Thechaosmaster: Hey, everyone, I am finally back wwith another chapter!

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Chaos: Very funny, Kurivolt. Anyways, I am very sorry about keeping you guys waiting, I blame my ADHD for causing me to ignore this story for a while. K got distracted playing Black Ops 4 Zombies trying to get gum camos. I got the Striff to Gold, but that's it. I hate the Weling Camo, if anyone has any tips for me, leave them in the coments. Now then, I want to state something, after I complete season one of this story and write the movie and posibly a bonus chapter where the DgiDestined give up their Crests, I might, no, I WILL write THe Hero And The Dtragon, so, be paitent. Anways. Enough bout me, ENJOY THE STORY!

Kuriuvolt: Thechaosmaster Does not own Digimon, nor it's character, he only owns Luke and Olette, everyone else belongs to their respected owners.

Chapter 17: The Scheme of Datamon

"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." Philip K. Dick.

Continuing on with our journey through Server, we had an unwanted reunion with Kuwagamon, our very first opponent when we first arrived here in the Digital World, and while me, Dorugamon, and Rouge seemed to have him on the ropes, we were overpowered, but then we were saved by a legend in the Digital World, Piximon. Afterwards, he brought us to his place and had me, Olette, Tai, and our Digimon go through a cave to find ourselves while Izzy and the others go through mediocre chores that turned out to be a self disciplinary lesson. And after meeting my younger self and help him learn how to climb a tree, I learn how to use my new powers, as well as my Crest Spirits real name. Now, with Susanoo on my side, I think I can learn how to fully master my powers.

It has been while since our departure from Piximon's home, how long was it? I don't know, but if I had to guess, I'd would say that is has only been an hour or so. But, besides all of the emptiness of desert, we did come across something interesting. "Hey guys, check it out." I said, pointing to a black cable lying on the desert sands. "It's more of those Dark Network cables from our 'friend' Etemon."

Izzy gasped in amazement then he pointed upwards and he said, "Hey, look up there!" We all looked to where Izzy was pointing towards and saw some kind of computer terminal, Izzy ran up to it and said, "Prodigious!"

We soon followed him upwards and found that he was already trying to hack into whatever it is that he came across. "What is it, Izzy? Some kind of power generator?" Tai asked the brains of our group.

Izzy smiled while still hacking into the systems and said, "Even better, Etemon has hardwired the entire desert, creating an extensive computer network. My guess, this is one of his remote data access Terminals."

Tai smiled and said, "Great, let's crash it!" He then punched his left hand with excitement.

I chuckled while shaking my head and said, "And that, Tai, is why Izzy holds the Crest Of Knowledge, and you hold Courage."

Tai looked up at me in shock and asked, "Hey, are calling me dumb, Luke!?"

I shook my head but smiled lightly and said, "No, I'm just saying that, while shutting down Etemon's Dark Network is important, I think that it would be best if we try out something a little bit more, subtle, Tai."

Tai was going to ask more, when Sora said in a soft and worried voice, "It could be a booby trap."

Then Olette looked up from where she was sitting while petting Rouge and said, "Sora, practically everything here is a potential trap."

Then Matt said, "If it is Etemon's, I say we cross the wires and mess it up good!"

I nodded with a fox like smirk and said, "Or as we say, sabotage."

I heard Tentomon ask, "What are you going to do with that?"

I turned and saw Izzy place a red USB cable into his computer as he says, "I wonder, it's entirely possible that our computers have compatible systems. And if they do, I can tap into Etemon's Network."

I chuckled and said, "If you do, spam his inbox with junk mail filled with the message, 'Etemon Stinks'. That would definitely get his stiches in a twist." Dorumon chuckled and Rouge laughed loudly.

Then Rouge, with a sadistic smile on her face, said, "If you really want to mess with this guy, I'm sure I could get in contact with Barbamon, and have him send out a fake invite to Etemon, sending him to Belphemon's lair. If there is one thing that Belphemon hates more than anything, it's to be disturbed from his slumber." Rouge then stared laughing like mad.

We all had to take a few steps back in fear from Rouge's mad laughter, then I said, "Rouge, as much as I hate the guy, not even I would send him to be deleted by Belphemon..." I them smirked wickedly and said, "I would send him to Daemon instead."

Rouge stopped laughing and looked at me in shock. Then she smirked evilly and said, "Kid, if being a DigiDestined doesn't work out, I could get you to become a member of the Demon Lords, you could end up replacing Daemon as the most wicked minds of all of us."

I felt a chill run down my spines, then I said, "Don't get me wrong, Rouge, I like you, and Lucemon is a decent mon to hang out with, but I'm not certain if I would fit in with the Demon Lords. And I get the feeling that if I did accept, Beelzemon would probably reduce me to something less than data before the days over."

Rouge shrugged and said, "Hey, it's your call. But seriously, anyone who is insane enough to send their enemies to Daemon of all Digimons, deserves to become a part of the Demon Lords."

Sora looked at us and said, "I still can't believe that she is a member of one of the most dangerous groups of Digimon to date. How exactly did you even accept her, Luke? You hate Devimon and Etemon with a passion, yet, you seem almost chill around Rouge? What's the deal?"

I smiled and shrugged and said, "Hey, what can I say, she hasn't given me a reason not to trust her yet. Plus, I have met Lucemon in person, as I told you guys earlier, he was the one who gave me this bandana, and trust me, I wasn't as trusting of Lucemon as I was of Rouge, in fact, it wasn't until we got separated by Devimon, did I learn the truth, and I can trust her, because I can see that she really wants to make amends for her past, besides, how could I hate her for lying about her past, when, by doing so, I would be considered a hypocrite, because I was doing the same thing."

I was going to say more, but I heard TK say, "Hey, Izzy, you have mail!"

I turned to Izzy and ran over to him as he asked, "That was quick, who even knows I've logged on?"

That was when Joe complained, "Oh no, it's Etemon!"

Almost like a reflex, I extended my arm and my shield appeared and the arrow head was pointing right at Joe's nose, who froze in fear, then I said, "Joe, I swear, if you don't start making positive thoughts come from those lips of yours, I will allow Rouge to silence you. There is only so much of your negativity that I can take."

Joe didn't say anything, but a hand grabbed my shield and lowered my arm, I looked over and saw Olette giving me a disapproving look, while shaking her head. She didn't say anything, but she didn't have to, I sighed in defeat then dismissed my shield, then I rubbed my head in embarrassment and said, "Sorry, about that, Joe. But your constant complaining was starting to get to me. I'm not one for violence, despite how I may act, but as calm and patient as I may be, even I have my limits. So, please for the sake of my sanity and your own life, if you have any negative thoughts in that head of yours, keep it to yourself. Understand?"

Joe could only nod fearfully in understanding. Then I turned to the others and saw that they were on edge, possibly because they thought that I was going to attack them, I chuckled and said, "Chill out, guys, I'm not going to hurt anyone. Well, none of you guys, that is. But Etemon and his cronies? Well, let's just say, I would like to try out more of my powers on them."

Tai chuckled and said, "You are one crazy guy, Luke."

I chuckled and asked, "You are just NOW noticing this, Tai?"

Tai simply shrugged and then he turned to Izzy and asked, "Anyways, Izzy, why don't you open that message, it's probably just spam anyways."

Izzy nodded, then he said, "Right."

He then clicked on the mail icon and soon the computer sent out a voice message saying, "Help me! S-O-S! Mayday! I am being held prisoner! Help me escape and I'll guide you to the Crests you seek!"

We all gasped in shock, then Sora asked, "Do you think he is for real? I mean, who could it be?"

Olette turned to me and asked, "Luke, I know you don't like telling the others the future, but, you wouldn't happen to know who this person is, would you?"

Everyone looked at me as I placed my right hand on my chin and my left hand on my right elbow, and closed my eyes and tried to remember this one. Then I said, "It's all a blur, I get the facts mixed up. And trust me, I'm not lying, and you need to remember, I have memories of two different lives to sort out, and I sometimes get the seasons mixed up. But, no, I don't really remember who this guy is. But, I think that, while we should help free this prisoner, we should at least stay on guard. We could end up in another trap if we don't."

Tai nodded and said, "Sounds logical, all right guys, you heard the man, let's head out! Izzy, you got the location?"

Izzy simply said, "Give me one second." Izzy then started typing rapidly on his computer, then he said, "Got it."

I smiled then I said, "Well, looks like we're in business! Let's move out, team!" Everyone nodded, then Izzy disconnected from the system and he moved ahead of us all, and we soon followed after him. Me and Olette we walking side by side to each other, fingers intertwined, now, I saw walking, but, in reality, I was walking, and Olette was floating, be it, only because she is more used to floating, than walking.

It wasn't long until we arrived at a canyon and Joe fearfully, "I don't like this one little bit. I don't like the look of it, I don't like smell of it...I don't like the.."

Rouge groaned and asked, "Is there anything you do like, Captain Complainer? Because remember what Luke said, all I need is the word, and you shall speak no more."

Joe gulped in fear, then Mimi said, "Don't have a brain cramp, Joe, you're turning green around the edges."

Tai nodded and said, "Yeah, somebody asked for our help, we gotta at least check it out. Right?"

I nodded and said, "You bet, Tai. Hey, Izzy, how close are we?"

Izzy typed rapidly on his computer and said, "Well, according to my laptop, we should be getting close."

I turned back to TK and Sora, who both had their tags out, waiting for a response and asked, "You two got anything yet?"

Sora shook her head and said, "No, not yet, Luke. But I am almost certain that it's here, I can feel it."

I nodded, then I asked, "How about you, TK, anything?"

Before TK could answer, his Tag started glowing, then he chuckled and said, "Yeah! Look it!"

"It's glowing!" Said the bearer of the Crest Of Friendship, Matt.

Then Tokomon cried out in joy, then he ran in a direction, then he said, "TK, come over here, look what I found!" We all turned and saw a symbol etched into a stone wall.

"Look! Another Crest!" Called out Sora.

At first TK didn't move, then I smiled and walked up to TK and placed my hand on his shoulder and then I softly said, "Well, TK, lead the way."

TK smiled and said, "K! Haha!" Then we all ran up to the stone wall with the symbol of a rising sun and beams of light coming down from it. While TK was running, he had hit Tag raised up up, and watched as it glowed brighter and brighter the closer he got to the rock.

The rock then began glowing brightly and Tai called out, "Watch it!"

But I just smiled and watched as TK got his Crest Of Hope, then we all watched as TK's Crest was inserted into his Tag, then he looked at and said, "Awesome! My own Crest! Hey, Luke, what's mine?"

I smiled brightly and said, "TK, your Crest is very special, it is called the Crest Of Hope."

TK looked down at his Crest and asked, "The Crest Of Hope? Huh?" We all watched as a small gust of wind circled around TK before dispersing quickly, then he shook his head and said, "The Crest Of Hope. The Crest Of Wind. The Crest of The Angle. Cool!"

"Congradulations!" Tokomon said with a smile.

Matt lightly smiled and said, "Now TK, don't think this means that you get to stay up any later."

I smiled, then I turned to Sora and said, "Well, I guess you're next, Sora."

Izzy nodded and said, "He's right. Sora's Crest is the only one left to find now. If we rescue this guy, maybe he can lead us to it."

Tai smiled and asked, "Well, what are we waiting for? To the rescue!"

Then Mimi looked behind Tai and asked, "Oh! What's that?!"

We looked to where Mimi was pointing to and saw cave etched with Digicode. We walked inside of the cave, and Izzy said, "See these Hieroglyphs? Look familiar? This is the same writing we've come across before."

I smiled and said, "They're called Digicode, Izzy. The very language of the Digital World. Not many can read them, And while me and Olette can understand them, I don't think that we can make sense of these."

Izzy nodded, then he said, "Wait a minute, this is a new one." Then Izzy started rubbing the symbol away.

Then I asked, "Uh, Izzy, remember the last time you did that?" But, surprisingly, when that strange symbol was erased, the whole hallway lit up.

Then Izzy said, "Prodigious! This is amazing! Do you know what I'm thinking?"

"I've got a feeling you're going to tell us." Mimi stated.

I chuckled and said, "Izzy, I can read these things, not your mind, so, care to elaborate?"

Izzy nodded and asked, "Sure, I can give you my hypothesis, but can you tell me if I'm close to my guess, Luke?"

I nodded and said, "Give me you theory, and I shall tell you what I think."

"Well you see, it's quite possible they are not a form of writing at all, despite what you have stated, Luke. But rather a code, a computer code." Izzy stated and looked to me to clarification.

I nodded in agreement, letting Izzy know he was on the right track, and said, "Correct so far, Izzy. Anything else?"

Izzy nodded and said, "Yeah. Just like a computer program, if you change one piece of the code, then you change the program." Then Izzy wrote a new symbol on the wall and then a holographic screen appeared, and Izzy said, "Like that, for example."

"Wait, so, we really are in some kind of computer game, Izzy? I thought that Luke was messing around when he said that. So does that mean that none of this is really real?" Joe stated while rubbing his head.

I laughed and said, "Joe, I told you this back on File Island, and you thought I was joking? Hah!" Then I got into my more serious tone and said, "Anyways, no, it's not a video game, this is real life, we are not in a simulation. If you get hurt, the pain you feel is real. And if you die, well...Game Over. This is real, very real."

Izzy nodded and said, "Oh, it's real, all right." Sora, Matt and Joe all looked towards Izzy as he said, "You know, I'm thinking everything we see and everyone we meet in this place are actually pieces of data or programming, given physical form. Am I correct, Luke."

I smiled and said, "You better believe it, Izzy. Everything we see before us, even ourselves, are all made of data. I'm pretty sure I have stated this before, but just encase you guys need a reminder, when we obtained our Digivices, when they fell from the sky back at camp, that wave that came out of nowhere and dragged us here, transported us from our human Earth, into this Digital World."

Then Matt stated, "Now, wait a minute, how can a wave bring us from our world and into this world?"

I folded up my arms and said, "By the use of a Digital Gateway. One that is located at the campsite."

Then Matt raised an eyebrow and asked, "How, though, by squeezing through a floppy drive?"

Before I could answer, Izzy stated, "No, we're just kilobytes of data too. I mean, the versions of us that are here. Am I correct, Luke?"

I shook my head in disagreement and sighed sadly and said, "No, Izzy, that is where you are wrong. This is not the work of simply uploading our minds into Digital Avatars while our bodies are somewhere safe, we are here. But our flesh and blood has been converted into data. And as I stated, if something were to happen to us, then, that is it, game over, no waking up on Earth, no second life, no retry. So, it is best if all of you take this very seriously, or else, you could seriously get hurt, or worse."

At first, no one said anything, probably digesting the reality of this situation, then Tai asked, "If I'm just data, why do I still feel like I'm flesh and blood?"

"And I still have to go to the little girls room." Mimi stated.

This is where I answered with, "Because, deep down, you are still flesh and blood, Tai. This world simply converts your body into data, it changes your DNA into zeroes and ones, that is true, but no matter what, deep down, you are still flesh and blood, and nothing will change that fact. Nothing. And because of that fact, you still have the human urges like hunger and thirst. All of that means is that, while we are just bits of data, the fact remains that we are ourselves, who we are, is right here." I pointed to my heart and said, "No matter what, no matter how much we change on the outside, we will always be the same person on inside."

Everyone looked shocked at this, then I said, "So, that is the truth, and Izzy, don't get any random ideas about our real bodies being at the campsite, because that idea, is false."

Izzy nodded and said, "Noted, I can cross that idea off my theories list. Thanks for clearing that up, Luke. Who knows what I could have come up with if you didn't clear that up."

I smiled and said, "No problem, Izzy. And hey, after this, you know, once we actually get home, I could try to teach you how to read the Digicode. While It won't be easy, I have a feeling that you will be able to learn it pretty quickly."

Izzy nodded, then I saw a lightbulb go off over his head as he said, "Hey, wait a second, I've got an idea!"

Olette looked over to Izzy and asked, "What is it, Izzy?"

"Yeah, Brainiac, what did you just come up with? Something good I hope." Rouge asked while leaning against a wall.

Izzy then started typing rapidly as he said, "Let me see, if I can just crack this program..." As he was typing, he started looking around at the walls, or more specifically, at the Digicode on the walls.

Then Mimi said, "Uh oh. He's in his computer Dork Mode, this could take a while."

I chuckled and said, "Mimi, do I need to remind you that you have a bad habit of bringing up the mall almost every single day?" Mimi blushed in embarrassment then I lightly smirked and said, "See, we all have our own flaws and quirks. And it just so happens that Izzy's quirks is that he has to analyze everything. Let him have his moment."

And at that, the holographic image transformed into the Earth, or, what looked like Earth. I whistled in amazement while the others gasped, then Olette asked, "Is that Earth, Luke? As in, your world?"

I shook my head and said, "No, that's the Digiworld. Right Izzy?

Izzy looked at us and nodded, then he said, "I have called up a holographic map of the Digiworld. And you can see, the similarities it has to the planet Earth. In fact, there are a lot of parallels with our world."

Matt then sarcastically said, "That's terrific, Izzy. Great time for a geography lesson."

Dorumon then said, "I don't know, Matt. I happen to find it quite interesting. Seeing the home that Lukas has talked a lot about."

Rouge nodded then she said, "Yeah, Gem Face is right, plus, that technically is the original world, so, seeing the place that created my world, it kind of makes me feel, nostalgic.

"Yep, that's home." I felt a tear fall down my cheek, I rubbed my eye and said, "Seeing home makes me miss it. But now is not the time for tears. Izzy, what have you got?"

Izzy typed on his computer and said, "Pay attention and you might learn something."

Matt turned to Izzy and asked, "Yeah?"

Izzy nodded and said, "If I enter the E-Mail Address of the person who contacted us, I could find his location in the DigiWorld here." Then we saw a red blinking dot appear on Izzy's map.

Olette looked over to Izzy and asked, "Izzy, is that where the person is?"

Instead of answering her completely, Izzy said, "Now, look at the E-mail address." We looked at the address and saw that it had said, ' #4dfja9z$.com.' Then Izzy said, "That E-Mail address is from a web domain in our world, I've logged onto it a thousand times."

Then Tai asked, "Is there a point to all of this somewhere, Izzy?"

Then Sora asked, "Is the person who sent the message in our world or the Digiworld?"

Then Izzy said, "That's just it, he''s in both!" Izzy then had another holographic image appear, this time you could clearly tell that it is the Earth, then strange lines appeared on both worlds, then Izzy said, "Look, the Digiworld's on the left, the world we know is on the right, and if I overlay them like so..." Then the two worlds were right on top of one another.

Then Sora said, "The white lines match up perfectly! What does is mean?"

Then Mimi tearfully said, "It reminds me of the balls of yarn my kitty used to play with!"

Rouge rolled her eyes and said, "Humans, I don't understand them."

Then Izzy said, "That's the world's Digital Network. Through those lines, every computer on Earth is connected to every other computer. The Digital World is a physical Embodiment of the data passing through them. Right, Lukas?"

I nodded and said, "On the money, Izzy. What you guys are seeing, is something that no one else has ever seen, that nobody even knows exists."

Izzy nodded and stated, "The Digital Shadow World that exists alongside our own. Their not just parallels, but are physically linked, so, everything we do here will have effects on the other. Am I right Luke?"

I looked deeper into the cave, then I said, "You are correct, but not completely. You see, picture our world and the Digital World as two sides of the same coin. While they are part of the same world, the effect that each world has on the other is not as simple as placing a mountain in one location here in the Digital World, and that would create a mountain in the real world. Both worlds require the other in order to exist. Think of it as a symbiotic relationship. The Digital World exists because of the technology created by humans. But, even though they are connected, they have become distant."

Matt looked at me with a curious look and asked, "What do you mean by distant? Distant how, exactly?"

I looked over to one of the many symbols on the wall, then I closed my eyes and felt my connection with Susanoo become achieved, then we spoke, both me and Susanoo, "There was once a time, back when the Digital World and the Human World were in synch, time wise, that was after the Great War, after Ogudomon, after the birth of the Hazard. Peace had been sustained in the Digiworld, but then, an evil Digimon arose and threatened the Digital World, but, thanks to Ten Powerful and Legendary Warriors, the evil was defeated, but, not by deletion, but by sealing it up behind a firewall."

Sora looked at me and asked, "Does this Digimon have a name?"

I nodded and said, "He does, but we need to focus on the more important things. Izzy, do you have anything else for us?"

Izzy nodded and said, "Yeah, and here's the coolest part. Wherever this person is in the Digiworld, I think I can take us there just by entering his E-Mail address and clicking on it, like accessing a web page."

"Hey, all this techno talk and Digiworld history mumbo jumbo is making my head spinny!" TK stated in confusion.

Then Matt said, "Computer guys can never just do something, TK. That would be too easy. And the things that Lukas says, makes no sense, no matter what he says."

I gave Matt a false hurt look and placed my hand over my chest and sarcastically said, "Oh, Matt, you wound me with your insults." I chuckled as I said, "I can try to explain this as simple as I can, and it still sounds like I'm trying to explain quantum physics while speaking Latin. This right here is why I just stick with my old motto, 'Just accept it an move on.' Because no matter what, strange crud is going to happen. I mean, look at me, before all of this, I was just your average kid, then a car hits me and I end up in another world that is actually a kids cartoon show, and my girlfriend is basically a spirit that lives in my mind. None of this makes sense. No point of trying to over complicate the simple things. Or Simplify the complicated things. You will only drive yourself to madness. And Crazy Town is a place I live in."

Olette giggled and said, "Well, Luke, no one can be as unhinged as you, plus, I still love you for all of your flaws." She then kissed my cheek and said, "Just don't try to everything on you own, and you'll be fine."

I lightly blushed and said, "Hey, I'm not that dumb. Besides, I leave all of the dumb stuff for Tai to do."

"HEY!" Exclaimed Tai while glaring at me.

Matt chuckled and said, "Anyways, the smart guys can never just do stuff, TK. They've gotta spend all day telling you how they'll do it."

Then Joe said in a somber tone, "This is depressing, even when I'm computer data I have allergies."

Me, Olette and Dorumon had to work together to hold back Rouge as she tried to claw Joe's face off, then she said, "Let me go, I'm not going to hurt him, I just want to give him a hair cut!"

I struggled trying to hold her back as I said, "Rouge, please be calm about this!"

"Oh, I am calm, let me go and I'll show you just how calm I can be!" Rouge stated in an fake calm tone that was obviously false.

Dorumon then painfully said, "Rouge, we can tell you're lying about that, it's quite obvious. And Luke has been lying all his life, if there is someone who can detect lies, it's him!"

I nodded then I said, "True. Now then, either calm down, or I am going to try using my Earth Powers to encase you, and I haven't had long enough to practice them, and I could accidentally delete you, so please calm down."

Rouge had a quick look of fear spread across her face at the thought of being deleted, then she took a deep breath then she said, "Whatever, just keep Mr Negative away from me, or he won't stay in one piece for long."

Then Gomamon said, "Look on the bright side, Joe. If you weren't here, you never would have met me."

Then Biyomon asked, "Sora, does this mean we don't exist? That we're really not friends?"

Sora knelt down and put her hand on Biyomon's wing and said, "Of course not. You heard what Luke said. We may be made of data, but we are real, and that makes you guys real. So, in that sense, we really are friends, Biyomon. Truthfully, I don't get it, but if Lukas says it's true, then it must be, and it sounds right to me."

Tai simply shrugged and said, "Oh, well. Wherever we are, we're here, so let's figure out what we're going to do next. Come on, Brainiac, what are you waiting for?"

We all turned to Izzy who was still typing on his computer, then he said, "Okay, okay. All I have to do is click on the guy's E-Mail address, and then bingo."

And at those words, the hologram suddenly started changing, and while that was happening, Mimi said, "I hate Bingo, it's so confusing, with all those letters and number... Hey look, a door!"

We looked and we saw a new exit way in the cave, then Olette asked, "Was that there before, Luke? Because I'm pretty certain that that direction was completely dark just a moment ago."

I shrugged and said, "To tell you the truth, I have no idea as to what logic this world follows, if I did, I would tell you."

Then Tai was at my side and he said, "Last one throughs a rotten egg!"

And while none of us started moving, Izzy instead said, "Our electronic pen pal is right out there."

"Or it could be a trap." Stated Sora, being the cautious one here.

I nodded and said, "When has anything NOT been a trap?" I raised my fingers as I listed the many times we fell for a trap. "First there was Devimon's Hotel, then there was Etemon's Roman Coliseum, and then Kokatorimon's Cruiser. Am I forgetting any? No, I'm not. Besides, if this is a trap, we will deal with it the same way we did all the others."

Olette then squeezed my hand and she asked, "Together?"

I nodded and stated, "Together."

Tai nodded and walked up to me and placed a hand on my shoulder and said, "Right you are, lil' bro, right you are."

I looked around, then I asked, "Well, shall we get moving?"

Everyone nodded, then I tightened my Pride Bandana and then we all started walking into the light, and we soon found ourselves at, what a surprise, ANOTHER FREAKING DESERT! Ehem, anyways, Matt and Tai looked around, then Tai said, "Whoa, check this out!"

We all looked to where Tai was looking at, and saw a pyramid, but this one was different, this one was upside down, with the tip of the pyramid sticking in the ground and the base was up in the air.

But that wasn't all, Tai took out his telescope and peered through it, then he said, "Head's up! Etemon at 9 O'Clock!"

We watched as Etemon angrily marched into the pyramid, then Joe fearfully said, "Uh, I think I left the water on back at the sphinx."

Rouge then said, "Joe, there isn't even a sink in the sphinx."

I chuckled then I said, "Guys, guys. Chill. Look, right now we should set up camp and wait until night has passed, then, come morning, we can investigate the pyramid. How does that sound?"

Everyone nodded and Matt said, "Agreed. Who wants to take first watch?"

It was hours later and Sora was in the process of reliving Tai of watch guard duty, while me, Olette, Dorumon and Rouge were away from the others so I can practice my new powers.

I heard Olette ask, "Luke, are you sure you want to be doing this at night? It is dark out, and you could get hurt."

I looked to my girlfriend and gently smiled, then I said, "Relax, sugarplum, I'll be fine. Now then, let's do this." I closed my eyes and took three deep breaths, then I opened them and stared at the ground in front of me. I rose my right hand and tried to feel the power of the earth that I had felt back during my fight against Phobos. At first I got nothing, and that was fine. I simply said, "You can never get it the first time. But with practice, it can become instinct."

Then I heard a voice say, "Right you are, Luke. Right you are." This was Susanoo, he is the one who is helping me with my powers. "Now, then, you were on the right track with trying to remember the feelings you had during your battle against Phobos. But you need to learn how to feel the earth beneath you. It will take some time, but I'm sure you can do it. This time, however, don't raise your hand to the sky, instead, lay it down on the ground."

'What would that do, Susanoo?' I asked, then it hit me. 'Of course! By placing my hand on the ground, I could get a much better feel of the earth!'

Susanoo nodded and said, "You are right on the money, Luke. You catch on quick. Now then give it another shot."

I nodded, then I placed my hand on the ground and closed my eyes. I focused on feeling the ground beneath me. Tried to feel the sand, the dirt, all of the ground that was beneath me. Then I tried to control the earth. I gripped the ground tightly, and I thought of what I wanted the earth to do.

I opened my eyes and focused in front of me, then I watched as a few small rocks started to lift from the ground. I was starting to feel the strain of this power, and it cost me my focus. The pebbles fell and I sat on my butt defeated and with a groan I said, "Ugh! That was pathetic!"

Rouge then remarked with, "What, the small pebbles that you lifted? Or the fact that you looked like an idiot while doing that?"

I glared at Rouge and said, "Rouge, I'm not in the mood for your sarcasm right now."

We then heard the sounds of footsteps approaching us, we turned and saw Agumon and my brother walking up to us. I waved and said, "Tai, Agumon, what are you guys doing here?"

Tai lightly smiled at me and said, "Luke, it's getting late, you guys should head off to bed."

Agumon nodded and said, "He's right, we have a big task instore for us tomorrow, remember?"

I sighed and nodded, then I said, "Right. Come on, guys off to bed." Everyone nodded then me and Olette joined hands and started walking back to camp. After we laid down, I softly kissed Olette on the forehead and said, "Goodnight, O, sweet dreams."

Olette blushed and said, "Goodnight, Luke, sweet dreams as well." She then closed her eyes and begun her drift into dream land.

I smiled brightly at her, then I laid down and closed my eyes and joined her in dream land.

The following morning saw me, Sora, Olette and Izzy standing outside the cave, then Izzy said, "Remember, there's one thing that's important to keep in mind. This is more than just a parallel universe, it's a shadow world, physically linked to our own."

I nodded and said, "Right, but, just because they are linked, it does not mean that if anything happens here, it will not have a direct effect on our world."

Then Sora said, "And with the real versions of ourselves here, we can't just do things without thinking, correct?"

I nodded and said, "Right. If we are to do this, we must take extreme caution while traversing through the pyramid. We don't know what could happen."

Olette nodded and said, "He's right, and for all we know, we could be walking into a trap. And we don't want that to happen."

Dorumon smirked and said, "Well, if it is a trap, I'd say, we give these guys a reminder of who we are. Right Luke?"

I smiled and said, "Only if we can't sneak in. If we can lurk in the shadows, as in, remain hidden, we won't have to go out guns a blazing. But, if we have to, then," I summoned my shield and said, "We'll go wild."

Then Sora said, "So, whatever happens, we have to be just as careful as any other time."

I nodded and said, "Correct. And that means, keeping an eye on Tai. I can only guess what he might do."

Before anyone could respond, Tai shouted out, "Hey! Sometime this year!" We all looked into the cave and saw Tai just waiting for us, then Tai said, "Man you guys talk more than mom's book club. Can we go?"

I sighed in annoyance, then I said, "Tai, don't let those goggles go to your head, or I will hurt you. Learn some freaking patience or there will be pain! And I have plenty of things to bring the pain."

Tai shrugged, then Sora said, "Alright. We're coming." Then we all started running to the desert.

Once we were with the others, Izzy started typing on his computer, he pulled out a map of the pyramid and said, "I got into the program and found the most direct route to the center of the pyramid."

I smiled and said, "Great! Now we don't have to spend countless hours and taking a chance at running into Etemon while inside the pyramid."

Then Joe said, "Okay, let's get this straight: we're only going in there to find this guy and get Sora her crest, right?"

"Right, right." Tai said in an annoyed tone.

"That means no fights or dangerous stuff." Joe stated.

Tai simply waved him off and said, "You whimper more than a puppy, Joe!"

Rouge nodded and said, "Yeah, Mister Complainer, you have complained about every single thing since the moment I have met you, and it is really annoying, either grow a backbone for once, or go hide in a hole. But what ever you do, leave your complaints inside the sphinx."

I chuckled and said, "Yeah, seriously, Joe. Relax." I then turned to Tai and in a business like tone, I asked, "Tai, what's the plan?"

Tai turned to me and said, "Here's what we're going to do. Matt, Mimi, TK, you three stay here and stay guard. The rest of us will head inside the pyramid. Let's move out!"

But, before we started leaving, Mimi said, "If you really don't need me..."

"I miss you guys already." Stated Palmon.

"We'll be back in time to eat." Gomamon stated.

And Tai responded with, "Or get eaten." Then he and Agumon jumped down.

I looked to Olette and said, "Sometimes Tai is way to cocky for his own good."

Olette giggled and said, "Oh, he's just excited, Luke. Come on, we don't want to be left behind now, do we?" Olette then flew off after Tai.

I chuckled and said, "No we do not." I then jumped down myself and ran after my brother and my girlfriend. And soon, Izzy, Joe, Sora anf the Digimon followed after us. And soon, all of us were sneaking up to the pyramid.

Then, as we hid behind a dune of sand, Tai whispered, "Ok, stay together."

As we approached the pyramid, Izzy checked his computer and said, "There's a hidden back door to the program we can use to get in." He typed rapidly as he said, "It should be right up ahead."

Then we quietly ran up to the pyramid, but we found just a plain old wall. "That's funny, it should be right here."

I looked at the wall, trying to find something, then I had an idea, "Izzy, where exactly is this back door?"

But before Izzy could respond, we all heard Etemon's voice from the distance, "Where's my fried banana sandwich?" Me and Tai looked over the wall and saw Etemon, then we heard him ask, "You know I like to eat it after my nap!"

Me and Tai jumped back in shock, then Joe asked, "Tai, Luke, what is it?"

Tai then said, "It's Etemon!"

Then Joe cried out in fear, but he covered his mouth, but I knew that we were discovered, I turned to Izzy and said, "Izzy, where is this back door supposed to be?"

Izzy typed rapidly on the computer and said, "It should be right here, but I can't seem to find it!"

I went to punch the was in frustration, but instead of hitting wall, I went right through the pyramid, and fell on my face, I heard Olette cry out, "Luke"

I pushed myself up and rubbed my face and said, "Well, I found that backdoor, but I kind of wish that I didn't involve me falling on my face." As I pushed myself up, I saw that everyone was already in the pyramid.

Then I heard Rouge say, "Maybe I should start calling you Klutz Lord instead of Edge Lord."

I glared at Rouge and said, "Don't even think about it."

Then I heard Tai call out, "Yoo Hoo!"

I looked to my right and saw Tai sticking out his hand then pulling it back in. While chuckling to himself. Then we heard Etemon's voice call out, "I should really have this place exterminated, because something's starting to bug me!"

I shook my head and lightly chuckled and said, "Tai, just be sure that you don't give away our position, okay?"

Then Tai walked out of the invisible wall and said, "We've got him talking to himself!"

I chuckled, and with Olette's help, I was back on my feet, then after brushing myself off, Sora said, "Really funny, Tai! Are you crazy? What if you had gotten us caught?"

Then Tai raised up his finger and said, "But we weren't, were we?"

I chuckled and said, "Relax, Sora. We're fine. No need to worry."

Olette then looked at me and said, "Every time you say that, Luke, I always feel the most worried."

I chuckled and said, "Yeah, I know. Sorry."

Then Joe asked, Well, now what do we do?"

Izzy then looked around the walls and said, "I guess we try to find a way through these walls. The trick is finding the weak points. Luke, back at the Koromon Village, couldn't you see through walls before?"

I saw where Izzy was going, and I nodded, "I see what you're thinking, Izzy, and I can give it a try." I grabbed my bandana and pulled it over my eyes, then I saw the whole room light up in a bright green coloring, then I said, "Well, that works. Okay, guys, just follow me, and don't stray off course."

Sora then asked, "But what if there are hidden traps about, Luke?"

I turned to her, my eyes still covered and then I said, "While I may not be able to control the earth like I could before yet, after our adventure at Piximon's place, I have been able to summon my shield without a problem." I extended m right arm and watched as Digicode started to wrap around my arm, and in a flash of green, my shield was now on my arm.

Then I said, "See? Now if we activate any kind of trap, I can protect all of you guys. Not saying that your Digimon can't protect you, but being able to see when a trap gets sprung has it's advantages."

Tai smiled and said, "Just don't walk into a wall, Luke."

Then Agumon said, "Hey, I found a weak pont!"

I watched as Agumon was about to hit a solid wall, then I said, "Agumon, wait!" But it was too late and he hurt his arm.

"As I was saying, we need to find the weak points. Let's use our heads, not hands." Izzy stated.

I sighed and said, "Why don't you guys leave this to me. Okay?" Everyone nodded then I motioned them to follow me.

We started walking through the pyramid with me leading the group this time, looking out for any kind of disturbance in the walls. Then I heard Sora ask, "Hey, Luke?"

I turned to Sora and asked, "What is it, Sora?"

"How will you be able to tell if any of these walls are fake?" She asked me.

I lightly chuckled and said, "You see, my element is Earth."

Sora then blinked and asked, "Your element? What do you mean, Luke?"

I chuckled and asked, "Tai, you remember when you obtained your Crourage, and you had that small feeling like you were on fire surround you, and you called your Crest, the Crest Of Fire, right?" Tai nodded, then I said, well, the Crests each have three components that make up what they are. The Trait that they represent, take my Crest, it represents Protection."

As I spoke, I took notice that Izzy was taking notes, "Then comes what element that they are associated with, mine being earth. And lastly, the title that they bare, that which you yourself become, I'm the guardian. And because my element is earth, I can see through objects using Seismic Waves to see the area around me. And if a wall happens to be fake, I would notice that. Does that make sense?" Everyone nodded then we continued through the pyramid.

After walking down a flight of stairs I noticed something, I looked to where a wall was not as solid, then I removed my bandana and saw that the wall was not solid. "This wall's fake."

Tai walked up to the wall and said, "Hey, you can see right through this wall."

We all turned to Izzy who was typing on his computer and said, "Yeah, here it is. It's another breach in the system''s security."

Then Rouge pointed at the false wall and said, "Look! Gazimon at twelve ol' clock."

We all turned to the false wall and saw the Gazimon walk by us, then Sora whispered, "Be still."

I shook my head and said, "It doesn't work like that. The wall is fake on this side, on their side, all they see is a regular wall."

Then, as the Gazimon finished walking by, Tai ran through the wall and did something that I didn't see, then he ran back. We watched as Tai started chuckling. I sighed, then I walked up to Tai, grabbed him by his ear and dragged him away, and in an annoyed voice, I said, "Come on, Taichi, keep it moving."

"Hey, Luke! Let me go!" Tai cried out.

I just ignored him, and kept dragging him through the tunnel, then Sora said, "You could have gotten us all captured, Tai. You're so immature!"

Then Joe turned to Sora and said, "Sora, could you yell a little quieter?

Tai, who was still struggling to get out of my grasp, then said, "I'm sorry, Sora. Hey! Luke, that hurts!"

I simply turned to Tai with a glare, then I threw him into a wall, then I summoned my shield and aimed the tip at his nose, then in a hushed yell, I said, "Taichi Kamiya! There are a lot of things that you have done in the past that I have been able to overlook, and the reason is because we're brothers! But what you have just done could have possibly alerted Etemon's lackies of our infiltrtation of this pyramid. And could have jepordised our safty! I thought you learned to take things more seriously after the incident at the colillsieum. I'm not sure if Amaturatsu is awake or not, but for the sake of my sanity, and the safty of us all, she needs to keep you from doing something stupid."

Tai raised his hands in a frightned surrender and said, "Luke, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I just wanted to mess with these guys a little. Is that wrong?"

I glared at my older brother and said, "When we could possibly get descovered and chased through this cavern, then YES! ABSOLUTLY IT IS TAI!" I saw Tai try to shrink under my gaze in fear, I looked around and saw that everyone was shocked at me, then I looked back at Tai, then I dismissed my shied, closed my eyes and took a deep breath, then I calmly said, "Think with your head for once. The Digital World does not revolve around you, Tai. If we were to be discovered because of you, and one of us got hurt because of it, the blame would rest on you alone, Tai. Do you want that?"

Tai shook his head rapidly then he said, "No."

Then I knelt down to be eye level with him and said, "Then stop trying to rush into things without thinking. Show us, show me, that you really are a leader, and not just a kid, Tai. Okay?" I asked as I stood back up.

Tai nodded and said, "You got it, Luke."

I smiled, then I held my hand out to him, he grabbed it and I pulled him back up to his feet. Then I said, "Just remember, think before you do something stupid, Tai."

Tai rubbed the back of his head, and said, "You got it, Luke."

I nodded then I looked back to the others and said, "Come on, we still have a mission to complete." And with that, we all continued on our path through the pyramid.

After a while of walking, we walked through another fake wall and soon found a large wired electric fence, to which Tentomon stated, "This looks nasty! We don't have to pass through here, do we?"

We all looked to Izzy, who was checking his laptop, then he said, "This Fire Wall is the system's last line of defense. But there appeares to be only one safe way through it."

Then Joe fearfully stated, "And if we pick the wrong one, they'll scoop us up with a spatula."

"You're not scared, are you, Joe?" Gomamon asked Joe.

To which he replied with, "Maybe I am, a little."

Then Tai put his hands behind his head and brashly stated, "Relax, it's not like we're human or anything. We're just bunches of kilobytes, remember?"

I quickly summoned my shield, transformed it into the crossbow, then fired it right above Tai, cutting a few shreads of hair off of him. Then I said, "TAI DON'T BE AN IDIOT! I HAD JUST STATED YESTERDAY THAT WE ARE HUMAN! AND WE CAN GET HURT IF WE AREN'T CAREFUL! IF YOU PICK THE WRONG ONE, YOU COULD DIE! DO YOU WANT THAT!?"

Tai looked at me and asked, "You weren't joking, Luke?"

"When it comes to things like the safty of others, Tai, I never joke around!" I stated.

Then Olette floated up between us and said, "Now, now boys. Please calm yourselves. I'm sure that we can figure a way through this."

Tai turned and pouted while mumbeling about something that I could't make out. I simply nodded and dismissed my crossbow and said, "Thank you, O. I'm not sure what could have happened if I didn't get Tai to stand down."

Olette smiled and simply said, "It's okay, Luke. I know that you were just trying to protect your brother from himself, there's nothing wrong with that."

I looked down at my crest and said, "The Crest Of Protection. I can see now why I was chosen for it. Not just protecting my friends and loved ones from danger, but from themselves as well."

Then Dorumon turned to me and asked, "Luke, do you know which one it is? Or, can you not see it?"

I siged and closed my eyes and focused on the area around me, transforming the darkness ito a bright green glow. The best way to describe it iis, like Aura Sight from Pokémon. That is my best description of it. I looked at the fence, but I couldn't see the fake wall. mostly because this was a metal fence and it was covered in electricity.

I opened my eyes and shook my head and said, "No. I can't tell one fence from the other, and the electricity is messing with my vision, sorry. Izzy, you got anything?"

Izzy typed on his computer then he walked over to a part of the fence and said, "The weak point should be...here."

Tai smiled and said, "Cool." Then he walked right through it and disappeared. Then Izzy, Sora and Joe were shocked, then Tai came back and asked, "Are you coming in, or are you just gonna stand there all day?" And soon we all followed him.

When we finally came out of the other end, we found a place covered in metal. Then Izzy stated, "This is the host computer."

"Yowza." Stated Tai in shock. Then he jokingly asked, "Do you think it comes with a CD -ROM drive, or is that optinal?"

I then noticed something in the middle of the room. It was a small glass container with a small machine like DIgimon that looked like a microchip mixed with a lightbulb. Then Sora asked, "And what do you suppose that thing is?"

To which Tentomon stated, "I've heard of him. His name's Datamon, a super intelligent robotic Digimon. He disappeared without a trace some time ago. Nobody ever knew what happened to him."

Then Sora suggested, "Maybe that's the thing that sent us the E-Mail. Kind of looks like he's a prisioner."

Then Rouge scoffed and stated, "A prisioner in a pyramid? How odd. I wonder how he got here?"

I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine, almost as if danger was going to be coming shortly. Then Izzy's computer had the image of Datamon pop up, and a robotic voice stated, "Of course it was! Who else?" We all looked at the computer as Datamon spoke, "Today is your lucky day... And mine."

I saw the lightbulb go on above Izzy's head as he said, "I get it, he's communicating with us through the infrared port on my laptop."

Then Datamon spoke in an almost mocking tone, "Oh, a hardware fan. Well, listen, we haven't much time. Long long ago, I fought Etemon and lost. One of my rare miscaculations." He said in a bit of an embbaressed tone of voice, then he said, "Anyway, I was severly damaged and he imprisioned me here and forced me to act as his webmaster. Administrating his network."

I chuckled and said, "Figures, I knew Etemon wasn't smart enough to actually run a real Dark Network on his own."

Datamon nodded and said, "Precisly. And without Etemon knowing, however, I was able to slowly repair myself. Restoring my capabilities bit-by-bit over the years. Eventually I gained control over Etemon's Network, not total control, but enough to bring some misery to that blubbering baboon."

Rouge chuckled and said, "Awsome. And I thought I was evil."

Then Datamon said, "And at long last, I'm ready to free myself, but I need your help to break the cyber-lock."

"What about my Crest? You said that in your message that you could lead us to it." Sora asked Datamon.

I nodded and stated, "Yeah, you said that. So, where is it?"

Then Datamon stuttered for a single moment, but it was enough to get me on edge as he said, "Um, yes, whatever you want, just please help me out of here!"

"Can we trust this talking can opener?" Joe asked us.

"Well, if you ask me, I'd say we leave him here, if Etemon had this guy locked up, I'd have to say it was for a good reason." Rouge stated.

Olette turned to our traveling demon and said, "Come on, Rouge, we can at least give him a chance. I'm sure that he was wrongfully trapped. So, let's help him out."

Rouge scoffed and said, "Fine. But if he turns on us, I want first dibs on this guy."

I smirked and said, "Sure, no problem." I then sent a hidden glare at Datamon, there was something off about him that I couldn't explain.

Then Datamon stated, "Hey, Etemon is your enemy as well as mine. That makes us allies. Please, you're my only hope!"

Tai turned to me and asked, "Luke, what do you say?"

I folded my arms and said, "Well, he's right, Etemon is all of our enemies at the moment, so, as the age old saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, let's help him." But I turned to Datamon and said, "But know this, you pile of scraps, if you betray us, and shall finish what Etemon started, understand?"

Datamon nodded and said, "Perfectaly."

Then Tai asked, "Okay, you're on. What do you want from us?"

Then Datamon said, "I am transmitting instructions for disengaging the Cyber-Lock."

Then Izzy ran up to a odd looking panale that was on the wall, and took note of everything, then Izzy asked, "Hey, can one of you push that lever for me?"

I nodded and said, "You got it, Izzy." I went up to the lever and pulled it down. That revealed that the panale had knobs that Izzy turned in a certain order. I turned to Datamon and couldn't shake the feeling that Datamon was up to something.

And that bad feeling was further stated when Datamon said, "Quickly, quickly! Before Etemon returns!"

Then I heard Izzy say, "Okay, Luke, pull the lever back to it's orignal position. That should be the last step in the process."

I nodded and was about to reluctantly pushed the lever upwards, when Etemon's voice called out, "Hold it!" We turned to see that Etemon had arrived.

"Etemon!" Tai called out.

Etemon chuckled and said, "I've been watching you on surveillance cameras and you're an annoying little brat, you know that?" Then Gazimon jumped into the room.

Then Tai cheerfully said, "Hey, it's been my pleasure!"

Then Joe turned to Tai and said, "Great, why don't you call him ugly, too?"

I smirked and turned to Etemon and said, "Causing mischief is my favorite pastime."

Then Etemon turned to us and said, "All this time I thought it was these snot-nosed kids who was causing my network to go on the fritz, but it was you, wasn't it, you Digital Dumpster?!"

Then Datamon said, "Well, in a word, yes."

Then Etemon ran towards me, and just before his fist landed in my gut, I had my shield out and blocked his punch, "Ugh, not bad, for a monkey." I said as I pushed Etemon back.

Etemon chuckled and said, "It'll take more then some cheep trick to take me on."

I smirked and asked, "Oh? Is that right? Well then... Let's dance, Etemon."

Then Dorumon said, "Digimon, time to Rock 'N' Roll!" Then the whole room was filled with the sounds of Digivices echoing.

And soon, Dorugamon, Greymon, Kabuterimon, Birdramon, and Ikkakumon were all here and ready to play. Greymon charged at Etemon, but was punched to the side. Etemon then grabbed Ikkakumon by his horn and threw him into Kabuterimon.

I then turned to Datamon and said, "This is your chance to prove yourself, Datamon, help us defeat Etemon, and guide us to Sora's Crest, and you're free to go." Then I lifted up the lever, lowering the cage that Datamon was in.

Then Datamon said, "I'm free! Now let's see how you like it!"

Etemon turned to Datamon and asked, "Huh?"

Then Datamon lifted up the prison that he was once in, and threw it at Etemon and his flunkies, and shards also hit Birdramon. "Biyomon!" Sora cried out as Birdramon DeDigivolved back into Biyomon.

I gritted my teeth and turned to Datamon and said, "Hey! We set you free!"

Then Datamon bowed and said in a mocking tone, "And I do appreciate that, you chumps!"

Then Etemon said, "Dumb kids. You'd think by now they'd learn to trust no one."

I smirked, then I said, "Oh, Datamon, you are a fool." Datamon looked at me as I said, "You forget, I said that if you betray us, I would finish what Etemon started, and now, I will follow up on that promise." I transformed my shield into my Crossbow and aimed it at Datamon, then I said, "Etemon, after this, I'm coming for you."

Datamon chuckled and said, "Trust me, this will hurt."

Then he fired a swarm of data bugs at both me and Etemon, I then shouted, "Apollo's Devine Arrow!"

And Etemon charged up a ball of dark energy, and shouted, "Dark Network!" Our attacks struck Datamon's, but it created a large explosion, that blew all of us off our feet. And made me disoriented. When I could see things not in three, I watched as Sora tried to get Biyomon to wake up.

Then I watched as Datamon was thrown against the same wall that Sora was kneeling near. Then Etemon walked up to Datamon and said, "Tough luck, looks like I won again."

Then Datamon said, "It's not over yet, monkey-breath." Datamon then floated up behind Sora and grabbed her and Biyomon, then he said, "Just wait. With their powers harnessed to my own, I'll be more than a match for you! Huh!" He then jumped away.

I struggled to get up as I said, "Sora! Biyomon!"

Then Etemon turned to run after Datamon, but was stopped by Greymon and Ikkakumon. Then Olette floated up to me and said, "Luke!"

I turned to her, and noticed that she had her hand out streatched to me, I grabbed it and with her help, I was able to get back on my feet. Then I said, "Thanks." Olette nodded then I said, "Come on, we need to get Sora!"

Olette nodded then we ran after Tai and the others who were already ahead of us. But found that we were blocked by another fence, then Sora's voice called out, "TAI!"

"They've gone back out through the firewall." Izzy stated.

Then Tai glared at the fence and said, "Okay!" He searched and searched for the single safe route and said, "The weak point was here, right?"

Then as Tai went to search for the weakpoint, Izzy said, "Wait! Let me get back online so I can find it."

Then Tai turned to Izzy and said, "We don't have time for that, Izzy! What could happen? This isn't the real me, right?"

Then I walked up to Tai and smacked him upside the head and said, "How many times am I going to have to beat you upside the head until you remember that this is real, Tai? If you pick the wrong one, you will die!" And to prove my point, I summoned my shield, and threw it at the fence and we all watched at the shield exploded into particles of data. Then I resummoned my shield and said, "See, Tai? The danger is very real! THINK FOR ONCE!"

Izzy nodded and said, "Yeah, what are you thinking, Tai? That we're inside a video game, and that this was a place where nothing can happen to us?"

Tai nodded and said, "Yeah, something like that!"

I folded my arms and said, "These are our real selves, Tai. Think before you do something stupid."

Izzy then called out, "Yes! Think again! Our bodies may be made of data, but if we were to perish, our data will not rebuild itself and bring us back, this is our only life, and we can not waste it! You need to be alot more careful. No telling what may happen."

Then Tai asked, "You mean if I..."

I nodded and said, "Yes, Tai! If you chose the wrong point, you will die, you'll never see Sora again, never see Agumon again, and you'll never see Kari again."

At the mention of Kari's voice, Tai froze. Then he softly said, "Kari." Tai was frozen in shock, in fear, then he said, "I can't move."

Then Izzy said, "The weak point is one meter to your right."

But Tai said, "No way, one false move and it's over!"

Tai then slumped down slightly and Joe said, "Hey, Tai..."

"For Pete's sake, Tai. We came through it all right on the way in." Izzy stated.

Then Tai said, "Yeah, but then I didn't know that..."

I walked over to Tai and grabbed his left hand with my right and said, "Taichi Kamiya, you are the DigiDestined Of Courage, start acting like it. Right now Sora could be in trouble and you are sitting here being afraid. Right now you have to be willing to do whatever it takes to save a friend, Tai."

Tai stuttered and said, "But I..."

I looked my brother dead in the eye and said, "Tai, I was willing to jump in front of Phobos's Dark Flame to save our friends. Are you telling me, that you, the barer of the Crest Of Courage is going to chicken out while I was able to fight off you being posessed? No way, Tai. If you are scared, then here, let me help you. We'll do this together. Just be brave."

Tai looked down and said, "I'm not brave, I'm scared, afraid."

I sighed and said, "Tai, being brave does not mean having no fear. It means being able to face your fears."

Just before Tai could make a decision the wall was blasted down, and our partners were sent flying onto the ground. Then Agumon said, "Sorry."

"Ugh, we held them off as long as we could. Sorry, Edge Lord." Rouge said to me.

We ran up to our partners. And I said, "Dorumon, Dorumon speak to me!"

But then the cloud of smoke cleared and Etemon came into view, then he said, "Now to finish off you kids and put an end to your annoying interference!"

But then the celling came crashing down as Matt, Garurumon, and Togemon came to crash our party. Then Togemon asked, "Would you care for some needle sprey!" Then she unleashed a bombardment of needles onto the baboon. And Garurumon joined her with a Howling Blaster.

Then Matt said, "Come on, let's move!" We started climbing up walls, when Matt said, "Tai, what's wrong with you, come on!" Matt then grabbed my brother and started to push him up the wall.

After we got away, Matt said, "I don't get it. When the creep grabbed Sora and Biyomon, why didn't you go through the firewall after them?"

Tai was sitting on the ground clutching his knees and shaking in fear, then he said, "I couldn't...I couldn't move!"

Then Joe said, "It's not your fault. We're all in this together, Tai, we'll find a way to get them back."

Tai then punched the ground and said, "It's all my fault! Sora, it's all my fault."

Wow, that's tough, with Sora now in the robotic clutches of Datamon, it is now up to us to save her and Biyomon before something bad happens, but, the problem is, can Tai get his courage back? Stay tuned for the next Digimon: New Life!

Thechaosmaste: BOOM! There it is, finally, this chapter is done. How did it come out? Well, after the next chapter we will finally be 'properly' introducing Kari. Anyways, as I was saying up top, I was distracted in BO4 zombies getting zombie kills, and the Welling sucks for camo, but, yeah, that was why I was late with this crud, so, yeah. Anyways, that is all. See you next time.

CHAOS CONTROL!