Me: I'm baaaaaaaaack! My mother was lenient on me and revoked my restriction of the computer!
Sora: That's awesome!
Izzy: Prodigious!
Tai: What'd you do? Threaten to burn off her hair?
Matt: Tell her you'd run away if she didn't do what you asked?
Davis: Told her you'd use your own electric razor and shave off all your hair?
(silence; everyone eyes Davis with a strange look)
Me: No, no and let's see how'd YOU look after I used my razor on YOUR hair!
Davis: (gulps) Maybe it wasn't that last one!
Me: No, it wasn't.
Davis: I'll think of something else.
Me: I don't own Digimon, and it's great to be back!
Digimon
The Return of the Evil Clone
Chap. I-The Capture of a DigiDestined
"Sora…contact the others. I have a feeling this is gonna take a lot longer than a day to accomplish." I advised. She nodded, then headed for the phone. Suddenly, the entire room went pitch-black on us!
"Tai, what happened?" I quickly pulled Sora into a hug.
"Don't worry, Sora-it's probably just a problem with the switches on the side of the building. Here. Take my change and go call the others on a payphone outside. You don't have to pay me back or anything-just one kiss per call will do." Sora giggled as she playfully punched me.
"Stupid Tai! I'll be back, so don't go anywhere." A moment later, Agumon, Gennai and I were alone in the room.
"Where would I go? It's dark in here!"
While Sora and I were having our "Friends blackout" moment, Matt was about to go through the same pain that I went through when Sora rejected me during his concert. Here's how it went:
"Wow, Mimi! I didn't know you were such a good cook!" Palmon exclaimed excitedly, as Mimi revealed, hidden in a pot, steaming, recently cooked spaghetti and meatballs.
"Thanks, Palmon. Neither did I. I sure hope we can find the dorm room without any problems."
"Don't worry, Mimi. We'll be sure to find it, once the smell of your spaghetti hits his windowsill." Palmon advised.
"I hope so." That's when Matt came in and clinched the deal.
"Meems, wait up!" Mimi turned around, and her cheeks flushed a light pink.
"Oh…Matt." With a smile on his face, Matt walked up to Mimi and braced himself.
"Okay, Matt. Just remember what Sora told you, and have courage-although that's more down Tai's alley than your own. And whatever she says-don't blow your top." "So, uh, Mimi, are you doing anything tonight? Not that I'd care about what you were up to, uh…Just wondering." Matt asked calmly.
"No, I want to stay open in case Izzy's spending the evening at home with Tentomon."
Matt felt his heart being ripped open and thought sadly to himself, "This must be how Tai felt when Sora rejected him during my concert…like a loser. Just be happy for her-that's all you can do now." Matt forced a smile on his face as he hugged Mimi tightly.
"It's okay, Meems."
"You're not mad at me, Matt?"
"No! Why would I have to be mad? Now get up there and say 'Hi' to Izzy for me!"
Mimi smiled a genuine smile at Matt.
"Thanks, Matt."
"The least you can do is leave us some spaghetti!" Gabumon insisted as Mimi and Palmon made their way to the apartment doors.
"Tell you what: Next time I make some spaghetti, you'll be the first one I call." Then Mimi walked inside the doors with her Digimon by her side.
"I'll be expecting that call, Meems."
"You know what, Matt?"
"What?"
"You have grown up. I thought you hadn't changed that much from our experience in the Digital World, but you proved me wrong!" A second later, a bright flash of light hit Matt and he blacked out for a moment, but shook it off. That's when Matt's Dterminal went off and Gabumon pulled it out of his pocket and read it.
"We're needed at your dorm room, Matt! There's trouble!"
Sora smiled to herself as she hung up the phone after calling about ½ of the DigiDestined and e-mailing the other ½.
"I don't know why Tai didn't just suggest I e-mail the others from the room. He probably didn't want me to be scared while we were inside his dorm room. That's Tai for you-always being as sweet as he can be. I can't believe I waited this long to let him know how I felt! Actually, it wasn't on me or Tai at all. If it weren't for the fact that Taichi had escaped, I'd have told Tai how I felt about him a few minutes ago."
I smiled as the power came back on inside my room. Five minutes or so, the DigiDestined were inside and amazed to see Gennai.
"Hello, all. You're wondering why I'm back, huh? Tai's clone has escaped the World of Darkness and has conjured up some sinister plot to get revenge on Tai. I don't need to tell you about him because when Tai and Sora touched Azulongmon's core and restored their memories, the same thing happened to the rest of you. You've got to come up with a plan of attack against him before it's too late. Now, I've got to go-I have a pizza in the oven." We all sweatdropped as Gennai disappeared inside my computer within seconds.
"So, Izzy! Got any ideas?" I asked calmly.
"Calm down, Tai! I just remembered only moments ago that you had a clone that tried to kill us and take over the Digital World. Let me think a bit. Okay: Since his Digivice is apparently low on power, he's going to need to replace it, or restore its power somehow. The only thing that could have the power to restore his Digivice would either be Azulongmon's core, another Digivice or a D3." Izzy explained.
"So, how are we going to stop him without him trying to take the Digivices or D3's?" Kari asked worriedly.
"Easy-Ken and I go in on Imperialdramon and we get the drop on him!" Davis declared. I shook my head on this one.
"Davis, use your head for something other than a means to be with Yolei! My clone's got the one thing we don't have anymore-his Powers of Darkness! He has the energy to defeat us if we're not careful."
"Not necessarily, Tai. If the power of the Digivice wasn't enough to open the portal to the Digital World from the World of Darkness, then Taichi would've been left with no other alternative than to surrender his powers in order to escape. So, we're all on level ground!" I hoped Izzy was right.
"Is that all? Because I've got some spaghetti and meatballs that are getting cold in this pot, and-"
Mimi didn't get to finish whatever she wanted to say, 'cause Davis, T.K., Ken, Cody, Joe our Digimon and I all crowded around with bowls and cleaned her pot of any spaghetti! Matt and Izzy sighed as Mimi gaped in shock at the state of her pot.
Mimi was seconds from killing us when I realized someone was missing.
"Where's Sora?" That's when my computer came on, and Taichi was on the center screen!
"Good afternoon, Tai! I trust you've had a good life since our last encounter. Well, you won't have a good one after this-look who didn't have her partner with her while she was out by the phones-your girl! Pity about the blackout. People should really pay their electric bills."
"You! You were the one who shorted out the power."
"Alas, I used up the last of my powers of Darkness to get there, but I managed to make it out of the Digital World. And with your girlfriend's Digivice, I was able to make it back. Don't bother tracking it-it's been drained of its power. If you want Takenouchi back safe and unharmed, I want two more Digivices and three D3's within 24 hours or I send a corpse through the computer right to your room, Kamiya." I was barely able to hold my anger. That's when I heard a strained voice that caused tears to escape my eyes.
"TAI! Don't listen to him. Stay out of the DigiWorld. Make sure Biyomon's okay. I wouldn't stand it if anything happened to you or the others!"
"So touching. She's willing to sacrifice her life to keep me from my revenge. Well, you can't stay in that room forever! You all have lives of your own; you'll have to leave sooner or later. Whom shall I kidnap next-Motomiya? Inoue? Izumi? Ishida? My 'surrogate' sister?"
"You try laying one finger on Kari or anyone else and I will personally rip you apart with my bare hands!" Matt, Kari, Davis, Ken, Izzy, Joe and Cody had to keep me from sending myself to the Digital World at that moment!
"I'll remember you said that. Ta!" The screen went blank and I burst into tears.
"It's all my fault…Sora, it's all my fault!"
"Whoa-déjà vu moment." Mimi noted. Davis, Yolei, Ken and Cody had blank stares on their faces.
"Huh?"
"Sora was kidnapped by Datamon a long time ago. If Tai had just went after her the first time, she'd have been safe." Matt replied.
"But since he didn't, we were able to get her Crest." Izzy added.
I wiped my face clean and eyed the computer.
"What time is it?"
Joe checked his watch. "About 5:55. Almost dinnertime at home."
"We have until 5:55 the morning after tomorrow to save Sora. Let's get some sleep and use the weekend to get her!"
Davis: I got it! You wrecked your Mom's car!
Me: Why would I wreck it when I washed it for her yesterday? R&R people!
Davis: Good point.