"What in the world happened here?" gasped Romi as she and her team reentered the Rebel Base. It was in a state of chaos. A gaping hole was in the ceiling, humans and Digimon were clearing the huge central cave from rubble, and young children and Rookies were crying.
"Looks like Takato's room after his last birthday party..." Henry murmured as he floated around. "One single big mess!"
"Hey, boss!" It was Kouki. When he saw Alice and the others, he put the big rock he had been moving away and came over to them. "So, you made it back in one piece, huh?"
"Kouki, what's going on here?" Alice wanted to know. "Who's responsible for that hole?"
"Lucemon's flunkies, who else?" Kouki grumbled. "A huge dragon Digimon and a couple of winged Rookies. They just dug through the surface, effectively bypassing all security defenses, and kidnapped Yamaki."
"What?" Romi gasped. She didn't get it. "If there's one human Lucemon is not interested in, it's Yamaki!"
"That's not quite true," a quiet voice spoke up. It was Tally. The Gatomon was crouching in one corner, her tail wrapped around her shoulders. "Or have you forgotten that there's still one Demon Lord soul missing that Lucemon hasn't absorbed yet?"
Henry slapped his forehead. "Of course!" he groaned. "How could I have forgotten? And naturally, she's using Yamaki as a bait to lure Riley into a trap."
"That reminds me, where is Riley?" Alice wondered.
Kouki gestured upwards with his thumb. "She took off right after our attackers left. Digivolved and flew up, up and away... probably directly to Lucemon's tower!"
"But that's dangerous!" Suzie shouted as she stepped forth. "Does she think she can do this all by herself?"
"That stupid woman..." Romi groaned.
Kouki whistled. "My, where did you come from, my beauties? I don't think I've ever seen you before down here..."
"Pick your jaw up from the ground, Romeo!" Henry grunted. "Those are Romi and my sister."
This time Kouki's jaw really dropped to the ground. " R-Romi? As in, former Detective Roshi Taomon Nonaka? That Romi?"
"What's your problem, I digivolved!" Senshimon grumbled. "You do that every time you run into battle."
"Back on topic, are there any casualties?" Alice asked.
"Thankfully no one got smashed or buried alive, but there are a couple of injured Digimon. Thanks to Ivan, the children are safe, however." He gestured over to where his burly partner was trying to calm down the sniffling children. "In the meantime, a few of Lucemon's goons tried to fly in, but we managed to hold them off until now."
Bimon tugged at his sister's skirt. "Hey, we can't let the lady go by herself! Let's follow her and help her!"
"'We' won't do anything at all," Romi proclaimed. "You will stay here, where it's safe."
"What?" Bimon gaped. "But I've come with you in the lava tunnels, too... and wasn't I a big help?"
"You do realize that you nearly died in there, don't you?" Romi shouted. "And besides, this is completely different. We're going into Lucemon's tower... not into some criminal Digimon's hideout. She's the most powerful Demon Lord that ever existed!"
"But... but maybe I can become as strong as you, sis..." Bimon murmured meekly. He had the feeling he didn't know his own sister anymore. Since when did she act so much like a... an adult?
"First of all, we need a plan," Henry said. "We can't do the same mistake as Riley and just barge in there. We need to gather information... such as, what kind of guards does she have? What kind of Digimon attacked this place?"
"It was Megidramon..." someone behind them whispered. They all looked around and saw Kazu and Kenta standing there. Both of them were shaking like a leaf.
"Megi... Kazu, do you know what you are saying?" Henry gasped. "Megidramon was Guilmon's Virus Mega form..."
"I know what I saw, and that dragon who broke through the ceiling was Megidramon. No doubt about it."
"Maybe... maybe there's another Megidramon somewhere..." Suzie muttered.
But Henry knew that wasn't the truth. There was only one Guilmon, so there could only be one Megidramon. "Guilmon... Takato..." he whispered. "What the hell did she do to you?"
"And the other two?" Alice asked.
"Never saw such Rookies before," Kouki shrugged. "They somewhat resembled the little devils that are on Lucemons side, but they looked more like little dragons. It also seemed to me as if they had control over the big dragon."
"A pair of Rookies... controlling a Mega level Digimon?" Romi wondered.
"This sounds really bad," Yui agreed. "C'mooon, there's something we can do." She was getting extremely worried about what Lucemon could do to Renamon if she was able to turn Guilmon into such a monster.
"We have to surprise her, somehow..." Henry murmured.
"Say, what were our two ex-Demon Lords doing during the attack?" Romi asked. "Couldn't they have done anything to prevent this?"
Tally shook her head sadly. "It all happened too fast... and in a cave like this, huge Digimon like Leviamon and Belphemon can't move very fast. Besides, they don't actually fit through all the doors... they are blaming themselves for not having been able to predict this, though, especially Belphemon..."
"I'm not too surprised," Kenta said. "They've been Rookies themselves before Lucemon's big change, ain't that right?"
"You're forgetting that all the children that got changed automatically got the mindset of an adult to go along with their new bodies, stupid," Kazu said. "Just take a look at Suzie!"
"I've got it!" Henry suddenly shouted.
"What, what?" asked Kenta, visibly startled.
Henry smirked. "I now know of the perfect way to get into Lucemon's tower without attracting too much attention and without going through the main entrance..."
"Oh, really?" Romi asked. "Well, don't keep us in suspense and tell us about your great plan already, oh wise mascot of the team!"
"Stop that!" Suzie angrily shouted.
Henry simply ignored Romi's sarcasm. He pointed back at the tunnel where they had come from. "How about... we finish SkullMeramon's little project?" he grinned.
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