Legal Disclaimer: I donĂ­t, and never will, own Digimon, or any of the charters

Legal Disclaimer: I don't, and never will, own Digimon, or any of the characters.

Dedication: This story is dedicated to Kawaii Mimi-chan. Thanks for all the e-mails and reviews you sent me.

Note: I am so sorry that I took so long getting this part out. Between work and sleep, I have had very little time to write anything. I finished this part during a few particularly slow work days. Sorry again for the wait. Also, I don't want to get your hopes up so don't expect the next part of the story until sometime in September. I am just way to busy right now. Plus, I'm kind of stuck on how I'm going to finish the story(that doesn't mean that the next part is the last. I really hope that it isn't. I enjoy writing fan fiction in my free time. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of that right now.)

Saying of the Day: You can't leave footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. Besides, who really wants to leave butt prints.

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Pain

by Kalika

"Watch out.. There's a big hole in the floor here." Davis warned the digimon as he leaped across the hole. They had been wandering around in this maze for at least half an hour. But they knew where they were and could find their way back to the beginning it they needed to.

Wormmon had suggested they follow the "right hand rule" in order to make sure they didn't get lost. The only thing to the "right hand rule" was to keep your right hand touching a wall at all times. That way, if you ran into a dead end, all you had to do was turn around and switch to your left hand. Eventually, you would end up right where you had started and would then be able to try again.

The maze wasn't too dangerous, just annoying. As of yet, all they had run into was the hole in the floor and one dead end. It was sort of unnerving. Why hadn't Arukenimon attacked them with anything? Maybe the "fun" was still coming. God, that was a horrible thought. Davis smiled to himself. His imagination was far to active.

They hit another dead end and once again had to turn around and head back to the last point where they had changed directions.

"Davis. What's that?" Veemon pointed down the hall ahead of them. They had gone back to the last fork and taken another hall. They had been walking for about two minutes.

There was a bright light shining at the end of the hall. Finally! Maybe they were finished with the maze now. that would be a relief. Of course, if Ken wasn't there, they were going to have to head back through the maze in order to leave the building.

"Oh hurry. Maybe Ken's there." Wormmon couldn't keep the hope out of his voice. They had been searching for hours and now they might have found something. Even if it wasn't Ken maybe it was a clue as to his whereabouts.

The hall was dark and cold. It also seemed to be endless. After about 5 minutes of walking, the end of the hall came into sight. There was one lone door with a rather large lock on it.

The door was heavy and made of oak. The lock was simple and Davis was able to pick it easily. The door opened with a protesting creak as Davis pushed against it. Silently, Wormmon and Davis slipped into the room. They had been lucky so far. They hadn't run into any unbeatable evil digimon yet, and they wanted to keep it that way.

Davis waited a few moments for his eyes to adjust to the dark. Wormmon went on ahead. He could feel his way along the floor. Soon, Davis moved farther into the room.

It didn't take long for them to find what they were looking for. Ken lay on the ground near the corner. He was very still. There didn't seem to be any restraints holding him in place. Swiftly, Davis approached the unmoving figure.

"Ken? Ken, are you o.k?" Davis walked across the room to his friend. Davis shook Ken's shoulder gently, trying to wake him. Ken moaned and slowly opened his eyes. Davis gasped when he saw them, they now looked pained and hopeless instead of calm and controlled like Davis was used to.

Wormmon rubbed his head against Ken's leg before her wrapped his antennae around the boy's waist in a hug. Ken smiled faintly as he reached down to rub his digimon's head.

Davis watched his friend carefully. The boy seemed happy to see his friends, but his eyes still seemed wrong. Davis shook the feeling off and helped Ken to his feet. Slipping his arm around the pale boy's shoulders, Davis began to make his way out the door and down then hall.

Their progress was slow but soon they made their way back up to the ground level. They managed to get back through the maze without taking to many wrong turns. Ken was beginning to weaken and was having real difficulty walking, even with Davis' help.

The group was almost out when they were suddenly caught up in a large web. The trap seemed to have drooped from the ceiling. The material wasn't sticky, but it was so heavy that it made movement almost impossible.

"You didn't think I'd let you go without saying good bye did you?" Arukenimon dropped to the ground in front of them. Mummymon followed close behind. The two evil digimon blocked the exit.

"Let us go, Arukenimon,"Davis shouted in anger. Ken was getting worse. His skin was losing colour fast and he was starting to slide to the floor.

"Oh, but I can't let Ken here leave when he's in so much pain. I just feel like I have to help him. You see Ken, I have decided to deactivate your implant."

"No thanks, Arukenimon. I know you have some sort of catch." Ken used up a lot of his energy saying this.

"Ken, Ken, Ken. You really have no choice in this. In fact " Arukenimon pulled a remote out of some hidden pocket in her dress and pushed the only button. " I have just set it to off."

"I'll bet you expect us to thank you," Wormmon snarled from the floor near Ken's feet.

Arukenimon smiled at the smaller digimon before walking past the stunned group. On her way, she removed the net from on top of them. She was just about to turn the corner and disappear out of sight when Davis called for her to stop.

"Wait. I don't think It worked. Ken isn't getting any better. In fact he's getting worse." Arukenimon turned around with an evil smile. Ken was indeed getting worse. His eyes were clenched shut in pain and he was starting to shiver.

"Oh, it is working. I guess I forgot to mention, when the implant turns off it will explode. Mind you, the explosion won't be large enough to see, but I'm afraid it will kill poor Ken"

To Be Continued

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I thought this was a good place to leave the story. It'll keep you all in suspense until I get the next part out, but like I said before, that probably won't be until sometime in September. I'm sorry this part was so short but it seemed like a good chapter break. Thank you so much for reading. Please review ( I love reviews. They make me happy.)