Gears each place a role in a machine. Each gear just moves slowly to help the machine it is in function. Turing each second  to aid in completing it's function as a vital part of the machine. A gear is like a moment in history. History can't turn forward without it. Digimon Ghost Game!  Gears of History!

The others followed Espimon to the location of where Anika had Shiramon and Gammamon. With each step they took, their worries grew. This girl had the brains to make a virus to infect so many virus type digimon to act like monsters.Meaning that she must have done something to Shiramon and Gammamon. She wss the "Dark Mist" child who was the digimon modifier. That meant that she could turned them into far worse monsters than what the infected digimon became.

"......." Mei seemed lost in her thoughts as the group grew closer to the location.

Ruli noticed and thought to change the subject to relax her mind. Mei looked ready to punch anything at that moment. Her previous sorrow now fueled the anger that she was barely containing now.

"Hey Mei" Ruli placed a hand on Mei shoulder.
Mei nearly snapped her hand in half from the sudden  friendly gesture. Then relaxed before it was too late.

Ruli did flinch out of fear though. She knew far to well how good Mei was at beating people up. She was especially good at physical combat. Once she went toe to toe with Kinkakumon when she challenged Mei for being such a weak human. She learn not to judge humans by looks ever. She learned to fear them that day. Mei was the one who she feared the most.

"So what did you and our detective friend find out about the "Dark Mist"?" Ruli was a bit nervois since the previous  reaction from earlier.

"We found out the true origins of the "Dark Mist". Where it first came from and how it was found by N.E.S.T" That made everyone freeze for a moment.

Their detective had truly figured that out?!

"WHAT?!" They all looked ready to pounce on Mei for the answer.

"There was once gears of corrupted dark energy that were later converted into dark rings or spirals by the Digimon Emperor who is other why know as Ken Ichijouji. He had made these rings by using the black gears as a base since they enrage digimon making them more prone to attack. Influencing to follow their dreams by dark means. The heroes of that time managed to stop him. Allow him to see the error of their ways as he joined them to destory the control spires that released those black rings. N.E.S.T must have found the last remaining ones and used them to make the "Dark Mist". Using a harmful thing on digimon to make children into weapons makes me hate these N.E.S.T people more" Mei storm ahead of them as the others processed what they just heard.

A human used gears to make collars that harmed digimon just for their own amusement? Then N.E.S.T believed that it was a smart idea to use that on children? Why? Just why? How could they find out that these kids had digimon? Why do any of this? If they had heroes back then, wht bother making their own version?

Hiro followed Mei. Not to badger her for more answers but to join her. Both had one shared thought coursing through their minds.

SAVE THEIR DIGIMON PARTNERS FROM WHATEVER ANIKA WAS DOING TO THEM!

Espimon stopped before an abandoned lab. The partiality destroyed letters that spelled N.E.S.T were a sign that they had reach the spot were it had all began. Where the "Dark Mist" children were born. Where Anika chose for them to meet face to face.

There awaiting for them was a green and black robot like digimon. The mere presence of that digimon was enough to make Angoramon and Jellymon to take a step back in fright. Clearly something about it made them scared.

"Gizumon....but they were all wiped out. Our history says so" Angoramon looked at the Gizumon in disbelief. Hoping that his eyes were playing tricks on him behind his bangs.

"Well then history lied! Those terminators are still around!" Jellymon hide behind Kiyo, wrapping her arms around his neck in fear.

"Terminators?! Like the killer robot?" Kiyo shook. He was still terried of that movie. The way that  robot killed still haunted him to this day.

Why had he agreed to watch such a frighting movie with Mei? JUST WHY?!

"Years ago, they wiped out thousands to millions of digimon just because a human ordered them too. Thankifully the "Keeper of the Peace" and his friends stopped them and saved us all. They must have missed one" Angoramon frowned. Never forgetting his face as he read those articles of their history.

"How though?" Hiro asked, rather confused how one could still be active.

"Why not ask ask his partner? After all Gero does not exactly speak to others. Only me really" Anika chuckleda bit as she came from the shadows of the dark hall.

She had tanned brown skin with curly black hair that only reached doen to her ears. She had a few freckles on her cheeks. Black eyes that seemed pkeased that they had found her. She wore a long red dress with hibiscus flowers designs on it. She wore sandals made out of palm leaves. On her face were thin steel frame glasses. On her wrist was a strange keychain like device.

"You're Anika right?" Kiyo asked. Caitious since they had entered their terrority. Unsure what she had hidden.

"Correct. My, my, it's been fifty years since I encountered a genius like me" Anika smiled, quite innocently.
Clearly she had something planned.

"So did you come to hear my story? I am truly touched by how you all took time out of your busy day for little ol' me" That response just made Mei even angerier.

"I CAN CARE TWO BITS ABOUT YOUR STORY ANYMORE! YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE HERE! TO GET BACK OUR DIGIMON!!" Mei yelled at her. Facing her with her rage that she was barely able to get under control.

Hiro probably would do the same if Mei hadn't beaten him to the punch first. He was grateful that she had to be honest. If he did then he would have lose chances to get Gammamon back unharmed.

"Well I see you weren't taught many manners, Hoshi san. Though I thought that would be your reaction. Here I believed that you were the ones that could finally help us but seems like I was wrong. Given how you hurt Moon, you aren't very nice people anyways.Gears and Rings from the digiral world made us into the soldiers that N.E.S.T wanted. All because of that prodigy child Ken Ichijouji wanted to rule over the Digital World as it's Emperor. He made the cursed mist that courses in our blood streams. Just because he realized his error, he taught he could simply join the side of good and be forgiven?! It was because of "them" finding out about it! HE SHOULD HAVE DESTROY ALL OF THEM! BLUEPRINTS AND ALL! MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ACCURSED INSTRUMENTS OF EVIL PERISHED WITHOUT A TRACE!" Anika let out her frustration in that moment.Then calmed herself. "I was also a prodigy you may know me as the "Queen of the Future". Though N.E.S..T. believed that my intellect was far better suited for their motives. It was then it lost my home. Never to see my family ever again. Only the other children of the "Dark Mist" were my family now. It was there in those labs that I gained my ability to modify our digimon. Any digimon who they demanded I modify to their specifications. Day after day, I was forced to modify without sleep or food. Only view as a tool. Though Koi treated me as an equal. Protecting me like a knight in shining armor" She blushed the moment that she mentioned Koi.

"Anika....do you love Koi?" Ruli adked. Giggling how cute the girl was acting about the mystery boy.

"I..well I...I...SHUT UP!!!" Gero had to calm Anima dow my nudging his body near hers ever so lightly.

This action surprised them. A Gizumon shoing comfort to a human? Weren't they soulless machines with no heart?!

"Thank you Gero. Well I suppose I should give them what they want" She snapped her fingers as two eyes emitted from the darkness.

One dark purple while the other was blood red.

Gammamon and Shiramon stepped out of the darkness. They were indeed modified. Hiro felt his heart drop as his stomach urge him to vomit then and there. Mei could only stare to what her partner had become.

"Gammamon...."

"Shiramon...."

Gammamon had been modified to unlock Gulus powers. He bared his cruel sharped tooth smile that held no sight of remorse for those around him. Only seeking destruction and carnage of his targets. His tail was long like Gulus too. Ever so sharp at the end.

Shiramon ws on all fours with her fangs the size of a sabertooth tiger. Her eyes were as feral as a pack of wild Fangmon. Snarling at them like they meant nothing to her at all. Her soft and fluffy tail THAT the others used to nap on and claimed it was the most comfortable pillow was now as spiky as a catcus.Claw tips were coated in a deadly poison. Her cursed mark glew brightly like a flash grenade.

"What in the...WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM?!" Hiro demanded unable to control his anger anymore.

Mei just stared at Shiramon in horror. Praying to herself that this all was a freakiest dream thatshe was having. Mentally trying to wake herself up.

Unfornately this was no nightmare. Just nightmarish.

"Just gave them a bit of modified jewelry that I had been developing" She answered. Unfazed by Hiro outburst of anger.

Jewelry?

Just as Anika had said, around both of their necks wrre a type of collar like necklace with a crystal on it's center. The crystals glew brightly as both digimon seem to become more and more enraged.

The dark rings that Mei had mentioned before. Anika remade them and put them on their friends!

Gero was about to beep when Mei landed a hard punch on him. Making him crash into the wall that causes him to spark and smoke. She had chosen a target for her anger.

"GERO! WHY DO THIS?! WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST ATTACK YOUR FR-" Anika words paused as she noticed the dark faces on Mei and Hiro faces.

They looked ready to kill with fierce auras backing them up.

"YOU MESSED WITH OUR FRIENDS! YOU HONESTLY THINK I WASN'T GONNA BE ANGER OR UPSET ABOUT IT?! MAYBE WE DID DO MOON WRONG BUT YOU CROSSED THE LINE WAY BEFORE WE DID!! FIRST HURTING AND TORMENTING BLUES EMOTIONALLY, THEN YOU HURT OUR FRIEND ALIANA! THAT WAS WAY BEFORE WHAT GULUS DID TO MOON! SO WE ARE MAKING YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID! NOT ONLY TO OUR PARTNERS BUT TO THE DIGIMON THAT YOU INFECTED AS WELL!!" Hiro yelled as he watched Anika slowly begin to disappear. "JUST. LEAVE." Hiro snarled.

Why go through the whole fighting friends when you have a chance to attack the enemy while they were in the open. Not fair but effective.

Anika had no comeback or words in that moment. Though she smiled. For she had done what Koi asked. Completing her missions to him.

Giving him the two Virus Digimon that he requested.

"Thank you, my beloved Anika" Koi said as he came into the room.

Now the real fight would begin.

It appears that Anika was a simple decoy in the final plan. Who are "they"? Can Gammamon and Shiramon be freed or is it far too late? What is Koi final plan? Will his digimon partners be revealed? Find out soon!