A/N):
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Sorry that I'm a week to late. I was suffering from a major writers block ^^

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The first thing TK noticed was that he had a splitting headache and that he'd rather go back to sleep.
But there were noises everywhere around him, and even though he had his eyes closed he could feel a bright light blinding him.
He let out a groan and the noises around him formed words.
"TK? TK, hey are you awake?"
He groaned again and opened his eyes a bit.
Two faces were hovering over him. They blocked out the light pleasantly.
Slowly they came into focus and TK recognized Kari and Matt.
"Hey, he is awake! TK, how are you feeling? Can you hear me?"
"Well enough", TK muttered and sat up slowly. A wave of nausea hit him and he laid back quickly.
"Someone bring a glass of water. Do you want a glass of water?", Matt asked TK. There was some shuffling in the room and then TK heard the sound of water running.
Kari helped him to sit up again and a second later he had a glass of water in his hands.

He hadn't realized yet but he was really thirsty. He downed the whole glass quickly and gave it back to Kari with a grateful smile.
Slowly he started to perceive his surroundings and was surprised to see nearly all of his friends in an unknown room.
"What happened?", he asked. His voice broke and Yolei moved away to fill his glass again.
"It's kind of a long story", Matt said with a fond smile, "but it's good to have you back."
TK gave him a confused look, then he realized what had happened before he had passed out.
"Right! Where are Koji and Zoe", he asked and scanned the room quickly, "Are they fine?"
His friends seemed to be taken aback by his outburst.
Yolei handed him the glass and smiled reassuringly.
"They're fine. Koji woke up a few minutes prior and Zoe isn't here yet."
"What do you mean with 'woke up?' And where are we anyway?" TK asked, even more confused.
"Oh, sleeping beauty has woken up".
The sarcastic comment made TK's head snap around, causing another wave of nausea.
Koji, Joe and Patamon just entered the room. Koji had a bandage around his head and Patamon around one of his wings.

"TK", Patamon cried out happily and tried to escape Joe's arms. Joe had a hard time keeping the digimon in his arms as he walked over to TK.
Finally Patamon managed to escape Joe's arms and jumped into TK's.
Koji sat down on the couch with a small wince, and Tommy snorted.
"You are one to talk Koji. By the way, we're at Takuya's place", Tommy addressed TK with a smile.
"Where are Takuya, Tai and Ken then?", TK asked as he petted Patamon's head.
"They are interrogating BlackGatomon", Kari said and got up. "I hope they're finished soon though."
TK nodded thoughtfully and continued to pet Patamon's head softly. The digimon had curled up in his lap and was radiating an aura of pure content.
TK's eyes fell on the glass of water standing next to him and took a sip. He hadn't realized that Yolei had placed it there.

"What happened when you were distracting the Pagumon?", TK asked Koji after a while of silence. His head still hurt and he was grateful that no one was chatting uselessly, but the silence started to feel suffocating.
Koji made a humming noise and shrugged.
"Besides getting attacked by a flock of Pagumon?"
There was a beat of silence before he continued. "It's a long story."
Someone huffed in annoyance and Koichi entered TK's field of vision when he sat down next to Koji.
"That is the exact answer he is giving us since he has woken up", Koichi complained and frowned at his twin.
"I don't want to repeat myself that's why we should wait until everyone is back", Koji muttered and glared back. "What's taking Zoe and Sukai so long anyway?"
Koichi sighed and leaned back. "I don't know but they should be here soon. Well, at least Zoe. Do you know where Sukai lives?"
"I don't."

While the twins were talking, TK scanned the room.
Apparently he had missed a lot of people when he had looked around after he had woken up. They certainly weren't complete.
Sukai and Zoe were nowhere to be seen. TK hadn't noticed it until Koji had pointed it out.
In the next second a hand was suddenly under TK's nose.
He jumped slightly before he realized that it was just Joe.
"I thought it might help", he said with a smile. At first TK gave him a confused look but then he noticed the pills on Joe's hand.
"Painkillers", Gomamon offered helpfully.
TK nodded and thanked Joe.
"I hope that where Painkillers", Tai's voice came from behind their group suddenly, just when TK took the white pills.
Behind Tai, Takuya and Ken came out of the room. BlackGatomon wasn't with them.

"Took you long enough", Davis greeted them with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"Sorry that BlackGatomon wasn't so cooperative", Takuya shot back and slumped down on the couch next to Koji.
"Where is BlackGatomon", Koji asked. It sounded a little bit too casual to TK.
"We left him tied to the chair", Takuya answered with a wave of his hand, "He asked to talk to you but I told him you were unconsciousness."
"So…", Tai started awkwardly, "What happened?"
"I thought you talked to BlackGatomon", Koji answered. He didn't even look at Tai.
"Yeah but he didn't tell us what happened", Ken answered with a sigh.
"As I said, I hate repeating myself. Let's wait for Sukai and Zoe to arrive."
"Koji, we don't know how long they'll need. And we have important information too, so don't be an asshole and tell us what happened!" Takuya groaned and hit Koji's arm a little harder than necessary.
Koji winced lightly and shot Takuya a glare. TK wondered how Takuya had already forgotten that Koji was wounded.
"Alright", Koji gave in finally, probably to prevent another hit from Takuya, "but you can explain it to Sukai and Zoe then."
Takuya rolled his eyes but agreed.

Koji explained what had happened after Crusadermon had kidnapped them, and TK lay down on his makeshift bed.
He already knew this part of the story and it was quite boring to hear it again.
At the part where TK and Koji split up, TK sat up again.
"We turned a corner and there was a hoard of Pagumon. We had to escape into a door and ran down some stairs. We ended up in these halls where you probably found us. However, the door wouldn't open again so we looked for another exit.
Did you know that there is a huge hall under Beelzemon's base? This is where the black goo is from too. It tried to eat us and we ran back up. Then the wall exploded and the rest you know."
It was silent when Koji finished and TK raised an eyebrow. That this explanation was curt was a huge understatement.
"It… tried to eat you?", Cody broke the silence finally.
Koji shot him a sharp glare and gave a nod curt nod. "It tried to eat us", he confirmed.
"Al…right. I suppose", Tai said with a cough. Then he cleared his throat.
"BlackGatomon couldn't tell us what the black slime is either", he informed the rest and TK admitted that this didn't surprise him greatly.
"But", Tai continued and a smile formed in his lips, "He told us where our crests are."
There was a beat of surprised silence. Then Demiveemon cheered loudly and one by one the other digimon chimed in.
TK smiled brightly at Patamon, who was flapping excitedly with his not bandaged wing.
"Alright, calm down", Ken shouted into the cheering. He was smiling too though.
They grew silent and looked confused and surprised at him.
"We have this information from BlackGatomon", he reminded the group. "We don't know for sure if we can trust him."
The happy faces grew serious and a few nodded.
TK frowned and bit his lip. Would BlackGatomon really give them false information? TK knew that BlackGatomon hadn't helped them willingly, but still, Beelzemon would have him killed if BlackGatomon were to return.
So, lying to them would be really stupid of BlackGatomon. And he hadn't seems to be such an idiot.

"Where did he say the crests are?" Yolei asked.
Tai pursed his lips and looked at the ground.
"Well", Ken answered with a grimace, "He didn't actually tell us where the crests are. He just said that he knows where they are."
"He wants a deal", Takuya continued. "And he wants to talk to Koji", he added with a look at his friend.
Said friend groaned annoyed and let his head fall back.
"Isn't it enough that I spent the last I don't know how long with him?!"
"Apparently not", JP said with a small grin, "We're counting on you!"
Koji shot him a sharp glare but got up anyway.
"You all owe me", he said with a glare at the group. Then he walked through the door.
Only to appear maybe one minute later in the door again.
He kicked BlackGatomon with a glare in the room.
Everyone gasped and jumped up when they saw that he wasn't tied up anymore, and Koji rolled his eyes.
"Oh come on, what do you think will he do? Fight? Against all of you", he said and slumped down on the couch again.
The others sat down slowly but their forms stayed rigid.
TK sighed inwardly. This was far too much action for him in the moment. Couldn't they have a break just once?

"What did you want from Koji", Koichi asked BlackGatomon with narrowed eyes.
"He wanted me to untie him", Koji explained. He sounded incredible annoyed, and TK understood him. The short time TK had had to put up with BlackGatomon had been enough for him already.
"Don't complain", BlackGatomon addressed Koji and stretched, "the others wouldn't have freed me!"
"Just shut up and tell us what you want for the information", Takuya said through gritted teeth.
BlackGatomon gave him and unimpressed look.
"And how am I supposed to tell you if you want me to shut up?"
TK groaned inwardly and fell back down on the mattress. This would probably take some time and nerves.
He could hear someone standing up swiftly and raised his head a bit again.
Takuya was stalking towards BlackGatomon with clenched fists.
"Okay, I think we tie him up again and wait until he stops being a smartass!"
"Woah, woah. Alright Takuya, calm down", Tommy laughed shakily and put a hand on his friends arm. "We need the information soon. Fighting won't help."
Takuya shot BlackGatomon another nasty glare, but nodded and sat down again.

"Alright, BlackGatomon what do you want for the information", TK could hear Koichi ask. He didn't see the older boy's expression but his voice sounded civil.
"It's quite easy", BlackGatomon said with a sly smile. "I just want your protection."
"Our what now?", Davis asked incredulous.
"Your protection", BlackGatomon repeated himself with a roll of his eyes. "I want that you protect me from Beelzemon. He'd have me gutted if he found out that I helped you."
"And that's all?", Yolei asked suspiciously.
"Yeah that sounds a bit… little", Agumon said, "How can we be sure that this is all?"
"What, you mean I'll betray you after we found the crests?", BlackGatomon asked with a snort, "Just ask Koji, I'm trustworthy."
There was a beat of silence in which TK turned around to get a look at Koji.
"And since when are you two friends?", Koichi asked. He looked as though he couldn't decide if he should be amused or irritated.
"We're not", Koji replied in utter disgust.
"Of course we are", BlackGatomon retorted with a grin, "Besties actually."
Koji looked like he'd either shoot BlackGatomon or himself.
TK snorted but tried to cover it with a cough when Koji directed his glare at him.
"Alright", TK said to BlackGatomon, still smiling lightly. "We believe you. And we'll make sure you are safe from Beelzemon. Tell us where our crests are."

No one complained, but TK hadn't expected them to anyway.
They had to get their crests after all, and BlackGatomon was their best shot in the moment.
BlackGatomon gave TK a suspicious look but nodded and held out his hand.
"Let's make this deal a proper one", he said to TK. The boy was surprised for a moment that BlackGatomon hadn't addressed Tai for he was their unofficial leader.
After a short pause he took the digimons paw though, and nodded.
"It's a deal."
BlackGatomon grinned contently and rubbed his hands.
"Alright, listen humans! There is a graveyard not that far away from our actual base. The moment we arrived in the human world Beelzemon insisted that some odd chest has to be delivered in the mausoleum. Not only that, he also ordered that there constantly were enough digimon to keep away even the Celestial Digimon. Of course that's not quite possible, but you get the idea. Anyway, I asked what was in this mysterious chest, but Beelzemon wouldn't answer me."
BlackGatomon shook his head theatrically. There was a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"But, stupid Beelzemon, he made me supervise the transfer. When the chest was safe in the mausoleum I couldn't contain my curiosity and opened it. I was surprised to see the crests in there; we were taught that they were destroyed after all. I asked Beelzemon about it. But he couldn't tell me how they were back either. And he was really angry, so I did the healthy thing and stopped mentioning the Crests and anything that is related to them.
And that's the tale."

There was a beat of silence.
TK raised an eyebrow at BlackGatomon. The digimon looked quite smug.
"And… that's all?", Tai asked hesitantly.
BlackGatomon rolled his eyes. "No, I'll start dancing too. Of course that's all! Be glad that I had this much information - only few know about the graveyard."
"And you are one hundred percent sure that they are there?", Mimi asked giddily. She was hugging Palmon tightly but the digimon didn't seem to mind.
"Please, my life depends on this", BlackGatomon answered and sat down next to Kari on the second sofa.
Gatomon gave him a scrutinizing glare and BlackGatomon grinned back.
"Alright", Tai said finally and got up. He didn't look really convinced though. "When are we leaving?"
"Woah woah woah", Takuya exclaimed, "We can't just simply do this without a plan. BlackGatomon said that there are enough digimon to stop the Celestial Digimon. And you don't want to mess with them, believe me."
"Alright then what do you propose?", Tai asked. Takuya pursed his lips and tapped his fingers against his leg.
"I have no idea. But hey, I can't think of everything!"
Matt inhaled loudly and started to massage his temple.
"We should at least wait for Sukai and Zoe", Koji contributed, "And maybe we should wait until tomorrow. I suppose we all are tired."

Koji was right, TK realized after he scanned the room once again, Zoe and Sukai still were missing. He had forgotten about them because of the commotion.
"They take awfully long", JP said with a worried frown, "Zoe doesn't live that far away."
Just then, as though Zoe and Sukai had only waited for them to miss them, there was a loud knock on the door.
Takuya jumped up quickly and rushed out of the room to the door.
TK could hear the door open and then Takuya grumbling something incoherent. Then there was some shuffling and a few seconds later Zoe, Sukai and Takuya entered the room.
There was a collective gasp when Sukai entered and the girl stopped mid tracks, and stiffened.
"What happened to your eye?!" Yolei exclaimed loudly and jumped to her feet.
Sukai backed a step away and made an incoherent noise.
"What are you talking about, it was always like this", Zoe shot back with a glare that could kill a man.
"Oh it wasn't", Yolei said with big eyes, "I would've noticed, I am sure!"
TK nodded, not able to express his surprise and shock in words. Her eye definitively hadn't been purple before!
"Just because you didn't see it before, doesn't mean it wasn't there before", Koji growled and glared sharply at Yolei and TK.
TK frowned and scrutinized Sukai. Now that Koji mentioned it, he thought to remember that Sukai always had her hair covering one of her eyes.
The girl was as pale as a ghost by now, her eyes huge in fright and she was shaking lightly. TK realized that they had probably scared her and changed his frown to a small smile.
Ken beat him to saying something though.
" I think it's pretty. It's unique", he said with a kind smile. Wormmon, who sat on his lap agreed loudly.
"He is right! It's a pretty color!"
Sukai's face changed from the pale white to a bright red and she lowered her head with a muttered 'Thank you'.

Zoe nodded gratefully at Ken and shot Yolei another glare
Then she scanned the room and shoved her bag towards Takuya.
"Where are Bokomon and Neemon", she asked and plopped down on the floor.
"They are in the room where the entire luggage is", Takuya grumbled as he picked up Zoe's and Sukai's bags.
"They already were asleep when we arrived at home", Tai explained as Takuya left the room, "We made them a makeshift bed of pillows."
Zoe nodded slowly. Then she fixed her glare on BlackGatomon.
"And why is he not tied up?"
"Koji released me", BlackGatomon answered curtly.
"YOU WHAT?!"
Koji groaned loudly and TK snickered.
"Zoe, we made a deal. He'll help us and we'll protect him", Koji growled and glared at BlackGatomon.
"And how will he help us?", Zoe hissed.
"He told us where the Chosen's Crests are", Takuya answered as he walked back into the room. He plopped down in his armchair again and sighed.
"Alright, now that everyone is here… We need a plan. The place is heavily guarded", he added at Sukai's and Zoe's confused looks.
"Can't we just run in and take them?", Palmon asked with a pout. "I want to digivolve to my ultimate form!"
"Me too", Patamon exclaimed. He then flapped sheepishly with his healthy wing.
BlackGatomon made a dismissive move with his hand.
"Just look at you", he said to Patamon, "you would be perfectly useless in battle in the moment; you are wounded. Takuya is right, we need a plan. And it'd better be good."
Patamon puffed out his cheeks and started to protest but TK interrupted him.
"BlackGatomon is right Patamon. You can't fight yet".
Patamon gave him a disgruntled pout but settled down in his lap again.
"Does anyone of you have an idea?", TK asked the group.

"Well, if I could use my Beats Spirit we'd have two Beats Spirits. I think that'd give us an advantage. Where is it anyway?", Koji asked and looked around as though he expected it to be in the room.
There was a beat of silence in which everyone seemed to consider what answer would be the best.
Luckily, Zoe spoke up first.
"This is not going to happen", she said firmly.
"What?", Koji asked confused, "Why? Did you forget my Spirit in the base?"
Takuya shook his head and made a vague motion to the door. "It's in the same room Bokomon and Neemon are in", he informed Koji hesitantly.
"Then I don't see a problem", Koji said with a challenging glare. Zoe shook her head.
"I used my Beats Spirit and I don't want that anyone of you uses them!"
"Oh and since when are you our leader?", Koji challenged her. Koichi laid a hand on his arm with a soft 'please don't fight'.
"W-well! Since never!", Zoe stuttered. Then she seemed to have realized her mistake because she added "But I don't want it anyway!"
"Hey, don't fight", Ken interrupted them with a soft smile, and TK nodded in agreement.
They really couldn't have a fight in their group shortly before a mission.

"Alright", Koji said with a smirk, completely ignoring Ken, "since Zoe isn't our leader I think that it's my decision if I want to try to digivolve."
"Don't you care about my opinion at all?!" Zoe yelled in response and jumped up.
To TK she looked quite desperate and scared.
"Of course do I care about your opinion", Koji shot back, oddly calm. "But if you can't give me a good reason why we shouldn't try it we have to do it! It might be our only chance to get the Crests. And Zoe, we need you to digivolve for this plan too."
Zoe rolled her eyes, and much to TK's surprise she answered "I don't mind digivolving again. But you shouldn't digivolve in the first place!"
Koji opened his mouth to respond but before the situation could escalate Takuya stepped in and placed a comforting hand on Zoe's shoulder.
"Koji is right Zoe", he said softly, "we need to try it. We can't be entirely sure how many digimon there will be."
Zoe grimaced, then she sighed loudly, her shoulders slumping in defeat. Finally she nodded and sat back down next to Sukai.
"I suggest", Tai spoke up when Zoe was seated again, "that we'll try all of this tomorrow. I am eager to get our Crests too, but we all are exhausted and some aren't in any condition to fight". He gave TK and Koji a pointed look at this point that both of them ignored.

Even though the digimon were reluctant to agree at first, everyone decided that they needed some good night's rest.
As everyone got up to follow Takuya to some makeshift beds or a place where they can change, TK laid back down. He felt lucky that he already had claimed one of the mattresses, so he didn't have to get up again.
Just before he fell asleep he felt Patamon cuddling against his side.
He sincerely hoped that everything would be fine tomorrow.


(A/N):
REVIEWS:
UltimateBlack: Yes I almost felt bad for making her lose her home _ But you are right, they didn't really value her. Still, for Sukai it is a hard blow.
I am not sure about the eye yet :) And I don't have the idea from the Avengers - actually I didn't watch the movies at all ^^ I just thought about it as a sign that she wants to become more confident.
Yeah, normally I don't use the f-word in fanfictions either. In this case I used it deliberately though. I thought it would add something to Lisa's character :)
As I mentioned before, I am not sure what I will do with BlackGatomon yet. It's a character that suddenly appeared and that I grew fond of – I don't know if he'll die or if he'll play a bigger part etc :D

Soo!
Sorry if I am a bit curt today, it's just that I haven't slept much and my brain isn't really functioning anymore ^^

But I wanted to ask you, please tell me what you want to happen with BlackGatomon. Do you like him? Or do you want to see him dead?
I'm curious :)

Anyway,
Liked it? Hate it? Want to hit me with a chair?
Let me know :)