I'm so, so , so sorry that this part took too long. I'm really sorry, really. Well, I hope you enjoy this part. . . I'm working on the next part. Really.
NO FLAMES please. Thos hurt my feelings. *sniff, sniff*
DISCLAIMER: Come on people , ya'll know I don't own the stuff and never will. I just write the fan fics. Yeah
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"Ahhhh!" Sora cried, as she and the others landed in the Digital World. She stood up and grumbled to herself about softer landings. She sighed and looked around, her eyes widening.
"Sora? Davis?" Izzy's voice came from the TV. "Ken? Guys? Are you okay?" He asked, peering at them.
"Izzy, I-- we're fine," Sora replied, as she noticed that everyone was standing up and looking around, with the same shocked expression on her face. "But-- but there is something wrong with the Digital World."
Izzy frowned. "How so?" He replied.
"Uh, it's dark. . . and-- and--" Sora replied, trying to come up with a word to describe the Digital World.
"Lifeless." Davis said, quietly. "It's dead. Lifeless. It isn't alive. Like all the energy and all the life has been sucked out, and used for something. . ."
They stared at him, and he rolled his eyes. "Lemme guess, I'm having another moment?" He replied sarcastically.
"Uh, yeah, you really have to stop that, Davis. It's kinda getting weird." Ken replied. He turned to the TV to face Izzy. "Well, Davis explained it well, Izzy. There is something seriously wrong with the Digital World."
"Hmm, this is not good." Replied Izzy. "Not good at all."
"No duh, Sherlock," Davis pointed out dryly. "But what're we going to do?"
"Your main concern right now is to find Tai and Matt-- they are in the Digital World. Then we can worry about everything else later," Izzy told them. "Sora, you have their crests and digivices, right?"
"Yes." She answered, holding them up. "Right here. Well, Izzy, we must be off. The sooner we find Matt and Tai, the sooner we can save the Digital World."
Sora place the crests and digivices back in her pocket. She looked at the others and said, "Ready?"
"Uh-huh," Davis replied for all.
TK smiled. "Davis, I was wondering why you haven't had a fit about Sora being a leader?" He asked.
Davis shrugged. "Well, I for once, don't care to be the leader. I actually do not know what to do." He answered, grinning. "Sora's much better at it, anyhow."
The group laughed, relieved to let some tension and anticipation off for they were all worried about Matt, Tai and the Digital World. Sora nodded her head, and smiled a little at Davis.
"Well, thanks for the vote of confidence, Davis!" She teased.
"Well, standing around isn't helping Tai or Matt so let's get this show on the road!" Kari replied.
"Yeah. Come on, let's go check out Primary Village." Sora said, turning in the direction that it was headed.
"Why Primary Village?" Ken wondered, as he walked aside Davis, and behind Sora.
Sora shrugged. "I-- I don't know. I just "feel" that they're there." She answered honestly. "It's a worth to check out anyhow, right?"
"I'm going go along with your gut instinct, Sora," Ken replied. "Sometimes, your gut is right." He paused. "No, make that most of the time."
"Hmm." Was all Sora said, as they quietly made their way towards Primary Village.
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"Sorry, guys, for being late for the meeting," Joe said, as he sat down next to Izzy. "So, what has been happening? Want to recap for me?" He paused and realized that there were only three other people here besides him. "Okay, where are the others?"
Izzy looked up from the computer and smiled at Joe. "Hey, Joe." He said, then returning back to the computer. "To answer your last question-- we believe Matt and Tai are in the Digital World. Sora, Davis, TK, Kari and Ken went through to go and look for them. Once they've located them, we're going to go through."
Joe stared. "Um, wait, hold on a sec, did you just say that Matt and Tai are in the Digital World?" He asked stunned. "How is that possible when they didn't go through a digi-port?"
"We do know not. We're finding that out," Yolie said quietly. "But we do have a prophecy for you to read. . ."
Izzy read him the prophecy. Joe sat back and thought about it. Yolie and Cody then told him what the parts that they've figured out already. Joe sighed and closed his eyes. This was not good, not good at all. Seems like every time the Digital World and Earth were actually in peace for like a day, something goes wrong and then they had to get up and help save the two worlds.
"Well," Joe said drawing the word out slowly. "I don't know what else to make out, really. I'm sorry, guys," He said, after a few moments of silence.
Cody shrugged. "Well, I guess that's ok. We'll just have to wait until they find Tai and Matt. . . until they need our help." He said quietly.
Yolie sighed. "But I don't want to wait. . . why couldn't we all have gone?" She asked.
"We're not needed until they need help. And they'll be calling for help soon, Yolie." Izzy explained. "They need all of us."
"All of us," Joe repeated slowly, his eyes back on the Prophecy. "Izzy, we have a slight problem."
"What?" Izzy, Yolie and Cody all chimed together.
"It says here that the carrier of the Crest of Friendship-- Matt--- has the power and strength to defeat the Mist. Only it will kill him," Joe said slowly.
"Yeah, we're aware of that," Yolie said sadly. "Matt creates it only to die by defeating it."
"No, there's more," Joe pointed out. "Like how to bring him back."
"Really?" Yolie perked up. "Well, how could we have missed that part?"
Izzy smiled. "Being amazed by Davis' sudden smartness, I think." He replied. "And deciding who was to go into the Digital World."
"Izzy's right, we never did get back to the Prophecy until now," Cody agreed. "So, Joe, what did you find?"
"Well, it says here that 'the love of all combined shall bring back the Crest of Friendship.' Meaning," Joe said thoughtfully, "that our love for Matt, because he's one of us Digidestined and our friend shall combine and somehow bring him back to life."
"Oh, if so, then how?" Yolie asked, puzzled. "Don't we need all the crests for that to happen?"
"Yeah." Cody replied. "Why Yolie?"
Yolie frowned. "If we need all the crests to save Matt, we're missing one person." She answered pensively.
Cody frowned. "Who are we missing then?" He asked into the silence that followed her question.
Somehow the four locked eyes with one another and said one word, one name that was on everyone's minds: "Mimi."
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The two young Digidestined stood together, each gripping the other arms in desperate hope of one having another plan. They stared up at MetalPanthamon, who was staring back down at them from the cliff. The two slowly inched backwards, but MetalPanthamon noticed their movement and jumped from the cliff and landed smoothly in front of them only yards away.
"Oh, this isn't good," Matt muttered. "This isn't good at all."
"I hear you, Matt," Tai replied back. "But the question is what're we gonna do now?"
Matt glanced behind him only to see wide open spaces, nothing to run and cover in. There was a forest, but that was a distance away. He sighed and turned back to Tai and MetalPanthamon, who was grinning at them.
"Well, running isn't an option," He replied. "That option is way out of the box."
"So, Digidestined, you think you can outsmart me?" MetalPanthamon sneered. "You think you can run away from me? Well, guess what? No one runs away from me. NO one."
"We can outsmart you," Matt snapped, "And we will! We're not gonna die that easily!"
"Yeah!" Tai shouted, glaring at the Digimon.
Before anyone could blink, MetalPanthamon had covered the distance between them in a flash. He stepped right up to Matt, and gripped his chin, forcing him to look at the Digimon. Tai tried to help, but he was frozen in place. . . by MetalPanthamon.
"You wanted to die earlier, Mattie," MetalPanthamon sneered. "What made you change your mind?"
Matt closed his eyes. "Leave me alone, leave the Digital World alone, leave my friends alone." He whispered, tensing up. "I've realized that I've got friends. . . friends who care for me. . ." He opened his eyes and stared at MetalPanthamon. "And I was too blind to see it at first."
Tai grinned. "Yes, Matt, you were blind. . ." He said softly. "But you realize it now, right?"
Matt looked at Tai. "Yes." He answered. With all his strength, he wrenched from the Digimon's strong grip, and fell on to his rear. Tai unfroze, and rushed to his friend's aid. He helped him up and said, softly, "Matt, I'm always gonna be here for you. . ."
Matt nodded wordlessly and turned his attention on to MetalPanthamon, who seethed with anger. He took a step back and glared at the two teens. He held out his hands and said, dangerously, "You should not have done that, my Mattie. That was a bad move. . .a very bad move."
Matt took a deep breath. "Will you stop calling me your Mattie?! I'm not! Shut up already. . ." He snapped, tensing up even more. "What is it with you?"
"Matt. . .let's not provoke him!" Tai said, trying to ease his friend's anger. Sure he was angry, but snapping at the Ultimate Digimon would only make him even more angrier and stronger. . . therefore having a focus on them and destroy them.
"Tai. . .have you been hanging with Izzy or what?" Matt suddenly asked, a smile tugging on his lips.
"Well, no, but I've talked him a couple of times," Tai answered, "Why?"
"You used a big word there." Matt's smile was becoming wider.
"What word?" Tai asked, clueless.
Matt grinned. " 'Provoke.' That's a word you've never used before. . .and I can't picture you saying that."
"Provoke? What's that mean?" Tai replied, grinning also.
Matt laughed. "Oh, Tai. . .jeeze, here we are facing an Ultimate Digimon. . .and we don't have our crests or digi-vices or our digimon. . .but we're sitting here making fun of you and big words. . ." He said, lightly. "Oh, dear, this is weird."
Tai laughed. "When did you say 'oh, dear', Matt?" He shot back.
Matt blushed and burst into laughter at the same time as Tai. MetalPanthamon stared at the two teen boys with a puzzled expression on his face. He was also slightly amused but was more or less puzzled at this behavior. Shouldn't they be begging for mercy and wanting to live?
"Oh, my--- I've not laughed that hard in awhile!" Matt gasped, holding his sides. He giggled and blushed realizing he had giggled.
Tai noticed his friend's giggle and laughed even harder. "Y-you g-g-giggled, Matt!" Tai blurted. "Y-y-you n-never g-g-giggle!" He managed to say in between peals of laughter.
MetalPanthamon continued to stare, utterly confused. He coughed slightly, but the two teens were still laughing and hadn't heard. He coughed louder, but it had the same effect. Tired of being ignored by the laughing teens he gave a loud roar. . . that definitely caught Tai and Matt's attention.
"O-oh, we're sorry," Matt said, calming down. "Are we upsetting you?" He asked, eyes innocent.
"You two are weird," MetalPanthamon muttered, rolling his eyes. "I mean, here I am about to kill you and here you are laughing your butts off. It doesn't make any sense."
"Well, life hasn't made sense ever since we got involved with the Digital World!" Tai pointed out.
"He's got a point," Matt agreed.
"Shut up already!" Shouted MetalPanthamon, for he was getting extremely frustrated with them. "All you ever do is talk and talk! I think I'm gonna kill you now!"
Matt and Tai exchanged quick glances and took a slow step back. Matt swallowed and took a deep breath. Tai bit his lip, trying his hardest to come up with a plan.
"Uh. . .Please don't kill us!" Matt said desperately. "Maybe you could tell us why you want us!"
Tai's eyes widened. "Yeah. . .do tell!" He replied, seeing Matt's plan. "I mean, really. Before you kill us, you should tell us what you want with us. . .and what you plan to do."
MetalPanthamon grinned darkly. "Fine, if that is your last wish. . ."He said, letting it drop.
"Yeah, yeah it is. . ." Matt whispered, answering for both him and Tai.
"Well, believe it or not, you Digidestined have a lot of power. A lot of power. . .in which I could use." The Digimon started, showing his gleaming white pointy teeth. "I could open a Gate between the Digital World and yours. . .a permanent Gate in which anyone could travel to and from. A Gate in which only I could open and close."
"How would you go about to doing that, may I ask?" Matt asked, narrowing his eyes. "I mean. . .what powers are you talking about?"
"I'd kill you. . . then take your crests and your soul, combine them together and viola! I'd have the power. . . that is after I say the magic words or spell or whatever." MetalPanthamon answered.
"O-our souls?" Tai stammered.
"Of course. . .What else would I use? You'd be forever doomed and oh, I dunno trapped working as soul slave. . . I can control you, seeing how I will own your crest and all."
"That's--that's outrageous! That's just--just so wrong!" Matt protested. "You have no right to take our souls!"
"Oh, Mattie---"
"Don't call me that!"
"Oh, Mattie, I can do whatever I damn well please. I am, after all, a powerful Ultimate Digimon. . .I do have the power." MetalPanthamon sneered, ignoring the chilling glare that Matt sent to him.
"What kind of powers?" Tai asked suspiciously.
"You don't know you're own powers?" MetalPanthamon replied, outraged. "What the hell was Gennai teaching you kids?"
"Y-you know about Gennai?" Matt asked.
MetalPanthamon smirked. "Everyone in the Digital World knows who Gennai is." He replied. "Apparently he hasn't been teaching you Chosen Children anything!"
"Um, yeah. . . well, we're always busy!" Tai shot back, not coming up with anything better.
"Hmmm, yeah, well, I'm gonna kill you now!" MetalPanthamon replied, grinning devilishly.
"NO!" Matt screamed suddenly. "You won't! I won't let you!" He lunged at the Digimon, and threw all his weight possible into the tackle. The two went down and rolled, each throwing and receiving punches.
"MATT!" Tai screamed in surprise and worry. He was about to join the little fight, when Matt suddenly was in the air, and was thrown into Tai. The two fell backwards and rolled for a second. They came to a stop, and Tai found that Matt was unconscious. He looked up into MetalPanthamon's face, which was twisted with anger. He gently rolled Matt off of him, and took his friend in his arms, staring into the pale face of what seemed like his dead friend.
"Matt, why'd you attack him?" He whispered hoarsely He looked back at the Digimon. "Y-you're a monster!" He cried, clutching Matt as if his life depended on it.
MetalPanthamon laughed harshly. "No, dear Chosen Child, I am not. . .I simply live differently than you do. . .now you get to watch your precious friend die. . ." He replied, holding out his hand, a white orb of light gathering in the palm of his hands. "He'll be first to die. . .and you get to watch him," He repeated slowly. He was about to shout out his command, drawing his hand back, the orb of white light becoming brighter when a howl of "Blue Blaster!" followed by "Pepper Breath!" interrupted the Digimon's plan.
The white orb of light wavered then disappeared, as Agumon and Gabumon's attacks collided with MetalPanthamon's arm.
"Agumon!" Tai cried joyfully, grinning. "Gabumon!"
"Tai, get outta here. . . Matt too!" Agumon shouted, going for another attack. "We'll keep him distracted while you guys escape!"
Tai nodded in reply. He would escape. . . but first to wake Matt up. He gently shook Matt's shoulder, yet shook it with urgency. Matt groaned and a few seconds later, his eyes fluttered open and woke up to see an anxious Tai staring down at him. He heard the yells of his digimon, along with Tai's. He knew he had to wake up. He sat up, and nodded.
Tai quickly got up and pulled Matt to his feet, saying, "I'm glad you're okay, buddy, but we've got to boogie!"
Matt nodded, and the two took off running, towards the forest that was in the distance, putting all their speed into their run. . . and each hoping that their digimon would keep up the strength to keep MetalPanthamon distracted.
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"Ok, so there's a flight in an hour. . ." Mimi was saying into the cell phone, getting her stuff together. "I'm packing right now. . .and I can't believe I'm gonna leave-- just leave--- my house, my home. . . in the middle of the night!"
"But this is important, Mimi, and you know that!" Yolie said into Joe's cell phone. "That is way you're doing it!"
Mimi sighed. "Yes, Yolie, I know. . . I have to be there. . . You guys are my friends. . ." She replied, zipping her suitcase shut. She picked up her purse and slung that over her shoulder. She then picked up her suitcase and quietly left her room, trying to make as little noise as she could possible could. She didn't want to wake her parents up and explain everything. Or anything. "Ok, I'm leaving my apartment-- it's gonna take me about forty-five minutes to arrive at the airport. . .but I am on my way, so hang on, ok?"
"Ok, Mimi. . .just hurry! We need you. . .so Matt doesn't---" Yolie started to say, but was cut off when the phone was yanked out of her hands by Joe.
"So Matt doesn't what?" Mimi asked, confused. . .And suddenly worried.
"Mimi, we'll explain everything to you when you get here. . ."Joe answered, avoiding the subject. "I've got to go. . . uh, ya know don't want to use all my long distance minutes! Bye!"
Before Mimi could reply, she was met by the dial tone. She sighed and hung up. Now she was really worried. . .What is going on? She wondered, as she hailed a taxi down. What are they not telling me?
She got into the cab and told him where she had to go. She sat back into the seat, and rubbed her temples, willing herself to relax. This was serious. They really needed her. . .or else they wouldn't be calling at one or so in the morning. Luckily, her parents hadn't heard her cell ringing or they'd be asking questions.
But she was worried about the part about Matt. What was going on with Matt? What kind of trouble was he in? What about Tai and Sora and TK? Where were they? She groaned in frustration, and hit her suit case, trying to sort it out. When Yolie called, she didn't explain much. . .only that they really needed her to be here and that Matt and Tai and the Digital World was in some sort of trouble.
"What is going on?" She asked to herself, her eyes up ward, and ignored the puzzled look from the cab driver.
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"Yolie! You almost blurted it out!" Cody said calmly, after Joe had hung up with Mimi. Joe and the others all stared at her.
"Well, I'm sorry!" Yolie said, glaring. "Why couldn't I tell her?" She then asked.
Joe sighed. "Look. . .I don't want to worry Mimi than she already is." Joe replied. "She's already worried. . . I mean, normally we wouldn't call her so late in the night. . .but this was urgent and she has to know that." He paused. "But we don't want to tell her all the details!"
"Oh, um, ok," Yolie replied. "So, I'm assuming you're gonna be the one explaining everything to her, huh?"
"Huh? What? Why me?" Joe replied.
"Because you're the one who is going to pick her up!" Izzy pointed out, "So, you get to explain it to her when you drive back here."
"Oh, man." Joe groaned. "I don't want to tell her. . .sheesh, she's kinda scary when she's upset or angry!"
Izzy smirked. "Well, it's your loss. . . not ours. You get to explain it to her and that's that." He replied smugly.
Cody and Yolie grinned at Joe, and all he did was groan again.
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"We're almost there---" Sora gasped, taking a deep breath, and resting against a boulder.
"G-good." Davis said, "Cuz I'm tired of walking so much."
The team had been walking non stop after they've came into the Digital World. They headed toward Primary Village, but oddly, it seemed to take twice as long to get there than normally. And they hadn't met up with any of their digimon. . .which had Sora and the others worrying.
"I still don't like how we haven't met up with any of our digimon," Kari said slowly. "I mean, something most be up for them to just--- disappear."
Davis nodded. "It's-- it's kinda disturbing." He said softly. "I don't' like this, you guys. . .something must've happened."
Ken nodded slowly. "But what could've happened to make them disappear out of sight completely?" He wondered.
"Beats me, Ken," TK replied. "But Patamon is always here to visit me. . .when I come through. He knows. . .he's always here. . .and I'm starting to worry."
"Shut up. . .please . . ." Sora said quietly. "I don't want to think the worst. Biyomon is ok, I know she is!"
Kari picked up the desperation and worry in Sora's voice. She walked up to her friend and gave her a hug. "Don't worry, I'm sure they're fine, Sora. . .They wouldn't give up or give in to whatever's happening out there!"
Before Sora or anyone else could reply, there was a rustle in the bushes next to Davis. Everyone spun around to the noise, startled and tense. A few seconds of tension, nothing came out and all relaxed. But the rustle came again and then something jumped out and landed on Davis.
"Davis! Watch out!" Sora cried, but she was too late. Davis had fallen on his back, and was struggling with the unknown digimon. . . . . . .
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, I'm evil. I'm sooooo sorry about that cliffhanger. . .not. But don't worry, nothing bad will happen. . . . I promise. Sorry if this part took too long. . . gah, I've started school so I'm really sorry. Don't worry, I'll get the fourth part up as soon as I can. . . And I'm working on it right now, actually.
Well, no flames. . .please review. Reviews make me happy. . .^_~
buh~bye for now!