Lord Yamacus was sitting on his throne and stared into the depths of Tally's magical mirror. An ugly face was visible in there, surrounded by an enormous brain.
"Well, Vademon?" the dark leader asked. "Are you making any progress?"
The alien Digimon shook his head. "I'm sorry, my lord! I don't understand it at all... my formula should be flawless. I gave the boy various injections - I used the DNA of machine Digimon, because I figured, when his Digimon partner is a member of that group, he would be most receptive for those digital patterns. But... every time he grows a mechanical part on his arms, legs or hips, it falls off his body right away, just as a snake would shed its skin. It's almost as if his body can't contain the digital mass we're trying to attach to him."
"Keep trying!" Yamacus ordered. "There has got to be a way! You won't leave that laboratory until you found a solution. Do I make myself clear, Vademon?"
"Y-yes, sir, of course! I understand! You can count on me!"
Yamacus smiled. "Good. Now, get back to work!"
"Yes, master!" The screen went blank.
Once again, Tally and Riley were standing to their lord's sides.
Riley grumbled angrily. "Is it just me or are you using Tally's mirror more and more these days? Is there something wrong with my lovely pool of darkness?"
"S-stop it, Riley!" Tally protested. "It's His Lordships decision which manner of communication he'll choose."
"Oh yeah? But you're still happy that he prefers your little toys over mine, right?"
"Stop that!" Yamacus snapped. "We don't have time for this! The brat's friends will most likely try to save him, and now that they know about us, it will take them only a few seconds to figure out where we have taken him."
He turned around to face the two leaders of his troops. "Devimon! Tankdramon! You make sure that they won't go as far as the Inner Sector!"
Devimon, as the new leader of the Rookie and Champion Squads, smirked and performed a short bow. "Consider it done, sir!"
Behind him, the massive form of a giant, tank-like ultimate with the upper body of a cybernetic dragon, growled and clashed his fists. "We shall destroy our enemies," the leader of the Ultimate Squad growled in a metallic voice.
Suddenly, red lights were flashing through the throne room, and a siren was alarming Yamacus and his lieutenants of the presence of an intruder.
"What the..." Yamacus grumbled. "Oh, what now?"
A Sealsdramon stormed into the room. He saluted in front of his lord and shouted: "Sir, we are under attack! The Hybrid Tamers and their allies have located our hideout! We're trying to hold them off, but they already breached through the front lines!"
"Deploy all units!" Yamacus shouted. "Tankdramon, position your best warriors in front of laboratory gate! Make sure they don't get in any further, Devimon!" He squinted his eyes as he stared down at the fallen angel Digimon. "I don't know how you managed to digivolve in such a short time, but if you continue to serve me like this, it won't matter to me anymore! Now, go!"
"Yes, sir!" Devimon and Tankdramon shouted and left the room, followed by the Sealsdramon.
"My lord, what shall we do?" Tally asked.
"You go and prepare the helicopter," Yamacus said. "There's an emergency elevator leading from the laboratory to the roof. Even if this fortress would fall, we will take our research results with us, together with that boy!"
"But Lord Yamacus," Riley protested. "Surely you don't belive that those little brats would be able to breach our defenses! They are just children, after all!"
"Children who already defeated the Deva and D-Reaper, if I may remind you," the dark lord replied coolly. "And don't forget that their parents are veterans of the Digital World, legendary among their people! You'd better not underestimate them, Riley! Now go!"
"Yes, my lord!" the Angewomon and LadyDevimon replied at once.
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"Fox Tail Inferno!"
"Gargo Pellets!"
"Grenade Destroyer!"
A few Commandramon yelled in pain as the attacks of the three Champions hit them.
"Don't let your guard down!" Roachmon shouted from behind the lines. "Return fire!"
"Yes, sir!" The Commandramon aimed their assault rifles.
"M16 Assassin!"
Kitsumon, Cubmon and Dachsmon winced behind the fallen crates they were using as cover, while the attacks of the Rookie soldiers hit their friends. "I believe it's about time for us to jump into the fray," Kitsumon grumbled.
Dachsmon looked backwards, where their parents were battling the bigger Champions that were approaching from the other corridor. "Yeah, I think you're right!"
The three Hybrids jumped out from behind their cover and joined their friends in battle.
"Flare Bullet!"
"Rush Tackle!"
"Fierce Pounce!"
"Keep it up!" Kitsumon shouted as she jumped next to her sister. "We're not done yet!"
"We shall not be defeated!" Guardromon proudly proclaimed. "I shall free my partner from their evil clutches, and if it's the last thing I do!"
A few attacks later, and the number of the defenders had been halved by the relentless assault of the Hybrid Team.
"Fall back!" Roachmon shouted. "We have to join with the major defense forces in front of the Inner Sector gates." And he and his remaining soldiers retreated for now.
"The cowards are escaping!" Gargomon cheered. "Let's go after them!"
And he ran after the retreating Digimon, all the time firing his weapons. Guardromon yelled a battle cry and followed him.
"Hey, not so fast!" Dachsmon shouted. "We have to stay in one group!"
She ran after the two trigger-happy Champions, but at the same time, didn't look where she stepped on herself.
In one corner of the hallway, an observation camera recorded every single movement of the Hybrid Tamer team and showed them to a pair of Hagurumon that were positioned in the monitor room.
"Now!" one of them shouted. "She's right where we wanted her to be. Activate the trap!"
All of a sudden, Harmony didn't feel any solid ground beneath her paws any more. She just had the time to let out a short yell, then she fell down the dark shaft that opened up beneath the trap door.
"Harmony!" Jeri yelled and dove for her friend. But it was too late... the trap door already closed in front of her eyes.
Angrily, she stomped on the metal, almost invisible hatch. "Dammit, open up!" But the trap door didn't move at all.
Gargomon and Guardromon had stopped right in their tracks when they heard Harmony's scream. Now they turned around and came running back to their friends.
"No!" Gargomon shouted. "Harmony! Dangit, this is all my fault... I should have waited."
"Not everything is lost," Leomon exclaimed as he and the other two parents caught up with the children. "We don't know where that hatch leads. Perhaps she isn't even caught. We just have to hurry and find them both, Kazu as well as Harmony!"
Guardromon and Gargomon looked up at the face of the veteran fighter and nodded in determination. Never again would they act so rashly like they just did.
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Dachsmon slid down a long, metal shute, which quickly turned into a short, vertical shaft. She dropped out of it and landed in a big, empty room.
"Ow!" she yelled as she landed right on her butt. "Oh... that hurt..."
She stood up, rubbed her hurt behind and looked around. "Damn, no exit?" she muttered. "Now how am I gonna go back to the others?"
She looked up at the shaft where she had dropped out of, but it was way too high above her head, she would never be able to reach it.
Suddenly, a nasty laughter echoed through the seemingly empty chamber. "Well, well, well... look what the cat dragged in! Are you lost, lil' puppy?" A pair of crimson eyes flashed up in the darkness in one corner of the room.
"I know that voice..." Harmony muttered. "Come out, Devimon! I know you're there!"
The tall, spindly form of the devil Digimon stepped out of the shadows, a grin on his pale face.
"Finally..." he gloated. "Finally I get the chance to deal with one of you brats by myself... and it's just the two of us!" He spread his wings. "This will be fun!"
Dachsmon grabbed her weapon. "You're not gonna have it easy, you know?"
"I hope so!" Devimon smirked. "It would be too boring if you would fall down after just one attack. No, I want to... savor this fight!"
And when Harmony stared right back into his glowing eyes, she could only think of one thing:
'Hopefully Takato didn't include this as part of the 'dungeon'... because if he did, I'm gonna kick his butt once I see him again!'
She then gulped as Devimon raised his claws. 'IF I see him again...'
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