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A SHADOW OF THE PAST

Author's notes at bottom

DISCLAIMER:I do not own digimon. Oh how I wish I did. Then Sorato wouldn't exist!! Also they would get out the new episodes FASTER!! The show wouldn't end, need I say more?... um anyways! The only things I own are my characters. (I.E. the digimon I invented!) Enjoy! I hope you know I just paste this part from all the other chapters! It saves time.

Review-- the reality of how badly Kari and TK's disappearance would affect the group hit them pretty hard when they realize that they are powerless against Piedmon if they meet him before getting the two from Shadowmon's clutches. But seemingly she has a trick up her sleeve. An ace?

Chapter 8-

"Not so fast."
The kids turned around almost dreading the digimon's face they might find but luck was on their side for now. It was Tuskmon and Scorpiomon. This meant that if their partners digivolved again that Joe, Mimi and Sora would return to normal. Inside they were silently cheering. Joe was the first one to break the silence.
"I guess we're the next ones to digivolve twice, hey Gomamon?" Gomamon nodded.
"Birdramon?" Sora asked and got the same response.
"We better digivolve, too." Said Mimi. In seconds they had broken the barrier and three digidestined had returned to normal.
"Yay!" shouted Mimi and Sora simultaneously dancing around. They were glad to be back.
"You broke the time warp." Announced Tai. Sora turned around and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and thanked him. He started to ask why but she interrupted him,
"Don't worry, I'll tell you later." She said and returned her attention to the battle that had started.
Then three attacks were fired at the same time. The rift opened up and swallowed up the remains of the digimon.

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Shadowmon had returned to the dungeon and found the two prisoners asleep.
"Remove her. We don't want her to ruin our plan by announcing her presence." She ordered to the Memorymon beside her. When the girl was quietly moved somewhere that would stifle her screams, Shadowmon quickly followed through with her plan.
"Start the plan." She said to the Memorymon. He nodded and started.
"TK. WAKE UP!!" shouted Shadowmon, instantly waking him from his slumber. He saw Shadowmon and a Memorymon. The Memorymon seemed to be holding something but he couldn't make it out. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. What he saw nearly made him pass out. The Memorymon had a hold of Kari and had a cold steel blade pressed to her throat.
"Now I'm fed up. Either you surrender or I take my frustration out on the closest thing. Oh that seems to be your precious angel of light. Now which do you think is more precious, your freedom or her life?" she asked knowing that he had no choice but to agree.
Shadowmon knew this because she had seen the things the Memorymon had sucked out of the two of them. She knew that a simple illusion would be enough to trick the 8 year old. She also knew he would gladly give his life just to know she would be all right. His greatest weakness was some little girl. But what Shadowmon failed to notice was that she was also his greatest power.
"Her life means much more to me. Please don't hurt her, you win." He said solemnly. His head was down and a long trail of tears was slowly making their way down his face.
"I thought so." She said with a hint of glee in her voice. 'With one down, the rest will fall just as easily.' She thought. She had known what his decision would be and had the two digimon that had the perfect attacks, ones that could erase any part of good in a digimon, ready to fire. Even though it was never tested on a human, she knew it would work to her advantage. When she nodded they fired. He was hit full force and had no hope of escape. Then he was hit with the worst of the attacks. She fired one of her own.
"Now it's my turn. This is for trying my patience and wasting my digimon. DARKNESS WAVE!!" a long stream of black bats erupted from her hands. It was the same attack Myotismon had used all those years ago.
"AAAHHH!!" TK's scream could be heard throughout the castle and woke Kari from her dream. Instantly she recognized the scream and knew what had happened. Through the darkness tears streaked her face, for never in her life had she ever felt so alone.

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"Something's not right. Something bad happened." Matt stopped the group. The instant Shadowmon had hit TK, Matt had a sickening sense of dread. The group was more or less back to normal. They had met Vademon, Megaseadramon, and a couple of others. Now everyone had been returned to their original bodies except Tai and Matt.
Tai walked up to Matt and placed his hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah, I feel it to. Kid of like I've lost a part of me." He added.
"You're right." Replied a solemn voice behind them. They turned around to find a hologram of Gennai. His eyes were filled with pity and guilt. Sora stepped forward.
"What do you mean, Gennai?" she asked, afraid of what she might hear. But nothing prepared them for what he was about to say.
"Shadowmon has finally overtaken one of the two digidestined she has. The other one feels like they have lost themselves. What I don't know is which one she got to give in. you must hurry before she gets the other one. I can show you an old shortcut that can get you to the outside of the castle. I'm e-mailing Izzy the map and directions.

Once Izzy had the information they set off at a run towards the secret entrance.

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Since Shadowmon expected them at any time she set up everything so she could perfect the downfall of the digidestined. She had put Kari into a small cage that she wouldn't be able to move in. then she lay the cage in the middle of the main foyer. When the other digidestined got there she would let them see Kari then have TK, her newest pet, have Patamon digivolve to Devimon and kill Kari. She figured this would break their spirit and they would easily be defeated. Below, the group had entered the main hall and had spotted Kari's cage.
"Hey, look, its Kari." Shouted Tai. He started to run up to the cage that binded her but stopped short at the sound of a voice announcing its presence. He looked around the room but found nothing but themselves, cobwebs and shadows. Then from the shadows arose two figures draped in black. One was short and was wearing all black clothes. His eyes had an unimaginable depth to them yet they had lost all the life they once held. The other figure blended in with the shadows and everyone guessed her name right on the first try, but only Tai whispered aloud.
"Shadowmon." This one word was so simple yet it held grief, sadness, pain and rage. Matt's eyes held the same emotions yet he chose not to verbalize them.
She emerged from the shadows and they gasped as they recognized the figure at her side.
"No! Not him." Cried Matt who couldn't hold it in any longer. It was all they could do to restrain him from attacking her. TK stepped forward.
"Patamon, Darkdigivolve now." He ordered with a tinge of coldness to his voice. The attacks had worked but they had erased his entire personality and replaced it.
"No!!" shouted the kids but Patamon couldn't stop TK.
"Patamon Darkdigivolve to... Devimon" Shadowmon smiled. Everything was working according to plan. Now all he had to do was have Devimon destroy Kari and she would win.
"Devimon, I command you to... kill the bearer of light." TK said reflecting Shadowmon's rage towards the children...

To Be Continued...

You know how I said I felt evil last chapter well...HA!! I'm really sorry about the cliffhanger... well no I'm not but I want to be! This is the best chapter. Wow. Will TK kill Kari? Of course if he just ordered Devimon to kill her. But will something stop him? What will happen to the others if she dies? Will Shadowmon rule the world? Je ne c'est pas!! (French for I don't know) but I do!! Hahahahahaha... oh how evil I am!! This is really gonna torture you isn't it? Maybe I might reveal what will happen in this note. But you'll have to keep reading... hahaha does TK kill her? Maybe I'll tell you next chapter. Yeah I think I will! Sorry for the awesome cliffhanger but I WANT REVIEWS.

Ok I'll give you guys a preview, but you better enjoy it and REVIEW!!

"TK!! Are you ok?"
"No!! Not you!"
"You can't die on me!"

Now don't you wish you had just waited for the next chapter? Now you'll be asking more questions. Also the last one isn't about who you might be thinking about. Till the 9th chapter... happy waiting!