Last time: Tai lead a group of Digidestined that journeyed to Egypt to search for the second part of the Machina Codex. While there, the Hunters appeared and kidnapped Ken. They discovered that the Machina Codex had been moved to France.
Back in Japan, Yolei and another group of Digidestined failed to stop a kidnapping of another non-psychic Digidestined. What is the connection between all the kidnapped Digidestined, what is the Child of Darkness after?
The Night of Destiny: Part 5: White Digivice
The dark light from Hyouriki's portal faded slowly as sunlight streamed into view. Leyu rubbed her eyes. "So," she said, looking around at the city," this is Paris? Hmp, funny, it isn't as I pictured it."
"Wait until tonight," Akira said, grinning.
Leyu smiled slightly as she placed her arm around Akira's shoulder. "I think you'd better wait until tonight.....if you know what I mean!"
Akira's grin widened.
Erika turned away from them to face Dan. She looked like she was about to cry. Dan opened his arms, in case she wanted to cry on his shoulder, but she just shook her head.
The others had their backs to them, scanning the rest of the skyline of the city. "This is beautiful," Ahmed said, "Even Cairo does not look this beautiful at night." He turned to the Digidestined twins,"don't you agree?"
Sam shrugged his shoulders."We lived here for about five years, you get use to it."
"Where do we need to go now?" Hyouriki asked Tai.
"Let's just find Catherine, and see what she found out about that archeological team," Tai said, rubbing his head.
"Are you alright, Mr. Kamiya?" Serena asked.
"Just a slight headache," he said,"Let's go."
As the group started to walk down the street, Akira saw ERika's face. "What is wrong with her?" he asked himself,"Is she okay?"
Willis looked up at the large castle that grew larger the closer he got to it. He let out a long sigh as he whipped the sweat from his forehead.
"How much longer do we have to walk?"
He turned around and saw his Terriermon limping towards him. "We're almost there," Willis said, looking over Terriermon's head,"Look how far we've come!"
He turned back around and looked at the yellow bridge that was connected to the castle. "We've only got a little bit longer to go, come on, we can make it."
Terriermon huffed,"I don't know if I can make it..."
Willis smiled slightly, then picked his Digimon up and placed him on the top of his head. "Let's go."
Kari's head rested on the clear material of her cylinder shaped prison. She sighed slightly as she looked at the newest prisoner lying unconscious on the bottom of his cell. "They've got Ken now."
"Ken?" one of the male prisoners asked,"You mean Ken Ichijoji?"
"Yes, Jamal," Kari said, sighing again.
"Maybe the Digidestined group you're part of will keep the other ones safe," Miura said.
"I don't think so," Heather said, resting her head on the glass cell," I heard those two Digidestined that tried to save me. They think that psychics are being captured."
Rumi sighed,"If there was only some way to tell them, but, our psychic powers don't work here."
"Don't forget, some of us aren't psychics!" Mimi said, crossing her arms,"Besides, I don't think we have any time left."
Kari sighed as she looked at the last unfilled cell chamber at the end of the hall,"We can only wonder whose cell that is."
"Bonjuor!" Catherine nearly shouted, throwing her arms up,"Bonjuor!"
"Bonjuror," replied Tai, embracing Catherine's hug,"It's so good to see you again."
Catherine lightly kissed Tai on the cheek,"It iz good to see you az well. How are you? How long haz it been, five years?"
Tai smiled slightly,"Too long."
"Ahh, and I see you have brought the rest of your family as well. Sam, Serena, how are you two?" she asked.
"We're just fine, Mademoiselle DeGual," Serena said, bowing.
"And how iz your handzome son?" Catherine asked.
Akira was smiling broadly as he hugged her.
Behind them, the rest of the group was staring at the large room they were standing in. The floor was literally painted with silver, while a giant gold chandelier hung from the ceiling. There were wooden tables filled with antics vases, and a giant marble stairwell drew from the floor above. "This is Catherine's house?" Seiji asked, amazed,"She's rich?"
"She is an member of the French government," Erika whispered,"And her family has holdings in many companies."
"How do you know that?" Shiro asked, fiercely.
"I looked at her file before we left for Egypt," Erika whispered back.
"Why?"
"Because Akira told me about her," she thought.
"So zese are ze ozers?" Catherine asked, walking towards them,"I am Catherine DeGual, leader of ze French Digidestined, it iz a pleazure to meet you."
The others introduced themselves, then Catherine turned to a woman wearing a maid's uniform,"Eva, please show zem to zeir rooms."
"Um," Tai spoke up,"I think we should look for the book..."
"Nonzense!" Catherine said,"It iz ze middle of ze night. You need rest."
"But tomorrow will be exactly fifteen years after Miriya was killed," Tai said,"It is the Night of Destiny."
"We can began our zearch tomorrow," Catherine said,"Now, please.."
Another woman in a maid's uniform walked up to them. "Mousier Kamiya," she said,"you have a phone call."
"Uh, thank you," Tai said.
The maid pointed to a door on the left of the room,"There iz a video phone in zere you can uze."
Tai nodded. "Thank you. Ah, okay guys, I guess we'll worry about the book tomorrow."
The rest of the group cheered. "Hey," Leyu said, placing her hand on Akira's shoulder,"Why don't we have our date here? We can visit Paris, the city of romance!"
Akira grinned. "Sure."
Erika let out a long sigh, and she started walking up the stairs. "Where are you going?" Dan asked.
"I'm going to take a bath," she said, dragging her feet up the stairs.
As Akira started to walk to his room, he saw Erika's face again. "W-why does she look like she's going to cry? What is wrong with her?"
Tai walked into the office room and sat down on the chair in front of the desk. He leaned back in the seat as the far wall slid open to reveal a monitor screen with a very familiar face. "Ah, Noriko, I'm not use to seeing you on a monitor screen. Why aren't you calling your normal way?"
The black haired psychic mentioned over her shoulder,"Davis wanted to talk to you."
Tai noticed the man standing behined her. "Davis, what can I do for you?"
"I want a progress report," Davis ordered.
"Careful," Tai said, "Don't forget I'm the Master of the Digidestined. I outrank you."
"Okay, fine," Davis said, holding up his hands,"I would like a report."
Tai smiled slightly. "Well, we found the cave where the Machina Codex was hidden, but it was already gone. We determined that a French archeological team had taken the book back to France with them recently. While we were searching the cave, the Hunters appeared and captured Ken. Now we're at Catherine's house, waiting until tomorrow to search for the book, even though tomorrow might be the Night of Destiny."
"What about Hyouriki?" Noriko asked.
"Have you been keeping an eye on her?" Davis asked.
"Don't forget that she is the strongest possibility for the Child of Darkness," Noriko remined him.
Tai rubbed his chin. "Give me a list of the reasons why again."
Noriko pressed a few buttons on the console in front of her. "Okay, first reason: Dragomon kept claiming she was his Dark Bride. Second reason: her black Digivice has a group of lights on the back, which are almost all lit. Also, when she uses her Digivice for her Digimon to reach the Ultimate level, a costume appears over her. Third reason:..."
"Okay," Tai said,"Is there anything about her being a psychic?"
Noriko shook her head,"No, why?"
Tai sighed slightly. "I have a growing fear that the Child of Darkness is reading our minds. We already know that the Child of Darkness is a psychic, so, to that end, Noriko, can you make something that would make my thoughts unreadable for a psychic?"
"Yeah. I guess Izzy and I could make something like that."
"Good, while you're at it, make two."
"Why two?" Davis asked.
"One for my son."
"He might also be the Child of Darkness," Davis spoke up.
"But I trust him," Tai said,"I want two devices."
"Providing we can even make one...." Noriko mumbled.
"Where is everyone else?" Davis asked.
"Akira and Leyu are on a date, Dan and Erika are upstairs with Catherine, Seiji and Hyouriki are...somewhere, and the twins are waiting right outside the office door."
Davis smiled slightly,"Loyal, aren't they?"
Tai returned the smile,"Yeah, well, I'd better get going. Noriko, as soon as the devices are ready, send them over here as fast as you can. Tai out."
Erika sighed slightly as she rested her head on the edge of the bath tub. As she stared up to the top of the tile ceiling, an image of Akira came to her mind. "Stop it!" she told herself fiercly,"Why do I keep thinking of him? He's doesn't even notice me! He's so hung up on that spoiled brat Leu that I'm not even a distance second."
She slid deeper into the water so that her mouth was under the water."Besides," she thought,"He likes Hyouriki, then Seiji, then Dan. I'm at the very far end of the scale. It's just not fair!"
Despite her best efforts not to think of him, the rest of Erika's bath was mostly miserable. She quickly drained the water and pulled her robe on. When she walked out the door, she saw Akira and Leyu, both dressed up, walking down the stairs, Leyu's arm locked into Akira's.
She sighed deeply and slowly walked towards her room. "What's the matter, Erika?"
"Nothing, Seiji, but thanks for caring."
Seiji walked over to where she was opening her door. "Why don't you just tell me what's wrong?"
Erika hesitated for a few seconds, then said,"Leyu and Akira."
Seiji nodded, "Ah, now I understand, and you're in love Akira, right?"
"Yeah, well, I think it's love, I'm not really too sure."
Seiji patter her back reasuringly,"I do know how you feel. I kind of have a little crush on Hyouriki, but a...'friend' of mine likes her too."
"Who?" Erika asked.
"Ah, I'd rather not say, I don't want to embarrass him," Seiji said with a slight smile. "I do know where Akira and Leyu are going, if....?"
Erika's face lit up. "Where?"
Akira lightly rubbed his chin. "This is a nice restaurant."
"It's beautiful!" Leyu said, sparkles in her eyes as she looked around. "This restaurant looks like one back home."
"What is the name?" Akira asked.
"I think the name is 'Morellai's," Leyu said.
Akira raised an eyebrow. "Really? My father told me stories about a Morellai's, about he was here on two dates...."
Leyu wasn't really paying attention. She was too busy admiring the view of the restaurant. "This is so beautiful," she said, her eyes sparkling,"I can't believe it!"
Akira half smiled, as he lowered his menu away from his face,"Wait until you try the food."
Leyu seemed to suddenly remember the food part. She grabbed the menu and started to gloss over it.
Akira reached over and grabbed his water glass. Just as he began to drink, Leyu suddenly shrieked,"There aren't any prices on this menu! Everything's for free!"
Akira coughed, spitting out his water.
"What was that for?" Leyu asked.
Akira looked back at his menu. "Nothing, nothing at all," he mumbled, sliding down in his seat.
As he read his menu, he spied out of the corner of his eye a redheaded girl walk by. "Erika?" he asked, spinning his head to the right.
Leyu raised her eyebrow. "Erika is here?"
"No," Akira said, turning back around,"I just thought that was her."
Leyu just nodded and went back to reading her menu.
"Speaking of Erika," Akira said,"Do you know why she looked so sad earlier today?"
Leyu shook her head.
Akira sighed slightly. "I'm worried about her. I just wish I knew if she was okay. She's usually so cheerful, I don't think I've ever seen her depressed, then again I've only been with you guys for about two days...."
Leyu sighed angrily,"I can't believe you're thinking of that nerd Erika Izumi! I thought this was suppose to be our date!"
"I'm sorry," Akira said, holding up his hands,"I didn't mean to insult you, I just..."
Leyu huffed, then her face growled. "Speaking of Izumi...."
Akira turned around and saw Erika standing in the middle of the restaurant floor, her mouth open. "Akira, you were worried about me....."
Akira jumped up and charged over to her. "What are you doing here?!" he demanded.
"I...I..I.." Erika stuttered.
"Well," Leyu said, standing up from her seat,"I see that since you two want to spend time together, I'll leave you alone." She pulled on her jacket and grabbed her purse. As she walked past them, she said,"You blew your chance Akira."
After Leyu left, Akira stared at Erika, fire in his eyes. "Thanks a lot! You just ruined everything!"
Erika was about to tell him that he was better off without that spoiled brat, when he shouted at her,"I can't believe you! Don't you have any regard for anyone else?! I don't ever want to talk to you again!" He grabbed his jacket, then charged out of the restaurant, leaving Erika alone.
Tai pushed his way through the crowd of people, powered by a will he didn't know, yet didn't seem to care. He continued to walk towards the end of the mall, before stopping in front of a store that he recognized.
He walked inside and saw the familiar rows of clothes of almost every kind, then he spotted the rows of dressing room door and he walked over to them. He was surprised when one of the doors opened and a very familiar girl wearing a green school uniform walked out.
Tai couldn't believe his eyes. "M-Miriya?"
She nodded.
"Wh...what are you doing here?" he asked.
"This is where we met, rememeber?" she said.
"Yes, I know," Tai said,"But, what are we doing here?"
"There is something you need to know..."
"What is it?" Tai asked.
Miriya pointed her left hand at her necklace, then pointed her right hand up in the air. The clothing store around them changed to a dark cavern. Tai and Miriya were standing on a rock platform in the center of a deep blue lake. "What are we doing here?" Tai asked her,"What is it that you're trying to tell me?"
Suddenly he heard another voice coming from all directions. "Mr.Kamiya....Mr.Kamiya...."
The world around Tai disappeared into darkness, then light streamed into the darkness as Tai opened his eyes...
Tai opened his eyes to see Serena shaking him awake. "Okay...Okay, I'm up, I'm up.."
"It's breakfast time, sir," Serena said, walking to another door in the room. She opened it to reveal a set of clothes,"Madam Catherine has suggested one of these suits."
Tai yawned as he got up. He walked over to the closet and started to look through the variety of three piece suits,"Probably left by one of her many male friends," he mumbled, pulling out a white one. He placed it against his body,"What do you think?"
Serena smiled,"I think it suits you, Ha!"
Tai half smiled,"I'll be down in a minute."
Serena bowed slightly, then left.
Tai adjusted his tie as he walked through the doors. "This is where the Machina Codex is?"
"Yez," Catherine said,"Zis iz ze museum zat ze archeologist were working for. I have arranged for a private viewing of ze items."
"Which explains the suit," Tai said, adjusting his tie,"Okay, Ahmed and Mina come with us, the rest of you can look around, but be carefull, the Child of Darkness is probably trying to stop us."
The group of Digidestined nodded, then broke off, Leyu, Shiro, and Scott went to the left, Dan, Erika, Hyouriki went to the right, the twins went to the upper level, and Akira and Seiji went to the bottom level,
As they were filing out, Hyouriki noticed that Erika wasn't even looking in Akira's general direction. "What happened?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Erika asked.
"I've never seen you so depressed," she said,"and we've been friends for a long time."
"I...I don't think I can talk about it," Erika said, turning her head away.
"Please?" Hyouriki asked, putting her hand on the red head's shoulder.
Erika sighed, then told her what happened last night.
"Akira said that?" Hyouriki asked, her eyes open wide,"Akira?"
"Yes," Erika said, looking at the ground,"But I can't blame him, I...I shouldn't have..."
"Listen," Hyouriki said,"It's not your fault, and he shouldn't have yelled at you like that. Maybe you should try to apologize."
"I know," Erika said,"But I just know that he's so angry with me, that I don't want to even talk to him just yet."
"Hey guys!" Dan said, cheerfully walking to them,"What are you two talking about?"
"Oh, just girl stuff," Hyouriki said with a slight smile.
"No thanks!" Dan said, holding up his hands.
"What happened last night?" Seiji asked,"You were so happy before you went out with Leyu, but the two of you came back, ready to kill someone! What happened?"
Akira sighed as the two of them walked down the museum hall,"I was having a great time with Leyu, then Erika showed up and ruined everything."
"How?" Seiji asked, confused.
"Leyu thought that we were in love or something. I can't believe that red-headed nerd ruined my date!"
"Easy, easy," Seiji said, patting his back,"Don't do anything you might regret."
Akira took a deep breath. "Thanks."
"No problem buddy," Seiji said with a smile.
"Hey," Seiji's Salamon called out,"What do we need this book for anyway?"
"We are trying to find the White Digivice," Akira's Agumon said.
"The White Digivice?" Seiji asked,"What's that?"
"It's the Digivice that Makura, the mystic leader of the First Digidestined had. It supposedly has the power to fight the Black Digivice."
"Ah, I see," Seiji said, nodding. "Um, so, do you think the Child of Darkness is Hyouriki?"
Akira sighed. "I really don't know. I'm hoping, really hoping that she isn't, but...."
He turned and spied an exhibit from ancient France; a large diagram of cave paintings, with a few mannequins dressed as cavemen. "Let's just stay on alert, the Hunters are probably still after us."
"Which brings up the question," Seiji said,"What is the Child of Darkness after? Why did she or he, kidnap all those different Digidestined? Do we have any idea what the connection between them is?"
"No," Akira said, sighing,"But, I'm starting to worry about the number of captives the Child of Darkness needs."
"I know," Seiji said, sighing,"What if she or he already has the right number already?"
"Let's just hope the Machina Codex here, so we can find the White Digivice, and then we'll be able to stop the Child of Darkness when she or he does attack."
Seiji nodded,"Yeah, it's only a matter of....Oh, here comes Shiro, and he looks pissed."
"When doesn't he?" Akira asked, looking to where Shiro was running down the hall, with Leyu and Scott behined him. He couldn't help but think that Shiro's red hair made him look like a fiery demon about to strike.
"Kamiya!" he shouted, charging like a mad bull.
"What do you want, Ishida?" Akira asked, almost uninterested.
"How dare you do that to my sister last night!"
"Do what?" he asked, confused.
"You cheated on her!" he shouted, right in Akira's face,"You know, despite how much I can't stand you, I never figured that you would do something like that!"
Akira was doing his best to keep him temper under control. "You don't even know what happened last night, so mind your own business!" He was about to turn around when he felt a sharp pain shot through his nose.
He stumbled backwards for a second, crashing into a glass display table in the center of the floor. When he got his footing back, he reached his hand up to his nose, and found that there was blood flowing from it.
He turned to look at Shiro. He was standing with his arms crossed, a giant grin on his face. Akira lost control of himself as he charged forward and tackled Shiro into the cavemen exhibit. The Ishida son struggled to bring his legs up under Akira's stomach. When he did he pushed with all his might, sending Akira crashing onto his back.
Tai adjusted his tie for the hundredth time as he entered the small office room. The bald man with glasses behined the desk looked up from the papers he was working on."Ah, welcome, I am Doctor Claus, director of the museum."
Tai returned his handshake,"I'm Tai."
"Catherine."
"Mina."
"Ahmed."
Claus nodded. "Now," he said, turning to Catherine,"Madame DeGual?"
Catherine nodded.
"Ah, yes, you said in your message that you were looking for a book that our team brought back from Egypt with them."
Catherine nodded. "Yez, zat iz correct."
Dr. Calus leaned back in his desk seat,"I must say, it was rather curious. We found only one artifact from the cave you said the book was in, a large table covered with gold."
"Excuse me, but what was a gold table doing in a remote cave?" Ahmed asked.
"Well," Dr. Claus said, with a slight smile,"We were about to find out, but, unfortunately, the table had to be destroyed."
"Why?" Ahmed asked.
"Because," Dr. Claus said, reaching into a drawer in his desk and pulling a item out,"We preformed x-rays on it and found this inside."
"That's the book!" Mina said, her eyes lighting up, at the sight of the bronze covered book on the desk, "That is the second part of the Machina Codex."
"I'm sorry that you had to destroyed a priceless artifact, Doctor," Tai said.
Claus smiled slightly,"It is okay, the artifact was a fake anyway."
"So, the First Digidestined tried to hide it," Ahmed,"I understand."
"You are a son of an archeologist, are you not?"
"Yes," Ahmed said,"My father was one."
Mina had grabbed the book and was flipping through the paper pages inside. Tai and Catherine looked over Mina's shoulders at the lines of illegible symbols. "You can read zat?" the French Digidestined asked, amazed.
"Yes," Mina said,"But so far, I have found no reference to the White Digivice."
"When we get back to Catherine's house, we'll examine it closer," Tai said,"Thank you very much, Doctor, but..."
Suddenly, a large crash echoed throughout the building. "What was that?" Claus asked, standing up.
"It's the Hunters," Tai said,"We've got to help the others!"
Seiji and Leyu stood helplessly as Akira grabbed Shiro by the back of his shirt and threw him into a glass pane covering an exhibit of a Inuit civilization. Shiro recovered and jumped at Akira, slamming his foot into Akira's stomach. While the Kamiya son lurched over, Shiro brought his elbow down into his back.
Akira hissed in pain, then pounded in his palms into Shiro's knees. Shiro stumbled back, then Akira struck. He brought his fists around and slammed Shiro in the nose, then he pounded his fist into Shiro's stomach. He brought his fist up to punch him again, when he felt strong hands grab him from behined. Looking up he saw that Dan and Seiji were holding Shiro back. He turned around,"Dad?"
"What are you doing?" Tai almost shouted,"Look at what you've destroyed!"
Akira looked around. His fight with Shiro had destroyed many of the exhibits, and crack some of the tile floors. "I...I...I'm sorry..."
"I don't have money to pay for any of this!" Tai shouted,"Did you even think about that?"
Akira held his head low,"I...I..."
"Don't worry," Dan said, lightly shaking Shiro,"His family's got enough money to pay for everything, right Shiro?!"
Shiro just mumbled something.
"And seeing as how he started it, and Akira was just defending himself, I think it's fair that he pays for it," Seiji said,"Right, Shiro?!"
Shiro mumbled something again.
"What was that?" Dan asked, shaking Shiro.
"I said I'll send them a check!" Shiro shouted through gritted teeth.
Behined Dan, Erika looked at Akira with shock in her eyes. "Akira," she said lightly to herself.
Tai sighed loudly as he shoved Akira down the hall,"We're leaving."
As the Digidestined started to file out, Mina walked up behined Tai. "Do not worry," she said,"I'm sure you were like this when you were younger."
"Yeah," Tai mumbled,"I was, but.."
Mina smiled slightly,"I remember when Rumi first opened a Digital Gate without a Digivice, she was so tense and..."
"Wait," Tai said,"Rumi can open Digital Gates without a Digivice?"
"Yes," Mina said,"Why do you look so concerned?"
"Kari doesn't need a Digivice, and even though Mimi has an old Digivice, she can open Digital Gates, and Ken can open Dark Gates!"
"Do you think this might be...?"
"Yes," Tai said, taking out his D-terminal,"I do."
Davis looked like he was about to explode at any second. "They did what?!" he shouted. Noriko, who was standing right next to him, flinched.
"Now calm down, Davis," Tai said, holding up his hands,"Everything is under control."
"I can't believe it!" Davis said, throwing up his hands,"I mean, if the Child of
Darkness had attacked, then I could understand, but, it was between your son and Shiro!"
"Shiro said he was going to pay for it," Tai said to the image of Davis's face on the monitor,"I think we should focus right now on the White Digivice."
Davis sighed, getting himself under control. Noriko spoke up,"I received your message Tai, and you are correct," she smiled,"All of the Digidestined that have been captured, have the ability to open Digital Gates. Which means..."
"Which means that you could be next," Davis said,"Tai, you can open gates, even though you only have a regular Digivice."
Tai nodded. "I know, but..."
Just then the door to the office opened, and Mina and Akira walked in. Mina was carrying the Machina Codex, and Akira had a cardboard package. "Dad," Akira said,"This just arrived for you."
"Ah," Noriko said over the monitor,"Those are the devices you asked for. It cost quite a bit to send it overnight express, by the way..."
Tai smiled as he opened it,"I will reimburse you, I promise. Now.." He pulled out two watches,"These are them?"
"Yes," Noriko said,"We thought it would be good cover to disguise them as watches. As soon as the sensor on the back touches your wrist, it will activate."
Tai slid on his watch, then threw one at Akira,"Put it on."
Akira smiled slightly,"Thanks for including me Dad."
"I do not think I should then listen to what you are about to discuss," Mina said,"So the child of Darkness doesn't read my mind, but, I have searched through this entire book, and I could find nothing relating to the White Digivice."
"Are you sure?" Tai's Agumon asked.
"Positive," Mina's Agumon said.
"Okay," Tai said, nodding,"Thank's Mina."
Mina bowed."I will now leave you in private." She closed the door when she was out.
"Great," Davis said, his hands hitting his thighs,"This entire trip was for nothing. We have no idea where the White Digivice is!"
"Yes, we do," Tai said.
"What are you talking about?" Akira's Agumon asked,"It wasn't in the book!"
Tai looked at Noriko,"Is the device working?"
Noriko closed her eyes for a second,"Yup, it's working, I can't read your thoughts."
"That's because Miriya had it all along," Tai said,"She's been telling me, in my dreams."
"So what are you saying?" Davis asked,"That Miriya was Makura?"
"No," Noriko said,"There is solid evidence that Makura was a male, and there were two girls on the First Digidestined's team, one of whom was Miriya."
"I don't know how Miriya got the White Digivice," Tai said,"Maybe Miriya didn't die during the battle with the Digidestined traitor, maybe she died afterwards, from a wound she received during the battle, and Makura gave her the Digivice before she died. But, however she got it, it followed her when she was resurrected. It is the necklace that she always wore around her neck."
Davis sighed,"Then we've got to dig up her body. Jeez, can't we once end a meeting where we don't dig a grave up?"
"This isn't the time for jokes," Veemon snapped.
"The necklace fell off of her when Daemon killed it. Which means it should still be in the underground lake where she was killed."
"Alright," Davis said,"Are you going there now?"
Tai nodded, "Yup, but I'm not going to tell anyone else about it."
"Okay," Davis said,"Good luck."
Akira shivered slightly as he walked into the cave. "So," he said,"This was were Mom was killed."
"Yeah," Tai said, sighing,"she was killed by Daemon, right in front of my eyes.
The inside of the cave was not impressive. It was nothing but a large cavern, with a deep underground lake. There was a large pillar of stone that reached up from the middle of the lake, with a narrow, slanted bridge from the entrance of the cave, to the top of the platform. "She died up there."
"I don't believe it," Erika said, slowly walking in right after Hyouriki,"Akira's mother was killed by an evil Digimon. Wow, I had no idea."
"There's a lot of stuff we don't know about him," Hyouriki whispered back.
Tai stopped in front of the bridge, with the other Digidestined behind him. "The necklace fell into the lake down there."
"I'll look for it," Akira said, walking to the shallow part of the lake.
"Are you sure?" Scott asked.
"Yeah," Akira's Agumon said,"We'll be right back." The two of them dove underwater, and swam to the deep part, right under the large pillar of stone in the center.
"Just being back here sure reminds me of Mrs. Kamiya, doesn't Mr. Kamiya?" Sam turned around,"Mr. Kamiya?"
"Sam," his sister said, pointing to the top of the pillar,"He's up there, but..so is..."
"It can't be!" Sam said in disbelief.
"What is it?" Scott asked.
"Its...Mrs. Kamiya!"
Tai slowly stopped on the top of the pillar. He couldn't believe it, his wife was kneeling in prayer, just like before she died. "Miriya...how...?"
She turned her head up and smiled at him.
Back on the bottom floor, the twins ran up the rock bridge to the top. Seiji ran after them. Dan was about to run after them, when Shiro ran in front of them. "Wait!"
"Why?" Dan asked, angry.
Shiro's Gabumon sniffed the air,"Something smells foul. Its..."
Miriya started to laugh wickedly. Her features slowly changed to a familiar, evil face. "Piedmon!" Agumon shouted.
Piedmon continued to laugh, as the twins, Seiji and their Digimon joined Tai. "Piedmon, what are you doing here?" Tai asked, hate dripping from his teeth.
Suddenly, Seiji ran around and stood between Tai and Piedmon. "Seiji?" he asked, then he noticed the wicked smile on his face. "It's you," he said, almost in disbelif,"You're the Child of Darkness..."
Seiji laughed,"Now Daemon!" he shouted.
Akira was just swimming to the surface with the necklace in his hands, when he saw a bright light fill the cavern. "What the...?" he thought.
He broke through the surface."Dad?" he called out,"Hyouriki? Erika? Dan?" He jumped out of the water and saw the other Digidestined lying on the ground,"What happened?!"
The light slowly faded as Piedmon rubbed his eyes. He saw that he, Seiji, and Seiji's Salamon were back in the castle at the center of limbo, in the room with the Digidestined prisoners. "What was that?" he asked.
Seiji smiled wickedly. "That was the capture of the king!" He pointed towards the last filled glass cylinder,"Taichi Kamiya!"
Next: Seiji stands revealed as the Child of Darkness! While Akira and the other Digidestined plan a rescue Seiji, with the last Digidestined prisoner he needs, is ready to start his plans, and only Willis and the Twins can stop him! Next: Night of Destiny Part 6: Twilight of the Heroes!
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