Raven moved away her shirt and touched the healing wound in her side,"It's gonna leave a scar, a good sized one too. It stings sometimes too."

"And you're sure Apoclaymon did it?"Ryo asked, looking at his twin.

"Positive, I know his voice."Raven sai flatly,"I don't know what's happening, but I think he did something too me."

"Like what?"Henry asked, clearly worried.

"I'm not sure, I've noticed that I've been gaining my abilities faster than Ryo, I know that."

"Why would he want you and Ryo to turn back at different rates?"Renamon asked, watching the sun set behind them.

"It could just be a side affect."Raven sighed.

"But of what?"Ryo sighed.

"We probably don't want to know."Rika hissed,"We'd better get inside, it's getting dark."

The others nodded in agreement.

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Raven sat on the roof of the inn they were staying at. She looked at her long, black claws. She was growing fangs too. Her temper had always been short, but it seemed worse now.

'What's happening to me?'she thought, looking at the stars,'What does Apoclaymon know about me that I don't? Could I really be that much of a threat to him?'

She stood up and felt her cut again, it stung. Her shoulders hurt, too.

'I'm changing too fast.'she mentally hissed,'Ryo's just fine, but ever since I had that dream I've been in pain twenty-four seven. It's mild, but it's getting worse.'

She took her shirt off and rubber her shoulders, there were two bumps forming on her shoulderblades, wings.

'Oh, cute, really cute.'she mentally hissed,'What's next, a tail? Why can't I control this?'

She looked out over the ocean, a gentle breeze blew her hair around in her face. She watched the waves roll in and out.

'So calm and gentle,'she thought,'but in an instant it could turn deadly. Is that what's going to happen to me? Am I going to change into a monster like Apoclaymon?'

She jumped from the roof and landed gracefully in the sand. The pain in her shoulders was growing rapidly. She wouldn't yell or scream, that's not her nature. She fingered the dagger hanging frm her belt.

'I've got to be crazy.'

Another jolt of pain, this time much worse. She brushed her hair over one shoulder and took out her dagger.

'I'm going to regret this.'

She took the blade and cut her back open. For a moment she was in a stae of shock from the pain, then two huge, black, angel wings burst forth from the cuts, covered in crimson blood. She collapsed.

~*~Inside~*~

Ryo sat up in shock. His back hurt like crazy. He rubbed his back in annoyance.

'What the heck?'

He looked over at the bed next to his, Henry was still fast asleep.

'Raven, what are you up to?'

He expected a mental reply from his twin, but none came.

'Oh no, what happened?'

He got up and walked outside. At first he saw nothing, then as his eyes began to ajust to the dark, the form a what he thought was a human, lying in the sand came into view.

"Raven!"

He raced over to her. He notded the blood covered wings and groaned, then he noticed her dagger lying in the sand.

"What the hell?! Raven, wake up!"

She didn't respond. He picked up her limp form and shook her lightly. One of her claws scratched his arm.

"Damn it wake up!"

A demonic growl escaped her lips. He almost dropped her in shock. Her eyes opened weakly.

"Ryo!"She yelped in suprise and jumped to her feet.

"Raven, what happened?"he asked, handing her the dagger she had dropped.

She took the blade and put it back in it's sheath,"I'm not sure, all I know is something is SERIOUSLY wrong with me."

"Yeah, what were you trying to do, kill yourself?"Ryo snapped.

"Ryo, calm down, I'm not crazy."Raven hissed,'Just in alot of pain.' "You're VERY lucky Ryo."

"And why is that?"

"You don't have to put up with this."she snarled, flapping her wings.

"I'll probably have to sooner or later."

"Ryo, something is making me change faster than I'm supposed to! Something is seriously wrong!"

"Raven, you need to get some sleep. And don't start yelling at me."

"Don't order me around, but I am tired."

"Thank you."

~*~Back in the real world~*~

"Ok, now I'm starting to worry."Jeri sighed,"They've been gone for two days strait."

"Yeah, it's not like them to vanish without a world."Takato said worriedly,"They would have told us if they'd gone to the digital world."

"How can you be so sure?"Luna asked,"Maybe they didn't want you to go with them."

"Why would thay do that?"Kazu asked,"We're supposed to be a team."

"None of us know that much about Raven, she ould have tricked them."Kenta suggested.

"Ryo would be able to tell, he's her twin brother."Jeri sighed.

"What if they're not really twins?"Kenta asked.

"Put a sock in it Kenta."Takato snarled,"Raven wouldn't betray us, she's a tamer, too!"

Jeri looked out a window,"What if they're hurt, and need help?"

"That's it!"Lynx snapped,"If you're that worried why don't you try to find them?!"

"We don't even know where to start!"Kazu moaned.

"The Digital World?"Lynx suggested,"Can't you get a hold of that Yamachi guy?"

"Yeah, Raven's laptop is still here."Takato smiled, jumping off on his bed, climbing up to the loft and taking Raven's laptop out of her bag.

"Ok, now how do you turn this thing on?"he asked.

*sweatdrop*

"Give me that!"Lynx hissed, grabbing the computer from Takato.

~*~Hypnos~*~

*Beep beep* "You've got mail!"

"Ugh,"Yamachi clicked his e-mail icon and was stunned to see a note from the tamers,'Yamachi, we've got a problem, Ryo, Rika, henry, and Raven have vanished. We think they went to the Digital World, could we get a little help?'

He groaned and looked at his computer screen again. He clicked reply and began to type.

~*~Back at Moonbeam~*~

*Bep beep* "You've got mail!"

Takato jumped in suprise,"That was quick."He clicked the email icon,"How do you always get into these messes? Oh well, where are you right now?"

"YES!"

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*falls asleep typing*

Yuga:She was up all night partying *hits the desk*

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yuga:*again*

BITE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yuga:*again*

DAMN BUTT SNIFFIN' MONKEYS!!!!!!!!!

the rest of the room:*sweatdrop*

Disclaimer:This is slightly disturbing