"So, are we finished?" Kai asked.
Takato looked over the map and event list of the 'Hypnos Fortress' dungeon he and Kai had designed and nodded. "Yeah, that's about all we can do at this point... I'd hate to decide by myself where the story will go next. Y'know, I don't really want to control anyone's free will, not even that of Yamacus and his men."
"You know you still have to come up with a way for him to come back to his senses, do you?" Guilmon reminded his brother.
"I know, I know," Takato replied impatiently. "But this isn't as easy as it looks. I need some time to get used to this... now that I know that I can actually help the others with this program, I can concentrate on finding a way how to make Yamaki realize that everything he did was just wrong. I WOULD just turn him back to normal by saying 'And all of a sudden, the evil Yamacus realized that he had been a baaad boy and completely surrenders to the heroic Hybrid Tamers...' Or something like that. But you know the game won't let me do that."
"So it's back to the drawing board," Kai groaned. "So, what now? We wait until the others come back?"
"Dunno... I mean, there has to be something else we can do, except for sitting here and wait..."
Then, Takato's gaze fell on the screen. He blinked and looked closer. "Say, Kai... did you put, by any chance, this event in the middle of that corridor?"
Kai took a look. And indeed, there was a small icon sitting in the middle of the dungeon map, looking like a small box with an 'E' in it.
"I didn't do anything by myself... you were sitting at the computer all this time, remember?"
"Then why did this event icon appear there?" Takato wondered. "Let's take a closer look..."
He double-clicked on the icon, and a new window opened, on which he could see all the text and actions that this 'event' was providing.
He gasped. "Devimon and LadyDevimon arrive to stop the heroes from leaving?" he wondered. "Now how did that happen? I know I wouldn't put something like that in their way. Especially not right after they managed to save Kazu. In fact, I personally made sure that none of the Ultimate Digimon under Yamacus' command would step in their way."
He grabbed the mouse. "Well, let's get rid of it quickly." He marked the icon and pressed the 'delete' button.
'Error! Deletion of data is not possible!'
"Well, that's just great..." the goggle-boy grumbled.
"It's just a guess..." Kai murmured. "But what if this is actually something that happens in real life, which you have no influence on? Meaning, this event icon appeared there because Devimon and LadyDevimon decided to ambush the others, not because you decided."
"Maybe..." Takato sighed. "But we have to help them somehow..."
"Well, maybe we can put up a warning sign or something like this," Kai shrugged.
"Uh, guys?" Guilmon suddenly spoke up. "I might have a suggestion..."
And after the red dinosaur had explained his plan, Takato was grinning widely. "Guilmon, you rock! This is the best idea ever! Okay, I'm game! Kai... you can take care of things here by yourself?"
His cousin gave him the thumbs up. "You can count on me!"
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"Kazu, please allow this knight to carry you. Your condition might not yet be stable, regarding how many injections the vile Vademon gave you."
"I can walk by myself, Guardromon," the young Tamer grumbled. "Just keep an eye open for any enemies."
"Understood."
Jeri giggled. "Guardromon really does worry for you, does he?"
"Yeah," Kazu groaned. "If he would only treat me like a buddy, not a master..."
"Would you two please hurry up?" Rika shouted back to them. "We have to get out of here?"
""Well, she might have two tails, but she's still as bitchy as ever..." Kazu grumbled. "Besides, we just have to escape, right? I mean, it's not a big deal. We beat D-Reaper, so those goons Yamaki has under his command won't be a problem, right?"
"Excuse me, but it wasn't YOU who beat D-Reaper," Kitsumon shot back. "And we can't make any risks just because we managed to set you free. We can relax once we're out of here."
"Don't you worry," Canismon smirked. "If some bad guys show up, I'll protect you kids."
"You might look like a grownup, but you're not my mommy..." Kazu grumbled.
Suddenly, a soft cough startled them. "Excuse me, I really don't want to interfere with your interesting conversation... but I'm afraid we can't let you leave just yet."
"This is as far as you go," another voice added.
And then, two dark shapes approached them.
"It's Devimon!" Kyubimon snarled. "And Riley!"
"How nice of you to remember our names," Riley grinned. "Now if you would surrender peacefully... I'm sure our master would like to have a word with you."
"We beat you once, we can beat you again," Gargomon said confidently and brandished his arm cannons.
Riley looked around searchingly. "Strange, I can't see your Mommies and Daddies anywhere... think they can save your necks again?"
"We don't need any help!" Kazu shouted. "We can take you down by ourselves!"
"You be quiet, guinea pig!" Devimon snapped.
"What did you call me?" Kazu shot back.
"Enough with the chitchat!" Riley commanded. "If you don't want to come with us... we'll take you with us by force!"
Rika groaned. "This speech is SO stereotype... Stupid goggle-head, what were you thinking?"
"What?" Cubmon asked in surprise. "What does Takato have to do with it?"
"Oh, please tell me you didn't see this one coming," Rika replied in annoyance. "I can already hear his excuses: 'But Rika, every level needs its boss fight.' Yeah, right..."
"Now you're hurting me, Rika!" a sudden voice exclaimed. "I had nothing to do with this encounter... And is it my fault that those two are so cliché?"
"Who's cliché?" Devimon snapped angrily. "And who are you? Show yourself?"
"Oh, that line is SO beaten," another voice said. "You sure you can't do better than that, Devi-dork?"
And then, without any warning, two shapes came dropping down from the ceiling.
Rika and the others stared at the two humanoid, saurian Digimon warriors that were standing in front of them. One of them was colored orange, the other one blue. Also, small, fin-like appendages were attached to the orange one's helmet, while the other one's eyes were covered with what looked like a mix between an iron mask... and a pair of goggles.
The two Digimon raised their fists. "The Ceratomon Brothers, here to save your butts!"
It was then that Rika finally recognized the blue Ceratomon.
"Takato..." she groaned.
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