A/N- Yes, I know I kind of overshot my deadline. To those who don't know me very well, GET USED TO IT! I kind of suck at being quick to pop out stories. I've got Pt. Two half typed up (for real this time), so I promise you that you can expect it soon. Anyway, enjoy Light's Surprise Pt. One.
Disclaimer- I don't own Digimon or anything else you may recognize in this story, blah, blah, blah. The plot is mine though, so don't steal it!
Oh, yeah, before I forget, 'these mean thoughts'. Another thing, Ken isn't the Digimon Emperor. I decided to put him in here, so don't be surprised when he shows up.
And now, without further ado, here's chapter three of Light's Battle!
Light's BattleChapter Three-Light's Surprise Pt. One
Kari woke slowly, her eyes flickering open.
'Where am I?' she thought groggily. She was sprawled out on something cold and hard, almost like cement. But when she sat up, she saw that it was far from cement. She seemed to just be floating in a dark haze of clouds. She slowly brought her hand down and tapped the ground. It made a dull thumping noise that echoed through the empty space.
"This is really freaky," Kari decided out loud as she rubbed the back of her head where a nasty bump was already forming. She gingerly got up and found that the clouds would support her weight.
'What the hell is this stuff?' she asked herself. She stood in one place for several minutes, trying to figure out what to do. Decided that standing there wouldn't do any good, she starting walking. Maybe if she had a better grasp of things, it'd be easier to return home.
*In the Real World*
"Where is she? She just disappeared!" Tai exclaimed hysterically.
"This is all my fault," TK groaned. He was holding an ice pack against his left eye, which was swollen from his kidnapping.
"Now don't say that. I'm sure she's fine. Kari's a big girl, and always has been. She can take care of her self," Sora said soothingly. Tai and TK had made a few phone calls and soon Sora, Matt, Davis, Ken, Yolei, and Izzy were sitting in the apartment. They couldn't reach Cody, and Joe was taking a test that he couldn't get out of. Mimi was still in America.
"Izzy, what do you think?" Yolei asked, her chin resting in her cupped hands, deep in concentration. Everyone in the room turned to the redheaded genius.
"I honestly have no idea. It's not possible to simply vanish without a portal or anything. But then again, she's down in before, with the Dark Ocean," Izzy mused. At the words, Dark Ocean, everyone winced.
"No, that's not right," Ken spoke up thoughtfully, "There's a portal you have to open to get there."
Yolei snapped her fingers, "That's right! Are you two sure there wasn't a portal here?" She turned to Tai and TK, who both nodded.
"Then this is a puzzle," Matt murmured.
*Meanwhile* Kari kept walking. She'd been moving for a long time it seemed. She was starting to get very tired."I might as well rest for a while. I'm not really accomplishing anything making myself tired. Besides, it all looks the same," Kari said out loud. The sound of her voice in the silence startled her, and she laughed at herself, both for scaring herself, and for talking to herself in the first place. She gingerly sat down again.
'What am I so afraid of? That I'll just fall out of the sky? I wish,' she thought bitterly to herself. Sighing, she took out her D-Terminal and started typing.
*Back in the Apartment*
Everyone was sitting quietly in deep concentration, when suddenly, a shrill beeping filled broke the silence. Everyone jumped in spite of themselves.
"Turn it off!" Matt shouted above the noise. TK took out his D-Terminal and looked at it.
"I've got mail," he murmured, and then shouted, "It's from Kari!"
"What?" Davis cried. Tai vaulted over the back of the sofa to the tall blonde boy and snatched the D-Terminal.
"She's alright!" Tai exclaimed, a grin breaking the tension written in his face. TK slumped against the back the sofa in relief.
"I told you! What does it say?" Sora said excitedly. TK stole his terminal back and read it outloud:
Dear TK,
I know everyone's probably in our apartment right now, so please read this out loud. I don't know where I am. There's no sign of our mystery man, so I'm at the time safe. See if Izzy can track me on the digital world map. I don't know if I'll be on it, because this part isn't like anywhere I've ever seen. It's like I'm floating on solid, gray clouds. It's absolutely bizarre. Anyway, I'll check this place out a bit more, and get back to you.
Love to all,
Kari
P.S. Yes, Tai, I am being careful. And, no, I haven't done anything stupid.
"She read your mind?" Matt teased Tai playfully. The atmosphere in the crowed room had lightened a lot.
"I'll check out the map again," Izzy said, pushing off with his feet in the rolling chair. Yolei got up and leaned over his shoulder.
"Yolei, get your hair out of my mouth," Izzy spat playfully.
"Sorry," she murmured, sweeping her hair over her shoulder. Together, they searched for that tiny pinprick of pink light.
"Nothing," Izzy said, disheartened.
And with that one statement, the room fell quickly bad to it's blue depressed self.
A/N-That was kind of a lot of jumping around, I admit. But, it's totally crucial to the story.
And now, I'm going to do something I've never done before. I'm opening a vote.
It's not really a vote, but a suggestion table. I need help! I'm stuck on the ending of chapter four. Any and all suggestions you may have, I'll be glad to hear them, and I might even put them in the story! (Woo-Who!)
Big thanks to my reviewers, Kari Elizabeth and Flipstahhz.
Catch ya next time.