During the next three days, Patamon had already gotten somehow used to the fathernity. He had learned a lot of new things. First, diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
Patamon had completely forgot this little fact, and as a result, it took him the first day to clean Patty's craddle. Next thing was that you should NEVER leave the front door open if there's a baby in your house. Patamon looked for Patty the next day, being extremely worried, but it turned out that she was just sleeping on the couch. Patty had brought a lot of joy to Patamon's life, however he was still really tired all the time. It wasn't because of Patty: Patamon can easily calm her down by singing Gatomon's song. No, it was that he couldn't really sleep anymore. Because he was missing Gatomon so badly, he had to cry himself to sleep, and when he did, he saw nightmares of Gatomon dying in his arms.
"Mmmmmh..." Patamon muttered asleep, nervously. "Noo, don't kill her, please, you can have me..." he said quietly. Another one of these dreams, however this time it was a familiar figure that was going to kill Gatomon. "She is still pregnant, you'll kill them both..." Patamon continued muttering. "Heh heh heh..." there was a really familiar voice that Patamon hadn't heard in years. "So what? At least you can be free..." "NO!! Please don't do this!!" Patamon yelled. "I'll do anything, anything you want!" Suddenly, there was nothing but silence. The voice started talking again. "Fine then." It said in a happy tone. "Digivolve." Patamon digivolved to Angemon. "Okay. Now what?" "Stand still. Or else, this little kitty is doomed." The voice replied. "Patamon, don't fall for this! It is a trap!!" Gatomon tried to yell, but her mouth was covered. "What do you want?" Angemon asked impatiently. "Oh, so you didn't recognise me yet?" The voice taunted him. "I'm disappointed. After all, YOU killed me years ago!" The voice said angrily, as it raised it's hand. Angemon gasped. "It's you!!" "You're a bit too late, Angemon!"
"TOUCH OF-"
CRASH! Something crashed downstairs, and Patamon woke up. He was sweating. "No..." Patamon uttered. "No, he can't be back, it'd be ridiculous-" He just realised what woke him up. He took a look at Patty's craddle. It was empty. "Uh-oh..." Patamon said as he climbed out of his bed and rushed downstairs. "PATTY!" Patamon yelled. "ARE YOU HERE?!" He got no reply, however. "Oh no, what if something's happened to her?" He said anxiously. He checked the kitchen, and saw a broken plate on the floor. "Oh, Patty..." Patamon said. "Okay, young lady, playtime is over!
Come from your hiding pla-" He spotted Patty sitting on the floor with a picture of Patamon and Gatomon in her hands. "Oh, there you are!" Patamon said with a relieved tone. "How did you manage to drop the plate and grab the potrait?" Patamon asked the baby digimon, who seemingly didn't understand a word. She was just observing the picture. She opened her mouth.
"Pa...pa..." She said quietly. Patamon was aghast. "Patty..." he muttered quietly. "What did you just say?" "Papa..." Patty said and pointed at Patamon in the picture. Then she looked at Patamon.
"Papa." she said again. Patamon was filled with joy. He ran to Patty and hugged her tight. "Oh, Patty! That was your first word!" he said. A tear of joy formed in his eye. He smiled. "You're smart."
He said. Patty smiled back at him. "You're just like your mother..." Patamon closed his mouth, and looked sad suddenly. Patty was also clearly upset. She looked at the picture again. Patamon noticed this, and decided to test her a little. "Hey Patty," he said, and pointed at Gatomon in the picture. "Do you know who this is?" Patty looked closer. She thought for a while, until she said "Ma...Ma?"
Patamon was amazed again. "Yeah. That's your mother." "Mama..." Patty said, and hugged the picture.
Tear dropped from Patamon's eyes: He didn't know whether he was filled with joy or sad. "But Patty." He said to the baby digimon. "Please don't disappear like that again, okay?" Patty looked confused,
and Patamon realized something. "Oh, of course, you don't understand a word about what I am saying to you..." Patamon said, but then, Patty nodded. Patamon was still amazed. "You've gotta be the smartest baby ever, Patty!" he stated. Patty hugged Patamon a little. "Papa." She said. "Aww, that's so sweet, honey." Patamon said with a soft voice. "Now, do you want to go back to sleep? It's 6.45 in the morning-" "PAPA!!" Patty screamed. Patamon was shocked by her loud voice. "Yes, what is it sweetie?" Patamon asked. Patty pointed at her diaper. "Oh..." Patamon said. "Okay, we'll change this first, okay?" he said to Patty. The baby digimon yawned and nodded again.
However, Patamon didn't notice that someone was spying he and Patty through the window. "Hmph... I always get the lousiest duties..." The spy said. "Even back at the times when I was working for lord Myotismon, I always got the cheapest jobs, while Gatomon was oh-so-second-in-command... OW!!" He fell from the window ledge. It was Demidevimon. "I hope Patamon didn't spot me..." He whispered. Suddenly,
a shadow emerged from the ground. "AAH!" Demidevimon yelled. "Oh, it's you milord!" He greeted the figure. "Is everything under control?" The voice asked. It sounded dark and rather angry. "Y-yes, sir!"
Demidevimon replied. "I've been spying on them for the last five days. I'm just waiting your command." The voice sniggered. "It's not the time yet. We'll wait a little... Longer. I want to have my vengeance on that spoiled brat, too..." It said. "O-of course, sir!" Demidevimon replied and did a salute. "Just keep spying on them. I want to make sure Patamon hasn't gotten any ideas about my plans..."
The voice said. "Oh, why I can't just go in and use my Demi Dart on him?" Demidevimon asked anxiously. "Because then it wouldn't satisfy ME..." The voice said angrily. Demidevimon gulped. "Just get back to work. I've already got a puppet to lure him to my trap..." The voice said, laughed a little and disappeared. Demidevimon gulped again, and focused his attention back at Patamon and Patty.
"There you go." Patamon said after he had changed Patty's diapers. "But I still wonder how you managed to break the plate and grab the potrait..." Patty flapped her wings a little, and flew a couple inches from the floor. "Hey!" Patamon said amusedly. "You... You can already fly!" However, Patty fell on the ground. She started crying loudly. "Oh, oh, don't worry Patty." Patamon said, as he grabbed Patty into his arms. "It's okay..." Patamon said and hugged her. She sobbed, and started crying again. Patamon sighed, and began to sing.
"Lullaby, and good night. Patamon loves this sweet Patty.
Lullaby, and good night. Snuggle close within my arms.
Close your eyes, rest your head, time to go nighty-ni~ight.
Let your heart be at peace, as you slee~ep within Azulongmon's sight!"
Patty felt asleep. Patamon smiled. He looked pretty smug. Carefully, he sneaked to bedroom, and placed Patty back to her craddle. He sighed again. "She's beautiful. Just pure beautiful." Patamon whispered. He kissed Patty's forehead, and returned downstairs. "I gotta admit; For a baby, she's awfully developed." He thought to himself. "It probably comes from her mother's side..." Patamon took a look at the floor.
"Gatomon... Please come back soon." He whispered. He took a look at the clock: 6:52 AM. "Well, at least I don't need an alarm clock anymore." He said and chuckled a little. He looked back at the kitchen, and saw the broken plate still on the floor. "Oh, right... I've still gotta clean this." Patamon said to himself, and sighed again. He grabbed a dustpan and a brush, and began cleaning the mess. He smiled. "My own daughter flied. She actually flied..." He thought to himself.
Back in the real world, the Junior Digidestined, plus Izzy and Joe, were having a meeting. "Why didcha call us all here, Izzy?" Davis asked. "I've come to an interesting conclusion in my research about Digimon."
Izzy said. "Prodigious!" Yolei said, and everyone laughed, apart from Joe, who looked kinda sad. "So, what is it, Izzy?" T.K. asked. "Well, first of all... I'm sorry about what happened to Gatomon, Kari." Kari looked a little down. "Thanks. I... I miss her. She's my best friend..." She said quietly, as T.K. hugged her a little. "It's okay, honey." He tried to comfort her. "Anyway, Gatomon's actually a key part in my research, along with Patty." Izzy continued. Everyone looked at him. "So what's your theory?" Ken asked. "Well... It seems that all my theories about digimon being solely data has been cancelled now." Izzy stated.
The Junior Digidestined looked at him curiously. "It seems that when Digimon step into the real world, they actually become organic beings. Once they go back to the Digital World, they're data again." Everyone looked surprised. "But... Does that mean... Does that mean that if they die..." Kari began. She was rather scared. "Unfortunately, it would seem so." "What?" Cody asked. "If Digimon die in the real world... They will not reborn." After Izzy stopped, everyone looked shocked, however, Kari was about to cry. "So... Does that mean..." She sobbed. "I'm sorry, but... It would seem that Gatomon is... Dead." Izzy said. Kari began to cry uncontrollably. T.K. hugged her again. "Don't worry, Kari..." He said quietly. "No..." She sobbed. "She can't... She can't be gone... It can't be... I'm not gonna let her go!!" She screamed.
As Kari began sobbing again, T.K. noted Joe's sadness. "Hey," T.K. whispered to Yolei and Ken. "What's wrong with Joe?" "Well," Ken started. "Apparently he considers it's his fault that Gatomon died." "What?" T.K. replied.
"But that's just stupid!" "I know." Yolei replied, as she tried to calm T.K. down. "But as a doctor, he considers it as a personal failure. He's lost all his self-confidence." Kari had also started to listen at the conversation.
She wiped her tears. "Oh..." She said, and looked rather sorry. "We've got to cheer him up, then." "We've tried pretty much everything, but he's just totally down." Cody replied. "Well, looks like you haven't tried everything out." Kari said. She smiled kinda deviously. She walked to Joe, and sat next to him. "Hi." She said. "H-hi..." Joe replied quietly. "Listen, I... I am sorry that I couldn't save Gatomon..." "Oh, snap out of it Joe!" Kari said with a loud voice. Everyone looked shocked. "There was nothing you could've done. Women die during or after the childbirth all the time." Kari patted his back. "You, you probably hate me now..." Joe said quietly. "No, I don't!"
Kari said. "Joe, you're my friend. I respect you a lot. We all do. After all, you're the oldest one of us, right?" "I, I guess so..." Joe said. He started to look a little more self-confident. "There you go! Don't blame everything on yourself." Kari cheered him up and patted his back. Joe started to smile. "Thanks, Kari." He said. "No problem." Kari said with a smile, and returned to the Juniors. "There. Problem solved." She said with a smile. "Come on, T.K."
"Uuh... Where?" T.K. asked. He looked pretty confused. "Oh, you fool!" Kari teased him. "Don't you remember that we were supposed to go and meet Patamon?" T.K. suddenly realized. "OH! Right, that... We'd better get going, then."
T.K. replied. "Take care!" Davis said. "You too." Kari said, as she and T.K. went to the Digital World.