When they reached their destination, a large metal fortress, they were taken to the dungeons. Kari and Patamon were thrown in one cell, TK in another, while Gatomon was thrown in a third.
TK looked up as he heard something move in the shadows of the cell. He backed up against the large, cold metal door, before a yellow creature poked his head into the little light in the room.
"TK!" the creature called.
"Armadillomon! They got you and Cody as well?" TK replied, with all fear instantly disappearing momentarily.
Armadillomon nodded grimly. "Cody tried to send a message to the others, but it wouldn't send."
"The same thing happened to Kari and me. Wait, did they take Cody's D-Terminal off him when they threw you in here?" TK asked.
"No. They didn't take his Digivice either."
"Good, Then we can contact each other." TK said, as he pulled his D-Terminal.
"Don't worry Kari. TK will find a way to get us out of here." Patamon soothed, as Kari cried.
"This whole thing is my fault. If I hadn't come up with the stupid idea for that picnic in the first place, we wouldn't have been captured."
"No. It isn't your fault. We would have come here sooner or later. At least this way, they don't have as much power as they would have any other time, and the others have us on the inside."
Suddenly there was a beeping. Kari pulled out her D-Terminal and read the message out loud. "Kari, Cody was captured as well. Armadillomon says that it was the same creatures that attacked us. Don't worry, everything will be fine, and I'll get you out soon. I promise. TK."
"Gatomon, stop walking about, it's distracting." Cody said.
"How can you be so calm? In case you haven't noticed, we're stuck here, in a fortress, none of us can digivolve, and with things strong enough to make us de-digivolve with one hit, and we can't even contact the others!" Gatomon ranted.
"He caught you off guard. If you were ready for him, you would have beaten him easily." Cody replied.
"I'm not like Veemon, with an ego as big as Tai's hair; those tricks won't work on me."
Kari looked at the newest message she had received. "How do you live with Gatomon? She's really starting to scare me. How can I make her stop worrying and start working on a plan? Cody." Kari let out a small laugh at this.
"If we can get the guards to open two of the doors at once, we can rush out and get someone to digivolve. Hmm, that could work, but we need someone who can break down these doors. I think we better go with Ankylomon." Cody said.
"What, so you don't think I'm strong enough to break down a few cell doors? Just watch and learn." Gatomon said, glaring at him, before the leaped at the door, and began to scratch like she never had done before.
A pair of Commandramon marched up and down the corridor, continuously.
"I'm really getting sick of this. How come we have to do this again?" One of them asked.
"Because the boss said so. You don't want to disobey him do you?" The second one replied.
"Not really. Why do we get stuck with the boring jobs?"
"The boss said that it was really important that they don't get out. Maybe he thinks we're his best soldiers."
"Yeah. He did always seem to give us important jobs. Like remember that time he told us to -" The duo were interrupted by a banging on one of the doors.
"Please, can you just let me share a cell with a different Digimon? Please?" The voice shouted from the other side.
"Hey! What's wrong with me?" The other voice shouted.
"Nothing Gatomon. Really, I mean it," the other voice replied before going deathly silent.
The two Commandramon approached the door, put their ears to it, before a loud scream came from within, and the two screamed in surprise, running away from the door. They were about to go back, when someone began to bang on one of the other doors.
"What do you want?" The first Commandramon called.
"I need to use the little Digi's room."
"You take care of him, while I check on the other cell." The second Commandramon ordered.
As the first Commandramon opened the cell door, TK pounced on him, while Gatomon began to scratch the second when her cell was open. Cody and Armadillomon ran to each other, before Cody lifted his Digivice.
"Armadillomon digivolve to ... Ankylomon!"
As large as Ankylomon was, he still had room to move in the large corridor. He turned to face TK and the first Commandramon, before TK leaped out of the way. "Armored Stampede" he called before charging at the Commandramon, head butting him, and causing him to disintegrate into data. The then swung his tail, and caused the second to turn into data as well.
The group moved down the corridor to another cell, before Ankylomon swung his tail, and knocked the door down.
"Are you alright?" TK called once the door was down.
"Yeah. Come on before they find us. Come on Gatomon, we should digivolve." Patamon said as he flew out.
"Should we digivolve to Shakkoumon?" Ankylomon asked.
"No, two Ultimates and a Champion is better than an Ultimate and a DNA Ultimate." Kari said.
"Patamon digivolve to ... Angemon! Angemon digivolve to ... MagnaAngemon!"
"Gatomon digivolve to ... Angewomon!"
After following the maze of the corridor, the group came upon a dead end.
"Now what?" Cody asked.
"Hmm, I sense a strong presence from nearby," MagnaAngemon said.
"As do I," Angewomon agreed. "Hey look, a button." Angewomon reached for the small red button on one of the other walls.
"NO!" The boys called, but it was too late. She pressed it, and for a moment nothing happened. Then suddenly, the wall that was blocking their path split apart, revealing Tankdramon, and battalions of Commandramon.
"How did you get out? Attack!" Tankdramon called.
TK could have sworn he saw a flash of red move out of the shadows, but he was already being carried by MagnaAngemon, as the Commandramon chased them. He could also hear Tankdramon further behind.
"Don't you women know not to press a red button in a bad guy's lair?" Ankylomon asked as he ran swinging his tail to get rid of any Commandramon that got too close.