Legal Disclaimer: I don't own digimon, or any of the characters(please

Legal Disclaimer: I don't own digimon, or any of the characters(please. You think I'm that original. Yeah right, these stories I write are about as creative as I get.) So don't get mad at me.

Note: I'm sorry I couldn't post this story until now, but I really hope that It was worth the wait. Thanks for being so patient with me.

Saying Of The Day: I'm lost, I'm going to find myself, but if I show up before I get back, please tell me to wait for myself. Thank-you

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Pain

By Kalika

Ken walked the perimeter of his cell. He had checked every stone, every crack, every little crevice he could find. He still hadn't found a way out of this room.

Ken growled in frustration. This was pointless. He hadn't even found the seam for the door yet. It would have been easier if there was some light to see by. It was so dark, Ken couldn't see his hand in front of his face.

Sighing in defeat, Ken sat down to wait. Arukenimon and Mummymon would be back soon. He could try to surprise them and escape when they opened the door. Silently, he leaned against the wall, before drifting off to sleep.

"Well he's not here. Where do you think we should look next?" Davis looked down and Wormmon. The little digimon shook his head. He had no idea where to look next. They had been searching for the past three hours and hadn't found a trace of Ken.

"Don't worry Wormmon." Veemon smiled at Wormmon in support. "We'll find Ken soon. And he'll be perfectly fine. You'll see. Everything will turn out great."

Davis nodded in agreement before pulling out his digivice and checking the screen. It really was a useless action. He had Ken's digivice in his other jacket pocket. But, he wasn't above trying anything. They didn't have any idea where Ken was, or even of where to look.

"Maybe we should take a short break. Wormmon you look really tired." Davis sat down and began to massage his sore legs. They had been walking for the past three hours. Davis was starting to feel hungry, and he was pretty sure that they digimon were too.

As Davis began to rummage around in his bag, Veemon and Wormmon dropped to the ground, exhausted. The digimon took the granola bars Davis offered them, from his bag. Davis lay back on the ground with his hands behind his head. The search was going so slowly. If the others had been able to come, they would be able to cover much more ground. But, it was just the three of them, and they would just have to do their best to find Ken.

Ken sighed as he wandered around his cell. He wasn't trying to find an exit he just needed to stretch his legs. They had both fallen asleep and I wasn't exactly the most enlightening feeling. Ken had just passed the door when it slid open.

It was Mummymon, and he seemed to be carrying something. He glared at Ken angrily before dropping a tray on the floor and closing the door violently.

Ken slid to his knees to inspect the tray. There was food and water on it. Ken stared at it suspiciously. Why was Arukenimon feeding him if she just wanted him dead anyways. Slowly Ken got to his feet and continued to wander around the room. Maybe the food was poisoned, maybe not, but he wasn't hungry. Not now anyways.

"Mom, can I go now please?" Kari was almost begging by now. It was six a.m. and they were still cleaning up the yard. She needed to go to the Digiworld now. Davis hadn't written back that he had found Ken, so she assumed that the search was still going on.

"I'm sorry Kari. But we have to finish up here, and then we need to drive over and visit your uncle." Mrs. Kamiya was barely even listening to her daughter. She was just to busy.

"Davis says they still can't find anything." Cody rolled over in his bed so that he was facing Armadillomon. The message hadn't been very encouraging. For the three hours of searching, the others had found nothing. No sign, no clue, nothing at all.

"Don't worry Cody. After you and your aunt get back from shopping, I'm sure you'll be able to get away and go help in the search." Armadillomon was trying to be helpful, but he could see that he wasn't having much of an effect. Cody, was feeling guilty that he wasn't able to help. He was very worried about his new friend. Maybe he hadn't really trusted Ken in the beginning, but the pale boy was beginning to grow on him. Ken was just so polite and thoughtful now that he was no longer the Digimon Emperor, and Cody was really starting to like him as a person.

"Tomorrow, right Armadillomon?"

"Right, Cody."

TK woke up in the hard motel bed. He could hear his mother already up and typing in the next room. Rolling over, TK glanced at the clock. Six a.m. They were going to be back on the road in about two hours, and then there was still four and a half hours of driving left before they got home.

Growling in frustration, TK practically fell out of bed as he headed for the shower. It was aggravating, not being able to help search for his friend. But he was stuck, and the others would just have to do with out him. He only prayed that Ken would be all right when they found him.

"Are you feeling ok Granny?" Yolie poked her head into her grandmother's bedroom. She waited a few moments before deciding that the older woman was asleep and silently backing out of the room.

Suddenly, she heard her d-terminal beeping. Pulling it out she quickly read the message that Davis had sent:

Yolie,

Still searching here. I hope you or at least one of the others will be able to get here and help out. We haven't found anything, so if you have any ideas please send them. We could really use the help.

Davis

Sighing weakly, the tall girl recalled the shape Ken had been in when she had visited him in the hospital. The doctors hadn't really found out what had happened. For all they new, Ken could be having another attack right now. Or he could have already had one, and by the time they found him it would be to late. Shaking her head, Yolie pushed those thoughts from her mind.

She read the message again. Nothing, not even a tiny little clue. Maybe this was to big for Davis to handle alone. He was going to need help, but she wasn't going to be able to offer it. Her parents weren't supposed to be back until the next day.

Suddenly, she got an idea. It was perfect. Why hadn't she thought of it the night before. Quickly, she began to type her message up.

"Yolie. I could kiss you!" Davis cried as he jumped to his feet startling Wormmon and Veemon out of their rest. The digimon watched in confusion as Davis danced around in a gleeful circle.

"Why are you kissing Yolie?" Veemon asked as he leaned up on his elbows to stare at his partner. Humans could be so weird sometimes.

"Oh, Veemon, it's just an expression. I'm not going to actually kiss her"

"Then why did you say it?" Veemon was still confused.

"Never, mind. Anyways, Yolie has an idea about where to look." Wormmon jumped up at this news. "She suggested checking out Giga House. I think it's a good idea."

"Giga House? You mean that big place where we first met Arukenimon. That's a great idea. I can't believe we didn't think of it ourselves. Let's hurry up and go." Wormmon was practically dragging Davis across the clearing. Veemon quickly grabbed Davis' bag and hurried after the other two.

Ken had just started walking again when the pain started once more. It was much worse than it had been the last time. Ken dropped to his knees as he grabbed his head with his hands as he screamed in pain. It was the same every time. First the headache and then, after a few minutes, the chest pains. It was getting to hard for Ken to just give in. To hope that perhaps, if he let go, then the pain would finally stop. He would be free from the agony at last.

I can't do this anymore. God, it hurts so much.' Ken sobbed weakly as he leaned against the wall. The pain was overwhelming. He couldn't even think clearly anymore. Slowly he let himself slip away. He just stopped fighting against the pain and gave in.

"Hey, look at this. It looks like a door. Let's go through here." Veemon was pointing at the wall beside him.

Davis and Wormmon hurried over. It was a door, and it opened to a stair case that led downwards. Davis took one look at Wormmon and made up his mind. Ever since they had reached Giga House, Wormmon had begun to look hopeful. More hopeful then he had since they had started to search. Quickly, Davis started down the stairs with the two digimon following behind.

To Be Continued

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Note: Again, I am so sorry that this part took me so long to write. But I have been getting assignment after assignment and test after test from my teachers. I have a lot more coming up too, but I promise that I will try to get the next part out faster.

Thanks for reading and please review.