Chapter 3:

Nani? Missing?! Impmon's Ordeal!!

     Nabiki sat in the hospital bed, her hand in a cast. Her hand was, indeed, broken and she was now even more depressed. First Impmon stole her favorite card, then she got her butt kicked by a bully and now her hand was broken.

     She looked at her cast and sighed, flopping backwards, her head landing on the soft pillow. "I am having a really bad week…" she muttered before going to sleep.

~~~~~~~Meanwhile…

     Takato, Henry and Rika watched helplessly as their Digimon where thrown about like stuffed animals.

     "Digi-modify! HP-Floppy, activate!" Takato did a Card-Slash, increasing WarGrowlmon's HP.

     "Digi-Modify! Armor of Stone, activate!" Henry shouted, also doing a Card-Slash. Rapidmon's body was soon coated in layers and layers of stone.

     "Digi-modify! Hyper-Speed, activate!" Rika added her own Card Slash, increasing Taomon's speed.

     "We can't beat this thing! It's a Mega Level! We can't do anything!" Henry shouted over MegaDevimon's loud roar.

~~~~~~~Meanwhile…

     Impmon heard the roar and his ears perked up. "Finally! I can face something that's worth my time!" he then took off through the trees, heading toward the scene of the fight.

~~~~~~~Meanwhile…

     Sam heard the fight and, knowing Impmon, knew "his Digimon" would be there so, he took off toward the fight.

~~~~~~~Meanwhile…

     Nabiki heard the battle as well and stood to see what was going on. She saw three Ultimate level Digimon fighting a Mega level, a pretty stupid thing to do. Then, suddenly, a rookie level Digimon appeared.

     "Impmon!" she said, changing into her cloths then running down the one flight of stairs, stopping just outside the building as people pushed past her and ran away, screaming.

     Impmon cast Nabiki a quick glance then returned his attention back to MegaDevimon, his green eyes gleaming. The gods are crazy and their also deaf…remind me never to look up to the heavens again…he thought.

     Without warning, Sam also appeared, making Nabiki yelp. Sam looked at the girl and scoffed, "Little girls shouldn't be here seeing such battle between men."

     Impmon heard the voice and stopped in mid-attack. "Oh no…" he muttered, turning slowly, hoping, praying that it was anybody but Sam. The gods turned a deaf ear to Impmon's plea and cranked up the music to the max.

     Sam grinned, pulling out a D-Arc and sneering cruelly at Impmon's scared expression. "Time to fight, Impmon. Digi…"

     Nabiki saw this and something inside pf her snapped. She didn't want Impmon hurt. She didn't want those other Digimon to be hurt. She didn't want to let Sam take Impmon and torture him. She was at her braking point. What she did want to do was pound Sam to a pulp.

     "No! Impmon doesn't want to go with you and I won't let you take him against his will!" she said, standing between Impmon and Sam.

     "Outta the way." Sam kicked Nabiki backwards, his D-Arc held above his head. She landed on her back, the cast on her hand cracking.

     Anger flared up inside of Impmon. Not knowing why, Impmon raced over to Nabiki's side, a need to protect her appearing inside of him. "You touch her again an' I'll Bada-Boom ya in ta next week!" He then, after sensing danger coming from behind him, grabbed Nabiki and pulled her out of the way of MegaDevimon's energy blast.

     Sam glared daggers at Nabiki. Not only did she stand up for Impmon. Impmon stood up for her. It was none of her business what he did to his Digimon.

     That's when he realized that Impmon had a weakness for the girl and it made his evil brain kick into gear. Impmon looses girl, Impmon comes back if girl is safe, Impmon servant again. He thought, staring intently at Nabiki, who was now checking on Impmon, who had hit his head on a large chunk of rock.

     "Impmon! Impmon! Are you okay? Ahhh! Impmon you gotta wake up and save us!!" Nabiki pleaded, shaking Impmon's shoulder then hugging him as a small office building blew up, showering them in dust and pebbles.

     Impmon groaned and opened his emerald eyes and saw Nabiki staring at him, her emerald eyes filled with worry. "I'm up now. Now, stand back an' watch a master at work! Night of Inferno!" Impmon summoned up a large fireball and threw it at MegaDevimon. It struck him and did nothing.

     Impmon sweat dropped. Takato jumped in. "Don't you have a D-Arc?!"

     Nabiki, startled, dug into her backpack and came up with a toy D-Arc that she had brought a week ago. It was purple with black clip. "Just a toy!"

     Takato face faulted. "Well…TRY IT!" he shouted, shielding his face as yet another building blew up.  Nabiki dug into her backpack again and pulled out a deck of cards. She found a blue card that she didn't remember even having. She stood and did a Card Slash, using the blue card and her toy D-Arc. "Digi-Modify!"

     Her D-Arc glowed and vanished for a moment. "Nani?!" she yelped, looking at her hands as her and Impmon sweat dropped.

     "Well…It was a nice try…" Takato said.

     "Wait! Look!" Henry shouted, pointing at the sky.

     A fist sized ball of light crashed into the ground, creating a knee-deep crater. Impmon dragged Nabiki out of the way before it had hit and was now wondering if protecting this girl was worth his trouble.

     Nabiki waited until the glow from the crater had vanished before running over and picking up the item that had created the crater. It was her D-Arc, but it wasn't a toy anymore.

     "Wow…" She muttered, smiling as she stood. "Impmon, get ready to Digivolve!"

     Impmon nodded. "Hit it!"

     "Digi-Modify! Digivol—Awk! Lemme go! Lemme go NOW you Icky-Monster!" she shouted as she was grabbed by the Mega Digimon. "I swear! If you start climbing the highest skyscraper in Tokyo, I will KILL you without the help of Impmon!!"

     It's a good thing MegaDevimon is under my control…Sam thought, grinning at this.

     Impmon started to cast Night of Inferno but stopped when MegaDevimon hit him hard enough that he flew through the abandoned Hospital's wall and landed halfway down the hall.

     "Impmon! Lemme go NOW! If you hurt him, I'm gonna delete you! Ahh! What is THAT?!"

     Takato, Henry and Rika did another Card Slash, giving their Digimon the strength to continue on. "Go! We can't let that thing take her into the Digital World!!" Henry shouted.

     Takato, having lost all hope in his cards, picked up pieces of rock and flung them at the retreating Mega. "C'mon! Let her go, ya big chunk of data!" he shouted, making everyone sweat drop.

     "Takato, that isn't helping." Rika said.

     Impmon, meanwhile, was still conscious and racing out the hole he had created, limping slightly. By time he got outside, MegaDevimon was already through the Digital Portal and in the Digital World.

     He stood, staring at the space for a long while before starting to realize the pain he was feeling. He dropped onto the ground and started to mutter darkly about his leg, which he figured was gonna be out of order for a while.

     Rika and her friends ran over and knelt beside him, not paying any attention to Sam, who was holding back a laugh. "Who is she?" Rika asked as Taomon stepped up beside her.

     "…No one…" Impmon answered as Henry tended to the Digimon's leg.

     "C'mon. I've never seen you defend someone so strongly before." Taomon said, getting a cold glare from Impmon, which told her to back off.

     "I said she's no one. And, in fact, I'm glad she's gone. She was nothin' but a major pain in the a**. Brought me nothin' but trouble…" he trailed off, realizing that she wasn't any of those things but unwilling to say so.

     Sam was feeling very pleased with the result he had gotten out of

Impmon. He just hoped that Nabiki didn't get free…