Digivice Meltdown

"Are we almost to Cherrymon's forest?" Marcus complained as the group trekked.

"Who knows." Yoshi replied to Marcus.

"But I thought we were supposed to hurry up and find Kurata, Boss." Agumon pointed out. "Why are we wasting all this time going to see Cherrymon first?"

"Cherrymon is the oldest and wisest. He may have some good advice for us." Falcomon remarked.

"What happened?" Marcus gasped when the group entered the demolished forest. "This is bad, real bad."

A Mushroomon came running into the scene, as if fleeing from something.

"Hey, it's Mushroomon!" Falcomon noted.

"It's Gizumon XT!" Marcus hissed as the said man-made Digimon chased after the fleeing Mushroomon. Firing it's energy beam at the unfortunate Rookie level Digimon, it turned the mushroom Digimon into a digiegg and absorbed its data.

"Permanently deleted." Thomas remarked.

"Gizumon…" Keenan hissed. "Me get."

"Revenge time, Falcomon." He told his partner, his D.N.A Charge flaring up.

"Right." Falcomon replied, throwing off his bandages.

"D.N.A Full Charge!" Keenan called forth Falcomon's Ultimate form.

"Falcomon digivolve to Peckmon!" Falcomon declared as he evolved.

"Peckmon digivolve to MegaSeadramon!" Peckmon announced as he evolved once again.

"Maelstrom!" MegaSeadramon creates a electrified tornado inside his mouth and released it in the direction of Gizumon XT.

"He's too strong!" Keenan noted after Gizumon XT merely blasted away the attack with two shots.

"It's even faster and stronger than the last one!" Marcus added as MegaSeadramon dived down towards the ground to engage Gizumon XT.

"There's a whole bunch of those Gizumon XT's now!" He remarked as three more Gizumons appeared.

"Okay, you know how I said before was the worst? Now this is really the worst." Yoshi commented.

"It's fighting time, Agumon!" Marcus told his partner.

"Yeah!" Agumon replied and the two charged.

"D.N.A Full Charge!" Thomas and Yoshi chorused as they called forth their D.N.A Charge.

"Us too, D.N.A Full Charge!" The other six exclaimed.

"D.N.A Charge, Overdrive!" Ami followed suit, calling forth her D.N.A Charge.

"Go Angewomon!" Yoshi instructed.

"Machgaogamon!" Thomas told his partner.

Ami merely gave Ophanimon a nod and the Celestial Digimon headed into battle.

"Your days of pushing Digimon around are over!" Marcus declared.

"Heaven's Knuckle!" Angewomon released her attack.

"Gaoga Tornado!" Machgaogamon fired his attack.

Using the cliff as leverage, Marcus leapt onto the Gizumon XT.

"Hey Boss, you missed." Agumon noted when Gizumon XT dodged Marcus' punch.

Marcus growled at his partner, giving Gizumon XT the chance to kick Marcus off.

Machgaogamon looked around trying to find his opponent when the Gizumon XT he was fighting suddenly appeared behind him, knocking the Ultimate level Digimon away.

Angewomon could only try to block the third Gizumon XT's spinning attack, before she was thrown off her feet by the whirlwind.

"Gaomon!" Thomas gasped.

"Lalamon!" Yoshi exclaimed as the two ran to their devolved partners.

"Boss!" Agumon cried as he tended to his partner.

"Gaomon." Thomas picked the blue wolf up.

"I'm okay, sir." Gaomon assured him. "I'll be fine."

'Strange, all those Gizumon XTs are here on their own without any sign of Kurata or those thugs of his we ran into in the Digital Gate.' Thomas wondered.

"Great, not only are they getting stronger, they're also getting smarter." Ami muttered.

"Sefirot Crystals!" Ophanimon fired her attack, causing the Gizumon XTs to reel under its barrage.

"Keenan!" Ami called to the boy.

Keenan nodded, "MegaSeadramon, now!"

"Thunder Javelin!" MegaSeadramon released his attack.

"They're alright!" Keenan gasped in horror when the smoke died down and the Gizumon XTs were unscathed.

"They have some sort of new defense shield." MegaSeadramon noted.

Just then, one of the Gizumon XTs fired its eye beams at the sea serpent, only to have Ophanimon use her 'Beauty's Golden Shield' to deflect the laser. However, the sheer force of the laser pushed both Digimon against the cliff.

"Falcomon!" Keenan gasped rushing to his partner's side when MegaSeadramon devolved.

"Don't worry, I've got you." Ami remarked, catching the devolved Tailmon in her arms.

"Kurata must have made some adjustments. Whatever weaknesses they had before are now gone." Thomas noted.

"That doesn't mean we still can't beat him!" Marcus retorted.

As the Gizumon XTs prepared to finish the group off, a voice called out.

"Flame Dragon Attack!" The first of the Gizumon XT's attacking the group was destroyed by a white hot arrow.

"That voice." They looked for the source of the attack and then spotted someone standing a few feet away. The figure was quite familiar with the teens.

"EmperorGreymon!" The group cheered upon seeing the Royal Knight who walked towards them.

"Those Gizumon XT bring back bad memories, so I'm going to eliminate them without any hesitation." He stated. "I heard some voices and decided to figure out where they were coming from when I stumbled upon you guys."

Then, they heard a melody.

"What's that?" Thomas inquired, hearing a low drone.

"A weird sound." Marcus replied.

"Like a flute." Yoshi added.

Then Marcus gasped when he saw BanchoLeomon standing on top of the cliff, blowing onto a leaf.

"Who are you furball?" Marcus demanded.

"A friend called me a furball once." BanchoLeomon replied. "But he was my friend. I'm BanchoLeomon. My friends mean everything to me and my enemies know better than to mess with my friends. And if you want to be my friend one day kid, you are of to a bad start."

"BanchoLeomon?" Thomas echoed. "I don't remember any record of him in the DATS database."

"Me never see him before." Keenan admitted.

"Do you think he could be another one of those Bio-Hybrids?" Yoshi inquired.

"There's something pure about him." Marcus remarked.

"Huh?" Thomas, Yoshi and Keenan blinked.

"You sense it too." Ami noted.

"Yeah." Marcus replied.

"BanchoLeomon!" He called out. "Please be our friend!"

Everyone gasped when the Gizumon XTs attacked the golden lion. However, BanchoLeomon simply leapt off the cliff, landing down before the group.

"Flash Bantyo Punch!" BanchoLeomon released his attack and destroying a Gizumon XT after skillfully dodging the Gizumon XT's attack.

If my friends have enemies, then they become my enemies too. BanchoLeomon noted mentally as he dived into battle, punching through another two Gizumon XTs.

"Flash Bantyo Punch!" He unleashed another attack straight into the last Gizumon XT's single eye, destroying it and releasing the captured Digimon's data which then swirled around Ami.

"I understand." Ami nodded, putting Tailmon down as Lilith took over.

Willing out the 'Seed of Life', she whispered, "Be reborn, little one."

The crystal flashed and the Digimon data was transformed into a digiegg before being transported to the Primary Village.

"Wow, Marcus making friends with that guy was probably the best move you've ever made." Yoshi noted.

"Not bad." Marcus remarked. "You're almost as strong as me."

"Sounds like you want to spar." BanchoLeomon challenged.

"Love to." Marcus cracked his knuckles.

Careful Marcus. He told himself as the two squared off. He has no weak spots.

BanchoLeomon chuckled as he withdrew his fist, "You're about one million and thirty five years too young to take me on, kid."

"What do you mean?" Marcus demanded as BanchoLeomon proceeded to walk off.

"There's a major difference between guys like you and guys like me." BanchoLeomon replied. "I possess something that you don't have and perhaps never will; power. You'll never be a great fighter without it. You're not in my class."

"Power?" Keenan echoed.

"If it's power you want, I've got a fistful of it right here." Marcus challenged, revealing his right fist.

"Don't be ridiculous." BanchoLeomon advised. "Your fist isn't the thing that makes you strong."

"It's not?" Marcus echoed.

"The source of your strength can be found deep within you." BanchoLeomon pointed to Marcus.

"Within me huh?" Marcus inquired. "I'll take an X-ray then."

"Hey wait! I was just joking around! Come back!" He shouted as BanchoLeomon then walked towards Lilith.

"My Lady." BanchoLeomon greeted the 'Light of Hope'.

Lilith nodded and withdrew the 'Seed of Life' before she posted a question, "BanchoLeomon, why do I sense two souls within you?"

The lion was startled for a while.

"It's alright if you feel it isn't the appropriate time to answer the question. Just answer me this, is the other soul who I think it is?" Lilith told him.

BanchoLeomon gave her a knowing nod.

"I see." Lilith replied.

Before she could say anything else, BanchoLeomon had leapt up onto the cliff.

Looking down at the group, the lion advised, "Look for your strength. Only after you find it can we duel. Until then, let's put our friendship up on hold."

Chuckling, he walked off.

"BanchoLeomon!" Marcus called out. "He just sprouts out a few riddles and takes off."

"Although, you have to admit he makes an excellent point." Thomas noted. "The one thing we're gravely lacking right now is strength. These Gizumon XTs are draining us. Even if we find Kurata, we won't be beat him."

"Well let's not sit around here talking about it. Let's find a way for us to get stronger." Yoshi remarked.

Power… Keenan thought before something struck him.

"Falcomon, come." He told his partner.

"Hey Keenan, what's up?" Marcus asked.

"I know a place. We find strength there." Keenan replied.

"Take us." Marcus requested.

"No." Keenan replied. "Me have to go alone. You go ahead to Cherrymon's forest and I catch up with all of you later."

"Let's go, Falcomon!" He told the bird and the two took off. "Follow me."

"I'm right behind you Keenan." Falcomon replied.

"Hey wait!" Marcus called out after the two. "You guys just can't leave like this! You're messing up the entire plan!"

"Look who's talking?" Yoshi shrugged.

"Keenan grew up here." Thomas added. "He must have some idea of what's he's doing. Let's see what he finds and maybe it'll be just what we need."

"He's trying so hard to live up to Merukimon's last wishes." Yoshi noted as Falcomon flew to the skies, taking Keenan with him.

"Marcus, do we even have a plan in the first place?" Ami dead panned.

"Dammit girl! Don't scare us like that!" Marcus protested.

"Sorry to scare you guys back there. Lilith just took over." Ami remarked.

"What do you mean, 'took over'?" Yoshi asked.

"Two souls, one body." Ami replied simply.

"Come on, let's get to Cherrymon's before nightfall." Thomas told the group, saving his girlfriend from Yoshi's grilling.

Somewhere else…

"Nice work everyone." Kurata greeted his Gizumon XTs. "Another Digimon village bites the dust. My digital energy reserve is building up nicely. But it's still not enough. I need much, much more. I guess it's on to the next village for more destruction."

"Reporting with an update sir." One of his men reported. "We've lost all traces of the Thirteen Gizumon XT Division that was heading towards Field Eleven. What would you like us to do, sir?"

"Boy, that's odd." Kurata noted.

With the Data Squad…

"Is this the place, Boss?" Agumon asked as they walked through the foggy forest.

"It's got to be around here somewhere." Marcus retorted.

"We have to find Kurata before he attacks more innocent Digimon." Lalamon chirped.

"You're right. "Yoshi agreed. "But Kurata's pretty dangerous, so we have to be careful. Don't forget, he's the one who blew up DATS headquarters. There's no telling what he can do."

"Buildings can be rebuilt." Ami spoke. "But lives lost can never be returned."

"Looks like Kurata brought an army of Gizumon XTs with him which can't be good considering how hard it is to beat just one." Gaomon told his partner.

"I guess we're going to need a lot more than just a good plan this time." Thomas remarked.

"Who exactly was that BanchoLeomon anyway?" Agumon inquired.

"I don't know." Marcus replied. "But the way that dude was fighting, he looked like the real deal."

"Power…" Agumon awed, before tripping over his feet, causing Marcus to fall over him.

"Gaomon!" Thomas rebuked as the blue wolf tripped over.

"Yoshi!" Lalamon gasped when her partner fell over.

"Agumon, watch where you're walking." Marcus complained.

"It's not my fault. You try walking in this fog with feet as big as frying pans." Agumon retorted.

"Intruders!" Cherrymon hollered. "Get out! Leave my forest immediately!"

"Hello Cherrymon." EmperorGreymon greeted the elder Digimon through the fog. "I've brought some guests."

"Guests?" The elder Digimon questioned the Royal Knight in confusion.

"Cherrymon!" Marcus called out. "It's me, Marcus Damon!"

"Marcus?" Cherrymon echoed as he dispelled his fog.

"Look, the fog is turning into a tunnel." Agumon noted at the swirling hole in front of them.

After Cherrymon led the group to where he was hiding, the group was shocked to see the number of injured Digimon.

"Oh my, look at all these injured Digimon." Yoshi breathed.

Agumon nodded and the eight Digimon hurried to tend to the injured Digimon.

"Elecmon!" Ami hurried the Primary Village guardian's side. "God, don't tell me they got the Primary Village too!"

"It's been many moons since I've seen you young ones." Cherrymon told the teens.

"Cherrymon." Marcus looked at the aged tree.

"Even Merukimon couldn't prevent this catastrophe." Cherrymon remarked.

"So you heard about him." Yoshi commented.

"The wind told me what had happened; of his tragic demise. And just after that, the attack rained down upon us from the Human World, causing the terrible destruction you see before you." Cherrymon replied.

"Kurata and his Gizumon XTs did this." Marcus fumed.

"That must be why you hid your forest in the fog." Yoshi reasoned. "So the injured would have a safe place they could escape to."

"But there was still so many Digimon I could not save." Cherrymon sighed. "The intruders not only attacked our Digimon, but permanently deleted their data so that they could never come back as digieggs. They are gone forever."

"Seems like the Gizumon are collecting energy from them. Do you have any idea why they would do something like that, Cherrymon?" Thomas asked.

"They were collecting the digital energy?" Cherrymon echoed. "I don't know. But I have a very bad feeling about this. It cannot be good."

"An evil man named Kurata is behind all this." Yoshi informed the ancient tree. "Have you heard of him before?"

"Not until Marcus mentioned him just now." Cherrymon replied. "But I do know this; the attack is still going on even as we speak. I could hear the agonizing cries of the Digimon traveling on the wind from faraway lands."

"And I am sure." He added, looking at Ami. "Lady Lilith too senses the pain of the lands as well."

"Yes, I did." Ami admitted.

"I just want one more shot at taking Kurata down!" Marcus fumed.

"I sense uninvited guests are here." Cherrymon suddenly noted.

"Guests?" Marcus echoed as the entrance exploded.

"My, my." Nanami mocked as the Digimon scattered. "We came to see when and where those Gizumon XTs go. But lucky us, it landed in such an interesting place."

"I know that voice!" Marcus retorted. "It's that girl from the Digi-Gate. And her friends!"

"I see you all made it out safe and sound." Kouki added.

"What have you done with Commander Sampson?" Marcus demanded.

"Who? Commander?" Kouki inquired. "Oh yeah, the old guy. He's gone now."

Charlie growled in anger.

"You mean he's…" Yoshi gasped.

"He's gone?" Thomas echoed in shock.

"I don't believe you." Ash rebuked.

"And I thought we had to lead some Gizumons on another boring massacre. But I'm so glad we found our playmates." Nanami remarked.

It's that cute Yoshi girl again. I wonder if she'll go out with me to an outdoor café with a nice view." Ivan added.

"Yoshi, you have a stalker." Ami noted.

"I noticed." Yoshi muttered.

"Thanks anyway." She told Ivan. "But I already have a boyfriend."

"I don't get it. How could she possible know what I was thinking?" Ivan was shocked.

"Must I keep reminding you not to think out loud?" Nanami sighed.

"Hey, let's start by getting rid of all these Digimon. They're all injured anyway. We'll be doing them a favor." Kouki noted. "Besides, maybe we'll score brownie points with Kurata."

"You're sick." Marcus fumed. Letting out a war cry, he rushed towards Kouki.

"That's the spirit." Kouki remarked as he jumped down to meet the charging Marcus.

"Bio-Hybrid D.N.A Charge!" the three Bio-Hybrids called forth their transformations.

"Bio-Hybrid digivolve to BioThunderbirdmon!" Kouki declared as he evolved.

"Bio-Hybrid digivolve to BioQuetzalmon!" Nanami announced as she evolved.

"Bio-Hybrid digivolve to BioStegomon!" Ivan declared as he evolved.

"D.N.A Full Charge!" The group called forth their partner's Ultimate forms.

"Here we go again." Ami muttered.

"Agumon warp digivolve to MetalGreymon!" Agumon announced as he evolved.

"Lalamon warp digivolve to Angewomon!" Lalamon declared as she evolved.

"Gaomon warp digivolve to Machgaogamon!" Gaomon announced as he evolved.

"Renamon warp digivolve to Garudamon!" Renamon announced as she digivolved.

"Veemon warp digivolve to AeroVeedramon!"

"Gomamon warp digivolve to Zudomon!"

"Guilmon warp digivolve to WarGrowlmon!"

"Gabumon warp digivolve to WereGarurumon!"

"This is payback for what you did to the Commander!" Marcus retorted.

"Giga Destroyer!" MetalGreymon unleashed his attack as the three Bio-Hybrids split up.

"Winning Knuckle! Kaiser Nail! Glacial Spear!" MachGaogamon, Zudomon and WereGarurumon dashed forth to attack BioQuetzalmon.

"Heaven's Knuckle! Atomic Blaster! Dragon Impulse!" Angewomon, WarGrowlmon and AeroVeedramon released their attacks on BioStegomon.

BioThunderbirdmon, Garudamon and MetalGreymon took their battle to the air.

"No way!" Garudamon was stunned when BioThunderbirdmon reflected MetalGreymon's attack.

"I told you the first time we faced each other, your attacks don't affect us." BioThunderbirdmon told the dinosaur and bird.

"Thunder Storm!" He released his attack.

"MetalGreymon!" Marcus gasped as MetalGreymon was electrocuted.

"Garudamon!" Ash yelled in concern.

"Your fighting pattern is so predictable." BioQuetzalmon mocked, dodging every single of Machgaogamon's punches and blasted the blue wolf, walrus and werewolf with her eye beams.

"Machgaogamon!" Thomas gaped when his partner fell.

"Zudomon! WereGarurumon!" Logan and Yusei exclaimed.

"Take this!" BioStegomon remarked. "Shell Needle Rain!"

Angewomon, WarGrowlmon and AeroVeedramon managed to dodge the first few spikes, only to be hit by the rest.

"Guys, no." Yoshi gasped.

Aside, the Nyokimon huddled behind a tree in fear.

"The Nyokimon…" Ami blinked in realization. "They're… afraid…"

"We have to end this quick." She told the rest.

"They're strong." Thomas told her. "Way stronger than even Gizumon XT."

"I can't watch." Yoshi turned away.

"Get the birdbrain!" Marcus instructed as he dashed towards the dueling pair. "I'll show you how it's done!"

Leaping onto the thunder shocked MetalGreymon, he then tried to land a punch on BioThunderbirdmon who merely blew him away with a flap of his wings.

"Marcus!" Thomas gasped at the fallen teen.

"Same old playmates, same old story." BioQuetzalmon scoffed at the eight defeated Ultimate Digimon.

"When are we going to get to fight someone who can really challenge us?" BioStegomon inquired.

"Did you think you can actually beat us Bio-Hybrids?" BioThunderbirdmon mocked. "We have the combined powers of both humans and Digimon. You got away last time because that Commander of yours butted in. But today, there's no help coming."

"I wouldn't say that if I were you." EmperorGreymon chastised BioThunderbirdmon, stepping forward. "If you really desire a challenge, why not try taking on one of the Royal Knights."

"One of the Royal Knights." The Bio-Hybrids said in unison, slightly nervous with this proclamation.

"MetalGreymon…" Marcus muttered.

"Huh?" The orange dinosaur was shocked to see the Nyokimon clustered around him.

"Nyokimon, no!" MetalGreymon shouted.

"Out of my way!" BioThunderbirdmon hollered, as he proceeded to stomp on the Nyokimon, when Cherrymon extended his roots to protect the group.

"Cherrymon." Marcus blinked.

The Nyokimon leapt in joy when they were saved.

"Why are you trying to save these measly little pieces of data for?" BioThunderbirdmon asked. "Just so you can be destroyed yourself? If that's what you want, here comes your reward!"

"Oi birdbrain, your opponent's right here!" Ami retorted as BioThunderbirdmon flew up to attack Cherrymon. "You three forgetting someone already?"

"Uh oh…" BioStegomon muttered.

"Now, she decides to help." Marcus muttered.

"Hey, that's not fair…" BioQuetzalmon took a step back. "You know we can't fight you, Death."

"Do I look like I care?" Ami snapped. "You three should know the one rule I stick by: never, ever mess with my family and friends, human and Digimon alike."

"Ophanimon, you'd better finish this quick before I go into 'Death' mode on these three, mercenaries or not." She told the Celestial Digimon.

Ophanimon Burst Mode nodded and blasted her 'Sefirot Crystals' attack at them, causing all three Bio-Hybrids to reel back.

"Eden's Javelin!" Ophanimon Burst Mode shot her energy beam at BioThunderbirdmon.

"Flame Dragon Attack!" EmperorGreymon held the Dragon Soul Sword in front of him as a white arrow raced towards the Bio-Hybrids.

"Freezing Wave!" BioQuetzalmon coiled herself around the Celestial Digimon before she could attack. "BioThunderbirdmon, BioStegomon, destroy that blasted tree!"

At her call, BioThunderbirdmon unleashed his attack, severing Cherrymon's roots.

MetalGreymon managed to knock the rolling BioStegomon away.

"Back for more huh?" BioStegomon mocked as he uncoiled himself.

"Fine!" He retorted, firing his spikes at MetalGreymon.

"MetalGreymon!" Marcus shouted.

"Boss!" MetalGreymon choked as BioThunderbirdmon attacked him from behind.

Cherrymon proceeded to use his roots to protect the frightened Nyokimon from BioThunderbirdmon's assault.

"Cherrymon." Yoshi gasped.

"Congratulations, I've decided to add you to my memoirs. I'll call the chapter: If a tree falls in the forest, then it definitely makes a sound." BioThunderbirdmon mocked, firing his attack straight into Cherrymon's face.

"Cherrymon!" Thomas gaped in horror.

"Cherrymon, no!" Marcus shouted.

"So another chapter comes to an end." BioThunderbirdmon scoffed as the ancient tree collapsed. "Any last words?"

"That's enough." Ash, Logan, Greg, Charlie and Yusei snapped.

"Leave him alone!" Marcus, Thomas and Yoshi screamed as their D.N.A Charges flared up, re-energizing their partners, causing their Digivices to break under the overload.

"What?" BioThunderbirdmon demanded at the sudden surge in power.

"Look at MetalGreymon." Marcus noted as the orange dinosaur emitted a high-intensity laser through his chest mounted lens and Garudamon released a stream of purifying fire from her mouth. MachGaogamon, Zudomon and WereGarurumon were next, firing a powered up energy blast, seven super-heated stars and consecutive missiles. Angewomon, AeroVeedramon and WarGrowlmon followed suit. She unleashed a beam of rose petals, while AeroVeedramon fires a energy blast from the cannon on it's back and WarGrowlmon took all of the energy in the atmosphere and concentrated it into a single spot before firing it as a high temperature energy shot and the eight attacks clashed into the Bio-Hybrids.

"Shocking." Marcus remarked. "Where did they get that power?"

"Gah!" Charlie cried out as he dropped his sparking Digivice.

"Our Digivices!" Yoshi gasped.

"That was a dirty trick." BioThunderbirdmon growled, now devolved back into Kouki. "What do you call that sneaking move? Something new?"

"We have to retreat." Nanami told her companions. "Open the Digital Gate."

"I'll be ready for your little trick next time." Kouki promised.

"Hold it!" Marcus retorted as Ivan tossed a 'Space Oscillation Device' before them and the three injured Bio-Hybrids entered the gate. "Wait, don't go!"

"Kurata! Where's Kurata?" Thomas demanded.

"I must build a wall to protect the injured." Cherrymon told the teens after the battle. "Go now, my friends and good luck. I'll leave the fate of the Digital World in your hands. Please do not let Merukimon and the other brave Digimon who gave their lives perish in vain."

"Hey Agumon, if you had all that power stored up inside you, how come you never let it out before?" Marcus asked as Cherrymon's fog set in.

"No, that was your power, not mine." Agumon replied. "I've never felt the D.N.A Charge that strong before."

"My D.N.A Charge?" Marcus echoed.

"Hey!" He suddenly remembered BanchoLeomon's words. "I guess BanchoLeomon was right. Power isn't always found in your fists but in your heart."

"But what are we doing to do with these?" Yoshi asked, looking at her damaged Digivice.

"We'll never be able to repair them." Gaomon remarked. "The damage is too extensive."

"I'm not surprised." Thomas added. "The power we felt was probably stronger than that of an Ultimate level Digimon."

"It is." Ami agreed. "That surge is what allows me to evolve Tailmon into Ophanimon. We call it the 'Overdrive', the D.N.A Charge that evolves our partners into their Mega levels. And all of your Digivices just couldn't handle that surge."

Not only that, she added mentally. They also need to learn how to control the 'Overdrive'.

"Couldn't handle it huh?" Yoshi echoed. "So now what? If we don't have our Digivices, then we have no way of digivolving our Digimon. How are we supposed to fight Kurata like that?"

"First things first, the seven of you will have to fix those Digivices." Ami noted.

"Somehow." She muttered.

"Hey, wait my dad!" Marcus suddenly interjected.

"Doctor Damon?" Yoshi blinked.

"Yeah, dad's the one who designed the Digivice. I'm sure he'll know how to fix them." Marcus replied.

"But, Marcus." Thomas pointed out. "Your father's been missing in the Digital World for ten years now. No one knows whatever happened to him."

"Well, I suppose we'll just have to go find him then. Won't we?" Marcus remarked.

"You hear that dad?" He hollered over the fog. "Here we come!"