Disclaimer: I don't own digimon, Pokemon, or any of the characters in this story besides Ditz.
Notes: Hi! I wanted to post this before I go on Spring Break with my friends. We're going to this Boardwalk/Beach, so I won't have time to work on this for a while. Don't expect any updates for about two weeks.
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Burntstar: I'm not gonna get this ficcy published… it's another one. ^_^ if you want to read my fic "A Forgotten Name" you'll understand what it's about. *Sees the binder stuffed with notes and the story* gotta type that up sometime...
BlueSalamon713: *Looks around nerviously* Romance? What romance? Hehe, ya. I always have to sneak a little romance into every fic it write…
Gatochu: YEAH! You posted "Lost" everybody read it! It rocks! Any Matt fan out there would…. To bad about the Li thing…
Li: did someone say my-
Me: Back into the corner!
Li: arg…
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~Hopeless~
They were pushed violently against a hard, red shaded wall. The four had the wind knocked out of their lungs.
"Who are you?" Ditz called after regaining the air. There was a lingering silence.
"Hello?" Tai asked unsurely. Again, silence.
"The dark children" a voice finally replied.
"Sure, the power ranges here too?" Nicole sarcastically commented.
"Don't make us mad" another voice threatened.
"Where are you?" Izzy asked. He studied the room. The corners were covered in giant shadows. Water droplets were freely falling from the leaking roof. 'It has to be a storage cellar… or a basement' he observed. The group had been blindfolded, gagged, and tired together on the ways here. "Show yourselves!" At his command, four children stepped forward. Tai saw Nicole's eyes slowly widen.
"You are those kids who vanished three months ago! It was a big thing on the news!" she gasped.
"You're a smart one, aren't you?" the Japanese twins commented. Nicole placed her hands firmly at her sides, and frowned.
"So what if she is?" the blonde, frizzy haired girl growled.
"Ditz, cool it" Izzy snapped. Tai had figured two things about these girls during the time they spent together. They were both headstrong, and can be rude when mad.
"If someone gets to smart… lets just say, it won't be pretty" the Leader- Anna smiled maliciously. She snapped her fingers. Footsteps echoed around the room as the three other children stepped forward, grabbed Ditz, Nicole and Izzy. They effortlessly pulled the struggling kids out of the room.
"Don't tell them anything Tai!" Izzy screamed. Tai jumped up, just to be thrown back against the wall the Dark Children's leader.
~*~
Her raspberry colored eyes studied her surrounding. It was an old, broken, ghetto like neighborhood. She let her white sneakers carry her to an old house. She saw a girl run around the side of it, and bang into her.
"Shayla!" she exclaimed. "Watch where you're going"
"Kat!" the girl stood up and started jumping up and down. The dark skinned girl brushed off her white t-shirt that had been covered in dirt. She picked up her glasses. "Sorry, sorry, sorry…" the five years old continued with the energetic fit. Kat rolled her eyes and walked up the wooden stairs. She grabbed a miniature backpack off a chair.
"I'm going mom!" Kat yelled. Her mom came out of the kitchen and took off her white apron.
"So soon?"
"It's been a week" the dark brown skinned girl grabbed an apple and started down the steps. She skipped the bottom one. Kat took a bite of the apple and started walking away. "See ya"
"Bye! Be home for Christmas" the mother yelled after her oldest child. Kat watched as her siblings, KC and Shayla played hide-and-go-seek with some neighbor kids. Usually, her other brother Michael would have joined in, but he had turned 10 and was off on his Pokemon journey. Really, that was the only reason she came home. It was his birthday. Kat stuffed her hands into the deep pockets of her blue jeans. She glared at some older teens. The ones who had made fun of her when she was younger. Wimp, freak, loser. A few on the many names they had called her.
She felt a cool wind blow. Kat took her sweater from her backpack and slipped it over her shirt. The holy black jacket provided somewhat warmth. Suddenly she heard sobbing. The 5'4 girl stopped and started looking around. She realized the cries were coming from an ally.
"Uh… hello?" she called.
"Who's there?" the soft voice of a child replied.
"Who wants to know?" Kat answered. She saw a boy with sunshine blonde hair emerge from the shadows. His bright blue eyes were red because of his tears.
"M-my name's TK" he said.
"Oh. I'm Kat… why are you crying?" she felt a pang of sadness. Something she hadn't felt for a while. Usually she just felt… well, kind of nothing. No sadness, nor happiness. Stuck in the middle really.
"I c-can't find m-my brother" he stuttered, wiping more tears away.
"Where'd you last see him?"
"In the digiworld. He was with Tsunomon" Kat, figuring this boy was crazy, rolled her eyes.
"Well, I gotta go. Hope you find him" Kat started walking away. Her sensitive ears then heard small footsteps behind her. She turned. "Do you want something?"
"Can you help me find him?"
"I can't-"
"Please!" TK pleaded. He gave her a pitiful look. She felt another pang. Kat sighed.
"Fine, but just until we find him… but don't talk to me" She pushed her glasses back against her eyes and started walking back down the street. The boy ran up next to he. His sapphire blue eyes gazed up curiously at her. "…What?"
"Do you know if Odiba is around here?" he asked.
"What's Odiba?" she raised an eyebrow.
"It's a city. My brother lives there"
"Never heard of it" she bluntly answered.
"Oh" TK looked down, disappointed. "Do you think we'll find him?"
"I don't know!" Kat yelled.
"Oh" he sniffed away a tear. Kat sighed.
"Don't worry" she muttered. "I guess we'll find him" She noticed a glimmer of hope appear in his eyes. She had no clue if she could, or ever wanted to keep that promise.
~*~
"Taichi Kamiya" Anna smiled sweetly. "We can negotiate"
"I want to talk to my friends before I decide anything!" Tai demanded. He sat in front of a long table, opposite of the curly haired girl. She muttered something under her breath.
"Do you really need to consult them? You're the leader after all"
"Well…" she raised a thin eyebrow. "I guess not"
"Good" she settled back into her leather chair, smiling.
~*~
"It's so cold" Ditz said under her breath. They sat in a dank, old dungeon like room. The only light source was a small window placed two stories above them. The smell of rot and moss filled their noses. Suddenly, they were blinded as white light engulfed the room.
"Get your hands off me!" screamed a girl. Izzy, Nicole, and Ditz looked sharply up. They saw a small figure falling down a flight of steps. Ditz and Nicole gasped, jumped up, and ran to it. The door at the top of the steps slammed closed.
"Are you ok?" the girls chimed.
"My head hurts" the young child groaned.
"Aw!" Nicole studied the back of his head.
"He has a small cut… it looks deep though" she quietly said. "Izzy, you got a first aid kit or something?"
"No… Joe did" he sighed. "I'm going to try find him"
"How are you planning to get out of here?" Ditz raised an eyebrow.
"Listen: Ditz, you have that rope, right?"
"Well, yes, but it's not that long"
"And Nicole, you have that bungee cord"
"But it's only about this long" she indicated a foot.
"That doesn't matter. Listen, I can tie those together… and if you guys boost me up, I can get out"
"I guess" the girls looked to the thirteen-year-old on the stairs. "Can you help?"
"I guess so" she got out of her sitting position and walked swiftly down the stairs. Each child looked up at the roof. Beams sat from one side of the wall to the other.
"My name's Ditz" the blonde stuck out her hand. The newest girl looked hesitant.
"I'm Kat" she shook it.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Will Tai make a deal that will endanger the Digidestined?
Will Izzy be able to make it to the outside world?
Are there other children like the Dark Children out there, waiting for orders?
All will be solves (maybe) in the next chapter of "Wrong Card, New World"