The organic door opened with a wet noise. One after the other, Ryo, Kitsunemon, Brawlmon and Stingmon entered the command center of the Green Syndicate's hive.
It was a wide room whose walls were covered with a solidified, gray ooze. A huge table made of a Kuwagamon's carapace was standing on the left, with several invading plans on it, written on giant leaves. At the backside wall, a huge map of Okinawa was hanging. Little bugs scattered over its surface and served as landmarkers. On the rightmost wall, several antlers, pincers and feelers of huge insect Digimon were hanging.
Cyberdramon was sitting in front of the map, an amused grin on his face. In the middle of the room, the huge general Antlermon was standing, all four of his arms holding a sharp scimitar. He snarled at them savagely.
"Meddlesome intruders!" he growled. "You will fall before the might of the Green Syndicate's fury!"
Ryo threw Cyberdramon an irritated glance. "Where did you dig that guy up? At cliché R us?"
Cyberdramon leaned forward in his seat. "He gets his job done. Tell me, Ryo, how do you feel, now that you're all alone again? Your little friend Monodramon is all gone, there's nobody else you can turn to for fondness... except for me!"
"Be quiet!" Ryo shouted. "Monodramon is still somewhere inside you, and I'm gonna free him from your influence!"
"Now who's all clichéd, Ryo?" Cyberdramon snickered. "Is he really inside me? Or did I manage to suppress him so much that he'll never come back? He won't stand in our way any more. We'll be united as Tamer and Digimon... isn't that what you always wanted, Ryo?"
"No, I never wanted a monster like you as my partner," Ryo spat.
"Ryo, I don't think you'll achieve much by talking. Let's take these guys down already!"
"Right, enough with the banter!" Antlermon grumbled as he brandished his weapons. "Fight me!"
"Ruthless tyrant of Okinawa, your ruling days are coming to an end!" Stingmon exclaimed, extending his stinger.
"Get ready!" Brawlmon shouted. "Here he comes!"
"QUADRO SLASH!" Antlermon shouted as his four weapons left a trail of gleaming light. Stingmon parried the one that was aimed at him, Brawlmon and Kitsunemon dodged the ones he swung into their direction.
Ryo took out his D-Power and extended his digital lasso. He snatched one of the scimitars and pulled firmly.
"I told you NOT to fight Ryo!" Cyberdramon barked angrily. He stood up from his seat, flew across the room and pulled Ryo across the room. The sudden pull at the lasso made Antlermon lose one of his weapons.
"Ryo!" Kitsunemon shouted. She wanted to follow him, but Antlermon blocked her way with one of his arms.
"Out of the way!" she barked. "SPIRIT CORONA!"
The fiery aura engulfed Antlermon, but his massive armor protected him well. With a loud grunt, he hit Kitsunemon with the flat side of his sword, hurling her across the room. Kitsunemon hit the wall on the other side with a sharp yelp and collapsed on the floor.
"SIS!" Brawlmon shouted.
"Final Strike!" Stingmon yelled as he attacked Antlermon's head with his stinger. Antlermon tilted his head and parried with the huge horn on his forehead. "Pathetic!" he hissed. "You traitor, I always knew I couldn't trust you... once a Yellow Bug, always a Yellow Bug! You just couldn't abandon those parents of yours, no matter the color of your carapace!"
"My parents are honorable Digimon that always wanted the best for our people and the island... unlike you, you are a monster that only wants to torture us with your evil ambitions." Their weapons got entangled and they tried yanking them free.
"How dare you do that to my sister?" Brawlmon yelled as she jumped at the giant insect Digimon from behind. "JUMPING SUPLEX!"
"Huh? Wha..." With a strength that you'd have never believed her to have, Brawlmon lifted Antlermon off his feet, lifted him above her head, jumped up into the air, turned him around at the highest point of her leap, and then slammed him down into the ground fiercely.
"Moon Sphere!" Stingmon exclaimed as he shot a spherical projectile from his wrist. It hit Antlermon on the tip of his horn.
"What?" the former leader of the Green Syndicate grimaced. "I... I can't move..."
"Time to end this!" Kitsunemon shouted as she stood up from the ground. "Kitsune Aura!"
Her body got surrounded by a blazing aura of foxfire and her eyes were twin stars of destruction. Antlermon felt the power she gave off and tried standing up, but Stingmon's shot had paralyzed him completely.
Rika opened her muzzle. "FLARE BLASTER!" A huge version of her normal attack came shooting out of her mouth, engulfing Antlermon completely.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" he screeched as he was reduced to data. Kitsunemon, Brawlmon and Stingmon closed their eyes as they absorbed the data.
"Ryo!" Kitsunemon then shouted. "Where's Ryo?"
Cyberdramon hadn't stopped after pulling Ryo out of Antlermon's reach. He flew into another tunnel that had opened up next to the huge table in the command center and pulled Ryo with him. The young Tamer struggled, but he couldn't get free. Cyberdramon only stopped when they entered a huge cave that was filled with dozens of Digitamas - Digimon Eggs. It was the breeding chamber of the Green Syndicate.
"Time to make some room!" he grumbled, threw Ryo to the ground and pulled his claws together.
"DESOLATION CLAW!" The bright beam of digital energy flew across the room, wandering across the floor and the walls, destroying every single egg it came across.
Ryo was horror-stricken by that display of cruelty. "Why... why are you doing this?" he murmured. "They were your allies..."
"Other Digimon do not matter!" Cyberdramon explained as he lowered his claws and stared down at Ryo. "They were just a means to an end... I needed them to lure you here, Ryo! Together, we can bring the island under out control... and not just this island, the whole world, human or Digital World, it doesn't matter!" He spread his arms. "We will be the ones who make the rules, and there will beno one who can oppose us! You always wanted to be the best Tamer, Ryo, now's your chance!"
"That is the reason why you will never be my Digimon partner!" Ryo shouted. "You are cruel and the life of someone else means nothing to you."
"Wrong!" Cyberdramon said. "Your life means everything to me!"
"That's just because you are obsessed! Now release Monodramon!"
"R-ryo...?"
Ryo hesitated. Why did Cyberdramon's voice sound so high-pitched and weak now? Was that a trick?
"Ryo, I can't break free from his mind," Monodramon's voice spoke through Cyberdramon's mouth. "I tried to bring my body back under control, but he won't let me. He wants to digivolve, Ryo! And you can't beat him once he reaches his Mega Level. That's why I'm trying to hinder him from digivolving as long as I can. Don't think about me, you have to destroy him! Or else both of our worlds will be doomed... please, Ryo, I beg you... do it..."
"Monodramon..." Ryo whispered. "I c-can't... you are my Digimon..."
"Of course I am!" Cyberdramon roared. Ryo jumped back in surprise. He had regained his loud impressive voice again. Millenniummon was under control once again. "Now come and take your place next to my side!"
"NEVER!" Ryo yelled, and a bright light came shining out of his D-Power. The digital lasso wrapped itself around his body and encased him in a shining cocoon of light. Cyberdramon stepped back in surprise. "What... what's happening here?"
"RYO HYBRID DIGIVOLUTION TO... SPYROMON!"
The blazing cocoon exploded outwards as a powerful tail and a pair of impressive wings came bursting forth. A humanoid dragon with a human-like face, purple scales and yellow horns appeared in the middle of the light. He hovered down to the floor and let out a menacing snort. Flaming sparks came flying out of his nostrils.
"I-impossible!" Cyberdramon gasped. "You... you're... a HYBRID?"
"I won't kill my friend Monodramon!" Spyromon exclaimed in a serious voice. "But I won't let you continue your evil ways either. This is as far as you go, Millenniummon! I will find a way to seal you forever, no matter what!"
Just then, Kitsunemon, Brawlmon and Stingmon appeared in the entrance of the chamber.
"Who is that Digimon?" Stingmon asked in confusion.
"It can't be... Ryo?" Kitsunemon wondered. "But... how? He hasn't got a Digimon parent... or does he?"
The doorbell was ringing.
"I'm coming!" a female voice shouted from inside. Shortly afterwards, the door got opened.
The female figure gasped. "H-honey?"
"Hello, Yuki..." Ryo's father murmured. "Could I please stay with you for the night? I'm afraid I have no place to stay..."
The slender, green-scaled dragon Digimon shook her head. "Just WHAT happened to you? You look terrible! Oh no!" The Fafnimon suddenly got worried. "Is something wrong with Ryo?"
"He's fine... I think. Nowadays, he's always away with that Digimon partner of his. I just hope that whatever they are doing, it's not responsible for the explosion in our apartment."
"Explosion! Oh dear god... are you hurt?" She lead her ex-husband inside.
"I was at work when it happened," sighed Ryo's father. "The police could just tell me that some rogue Digimon was on the rampage. Ryo wasn't around when it happened... but I can't reach him on his phone."
"Oh, I hope he's all right," Yuki Fafnimon Akiyama muttered. "Tomorrow, I'm gonna fly to his school and ask his teachers if they know something. And tonight, you'll get something nice to eat. Ex-husband or not, you look famished."
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