"Where are we?" Tai groaned, seeming not to notice he was on top of a pile of other students.
"This the computer room," TK said.
"Hey, when you guys came through the computer, where did you guys come from?" Dakota, the only one remaining standing, asked.
"Where?" Austin repeated. He stood up and clenched both fists in front of him, "The Digital World, of course. That place is the coolest ever!" Austin launched into story mode, "There we were when a dinosaur-like digimon attacked, and that's when I jumped into action."
"Enough," Megan snapped, "Let's go back." Dakota, meanwhile, was staring at Mimi, who was still on the floor.
"Are you okay, Mimi?" He asked, pulling her up. Mimi nodded.
"It was really cool, Dakota. I wish you could have been there."
"I think we've had enough excitement for one day," Dakota told Megan.
"Aw, man!" Jeanna said, slapping her forehead, "I was RIGHT THERE! If I hadn't gone to find you guys, I'd have already been!"
"Don't you want to go to the Digital World, Dakota?" Megan asked.
"'Course, seeing all those monsters and stuff would be fun, but today is macaroni and cheese night and I doing want to miss out."
"That's right," Tai groaned, "its pork surprise at my house"
"Stuffed peppers and a salad," Izzy said.
"TV dinners in the microwave," The twins chorused.
"No fair, I wanna go!" Megan whined. Kitty glared at her and shook her head.
"Let's hope whoever gives out digivices knows what they were doing when they recruited this whiner." Tiffany laughed.
"Soooo...are you coming to dinner, Tiffany?" Tai asked, looking hopeful. She grinned and nodded.
"As long as you'll have me, I'll be there." Tai smiled.
"Great!" The group walked out the door.
"But wheeeeen?" Megan whined some more. Izzy turned back and walked back into the classroom.
"Whoops, almost forgot to turn off the computer," He said. He paused at the screen, "The gate's closed..."

"You're leaving already Matt?" a boy called.
"We're not done with rehearsal yet," added another.
"Sorry guys, there's something I've got to take care of," A blonde boy answered.
"Dude, I thought you said your sister moved out." Matt turned to look at them.
"She did. What does that have to do with anything?"
"Nothing, I guess I just assumed you were meeting her." Matt rolled his eyes and walked out the door.

The park was nearly dark when the old Digi-Destined gathered there. An orange-haired girl in a school uniform was perched on the jungle-gym, Kari leaning on a pole nearby. An older boy with glasses and long navy-blue hair was crouched on another web of poles not far away. Tai and Tiffany were sharing a bench with Izzy on a bench next to theirs, and TK was standing up. Kitty was too excited to sit still and was swinging on the swing set, the chains squeaking quietly as she moved back and forth.
"Here he comes," TK said, looking out for his older brother. Kitty gasped and a smile lit up her face. She flew out of her swings, landing on both feet, and sprinted for Matt.
"Matt!" She squealed, hugging him and burying her face into his chest.
"Hey, kiddo," He replied, hugging her back, "I missed you."
"I missed you, too," She said, stepping back and looking slightly embarassed.
"Hey Matt," Tai said, waving.
"Hey guys. Sorry I'm late." Sora slid down the jungle-gym.
"It's been a long time," She said, "It's nice to be back."

Dakota was standing on his balcony practicing his bushido. Mimi was sitting on the railing between it and the house, simply watching. Dakota swung his stick in the air, staring into nothing.
"What's it really like, Mimi? To travel into the Digital World?" He asked, still not looking away from whatever it was he was staring at.
"It's amazing," She answered, looking up, "And there are wonderful digimon there. I have a Digimon called Rikumon. She's beautiful."
"Wow,"
Megan was inside fixing Dakota's computer and still fuming over the fact that she had missed her chance to go to the Digital World.
"I don't care if they don't want me along, tomorrow I'm going to the Digital World."
"Megan, are you staying for dinner?" Dakota's mother asked, "It's Mac and cheese."
"No, thank you. I need to be getting home."

Austin was lying on his bead, throwing a soccor ball up and down. He caught it once and looked at the ceiling. A vision of Veemon swam to the front of his eyes.
"Man, I just can't stop thinking about Veemon," He told himself.

Jeanna was lying in bed, trying to fall asleep. She twisted and turned and then flipped over. She saw her digivice lying on her bedside table and reached for it.
"Tomorrow for sure." She told herself out loud, "Tomorrow I won't miss out."

"Digi-Armor Energize, huh?" Matt asked, after everyone had explained the day's events to him.
"It's a form of digivolving I've never seen before," Tai said, deep in thought, "Somehow Austin's digimon was able to digivolve but Agumon and the others weren't." Matt looked at Tiffany.
"Can Nekomon not see how to get around that?" He asked her. Tiffany shook her head.
"She says whatever's going wrong is preventing her from using her psychic power."
"Wait, you mean Austin from the soccor club went to the Digital World?" Sora asked.
"That's right, and the kids from our apartment, Mimi, Dakota, Megan, and Jeanna, got new digivices, too." TK said.
"Well, if they've got digivices, that means they're the new Digi-Destined," Joe pointed out.
"That's just what I thought," Tai said.
"Just one question," Sora interjected, "If this Digimon Emperor is really hunting Digimon and making them his slaves, will Biyomon and the others be okay?" Everyone looked worried at the predicament their digital friends were in.
"I got an e-mail earlier from our Mimi in America," Kari said, "She was asking the same question."
"I think we should just go there," Matt said, "And do things our way."
"We can't. I went back to check the computer and the gate was already closed." Izzy told him.
"That means...we can't help them?" Matt said, looking downcast. Izzy tried to cheer him up.
"I'm going first thing tomorrow to check the computer to see if the gate opens up again." Tai nodded in agreement.
"I'm going with you,"
"Me, too." Tiffany said, "After all, I've got a promise to keep."
"Me three," Sora said.
"Mm-hm," Kari and TK agreed.
"Count me in," Kitty said, looking excited.
"I can't," Joe said, "I've got an oral test of Laryngitis."
"Yeah, and my band's got a big concert coming up and we've go to practice."
"I'll make sure Gabumon is okay," Kitty told him, "Don't worry about a thing."
"Don't worry guys; we'll handle it," Tai confirmed.
"Okay," said Matt, "But let us know if you need us."

The school bell rang, releasing the middleschoolers from their classroom drudgery. Izzy was already in the lab when they made it there.
"Just as I thought," he said, "It's still closed. I need to find a way to the Digital World."
"Izzy!" Megan's voice came suddenly from behind him. Izzy looked up, "What are you doing here?" She, Dakota, and Mimi walked into the room.
"Just trying to find some more information on what happened here yesterday."
"I couldn't sleep last night, I kept thinking about it. Izzy, will you take me with you to the Digital World?" Dakota asked. Izzy looked back at the computer.
"I can't 'cause the gate's cl-" His sentence was interrupted as the computer made a noise as if something had gone back online, "Huh? Look, it's open." Kari, Jeanna, Austin, TK, and Kitty came into the room.
"How's it going guys?" Austin asked, holding a hand up in hello. Sora, Tiffany, and Tai showed up behind them.
"Hey everybody," Sora said in greeting.

Austin, Mimi, Dakota, Megan, and Jeanna stood in a circle and showed the older Digi-Destines their digivices. Blue, marble, yellow, red, and nettle green respectively, everyone stared, mouths agape, at the digivices.
"Those are the new digivices? How cool." Sora said.
"That's right, those are the ones released by the Digi-egg when Tai touched it," Tiffany said.
"Well, what are we standing around here for? I say we get going," Megan said, looking to Austin for support.
"Hold it, I think I should give you a few pointers about the things you're about to see," Austin said. Kitty snorted.
"Gimme a break, you've only been there once," Megan said, "What do you know?"
"I think we should be prepared for a little danger." Dakota said, looking up at them and then to Mimi. Izzy, meanwhile, had been going up and down the rows of computers.
"My suspicions have been confirmed. I just checked the other computers. None of them seem to be effected by this; the gate is only open on this one here." He sat back down in front of it, "And that's not all. The gate has never been opened two days in a row before."
"Then I say we get started," Austin said, "All ashore that's going ashore." The group nodded.
"Tai Kamia, is that you?" An adult voice came from the hallway. Tai started and sweat dropped, "We haven't seen you in awhile." Everyone turned to see a teacher with thick glasses in the door way.
"Mr. Fugiyama," Tai said.
"And Tiffany, Sora, and Izzy are all here as well," Mr. Fugiyama continued with a smile, "Didn't you all graduate?"
"Yeah we did and...what are you doing here?" Tai asked.
"I'm the new head of the computer club," He announced to the general surprise of the room.
"But what do you know about using computers?" Tiffany asked.
"Not a single thing," Mr. Fugiyama answered. The high-schoolers groaned.
"I just remembered, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about, Mr. Fugiyama. You got a minute? Ah, well I've been having problems adjusting to high school! It's the girls, heh. They're so much older, heh!" Tai said, pushing the older gentleman out the door with Tiffany in quiet hysterics.
"Thanks Tai, we owe ya," Sora said.
"First his goggles and now this," Tiffany laughed.
"All right, let's get going," Izzy told them. Everyone lifted up their digivices and was sucked into the Digital World.

"Is everyone okay?" Izzy asked as they reached the ground. Tiffany smirked.
"Somebody forgot to calibrate it correctly," She sang. Izzy glared at her.
"Now is hardly the time for a computer-smarts competition," He told her sternly.
"I feel like I've just been through the rinse-cycle on the dishwasher," Austin complained.
"Wow..." Dakota awed, "So this is the Digital World," he gasped, "I'm wearing different clothes." Dakota was indeed wearing new clothing: a long tan shirt with a purple-ish outline and shorts the same shade of purple. Mimi walked up to him and grinned.
"Pretty cool, huh?" She asked. Dakota nodded.
"I'm so jealous you came here without me!" He teased. Mimi blinked and then smiled abashedly back.
"Hey, I'm dressed like I'm part of the cool crowd," Megan said, looking her brand new ensemble that included a bright-orange fabric helmet up and down, "
"I forgot the part about the new wardrobe," Austin said, hands on his hips.
"I love this helmet; it makes my glasses look smaller," Megan enthused.
"I wonder if they have anything in a surfer style," Austin added.
"Wait until I tell my sisters I got free clothes!" Megan agreed. Meanwhile, the group comprised of people already used to the Digital World looked on. Jeanna looked slightly depressed.
"What's wrong, Jeanna?" Mimi asked, looking concerned.
"I didn't get any new clothes," Jeanna told her. Mimi looked at her for a moment.
"Maybe that means your clothes are so awesome they couldn't give you anything better." Jeanna looked a bit happier.
"Maybe you're right," She chuckled.
"Kids today have no value," Sora said, "When I was their age, I showed a lot more respect when I got free things."
"You sound like a grandmother," Kitty laughed, Kari and Tiffany joining in.
"Sora, I hate to say this, but you're sounding just like my mom," Kari told her. The entire group had landed in a scenic area full of grassy hills. Once the initial excitement over new clothes finished, they went on their way.

Meanwhile, the Digimon Emperor was watching again. He watched as Sora and Izzy began calling for their digimon. He chuckled out loud.
"I've been waiting for you," He told them, although they couldn't hear, "Now let the games begin. Scimon! Attack!"

"Veemon!" Austin called slowly, "Where are you? Veemon!"
"Austin!" Veemon's perky little voice came from the not-too-far-away distance. Austin grinned and laughed as his friend came into view, "Austin, I'm over here!"
"Veemon!" Austin cried as the little blue digimon ran up to him. The pair shook hands.
"Austin, I brought Patamon and his friends with me," Veemon turned to look behind him as Patamon's ears came into view, the rest of him following with Biomon, Tentamon, and the others in toe.
"Biyomon!" Sora called.
"Gotsomon!" Tiffany said, rushing to meet her second digimon.
"Tentamon!" Izzy cried. Tentamon came and clutched his companion's arms.
"Izzy, you're a sight for big green sore eyes." Sora and Biyomon were hugging each other.
"I missed you, Sora."
"I missed you, too." Everyone was reunited and hugging, Megan, Dakota, and Jeanna looking slightly uncomfortable. But the happiness was interrupted as a giant shadow over took the meadow. A giant green bug with scythes for claws went straight for Sora.
"Sora, no!" TK and Tiffany called together, jumping and pressing her to the ground as the Scimon barely missed her. The Scimon turned for another attack.
"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon cried, shooting a green spiral from her beak.
"Boom bubble!" Patamon joined in.
"Super shocker!" Tentamon shot a bolt of electricity from his antennas.
"Physic blast!" Nekomon said, shooting a beam of rainbow light from her twitching ears. The Scimon easily dodged all of the attacks.
"Lightening claw!" Gatomon said, jumping towards the bug.
"CoronaKnuckle!" Coronamon said, punching with a fist incased in fire.
"Soulfull Kick!" Gotsomon said, aiming a kick towards the Scimon. Although the attacks hit, they didn't have any effect and it knocked all three of them to the ground with its metal claws.
"I'm sorry, but without my tail ring, I don't have enough power," Gatomon said. Nekomon rushed to her side.
"It's okay, none of us were able to do it either." She assured her friend.
"Don't worry about it," Veemon told the group, "I'll just armor digivolve." He looked at Austin, "Get ready,"

"Not so fast," The Digimon Emperor said from his hide-out, "This is not a drill, Drimogimon."

The ground beneath Austin suddenly collapsed and the boy fell in, screaming. He managed to grab a rock on the way down, halting his descent. A Drimogimon wearing a black ring growled from beneath him.
"Are you okay?" Veemon asked Austin from above.

Data ran up and down the screens in front of the Digimon Emperor.
"It's your turn Mogyamon."

A white, shaggy, big-foot like creature pushed through the trees towards the kids.
"Bone Boomerang!" It shouted, throwing a bone that hit Veemon and sent him hurtling into the hole after Austin, who caught him with his other hand before Veemon went sailing onto the Digimon bellow's horn. They fell anyway, and the Drimogimon caught them in its claw and sank back into the shadows.
Megan fell to her knees, "Oh my. They're gone. The ground just opened up and swallowed them."
"I want to go home now," Dakota said, shivering. Even Jeanna looked a bit shell-shocked.
"It's okay, guys." Mimi said, trying to comfort them, "We faced something yesterday and we got through unscathed."
"Yeah, but that was ONE digimon. Now we've got three." Kitty pointed out.
"First we have to protect ourselves," Izzy said.
"What about Austin?" Dakota asked, still staring after the boy. Patamon, Tentamon, and Biyomon were still attempting to defeat the Scimon.
"Austin will be fine; he's got Veemon. Our Digimon are only at half-strength. We've got to get away." Sora told the boy.
"Oddly enough, Sora, I don't think that helped a lot," Kitty said.
"Yeah, I'm sure your comment about the extra digimon helped a lot," Tiffany said, "But now is not the time to argue." Sora tried to pull Megan to her feet.
"I can't take this," Megan said, her eyes filling up with tears, "I want to go home." She started to sob.

Austin woke up chained to a cliff.
"Great, musta been walkin' in my sleep again," He said, "But where am I?"
"You're just hanging out," Came a voice from above.
"Who are you?" Austin asked. The voice laughed.
"I'm your worst nightmare come to life," The Digimon Emperor said with a smirk, "Frankly I'm disappointed I was able to catch you so easily."
"Are you the Digimon Emperor?"
"Speaking."
"But you're a kid, just like me." The Digimon Emperor threw back his head and laughed.
"I'm nothing like you, because if I were, I'd be the one strapped to a cliff. Oh, which reminds me." He snapped his fingers and a panel of cliff across from Austin pulled away to reveal Veemon.
"Veemon!" Austin gasped.
"Austin! Nice view, isn't it?" Veemon asked.
"I haven't had time to look! Quick! Armor-Digivolve!"
"Um, just one problem," The Digimon Emperor said, holding up Austin's digivice and communicator, "Aren't you going to need these to Digivolve?"

The rest of the group was trudging through a thickly wooded forest, apparently having escaped the other two digimon.
"Hold up," Dakota said as his, Mimi's, Megan's, and Jeanna's digivices began to emit shrill beeping sounds, "This digivice you were nice enough to give me is starting to make noise."
"My Digivice is going off, too; I think something's near by." TK said his, Kari, and Kitty's digivices began to beep as well.
"A building of some sort," Sora said, looking at her own Digivice.
"There are no building around here," Biyomon said, looking to Tentamon for support.
"Nope, just the temple," Tentamon said.
"Temple?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, but it's run down now," Biyomon told her.
"They couldn't get enough Bar Mitzvahs or weddings," Tentamon added.
"Well, these are going off for something, and I don't think it's the caterers." Sora said.
"Let's go take a look!" Tiffany exclaimed.

The group was sweltering in the sun as they climbed the staircase up the temple. About half-way there, Megan started to complain:
"Hasn't anyone ever heard of escalators?" Kitty growled; Megan was beginning to get on her nerves.
"Look at it this way Megan," Biyomon said, gesturing towards the final staircase with her pink wings, "Only a few more steps to go!" Several people sighed, a couple groaned, and they went on their way again.
At the top there were three stone pillars. The left one was carrying a golden dig egg, the right a silver one, and the middle had a Digi-egg with an unrecognizable symbol.
"They look like Digi-eggs," Sora pointed out.
"Well, that would make since. We did do the Digi-Egg thing yesterday," Kitty said.
"This must be what our digivices were responding to," Dakota said with a smile.
"Look, that one has the Crest of Love on it," Sora said, pointing to the silver egg.
"And that one has the Crest of Knowledge," Izzy said, "I don't recognize the middle one." The two looked at each other, shrugged, and went to pull the eggs up. Although they grunted and strained, neither egg would move.
"It's just no use," Sora said.
"We'll never be able to move them," Izzy added.
"The same thing happened with Tai yesterday," Tiffany said, "Although the egg had the Crest of Courage, he couldn't get it to move, but Austin could. Maybe that means that Sora's egg is Megan's and Izzy's is Dakota's. And since Mimi had a new sign on her egg yesterday, maybe the one in the middle is Jeanna's."
"Makes sense," Sora said, "Megan, I think you should try this."
"And you, Dakota." Izzy said.
"What? You want us to try it?" Megan asked.
"Uh...okay," Dakota said.
"Heck yes!" Jeanna cried, rushing forward before the other two could even move. When all three were in place, Jeanna counted down, "Three...two...one!" All three eggs slid easily from their places. Everyone except Kitty gasped.
"They were able to lift them!" Kari said with an air of wonder.
"Just like Austin did yesterday!" TK concurred.
"And yet we're still surprised!" Kitty said with a roll of her eyes. Just then, red light exploded from Megan's pillar, purple light from Dakota's, and green light from Jeanna's. A form appeared in each. In Megan's red light, a hawk-like Digimon with feather on a band on his forehead looked around, spotted Megan, and gave a delighted cry before flying towards her.
"It feels so good to get out from under that stuffy rock and spread my wings," It said. An armadillo-like Digimon appeared in Dakota's light with a grin and jumped out of it.
"Why'd you wake me up?" It asked, "I was having such a wonderful dream!" A shape was also appearing in Jeanna's green light. A Digimon that had a scarf around its neck and appeared to have stitches for a nose appeared. It gave a dazzling grin and leapt from the pillar.
"Jeanna! I missed you! It's so good to see you again!" It cried.
"Greetings," The Hawk Digimon told Megan, "I am Hawkmon. I've been waiting to make your acquaintance."
"Uh..." Megan stammered, "You talking to me?"