The last thing that the eight Digidestined saw of the Digiworld before being swept into the vortex-like passage was their Digimon partners waving frantically, almost chasing the bus as it flew upward.
Then, the world around them went crazy.
Each child grabbed his or her seat, holding on for dear life, as the bus rattled through that void between the Digiworld and the human world. The bus shook, and then, it was pitch black. No light. Not even from the Digivices.
Then, with a sudden burst of light, sound, and speed, the bus and the eight kids crashed onto the ground. As the bus settled, everyone hurried to get out.
"That was an awful ride. Can't Gennai ever give us a nice lift home?" pouted Mimi, pulling her fingers through her hair.
"Remind me never to ride a bus or tram again. I think that I'm going to be sick," muttered Joe before running toward the bushes.
Izzy looked at his laptop. "The batteries are dead!"
Tai was the first to come to his senses. Holding his sister's hand, he looked around, Matt with T.K. in tow. They weren't in Odaiba; that was for sure. No where close to Tokyo. There was too much vegetation. "So, where are we?"
Kari, gripping Tai's hand tightly, started to speak. "Isn't that…"
"Are you sure that this isn't the Digiworld?" Sora said, coming forward clutching her arms around her.
Matt looked at her and said, "Yeah, this could be anywhere even if it isn't the Digiworld. Where did Gennai send us?"
"Tai…"
"Not now, Kari. Right, anyone see any signs or anything?"
T.K. looked at Kari. "Kari, what is it? Do you know where we are?"
Kari looked around again, and hesitantly said, "We're at camp."
Tai jumped. "What?"
Sure enough, the tram had landed on a path that the others recognized. This was where they had been when they had first gone to the Digiworld, and when they had returned the last time when following Myotismon. Looking, Tai recognized the outlines of a small cabin where they had hidden from the unseasonable storm right before getting the Digivices.
"Camp! Why here," pouted Mimi again. "Now we'll never find our way home. I don't have any cash for the payphone!"
"That has to be the one time that she doesn't have money," murmured Matt to Tai, grinning. The group headed toward the parking lot, leaving the smoking bus behind them. The parking lot was vacant. Now that camp had ended, no one would be there unless for a hiking trip or to camp along the trail.
A new thought crossed Matt's mind: How were they going to get home?
Izzy had the same worry. "I don't have any money for the payphone, and with my laptop's battery dead, I can't hack into the system."
Everyone except Joe murmured that they hadn't thought to bring money along. When saving the world, or two worlds, their financial dilemma hadn't seemed as much of a problem.
Then Joe stepped forward. "I have a cell phone. Could we use that?"
Within ten minutes, Matt and T.K.'s father was called. He promised that he would come to get them in the van.
Two hours passed before he reached them. The traffic had been horrible on the way out of the city. Scientists were still at a loss as to what had happened. During those two hours, the Digidestined hadn't talked much. They were still very shocked as to what had really happened, from defeating the last of the Dark Masters to banishing Apocalymon to leaving their partners for what looked like forever.
The drive home was pretty uneventful. The eight were piled into the van: Matt next to his father in the passenger seat; Tai and Izzy in the middle row; Joe, Mimi, and Sora in the back row; and T.K. and Kari sitting on the floor next to the door. Luckily, no police officer caught sight of the overflowing van; they were all trying to help the city.
As the van entered the flow of traffic, each of the kids was wondering how much the authorities, and more importantly, their parents, knew of what had just happened.
