Chapter IX: Spies and Hackers

TK Takaishi

"Just what are we looking for anyway?" Patomon asked as I looked at the vast amount of buttons on the wall trying to figure out where to start to look for Mr. Masters. All that I knew was that Masters had access to the digital world and allied with Oikawa.

The two were plotting something but what and when I didn't know and that was what I was looking for.

"Anything that can connect Master to the Digital World," I told him spying button marked 'Lab' but before I could press it the doors opened and revealed the very person I was looking for.

"Well, it appears I have a spy," he said as went to grab me but I ran out-of-the-way. "You really think you can escape me," he asked as he disappeared from sight.

"How did he do that?" Patomon asked me curiously but before I could answer something grabbed me.

"That my boy is a secret," Vlad's voice said as I looked behind me and saw him glaring at me. "I have an interview to go to, but you're coming along so you can't spy on me," he said walking up to the controls and pressing a button.

"What are we going to do?" Patomon whispered to me as I kept my eye on Masters. Little did Vlad know that he was going to be able to do anything with my father watching and it would give me a chance to learn more about this guy and his connections?

"Right now, nothing, Vlad's cornered himself and doesn't know it. We play along but if anything seems fishy we contact Davis for backup and stop whatever he has planned," I replied looking at our 'captor' who smiled at his 'victory.'

Clockwork

I smiled as I watched events play out on my mirror; these Digi-Destined are clever kids and much like Danny are very apt at getting out of tight spots.

One of them however, Ken, interests me the most. His ability and resolve to conquer the darkness within him sets him from his peers. Some of his allies still have elements of mistrust about him, though they hide it well and if not for their leader Davis would not have been so welcoming back.

My meditation on this didn't last long as I heard the familiar voice of the Observants scream, "Clockwork!"

"What is it this time?" I asked them turning to face them, "Don't you have better things to do than pester me?" I said frowning at them.

"You know why we're here Clockwork," one of them said pointing to my mirror, "the ghost girl has been thrown into the digital world and...," he continued before I stopped him.

"I said she should learn of the Digital World. I didn't say how she would learn," I tell them slyly.

"Experience is the best teacher of all," I explain to them as sigh, "Why don't you go back to your temple and don't worry," I tell them as they glare at me and disappear leaving me shaking my head at their fatalism.

Yukio Oikawa

"What is taking those Digidunces so long?" I fumed looking out the window. This wouldn't have happened if that wretched boy had left the Digital World alone. I have no doubt the brats are already planning to stop me as they did so many times before, "unless," I said to myself as a plan formed in my head.

I walked over to Vlad's computer, "Computer," I shouted as a holographic image of a woman in a blue jumpsuit appeared before me.

"Yes, hon..., hey you're not Vladdie, alert! Alert! Intruder in the lab," it began to say but I had come prepared for this.

"That's no way to talk to a friend," I told her taking a small remote control device and hooking up to the main frame. "Now let's try this again," I said pressing a button shutting off the alarm and all other security measures.

"Please state query," the woman said as I smiled, I knew that invention I stole from Ken's father years ago would pay off.

"I want you to tell me where those Digi-Destined are and any recent digital activity," I told it as the computer told me to wait a moment while it processed the request.

"I have located one Takeru Takaishi in the building, my sensors indicate that my Vladdie pie has him in his custody," the computer said as I made a face at her 'affection' towards masters. "All other 'Digi-Destined' are out of my range but a digital signal was picked up before Skulker vanished," she said as I took in this information.

"Thank you, you have been most helpful," I said as I severed the link and placed my hacking device in my pocket again. It is clear that they escaped into Digital World; I only hope that the ghost girl doesn't find them and alert them to my plans.

Davis

"Is everyone okay?" Izzy asked as we came too, "sorry for the rough ride it was the only way to do lose that Skulker creep," he said as he helped us and we found ourselves in the Digital World but something was different about it.

The landscape was covered in the same green slime we had found earlier. It almost looked like an infection had contaminated the place. "What is causing this mess?" Yolei asked concerned as we saw some commotion coming from Primary Village. "We better see what's going on," she said as we followed them to the village.

When we entered the town we say that a group of Digimon had captured a young girl, no older than tweleve years old. She had green eyes and white hair. She was bound in Digiropes from her mouth to her feet and being lead away to a building.

"They're going to hold a trial," Chibomon exclaimed noticing they were heading to an ornate building. "We better see what's going on," he said as we followed the crowd into the building.

"Put her in the cage," Elecmon said as the brought out a glowing cage opened it and shoved the girl inside with a thud. "Now you stand charged with crime of polluting our world with your green slime, how do you plead?" he asked the girl turning to her.

"MMMMMM," she mumbled as Elecmon nodded at her.

"I see," he said turning back to the crowd of digimon, "this girl has corrupted our world with her slime, we have seen the proof with our own eyes, how should we find her," the digimon asked his peers.

I studied the girl closely, she seemed familiar but she wasn't a digi-destinied. "Is it just me or does this girl seem familiar," I asked ken who looked at the girl.

"If she wasn't tied up we could get a better look at her and determine who she is," he replied before listening to what the other Digimon had to say.

"We find her guilty and as punishment we recommend that she thrown into the Dark Ocean where she belongs," Gazimon said as we gasped in horror at the verdict.

"MMMMMMM," she pleaded as her eyes grew wide at her fate.

"You're lucky it takes awhile to prepare the portal," Elecmon said as the cage began to glow, "so you will be placed below the building until it's time for sentence to be executed.

"MMMMMMM," she screamed in panicked before the cage vanished .

"Come on," I told my friends, "we have to save her," I said as they looked each other confused.

"Are you sure about this, after all she is a criminal?" Wormmon asked nervously as I turned to face that.

"We don't know that, If she's innocent, we can't let her be thrown into Dark Ocean," I told them as they thought for a second and followed me the dungeon.

Vlad

It seems that Nicolai's warning about Daniel having allies in this infernal country. I discovered a little blonde haired child in my elevator no doubt trying to find out what happened to Danielle but this time there will be no one to help him out.

"What are going to do to me?" the child asked as I pressed the button to go to my office where the interview was going to be conducted. "You know creepy, when my friends find out…," he shouted until I started laughing. "What?" he asked me confused.

"That was funniest joke I had ever heard," I told him, "Daniel is 14,000 miles away in the United States and as for Danielle- let us just say that she is lost her way," I said chuckling as he stared at me. "Oh, but don't worry you'll be joining her soon," I said as the elevator beeped and the door opened revealing a man who looked eerily similar to the boy.

"Mr. Masters I…," he began to say reaching out his hand until he saw the child, "TK, what did I tell you about wondering off in strange places," he asked the boy sternly as I looked down at him. "I apologize for this Mr. Masters, my son can be a handful at times," he said as I snapped back to the present.

"He's your son?" I asked confused- Rancid Butter Cookies, this ruins my plans. I can't dispose of this meddler now or else the father might get suspicious.

"Yes, once again I'm sorry, he should know better," he said as the kid smiled tauntingly at me like Daniel has so many times. I needed to turn this conversation around.

"That's okay," I lied through my teeth, "The little scamp was just looking for the rest room," I told him as the man looked at his son who smiled at him. "It was an innocent accident, no harm no foul as we say in America," I said chuckling walking towards the door. "Come let's go inside, I'm sure you are eager to start this interview," I tell him as we walk inside the room.

Yolei Inoue

"I'm not really sure we should be doing this?" I warned Davis as we walked down the steps to the dungeon. He seemed adamant on saving this girl we knew nothing about. "For all we know Oikawa could have sent her," I explained as I made a face as new thought entered my mind. "Or that Masters creep," I said sticking my tongue out at the name of that guy.

There was something about him that made me cringe; he was as slimy as Yukio only with money and power. This man could probably, with a wave of his wallet, could circumvent any law giving him free reign to do as he pleases.

"I don't think so; did you see the terror in her eyes when Gazimon said she would be thrown into Dark Sea? If she was sent by either of those two, you'd think they tell her to stay away from Primary Village," he explained to us. "We have to give her the benefit of t…," he said until stopped midsentence pointing to a corner.

Izzy looked out, "there are a couple Digimon guarding her," he said cautiously, "I think I can make the alarm trip to distract them," he said taking out his laptop.

"Wouldn't that bring more guards?" Ken asked worriedly as Izzy shook his head assumingly.

"I can have it be triggered elsewhere," he said typing something onto the keyboard, "When the alarm sounds we run," he said as we nodded. "Okay…three…two…one…now!" he said as he activated the alarm.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" one of the guards asked as they got up and left allowing us to continue searching for the girl.

Danyal Masters

"So why did you come to Japan," the man asked father as I remained invisible in the shadows. I had no time to deal with these fools, not with Danielle being here. No doubt Daniel and his friends are closeby threatening father's brilliant plans.

"I think I better see what our friends are doing," I said as I phased through the floor and made my way to the lab. I could see Mr. Oikawa typing something on the computer. On the screen was a feed of the streets outside where his two cronies were at.

"What do you mean you can't find him," Oikawa snapped at his one minions, the one called Mummymon, "we have to find him before those Digi-Brats weasel some information from him," he told him tapping his foot on the ground impatiently.

"I better find him first," I said as I phased out the roomto find the wayward hunter myself.