Author's Note: Okay, I put chapter 11 in its original place. I'm not sure if everyone notice, so be sure to read it before this xD I didn't want the preview up after I actually had the real chapter up, so I decided to do it this way.

Okay, so this chapter is either going to confuse or shed some light for you :D Let's hope it sheds some light.


The Light Inside the Darkness

TPOV

I looked at the boy in front of me. He was completely black from head to toe, like looking into your shadow. The outline of him was exactly like my own, the only difference was I was missing one of my trademark hats at the moment. He was holding a pure black digivice like my old one. And he standing next to Devimon, smiling.

I felt sick to my stomach.

Nothing felt as bad then this moment. I had gone up against many evil Digimon, the Dark Masters, Devimon, Myotismon, Etomon, and BlackWarGreymon, but none of that even compared to looking at myself, shadow or not, standing beside Devimon as if he was his digimon partner.

The shadow started to walk over closer to me, and I couldn't move. I don't know if it was from shock or fear pulsing through my veins. Still I stayed put with my unconscious partner with nothing to do. I thought I was going to die, but my thoughts never even thought about it, no it kept racing around with someone saving me. I knew better, no one was around and they probably didn't even know I was even here. If they did, they probably weren't even near by. However my brain didn't want to look at the negative side of the situation. I guess it was a habit since I was a child, I would always see the good in things. Maybe that was why Angemon dying on me didn't affect me until later on in life...

A bright light shined from the sky. The two dark beings screamed in pain as they fled, and there I stood dumbfounded to why anything here was possible.

But then again, how are half of the things I know possible. Getting swallowed into a tidal wave after having a snow day during the middle of summer is totally possible, right? Not to mention that we weren't even washed away in the same world, but fell into the sky of another. We never knew how that tidal wave could have turned us into pieces of data. Or a beam of light. Still all of it was possible and it was happening, so why not this?

If I only knew where I was...


Third Person

Tk looked at his partner in disbelief. Why wouldn't Patamon come near him. "Come on Patamon, let's go find the others." He sounded like the good old Tk, but Patamon knew better. This Tk's eyes looked completely different, they held no warmth. Tk always had some warmth in his eyes, even when he was angry, it was one of the seven wonders at their school. That and why he didn't a girlfriend, but I don't think that works now...

"Tk... " Patamon muttered under his breathe. He didn't believe that this man was Tk. His missed his friend, and he didn't know where he was.

"Yes Patamon? Why don't you come here and talk to me buddy." This impostor was keeping up his act, he had doubts about the whole thing but it didn't matter to his plans in the long run.

"I'm not moving Tk, not until you start to look and act like yourself."

Tk shook his head. "You can't have your way Patamon, it doesn't work with what I want, not what this world needs."

Patamon shook his head. "See? You wouldn't speak such things!"

"You're coming if you like it or not, don't make me force you."

Patamon backed up. "You can't make me do anything."

Tk picked the pig-like Digimon up from the ground. Patamon squealed and attempted to wiggle out of the impostor's arms. He didn't want to be this close to the darkness without destroying it. It was against everything the Digidestined were about, not to mention his and Tk's beliefs. This new, dark Tk snickered at the smaller creature. "Even if you were bigger than me, you'd still be following my orders. All Digimon act like Wormon when Ken was the Digimon Emperor, follow their partner's orders even if they don't like it."

Patamon knew better, he knew the truth of the situation back then. Wormon helped Ken out of freewill because he believed that the Ken he knew and loved was somewhere inside of him. It didn't matter to him the damage that the Emperor was doing, Ken's kind heart was what matter to Wormon. When he saw that Ken had changed for the worst he helped the Digimon and the Digidestined, against his master's wishes. If Patamon had to do the same, he will. But first he was going to try to bring the old Tk back.

They walked deep in the forest, until they reached a wooden shack surrounded completely by trees, it was nearly impossible to find from the outside. How did Tk find this place with ease? It didn't seem possible, until they entered the shack.

It wasn't even a shack, it was a mansion on the inside. And Patamon knew whose house it used to belong to, they had somehow gotten into Gennai's house, and not Jak. The original Gennai that tortured them by never giving them information until the last second, and it was always in riddles. It took forever figure out the prophecy about the Angemon and Angewomon, and that one was only a couple of lines, then something about recycling...

Even now the Gennais think that the Digdestined are riddlers and like these complicated riddles that they always give them. These legends and prophecies only get in the way unless they know exactly what they mean. This new one that they had just got wasn't even close to being solved. However with all of his knowledge, this Tk knew one thing, it was about him. He wasn't going to let darkness take over the Digital World.

Their was only one way to do that.

Become the king of this world and destroy the darkness completely. But this would only bring catastrophe to the Digital and their own world. No one knew or understood the power of balance, if one entity was overpowering the other then the world goes into chaos. It's the same when the light overpowers darkness, chaos. Even our child of Hope didn't understand the centre of balance, not even the child of Knowledge knew for certain. It is one the

wonders of this world, to remain neutral through everything.

So here stood Tk in the vast knowledge of the Digital World, within a Gennai's house that contained these legends and prophecies. He could look at the origins of the legend and come up with how to use it, or destroy it. This Tk didn't care if this was to bring peace to the world, he had his own plan, and it was growing by the minute.

Even Patamon had no effect on his partner. There was no sign of his friend in this abomination of a person. He was searching for things that wouldn't matter to the old Tk, he wanted revenge. Sure, Patamon knew of Tk's hatred for the darkness, but he knew in his heart that Tk would never go to this length.

"I've found it!" The darkness flowed throughout the room.

Patamon looked at Tk's curled up form. In his dark, pale hands held a black device, it looked a lot like the old digivices, expect this one with pure black. It reminded Patamon of Ken's digivice and what the Dark Spore and the Dark Ocean had changed it into. He couldn't stand the look of it.

"Now that I have this digivice, I can control every and any Digimon in this world!" Tk walked towards a shivering Patamon.

As Tk was reaching out to him, Patamon moaned, "Don't do it." However the hand kept creeping up.

Patamon attempted to move out of the way, however the large hands were to fast from the small Digimon. "Tk! Let go of me! Go away!"

The shadow backed off, dumbfounded at the small digimon. Sure, he wasn't the real Tk, but the feelings that he was born from were. He was just as much the Hopeful yellow child[1] as the real thing. However the only thing to hide the shadow's pain was lashing out at the underling. "How dare you speak to me like this! Your master? I better teach you a lesson." Tk took his fist and started punching the pig like Digimon. However Patamon snapped.

He jumped back landing on his feet. "Don't touch me. I don't know who you are!" he screamed, but screaming wasn't enough to get through to this 'new' Tk. For he started laughing.

"What gave it away?"

"Your a monster!" Patamon lashed at the newcomer. "I knew from the start, Tk would never act like this!"

"Well then, I guess I'll have to force you to do my bidding."


Kari was looking at the forest as she watched the two love birds come back to the safe camp grounds. The rules were finally, no more people were allowed to leave the camp ground. The only reason was to go to the bathroom, because no one really thought that they would go being watched, even by the same gender.

Still everyone worried about Tk, they knew that he could take care of himself until they found but something nicked at them. This new prophecy seemed to talk about Tk more than anyone else, well and Kari. So they worried that whatever seemed to bring them to the Digital World already got the child of Hope.

As the bushes rustle near by, the devil could be seen behind them. Tk walked by carrying Patamon, running in the opposite direction. Kari looked towards the direction, seeing the blur of clothing.

"TK!" She screamed.

Tai and Matt jumped up. "Where?" They questioned in unison.

Kari pointed towards the woods. "I saw someone run through their. I thought it was Tk, but I'm not sure it is, it could be Davis and the others. They could have found a way in the Digital World somehow."

Izzy looked at the group. "Now that you mention it, we should check our D-Terminals for mail. They might have messaged us wondering where we were."

"How long have we been in the Digital World anyways?" Mimi asked.

Nobody answered the lingering question. How long were they in the Digital World for?

Sora looked up from her D-Terminal first. "I don't have anything."

"Me neither."

"Nothing."

"Zilch."

"Same."

"They didn't message me."

"They didn't message anyone here?" Izzy asked, now pulling out his laptop.

"Then we can assume that they aren't here. They wouldn't have known we went to File Island and would have said something." Joe reasoned to the group. This caused the Child of Light to jump from her seat and run, she needed to catch up with Tk. she needed him to be there and back her up. They were binded partners in everyone aspect of life.

"Where are you going Kari?" Could have been heard in the back of the girl's mind. Entering but never processing Tai's plea to Kari to stay and wait for them. He knew it was useless, because things don't always turn out the way you want.


Kari chased Tk through the night forest. The trees stood in every direction where ever she ran, so she never could see where he ran off to. However she never gave up searching for her shining friend, Tk would never give up on them. She just wondered how Tk manage to past by them without noticing.

It's quite simple actually. The shadow wasn't keen on letting the Digidestined know he existed, if they did, they would try to stop him and bring back the old Tk back to his old self, that is, if he still existed. The shadow didn't know how much pain the other half of him could take. They may be two sides of the same coin, complete opposites, but they don't co-exist with the other, can't take the same pain and have never really met. There was no way to know if he had started to disappear from the pain.

Because he needed a place to sleep, a biological way of showing he was still classified as human, he ended up in a clearing near a small river. It didn't matter to him that he knew Kari was chasing him, she couldn't do anything about him and his plans, nothing. She was small in this world he was about to command, and he knew it throughout his core. It didn't matter that Kari would find him, well because he knew she wouldn't. Kari, the child of Light may know Tk, the child of Hope, but not his shadow.

And he was feeling stronger by the second.


The Digimon stirred in their sleep that night, it was the last peaceful night they knew was coming. Even at that moment did want this to be over quickly. Fighting battle after battle wears everyone down, and this battle had just started going. The Digidestined needed to get home, fast, with school and work all of them had, sneaking away or vanishing for hours could prove mayhem to spew. Not to mention all of them were last seen together in Tai's house, with the rest, hours before any of this had happened. How could three teenagers explain this to everyone? They'd end up in a mental asylum by the time the gang got back to their world.

The Digimon never awoke, the dark pulse running through the Digital world was faint, but getting stronger by the second. Like the hope and light of this world was fading quickly. They rolled around, fazed, but the jolt never attacked them greatly, until the morning after.

The sun shone brightly through the trees like everyone morning, no one noticed the small matter that of darkness behind the trees and running through the pure water. As the sun rose, it too began to fade in light, showing that the worst was yet to come.

By noon the wind began to wind roughly, and the Digimon suddenly felt an odd chill. They were on a rocky mountain, not even high enough to should snow, yet they shivered. This and the absence to the bright child of Light made the group weary. None of them knew where to begin...


TPOV

I looked around the world I was in. It seemed a lot different from the first time I looked up into the sky. It was still pitch black all around me; the only source of light was from the beckon of light that saved me, and around me.

I seemed to glow in the dark abyss.

I shook my head a walked off. That shadow me and Devimon would be able to find me if I stay here long. They may be gone now, but not for too long; I knew that for experience.

I walked toward the cavern I saw on my way here. It seemed like a good place to hide out and sleep for a good 10 hours. I could see if Patamon was getting any better and get some sleep, Patamon would surely yell at me if I stay up all night looking after him.

The cavern was small, but cozy. It held the usual data code on the wall, but I didn't touch it. Only Izzy, Ken, Yolei and maybe Cody understood the code that was made to create the Digital World, and maybe this world. I wouldn't want to set an alarm off and have to run for it, I'm too tired for it.

Way too tired.

Patamon snuggled against me and I started to drift.

Mentally.

And Physically.


Author's Notes: Here are some things I'd like to comment on...

[1] I wasn't being racist. I know people call Asians yellow, but I was referring to Tk's crest. The crest of Hope is yellow and looks (At least to me) like a sun shining. I know ppl are thinking that I've gone nuts, but I don't want to get reported and/or banned because of this xD

Hopefully you guys liked it. Please Review if you did! :) Or even if you didn't, maybe I can clear things up for you ;D

Now hopefully I'll get another chapter out by next week, but seeing as I'll be hibernating for a couple of days to sleep, I dont know for sure. And yes, I am sleep deprieved from studying until 4am everyday for the past week and a half. (To add I am a bad procastanator...) So HOPEFULLY your next chapter will be done by next week, but I can't make any promises :D