After losing Shine Boy, The Turtles, allies, Rainbooms, Digidestined, and the rest of Team Shine worked and trained hard to defeat Ripley, Lewej, Stockman, and Devimon and to avenge their friend. After hours of training, Davis walked around the lair, seeing the Digimon watching Space Heroes the New Generation. He was about to enter the dojo, he heard Leo talking to some of the others and decided to listen in.
“I know Davis is a bit one track minded, but he has to have some good qualities if he’s the leader.” Leo told the group.
“Are you kidding? He makes Mikey look smart.” Raph retorted. “Think about it, Leo, he always wanting to jump into a battle without thinking and only cares about his wants! Plus, he always says the stupidest things.”
Davis heard everything and looked dismal.
“Y’know what? I can take a hint.” He said to himself and headed out of the lair. Veemon looked up from the TV and saw him leaving and followed him out.
“Don’t you think you’re being a little too hard on him, Raph?” Sunset asked.
Raph sighed. “I don’t know. Maybe. Just after Night Shine left and Shine Boy’s gone, we just can’t make any more chances, especially since they have Devimon.”
“I understand, Raph. But we shouldn’t let this affect us like Sensei did.” Leo assured his brother.
“I can relate.” Yolei spoke. “When we decided to not leave the Digital World until we beat The Digimon Emperor, I made it worry me, so I became a take charge kind of girl, which resulted in getting Hawkmon hurt. I was so broken I was afraid the others wouldn’t want me around. But they forgave me and let me stay after Kari and Gatomon helped Hawkmon heal.”
T.K. spoke up. “And it was Davis’ one tracked mind that got us through tough times. He never knew how to accept defeat. When Kimeramon defeated our Digimon, Davis knew we may never get another chance to stop the Digimon Emperor, not when we were so close. So he dove in at the engine room of the base and discovered the Golden DigiEgg of Miracles, then used it to Veemon to armor Digivolve to Magnamon, who radiated enough energy for our Digimon so we could escape while Magnamon fought and defeated Kimeramon.”
“When Ken was working to redeem himself, most of us weren’t ready to forgive him.” Cody stated.
“But Davis believed he did change and kept trying to change our minds. Even Ken couldn’t forgive himself. And when we had to deal with Arukennimon, Davis kept trying to convince Ken to help, which resulted in learning DNA Digivolving. It was our best attack against Arukennimon’s creation, BlackWarGreymon.”
“And when we faced MaloMyotismon, we were too scared to face him because he could use fear to destroy his foes, like how he destroyed Arukennimon and Mummymon. Davis however knew he had to hide his fear and after helping us resist his temptations, we were able to get it together to face MaloMyotismon.” Kari finished.
“That’s…. pretty amazing.” Twilight admitted.
"See, Raph. Maybe Davis is capable after all." Mikey chimed in.
“Maybe.” Raph sighed.
Just then, Ken entered the dojo with April, Fluttershy, and Donnie. “Has anyone seen Davis?”
“Not since practice.” Love Shine pondered.
“Veemon’s gone, too!” April added.
“He was with the other Digimon watching Space Heroes and the next I turned, hes gone.” Fluttershy feared.
“Should we go find him?” Karai asked Leo.
“I’m sure he’ll be fine. Besides, we should try to prepare for battle.”
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Up on the surface, Davis walked from the alley as Veemon caught up with him.
“What’s wrong, Davis?” Veemon spoke.
“Apparently, I’m too stupid to help out those guys!” Davis turned to his partner. “Do you think
I’m stupid?”
“No way! I say you’re as smart as Mikey!”
Davis looked bluntly at the Digimon. “Gee thanks.”
“You’re gonna prove yourself to them, aren’t ya?”
“You bet I am.” Davis answered.
“Count me in! So, what do we do?”
“I was thinking we could find their headquarters and sabotage their plans!” Davis grinned.
“Not a good idea.”
Davis and Veemon looked to see Night Shine jump from the fire escape.
“I thought you left!” Davis gasped.
“Never said I was leaving New York. I wanted to do things my way without any distractions.”
“Then you probably don’t wanna hang out with an idiot.” Davis was about to leave only for Night
Shine to grab his collar.
“Relax. Maybe you could help me.”
Davis looked at Night Shine. “How?”
Night Shine released Davis and explained. “I might need one of you Digidestined kids to find that portal that swallowed Shine Boy.”
Davis perked up. “You mean Shine Boy could still be alive?”
“I know he’s alive!” Night Shine stated. “I just need help to find and bring him back!”
“Well, what are we waiting for?” Davis grinned as he walked with Night Shine to the rooftops.
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Meanwhile, in an alleyway, a portal opened as Shine Boy fell from it. Knocked out at first, he slowly woke up.
“Uh… how long was I out?” he said to himself, rubbing his head.
He looked around to see New York as it was before he left. “Well, it’s safe to say I didn’t travel through time.” He pulled that the T-phone he got from Donnie, only to find it damaged and unusable.
“Great. Guess I’ll have to go to the roofs and see if I can find the others.” He then climbed the nearest fire escape. A little sluggish at first, he was able to get enough strength to get to the roof and look around. Soon, it began to rain.
“Terrific.” He sighed before seeing certain two people in the distance. “Luke? Davis!”
As he was about to chase after them, Shine Boy suddenly felt something hit his arm. He looked to see a tranquilizer on his arm, injecting some knockout drug in him. He looked around to find himself surrounded by Gem Knights, Ripley, Devimon, and Gladitron. He was losing conscious looking for a way out and tried to make a break for it only to be smacked by Gladitron and laid unconscious.
“He has spirit, I’ll give him that! I’m surprised he survived our last encounter” Devimon pondered.
Ripley smirked. “It doesn’t matter. By the time his buddies learn he’s alive and try to rescue him, our plan will come to motion!”
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Davis, Veemon, and Night Shine then heard a familiar scream.
“Shine Boy!” Davis cried.
They hurried to see Ripley, Devimon, and Gladitron walking away with Gladitron carrying Shine Boy on his shoulder.
“We gotta help him!” Davis declared as he grabbed his Digivice. “Digi Armor Energize!”
“Veemon armor Digivolve to….. Raidramon! The storm of Friendship!”
“Sure. Why not?” Night Shine shrugged as he climbed on the four-legged dragon with Davis.
The bad guys all climbed in a flying vechicle, curtesy of Baxter. As it flew above the buildings, Raidramon ran behind it, trying to catch up to it.
Gladitron noticed them behind them. “We have tagalongs!”
“So the rescue crew has come.” Ripley taunted.
No matter how much they tried to ditch them, Raidramon was still hot on their trail. Just when Raidramon tried to make the jump, Ripley shot an energy ball at him, causing him to fall. As Davis and Raidramon fell, Night Shine jumped off and was about to make the jump when Devimon back handed him then blasted him as well. They all fell to the ground and Raidramon reverted back to Veemon. The three could only watch as the bad guys got away. Night Shine screamed in defeat while Davis bowed his head in sorrow, clinging to Veemon.
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Later, Davis and Night Shine return to the lair and entered the dojo where Leo and Sunset were practicing their weapon exercise only to get interrupted by the sound of Night Shine slamming equipment down in frustration.
“Davis! Luke! What’s wrong?” Leo asked as he sheathed his swords.
“And where have you been?” Sunset raised a brow at Davis.
“Whataya think happened? We failed! That’s what we did.” Night Shine growled as he sulked at a corner.
“Davis?” Davis looked up at Leo. “Please kneel.”
Davis went up and knelt before Leo and Sunset with Veemon knelt beside him.
“I understand I’m a pathetic excuse for a leader compared to you guys. I’m pig headed. Stupid. Egotistic. Just a failure.”
Leo patted the Digidestined’s shoulder. “Davis, you’re not a failure. Your friends have told us all you have accomplished. You are a brave, caring, heroic person. My Master Splinter once said A leader isn’t about being appreciated. It’s about responsibility. The burden you carry is heavy, yes, but is yours to carry. You’ve proven that by wanting to get the job done and never giving up.”
Sunset added. “We both would be lying if we never said we haven’t had situations where our leadership was tested before. Like the day Leo met Karai. Or the memory stone incident. So we understand what you’re going through.”
“You don’t understand. I screwed up big this time.” Davis pulled out a familiar staff and laid it in front. “They took him.”
Leo and Sunset perked up. “Shine Boy?”
“Yeah.”
“You mean he’s still alive?” Sunset asked.
“Hard to say.”
Leo took a deep breath. “Either way, the time is now.”
Davis bowed again. “I’m with you guys until the end.”
Leo and Sunset smiled as Davis got up and he and Veemon followed them to get the others with Night Shine behind them.
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Before long, everyone gathered at the center of the lair. Karai and Shini had arrived with The Dazzlings earlier and Davis explained everything to them, causing them to worry for their friend.
“Bro.” Gamer whispered as he clenched his fists.
“What will we do?” Fluttershy asked.
Davis stood up. “I’ll tell you what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna save Shine Boy. Then we save our worlds.”
Leo stood up next. “The time to strike is now. We have to stop Stockman, Ripley, Lewej, and Devimon once and for all!”
“We’re with you until the end, Leo!” Twilight declared as the Rainbooms agreed.
“We’re in as well.” Raph spoke on behalf for his brothers and friends.
“Count us in!” Love Shine pointed out for him, Shine Girl, and Gamer.
“I too shall assist.” Andromon nodded.
“We can help too.” Adagio added.
“And you can count on us!” T.K saluted.
“All of us!” Ken added.
“Then it’s time to have you Digidestined well equipped.” Karai grinned as Sonata pulled up a big bag.
Inside were extra ninja weapons for the Digidestined to use as well as belts with their crests on them. T.K.’s belt had the crest of Hope and holds up a Bo staff. On Kari’s belt was the crest of Light as she accepted a tessen like April’s. Both the crests of Knowledge and Reliability were on Cody’s belt as it strapped over his shoulder holding two kadachi blades. Yolei had the crests of Love and Sincerity on her belt and accepted a kurisama chain and a visor Gamer made to cover her eyes. The belt Ken got had the crest of Kindness on it and held two tonfas. And Davis put on a belt on his shoulder that had the crests of Courage and Friendship on it and got a tribaton. Soon the Digidestined stood ready.
“Let’s save Shine Boy.” Davis declared as they all left the lair.
To be continued