Chapter two
The body of the digimon Kaiser was at the digidestined feet. The famous suit of the tyrant was blackened from mud, dirt and burns. There was a deep gash in Ken's side and another one below his shoulder, both bleeding profoundly. There was another cut on his forehead and scratches, most likely from the branches, all over his neck. Ken's sunglasses were shattered and lying on the ground next to his head, and his cape was ripped into shreds.
"Whoa." Davis said in a low voice. "Who did this?"
"Is he dead?" Yolei wondered.
TK pushed Davis aside and brought two fingers to the side of Ken's neck. He then immediately withdrew them, revolted that he had to touch his worst enemy.
"No, he's not dead, but if the bleeding doesn't stop, he will be. So what should we do?"
"TK, we just can't leave him. Ken may be our enemy, but he is human." Kari said, turning to look away.
"So you expect us to take him with us!?" Davis said bewildered. "After all he's done!?"
"Kari has a point. Besides, he'll be too weak to do anything and I want to know who did this to Ken. This thing must be very powerful to do such damage to the Kaiser" Yolei pointed out, obviously shaken by the sight.
"Hey guys, look over here." Patamon called from a few feet away.
Though Davis and Yolei stayed looking down at the Kaiser, everyone else went over to Patamon. There, also burnt and bleeding, was Wormmon. Cody carefully picked him up and they all went back to Ken's side.
"If we are going to take him, then let's fly." TK said, sounding confident. "We can't very well carry Ken and we need to be in contact with a TV for backup. Kari, you and Cody will fly on Nefertimon, Hawkmon, you'd better digivolve to Halsemon. When you do Yolei and Davis will fly on your back with Ken. Davis, Yolei, be prepared to fight if Ken happens to wake up while in the air. I'll take Wormmon and fly on Pegasusmon. The place we are looking for is going to be a large lake."
The digidestined looked at TK for a minuet, then nodded in agreement. The three digimon digivolved into champion, while Davis and Yolei took Ken and dumped him onto Halsemon, then got on each side of him to hold him down.
"Let's go" Davis said once everything was done.
In the air, Davis and Yolei were having a conversation about what to do:
"So, does this mean we have a new enemy" Davis asked loudly over the wind.
"I hope not. This may just be one of Ken's digimon that got out of control and tried to destroy him. But what digimon do we know that could do this much damage, especially since Ken has a whole army of enslaved ones?" Yolei yelled in reply.
"Good point. I can't wait to hear what Ken says when he wakes up and realizes his enemies have him."
"Umm, Davis. Maybe before he wakes up, you should take that whip away from him." Yolei yelled
"OK." Davis yelled back, taking the whip off of Ken's side. "Cool, I've always wanted a whip."
Yolei rolled her eyes.
When Ken did wake up, he was laying on his back. His vision was blurred, but he thought he saw someone looming above him. The Kaiser turned his head to the right, and his vision cleared enough to see Wormmon lying next to him, bandaged. Ken then saw that the shoulder of his shirt was ripped off and a bandage was fastened to his shoulder. Ken turned his head the other way and saw the worst possible scenario. Two of his enemies, Kari and Cody, cleaning the gash in his side, with Yolei kneeling there with her helmet being used as a bucket for water.
"What the..." Ken said suddenly, making all three of them turn. He immediately tried to sit up, but because of the pain from his side, lay back down again. He then promptly dug his nails into his hip, in the hope that he was dreaming. When he felt the sharp pains run through his body, he growled from anger and started to yell.
"What happened? What am I doing here? What are you doing here?"
"Hey! Calm down, Ichijouji. If you move, you're going to bleed again."
Ken looked up and saw Davis Motamiya standing over him, arms crossed and face scowling. Ken narrowed his eyes, but could do no more, which made him angry and helpless.
"This cannot be happening. It just can't." Ken said
"What can't, Ken?" Yolei asked quietly
"Yolei, why don't you go get Ken some water. Cody, can you get a clean cloth, the cape will do." Kari said before Ken could talk back to Yolei.
"Aren't you the Girl Scout. I mean, you have all this first aid stuff." Ken decided to say to Kari.
"It's actually Yolei's. Since we fight a lot, Yolei brings bandages and things from her parent's store. A safety precaution. The blanket is mine; I bring it with me every time we go into the digiworld, ever since Cody fell into that icy ocean." Kari said before realizing she was making small talk with her worst enemy. Davis had decided to go over to TK and see what he was doing.
"Something's wrong with the gate" TK said, standing in front of the TV with his D-terminal. "I can't open it and no e-mail seems to be able to be sent."
"Could Ken have something to do with this?" Davis asked
"Maybe, but from what Izzy tells me, the gate has many firewalls that can't usually be tampered with. And besides, if Ken had that kind of skill, he would have done it months ago." TK counteracted. He looked over to see Yolei coming back with water for Ken.
"Here. And it's not poisoned if that's what your thinking" She said, handing him a large hollow pod filled with water. Ken, who was now sitting up with support of Kari, took the pod, sniffed the contents, then sipped it, all the while looking at Yolei with narrowed eyes. At that moment, TK jogged up to the Kaiser.
"I'll be blunt, we can't get to the real world." TK said in a suspicious voice. "Did you have anything to do with this?"
Ken looked at TK for a moment, the raised an eyebrow.
"Do you really think I have the power to meddle with such forces? It's impossible for any human to do such a thing." Ken then made a half smile. "But, I do know of a digimon who has that power."
"Who?" Everyone there asked
Ken's small sly smile quickly turned into a scowl.
"Vexilmon."
