(A/N- Thus begins the three-part finale of Mixels Ghost Game, with the first installment now unveiled! I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to each of you for your support over the past years as this story gradually took shape. Surprisingly, I never anticipated crafting a narrative as compelling as this one. When I began writing this story as of the end of May last year, my story-writing skills were lacking, but with each chapter I completed, I noticed a significant improvement in my writing. I am confident that the concluding trilogy of the Prophesized Warriors arc, and the story's culmination, will leave you astonished. You will experience a myriad of emotions and feel an unprecedented connection with the Chosen Ones' team as you accompany Casey and her companions through the final stretch of their adventure in Mixels Ghost Game; Genesis of Worlds! However, a trigger warning is in order—this chapter features a summoning ritual and otherworldly possession, all during a singular musical number. Those of you who have been reading the story all the way up to this point who have either listened to or have knowledge with a particular song  [or two] from a certain Starkid Musical, or if those of you who end up reading this story turn out to be fans of the Hatchetfield universe, odds are that you'll likely grasp some of the references made in this chapter, and please note that there is one last detail for content warning in regards to an instance of minor [albeit implied to be major earlier on within the story] character death [rest assured, that none of the Chosen Ones perish, nor any of their partners]. Now, without any further instances of either delay or ado... Let the curtains rise!)

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All the Chosen Ones, their partners, both Digimon and Mixel, their Families (Sans for the Roark Sister's parents, as Well as Aleena's Mom and Dad) and friends, the entire town, as well as all of the Digimon they had helped up until now had all gathered at the Santa Monica Playhouse. Ever since last night, upon learning that not only the Digimon lost the sense of their home, the Digital World, being close to their hearts, but Nixels were wreaking havoc almost everywhere around the world, and that people all over the globe who didn't have pendits or D-Vigors were beginning to actually see Mixels, Nixels and Digimon alike, it was at this point that it was all crystal clear regarding the fact that action needed to be taken, as Casey had ultimately decided to do the last thing she ever expected to do in her life; Give a big public speech to motivate everyone in her city to work together to face the looming threat that Regulusmon and the Nixel Armada posed to Earth- nay, the whole universe. Terriermon assistant, Blip, and Carlos were each explaining the current situation to everyone present.

"During the time we were spending in the Digital World with Carlos, we kept seeing a Black corrosion that we now know has been spreading for the past few days." Blip began, before handing the microphone over to Terriermon assistant. "Anything the corrosion would touch would get darker and darker, and if it managed to melt on anything, the corrosion would then cover them up, be they plant or Digimon." He began, as from amongst the crowd of Mixels, Digimon, and humans, Teslo quickly remembered something. " Wait a minute... Dayz before Planet Mixel was devoured by Reguluzmon, that Black stuff waz practically almozt everywhere across both Mixel Land, AND Mixopoliz!" The Electroid leader realized, before Niksput's voice could be heard among the assembly. "Hey, we saw that stuff in Orbitopia, too!" And then Globert's voice. "And I saw it in the Glowkie Caves before we were about to have another rave!" Terriermon assistant nodded upon hearing the three Mixel Tribe Leaders all say they had seen it in their home worlds. "But when that stuff causes Digimon to turn black, though, the ones who've been infected by it just simply attack friends and foes alike, like they're nothing more than primordial beasts who all only seem to live and die for the thrill of fighting, and nothing more than that!" He quickly added, as from Backstage, Casey had then thought back to the Dragomon that she, Henry, Siriusmon, HoverEspimon, and the Infernites Giga-Max had to fight earlier. "So that's the reason as to why a majority of Digimon have been coming to Earth from the Digital World..." Angoramon thought to himself aloud. "I was sent back here with Terriermon and the rest of Booger's friends, too..." Carlos, Casey and Henry's dad, had then explained, as Scrud and Zabo nodded in agreement with his statement.

"I just still can't believe the Digital World was actually devoured by Regulusmon..." Jellymon sadly said, as she and Cthyllamon were also backstage, helping Casey out with her makeup, along with a few several other despairing Digimon assisting with several other things. "Have we really lost our home world to the Devourer of Space?" Floramon asked, not showcasing her usual chipper eagerness as she styled Casey's hair with the help of Piximon, as Labramon put some red high heels on Casey's feet. "There's no real way for any of us to know the true answer to that possibility right now, Floramon..." Mummymon added, trying his best to keep hope alive. "We'd be able to find a gate if more Digimon or other Lifeforms evacuated here..." Clockmon added as he got Casey a dress. At this point, Casey knew all too well that she had to quell these Digimon's fears before she was to give her speech to her beloved hometown. "Everyone, just listen to me- I'm aware that things may not seem okay right now, but I want you all to try and be positive despite what's going on. Angoramon said back when my team first met him that if we can manage to somehow beat Regulusmon in battle, all the worlds that he had devoured in the past would be restored to their former glory. And I promise, me, my fellow Chosen Ones, and our partners will do everything we can to save your world, and all those that came before it." Casey said as she put her ponytail down to put a ribbon in her hair. "Cas, are you even sure that you can do this?" Akane asked her cousin, as Casey's brother, Henry, nodded. "Yeah, you didn't even rehearse your speech, let alone plan out anything of what you're gonna say in advance." He added as Gammamon came in with Gulus in control right out of the gate. "Dango, Churro, ya both need'ta relax. Spicy's got dis whole thing in th'bag." Gulus told the two of them as Casey grabbed the dress Clockmon had gotten her, and then went into a changing room. Soon enough, she had walked out of the changing room, wearing the aforementioned dress. "Well, everyone, how do I look?" She then asked the group of humans, Mixels, and Digimon that helped her prepare.

"Casey, mi hermana, you look stunning!" Henry smiled as he gently took ahold of her hands, a proud smile on his face. "Casey, you got this. We're right behind you if you need us." Flain told her, as the other 5 Infernites looked at her with a small nod. "Thanks, everyone. Gulus, let's give them a show that'll motivate 'em, and unite everyone towards this common goal of protecting every living thing currently on the face of the Earth, and stopping Regulusmon and the Armada once and for all." She told him with a determined smirk on her face, as Casey and Gulus both begun to make their way onstage. However, moments after the duo left, Akane had finally realized what it was that her cousin had said. "Wait... 'Give them a Show'?" She had questioned, as she then looked over to Henry. "... She actually..." He muttered, before Burnard chuckled. "Yep, she did!" He told them, as Meltus nodded. "Me, Burnard, and everymixel else pitched in, and we all helped Casey write her speech for everyone into a song." The dinosaurian Infernite then explained to the duo of humans. "I guess we both doubted her, Prima. She really did prepare." Henry laughed a bit.

[Cue Musical Number- 'Ready for This', performed by Casey Almenera (CV; Andrea Libman), Gulus (CV; Emma Stone), Akane Tatsumi (CV; Jenny Yokobori), Henry Almenera (CV; Yuri Lowenthal), & Flain & the other Infernites (CVs; Tom Kenny, Jess Harnell, Rodger Bumpass, & David P. Smith) Ft. Various Mixels & Digimon, and all of Santa Monica (CV; Various), based on the song of the same name from Hazbin Hotel S1 E7, 'Hello, Rosie!']

https://youtu.be/Ho1CaDah7FE

[Terriermon Assistant hands Casey the microphone, as she walks onstage, and while she begins singing, Flurr, Globert, and Vampos shine a spotlight down on her.]

"Have you ever wished for something,

That was so clear in your mind, that you could taste it?"

[Banjoe, a background Mixel from the Munchos tribe, raises his pincer hand.]

"You mean like Food?"

[Casey lightly tilts her head.]

"Well, sort of..."

[She then resumes singing.]

"It's a feeling like a rumbling in the ground,

That you could finally be faced with,

A billion needy faces, What I wanna get across is-

For the first time in my life,

I have no choice but to get ready for this,

Ready to be the one who's leading from the front,

Gotta come into my own,

Won't be frightened to the Bone!

Need to take charge, save and defend all our homes!

And although I feel somewhat unsteady,

I know I need to be ready for this!"

[Gammamon's body digivolves into Gulus, as with the motion of a single claw, black and blue flames form a cocoon around Casey's body, causing the crowd to watch in fear. But to their shock, Casey isn't Dead, but rather, she now has a rainbow-patterned dress on her body as she walks out of the dissipating fiery veil.]

"Have you ever felt like you're willing to die,

All to save the people whom you love~?"

[Kiyo looks up at Casey.]

"N-Not really..."

[Casey silently stares at Kiyoshiro.]

"... Not now, Kiyo."

[She begins singing again.]

"'Cause right now, we need a leader,

And it seems to me that,

Lady luck picked me to be such,

If I'm allowed to be,

So, who's with me?"

[Casey grabs a cane, and then begins dancing with it.]

"Wouldn't it be awesome t' break through your fears?

Join up if you want adventure,

Come on, Amigos, can't 'cha picture?!

Lotta sights to see en route to the goal!

Not to mention the camaraderie!

Yes, siree, you'll form life-changing friendships,

With the folks along the way!"

[Gulus then snatches the microphone from her.]

"And might I say, it's th' Nixel Armada's final days!"

[Casey looks over to Gulus as the music briefly stops.]

"Gulus, that part wasn't in the song—"

[Gulus gestures to the sea of humans, Mixels, and Digimon in front of them. Commotion erupts among the audience.]

"The end of the Nixel Armada?"

"I'm in!"

"They're with the beast who's trying to devour earth?!"

"Let's take 'em down once and for all!"

[The crowd begins to sing along.]

"It's time now to act!

They're on the attack!

When they Devour or Nix,

We'll unite, fighting back!

We'll follow your lead,

Eager to stand tall through it all!

We'll sharpen our weapons,

For the final fight!

From this moment on, our light begins to shine!

To be resolute and courageous!

Our braveries all resound,

And we're set to seize the day!

So, I say, 'Oh hey! Join the freedom cabaret'!"

[Casey steps back a bit.]

"Well, that's a little extremist,

Can't we tone it down?"

[Gulus smirks, as he begins to sing again.]

"Oh, don't be put off by their dreamin',

That's enthusiasm, Amigo!"

[Casey just seems unsure.]

"I dunno, Gulus, they seem a bit extra now..."

[Gulus rests a hand on Casey's shoulder.]

"Don't worry, Spicy,

That's our thing!

Keep singin'!"

[The duo of Casey and Gulus sing together.]

"We're Meccha Mucho grateful,

To have you folks aboard!"

"Can't wait to see the end to those who'd want the world to cease!"

[Casey sighs.]

"Dios Mio..."

[Casey starts singing, feeling some confidence.]

"For the first time in my life,

Maybe I can get ready for this,

I can be a marshal leading my own parade!

I can come into my own,

And I think I've always known,

My destiny will never be postponed!

When we bring the war, to Regulusmon's door, 

I must appear like I'm ready for this~!"

[Akane and Henry stare at the uproar Casey Caused, a bit shocked, but still proud of her all the same.]

"They're dancing along?"

"They're singing her song?"

[Flain and Gulus look at the duo, as Flain takes a verse.]

 "Surprised?

Why, we knew she could do it from the start!"

[Both Gulus and Flain sing together.]

"She'll pass the test to be a leader, so Wonder-ful!

Like her buddies, she is madly power-ful!"

[Gulus takes a verse as he sees Casey Crowd surfing.]

"She's filled with a potential that I can guide,"

[Flain nods in agreement with Gulus' statement.]

"Schnix, yeah!"

[The other 5 Infernites then sing.]

"With Mankind, we'll be on the winning side!"

[Everyone else present then sings.]

"For the first time in our lives,

We know that we are ready for this!"

[Gulus sings as he uses his fire to create a flaming cubit.]

"We'll show Regulusmon a fight he won't forget!"

[Everyone else sings again.]

"It's time to take a stand-"

[Casey jumps into the air as she then sings.]

"It's time to lend a hand!"

[Everyone in the theatre loudly cheers.]

"HURRAH!"

[Casey holds up her D-Vigor as it faintly glows with rainbow light, as she and the other chosen ones sing together.]

"Against the Devourer, and his galactic threat!"

[Everyone sings together, as Casey looks back at everyone that she has motivated.]

"We cannot take it anymore!

We must go past the closed-off doors!

Prepare to fight, we're ready for...

THIS~!"

[Casey embraces Gulus in a hug as he turns back into Gammamon, returning control to his little brother, as the girl from Spain sings one last time.]

"I can only hope that I'm ready for this..."

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[End musical number]

The crowd was left cheering as Casey flashed them all a small smile. "Listen, we may not know how to go after Regulusmon, King Nixel, and the rest of the Armada, but I promise, as the leader of the Chosen Ones, we'll do everything we can to save not only all of Earth, but every universe as we know them!" She then rallied the crowd up, as she then met up with the other chosen ones and their partners backstage. "Well, the good news is that my big brother knows exactly where they are. But the way we're gonna be getting there isn't gonna be anywhere near easy..." Gammamon nervously admitted, as the small Digimon allowed Gulus to take control of his body. "Yeah, but if'm being honest, the only way that we're gonna even be able to go after my old man and those black-and-white gremlins and ultimately put'n end t'this universal-scale apocalypse is by gettin' to th' Ol' man's own Pocket dimension of Neowise. A'n dat's only gonna happ'n if we c'n manage' t'make a deal with some... Less-than-ideal forces. And JellyBaby, I think y'know exactly which forces I'm talkin' about." Gulus sighed while staring at the Mollusk Digimon with an all-too-knowing gaze, as Jellymon froze up for a moment upon seeing his and everyone else's eyes on her, before she softly sighed under her breath, and finally nodded. "... Yeah, I'm more than aware, Dark 'n Moody. Plus, they more or less owe me a solid...." She somberly admitted, as Kiyo froze up. "J-Jellymon..? Who's 'they'?" Her human partner asked her, to which Jellymon kept silent for a few moments, before finally coming clean with the complete and total truth.

"Darling, just listen to me..." Jellymon began, as she took a deep breath in, and then exhaled. "... Way before I met the walking Icemakers and Zappers- And by extension, you, your cousin, and practically everybody else here- When I ended up going through the gate that'd take me from the Digital World to Earth, there was some interference, and I ended up in a place outside of the space-time continuum; A reality known only as The Black and White, an ocean of psychokinetic energy, yet at the same time, an abyss of endless darkness. I was lucky enough to get out of that place with help from the domain's 5 rulers. I told them that, if I needed them ever again in the future, I wouldn't hesitate to let them know, but I can't exactly give them a call without the Black Book." She then explained, as Gammamon regained control. "So, we just gotta find a black book, and we can call the lords to help us go after our dad and the Nixels!" The little Digimon happily beamed, his tongue slightly poking out of his mouth, as Magnifo's eye widened with realization. "You mean the Lords in Black, Jellymon? Y-You don't get it, do you?! Striking a deal with them is schnixing dangerous! They're notorious for finding loopholes in the agreements they make!" The leader of the Wiztastics panicked, as the Mollusk Digimon just glared at him. "It's not like we have any other choice, Top Hat. It's either we get their help and give chase to the armada and the Devourer of Space, or we can kiss every single universe in every known galaxy goodbye!" She shouted, before calming herself down. "And luckily for us, the good news is that I know exactly where the Black Book is. Which kiiiinda plays into the bad news of the whole entire situation regarding what Gamms and I had both been put through not too long after I attained my Duo-Synchro- and as such from that, my Ultimate-level form- with Polar Professor's help..." Jellymon groaned, as Gammamon knew EXACTLY what she was talking about, and despite the existential dread it gave him to see that group again, it's not like he and the others had any different plans on how to get through this without risking another 'bargain' being made again...

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"... You're kidding me. This is where the Black Book is?! Of all the places where it could even be located, it's HERE?!" Flain's left eye twitched, the Infernite leader trying whatever he could to keep himself calm as the group of heroes (And Gulus) had arrived in the once-thriving city of Oxnard, while a lone Betsumon in the distance had noticed the Infernite leader, and had run into the familiar building of the Casa Sirena Seaside Resort, or as Jellymon, Gammamon, and Gulus all knew it as, The Oracles of the Eye. "Unfortunately, Flame-Brain, it is. And like Dark 'n Moody said, if we wanna get to Neowise, we need to contact the Lords in Black. And to do that, we're gonna need to get the Black Book." Jellymon explained, as Zorch then intervened. "Yeah, but how are we gonna get in there? Casey, Henry, Katie, The Flexers, Gammamon and Gulus all told the rest of us what happened with the Betsumon back then, and I don't think that they're gonna be happy about us just waltzing in and taking their book- Especially whoever their boss is." The crimson speedster admitted, before Jellymon snickered. "You forget that this is the end of the universe we're facing, Zippo. Nobody's gonna care if we steal a book!" The mollusk Digimon remarked. "Y-yeah- A book that we're gonna use to summon a couple of eldritch-" Kiyo fearfully began, before getting interrupted by Jellymon rhythmically snapping her fingers. "Hang on a dang minute, why is she snapping her fingers?" Espimon quizzically tilted his head, all while Jellymon eagerly looked over to the cybernetic marmot Digimon, Dracmon, Angoramon, and Gammamon, still snapping her fingers, as a somewhat eerie melody drifted through the air, sending a chill down the others' spines.

CUE MUSICAL NUMBER- 'STEAL US A BOOKIE', Inspired by 'Bury the Bully' from Nerdy Prudes Must Die, Performed by Jellymon (CV; Tabitha St. Germaine), FT. Gammamon (CV; Cathy Weseluck), Dracmon (CV; Alex Brightman), Angoramon (CV; Andrew Francis), Espimon (CV; James Arnold Taylor), & Cloaked Figure (CV; Luke Millington-Drake)

https://youtu.be/Db_JbljBTWA

[The group of 5 Digimon that were mentioned in the prophecy all headed to the roof of the building via flight (and mad acrobatic skills, in Dracmon's case). The other 4 look over to Jellymon, who is just watching an army of Betsumon doing their rounds, protecting the Black book in a special chamber, as the Mollusk Digimon simply starts singing.]

"We're gonna steal us a bookie,

Get ourselves a quick lookie!

Use the spell to call the Lords out

From the Black and White!"

[Angoramon just sighs. He didn't want to get accused of thievery in the midst of an intergalactic apocalypse, nor did the other 3 Digimon present, but Jellymon being a schemer left no other option, especially since if they did nothing, the universe as these Digital monsters knew, much like the Digital World already had been at this point, would end up devoured.]

"Let's just pull off this heist..."

[Jellymon ignores him, and continues singing, as the screen then changes to show Dracmon inside the Oracles of the Eye building going full-on ninja, knocking out the Betsumon, as we can hear Jellymon's singing.]

"Drakkie's gonna take all the guards out-"

[A VHS-tape player-esque filter is seen, as the screen seems to have been paused, as Dracmon pops up on the right side of the screen]

"I'M taking the guards out?"

[Jellymon nods, as she is seen to the left of the screen.]

"Yeah, you're gonna take all the guards ou-"

[Dracmon seems a bit enraged, as he then sings, interrupting her.]

"Do we haf'ta make this job a hit?!"

[Jellymon then shrugs, as the screen behind them unpauses as she continues to sing again.]

"How else will we get it~?"

[The screen shows Dracmon turning to a corner, and then giving a thumbs up. Espimon deactivates his Divanish attack, enabling us, the viewers, to see him, Angoramon, Jellymon, and Gammamon, all engage in their parts of the plan.]

"Robo-mouse is on the lookout,

Thumper will destroy the cameras,

Gamms'll grab the book 'n go!"

[Gammamon tenses up a bit as he stares up at the Black Book]

"Why couldn't Zorch do this part?"

[Jellymon sighs, as she then zooms overhead of Gammamon, snatching the Black book off of its pedestal]

"Wе're gonna fulfil this dang prophecy,

Even if we have to do the wrong things!"

[Gammamon, Espimon, Angoramon, and Dracmon retort with a verse of their own, following after the Mollusk Digimon]

"We shouldn't even have to do the wrong things!"

[Dracmon notices a strange thing on the ceiling.]

"Wait, is that an alarm?"

[Jellymon shrugs, making a beeline for the exit]

"So? Things won't continue to go wrong, just play along!"

[The other Digimon facepalm, before quickly following her]

"Why-y-y?"

[Jellymon turns to face the group, floating backwards towards the exit]

"Ya wanna save both time and space?

Then you guys better pick up the pace!"

[The Digimon make a mad dash towards the exit of the building as the alarms blare]

"We're gonna steal us a bookie,

Gunna go to Digi-juvie, surely!"

[Angoramon is utilizing his ears like helicopter propellors, carrying Gammamon in his arms as the rabbit Digimon then sings]

"Why couldn't we just go in-

[Following up Angoramon's verse, Gammamon then sings]

"And ask for the Book?"

[Dracmon nods in agreement, bounding from wall to wall]

"That would've been easier!"

[Jellymon sighs]

"It's simpler like this!"

[Gammamon shakes his head]

"Honestly, It's really not!

[Jellymon now looks annoyed]

Shut up, Gamms!"

[The Digimon all sing together, getting closer to the exit]

"We're gonna Steal us a bookie (Steal us a bookie),

Can't-can't call this a stroke 'o' brilliance (Stroke 'o' brilliance),

Gonna-gonna never haunt my conscience!"

[Espimon and Angoramon both nervously sing, as the group is only a few feet away from the exit]

"At least we'll stop the Devourer?"

[Jellymon nods in agreement]

"And things didn't get sourer!"

[Gammamon notices some red data rings forming in the space surrounding the group, with bits of blue, purple, yellow, pink, and green mixed in]

"What the heck...?"

[The data rings land on the ground, as steel beams emerge from the ground, forming a cage around the 5 Digimon, as they all fearfully sing]

"DID WE JUST FALL FOR SOMEONE'S TRICK?!"

[The 5 Digimon suddenly hear the sound of sly chuckling from behind them, as a 6th voice chimed into their song- the voice of the Cloaked Figure that Gammamon and Jellymon had met to make their deal prior to the Betsumon screwing everything up.]

"Did you all think you were slick?"

[The digital quintet freezes up as they all slowly turned their heads to face the Cloaked Figure, all while Gammamon hides behind Angoramon.]

"Shit. (Ohh~...)"

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[End musical Number]

Trapped within the cage, The 5 Digimon struggled to figure out a means to escape, but as the Cloaked Figure drew closer, Jellymon got closer to the steel Bars, about to come face-to-face with the one who had tricked her and Gammamon such a long time ago at last. "Alright, Maskey! Gamms and I have both suffered a lot, and it's all thanks to that little deal that we made with you way back then, and now after all this time, you're finally gonna-" She growled, before the Cloaked Figure had suddenly removed the theatre mask that had obscured his face, revealing a familiar face of a Digimon that Angoramon managed to quickly recognize all too well due to something that happened with him, the Roarke sisters, and the Cragsters in the past...

"Ph-Phelesmon?!" The rabbit Digimon shouted, seeming a bit more tensed up compared to how he was during the attempted heist, As the fallen angel Digimon just leaned against a singular wall that happened to be close to the cage. "You all really thought that I was simply going to allow you to just take my valuable Black Book from under my nose..." Phelesmon menacingly began, as the other 4 Digimon all glared at him, expecting some form of incoming threat, but none of the Digital Monsters that were present and also all a part of the prophecy could even begin to predict the words that'd come out of the fallen angel 'Mon's mouth, as he then used those same Digital rings that he used before to trap them, but now let them go free, undoing the cage made of steel bars-

"... Without me seeing you all off on one of your biggest missions?" He then lightly smiled, as the original 3 Digimon on the team seemed confused, and for good reason, considering what happened back in Chapter 15. "Hang on- Even after you were freed from Regulusmon and the Nixel's influence through the I-cubit shard, you told us and the rest of our teammates that you, the Boogiemon, Demidevimon, and Fangmon were all still planning on consuming all of Earth in a blanket of unholy darkness!" Angoramon thought all the way back to the day that Amber had her awakening, as Phelesmon had simply just shook his head. "Well, we've decided to undergo a bit of a change in heart. Plus, little Jellybean here more or less managed to inspire me with her multiple attempts at any sort of business venture with those mechanical Mixels, so I talked it out with the others who assisted me back then and by doing so we all thought, 'Why not use the skills we possess to try and help this world instead of do it harm?' Ergo, we teamed up with the Betsumon- Who, at the time, we didn't even remotely know they were under the influence of the I-cubit shards- To create The Oracles of the Eye; A magic shop / restaurant hybridization that also specializes in making deals to assist those who are desperately in need. But with the end of the known universe on everyone's plate, it's not exactly apt for business, nor anyone's wellbeing." The fallen angel Digimon explained, as he knelt down on one knee, and gently placed a hand on Jellymon's shoulder, the Mollusk Digimon holding the black book in her other arm, an almost nervous look dressing her face. 

"And for that reason alone, it is exactly the reason as to why I'm now entrusting the Black Book to you, Jellybean- er, Jellymon. My skills alone are more than enough when it comes down to entertaining and making these deals for our new business. Plus, I know you're the only Digimon in your group that The Lord in Black and his brothers will even remotely consider listening to, especially when you take into account what they've told me you've been through before coming to Earth. So, you need to take the Black Book, hold court with them, and do whatever you and the other Chosen Ones are capable of to save the known universe, as well as all of time and space from the wrath of the Devourer and the entire Nixel Armada." Phelesmon then requested of the rookie-level Mollusk Digimon, knowing that she was the only means of the Chosen Ones managing to successfully strike a bargain with these deities from another dimension. Gammamon and the others looked between the duo of Jellymon and Phelesmon, unsure of what would even happen next, before the mollusk Digimon had sighed, and then looked up to him with a bright, courageous smile that was now beginning to form on her face once more. "Don'tcha dare worry, Pseudo-Vice. We'll do all that we can. Besides, partners in the business world gotta have each other's backs covered!" She beamed, as she looked back at Espimon, Angoramon, Dracmon, and Gammamon (And by semi-technicality, Gulus), a sense of determination flowing through the Mollusk Digimon's petite body, all while she tightly held onto the Black book, nestled between both her arms. 

"Gamms, Thumper, Drakkie, Robo-Mouse, it's time for us to go and catch up with the others. We've got ourselves a Spell to cast, Spawn of the Black and White to summon, and the whole Universe to save!"

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The next morning in the lobby of the Shore Hotel by the Santa Monica pier, Casey was looking through the Black Book with some assistance from Jellymon, while the other Mixels, Digimon, and humans on the team were watching them both try to figure things out from the sidelines, setting things up, be it lighting some candles or making a pentagram from which the Lords would enter the Mortal realm from. "Now, let's see if we can find what we're looking for... 'Drain someone's soul to remain young'... No... 'Siphon power from a denizen of the Void'... No... 'Transfer the soul of someone else into an inanimate object'...? NO!" Casey frustratedly muttered to herself as she kept flipping through the pages of the book, trying to find the right spell. "Lil' Candle, listen to me- You've got no experience with the Lords and their methods, whereas I do!" Jellymon then attempted to calm the girl from Spain down as best as she could, before sighing, and taking the book from her. "Okay, let's see, table of contents... Ah, here we go! 'Holding court with the void'!" Jellymon smiled, before she noticed something underneath the name of the Ritual. 

"Oh, sweet Yggdrasil, I forgot..."

"What? What's wrong, Jellymon?" Casey asked her worriedly, all while Gammamon and Dracmon both walked over to the duo consisting of the Human partner of the Infernites and the Mollusk Digimon. "I just remembered something REALLY important, Lil' Candle- All of the Spells and rituals within the Black Book can only be performed in one of the five Black Altars that are located only in Hatchetfield, Michigan!" The Mollusk Digimon had revealed. "B-But Hatchetfield is all the way up in Michigan! Even with Magnifo and the other Wiztastics' magic, it's gonna take us a whole day and a few hours to get there, a-and we don't have all the time in the universe to just go on a quick trip to another State!" Rose panicked as Alya and Hannah tried whatever they could in an attempt to calm her down. "Wait a minute, you guys... Maybe the answer of how we can make this still work in our favor is still here, but just hidden in plain sight...!" Dracmon said with a smirk, as he snatched one of Magnifo's wands.

"D-Dracmon!"

"Don't you worry, Mags, I'm just gonna borrow it for just a sec, since there's something from Aleena's bedroom that I need to get!" The imp-like Digimon said, and with a wave of the wand that he snagged from Magnifo, and hopped thru a navy-blue portal, and came back with a flashlight. "... A flashlight? How's THAT gonna help?" Jackie asked him, as the imp-like Digimon ran over to the lobby's light switch, turned the lights off, flicked the flashlight on, and pointed the light from it over the pages that Jellymon had open in the Black Book, revealing some extra words that weren't on the pages before. "See, this is a UV flashlight, meaning that the UV ink can absorb the light from the blacklight it creates, and enable the ink to be seen!" The Imp-like Digimon beamed, as Casey read the message written in the normally invisible ink. "In the situation whereas any one of the five Black Altars are inaccessible to a keeper of the Black Book, there is an alternative way to complete this ritual. If offered five vessels, one for each of the Lords, you will still be enabled to hold court with the Void..." She read aloud, as she looked over to everyone else. "... This is our one and only chance, you guys. We may not know what kind of doors we'll open by doing this, but we have to do this... If not for ourselves, or our families and friends... Then for everyone in the known universe. Jellymon, Teslo, Flurr, Magnifo, Glomp, get ready to go stand in the pentagram- We're gonna summon these bastardos!" She smiled, as her brother and the other kids on the team went over to Casey's side. "Mi pequeña flor de españa, be careful. You said it yourself- You don't know what kind of doors we'll open by going through with all of this." Camilla reminded her, as Casey looked over at her mom. "Mami, we'll be okay. Besides, we're not just a bunch of adults, kids, and teens; We're the ones who are willing to do whatever it takes for everyone else... And our future." She said with a reassuring smile on her face, as she then looked into the page of the book, Gammamon on her shoulder, as the two of them said one thing together-

"... As the Chosen Ones, we invoke the names..."

CUE MUSICAL NUMBER- 'THE SUMMONING', BASED ON THE SONG OF THE SAME NAME FROM NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE, PERFORMED BY POKEY (CV; COREY DORRIS), BLINKY (CV; LAUREN LOPEZ), TINKY (CV; CURT MEGA), NIBBLY (CV; KIM WHALEN), & WIGGLY (CV; JON MATTESON) FT. CHOSEN ONES

https://youtu.be/OSd4Ej7gzOM

[Casey and a majority of the younger chosen ones stand together near the pentagram. They all look at one another, nod, and proceed, resulting in them all singing as they begin the ritual, Casey Reading the book.]

"Pokotho...

Bliklotep...

(Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim

Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim)

T'noy Karaxis...

(Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim)

Nibblenephim..."

[The candles surrounding the pentagram begin to glow brighter with Blue, Purple, Yellow, Pink, and green flames as Henry and the other kids read, Casey still leading the charge, with the others and Gammamon on Backup.]

(Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim

Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim) (Wiggog, Wiggog Y'wrath, Wiggog, Wiggog Y'wrath)

"Wiggog-Wiggog Y'wrath...

Ah-oh, Ah-oh, Oh (Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim, Wiggog, Wiggog Y'wrath, Wiggog, Wiggog Y'wrath...)

Oh-oh, Oh-oh Ah (Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim, Wiggog, Wiggog Y'wrath, Wiggog, Wiggog Y'wrath...)

Ah-oh, Ah-oh, Oh!" (Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim) (Wiggog, Wiggog Y'wrath, Wiggog, Wiggog Y'wrath..!)

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(Pause musical number)

As each name was spoken, another Mixel voluntarily stepped into the misshapen star. First Flurr, then Magnifo, Teslo, Jellymon, and finally came Glomp's turn. For Niksput, it was all too much, seeing Glurt, Torts, and Slusho all holding back tears. 'Not on my watch. A real hero does what he has to, even if he's scared!' Before Glomp could even set foot into the summoning circle, Niksput soared above his head and taken his spot. It took everyone off guard, many gasping or shouting for Niksput to get out of there, especially from Burnard. Those who held the book continued chanting, unable to stop the ceremony. More ethereal voices joined the choir, repeating the names of the entities, growing louder and louder, as the chorus and the kids eventually reached the concluding 'Wiggogg Wiggogg Y'wrath'. Suddenly, the entire lobby was blanketed in pitch-black darkness, a nerve-wracking silence snuffing out the voices. Until one voice, belonging to none other than Gammamon, broke it. "Wait a sec... Guys, how do we know if it actually worked?" He asked anxiously.

What answered was a nightmarish mix between Niksput's voice, and some other entity.

"Hello, Fwendy-Wends!"

When the light returned, no one could have predicted what sight it would bring along with it. A cacophony of crazed cackling accompanied the arrival of the Lords, all of them now present. The Chosen Ones had expected the Lords to use the forms and voices of their friends, certainly. What they had not accounted for was what effect the Lord's influence would have on the forms of the five. Flurr's head was now covered by a cracked, skull-like mask with fangs at the front. The eyes of this thing were as black as the void, save for a spot of white, surrounded by blue, as some unnerving attempt at pupils. The rainbow colors on Flurr's wings had gone from having perfectly straight lines to denote each color, to melting drips that just barely missed falling into the next color. Even the claws on his feet had changed, with a third at the back, and the front two having a distinct curve to them like massive talons.

The brim of Magnifo's hat had taken on a fluffy texture, like fur or feathers. Within the fur, a single eye opened, looking around. His main eye had changed quite a bit thanks to Bliklotep, a red ring around the edge, and yellow around his now cross-shaped iris. More eyes opened around him, using colors of the rainbow of their irises, with one particular eye having rings of red, orange and yellow. Even his hands changed, now having three claws and a thumb on each hand.

The ears on Teslo's head had become longer, taking on a much more goat-like shape, accompanied by a pair of sharp, gray horns on the top of his head. He also had a much more pronounced muzzle that sat over huge, sharp teeth. The white of the Electroid leader's eye had turned a light blue, with his iris now ringed by dark blue, and his pupil surrounded by an electric blue. His hands consisted of two hoof-like fingers and a thumb, befitting the seemingly Bovidae motifs of the Eldritch horror currently possessing the Electroid leader. And living up to one of T'noy's titles, the numbers of a clock were now present in his eye, with twelve at the top and going around.

Jellymon had changed the least, relatively speaking. Her 'hat' had come down over her eyes, only leaving her mouth exposed, letting everyone see the huge fangs she now sported, along with a bright pink fade over her lips. That same bright color formed around the rings on her head, the ends of her arms, and even her legs. The bullseye marks had gotten a center of white, giving the illusion of eyes.

Unlike the Digimon, however, Niksput had been changed the most out of all of them thanks to his interference. His yellow sclera, green, cross shaped iris were the least of the changes. A pair of white horns sat on either side of his head, just in front of a pair of fin-like ears. The fin on his head now had a streak of gold through it, surrounded by four spots, each color corresponding to one of the other Lords. On his chin and jaw was a set of green tentacles that periodically moved around. His wings had become less shaped like plane wings, now much more creature-like, with a red eye and the end of each, taking the place of the lights that were once there. His feet now looked almost like cloven hooves, selling the idea that these five were at least some sort of other worldly beings.

The gathering of Mixels, humans and Digimon were all absolutely horrified at what had been done to their friends, but if these creatures could just tell them whatever they needed to know or could even get them where they needed to go, they had to let it happen. This is the moment when the first of the Lords left the circle, followed by the others. And summoning a song of their very own, they began a bone-chilling performance.

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(Resume musical number)

"Out of the depths of hell and back,

Us spawn of the Black and White!

Cover our souls with robes of black,

And take up the arms of night!"

[The possessed Jellymon Floats behind Kiyo, spooking him more than she ever did before in the past, Whereas the possessed Niksput just shoots a menacing glare over at the quintet of Cassie, Rokit, Coraline, and Nurp-Naut.] 

"Nibbly wants his sacrifice,

And Wiggly wants his wrath,

We dance around the pentagram,

And take all our kingdoms back!"

[The possessed Flurr flies over the heads of Lucas, Kaitlyn, and Camilla, while Magnifo's eyes just circle around the rest of the kids and their partners, while Teslo's just vibing, having the time of his life.]

"Babble the spell that gets it done,

Babble it on command!

Won't stop until all the blood is drawn,

The Lords in Black demand!

You summon us once, you summon us twice,

You gamble it on a roll of the dice!"

(La-la-la-lala-ah! La-la-la-lala-ah!)

The devil has won, it can't be undone,

The book has all but closed on your life!"

(The Lords in Black, ah!

The Lords in Black, ah!)

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(Pause Musical Number)

Magnifo (at least in form), strode over to Jellymon, the red eye staring her down. "We've been watching this place for quite some time, Jellymon. And I've gotta admit, we're all pretty damn impressed by all that you've done since last we met." Clearly letting Jellymon have control for a brief moment, she bowed to Bliklotep. Meanwhile, on the other side of the circle, The Tinkerer was admiring the form they'd chosen for him. "Oh boy, an Electroid! You lot are slippery! How thrilling!" T'noy examined the two hoof-like claws now on Teslo. "And even the Devourer's kids are here! What a treat!" Nibblenephim cooed, once more taking control from the Digimon. Casey simply stared at the 4 possessed Mixels, and the one Digimon possessed by the pink Eldritch chaos Deity, terror and confusion decorating her eyes. "Are you really Jellymon's friends...? The Lords in Black...?" She asked them, her voice trembling some, as she held Gammamon in her arms like a doll, who just hugged his human partner's wrists, while their possessed friends just went back to singing.

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(Resume musical Number)

Out of the depths of hell and back,

We've traveled very far!

Cover our souls with robes of black,

The Lords in Black, we are!

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(Pause Musical number)

Niksput then approached Casey, clearly having Wiggogg in command of the Orbiton's body. "Don't be so formal, Cassandra. We're all pally-wals here!" The tentacled creature addressed her playfully by her full name. Casey did everything she could not to flinch away from him. It was just so creepy hearing that voice coming from the Orbiton leader. "I mean, look at us! We agreed to hold court in your tongue, and we intend to let your friends have their bodies back instead of- Well, we don't need to talk about that!" Further unnerving the group, T'noy cackled madly, clearly thinking about whatever 'that' was.

Making himself known, Pokotho hovered in front of Casey and Gammamon, upside down at first, before twisting around to look her in the eye. "Our true forms would melt your minds!" He told her, making her flinch a bit, before Gammamon started growling at the possessed Frosticon leader, trying to defend Casey in any way he could. The creature simply giggled before flying off again, though, not from Gammamon's attempt at intimidation. Rather, Wiggogg was shooing the dragon away like he was an insect. "Don't frighten them, Pokey, you nasty boy!" He chastised his sibling. Before this could get any more chaotic, Gulus immediately took control of his little brother's body, his eyes going black with small amounts of white in them. "Look, we need help gettin' into Neowise, our Ol' man's pocket dimension. An' seein' how the 5 of ya's are Eldritch beings, y'guys have more th'n enough power t'help us get there!" Gulus explained to the beasts possessing his allies he once considered as nothing more than a bunch of snacks, as the 5 possessed creatures sang yet again.

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(Resume Musical Number)

"The Lords in Black will help you, yes,

You silly little thing!

Why help you get to Neowise?

When we can help this world!"

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(Pause musical Number)

Wiggogg started pacing around, a claw twirling one of his tentacles around his chin. "We could... We DO owe Jellymon a 'solid', as one would call it, so we could make it up to her by popping you all over to Neowise and watch the show, you versus those monochrome menaces and dear old daddy!" "All of the carnage, I can just taste it now!" Nibblenephim grinned, tapping her claws together happily. All of the Chosen Ones were beyond relieved hearing that these guys could help them out without too much hassle. Maybe they could finally face off against Regulusmon and The Nixel Armada, and end this waking nightmare.

Until Wiggogg turned on his heel.

"But why? That old flying lizard's about to come after you all, and this planet, all to tear everything in every last universe down to bloody bits and stardust!" He chirped, thinking about what that'd look like. Bliklotep looked over to him, a fanged, spaced-out grin on Magnifo's face. "I wanna see that..." T'noy followed up with a quick cackle, clearly also invested in witnessing a galaxy ending event. Gulus felt Gammamon clawing away in his body's mind, trying to regain control, until his eyes regained their yellow glimmer. "W-well, how's a bargain sound?! I'll give you guys whatever the hecktopus you all want! Just help us get there!" He begged them, leaping out of Casey's grasp. "Gammamon, NO!" Casey started with a shout, terrified by what the Digimon had promised, but the possessed Orbiton leader immediately zipped up to the pair, grinning madly. "WHATEVER WE WANT?!" He yelled excitedly, as he and his pals sang another verse as they tossed Gammamon up into the air, catching him, and tossing him up again.

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(Resume Musical Number)

"Whatever we want, we want, we want!

Whatever we want, we get!

[Gammamon is still being tossed up into the air, struggling to find a chance for him to get back to Casey and the others.]

Whatever you want, you want, you want!

Forever in our debt!"

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Gammamon finally snapped open his wings and flew back over to Casey, now flanked by a protective Flain. "Hmm, let me check my Christmas list!" The possessed Orbiton snapped, and a scroll appeared in his black claws. Unrolling it, he scrutinized it for a moment, before his eye landed on something. "Ah! There is something!" "What? What do you want from Gammamon?" Flain asked fearfully, trying to defend his son. "Zomething fun!" T'noy told him eagerly, the Electroid's tail whipping back and forth happily. "Something tasty!" Nibblenephim added. Wiggogg waved a claw at the pair, shushing them both. "Oh, you'll hardly miss it! We just want what he cherishes most!" He told the group as he then pointed at Gammamon, before looking down upon the single Digimon who made the bargain with him. "That's all."

("The lords in Black, the lords in black hear you...")

"What I cherish most? What do you mean?" Gammamon shivered, terrified of what they could possibly want, gently hugging Flain for comfort. Pokotho landed in front of the pair, tilting his head at the young Digimon. "What do you want, Gamms...~?"

("The lords in Black, the Lords in Black need you now...")

The possessed Orbiton announced the clarification to the entire group while the other 4 just laughed. "Gammamon must give up the thing he treasures above all else." "Either he does it, or everything in the Milky Way and beyond dies!" Pokotho snapped open Flurr's rainbow wings, and then smiled down with his fangs bared. Flain tried whatever he could in an attempt to protect Gammamon from the forms of his possessed friends, but the dinosaur Digimon put a gentle hand on his arm. "Treasure above all else?" He clarified. 'No, no! He couldn't possibly mean...' "I think I know what it is..." "Chocolate! It doesn't matter what kind, Cause Gammamon loves it with all his heart! I've got dark, semi-sweet, milk, white-" Casey scrambled to take the heat off Gammamon.

Unfortunately, this did nothing.

"WE DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOUR CHOCOLATE!!" All five of the lords barked at her at once, though Nibblinephim was a little less harsh. Just for that moment, they seemed even more monstrous than before, resembling their true selves a touch more before recomposing themselves. Wiggogg carefully approached the Digimon, doing what he could to get Gammamon to lower his defenses. "We want what you really want." He knelt down to see the little creature eye to eye. "You can't lie to us, Gamms. You can lie to yourself, but not to me." Wiggogg let Niksput's voice slip through, knowing that would give him just the opening he needed, while Gammamon just placed a small claw on his bandanna, covering a small bump underneath it. "Aha! Here it is!" A lone tentacle quickly whipped its way back as he stood back up, holding something small and gold.

("The Lords in Black, the Lords in Black Hear you...")

It barely took Gammamon just a moment to realize what had been stolen from him and his older brother.

("The Lords in Black, The Lords in Black need you now...")

"H-hey! Give that back!!" The little Digimon cried, flying up to try grabbing whatever Wiggogg had stolen from him. This proved futile, as the Eldritch entity held out a hand against Gammamon's head, stopping him in his tracks. "What's in the locket, Gam-ma-mon?" The possessed Orbiton clicked it open, and threw it back to the tiny white Digimon, who scrambled to catch it.

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(Resume Musical Number)

"Gammamon has got someone, tra-la-la-la, how fun!"

[Gammamon's watching the Lords, fear visible in his eyes]

"Gammamon has got someone, he knows what must be done!"

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(Pause Musical Number)

Wiggogg used a tentacle to tilt the Digimon's head up towards him, making sure that the parameters of the deal were set. "Take out mommy dearest, and we'll get you and your pally-wals to Neowise." "I-I can't!" Gammamon's voice cracked due to the tears, as he sadly glanced down at his locket. "I won't hurt our Mama! I love her too much!" Wiggogg only tilted his head up, making it clear to everybody present that he and his brothers wouldn't be changing their minds anytime soon.

"Pay the price... Or FUCK OFF!"

("The Lords in Black, the lords in Black Heard you!")

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(Resume Musical Number)

"Out of the depths of hell and back,

Us spawn of the black and white!

Cover our souls with robes of black,

And take up the arms of night!

You summon us once, you summon us twice,

You gamble it on a roll of the dice!"

(La-la-la-lala-ah! La-la-la-lala-ah!)

"The devil has won, it can't be undone,

The book has all but closed on your life!"

(The Lords in Black, ah!

The Lords in Black, ah!)

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(End of musical number)

More laughter sounded out, finally putting an end to this little musical number performed by the Lords. Nibblinephim approached Casey carefully, tilting Jellymon's head. "Hey, is that chocolate offer still on the table?" She half-whispered to the human girl from Spain. "Y-yeah, you can have some." Casey nodded, going back into her pocket and taking out a few of the candies, a couple of each flavor. The sight of the treats caused Nibblinephim to lick her lips happily. Around the circle, a couple of the other humans, Digimon, and Mixels seemed saddened that they weren't Gammamon's most treasured individual, yet at the same time, a small part of them felt a wave of relief. T'noy took notice and strode over to them, specifically a group consisting of Flain, the Electroid twins, and Wiz-Wuz. "Maybe it's for the best." Flain started, calmly taking a breath in, and then out. "They did say that Gamms would have to..." The leader of the Infernites lacked the courage needed for him to remotely complete his sentence. This is when The Tinkerer decided to make himself known to the small group. "Oh, don't be too sad about it! Even if it was one of you, I wouldn't let any of the others lay a single talon on you fellas. After all, we have a little bit of a pact to not play with or break each other's toys, and you little things are some of my favorites!" He then gently booped Flain's beak with one claw, resulting in the Infernite leader flinching. Snapping his head back over to look at Volectro and Zaptor, he smiled at the pair. "Especially all of you little electric beasties! And you guys seem to really understand that Tes happens to be a particular favorite of mine, as well as a close friend!" He patted the side of Teslo's face, referring to the Electroid leader. "Best color, best past time, anything happens to you guys OR him, and- What's the human saying? - 'Fuck around, find out'!" He dissolved into further chaotic laughter. 

Since he seemed like he'd actually care to answer them due to him saying they were his 'favorites' as The Weaver of Impossibilities had called the Mixels' species as a whole (And it was clearly obvious now that Tinky was Teslo's old friend, Tynker), Zaptor thus proceeded to summon all of his courage, and then approached the Eldritch entity that currently possessing his brother to ask the question on everyone's mind. "Zo, why exactly does Wiggogg want Gammamon's mother... you know?" He tiptoed around saying it outright. T'noy raised his eyebrow for a moment before huffing. This body seemed to be stubbornly kind towards this Mixel, and wanted the question answered. 'Only for a species I actually have a soft spot for...' "Well, here's the thing. Where we live, it's all psionic energy, beautiful around this time of year! However, ever since something went wrong with her, the old bat has been eating away at the edges. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but it's been a major pain in the ass recently, and we need it taken care of." "Why not-" Casey started as she walked over, but T'noy rolled his eye this time. "I know exactly what you're gonna say, and I ask you to look around for a second, human. The Book, vessels, the pentagram, we needed all of this to show up here, and those guys don't have a Black Book! Besides, why do it yourself when there are others who can do it all for you?" He giggled, and headed back towards the ritualistic drawing before they could pester him anymore. Meanwhile, Bliklotep was playing with one of the eyes that spawned around Magnifo after the possession, Nibblinephim was getting something out of Jellymon's teeth, Wiggogg was once again twirling a tentacle around one of his claws, Pokotho was admiring the rainbow drips on Flurr's wings, and even T'noy Karaxis was spinning some kind of golden cube around one claw, speeding it up whenever it started slowing down.

All of them were clearly waiting for an answer.

Casey knelt down to talk to her Digimon partner. "Gammamon, listen to me, you don't have to do this! We'll find another way; I know we can!" Wiggogg only guffawed. "Ha! Unless you kiddies wanna get ripped down to nothing but shreds, we're the only way you're getting into the Devourer's domain, and like hell you could even find the old bat without us!" Jellymon was yet again given back control of her body for a brief moment. "Wiggly's right. The truth is, we could spend weeks looking for her, and never even get close to finding her..." She admitted, before Nibblenephim took control once more. "Exactly! And With the Devourer on his way, you don't have 'weeks' to spare!" "So~, do we have a deal, Chosen Ones? You agree to take her out, we poof you there, you play pest control, and off to Neowise you go!" Casey's mind was racing upon hearing what the possessed Orbiton leader had just said. There was just no way they could simply put down Gammamon's mother, not when it was clearly evident that he cared for her more than anything else- More than even chocolate!

"Maybe we can... Talk it out with her, yeah! If we can just explain to her what she's doing is eating away at your guys' home, then I'm absolutely sure-" "Oh, I hate to be the one to say it- Yet at the same time, I don't- But the old lady's not in a listening mood. It's execution or bust." Wiggogg insisted. "Well, if talking doesn't work, only after we've done everything that we can to convince her, then we'll fight her. Besides, almost no one can take on so many Ultimate level forms with special powers, a few mixes and Maxes, and-" T'noy suddenly butted in, getting in Casey's face with a loud incorrect buzzer sound. "Wrong answer! Not only is this chick a motherfucking Mega level Digimon, but as of right now, Casey-Bear, you, the cowardly twat, and the youngest one out of all these other folks'll be on nothing but borrowed time! Your Duo Syncro abilities that your partner Digimon have are all only gonna end up growing weaker and weaker the longer you guys take with getting rid of the Digi-Womon! And I think one of you knows exactly what that means..." He waited for at least one of the Chosen Ones to answer the Otherworldly Goat that was currently possessing the Electroid Leader.

"We won't stand much of a chance against her if we wait too long and bide our time..." Kiyo then finished bitterly. "Ding-ding-ding! Exactly!" Wiggogg took control of the situation again, before turning to face Gammamon one last time. "Oh, and before I forget, Gammamon, unlike Jellymon and Fluffy, you have two Duo Synchro abilities; Illuminance and Unification, right?" Gammamon felt a shiver crawl down his spine. He knew very well what powers he was granted through attaining his ultimate level form of Canoweissmon that fateful night. "... What are you getting at, Fake Ni'sput?" He tilted his head in confusion. Pokotho flew over to the young Digimon's side. "What he's 'getting at' is the fact that if you try to use your Unification ability to draw Gulus out from your body to fight alongside him when there's barely any of the energy left for the usage of Duo Synchro, there's a good chance that your older brother could potentially bite the bullet. And we all know very well that, due to him only existing just to keep your fractured Digicore intact- and especially ensure that you live no matter what- If Gulus dies, you die." The possessed Frosticon laughed, as auras color-coded to each of the five Lords suddenly started surrounding the possessed Mixels (and one Digimon) the moment they went back into the Pentagram, letting go of their grip on the Five of them as the auras became a flash of the Chaos Deities' signature colors. 

"...No amount of therapy will ever make my experience as the green Krackthulu's vessel okay..." Niksput said nervously, sounding like he stared into the abyss, and the abyss somehow stared back at him, while Burnard hugged him, tears in his eyes that had formed from concern for his beloved Orbiton. "So, we've gotta go find Gammamon's mom, and take her down...?" Vulk nervously asked, as everyone else nodded. "But those Losers in Black never told us where she was! How the fuse are we all supposed to even find the Mega-level dingbat?!" Zorch began pacing back and forth, trying to think of a solution, before a sudden glow emanated from one of the pages in the back of the Black Book. "That's weird, why's the back of the book glowing?" Scorpi cutely tilted his head, as Jellymon opened the book up to the page that was glowing. "Huh, turns out they were planning on waiting 'til after they spoke with us so they could tell us where Gammamon's Mom is." The mollusk Digimon beamed, earning a confused look from everyone else on the team, prompting an exasperated sigh from her. "... Just look." She held the book out, and written in sparkly green ink on one of the last few blank pages of the Black Book was a rather somewhat peculiar message, even by Mixel standards, that had been left behind by one of the five Lords in Black-

 'To find the target that you need, Take the Dragon Children into the City of Weeds. - Wiggly'

"'City of Weeds'? What is that even supposed to mean?"  Mixadel confusedly glared at the message left by the Lord in Black, as did many of the other Digimon, Mixels, and Chosen Ones present as they continued to look at the message. "City of weeds..." Angoramon thought to himself aloud, trying to figure out what it all meant, as the answer came to not only him, but a few others. "Is Wiggly talking about one of the Ghost towns in the redwood forests?" Katie mumbled, as she looked up on her phone 'Ghost towns near me' in its search engine, as only the name of one Ghost town popped up- A Ghost town that Angoramon recognized due to it being where he and the Glorp Corp had fought Ancient Sphinxmon and obtained his Mega-level form. ".. The remains of Falk in the Headwaters Forest Reserve!" Alya realized, as Gammamon then sighed. "I guess we're really doing this... Then again, I know we don't have much of a choice, let alone any other one, too. 'Cuz if we don't delete me and my big bro's Mama, then the universe as we know it'll be devoured by our Papa." It was clear that, deep down, the white triceratopsian Digimon really didn't want to do this, but there was no other option left. "Ma'nifo, open up a portal to that ghost town. If we're gonna do this..." He began while following everyone out of the lobby, as he, Angoramon, Jellymon, Dracmon, and Espimon all digivolved to their champion-level forms, and in place of the 5 rookie-levels were none other than the quintet of Betel Gammamon, Symbare Angoramon, Tesla Jellymon, Yaksamon, and Hover Espimon. 

"... We're gonna do this right!"

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It was all so sudden, the moments after Magnifo opened the portal to the Ghost town of Falk, and the team of heroes went through it.

The group had walked through the portal, but as it usually did many times before in the past, the magic that was casted by the Wiztastic leader had gone horribly awry, spitting the Chosen Ones out above a small part of the Headwaters Forest reserve. In an attempt to try and protect the other humans and Mixels preset, Hover Espimon and several Mixels who had the opportunity to Mix and Max into forms that were capable of flying tried to catch them and stop them from falling, but only a good majority of our heroes were successfully saved from the plummet down to the ground of the forest. However, regarding the only two people (Or more specifically, one Mixel and one Digimon) who weren't completely spared from the sudden descent after they had stepped their way through the portal, but rather, were instead greeted by something much worse....

"OHFUSEOHFUSEOHFUSE, I DON'T WANNA DIE!" Zorch panicked as he kept falling down, but his rapid and sudden drop was suddenly stopped by 6 ribbons grabbing him by the waist and legs. "Calm down, Zippo, I've got you." Tesla Jellymon reassured him, as she began slowly floating down to the ground, and then let go of the crimson Infernite as soon as they were both safe. "Thank Maximum Mixel you saved me, TJ.  I was about to become as flat as a cookironi if you didn't do anything! Only question is..." He then began, as he looked around, taking notice of the fact he and the Champion-level Mollusk Digimon were in some sort of town, ivies of all sorts growing along the buildings, the muffled sounds of birds and a river in the distance, and the smell of wildflowers fresh in the air. "... Where's everyone else? And where are we?" He asked her, as Tesla Jellymon just simply looked around. "I... I think this is Falk. But things look... Different from how things were the last time that me, Thumper, and a few of the others were here..." She then responded with a small sigh while she then leaned up against a tree, looking around at her and the Infernite's current surroundings. The champion-level Mollusk Digimon partnered up with Kiyoshiro Shima wasn't exactly wrong about how Falk was different compared to the last time she had been in this ghost town located in the depths of this forest. During the fight against Ancient Sphinxmon all that time ago, everything in Falk was much more colorful. But now, everything had traces of hot pink and black almost everywhere, whether it was on the old, worn-down wooden buildings, or the plants growing along the buildings... "Everything looks like it's been infected by the black corrosion..." Zorch mumbled in fear, as a strange pinkish-red mist soon began to fill the air around them, riddled with very small black and hot pink data rings.

Meanwhile, the others were beginning to get their bearings after the plummet. "Ya a'ight, lil' bro? Dat was quite th' sud'dn fall..." Gulus' voice echoed within Betel's mind, as the red Gammamon then nodded, reassuring his elder brother that was deep inside of his mental psyche. "I'm fine, big bro, so don't worry about me. And the good news in this situation is the fact that everybody else is fine, too, and they're-" He began, before a small, frightened yelp managed to have escaped his mouth. "W-wait! We're not all here!" He panicked. Upon opening her eyes after the fall that she and a few others had, Casey could see that her partner was actually right. "Aw, Dios mio! D-Did we get separated from Zorch?!" Casey panicked, as Kiyo let out a bit of a shrill scream. "A-And Tesla Jellymon's gone, too!" He shouted, as Lucas got between the two students of Angelwood Middle School. "It's alright, you two. We can kill two birds with one stone. We can go find the two of them while we try and find Gammamon's mom so we can..." Similarly to Flain earlier when it came down to what they had come here to do, the retired cop also couldn't find it in his heart to even come anywhere close to finishing his own sentence. "I'm gonna go and see if I can find Tesla Jellymon and Zorch anywhere. I'll be back as soon as possible, guys!" Betel told the rest of the group, as he jumped from treebranch to treebranch, heading off to see if he could manage to find either one of the two. However, the sound of a Blazing Blur in the distance quickly told them that they wouldn't be taking forever to look for the speedy Infernite. 

"Hey, guys! What'cha ups to, just sitting around and worryin' about all of the smaller things? Besides, TJ and I have both managed to find Gamms' mom!" Zorch's voice could be heard from behind a tree, a small, faint snicker being heard from him not that long after. "Zorch, thank Maximum Mixel that you're zafe!" Volectro smiled a bit, as Zorch just waved a pincer from behind the tree he was hiding behind, his own pincer slowly being covered with small splotches of purple. "Just follow me, you guys! I'll lead you guys over to where we found her! Lucky for you guys, it's not that far from here!" He told them with a strange grin on his face, a trail of small embers left behind for them to follow. "... Are we all really sure that this isn't another one of his pranks? I mean, we all know how Zorch can get sometimes..." Gwen nervously asked, seeming a bit untrusting of Zorch's current behavior as mostly everyone else just seemed to ignore her, following after the trail of embers that Zorch had left behind for them to know where he and Tesla Jellymon had found Gammamon and Gulus' maternal figure. "... Wow, now I know exactly how your older sister felt on the night that Henry got his awakening... Let's just hope that nothing goes horribly awry..." The transfer student from England mumbled to Alya as she stood by her, Symbare Angoramon, Burnard (Who wasn't exactly the fastest Infernite), and her own mixel partners, before catching the sight of a small speckle on the back of a tree that seemed to be colored...

Hot pink and black, and it was also in the shape of a circular ring, that seemed to have a bit of a glitchy effect to it colored Black and White. 

"Oh, that's not good... That's the Black Corrosion!" Camillot quickly worried, but Symbare Angoramon simply just examined it, making sure not to get into contact with it so not to run the risk of him getting infected. "It is, but something about it seems... off. The stain may be in a ring shape, but the Hot pink and black that gives the corrosion its color keeps glitching to Black and White... Could this be connected to how the Lords in Black said that Gammamon's Mother had been eating away at their domain when we contacted them?" The beast-man Digimon assessed the mark made by the glitchy variant of the corrosion, as Burnard nodded in agreement with the champion-level Digimon, but then realized something important regarding his cousin. "Yeah, and I gotta admit, Zorch sounded really fusing weird back there... He's never THAT calm! I mean, maybe unless if Casey and Henry are there to keep him under wraps, but even then, he's usually more chaotic and snarkier than just flat-out nice...!" The Chameleon-like Infernite admitted, as Alya nodded. "Burnard's right. I know I'm not the smart one, but something about this seems really off. We should go catch up with the others, and also be ready for anything up ahead." The youngest of the Roarke sisters told the other six present, as they all ran after the others, following the same trail of embers left behind by Zorch earlier.

Jumping from one treebranch to the next treebranch as he kept going on his search for any one of his two missing friends, Betel Gammamon just continued to keep both of his eyes peeled for any noticeable sign of either Zorch or Tesla Jellymon as he kept moving along the path he was taking to seek them both out, if not just only one of them, until he spotted the sight of a familiar light-blue cap with violet stripes in the distance. "Ohh~! Tesla Jellymon! There you are! We noticed you and Zorch were gone, so I decided to go see if I could find either one of you two!" The red dragon-humanoid Digimon jumped down from the treebranch, and went over to his friend's side, a bright and cheerful smile beginning to form along his face. "Well, Gamms, I'm actually really glad to see you right now! I've got some really good news- Zippo and I both have just found your mom! She's over this way, so come on and follow me!" Tesla Jellymon smiled, turning around to lead him to where Zorch and the others were heading (albeit from a different direction from where they were headed), but before he could even take a single step forward, Betel quickly caught notice of one strange detail involving Tesla Jellymon. "... Wait a second, why is your hand all weird looking?" He then asked her, pointing one of his claws at her own hand, seeing that, for whatever reason, she was covering a majority of her right arm with her ribbons, but he could see her hand (Or at least, the parts of it that weren't covered by her ribbons) was covered up with strange purple splotches.

"It's nothing, Gamms, don't worry about all of the smaller things! Now, just come with me...!" The champion-level Mollusk Digimon quickly told him with a slight twinge of anger growing in her voice, as Betel just tensed up. "... No. Something's clearly wrong with you, Tesla Jellymon. We really need to find Ms. Camilla and the others so we can have her help you-" Betel began, trying his best in an attempt to try and talk some sense into her, able to see that there was something clearly wrong with her, but before he could even react to anything else, Gulus' voice within his mind had managed to cut through the forest's silence quicker than a sharpened katana blade, shouting one sentence from inside the dinosaurian Digimon's mental space-

"LIL' BRO, HEADS UP!"

Right then and there upon hearing his older brother's voice echo from the depths within his own mind, Betel could see that Tesla Jellymon had suddenly leaped towards him, trying to hit him with a black-and-white colored Fizzle Fist. Thinking on his feet, the red dinosaurian Digimon quickly leapt to a nearby treebranch, resulting in Tesla Jellymon hitting the tree and hurting herself with her own electrical attack. "Tricking me into hurting myself with my own attack, huh? Gotta hand it to you, for the Prince of Dawn, you certainly aren't a buzzkill. But if you truly value the lives of your partner and the rest of your friends that you managed to make, you'll follow me so I can take you and your older brother to suffer your fates at the hands of the Immortal Flower Queen alongside the rest of them!" She cackled evilly as she floated off into the depths of the forest, revealing that at this point, her whole body had been covered by the purple splotches, but several spots of her outfit had also been glitching out with flickers of black and white. "Who or what is she even talking about, Big bro...?" "Well, let's think it through s'm, lil' bro- Those last two w'rds Jellybaby said remin'ya 'f any'ne close t'ya?" Gulus asked his younger brother from within his own mental psyche, as he had then finally realized what had happened to her, and the exact 'mon who was at fault for twisting his friend into an enemy (and probably had done the same thing with Zorch, no doubt, since he was more than likely with the champion-level Mollusk Digimon when this had happened)-

"Mama!"

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"You sure Gammamon and Gulus' mom is here, Zorch? We've searched almost every corner of this place, and we haven't found any sign of her!" Flamzer told his cousin, as the group of Chosen ones (Excluding the duo consisting of both Tesla Jellymon and Betel Gammamon) had all arrived in the abandoned Ghost town of Falk, searching both high and low for any visible sign of the target given to them by the 5 terror-tubbies that were the Lords in black, but to no clear avail as of yet. "Yeah, and I must admit that we should've at least waited for Betel Gammamon to have return with Tesla Jellymon..." Mesmo agreed, while Zorch kept himself out of view from the others' vision. "I told you guys before, you dum-dums; There's no real need for any of you to worry about any of the smaller things! Besides, Gamm's mom is gonna turn up eventually, just-" 

At this point, Casey was tired of just going on a wild goose chase led by one of her three Mixel partners.

"Zorch, I'm gonna ask you this once, and only once- Where is Gammamon and Gulus' Mom? And why haven't you even shown your face to any of us even once since we got here from the Shore Hotel?!" Casey almost angrily asked him, a hint of sternness in her voice. Usually, Zorch would confess and own up to whatever he did, since he knew angering Casey Almenera, of all humans that he had met during his time on earth, could end up being like a double-edged sword in the worst moments that their team would face.

However, this wasn't one of those moments. At least, not for his new team consisting of 3.

The sound of the Crimson Infernite's trademark laugh could be heard, albeit a bit slow at first, as he walked out, revealing that at this point, his whole body was covered in a bunch of purple splotches, and both of his eyes were now pastel-bright shades of yellow and blue, and once he was revealed, everyone else present couldn't help but stare at him in fear and shock, all while his trademarked laughter quickly went to its normal speed, before it had quickly devolved into the cackles of a Mixel caught within a web of pure insanity. "Aww, don't be so spooked, you guys! I'm still me, but I've just gotten a bit of boost that's not only given me more power, but also immortality! And now, you're all about to meet the one who gave me and TJ that power, and newfound eternal life!" He laughed maniacally, as a glimmer of greens, dark pinks, and bluish-purple lights could be seen from within the darkness of one of the abandoned buildings inside the forgotten town of Falk, before stepping out into the shaded daylight that the group knew thanks to this forest. The Digimon that the group of Chosen Ones, Mixels, and 3 Digimon encountered was one with a regal-looking appearance had a regal, queenly air to her visual appearance, from her gown that resembled flower petals all the way up to the crown that was atop the Digimon's head. However, most of, if not all her color, had been dulled down to nothing more than several shades of silver, grey, black, dark pink, scarlet, faded pink, and magenta.

"I'm impressed, Otherworldly Speedy Gonzales. You've actually managed to succeed in bringing me so many new sacrifices. And thanks to each one of these forfeited lives that you've brought me to this forgotten town that serves as my own front doorstep, I won't even remotely have to think of feasting upon the psychokinetic energy of that alternate Dimension ever again for the rest of my living days, which shall never end no matter what!" The flowery Digimon looked down upon our heroes, Fear being stoked into Symbare Angoramon's Digicore like a wild flame. "I should've known better..." He began, as he, Yaksamon, and Hover Espimon all pushed the others behind them, trying to defend Alya, Aleena, Henry, and all the other humans and Mixels currently with them. "With Gammamon as the Prince of Dawn and Gulus as the Prince of Dusk, it'd only be sensible that their mother would be none other than the Digital World's own Queen of The Morning... Rafflesimon!" He then affirmed. "Yeah... As noble as she is, her kind normally dies after blossoming, so there's at least some merit to believe that the Black Corrosion must've caused some sort of mutation in her Digicore!" Yaksamon added, as Rafflesimon lightly tilted her head. "Mutation? Well, partially, due to the energy from the domain of those 5 Pseudo-Mon. But thanks to that place's energy, and the power of this poison, I've been reborn to live an eternal life! My usually short lifespan will last forever!" She then cackled, as she then pointed both her sleeves at the heroes. "But if I wish for my life to remain infinite, you Chosen Ones all must be consumed! Wissel-" She began, before suddenly...

KA-CRASSSHHH!

An arm that seemed to be a fusion of both Gulus and Betel Gammamon's could be seen as the red triceratopsian Digimon arrived in a rushed blur, his left forearm becoming completely clad in a growing ring of spiraling, intertwining blue and red flames, a hand with a combination consisting of his own dark black claws and his older brother's bloody red claws tightly clutching onto Tesla Jellymon by the wrist, before one Desdemona-infused Sol Blow had managed to sending her flying directly into Zorch. "Mama, this has to stop! Me and my big bro don't wanna have to put you down, but it's the only way we can get to Papa and the Nixels, and put a stop to his plan of devouring every single thing that has ever existed in the known universe!" Betel tried to explain to his mother as to why he, Gulus, and all the others had to do what the Lords in Black asked them to do by coming here and looking for Rafflesimon, but even the youngest child's own words all seemed to fall upon deaf ears. "No... NO! MY LIFE CAN NEVER BE PUT DOWN, AND IT NEVER WILL BE! I'M ETERNAL! I... AM THE IMMORTAL FLOWER QUEEN!" She shouted at them as she quickly jumped up into the air, trying to fly away. "Mama..." "Betel, you and Gulus need to go after Rafflesimon!" Casey told her partner Digimon and his brother. "But wha' 'bout you 'n th'oth'rs, Spicy?" Gulus' voice asked her through Betel's mouth. "We'll be fine, Gulus. The rest of us can handle Zorch and Tesla Jellymon! But in the meantime, just for good measure..." Casey mumbled, as she Super Digivolved Betel into Canoweissmon, and then he mega-digivolved into Siriusmon, as the Cosmic Savior's Unification ability immediately set Gulus free from within his own body. "Remember what the lords said- You guys are on borrowed time with the duo synchro's capabilities, so you guys need to hurry and finish her off." Casey told the two brothers. "We know, Casey. Big brother, let's go!" Siriusmon looked to his brother, as he bounded into the air, taking off after his mother. Gulus watched for a moment, before looking at the girl from Spain. "... Jus' consid'r y'rse'vs 'xtremely lucky dat Jellybaby and Takeout aren't actually infected by THAT stuff..." He told her and the others, as he then joined his younger brother in the chase. "What does Gulus mean by that...?" Mikaela asked herself, as Casey didn't pay it much mind. "We can ask ourselves that later. For right now, it's time to Burn Our Dread!"

(CUE INSERT THEME- 'MAD LAUGH RIOT', FROM DEATH BATTLE S9E1; HARLEY QUINN VS JINX, COMPOSED BY BRANDON YATES FT. 二口魔菜 Futakuchi Mana)

https://youtu.be/1pnTOzL7J-M

Once Zorch and Tesla Jellymon both got up on their feet, the biggest fight that the Chosen Ones had ever been in had begun. With Tesla Jellymon quickly flying in with a swift and powerful Volt Sprite, as Krader went underground, and when he surfaced, he had then grabbed her by the top of her head. "Tesla Jellymon, Me no wanna do this, but you and Zorch need be brought back to reason!" The leader of the Cragsters told her as she was then sent flying into a tree with a single throw. "You know, it's really funny how you think you can put a stop to us. Besides, the Immortal Flower Queen's reign is never gonna end, and-" Zorch would've kept talking, running his mouth as fast as he can... Well, run. You may be wondering whatever it was that managed to have stopped him dead in his tracks, now, aren't you?

The answer to that question is simple, and that aforementioned answer that you, as the reader, want to hear would be that Jackie Qiang herself had punted Zorch into the same tree that Tesla Jellymon had been thrown at by Krader. "... Bad chili pepper." She scolded him almost teasingly (in a way that only good friends would ever do), as Casey just looked up to the skies, the others present and conscious doing the same. "The only way that Zorch and Tesla Jellymon will ever be in their right minds again is for Rafflesimon herself to die, as she has infected them with the small scales on her body that she also utilizes for her Wisselen attack." Yaksamon somberly spoke up, as all of the other Mixels each set their gaze on the horizon above them. "Then I guess we all better hold onto the singular hope of Siriusmon and Gulus both being able to take her down on their own..." Bonnie clasped her hands together, as Kiyo then realized something. "... But the two of them are on a time limit, despite everything that they're gonna be handling through the fight against Rafflesimon..." The class representative of Angelwood Middle School then worriedly mumbled, as the girl from Spain had quickly realized just exactly what it was that he was getting at, as she immediately remembered the warning that the Lords in Black had given their group back at the Shore Hotel. "Siriusmon's Illuminance ability, AND the Unification ability he and Gulus share could be completely nullified at any given moment..."

"Ma, we r'lly don't wan'a do this, 'specially me, but y're r'lly gon'haf'ta die if th' two o' us an' our friends're gonna go af'ta th' Ol' Man!" Gulus told Rafflesimon, all while the black humanoid dragon Digimon kept sticking close to his younger brother's side. "You both claim to be my sons, yet you two are no children of mine! You're both extremely unsightly, and what's more, neither one of you even know the proper way to speak to a person of true, everlasting regality! BALLET GUN!" The Queen of the Morning Shouted, as she began shooting orange lasers at the duo, who swiftly dodged each blast. However, with each missed shot, the beam would stretch out into a flower shape, reforming as a reflector of some kind. However, as this game of ranged cat-and-mouse continued, the two digital dragons of royal descent began to notice something a bit out of the ordinary. "Is it just me, or does Mom seem to be..." "Pullin' 'er punches 'gainst us? Oddly 'nuff, yeah..." Gulus nodded in agreement to what Siriusmon was trying to say, as both the Digimon siblings were now finally beginning to realize that their own mother- Their real, TRUE Mother- was somewhere still deep inside the Black and pink clad psychopathic digital monster that the two of them were currently fighting. Looking at the flowery reflectors that were around them in this battle amidst the blue horizon of the open skies above the Headwaters Forest Reserve, Siriusmon and Gulus both bounded from one reflector to another, getting closer and closer to Rafflesimon. "No... NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME! I'LL NEVER GIVE UP MY REIGN TO THE LIKES OF YOU! I'M THE IMMORTAL FLOWER QUEEN! I HAVE THE POWER TO NEVER DIE, NO MATTER WHAT HARDSHIP I AM TO FACE!" The corrupted Queen of the Morning shrieked at the duo of digital brothers as they got closer and closer to her, as with one combined Dead-End Skewer and Breaquasar mixed with small remains of the traces of the Black and White, the duo of dragon Digimon had miraculously managed to open up some kind of psychokinetic doorway that ended up leading the two brothers into just one place, and one singular place alone-

Rafflesimon's own mindscape.

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(End insert theme)

Within vast blackness, all that surrounded the duo of Digimon was a solid black void with lines, no source of light visible whatsoever. "Is this mom's Mental Psyche...?" Siriusmon asked his younger brother, as Gulus nodded, as the duo began to navigate the psyche of their mother, trying to find her true self, but as they journeyed, they soon found just what it was they were looking for in the form of Rafflesimon being tied to her own Digicore by black and pink vines with black and white thorns piercing through every part of the fabric that made up her gorgeous and vibrant red gown. "MA! Y'r still okay!" Gulus flashed a hopeful, toothy grin, as he and Siriusmon both began to make their way over to their mother figure that was Rafflesimon, who could only tell her two children one singular thing as they got closer and closer still-

"DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR ME...!"

Stopping himself dead in his and his older brother's tracks, Siriusmon held his arm out to stop Gulus from getting closer. "Mom, it's us- Gammamon and Gulus...! I managed to finally grow up and figure out who I really am...!" Siriusmon told his own motherly 'Mon as he continued to keep his distance from her, as The Queen of the Morning flashed a weak smile at her youngest son. "And I'm definitely proud of you for how much you've grown since you were born despite your initial struggles, Gamma- No- Siriusmon. And Gulus, my eldest son..." Rafflesimon then weakly turned her head to face her eldest child. "... Despite all the bloodshed you've caused trying to do it, you've done well in protecting your little brother and your new friends, even when you were inside of your younger brother's Digicore. I just wish I could've been there to see you both grow up to be as you are now in person... And go with you to see to the end of your father's heinous plan..." She then added, all while tears slowly began to form in Gulus' eyes. "... But, with my last moments of life being face-to-face with my two children, I can safely say I have no regrets, aside from allowing myself to have fallen victim to your father's poison." Rafflesimon sighed, as Gulus growled. "Yeah, Ah know... An' both o' us really don't wanna haf'ta do this..." The Jet-Black dragon Digimon sighed, but Siriusmon nodded. "... I agree, but in the end, it's what we need to do, big brother." The Cosmic Savior admitted, as Rafflesimon only nodded. "Truer words couldn't have been spoken, Siriusmon. And now, as the moment of my last breath draws near, I want to give you both one final berceuse before I am deleted at your hands..." She then softly told the two of them, as a somber melody slowly begun to be carried within the depths of the flowery Mega Digimon's poisoned psyche.

[CUE MUSICAL NUMBER- 'RAFFLESIMON'S LAST LULLABY', BASED ON 'THE LAST LULLABY' FROM CENTAURWORLD, PERFORMED BY RAFFLESIMON (CV; IDINA MENZEL) FT. SIRIUSMON (CV; PETER CULLEN) & GULUS (CV; EMMA STONE)]

https://youtu.be/whckpVyJ8g4

[The blackness within Rafflesimon's mental psyche begins to brighten to a certain degree, playing back her memories up to this point, from Gulus being born all the way up to her being infected by the Black Corrosion.]

"What a pity, a family that once thrived~

In life, all things must die,

Don't stay here,

You must survive your father's wrath

This time...

So..."

[Rafflesimon lowers her head, the light slowly beginning to leave her eyes, her voice beginning to grow hoarse as death begins to encroach her.]

"Hush, now, time to move on, as we should

To, end this journey for good

And, let those who need rest,

Just be..."

[Rafflesimon sings again, finding some strength, as Siriusmon and Gulus tread closer to her. Rafflesimon is about to stop and tell them to get away, but quickly remembers that this is the last time she'll ever get to see her children, thus she allows them to come close as they sing.]

"When this ends,

You'll (we'll) leave with all your (our) friends,

And then I (you) can finally be free..."

[Gulus' eyes begin to widen as he remembers all of the Digimon he killed in the past- Be it because of him trying to protect anyone or just trying to do the right thing, he always seemed to bring carnage and pain to others, no matter what he did...]

"Moth'a, please, I can't do this,

But Ah know,

Death's a parasite 'pon me,

Clingin' wherever Ah go..."

[Siriusmon shows concern as he watches his older brother begin to shed a few tears, unsure of how to reassure Gulus of how everything will be alright, but Rafflesimon uses some of the strength she has left to gingerly rest a cold hand on Gulus' shoulder.]

"I may die,

But I'll be freed from your father's lies,

As I've now seen you both one last time,

With my own eyes..."

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[END MUSICAL NUMBER]

Taking a fleeting moment to look between one another, then at their mother, and then back at each other again, Siriusmon and Gulus both nodded, as the black Dragonoid Digimon sighed, and said one thing, before he had to end up dealing the one and only killing blow needed. "Ma... Ah love ya wit' all dat Ah am, an' Ah'm r'lly sorry 'bout havin'ta do th's, but li' you 'n Siri'smon said, th'r's no otha' way... DEAD-END SKEWER!" The black dragon-humanoid Digimon loudly roared with teardrops in his eyes, as the harpoon-esque tip of his tail immediately piercing the space in between her eyes, and puncturing through her brain, and breaking her own digicore that she had been chained up to by vines in half, as it had barely taken half of a moment for the light to leave Rafflesimon's eyes once and for all, as within a few glimmers of white and black spheres coming out of their bodies, (A/N- Think of what's happening to them somewhat similarly to that of the ending of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon; Explorers of Time / Darkness / Sky, when the player character disappears after the defeat of Primal Dialga and thus restoring Temporal Tower and the flow of time) the duo that consisted of the brotherly pair of Siriusmon and Gulus Gammamon successfully escaped the decaying collapse of their mother's dying mind, both of the Digital siblings completely unharmed by any means.

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Back in the real world, the remaining Mixels and 3 Digital monsters and each of their partners all kept their guard up, ready to fight back just in case if Zorch and Tesla Jellymon were to get back up on their feet and attack them due to their current condition brought upon them thanks to Rafflesimon, but upon closer inspection upon the duo, a few of them could see the purple splotches that were scattered on their bodies beginning to fade, as well as the colorful pastel colors within the crimson Infernite's eyes going back to their normal black rings with white sclera. "Ugh, my fusing head... What happened?" Zorch asked, as he was immediately embraced by Casey. "Zorch, you and Tesla Jellymon are okay! The rest of us were so worried!" She told him, tears of joy beginning to fall from her eyes, as Rafflesimon's body plummeted to the ground, withering away like a dying plant as her body was reduced to nothing but blackened data particles that were absorbed into Gulus' Body. "Wait, so you guys vanizhed and simply just ended up killing her-?" "Fr'm th' inside, Gatorade, yeah. S'mehow, all dat Psychic en'rgy left 'round th' place th't came from Th' Black 'n White man'ged t' help us find a way t'get in'ta 'er mind, so we could tak'er down once an' fer all... Ah just... Just..." Gulus weakly began, as tears quickly began to fill his eyes.

[CUE INSERT THEME- 'MY DREAM' FROM REVICE LEGACY; KAMEN RIDER VAIL, ENGLISH COVER BY MEROBEAN AND SPIRAL FROM re:TYE ]

https://youtu.be/XX_fC2IUzIc

"... AH JUST W'SH DAT SHE DIDN'T EV'N HAF'TA DIE IN OR'DA F'R US'TA GET T'NEOWISE 'N SAVE EV'RYTHIN' WE HOLD DEAR IN OUR LIVES 'N TH' FIRS' PLACE...!" Gulus finally broke down into a crying fit as he fell down to his knees, his cold, salty tears hitting the ground for a few seconds as his whole entire body became a heavy black mist that retreated into Siriusmon's body, as the Cosmic Savior had then degenerated back into Gammamon. "Gammamon, is your older brother going to be okay...?" Flamzer nervously asked him, as the little Digimon simply shrugged. "I'unno. but I need to go into my own psyche so I can check up on him. Just, please gimme as much time as possible so I can go talk with my Big brother while the rest of you do everything that we gotta do before we get to Neowise, okay, guys...?" Gammamon then asked them, as the other heroes present just looked between each other for a few minutes, before they all looked back at the tiny white Digimon and nodded. Upon seeing each of them do so, Gammamon just simply closed his eyes without as much a single word uttered, and dove deep into not only slumber, but also the depths of his mind, all to converse with his older brother.

"It's jus' not fair... Sure, I know dat w's all part of th' deal we made with th' Lords in Black, but she had no reason t'die! Widd'out her, n' wit' the ol' man 'bout t'be outta th' pict're, s'just 'gon be you 'n me... Gamms, Ah don't wanna lose ev'rythin' else Ah've got... Ah don't wanna be seen as someone who c'n only bring death to oth'rs... Ah ain't no fuckin' Grim Reap'r...!" Gulus sobbed, still on his knees within the darkness of their shared mindscape, as Gammamon sat down next to his older brother. "Exactly- You're not a Grim Ree-purr, Gulus! You're my big brother, and even though I don't exactly have a lot of trust in you compared to Casey and the others in our group, I still love you more than anything. You're the only 'mon in our family who had my back way back when it was just you and me in the Digital World!" Gammamon innocently smiled at him. Sure, the little triceratopsian Digimon saying that he didn't fully trust him hurt a bit, but hearing his little brother saying that he loved Gulus despite there being little certitude between them put a smile on the dragon's face, as a small chuckle escaped Gulus' maw. "Well, o'course! S'mone had'ta keep ya safe wh'n things got too dang'rous f'r eith'r one o' us! Besides, Ah'd nev'r be able t'f'rgive m'self if Ah were t'just let y'die... Y'r mah lil' bro, an' if it me'nt protect'n ya, Ah'd go t'any limits. Or at least, Ah used'ta. Th' reas'n Ah fought back 'gainst 'n killed Arukenimon, a few o'those Betsumon, th' Oboromon, an' ev'n Sealsdramon was all 'cuz Ah knew they'd end up doin' harm t'ya 'r y'r frien's, and for one of 'em, they ev'n put 'ya through psychologi'cl torture. B't now, wit' Ma dead all 'cuz o' me... Ah... Ah'm just wonder'n whether Ah was r'lly protecti'n ya..." He then looked over to his little brother, all while Gammamon suddenly embraced his older sibling. "You may not have had the best intentions when you carried out your attempts to keep me and my compadres safe from harm, but you protected me from those dangers in the past all the same, Gulus. Plus, everyone else on the team likes you, too! Flain, Hen-Hen, Casey, and everyone else aren't as scared of you as they were back when you first surfaced. And that's all because Casey put every bit of her trust in you when everyone else couldn't fight the Oboromon. So just understand this, Big Bro- You're with compadres who see you as a close friend, and not as some kind of murderous, psychopathic and scary monster who only sees excitement in killing and following our Papa's awful credo. And what's more, you know just as well as I do that you can always confide your feelings to Gamms!" He then beamed at Gulus with a cheerful, energetic smile.

Gulus smiled, as he then embraced Gammamon in a hug of his own, and the jet-black dragon Digimon simply said one last thing as the little white triceratopsian Digimon that was also the younger brother of the Prince of the Dusk slowly began to fade and leave his own psyche- "Ah'm r'lly proud'ta actu'lly c'nsid'r m'self lucky 'nuff to have s'meone like ya in mah life as mah own 'lil broth'r, Gammamon." Gulus lightly smirked at his younger sibling, barely showing the jagged sharp teeth in his maw, as Gammamon's voice could be heard as his body within his psyche was reduced to glimmers of white spheres of light, saying one thing to his older brother, and one thing alone.

"And even though I don't fully trust you, I'm lucky to have a big brother like you to help me stay alive- both figuratively, and literally!"

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[End insert theme]

Upon opening his eyes, and by proxy, leaving his psyche, Gammamon could clearly see that he was within Casey's arms. "Ohh~ Casey! Gulus is doing a bit better now, so everything's okay now! What's our gameplan now?" The young Digimon asked her, as Casey smiled. "Well, while you were inside your own mind talking to Gulus, the rest of us got a message from the Lords in Black saying that they gave Kuzuhamon and Lillithmon the power they need to open up a Gate to Neowise so we can confront Regulusmon and the Armada." The girl from Spain explained to him, as Gammamon leaped out of her arms, and saw that he, Casey, and everyone else were now at the Santa Monica State Beach, Kuzuhamon and Lillithmon already there. "Glad to see that You both followed through on their words, Chosen ones. Though, I must admit that it's disheartening to find out the ugly truth of the Queen of the Morning being forced to give up her life for the sake of the Universe's survival..." Lillithmon admitted, showing some sympathy for Gammamon and Gulus, who she knew was deep inside of him. "Yeah, me too, But Mama knew that Papa needed to be stopped. We're gonna carry on for her sake, as well as all the Digimon who died before tonight, and defeat Papa and the Arm-maddah, and save every known universe!" Gammamon smiled brightly, as Kuzuhamon lightly smiled, looking down at the white triceratopsian Digimon. "Then let's get this over with. Keep in mind that, despite the Lords in Black giving us the power needed to open a gate to Neowise, neither one of us- Not even the Lords themselves- Have control of where you all may end up within the Devourer's domain." The former Priestess of the Twilight 6 explained to all the Chosen Ones present on the beachside. "Well, no matter where we end up when we get there, if we can take down Regulusmon, we can fulfill the prophecy of the Rising Sun and save every devoured world in every known universe." Casey explained, before seeing Carlos in the distance while holding Terriermon assistant in his arms, while Booger and the rest of his friends were with them, all 6 of them running over to her and the rest of her team. "¿Por qué viene papá hacia aquí?" She asked herself, as Carlos finally reached the group of heroes. "Hey, guys! We came to see you off, and also tell you something really important that we found out from a few other Digimon, Mixels and some other creatures that had come from their worlds to Earth." Terriermon assistant explained, as Yaksamon went over to the duo of consisting of the Almenera siblings' father and the rabbit-like canine Digimon wearing a lab coat. "What do you mean?" The bokutō-wielding Demon man Digimon calmly asked him, before Alya's eyes widened, quickly knowing what this 'something really important' was that Terriermon assistant was talking about.

"You're... You're talking about the Voice that they all heard, aren't you?" The youngest of the Roark sisters asked him, as Terriermon assistant nodded. "Wait, Alya, what're you talking about?" Amber asked her little sister. Seeing as how a majority of the others weren't there the night before last, Akane found it more than necessary to help one of the team's youngest members explain things. "You see, before we all found out that Regulusmon devoured the Digital World and started devouring other places and the universe the night before last, Alya, Angoramon, Kiyoshiro, the Frosticons, Jellymon, Espimon, Clockmon, the Nindjas and I went to a Digimon gathering after Clockmon told us that Digimon had coming to Earth at an alarming rate after the fight Gaioumon and the Wiztastics & Munchos Giga-Max got into with Quartzmon. All 13 of us found out from a small group consisting of some Digimon- Specifically, Gumdramon, Pandamon, and Upamon- That they, along with multiple other Digimon, had all heard the voice of some kind of God within their heads who was telling them to run, and after they heard that voice, the gate from the Digital World that would lead them to Earth. And, without having much a choice due to the corrosion eating away at every part of their world- As is the first stage of a world being devoured, from what Mysto and Gulus have told me before- They fled through the gate, and thus ended up on our planet."  Akane explained, as Kuzuhamon nodded. "Indeed, and that God in question would be the God of the Colorful World." She then added, as Snoof's eye immediately lit up with glee. "Ya mean the Maximum Mixel?!" He excitedly asked her, as Krog looked unamused. "Snoof, I thought you learned from the Mixamajig incident- The Maximum Mixel ISN'T REAL." The yeti-like Frosticon told him, to which the living bobsled Mixel had promptly ignored him, turning away from his older sibling. 

"Alright, alright, you guys, let's stop arguing and get this over with. Besides, we've got ourselves an ever-expansive cosmos to save. " Casey said, as she then handed her dad the Black Book, while Gammamon quickly digivolved back into Betel Gammamon, and the other Mixels all went over to the sides of their human partners. "Now, then, let's open this Gate." Kuzuhamon said as she looked over to Lillithmon, who then nodded. "Right. Since the Gates usually resemble a tear in the fabric of reality, I am more than capable of creating such a thing." The queen of the Twilight 6 explained, as with the usage of her Nazar Nail attack, a small cut in the fabric of reality had forged in the front of the large group. "This isn't big enough for any of us to go through et to Neowise..." Scorpi softly worried, as Kuzuhamon smirked, resulting in her size reducing while she had gone into her Miko Mode. "Which is exactly why I'll need a special assist from a triad- Or rather, a quartet consisting of Spectacularists." She then looked over to Abraham and the Wiztastics, as the young human partner of the Wiztastics nodded. "Yeah. Leave it to us!" Magnifo smiled, as he and his two brothers went over to the side of the former Priestess of the Twilight 6, each of them, alongside Abraham Cadabra, were more than determined to do what they could to help Kuzuhamon widen the Gateway that'd end up taking the entire team of Chosen Ones into the domain of the Devourer of Space.

[CUE BACKGROUND MUSIC- HIROGARU SKY! PRECURE OST TRACK 09- 'Sky Mirage! Tone Connect!']

https://youtu.be/zhE3S0InoKQ

With the three purple Mixels priming their magical capabilities, Abraham and Kuzuhamon each stood close to each other, as the former Priestess of the Twilight 6 had then reached into one of the satchels on her waist, as a small wisp of grey and silver flames floated up to her face. "Illuminator!" She called out, as the chromatic flames quickly bounced out of her palm at near breakneck speeds, charged at, and then spiraled around the tear in reality that Lillithmon had made with her previous attack, and all during that, the flames took on the shape of a kuda-gitsune, while Kuzuhamon looked down at Abraham and the Wiztastics. "Now, then, Spectacularists, show us all the means carried behind your magic." Kuzuhamon smiled down at Abraham and his Mixel Partners, and then looked up at the flame and the tear it was moving around, resulting in him seeing new words flow into his mind. It felt somewhat strenuous, the names of 3 different attacks for each partnered Mixel going into the mind of a Chosen One at the same time. But such was a price to pay for getting where they needed to be to save the whole entirety of time and space.

[スペルボム.]

[マジックブラスト,]

[ミスティックバラージ,]

"MYSTIC BARRAGE, MAGIC BLAST, & SPELL BOMB!" Abraham shouted at the top of his lungs, despite the large migraine that was now forming in his head, as while the silvery and fiery kuda-gitsune slowly began to increase in speed as it spiraled around the tear that had been made by the former matriarch of the Twilight 6, Each of the purple magical Mixels shot the tear and the fox made of spiritual flame, merging their magic and the kuda-gitsune's energy with the very small rift, causing it to slowly but gradually grow bigger and bigger, before it became a full-blown portal. "There we go..." Kuzuhamon smiled lightly as she stood by Lillithmon's side, as the remaining Chosen Ones and their partners all gazed at the gateway that would lead them to Regulusmon's own personal domain, each one of them feeling a blend of fear and awe as they gazed into the vortex in front of them. "So, this is the threshold that shall guide us into Neowise?" Gox asked the former priestess, as Kuzuhamon nodded. "It is. But be warned- The moment that you all enter Neowise, the Portal will close, leaving you trapped there unless if you can all manage to find the God of the Colorful World while you're there, and he can manage to successfully open a gateway back to Earth in tandem with the power of your D-Vigors and Pendits." Lillithmon said calmly, as a majority of the others seemed worried by this news.  There was a chance they'd be trapped in the pocket dimension housing the worlds that the Devourer of Space had consumed?!

However, amidst all the unspoken fear and panic amongst these heroes spoken of in the prophecy, Casey Almenera found her resolve, and thus, she had ultimately decided to share her plan with everyone else.

[End of Background Music.]

"... Which is exactly the reason why that, once we get there and settle the score with Regulusmon, we're gonna find that God, and the moment we're face to face with him in Neowise, we're gonna get some answers. I'm beginning to have a sinking feeling that there's far more connecting us to him than just the Prophecy itself, AND both the Mixels and Digimon arriving from their worlds and appearing here on Earth..." The Girl from Spain spoke up, thinking back to her dream that she had before she and Henry had met Gammamon, Flain, and everybody else who was part of the prophecy. "Well, if that's what you plan on doing, Mi pequeña flor de españa, we're behind you all the way." Carmelita told her with a gentle smile, as Casey's own mother, the Medix, and everyone else moved over by her side. "Your mom's right, Casey. We're all gonna help you see it through." Flain told his human partner with a smile. "And I'm glad to hear that, everyone. But Dad, I need to ask you and Terriermon to stay behind. You may be partners, but the Prophecy said 5 Digimon would stop Regulusmon- Which, are, as we now know, are Gammamon, Angoramon, Jellymon, Dracmon, and Espimon. But even then, we still need people to stay behind, and make sure that some of the Nixels who are still on Earth don't cause any more havoc." Casey told her own Dad, as both he and the dog-like Digimon clad in a lab coat both nodded, as they heard the sound of someone clearing their throat. Turning around, everyone was greeted to the sight of not only the Duo of BlackGatomon and Nixie, but also every last Digimon they've fought and befriended in the past- Including Cthyllamon and Quartzmon.

"You and all the others can count on us to help take down the rest of the Nixels. It may end up going one of two ways, but we'll do all that we can to protect the city and every other corner of the world in your absence." Nixie told Casey and the rest of her team, as Cthyllamon went over to Tesla Jellymon's side. "Yeah, the lil' good mono-mouse is right. You and your buddies can leave everything to us, Jells!" The former Exiled One of the Twilight 6 told her, as the two aquatic Digimon each gave each other a high five. Meanwhile, Yaksamon just turned his back on Quartzmon, his former boss (who was also the former leader of the Twilight 6), an upset glare almost seemingly plastered upon the face of Dracmon's Champion level form. "... Don't expect any gratitude for keeping Earth safe during the time we're gone from me. It's gonna take me a while to forgive you, considering what you tricked me into doing long before I got myself fully involved in the prophecy." The Demon-Man Digimon softly said under his breath, as Quartzmon sighed. "I know, I didn't exactly do the right thing in the right way when I was trying to protect those Baby Digimon, but it's not like I had any other choice regarding the method! I had to do it in a way that Regulusmon would've approved so he wouldn't end up growing suspicious!" The unidentifiable Digimon admitted, as Betel let his older brother take control of his body so he could try and help Yaksamon understand.

  "Yeah, The Emper'r ain't wrong, Th' Ol' man s'got 'is credo as 'D'vour th' w'rld, 'r let th' w'rld d'vour you' f'r a reason beyond the whole th'ng of 'im bein' th' Devourer of Space. It also means doin' whatev'ah it takes t' s'rvive... Ev'n if it means havin' t' take th' life o' some'ne else..." The Voice of Gulus told Yaksamon from Betel's own maw before relinquishing control back to his younger sibling, as the demon-man Digimon had then sighed. "Then I suppose that it'd be wrong for me to blame you for every bit of it since I..." Yaksamon said calmly, as Hover Espimon saw Clavis Angemon, who silently nodded at him. "Alright, guys. It's go-time." Casey told the group, as the other Chosen Ones their partners, and the Digimon they've made allies with all nodded, including Betel (as well as Gulus) and the 2014 Infernites. A cheerful smile began to form on the face of the Girl from Spain, as she turned to face the portal leading to Neowise. "... Then for the last time..." She said with determination, as from behind her, she heard her next words- her gallant war cry- being repeated by all her prophesized allies as they said it at the same time as she did as they all went into the portal-

"TIME TO BURN OUR DREAD!"

[Cue Musical Number- '[Inhuman]', from Death Battle S10E10- Cole MacGrath VS Alex Mercer, performed by Casey Almenera (CV; Andrea Libman), & Regulusmon (CV; Tetsuya Iwanaga), FT. Gulus (CV; Emma Stone), Song composed by Brandon Yates, and originally performed by SWATS & Omega Sparx.]

https://youtu.be/_u9BosOBBIw

[The Chosen ones are all floating through the portal on their way to Neowise to face off with Regulusmon and the armada, determined looks on all of their faces, all while Casey begins singing.]

"We're sick and tired of the tyranny,

Fightin' darkness while equally

Wrestling with our worst fears!

You wanna battle with the bravest?

Got to admit that it was kinda scary, Buddy, but no one broke us since

Look at you, slaying the best of the best

While we're above the rest,

God, ya better steer clear!

Rule, excluding any planets there,

All we gotta do is put effort in:

Burnin' Dread that remains here!

Inside, we ignite flames and lightnin',

When we fight for light,

Everything's fine, cosmic enеrgy!

They'll see even heroes can be odd,

See moves that'll take out your future, what 'God'?

We're shining, you're slowly fading

Our bonds made it so that We're

Greater than any threat you sent to mankind's Hometowns

We bear the crowns

Your conversation's wasted

The final hour is upon us,

Time for the Devourer's last meal!"

[The screen transitions to within Betel Gammamon's psyche, with Gulus inside, watching the tier]

"Explode!

We'll break ya, all on our own!

Mah worries lead t' bad endin's, an' it'll take its toll!

S'just us!

An' none of us'll be alone-

But Ah'm s'meone, s'mewhere!

T'ween mah darkness n' his light,

2 sep'rate minds, uni'ed,

Light th' spark in these eyes!

We'll Fi'ht back!

Altho'gh, who'll heal th' pain Ah've caused?

Maybe s'meone, s'mewhere..."

[Cut to the interior of a palace in Neowise made entirely of harmless blue and Black flames. King Nixel and Major Nixel are in another room, planning out how things will go in the coming Battle. However, in the throne room, Regulusmon is looking through a mass of Purple and Black flames- which is more or less acting as a blazing magic Mirror- Seeing Casey's group begin to make their way to his domain. Smirking, he swipes the flames into nothingness with his claws, as he then begins to sing, fury oozing from his voice, knowing that the die has been cast a long time ago.]

"God shall refute!

I turn Hope to Darkness,

Malice, bloodied victim's remains,

A massacre of sins!

The Digimon with Absolute Power,

Tearin' the band-aid off, child,

Turning all your bonds into toxins!

Yeah, I'm God, I'm getting loose,

Lettin' go of the strings-

I'm taking my fangs, Beheadin' the dumbest of Kings,

Tearin' your ligaments, put em in a predicament,

Hittin' my critical mass, I'll finally consume space in a bit!

Who'd burn what's inevitable?

Just took some gifted poison

To make me the Devourer who stays feared!

Watch out- cause when I'm on the warpath,

I'll nullify essence and leave a circular chunk of your chest pierced!

Dead-End Spike-d tail, Teeth biting like guillotines,

Mon-handle you, talkin' big games 'til your pride falls,

If you're Chosen Ones, then it's time to feast-

Good or evil, I turn lives into treats!"

[Cut back to Gulus, as through his viewpoint from within Betel's mind, we can see that our group of heroes is approaching the other side of the gateway- The entry to Neowise.]

"Explode!

We'll break ya, all on our own!

Mah worries lead t' bad endings, an' it'll take its toll!

S'just me:

Who sees th' damage th't cycles on,

Yet Ah broke through th' night!

T'ween our darkness and light,

2 separate minds, united,

Light th' spark in these eyes!

We'll f'ght back!

Although, who'll heal th' pain Ah've caused?

Maybe s'meone, s'mewhere..."

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[End Musical Number]

Soon enough, Casey and the rest of the group landed on the ground after making it through the gateway, as all of them looked around their new surroundings, be it in fear, confusion, or curiosity. "So, this is the domain of the Devourer of Space...?" Symbare Angoramon asked himself, taking in every last sight. To say that Neowise was a barren wasteland was an understatement and a half. The sky was rid of its vibrant blue, replaced with a dilated Grey, with the trees appearing like a hybridization of normal trees found on Earth, and the pipe trees from Planet Mixel, with worn down and broken buildings from Mixopolis scattered in certain places. However, Ren would find something much worse around the corner. "Uh, Guys? I think I found Aleena's Parents, but..." He began, as everyone went over to his side, and were greeted to the sight of both Aleena's parental figures, who, from a distance, would seemingly look like they were frozen in place, but upon closer inspection, they had been petrified within a casing of faded green vines, a few peonies sprouting from certain parts of it. "... Mom... Dad..." The teen partnered with the Glowkies fought back her tears, as the duo consisting of Yaksamon and Lucas had both quickly embraced her in a hug, trying to cheer her up however they could. "That's what happens to people who are devoured by Regulusmon? Shnix, if that's the case, maybe the God of the Colorful World had a good reason for helping us Mixels and the Digimon get to Earth-" Zorch started, before being met with a glare from the rest of his allies. "... First of all, I know. Not the time. But at least admit that ya guys were all thinking the same thing!" The Crimson speedster furrowed his brows at them, before everyone pointed at something behind him, as there was an excessive number of clouds behind the Infernite that were beginning to clear up, only unveiling what could definitely be interpreted as glowing eyes. 

"... That God Kuzuhamon mentioned before we left is right behind me, isn't it?"

"No, Zorch. No, it's not. It's someone I know all too well..." Betel Gammamon said with widened eyes, as he, Yaksamon, Tesla Jellymon, and Symbare Angoramon all got in front of the group with Hover Espimon above them, as they each watched the clouds begin to part away, revealing a new Digimon that none of them had seen before. The Digimon in question was tall, and almost knight-like in appearance. It had silver-ish white armor with gold detailing, as well as black and blue teal under armor, and a golden chest plate. Vines also seemed to extend from the backs of its feet, acting as if they were a floral variant of heels. It also had a flower-like shoulder cape on its left shoulder, magenta leaves fading to purple, and finally indigo. On its right shoulder was a large magenta flower, with an amber spike-like stigma emerging from the center. In its hand was a flower-like spear, its handle and guard a light green that faded into yellow, while the flower bud-like spearhead faded from white to a vibrant red the further out it extended. Out of the side of the spear, a long vine extended out, twisting as it hung over the Digimon's shoulder, almost like a braid, ending in a lone, silver flower. Just under its black and gold crown-like headpiece, its two blue-teal vines that flowed behind it in the nearly nonexistent wind, all while its own two blue eye glowed menacingly at all of the Chosen Ones and their Digimon and Mixel partners.

"BloomLordmon..." Betel muttered, his heart nearly stopping, as Casey Looked over to her Digimon partner. "You actually know him, Betel?" She asked, as the red Gammamon nodded. "He's a Mega-level, Vaccine-attribute, Fairy-type Digimon. And he was also Mama's Sworn protector whenever Papa wasn't around... At least, before he became the way he is now... And quick side note- You do NOT wanna be on the receiving end of his Gran Del Sol attack." Betel warned his human Partner, as the floral knight Digimon glared at all of them, and said one sentence- 

"... The path you seek is one that none may tread."

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