The last thing Izzy remembered was Octomon running full force at him. He felt something hit him, then had the sickening feeling of falling, and blacked out.
When Joe saw Kabuterimon fall backwards, due to Octomon, he did what any normal kid would do...panic. He stood with his eyes fixed on the two Digimon who slid towards him, throwing the group off the cliff. Joe knew this was it: his life as he knew it was now over. There was so much that he still wanted to do. He had been a coward his whole life...and that's how people would remember him. He would never be able to live up to his Crest of Reliability.
Kabuterimon closed his eyes tightly in pain when Octomon furiously slammed into him. Helplessly, he was propelled over the edge. Opening his eyes, he saw the ground coming up fast and then saw the unconscious Izzy. 'I can't let this happen!' Kabuterimon thought to himself. Collecting the screaming Joe, Gomamon, and Izzy on his back, Kabuterimon began to flap his wings furiously to stop the fall.
Octomon had not planed to go over the cliff herself, but she was caught in her own trap. Noticing Kabuterimon's attempt at flying, she latched one of her tentacle arms onto his leg, hoping that this bug knew what he was doing.
Just a few meters above the ground, Kabuterimon finally began to hover, setting down for an easy landing. "That was too close!" he said in his loud, Digivolved voice.
Joe opened his eyes to an annoying poking on his side. He saw the smiling Gomamon staring at him, inches away from his face. "Am...am I dead?" Joe stammered.
"Naw, silly! We're OK! I knew Kabuterimon could do it!" Gomamon's confidence, however, was only on the surface because his insides were shaking from the fear he experienced.
Joe noticed that Kabuterimon was setting Izzy's unconscious form on the ground next to him.
"He won't wake up," Kabuterimon said in a worried tone. He felt weak and wanted to De-Digivolve back to standard size, but he was their only hope of flying back up the side of the mountain. 'Hang in there,' he thought to his human friend.
Joe walked up to Izzy and raised the still form's head slightly, "hey Izzy, you...you gotta wake up," he said quietly.
As if on cue, Izzy made a mumbling noise and opened his eyes a crack.
"That's it," Kabuterimon encouraged, "you'll be OK."
Izzy opened his eyes further and looked about at his three concerned friends. "I'm guessing our fall was ceased by an outside force?" Izzy asked quietly.
"You could say that," Gomamon replied happily, gesturing to Kabuterimon, "you have one dedicated Digimon."
"Thanks, Kabuterimon," Izzy smiled at the large Digimon looming over him. Weakly, Izzy began to sit up, when he felt a sharp pain shoot through his left shoulder. Wincing, Izzy assessed his injuries, gingerly feeling his left shoulder with his right hand. "I think I sprained something..." for once, Izzy was a loss for fancy words, due to the pain he was experiencing.
Kabuterimon felt it too, he knew something was wrong with his friend before he said anything about the injury.
"I'll worry about it later," Izzy added, regaining his composure, "right now we need to rejoin our friends."
"Um..." Gomamon asked the group, "has anyone seen that ugly Digimon we were fighting earlier?"
"You mean Octomon?" Joe now looked warily around, remembering their pervious fight.
"Right here, you weaklings!" Octomon was on a small ledge above them, ready to attack.
"This is not good..." Joe slowly backed away from the Digimon.
"I'll take care of this!" Kabuterimon took flight, hovering above Octomon and powered up his energy.
"Electro Shocker!" he exclaimed sending a bolt of energy to hit the mountain above Octomon.
Large boulders came free and landed on Octomon, breaking off her ledge, and sending her slamming to the ground, with a pile of rocks on top of her.
"Pro-Digous, Kabuterimon!" Izzy exclaimed, gingerly getting on the Digimon's back again, "Let's go find the others!"
With Joe and Gomamon safely onboard, Kabuterimon took off to search for their friends high above.
Sora was watching Birdramon attack Gatormon when she heard Matt's warning to TK. Turning, Sora saw Matt shove his brother out of the path of a missile. Horrified, she witnessed the explosion, and saw Matt's limp form go flying through the air, where the side of his head connected with a tree.
"Matt!" Sora exclaimed, running forward. 'He has to be OK,' she thought to herself as she reached his side.
Mimi was keeping track of Togemon when she heard Sora's cry to Matt. She turned to see Matt's still form slumped against the side of a tree and Sora running to him. Out of the corner of her eye, she also saw the small from of TK huddled on the ground, his hands covering his helmet. Next to him was Patamon, a worried look on his face. Taking a deep breath, Mimi ran forward to TK, "Togemon, keep fighting!" she called over her shoulder.
Sora arrived at Matt's unmoving form, and gently turned him over. She sharply inhaled and her face drained of color when she saw the extent of the damage. Matt's whole left side was scorched and blackened, and Sora noticed that his shirt was beginning to darken with red blood. Noticing the slow rise and fall of his chest, Sora became slightly relieved, now knowing he was alive. Quickly digging into her pockets, Sora pulled out her medical supplies she had brought along from camp so long ago. Taking a deep breath, Sora lifted Matt's shirt and saw that the explosion had caused severe burns on his chest, which were the source of the blood. 'He probably has a few broken ribs too...I can't move him,' Sora thought to herself, pressing a wad of bandages onto the wound. She also noticed a large cut forming on the side of Matt's head and quickly added bandages to that injury too. "Hang in there, Matt," Sora whispered in a quivering voice, "Hang in there..." ***
"Fin Torpedoes, Away!" Sharkmon attacked Greymon with a full force of explosions.
Tai winced at the brightness of the explosion, and saw his Digimon fall to the ground, "come on Greymon!" Tai encouraged, "don't give up!"
Garurumon galloped forward to defend Greymon, "Howling Blaster!" He emitted a cold blast, which froze up Sharkmon for a few seconds.
Suddenly, Garurumon howled in pain and fell to the ground.
Tai ran up to the fallen wolf to try to find any injuries, "Garurumon, what's wrong?" he desperately asked.
The Digimon opened his eyes and focused worried gaze on Tai, "It's...it's Matt...he's in trouble...I...I can feel it." Garurumon closed his eyes and De-Digivolved back into Gabumon. "We share life forces..." the Digimon struggled to say "Matt's is..."
"Oh no..." Tai's face turned pale. He hadn't realized how separated they had become from the rest of the group. "Matt..." Tai said quietly, trying to locate their friends through the forest with his eyes.
With Greymon still on the ground, Sharkmon saw his chance and aimed at Tai, "Fin Torpedoes, away!"
Tai looked up from the fallen Gabumon to see a dozen torpedoes rushing toward him. He froze and stared at the oncoming danger when the torpedoes were exploded in mid-air by another force. Turning, Tai saw Ikkakumon running forward with Joe clinging to his side. "Joe! You're OK!" Tai said, happily, also noticing Kabuterimon hovering above with Izzy on his back, "all right!"
Sharkmon looked a little worried, but he wasn't going to back down. He had never lost before, and certainly wouldn't lose to a group of children. "Fin torpedoes, Away!"
Dodging the blasts, Ikkakumon raced forward, "you call those torpedoes?" he bellowed, "try this on for size! Harpoon Torpedo!"
"Electro shocker!" Kabuterimon added from above.
The force of the two explosions sent Sharkmon flying through the air, over the cliff's edge.
The three Digimon De-Digivolved back to their normal size and the group gathered around Tai and Gabumon.
"What's wrong with him?" Joe asked, concerned for Gabumon's condition.
Tai stared at his friends with a sorrowful look and cleared his throat, "remember when Agumon said that in order for him to Digivolve, he needed to share my life force?" Tai paused to watch the group nod in agreement, "well, Gabumon De-Digivolved because Matt's life force is, well..."
"No..." Joe shook his head. "That can't mean what I think it means."
Izzy's eyes wandered through the woods, to the cliff's edge, and to the rock wall. 'Where were the others?' he desperately thought. Then, Izzy realized something, "Gabumon hasn't De-Digivolved back into Tsunomon, which means Matt's life force could still be present."
Tai took on an optimistic tone, "I hope that's true." He looked down at his digivice to locate the rest of his friends. There was a glowing red blip to the north of their position. Turning to Gabumon, Tai asked "Can you travel?" The weary Digimon replied with a nod. Tai then turned to the group and gestured with a hand, "They're over that way...let's go! We need to help our friends!" Tai and the group began to move forward, while Gabumon was being supported by Gomamon and Tentomon.
"You go ahead," Gabumon weakly urged to Tai. "Please help Matt."
Tai fixed his blue eyes on the Digimon, "I promise," he tried to courageously say.
Tai and Agumon sprinted forward to their original position, hopefully not too late.
Birdramon swooped under another flaming blast by Gatormon, using her keen vision to search for a weak spot. 'There has to be a way to stop him,' she grumbled to herself, 'we've never lost before.'
Helping Birdramon on the defense, Togemon released more needles on the elusive gator. Once again, the needles made contact, then bounced off the scales like useless toothpicks. Togemon kept glancing over her shoulder to see if Mimi was OK, 'take care of yourself, friend,' the giant Digimon hoped.
Mimi was never really into being brave and helping out others, it just wasn't her style. But deep down inside, beneath that pink-barbie-ditsy-girl exterior, lay the heart of the keeper of the Crest of Sincerity. Mimi would never let a friend get hurt, sacrificing a broken nail in the process if need be, even though she would never admit to it.
"TK!" Mimi called out, "TK, are you all right?" Mimi reached the young boy's side, where Patamon was frantically trying to get TK to open his eyes.
Gently laying a hand on TK's hat, Mimi whispered to the quivering boy, despite all the chaos surrounding them, "please TK, it's not safe here." She just realized how mother-like she sounded...her? A mother? The thought brought a small smile to her face, 'that would never happen,' she thought.
TK finally raised his head, slightly, revealing tear-streaked eyes. "Matt..." the small boy said weakly.
Patamon huddled close to TK. The small Digimon had severe guilt weighing on his heart for failing to protect his friend. And Matt had suffered the consequences.
Mimi helped TK into a sitting position and checked him for injuries. Finding only scratches and soon-to-be bruises, she drew the quivering boy into a tight hug. "It'll be all right. You're OK," she crooned quietly.
At that moment, Green Fire went blazing by overhead of the group. Mimi glanced over her shoulder to see Gatormon charging toward them.
"TK, Patamon, RUN!" Mimi ordered, shoving the group on their feet and moving them forward. She never thought of herself as the leader-type, but in this instant, Mimi's only concern, for once, was the safety of her friends.
Gatormon emitted more green fire from his tooth-filled mouth as he ran past the exhausted Birdramon and Togemon. "Prepare to be toast!" the Digimon grumbled, running after Mimi.
"You shouldn't play with fire!" came a loud voice from behind Gatormon. He turned to face the voice and saw the re-Digivolved Greymon towering over him.
"Yeah Greymon!" Tai shouted from behind the giant Digimon.
Only a slight flicker of fear passed over Gatormon's eyes which was quickly replaced by a sinister grin, "you cannot defeat me! My armor is invincible!" Gatormon opened his mouth for another attack, "Green Fire!"
At the same time, Greymon used his attack, "Nova Blast!" The two forces met in mid-air and the Green Fire was quickly dissolved, allowing the Nova Blast to enter Gatormon's jaws. The flames scorched his mouth, sending him cowering backwards, cringing in pain.
Noticing that Gatormon was nearing the edge of the cliff, Greymon swung his tail and knocked the Digimon over the side. Gatormon's screams could be heard, until they grew quiet, and finally disappeared.
The threat now gone, Greymon De-Digivolved, along with Birdramon and Togemon. All three were extremely exhausted due to the close call they experienced.
The group exchanged relieved glances, until they spotted Sora crouched over Matt's still form.
TK's eyes grew wide, "Matt!" he cried, running in his direction.
Knowing how bad the circumstances were, Tai held TK back, the young boy struggling in his arms.
"My brother!" TK exclaimed, tears streaming down his face.
Tai whispered to Mimi, who was standing at his side, "you and Palmon keep TK here, he can't see this."
Mimi nodded and collected the bawling boy in her arms as she watched the group run over to Sora. Palmon and Patamon stayed with her, instinctively protecting their humans.
When Tai reached Sora's side, he gasped at the site of Matt's condition.
"Oh no..." Biyomon gasped, making eye contact with her human friend.
Sora had tears in her eyes as she spoke, crouched over Matt, "he's...he's lost a lot of blood. I...I'm not a doctor...I..." a single tear rolled down her cheek.
Tai kneeled down next to Sora and put a comforting hand on her shoulder, "hey, you did a good job," he glanced at Matt's still face and sighed, "you probably saved his life."
Sora looked up into Tai's eyes, then quickly returned her gaze to the ground, "for now...I don't know if he'll be OK."
Agumon and Biyomon exchanged glances. They both suspected what conditions Gabumon would be in.
Sora just realized that she had forgotten... "the monsters! We have to go find Izzy and Joe!"
"We're here..." came a quiet voice from behind the group. They turned to see Izzy silently standing there with Joe, Gomamon, Tentomon, and the weak Gabumon.
'I wonder how long they were standing there,' Tai thought, then turned his attention back to the situation.
Gabumon was staring at Matt the whole time. The Digimon wished there was something he could do for his human friend--if only he had been there...Gabumon closed his eyes in frustration and swallowed, if only he knew how to help Matt.
The group was silent for a long time--no one knew what to do, this situation had never happened before. They had always won their battles...but at what cost?
Of all people, Joe stepped forward and knelt beside Matt. He examined the paleness of Matt's skin and the amount of blood on his shirt and on Sora's hands. After a few silent moments, Joe spoke "well, I think that he can be moved. He doesn't have any broken vertebrae, although he probably cracked a few ribs. I don't know how the head injury will effect him, let's just hope there's no swelling. We need to send a group to find herbs which could be used to reduce the burns, and we can make a stretcher out of wood and leaves..." Joe paused for a moment, realizing for one brief moment, he was actually the leader. He had read many books on the human anatomy along with books about how to treat burns and diseases. He smiled inwardly, thinking that, after all, he did live up to his Crest. His friends could always rely on him to make things right. Turning his gaze to the group, specifically Gabumon, he added, "Matt's going to be all right. It might take awhile, but he'll be all right."
There was a joint sigh of relief as the group trusted Joe's judgment, then split into sections to gather materials.
Night had fallen on Myotismon's castle as he sat in his throne room. The evil Digimon ground his sharp fingernails into the wooden seat, waiting in anticipation for the Terrible Trio's return. He grinned to himself, widening his dark purple lips--the Digi-Destoned were probably destroyed already. All he needed now was the delightful news.
After a few moments, Myotismon heard footsteps approach and saw the three sets of glowing eyes enter the room.
Myotismon stood and addressed the group, still grinning, "I am guessing that the fight fared well?" But when the three stepped toward him, he saw the terrible condition they were in. Eyes narrowing, Myotismon's gaze darkened, "you did defeat them, didn't you?"
Octomon cleared her throat, as she gingerly stood on her one good leg, "um, master...well, we uh..."
"WELL?" grumbled the impatient Myotismon.
Sharkmon sighed and decided to just say it, "master, uh, we...didn't win."
"WHAT?!" Myotismon furiously threw red bolts of energy in all directions, "I gave you one simple task! They're just children! FOOLS!"
The Terrible Trio ducked from Myotismon's onslaught, cowering in fear.
"Well, we did hurt one!" Gatormon said, defensively.
"Yeah!" Octomon added, "They all are pretty wiped out now."
"I'm not sending YOU failures out again!" Myotismon frustratingly growled. He then had an idea. His plan hadn't completely failed, he would go after the exhausted Digi-Destoned himself.
"LEAVE!" He gestured to the three, who then ran out of his room. Myotismon sat in his throne, regaining his composure and thinking over a strategy. "Sleep well, Digi-Destined. It's the last night you'll ever have..."
He was running from a dark presence. Clawing his way up a hill, he began to sprint, but his legs would not go anywhere. Sensing the approaching evil behind him, he whirled around, only to see Myotismon standing over him. "Divided we fall..." the dark Digimon grinned menacingly. Myotismon raised a claw and brought it down with fierce speed upon him...
Matt's eyes shot open to complete darkness. He calmed his breathing as the memories of the dream flooded into his consciousness. His eyes focused and adjusted to the darkness, realizing that he was staring at a rock ceiling above him. 'Where am I? How did I get here?' he thought to himself.
Frighteningly, Matt noticed that he couldn't move. He slowly turned his head to see a campfire, which was what was giving off the light. He turned his head to the other side and saw the exit to the cave he was in...a cave, that explained the ceiling. 'It must be night,' he thought, 'but where...' Craning his head up, Matt experienced a wave of pain which throbbed through his skull. He put his head back down, and when the pain died away, he once again raised his head. He saw his friends sound asleep, laying around the fire. Next to him was Gabumon, curled up and snoring slightly.
At that moment, he recalled the occurrences of the day...they were fighting three particular annoying Digimon, TK was running, there were missiles, and he shouted out a warning to his brother...
Staring at the rocks above him, Matt tried to remember what happened next, with no success. Deciding to take a daring move, Matt moved his fingers, then his arm, then placed his elbow on the ground and tried to sit up. Pain shot through his left side, and he stifled a cry as he fell back to the ground. Laying there for a few minutes, he heard footsteps approaching from outside the cave and then a voice..."Matt?" he heard a male voice ask. A face appeared above him, and he realized that brown eyes were staring down at him, concerned, yet relieved.
"Izzy?" Matt croaked, realizing that was the first time he actually spoke in who knows how long. His throat felt dry and sore--much similar to the desert they were in not too long ago.
"Hey Matt," Izzy whispered, placing a hand on Matt's forehead, "how do you feel?"
Matt closed his eyes for a second, assessing his injuries, and only one word came to mind... "Like crap," Matt said quietly.
At that, Izzy smiled. Now he knew Matt would be OK.
"What happened," Matt questionably gazed up at Izzy.
"From what I heard, you took a hard hit from Sharkmon," Izzy explained.
Matt suddenly remembered Octomon shoving Izzy off the cliff, "but you fell..."
Izzy smiled again, "thanks to Kabuterimon, we all remained in one piece. The monsters are gone, too."
"And TK?" Matt tried to raise his head and spot his younger brother somewhere.
"Hey, take it easy," Izzy whispered, gently holding Matt's head down, "TK's fine. But you got pretty beat up."
Matt glanced at Izzy, and noticed he was favoring one arm, "you too," he half-smiled.
"Oh, well...I'm fine," Izzy protested, "just can't type as fast now. I was out on night watch with Tentomon, when I heard your unfortunate attempt to get up."
Matt smiled at this, despite the pain of his injuries. He had never seen Izzy actually use sarcasm before--it was kind of a relief. To Matt, Izzy always seemed to be a computer geek with no time for fun. But that 'computer-geekness' had saved them more times than he could remember.
Izzy was trying to have a positive exterior for Matt to see, but inside, he was so relieved that he could have hugged the conscious boy on the spot...well, almost. Izzy had enough problems back home, and on top of being stuck in a strange world, he didn't want to lose a friend. The circumstances in the Digiworld never seemed so real until now. At this moment, more than ever, Izzy wished to be home. But could he leave Tentomon behind? That Digimon proved to be a formidable companion, with much knowledge of his place. 'I'm sure the others feel the same way,' Izzy thought, glancing at his friends.
Looking down at Matt, Izzy just realized that the boy fell back asleep. He sighed and walked back out of the cave to rejoin Tentomon and tell him the good news.
Another morning awoke the Digiworld, bringing with it new adventures and beginnings.
It was now Sora's watch outside the cave. She squinted her blue eyes as the warm rays of sun bathed her face. Under the circumstances, she still managed to get some sleep, feeling much more rejuvenated. Sora glanced down at Biyomon, who was beginning to fall back asleep. 'Well, whose to blame her? After Digivolving so much lately, It's a wonder she's even standing,' Sora thought to herself. Her thoughts wandered to Matt. She was ecstatic to hear that he had woken up last night, and she wished she could have been there. But now he was slumbering quietly, 'probably not for long, once TK wakes up,' Sora smirked to herself. Hopefully, within a week or so, things would slowly return to normal.
Leaning her back against a rock, Sora realized that they would probably have to stay in this cave for quite some time. This probably wasn't the best place to be, being so close to Myotismon's castle and all. She shook her head and tried to relieve the stress of the previous events, 'don't worry about that now,' she thought, 'just enjoy the peaceful morning.' She then frowned, wondering what dangers this morning would bring.
Tai slowly opened his eyes and yawned strongly. Glancing at the entrance of the cave, he could see a dim light shining in. "Great, morning..." he mumbled quietly to himself. Tai rolled over on his side, to see Agumon still sound asleep, his back leaning against the wall, and his snout resting on his chest. The cave was silent, except for the chorus of snores form the humans and their Digimon. Understanding that all the Digimon were probably exhausted, Tai let his friends sleep, and sat up to add more wood to the fire.
After the fire had grown to a reasonable height again, Tai walked over to check on Matt's bandages. He saw no more bleeding, although the dressing would have to be changed again, due to Joe's instructions. Staring down at the unconscious boy, Tai heard a quiet voice ask "Is he OK?"
Tai jumped at the sound and turned to see TK standing behind him. "Hey, kid, I didn't know you were awake, he whispered."
TK blinked his tired eyes, "I had a bad dream and couldn't get back to sleep," he walked to Tai's side, staring down at his brother.
Tai saw TK's pained expression, "hey, Matt's gonna be fine. Izzy even said he woke up last night." Tai remembered when Izzy awoke him to excitingly tell him the good news.
TK's expression brightened, "really?"
"Yeah," Tai placed a hand on TK's hat, "but we better let him and the others sleep for awhile."
TK nodded his head, then turned his gaze to the ground. He moved some pebbles around with one of his shoes and quietly said, "I'm sorry Tai."
Tai squatted down to the young boy's height, "what for, TK?"
TK raised his eyes, "for getting Matt hurt. If I had listened, none of this would have happened, and.."
"Hey," Tai cut TK off, "It wasn't your fault." Tai never really knew what to say in these situations, as he recalled Sora's outburst not too long ago. Matt's words echoed through his head then, 'just let her go, Tai' he had said.
TK was silent as he once again became interested in the pebbles on the ground. Tai was about to once again try to encourage him, when he heard a scream from outside the cave. Heads shot up within the cave, with sleepy eyes.
"What was that?" Palmon sleepily asked, watching as Tai ran out of the cave. The others soon followed after him.
Outside in the bright light, Sora and Biyomon were backed into a corner on the rock wall. The group's gaze then turned to see Myotismon standing before them.
"Get back!" Sora warned.
"Oh great..." Gomamon rolled his eyes, "can't we at least go through part of the day without having to fight someone?"
Myotismon noticed the others presence, and turned to face them, "ah...If it isn't the rest of Digi-Destoned...Although I see you are missing a few members," he noticed that Matt and Gabumon were not present.
"Don't worry about them!" Tai said defensively, "we can still get rid of you! Agumon, Digivolve!"
Looking at Tai with alarming eyes, Agumon regretfully said, "I can't Tai, after all the fighting we did yesterday, I'm too tired!"
The other Digimon agreed, wishing there was something they could do.
Myotismon smiled at this, "well then...this will be interesting." He raised a hand and bats surrounded by red light shot out at the group.
"We're not done yet!" Biyomon exclaimed, flying forward, "Spiral Twister,Raa!"
"Pepper Breath, Ha!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Boom Bubble, Pow!"
The bats were destroyed with their combined forces, but Myotismon remained unharmed. Palmon attempted to entangle him with her Poison Ivy, but he was too powerful. The Digimon lay sprawled out on the ground, exhausted.
"You should just give up and save yourselves the humiliation!" Myotismon laughed, swiping at the group with a claw.
The Digimon scattered to protect themselves, but there was limited cover, unless they planned to jump over the mountain's edge.
Myotismon singled out Tai and Agumon, planning to take out the leader. With one swipe, the evil Digimon sent Agumon flying through the air, leaving Tai defenseless.
"Tai! No!" Sora said, helplessly. 'This was it,' she thought, 'there is nothing I can do.'
Tai stood frozen in fear as Myotismon rushed forward to deliver the finial blow. His mind raced--he didn't have any weapons to fight with because he had always relied on Agumon to Digivolve. The only thing he had was his mini-telescope and... 'My Digivice!' Tai thought. He suddenly flashed back to when he faced off with the evil Leomon. He used the Digivice to drive out the black gears, which were evil. So, why couldn't the Digivices be used on pure evil themselves...
Taking a long shot, Tai pulled out his Digivice, and clasp it tightly in his hand. At the last moment, before Myotismon struck, Tai thrust his hand forward, and the Digivice began to make it's screeching noise. He closed his eyes tightly against the bright light which poured out from the mechanism.
Myotismon was caught off-guard when the weakling boy shot a strange ray of light at him. He felt pain, and retreated a few steps in surprise. Realizing what Tai was doing, Myotismon laughed, "is that the best you can do?" He began to walk forward, but Sora and Joe stepped in his way and used their Digivices as well to increase the strength of Tai's beam of light.
Myotismon shaded his eyes from the light as he watched in disbelief as Izzy, Mimi and TK joined the rest to form a line of defense.
The six beams of light were causing Myotismon extreme pain as he began to back up to the cliff's edge. He wouldn't give up yet, though. He had to defeat them!
"It isn't enough!" shouted Izzy over the screeching Digivices.
Suddenly, another Beam of light joined the six, causing an unexpected reaction: the beams joined and turned blue with a large amount of bright electricity encircling it.
All eyes turned to see Gabumon and Matt standing at the entrance of the cave. Matt leaned heavily on the wall, with one hand clutching his side, and the other holding his Digivice outstretched. "Together we stand," Matt said in a low voice, watching as their combined forces sent Myotismon over the edge of the cliff.
Myotismon screamed in anger and all could hear, "you haven't seen the last of meeee!"
The group lowered their Digivices and stood silent, allowing the sense of power to fade away.
Tai was the first to speak, "is everyone OK?" He looked over at Agumon, who was now standing, rubbing his head.
"I think so..." Agumon smiled, happy that they were all still in one piece.
The group walked over the cave entrance, where the tired-looking Matt and Gabumon stood, smiles on their faces.
"Nice going, Tai," Matt smiled at his friend.
Tai and the rest of the group were grinning and TK ran forward to Matt.
"Matt!" TK gave Matt a big hug and his older brother slightly grimaced in pain, but hugged TK back just the same.
"Hey kiddo," Matt laughed at the kid's enthusiasm.
Gabumon's stomach growled, and he looked sheepishly around, "did anyone else not have breakfast?"
"Yeah!" shouted Gomamon, "Let's eat!"
The group happily re-entered the cave to have an undisturbed meal, for once. In this moment, everything was as it should be. Of course, someday, they would have to face evil again, but for now, there was peace in the Digiworld.
Myotismon sat in his throne, grumbling over his injuries. He had underestimated the Digi-Destoned's power, but that was for the last time.
His dark eyes stared down at his hand, which was holding the cards to open the gateway. "It's only a matter of time..." he smiled to himself, then broke into evil laughter.
THE END
