Tai and Gomamon sat dejected in opposite corners of the cell. Even now they both really had no control over themselves, they felt like, and in fact had betrayed their friends. And it was true, the emotions they felt where always present inside of them, just buried down deep, but still there. Tai felt especially low, since he had told Gatomon the prophecy. While he had not been able to make heads or tails of it, it clearly meant something to Gatomon. That could only mean trouble. To make matters worse, when Tai tried to remove the crest from around his neck, he was rewarded with an electrical shock, so he had to keep his crest on him. He knew had to keep his emotions in check or risk turning evil again. They where so out of it, they didn't even notice the cell door open. However, they did hear someone A-hem very loudly.
The two turned and faced the cell door. Utter delight filled the two of them when they saw Lillymon standing before them. "All right we're free!" Tai shouted as he and Gomamon rushed to the door. They quickly halted in their tracks though when Puppetmon stepped out from behind her.
"Lillymon?" Gomamon stared at the unlikely pair, "What's going on?"
Puppetmon laughed his annoying laugh as Lillymon just stood there staring directly at Tai, not even noticing Gomamon. The evil marionette spoke for her. "She and Tai have a few things to talk about." He reached down and grabbed Gomamon by the red mohawk. "You can wait in the cell with your friends as they have their private discussion." Lillymon took a step in as Puppetmon shut the door, carrying a cussing Gomamon away.
"Lillymon, what are you doing?" Tai angrily asked. He could feel his crest start to glow black again, and he quickly forced his emotions in check.
The flower cannon formed in Lillymon's hand, and fired a blast. It wasn't aimed directly at Tai, but a little to his left. Just enough for Tai to throw himself to the ground. He looked back towards the scorched wall, slightly surprised that it was still standing. "Piedmon must have some good contractors." He thought briefly to himself.
Tai's architectural analysis was halted when Lillymon lifted him up by the collar of his shirt. She was hovering a few inches off the ground as Tai's feet dangled nearly a foot. "You scum! How dare you treat me like dirt." She shook him by the collar. "You left me to Die!."
"Wait a second!" Tai put his hands on Lillymon wrist to keep himself from choking. "I didn't run off, Devimon dragged me off remember?" Lillymon just growled at him as she tightened her grip. Tai tried to pull up on her wrist but he was starting to black out. He thought to himself how ironic, all the evil digimon they battled, and here they he was about to be killed by a friend. "Wait a minute," He thought to himself. His hands felt something underneath his glove. A black gear was partially sticking out of her wrist. "That's why she's gone ballistic." Gripping hard, he yanked the offending device out of her. Lillymon screamed as if someone had removed an arrow from her. Tai collapsed to the ground, rubbing his neck and gasping in big breaths of air. The black gear disintegrated in his hand. His gaze then returned to Lillymon.
She was on the ground on her knees, crying hysterically. Tai painfully got up and stood over her. "Are you all right?"
"How could I?" She screamed. She looked up at Tai, tears welled up in her eyes. "I nearly killed you Tai. I'm no better than a virus."
"Calm down." Comforted Tai. "You had a black gear in you. You couldn't help yourself."
"But I wanted to hurt you." Lillymon resumed crying. "Even in the forest, I wanted to hurt you. I wanted you to suffer."
Tai,realizing that the black gear must have affected her memory, reached out and put a sympathetic hand on her shoulder. "I think I deserved it," he said tring to play along, " or at least part of it." Lillymon look up at him. "It's true. I was a little bit of a jerk in the forest." He placed his hand under her chin. "And I did hurt one of the sweetest digimon in the entire digital world."
"Lets just call it even, OK?" said Lillymon.
"Deal. So now what do we do?"
"Well, I'll tell you one thing, we aren't staying in this cell a second longer." Lillymon's hands morphed into her weapon, which she aimed at the door. "Flower cannon!" And a ball of energy collided with the door. Lillymon's eyes widen when she saw she only succeeded in blackening the doorframe. "Flower Cannon!" Another blast, with the same result. "FLOWER CANNON!" Another blast, then two, three. Beads of sweats dripped down her brow as she released her tenth blast still with no avail. Finally, Lillymon sank to the ground, her energy used up. She glowed brightly, and devolved into her rookie form Palmon.
"HAHAHAHA!" Puppetmon's face appeared in the barred window. "Aww, I see you're still breathing Tai. I guess you do have a way with women. Last time I talked with her, she mentioned something about stringing you by a certain part of your anatomy."
"Let us go! You promised me." Palmon shook a fist at the door.
"I promised I bring you to Tai. I didn't say anything about letting you go." Puppetmon waved the key in front of them. Palmon lunged, but came short much to the amusement of Puppetmon. "I'd get comfortable if I where you, you're going to be staying a while." He slammed the tiny door on the window shut. His laughter echoed down the corridor as he walked away, leaving the trapped couple behind.