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Chapter 26:
"Matt, the phone! It could be the airport calling about TK!"
Matt jumped off of the couch and ran for the phone. He snatched it up and answered.
"Hello?"
"Hey Matt, it's Izzy."
Matt sighed. He was hoping it would be someone for the airport. It had been two days now since TK's plane had broken down. They should be arriving in Odaiba pretty soon by what they had heard from the airport yesterday. Because they were so anxious, he and his dad both got off work to stay home and wait for the phone call. Gabumon was there as well, but he was out cold.
"Woah, you aren't really that disappointed that it's me are you?"
"No, it's just, I thought you were someone else."
"Who? Sora?"
Matt winced at that name. Tai and she were dating, and that dashed his hopes of being together with her. He thought they were getting closer too, but Tai had to ruin that. Some best friend he was.
He acted like Izzy hadn't said anything. "So, what's up Izzy?"
"I just wanted to call you and let you know that we all are going to the Digital World after school. We are going to destroy some of the control spires and try to slow down the Digimon Emperor's progress. Are you going to be there?"
Matt looked at Gabumon who now was awake. He looked into his eyes and he could see the determination in those eyes. Gabumon wanted to go back and help fight for his world, and Matt couldn't let him go alone.
"Fine, but I may be late. We are still waiting for the airport to call, and TK is going to be back. I want to make sure he's ok."
"Ok, sounds good. If you decide not to go just let us know. I really want to see TK, but we need to start destroying those control spires before the entire Digital World is taken over."
"Right. Ok, well I'll see you later then. Maybe."
"Bye Matt."
He hung up the phone and started walking away, but the phone began ringing again. He jumped back to the phone and answered.
"Hello?"
"Is this the Ishida residence?"
"Yes it is."
"Hello. I work for the airport here in Odaiba. How are you today?"
Matt didn't have the patience for short talk. He had to cut to the chase. "Did my brother fly in?"
"Well, that's what we're calling about. You see, your brother's plane just got in…"
"Yeah…" he said excitedly.
"…but he wasn't on the plane."
"No! No he has to be on the plane!"
"We asked some of the passengers including this older man who said he talked to, I'm guessing, your brother. The man said he watched Takeru get on the plane, but after the plance crashed he said your brother just disappeared. Other passengers said they remember seeing him with some sort of orange and cream colored stuffed animal, but after the plane crashed they said they didn't see him. I'm sorry, but we have no idea where your brother is."
Matt wanted to punch somebody. His brother should be in Odaiba right now, but no. The airplane had to crash and now his brother was lost somewhere in the real world. He had no idea where he could be.
"I'm really sorry. The only good thing I can say is that we have contacted officers in Hohhot, China, the city closest to the site of the crash, and they agreed to send people out to search for your brother. I hope your brother is ok, but the plane crashed in the Gobi Desert, and if he disappeared at the crash site then that means he is in the desert somewhere. I'm sorry. Have a good day."
The man hung up and Matt put the phone down. He was shaking all over with anger. Why did so many bad things have to be happening to them. First his mother and grandparents died. Then TK disappeared and now it seems like he's gone for forever. All of this within the same two week time period.
"Matt, what's wrong?"
His father looked at him with a stern expression. He must have figured that something was wrong.
"Dad, TK wasn't on the plane."
Sora sat hand in hand with Tai as they waited for Matt to arrive at the computer lab. She loved coming here to go to the Digital World. First off, who didn't love going to the Digital World? Even with the Digimon Emperor trying to take over, it still had that 'magical' feel to it and she loved it. She also loved being back in this school; it brought back so many memories of her, Tai, Matt, Izzy, and Joe messing around during class. Well, Joe was always paying attention or taking notest or something, but Tai and Matt were always causing trouble. She and Izzy, who always found school boring because he was "too smart" for it, would watch them mock the teacher or throw paper balls at each other. She was one of those people who loved remembering the old times, even if they were only a couple of years ago.
Their first adventure seemed like it happened forever ago. They were all so young, but now they had all grown up. Tai was no longer the immature, 'always-right' leader, though sometimes she could still see the young Tai inside him. Matt had become more social and started opening up to people more. Mimi, well, she didn't know much about her since she moved to New York, but she seemed like she was still a happy-go-lucky girl while being more mature. Izzy still thought of himself as a genius, but he too, like Matt, had become more social and opened up to real people instead of his laptop. Joe was a lot more confident in himself and he was going to be really successful as a doctor someday. Kari was healthy and she was always full of light and happiness. TK.. well, she didn't want to think of him because she actually was in a good mood and didn't want sadness to develop inside.
She was extra happy about going to the Digital World today because it'd be the first time that she went in as Tai's girlfriend. Tai asked her out when they were on their little date the other day and she agreed. She wasn't sure how she was going to like it because she thought she had feelings for Matt. It didn't seem, though, that Matt was interested in her, so she decided it would be best for her if she moved on and gave Tai a chance. She was so happy she did so. She was the happiest she had been in a long time. Tai always made her laugh and he was very nice to her. She wanted to start out slow, but she could see this relationship getting serious.
Tai squeezed her hand and she looked at him. He motioned his head towards the door and Sora looked up and saw Matt walk in the computer lab. He had his head down and sat a little bit away from the rest of them. Sora watched Kari eye Matt with concern etched in her eyes, but she didn't budge out of her seat as she sat next to Davis hand-in-hand. Izzy, seeing that everybody-Tai, Matt, Sora, himself, Kari, Davis, Cody, Yolei, and all of their partners- was there, stood up and said,
"So we all know what we are doing today right? We are going to the Digital World to destroy some control spires to slow the Digimon Emperor's take over. We also need to try and find out any of his new plans, if he has any, on taking over the Digital World. Right now-"
He typed on the computer that they used to get to the Digital World and a map popped up. The Digital World was sectioned into little squares and almost all of them were black.
"-he nearly has total control of the Digital World. We can't let him control the entire Digital World. So, are we ready?"
They all nodded, stood up and got out their digivices. Tai still had his hand in hers and a big smile was on her face as Yolei screamed out.
"DIGI-PORT OPEN!"
A bright white light engulfed all of them and Sora and Tai entered the Digital World for the first time as a couple.
He could hear a beeping noise somewhere close by. He felt like he was about to throw up. He opened his eyes but was overwhelmed by white. The light wherever he was was too much for him. He shut his eyes quickly, but then opened them again slowly. His eyes still burned but they finally adjusted to the light allowing him to see again. He saw that he was lying on a bed surrounded by a white curtain. A machine was sitting next to the bed,which he guessed was the cause of the beeping noise.
It wasn't anything new, but he had no idea where he was at. The last thing he remembered was flying through some desert on Pegasusmon. Wait, Pegasusmon! Where was he? What happened to him?
He decided that he had to go find Pegasusmon so he tried to sit up, but he couldn't. He felt exhausted and his head felt light making him feel like he was about to pass out. He laid back down breathing heavily. He noticed that the machine next to his bed was attached to him somehow. There were all types of things attached to him now that he looked. And, he freaked out.
He didn't know where he was, what had happened to him, what the machines were doing to him, or where Pegasusmon was at. He pulled off all the cords and pads that were attached to him. Some hurt causing him to wince, but he finally got them all off. Then he tried sitting back up and was successful. He set his feet down on the ground and stood up. He had to grab the machine for support or else he would've passed out. As he did so he noticed a table sitting next to the bed and he saw his digivice. He grabbed it as he took more deep breaths and regained his composure. He took a step, and another one, and then he pulled back the curtain to find more beds, more people lying in those beds, and people wearing masks standing next to some of the people. No one seemed to notice him, though, so he ran out of the room. He walked by a window and noticed that he wasn't on the ground level. He needed to find stairs or something. He stopped and looked around, and nearly jumped when he heard a beeping noise. A high pitched voice popped up saying,
"Hey mister, are you looking for the elevator?"
"Umm…." He looked and saw a little girl probably no more than seven years old standing next to an adult who was looking at him with a confused expresson on his face. He looked down at himself and noticed that he was wearing what looked like a white bath sheet. He had a pair of socks on, but no shoes. He blushed out of embarrassment at the ridiculous outfit he was in.
"Well, you better hurry. The door is going to close soon."
He jumped into the, elevator was it?, and he looked back at the hallway he had left and saw a door close. Finally it came back to him. He was in a hospital. What for, he didn't know, but he had been in one before. This elevator was a way to get from one floor to another.
The little girl looked up at him smiling and he couldn't help but smile back despite how terrible he felt at the moment. The girl seemed to fill him up with happiness and… light, and for some reason this feeling felt familiar. He was taken out of his thoughts as another *ding* sounded and the door to the elevator opened.
"See you later!" he called out to the girl as he ran out of the elevator. Surely once they realized that he had left his room the workers at the hospital would chase him, so he had to get out of here quick. He quickly found the exit and pushed the doors open. He found that he was in a big city with tall buildings all over. This place, though, did not look familiar at all. Strange symbols were posted all over and he couldn't understand one word any of the people walking the sidewalks were saying. He kept looking around the city when he heard a voice that he actually understood and remembered.
"TK!"
He turned quickly and caught the blur of orange flying right at him. It was Patamon; he was alright. He instantly forgot about how terrible, sick, and scared he felt as he hugged his partner close.
"You've been in there for forver! How are you, and what are you wearing?" his partner said with a laugh.
TK laughed as well, "I don't know what this is, but I want to change out of it right now, I'll tell you that."
Just then Patamon disappeared but then reappeared in his arms. A worried expression was on his partner's face.
"Patamon? What was that?"
"I… I need to get to the Digital World. Like right now!"
TK was confused, but he didn't want to question his partner. First off, he could tell that whatever was wrong was very serious. Secondly, he wanted to get out of this place, wherever 'this place' was.
"Well, let's find a computer then."
"I found one while you were sick. Come on, we need to hurry."
Patamon flew off at a highspeed and TK ran as fast as he could to follow. His vision got blurry and he felt like he was going to pass out, but he needed to keep going and be strong. Patamon was still fading in and out and the times where he disappeared was getting longer. His partner was ranting about a place called Primary Village and "If we don't make it…" but he didn't hear half of it. He was too focused on not passing out to pay much attention. Finally, they ran into a random building and TK pushed the doors open. There were people and computers everywhere all who didn't pay them any attention. Patamon flew to an open computer and TK pulled out his digivice.
"Digi-port open!"
He lay in his bed thinking about all that he had done the past couple of days. In five days he had been able to build control spires in all of the areas of the Digital World that he knew about that is. He felt like there was much more to the Digital World than what he knew about. For example, he remembered the time a week and a half ago when his radar had gone off, but on his map there was no sign of anyone. His technology was never wrong, there was no way it could because he was perfect. There also was the incident with Devimon. Where did Devimon come from? He clearly was a strong, evil digimon, but he hadn't found any digimon like that in the Digital World. He had to have come from somewhere, possibly the same place that his radar wasn't able to detect. Where that was, though, he had no idea.
The digidestined had destroyed some of the control spires in the areas, but he was able to rebuild the spires easily. He noticed that the blonde digidestined, TK, was that his name? , wasn't with them. 'Good,' he thought, 'that gets rid of one digidestined easily.' The other digidestineds, although annoying, didn't pose much of a threat. Sure, they had managed to find a way to digivolve to their champion levels somehow, but if that was the best they could do then there was no way they stood a chance against his forces. The digidestineds were no longer a threat to him. He would be able to destroy them any time he wanted to. At the moment, he didn't want to get rid of them. He enjoyed watching their futile attempts at trying to destroy his control spires, thinking that they had a chance against him.
Then Wormon came to mind. Whether that digimon was alive or not didn't matter to him. He hated that pathetic digimon with all of his heart. He had made things a lot harder on him, what, with setting TK and his Patamon free. They would've been such loyal pawns too. However mad he got at Wormon, though, he missed having a digimon around. Wormon was his partner, key word being was, and he missed having a digimon that he could share that bond with. He had the idea that he would create a digimon, a new partner. This digimon, though, couldn't be weak and pathetic like Wormon had been. This digimon had to be stronger than all of the digimon that he already had under his control. If that weren't the case then he would just make one of the digimon he already owned his new partner. No, this new digimon had to be the best. And how do you make the best digimon? You take the best parts of some of the strongest digimon out there and combine them. This digimon wouldn't have a weakness; he would be unstoppable. Much better than Wormon.
As he thought on these things his tiredness from all the work that he had done the past couple of days got to him. Without even realizing it his eyes closed and he drifted off to sleep.
To say he was infuriated was an understatement. He had let the child of Hope save the child of Light, right when his plan was going perfectly. What was wrong with the hope child and his digimon, though, he did not know. Something had changed them, but to him it didn't matter. All he knew is that he wanted that boy and his digimon dead. He no longer cared about light. He had been able to take her and he nearly destroyed her without even breaking a sweat. He had underestimated hope, though.
The only thing he had on his side was the element of surprise, but that may be all that he needed. Light and hope both thought that he, Dragomon, was dead. He laughed at that idea. Sure, the hope digimon was strong, but he was just caught off guard, that's all. When he attacked, they would be the ones who were caught off guard. And he wouldn't have any mercy in dealing with hope either. He was going to find him, and then destroy him.
He did not know where hope was, but he did know that he was either in the real world or the Digital World. The Digimon Emperor, or whatever that pathetic human was called, was dealing with the Digital World, so he would then have to take care of the real world. And he had the perfect idea on how to do that.
He walked out of his throne room located in his castle at the bottom of the Dark Ocean. He walked into the chamber where his servants, a mixture of slimy, dark spirits and Scubamon. An evil smile was smeared on his face as he saw the fear in his servant's eyes. Yes, they would be perfect.
His purple pearl necklace started glowing and he felt power rise up in him. He pointed his trident at a group of evil spirits that had retreated back into a corner shaking in fear. A purple beam of light shot at them and they were engulfed in the light. When the light died down, eight new digimon stood before him. Five Vilemon and three Fugamon were staring up at him, awaiting orders.
"Go to the human's world and bring me the child of hope! Go!"
They exited the castle and flew off, or swam off, he didn't know which exactly it was. He knew that those digimon wouldn't stand a chance against the hope child or the light child, but they could cause some damage, and, more importantly, they would let them know that Dragomon, ruler of the Dark World and soon all worlds, was still alive and well and wanting the hope child dead.