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Meda carefully lifted her head up from the ground at the same time Sora did in time to see the digimon turn back around again.

"Watch out, Tai!" Sora shouted. Tai quickly looked back to the threat and got up to run from it. Without fear, Koromon bounced over to him, going past him.

"Here I go!" His cheeks expanded slightly before he opened his mouth with a pop to let out cute pink bubbles that Meda knew was supposed to be some kind of attack...but had to bite her lip not to laugh at. Her humor vanished when the large digimon knocked Koromon away and dove back down to attack the rest of them.

"Digimon attack!" Sora's digimon shouted. They all jumped forward to defend their human partners, popping out those same non threatening looking pink bubble attacks as Koromon...having just as much effect as Koromon's had on the large digimon, causing them all to be hit head on by the rampaging digimon, but diverting its course enough to keep the humans from more than just feeling a strong breeze as he flew over them.

"Yokomon!" Sora cried out in concern. Everyone braced themselves when the large red digimon crashed into the trees. Meda looked up cautiously from underneath Matt's protective embrace, her own arms holding onto TK securely, when Sora called out to her digimon again. "Yokomon!" Tai was already at his fallen partner's side, carefully picking him up, the other digimon strewn across the ground, looking horrible.

"Koromon!" Tai called in concern. "Are you crazy?! Why'd you do it?!"

"Sorry," Koromon apologized. "I'm just trying to make a good impression," hearing Koromon's weak voiced response made Meda give a weak smile, remembering how much nicer it seemed when his being hurt and them being in danger was just another scene in a TV show.

"Crazy little guy," Tai murmured. Everyone else ran to their own partners, Meda included. Sora quickly picked her partner up.

"Yokomon," she said worriedly.

"Tanemon," Mimi breathed out, nearly in tears. "Talk to me."

"They must be programmed for courage," Izzy voiced out shakily, not sounding like his usual composed self.

"Viximon, please be okay," Meda managed to mutter out, kneeling next to the yellow digimon, her hands hovering unsure over her, afraid to hurt her further by moving her.

"Tokomon, what's wrong?" TK worriedly asked his digimon.

"Hey, Tsunomon, wake up!" Matt called to his digimon, holding him carefully between his gloved hands.

"Bukamon, wake up," Joe repeated to his own digimon, holding the limp figure carefully in his hands. Everyone gasped and turned to where the large digimon had landed when they heard a horribly familiar roar. "Oh no!" The red beetle digimon came crashing out of the trees again, his pincers snapping menacingly. Everyone ran to the cliff's edge where Tai already was, their digimon in their protective embrace.

"I was hoping we'd seen the last of him," Sora called out. Meda resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

"Me too!" Tai replied. "Guess he had other plans, huh?" Tai questioned, something that would have sounded snide and sarcastic if he didn't sound so startled and shocked.

"Oh," Matt said as the large digimon shook the ground with every step he took to them, "I knew I should have brought my bug spray!" Meda's lips twitched despite the dire situation. Another step closer and Sora and a few of the others let out whimpers of fright.

"Okay, get ready to run!" Tai said in a slightly panicky voice. Meda's brows furrowed in frustration when the digimon snapped its pincers at them again.

"No, we fight!" Koromon said, turning in Tai's hands.

"Huh?!" Tai cried in disbelief.

"That's right," Koromon said, looking back to Tai. "It's the only way. Stand and fight!" He said with determination.

"Enough, will ya?" Tai said, though his voice cracked slightly with emotion.

"No, Koromon's right," this time it was Izzy's digimon who spoke. "It's time that we show what we're made of!" Motimon cried out, wiggling in Izzy's hands, just as determined as Koromon.

"No don't!" Izzy said, holding onto him firmly.

"They're right!" Yokomon said.

"No way!" Sora said in an almost mothering tone of concern. "It's hopeless! You're no match for him Yokomon!" And now she just sounded depressing.

"Letmegoletmegoletmegoletmegoletmego!" Tsunomon shouted constantly, trying to escape Matt's grasp. TK crying out in shock when Tokomon also began to struggle, making a frightening biting face for something so cute.

"Let me go! Let me go! Let me go!" Bukamon shouted, flailing in Joe's arms who was struggling to contain him.

"Tanemon," Mimi whispered, "you too?" She asked, receiving a calm nod in response.

"Uh-huh," Tanemon said. Meda and Viximon didn't say anything, instead exchanging a meaningful glance. Meda nodded once.

"I understand," Meda whispered putting Viximon on the ground gently.

"Thank you , Mistress!"

"I'm sorry, Tai!" He broke out of Tai's grasp. "Let's go!" He called out to the others, the rest breaking out of their partner's hands while Viximon didn't need to. They all ran..or hopped to the enemy, charging head on.

"It's useless!" Sora cried out desperately. "Yokomon!"

"Don't go!" Izzy shouted. "Motimon!"

"No wait!" Matt yelled. "Don't do it Tsunomon!"

"Don't go!" TK cried.

"Turn around!" Joe tried calling. "Come back Bukamon!"

"Tanemon," Mimi whispered, her hands held together, "be careful!" She cried.

"Do your best, Viximon!" Meda cried out encouragingly.

"No! Don't, Koromon!" Tai shouted about to go after him. "Come back!" It was then that their digivices lit up, a black cloud whirlpool appearing in the sky, seven rainbow streams of light coming down from the center and beaming down on each of their digimon. They all gasped as they watched the amazing digivolution process.

"Koromon digivolve to..." the pink antenna'ed blob suddenly changed into a yellow, clawed, green eyed digimon, his voice changed as well. "Agumon!"

"Yokomon digivolve to...Biyomon!" She shouted fiercely when her voice changed, her plant like form changing to a birdlike one.

"Motimon digivolve to..." the pink blob evolved into a small red beetle like digimon, his voice more electric sounding. "Tentomon!"

"Tsunomon digivolve to..." the horned ball of fur changed to a canine like bipedal blue and yellow furred digimon. "Gabumon!"

"Tokomon digivolve to...Patamon!" Patamon seemed to change the least, becoming only slightly larger and his skin/fur changing to a yellow and white texture, the strange ears on his head changing to wings and his eyes becoming sky blue.

"Viximon digivolve to..." the small cute yellow digimon was replaced with a tall, the tallest of the group by far, bipedal fox creature of the same yellow fur with a white underbelly and purple glove like cloth on her arms, matching Meda's outfight frighteningly well. "Renamon!" And she also sounded the coolest by far, her feminine voice more mature than the rest.

"Bukamon digivolve to...Gomamon!" He changed from an awkward brownish finned digimon to a cool orange mohawked white and purple stripped clawed seal like digimon.

"Tanemon digivolve to...Palmon!" The rainbow lights became a golden yellow before disappearing entirely and revealing their digivolved partners.

"What the-" Sora breathed. "Look at them! What happened to the little guys!"

"They're...bigger," Tai breathed out himself. Meda couldn't help the shaky laugh that escaped when he said that.

"Hi-ya!" Agumon cried out leading the rest to jump when he did, all letting out their own battle cries. Of course they were all slapped away like it was nothing, landing in a heap while Renamon managed to at least flip in mid air to recover herself enough to land on her knee. Renamon was always more graceful than other digimon, Meda thought. They all recovered quickly and got back up.

"Alright then! You asked for it!" Agumon shouted. The enemy digimon was about to take off into flight when Palmon lifted her arms.

"Poison Ivy!" With a cry she threw her arms towards him her purple green tipped claw fingers extending like vines to hold his leg down and keep him there suspended in the air.

"Boom bubble!" Patamon shouted as he flew into the air and took a huge gulp of breath, expanding his frame and letting it out with an audible "Pah!" The smack of the near invisible attack could be heard when it made contact with the enemies' head.

"Super Shocker!" Tentomon called, his wings buzzing and crackling with electricity that formed into a red ball that sent a lightning bolt at the enemies' head. The enemy digimon roared as it fell back to the ground, Gomamon sliding beneath it in time to trip one leg before it landed to make it fall to one knee.

"Stand back everyone!" Agumon called out as he ran forth. "Pepper breath!" He spewed out a large fireball.

"Blue Blaster!" Gabumon called out before shooting a blue beam from his mouth.

"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon shouted in the air, flapping her wings slightly harder as a green fire spiraled towards the enemy.

"Diamond Storm!" Renamon called out as she leapt into the air and threw open her arms to let silver leaf shaped projectiles hit the enemy digimon's head. It cried out in pain, its head flaming from the attacks.

"There! All together!" Agumon called out. All the digimon used their attacks, not calling out the names this time as they hit the enemy on his neck and chest, making it burst into flames and making it fall back into the trees as it cried out in pain. Everyone made varying sounds of awe at the amazing display of skill and strength, Izzy the first to speak.

"They made vaporware out of him," Izzy murmured in awe.

"Amazing!" Tai said incredulously. They all laughed and ran to their digimon partners when they saw them doing the same, meeting them halfway, Meda and Renamon the only ones to walk to each other calmly. Meda smiled warmly at Renamon, Renamon returning the favor as she kneeled down respectfully in front of her.

"Great job, Renamon." Meda said, patting Renamon's head fondly. Renamon flushed slightly at the praise, closing her eyes as she enjoyed her partner's praise.

"Thank you, Mistress." Everyone's celebration was cut short when the enemy digimon once again erupted from the trees. Sora gasped and looked to Tai and Aguman who were the closest to it.

"Watch out!" They ran back to the others as the enemy's pincer's pierced the ground. Renamon stood protectively in front of Meda as she looked at the breaking ground in growing horror.

"Looks like we celebrated a little too soon!" Tai cried. Renamon was quick to turn and hold Meda protectively to her, turning them so Renamon was the one facing the ground as it fell from beneath them. Meda gasped while the others shouted in fright and shock, she turned her eyes to the others in concern, looking over Renamon's arms as they fell to the water. Meda was fine since she knew that they weren't even going to hit the water but she was more concerned with these kids' peace of mind. She was pretty shocked how mentally strong they were when she watched this show. She knew regular kids would be scarred after just being attacked by the giant red bug and she knew for sure regular kids would be deathly afraid of heights after falling off this cliff, but not these kids. I suppose that was why they were chosen...because they were weird...not that Meda could talk considering she was reborn from an alternate dimension...

"Sora!" Biyomon shouted.

"Izzy!" Tentomon called.

"TK!" Patamon cried out. The three flying digimon caught their respective partners, staying in the air for a bit before their collective weight had them all falling this time. Palmon tried to save Mimi by grabbing onto the cliff face with her vines but only managed to pull out a large cluster of rock that somehow miraculously missed them all as it descended the fastest and splashed into the water beneath them. Joe and Gomamon were the only ones to fall in the water before Gomamon called his fish friends. Everyone landed on the platform of fish with grunts and huffs of air, Renamon the only one to land on her feet, twisting gracefully with Meda in her arms. Meda smiled at her gratefully when Renamon put her down gently and stepped back.

"Thanks," Meda said softly. Renamon only smiled.

"Anytime."

"Wow, this is some ride," Tai said from his back as he looked at the strange and colorful fish they were riding.

"What?" Everyone turned their attention to the collapsing cliff they had been on. "Hey look out!" Matt shouted as the large red digimon and more of the cliff rock collapsed into the waiting river below. While the others screamed in fright, Gomamon urged his fish friends to go faster.

"Go!" He shouted urgently, making them speed up and get out of the way of the falling rock and digimon, but a large wave ensued and washed them ashore after giving them a light shower. Meda huffed in irritation as she shook her clothes and hair of their slight dampness and dew caused by the shower.

"I knew we'd be okay," Matt said. "I wasn't worried," he said in a self assured tone, obviously lying. Meda giggled to herself at that, but it seemed he heard since he turned to her with a slight grin.

"What was that?" Joe asked. "A floating fish market?"

"That's kind of rude, they did save our lives," Meda muttered to herself, but again Matt and a few others seem to hear, but didn't comment on it.

"Lucky for us those fish were having a school reunion," Gomamon said before laughing. "I'm kidding, those fish are good friends of mine and I just asked them for a lift!" He said cheerily. Joe smiled at his partner as he adjusted his glasses.

"All these years I thought I was allergic to seafood. Thank you!" He said sincerely with a genuine smile, before his smile disappeared and he scratched his cheek in confusion, "oh, uhm, I guess it's not Bukamon?" He questioned.

"Gomamon now!" He said while wagging his tail.

"Gomamon," Joe said more to himself, as if trying to commit it to memory.

"And I guess you're not Tokomon are you," TK asked, tilting over cutely. Patamon made a sound of agreement.

"Now I'm Patamon," he replied just as cutely.

"It's all because we digivolved." Agumon explained.

"I don't think that word's in my dictionary," Tai replied.

"So digivolving is what happens when they advance to the next level and become more powerful than before," Izzy deduced rather brilliantly for a kid his age. Tentomon flew to Izzy's eye level.

"Right, all of us digivolved. I went from Motimon to Tentomon." He explained further.

"I digivolved from Yokomon to Biyomon."

"First I was Tsunomon, then Gabumon."

"I changed from Tanemon to Palmon!"

"I went from Viximon to Renamon."

"And me I was Koromon. I digivolved into Agumon!" Tai looked down at Agumon with his hands behind his head.

"Uh-huh," Tai said. "When you digivolved you certainly got way bigger. Does this mean you're something different now or are you still digimon?" Meda had to bite the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing at the question. She had to remind herself that they didn't have her knowledge of the digital world like she did.

"Digimon," Agumon responded easily, "but I needed your help Tai."

"Me? For what?" Tai asked, confused.

"You see, digivolving is a very difficult process. In order to be successful, I had to share your energy." Agumon explained. Tai tilted his head to the side slightly, one of his brows lowering in confusion.

"Really?" He asked, totally confused. Sora leaned down, hands on her knees to get closer to Biyomon.

"I guess you guys don't run on batteries." She said. Meda rolled her eyes as Biyomon cheerily replied.

"Sure don't!"

"But how do you access our energy?" Izzy asked Tentomon inquisitively.

"Even we don't know everything," Tentomon smartly replied. Mimi was squatting down in front of Palmon, her elbows on her hips while Palmon twirled happily.

"Thanks for my magical powers!" Mimi just closed her eyes and leaned her head on one hand.

"The whole thing just makes my head spinny," she said. Meda sighed at the girl's air-headed-ness. TK circled around Patamon, copying Tai, his hands behind his head.

"So I helped you change! That is so cool!" He said with a smile.

"Yup," Patamon replied, twitching his ears/wings. "Sure is."

"My folks warned me about strangers," Joe said simply, his back turned to Gomamon, eyes closed and arms crossed.

"I'm not a stranger, Joe. I'm your friend for life!" He responded a little worriedly. Joe only lowered his head slightly, his brows furrowing as he hummed to himself.

"Okay, come on, what are we going to do?" Matt said, getting everyone back to the real problem.

"If only there was a payphone nearby. We could call the police or the fire department or my mother," Joe said, everyone turning to him.

"But we don't even know where we are," Tai said turning to look at the vast forestry ahead of them and the cliff they fell off of earlier, the others turning as well. Meda just sighed and leaned against a tree, knowing they wouldn't be able to contact anyone.

"But we know where we started. Up there on that mountain." Sora said.

"I say we forget about going back and explore around here." Matt suggested.

"I'm not exploring anywhere. I say we stay right where we are." Meda rolled her eyes at Joe.

"Yeah let's wait for that giant bug to come get us," Matt said sarcastically. "We need to find a road leading someplace to get away from here." That would be a good suggestion if they were in the real world.

"Hmm, that's right but without a compass we don't even know which way is north." Izzy said, though Meda doubted compasses worked in the digital world.

"Wait, I do." Izzy turned to Tentomon.

"Well, which way is it?" He asked. Tentomon turned a little and pointed to his right.

"It's the opposite of south." Izzy sighed and closed his eyes, lowering his head in disbelief, a sweat drop appearing on his head.

"I shouldn't have worn these pants," Joe said seriously. "They ride up when I do a lot of walking."

"Way too much info," Meda murmured to herself, Matt hearing and smirking since he was closest to her besides Renamon.

"You know, if we could get back to where we were before, we might at least find some clues as to why we're here in this place." Sora said. Meda just shook her head.

"Wait!" Mimi said. "Are there more monsters around like that big flying beetle?" She asked.

"Yes, indeed-y," Palmon replied happily.

"Euck!" Mimi said with a face of displeasure.

"Those monsters don't scare me!" Matt said, his hands on his hips.

"Are there humans?" Tai asked Agumon finally asking a good question.

"Humans?" Agumon asked. "Others like you?" He clarified. Tai nodded.

"Mhmm."

"You're the first ever. There's never been anything but digimon." Agumon replied honestly.

"So, okay, you're all digimon, but what about these monsters. They're all digimon too?" Tai asked.

"It's creepy and dangerous and...what happens when it gets dark?" Sora questioned.

"Who says it ever gets dark here?" Matt asked smartly.

"That phenomena would be unnatural," Izzy replied with his arms crossed.

"And you call this natural?" Joe asked. Already they were becoming unsettled, making Meda resist the urge to sigh again.

"Well we're not going to find anything out by sitting around here!" Tai said cheerfully, turning on his heel ninety degrees and walking.

"Where do you think you're going?" Matt questioned. Tai turned back with a smile.

"Up on that cliff! That's where I saw the ocean," Tai replied easily.

"The ocean?" Matt repeated in disbelief.

"Yep! There might be a boat or something." Tai replied before turning to walk again.

"Let's water ski home," Matt said to Sora who didn't appreciate his dry humor.

"Ugh, funny." Meda laughed at the two before pushing off the tree to follow Tai. Finally they were getting somewhere. Sora and Matt looked at her in surprise when she laughed and were quick to follow along with the rest, except Joe.

"At a time like this I think we'd be be far better off to find a cave and hide. If we keep our eyes open and a camp counselor-"

"Hey, Joe!" Gomamon shouted, interrupting him and making Joe realize that he was being left behind. "Everyone's leaving us!"

"Wait for me!" Joe shouted, running to catch up.


"These trees are beautiful," Sora complimented as they walked along the riverside.

"Yeah, they're really different and I just thought they were subtropical." Izzy said, looking around again.

"Whatever they are," Joe sniffed, "they're aggravating my hay fever."

"Hey Joe," Matt said without even turning around. "Is there anything you don't complain about?" He asked, making Meda hold up a hand to hide her smile.

"Digital monsters. Exactly who came up with that name anyways?" Izzy asked.

"Who came up with the name for humans?" Meda asked, surprising everyone with the insightful response before the digimon regained their attention apparently not surprised like the humans were.

"Just call us digimon, we like that," Tentomon said.

"I only ask because your composition isn't at all machine like," Izzy said, his brows furrowed. Just like sometimes humans don't seem like they have any humanity? Meda thought privately, keeping it to herself as that question may have been too dark for kids.

"Oh really?" Tentomon asked darkly as he flew before leaning forward a bit and producing electricity between his wings. Izzy leaned away and raised his arms.

"Hey, watch it!"

"So Patamon, can you really fly?" TK asked as if he hadn't seen the digimon fly before.

"Of course!" He replied before lifting to the air, struggling a bit to stay aloft.

"Wow, that's cool," TK said, watching his partner slowly drift back and get closer to the ground, "but you're going the wrong way," he said innocently.

"'I'm faster than that! Look!" Biyomon said, bragging as she lifted herself into the sky. Then only difference was that Biyomon was higher in the air than Patamon, but both were struggling to keep at the same speed as their walking pace.

"Wouldn't it be faster to walk?" Sora asked as she looked back at her digimon with TK.

"Palmon, I've been meaning to ask. Who does your hair?" Mimi asked.

"It's natural. I wake up in the morning like this." Mimi put her hands together girlishly.

"Wow! Maybe you could let me work with it," she said eagerly, making Palmon blush.

"Do you think you put too much emphasis on appearance?" Palmon asked.

"Yes," Meda murmured to herself, making Matt next to her chuckled and Renamon smirk since they were both walking at her side.

"Well, honestly, I've never really thought about it." Mimi answered sincerely. Palmon flushed slightly as she turned forward again.

"Honestly, I kinda like my hair the way it is." Palmon said.

"Once I get back this is gonna make one great story," Tai said.

"Yup," Agumon agreed.

"But, of course not a single soul will ever believe me," Tai said after thinking about it a little.

"That Kowagomon back there. He was huge!" Izzy said in contemplation. Gabumon sniffed the air.

"Ah, nothing like the ocean breeze." He said calmly. Gomamon laughed from where he was in the river.

"Everybody in the water!" He shouted.

"Hey, let's build a giant sand castle!" TK suggested.

"Oh, I forgot my bathing suit!" Mimi complained. Meda sighed when she heard a ringing in the distance.

"Wait a minute, listen, what's that?" Joe asked, getting everyone to shush.

"A phone," Matt identified.

"Either that or we're all hearing things," Sora said. They all started running towards the source of the sound, making Meda sigh and Matt hang back when he noticed that she wasn't running like the rest of them.

"Are you coming, Meda?" Matt asked. Meda smiled at him, making him flush a little and nodded, but didn't run like the rest of them, Matt hanging back with her at the same pace. "So why aren't you as excited as them about hearing a phone?" Matt asked.

"I told you. All we needed was a phone! We're saved!" Joe shouted, out of breath, in the distance with the others. Meda shook her head at the shout before turning to Matt with a reply.

"Because I know that the phones won't work." Meda said simply. Matt's brows furrowed at that.

"How do you know that?" He asked.

"What phone rings that long without going to an answering machine?" Meda asked, making Matt's eyes light with realization. They both saw as the phone stopped ringing as soon as Tai opened the phone booth. Meda and Matt jogged to catch up to the group.

"Why'd it stop ringing, Tai?" Agumon asked.

"Wrong number?" Tai responded though it sounded more like a question. Matt and Meda exchanged a look, one that said they obviously knew better, though Meda obviously knew more than Matt.

"Well, that's bizarre," Sora said.

"My theory is aliens, they set these phone booths out as a trap." Izzy said, making Meda smile.

"If we find a place that delivers, let's order pizza," Meda suggested sarcastically, making Matt smile again.

"Whatever you get, no anchovies for me." Mimi replied.

"The question is what are they doing here at the beach?" Sora questioned.

"So people can call their parents for a ride home." Joe replied. Meda rolled her eyes and crossed her arms in exasperation.

"Parents? What exactly is a 'parents?'" Gomamon questioned, making the kids look strangely at the digimon.

"That's it," Joe said with a deadpan expression as he turned back around. "I'm outta here."

"Does anybody have any loose change?" Tai asked, holding his hand out expectantly.

"Why?" Izzy asked.

"Obviously I'm gonna make a phone call to get some help," Tai replied dryly.

"Ah, use my phone card. The aliens can bill me," he dug through his pocket and handed Tai a card, "here."

"Maybe there's a quarter in one of the slots!" TK said hopefully, running towards a phone booth.

"I'm calling Daddy!" Mimi exclaimed.

"I'm hooking up to the internet," Izzy said.

"Dibs on booth 4!" Sora said with a smile.

"Hey guys! Wait for me! Come on!" Joe ran after them. Meda kneeled down in front of the digimon.

"Parents are humans that are older and bigger than us that take care of us until we're old enough and big enough to take care of ourselves." Meda explained to them. Gomamon tilted his head curiously.

"You can't take care of yourselves? You've been doing a pretty good job so far." He said, making Meda smile.

"Where we're from, things work differently, so what we do to take care of ourselves here is useless over there." Gomamon's brows furrowed at that.

"That must be frustrating," he replied, making Meda laugh aloud.

"Yeah, no kidding!" Meda got up with a sigh and looked to the others as they got a range of bizarre answers from the phone.

"What now?" Matt asked, looking like he wanted to try calling but knew he would just be disappointed. Meda looked to him with a smile.

"I'm going over there and taking stock of the food I have and waiting until the others realize that the phones won't work." She said, pointing to a place by the cliff. She started walking when she noticed that Matt wasn't following her. "Aren't you coming? Or do you want to try calling someone?"

"No I'll go with you..." He said and caught up to her and Renamon. "If you didn't know that the phones don't work would you try calling someone?" Matt asked before they sat down. Meda shook her head.

"No. The others would have been sufficient in calling for help and I wouldn't have called anyone close to me. My dad's in Spain, my mom died when I was younger. I have no siblings and my grandparents are on an around the world cruise while I'm away at camp." Meda said, listing off those close to her and making Matt sweat drop at her casual tone before she dug into her backpack to take out the bag of snacks she had.

"Whoa, that's a lot. Did you know this was going to happen?" Matt joked. Yes, Meda thought in amusement.

"Always be prepared, that's my motto," Meda replied just as jokingly. "Ever since my parents and I went hiking through the Amazon and almost got lost, I make it a point to be as prepared as possible...even for something like a summer camping trip in Japan."

"The Amazon? As in the Amazon rain forest?" Izzy asked as the rest, sans Joe walked up to us. Meda nodded as she assorted her snacks into portions.

"Yeah, my dad took a wrong turn before our guide caught it and corrected our course before we got good and lost, but we did almost run short of supplies. My dad almost panicked when he found out and he's usually level-headed." Meda said as the others settled themselves on the beach.

"I think that's the longest I've ever heard you speak," Tai said before grinning, "and you've been to the Amazon? Hey, that's cool, good to know we have a survival expert with us." Meda rolled her eyes at Tai as he plonked down on his butt and looked out to the ocean, everyone watching as Joe desperately tried to contact someone.

"Very curious," Izzy said as if observing a wild animal, "does Joe always behave like this?" Izzy asked.

"Every single day," Tai said dryly.

"No matter what number or how many times he dials, those phones aren't going to work," Matt said, despite not having tried calling anyone himself.

"Hey, why didn't you or Meda try calling anyone?" Sora asked, curious. Meda sniffed and looked away.

"Finding these phones was way too convenient. No phone rings as long as the first one did unless there something wrong with it. Add to the fact I see no phone lines anywhere near here and everything else in this place is bizarre and I figured that they wouldn't work." Meda explained tartly, making Sora glare at her a little because of her somewhat snide attitude.

"And you Matt?" Tai asked.

"I stayed behind to ask Meda what was up when she didn't start running like the rest of you when we heard the ringing and she explained her reasoning. It made sense so I didn't try either." Tai shrugged and got up.

"Well, I'm gonna keep searching for a boat or something," he said.


AN: As you have probably noticed, I will continue cutting chapters off at random places. I apologize if that bothers you seeing as I don't have much of an intention to change it, but I hope you can ignore it. Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed it, and reviews are much appreciated.