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"Cody, over here! There's more captured Digimon!" TK Takashi ran down the halls of the Digimon Emperor's floating base with Patamon. Cody Hida, age nine, was right behind the older boy with Armadillomon, his Digimon partner.

TK and Cody were on a rescue mission to free captured Digimon who are being tortured and forced to fight them thanks to the dark ring the Digimon Emperor created. Currently, they were over the Dark Whirlpool. And there's a reason for the word "dark" in that haunting name.

Cody stopped running and looked into a closed cell in shock. Armadillomon saw this and glanced up at his partner in curiosity. "Is there something wrong, Cody?"

"You guys need to see this." Cody responded.

TK followed his gaze into the cell, and his jaw dropped. Inside that prison was a girl around his age wearing a purple headband, blue tee with a lavender diamond in the middle, a purple jacket that had short sleeves and ended above her waist, close-fit purple khakis, a blue belt that hung around her hip with one half being lower than the other, and a pair of blue ankle boots. To say he was shocked was an indefinite understatement.

Little Patamon waved an arm in front of TK and said, "TK? TK? Anyone home?" Much to his dismay, the blonde did not flinch.

"Cody, are you seeing what I'm seeing?"

"I think so."

"We have to get her outta here. C'mon!" TK grabbed out his green Digivice and yelled, "Digiarmor Energize!"

A blinding light swarmed Patamon as he began to Digivolve. "Patamon Armor Digivolve to. . . Pegasusmon! Flying Hope!"

Cody followed TK's lead and took out his Digivice with yellow grips. "You ready Armadillomon?"

"Let's do this!"

"Digiarmor Energize!"

"Armadillomon Armor Digivolve to. . . Digmon! The Drill of Knowledge!"

The light faded to reveal two large Digimon. The first was an orange horse with wings, along with golden armor covering his four hooves with a golden mask that had a triangle on his forehead, and the Crest of Hope on his stomach. The second one stood in Armadillomon's place. It looked like a large, yellow beetle with drills for his hands and nose. On its back was the Crest of Knowledge.

"Gold Rush!" The drills on Digmon's hands shot out and hit the bars.

"Equus Beam!" Pegasusmon fired a triangle-shaped beam towards the cell.

Both attacks connected, and the result was a large hole penetrating the bars. TK and Cody wasted no time running inside towards the girl at the far right corner of the space.

"Are you okay? C'mon, say something." TK said softly. He reached over and began to gently shake the girl.

She began to groan and fluttered her eyes open. Her eyes popped out and she gasped when she saw the two boys. She began to quickly scoot back until she was cornered.

TK held his hands up. "Hey, easy. We're not here to hurt you. We only came here to get you out of here."

"Is that so?"

Cody and TK turned around to see that someone responsible for the trouble in the Digital World.

"My, my. If it isn't the Digidestined. What do I owe the pleasure of seeing you brats here?"

Cody was furious. "How 'bout the pleasure of letting this girl go?"

The Digimon Emperor glanced at his captive. "Ah. I see that you have found my little playmate. Would you like to join in a game of what I call 'Whip'?" He flung the whip in his hand down, making the girl wince and tremble.

"You are a truly sick person, Ken." Cody said in complete disgust. I can't believe this guy! He thought. He has no right to do this! Let alone to that kid!

"Silence!" The Emperor gripped the weapon tighter, and lashed out at Cody.

He closed his eyes, and waited for the stinging blow of the whip to hit him. But instead he heard someone shout "NO!" Cody felt two arms surround him, and the sickening "thwack" of the whip. He opened his eyes, and gazed upwards in shock. The girl was shielding the boy from the whip and taking the lashing from the Digifreak for him.

"Incompetent fool!" The Digimon Emperor roared. "You are all weaklings! I'll make sure that you'll never escape from this prison!"

"Time to go!" TK grabbed the girl, Cody, and Armadillomon who DeDigivolved, and flung them onto Pegasusmon. "Pegasusmon, can you open the door?"

"Most certainly. Star Shower!" Miniature stars began raining down on the back wall, creating an opening to freedom. Pegasusmon took to the air and scanned the area for somewhere to land.

"TK! Cody! Down here!" Cody looked down. Kari, Yolei, Nefertimon, and Halsemon were on a floating piece of land with Davis and Veemon. "Are you guys okay?!" Kari yelled.

"Not for long!" Cody saw Ken at the hole of the cell they created. "Airdramon! Attack!"

Higher above, an Airdramon appeared and blasted a beam of energy towards the group.

"Pegasusmon, watch out!" TK cried. Too late. The attack managed to hit the Digimon, making it DeDigivolve into Patamon.

"This is not good!" Cody cried out. They all began free-falling towards the whirlpool. "Not good at all!"

The girl's eyes were wide open with fear. No, this-this can't be happening! No. Not again! First it was them, and now it's going to be me too! I knew I should've stayed home that day. Please, if there's anyone out there that can hear me, then please, please help us!

She began to glow a soft purple, as power rushed through her body. Hey, what's going on?

She noticed that Patamon began glowing green, and he flung his eyes open. "Wow! Who gave me the power boost?"

TK looked astounded. "Patamon?" His D-3 began glowing.

"Patamon Digivolve to. . . Angemon!"

"Angemon?!" TK's jaw dropped to the floor the second time in less than an hour. Or in this case, on a cloud.

"Amazing!" Cody said. "How can Patamon Digivolve when he was hurt so badly?"

"Now's not the time for observations!" The girl yelled out.

The angel Digimon caught all three kids-plus one Digimon- in the palm of his hand.

"Guys!" Kari called out when Angemon landed. "Whew! Thank the angel nothing happened to you two."

"Don't you mean 'thank the angles' Kari?" Yolei asked.

"Yolei, I think that it's just a pun." Davis replied.

"He's right." Kari said.

Davis' face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Really? Yahoo!" He punched his fist up in the air.

"Easy there, lover boy, "Yolei teased. "Careful, or you'll lose her."

Davis shot an annoyed glance at the girl. "Who asked you?"

Kari sighed. The things Yolei does to annoy him.

She heard a small giggle from behind Cody and TK. A girl Kari's age stepped out from behind. "Are your friends always like this?"

TK gave out a chuckle. "You should see Davis when he's trying to get Kari's attention. Now that's funny!"

"Really? Like what?"

"Like that time at that soccer game."

Yolei joined in and smiled mischievously. "Oh, yeah! Davis was waving at Kari saying 'Hey Kari! Did you see that-', though he never finished."

"Why's that?"

"'Cause the ball hit him right in the face!" TK finished off.

Everyone busted out laughing, except for Davis.

"What's so funny about being hit in the face?" He demanded.

"Oh, c'mon, Davis! Laugh!" Veemon said to his sulking partner.

"And why should I?"

Veemon sighed and smirked. "Looks like you leave me no choice Davis." He had a mischievous glint in his eye, as he slowly advanced to the Digidestined of Courage and Friendship.

Davis backed up. "Uh, what are you doing?"

Veemon's smirk got bigger. "You'll see."

Kari and the others were watching the scene play out with great interest. Now this should be good.

"Oh no you won't! You will never get me!" Davis turned around and ran. He looked back and taunted, "See ya su- ahhhhh!" He fell into the icy water and began to shout, "Cold! Cold! Cold!"

The loud uproar began again.

Yolei managed to laugh out, "Veemon, you must the greatest prankster in history! You managed to get Davis to take a bath!"

"I meant to tickle him, but this works too!"

The laughter intensified.

Davis popped his head out of the water and spurted out a bit of water. "A little help here would be nice."

His friends took one good look at him, and their laughter could be heard from forty miles away.

"What are you people laughing about now?" He said in exasperation. Then he felt something flopping on his head. You don't need to be a genius to figure out what it was. Davis reached to the top of his head, grabbed what was causing the fuss, and looked at the floundering fish in dismay.

"A fish?! Really!?" The fish must've been angered at the comment, because it jumped up and slapped the embarrassed boy with its tail. "Oh, for the love of Digimon!"

That made everyone laugh their hardest at the sight. They laughed so hard, that Patamon DeDigivolved and rolled in a fit of laughter!

From not that far away, the Digimon Emperor was watching in sheer annoyance and frustration.

"Shoot! And I came so close to being rid of those three digipests once and for all," the Digimon Emperor said. He smirked. "Oh, well. I'll get my chance soon enough." He began laughing evilly.

"Why are you so bent on destroying them, Ken?" A small voice from behind said.

The young boy turned around in rage. "Wormon! How many times do I have to tell you to call me 'master'?!"

The caterpillar-like Digimon shrunk back a little, but still had enough courage to continue. "What happened to that kind boy I once knew? The one who would always help a friend in need?"

The thirteen-year-old flinched. Me? Kind? I was like that once? He shook his head and his signature evil smirk made its devious little way back to his face. "Your right, I did help people in need, and I will now."

Wormon looked up with hopeful eyes. "You will?"

"Yes, and I'll first start of by helping those kids meet their doom! And I've already finished their surprise." The Digimon Emperor's laugh was filled to the brim with cruelty and venom.

"What happened to the real Ken?" Wormon whispered sadly.