back, she hit the ground and skidded back. Emmett looked horrified. "Dovemon!" He ran over to the fallen bird Digimon. The Digimon had fallen unconscious. He got down on his knees and started shaking Dovemon trying to wake her up. "Dovemon! Dovemon, please! Wake up! Don't die! Please! If you wake up, I'll get you some more ice cream! Come on!" Emmett pleaded. No response. Emmett just stared at the Digimon sadly. Then he heard his mother scream again. The MetalTyrannomon had her in his clutch again, and Antylamon put a Bunny Blade up to her throat. Emily was so terrified that a couple of tears started streaming down her face. "So this is it. Divine Judgment. I'm finally reaping what I sowed." Emily said. Emmett looked terrified. He had flashbacks of his father passing away in his hospital bed after a long battle with cancer. "MOM!!!" He screamed. Just as Antylamon was about to slice her head off, she stopped within a few inches. "You……must…….live! Your……son…..needs…….you!" It was Antylamon! She was fighting against the control of the Red Mark.
Emmett had flashbacks of he and Lopmon playing together. "Antylamon! She needs me! Mom needs me! My mother and my sister are in trouble! Dovemon, please!" Just then, a ball of light appeared and descended into Emmett's hands. The light faded, and you guessed it; It was a digivice. This Digivice was a golden yellow color, and was the same style as Taylor's, Martin's, and Drusilla's. Dovemon groaned. She had just regained consciousness.
Nearby, a man in a C.A.D logo suit was standing on top of a building watching the battle unfold. "Not good. This happened when Triceramon and LadyDevimon were taken down." He said. Just as Emily could see what was happening to the Digimon she controlled back when she was The Digimon Ruler, so could these C.A.D men. So he knew that Martin and Drusilla got digivices just before their Red Mark Digimon were defeated. This particular C.A.D man was holding what looked like the remote control to a toy car, but it had a hologram projection of what MetalTyrannomon and Antylamon were seeing.
Emmett held up the digivice. "Mom, Antylamon! I will protect you!" He yelled. Suddenly, the words "DIGIVOLUTION" scrolled across the screen of his digivice. A bright light shot out of the digivice and enveloped Dovemon.
"Dovemon digivolve to….Harpymon!"
Harpymon was now standing in Dovemon's place. She looked like a harpy with armor on. Harpymon dug her talons into the ground and sped towards the two Red Marked Digimon. "First, for Emmett's sister!" Harpymon said. Harpymon came down onto Antylamon's arms and rapidly clawed at them were her talons at the bottom of her legs. She kept scratching until the Red Mark was destroyed. "Thank you." Antylamon said. Antylamon and Harpymon then gave each other a knowing nod.
"Bunny Blade!"
"Wind Seeker!" Harpymon shouted as she flapped her wings to release a gust of wind so strong it cut like a giant knife.
They both hit the Red Mark on MetalTyrannomon's arm. The shock of the blast caused MetalTyrannomon to drop Emily again. This time she fell on her butt. "Ah! Right on the tail bone!" Emily cried out, wincing in pain.
The Red Mark still wasn't gone. "Let's do it one more time!" Harpymon said. "Right!" replied Antylamon.
"Bunny Blade!"
"Wind Seeker!"
The Red Mark was destroyed after this hit.
Emmett ran over to his mother and helped her up. "Mommy! Are you hurt?" He asked. She smiled. "I'm fine. I haven't heard you use that term since you were tiny." Emily observed. Emmett blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "I uhh….haha." They hugged each other.
They both looked up at their partner Digimon. "Your Digimon is pretty cool." Emily said. Antylamon and Harpymon both de-digivolved to their Rookie forms. The damage around them was pretty extensive, but fortunately, it was confined to a single block. Sistermon Ciel ran over to the mother and son. "Emily! What happened to me? This strange man came up to me. He put some rock on my head and before I knew it, I was attacking everyone I came across!"
"I'm just glad you didn't go into your awakened form. I'd be literally bringing knives to a gun fight." Lopmon said.
The man in the suit with the C.A.D logo nearby frowned. He put his hand up on a communication device he was wearing and spoke into it. "MetalTyrannomon and Sistermon Ciel have served their purpose. Exterminate them."
Down on the ground, Two Gizumon XT appeared. They shot lasers at the both of them, but MetalTyrannomon shielded Sistermon Ciel with his body. MetalTyrannomon disintegrated, leaving no DigiEgg behind. Sistermon Ciel and the others watched in horror. "MetalTyrannomon…..my friend. Where's the DigiEgg?" Sistermon Ciel said in sadness. The Gizumon XT absorbed it's data into itself.
Emmett grabbed Sistermon Ciel's hand, "We've got to get out of here!" The Gizumon XT was preparing to strike again.