I'll like to thank my beta, Naomi to read and encourage me to keep writing. The new Digimon in this chapter was Naomi's idea. Thanks a lot. I like this.

Well, this is going to be another challenge for me to write something in another dimension with a different setting. Reviews are appreciated.

I don't own Digimon.

Chapter 3: Another Dimension

Ken was strolling aimlessly in a desert with Wormmon and V-mon. Milleniumon had thrown him here in order to make him watch how he wreck havoc on the dimension he came from. There did not seem to be a way out. There was nothing. No human, no Digimon, just sand and maybe just some flags.

The place reminded him of his first mission with Ryo as well as the time he was caught by BelialVamdemon's illusion in a windy dessert where he had to force his way through.

"Ken-chan, look!" Wormmon suddenly spoke up. Ken could barely able to see there was something a distance away from the sand. They struggled to make their way through. Someone was found unconscious together with a white Digimon with huge ears.

"Terriermon..." He could hear his mumbling. Ken should not be surprised that he was targeted as well. Seemed that Milleniumon was plotting something by trapping them here. He and Wallace held the prototype Digivice which could seal their Digieggs should they were defeated and reborn.

But where were they? Ken needed to get themselves a safe place to hide in.

Ken managed to find themselves a cave to settle in. He was worried. It had been a few hours since he was caught in this weird world. His parents must be worried. Even if Daisuke tried, he could not cover for him for too long.

"It felt like seven years ago when I was in a cave with you, Wormmon and Ryo. You were hit with dark seed and were badly hurt." V-mon reminisced sitting down in front of the fire he had set up for the group. Ken smiled apologetically.

"I said something horrible to you and Wormmon back then. I'm sorry about it. It felt that I had become someone else. I became disillusioned." Ken looked up as he said that looking back into his first adventure.

Meanwhile, Wallace and Terriermon were still unconscious.

"Bet that his mother must be screaming now." V-mon chuckled. Ken and Wormmon laughed. Even in this kind of situation V-mon was still able to crack a joke.

Ken sure hope that they could get out of here safely and the safety of Daisuke and the rest. He clenched his fist wondering what Milleniumon was up to and wanted by weakening their battle power.

Wallace stirred and rubbed his eyes. He wondered why his body ached badly and his bed was hard.

"Argh!" He jumped up in shock.

"Good morning." Wormmon greeted. Wallace glanced around before turning to the direction where the voice came from.

"Ichijouji?" Wallace scratched his head and narrowed his eyes when he recalled what happened earlier.

"Were you under attack as well?" He asked in a low tone. Ken nodded in a serious look.

"By Milleniumon." Ken replied not intending to keep it from Wallace thinking that he was also attacked by him.

"Are you sure it's not Apocalymon? "

Ken was surprised by Wallace who was assaulted by another Digimon. That was bad as that meant their team had another enemy Digimon to take care of.

Meanwhile, Terriermon rubbed his eyes as he woke up.

"Good morning, Wallace." He said. Wallace did not know whether to laugh or cry. He was acting just like him earlier.

"Milleniumon is ultimate so is Apocalymon. So Daisuke is in a pinch." Wallace exclaimed with a smile which caused Ken to do a facepalm. How could he be so carefree?

"Daisuke, what should I do?" V-mon suddenly spoke up and finally caught Wallace's attention. Wallace was worried now. The fighting power was jeopardized in their world.

"He is really in a pinch." Wallace commented looking at V-mon and Terriermon. "All the more we have to find that."

"That?" Ken wondered what Wallace was trying to say.

"They Key to grant wish." Wallace said with solemn look. "This was why I opened up a portal to come here. I thought you come here in search for it as well."

"This is the dimension where the key to grant wish first appeared." Wallace explained wondered how he got that information. Maybe it was due to his involvement with the Vault which gave him knowledge he should not have. Or was it the gate opening function he obtained for his Digivice which led him here? Wallace smiled sadly.

"If we obtain that, we can defeat Milleniumon." Ken clasped his hands deep in thought.

"In any case, we need to find the key and return to our world to help the rest." Wallace advised.

"Let's do so the next morning." Wormmon suggested. It was late and it appeared to be snowing out there.

"Daisuke, hang in there." Both boys said in their mind.

"This is really a weird world." Wallace could not help but to comment as they forced their way through the desert.

"Can you believe it? Sand in the day, snow at night." Wallace continued while Ken shook his head in disinterest. Wallace had become a spoilt brat over the years but yet he knew it was just a façade. Deep down, he did not know what was on his mind. Ken did not know the real him.

Wormmon was toppled and fell on his back at the strong wind.

"Wormmon, are you alright?" V-mon struggled to help him up. Terriermon tripped and fall by his own huge ears while using it to block the incoming sand.

"The bastard Digimon of the tyrant emperor is spotted." The eyes of a bunch of Digimon lit up. Their view was zoomed in to the blue mini dragon-like Digimon who was helping the Worm-like Digimon up. Today was the day they would have their revenge.

V-mon found himself being knocked over by a group of forces. Wormmon dodged in surprise.

"V-mon!" He shouted.

They were a bunch of Gotsumon. So Ken, Wallace were indeed in the Digital World.

"We will have your life today, Veedramon!" V-mon was able to dodge the next attack in time despite being caught in surprise earlier.

"What's going on? I don't know you guys!" V-mon was a little confused. There were at least eight Gotsumons engaging him. This felt familiar.

"Stop lying. See, what kind of destruction and your emperor and done to our homeland. If you are around, that bastard must be alive as well!"

"That bastard?" V-mon ran through his head as he continued to dodge his attack.

"Daisuke?" V-mon shouted unconsciously to ask for a power boost to only realise that Daisuke did not come with him. He was hit by a series of attacks from another group of Digimon, Monochromon of the Adult Level.

"Wormmon, we have to help him." Ken ordered.

"Wormmon evolve to… Stingmon!" Stingmon began to engage the enraged Monochromon.

"Gumimon, you too!" Wallace ordered.

"Terriermon evolve to… Gargomon!"

"Gatling Arm!" Gargomon started firing after jumping in front of V-mon who was grimacing in pain on the ground. V-mon was panting hard.

"Stop it! There must be a misunderstanding!" Ken yelled at the group of angry Digimon standing with his arms wide open beside Gargomon to defend V-mon.

"There is no misunderstanding! He and the tyrant Digimon Emperor treated us as toys. He intended to reset us once he obtain the key he was supposed to inherit. We will not let him have his way! We will assassinate him before it happens." One angry Gotsumon explained

"Digimon Emperor?" Stingmon looked at them in confusion. If this was the case, they should be attacking him and Ken instead of V-mon.

"Then your target should be me! I was the Digimon Emperor. You can take it out on me!" Ken looked down in shame. He closed his eyes resigning to his fate.

"Ken-chan!" Stingmon shouted in an attempt to stop him to only be hindered by another Monochromon. But it appeared that the Gotsumon did not budge.

"You are not Emperor Daisuke, the successor to the Key of Miracle. We have no business with you! Move aside while we finish the pest off. He can't evolve without him and we will take this chance and defeat him!"

"Emperor Daisuke?" Wallace blinked looking at V-mon's direction. V-mon was struggling before he tried to stand up before collapsing. Wallace then turned to Ken who would not budge. Ken did not understand what they were talking about but he could not let them hurt his friend's partner Digimon.

V-mon closed his eyes tight. He had a headache. He was trying his best to remember which era he was a partner Digimon with an emperor also named Daisuke and how he looked like. It was no good; he could only remember his current partner face.

"Move aside please!" Another voice was heard from a distance away as a Digimon, Megadramon was seen flying past them and creating a sandstorm as the Digimon landed heavily with a thud. A black cyborg Digimon appeared before them.

"Another one?" Wallace was getting worried. They were outnumbered and apparently the Digimon were not going to reason with them. Wallace and Ken stepped aback to get closer to V-mon with their back facing each other.

Ken recognized the black cyborg Digimon, the perfect form of the partner Digimon of his good friend, Cyberdramon. It could not be the same one considering they were in some weird world he did not think he, the legendary Tamer would be in but...

"Stop it, will you? It's definitely a misunderstanding. We came from another era." Another voice was heard and Ken turned to the direction where he spotted another silhouette of a human teenager and a bee-like Digimon. He seemed familiar to Ken.

"It couldn't be." Ken muttered in disbelief. It was the guy who was described with tanned skin, sparkling teeth, refreshing smile. A boy with refreshing energy. Did he come and help V-mon?

"Akiyama Ryo. Ryo-san." Ken blurted out.

"Ryo." V-mon teared up in relief when he saw him. Apparently, he still sees him as his partner even though Daisuke was his partner now.

"These human and the Digimon as you can see they are from another era. They are not the ones we are searching for. " A bee-like red Digimon who was with Ryo and Cyberdramon tried to explain.

"If the Warrior of Knowledge says so, we shall leave it as it is." The leader Gotsumon despite feeling reluctant had relented. He turned to his group and ordered them and Monochromon to leave.

"Yo!" The tall teenage boy walk past Ken and Wallace and picked the blue dragon Digimon up. Ryo could see that V-mon was hurt quite badly. He was rather annoyed by the hostile Digimon of this world or rather this era. Yet, it was because of the tyrant Emperor, things were led to this.

"I'm sorry, V-mon, I came so late." Ryo apologized to his former partner Digimon. "Are you okay?"

"Don't worry, Ryo, I'll be fine." Ryo placed V-mon to the ground and helped him up.

"Yo, everyone!" Ryo greeted. "Ken-kun! You had grown taller again." He went on to ruffle the hair of Ken when he was interrupted by a blonde boy.

"Thanks for the help earlier."

Ryo was taken aback when he saw the boy beside him. Even though he was blonde, he resembled someone he knew in his own world and Ryo was even more surprised to see Gargomon which reverted to Terriermon appeared from the back of his ankle.

"Jen?" He called out. Wallace was caught by surprise.

"Jen?" He tilted his head in confusion. "My name is Wallace, nice to meet you." Wallace offered his hand to Ryo for a handshake.

Ryo nodded in understanding. "That's right. He's not Jen." Ryo recalled a certain friend he lost touch with a few years ago.

"Ryo. Akiyama Ryo." Ryo took his hand with a wide smile. Wallace had wanted to ask for more information but was stopped by a familiar voice which he could not point out where he had heard the voice before.

"Another sandstorm is coming up. It's not safe to be here. Everyone, let's go." The red bee-like Digimon with a symbol which resembled the Crest of Knowledge on his head advised.

"Who are you?" Wormmon asked finding the voice of the Digimon familiar.

"Warrior of Knowledge, Flybeemon!" He said that with "cool pose" by pointing his finger to the sky.

"I'll explain to you guys later. Let's go." Ryo informed the boys while he picked up the wounded V-mon on his arms.

"Cyberdramon!" He ordered his partner to give them a ride to an ancient underground waterway where Flybeemon led them to a large room.

It was the place he and his partner were staying.

"I'm home!" Flybeemon shouted hurrying to the kitchen as he smelt his dinner.

"Kanpyo-maki,here I come!"

"Don't mind me asking, where are we going?" Ken asked Ryo as they ran after the salivating Flybeemon after Cyberdramon reverted to his child form to fit inside the waterway.

"This is the home and the so-call base of his and his partner during the resistance against the Digimon Emperor." Ryo explained what he knew smiling apologetically.

"More importantly, I want you to get prepared psychologically when you meet her in person." Ryo grinned. Flybeemon opened the door abruptly.

"I told you to knock the door before you come in! How many times must I tell you?" A familiar female voice was heard nagging at the bee.

Ken and Wallace widened their eyes at the sight of the teenage girl in kimono who was preparing food upon arriving at the door of the kitchen.

"Miyako!"

"Miyako-san?" The boys called out in unison while the girl and Flybeemon blinked in confusion.