Reunion [Colin/Maia]

    Maia had to make an effort not to think too much about the fact that they were flying. Luckily, a fancy lounge was the perfect way to distract her. "This is really nice," she found herself commenting, immediately upon boarding the mercenary. On another note, it was really weird to always be travelling inside of living creatures. But, the tamer wasn't going to say anything about that part.

    It certainly wasn't hard to keep the duo comfortable, as Maia found a comfortable spot to sit, and Kuu bounded across any, and every, unoccupied cushion in the lounge. "This! Is! Bouncy! Kuu squeaked between hops. His tamer definitely should not have let him sleep beforehand. She needed the peace and quiet now instead of during a motorcycle ride!

    While sifting through her phone to find some sort of game that didn't require data, Maia found herself distracted by the question that Luke posed. "Our story?" Which one? "We've been doing this for," Maia paused, taking a glance at the Kudamon that had found a particularly springy cushion, "over a year now. There are a lot of stories."

    Whether the couch cushion was actually more bouncy than the others, or it was all in the fox's imagination, he continued to hop up and down in one spot. At least it stopped his game of 'musical cushions!' "I like our stories! Like Gellatin and the Arachnemon that I beat up!"

    "No. It was Shi's Digimon that 'beat it up'," Maia corrected, quickly.

    Puffing his cheeks, the rookie tried to think of another instance. "Porcupamon in the Dark Area?"

    "I guess you can have that one. Even though Elliot was there."

    Spinning in a circle, the white and purple monster attempted to stare at Luke. "I cut a Porcupamon in half once! It was all creepy and scary! And something stole Isaac! And -- Oh! Yeah! Elliot and Isaac are awesome! Do you know them?" So much for Kuu's attempt at storytelling.

    Ah well. Maia wasn't going to complain too much, if it made her partner actually take a breath for once. "I'm sure this wasn't the sort of story you were looking for," she commented softly, while closing out of yet another game that required cell phone service to properly run. It was annoying how many needed service for absolutely no reason! "How long have you been... partnered?" Was that the right term? Hopefully it wasn't insensitive! But, it was always good to know at least a little about travelling companions!

"Ah right? You've been here for over a year?" Colin asked, interested. "We've been here for about half that time. We've been on a few adventures, although, given the size of the digital world it somehow kinda doesn't feel like it's been enough" he grinned.

"We've managed to reach our Perfect levels of evolution so far" Luke continued. "We didn't think we'd get this far, this time".

"But we did, and we're goin' further all the time" Bellamy finished, confidently. The Impmon yawned briefly. His attention then snapped to Kuu when he said he beat up an Arachnemon. "Heh that right?" he asked, grinning. "The best we knocked down was a Groundramon".

"And a horde of infected Dracomons" Luke added, still a bit guilty about what had happened there. But he hadn't destroyed any of the eggs, so, hopefully those would have been reconfigured and rendered alive and safe again in the Village of Beginnings.

Luke's blue eyes widened a little at Kuu's words. "You... cut a Porcupamon? How did that happen?" he asked, genuinely curious. Porcupamon were dark digimon from what he had heard. And Elliot and Isaac?

"Oh yeah, we met them in Whitewater a little while ago" Colin said, smiling. "Yeah, they seem alright. Although I don't think I've really met spirit wielders like them before".

"Yeah, they're meant to be kinda scarce" Luke said, smiling. "And yeah, like we said, half a year, give or take" he added, shrugging again.

Colin meanwhile paid attention to Marshal. He kind of agreed that he did act stupid, but, he didn't really think that the right thing to do would be to rub it in. Instead he just told what he knew. "Coronamon didn't seem mad, I think he just misses you" he said.

With that, Daedalus landed in the Whitewater City airship station, lowering the staircase to the outside. From here, Colin and his partners led those aboard out.

From there, Marshal asked where Coronamon was. "Well, he's either in his restaurant or at his home" Bellamy said. "So yeah, we'll show you where he's working".

And so they led the way to where Coronamon's restaurant was. When they arrived, they opened the door, Bellamy wondering if his fluffy boyfriend was working today.

So, Coronamon had found a job at a restaurant. That was good! Marshal was happy that he had at least found something to do while he had been away. He followed along with Bellamy to search. He stayed mostly quiet, since he was preoccupied with thinking about what he'd even say to Coronamon when he saw him.

However, something snapped him out of his distraction immediately. A strange looking portal opened up out over the nearby sea and a familiar, terrifying figure emerged.

BlackDynasmon.

Marshal had run into this Digimon twice when he had been taken into the Dark Area. He and Coronamon had barely managed to fend him off and escape back into the Real World. Of course, back then he only needed to reach Mega level, and now they were even stronger. However, this time BlackDynasmon looked a lot bigger. His eyes also radiated with a strange, red aura. With a roar somewhat unbefitting of a Holy Knight Digimon, Dynasmon unleashed a projectile attack that shot all the way over the city and into the jungle behind them.

All at once, a blindingly giant explosion rocked the jungle. Marshal looked back, terrified. He had to find Coronamon now more than ever. Without a word, he ran ahead, hoping the others would follow suit.

...

Coronamon had woken up pretty late this morning. He had the day off and not much else to do. Giving a huge yawn, he stepped out of his apartment to find the city in a panic. One look at the imposing figure of BlackDynasmon in the sky told him everything he needed to know. He began to attempt to meld with the crowd in order to evacuate, but stopped himself when he detected a familiar presence.

"Marshal?"

Immediately, he tore off in the direction that his heart told him to go. If Marshal was here, he would be in danger!

    Some expeditions? Thinking about it, that would be something easier to do, when someone has an aircraft! "That sounds like fun," or, at least, hopefully fun and not utterly terrifying! "We'd definitely like to come along." It was easy to speak for Kuu being up for adventures, when it was one of the subjects he always talked about! And, it didn't seem like Colin or his twins were the type to intentionally put anyone in a bad situation.

    Nodding rapidly, Kuu agreed that Mega was cool. Super cool, even! If the next step didn't involve having someone else sharing a body with him, he'd already be aiming for that, too! But, then there was a pause, and the fox puffed his cheeks. "I'm not a girl!" Genders were weird! Everyone should know that, if they've met Digimon!

    "Then, explain Sakuyamon. And having a pink evolution." Maia really should have found something off when Kyuukimon had bright pink fur. But the scythes, and situation, had distracted her from it.

    "Boys can be pretty, too," the rookie argued, cheeks still inflated. Yes, they certainly could be pretty, but that still had no explanation for a Mega that was very obviously a woman. "I'm super masculine!" Yes, puffy-face and stretchy bodies just screamed masculinity.

    Though, the thought of all the Digimon on-board wearing pants was enough to cause a few giggles from the tamer. While Impmon wasn't a huge jump for wearing extra clothes, an Elecmon and Kudamon would definitely look silly!

    Listening to the story of infected monsters, Maia shook her head at the potential of knowing Routa and Ryu. She certainly didn't want to interrupt just to say she had no idea who the people were. This was making it more apparent that the blonde needed to get out a little more. "That sounds," really scary, "tough." She couldn't help but feel bad for wanting to hear about it, when looking at Luke's reaction, though. "I'm sure you did what you had to," she murmured, trying to make the Digimon feel a little better. Nobody should feel guilty for that!

    Kuu, for once, only listened. Probably because he was trying to get the most out of bouncy couch cushions as he could, before they left! "You should! They're fun! Elliot's fun!" Way to show favoritism!

    But, now that the couch was gone, and a restaurant was in view, more important things began to show themselves. Like a portal with a very unhappy looking monster coming out of it! More excited than he should be, the Kudamon began squirming in his tamer's arms, "hey! I think we know that Digimon! Let's go say hi!"

    Tightening grip, it seemed that Maia was strongly disagreeing. "Or, let's not. We need Coronamon first!" If something happened to Corona, just because Kuu was too excited about a very obvious threat, Maia definitely couldn't forgive herself. Just like she couldn't forgive herself if Kuu got hurt for the previously mentioned reason!

    "But we're heroes, Maia!"

    At least, that's what her partner wished they were! Maia didn't really care what they were called! "Heroes make sure their friends are alive first," the teen commented, to settle Kuu, while hurrying to try to keep up with Marshal and Bellamy.

"That's great" Colin said, smiling, glad they'd have more individuals to explore the digital world with. He always found it better when travelling with friends.

Kuu meanwhile insisted he was a boy. This made Colin a little confused, but Bellamy merely shrugged. "Eh, you be whatever you wanna be, pal" the Impmon said, trying to be helpful. The Kudamon was funny.

In the city, they found Coronamon quickly enough. Colin was relieved that the city seemed to be evacuating. But it wouldn't be long before the BlackDynasmon would turn on them and start causing trouble.

Remembering the conversation aboard Daedalus, Colin realized that, well, for better or worse, he was going to be a big part of the future of the digital world. He glared up at BlackDynasmon, who was causing all this chaos. And he addressed his partners as they ran.

"Luke, Bellamy..." he said to them. "I don't think we need to stay out of this one. Do you?"

"Hell no" Bellamy agreed promptly. "I'm sick of these bastards stompin' all over us. So, let's give him some!". Meanwhile Luke agreed with a nod.

They found Coronamon soon after. Thankfully, he looked ready to be reunited with Marshal. After all, there was a crisis at hand. They then quickly biomerged and the form of Apollomon once again appeared. Colin grinned at them. Well, he supposed that they now existed as the one entity, they could sort out their feelings to each other in private. That was a convenient thing about biomerging. He hoped to do the same one day, although, what with Bellamy and Luke's pasts, well, he hoped that he'd be able to handle what they went through.

Then BlackDynasmon immediately attacked. Apollomon countered it, but, already, Colin drew his card. The blue one.

As he did so, the card flashed momentarily. Its design changed a little. Now there was a pattern of red on it, as well as keeping its blue appearance. What would happen as he slashed it he wondered?

"Digimodify!" he shouted. "Matrix Evolution... activate!"

At once an immense pulse of energy blasted through his D-Arc, so strong that he almost dropped it. Both Bellamy and Luke's bodies flashed white. And they then began to grow, flashes of purple and red lightning dancing around them.

"Impmon... Warp-digivolve to... Beelzemon!"

"Elecmon... Warp-digivolve to... Fulminomon!"

At once, Bellamy transformed not into Astamon, but a new digimon. Dressed in black leather, with white metal plate armor covering his vitals. Angelic wings formed on his back, only these were covered in black feathers. A third eye opened on his forehead, and a gun formed on one hand. Vicious looking claws formed on the other. Bellamy for one seemed surprised at this, but he gave his familiar toothy grin.

Luke meanwhile became clad in shining blue armor. A mask covered his face, and armor covered his torso, groin, arms and legs. While yes he still retained the red and white fur of his other forms, well, in this one, he was actually flying. The back of his torso armor seemed to be emitting jet-like air streams. And this feeling, of natural flight at last, it was awesome.

"Wow..." Colin muttered as he looked up at his partners. "So these are your mega forms, eh?"

"Heh, sure looks like it, kid" Bellamy said in return to him, giving a thumbs-up.

"So, Colin, shall we take care of this bugger up here?" Luke asked, jerking his thumb at BlackDynasmon.

"Go for it!" Colin cheered. Bellamy smiled, then looked at Apollomon.

"Seems like I'm catchin' up to ya, babe" he said. "Well, uh, I mean Coronamon, not the Marshal, eh... oh boy, havin' your boyfriend biomerge is kinda odd" he sweatdropped.

"Just wait 'till we do it" Luke said to his brother. "No funny business when you're sharing your body with Colin's, alright?"

"Yeah yeah" Bellamy scoffed. He then raised his cannon, pointing it at BlackDynasmon. "Alright, ya punk, you're gonna get it now! Eclipse Pillar!" he shouted, and fired an immense black beam at the royal knight digimon.

"Ion Missile!" Luke shouted, and a barrage of missiles launched from his blue pauldrons, homing in on BlackDynasmon where they would then explode with pulses of disruptive electric energy.

"Well, this won't do. We can't have this much interference in our battle." BlackDynasmon watched as three more Mega level Digimon entered the fray. For a moment, it seemed that he would be outnumbered by the four extremely strong Digimon, but then he realized he wasn't alone. With a smirk and a snap of his fingers, two more Mega Digimon came through the portal.



The two would be recognized as Kuzuhamon and Darkdramon. The dark Sakuyamon variant cancelled out Kuu's attack with a version of its own. Meanwhile, Darkdramon countered Bellamy's attack with a beam of pure, dark draconic energy. However, the two would be unable to keep Luke's missiles from interfering with Apollomon and BlackDynasmon's battle. The Super Mega smirked again and swiped his claws in the general direction of the missile barrage. Each one split in half and continued their momentum until they were a safe distance away from both him and Apollomon before causing a great, firework-like explosion.

"Good," BlackDynasmon said, observing his handiwork. "Now, I may continue my fight with my person of interest...uninterrupted."

Apollomon was extremely concerned that the amount of dangerous Digimon in the city had tripled since he had Biomerged. However, in the Biomerge's shared head space, Coronamon and Marshal were extremely proud of Bellamy, Luke, and Kuu for reaching their Mega forms. This was cause for a big celebration, but that would have to wait until later. "What do you mean by that?" he asked.

"My master took a special interest in you when you arrived in the Dark Area previously," BlackDynasmon explained. "Now that we see your true form, he is even more curious."

Apollomon was extremely confused. "Who are you talking about?"

BlackDynasmon was suddenly disinterested in talking and lunged at Apollomon with his claws. Apollomon, ready to fight, answered by grabbing BlackDynasmon's wrist, stopping him for a moment.