When we arrived at the station, we were lucky to find a shuttle getting ready to take off. We quickly bought two seats in the cargo hold. With business as it had been, we couldn't seem to afford anything better.

"Ken," Wormmon moaned, "why are there chickens back here?" He was hard to hear over the obnoxious clucking sounds of the birds.

"Maybe Martians like to eat eggs," I suggested.

"That's what I like about you, Ken," he returned. "You're so smart!"

"I'm not just smart," I said proudly, "I'm a genius!"

"YOU IDIOTS!" a familiar voice roared. The two of us jumped.

"Matt!" I exclaimed as he strode angrily into view. "What are you doing here?" He fumed.

"I'm trying to get away from Sora!" he shouted at us. "What do you think you're doing?!?"

"We're trying to bring you home to Sora," Wormmon answered innocently.

"WHAT?!?" Matt roared again. "Did you ever THINK that maybe I didn't WANT to be found?!?"

"Uh, no?" I answered honestly.

"Apparently that haircut had more of an effect on you IQ than we had first thought!" Matt yelled. I whimpered.

"We're sorry! Please don't hurt us!" the two of us begged, hugging each other in terror. Matt rolled his eyes.

"Don't worry," he said, calming down. I instantly regained my cool.

I stood up, smoothing my trenchcoat to give a more professional appearance. "Mr. Ishida," I started, "your wife is worried sick about you! You should be ashamed!"

"Are you kidding?" Matt asked in disbelief. "I had thought you would've wanted to sneak to Mars with me!"

"Why would I want to do that?" I asked. Wormmon and Matt stared.

"Um, your wife?" Matt suggested. "She's, uh, a bit, um..."

"What we're trying to say, Ken," Wormmon interrupted, "is that Yolei is really, really--"

"Shut up!" I shouted, seeing where they were going. "How dare you talk about my darling Miyako like that?!?" Wormmon shuddered.

"Sorry, Ken," Matt said. "I didn't mean to insult you.

"That's okay," I said. I couldn't stay mad at Matt either.

"Do you understand why I came to Mars?" Matt asked.

"Yeah," I answered. "Sora's scary!"

"Exactly!" Matt exclaimed. "I'd rather be with Mimi than with her!"

"Really?" I asked in amazement. He thought about it for a while.

"No, I was wrong; I would rather be dead than be with Mimi."

Well, the mystery was solved. Matt stayed on Mars, soon to be joined by Tai, who was also running away from his wife. After taking the next shuttle back to Earth, I visited the Ishida residence once more.

"Did you find him?" Sora asked frantically.

"Nope, not a trace. He's gone for good." She wailed and ran into the house, slamming the door behind her.

Wormmon and I headed home.

"Uh, Ken?" Wormmon asked as we got closer to the house. "Are you sure you don't want to go to Mars with Tai and Matt?"

"Why would I want to do that?"

"No reason," Wormmon whimpered.

"KEN!!!" Yolei screamed as we walked through the door. "Get to work! This house is a mess! Look at my linoleum!" Then, remembering that we had no linoleum (stupid Davis!), she ran into the bathroom and cried.

"Well, Wormmon, looks like everything's back to normal," I said. Wormmon nodded sadly.

The phone rang. "Maybe it's another case!" Wormmon shouted eagerly. He picked up the phone.

"Ichijouji residence," the digimon said.

"KEN!!! I NEED YOUR HELP!!!" Mimi screamed.

It was going to be another one of those nights.

THE END

(or is it?)