As soon as Rika returns from school, she observes the backyard to see it's empty. She notices one thing: Renamon is not there. She searches the whole house and she's not there.
"AAAAHHHHH!" she screamed.
Then, at the park, she wears her casual clothes and she is with Takato and Henry, whom they also bring Guilmon and Terriermon.
"What? Renamon is gone?" the former said in shock.
"What happened?" the latter added.
"I don't know. I was out for school and when I get back, she's completely gone," was her reply.
"Well, we gotta look for her," Takato suggested. Henry, Rika, Guilmon, and Terriermon nodded as they go on their adventure of looking for Renamon.
Meanwhile, in the hotel room...
"I am Valmont. Don't you remember me?" Valmont said in anger just to check out if Renamon has completely lost her memories.
"No, I don't. In fact, I remember nothing," was her reply.
"That's what I wanted to hear from the potion," the crime boss himself takes an evil smile onto the potion he's holding before focusing on Renamon. "It would seem that you, my friend, have become a victim of amnesia."
"Amnesia?" Renamon asked confusingly.
"It is when people forget who they are," Valmont replied. "Allow me to fill in some blanks for you. I am the leader of the Dark Hand, a premiere crime syndicate, and you work for me."
As Renamon looks at the hotel room that she's on, it looks good, but the question in her mind comes by. The question is, why would a crime leader live in a hotel room? They're supposed to be living in a mansion, or any other place that are rich.
"Uh, premiere crime syndicate?"
"A temporary setback, I assure you, but it's only yesterday that you and I are on top of our game," Valmont pulls out a red book showing the pictures. In fact, he replaced the pictures of him and Tohru with the parts with Renamon on it. Like the first picture shows Renamon standing with him and the other is when she is leaving the white limo with him. As Valmont turn the pages, it has a picture of the foxy Digimon carrying a paper saying '1459', as if this is her prisoner number. "See? You made yourself on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. A year ago and running."
"So it is true," Renamon holds the book. "But how did I lose all my memories?"
Valmont sinisterly smiles as he attempts to use his manipulations to put her further to his cause.
"Well, there is some misguided girl who mistreats Digimon, never thinking of them as living creatures, only data, and you're one of those people. One day, she abandoned you because she said she doesn't need you and got into trouble with some Digimon. Not only she deserted you after you lose the battle, but also you lost your memories," he said as the first sentence is the truth. As for the second and third sentences, it's a truth. Well, for the first part of the third sentence, it's the truth while the second part is a lie.
"And who is this girl?" the foxy Digimon asked in confusion.
Valmont then turns a page on the book to point out to Rika's picture.
"Rika Nonaka," was his reply.
"Rika will pay," Renamon said as anger boils on her blood.
"That's right. She will pay for the way she treated you badly, but first, we must do an errand together," Valmont said as his plan is about to commence. As he leaves the room, Yamaki is there and that he has heard all that.
"So that's your plan, huh? Erasing a Digimon's memories and putting one to your cause? Well, I say that's a great strategy," the head of Hypnos commented.
"Well, you know what they say, 'if you can't make one join, then just persuade one'," the head of the Dark Hand replied back.
"Just get me pictures and I can give you some money," Yamaki started to leave.
For Valmont, the fun part of his plan begins.
