"Tai! Kari! Wake up!" Tais eyes shot open. He fumbled out of bed and quickly went to his bedroom door.
"Come on you two let's not be late!" It was his mother. Tai stood like a statue in front of his closed bedroom door. He looked to the bunk bed and saw Kari's head rise from her pillow.
"We'll be right out Mom!" Tai finally spoke and then walked over to his sister.
"You okay?" Tai asked and Kari nodded.
"What happened?" She asked in a low voice. Tai wasn't sure.
"I don't know." He confessed and he walked over to the desk. He looked at the analog clock and his eyes bugged out.
"Kari look at the date!" He could hear his sister come to his side.
"That can't be possible." She whispered next to him. Tai stared at the numbers above the time. They had gone back. It was the day kuwagaman attacked and Agumon appeared. Tai then felt a sickly sensation roam through his body. It was like de ja vu. Tai squeezed his eyes shut and then winced in pain. He turned and looked in the mirror over the desk. He had a bruise forming around his left eye. He could see his arms were scraped and bruised. He looked to Kari,
"What?" He sputtered out and Kari looked worried.
"From the battle, daemon attacked you remember?" Tai felt some relief,
"wait that happened? You remember it happening?" Kari rose an eye brow,
"yes... you alright Tai?" She placed a hand on his arm and Tai shrugged it off.
"Fine I just feel like..." he trailed off unable to find the words. He felt confused, tired and nervous. He shook his head.
"What are you unsure about?" Kari asked standing up straighter. Tai sighed.
"All of it. Did it really happen? What can you remember?" He felt panicked like they were running out of time. For what? Tai was not sure.
"We fought Daemon. His plan was to erase us and allow the digital world to take over the real world. He used Meicoomon as a vessel to create distortions between the two worlds. You and I were in the dark ocean. We came back and defeated Daemon. Now we're here. Back in time somehow. I think we should call Izzy." Tai took in his sisters words. Everything she said he remembered, it just felt disconnected, like he was missing a piece. Tai looked down seeing his sister hand him the phone.
"I'm gonna go shower. Call Izzy." She instructed and she left their room. Tai slowly dialled Izzy's number.
"Hello?"
"Izzy! Please tell me what you can remember!" Tai started pacing around the room while Izzy spoke.
"We've gone back in time." Tai was relieved to hear Izzy say that. He trusted his sister but sometimes she seemed other worldly. It made Tai question his grip on reality more, but hearing Izzy confirm what Kari had said made Tai feel better.
"I think I've figured out why," Izzy continued. "Today was the first day the distortion showed up. When Kuwagmon attacked. Now that the tears are sealed, we've been sent back to just before the disruption. A sort of reset." Tai hung on Izzy's every word.
"So the reboot never happened? Which means the digimon-" Izzy then interrupted,
"don't get your hopes up Tai. It could be the digimon were reverted back to before the reboot, or like us, the reboot happened they've just gone back in time." Tai looked down at his desk and clenched his fist.
"We need to get our digimon. Find out what happened!" Izzy was quiet.
"I'm not sure what we can do" he finally admitted. Tai frowned.
"Tai! Let's go you're gonna he late!" Tai was interrupted by his mothers call. He groaned
"Iz, I gotta go. I'll talk to you more at school." He reluctantly ended the call and left his room. His mother had her hands on her hips.
"You're not even dressed! Tai move it!" Tai waved a hand,
"I'm going." He moved to the bathroom and heard the water running. He gritted his teeth and turned to go back to his room. Guess I'm not showering he thought.
"Tai hang on." Tai stopped in his door way and faced his mother.
"What on earth have you got all over your face?" She asked now a little concerned. Tai started to turn away, "nothing." His mother gasped "and your arms! Tai did this happen in practice?" Tais mouth hung open a moment,
"yes?" He lied. His mother shook her head,
"your gonna give me grey hairs! I'm gonna make you a smoothie to help battle the swelling. Lots of greens." She announced and she turned toward the kitchen. Tai cringed at the idea of a green smoothie and quickly went into his room to change. Everything was a blur as Tai dressed but his mind was so occupied with what had happened to the Digimon. He slowly came out of his trance as his sister passed him his shoes and he put them on his feet.
"Here Tai drink this. Now get going!" Tai took the green drink fromHis mother and opened the door allowing Kari to walk out. He gave his mom a wave and exited the apartment.
"Here." He said as he handed the drink to his sister. Kari pulled a face and pushed it away,
"ew, I'm not drinking that." Tai narrowed his eyes.
"You're the one who needs the antioxidants!" He countered. Kari raised her eyebrows,
"what makes you say that? I'm healthy." She turned to walk ahead and Tai pulled on her arm stopping her.
"No you're not." He said in a low voice. Kari looked at Tai confused.
"What are you talking about Tai? Why do you want me to drink that?" She was more serious now. Tai's heart started to race.
"Kari..." he stopped he saw a couple walking towards them. Tai moved his sister to the side and waited for the couple to pass. Once they passed Tai let go of Kari and spoke sternly.
"Kari you're sick." Kari shook her head,
"I feel fine." She countered. Tai was dumbstruck. He licked his lips,
"no like Kari you... you got sick. You went to the hospital." Kari slowly shook her head,
"Tai? I haven't been to the hospital in years." Tai shook his head.
"No you went after the reboot, with mom! Remember?!" Kari once again shook her head. She stepped back from her brother.
"Tai?" She asked and Tai was full of concern and confusion.
"Tai? I think we should get going. If you want me to drink it, I will. I'm sorry if I scared you." Tai snapped back into reality. He stared at his sister, she looked healthy enough, maybe going back got rid of it. He shook His head.
"Sorry kiddo. I didn't mean to scare you. I'll toss it in the bin downstairs let's move." He pushed his sister forward and the two made there way to the stairs. Tai was consumed with conflicting thoughts, He didn't say a word to his sister as they walked to school.