A/N: Okay, this is my first attempt at writing horror, so if it is bad, I apologize. I don't own any of the characters in this story, now let's start!

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"Oh, my head." Davis said, sitting up and rubbing the crown of his head. "Where am I, anyway?"

"You're in my little playhouse, of course, Davis."

Davis was definitely awake after that. No longer noticing the pain in his skull, he sat straight up. "Who are you? Why am I here? How did I get here?"

"I'm not going to tell you my name, silly. I will tell you that I brought you here, and you're here because I want you to be here." Davis knew he had heard the voice that was echoing throughout the room before, he just couldn't tell where. The fact that the person speaking was talking down to him didn't help- after all, lots of people spoke down to Davis.

"Why won't you tell me why you brought me here? And what is this place, anyway?"

"Oh, Davis, I almost thought you were going to ask a smart question there. Too bad, I guess. And like I said, Davis. This is my little playhouse."

At the word 'playhouse' all the lights flickered to life, revealing what looked like a normal nursery- teddy bears, rocking-horses, even a cot. What Davis wasn't expecting to see in the room, was the person who had been speaking to him.

"Y-y-you! But, but... why?"

"Why? Now there's a conundrum, Davis. That's a very good question indeed. Congratulations. If you don't ask another question, then the last one you asked before you died will have been a reasonably smart one."

"D-died?"

"Oh, there I go again, always ruining the ending. I must say, it's a bad habit of mine. But I've had a lot of bad habits over the years, haven't I? Now, be a good boy, and climb into that box for me, will you?"

As this was said, the person pointed directly at a large stone casket- the only thing in the room that looked like it didn't belong there. Even this would-be killer seemed to belong in the room, to Davis. Davis immediately tried to crawl away from it, only to find that he was tied to a radiator. That at least explained why it had been so warm at his back.

"No? Oh, well. I guess I'll have to help you into your box, won't I?"

The killer stalked over to the heavy stone box, and with a great deal of effort, shoved the lid off of it. This accomplished, they then came back over to where Davis was tied up, and started to unbind his hands. As soon as they were free, he started trying to punch at the killer, who just grabbed both his hands in a vice-like grip, and started retying them. The same was done to his feet, and the killer then dragged him along the floor, before lifting him into the casket.

"Stop it! Let me go, you sick bitch! Let me go!"

"Oh, and I was even going to consider it for a couple seconds there. But you've ruined that now, haven't you?" These were the last words Davis heard, before the heavy stone lid slid shut over the box, slotting into place, and cutting off his oxygen supply. After about a minute, Davis' started to have to try harder in order to breath, and after another minute, his vision started to give way to an all-encompassing blackness. He only lasted a few seconds after that.

"And the kittens were safely rescued from the tree, which has since been cut down. Goodbye, oldest tree in town."
~Scene cuts to a crowded conference room, with bright flashes from camera bulbs~

"That's right. In other news, late last night, the body of one Davis Motomiya was found. Police have revealed that the young man was, in fact, oxygen-deprived before his death, and have now started looking into the possibility that his killer will, in fact, try to strike again. We take you live now to police headquarters, where a press conference is currently underway."

"Ahem. In answer to your question, yes, we are looking for this young lad's killer, and no, I'm afraid that at this time we have no leads to follow. We are asking anyone with any information at all to please step forward and aid in our investigation."

"And how would you respond to public fears that this may well be the beginning of a serial killer's spree?"

"I would ask the public not to panic, Bob. We are, in fact, looking at this case from all angles, including the one you just mentioned. If this is a serial killer we are dealing with, then we will take all possible measures to ensure that we catch him before he strikes again."

"There you have-

"Hey! We were watching that, Yolei!"

Yolei stood up and ran out, crying angrily. The others exchanged puzzled glances- all except Cody, who calmly stood up, and followed her. After a short while, the sounds of Yolei sobbing grew quieter, until finally they faded away completely.

"Cody always seems able to calm Yolei down, doesn't he?"

"Yeah. But why would someone do that to Davis? Izzy, you got any ideas? Or how about you, Ken? Ken?"

"Hey, that's a good point. Where is Ken today?"

Cody and Yolei walked back into the room at that point, and Yolei simply said "At work." before going into the kitchen with Cody. Cody came out of the kitchen a minute later, muttering quietly to the others to not disturb Yolei.

"Why is Yolei so upset, Cody?" Tai whispered.

"Her and Ken were planning tro get married next month, and Ken was going to ask Davis to be their best man."

"Oh. I... I hadn't heard. Sorry."

"It's alright. She's worried that Ken might not want to go through with the wedding now, but I promised her I'd call in on Ken on the way to the office later today, and talk to him about it. She was keeping the wedding under wraps until the last minute, to surprise Kari. She wanted to ask Kari to be a bridesmaid, so she was waiting until Kari's birthday to reveal the wedding. Speaking of which, why isn't Kari here? It's lunch at the moment, and she said she was going to meet us today."

"Yeah, she texted me earlier to apologize. She said the school had asked her to work over her lunch hour today, so she wouldn't be able to make it."

And on it went with the absentee's and their reasons; Matt was at band practice, Joe was covering another doctor's shift for them, Sora was working with some Parisian model, Mimi had been called in to do a TV special with some chef from Europe that Cody had never heard of but assumed was famous, and TK was stuck in an absolutely riveting meeting with his publishers about his latest book. After they had discussed the absentee's, the remaining Digidestined sat and talked about things that had happened, and their journey's in the Digital World. The Digimon were a lot more subdued, since Veemon was sitting amongst them. Eventually, they tried to play video games, but Cody stood up at that point and said that he needed to get back to the office. Tai stood up rather guiltily, saying that he also had to get back to work. Izzy- whose house they had all been in- said goodbye to them, including Yolei, when Cody had offered to walk her home. The Digimon all split up, heading to their respective partners- except Veemon, who no longer had a partner to go with. Agumon and Tai then offered to let him go with them, and, grateful that they still wanted him around, Veemon accepted, heading to the UN offices with them.

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A/N: Okay, first off, I know Matt became an astronaut in the canon, but I really don't see him as meeting any of the qualifications for being an astronaut. So, he's still lead singer of the Howling Wolves in this story. Secondly, in the next few chapters, things will get slightly graphic. One new addition to the story will be made- an OC that I just thought up. If she becomes too much like a Mary Sue, though, just drop me a line and I'll do my best to fix her. Final thing I want to say is, I got the idea for where this OC works from the story 13 Tales of Horror, a Beyblade horror fic. It's a well-written, thought out story with an OC. Now, at first I thought, Run! It's an OC story! But in actual fact, the OC in the story stays away from being a Mary Sue. If you have time, I advise you to try reading this story. One warning though. It can get slightly disturbing at times. Anyway, next chapter will be the first reason this story is rated M. Don't like blood and gore, don't read. Rant over, enjoy your day.