"A Clue From the Digi-Past part 1"

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Flying through the night sky, Bellemon eventually found an island she deemed far enough away from Infinity Mountain and she flew down towards it with Davey and Veemon in her arms.

Reaching the forest floor, she landed on her boot clad feet before setting her two partners down and was covered in a yellow light, returning to her Rookie form.

"Oh, that takes a lot out of you." Catmon sighed as she fell down onto all fours.

"You okay?" Veemon asked her as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I will be. I just wish we had some food." Catmon said as she sat down.

Opening her bag, Davey pulled out her clothing and started getting dressed, her ears and tail on display because of her raging emotions of what had happened that night.

As she continued to search through her bag, Davey was stunned to find she still had some candy and two apples left over.

"Well, I have some food, but it's not much." Davey said as she pulled the bag of fruity candies and the apples out to show off to the Digimon.

"It's better than nothing. How are you feeling?" Veemon asked her.

Face scrunched up in an upset expression, Davey shook her head.

"I don't know. Everything that happened was so weird. But at least now we sorta know why we're here thanks to Devimon. We're supposed to stop him from trying to destroy the world." Davey said.

Despite the fact that she now had this information, the girl was still not happy and was very aggitated.

Because she was a feral, she knew that it would be her destiny to one day get involved in battles and would spend the rest of her life fighting.

"What's wrong? Why do you look so upset?" Catmon asked as she frowned sadly at the girl.

"I just... I always knew that one day I would have to fight against terrible people like Devimon. After all, I am a mutant and I'm supposed to join the X-Men when I get older, but I never thought I would get dragged into a battle to save people so soon." Davey told them.

"The X-Men? Who're they?" Veemon asked.

"The X-Men are a group of mutants who are trained to protect people. My Granny was a part of the first team of X-Men and my Daddy was a part of the second team. Me and my sister are supposed to join the new team when we get older." Davey explained.

The two Digimon stared at the girl, feeling slightly awed as they heard her talk about these people.

"That sounds amazing, but also like a lot to live up to." Catmon commented.

Chuckling at that, Davey gave her partners a small smile, her pink eyes filled with an overwhelming amount of emotions.

"It is, but I can't wait for it. I like the fact that I'm going to be able to help people who really need it. And that I'll be a teacher at the Xavier School to help younger mutants learn how to control their powers and become great people." Davey smiled, feeling more confident in herself.

When she was younger, she had been excited to join the X-Men because she wanted to be a superhero like the adults who went out on missions to protect people and put away the bad guys.

After she was older and her training had began, the duties of the X-Men were fully explained to her and it made her feel nervous, but it also made her happy that she would have a great purpose in life.

"I think you'll do fine. After all, your heart is in the right place." Veemon smiled, having full confidence in his partner.

"Thanks." Davey smiled at him.

She didn't know how it was possible, but whenever she spoke with her Digimon partners, she felt so much better about herself than she originally did.

It was like they instilled confidence in her and she loved having two people, who weren't a part of her family, whom she could truely trust.

Looking up at the sky, Catmon noted that the moon was a bit lower than it had been before and knew that it was way after midnight.

"It's late. We should get back to sleep. We'll start looking for the others in the morning." The feline said.

Walking over to a large tree, Davey then set her bag down and rested her head on it while Veemon laid down on her left and Catmon curled up on her right, trying to keep her safe and warm through the night.

(Morning...)

Waking up, the trio had gone off searching for food and had come across a lake which Davey was quick to jump into so she could properly bathe and washed her clothes.

Veemon had kept his back turned the entire time and kept an eye out to see if anyone was approaching them while the females were busy.

Once her clothing had dried off enough that they weren't uncomfortable to wear, Davey got dressed and allowed her hair to air dry as she continued walking off around the tropical forest with Catmon and Veemon.

"There has to be some food to eat around here somewhere." Davey said as she glanced around.

"There should be a berry bush around here. I can smell one." Veemon informed as he sniffed at the air.

He was, once again, carrying Catmon on his back since she had complained about her paws being sore.

One of these days, he would build up the courage needed to say no to her.

"Oh, look, there they are!" Catmon exclaimed as she pointed over to a large bush ahead of them.

The bush had plump, dark purple colored berries in them and the trio raced over to it.

"These look like blackberries." Davey said as she plucked a berry from the bush.

"Wait, you shouldn't just eat it. We don't know if they're safe." Catmon protested as she hopped down from Veemon's back.

"Even if they're not, it won't matter to me." Davey said.

"Uh, what do you mean by that?" Veemon frowned in confusion.

"It's a part of my powers. My cells heal my body from anything that makes me sick. Even if these berries are poisonous, they won't kill me because my cells will just burn out the poison." Davey explained.

Jun had found a berry bush while the Motomiya family went camping with Wolverine once before and she had eaten the entire bush before their grandmother had told them they were poisonous.

The berries had made Jun feel queasy, a sign that they weren't safe for human consumption, but her cells had eliminated the poison and she had been perfectly healthy afterwards.

"I still don't think you should eat those berries." Catmon said.

"Yeah, we'll fine something else. Maybe there's an apple tree or something. We just have to keep looking." Veemon insisted.

Ignoring what her partners were telling her, Davey popped the berry in her mouth which made the Digimon duo cry out in worry.

Chewing the fruit carefully, Davey tasted the sweet juice and then swallowed, waiting to see if she would feel that queasy sensation in her stomach that would signal the berries were no good.

When nothing happened, the catgirl smiled as she started to eat some more.

"It's okay, guys, they're safe to eat." She told them.

Sighing in relief, Veemon and Catmon shared a look before they then started plucking the berries off the twigs, eating until they were full.

Just then, their breakfast was interupted by Davey's Digivice beeping which made the mutant and two Digimon stop their eating as they stared down at the device that was clipped onto the waistband of the pink pants.

"Now what's going on?" Veemon asked.

"I don't know." Davey licked the juice off her fingers.

Once her hands were clean, Davey picked up the Digivice and checked it to see three dots were flashing on the screen.

"What are those dots?" Catmon asked as she and Veemon looked down at the screen.

Being reminded of the tracking devices that the X-Men had, Davey then thought over the way the Digivice worked as she stared down at the dots, noticing that one was getting closer to the dot that was furthest away.

"I think these might be the signals of the others. This dot here must be us, and these two are some of our friends who are close by." Davey theorized.

"Wow, so this thing can track down the signals of the other Digivices. That's cool and really helpful, too." Veemon commented.

"Then let's follow the signals before they get too far away." Catmon insisted.

"Right." Davey nodded.

Moving her device around, she checked to see which direction the signals were coming from.

When she turned a certain way and heard the Digivice beeping louder, she knew that her friends were in that direction.

"There, the signal is stronger this way. Let's get going." Davey said as she started running off.

Veemon and Catmon were quick to chase after the girl, following her as she read the signal on the Digivice that continued to beep with each step she took.

They continued running off through the forest, following the signals before they then came to the end of the forest and were soon staring at the ruins of an old, abandoned temple.

"Whoa, what's that?" Davey gasped.

"They're ruins." Catmon said.

"I've never seen anything like that before." Veemon commented.

Hearing her Digivice beeping even louder than it had before, Davey looked down at it to see that her red dot had overlaped the other two.

"It looks like the others are in there. Let's go." Davey said as she willed her appearance to return to the human one that her friends were used to seeing.

With that done, she and her partners walked into the ruins and gazed inside curiously, finding Tentomon, Palmon, Mimi and Izzy (who was sitting on the ground with his laptop out) inside.

"Hey guys!" Davey greeted.

Jumping in surprise, the group, except for Izzy, all turned to see the trio standing in the entrance to the building.

"Catmon!" Palmon smiled.

"Veemon!" Tentomon greeted.

"And Davey. How did you guys find us?" Mimi smiled brightly as she ran over to the group along with the other two Digimon.

"Davey used her Digivice to track you guys down." Catmon explained.

That news make Izzy's back go straight as he turned to glance over his shoulder at the group.

"Digivice?" Mimi questioned.

"Yeah. Leomon told us last night that these devices that fell from the sky were called Digivices." Davey said.

She then held it up for Mimi to look down at it.

"You see these three red dots on the screen? That's us. I used it to find you guys." The girl explained.

"Wow, we sure were lucky that all of us landed so close to each other." Palmon commented.

"Sadly, we don't know if the others were so fortunate." Tentomon buzzed.

Hearing this made Davey frown in worry as she thought about TK.

He had Patamon with him, but the little guy was the weakest Digimon in the group and he couldn't even fight very well.

Hopefully, Patamon would be able to Digivolve to protect TK if they weren't with any of the other older kids.

"We should go out there and try to look for the others, though. I just hope we can find a proper way off this island." Catmon frowned.

"I just want to find something to eat. I'm starving." Mimi whined.

"There are some berry bushes around. We can go eat those." Veemon suggested.

Glancing over to where Izzy was sitting, Davey frowned when she saw that the redhead was more focussed on typing away on his computer as he studied the cracked walls that had strange numbers and letters on them.

"Izzy, what are you doing?" Davey asked as she walked over to the 10 year old boy.

"I'm trying to decipher these inscriptions." Izzy explained as he stared at his screen.

"Why?" She asked, drawing out the word.

"Because they're just like the ones I found in that factory. If I can translate them and figure out what they say, then maybe I can learn more about this world." Izzy informed.

A frown was set on Davey's face and she could also sense the irritation that Mimi was feeling as the brunette glared at Izzy's back.

"That sounds great and all, but don't cha think it'd be a better idea to try and find the rest of our friends?" Veemon questioned.

"Oh, I've already tried having this conversation with him before." Tentomon sighed.

That caused Veemon to frown in confusion before he then looked over at Catmon, who also appeared to be uncertain of what the redhead was thinking.

"How long has he been like that?" Catmon asked Palmon.

"Ever since Mimi and I got here a few minutes ago." Palmon said.

Crossing her arms over her chest, Davey began to glare at Izzy's back and Mimi's hands were clenched into tight fists.

"All right, get up, Izzy." Mimi demanded.

"I'm sure the key to figuring everything out is in. The question is, does each glyph represent a letter or a word or a phrase? Hmm, I'll need to cross refference the characteristics." Izzy mused.

Everyone appeared stunned as they stared at the redhead, shocked that he was ignoring them and seemed more invested in translating the symbols on the walls.

Feeling a bit frisky, Davey stomped over to stand in front of the boy and placed her hands on the top of the laptop and pushed it down, closing it.

"Hey, what'd you do that for?" Izzy yelped.

"Because we have more important things to do than look at the stupid pictures on the wall. We need to find our friends." Davey reminded him.

"They're not pictures, they're hieroglyphs and I think it's important to decypher them so we can figure out why we're here." Izzy told her as he opened his laptop.

Fangs gritting together in annoyance, Davey's eyes began to flash pink and her claws started to grow out.

"In case you forgot, some creepy, evil soc-socio... Ugh, what's the word?" The girl frowned in thought.

"Sociopath?" Izzy supplied.

"Some evil sociopath is trying to hunt us down and kill us all! He tried to kill us last night before Bellemon and Leomon scared him away. We have to find the others and make sure they're okay." Davey cried.

"And perhaps the way to defeat Devimon is in these glyphs. Just give me a few minutes to translate them." Izzy said.

Appaled that she had been ignored, Davey's eyes then turned pink and her pupils took on an oval shape to them as her lips pulled back to reveal her fangs.

Mimi and the Digimon all noticed this transformation and were stunned, while Izzy was oblivious.

Racing over to their partner before she could lash out, Catmon and Veemon grabbed her arms and started escourting her away from Izzy.

"It's okay, Nia, there's no need to get mad." Catmon purred.

"Just keep calm. Don't get worked up. Izzy will be done soon and then we can go find everyone else. Breath, Nia, keep yourself relaxed. You're not breathing." Veemon frowned when he noitced the girl was still glaring.

"Nope." She stated.

They then made the girl sit down on the ground, hoping she would calm down soon or else her feral features would fully reveal themselves.

"Um, Davey, why are your eyes pink? I mean, they look really pretty, but still." Mimi said as she stared down at the girl.

Shocked that someone had seen this, the mutant and her two partners turned to look up at Mimi who was staring down at them curiously.

"They're, um, contacts." Davey stuttered to find an excuse.

"But why are you wearing them?" Mimi asked.

"Because I thought people would think my pink eyes were weird?" Davey winced as her sentence gave out as more of a question than an explanation.

Thankfully for her, Mimi was quite innocent minded and naive.

Smiling in acceptance of what she was told, Mimi sat down beside the younger girl.

"That's too bad. I like your eyes the way they are. They look so pretty and really go with your hair." The 10 year old girl chirped.

"Uh, thanks, Mimi." Davey gave a nervous smile.

Breathing out a sigh of relief, Davey allowed her eyes to remain the topaz pink color they naturally were and focussed on keeping her ears and tail hidden.

(One hour later...)

Izzy was still working on his laptop while the others all sat on the ground, impatiently waiting for the boy to finish his work that he promised wouldn't take too long.

"Izzy, any idea how long this is going to take? I mean, can we go some time before winter sets in? Izzy?" Mimi called.

"Izzy, your friend is asking you a question." Tentomon told him.

"Yeah, and her rear end is getting cold sitting on this hard floor doing nothing." Mmi complained.

"Oh, so dying of boredom counts as nothing? Good to know." Davey muttered.

"Oh, wait, wait! Yeah, yeah. That might work." Izzy exclaimed as he started typing something new onto his laptop.

Groaning in annoyance, Mimi then shot to her feet which caught the attention of Davey and the four Digimon who all stared at her.

"Uh oh, Izzy!" Tentomon tried to warn.

"Are you ignoring me, you computer geek, pipsqueak?" Mimi demanded.

"Okay, so if I make the variable constant and search for the vowl patterns..." Izzy muttered to himself.

As he did so, Mimi started growling in anger as her face turned red in her anger.

"Hey, here's something!" Izzy said as his computer made a tinging noise.

His screen then turned black and revealed strange shapes on them, taking on the pattern of a laberynth.

"Prodigeous, these ruins are a gigantic maze!" Izzy grinned.

Tears then filled Mimi's eyes as she finally had enough of dealing with Izzy being so insensitive as he ignored everyone.

"I'm leaving right now!" She yelled.

Just then, she burst into tears and started sobbing loudly which caught the attention of Izzy who finally turned around to look back at the girl, confused about why she acting that way.

"Oh, don't cry, Mimi." Tentomon tried to comfort her.

Standing up, Davey then placed a comforting hand on Mimi's arm.

"Calm down, we don't have to stay here anymore. We'll leave really soon." The girl told her.

Palmon then started crying as well which made everyone feel lost as they wondered what to do.

"Oh, Palmon, please don't cry." Catmon begged as she stared at her friend sadly.

"Calm down, everything's going to be okay." Veemon said as he placed his hands on Palmon's shoulders.

"Oh no, not you too! Izzy, do something." Tentomon begged as he turned to look at his partner.

"Do what? My laptop can't do everything." Izzy said.

That made Davey turn to glare at Izzy and the boy flinched back at the anger he saw in those glowing pink eyes.

"I don't know! Tell her you're sorry!" Tentomon told him.

"Sorry? For what?" Izzy asked.

"How about for being a stupid jerk for one thing?" Davey yowled at him.

"I can't take it anymore! I haven't had anything to eat and my feet are killing me and a giant lemon custard tried to kiss me and all I wanna do is get out of here!" Mimi yelled.

"I wanna leave, is that so wrong?" Palmon cried.

"Take it easy, Mimi, we're going to leave. And we'll find some food, too. Now calm down or else you'll have a hard tiem breathing." Davey said as she continued trying to comfort the older girl.

She felt like she was channeling a bit of Beast with the way she was speaking and caring for someone else.

Running over to stand on Izzy's side, Palmon then looked at him sadly and gave him a begging expression.

"Honestly, Izzy, how can you be so insensitive?" She asked him.

"Insesitive? What do you mean?" Izzy asked looking lost.

"You ignore us while you poke away at your computer." Palmon told him.

"I'm not ignoring you." Izzy protested.

"Yes, you are!" Veemon and Catmon snapped.

They were ignore dby the redhead though and that made the duo bristle in annoyance, fully understanding why Mimi and Palmon had burst into tears while Davey looked close to attacking someone.

"I'm doing something ultra important, like, maybe saving this world. If I can just decypher these hieroglyphs then maybe we can-" Izzy was cut off.

"Just keep your stupid hieroglyphics!" Mimi shouted.

Turning, she then ran off into the maze, tears running down her red face while everyone stared after her.

"No, Mimi, don't run away!" Davey cried as she chased after her.

"Mimi, wait! Oh, dear." Tentomon sighed.

"Nia, wait for us!" Veemon called as he ran after the two girls.

"You just play on your computer, that's all." Palmon said as Tentomon flew after Veemon.

"You think I'm just playing around here?" Izzy asked Palmon as Catmon walked over to comfort the crying female.

"I almost think you like computers more than people!" Palmon sobbed.

"Palmon, please calm down. Just stop crying." Catmon purred.

Frowning at how hysterical the female Digimon was, Izzy looked behind him to check on the others, but gasped when he found them gone.

"Don't look now, but Mimi, Davey, Tentomon and Veemon are gone." Izzy said.

Hearing this, Palmon stopped crying and sobered up quickly while Catmon gasped in worry.

"Now what do we do?" Palmon asked.

"We have to find them. Who knows what could hiding in this maze." Catmon exclaimed.

To be continued...