Here we go! Thanks for the reviews and keep'em coming! Oh, and tell me if I misspelled "Takoto".I think I did. Also, tell me if I didn't account for any of the season 3 tamers.I can't remember! LOL! I'm a big moron.

Chapter 3: One Wild Ride
The car was almost flying. The streets were seemingly abandoned, like one big ghost town. Rika thought to herself, 'not really surprising for this part of town.' Ryo was doing 75 miles an hour, in second gear. He has six to choose from. Up ahead, a dog was crossing the street.

"Ryo, you better slow down or you'll hit that dog!" Rika said. They were getting closer. "Ryo!" was the last of Rika could get out. The car dropped to a mere inch off the ground, and at five feet in front of the dog at 70 m.p.h., the car jumped up to six feet in the air, over the dog, and sailed for almost thirty feet before coming down smoothly and landing without slowing at all. At this moment, Rika noticed several buttons on the steering wheel. Ryo had pressed two of them.

"You could have killed that dog! I wouldn't have yelled if you almost hit." she thought back to someone they both had known, ".Takoto, but that dog did nothing."

Ryo was grinning yet again. "I would have never hit that dog. I built this car myself, and I know what it can and can't do. I cleared that dog with over four feet." By now, Ryo had stopped. The dog was only one hundred or so feet back. "That dog didn't have a collar." He put the car in reverse, peeled out, spun around 180 degrees, and took off in first gear. Ryo stopped ten feet in front of the dog, which was so thin it couldn't walk anymore.

"I've never seen a German Shepherd so thin and still alive," Rika said as they got out of the car. They kneeled by the dog. "He should weigh about 130 pounds, and I bet he is only about 70."

"Yeah, but he's not sick or injured otherwise. Hey Rika, open your door and push the seat forward, would you?"

"Sure." As she was getting up, she was smiling and Ryo caught a glimpse.

"My Pumpkin with a smile. This is a first," he said also grinning.

"Fuck you, Ryo," she said, almost laughing as she opened the door and slid the seat.

"Is that an offer?" he came back while lifting the dog and carrying him over to the car. He sat the shepherd in between the two rear seats, and gave him a pat on the head. The poor beast had the energy to wag his tail, then he closed his eyes and feel into a quiet sleep on the floor. Apparently, he found it very comfortable.

` "Not on your life, Hero Boy." She slid her seat back, and Ryo rounded the car. They both got in and started off again. Ryo had turned the music down so it was barely audible, and put it on an oldies station. He was also only doing 40 miles an hour. "Couldn't resist saving something else, could you? I almost thought I, and then the world once, was enough. Now you're saving the world again, starting with a dog. And look! You're doing the speed limit for him! I feel so special!" she remarked, half sarcastically, half laughingly.

"I could use a good dog. I want to slow down anyway. Cops are a bite. And I will save the world as long as it needs saving," he said smiling at her. "Rika.I'm sorry all this is happening to you," he said now looking sad. "I hope this ends soon so you can go back to your happy life and forget about me."

She reached out and put her hand on his shoulder. "Hey.I had nothing better to do today, anyway."

At this, he cheered up a little. He looked at her. "Thanks Rika." Then, he looked in the rearview mirror. "I think I call him Saxon."

"Cool name," Rika said.

"Thanks."

They pulled into a parking garage. Ryo drove to the bottom level, and parked in front of a wall. He got out, walked to a sign, and waved at it. Then, he got back in the car. The wall lifted up, and he drove in. The room was the size of a warehouse. About 10,000 square feet. There was computer equipment, weapons, and odd-looking gadgets everywhere. A few staircases went up to different lofts. Rika could see beds in some, tables in others. Some had shelves and shelves of books and files.

Everyone appeared to be sleeping except a man who was welding together the chassis of what would be a sleek looking car. Ryo parked to the side of the room, and he and Rika got out. Ryo carried the dog to a stretcher and set him down.

"Hey!" he yelled at the guy welding. "Takoto! Get over here and hook Saxon here up to an I.V.!" The man stopped welding and lifted his off his welder's headgear.

"Takoto?" Rika said questioningly.

"Hello again Rika. Long time, no see," he said almost stone-faced. It was all an act. He walked up, and broke into a smile. He gave Rika a bear hug, picking her up off the ground.

"Hey! Whoa! Set me down, Takoto!" She cried out. He put her down. Then she hugged him. "Same thing happen to you as Ryo?" she asked.

"Yeah," he said, walking over to the stretcher to take care of the dog.

"Hey, Ryo? Where is everybody else?"

"Everybody is sleeping. We run on a nocturnal schedule here. Every sleeps except me and Takoto. I get to sleep about three hours every three days, and so does Takoto. He's our official doctor, hacker, historian, and all around handyman. I go out on missions."

"Whoa! How do you do it?" Rika just stared at him.

"The same way I run up walls, outrun a bus, and drop from a five- story building unharmed."

"Ah.and how is that?"

"Later, Rika.things have to happen before we can teach you this stuff.it takes a while."

"Are any other tamers around here?" Rika asked.

"We're about all that's left. Henry and Susie are upstairs sleeping. Kazu and Kenta were killed in an accident two years ago trying to destroy some the servers that They control. Jeri died about four years ago when They tried to destroy the Digital World.she went in on a suicide mission and was one big monkey wrench thrown into the works.we tried to stop her, but she saved it."

"Wow.this sure is a tragic line of work...Jeri was my friend.I wondered why you all never talked to me.you were here?" Rika spoke.

"Rika.you look tired.maybe you should sleep. Things will be better in the morning." Ryo tried to smile, but it was obvious there was a tear in his eye.

"Okay.um, where do you want me to go?" Rika got out. She also had a tear in her eye, and it appeared more would be coming soon.

"Follow me," he told her. Ryo led her up some stairs to a loft that appeared similar to a military bunkhouse, then into a small room with a bed, a chest of drawers and a desk. "Here's your room.I'm going back for your stuff tonight. Good night Rika. Sleep well."

"Thanks Ryo. Oh, Ryo!" Rika said last minute and dreary-eyed.

"Yes, Rika?" he said with his hands on the doorknob, about to close it.

"It's nice to see you again, Ryo."

"You too, Rika." With that, he closed the door. Outside, he could hear her quiet breathing. He even could here her mumble in her sleep through a door that was soundproof to everyone else. He walked down to Takoto.

"You missed her more than you're letting on," Takoto started from underneath the Subaru. He was replacing the brakes, upgrading from 11-inch disks on all four tires to 13-inch, and changing the brake lines.

"Yeah, but that's not important right now. Tell me when you're done with my car so I can go get her stuff."

"Sure, Ryo...hey, hand me those new brake lines, please," Takoto replied.

"'K.here," he gave them to Takoto. "I'm going to the DigiLink."

"Be ready in an hour."

"Alright."

Ryo walked over to one of the computers, and sat down. He logged in and typed. He addressed his message to Renamon. He would have talked to Cyberdramon, but Cyberdramon had died because he couldn't get enough fighting. He continued to type.

Renamon.you there?

Right here, Ryo.what is new?

I have great news for you, Renamon.Rika is with us

Rika?! May I speak with her?

She's sleeping Renamon.maybe tomorrow

How soon will the program that allows us to come back to the real world be finished?

Takoto said by next week.maybe as soon as two days from now That's very good news

Yes.how are you and the other digimon holding up?

They miss the real world.

Soon, Renamon.tell them soon.

Alright.is everything quiet there?

I had to kill another one of Them.they attacked me and Rika.been quiet since then

I wish I had been there

Yeah.well, I have to go Renamon.Rika's things must be brought back.goodnight and be well

Goodnight Ryo.don't get yourself killed

Haven't yet, have I?

I suppose not.until tomorrow, then?

Yes.tata

What is it the Spanish say.ah yes.buenos noches.

With that, Ryo logged off and got in his car. He was going to get Rika's stuff and fake her death.
That's all for now.this is the longest chapter yet and I hope it is the most revealing without ruining the story.I plan on updating a least once a week, so if I forget send me reminder emails.tata!