Thechaosmaster: Howdy ho loyal readers! Welcome back to Digimon New Life! When we last left off, me, my brother and six other kids got these Digivices, while mine was different then the others, we each had one, then soon after this huge wave sot up and… you know what? This is way too much recap, if you haven't read the last chapter, go back and read it. To everyone else, here is chapter 2 of this story, enjoy!

Chapter 2: The Dinosaur and the Shellfish

Quote of the chapter: "All right then! I really want to fight with Guilmon!" Digimon Tamers episode 38: Give a little bit

So, here we are, falling from a cliff caused by a giant red beetle, heading straight for the ocean, this is one cliffhanger I could live without. I was freaking out, the closer we got to the water, the closer to my second death I got, I could see it now, Lukas Kamiya, the boy who died twice. Not exactly how I saw myself go, but then again, I did get hit by a car and somehow ended up in a cartoon, so, yeah. Anyways, I looked towards the others, they were all frightened of what would eventually be our untimely end, I gave Dorumon one last look, then I calmed myself down, now I know what you're thinking, 'Calming yourself down while falling straight towards the ocean? That's not possible!' And here's where I say, when you're staring death in the face for the second time in a row, you tend to have an eerily sense of tranquility flow over you, anyways, I closed my eyes and prepared for the inevitable, when I heard Dorumon yell, "Lukas!"

I looked up and saw Dorumon dive towards me and moved close to me, I was able to grab onto his back and hugged him, then I said, "Dorumon, I just want you to know, I'll miss you!"

Dorumon didn't answer me and instead we watched as the water comes closer and closer until I feel something wrap around me, and I suddenly jerked up, I looked up and saw Palmon holding us on a rock, but even before I have time to breath a sigh of relief, the rock that Palmon was holding, fell, crashing into the water, but because of Palmon's quick thinking, we didn't hit the water, yet, but Joe and Gomamon did and made a splash, but that was the least of our problems, now we were quickly closing in on the ocean, about to join Joe and his Digimon, then I looked towards Dorumon, and tried to fall closer to him towards him and I asked, "Dorumon? Can you fly?"

Dorumon looked like he didn't hear me, then I heard a voice yell, "Fish Net!"

One minute we were heading straight for the ocean, the next, we're sitting on a raft made of colorful fishes, then I heard Tai said, "Wow, this is some ride."

I looked around and saw that everyone was safe, then I finally allowed myself to once again breath a sigh of relief then I looked to Dorumon and asked, "Hey, you okay, partner?"

The fox/wolf/dragon looked at me and nodded then said, "Luke, I'm sorry about what happened." I was surprised at what my partner had just said.

I didn't say anything right away, but then I told him, "Hey, it's okay, Dorumon. It happens to the best of us. So don't…"

Then we all heard an all too familiar roar coming from behind us, then Matt said, "Hey, look out!"

We all looked up just in time to see the ledge Kuwagamon was on fall towards us, then I said, "Oh, man! Somebody DO SOMETHING!"

Just as I said that, Gomamon yelled, "GO!" Then the bed of fishes we were sitting on started speeding up, just fast enough to avoid becoming flattened or thrown overboard. We then watched as Kuwagamon splashed in the water and I grabbed my chest and breathed heavily then said, "Man, that was one rollercoaster ride I could have gone without."

Everyone nodded then we gasped as we saw the wave that Kuwagamon made was heading right for us! We were then launched up, still clinging onto the only thing we could, the fish net, then the wave crashed against a ledge and sent us back onto dry land, we all breathed heavily and finally able to relax, Matt said, "I knew we'd be okay. I wasn't worried."

I just rolled my eyes in disbelief, then Joe asked, "What was that? A floating fish market?"

Then Gomamon said, "Lucky for us, those fish were having a school reunion. Haha."

Joe looked up and asked, "Wha?"

I looked at the white seel and thought, 'Oh, Man! He's just like Terriermon! Or is Terriermon like him?' I shook the mind numbing thoughts out of my head. 'I really don't want to think about that right now.'

Gomamon then said in a more serious voice, "I'm kidding, those fish are good friends of mine, and I just asked them for a lift."

"And all these years, I thought that I was allergic to seafood. Thank you! Umm…" Joe then thought about it then said, "I guess it's not Bukamon?"

Gomamon shook his head and replied, "Gomamon now."

"Gomamon?" Joe asked, which said Digimon nodded in agreement.

"And I guess that you're not Tokomon, are you?" TK asked.

"Um-mh, now I'm Patamon." Said the orange guinea pig.

I looked towards Dorumon and said, "So that means that…"

My partner nodded and said, "Yep! I'm no longer Dorimon, it's Dorumon, now!"

I nodded in understanding, then Agumon said, "It's all because we Digivolved."

"I don't think that words in my dictionary." Tai said, and I chuckled at his reply.

Then Izzy got all technical on us and said, "So, Digivolving is what happens when they advanced to the next level and become more powerful then before."

Tentomon then said, "Right. All of us Digivolved. I went from Moltimon to Tentomon."

I decided to tune out the Digivolution explanation and walked to the edge of the cliff where the water was flowing and I thought, 'Man, this is just nuts! I am really exhausted right now, and I think I could go for a nice cheese burger, or maybe even some stake.'

My internal rant was interrupted when I heard Tai say, "Um-hm. When you Digivolved, you certainly got way bigger. Does this mean you're something different now, or are you still Digimon?"

Agumon smiled and said, "Digimon. But I needed your help, Tai."

Tai pointed to himself and asked, "Me? For what?"

Agumon then explained, "You see, Digivolving is a very difficult process. In order to be successful, I had to share your energy."

Tai raised his eyebrow and asked in bewilderment, "Really?"

Then Sora said, "I guess you guys don't run on batteries."

Biyomon cheerfully said, "Sure don't!"

Then I shook my head then said, "Crazy. This is turning out to be one crazy day. Digimon running on our own energy? Sounds like something from one of those American Syfy movies. It doesn't sound possible. Nor logical."

Then Dorumon quietly said, "Well, partner, you're kind of contradiction to that explanation, you know?"

I looked at him with wide eyes and realized what he had meant, then I quietly asked, "How do you know that anyways?"

Dorumon smiled and said, "I have many surprises."

I rolled my eyes and sarcastically thought, 'Great, just great. He's almost like my old self; loyal to a fault, and almost as secretive as a ninja. Wonderful.'

Izzy then asked, "But how do you access my energy?"

Tentomon shrugged and said, "Even we don't know everything."

Palmon danced cheerfully and said, "Thanks for my magical power!"

Mimi put her hand to her head and said, "The whole thing makes my head spinny."

TK then said, "So, I help you change! That is so cool!"

Patamon nodded and said, "Yep, sure is."

Joe folded up his arms and said, "My folks warned me about strangers."

Gomamon chuckled and said, "I'm not a stranger, Joe. I'm your friend for life!"

Joe didn't react much and only said, "Hm."

Matt decided to take charge and said, "Okay, come on! What are we going to do?"

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

Tai, being the voice of reason for a change said, "But we don't even know where we are!"

Sora nodded then pointed up to the ledge and said, "But we know where we started. Up there on that mountain!"

Matt nodded and said, "I say we forget about going back and explore around here."

I nodded and said, "I agree."

Joe simply stated, "I'm not exploring anywhere. I say we stay right where we are."

Matt rolled his eyes and said, "Yeah, let's wait for that giant bug to come get us. We need to find a road leading someplace to get away from here!"

Izzy nodded and said, "Matt's right. But without a compass, we don't even know which way is north."

Tentomon spoke up, "Wait, I do."

Izzy looked to his partner and asked, "Well, which way is it?"

Tentomon rasied his arm and said, "It's the opposite of south."

Izzy didn't say anything but sweatdropped, "Uh."

Joe was rambeling nonsense again, "I shouldn't wear these pants. They ride up when I do a lot of walking."

I looked towards Dorumon who appeared to be as confused, if not moreso as I was and I thought, 'Man, are we sure that Joe doesn't have the crest of complaining, instead of reliability,or what?'

Sora then sugested, "Y'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."

Mimi perked and asked, "Wait. Are there more monsters around like that big flying beetle?"

Palmon nodded and said, "Yes indeedy!"

Mimi shivered at that thought and said, "Ick!"

Matt then bravely said, "Those monsters don't scare me!"

Tai asked Agumon, "Are there humans?"

Agumon looked up and asked, "Humans? Others like you?"

Tai nodded and said,"Mmm hmmm."

Agumon truthfully said, "You're the first ever. There's never been anything but Digimon."

Tai then asked, "So, okay. You're all Digimon. But what about these monsters? They're all Digimon, too?"

Sora shivered and said, "It's creepy. And dangerous. And what happens when it gets dark?"

Matt joked, "Who says it ever gets dark here?"

Izzy scientifically said, "That phenomenon would be unnatural."

Then Joe asked, "And you call this natural?"

I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Well, I wouldn't say natural, in fact, this whole place could be described as the definition of unnatural, if you ask me."

Tai then said, "Well, we're not going to find out anything by sitting around here."

I watched as Tai started walking towards a direction, who was soon followed by Agumon, then I looked at Dorumon and shurgged my head towards Tai, becking him to follow them.

Matt looked towards us and asked, "Where do you guys think you're going?"

Tai pointed back to the mountain we just fell from and said, "Up on that cliff. That's where I saw the ocean."

Matt asked with disbelief, "The ocean?"

Tai nodded and said, "Yep. There might be a boat or something."

"Let's waterski home." Matt joked.

I laughed and said in a false Hawaiian voice, "How about we grab a couple of surfboards and ride the waves home, mon?"

Sora rolled her eyes and said, "Ugh, you boys think you're so funny."

I shrugged and said, "Hey, sometimes the best way to deal with stressful situations, is to joke around about it."

Sora looked at me and asked, "And you think now is the best time to joke around, Luke?"

I nodded and held back a laugh, then said, "Sure, why not? I mean, after all, we did just get finished being chased around by a giant bug the size of an apartment complex, then took a swan dive off a cliff, and then took a ride on a school of fish, I think now would be the best time to joke around, don'tya think?"

Sora just rolled her eyes and said, "Can't you act a little bit mature, Luke?"

I laughed and said, "What can I say? There are times when I am more mature then Tai, and then there are times I'm acting like a little kid!"

Tai looked at Sora and said, "Unfortunately, he's telling the truth, and that's what's scares me."

Then I breathed in and got serious and said, "Well, c'mon guys, let's head out!"

Everyone, besides Joe and Gomamon, then started walking in the direction that Tai saw the ocean, I looked towards Joe and sweat dropped, but I just walked on further, Gomamon will let Joe know, hopefully.

Joe then said, "At a time like this, I think we'd be far better off just to find a cave and hide. We keep our eyes open, and when a camp counselor comes-"

Gomamon then said, "Hey, Joe! Everyone's leaving us!"

Joe opened his eyes and saw us walking down the beach, and runs to catch up.

Joe then yelled, "Wait for me!"

We were now walking along a riverbank, with green trees to their right, and Gomamon swimming in the water to their left.

Sora looked at the environment and said, "These trees are beautiful."

Izzy nodded and stated, "Yeah, they're really different. And I just thought they were sub-tropical."

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

Matt looked back and asked, "Hey, Joe. Is there anything you don't complain about?

Me, Dorumon, and Gabumon started to laugh quietly then Izzy asked, "Digital monsters. Exactly who came up with that name, anyhow?"

Tentomon simply said, "Just call us Digimon. We like that."

"I only ask because your composition isn't at all machine-like." Izzy said.

Tentomon, then asked, "Oh, really?"

I watched as Tentomon created a ball of electrical energy between his antennas, causing Izzy to hold his hands up in front of his head in defense.

Izzy, takened by surprise said, "Hey! Watch it!"

TK noticed Patamon's large wing like ears and asked, "So, Patamon, can you really fly?"

Patamon smiled and said, "Of course!"

We all watched as Patamon lifted himself into the air, with his eyes closed tightly, as he flaps his little wings with all his might. Still, TK's walking pace leaves him struggling to catch up.

TK said, "Wow, that's cool, but you're going the wrong way."

Biyomon said, "I'm faster than that. Watch!"

Then both Biyomon and Patamon raced each other, as TK and Sora pass them on foot.

Sora then asked, "Wouldn't it be faster to walk? Huh?"

I looked to Dorumon and said, "Don't suppose those wings are big enough to fly with, huh?"

Dorumon looked back to his wings and flapped them, then he said, "Nope, no can do. Is that bad, Luke?"

I shook my head and said, "No, Dorumon, all it means is that you're not strong enough, but just wait, in time, you'll be able to fly like the best of them."

Dorumon smiled and said, "Thanks, Luke."

I nodded as we continued walking to our destination.

After a while I heard Tai say, "Once we get back, this is gonna make one great story."

Agumon nodded and said, "Yep."

I nodded then said, "That may be true and all, Tai, but, I doubt a single soul will ever believe us." ''Course Kari's gonna believe us. Hmm, maybe I'll be able to get Gatomon on our team quicker then before, or at least get her to befriend Kari sooner and not risk Wizardmon's deletion. I wonder how much has changed already since me being here? And I'm still trying to figure out just how I am here in the first place, as well as the reason as to why as well. Things like this don't just happen for no reason, there has to be a purpose. Could it be to have a stronger team to defeat the Dark Masters? Maybe even Apoclamon? Myotismon maybe? The possibilities for the answer seems to be endless.'

I must have been distracted for a while because Dorumon asked me, "Hey, Luke, you there?"

I looked down and asked, "Huh?"

Dorumon said, "You were kind of looked like you were off in another world, you okay?"

"Yeah." I lied. "Just thinking."

"What about?" He asked.

I looked to him and said, "Nothing to be worried about." 'For now.'

Izzy then said, "That Kuwagamon back there... he was huge."

"And he's not the only one." Tentomon told him.

Gabumon inhaled then breathed happily and said, "Ahh, nothing like the ocean."

Gomamon then jumped in and said, "Ahh haa! Everybody in the water!"

"Hey, let's build a giant sandcastle!" TK sugested.

I laughed and said, "Forget a sand castle, lets build a sand city, TK!"

The young Takaishi smiled and said, "All right, Luke!"

I looked towards Matt and asked, "I hope that's not a problem, Matt."

Matt shook his head and said, "Nah, it's fine really, just make sure he doesn't end up in the water, Luke."

I gave him an honest smile and said, "If he dose, I'll be the first person to go after him, Matt."

Matt gave me a smile and said, "Thanks, Luke. Hmm, you seem to be taking all of this calmly, why is that?"

I looked at him and said, "To be honest, I don't know, it could be because that I'm just glad that Kari's not here with us right now."

"Kari's your sister, right?" Matt asked me.

I nodded and said, "Yeah."

Matt asked me, "Was she supposed to be here with us?"

I nodded and said, "Yeah, she was."

The older Ishida then asked me, "Why isn't she then?"

At the question I quickly became depressed, Matt noticed this and asked, "Did something bad happen to her or…"

I quickly shot up and said, "No! No, no, nothing like that, Matt! You see, it's just that, *sigh* she has a weak immune system and she can get sick rather easily, and she just so happened to get sick a couple of days ago, preventing her from joining us."

Matt had a look of understanding cross his face as he said, "You care for her a lot, don't you?"

I nodded and said, "Like any good older brother would."

Matt smiled but didn't say anything, then the two of us walked along the shore with a comfortable silence around us, then we heard Mimi exclaime, "Oh, I forgot my bathing suit."

Me and Matt looked at eachother and sweatdtopped, then we both heard something and Matt said, "Wait a minute, listen! What's that?"

Everyone stopped in their tracks and listened, it was not long that we all heard the sound of ringing.

Tai looked around and said, "A phone!"

Sora then said, "Either that or we're all hearing things."

Sure enough, sitting along the beach is a row of five evenly spaced telephone booths, looking quite out of place. We all then ran up to the strangely placed phones.

Joe then said, "I told you! All we needed was a phone! We're saved!"

Just as Tai opens the door to the first booth, the ringing suddenly stops.

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

"Wrong number?" Tai sugested.

Tai looked to me but I shrugged, not really having an answer.

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

I nodded and said, "Telephone booths on a beach, that just happens to start ringing as soon as we got here, sounds bizarre alright. But the question is why?"

Izzy then sugested, "My theory is aliens. They've set these phone booths out as a trap."

I looked at the genius and said, in a strange nerdy voice that came from my younger years, "The plausibilities of extraterrestrial beings setting up telephone booths to trap us right when we have our guards are down sounds so crazy, it might actually be true."

Tai then looked at me with bewilderment and said, "Alright, that's it, no more watching those science fiction movies for you, Luke!"

I looked at him in shock and said, "But Tai! Those are the only shows that I actually like! Why would you stop me from watching them!?"

Tai folded his arms and said, "When you start talking crazy nonsense like Izzy, that is when I put my foot down."

I folded my arms and grumbled, "Stupid older brothers and their inability of having any interest of the finer arts of science fiction." My grumbling rant was ignored by Tai.

Matt just ignored us and said, "If we can find a place that delivers, let's order pizza!"

Mimi then said, "Whatever you get, no anchovies for me."

Sora asked, "The question is, what are these doing here at the beach?"

"So people can call their parents for a ride home!" Joe stated with reason that sounded crazy to me. (A/N: I am not bashing on the poor guy, it is just the way he complains about everything that bugs me. ^^' )

Gomamon then asked, "Parents? What exactly is a parents?"

Joe looked at Gomamon for a while, then said, "That's it. I'm outta here."

Tai then asked, "Does anybody have any loose change?"

Izzy asked, "Why?"

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

Izzy gasped, then said, "Ah, use my phone card. The aliens can bill me. Here." Izzy then gave Tai a green phone card.

Then Tai pointed to the first phone booth and said, "C'mon, Luke. Let's see if we can get mom on the phone."

I nodded in agreement, even though I knew that we wouldn't make contact with anyone for a very long time, or ever, and we both walked to booth one.

TK then said, "Maybe there's a quarter in one of the slots!"

Then everyone ran to their own booths and Tai filed in moms number and said, "Hello? Hey Mom, it's me! I'm here with Luke."

Then the operator, whose voice was that of a women said, "At the tone the time will be exactly forty-five miles per hour. And ninety seconds."

Tai and me shared a look of bewilderment and he said, "Something's wrong, or Mom's flipped."

I nodded dumbly and said, "Yeah, definintly. I'm gonna go check to see if anyone has gotten a call out here, that wasn't a crazy one."

I walked up to Mimi and Palmon's booth and listens to her telephone call, their operator said, "Tomorrow's forecast calls for clear skies with occasional ice cream."

Mimi blinked a couple of times and then asked us, "What do you wear for that?"

I shrugged and watched the others calls.

Matt and TK's phone call was definitely one of the weirdest ones of them all. "This number only exists in your imagination. Please hang up and don't call back."

Matt asked, "What planet did I dial?"

I shrugged and said, "Which ever planet you called, it's definitely not this one, Matt."

Izzy then said, "I'm telling you. It's a twisted alien joke."

I nodded and said, "Yeah? Well I'm not laughing."

Tentomon then asked, "Why don't you try that one over there?"

Biyomon shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't think it's any better."

I walked up to Sora and Biyomon and their Operator said in a rather, I wouldn't say quirky voice, but it was definitely too cheerful, especially for me, said, "No telephones are working in your service area. Hang up and have a nice day."

Sora then hung up her receiver and crossed her arms. And grouchy said, "Huh."

Tai walked up to us and asked, "Any luck?"

Sora angerly said, "No."

Tai then looked around and said, "Weird. I got a strange feeling about this."

I nodded and said, "Yeah, maybe we should all just relax for a while then once all of us are up to full strength, we should continue looking for any signs of civilization."

Everyone, besides Joe, nodded and we all sat down a few feet away from the Telephone Booths From Planet twenty three, and watched Joe go crazy on trying to get a call from anywhere.

We all heard Joe say, "Maybe this one will."

Then the Operator said, "To leave a message, press one now. To leave a fingerprint, press two now. Fifteen dollars for the next three minutes."

Joe then hung up and redialed, then said, "Okay. Next one."

Me and the others, who have been relaxing on the beach for about fifteen minutes had been watching Joe continue to try each of the phones like clockwork, and at the time, it was our source of entertainment, weird entertainment, but, you get the point.

Izzy then said, "Very curious. Does Joe always behave like this?"

Tai and me nodded and Tai said, "Every single day."

I chuckled and said, "You should see him in school, while I may not always have the same class as him, I would sometimes walk by his classrooms and see him work relentlessly at his studies. Me and a few friends of mine joked about him being a failed experiment from a crazy scientists goal to make the perfect robot, and he ended up being all twitchy and seeking perfection all the time."

Sora whisled and said, "Wow, that's kind of harsh, Luke."

I shruged my sholders and said, "We were only joking around, honestly, I think that Joe may be different then other people, well that's obvious, but I'm talking about mentally."

Izzy asked, "What do you mean, mentally, Luke?"

I looked at the genius and said, "I mean, his mind is programed differently, it could be a currently undiscovered mental alteration or maybe even an illness that is making him this way. That, or he's just plane crazy."

Everyone chuckled at my little joke and Matt said, "No matter what number, or how many times he dials, those phones aren't gonna work!"

Tai then stood up and said, "Well, I'm gonna keep searching for a boat or something."

I nodded and said, "I think I'll join you, Tai, if I stay sitting down to long doing nothing, I'll just end up getting board, and eventually, I think I'll go as crazy as Joe is right now." I then stood up, and Dorumon was right by my side, ready to go.

Then Matt said, "Hey, wait a minute! Even though we can't call out of here, there's always a chance someone else might be able to call in to us."

Tai then said, "It's a waste of time doing nothing but sitting here."

Matt then said, "I'm going to stay here for a little while and see if anyone calls. Besides, everyone could use a little rest."

I saw Tai look over to where TK, Mimi, Palmon and Patamon were sitting, looking utterly exhausted. I sighed, knowing that Matt was right, and besides, I was getting hungry myself, and I could see that Dorumon was in the same boat as well.

Izzy then stated, "And I'm getting pretty hungry, too."

Tai then asked, "You know why? Because we haven't eaten anything all day. Okay, break time, everybody!"

Sora breathed a sigh of releaf and asked, "Ahh. Does anybody else have any food? I think the only thing I have is... huh? Is that gadget that fell out of the sky at camp!"

I watched as Sora and Tai reach for their Digivices and examined them.

I then heard Tai say, "I forgot all about those weird gizmos."

Mimi then said, "If anybody's got a pink one, I'll trade."

TK then asked, "What are they, anyway?"

Matt then stated, "We wouldn't have them if they weren't important."

Izzy then said, "If I could take mine apart..."

I remembered my Digivice and pulled it out, Izzy saw that mine was different and he asked, "Hey, Luke, why is yours different then the others?"

Everyone looked towards me and saw my D-Ark and I said, "I don't really know myself. But the strangest thing is, it has this symbol on the back of it, and I don't really know what it means."

I turned the divice around and showed everyone the four red triangle mark of the Zero Unit, and Izzy said, "Hmm, I could honestly say that I have never seen a symbol like this one before, what do you think it means?"

I shrugged and said, "I don't really know, but when I woke up here, I was still holding it, and when I looked at it, this symbol was glowing, so for whatever reason, I pressed the center button and then these came flashing out of it." I then pulled out the strange green Modify Cards, showed everyone.

Tai then said, "They look like trading cards to me."

Izzy then asked, "Why would your device be different then ours, and why would it shoot out strange cards like these. Hmm, Power, Speed, Hyper Chip, Alias, Recharge and Targeting." Izzy then looked at my Digivice and saw the card reader slot and said, "I wonder, what could be the reason for this slot and the cards, maybe if I could only investigate further."

Izzy's mutterings are interrupted by a rather loud growl of his stomach. I laughed then I saw rub the back of his head in embarrassment and said, "Ummm... That is after I get something to eat. I'm really famished."

Sora then said, "Well, the only thing I've got is my emergency supplies. It's got a first aid kit, some bandages, and some medicine, but that's about all I've got."

Izzy checked in his backpack and said, "I have my trusty laptop computer, and a digital camera. Oh, and I've got a small cell phone, too. Of course, not one of them's worked since we got here."

Tai said, "I can't believe you dragged all that computer stuff to summer camp."

Izzy then asked, "And what do you have?"

Tai reached in his povcket and pulled out his telescope and said, "Uhh, let's see. There's my mini-telescope."

Matt then said, "Sorry, but I don't have anything to eat, either. How about you Luke? Do you have anything on you?"

I checked my pockets and all I had was a small necklace with a white metal shield on it, it was actually one of those pendants that opened up and had pictures on both sides, on one side was of me and Tai, and on the other side was of mom, dad, and Kari. Then I said, "Just this."

Matt then asked, "What is it?"

I sadly smiled and said, "It was a birthday present from Kari. She made it for me with mom, I always have it on me, for luck, and, to keep her and my parents with me."

Sora gave me a warm smile and said, "Sounds like your sister is a kind little girl. How old is she?"

I looked up and said, "She's two years younger then me. I'm ten at the moment, and she's eight. In fact, she was supposed to be here with us, but she came down with a cold just before we left."

Everyone looked down for a while, and I put the necklace around my neck, and sat quietly thinking about how much danger we'll be in soon enough, until TK, the little ball of joy he is, said, "Hey, look at what I got. Check it out!"

TK opened his backpack to reveal a stash of junk food.

Mimi gasped at this and said, "Wow, look at all those goodies! Why don't you be a good little boy and share those treats with dear, sweet Mimi?"

TK rubbed the back of his head and cheerfully said, "Ahh, you don't have to be so nice, Mimi. I'm happy to share. You're the best. Isn't she cute?"

Matt then stated, "Forget it!"

Tai said, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

Izzy said, "I'd settle for a small cow."

Then I looked up and said, "You kidding? I'd settle with eating an elephant, or even two!"

Sora then turned to Mimi and asked, "Mimi, what have you got in that big bag? Some hair brushes and make up?"

Mimi looked in her bag and said, "Uhh, well, let's take a look. Here's a compass, cooking fuel, flashlight, one of those knives with all the things, and some other stuff."

Matt then asked, "Why didn't you tell us you had a compass back when we needed one?"

Mimi lightly laughed and said, "I thought it might be kind of fun to see how far we could get without one. Besides, it's broken."

Then I asked in shock, "Wait! You have a Swiss army knife!?"

Mimi nodded and said, "Yeah, why?"

I looked at her and shrugged then said, "I had always wanted one. They are the perfect tool for almost any minor situations. Quite useful too. I never thought that you'd have one, it's surprising, to say the least."

Tai then sighed and said, "Well, so much for finding our way out of here."

Matt nodded and said, "Although, we could use the cooking fuel to make a signal fire."

Sora said, "That's true, or I guess we could barbecue some Telephones."

Tai looked back to Joe and rolled his eyes and said with a sigh, "Oh boy. Check out the genius. See? He's trying to call the telephone repair man because the telephones don't work. Problem is- Look! Joe's got the emergency food!"

We all turn to look at Joe, who is still trying the phones with a dogged determination, while Gomamon sits patiently. And on his shoulder we all see a bag with a red cross stitched onto it.

"No way!" Izzy yelled out!

Tai then yelled, "Joe! Hey Joe! Look, you've got all the food!"

Joe placed his hand on the speaker part of the phone and said, "Hey! Don't you know it's rude to interrupt someone when they're on the telephone?"

Izzy then said, "But that bag-"

Joe looked towards the emergancy food and asked, "This? I just brought it to give to Mimi. Today was her day to carry the bag!"

Palmon looked up to Mimi and said with a smile, "Think he likes ya!"

Mimi then yelled in disbelief, "No way!"

Joe then ran, while carring the hefty bag over to where Mimi is sitting, and said, "Mimi, you have got to stop thinking of yourself and do something to help somebody else for once! Take a little responsibility!"

Mimi then complained and said, "But - that bag's too heavy for me!"

Joe then said, "Listen, you never hear me complaining."

Me and Tai walked up to the group and Tai said, "Guys, guys! Listen, the most important thing now is that we've got some food to eat. So let's sit down and have some lunch."

I nodded and sais, "He's right. So let's eat!"

Sora nodded in agreement and said, "Uhh huh!"

Everyone then gathered around while Joe explained how we were going to rationalize everything evenly, and said, "Okay, let's figure this out. There's eight people in the group times three days, times three meals, that comes to..."

Izzy instantly said, "Seventy two meals."

Joe nodded then said, "Uh, right. So, split evenly between us, we have uhh..."

Izzy then said, "Enough food for three days."

Joe opened his eyes and said, "Right! Oh, exactly, I guess you knew that."

But Sora said, "But you guys, when you add in the digimon, we really only have enough for about half an hour."

Joe rubbed the back of his head, then softly said, "Oh, that's right..."

Gabumon then said, "Not a problem at all. We digimon hunt and forage for ourselves."

Then we all asked, "You do?"

Tentomon nodded and said, "No need to include us in your calculations."

Sora looked towards her partner and asked, "You sure, Biyomon?"

Biyomon nodded amnd said, "Oh, absolutely! We can do alright for ourselves."

I looked to Dorumon jokingly asked, "Think you could teach me how fish, Dorumon?"

The young dragon/werewolf looked at me and said, "I could, but it'll probably be best if you leave the hunting to us Digimon."

I nodded then said, "Well, okay, but if you ever need help, you know I'll always be willing to lend you guys a hand or two."

Joe nodded then said, "Okay. Now that that's taken care of, let's go ahead and divide this between the eight people here."

Tai said, "This is great. I could eat a dozen of these!"

Just then I heard the soumd of smeone eating, and I looked behind Joe, amd saw that Tai and Agumon were off to the side of the group, stuffing their faces.

Joe then asked, "Just what do you think you're doing?"

Tai glared at Joe and said, "I'm glad we never hear you complaining."

Joe glared and said, "Hmmm! You people make me crazy!"

I sighed then said, "If you guys think he's bad, I have to live with him." I watch as everybody winced, I laughed then said, "Oh, no. That is only half of it, word of advice if you guys ever come to vist our place, stay clear of our mothers cooking." Me and Tai shivered remembering the dreaded day mom tried to make BLTs, I still haven't figured out how she managed to, not only burn the bacon, but the tomatos and lettuce as well.

Then Sora said, "You guys! How dare you insult your mothers cooking!?"

I looked at her and said, "What we're saying is true, Sora. Our mom may be kind and caring, but, she's not really a gourmet cook. One time, she managed to burn boiled rice. We're still not sure if she's cooking them too much, or if she's trying to create her own healthy recipies."

Sora then said, "Wow. That seems, strange."

Both me and Tai nodded then I noticed that Dorumon was growling, then I asked, "What's that matter, bud?"

Dorumon didn't answer me, instead he kept looking out over the water, then I saw Gomamon sit up for what ever reason, then I heard it, the distinctive sound of the roar of a large beast. Biyomon looks out toward the water and humed, eyes narrowed.

Sora then asked, "Now what's the matter?"

Biyomon said, "Trouble."

Sora and the rest of us said, "Oh!"

Then the ground started to shake and from beneath the sand, a column of water shoots up high into the air. We all shouted in surprise then started to run away as the column of water started to move, knocking the telephone booths far into the air with its force.

Me and Tai both asked, "What's that?"

The telephone booths crashed back to the ground, only now they lay mangled and broken, dropping onto the beach, where a tornado of sand rises to reveal a huge horned shell rising from the beach.

Tentomon then said, "Shellmon!"

Izzy then yelled, "What's a Shellmon?"

Tentomon the said, "Something that gets mad for no reason!"

Joe then yelled, "Attacked by two digital monsters in the same day! And doesn't Shellmon know I'm allergic to shellfish?"

Then I said, "Joe, I hate to say it, but I don't think that Shellmon cares about what you're allergic to at the moment."

Then the something happened. From the shell emerge two great legs and a head with an angry expression.

Joe then started to climb the nearby cliff and yelled, "Everybody, up here!"

I looked at Shellmon, then back at Joe, and back to Shellmon, who lowered his head, then my eyes widened with realization at what was about to happen, then I yelled, "Joe, get down from there!"

But it was too late, Shellmon then launched a geyser of water from the center of his head, and launched it straight at Joe!

Then I ran to catch the falling Joe, when Gomamon yelled, "Joe!"

Then Shellmon shot a blast of water at Gomamon as well. Then Agumon, Dorumon, Gabumon, Biyomon and Tentomon face towards the attacking digimon.

Agumon then yelled, "Digimon, attack!"

Tai then said, "Agumon, you show him!"

Agumon then took a deep breath and yelled, "Pepper Breath!" Firing a small ball of fire at the giant shellfish.

Then I said, "Dorumon, go get him!"

Dorumon then opened his mouth and charged up, then he yelled, "Metal Cannon!" But instead of a large baseball sized sphere, Dorumon only managed to create one the size of a marble that fizzled out before it reached Shellmon.

Then I yelled, "Oh, no!"

Gabumon then yelled, "Blue Blaster!"

Same thing with Biyomon who yelled, "Spiral Twister!"

Tentomon called out, "Super Shocker!"

Just like Dorumon, Gabumon, Tentomon, and Biyomon's attacks did nothing.

Izzy then asked, "What's happening to them?"

Matt then said, "They look like they've lost their all power."

Then I asked, "But how is it that Agumon isn't like that?"

Then Shellmon aimed a blast of water that blew the smaller Digimon back.

I saw Dorumon flying and, without even thinking, I ran to catch him as Sora yelled, "Luke what are you doing!?"

I managed to catch my partner and looked at him, he looked weak, and I held him close, then I looked up and saw that Shellmon was treating our Digimon like ragdolls.

Then I heard Tai yell, "Agumon!"

I watched as Patamon and Palmon try to launch an attack at the giant crustacean, but them being weak, they didn't last very long. But still, Agumon was able to hit Shellmon in the face with a full powered Pepper Breath, making him flinch.

Then Tai yelled, "Go get him, Agumon!"

Izzy, noticing how all of our partners, besides my brothers is unable to battle asked, "Why is it only Agumon?"

Tentomon weakly said, "We're just too hungry."

Matt said, "Gabumon!"

Gabumon weakly said, "I don't have any strength..."

Sora then realized what was happening and yelled, "That's it! Agumon is the only one who had anything to eat."

Izzy gasped in realization and said, "Now I see."

Matt said, "Then the other digimon don't have enough strength left to fight."

Tai then said, "Agumon! Looks like it's just you and me now!"

Agumon nodded and said, "Then give me a diversion!"

Tai then ran up to Shellmon and said, "Hey Shellmon! Ugly! Over here!"

Sora then yelled, "No, don't!"

Then I yelled, "Tai! Don't do something stupid!"

Tai just ignored me, and I had to sit and watch as Shellmon spotted Tai, Agumon then started hit him again from the side. I watched as Tai picked up a long pole, broken off of one of the telephone booths and said, "This'll work!"

Then Tai jabbed the stick into Shellmon's shell, but was lifted into the air in one of the long vines growing from Shellmon's head.

Agumon then yelled, "Hold on, Tai!"

I was shaken in fear, this was not what I wanted to see, Tai, my older brother, the one who I saw as my hero years ago, now at the mercy of a giant crustacean Freakazoid! I couldn't take it any more, I covered my eyes and started to cry. This wasn't what I wanted to see, how was I going to explain this to mom, dad, even Kari? I didn't want to deal with it anymore, I felt like I was going to break, then I felt a hand touch my shoulder, I looked up, expecting to see either Matt or Joe, or someone older then me to help calm me down. But it was TK who placed his hand on my shoulder. He didn't say anything, but he looked onwards, I had to force myself to watch as Tai being crushed by Shellmon, and Agumon trying to save my brother, then I thought, 'What has happened to me? I need to be more braver, I need to have more strength. TK, I can see the look in his eyes, he's scared, but he's worried about me.' I shook my head, then I said, "Thanks, TK, I needed someone to help me out."

TK didn't answer me, and for a second there, I could have sworn that I saw TK as he will be in the future, four years from now, not the scared little kid he is now, but the true child of hope. Then I realized something and thought, 'Hope. That's it! Thank you TK, for reminding me of something important. You may not even know it, but you had just done something to help me.'

I watched with renew strength and faith and hope in my brother as Shellmon step on Agumon, holding him immobile beneath his foot, and aims a blast of water at me and the other kids and our Digimon.

Tai then yelled, "Watch out! He's gonna get everyone, and there's nothing I can do!"

I watched as Tai yelled in pain as Shellmon crushed him in his vine. Then I yelled, "Tai!"

Agumon then yelled, "Tai, no!" Followed by, "Digivolve!"

Then a bright light started to glow from beneath Shellmon's foot, and Tai and the others watch, surprised. I watched in aw, then I thought, 'Now we're talking, go get 'em, Greymon! '

Tai then asked, "What's going on?"

D-I-G-I-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N

Agumon then yelled, "Agumon digivolve to... Greymon!"

Shellmon then flings Tai out of the way as the tiny digimon suddenly grows into a giant tiger-striped tyrannosaur. With a bony helmet on his head.

Then I ran towards my brother and for the second time, had him land on me, then I yelled, "Tai!"

Tai looked up and said "Whoa! He did it again! Now he's Greymon!"

We all watched as Shellmon charged at his new opponent, and Greymon began to wrestle with him.

Tai then yelled, "Now you're getting him. Go, Greymon!"

Shellmon then fired a stream of water at Greymon, who counters it with a stream of fire. Shellmon relented first, and Greymon takes advantage of the pause by using the horn on his snout as a catapult, throwing the other digimon out over the sea.

Greymon then yelled, "Digi-Nova Blast!"

Then Greymon launched a huge ball of fire that propels Shellmon so far out to sea that when he lands, the splash looks tiny from the shore. Greymon DeDigivolved down back to Agumon.

Tai ran up to his partner and I soon followed while Dorumon was close behind me, and Tai said, "What! Agumon! Oh, are you alright? You poor little guy. Agumon"

Agumon looked up and asked, "Tai? Tai! Do you have anything to eat?"

Me and Tai both started laughing, relieved. Later, we saw Joe kneeling on the beach next to a demolished payphone, talking into the receiver.

Joe then said, "Hello? Come on, I know you're there! Operator? Operator!"

Tai then said, "There's really no reason to stay here now."

I nodded then I said, "That's true. By the way, Tai,"

My older brother looked at me and asked, "Yes?"

Then I slapped him on the back of his head, and he yelled, "Ow! Luke what was that for!?"

Tai then glared at me, but I decided to glare back at him, and I said, "Do anything stupid like running up to a large Digimon again, and I'll make sure that the only way you're getting close to the fight is if you want to risk me grounding you, for life!"

Everyone looked at me and Matt asked, "Shouldn't Tai be the one who punishes Luke for doing something stupid?"

I looked at him and said, "That may be true, but out of the three of us, me, Tai and Kari, I'm the most clear headed and mature one, I may be two years younger then him, but I'm able to keep a clear head for a long time, today was the first time I actually felt weak before, but TK, he was able to help me out."

Matt looked to his younger brother and asked, "Really?"

TK chuckled and said, "All I did was place my hand on his shoulder, I never really said anything, really!"

I laughed and said, "That's true and all, but I was never expecting you to check up on me, TK, the fact that you came to help me, even with Shellmon attacking, made me realize that, even though you are younger then me, you were able to be brave enough to snap me back to normal, so TK, thank you."

TK smiled and chuckled then he said, "No problem, Luke." He held up his hand and smiled even bigger, I looked at him and smiled as well, then I shook the little DigiDestined's hand.

Then I said, "We should get going now, just like Tai said, with those phone booths destroyed, there really is no reason to be here any longer."

Matt nodded then asked, "Who wants to break the bad news to Joe?"

The Digimon, along with me, Sora, Mimi and TK area circled around a spread of food which is being gulped down quickly. Sora smiles and said, "You want some more, just say so."

Izzy then stated, "Shellmon wasn't destroyed. He was just temporarily removed. We should pack up and leave before he decides he wants to come back for round two."

Matt nodded and said, "Good idea."

Joe then cried, "In that case, we should go right back to the forest. Because if anybody's looking for us, that's the place they'll go!"

No one said anything for a short while until Sora stood up and said, "Joe, I said this before. We fell off a cliff and floated down a river to get here. And getting back there's a really big job."

Mimi nodded and said, "And we could run into Kuwagamon!"

I nodded and said, "Him, or something a whole lot worse. And to tell you the truth, when in a situation like this, you never want to go back to where your last opponent was, so for now, we should just head forward, not back."

Izzy then stated, "Now listen. Logically speaking, if there are telephones here, then there must be people to use them. So, I think it makes good sense to try and find those people."

Joe asked, "That makes sense?"

Sora nodded in agreement and said, "It certainly does."

Joe then grumbled, "Hmmm."

Tai then stood up and said, "Then let's all get going!"

Agumon then stood up and proclaimed, "Anywhere you want to go, I'll go, Tai. You just pick the direction."

I smiled and said, "Same here, you lead, I'll follow, just as long as the destination sounds reasonable, that is."

Dorumon then said, "Anywhere Luke goes, I go as well!"

Tai smiled and said, "Then let's get outta this place!"

Matt nodded and said, "And let the monsters beware!"

Joe nodded and said, "Mmm hmmm. Well, my plan is to avoid all monsters. Yep, that's my plan."

Then I said, "Well, monsters or no monsters, anything that hurts my friends will have to get by me and Dorumon, right buddy?"

The dragon/werewolf nodded and said, "Indeed, Luke. We'll take 'em on!"

Tai then said, "Okay, here we go!"

Everyone got up and marched down the beach then the Digimon yelled, "Digimon!"

We all shared a few laughs, and then headed off, ready for whatever adventure the digital world will throw at us. Whatever happens, be sure to stay tuned for the next Digimon New Life!

Thechaosmaster: I hope you have all enjoyed this chapter, now then, here's a request, I require three things!

First: I need an evil Digimon an/or situation that I can add to the series that would allow Dorumon to Digivolve to Champion level, you can make up a random place for it to happen, and the Digimon I have to fight, and the situation that I end up for the Digivolution to happen. You can make up the evil Digimon or pick one that already exists, your choice!

Second: A location for crest, could be near one of the others, somewhere else, you decide, but you can't make my crest, I have it already planed out.

Finally: After MetalGraymon's episode, should I or should I not leave a note to Kari to give to Gatomon when she sees her to make her and Wizardmon change sides sooner? Your choice, leave your answers in the reviews, and I'll decide soon enough. ALSO Dorumon has to Digivolve before Devimon's defeat!

Well until next time, spread the words of Chaos!

CHAOS CONTROL!