'Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favour.' - Robert Frost

CATHERINE P.O.V

When we got to the source (we must have gone to a different part of the 'Flame Terminal') green fire was burning down buildings of some type. Looking at the scene, I saw a weird dog-thing that looked like a Cerberus out of ancient mythology. Before I could take another step, the woman's voice came again.

'Cerberumon, his special attack is Emerald Blaze.' It said in its voice that it has.

I groaned and looked at Koichi; he was looking not at the…Digimon, but at something else. Following his line of sight, I gasped. Facing down the Digimon was a boy, and not just any boy, the Goggle head from the station! Worse, not just him, but two other Digimon and…Oh no! TOMMY!

Koichi looked at me. "We need to do something." He said worriedly. This boy has a caring spirit, and I'm not talking about the lion-thing-Loweemon?-that the voice said it was.

I grinned, I like the idea, but the grin fell as I realised something. We couldn't do anything, or we'd be fried to a crisp. Hmm, maybe the strange devices could help us with this dilemma. "Sure. If I can get this thing to work." From there I fumbled with the buttons-there were only two- and actually managed to do something. A ring of what looked like data circled my hand and a strange feeling washed over me. "EXECUTE! SPIRIT EVOLUTION!" I shouted without me really knowing what I was doing, and swiped my hand over something that looks like a scanner.

A…cocoon, you could say, of data streams wrapped around me. From there, I felt tingly, and when the cocoon was gone I looked down and saw that I was the 'Digimon' from the Trailmon. Grinning and showing my now rather sharp teeth, I felt a desire to call out 'LassDingomon' and so I did. "LASSDINGOMON!"

I felt powerful, and taking the boomerangs off my back I was about to call out an attack-again, another strange desire- but the Goggle head took up a steel rod and the Cerberumon charged at him. He was saying something but even the-wow, cool, I have dingo ears on my head!-couldn't hear what it was. Cerberumon gripped the steel rod in his jaws and bit down. The Goggle head tried to block it, but Cerberumon ripped it out of his hands. The Goggle head reacted fast, gripping onto the mythic Digimon's tail.

Next to me, Koichi tried the same thing I did, and his amour looked cool. The lion head on his chest however was what caught my eye. Anyway, as Cerberumon leapt towards the spirit, Goggle head hanging off the end, I took my Boomerangs and threw them. "Double Return!" I shouted, knocking Cerberumon away and leaving the Goggle head to fly into the blue light. The Boomerangs returned to me, and Cerberumon glared at me and growled.

"Nya, nya!" I teased, sticking my tongue out. Koichi-Loweemon- tapped me and as I turned to him he shook his head.

"Don't tease the dog, he might try to bite." He said unhappily. Sighing I prepared to use 'Double Return' again, but Goggle head's voice rang loud around the area.

"SPIRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!" and his D-Tector flew towards him. Cerberumon tried to charge again, but Koichi called out an attack. He called it 'Shadow Meteor', pushing Cerberumon back down, slightly smoking.

"Nice shot." I grinned at him, causing him to smile, but my attention was once again focused on the Goggle head. He was still in the light, only now calling out,

"EXECUTE! SPIRIT EVOLUTION! AGUNIMON!" Much like I had and only slightly different-the name of the Digimon-and…well…I guess Koichi also. Wonder why I didn't hear him…oh well. But yeah, he was a cool looking Digimon. Agunimon has long, spikey blond hair, while having red armour with a mask so you could see his eyes that were oh so blue and the three horns on the forehead.

Seeing this, Koichi and I jumped down from where we were, landing on the ground, as Tommy and the other two Digimon looked at us. The white one looked like he was about to speak, most likely to try to comment on Koichi and I, but Cerberumon spoke first, commenting on Agunimon.

"What is this!? A human turning into a Digimon?!" He said in surprise. I held in a chuckle. Hello, two humans here able to turn into Digimon near you. The two Digimon and Tommy turned back to look at Agunimon. So, LassDingomon and Loweemon weren't enough for you? Yea, sure, go for the newer one.

"What'd he turn into?" Tommy asked innocently. I saw the Polar Bear under his hat, just poking out a bit and chuckled internally.

"Well, let me see," The white Digimon said, taking a green book out of seemingly nowhere and turned the pages, while Koichi and I blocked Cerberumon. "Big, red, likes flame, not Santa Claus." I giggled at that while the white one muttered and continued. "Oh! Agunimon! Oh my! I mean, oh my!" I sighed, get on with it.

Cerberumon pushed us aside, knocking me and Koichi over. "No matter who you are, you'll lose!" The dog exclaimed. I made a 'psh' noise. He could never beat Agunimon. Agunimon is good and Cerberumon is evil. We all know how that goes. He also seems to have forgotten me and Koichi. Not sure whether that's good, or bad. Still, the dog leapt at him, and shouted his attack. "Emerald Blaze!" Agunimon, moving fast, dodged the attack, covering Tommy and the two Digimon and leapt out of the way again as the green fire came towards him. Koichi and I also jumped up, back onto what was left of the Trailmon tracks, next to a blond haired girl wearing a purple and white striped shirt, and a…'larger' boy.

They looked from the battle to us. "Who are you?" The blonde one asked, looking Loweemon and I up and down.

"LassDingomon." I smiled and gave a two finger salute. "Never thought I'd see humans here, apart from Goggle head and Tommy of course. Not to mention Koichi also." I admitted. As soon as I did though, I remembered she didn't know Loweemon's and my human names. She was probably talking about…nah, they'll meet me and Koichi later…I think.

"Loweemon, the Legendary Warrior of Darkness. I'm travelling with LassDingomon. Trust me, if it weren't for Agunimon down there, she'd have beaten Cerberumon to a pulp." He chuckled, and I sighed, he was probably thinking 'bout the Train Station incident. I was protecting Tommy!

"So, who are you?" I asked them both. It'd be improper if we introduced ourselves, but they didn't introduce themselves.

"Izumi Orimoto, but I'm usually called Zoe." She smiled back at Loweemon and I. Ok, another person who has a nickname.

"Junpei Shibayama, but I'm called J.P. How do you know Takuya and Tommy?" He asked. It was a simple enough question, but had backed me into a mental corner. I didn't want to reveal my identity yet. Looking at Loweemon, he nodded at me, seeming to have the same idea. It'd be weird if we introduced ourselves by our Digimon names and then our human ones.

"I don't know them, but the little kid just looks like a Tommy. Seriously, look at him." I pointed. As I did, I sweat dropped. Agunimon was right in front of us. "Ok, was not expecting that." I sighed and Loweemon laughed as Agunimon back flipped over the edge again, Tommy looking up at us.

"It's not funny, he caught me by surprise. No, you stop laughing or I'll whack ya with these." I threatened Loweemon pointing the Boomerangs still in my hands at him. That shut him up.

The white Digimon looked at us and jumped in surprise. "Oh wow! LassDingomon and Loweemon!" He exclaimed.

The bunny with red pants looked at us. "Hey look, a lion man and a dingo girl!" He exclaimed, pointing out the obvious. I face palmed.

Tommy looked back down at Agunimon, seeming awestruck and 'whoaaaa'd'. Zoe and J.P. looked down and while Zoe gasped out something Italian (Yes, I know Italian when I hear it.). I think she said "Molto cool!" -What the heck does that mean? - J.P. seemed to frown a bit and looked at Zoe with an annoyed 'hmm'. Nothing's wrong with that, but hello? Two Digimon that are probably stronger than Agunimon behind you? Meh. Let 'em be. I don't want to be labelled as an attention seeker, but it was getting annoying being ignored.

Cerberumon just looked up at the incoming Agunimon and prepared to attack. The eyes on the two heads he had on his shoulders started glowing purple and he called out "Portals of Darkness!" Uh-oh, sounds bad. I don't know why I wasn't down there fighting, but something told me not to. I'm sure Loweemon was the same. Agunimon landed and jumped in between the portals that had opened-wait, portals? The cake isn't a lie!-but got unlucky and fell through one. He gripped the edge with one hand but Cerberumon scraped his hand off with one swipe and Agunimon fell, screaming.

Fuck the feeling, this has gone too far. I prepared to jump down, but looked to Loweemon first. "Look after them." He nodded and I jumped into the hole next to the one Agunimon fell through. Cerberumon called down to us as I landed.

"Now let's see how you two fare on my turf, Darkness!" And closed the portals up behind us as he jumped in.

"I think we'll fare just fine!" I retorted. "Darkness don't scare me!" But then he faded into a shadow and started slashing Agunimon and I with claws that glowed green…does he, like, glow in the dark? But we were getting pummelled. I whacked out randomly with hand and Cerberumon revealed himself, the wind knocked out of him as I had hit his stomach and he flew towards Agunimon. As he just got his breathing straight, Agunimon caught one of his front legs in his hand.

"Nobody escapes the darkness! Emerald Blaze!" He shouted and hit Agunimon close range. I had jumped away just in time, my ears sensing the attack. I hit Cerberumon on the back hard using one of my Boomerangs and as the green fire stopped Agunimon just punched him in the jaw. I heard the impact and winced. Although Cerberumon may be evil, that looked like it had to hurt.

"How about we defeat you without escaping!" He called as he called out an attack. "PYRO TORNADO!" And as flames came out of his hands he just kept spinning and spinning and spinning until he was literally a fire tornado.

"No! You can't!" Cerberumon called as he was surrounded by flames and enveloped by the tornado of fire. I couldn't help but call out an attack.

"DOUBLE RETURN!" And I threw the Boomerangs at Cerberumon once again. The Boomerangs circled him and hit him twice before returning to my hands as I caught them.

As the fire tornado broke up, out of the ground with me in it after I called out 'Desert Protection', I heard the white Digimon say "I have to admit it, I'm impressed." I scoffed. Of course you are. Fire is always beautiful. Not always good, but beautiful.

"But what if they're in trouble?" Zoe asked, concerned for our welfare. Thanks for caring.

"I wouldn't worry about it. If I know LassDingomon, and I believe I do, then she'll make sure Agunimon's alright. She hates bullies, and Cerberumon is just another big bully." Loweemon said, looking at me emerging from the tornado. That caused Tommy to stare at him a bit. Tommy opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped as the tornado stopped and watched as Agunimon kicked Cerberumon in the gut. Should a little kid like him he be watching all this violence? I mean, I play MA 15+ games and I'm 13, but Tommy? He's like, what, 8?

"Trouble? No, no, no, no, no!" One of the smaller Digimon called out. I believe it was the white one. He seems to be talking a lot. "And I may not know LassDingomon like you do Loweemon, but I believe you!"

"A HUMAN CHILD AND A YOUNGER DIGIMON DEFEATED ME!? NOOOOOOO" Cerberumon screamed.

"Yea! That's right! Don't mess with US!" I called to him as a huge explosion occurred. Sadly, it was not by me.

Everyone cheered and Tommy said "That was amazing!" Hell yeah it was! It's not every day I beat a dog from mythology! (With help from Agunimon, of course.)

"He's beautiful and she's so fierce!" Zoe called out. I grinned hearing that. I was not usually called 'fierce'. I don't think I am personally. Then my mind wandered back to the Train Station where I threatened the bullies…ok, maybe I am. J.P. looked Zoe his head bowed a bit. Does he…like, like Zoe?

Data formed a ring around Cerberumon's body and I stepped back to watch what Agunimon did. It was actually pretty interesting. "Now to take the Fractal Code." He said. So…it's called a 'Fractal Code?' Awesome! Sounds much cooler than 'Data'. Agunimon then fished out a D-Tector and I stared. Where the hell did he get that from? A secret storage space in the air?

He then pressed a button on the D-Tector's side and swiped it across the air and the Fractal Code from Cerberumon flowed into it. "Hey! Look at the pretty little light!" the rabbit called as -is it Data or left-over Fractal Code? - dispersed into little tiny bits.

"You nincompoop," The white one said. "That 'pretty little light' is Cerberumon's essence. So it looks like we're not done with him." The white one explained before looking over his shoulder and seeing the rabbit-like Digimon there. "Buzz off!" He exclaimed. "You said you didn't want to carry the book."

"Huh?" Tommy asked as Agunimon was covered in Fractal Code and turned back to Takuya on his hands and knees panting. I looked at my back-near my bottom-. Still had a tail, still was a Digimon. So, if I was in Digimon form longer than Takuya, why am I still a Digimon?

"Wow, that's tiring." the Goggle head –know known as Takuya thanks to J.P.- panted and he looked at me. "Thanks for the help back there…?" He trailed off, looking at me.

"LassDingomon. And I must say, you did more of the work than I did." I admitted. Takuya nodded.

"But what-what happened?" He asked his D-Tector. "How did I know how to do all that stuff?" Now I was mystified. If it wasn't him, then who was it? The Digimon he turned into? I know I was doing this stuff all on my own.

'You are Digidestined.' His D-Tector said in the woman's voice. So, it wasn't just mine and Koichi's?

"I'm a what now?" Takuya asked it. Dude, you're probably not-

'Digidestined. Chosen for great things, but be frightened. The one who chose you is you.' it replied. Oh sure. Cut me off when I was about to say that he wasn't going to get an answer. I then realised it was probably talking to me too and-hold on a second. Was it saying all of us here pressed the 'yes' button on our phones when we got the message? SHIOT! So, we really DID vote ourselves up for this!

"I chose myself?" Takuya asked it softly. I answered him.

"Hey, Takuya," He looked at me with surprise. "Thank J.P. up there for telling me your name. Anyway, you got a message, right? So, that means you pressed 'yes' when you got the message on your phone." He nodded but his eyes widened.

"Are you a human?" He asked carefully.

I nodded. "Yea, I am, and so is the Dark lion up there, but don't tell your friends. I told them I was LassDingomon; he told them he was Loweemon. You too now that I think about it."

"Wow." He said and the D-Tector spoke up.

'Thank you, Catherine.' It said. That was it, a thank you? Meh.

"Catherine?" Takuya asked me.

"Yea, call me Kat." I nodded at him again.

"So, I guess that means we aren't going home." He sighed, and as he did a Trailmon went past and I looked in the window of one of the carts. My eyes widened at what I saw. It was Koji! I looked up at Loweemon, and saw that he had seen the same person I had.

"It was fun chatting to ya Takuya, but maybe we will meet on the road. You too, the five of you up there!" I told them all. Jumping back up to Loweemon, I looked at Loweemon. He nodded at me and we sprinted off into the station, even deeper where the Trailmon had gone. When we were far enough away, we de-digivolved.

"That was fun." I laughed to Koichi and he chuckled a bit.

"I'm glad you restrained yourself."

I growled at him. "Just because I'm not LassDingomon, doesn't mean I can't hit you." I threatened. He just shrugged it off. Damn, they don't affect him anymore. Well, 7.5 points for trying!

Shark: And CUT! Excellent chapter folks. Wonderful.

Destiny: Hey, take a look at the word count.

Shark: Wha-? *See's total and spits out current drink* WOW! Forget last chapter, this is the longest! *takes another sip and starts choking*

Destiny: I'd better save her. Meanwhile, GOOD NIGHT, GOOD MORINING OR GOOD AFTERNOON YOU FF HOPPERS!