The Beginning of the End!

"Game over." Kurata mocked as he stepped out from the smoking building. "I've destroyed DATS Headquarters and everything it stands for."

"Kurata, I knew you were the one behind all this!" Marcus retorted.

"Do you like what I've done with the place?" Kurata derided. "It all seems much more roomy now that I've opened up the roof and all four walls."

"Kid around all you want, but this time you're not getting away with what you've done!" Marcus hollered, rushing forwards to attack Kurata.

Kurata just chuckled as Gizumon AT appeared from behind him, lifting Kurata up into the sky.

"Poor baby." Kurata scoffed. "Now you won't be allowed to foil my plans again."

That said, he tossed a 'Space Oscillation Device' into the air. Before a Digital Gate could open though...

"Now, Wolverine!" Cyclops exclaimed, after firing a red energy blast at the scientist, knocking the device back to the ground.

"Right." He nodded.

"Rrrah!" Wolverine leaped up into the air and slashed the Space Oscillation Device into pieces.

"You're not leaving that easily, Kurata." Wolverine told the scientist.

Gizumon AT took it's creator away after the Space Oscillation Device was destroyed.

"Kurata! Kurata!" Marcus hollered after the escaping scientist.

"Let's get out of here." Cyclops ordered.

"Well, now that's done." Dare noted as he looked at the rest of the Data Squad. "And with DATS gone now, Duncan suggested that we take everything we could back to Angel's place."

"You mean this?" Ami showed him the micro-floppy.

Dare smirked at his imoto, "Duke's modification came in handy, huh?"

"Yup." Ami returned his smirk with one of her own.

Dare ruffled her hair before walking away, Metalgarurumon having devolved back to Gabumon and returned to Dare's Digivice.

Ami let out a mock pout before she followed Dare.

"What the hell are you guys waiting for?" She hollered to the stunned group. "We're out of here!"

Megumi and Miki chuckled at her shout and followed the two.

"Come on." Miki gestured to the three teens as the two Pawnchessmons were returned to their Digivices. "Dare isn't going to wait for any slow pokes."

Yoshi nodded and the three took off after the group.

"You'd better get your Digimon back into your Digivices." Ami advised the three teens.

"Why?" Marcus asked.

"Let's just say Dare-nii's Lotus isn't exactly suited to carry a group of Digimon." Ami replied. "By the way Marcus, if you're wondering about your mother and sister, Duncan-nii-san has already taken them personally to Angel-nii's place."

"But it's cramped in there!" Agumon whined.

"So if Dare-nii sics MetalGarurumon on you when you rupture his cushioned seats, I won't be stopping him." Ami shrugged.

Agumon shivered and complied, returning to Marcus' Digivice obediently.

"Wait, what do you mean by 'Angel's place'?" Thomas thought to ask.

"Just about the only place Hashima won't be able to touch us." Ami replied, snickering as she climbed into the front seat.

"Shall we?" Dare asked his passengers.

Everyone nodded and Dare drove off. The DATS cycle, two Harley Davidson motorcycles and a Duel Runner followed him.

After almost two hours later…

"Home sweet home." Ami remarked after the group arrived on the doorstep of Angel's Bath House.

"Shouldn't it be Bath House sweet Bath House?" Yoshi inquired.

"Details, details." Ami waved the older girl's comment aside as Dare tapped twice on the wooden door.

"Name?" Demon growled as he peered from a viewing window.

"Dare." Dare replied.

"Death." Ami added. "Mission accomplished."

"Right." Demon snorted and opened the door, letting the group to enter. Looking around to see if they were followed, and satisfied that they were not, Demon shut the door.

After everyone had settled down…

"Man!" Marcus fumed as the group, human and Digimon, sat in a circle in one of the bath house's larger rooms. "He's going to pay! Wait until I get my hands on him!"

"Snacks?" a kimono-clad Angel inquired as she brought in her a plate of her mochi.

"Thank you." Thomas told the older woman. "And thank you for hiding us, but you should be aware we could be putting you in danger by being here."

"We're used to danger." Angel told her niece's lover. "Just ask Ames."

"That Kurata, he has new fake Digimon." Keenan told the group.

"What do you mean?" Marcus asked.

"Hold on." Angel stopped the discussion. "The rest of my family will have to know about this."

"The rest?" Yoshi blinked as Angel stepped out.

Looking at Ami, she asked, "What does she mean?"

Ami exchanged knowing glances at Miki and Megumi and the two operatives gave her a nod.

"The nine of us." Ami explained, pointing to Yoshi, Thomas, Marcus, Ash, Charlie, Greg, Yusei and herself. "Are the second batch of the Data Squad."

"Second batch?" Thomas echoed, looking at the girl leaning against his shoulder.

Ami nodded as she removed herself from his hold, before snickering, "Who wants to guess who were the founding batch?"

"No way!" Yoshi gaped at her implication.

"Those five?" Thomas exclaimed.

Ami nodded as Miki and Megumi burst out laughing.

"But if they're the founding batch, then why haven't we seen them around DATS?" Marcus asked.

"You can thank Director Hashima for that, guys." Cyclops answered Marcus' question. "Those five managed to get their Digimon partners to the Mega Level about a year after joining DATS. They were supposed to be replaced by a new team, but Commander-General Yushima didn't actually disband them. They were given this safe house to operate in secret."

"And the rest, as they say, is history." Duke replied as he entered the room with the rest of the family, along with Sarah and Kristy in tow. "Nice work explaining, D. And I'm assuming my microprobe worked."

"Like a charm." Ami replied.

"Microprobe?" Yoshi, Thomas and Marcus echoed.

"Every one of us, Demon-nii, Angel-nee, Duncan-nii-san, Dare-nii, Duke-nii and myself, have Duke-nii's microprobe injected under our skins to counteract the memory-eraser's effects." Ami replied.

"By the way, who came up with that misleading name anyway?" she retorted. "It doesn't erase memories, it merely covers them."

"Ask the jerk who invented it." Duke shrugged. "I know for one, it wasn't me."

"By the way." He nodded to the injured Falcomon. "You might want to have Angel take a look at that."

"Now that everyone's here." Duncan remarked as he slid the door shut. "Let's continue."

"Right." Miki nodded.

"Keenan's right. Kurata made a new version of Gizumon." Megumi replied.

"Better, faster, stronger." Miki added.

"While we sit here, who knows what kind of havoc he's causing in the Digital World?" Falcomon remarked.

"Those poor Digimon." Lalamon voiced.

"We must defeat Kurata, no matter what." Gaomon added.

"We have no choice. It's up to us to defend the Digital World." Agumon agreed.

"Although we did manage to foil his initial plan of entering the Digital World tonight, I'm sure Kurata will be re-opening the Digital Gate as we speak." Dare pointed out.

"So, you're going back to the Digital World?" Sarah interjected.

"We have to, mom." Marcus insisted. "Kurata is trying to destroy all the Digimon!"

"Just, be careful." Sarah told him.

"And don't be a doff." Kristy added.

"Right." Marcus remarked.

"But, Kurata incinerated everything when he destroyed DATS headquarters." Yoshi pointed out. "How do we get back to the Digital World without the Digital Dive?"

"I forgot." Marcus fumed.

"There is one option left." Sampson informed the group as he entered.

"Commander!" The DATS group remarked.

"Sampson." Duncan greeted as the other four nodded.

"Our only hope lies in one man." Sampson added.

"Which man?" Marcus asked.

Later that night…

"Did somebody order room service?" Yoshi asked, dressed in a hotel attendant's outfit as she walked out of the lift with a serving trolley. Behind her, Thomas was dressed as a bellboy while Marcus was disguised as a cleaner.

"Sing a Song." Lalamon floated out from under the trolley, singing her lullaby and putting the guards outside to sleep.

"Marcus Damon?" Kevin blinked as the three teens rushed in.

"You're the hook man?" Marcus was shocked. "You're the guy Sampson meant?"

"You came all this way without knowing?" Yoshi dead panned.

"I knew. I was just bringing you guys up to speed." Marcus retorted.

"He didn't know." Lalamon remarked.

"Nope." Yoshi agreed.

"Excuse us Professor Crier." Thomas took over. "But we desperately need your help. We need you to open up your Digital Gate as soon as possible."

"Wait!" Michelle called out after the teens got them out. "In return, you have to promise we'll see Keenan again."

"Of course you'll see him." Marcus assured her from the stairs. "He's your son, isn't he?"

"Thank you all." Kevin replied. "I feel so awful since causing all of this madness and chaos."

"The National Security Council must know how important the Criers are if they're keeping them locked up in this hotel." Marcus noted.

"They want to use the Professor and his Digital Gate for their own plans." Thomas added.

"What? The alarm?" Marcus exclaimed as the alarm went off.

"The door's locked!" Yoshi remarked, as she struggled to open the door with her telekinesis.

"Stand back, Gaomon!" Wolverine sliced through the doors with his claws.

"Come on, this way!" Agumon told the group.

"Yeah!" Marcus beamed.

The group's getaway van screeched out of the car-park as Yoshi took the wheels.

"Who invited them?" Ami growled, noticing the two black cars blocking their way.

"Hey you!" Marcus hollered. "Quit blocking!"

Just then, the two cars exploded, after being cut up into two.

"What happened to them?" Yoshi asked as she drove through the smoke.

"Who cares? Just go!' Marcus instructed.

"That attack…" Ami blinked.

Thank you Reppamon! She smiled.

As the van drove off, Reppamon emerged from the smoke, before devolving back to Kudamon and landed around Sampson's neck. Sampson smiled and walked off. Unknown to him, however, two dark figures watched him from on top of a building.

On a bench at the amusement park…

"I wonder." Keenan pondered. "If they okay?"

"You wonder if who's okay?" Falcomon asked, his arm having been healed by Angel's herbs.

"Keenan's real mother and father." Keenan replied.

"Keenan…" Falcomon muttered as Yoshi drove in.

"Keenan." Michelle looked at her son after the family stepped out, followed by everyone else.

"Keenan." She wept, hugging the boy.

"Keenan, thank goodness you're fine." Kevin remarked.

"No, you've been hurt." Michelle corrected. "Tell me, what's wrong?"

"Keenan." She assured him. "Please get out of this dangerous game and come back to live with your family."

"Keenan." Falcomon remarked.

"Me ask favor." Keenan requested.

"Anything." Michelle replied.

"I want to go back to Digital World." Keenan said. "Protect all Digimon."

"Keenan…" Kevin was stunned at the request.

"Kurata trying to destroy Digital World. Me have to go back before it's too late." Keenan replied.

"You can't!" Michelle objected, hugging him. "I just got you back after all this time. I don't want you to leave again."

Just then, Yoshi's communicator sounded.

"Roger." She noted, receiving instructions. "That was Miki calling to report in. she just confirmed that the transporting equipment in the Crier's basement still operates."

"Professor Crier." Thomas started. "Our situation is still as desperate as when we explained earlier."

"Blah, blah, blah." Marcus cut in. "In other words, you need to open that Digital Gate."

"Come on, pretty please?" Agumon begged. "We just got to go back and save the Digital World."

"But I…" Kevin was uncertain.

"I'm very sorry but I just can't help." He added, after looking at his wife and son.

"But why not?" Agumon pressed.

"You just heard the equipment works." Marcus added.

"So what?" Kevin asked. "The transport equipment has nothing to do with the Digital Gate. I have no idea if I even get it to open again."

"Yeah? So instead of doubting yourself, why not try before saying 'no'?" Marcus challenged.

"Everyone asking for your help." Keenan told his father. "Why you're not even try?"

"I'm doing it for you!" Kevin replied. "We all still feel the pain of being separated. Don't you think I know it was my fault? I couldn't do anything for you ten years ago, but I can definitely do something about it now. I will not make the same mistake twice."

"But Keenan wants you to do it." Marcus reasoned. "Can't you try for him?"

"I think my husband is absolutely right! No one wants to put their child in a dangerous situation!" Michelle retorted.

"But the Digimon!" Marcus protested.

"I don't care about them!" Michelle shouted. "I don't are if they destroy the entire Digital World! I only care about Keenan being safe!"

"Me care." Keenan said. "True, me born hu-mon, but I was raised Digimon and me find out how important it is for Digimon and hu-mon to get along. And that's why I have to protect Digital World. You have to help me!"

"Keenan…" Kevin muttered.

"Why son?" Michelle pressed. "Why can't I make you understand?"

Ruka started crying in her father's arms.

"Michelle…" Kevin mumbled as his wife ran away crying.

Charlie quietly followed her.

"I know what you're going through, by the way." He told Michelle. "I haven't seen my dad in ten years since he went to the Digital World. Even now, there are times I wish he hadn't left."

She turned and faced the eldest Damon sibling.

"We've so much lost time to make up and now he's leaving again." Michelle sobbed. "What if he doesn't come back this time?"

"In times of crisis, tough decisions must be made." Ash stated as he approached the two.

"He's right, Michelle." Kevin added. "At least this time, we're not being forced to separate from Keenan. He's asking us to help him. Yeah, I know hon, it hurts."

"This decision isn't easy for any of us, Mrs. Crier. But if this situation isn't resolved, it will become our world's problem." Cyclops said as he stepped towards the four.

Michelle processed everything she heard from the five.

After their discussion the Criers returned to the group and Kevin coughed to get their attention.

"I'll try my best to open the Digital Gate." He told them.

"Arigato." Ami smiled, bowing in gratitude. "Honto ni."

"Nothing new to report sir." Miki told Sampson over the communicator.

"Understood." Sampson replied. "We still need to remain out of sight. You guys go on ahead of me and I'll catch up as soon as I can."

"Roger." Miki replied.

"Back to the Digital World." Kudamon noted. "Do you think you're ready, Sampson?"

"Well, I'm as ready as I'll ever be." Sampson replied.

Just then, he noticed the two shadowy figures from before and pulled on the brakes. The DATS car swerved wildly and crashed into the side of the expressway but not before Sampson jumped out of the car.

"Did you know those two?" Kudamon asked once Sampson landed on his feet.

"Maybe." Sampson replied.

Back in the Criers' place…

Miki and Megumi were acting as a lookout as Kevin worked on the transportation device.

"Keep going." Marcus encouraged. "I know you can do it."

"Step one, keep your fingers crossed." Kevin remarked and pushed the enter button. The energy from the energy sprouts from around the gate converged together in the middle.

"Miki!" Megumi warned. "Look there!"

"They're here." Miki noted as she saw the National Security Council's trucks approached from the main road through her night vision binoculars.

"Yeah." Yoshi answered her communicator. "The National Security Council?"

"Oh no!" Agumon gasped. "We have to hurry!"

"Don't worry, I'll get this Digital Gate open no matter what." Kevin assured them. "For my son, Keenan."

"Oi Duke, our girls need us." Dare told his brother.

Duke smirked and the two jumped up to help Miki and Megumi.

"Stubborn and suicidal maniacs." Ami muttered. "Welcome to my family life."

Thomas chuckled beside her.

Up top…

The two Pawnchessmons stood poise to defend their partners.

"Hi." Nanami greeted them. "Nice to see all of you again."

"Who are you?" Miki asked.

"Those are the two girls we met the other day." Ivan remarked. "If I have to pick, I'll say the blue-head is more my type. But, of course I'll never say it out loud."

"Those thoughts just spilled out of that funnel head of yours." Nanami sighed.

"Sorry, they're taken." Duke remarked as he and Dare jumped up from the basement. "Gomamon, realize!"

"Gabumon, realize!" Dare followed his brother's example.

"Oh right, who are you two and what do you want?" Megumi inquired.

"Unfortunately, that's information that you don't need to know right now." Nanami replied.

Before the four adults could do or say anything, she and Ivan leapt above their heads.

Back in the basement…

"Okay." Kevin noted as he pressed another button. "This is it."

"Contact." He added, the Digital Gate starting to open. "It's open! It actually worked!"

"Alright!" Marcus beamed.

"Thank you so much, Professor Crier." He shook Kevin's hands. "You're the best."

"I'll try to keep the gate open until Sampson gets here." Kevin told the teenagers. "Go! Hurry!"

"Right. Thank again." Marcus added and ran into the portal. "Come on guys!"

"Yeah!" Yoshi whooped.

Agumon jumped into the gate followed by Yoshi and Lalamon. Thomas and Ami brought up the rear, leaping into the portal with their Digimon.

"Let's go." Falcomon urged as Keenan stopped before his father.

"Keenan." Kevin said.

"Well, me thank you form the Digimon part of me." Keenan replied.

"Keenan…" Michelle muttered.

"Digimon mother give me strength, give me heart." Keenan added. "And I guess that's what makes me Keenan. But you two, my parents. Thank you for giving me life. Mother. Father."

"Me home." He told them determinedly.

"That's right." Kevin agreed. "Home. And from now on, wherever we are will be your home. Goodbye. Come back home to us soon, son."

"Okay." Keenan replied.

"Bye." He added and entered the portal.

"Okay bye!" Ruka waved goodbye to her elder brother.

Up top…

The two Pawnchessmons were beaten back by Nanami and Ivan.

"Pawnchessmon!" Miki gasped.

"Who are they?" Megumi asked.

"Let's not wait to find out." Duke remarked. "Marineangemon!"

"Metalgarurumon!" Dare told his Digimon.

"Kahuna Waves!" Marineangemon unleashed his attack.

"Metal Wolf Snout!" Metalgarurumon released his attack.

"Shall we?" Nanami asked as she and Ivan leapt into the basement, dodging the combined attacks.

"What's this?" Kevin inquired as the two Bio-Hybrids landed behind them.

"Pardon us." Nanami apologized as the two dashed into the portal.

"No!" Kevin gasped in horror. "They messed with the space continuum!"

"I was worried they would come here after slowing me down." Sampson remarked as he ran in with Miki, Megumi, Dare and Duke.

"Sampson." Kevin looked at the former detective.

"Megumi, Miki, I'm going in." Sampson told them.

"Sir!" the two women chorused.

"You can't!" Kevin objected. "The Digi-Gate isn't stable enough."

"Professor, I have to go back to protect your son." Sampson told him.

"But Sampson…" Kevin gaped.

"Be careful Sampson." Angel warned. "Demon and I crossed paths with those two before."

In the Digital tunnel…

"Just you wait, Kurata." Marcus swore as the group floated through. "When I get my hands on you, you're going down for the count!"

Then he blinked when he saw Kouki munching on his chip upside down in front of him.

"Who's he?" Thomas inquired.

"And what's he doing here?" Yoshi added.

"Well, well." Kouki mocked. "I guess I'll just have to add another page to my autobiography; next chapter: the day I crushed the Digital Gate."

"Who are you?" Marcus demanded.

"As always Kouki beat us to all the fun again." Nanami complained. "He's so bad."

"Is this some sort of party I don't know about?" Marcus demanded.

"Hey, there's another girl, really cute one named Yoshi." Ivan noted. "I wonder if she'd go out with me. Probably not, but of course I never said it out loud."

"I've told you before." Nanami sighed. "Everyone can hear you."

"Nanami, Ivan." Kouki cracked his knuckles. "Let's get this over with fast."

"I'm in a bit of a rush myself!" Marcus met Kouki's fist with his.

"My fist!" He gasped. "It's the D.N.A Charge."

"That's impossible!" Charlie yelled.

"But he's human, not Digimon." Thomas noted.

"Human?" Kouki mocked. "Don't lump me in with you losers."

"Know what I am?" he added as Ivan and Nanami chuckled. "I'm the boogie man."

"We're sort of human, but we can change into something else." Nanami added.

"We grow up to be big and strong." Ivan remarked.

"Bio-Hybrid D.N.A Charge!" Kouki revealed his Digivice. "Bio-Hybrid digivolve to BioThunderbirdmon!"

"Bio-Hybrid D.N.A Charge!" Nanami revealed her Digivice. "Bio-Hybrid digivolve to BioQuetzalmon!"

"Bio-Hybrid D.N.A Charge!" Ivan revealed his Digivice. "Bio-Hybrid digivolve to BioStegomon!"

"We're called Bio-Hybrids, part human, part Digimon. Only a great man could blend human DNA with Digimon data and my guess is you already know his name. He asked us to get rid of you and that's exactly what we're going to do." BioThunderbirdmon told them.

"Bio-Hybrids…" Ami hissed. "Impossible! I'd heard of this, but Demon-nii didn't think it was possible."

"Blue?" Thomas blinked.

"I once went on an assignment with Demon-nii and Angel-nee. When we entered the lab, we found body parts and humans, some fully formed and some doesn't even resemble a human being. They were immersed in some kind of liquid inside a cylindrical container. Each container had an electronic plaque in front of them highlighting the splices of Digimon DNA introduced to the body and detailing other experiments done on them." Ami explained. "This is just wrong, this is ethically wrong!"

"We're not afraid." Marcus retorted.

"Speak for yourself." Agumon remarked.

"Whose side are you on?" Marcus demanded.

"Kurata behind all this." Keenan commented.

"How did you know?" Yoshi asked.

"He doesn't, but it's a good guess." Lalamon replied.

"They don't look so tough." Gaomon noted as he stood poised to fight.

"Just say the word and I'm there Boss." Agumon told his partner.

"Good, cos it's fighting time!" Marcus agreed. "D.N.A Full Charge!"

"Agumon warp digivolve to MetalGreymon!"

"D.N.A Full Charge!" Thomas and Yoshi chorused.

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

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

"Renamon warp digivolve to Garudamon." Renamon declared.

"Veemon warp digivolve to AeroVeedramon." Veemon announced.

"Guilmon warp digivolve to WarGrowlmon." Guilmon declared.

"Gomamon warp digivolve to Zudomon." Gomamon announced.

"Gabumon warp digivolve to WereGarurumon." Gabumon exclaimed.

"Veemon warp digivolve to MagnaAngemon." Veemon declared.

"Keenan, digivolve me." Falcomon requested.

"No, Falcomon." Keenan objected. "You still hurt."

"Take this!" MetalGreymon rushed into battle. "Mega Claw!"

BioThunderbirdmon simply floated out of the way, striking MetalGreymon back. BioStegomon then knocked Angewomon off as Machgaogamon jumped in to punch the Bio-Hybrid.

"His armor's too hard." The blue wolf noted.

"How's that hand feel?" BioStegomon mocked as BioQuetzalmon curled herself around the wolf.

"Holy Slap!" Angewomon jumped in to save Machgaogamon from BioQuetzalmon, only to have BioStegomon block her attack.

"Giga Destroyer!" MetalGreymon released her attack.

"Howling Cannon!" Machgaogamon shook BioQuetzalmon off and unleashed his attack.

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

"Fire Tornado!"

"Dragon Impulse!"

"Atomic Blaster!"

"Hammer Spark!"

"Fox Fire!"

"Soul Banish!"

"We did it!" Marcus whooped as the nine attacks clashed into the three Bio-Hybrids.

"Actually, you didn't." Ami corrected as the three Hybrids chuckled when the three Bio-Hybrids emerged from the smoke, unscathed. "They could have blocked the attacks, but they didn't. And why? Because they're confident that those attacks were too weak to even put a dent in them."

"Ami's right. There's not a single scratch on any of them." Machgaogamon noted.

"You're only Digimon." BioThunderbirdmon scoffed. "We've got the power of humans and Digimon."

"You're nothing compared to us." BioStegomon agreed.

"You should surrender while you still can." BioQuetzalmon noted.

"Thunder Storm!" BioThunderbirdmon unleashed his attack, electrocuting MetalGreymon, Garudamon and WarGrowlmon.

"Winning Knuckle!" Machgaogamon attacked.

"Freezing Wave!" BioQuetzalmon coiled around the blue wolf, sending her paralyzing wave through him.

"Shell Needle Rain!" BioStegomon fired his attack at Angewomon who managed to dodge the first few spikes, before getting struck by one of them.

"Gaomon!" Thomas gasped as Machgaogamon devolved.

"Lalamon!" Yoshi gaped as the angel Digimon returned to her rookie form.

Garudamon, AeroVeedramon, WarGrowlmon, WereGarurumon and MagnaAngemon reverted back to their rookie forms as well.

"We've got too much power for you to handle." BioStegomontold them.

"Would you let to finish them off or should I?" BioQuetzalmon inquired.

"Love too." BioThunderbirdmon replied, as he prepared to strike.

"They are just too strong, Boss." Agumon remarked.

"I don't care how strong they are." Marcus retorted. "They are still going down!"

"Fine! You're first." BioThunderbirdmon told him.

"Oi, are you three forgetting someone?" Ami asked unamused.

"What the…" the three Bio-Hybrids turned their attention to her.

"Well, you three know the saying." Ami smirked to the digivolved Bio-Hybrids as she drew out her Digivice. "It's nothing personal, it's just business. D.N.A Charge, Overdrive!"

"Tailmon warp digivolve to Ophanimon!" Tailmon announced as she evolved.

"Let's go up another notch, shall we?" Ami smirked at the Celestial Digimon.

"Another notch? What do you mean?" Thomas asked.

Ami did not answer his question. Instead, she looked at the three Bio-Hybrids, "I do believe the three of you will find this very familiar. Charge! D.N.A. Burst Mode!"

"Burst Mode?" Marcus and Yoshi echoed.

"Ophanimon, Burst Mode!" Ophanimon called as she turned into her more powerful form. Her Beauty's Golden Shield had grown larger, her Shining Javelin grew longer and more pointed, her armor and helmet more defined and her wings, both golden and white enlarged.

"Woah!" the other three teens gaped in awe.

"Shit!" BioThunderbirdmon gawked at her in shock, the three Bio-Hybrids recognizing the Celestial Digimon. "Death!?"

They could not fight her! If any harm comes to her, her brothers and Angel are certain to skin them alive. Not only that, they had already gone up against her, Angel and Demon, and they had literally wiped the floor with their butts.

"You know them." Thomas stated.

"Unfortunately, yes." Ami growled, her eyes darkening. "Demon-nii, Angel-nee and I crossed paths with these three; as mercenaries."

"Why did they call you 'Death'?" Thomas asked.

"Because it's my name." Ami replied simply, before she turned to the three Bio-Hybrids. "Are you three going to let us pass or do I have to beat the daylights out of you?"

"We can't just let you pass without a fight. Our livelihoods are at stake here. You know that, Death." BioStegomon complained. "But we don't want to fight you either."

Ami frowned, "Kurata still let you live if you get beaten?"

The three Bio-Hybrids looked at each other nervously and nodded.

"But we won't be upgraded as much as we got rid of them." BioQuetzalmon replied.

"Good." Ami smirked and gestured for Ophanimon Burst Mode to attack the three Bio-Hybrids.

"Sefirot Crystals!" Ophanimon Burst Mode unleashed her relentless mystical crystals at the three Bio-Hybrids.

"Not so fast." Sampson came into the battlefield as Ophanimon Burst Mode's attack receded.

"Zekkoushou!" Kudamon blinded the three Bio-Hybrids with the light from his earring.

"What?" BioThunderbirdmon demanded.

"Commander." Marcus gaped at their rescuer as Ophanimon Burst Mode devolved back to Tailmon.

"I'll take over this battle from here." Sampson told the group. "I want you all to head directly to the Digital World."

"But, sir…" Marcus objected.

"No arguments." Cyclops stepped in.

"That's an order, not a request." Sampson barked. "Don't forget your mission."

"Right." Ami nodded, taking up the team leader role.

"Let's go." She told the group.

Grabbing their injured Digimon, the group floated towards the end of the tunnel.

"Kurata didn't mention you." BioThunderbirdmon turned to their new adversary. "Who are you?"

"All you need to know is what I look like walking away." Sampson replied. "Show them, Kudamon."

"Right." Kudamon replied.

"D.N.A Charge!" Sampson called forth Kudamon's evolution.

"Kudamon digivolve to Chirinmon." Kudamon declared as he evolved.

"Those who choose only to destroy life must face my wrath!" Chirinmon announced.

"Don't make us laugh." BioThunderbirdmon mocked.

"You fools." Chirinmon rebuked.

"Knowledge of Swift!" he then created numerous illusions to confuse the three Bio-Hybrids, before rushing in to attack them.

"He actually hurt us!" BioThunderbirdmon was shocked. "That's impossible!"

"Thos who overestimate themselves always lose." Chirinmon told them.

"We know how to deal with you!" BioThunderbirdmon sneered and the three glowed their respective colors and charged at Chirinmon.

"Wait!" Sampson called out as Chirinmon too started glowing, meeting the three Bio-Hybrids head-on.

"What?" Thomas gasped when the light spread towards them.

"Something terrible must have happened!" Yoshi noted.

"Commander!" Marcus shouted as the light threatened to spread past them.

Just then, the group fell through the other side of the Digital Gate.

"The Digi-Gate is closing." Marcus noted at the closing portal.

"The Commander!" Yoshi gasped after the gate shut. "I hope that he is safe."

"He has to be." Marcus replied. "Besides, I don't want to think about what those three did to him."

"Then don't." Thomas retorted.

"Not forget his orders." Keenan commented. "We still have mission to do."

"That's right." Agumon agreed. "We have to stay together and do the job we came here for."

"We have to stop Kurata's evil plan of destroying the Digital World and all the Digimon along with it." Marcus added.