Kidnapped-------Chapter 11

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Takato stared at the deep red that filled the sky, and the twisting black wisps that seeped from the portal toward the ground. He heard sirens, and people screaming…but he could not hear a dog bark or a bird chirp anywhere. The animals had vanished. Belatedly, he realized that that was never a good sign. Never. Was the world coming to an end so quickly? Shivering, and still feeling like he had just escaped death, he looked weakly up at the concern on Yakihiro's face. "Please," he said urgently. "I need to know everything. We all do."

Yakihiro nodded slowly, and a shiver went through him. "It's very simple," he said blandly, "and yet it is anything but. The world is coming to and end, and I am doing everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen. Everyone is against me, even my own brother, but it doesn't matter. I could not explain myself, because I faced the danger that the enemy would find a way to stop me." He sighed and turned to Midias, a condescending look in his eyes. "You were more foolish than I would have thought possible, especially for someone who has the ability to read minds. You may have destroyed our chance of survival."

Midias simply glared at him, then looked toward the black-haired youth that still sat crouched on the ground, gripping his stomach. He didn't say anything, and he refused to look in Takato's direction.

Slowly, Takato pulled himself off the table onto his feet, aware of Guilmon supporting him. He looked around at everyone. "Who are you, and what's going on, exactly?" he asked. Although he was annoyed, he did not sound harsh. He simply asked. He didn't have the energy to put an edge to his voice, no matter how he felt.

"I'm Takuya," the brown-haired one said, attempting a grin. But his face slipped back into a serious expression. "These are my partners, Burning Greymon," he pointed to the fox-like digimon with wings next to him, "and Agunimon," he pointed to the one in the cage. "That over there is Kouji, my friend, and his partner Lobomon." Takuya pointed to the wolf-like digimon that stood protectively next to Kouji, who still sat on the ground, his face hidden from view.

"And what about the experiment? The portal? Everything?" Takto placed a hand on his head. He was sweating, and he felt like invisible needles were repeatedly stabbing into his brain over and over.

"The portal was opened by…" Kouji stood up suddenly, clenching his teeth. There was a dangerously scary expression in his eyes. "…by Lucemon, through my brother. Lucemon will destroy the whole world. He's destroyed both digital worlds in creating the portal, and sent digimon through it to weaken them. All digimon who went through the portal will never be as strong as they once were. Never. And they will never be a threat to him again." He clenched his hands into fists, glaring at the air. "And now he's using my brother again. I can feel it." He lapsed into angry silence, fearing to say anything else lest it be riddled with unpleasantly flavored words not meant for children's ears.

"The experiment was my idea," Yakihiro said finally. "I employed the help of poachers and ninjas to help me capture the stranded and changed digimon, and created a collar that would tap into what digital energy they had left. Using a formula that required exactly the right amount of digimon and the right amount of electrical power, I tried to restore the digimon to what they were." He glanced at Midias momentarily. "But I failed. Someone made sure of that."

Midias winced, but said nothing. He was glaring at the floor, sweating as much as Takato was, and looked even more agitated than Kouji did.

"But when you got kidnapped as well," Yakihiro sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I didn't know what to do with you. I didn't want to hurt you, and I didn't want to let you go because you would tell the police that I was dealing with poachers or something. So I had to keep you. Then I discovered that you were a Tamer, and…" he paused. "…I began to hope. If I could use your power as a Tamer to strengthen these other digimon, I might be successful at another attempt at the experiment. But that never happened. I would have despaired if your friend Guilmon hadn't come along when you called him. But since he is here, and he is not been through the portal…I think that there might be hope after all."

Takato blinked, letting everything sink in. It was…odd, to say the least. He knew everyone was telling the truth, and he could understand everyone's point of view…but…he was still angry. He didn't like to be used, and almost killed, for something he didn't understand. It would have been better if he had known ahead of time! Frowning, he sighed and absently patted Guilmon's head. "So what is it you expect or hope for me to do?" he asked slowly, fearing he already knew the answer.

"I hope…" Yakihiro replied just as slowly, "that you can fight Lucemon, you and your partner. Because you are the only one with the strength to even think about trying."

Takato gulped, glancing around the room at the caged Digimon. "And them? Why do you keep them caged up? They know the truth now, and they agree with you, I'm sure. They like this situation even less than we do! Their home was destroyed! And you can't expect them to sit back and let me try alone! They're digimon! They were born to fight!" Takato frowned. "You owe it to them to let them go!"

At this, a pained expression came over Yakihiro's face, and for the first time, Takato saw that the man was afraid. "I can't," he whispered. "They are all influenced by the portal, and they are under Lucemon's control, whether they know it or not. I know this for a fact, and not just a guess. I had many conversations with them before you came, and though sometimes I could not understand them, they all said the same thing. That I would be destroyed when their Master Lucemon comes." He shuddered and glared at the caged animals, JagerLowemon in particular. "But that didn't stop me. It never will. I'm not going to give up in saving my world because I'm afraid!"

There was a long silence, finally broken by a cough from Takuya. Everyone looked over at him. "Um, guys?" he said, trembling slightly. "I think now is a time to be worried."

Kouji turned his killer glare upon his friend. "Why?" he demanded.

Takuya pointed. Everyone looked.

Midias was engulfed in a blood-red light coming from the portal, and a twisted laugh filled the room. The laugh was coming from JagerLowemon's cage. "Fools!" the cat hissed. "All of you, fools! Do you think you can stop my Master? You will all become his pawns…or you will die!"

The light vanished, and Midias smirked faintly. His eyes had gone bright red, and his face pale. "Yes, Master," he whispered faintly. "I will kill them all." He whipped out hidden throwing knives to throw at his unsuspecting victims.


"So you're saying…that Yamaki was wrong?" Rika frowned, shivering at the red sky above her. She continued to walk beside Renamon, the two boys following behind her. Renamon had just gotten done explaining everything to them…the portal, Yamaki's twin's plan, Lucemon, and the mutated digimon. The whole thing was larger and scarier than she had thought possible, and she did not like that the two biggest villains from both digital worlds had joined forces to destroy her world. She shivered again, hoping that the D-Reaper would not find them before they got to…she frowned. "Where are we going?" she asked Renamon.

"To our hideout," Renamon whispered. After a pause, she added, "yes, Yamaki is wrong about his brother. But he will soon learn what is happening. Too late, but he will learn. Even Yamaki's brother cannot do anything. We alone can fight this evil." She led them to the hidden shrine where Takato used to hide Guilmon, and led them to the back of the building. She opened a secret door and pulled the three humans in after her.

"Kazu and Kenta," Henry said quickly, startled at the darkness. "And Jeri! What about them? And my sister! They aren't safe!"

Renamon said nothing, but kept walking in the darkness. The others were forced to follow her. Finally, she stopped, and they all ran into her. "Here," she said, opening another hidden door. She shoved the Tamers in, and closed the door after her.

Rika blinked in the light for a moment, and then looked around, startled. They were not alone.

There were dozens of digimon, all talking to each other in hushed voices, scattered throughout a secret underground lair. She looked up, and yet all she could discover was that is was built of concrete, had air and lighting, and was a safe zone for stranded digimon…digimon who had NOT gone through the portal. "How did…" her mouth gaped open as she turned to her partner. "How did you all get here?" she asked.

Renemon smiled faintly. "Guilmon," she said. A look from Rika asked her to explain. "Guilmon had been visiting your world several times to visit Takato, but had never told any of us about it. One day, things started to seem strange around the digital world, but we just dismissed it. That was when Guilmon started predicting the end of the world. Of course, not many believed him. These are the only digimon who did believe him. He led us through his secret gate to your world, to this hideout. And then he told us to lay low until we were called." She paused. "He was the first and only one to get called. And he has not come back. He did tell us, before he left, that you were in danger and that we needed to find you. And so, a few of us went out to do just that." She laughed faintly and sighed.

"Guilmon's turned out to be quite a leader," Rika observed. "You obviously trusted him."

"He's different than other digimon," Renamon reminded her partner. "He is the only Guilmon. The only one. And he has different abilities than other digimon do. I believe he can see some things before they happen, and we all believed that he would be able to get us to safety. He is still so innocent about most things, like a child, that he is not held by the laws of what we can or cannot do. He simply knew that we needed to come here, and someone a way was made for him. No one else can do that." She shook her head. "No one."

"That seems odd."

"It is…but Guilmon is still a child. A terribly strong fighter, but a child at heart. And he reflects the same innocence that is probably still in Takato."

Rika nodded vaguely. "Do all of you guys reflect the attributes of your tamers?"

Renamon chuckled softly. "Perhaps," she said. "Perhaps."

Suddenly a noise caught the human's attention. The secret door that Rika, Henry and Ryo had just entered through opened, and Kazu and Kenta were dumped through it. After them came a dark, winged digimon who looked like the kind you would never want to mess with. Ryo cried out in a yelp and ran at the digimon, throwing himself upon it and squeezing it in a hug. Any other sane person or digimon would have left the terrifying creature alone, but Ryo was the only special person able to get close enough and survive to tell about it.

"Cyberdramon!" Ryo screamed, trying to make it look like his tears were simply itchy eyes. "I never thought I'd see you again!"

Cyberdramon growled something unintelligible, but was resigned to let his Tamer hug him. It was the only sign he gave that he was pleased to see Ryo.

"What is going on here?" Kazu exclaimed, standing up and helping Kenta up as well. "I demand an explanation!" He stopped suddenly, and blinked as he realized where he was. "How…" he couldn't say anything else, so he let his jaw hand open a good several inches. Kenta did the same.

A few minutes later, two girls walked in through the door. Suzie was one of them, and she rushed instantly at Henry and demanded an explanation. The second was Jeri, and she was crying. After her came a large digimon that everyone knew and loved: Leomon. As soon as the large cat digimon had entered, Jeri threw herself upon him much the way Ryo had thrown himself upon his partner, and sobbed even harder. Leomon did his best to calm her down.

Henry watched everyone's joyous reunion, looking all over for Terriermon. But he could not see his partner anywhere. The others were here! Surely Terriermon must be also! But…he wasn't. Tears welled up in Henry's eyes, and he hugged Suzie without a word. Then he felt a hand of his shoulder.

"Hey," Rika said, smiling faintly at him. "Maybe I can make you feel better." She pulled him and his sister to the back of the room, where a few of the digimon were sleeping. She pointed to a white mass of digital fur. "I think he wont mind waking up to see you." She indicated a purple digimon next to the white one and told Suzie she should wake it up. Then she walked away, chuckling faintly.

Henry wasted no time. He poked the ball of fur sharply, hastily wiping the tears. "Terriermon!" he whispered. "Wake up!"

The digimon stirred, and a long ear extended upward, revealing a sleepy Terriermon underneath. "I'm sleeping," the digimon complained. "Come back tomorrow."

"Oh Terriermon!" Henry grabbed the little digimon and held him tight, tears slipping down his cheeks. "I never thought I'd see you again! I was so angry…so upset…"

Terriermon's eyes opened slowly, and a lazy smile crossed his cute face. "Momentai," he sighed. Then he closed his eyes and went back to sleep, satisfied to be reunited with his best friend.

Needless to say, everyone was joyfully and tearfully reunited with their digimon, even Kazu and Kenta. And for a few fleeting minutes, everyone forgot that the world was in danger. But those moments passed quickly.

"Everyone listen up!" Renamon said loudly. The whole underground fell silent, And Rika stood next to her partner and tried to look like she knew what was going on. She didn't though, so she let Renamon do the talking. "We cannot linger here," Renamon declared forcefully and urgently. "We must act! Lucemon has sent out the D-Reaper, and it is destroying cities and people wherever it goes! We must fight!"

The underground room filled with battle cries and shouts of agreement. Then everyone quieted again. They were waiting for instruction.

"We will separate into groups. Each group will be led by a Tamer and their partner. I will send each group to a different location to fight." Renamon began listing the groups, and when she was finished, she glanced around the room momentarily. "Is everyone ready?"

Another loud unanimous shout filled the room.

Renamon nodded. "Then let's go save the world."


Kouichi shivered uncontrollably, lying flat on his back in the middle of a blood-red prison. It was cold—cold as death. And he was completely alone.

"It's all my fault," Kouichi whispered, tears streaming down his cheeks. "I opened the stupid portal. And now this monster is using my body to destroy the world." He shivered again. "It's all my fault…"

Sobbing silently, he wished that he could just die, and that everything would just stop. But even with his death, he'd only help Lucemon more. There was nothing he could do without making things worse. Why oh why did he even have to be born?

Lucemon chuckled to himself, watching the figure trapped in the prison with a sickly amused expression. Kouichi's despair and desire for death only strengthened the D-Reaper to bestow more destruction on the Human World. And the worthless little human didn't even know it.

Still cackling, the evil lord walked to the entrance of the portal. A slight frown creased his features. That nuisance, that human called Yakihiro…he was supposed to be dead by now. Midias was under his control, wasn't he? So why wasn't that infuriating human dead yet? Lucemon called out angrily to JagerLowemon, his patience wearing thin.

"My Master," the cat digimon answered fearfully. "What do you wish?"

"Why isn't that human dead yet?" Lucemon hissed. "What's happening down there?"

"The human Midias is fighting the other ninja, my Lord. And there's something else…Kouji and Takuya are here. They have some of the mutated Legendary Warriors with them."

"I see. Very well, I will use those worthless Legendary Warriors to destroy their human partners." Lucemon bristled at the thought of the warriors who had defeated them. "No wait," he said quickly, and idea coming to him. "On second thought, I want to kill them myself."

"I will see that that is arranged, my Lord." JagerLowemon purred slightly. "Anything else?"

"Yes. Get yourself free and make sure that despicable human dies."

"Yes, my Lord."

Lucemon broke contact and sighed, glancing down at the world below him. "Ah yes, the glory of death and destruction. No more useless thoughts of bringing order to the world…I want to destroy it…destroy the world of those who defeated me, and then make myself a palace with both digital worlds. No one will ever defeat me again." He cackled again, delighting in the glory of his destruction.


Zoe stared at the fire in front of her...horrified at the sounds and smells of people burning to death. All this destruction... She shivered uncontrollably. What was going on? Why wouldn't anything make sense? Why couldn't she find the answers, no matter what she did? Not even the police had believed her at first when she called them, and now they were at a loss as to what they could possibly do! Who was causing all this death?

She had to do something. She just had to! Deliberately, she marched away from the pain and death, trying to keep herself calm, trying to keep from throwing up. But she just couldn't take it. A couple of steps further, and she completely lost all food in her stomach, her sides aching from the effort. And she didn't even have a tissue to wipe her mouth and nose.

"Having a little trouble?"

Zoe whirled around, startled to see Kouichi standing in front of her, a sick smile on his face. His eyes glowed red and empty, just like BurningGreymon had when Takuya couldn't control him. Startled, she took a step backwards. "Kouichi? What's wrong?" she asked. Something was wrong...terribly wrong...

"Oh, nothing. I just wanted to tell you that I hate you." He smirked at her, and even his smirk felt like a piercing glare. "I hate your guts and I want you dead. You're such a snob, and you always act so much better than the rest of us. You think I didn't notice how you always treated me differently? Well now I'm sick of it. I'm sick of you always thinking yourself better than me!" He stepped forward, a dangerous glint in his bloodshot red eyes. "And I'm going to kill you now, because I hate you."

"Kouichi!" Zoe burst into tears, backing away helplessly. She was so scared... "Why are you saying that? I never thought that! Please...Can't you see all the destruction around you? We have to stop it!"

"Stop it?" Kouichi laughed a cold, deadly laugh. "What are you talking about? I caused it! I did all this, because I hate you all! I hate everyone and I want you all to DIE!" He lifted his hand, and the ground beneath Zoe trembled. Fire streamed from the portal in the sky toward the helpless sobbing girl, and Kouichi's evil laugh echoed across the burning city.

But the fire never touched her. A flare of bright light startled her, and still petrified, she stared uselessly at a black dragon-like digimon who had stepped in the way of the fire. The digimon was terrifying, so much so that he looked like he could be an evil digimon. But he was rescuing her?

"Alright, D-Reaper!" A young man's voice yelled above the roar of the flames. "You caused enough destruction! Prepare to die!"

A flash of fire, and a dark swirling force merged together, and light temporarily blinded Zoe. When she could see again, the dragon digimon was fighting Kouichi.

"Kouichi," she whispered, sobbing. She collapsed to the ground, crying her heart out. She didn't even know how or what to think.


That's all I have time for. Sorry everyone.

Well, God bless you, and I hope you review. I really do. Merry Christmas! (I say that because I celebrate it. If you don't, you can ignore it. But I'm not going to not say it because I might offend someone. If you don't celebrate it, don't bother getting annoyed. If you do…MERRY CHRISTMAS!)

I wish you all a good night.

---rika195