The Return of Thomas feat Greg

'This is stupid.' Kristy thought to herself in confusion. She was watching her older brother Marcus and his Digimon partner Agumon pigging out at the dining table. She then looked at Ash and Renamon who were eating with more restraint as was her oldest brother Charlie. The young girl was embarrassed by her biological older brother's antics.

"Well, at least Marcus is awake before the crack of noon on a Sunday." Their mother pointed out as she looked over her shoulder while in the kitchen to make more food for them. "I think Agumon has been a very good influence." She stated as she tried to look on the bright side of this whole thing.

"More please?!" The two shouted in unison pleasing her even more.

"See, he even says please now." She stated before walking over to the table to serve them.

'As if that's a big challenge.' Renamon thought before looking over at her partner who was silently enjoying his food.

"Here, Agumon." She said before giving the reptile another helping of rice. This infuriated Marcus.

"Huh? You served him first! What did you do: adopt him while I wasn't looking?" Marcus angrily shouted at her.

"Just be glad you're going to get anything, little brother." Charlie informed him while taking his plate to the kitchen and rising it off before placing it in the dishwasher.

"Don't be in such a hurry Marcus. After all, Agumon is a growing boy." Their mother said as she still tried to remain neutral.

"If he grows any more we'll need a bigger house." Marcus said to her before grabbing the last thing on the breakfast table, but was stopped by his own partner.

"Let it go!" Marcus shouted at Agumon as he was determined to have the last bit of food.

"Boss, the only way you're going to get this last fried egg is to take it out of my belly." Agumon said and was about to eat it until something ricocheted off the dining room wall and cut the fried egg in half.

"To avoid any fighting it will be divided up." Ash said using his shield to split it up even further, before handing the pieces to Agumon, Marcus and Renamon. The first two weren't exactly happy with the outcome.

'I was hoping to eat it all.' Agumon thought before he ate his piece. Ash then realized he didn't give Kristy a piece.

"Here, you can take it. I'm pretty full anyway." Ash said as he gave Kristy his piece. She looked at him before smiling and accepted the offer and this was one thing Renamon liked about her partner - he was always trying to be the good guy. What they didn't know is that their work family was going to be getting a little bigger.

"The temperature today is 63 degrees master Thomas. Somewhat warmer than back in Austria, don't you think?" An elderly man stated. A blonde-haired young man got out of a shower, put a robe on and walked down a corridor.

'I wonder if the team is doing alright with my absence.' Thomas thought as he glanced out one of the mansion's windows.

Back at the Damon house, Kristy heard a noise outside and went outside to investigate to see a bizarre sight.

"What are you doing, Agumon?" She questioned him. The latter was sitting on a bicycle and attempting something strange.

"Just trying to stuff myself into the front of this here bicycle." Agumon answered her back as if it was obvious.

"You might be a tad too big for that." The little girl explained to the Digital Monster who was still hard at work to make his plan work.

'The boss said I couldn't follow him, but he didn't say anything about him following me.' The lizard thought before adjusting the bike the wrong way which caused the still bike to fall over.

"Doof two." Kristy commented after seeing the end result of that plan.

"I guess." Agumon said back to her as he began to rub his injured nose.

'He is an insult to our kind.' Renamon thought as she watched the whole thing from the roof of her temp home.

'Not that you would object of doing the same if it meant Ash gets a look at your hind quarters.' A small part of the vixens emotions thought to the fuzzy one who resisted the urge to blush at the image of that comment. As she did that Thomas was in his limo - heading to his job.

"Farewell, Master Thomas." Three maids of the mansion stated as they saw him off. As for Marcus, the bike was a bit damaged, so he had to walk, and on top of that there was still another matter to deal with.

"Run, boss. This is good training for Ultimate Fighting." The lizard shouted as he played piggy-back with his boss.

"Why can't you travel in the Digivice like all the other Digimon?" Marcus shouted since he did wish his partner could keep a low profile as Sampson requested. The creature in question heard this and decided to explain that.

"Those other Digimon only show up when they're called, but your lucky. You have me all the time, boss." Agumon stated before going back to enjoying the ride.

"Yeah, aren't I lucky." Marcus sarcastically commented while jogging with his employee. Ash, who was behind the two, glanced at the buildings and saw Renamon leaping off of them.

'Mine isn't in her Digivice, but at the same time she knows how to stay hidden.' Ash thought before hearing a beeping coming from his pocket; Marcus' pocket beeped as well. The two grabbed what was making the beeping, and decided to do something about that.

"I'll just press everything." Marcus commented in aggravation since neither boy knew how to answer that ear device just yet. This idea worked since another voice was heard coming from the device.

"Marcus, Ash, there are signs of Digimon near you." One of the desk workers said through the device which excited Marcus greatly.

"Where is it? People might be in danger." Ash asked through his device to the other person on the line.

"Area C-7. Can you handle it?" The woman on the other end questioned since she was unsure if these two were up for the task.

"Yeah, we're there." Marcus said through his device which his worker had to add his two cents.

"Yay." Agumon said and with that they hung up on her, and ran to the spot that they remembered which sector was which. Ash on the other hand thanked the fellow DATS worker for the tip, hung up, and followed after him.

"I'm bored." A teen sitting in front of a convenience store said to two others.

"Nothin ever goes on around here anymore." Another teen sitting on the sidewalk said as he too acting a bit sloth like.

"I agree." A new voice said which sort of caught one of the teen's attention.

"Hey, pretty good. How'd you throw your voice while drinking soda?" The second teen questioned one wearing a hat who did not know what he was talking about.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" The hat wearing slacker questioned, but before the other could explain himself they all smelled something burning. They turned to see some trash burning with no cause for it.

"Fire." The three said together and saw some small, blue eyed fire demon emerge from it.

"Way weird." The second friend said while raising to his feet.

"There's our target." Ash called out while pointing at the demon. The loafers saw two boys and two animals race past them and up to that smaller creature.

"Fightin time again!" Marcus shouted out as he saw the next target.

"Oh yeah." The small being questioned as he looked down at his current foes. He shot fire at the humans who began dancing in place.

"Okay, our turn. Pepper Breath!" Agumon shouted as he prepared for his shot.

"Diamond Storm!" The vixen shouted after leaping a bit into the air and shot off her attack first followed by her fire starting chum. The opponent dodged the shard storm, but accepted the fire ball.

"Hey, my attack didn't do anything." The lizard shouted after seeing that there wasn't a hint of damage anywhere on him. "Hey, boss, do that fist trick, The one that makes me digivolve." He said once the humans joined them.

"A DNA charge? Consider it done." Ash said as the two went into a boxing pose and started throwing blows. After the first three the humans realized a fatal flaw in their plan.

"All of our punches missed. Our fists go flying right through that thing." Marcus commented, and with that they continued the same tactic, but with the same result. "It's not solid enough to land a blow." The fighter surmised.

"We have to land a blow other wise Agumon and Renamon won't digivolve." Ketchum stated while staring down the beast before them.

'Take this.' The creature thought after dodging another attack and then spat a fireball at them.

"Stop setting things on fire. I just got these shoes." Marcus commented as he tried to stomp out the flames on his sneakers.

"Now be a nice, little fireball, and let us punch you." The lizard said as he punched just like the humans, but with the same result.

'Don't they realize that nothing can-.' The creature thought with confidence before the fourth spoke from above.

"Power Paw!" Renamon called out before leaping off of the building's roof, and made contact with her fist. "I guess mystical flame can harm a real flame." The fuzzy one stated which made the new arrival worry, and fled.

"After him, guys." Marcus called out before giving chase with the other three right behind him. As they were running the three slackers only watched everything, and were still confused.

"What were those things?" The one with a goatee questioned to his friends.

"A fire monster, a lizard, and an attractive fox." The squatter answered back as best as he could even though he wanted to say something more mature than attractive at the time, but chose not to.

"They're called Digimon, and you don't have to think about them ever again." A voice said to them, but when they turned to the source of the voice they were hit by something that seemed like an alien device. "Memory erase - complete. Pursue and secure. Let's go, Gaomon." The owner of the voice said to his partner.

"Sir, yes, sir." The creature said as he got out of the car. As they were tailing the four two of the four broke off to talk.

"Ash, just as we were leaving I heard a vehicle stop beside the building we were at." Renamon informed her partner who seemed confused.

"What does that have to do with dealing with that rouge fireball?" He asked her calmly.

"I smelled a Digimon within it, and I believe it may have been one of us. I suggest we leave it to them. Besides we need to do some digging on that creature." The vixen instructed back to him, and even though Ash really wanted to help he also knew that she did have a point - information was key at this time.

"Very well. We'll leave it to the guys that are tailing us." Ash admitted to her and with that the two headed back to work. The canine, who was racing on the roofs often looked down to her partner, and there was a strong part of her that wished she could walk hand in hand with him.

'I must stop these foolish thoughts.' Renamon thought and focused on getting home. Once there the two decided to hit the library instead of the main room's computer. As soon as they got a few books to read, and were heading into the main room they saw that the other two made it in. Charlie was seated at another desk, cleaning off his rifle.

"I am exhausted. Phew!" Marcus said after sitting in a computer chair backward.

"Don't worry, Marcus, you didn't let us down. No one here at DATS thought you could do it anyways." Yoshi commented before taking the offered tea, and took a sip.

'I thought that Renamon and Ash could. I wonder why they gave up like that.' She thought while looking at the two that were quietly reading.

"Huh?!" He shouted out in surprise over what she just said.

"You know you really should try being nicer to Marcus." Yusei told her. "After all, he is just starting out."

"Mission complete. Digimon secured." A blonde boy said as he walked into the room and placed the egg beside Yoshino for her to deal with it from there. The arrival of this new guy caught the four off guard a bit.

"I'm sorry, who's this guy?" Charlie asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Hey, who are you, blonde?" Marcus questioned as he rose from his chair. The answer did not come from the third boy in the room, but rather the desk jockies.

"THOMAS IS BACK!" The two squealed for joy which gave the female fighter an uncomfortable shiver since in Renamon's mindset - women should just be as intimidating as men; not fan-girls.

"When did you get in?" The purple haired one questioned with clasped hands.

"This is such a pleasant surprise." The blonde girl said with her own hands clasped. Ash and Renamon focused on their books while Marcus was getting frustrated at this display.

"Hey, Renamon, check it out. There's a new Digimon here, too. Hi there, pal." Agumon said to the blue boxing canine who simply walked past the two of them and over to the blonde.

"No birthday present for that guy." The reptile said after getting snubbed.

"Hey, you. When we talk you listen." Marcus shouted out after getting near the new guy, and pounded his fist onto the console for emphasis. His brother and the brother's partner decided to stay out of it...for now. "Well, want to start something?" Marcus questioned once the new guy turned to face him, but was offended when he was ignored.

"Commander Sampson, sir. Thomas H. Norstein, I arrived from DATS Austria. Reporting in and ready for duty." The blonde said while saluting to the man behind the desk.

"It's good to have you here." Sampson said back before sitting down while not looking away from the old friend of this place.

"I spent most of my flight reading your most recent reports. It seems there has been an unusual large number of appearances lately." The studious one pointed out to the leader.

"He's so on top of things." The blonde fan-girl squealed.

"He so is!" Her friend agreed with both of them nuzzled pretty close. Seeing this annoyed Marcus and Renamon for two totally different reasons. Marcus didn't like that the two desk jockies were obsessing over someone new. Renamon just didn't like this type of female at all, and didn't want to be in the same room as them.

'Still, you have to stay put just to make sure they don't try anything with your Ash.' The softer side of the furry fighter thought to her, but was somewhat ignored by the rest of the mind.

"Hmm? So, do you think these numbers could eventually the Data Squad?" Commander questioned to the more experienced of the four.

"No. But of course that all depends having the right team in place." Thomas answered back and the two of them heard a strong, and purposeful coughing going on.

"Oh? Go ahead and introduce yourself, Marcus. You too, Ash." The older man said as he looked over to the human to his right. Ash put down his book about a different blue Digimon dog, and did as he was told.

"Huh? Say what! Why doesn't he introduce himself to us. We're the ones with seniority even if it is three days. Who does he think he is? Look, kid, Ash, Renamon, Agumon, and I are the top fighters around here, so don't you forget it." Marcus shouted out and the other new guy really wished his brother could cool it every now and again.

"You are completely out of line. Marcus, Thomas is yours and Ash's superior - deal." Sampson informed which shocked Marcus, but Ash.

"Marcus, Thomas was part of the Japanese division until six months ago working to control Digimon and assisting in the implementation of transfer devices. We were having production problems, but Thomas discovered the flaw in the operating system within an hour with Yusei's help." Yoshi explained what her boss was saying to the new ones on the job.

The aforementioned genius was leaning against the wall.

"But, I...you mean I have to take orders from him." Marcus stated, and could not believe that Yoshino wouldn't tell this guy all the things he had done.

"It's no surprise. Thomas graduated from the Stockholm University of Science when he was only 13. He's a genius." The one with short yellow hair explained to the two other boys.

"Genius?" Marcus questioned and did not like where all this was going.

"That's just the beginning. He's also part of a prominent noble family in Austria. A real life Prince Charming." The one with violet hair informed before the two did a high pitched squeal of delight and giggles.

"Prince. Ugh!" Marcus said in disgust.

"As for Thomas' partner: Gaomon - his abilities in battle are unmatched by all the Digimon partners at DATS." Sampson's partner explained while thinking, 'Until Renamon came along that is.' As he gave the woman in thought an apologetic look.

'I don't care what that mutt can do. I'd still win in a fight considering he's too worried to break a claw with those boxing gloves on his hands.' Renamon thought and went back to reading about the Digimon Sovereign, and for some reason felt like she had met them.

'I have not so nice words for that giant turkey Sovereign.'

"They are easily the best team we have." The serpent like creature said to them.

"Oh yeah?" Agumon questioned back and thought of that more of a challenge then a fact.

"Unlike some teams. They have got discipline." Sampson said to the two humans who were both getting a little sheepish.

"Commander, please allow me to say a few words about the new recruits. Based on my first impression I feel they could never benefit DATS in anyway." Thomas said which caught both of their attention.

"Take that back!" Marcus said as he demanded an apology for that crack.

"You see? I recommend he be dismissed at once." Thomas informed his commanding officer.

"Say that to our faces. Look us in the eye. If you have the guts." Marcus said as Ash walked over to him, and the two stood shoulder to shoulder.

"Very well, you two and your partners are not suited to serve here at DATS." The blonde boy stated to them flatly.

"Hey, lay off them Tom." A young man said in their defense. His name is Greg Logan, he came along with Thomas to join the Japanese Division.

"Watch it pal, those are fighting words." A tall figure with a metal dog tag on his neck warned the genius. This is James 'Logan' Howlett, otherwise known as "Wolverine". He transferred from the Canadian Division. He came here with a small white-furred sea lion Digimon named Gomamon.

"Thomas." Yoshi said, before becoming incensed with his comment. She then went over and slapped him across the face hard. "How dare you say something like that!"

"Well, tough guy?" Marcus questioned to Thomas.

"Let him have it, boss." Agumon egged him on.

"What is going on here?" Cyclops demanded.

"Oh hey, we're just at odds with Thomas right now." Ash explained.

"Why?" The brown-haired man questioned him in confusion.

"Well..." Yoshi showed her boyfriend what transpired before his arrival with her telepathy. Needless to say, he wasn't very happy and glared at Thomas.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" The genius asked.

"It should be obvious." Cyclops replied. "What right do you have telling new recruits they're not suited to serve here."

"Marcus-" Thomas began.

"You speak out of turn, Thomas." Cyclops continued. "I know just how to settle this, let's head to the arena."

With that settled, everyone left the room.

'I'm gonna punch that smug smile right off his face.' Marcus thought as he put his boxing gloves on.

Ash was going to challenge Thomas, but someone else beat him to the punch.

"No, leave this one to me little brother." Charlie declared, cutting Marcus off. "I'll make Thomas regret talking to you four like that." With that said, he leaped into the ring after wrapping up his hands.

"Those aren't regulation gloves." Thomas informed him.

"So, I don't need those to teach you a lesson pal." Charlie replied back getting an annoyed look from the book worm who decided to allow it just to prove he can beat Marcus' older brother no matter what.

"Now then, let's get started shall we." Lalamon rang the bell. Charlie began the fight with a couple of punches that just grazed Thomas.

"What made you DATS in the first place?" Thomas questioned the eldest Damon sibling.

"You'll have to beat me to find that out." Charlie remarked as he braced himself for a punch. Thomas punched him in the stomach which caused the fan-girls to squeal at the one punch victory.

"You must have a bad reason to join our organization. DATS has an important mission to carry out. Every member has an obligation to give everything they have for the success of that mission." Thomas said.

"Are you done?" Charlie asked, still remaining upright from the blow Thomas inflicted.

'I don't get it. He didn't even flinch. I'll just have to...' Thomas thought before punching Charlie in the face which the girl's cheered for.

"Enough of this." He still wasn't going down after the head shot. Instead, Charlie grabbed Thomas' arm and roughly forced his glove off of his face after cracking his neck.

'This isn't possible.' Thomas questioned in his mind, still in disbelief his opponent hasn't been knocked down after the head shot.

"My turn." Charlie punched him in the face, and Thomas fell onto his back. Everyone saw that he was out cold, and all were stunned by this.

"That was...rough." Charlie panted as he climbed out of the ring. After coming too Thomas started his match with Marcus; asking the same question along with giving the same speech.

"That guy." Marcus commented out of anger as he sat on one of the main room's chairs.

"You should be happy your match was a draw. I've seen Thomas routinely beat Olympic Champions in that very ring." Yoshi said with First Aid kit in hand - ready to deal with those two bruises on his face.

"Whoop-de-do. I've routinely beat the toughest guy and Manodo High School. Ow." Marcus said back to her, and wondered why his head punch didn't end like his brother's did.

"Marcus, I'm not impressed by your bragging, and Thomas isn't even in the room." Yoshi said after applying the first band-aid. As if on cue the two in question walked in with Thomas also having two face blemishes.

"Oh boy." She commented as the two glare at each other. Thomas then walked past her and approached the eldest of the Damon siblings.

"How did you manage to beat me back in the arena?" Thomas demanded.

This caused Charlie to stand up and face him.

"I served in the Japanese military and received worse than your bruises thanks to my conditioning." He explained. It was then the regular lights turned off, the red lights turned on, and the alarm went off.

'Time for some real action.' Marcus thought with a satisfying grin.

"Commander! There are Digimon signs in B-82." Megumi said after getting to her post and checking on her computer.

"Beginning Digimon analysis. Transferring to monitor." Miki instructed and the commander saw the information on the overhead monitors.

"Looks like, Demimeramon." Sampson stated after seeing the image on the screen. Naturally he thought nothing of it since his prized fighter had already beaten it.

"Multiple Digimon signatures, and they're increasing." The blonde desk worker explained to them as she saw more and more blips appear on her screen.

"Rapidly too. Thirty-Six, Forty-Eight, Sixty Two, almost a Hundred." The violet-haired desk worker said as she tried to count up all the dots, but lost track after 100.

"Wait, I've read about this." Ash said before picking out the right book, and recited from it: "A Demimeramon can regenerate itself over and over again. Multiplying hundreds of time as little as a half an hour." This is what got his brother's attention.

'This is my fault.' Marcus thought with a slack jawed expression. Said expression did not go unnoticed.

"Something on your mind, Marcus." Kudamon questioned the teen who got the idea and shut his mouth from slack jaw mode.

"And now, the Demimeramon has been left on his own to multiply at will." The commander informed the others which didn't fill them with any confidence.

"Sir, allow us to handle this." Thomas volunteered first off.

"We'll get it done." Gaomon added to try to cement their deployment.

"Pursue and secure." The white clad Digimon instructed to the two.

"Hey! Hold on a second - that's our case." Marcus shouted so both Sampson and the yellow haired boot licker could hear him.

"That's right." Agumon shouted out since he believed that he could take the eye level canine in a fight, but not his sister: Renamon still scared him.

"Are you 100% sure you can secure the Demimeramon without screwing it up this time?" Thomas questioned to the four by the door.

"We wouldn't have to secure the Demimeramon if you had the sense to scan the area and make sure all of them were eliminated in the first place. So, in a way this is your fault as well." Renamon commented.

"She is right. I mean after dealing with that one, and if you were as smart as you claim, you should have known that tidbit and made sure there were none left before." Ash added which angered Thomas greatly.

"No, I'll go." Thomas replied back and walked past them.

"You can't handle that many alone. We'll help." Marcus offered since he belived the might of a fox and a dragon could aid a mongrel.

"We're fine." Thomas said back when in reality he didn't want to be shown up again like back in the arena.

"Well, guys, we're not going to let them have all the fun." Ash said with a smirk and received a 'no' shake from Marcus and Agumon, so the four of them raced to the door to join him anyway.

"Stop right there." Sampson ordered to them causing the small band to stop right at the door, and glance over at him.

"This time: Thomas and Gaomon are the best team." That was a comment that neither Ash or Marcus would have expected from their commanding officer.

"Then what does that make us?" Marcus asked the two.

"Yeah, we're great." Agumon commented.

"This isn't up for discussion, Marcus. You will remain here." Cyclops ordered.

"The four of you should observe how Thomas and Gaomon operate." Kudamon informed them causing his partner to speak.

"Right. Yoshino I want you and Lalamon to go and assist." Sampson said to the two other field agents.

"Yes, sir." Yoshi said with a salute before racing out the door.

"Do not worry, Marcus. There may be other battles for us." Ash offered with a gentle hand on the fighter's shoulder. As for the current battle Gaomon and Thomas arrived by a body of water where the tiny fireballs were just floating in the sky.

"Gaomon, now." Thomas issued to his partner.

"Yes, sir." The blue dog answered back. Three of them heard the voices and decided to attack.

"Initiate, Plan A." The human said causing the Digimon to take a few paces forward and counter their fireball attack.

"Double Backhand." Gaomon shouted and formed a twister which dealt with the enemy attack. Seeing this caused the three Demimeramon to fall back with the others.

"Plan A-2." Thomas said as he went with Champion level. "DNA Charge." He shouted after making his hand blue with a snap of the fingers, and slammed that energy to his digivice.

"Gaomon digivolve to..." Gaomon shouted before feeling the transformation take hold. "Aquilamon." The blue coated, four-legged creature shouted once the transformation was complete.

"Initiate plan." The partner said to the eagle.

"Blast Laser." The Champion shouted and fired ring shaped beams through his mouth. The attack took them all down in a single attack.

"Well done. Perfect teamwork. Like always." Yoshi said as she put the eggs in the back of one of their small cars.

"Three minutes and ten seconds. We beat our old record by over a minute." Thomas said to his partner.

"Sir, yes, sir." Gaomon answered back since he was always glad to please his partner.

"Demimeramon in area B-17." Megumi said to them through the com link.

"Gaomon, let's go." Thomas instructed.

"Sir, yes, sir." The Digimon answered back, and after boarding the car they headed over to the next spot.

"It's as if Thomas and Gaomon never left." Sampson said as he and the others were watching the whole thing back at the base.

"You see? There's a huge difference between your teams and Thomas and Gaomon's team." Kudamon informed the four that were assigned to remain behind.

'Still can't believe that they think he is the best, and won't shut up about it.' Renamon thought out of anger, but decided not to show how she felt.

"Boss, wait for me." Agumon shouted as he gave chase to the fleeing human with Ash and Renamon following after them.

"You're not going to say anything?" The white Digimon questioned with concern to his partner.

"Not yet." The human half said back since he had a gut feeling a friend of his would put them back on the right path - at least for now. The four of them raced into the garage.

"Don't be upset, boss. Just because Thomas is better than you." Agumon pointed out as they were running.

"Says who?!" Marcus shouted back before tripping over his own two feet and face planting on the ground.

"I'm sure Agumon didn't mean that Thomas crack. I'm sure your better than him." Ash pointed out as he and the others stopped around their friend.

"No, I'm not. I'm just pig-headed and I let my pride get in my way." The fighter said back as he tore away a band-aid. "It's time I realized it - I still have a lot to learn. Face it: I'm not the Ultimate Fighter." Marcus said as he stood up, and walked out the doorway with the other three right behind him.

"Ugh, stupid fire." A man said, and this man is someone that both Ash and Marcus has seen before.

"What are you doing here, sir?" Ash questioned while taking a close look at the small metal pale he was sitting in front of.

"Just what it looks like - barbecuing a fish for dinner. I'm having some trouble starting the fire though. You see the flames keeps dying out on me because the wind is so strong, and it keeps blowing it out." The older man explained as he fanned the flames for his fish.

"Yeah, that's happened to me too." Marcus stated as he believed this was a food talk, and nothing else.

"Well...if you learn to use the wind instead of fighting it then you can make the fire burn brighter than ever before. Harness power. Don't extinguish it." The elder informed the heroes which they understood that this had something to do with them.

"He's right." The four mutter before being alerted of another development in the Demimeramon thing.

"Thomas, Digimon signs in B-42." Sampson said.

"Isn't that where they keep the gas tanks." Cyclops noted, slightly concerned with this revelation.

"We're still fifteen minutes away from the gas tanks." Yoshi said while driving to the spot. This caused the four to look at one another to see if they knew what to do.

"Leave everything to us." Marcus said through his device that the others heard.

"What? But Marcus." Yoshi said back in a confused tone.

"Stay away." Thomas said to the new guys.

"You're disobeying a direct order." Sampson shouted through his com link.

"Maybe so but-" Cyclops commented back, looking at a virtual map on the screen. "Based on his current position, Marcus will get there in less time than Thomas and Yoshi."

"Don't worry. This time we'll get that little fireball." Marcus added before hanging up.

"Oh no. Not again." Yoshi said after the hang up.

"There's no way they can secure all those Demimeramon by themselves. There's too many." Thomas said since he still thought little of the four, and as for them - they all made it to the last of them.

"Agumon, use your Spit Fire Blast." Marcus requested for his employee to use a Fire attack on Fire creatures which didn't seem right to the other three. This disbelief was strong at the base as well since they believed his plan was to blow up the gas tanks.

One person however knew exactly what Marcus had planned.

'So that's what you're up to.' Yusei thought to himself while observing the confrontation, having already figured out his plan. 'Force the DemiMeramon to combine and digivolve so you can trigger your DNA Charge.'

"Hey, Commander can you come over here." After approaching the black-haired genius, Yusei whispered in his ear and his words shocked the commander.

"But boss, Fire attacks don't work on those guys." The lizard tried to reason with his leader on a different attack: such as the stone move from Renamon.

"You heard me." Marcus shouted back, and since he didn't want to disappoint:

"Spit Fire Blast!" Agumon shouted and aimed at one of the three. He was then ordered to attack, and after two more attacks something happened - the three were becoming one and then...

"Demimeramon digivolve to...Meramon." The fire creature was now human in appearance, but with the same blue eyes and stitched mouth.

"He digivolved - now what?" Agumon questioned not knowing that the other three saw this as a good thing.

"Hey, heat-blast, come on: put one in here." Ash called out as he pointed right at his chest. The monster looked down and decided to do what he does best - attack.

"Just like the old man said: 'a fire can be blown out by the wind' then again..." Marcus explained to his worried worker before leaping into the air with Ash right behind. "You know what I always say..." He added, but stalled as the two of them punched him in the chin, came through the flames, and stood with Charged fists.

"You've got to fight fire with fire." The two of them said before adding, "DNA Charge!" With that the two felt that familiar feeling once again.

"Agumon digivolve to..." The Rookie said before adding, "Greymon!"

"Renamon digivolve to..." The furry Rookie said before adding, "Kyubimon." The four legged fox stood beside the three horned titan. The two of them did what they do best - stop evil Digimon.

"Nova Blast!"

"Fox Tail Inferno!"

"They overpowered Meramon's flame. I didn't think they could do it." Kudamon commented since they no longer saw any Digimon signals except for the good guys on the screen.

"All Digimon signs have left the area." Miki said as she double checked the area.

"Marcus and Ash proved that they could do it." Megumi commented in an amazed tone while Sampson gave them a 'humph' for what he saw. On the battlefield the three were carrying the eggs to an already full car.

"Thomas, weren't you the one that said we could talk on the Demimeramon?" Marcus asked after opening up the hatch and felt pretty sure of himself over what he had done.

"Don't get cocky. You two just got lucky - that's all." Thomas said back while looking away at the two that defeated another Champion level.

"Huh, yeah right. It's just like I told you - never surrender a fight." Marcus said back as he was referring to his fight with the book worm which Ash had to miss as he was icing his gut and face..

'This is going to be a cramped ride back.' Yoshino thought as they all got in the vehicle, and eventually made it back. After sending the eggs back Thomas had to get something out into the open.

"Just as I thought - you had no plans and no tactics. You just had raw power." The brainiac explained to the two other male humans: Marcus more than Ash. This caused the two to start talking to one another - a conversation that got on Sampson's nerves.

"Stop fighting now!" Sampson bellowed which got everyone's attention due to the volume that he used.

"Uh-oh. I haven't seen him this mad in a long time." Yoshi said as the others were recovering from the shout.

"Marcus, Thomas - from now on you two, and Ash will be partners." The Commander explained which surprised the three in question.

'Oh yeah. This will be fun.' Ash thought as he listened to the two's reasons why they can't work together.

"That is an order." Sampson said to them causing the two to glare at each other for a moment and then look away.

"Oh man. This is the worst." Yoshi thought out loud, and the others couldn't agree more, but the Digimon prayed that this was a good idea.