TAICHI: DUEL THREAT
Okay, this is Kari, that much I know. Its everything else I'm not sure of. You see, I thought I was Tai, but now I find that one of our new enemies is Tai. Who am I? That was the very reason I left the team to search for the answer.
The sun cast a colorful display across the computer screen, creating a rainbow on the black screens. The mixture of colors on the screen was truly a beautiful sight. The expression on T.K.'s face was not.
His face was grim and hard as he looked each Digidestined in the eyes as they sat in the computer room. "Okay," he said,"We need to mobilize our forces to the utmost. Kari left me in charge while she find herself, she trusted me, and I'm not going to let her down. I will now turn the floor over to Cody. Cody?"
As T.K. took his seat, Cody stood. His serious face scanned each Digidestined in the room, Jun, Yolei, Willace, and Michael. He cleared his throat. "Presently, we have two threats to approach. The first are Metalseadramon and Machinedramon. These two are planning on resurrecting the last Dark Master, Piedmon. They are currently moving through the Digiworld. My guess is they are searching for Piedmon's Digi-egg. We must stop them from succeeding or the Age of Spiral Mountain will repeat.
Then, we have Taichi and the Neo Digiworld Army. He is the bigger threat. We have no idea of his motives only that he is destroying hundreds of towns and cities in the Digiworld. We must discover his motive, or the whole Digital World will be destroyed!"
T.K. stood back up. He nodded,"Thank you Cody. Now, in order to deal with these separate threats we will be splitting up into two groups. Willace and Jun will be with me, we're going after Taichi. The rest of you are with Yolei and are stopping the Dark Masters."
"Does that include me?" a depressed voice said.
"Davis!" Jun cried, seeing her brother standing in the doorway,"You came out of your room finally!"
Davis nodded as he walked into the room. He was not the same person that they all knew. After he discovered that he was really Puppetmon, his personality changed. His normal, confident, cheerful self was replaced by a depressed shell. "I came here, because you need help."
"I don't know..."Cody started.
"Come on," Davis said, rationaly,"You've got to trust me. I mean, we know that I'm really Puppetmon, which means when my memories start to return, I would be the perfect weapon against the Dark Masters."
"Agreed,"T.K. said, nodding,"Davis will go with Yolei, and Cody will come with me. We leave tomorrow, met here and eight."
"In the morning?" Jun asked,"But its so early!"
The townsfolk screamed in terror as the shadow of darkness slowly over took the sun. A giant object was landing. At first it appeared to be a ship, but, as the citizens of the town watched it descend, it began to resemble a floating island, then as it landed, the citizens recognized it as a floating castle, one that only the elders remembered.
This town was composed of Gazimon, Elecmons, and Gotsumons. All of which were running in every direction, trying to escape the floating fortress, which was now emptying a wave of darkness towards the city.
One of the elders, and the head of the town council, an elderly Gazimon, exited his building and tried to restore order. "Please! Please!" he yelled,"Do not run, it will not help! Please!"
He was ignored as the townsfolk kept running by him. He was going to try again when someone tapped him on the shoulder. It was a Gotsumon wearing armor,"Please, sir, I've got to get you out of here."
"No," the elder said, turning his gaze towards the wave of darkness,"We would not get far, trust me, I have not seen that castle since I was very young. The beings inside want us for something, and they'll hunt each and every one of us down if we do not cooperate."
The city was seated in a small valley in the desert, surrounded on four sides by mountains, with many small cliffs overlooking the city, some very, very close. On one of these was Ken and Wormmon.
Ken smiled slightly as he watched the army of Dark Tyrannamos overtake and conquer the city. "Ahh, destruction," he said,"It is so tasteful!"
Wormmon looked up at his partner,"But Ken, the Dark Masters are going to get their hands on Piedmon's Digi-egg, how can you enjoy this so much?"
"Easy Wormmon," he said,"If they get the egg, we know where they need to go in order to resurrect him, the shrine near my old castle, so we've just got to sneak and get the egg, without engaging in battle with them."
"Yeah," Wormmon said, turning back to watch the city being destroyed,"Easier said then done."
"I know," Ken said,"I know....wait!"
He stared towards one of the other cliffs and saw a small figure dart to the ground,"Well," he said,"I'll be, its the Digidestined. They're trying to stop the Dark Masters as well."
"Maybe we should join up with them," Wormmon said.
"Not a chance," Ken said,"They want to stop Piedmon's revival, I want Piedmon's revival to occur, just to add his power to my own. We'll have to deal with them later."
On the other side of the valley, on a cliff my like Ken's overlooking the city, Yolei grown to herself as she reached up to her head. "I hate this helmet! Why do I get a change of clothes? It doesn't make any sense!"
"Quiet!" Michael barked as he and Davis slid up to the front of the clif,"It looks like the army has finished their occupation of the city."
"But why?" Davis asked.
"Look," Betamon said,"They're bringing the elder out to the center of the city, why? Are they going to execute them?"
"No," Veemon said, almost shouting,"They're going to interrogate them!"
Hawkmon felt an uneasiness in his stomach,"And who and the inquisitioners?"
Davis turned back to him and Yolei in the back,"The Dark Masters."
Down below the elder and a few of his guards were being held at blast range by a group of Tankmon. They watched, unemotionally, as Machinedramon and Metalseadramon approached them.
"Ah," Metalseadramon said,"You must be the Digimon in charge, and judging by your age, you were alive when the Dark Masters first conquered the Digital World."
The elder didn't responded.
"Very well then," Metalseadramon said,"I and Metalseadramon and this is Machinedramon, we are two of the Dark Masters. Our third member, Puppetmon, is else where at the moment."
Up above them, Michael felt Davis tense up.
"Now," Metalseadramon continued,"We are planning to resurrect our final member, Piedmon, but we need the locate his Digi-egg. We believe that it is in this town, where is it?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about," the elder said.
"You are lying!" Machinedramon said,"Where is the Egg?"
"Well," Yolei whispered,"I guess Cody was correct, they're after Piedmon's Digi-egg. What do we do now? Oh, I wish Kari were here, she'd know what to do."
In her heart, she started to feel a deep longing as she thought of her friend. In her mind she saw the short brown haired girl, then, in a flash, she saw the big haired boy she fell in love with. "Oh Tai..." she thought.
"We can do nothing now but wait," Michael said.
"I do not know of any egg," the elder said,"The only Digi-egg that was ever in this town was brought here and taken again, by a human."
"A human?" Metalseadramon asked,"One of the Digidestined?"
"No," the elder said,"I do not believe so."
"What?" Ken asked, looking over the ledge,"Piedmon's egg was taken by a human? And not one of the Digidestined?"
"Who was it then?" Wormmon asked.
"A human took it?" Davis asked.
"It wasn't a Digidestined," Michael said,"But it would have to be someone closely related to the Digiworld..."
"That's it," Yolei said,"I know who took it!"
"Are you sure?" Machinedramon asked.
The elder nodded,"I would not lie to you."
"Fine," Metalseadramon said,"We'll be going, but before we do.......RIVER OF POWER!"
After the smoke cleared, every living being in the city was gone, along with the city itself, the only ones remaining where Metalseadramon and Machinedramon. "Come on," Machinedramon said,"We've got to locate a human who is not a Digidestined in the Digital World."
"Talk about a needle in a haystack," Metalseadramon said, following Machinedramon towards their ship.
"I....I don't believe it," Ken said, gasping for air,"They destroyed the entire city! That was completely uncalled for...wait, where are they going?"
Wormmon took his gaze off of Ken and towards the area where the Digidestined were running towards the bottom of the mountain. "I don't know, maybe we should follow them?"
"Yeah," Ken said,"That would be a good idea."
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Digital World, another town was being destroyed, but, unlike the Dark Masters, the destroyer was not interested in talking. In fact, he didn't even say anything as he lifted buildings and threw them down on helpless Digimon running from him. The only one that was speaking, was laughing.
"Great work, Metalgreymon," Taichi laughed,"Destroy this town, bring it to the ground!"
The Neo Digiworld General smiled as she watched the destruction from his place on Metalgreymon's snout.. "Destroy it all!"
Metalgreymon growled in pleasure as he beginning to chase a small Yokomon. The In-training Digimon was running as fast as she could, but Metalgreymon soon was right behind her. She turned around and watched in horror as the virus Digimon lifted his foot and brought it down.
Taichi watched with extreme pleasure as the Yokomon was about to be crushed. Suddenly, a figure grabbed the Yokomon and brought her out of harm's way, seconds before she would have be killed.
Taichi looked around, then to the sky. No one was there. He then turned his gaze to the ground. He saw Digmon standing a few feet from Metalgreymon with Yokomon in his arms.
"Go Digmon!" Cody shouted from his position on the sideline. Digmon placed the Yokomon down, and she ran off.
Taichi's face growled in displeasure. "Please stamp out this bug, Metalgreymon."
"As you wish," Metalgreymon said, bringing his fist to the ground.
"Not so fast!" Terriermon yelled, running towards them,"Terriermon digivolve to Gargomon!"
Gargomon pointed his barrel arms at Metalgreymon's blue fist. "Gargo Pellets!" The barrage of bullets ripped through Metalgreymon's fist, tearing it up.
"Ahh!" Metalgreymon yelled, through his fist up in pain.
Taichi was thrown off his feet, only by grabbing onto Metalgerymon's horn was he able to keep himself from falling to his doom.
"Give it up, Taichi," Willace said, standing beside Cody,"Stop this destruction!"
"What is it you're searching for?" Cody asked.
"You will not discover my secrets so easily!" Taichi laughed.
Metalgreymon raised his cybernetic arm. "Mega Claw!" His massive fist flew from his hand and slammed Digmon and Gargomon into an adjacent building. The two Digimon groaned and returned to their Rookie stages.
"Hah!" Taichi laughed, as Metalgreymon's claw retracted,"Is that the best you've got?"
"Cody! Willace!"
"I see that it isn't," Taichi said, watching T.K. and June with their Digimon run into view.
"Cody," T.K. said,"I told you not to engage in battle unless the whole team was here. Taichi is too strong."
"You have no idea,"Taichi said,"Let's get this started."
"Its hot out here," Gatomon whined,"And I keep getting sand in my paws."
"Well, I'm sorry," Kari said,"But those Digimon back there told us that the Holy Tower was in the middle of this desert."
"Why do we even need to go and see this wise Digimon sage anyway?" Gatomon asked, panting behined her Digimon partner.
"Because," Kari said,"I need to find out what's going on inside my head, and he might be able to help. So just....look at that!"
"I see it," Gatomon said, gasping.
In front of them in the distance, was a large, upside down pyramid standing in the sand. "What is that?" Gatomon asked.
"I think it might be Datamon's old lab," Kari said,"Maybe we should go and investigate?"
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Gatomon asked.
"Yeah," Kari said, starting to walk,"Come on."
"Sure," Gatomon said,"Maybe I can cool off out of this sun..."
The inside of the lab was in shambles. There were chain locks on the wall, and, directly underneath was a small hole. On the other side of the room, there was a table with a yellow sliding screen over it. On the left wall was a large computer.
"Hmm," Kari said,"Nothing's changed. Its all exactly as I remembered it."
Her gaze shifted to the brackets on the wall,"That's where Datamon held Biyomon prisoner..." she looked to the hole in the floor,"..and that's where I almost lost Sora." Without knowing it, she started to cry.
Gatomon looked up at her. "Tai," she said, making sure that Kari knew she was talking about her other life,"You really loved Sora didn't you?"
Kari nodded,"Yes, I love her now, but....for obvious reasons, we can't be together."
"Why not?" Gatomon asked,"I mean, this is the age where anything is possible."
"I know," Kari said, leaning against the computer's large keyboard,"But....oh, I'm so confused! This is why I need to find this Digimon sage, maybe he can help me."
Gatomon nodded. She started walking back towards the gapping hole formed when Tai and Sora maybe their escape, when she saw it. "Kari, look at this. I think I've found another door."
"Really?" Kari asked, standing up,"I don't remember another door, let's take a look."
Beyond the door was a long stairway which extended down to a large room. From the limited light they could see that the room was filled with wires and computers. Everything else was locked in darkness. "This place looks like its been abandoned for years," Gatomon said.
"Yeah," Kari said, almost in a trance,"ten years...."
She started to move her hand along the wall. Her fingers hit a switch and she flicked it, bringing light into the room.
"Kari?" Gatomon asked,"How did you know that was there?"
"I don't know," Kari said,"I'm feeling something here too, almost...like I've been here before...."
Now that the lights were on, the two could see that there was a row of glass chambers along one wall, and another set along the other wall. There were tubes of wires emerging from the top of the chambers. Following them, Kari and Gatomon saw that each chamber on the left side connected to a chamber on the right side.
"These cylinders," Kari said,"They're just like the ones in Datamon's lab on Earth. What was he creating here?"
"I don't know," Gatomon said, stopping in front of one of them,"Look at this. The glass on this one is shattered."
Kari stood behined Gatomon and looked at it,"Did whatever was in here escape? What was in here?"
Gatomon twirled around the room,"What was Datamon doing in here?"
"Come on, Gatomon," Kari said,"Let's go, there's nothing in here but unholy experiments...."
They walked back up the stairs to the first floor. They made their way to the hole in the wall. Kari turned around one last time, and saw herself as Tai running across the floor and grabbing Sora before she fell into the hole. ".....and whats left of my broken heart."
to be continued....
Okay, this is Kari, that much I know. Its everything else I'm not sure of. You see, I thought I was Tai, but now I find that one of our new enemies is Tai. Who am I? That was the very reason I left the team to search for the answer.
The sun cast a colorful display across the computer screen, creating a rainbow on the black screens. The mixture of colors on the screen was truly a beautiful sight. The expression on T.K.'s face was not.
His face was grim and hard as he looked each Digidestined in the eyes as they sat in the computer room. "Okay," he said,"We need to mobilize our forces to the utmost. Kari left me in charge while she find herself, she trusted me, and I'm not going to let her down. I will now turn the floor over to Cody. Cody?"
As T.K. took his seat, Cody stood. His serious face scanned each Digidestined in the room, Jun, Yolei, Willace, and Michael. He cleared his throat. "Presently, we have two threats to approach. The first are Metalseadramon and Machinedramon. These two are planning on resurrecting the last Dark Master, Piedmon. They are currently moving through the Digiworld. My guess is they are searching for Piedmon's Digi-egg. We must stop them from succeeding or the Age of Spiral Mountain will repeat.
Then, we have Taichi and the Neo Digiworld Army. He is the bigger threat. We have no idea of his motives only that he is destroying hundreds of towns and cities in the Digiworld. We must discover his motive, or the whole Digital World will be destroyed!"
T.K. stood back up. He nodded,"Thank you Cody. Now, in order to deal with these separate threats we will be splitting up into two groups. Willace and Jun will be with me, we're going after Taichi. The rest of you are with Yolei and are stopping the Dark Masters."
"Does that include me?" a depressed voice said.
"Davis!" Jun cried, seeing her brother standing in the doorway,"You came out of your room finally!"
Davis nodded as he walked into the room. He was not the same person that they all knew. After he discovered that he was really Puppetmon, his personality changed. His normal, confident, cheerful self was replaced by a depressed shell. "I came here, because you need help."
"I don't know..."Cody started.
"Come on," Davis said, rationaly,"You've got to trust me. I mean, we know that I'm really Puppetmon, which means when my memories start to return, I would be the perfect weapon against the Dark Masters."
"Agreed,"T.K. said, nodding,"Davis will go with Yolei, and Cody will come with me. We leave tomorrow, met here and eight."
"In the morning?" Jun asked,"But its so early!"
The townsfolk screamed in terror as the shadow of darkness slowly over took the sun. A giant object was landing. At first it appeared to be a ship, but, as the citizens of the town watched it descend, it began to resemble a floating island, then as it landed, the citizens recognized it as a floating castle, one that only the elders remembered.
This town was composed of Gazimon, Elecmons, and Gotsumons. All of which were running in every direction, trying to escape the floating fortress, which was now emptying a wave of darkness towards the city.
One of the elders, and the head of the town council, an elderly Gazimon, exited his building and tried to restore order. "Please! Please!" he yelled,"Do not run, it will not help! Please!"
He was ignored as the townsfolk kept running by him. He was going to try again when someone tapped him on the shoulder. It was a Gotsumon wearing armor,"Please, sir, I've got to get you out of here."
"No," the elder said, turning his gaze towards the wave of darkness,"We would not get far, trust me, I have not seen that castle since I was very young. The beings inside want us for something, and they'll hunt each and every one of us down if we do not cooperate."
The city was seated in a small valley in the desert, surrounded on four sides by mountains, with many small cliffs overlooking the city, some very, very close. On one of these was Ken and Wormmon.
Ken smiled slightly as he watched the army of Dark Tyrannamos overtake and conquer the city. "Ahh, destruction," he said,"It is so tasteful!"
Wormmon looked up at his partner,"But Ken, the Dark Masters are going to get their hands on Piedmon's Digi-egg, how can you enjoy this so much?"
"Easy Wormmon," he said,"If they get the egg, we know where they need to go in order to resurrect him, the shrine near my old castle, so we've just got to sneak and get the egg, without engaging in battle with them."
"Yeah," Wormmon said, turning back to watch the city being destroyed,"Easier said then done."
"I know," Ken said,"I know....wait!"
He stared towards one of the other cliffs and saw a small figure dart to the ground,"Well," he said,"I'll be, its the Digidestined. They're trying to stop the Dark Masters as well."
"Maybe we should join up with them," Wormmon said.
"Not a chance," Ken said,"They want to stop Piedmon's revival, I want Piedmon's revival to occur, just to add his power to my own. We'll have to deal with them later."
On the other side of the valley, on a cliff my like Ken's overlooking the city, Yolei grown to herself as she reached up to her head. "I hate this helmet! Why do I get a change of clothes? It doesn't make any sense!"
"Quiet!" Michael barked as he and Davis slid up to the front of the clif,"It looks like the army has finished their occupation of the city."
"But why?" Davis asked.
"Look," Betamon said,"They're bringing the elder out to the center of the city, why? Are they going to execute them?"
"No," Veemon said, almost shouting,"They're going to interrogate them!"
Hawkmon felt an uneasiness in his stomach,"And who and the inquisitioners?"
Davis turned back to him and Yolei in the back,"The Dark Masters."
Down below the elder and a few of his guards were being held at blast range by a group of Tankmon. They watched, unemotionally, as Machinedramon and Metalseadramon approached them.
"Ah," Metalseadramon said,"You must be the Digimon in charge, and judging by your age, you were alive when the Dark Masters first conquered the Digital World."
The elder didn't responded.
"Very well then," Metalseadramon said,"I and Metalseadramon and this is Machinedramon, we are two of the Dark Masters. Our third member, Puppetmon, is else where at the moment."
Up above them, Michael felt Davis tense up.
"Now," Metalseadramon continued,"We are planning to resurrect our final member, Piedmon, but we need the locate his Digi-egg. We believe that it is in this town, where is it?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about," the elder said.
"You are lying!" Machinedramon said,"Where is the Egg?"
"Well," Yolei whispered,"I guess Cody was correct, they're after Piedmon's Digi-egg. What do we do now? Oh, I wish Kari were here, she'd know what to do."
In her heart, she started to feel a deep longing as she thought of her friend. In her mind she saw the short brown haired girl, then, in a flash, she saw the big haired boy she fell in love with. "Oh Tai..." she thought.
"We can do nothing now but wait," Michael said.
"I do not know of any egg," the elder said,"The only Digi-egg that was ever in this town was brought here and taken again, by a human."
"A human?" Metalseadramon asked,"One of the Digidestined?"
"No," the elder said,"I do not believe so."
"What?" Ken asked, looking over the ledge,"Piedmon's egg was taken by a human? And not one of the Digidestined?"
"Who was it then?" Wormmon asked.
"A human took it?" Davis asked.
"It wasn't a Digidestined," Michael said,"But it would have to be someone closely related to the Digiworld..."
"That's it," Yolei said,"I know who took it!"
"Are you sure?" Machinedramon asked.
The elder nodded,"I would not lie to you."
"Fine," Metalseadramon said,"We'll be going, but before we do.......RIVER OF POWER!"
After the smoke cleared, every living being in the city was gone, along with the city itself, the only ones remaining where Metalseadramon and Machinedramon. "Come on," Machinedramon said,"We've got to locate a human who is not a Digidestined in the Digital World."
"Talk about a needle in a haystack," Metalseadramon said, following Machinedramon towards their ship.
"I....I don't believe it," Ken said, gasping for air,"They destroyed the entire city! That was completely uncalled for...wait, where are they going?"
Wormmon took his gaze off of Ken and towards the area where the Digidestined were running towards the bottom of the mountain. "I don't know, maybe we should follow them?"
"Yeah," Ken said,"That would be a good idea."
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Digital World, another town was being destroyed, but, unlike the Dark Masters, the destroyer was not interested in talking. In fact, he didn't even say anything as he lifted buildings and threw them down on helpless Digimon running from him. The only one that was speaking, was laughing.
"Great work, Metalgreymon," Taichi laughed,"Destroy this town, bring it to the ground!"
The Neo Digiworld General smiled as she watched the destruction from his place on Metalgreymon's snout.. "Destroy it all!"
Metalgreymon growled in pleasure as he beginning to chase a small Yokomon. The In-training Digimon was running as fast as she could, but Metalgreymon soon was right behind her. She turned around and watched in horror as the virus Digimon lifted his foot and brought it down.
Taichi watched with extreme pleasure as the Yokomon was about to be crushed. Suddenly, a figure grabbed the Yokomon and brought her out of harm's way, seconds before she would have be killed.
Taichi looked around, then to the sky. No one was there. He then turned his gaze to the ground. He saw Digmon standing a few feet from Metalgreymon with Yokomon in his arms.
"Go Digmon!" Cody shouted from his position on the sideline. Digmon placed the Yokomon down, and she ran off.
Taichi's face growled in displeasure. "Please stamp out this bug, Metalgreymon."
"As you wish," Metalgreymon said, bringing his fist to the ground.
"Not so fast!" Terriermon yelled, running towards them,"Terriermon digivolve to Gargomon!"
Gargomon pointed his barrel arms at Metalgreymon's blue fist. "Gargo Pellets!" The barrage of bullets ripped through Metalgreymon's fist, tearing it up.
"Ahh!" Metalgreymon yelled, through his fist up in pain.
Taichi was thrown off his feet, only by grabbing onto Metalgerymon's horn was he able to keep himself from falling to his doom.
"Give it up, Taichi," Willace said, standing beside Cody,"Stop this destruction!"
"What is it you're searching for?" Cody asked.
"You will not discover my secrets so easily!" Taichi laughed.
Metalgreymon raised his cybernetic arm. "Mega Claw!" His massive fist flew from his hand and slammed Digmon and Gargomon into an adjacent building. The two Digimon groaned and returned to their Rookie stages.
"Hah!" Taichi laughed, as Metalgreymon's claw retracted,"Is that the best you've got?"
"Cody! Willace!"
"I see that it isn't," Taichi said, watching T.K. and June with their Digimon run into view.
"Cody," T.K. said,"I told you not to engage in battle unless the whole team was here. Taichi is too strong."
"You have no idea,"Taichi said,"Let's get this started."
"Its hot out here," Gatomon whined,"And I keep getting sand in my paws."
"Well, I'm sorry," Kari said,"But those Digimon back there told us that the Holy Tower was in the middle of this desert."
"Why do we even need to go and see this wise Digimon sage anyway?" Gatomon asked, panting behined her Digimon partner.
"Because," Kari said,"I need to find out what's going on inside my head, and he might be able to help. So just....look at that!"
"I see it," Gatomon said, gasping.
In front of them in the distance, was a large, upside down pyramid standing in the sand. "What is that?" Gatomon asked.
"I think it might be Datamon's old lab," Kari said,"Maybe we should go and investigate?"
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Gatomon asked.
"Yeah," Kari said, starting to walk,"Come on."
"Sure," Gatomon said,"Maybe I can cool off out of this sun..."
The inside of the lab was in shambles. There were chain locks on the wall, and, directly underneath was a small hole. On the other side of the room, there was a table with a yellow sliding screen over it. On the left wall was a large computer.
"Hmm," Kari said,"Nothing's changed. Its all exactly as I remembered it."
Her gaze shifted to the brackets on the wall,"That's where Datamon held Biyomon prisoner..." she looked to the hole in the floor,"..and that's where I almost lost Sora." Without knowing it, she started to cry.
Gatomon looked up at her. "Tai," she said, making sure that Kari knew she was talking about her other life,"You really loved Sora didn't you?"
Kari nodded,"Yes, I love her now, but....for obvious reasons, we can't be together."
"Why not?" Gatomon asked,"I mean, this is the age where anything is possible."
"I know," Kari said, leaning against the computer's large keyboard,"But....oh, I'm so confused! This is why I need to find this Digimon sage, maybe he can help me."
Gatomon nodded. She started walking back towards the gapping hole formed when Tai and Sora maybe their escape, when she saw it. "Kari, look at this. I think I've found another door."
"Really?" Kari asked, standing up,"I don't remember another door, let's take a look."
Beyond the door was a long stairway which extended down to a large room. From the limited light they could see that the room was filled with wires and computers. Everything else was locked in darkness. "This place looks like its been abandoned for years," Gatomon said.
"Yeah," Kari said, almost in a trance,"ten years...."
She started to move her hand along the wall. Her fingers hit a switch and she flicked it, bringing light into the room.
"Kari?" Gatomon asked,"How did you know that was there?"
"I don't know," Kari said,"I'm feeling something here too, almost...like I've been here before...."
Now that the lights were on, the two could see that there was a row of glass chambers along one wall, and another set along the other wall. There were tubes of wires emerging from the top of the chambers. Following them, Kari and Gatomon saw that each chamber on the left side connected to a chamber on the right side.
"These cylinders," Kari said,"They're just like the ones in Datamon's lab on Earth. What was he creating here?"
"I don't know," Gatomon said, stopping in front of one of them,"Look at this. The glass on this one is shattered."
Kari stood behined Gatomon and looked at it,"Did whatever was in here escape? What was in here?"
Gatomon twirled around the room,"What was Datamon doing in here?"
"Come on, Gatomon," Kari said,"Let's go, there's nothing in here but unholy experiments...."
They walked back up the stairs to the first floor. They made their way to the hole in the wall. Kari turned around one last time, and saw herself as Tai running across the floor and grabbing Sora before she fell into the hole. ".....and whats left of my broken heart."
to be continued....