Only seconds after the children came back out of the fortress' main entrance, many police cars arrived and stopped in front of the tall Hypnos Building with squeaking tires.
Various human and Digimon policemen jumped out of their vehicles, one of them instantly rising his weapon when he saw the group of Digimon coming out of the door.
"You! Freeze!"
But his colleague, an elderly Deputymon, reassuringly lowered his friend's firearm. "Relax, buddy! You wouldn't shoot down our national heroes, right? Or don't you remember Gargomon and Kyubimon?"
The human officer instantly apologized to them, even if he did not recognize Guilmon and the other Hybrids.
"We received an anonymous call that Mr. Yamaki was misusing the government building as a base in which he was deploying a Digimon army, and that he was also using his research facility to conduct illegal experiments with human and Digimon DNA."
"You're quite right about this, officers," Guardromon saluted. "My very own Tamer had been abducted by the villainous schemes of yonder ruffians."
"Right," Kitsumon nodded. "And you better make sure that everyone still in this building comes behind bars."
"Don't worry, young lady!" the Deputymon smirked. "We got it under control."
"Our parents!" Cubmon suddenly gasped. "They're still inside! Oh, I hope Tankdramon didn't hurt them too much..."
"You don't mean Tankdramon, the sought-after terrorist?" another policeman gasped, while his colleagues stormed the building. "He's wanted for robbery of military equipment, assault on government buildings and treason against the Digimon Sovereigns."
"Just the one, officer," a female voice came from behind the children. "But you don't have to worry anymore about him... he's waiting for you, locked up in a storage room of the building."
Deputymon looked at the face of Takato's mother in surprise, then he saluted. "Lady Compsomon... Sir Leomon, Lady Sheperdmon, it is an honor!"
"Please, don't call us that," Harmony's mother sighed. "And we worked so hardly to hide our identities from the public..."
"But, Zhuqiaomon himself declared you his champions, after the Deva have... well, passed away. You are the knights of the Digital World! You should be proud of that!"
"And here we tried living normal lives, wanting to spare our children the hectic life of a celebrity," Leomon chuckled.
The Hybrid Tamers looked up at their parents in astonishment.
"Mom, you're a knight of Zhuqiaomon?" BlueCeratomon asked in awe.
"Oh, is that you, Takato?" Mie smiled. "How nice that you finally managed to digivolve as well... just like your brother."
Deputymon looked from Mie to her two sons in confusion. "What, you... you want to tell me that this is your son, Takato Matsuki? The Tamer and brother of Guilmon, and one half of the legendary warrior, Gallantmon?"
Mie smirked down at her son. "Now you see that being famous can be a curse."
"I know what you mean..." both Takato and Guilmon groan.
----
Someplace else, two dark figures were standing upon a tall building, high over the city.
"Don't worry," Devimon told his companion. "As soon as we're strong enough, we'll get even with those Tamers. Now come, I promised you you could meet the guys who gave me this present."
"I... I can't..." Riley said in a quiet voice.
Devimon was taken aback. "What? Why? Don't you want to become stronger? Don't you love the feeling when everyone runs away from you, screaming and begging for mercy? Wouldn't you love to induce that feeling to those brats as well?"
"Yes, yes and yes," Riley nodded. "But, I can't abandon my Lord Yamacus yet... not like this. I might not be able to forgive him and Tally what they did, but... as long as there is a chance that he still might love me, I have to go back to him. Don't you agree?"
"But Riley..." Devimon really was confused now. "I thought you and I..."
Riley chuckled. "Devimon... you're a handsome guy, and not the little pest I always took you for. And hanging out with you had been fun. You know, inducing some terror, beating up some geeks... But I never loved you."
She turned around to leave, but looked back at him with a saucy wink. "But don't worry. I see that you don't wanna follow Yamacus anymore. I'll try to make him understand. So, take care, big boy!"
And she spread her wings and flew away.
Devimon sighed deeply. He had hoped that there finally had been someone in his life that he could share everything with... someone who made him feel special.
'Don't worry, Devimon!' a silent whisper reached his mind. 'If she finds out what kind of person Yamacus really is, she will leave him for good. And then she will come running back into your arms.'
Devimon looked up from the ground and gritted his teeth. "She better do so..." he grumbled.
'Still, we need you to follow her. But be careful that she doesn't see you.'
"Huh?" Now the dark angel was really confused. "Why?"
'Because... she will lead you to the Sleeping Beast.' A hint of satisfaction was in Youkomon's mental voice. 'Also known as the 'Third One!''
----
Tally looked around the dark catacombs nervously. "I have a bad feeling about this, my lord..." she whispered.
"Nonsense," Yamacus smiled, back in his usual, civilian clothes. "This Sleeping Beast will ensure our superiority to everyone else living on Earth. We will be unstoppable! Unstoppable!"
"Well, if you say so..." Tally still wasn't too convinced.
The foreman of the excavation site, a muscular human called Shin, lead them into a big cave, in which various humans and Digimon were working, putting up various devices and tools, all around the immense shape that was situated in the cave's back.
Yamacus, Tally and Shin approached the enormous 'bubble' that floated several feet over the ground. It was in fact a digital force field, surrounding the creature Yamacus had been looking for.
"All those years..." he mumbled and looked up at the dark shape within the bubble. "I've been searching for you for such a long time now, and finally... finally, you're mine!"
Shin looked up at the creature that was floating within the force field. It looked like some sort of mammal, with a round, oversized head, and a pair of weird-looking extensions below its floppy ears. Its body ended in a pair of (comparatively) small, stubby feet, and its cute face was snoozing peacefully.
Its body was also wrapped within a heavy chain.
Shin took off his helmet and scratched his head. "Sorry to say this, sir... but somehow, your 'Sleeping Beast' still doesn't look to threatening to me."
"Don't let its looks fool you," Yamacus smiled. "Within this being lies one of the most destructive powers of the Digital World... Once, the Four Sovereigns put it to sleep, for all eternity, as they were hoping. But still asleep could its destructive powers cause much harm.
So they sealed it away, wrapped it up in those chains, put a force field around it and buried it underneath the earth of the human world."
"Why not the Digital World?" Tally wondered. "And if it was so dangerous, why didn't they destroy it in the first place?"
"Because before they managed to imprison it, it escaped into the human world. And it was right here where the Champions of the Digital World tracked it down and defeated it, sealing it away in these catacombs..."
"Okay, but why didn't they destroy it?" Shin asked with a shrug.
Yamacus looked up at the sleeping form of the beast.
"How could you ever destroy... a god?" he whispered.
While the harmless-looking, yet powerful beast continued to sleep, Yamacus spread his arms.
"Soon the day will come when I will awake you... and use your powers to rule over the human world. But until then, keep on dreaming... Belphemon!"
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