Back in New York, in the wreckage of the dimensional ship in the Hudson River, a tall guy looked to see Gem Knights looking through the wreckage and salvaging mutagen canisters and equipment that survived. The guy revealed to be Gladitron as he saw a Gem Knight show him some salvaged equipment and he inspected it.
“Bring it.” He ordered and the Gem Knight obeyed. “Is that everything?”
Then, a Gem Knight pointed at something.
“Yes! What is it?” Gladitron marched over to see, only to gasped. “No way!”
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Meanwhile, The Ninjas, Allies, Rainbooms, and Team Shine jumped through the portal and look around to see they were in a forest area.
“So, this is the Digital World.” Leo looked around.
“It doesn’t look so bad.” Mikey looked around.
“It’s amazing.” Donnie awed.
“Not bad.” Raph admitted.
“Do we look different?” Pinkie spoke up.
The turtles looked at the others and to see they wore different outfits than what they wore before.
“When did we get new clothes?” Applejack raised a brow.
“I don’t know but I think they’re amazing!” Rarity awed.
“How is it possible?” Twilight thought out loud.
“I think we look awesome!” Rainbow cheered.
“Yeah we do!” Everyone looked over to Casey as he was by April, Karai, Shini, and Keno. He wore a brown jacket with khaki stripes over a blue hoodie, green shirt, and blue jeans.
April wore a yellow sleeveless shirt with a green headband and green explorer pants as well as brown gloves. Donnie couldn’t help but awe her new outfit.
Kara wore a white kimono like blouse, a green mini skirt, black leggings, hiking boots, and a black leather jacket.
Shinigami wore a long sleeve black dress with black leggings, height heel boots, and her witch hat, which caused Mikey to jaw drop in awe.
Keno wore a black Japanese kimono jacket with red stripes on the sleeves over a white shirt and black pants.
“Check it out! I look studly!” Keno clicked his tongue.
“You know, a girl could get use to this.” Shini smiled as she looked at herself.
“Not bad.” Karai complimented her outfit.
“Least we still have our weapons.” April checked to see her tanto and tessen still in her possession.
“Hey girls!” Everyone turned to the CMCs as Applebloom spoke. “Take a look at us!”
Applebloom was wearing a green Aztec Geometric zip up collar sweatshirt and knee-high jeans. Sweetie Belle wore a warm pink Japanese school girl uniform with a long skirt. Scootaloo wore a magenta T Shirt with colored zebra striped pants and purple boots.
“I feel like mines from the 90’s.” Scootaloo raised a brow.
“Still looking cool, Squirt.” Rainbow smiled.
“So what’s up with the fashion show here?” Raph asked the obvious question.
“Maybe since we’re from another dimension, we get a new wardrobe. Kinda like when we go to and from Equestria.” Sunset guessed.
“Or when we became pony hybrids when we came to Moo Mesa?” Fluttershy asked.
“Hmm. Makes sense.” Starlight figured.
“You know, I remember TK and Kari telling me they go through the same thing everytime they came to the Digital World.” Twilight remembered.
Mikey looked at himself. “Hey! How come we don’t get new outfits?”
“Da! Same as me and Comrade Bebop?” Rocksteady walked up with Bebop right behind.
“Not just you guys.” Everyone heard Shine Boy speak up. They turned to see Team Shine still wearing their superhero outfits. “We’re still in our usual outfits.”
“I can guess that since you guys are mutants but doesn’t explain us.” Love Shine added.
“While I assume it has something to do with your armor being from space origins Love Shine, Gamer has told me he modified their outfits to adapt to their surroundings.” Fugitoid hypothesized.
“Huh. Guess they’re good with dimensional travel as well.” Gamer pondered.
“Or dumb luck.” Night Shine walked up.
“Makes sense.” Shine Girl shrugged.
“Oh well.” Bebop posed with a mirror. “Never try to fix perfection!”
“So what now?” Spike asked.
“We should check for the Digidestined. If they know we’re here, they might be here any minute.” Leo figured.
“Maybe I can climb that tree up there.” Shine Boy pointed to a very tall tree. “I can also survey the land and get a good look at this new world.”
“Good idea. See what you can find.” Sunset nodded.
Shine Boy pulled out a periscope from his utility belt and was just about to start climbing when April clenched her head, when everyone began to notice.
“April?” Fluttershy gasped.
“What’s wrong?” Donnie asked.
“I sense two beings nearby. Two BIG beings!”
“How big?” Keno raised a brow.
“I’d say Triceraton big.” April said nervously.
As everyone looked nervous, Night Shine spoke up. “So, anyone curious?”
At the same time they hear two voices about out.
"Fist of the Beast King!"
"Pummel Whack!"
Before the group, two energy pulses sail by, narrowly missing Love Shine before smashing two boulders to bits, one in one direction one in the other. One was orange and looked like a roaring Lion's head. The other was purple and looked like a large fist.
Love shine stood shivering before quickly shaking it off. "Okay, I’m not one to tremble in terror, but that was too close!"
"Dude, what were those blasts?" Mikey questioned.
April put a hand to her head and concentrated "They came from two beings. And... they're fighting each other?"
Donnie nodded: "Makes sense. Those two beams looked like they were coming from opposite directions. Like someone was trying to blast each other."
“Thank you, Mr. Does Machines.” Night Shine deadpanned.
“It looks like it came from over there!” Twilight pointed.
“We’re not really going there, are we?” Sweetie Belle shivered. “I mean if they’re as big as April says, it might not be a good idea.”
“I’m sure that blast was unintentional, Sweetie Belle. Who knows? Maybe they’re friendly.” Love Shine dusted himself off just before a small quake shook the group.
“Friendly huh?” Applebloom rolled her eyes.
“Still, we should check it out.” Shine Boy suggested as they began to sneak to the site.
“Okay, but do not engage.” Leo ordered.
“Friendly or not, Rocksteady can handle horned people sized creatures!” Rocksteady boasted.
“Now now, Rock! Greet before you hit!” Bebop reminded his buddy as they hurried over.
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The Ninjas Rainbooms and Team Shine followed April to find the source of the disturbance before they reached an opening.
“This is the source of the disturbance alright.” The kinouchi confirmed.
“Something is here alright. I sense a couple presence here.” Shine Boy looked around.
“Look!” Everyone looked to where Scootaloo pointed and were surprised. The two were indeed the same size as a Triceraton. One was a humanoid lion wearing dark brown pants and a fang necklace. He held a sword in his hand. He was facing a green horned creature with white hair, fangs from his mouth. He wore a black kilt and black bands on his arms and legs. He held up a bone like club with spikes and pointed it at the lion.
“What’s the matter, pussycat? Getting tired already?” the green creature taunted.
The lion picked himself up. “You know I’m pacing myself, Ogremon. It took me longer for me to return to full strength.”
“I know! I know! And the only reason I agreed to spar with you is so we can finally have our long-awaited rematch!” Ogremon reminded.
As the two continued to fight, the groups watched from the bushes.
“Well, they’re huge.” Raph griped.
“No doubt they’re Digimon.” Gamer concluded.
“Should we go up and say hello?” Pinkie asked.
“You kidding? I’m curious to see who’d win this fight! My money’s on the green guy.” Casey grinned.
“Plus, what if they want to hurt us if we even talk to them?” Rainbow pointed out.
“I don’t know. They seem pretty nice.” Mikey observed.
“I don’t know, Mikey. That green guy looks like he’d want to eat us for lunch.” Love Shine pointed.
“Maybe we should wait for the Digidestined to join us. We could ask them about these two.” Sunset suggested.
“Good idea.” Twilight agreed.
“Except for one thing.” Night Shine pointed.
“And that would be?” Karai raised a brow.
“Fluttershy’s already walking up to say hello!”
“What?” everyone gasped as they saw Fluttershy walking up to the two Digimon with a huge smile on her face. The two stopped sparring to see the shy girl walk up to them.
“Who’s this?” Ogremon raised a brow.
“No idea.” The lion was equally stumped.
Fluttershy spoke up. “Hello.”
“Uh… hello?” The lion politely greeted. “Can we help you with something, miss?”
“My friends and I overheard you two fighting and came to investigate.”
“Who’s fighting? We’re not fighting! Who said we’re fighting!” Ogremon protested.
The lion just shook his head before looking at Fluttershy. “What my cohort means is that we were just sparring is all.”
“Oh! I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to interrupt.”
“Well, I was gonna suggest we take a break anyway so..” Ogremon tried to make an excuse before remembering something. “Wait a minute. You mentioned friends right?”
“I did.”
“Well where are they?” Ogremon questioned her before the lion put his hand on his shoulder. He then turned to Fluttershy.
“What’s your name, kid?”
“My name is Fluttershy.”
“Well, Fluttershy. Are your friends nearby?”
Back in the bushes, Leo sighed before Shine Boy asked him. “Shall we?”
Leo nodded. “C’mon, everyone.” He began to walk up with the others right behind him.
Fluttershy saw them coming. “Here they come now.”
The two Digimon saw the group walk up to and were amazed that four of them were turtles and one was a robot plus a rhino and warthog.
Ogremon spoke to the lion. “You see four walking turtles and a robot, right?”
“I do. Plus, a rhino and warthog.” The lion nodded.
“Good. It wasn’t something I ate.”
Leo walked up to the two. “Uh… hi.”
“Hello.” The lion greeted.
“I’m sorry for intruding on your spar. My name is Leonardo, and these are my brothers- Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. These are our friends April, Casey, Karai, Shinigami, and Keno.”
Sunset walked up next. “I’m Sunset Shimmer, and this is Twilight Sparkle, her dog Spike, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, her sister Applebloom, Rarity, her sister Sweetie Belle, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, and you already met Fluttershy. And this is Professor Honeycutt, AKA the Fugitoid.”
“We are the Bebop and Rocksteady. Mutant former villain now hero duo!” Rocksteady boasted as he and Bebop posed.
“You guys look like a couple of tough customers.” Ogremon commented.
“We are quite the duo! Whoo!” Bebop grinned.
“I’m Shine Boy and this is my younger brother Gamer, our friends Love Shine and Shine Girl, and that’s our older brother Luke.”
“People call him Night Shine.” Mikey chimed in as Shine Boy faced palmed.
“Don’t! call me that.” Night Shine hissed as he pushed Mikey away.
“Touchy!” Ogremon teased.
“It is very nice to meet you all.” The lion smiled. “I am Leomon and that’s Ogremon.”
“The stronger one!” Ogremon boasted.
“More like ugly one.” Raph snickered.
Annoyed, Ogremon responded by flicking Raph on the back, causing the turtle flat on his face.
“Look, pal, you may think you’re cool, but watch where you’re crude!” he warned him.
“I get that a lot.” Groaned Raph.
Leomon then turned to Leo. “Are you all from the other world? I’ve never seen creatures like you so there’s no way you seven are Digimon.”
“You’re right. We’re not Digimon. We’re mutants. And we’re from another earth.” Leo admitted.
“I see. What brings you all to the Digital World?”
“We came to deal with a computer virus that originated here and is affecting our home. We were waiting for The Digidestined when we heard you guys.” Leo explained.
Leomon’s eyes widened. “You know the Digidestined?”
“Yes. They came to our dimension and helped us a couple months ago.” Sunset added.
Just then, April felt a vibe in her head and smiled. “Guys! They’re here!”
Shine Boy pulled out his periscope and converted it into binoculars and looked through them and pointed. “There! I see them!”
Sure enough, ascending from the sky was the Digidestined on their flying Digimon. They were joined by the older Digidestined.
“Hey guys!” Davis called to them.
When they landed, Their Digimon reverted to their rookie forms and the groups greeted each other.
“Leo! Shine Boy! Long time no see!” Davis greeted the two leaders.
“It’s good to see you again, Davis.” Leo high fived him.
“It has been a long time.” Shine Boy added as he patted Veemon on the head.
Veemon then went to shake Spike’s paw. “Hiya, Spike!”
“How’s it hanging, Veemon?” The dog smiled.
“Oh you know. Same old same old.”
Twilight knelt down to pet Agumon. “Hey, Agumon.”
“Hi, Twilight.” The dinosaur greeted.
“How’s it going, Tai?” Sunset smiled.
“Doing great, Sunset.” Tai grinned.
“Hey, Raph!” Matt locked fist with the hot-headed turtle.
“Matt! Good to see you again.” Raph grinned.
“Hello, Gabumon.” Fluttershy hugged the furry Digimon.
“Greetings, Fluttershy.” Gabumon hugged back.
“Rarity!” Mimi greeted by embracing.
“Hi, Mimi!” Rarity hugged back before looking at her partner. “And how’s Palmon?”
“I’m great!” the plant replied.
“So cute!” Sweetie Belle cooed as Rarity introduce her.
“Mimi, Palmon, this is my sister, Sweetie Belle.”
“Hi! Aren’t you adorable?” Mimi smiled.
“Thanks. I like your outfit.” Sweetie complimented.
“Hey, Gamer. Love Shine.” Cody shook hands with Gamer as Armadillomon jumped in the handshake.
“Howdy!”
“Hey, Cody! Hey, Armadillomon!” Gamer greeted.
“Good to see you guys too.” Love Shine added.
“Hi, Shinigami!” Yolei smiled as she and Shini embraced.
“Hello, Yolei. Hawkmon.” Shini acknowledged Yolei’s partner.
“Great to see you, Shinigami.” The bird smiled.
“Indeed.” Shine Girl smiled as Yolei hugged her next.
“Hey, Donatello.” Izzy walked up to Donnie with Tentomon flying next to them.
“Hey, Izzy. Tentomon.” Donnie greeted back.
“Good to see you again.” Tentomon chimed in.
“What up, TK?” Mikey high fived him followed by Casey and Rainbow.
“Hey, Mikey. Casey. Rainbow.” TK smiled.
“Great to see ya.” Rainbow added.
Casey then turned to TK’s buddy, Patamon. “Sup, Patamon?”
“Great to see ya.” The small Digimon greeted.
Rainbow let Scootaloo walk up to them. “TK, this here’s Scootaloo. She’s my numero uno fan and I’m her honorary sister who we’re training to be a ninja.”
“Pleased to meet ya, Scootaloo.” TK smiled as he shook her hand.
“Likewise.” Scootaloo grinned back.
“Hey Kari. How’s it going?” April smiled.
“April! I’m doing great! How about you?” Kari shook April’s hand. As they shook, April felt a small vibe about Kari, but quickly shook it off as she turned to Kari’s Digimon partner. “I’m doing great. How are you, Gatomon?”
“Doing good.” The cat responded.
“Hey, Applejack.” Joe greeted the cowgirl.
“Hey, Joe. It’s great to see ya again.” Applejack greeted. “This is my sister Applebloom.” She pointed to the CMC who was petting Gomamon.
“Nice to meet you, Applebloom. Glad you’re not afraid of Gomamon.” Joe smiled.
“You too, Joe. And Gomamon is so cute!” Applebloom smiled as she stroked Gomamon’s head.
“Yeah, I don’t bite. Only if you’re something edible or a bad guy then I do.” The marine Digimon joked.
“Sora!” Pinkie cheered as she hugged her.
“Great to see you again, Pinkie!” Sora smiled after the party girl released her and she hugged Fugitoid. “You too, Professor.”
“Indeed! Always happy to help. And hug!” Fugitoid smiled as he also hugged Biyomon.
“Absolutely!” chirped Biyomon.
Karai walked up to Ken. “How’s it hanging, Ken?” she asked, petting Wormon.
“Always happy to see you, Karai.” The former Digimon Emperor grinned.
“Always.” Wormon nodded as shook with Keno.
Karai then presented Starlight, Bebop, and Rocksteady. “Ken, allow me to introduce my coworkers who used to work for Shredder like me, Anton Zeck and Ivan Steranko.”
“We go by Bebop and Rocksteady! And we good guys now.” Bebop assured.
“And this is Starlight Glimmer. She’s from Equestria.”
“Nice to meet you.” Starlight shook Ken’s hand.
“You too. Karai told me about you.” Ken smiled. “It’s good to see others who went through what I did.”
“Da. Welcome to club, comrade!” Rocksteady patted his shoulder.
The Digidestined then noticed their old Digimon allies.
“Leomon! Ogremon!” Tai smiled.
“’Sup?” Ogremon smiled.
“It is good to see you all again.” Leomon greeted.
Mimi and Joe hugged him. “We haven’t seen you since you reconfigured after our fight with MetalEtemon.” Joe smiled.
“Indeed it has been too long. After the defeat of the Dark Masters, it took me years to be fully reconfigure and digivolve. I had stayed on File Island until I regained my full strength. Of course, being reconfigured meant I lost the ability to digivolve into SaberLeomon. I had heard about the Digimon Emperor and wanted to help but wasn’t able to help. I was sparring with Ogremon to work on getting back into shape when we met your friends here.”
Izzy nodded as he got straight to business. “Gennai emailed me and told us about the virus affecting your world.”
“Yeah. That same virus is affecting our world too.” Yolei confirmed.
“Wonder if it’s affecting other worlds?” Keno pondered.
“If it is, then it’s all the more reason to stop it.” Shine Boy stated.
“Gennai wants us to come to his place. He has a couple ideas about the virus and might have something to help us.” Tai suggested.
“Then we better get moving!” Leo advised.
“I can help.” Leomon confirmed. “I think I’ve been on the sidelines long enough.”
“Great! We could use the help!” Davis thumbed up.
“I’m going too!” Ogremon boasted. “Just to make sure you don’t die again before we have our rematch!”
“Of course.” Leomon nodded, unfazed.
“Whatever.” Night Shine mumbled as the group began to walk to their destination.
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Meanwhile, in a hidden base near the mountains, Gem Knights were either standing or setting up equipment, Princess Lewej was smashing things left and right in a fit.
“They will pay!” she growled, smashing a table. “THEY WILL PAY!”
“Of course, they will, Lewej.” Out from the shadows came a black figure in a grey cloak with a pointed hood that covered his entire face except his two glowing red eyes. “These Ninjas and Rainbooms will pay for teaming up with Shine Boy and defeating my nephew.” He hissed as he crushed his drink.
“Once Gladitron salvages from the portal wreckage, we will continue where we left off, Chaos Mage.” Lewej glared.
Just then, Mortar walked up. “Your highness, Gladitron is ready to return.”
“Activate the portal!” cried Lewej.
A Gem Knight at a control panel activated a portal. From the portal, Gladitron walked through with Gem Knight carrying salvaged equipment and mutagen.
“I trust you salvaged enough?” Lewej glared.
“We have, your highness, and someone.” Gladitron bowed.
“Someone?” Lewej looked to the portal and gasped. Emerging from the portal was a familiar villain with a tattered red cape and torn up clothes.
“I’m back, my love!” he growled.
“Ripley!” Lewej gasped.
The Chaos Mage just walked up. “Hello, nephew.”
“Uncle.”
Shortly, Ripley was redressed in his regular wear, only his cape was blood red, polishing his gold helmet as he asked, “How much was salvaged from the portal?”
Gladitron stood by reporting, “A lot of equipment was salvaged and fixable. The tech support is fixing the fixable stuff right now. We also salvaged a dozen canisters of mutagen as well as Stockman’s blueprints and notes.”
“Any word from Dr. Stockman?”
Lewej spoke up. “We’ve lost contact with the good doctor. From what I heard, he tried to join some group called VILE of whatever.”
“No matter. It’s his loss. What about Devimon?” Ripley asked as he put on his helmet.
“I’m afraid he was destroyed by the heroes when they destroyed the portal.” Lewej growled.
“No matter.” Ripley spoke. “Devimon was the first step of my master plan.”
“And what pray tell would that be?” The Chaos Mage sneered.
Ripley looked as the red eyes of his helmet glowed. “Mutating an army Digimon!”
To be continued