Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon

A/N: I apologize for having this almost two months late. As you probably noticed, school just started and this is my first adventure story. I was working on this story as hard as I can! Also technical difficulties made me rewrite a majority of it twice. So I needed to make sure this chapter flows with the later chapters. But now that I'm back, here's chapter 2!

Chapter 2

"Look..." Tai gasped in amazement. "I can't believe we're doing this again."

"I know. But this is the last time. It won't happen again." Kari told him as Michio wrapped his strong arm around her.

"Are you kidding me?" Tai laughed. "This is fantastic!" He rubbed Kari's bulging stomach. "I'm going to be an uncle!"

"You already are one." Cho came in and set a basket of laundry down in front of the couch. "Now what's going on?"

"I'm pregnant! We're going to have another baby!" She clapped her hands.

"That's fantastic." She replied with fake enthusiasm as she started folding the massive amount of laundry.

"Aren't you excited?" Tai asked. "I thought you loved babies."

"I do." Cho sighed. "I'm just worried about our baby. Yukio is only five years old and he's going to summer camp. How did he even get in? He's too young."

"Because the camp is open to all ages with a parent's permission. And he's in good hands. Josh is with him and Daisuke's a volunteer camp leader guy. He'll be fine." He sat down next to his wife and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Don't worry so much." Even if Tai was keeping his cool on the outside, he was feeling just as worried on the inside. Somewhere in his DigiDestined Leader Senses, he felt something weird. Like his son in tears.

And he was. "We're going to miss the trip!" He cried.

"Forget the trip!" Eriko said. "We're in the dangerous Digital World!"

"And our parents aren't here!" Aika said. "We're going to die!" All three of them including Shoji started crying.

"Hitomi!" Makoto called. "Where are you?"

"Right here!" She called from behind several bushes. "Did you guys get sucked in too?" He nodded.

"What do we do?" Mel asked. "Dad won't let us be here."

"Do you see him?" Daisuke asked.

"Well, no..."

"Then quit complaining! If we knew how to get out we would have by now." He crossed his arms and began to think.

"I still have to go!" Yukio stomped.

"Use the bush, take a buddy, and make it quick." And Yukio did just that as he ran off with Hitomi. "Okay, I suggest we start walking."

"Are you kidding?" Kim asked. "That's a terrible idea. First of all, we can't leave Yukio and Hitomi behind. Second, why should go anywhere if we don't know where we are?"

"Because I'm the camp leader and I'm here to lead you. That means do as I say!" He threw down his fists to prove how tough he was.

"No, Aika is my leader."

Daisuke pouted. "Well, then, because I'm the oldest!"

"Can I please have a more logical argument?" Eriko asked.

"Maybe we should walk around the area to get familiar with it." Aika suggested. "Maybe then we could see what's going on."

"I agree." Sam said. "Let's go after they get back."

()()

"Here we are, in the mysterious Digital World." Connor said in a low volume. "I'm with the other DigiDestined on our expedition to what seems like nowhere. So far..."

"Look at that!" Josh called and pointed. Connor pointed the camera to the beach where seven phone booths conveniently sat. "What are they?"

"Beats me." Kim said. "Let's take a look."

The sand was dry and pretty hard against their feet. It was as if the place didn't get much rain. Mel opened the door but it fell right off. "Careful." Eriko told him.

He nodded and picked up the phone. "Look at this dinosaur." He muttered. Then to the others, he said "It doesn't even have a touch screen!"

They all gasped and looked at one for themselves. Josh pressed a few buttons and paused. "Oops. I messed up. Where's the delete button?"

"I don't think it has one." Connor told him. "Maybe you have to hang it up and try again."

"The whole thing?" He sighed. "How do I even know I'm pressing the right buttons? It doesn't have a screen. What phone doesn't have a screen?" He hung up the phone and the whole thing collapsed. The boys looked at each other before they tiptoed out, whistling as if nothing happened.

"These look like those phones in the old movies." Makoto said. "You know, the kind our parents liked when they were growing up."

"Ew." Aika dropped the phone and the rest came down with it. "What now?"

"Well, since we don't know how to use the phones and don't even know if they work, we'll have to find something else." Kim said.

Mel shook his head. "I'm going to keep trying." And like his father, he did just that.

"Look! A vending machine!" Makoto pointed out, not even listening to his crush. The vending machine randomly stood between some shady trees. It was secluded which meant that it was probably pretty safe.

"Well, I am kind of thirsty." Daisuke said.

"Me too." Both boys rushed over to it. Daisuke put in a quarter but didn't get a soda. Instead, a bunch of Numamon spilled out, making Daisuke fall over. Makoto decided differently and began to run away.

"Hey!" Daisuke called. "Wait!"

The Numamon swarmed and started throwing their "sludge". Because we all know what it really is! The kids ran away as fast as they could, trying their best not to leave the younger kids behind. Finally, the kids turned a corner and the "sludge" flinging came to a stop.

"Is it in my hair?" Aika asked, combing through it with her fingers.

"Is it in mine?" Makoto asked, doing the same.

"I want to go home." Shoji sobbed.

"It's okay." Kim rubbed his back. "We'll get back."

"No we won't!" Shoji stomped his foot.

"Okay, okay. Don't bizzle out." Hitomi told him. "We'll make it out."

Shoji pouted, dropping Tsunomon on the ground. Meanwhile, Yukio sat down with his Koromon and sighed. "I'm hungry."

"Me too." Shoji said, sitting next to him.

"There's plenty of fruit in the trees." Tanemon pointed out.

"And fish in the sea." Connor pointed out.

"Fish are friends! Not food!" Bukamon complained. "When I digivolve to Gomamon, I'm going to have to use them!"

"But we have to eat something." Josh said. "Fish is a good source of something or another. I mean, they put it on the food pyramid for a reason."

"Fine." Bukamon crossed his arms as Mel returned.

"You won't believe this, but none of the phones are working." He said. "They keep taking me to some automatic voice message saying the most random things. But they're so old that it all sounded melted and the words came out so slow."

"So, I guess we can just take a break and look for food." Daisuke said. "My team can go catch fish while Aika's team can get the fruit and firewood or whatever else."

"Great." Aika said.

"But my best friend's on the wrong side." Yukio told him.

"But your cousin is on this side." Daisuke said. "And you'll see him again."

"Okay." He picked Koromon up from the ground. "Bye, Shoji."

"Bye, Yukio."

()()

"I'm here with Daisuke's group." Connor pointed the camera to the leader. "He's the one who inherited the leadership official goggles. It's kind of similar to the one in Dad's books. Anyway, unfortunately, I'm separated from the others so I don't know what they're up to. Something worth filming could be there! But maybe we can get some action by fishing."

He looked around.

"Nothing so far. Hitomi's the only girl here, Makoto fell asleep with the fishing pole between his legs, and Yukio isn't even fishing anymore. He's just playing with Koromon. Everything's quite…boring."

"Connor! Get focused!" Daisuke shouted.

"Okay!" He called back, grabbing his fishing pole. "Nothing's going on here."

Makoto suddenly shot up like a rocket. Luckily, the camera caught it. "What's the problem?" Daisuke asked him.

"Don't you hear that?" He asked. Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened. But nothing could be heard. Finally, a ripple in the water was spotted.

"It can't be!" DemiVeemon coward in fear. "It can't be!"

"Who is it?" Hitomi asked.

"It's..." Motimon started but was interrupted by Seadramon exploding out of the water with a great roar! "It's Seadramon!"

"Seadramon?" The kids asked.

"Yes. That Digimon can be pretty mean and nasty when you get between him and his water." He introduced.

"What do we do?" Hitomi asked. Seadramon came like a bullet to the kids' location.

"Run!" Daisuke yelled.

"Wait!" Josh called. "There's a thing on him!"

Everyone focused on what he was talking about. Around the Seadramon's neck was a black hex nut. "A…nut?" Makoto asked.

"Maybe it's choking him." Josh told them.

Salamon jumped to his side. "Time to fight?"

"Uh, sure, but…" Before Josh could finish, Salamon was digivolving.

"Salamon digivolve to…" And before you knew it, he was… "…Gatomon!"

Daisuke watched Josh's Gatomon admiring himself. He finally felt something come to him: a light bulb! "I got it! Everyone digivolve!"

"Okay, but our parents better not show up." Connor said. "That would be a mess if we got everyone mixed up."

"Just do it, will ya!" Daisuke yelled back. And with the other five digivices wailing, the Digimon grew in size and level as they became new creatures entirely. They jumped into action doing their various attacks as the DigiDestined cheered them on.

"Poison Ivy!" Makoto's Palmon said as he wrapped her vines around the black nut. "I can't pull it off!"

"Then let's break it!" Daisuke's Veemon said. "V-head butt!"

"Lightning paw!"

"Super Shocker!"

"Pepper Breath!"

"Boom Bubble!"

And with all attacks at once, the Seadramon was relieved of the nut. The kids rejoiced as it plunged back into the water confused and unable to recall what had just happened.

"Now, what do we do?" Josh asked Daisuke.

"Do we have the fish?" He asked. They nodded. "Good! Come on, everybody let's cook it!"

Meanwhile, Shoji and Kim were carrying berries to the campsite Mel and Eriko constructed. "Can we take a break now?" Shoji asked. "I'm tired."

"You did a good job. Go ahead and take a rest." Mel told them with a smile.

"Thanks." Kim put down her berries on a huge leaf they found along with her brother. Both of them lied by the fire while Mel dragged around big sticks and put one on the ground. "What are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm trying my best to make shelter." He put one against another. "We found a rope somewhere in the woods."

Eriko watched with admiring eyes. "Isn't he the greatest, Upamon?"

Upamon bounced in response. "We'd be dead without Mel! Oh, and the rest of the team!"

"Yeah." She agreed, keeping her eyes on her boyfriend.

"Come on, Sam. It's just a few more steps." Aika was saying as she entered the camp site without her brother. "Hurry up!"

Little Sam was holding a bucket of water, wheezing and trying his best to keep up. "C…Coming…" He panted.

"You made him carry that all the way here?" Kim asked.

"He insisted." She shrugged. Then to Sam, "Give me the water before you hurt yourself." Instead of handing it to her, Sam continued to pant and sweat as he set it on the ground. His arms were way too tired to lift it to her level. "You didn't sweat in it, did you?"

"N…No." He panted. "Can… Can I…drink?"

"Is it fresh?" Mel asked.

"Not yet." Aika said. "We have to boil it first."

"Need…water…" Sam plopped onto his knees.

Mel grabbed a water bottle from his bag and tossed it to him. "It's a good thing I came prepared!"

"Here comes Daisuke's team!" Aika cheered as the group came with their Digimon back to normal. "And they brought back food!"

Yukio flashed his fish before them. "Hey, everybody, look! I caught a whopper!" He said, holding it with his little fingers over the fire.

"Hey, Yukio," Kim said, handing him a stick, "use this before you burn your fingers off."

"Okay."

()()

"Fifteen minutes until show!" One of the stage managers told Mimi. She was getting her makeup done for the big show at the time. "Fifteen minutes!"

"Thank you!" Mimi called to him.

Palmon came in seconds later with a cell phone. "It's for you." She told her. "It's a call from the school."

Mimi rolled her eyes and held out a hand. "I told them Makoto's stomach is sensitive whenever he's on the bus. They should've known this would happen." Palmon handed her the phone. "Hello?"

"Mrs. Izumi-Tachikawa?"

"Yes?"

"This is Mr. Fujiyama from Odaiba Elementary. I'm sorry to inform you that your son and daughter have not made it onto our bus."

Mimi gasped as she nearly dropped the phone. "What do you mean? We dropped them off on time. Why aren't they on the bus? Where else can they possibly be?"

"We believe they are still at school but by now they could be anywhere. I'm deeply sorry." He told her.

She shook her head. "And you didn't do a head count before you headed out?"

"That's the weirdest part of it. We counted everyone twice. Somehow, the numbers came out the same. The only way I noticed is when I tried to talk to Daisuke but he and your children were nowhere to be found."

"Their whole group...?"

"...gone."

Mimi took in a deep breath, gulping this bad news down like a pill. Meanwhile, the stage manager went by calling "Ten minutes 'til air!"

"I have one more question before I go on the air." She continued.

"Anything, Mrs. Izumi-Tachikawa."

"Who are the other kids that are missing?"

Trivia: The telephone booth scene was one of my favorites.