div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"I groaned and opened my eyes. Where am I? I do my best to sit up and look around. Sand. In every direction. There's a sudden, sharp pain in my left side. I touch it, and my hand comes away red. "Oh, no." I do my best to stand, and look around. There's no hint of grass, or even an oasis nearby. I just have to pick a direction and start walking. Lets get this over with. /div
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div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"It's getting dark and cold. There's still no sign of anything other than sand. I spot a rock outcropping. It's better than nothing for the night. My legs give out in the final few feet, forcing me to crawl. I lean up against it, and I realize there's something in my pocket. I pull it out so I can sit comfortably, and clutch my side. The pain had gotten significantly worse when I was walking. Suddenly, there's a voice, startling me. "Mikey!" I jumped, then I yelped at the pain from my injury. "Mikey, please stay still!" I looked at the small device I had pulled from my pocket. A walkie-talkie maybe? "Can you hear me?" I asked, my voice tight. "Yeah, we hear you!" Another voice came out of it. "Do you know where you are?" I shook my head. "No... Who are you?" It went deathly silent, then there where voices all talking at once. It was loud, it hurt my ears. Finally, it settled down for a moment. "You don't remember us?" I held my side. "No... Am I supposed to?" All of them started talking at once. "Please stop... You're loud, it hurts my ears." They all quickly apologized. "Why don't you ask one question at a time? You can decide who goes first." They quieted down for a few minutes while they talked it over. "Ok, I'll go first. What do you remember?" I thought for a moment. "I guess the only reason I know my name is because you guys told me." More muttering. "Ok, Mikey. You should probably try to get in contact with your friends. Nene and Yuu might be the best, but Kiriha is an option too." I nodded. "How do I do that?" I asked, pained. "Do you still have your squawker?" Someone with a almost... metallic voice asked. "What?" "It should be on your wrist." No such luck. As I told them, they all started howling again, although they quieted down much quicker than the last two times. A couple of the voices apologized as well. "I've got mine. But I can't contact them in here. Please don't freak out, ok?" /div
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div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and a red dragon was standing in front of me. He was on the smaller side, but was holding a microphone. His horns where in a V shape, and he had white gloves with black fingers, and white boots with black claws on them. He must have seen the look on my face, because he bent down and gently asked, "You really don't know who I am?" I shook my head slowly. I must be hallucinating. A small red dragon is talking to me. "Can I see where you're hurt?" I nodded. Then, he moved my shirt. I wailed and beat the sand. This isn't a hallucination, it hurts. "Shh, you're ok. I need to take a look." My breathing grew labored as he peeled it back. He grimaced at the sight. "Ooh, that's gotta hurt. Listen, I gotta see if I can patch it up, ok? I have to touch it." "No... Please don't..." I begged. "Mikey, we don't know how long we'll be out here. If I don't take care of it, it could get infected. then it'll just hurt more." He pleaded. "Try and make it quick, please?" I begged him. "I'll try, but I also need to be careful. I'll try to get it over and done with." He started, and the pain was nearly unbearable. /div
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div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"I don't remember passing out, just waking up. The sun was starting to come up. The red dragon was asleep next to me. Wait. No one knows I'm out here. If he wanted to, he could kill me and just walk away. Or worse, simply leave me here. I can't do anything. I must have been hyperventilating, cause he was shaking my shoulder. "Mikey? Are you ok? Deep breath in..." I followed his instructions. "And out. Again, ok?" Soon, I was breathing normally again. "There we go. Try and get some sleep. I'm gonna keep watch." I couldn't help it, I was exhausted. Soon enough, I was out like a light. /div
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div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"I woke to someone yelling "Fiery Fastball!" The dragon was there, desperately throwing fireballs at the sky. He was tense, but threw one more and relaxed. /div
div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" /div
div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" /div
div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"Come on, come on, come on. Notice us... Mikey won't make it long without you. I threw another Fiery Fastball, and it sailed right by them. I sent another one up, and they started swooping down. Thank everything holy. Mailbirdramon landed, and Yuu noticed Mikey almost immediately. He started running to him. "Yuu, wait!" I grabbed his hand, stopping him. "What?" He flared up. "Mikey has lost all his memories. I highly doubt he'll remember any of you. Just be careful. He's scared, and he's injured." Yuu nodded, then crept up to him. "Mikey?"/div
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div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; color: #404040; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: #0078c5; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"He was pale, his eyes unfocused. As I got closer, I realized he was covered in a thin sheen of sweat. "Mikey, do you remember me?" His eyes turned to me, still unfocused, and he shook his head slowly. I could tell he was dizzy. "Ok, my name is Yuu. I was one of your friends. Nene is my sister, and Kiriha is over there as well. Can we please get you out of here? We need to get you help." I waited a few moments, then he nodded. It must be really bad if it's taking that long to process. "Nene, can you help me get him on board?" She came over, and I put one arm over his shoulder, while Nene did the same. He hissed, and I noticed a patch of red on his shirt. Shoutmon grabbed his fusion loader, and we carefully helped him board Mailbirdramon. Soon enough, we where flying through the skies. I helped him drink some water, but Nene knelt down. "Mikey?" He turned to her. "Is it ok if I ask you some questions?" He nodded again. "Nene?" I poked her shoulder. "He might take a bit to process some stuff. Just be patient." She nodded. It was simple questions, like 'Do you remember who I am?' No. 'Do you remember who Tagiru is?' No. 'Do you remember anything from before you woke up?' No. "Does your wound hurt?' Yes. 'Do you want some more water?' Yes. We arrived as I helped him gulp some down. Tagiru was bouncing up and down outside my house. Me and Nene helped him off, and Tagiru immediately started asking questions. Where was he? Why is he hurt? Does he have his fusion loader? Was he in Digi-Quartz? How do you think he got out there? Did someone hurt him? What took you so long? "Tagiru. Will you go inside and grab some blankets from the hall closet?" He nodded and ran inside. "Mikey?" He turned slightly towards me. "You can sleep on the couch, or in a bed. But we have to go upstairs for the bed. Nod your head if you want the bed." He took a moment to process this, then shook his head. Couch it is. Kiriha opened the door for us, and we helped him into the living room. He laid down on the couch, and Nene reloaded Cutemon. He immediately jumped into action, a green glow emanating from his hands around Mikey's wound. Mikey had already fallen asleep. Tagiru brought the blankets, and we sat down to let him rest./div