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Mako was tired. He was breathing heavily as he looked at his cut hands as well as he could in the dark. They were sore and scabbed, and he didn't have the energy to yell anymore. As he closed his eyes, he heard a soft laugh. He opened them again and stood up. He looked around but could see nothing. The laugh became louder and it was all around him.

"Have you given up trying the inevitable?" The voice surrounded him as if it was everywhere. "You are trapped here…with me. There is no escape."

"Who are you?" he asked, not yelling.

"Why should it matter? Your friends can't help you. Your digimon can't help you. And no one else is here, but me."

Tip…tap…tip…tap

Mako could hear it come, but as it came closer he could feel the evil presence that was driving his adrenaline up. He backed against the door, his heart thumping rapidly.

"Leave me alone! What do you want with me?!" he screamed.

Tip…

"I want…

Tap…

"…what you already…

Tip…

"…have."

Tap…

"Stay away from me!"

Tip…

"Who are you?!"

Tap…

"I…

Tip…

"…am…

Tap.

"…you."

Mako's eyes widened. "What?"

A pale hand with sharp nails suddenly grabbed Mako's shirt collar and hoisted him up. Mako struggled to keep his eyes opened and then the light shone brighter. What Mako saw made him scream in terror.

Mako's own face looked at him and grinned evilly. The only difference was that this one had pale skin, cuts all across its face, and his eyes were wild and dilated.

"What's wrong, Mako? I thought you would enjoy the thought of…another you."

Its nails dug into Mako's neck, as he kept trying to gasp for air. His other self was the last thing he saw before he blacked out into darkness.

Chapter 10:

A Darker Evil!

Takato grimaced as the rope dug into his arms as he tried to move them. However, nothing was working and he couldn't get anyone on his group free. The other two groups that were tied were nearby, but everything was in darkness except the places where flame torches were.

"Don't strain yourself, Takato," Henry said behind him. "Let's just see what happens."

Takato nodded and then he saw BlackGatomon and the two BlackRenamon come up to them. They each grabbed a group and took them towards the main chamber.

"Do not say anything to my master unless he asks you to. If you do, then you will be severely punished," BlackGatomon said.

They put the tied tamers and digimon in front of a throne of skulls, then BlackGatomon and the two BlackRenamon went on one knee.

"We have brought them to you, master. I did not fail you."

"Thank you, BlackGatomon. And of course the help you've had. This will be a remarkable victory for all virus types, except for one." Red eyes glowed out at Impmon, who stared right back.You, a virus type, have sided with humans and other digimon. I cannot let this pass by without punishment."

Impmon spit at him and said, "Do what you want. I've faced death more times than I can count, so I'm not afraid of you."

"I see," the digimon said. "Then I'll make sure you suffer greatly. BlackGatomon, do you have the devices?"

"Yes, sire." She handed a bronze claw the bag with the tamer's D-Arcs in it. Another bronze claw tipped the brown bag over as all of the D-Arcs spilled into his hand.

"Well done."

"What do you want with us?" Takato asked.

"Silence, you fool," BlackGatomon hissed.

"No. Let the human speak."

Takato regained his posture and said, "Why are we here and why did you take Mako and our digimon hostage?"

"Mako? You mean the dark human…he was a necessary capture. You see, he will help us in our reign. If his partner shared the same outlook, he would be joining him."

"Mako's helping them?" Henry whispered in disbelief.

"No! He wouldn't do that!" Takato said.

The digimon chuckled. "I never said he was helping willingly. But it's nice to see how you quickly betray your own kind. This will make things easier. As for your digimon, we didn't want any interruptions. It was only necessary to do so. But…I should let them come back into consciousness so they can see what their fate is."

A bronze claw rose up as the glass cubes with the digimon in them came down to the ground. Once they landed, BlackGatomon and the BlackRenamon moved closer to the throne, and then the glass melted away. The digimon groaned and opened their eyes from a long sleep.

"Guilmon!" Takato yelled, trying not to let his eyes water.

The red dinosaur digimon looked and saw his tamer tied with everyone else.

"Takato!" he exclaimed as he ran over to his tamer.

"Hey Henry!" Terriermon said, looking up at Henry.

"Terriermon…" he said.

"Hey, Renamon," Rika said, looking up at her partner.

"Rika, it's so good to see you again," she said. "Hold still."

Renamon cut the ropes off of everyone, letting them free and able to stand.

"Gaurdramon, it's great to see you," Kazu said.

"You too," he replied.

MarineAngemon hugged Kenta's shoulder as Kenta said, "Hey buddy. I missed you too."

"Hey Ryo," Monodramon said. "Been a while."

"Yea, it has."

Everyone looked at the throne where the red eyes were still seen. No one was sure what to do. They were free, but didn't have their D-Arcs.

"Such a lovely reunion," the digimon mocked. "Too bad it won't last long."

"Why do you want to control both worlds?" Henry asked. "What did anyone do to you?"

"I have my own reasons for controlling the two worlds, and why should I explain myself to you? I have everything set for play. I hold the strings and you are merely puppets to me." He looked at the D-Arcs in his one hand. "But there are still things that need to be done to make sure you don't interrupt." The digimon clamped his hand shut, destroying the D-Arcs.

Everyone was shocked. Their D-Arcs, the only way their digimon could evolve, were gone.

"What do we do now?" Rika said quietly.

"I'm not sure, but somehow we have to stop this," Takato said. "First, though, we have to get Mako and get out of here."

Mako opened his eyes. He was in complete darkness, but he could still feel the wooden door. He sat up and leaned against the door, but caught himself when it suddenly creaked opened. He couldn't feel the evil presence anymore, so whatever was in with him that looked like him was now loose in the Digital World.