Part 7:

Tai stumbled back into the apartment with Kari in his arms and Matt and Mimi right behind him. "What a day!" he said to himself,"I can't believe Sora left me. Where is she? I'm so worried."

Matt and Mimi walked straight over to the couch and fell asleep. "Good," Tai thought,"At least that's one thing that's gone right. I won't have to deal with them crying."

He put Kari to bed and was about to get some coffee. He walked over to the t.v. and turned on the news. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "What now?" he asked himself as he opened it.

"Wha? S-S-Sora?"

He was still in shock when the ten-year-old girl fell into his arms, unconsous.


"What is the meaning of this?!" the Digimon Emperor demanded.

Wormon cowered behind the carriage, but Datamon didn't flinch. "They are part of our ransom."

Ken looked down at the sleeping children. "Explain."

"Tai will come to rescue these children and as soon as they enter through the metal detector that I reconfigured, my.....'secret weapon' will turn against him."

"Very well," Ken said, reaching inside the carriage. He held up baby Davis and smiled. "So now, my greatest foe, how does it feel to know that you're friends will die, and their is nothing you can do about it? HAHAHAHAHA!"

Wormmon and Datamon started to chuckle as they watched Davis pee on Ken's face.

"AHH!" Ken shouted, as Davis joined in the laughter.


Tai sat on the chair, studying the unconscious girl on the couch. He couldn't believe it. It was Sora, but Sora from five years ago. She was the exact same way she was when they were fighting in the Digiworld. Her clothes were even the same, what's going on here?

She moaned as she opened her eyes. Tai could tell she was confused as she looked around the unfamiliar apartment. She turned her gaze towards him and jumped back. "Who are you? Where am I?"

"Sora?" he asked, confused, "Don't you know me?"

She studied him for a minute, then her eyes opened wide,"Tai? Is that you?"

He nodded.

"But, what happened to you? You're...older."

"You don't know? You don't remember?"

She shook her head,"The last thing I can remember is you being pulled through that black hole with Metalgreymon. Where have you been? What happened to you?"

"Great!" Tai thought,"She doesn't remember anything that happened over the past six years. Datamon must have gotten her, and where are the rest of the kids?"

"Sora," Tai said," um, you...you are supposed to be the way you are now. Its six years in the future."

"I've traveled in time?"

Tai shook his head, "No. What I mean is, you're supposed to be sixteen. You've age with the rest of us, but Datamon created some sort of weird ray that will de-age you. He used it on the other Digidestined but he missed you and me. Now it seems he got you too."

Sora didn't know what to say. "I...I need a minute to digest all this."

Tai nodded and went to check on Kari when he realized that the t.v. was still on. He went to turn it off, when the a special bulletin appeared.

"This just in," the reporter said,"When have received a tape from the terrorists holding the U.N. delegates hostage. He has a message for the Digidestined leader. He wants you to know that if you don't come to fight him, he will kill the children he took from you and you'll never be able to turn your girlfriend back to normal. You have twenty-four hours."

to be continued....

Sorry that this is so short, but I'm really, REALLY trying to finish this story.