A ninth child- but no Digivice.

Discalimer- I do not own Digimon or anything to do with it.

Chapter two is now up. I hope you like it. Just one other point. This will not develp into a romance fic, I sorry but that is how it its.

A branch cracked near her waking her from her slumber. Susan sat up suddenly looking around. She was dripping wet from the rain. The storm has subsided a great deal but there was still a tiny bit of rain coming from the black clouds. To her right was a forest. Getting up she sprinted across the wet grass slipping more than once into the mud. Finally she got into safety of the forest. After walking for a few minutes she found a tree that would support her weight. She climbed up fifteen feet to a crossroads between branches where she could sit comfortably. Once up there she began to look around her. One of the first things she noticed was that she wasn't dressed exactly as she had been before. She still had her green shorts and Tee shirt but they seemed to be made of a much thicker material. She also had a thick green sleeveless jacket. This and the shorts had many pockets, which she started to explore. She found a compass, a penknife, a pair of binoculars some rope, and a large machete in a sheath. On her back she then found a backpack. In this were a sleeping bag, ground sheet and some more supplies. Mystified she stared around her "Ok you can come out now. This isn't funny." But no one answered her call. She sighed "Play it your way." Suddenly she remembered what had happened just before she woke up. She had been in front of a computer in the factory and then her headache had kicked in but she couldn't remember anything after the pain of the headache. But the pain seemed to be gone now. Where was she? She wasn't sure how she got here or why she was dressed different. Why was she here? Did the matron hate her that much? Everything was so confusing, she would have to get of the forest first and make her way to a road. She climbed down from the tree and walked back out of the forest. The grass was wet and her legs were soon soaked. As she walked up the slight hill that she had slept she was unaware that a few eyes were focusing in on her. Over the side of the hill she saw that tree's completely surrounded her that she was in fact in a large clearing. All she could see were trees and more trees. Taking out her binoculars she re-examined the woods. To her north she could see the end of the woods and a mountain rising behind it. Looking up at the sky she estimated that it would become dark in an hour or two, her watch said that it was five o' clock. She decided to start off immediately and eat when it got dark. An hour an a half later she could no longer see more than ten feet in front of her so she stopped below another big tree. Minutes later she was up in the tree in her sleeping bag. Her backpack was suspended from a branch. Even though it was more uncomfortable than it would be on the ground she felt safer up in the tree. She didn't know what wild animals might live in this strange forest. After eating a small meal she started to dose in the tree. It was about midnight that she woke up. There was a full moon so she could see pretty well. She was going to dose off again when she heard a murmur of voices. Climbing round the side of main branch she looked down. What she saw shocked her. Below her were four small animals and one slightly larger one. Two of the small ones looked like small grey rocks with arms and legs. One of the other was a grey hare, which stood on two feet and had strange eyes. The fourth small creature looked like a large mushroom. The larger animal, which was staring down on the other four, looked like a wolf except its hair was spiky. It was jet black except for a long streak of red, which started on its head and went all the way down its spine to its tail and it also had red eyes. His claws and teeth were larger than normal. As she watched them she noticed that the small ones seemed to be scared of the wolf. While she was considering them the wolf spoke up surprising her even more. "It seems that your little guerrilla war is over. I should kill you on the spot but my leader wants to know the location of your base. If you tell me this know I might spare your lives and let join us." The grey rabbit spoke up stepping out trying to assume a brave position. "We out number you and we are not scared of you either." Before any of the others could reply the wolf leaped forward his claws slicing the hares head off. The hare fell to a bloody heap on the ground. The wolf spoke up again his voice as cold as ice. "As you can see he will not be reborn. Our master has found a way to prevent that from occurring. So now that you know that you will die permanently, will you speak?" Susan fingered the machete in her hand. If this wolf were like any other wolf it would have an incredible sense of smell. After it had dealt with the three others it would come after her. She would have to act now or die later. The thought of killing the wolf would have made her feel sick a few moments ago but now she felt bent on revenge for that other poor animal. She was so angry she didn't even think of the folly of attacking a fully-grown wolf. She climbed out along the branch until she was directly above the wolf. Gripping the machete like a dagger in both hands she aimed her sights on its head. Flexing her legs she jumped from the tree down towards her enemy.

It was two later and Tai's group was still stuck in the forest. They had tried to find Matt and the others but so far they had failed. They could have flown out of the forest but they were afraid that they might miss Matt this way. Tai turned to Izzy who was walking beside him. "So where exactly are we heading?" "We have reason to believe that there are enemies here on File Island. So we are going to go up the mountain in front of us. From here we should be able to see where their base is and if we are lucky we might see Matt or he might see us." Behind the two boys walked Mimi and Kari. Mimi was complaining to Palmon. "My feet are sore. When are getting out of this forest?" "I think that Izzy said we would be getting out pretty soon Mimi." "The sooner the better, that's all I can say." Gatomon was walking along in silence. Her master was walking along quietly not saying anything. It was in this state of silence that she heard a crack of a branch. She turned raising her ears and focusing her eyes into the tree's behind them. She was going to move on when she heard another rustle. "Guy's I think something is back here." she growled. The others turned to look. Slowly three wolf like creatures walked out of the bushes. Tai was going get Augumon to Digivolve when other wolves came out of different bushes. There were twenty and they completely surrounded them. "What are these Tentamon?" "I think these are Loupmon Izzy. I haven't heard that much about them except that they are Champion virus Digimon." "Except for me." Another wolf like thing walked out of the brush. He was three times as big than the Loupmon and he had armour over his chest and face. Spikes also protruded from his back. "I am Metalwolfmon, an Ultimate Digimon." Before he could finish talking the four Digi-destined's Digimon began to Digivolve. Augumon went to its Ultimate form- MetalGreymon. Palmon went to its Ultimate form Lilymon. Tentamon went to its Ultimate form Megakabutermon. Gatomon went to its Ultimate form Angewoman. The four Ultimate's swept out at different directions to deal with the enemy. MetalGreymon, who resembled a large orange T-Rex with wings, a metal helmet and a large metal claw, took on the leader while the others behind him tried to deal with the Loupmon. MetalGreymon started off by shooting his claw at the huge wolf. Metalwolfmon jumped onto the claw and sent his most powerful electrical attack up it. Slightly fazed the large Dinosaur Digimon back a step. Metalwolfmon took this pause to fire the spikes from his body into him. The explosions from the spikes caused MetalGreymon to roar with pain. The other three Digimon were flying above the wolves shooting their attacks down. Megakabutermon, who looked like a huge red insect, was firing huge electrical balls down which exploded apon impact. Lilymon looked like a human sized fairy with a form of cannon in her hands, which she was using to shoot at the wolves. Angewoman looked like a female angel with some armour on. She had a bow in her hands, which she was firing arrows down with. The three Ultimate's were faster than the Champions below but they hugely outnumbered. They had to spend most of their time dodging the electrical blasts from below but whatever attacks they fired were deadly to the Loupmon. Three had bit the dust so far. Suddenly Metalwolfmon let out a piercing whistle and sprinted off into the woods. The Loupmon's turned grabbing their companions and disappeared into the forest. The four Digimon tried to follow them while their partners stood mystified. "Why did they run off?" Tai wondered. "They were probably too scared to fight us." said Mimi. "I don't think so." Izzy wondered. "So far their leader seemed a match for MetalGreymon if not better." Tai scowled at this remark. "He could have went Mega at anytime and flattened him" The four Digimon returned hovering in the air. "They seemed to have disappeared." They returned to their Rookie forms except for Angewoman who returned to Gatomon who happened to be a Champion. The eight moved off keeping a close eye around them ready to Digivolve at any time. Unaware to them they were under observation by eighteen Digimon. "Yes boss the rumours are true at least four of the Digi-destined have Ultimate's. But one of the kids said that his could go to Mega." "If that is true you have to beat them by tactics and not by brute force." "What about the other four. They are approaching the end of the forest and they are near the hill." "Concentrate on this four. Once the other four reach the top of the hill they will see our base. These children are so confident in their abilities they will attack it. This is when you can get them." "Ok sir."

The wolf must have heard something because he turned his head. Susan's blade slashed down the side of his face instead of into his neck. Susan landed on the ground and rolled to her feet. The wolf looked shocked but he regained his composure seconds later. The blade had cut diagonally across one eye and down to his jaw. The eye was pulsing blood. Evidently she had destroyed one of his eyes. He took a step towards her and she placed the blade in front of her trying to defend herself. Seconds later she was laying against a tree. She was so amazed the pain didn't kick in immediately. "A Digi-destined eh? My master will be pleased with you, unless I kill you first!" He was panting and shaking with rage. Instead of showing his pain he was converting it into anger. And was unable to defend herself. Her blade had been knocked out of her hands and it was lying behind the week. Her right hand was also bleeding. Her back was also screaming at her and she could feel the blood dripping down. A wave of nausea swept over her and she felt like giving up and letting her eyes close. No, no she shook her head. Whatever happened she would face the situation. She would have to fight all she could. She could only be satisfied going to heaven if she felt she had done everything she could to try and live. The wolf walked slowly towards her. His eyes bored into hers. All she could see was hatred and anger. Finally she had break staring with him and looked over his shoulder instead. Behind him she could see the three Digimon she had tried to save. They seemed to be arguing about something. She had to bring her attention back to the wolf as he was speaking. "You look like a young human practically a baby. Are you scared?" he asked mockingly. This statement irritated her. She admitted to being scared but she was not a baby. Her back pained her so much she only had one alternative. She spat into his face. His response was a slash across her chest. The cuts didn't go deep but they still drew blood and hurt like a demon. She had to bite her lip to stop herself from letting out a cry. "Don't worry, soon you won't feel that. You Digi-destined have been real pests. I'm going to make you feel all the pain you have inflicted in the Digiworld and I won't have even started by then." He raised a paw up to her face opposite to her eyes. "I might start the torture now. My master won't mind how I bring him the Digi-destined as long as they are alive. He won't care if your face has several features missing." Suddenly without warning a large rock smashed into the wolf. The two rock like animals were at her side each grabbing an arm. One of them turned to the large mushroom. "Come on we have to go. He'll be up in a minute." "No you guy's go on. He caught us when we ran last time and now you guy's are going to be slowed down with the child. She's important. The Digi-destined are the only ones who might defeat these monsters. Now go. I'll only be able to hold him for a few seconds. They began running her off into the forest. She tried to run with them but she was too dazed and her legs refused to work for her. Anyway the rock animals seemed strong enough to carry her without her help. From behind her she heard a triumphant roar and then the scream of the mushroom. She then heard the crack of branches behind them. He was evidently faster than they were as the sounds started to sound louder and louder. She was looking around to see if she could spot him when she felt herself falling. The two creatures had jumped into a burrow. All three of them fell in a heap down the hole. When they stopped rolling Susan was at the bottom. She didn't mind this at all. The hole was only four feet deep and she glad of the safety of the other animals. Above her she heard the wolf stalking about. "I know they are here. They won't escape me!" Susan heard more noises above here. It sounded like more animals were up there. "What do you mean by making so much noise" Three other Loupmon appeared from the bushes. The Loupmon, who Susan had scarred earlier, turned towards the three. Recognising him the three stepped backwards. "You should address me as sir." He said taking a step towards them. "Captain L2, we eh … didn't eh recognise you. What happened to your face sir?" Ignoring his last comment he replied "I'm looking for a Digi-destined. She's about here somewhere." "But none of the Digi-destined are anyway near here." "What?" "Yes sir. Four are off the north while the other four have just left the forest." The Captain looked surprised "Anyway sir, the Major wants to speak to you. He wants to know more about your unit" The Captain looked like he was going to argue and then he seemed to change his mind. The Major had Digivolved recently and he was known for his bad temper. The previous Captain had been killed in a fit of rage. But he though he was leaving the area he was also determined that he get his revenge on the human. In the burrow all was silent for five minutes after the Loupmon left. Then a small grey head peeked out and looked around him. The forest was quiet and he couldn't smell anyone close. "There gone, come on the entrance to our base is just over this way." All three climbed out of the hole and walked over to another tree. Susan watched mystified as the two animals began to pull up bits of earth from where it joined with the ground. Seconds later she saw a gaping hole and a tunnel. One of the rock like things went first and then she followed while the last one started to fill up the hole. The tunnel was badly illuminated and the rock things were going at a really fast pace. They seemed really anxious to get to their destination quickly. As Susan walked she wondered if she would be safe with these things. She eventually decided that as she was in pain and not really able to fight she didn't have any choice in the matter. Anyway these things seemed to be fighting those wolf things and she definitely didn't want to be with them. After an hour of hard walking her thighs were beginning to give way. The longest walk she had even done was on a trip up a mountain but there they could go at their own pace and they had many brakes up a well-made path that had been made for walkers. Here she was being made to walk faster than she had ever walked before across a stony rocky path with many divots in almost perfect darkness. She could barely see more than four feet in front of her. As they walked she felt across her chest looking for the cuts. To her surprise she couldn't find them. Moving her around chest again she couldn't feel them anywhere. She then tried to feel her back but she drew a blank here as well. She couldn't find any cuts or scratches anywhere. Without her noticing they drew up in front of a large rock. Around this were two torches. In the light Susan could see that her shirt was still splattered with her blood but she still couldn't find any cuts. One of the rock things walked up to the huge rock. "Password?" "Rock cracking" The large rock rolled back. Another of the rock things nodded at them and then pushed the rock back. As they walked through a passage Susan looked around her. Around her she could see many different animals of different sizes and colours. A lot of them stared at her as she walked past. She began to feel uncomfortable and didn't meet their gaze. After another minutes walking they drew up to a large ladder. Two more of the hare things stood in front of it apparently guarding it. One of her escorts went forward and began a small discussion with one of them. He pointed back at her a lot and she began to feel uncomfortable again. Finally one of the guards nodded and their group started to climb the ladder.

"That can't be true. All the legends tell of eight Digi-destined but not nine." "I don't actually think that she is a Digi-destined sir." "What?" "She didn't have a Digivice or a Digimon sir. Everyone knows that the minute a child enters the Digiworld they get a Digimon, but she didn't have one. Also how did she get into the Digiworld without a Digivice?" "Hmm" Metalwolfmon began to stride up and down thinking carefully. The captain stayed stationary looking at his Major. "I agree that we should capture her. She might useful to use to use against the Digi-destined. Anyway what normal child could scar a Loupmon so severely?" he said smiling at the Captain. "I was preoccupied by the guerrillas sir" "Hmm. Well anyway I cannot spare Captain L1's company- (Authors note- A Major has two captains underneath him. Each captain is in charge of a company) We are presently attacking four of the Digi-destined. But I think I can spare your company." He took L1 and L2- (The one with the scar.) over to a large map. On the map was File island, mainly showing the large forest, mountain and the base at the foot of the mountain. "At the present we only have two company's. Our commander doesn't think much of File Island and he refuses to send us more troops. That means we have forty-three troops at our disposal including ourselves. Even though our leader doesn't think much of the island itself he needs it for its iron deposits. One of the main things we have to keep in mind is that the mines are behind the base. We have to have at least ten Loupmon guarding the prisoners." He pointed to the mountain. "Four Digi-destined are just out of the forest. This is a bit of a problem as it gives them a wild field of vision and I don't thing we have enough men to try and out flank them. But the other four are going down. We have managed to steer them away from the edge of the forest and into the thicker parts. How long before you think we will have them?" L1 spoke up for the first time. "I give them a day at the most. Then half a day before they are in the city. A day and a half and I will be able guard the city again." Metalwolfmon turned to L2 "From our intelligence we think the guerrillas are hidden underground. Try and look around the middle of File mountain for entrances and keep of the way of the Digi-destined. We are not in need of heroics at this point in time. We don't have enough men. You can take ten of your company but you have to be back by at the most twenty-four hours. I'm heading over to the base just in case. Ok go can go now."

Tai looked around him flustered. According to Izzy they should have left the forest hours ago. He looked around him. Forest, forest and yet more forest. He couldn't even see File mountain anymore. Beside him the less fit Digi-destined panted. They were scratched and cut from running in the forest. Another black face appeared at the end of a tree. He fired his electric attack before disappearing. This hit Togemon- Palmon's Champion form- and sent it back to rookie. Beside him Greymon panted from exhaustion. Tentamon and Gatomon stared with blank eyes into the trees. They had been chasing the Loupmon for hours trying to fight them. But they kept disappearing and then another face appeared somewhere else. The Digimon were exhausted from too much Digivolving. "Do you have any ideas Izzy?" "How about you just get Greymon to go to his Mega. Get him to destroy the forest and then they won't be able to hide." "But what about all the innocent Digimon?" Kari asked. "Desperate times call for desperate measures Kari. We are going to be defeated here if we don't get rid of their hiding places. Ok Greymon Digivolve!" Greymon was covered in white light but then five of the Loupmon appeared from behind a tree and shot their explosive spikes into him. Greymon fell back and reverted back to his rookie form. "Augumon!" Tai ran over. Izzy turned in desperation to Gatomon and Tentamon. "Can either of you Digivolve?" Gatomon shook her head but Tentamon nodded. Seconds later electric shots hit the Digivolving insect but as he was of the electric element he wore trough the storm and turned into Kabutermon. Izzy and Kari jumped on immediately but Mimi and Tai were slower as they were tending to their Digimon. Six Loupmon charged from the bushes towards the blue Digimon anxious of stopping it before it became airborne. Tai and Mimi saw the danger to late and Tai was forced to make a tough decision. "Go on or you will be captured. Join Matt." Tai then stood out in front of the Loupmon trying to block them. Mimi on the other hand tried to run to the safety of the big blue insect. But she was swiftly overtaken by the Loupmon who sprinted over to Kabutermon, but he managed to get into the air and above the forest. L1 looked above at the blue insect. "He is injured and he won't last it out of the forest. Get the other thirteen to chase them down." He turned to Tai and Mimi. "Hand me your Digivices and tags." "Never" Tai retorted. Seconds later he was lying in front of a tree with L1's paws on his shoulders. "Never say never." He scratched down Tai's chest drawing blood. He then took up Tai's Digivice and Tag. He turned to Mimi. "Do you want to do it the hard or the easy way?" Shaking Mimi handed over her Digivice and Tag. "Ok you six head over towards the base. If they cause any trouble kill their Digimon. They are not needed." He headed off after the other thirteen.

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