Chapter 15: One More Time
In a swirl of fire Tai stood in brown boots, breeches, and white tunic with a loose orange blouse. A sword hung at his side and a ring on a finger. In a swirl of ice Matt stood in a similar outfit except he had a loose blue blouse, a spear in one hand, and the Crest of Friendship on his ring. In a swirl of water Joe had on a similar outfit except his blouse was black, he had a sling like David used against Goliath, and the Crest of Reliability was on his ring. In a swirl of ribbon Sora stood in a red shirt with full sleeves, a brocaded waistcoat loosely over the shirt, blue jeans and semi-dressy shoes. A choker was around her neck with the Crest of Love on it. She was holding a bow and a quiver of arrows was fastened on her back. In a swirl of leaves Mimi stood in a green dress that almost touched the ground. Her sleeves hung down to the middle of her forearm cut horizontally in a zig-zag design. She wore green flat-heeled shoes, a bracelet with the Crest of Sincerity on it, and carried a shield with the picture of a flower on it. "Digiprotector," said an orange eyed Tai. "Digifriend," a sapphire blue eyed Matt said. "Digiharmony," said Joe with black eyes that were flecked with sea green. Their voices were deeper and smoother. "I am the Digimother," said Sora with red eyes. "Digiflower," a green eyed Mimi said. "Amusing," said Myotismon softly. Then before they could attack, "Crimson Lightning." He knocked them off their feet. Flying away he called back, "A warning digidestined. Watch your Pinklight." They sighed dejectedly. "How are we going to beat them?" asked Joe. "And what does he mean by 'watch your Pinklight?' " Nobody answered him as they became themselves again. As luck would have it two policemen stumbled onto them as they were doing so. "Are you kids all right? What happened? Where do you live?" asked one. "We can walk," said Matt fixing him with a piercing stare. They wearily gathered their stuff and left. The police watched them go wondering what they had gone through to have them walk as though the very world depended on them.
"You didn't tell your parents?" asked Izzy when they finished telling him what had happened last night. "Yeah and now they're sending me to a mental hospital for people who say the world depends on them," said Tai sarcastically. "It took them this long to decide?" asked Matt teasingly. Tai glared at him. "Actually I was going to wait until Kari got her powers," Tai informed them frostily. "Then we could go after Myotismon." Kari looked downcast. "I'm holding you back aren't I," she asked. "Of course not," reassured Sora.
At midnight the digidestined awoke to a terrible feeling and remembered words. " 'A warning digidestined. Watch your Pinklight.' " The words echoed in Tai's head. " 'Watch your Pinklight.' " He looked up expecting to see his sister and instead saw nothing in the top bunk. "KAR-I," he said remembering that he shouldn't wake his parents. He paled and muttered a word that was, at best, rather rude. He threw on some clothes without really thinking, called the other digidestined, and had to fix his clothes because his shirt was inside out, his socks were on his hands and his shorts were on his head. After many rude mutterings he straightened his clothes, told Agumon to stay put, and rushed out unaware that his mom had heard the racket he made and was following him. He followed his instincts and came to the TV building. He and the other digidestined raced to the top and found Kari facing Myotismon in a pink shirt with full sleeves and a bunched cuff, white capris, white semi-dressy shoes, and a golden tiara across her forehead with the Crest of Light in the center. When she turned to look at them they could see her eyes were pink and seemed to glow with an inner light. "Better transform," she said. "Right." Digiprotector." "Digichild." "Digifriend." "Digimother." "Digianalyzer." "Digiflower." "Digiharmony." They stood with the wind tugging at their hair looking like heros ready for battle. Tai's mom looked at them astonished and awed making a strangled sound but nobody noticed. Their attention was focused on the ultimate darkness. Much to their surprise he copied their movements saying, "Surprise of Darkness." In a swirl of bats he stood dressed the same as before but with a different color. His suit was blood red, his cape was pitch black, his eyes were an icy blue with no warmth, an unending coldness, and his mask was gone leaving a handsome face full of evil. On his forehead a moon glowed half black and half white obscured slightly by strands of blond hair on his forehead. "Digidarkness," he said in a cold voice that turned their hearts to ice.