Mimi and Sora lived in a large apartment with the other five Digidestined, and right now they sat in the living room with Joe, Izzy, Matt and Tai.
Sora cleared her throat. "We've called everybody here because Mimi and I have some very big news for everybody."
Matt piped up. "TK's not here yet."
Sora winced. "Well, um..."
"We thought we should wait to tell him." Mimi said calmly. "Besides, he's still at work."
Izzy snorted. "You say that like he's the only one who works around here."
Mimi rolled her eyes theatrically. "Well, you work out of the apartment and Joe's on a break from med school." Izzy owned his own small computer programming company.
"And Matt and Mimi's band only plays at the club on weekends." Sora added.
"And what are your and Tai's excuses?" Izzy teased.
Tai turned red and started playing with his wedding ring. "I'm between jobs," he muttered.
"Um, can we get on with the 'big news?'" Matt was playing nervously with a button on his shirt. "Mimi and I kinda have a rehearsal in an hour."
"Okay." Sora took a deep breath and held tightly onto Tai's hand. "We-we're pretty sure we found Kari."
The silence was deafening. Mimi looked around the room. Tai was white as a sheet, holding tightly onto Sora. The others were in various states of shock. Except Matt. She sidled closer to him, placing her hand on his knee. He turned his azure eyes on her and kissed her cheek.
"I already knew." He said in the silence. "I was sitting across from her on the bus this morning. When she saw me she freaked and ran off the bus. I got off after her but she was gone."
Tai tried a few times before he was able to speak. "How can you be so sure it was Kari? We thought she was dead. I mean, people don't just pop back to life and forget to tell their families, do they? It can't possibly be her."
Sora smiled grimly. "Maybe she had amnesia. She said her name was Carrie, and she didn't remember us. But I'm telling you, it really, really looked like Kari. She's the right age, she has the same hair, the same eyes. Her voice is a little deeper, but it has been fifteen years. When she looked at me, I just got this feeling, you know? I believe it's her."
Izzy cleared his throat. "Personally, I think we should all meet this girl. Why don't we invite her to dinner? Then we can all get to know her."
"Good idea. I'll call her now." Sora pulled out her cell phone again.
"Wait!" Matt said suddenly. "What about TK? We can't spring this on him right away, not until we know for sure that this girl is really Kari. It would kill him if we're wrong."
Silence fell again as the Digidestined considered this. Then Mimi's eyes lit up. "He has a date on Friday night! I fixed him up with my friend Jennifer." She explained when everyone looked puzzled.
Sora picked up her phone. "Great, so we'll invite Carrie to dinner on Friday and afterwards we'll all go watch Matt and Mimi's band at the club."
Everyone was getting excited now that they had a plan.
Looking over at Joe, Izzy realized he hadn't said anything about this news. "Joe, you've been awfully quiet," he said. "How do you feel about all this?"
Joe looked solemnly at Izzy. "I think we're making a mistake about this Carrie person. I saw Kari's body and I'm sure it's not her. What if this is all a coincidence? We could severely traumatize an innocent woman by trying to make our own wishes come true." His expression changed to morose by the time he finished.
"Take it easy, Joe," Mimi said cheerfully. "We're just going to meet her, not brainwash her!"