Wednesday:

Joe woke up unsure of what had disturbed his sleep, than he noticed his wife wasn't in bed. He stood up slowly and walked through their open bedroom door. He could see her silhouetted in the light of the hallway standing in front of her son's bedroom. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. " What is it Taylor?"

" I couldn't sleep." She admitted quietly. " I was afraid that someone would take him. This whole thing has me really shaken up."

Joe looked in on the Justice, who was contentedly asleep. " He's just fine."

" So was Cammy before they took her. It only takes like two minutes to pull off a kidnapping. What if they hurt her?" Taylor felt tears fill up in her eyes.

Joe led her away from the door. " They won't. Come on, you need to sleep. This isn't good for you or the baby."

Taylor sighed and allowed him to lead her back, " Since when are you optimistic?"

" Since you needed me to be." Joe answered.

Taylor winkled her nose, " I seem to remember you telling me the last time I was pregnant that I was going to lose the baby because of blood loss."

" I didn't know how stubborn you were yet. I'd just met you." Joe defended. "Besides, you had quite the head-wound if I recall correctly."

" Do you ever think about that night?" Taylor sat down on the end of the bed and looked uncertainly at him.

Joe chuckled softly, " Whenever I see Chris at the hospital. If I hadn't taken his shift, I would have never met you."

Taylor wrapped her arms around his waist, " I might not have made it you know; I only fought that hard to spite you."

" Hmm. I doubt that." Joe laid his hand over Taylor's stomach. " I love you."

Taylor smiled up at him, " I love you too and so does she."

Joe looked down at Taylor, " You're sure it's girl."

" Without a doubt." She assured him.

" Woman's intuition I suppose."

" No, I asked Solitaire."

***

It was 2 in the morning, when Ken carefully removed himself from Yolei's sleeping arms. He quietly walked out of her room and peered into the kitchen; Mimi was sitting at the island sipping from a coffee cup. She looked up at him, with bloodshot eyes. Everyone had left hours ago, each trying to deal with the information they'd been hit with.

" Help you?" Her quiet voice questioned him.

" Bathroom?"

" 'Cross the hall from ya." She looked back down at her coffee cup and found it empty. She stood up slowly and put some more water into her kettle. After turning the kettle on, she felt a presence behind her. She looked at Ken with a sympathetic gaze, "Tea?"

" Sure."

Mimi grabbed another cup and another tea bag. She poured hot water into each of the cups and handed him one of them.

After they both sat at the kitchen's island, Ken noticed the shirt Mimi was wearing. It had the same airbrush pattern of one of Cammy's, but hers had "Everything" written across it.

Mimi looked down, and smirked, " Matt brought us each one. Cammy's with 'Little Princess,' Yolei's with '#1 Mom,' and this one's mine."

" Is it hard for you live with them?" Ken asked her.

" Yeah it is. I mean I love Yolei and Cammy to death, but…" Mimi trailed off as tears started to fall from her face. " But he treats Cammy like she's his. I'm afraid he won't love his own child as much." Mimi half-sobbed.

Ken fought to keep the shocked expression off his face, and as awkward as it felt to him, he reached out and touched her hand. " I'm sure he will. Does he know yet?"

Mimi shook her head sadly; " I don't know how we cheated it this long; we've been living together for about five years.  I just don't know how to tell him."

" May I ask you a question?"

" Sure."

" Do you plan on getting married?"

Mimi sighed, " Depends on who you ask. Matt says he's going to have to make me an honest woman one day. My parents think I should have been married years ago. And I've always said that I don't care as he doesn't leave me."

" But you do." Ken guessed.

" Of course I do, but Matt's afraid of marriage. His parents were divorced when he was young and he's afraid to make the same mistake."

" You should tell him." Ken sipped his tea.

" I will once we're speaking again." Mimi half growled. She stood up and walked into the living room.

Ken followed her not sure of what else to do; he looked at the mantle and caught sight of the pictures. The first one he looked at was one of Matt and Tai both holding their younger siblings upside down. " What happened here?"

Mimi smiled wistfully, " Oh, that was the last picnic we were all at. Kari started tickling Tai so he grabbed her and held her upside-down and when TK tried to help her Matt copied Tai's idea. I honestly don't know how Matt held TK long enough to take the picture. TK was almost as tall as Matt at that point."

Ken touched the corner of the picture, " What do you think?"

" I'm trying not to." Mimi took a small picture from the back and handed it to Ken.

Ken was looking at a much younger Mimi surrounded by whom he assumed to be the first generation digi-destined. " Nice hat." He smirked.

Mimi playfully huffed. " I loved that hat; I don't see why it's such a big joke."

" You had brown hair?" He questioned looking at the picture a little more critically.

" Mahogany, actually and I had chocolate-brown eyes." Mimi took the picture from him and put it back. " I miss that. Do you know how hard it is to be taken seriously when you have pink hair?"

Ken shifted he was unused to conversations with these people. " Couldn't you dye it?"

" Dye will only covers it for a few days, than it's back to pink." Mimi wrapped her arms around her stomach. " I'm afraid for my baby."

Ken touched her shoulder, " Cammy was born just fine."

Mimi sighed, " She's a genius."

Ken shook his head, " She's just a normal little girl."

" She has your phone number memorized. Most two and half year olds don't know all their numbers."

" She's just intimating."

Mimi shook her head; " I just hope she's okay, wherever she is."

" I'm sure she is. You need to get some rest."

" So do you." Mimi surprised Ken by giving him a hug. " We'll find her." She pulled him away and shooed him towards Yolei's room. " I need to take care of the dishes; go to bed." She took his cup and walked into the kitchen.

When she walked back into the hallway, they both stood by the doors they needed to go through.

Ken looked into her green eyes, " Why are you so kind to me?"

" You've asked me that already today. I'm only going to give you the same answer. My friend loves you and I want to care about you for her sake." Mimi opened the door and walked into her bedroom.

***

Ken walked into Yolei's room to find her already awake. She looked up him the reflection from the city lights causing her tears to stand out even in the dark room.

" Yolei?" Ken questioned, as sat down on the bed next to her.

" I thought you left." She admitted touching his arm.

Ken touched the side of her face, " I would never leave you. I had to get up, than I wound up talking to Mimi."

" You talked to Mimi?" Yolei asked mystified.

Ken half-chuckled, " She's very nice. She's not out to…" Ken trailed off as Mimi's shrill angry shout echoed through the house.

" Get out of my room!"

"This our room!" Matt argued.

" Not tonight! I have never seen you act so childish!" Mimi insisted.

" God you're siding with him!" Matt accused.

" Yolei needs him. His daughter got kidnapped! I am not having the conversation with you until morning! Good night!" Mimi slammed the door and angry footsteps could be heard as Matt trudged into the living room.

Ken looked at Yolei worried, " I'm causing problems."

" No they do this about twice a month." Yolei assured him.

" Twice a month?"

" Yep exactly after her parents call." Yolei suddenly felt her eyes fill with tears. "I want my baby." She started sobbing.

Ken wrapped his arms around her as he felt himself start to cry as well. " I know. I know."

***

Solitaire finished writing in her journal and glanced over at the clock it was almost 3. She stood up and stretched her arms over her head. The white satin fabric of her nightdress was nearly weightless, even though it reached her ankles.  She glanced in the mirror; she didn't wear much white, but it had been a gift from Mimi, and it did look nice on her, so she didn't complain. She pushed open the windows before flopping back down on the bed.  She had just relaxed again, when the door opened. Her eyes flew opened and she glanced over at her exhausted lover.

" How far did you get?" She questioned sitting up to get a better look at him. "You look like shit."

" Thanks." He threw off his coat and muttered miserably. " I only made it to the river."

" You've been gone a long time to have only gotten to the river." She inclined her head to one side and arched her eyebrow. " If you went and got high its okay I have a baseball bat beside the bed."

" You know I don't do that anymore." He growled, before his expression became pained. " Not since…"

" It's alright." Solitaire walked over to him and touched his arm. " I already forgave you."

" I hit you." Cody brushed his fingers over her right cheek, as if he could still sense the bruise.

Solitaire wrapped her arms around him. " And I forgave you. Leave it at that. Come on to bed."

Cody stiffened and pulled away from her. " I can't relax. This is just too unreal. I mean we might found someone we lost, but we've lost Cammy."

" We haven't lost or gained anyone, yet." She folded her arms over her chest.

Cody stood next to the open window and let the breeze blow against him. " I miss it you know? I miss being able to see my mother. I miss my grandfather. I miss being a kid."

" I know you do." She slid her arms around his waist and leaned against him. "Believe me no one understands that better then me. You can go see your mother though. She still lives in the same place."

He nodded and lift her chin, " You're prettier without all the make-up. Why do you wear it?"

Solitaire shrugged, " First it was just expected, than it was to fit in with your crowd and now I do it for the same reason you dress the way you do: to avoid conversation whenever possible."

Cody sighed, " It's just too hard."

" You think I don't know that?"

" I know you do. Why didn't you go back to Egypt when you got the chance?"

" Would you have come with me?"

Cody turned his head away. " No."

Solitaire smiled wryly and tapped his cheek to get his attention. " Then you know why I stayed. I just can't give you up." She tugged at his shirt, than pulled it over his head. " Come on to bed. I'll get you calm enough to sleep for a few hours."

" Thank you."

***

*Begin Flashback

Matt called the others as they entered the main chamber of Ken's fortress. "Come on I think I can people talking."

" Leave her alone!" Came the familiar voice from somewhere in the distance.

~Gatomon? ~ Matt thought confused, before it made perfect sense; this is why Yolei wouldn't leave. " Guys, I think I heard Kari's Gatomon."

Tai shook his head, " There's no way."

Matt argued, " It makes perfect sense; Yolei told me she had to go back. If that's her it explains why."

" We'll see." Tai conceded before looking at two of the others. " Davis you and Cody take the passageways and make sure Ken doesn't escape."

The two nodded and ran off in opposite directions.

The rest of the group ran through the main doorway. Matt kept his eyes focused on the horizon, just in case the Kaiser was anywhere to be found.

Mimi screamed and drew his attention to her.

" What is she okay?" Matt demanded.

" She's unconscious, but I think she's okay." Mimi answered before pleading to him. " Matt, you need to come over here."

Matt walked over and noticed the second human body. ~He had another prisoner? ~  As he drew closer he was shocked to see the form of his brother. He dropped to his knees in shock and touched the younger boy's shoulder. " TK? It's Matt." The face held no recognition, but the odder thing was that it wasn't TK's face looking at him confused it was Kari's."

End Flashback*

Matt sat up and inhaled sharply. His whole body shook as he attempted to steady his breathing. He felt a soft, cool hand on his overheated, sweat soaked shoulder. " I had…" He chocked out.

" I know." A soft voice assured him, as familiar arms pulled him to a familiar body.

He cried softly against her shoulder, the pain that had never healed was stinging fresh with the advent of the dream and the day's events. " I hate that dream." He whispered against her skin.

" I know." She answered again threading her fingers in his hair, trying to sooth him.

He pulled away and looked at her. " It was different. I saw Kari this time."

" It makes sense. I mean with everything that happened today." She rationalized.

" He isn't getting better." Matt admitted despondently.

" He will." She drew him into another hug.

Matt trembled in those well-known arms, " He doesn't know me."

" He's learning." She kissed the top of his head. " Come on, you need your rest. It's gonna be a long day tomorrow."

She helped him stand up and gathered up the blankets he'd been using.

" Mims? I thought you were mad at me." His voice sounded so unsure as he looked into her green eyes.

" I don't really care, anyway. Come on, Love, I'm not gonna be able to sleep without your arms around me, anyway." Mimi took his hand led him into their bedroom.

***

Izzy stared at the picture on the computer screen in hopes that he could find some inconsistency that would prove it wasn't Kari.  A pair of arms wrapped around his shoulders as another body leaned against his.

" You know," The slightly amused voice in his ear informed him, " most women would be upset at their husbands for getting out of bed to look at pictures of another woman."

" This isn't funny, Lexi." He half growled.

She pulled away and sat down in the chair next to him her eyes displaying her agitation. " I wasn't implying it was, but I don't see why you're still looking at it. We both know it's her."

" I was hoping to find something that would prove otherwise." Izzy answered dejectedly.

Lexi sighed, " You know better than that. The last thing we need to be doing is disillusioning ourselves."

Izzy stood up angrily and threw one of coffee cup on his desk into the wall.

Lexi jumped at the sound, but seemed more annoyed than frightened. " Feeling better?"

He didn't answer or look at her.

Lexi closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Suddenly she looked up as a thought dawned on her, " You think Kari's appearance has something to do with Cammy's kidnapping."

Izzy ground his teeth together, " It makes sense. We haven't seen Kari for over seven years and the night before Cammy is kidnapped Cody takes a picture of Kari and Myotismon standing next to each other."

" You think this digimon turned her evil?" Lexi sounded unconvinced. " Kari held the crest of Light I doubt she'd go against her crest. And why take Cammy; she's just a baby."

" Seven years is a long time. Besides Myotismon wasn't the strongest digimon we faced and he knows it, Cammy may just be shield." Izzy walked over to the shattered cup and bent over to pick up the pieces.

 " Leave it. The maid will get it in the morning." Lexi said, walking over towards him. She frowned softly and thread her arm around his, before leaning against his arm. "You're going to need rest for tomorrow. They're going to be counting on you."

" I know. Come on, we can probably get a few hours of sleep, before the phone rings, again."

***

The shrill ring of the phone snapped Yolei out of her troubled slumber. She grabbed the receiver and pulled it up to her ear. " Hello?"

Ken, who was now awake as well, sat up next to her, straining to hear anything that might be said on the other end of the phone.

" Is this Miss Yolei Inoue?" The near automated voice asked.

Yolei tensed up, " Yes, speaking."

" How old is your daughter? You did report her missing last night did you not?"

Her heart seized up in her chest, " Yes I did. She's two and half."

Ken was looking at Yolei trying to figure out what was what upsetting her so much.

" Alright I'm going to transfer you to Detective Martins."

" Why?" Yolei demanded shrilly, but the transfer music was already playing.

" What is it?" Ken asked concerned evident in his voice.

" They wanted to know how old Cammy is and now they're transferring me to some detective." Yolei answered before biting her lip.

" Miss Inoue?" A kinder, male voice questioned.

A knock on the door sounded at the same time. " Yolei, who are you talking to?"

" Yes this is she." Yolei answered.

Ken turned towards the door. " You can come in. She's on the phone with the police."

Matt and Mimi walked into the room and stood near the doorway.

" Miss Inoue, your daughter is about two and half is that correct?" The detective questioned.

" Yes! Why do you people keep asking me that!?!" Yolei half-screamed.

Ken touched her arm in support.

" Miss Inoue I'm going to send an officer to come escort you downtown." The Detective informed her.

" Why? Why the Hell do you want me to go downtown?" Yolei started crying. "She's dead isn't she!?!"

Ken prided the phone away from Yolei. " Hello this is Ken Ichijouji, I'm Cammy's father. I think you should be straight with us. Where exactly do you want us to go?"

" Mr. Ichijouji, I really don't think that you…" Detective Martins attempted to argue.

" Detective, please just tell me." Ken requested.

" Sir, I'm really not supposed to do this, but since I have a feeling I'm not going to win this argument: we found a little girl this morning. This child seems to match the description of your daughter." The detective relayed.

" Where do you want us to meet you?" Ken asked, his face losing some of its color.

" I'll be sending someone to take you or Miss Inoue, whomever is the child's actual guardian, down to the morgue." The Detective informed Ken before hanging up he added. "I'll be seeing you within the hour."

Ken's face lost all color and he covered his mouth with his hand.

Yolei looked at her boyfriend's reaction and assumed the worst. " She's dead. I knew it."

" What did he say?" Matt quietly asked.

Ken took a deep breath and looked at Matt tears already coursing down his face. "He said they found a little girl this morning and she matches Cammy's description. I have to go with the officer when he comes."

Yolei started sobbing uncontrollable and threw her arms around Ken. " I want my baby."

Ken was crying too, though he was a little calmer than poor Yolei. 'Please God. Not my little girl. She hasn't done anything.'

***

Mimi walked back across the living room, her arms wrapped around her stomach and her face contorted in a scowl.

Sora Kamiya sighed from where she was sitting on the couch. " You keep that up and you're going to meet your downstairs neighbor."

" Oh well, he's cute." Mimi muttered distractedly.

TK started laughing quietly, before he looked back down at his drawings.

" Laugh it up, just like your brother." Mimi spat at the younger boy, who simply laughed again.

Sora looked at Mimi and mouthed, 'Does he usually listen that much?'

Mimi shrugged and mouthed back 'Depends.' She then resumed her pacing.

" Have you told him yet?" Sora questioned.

Mimi looked confused, " Told who, what?"

Sora shot her friend an annoyed look. " You know exactly what I'm talking about."

Mimi bit her lip, " Is it obvious?"

" Only because I know you that well. You always tug on your earrings when something's wrong with you physically, although I don't know if this is actually something wrong per say."

Mimi stopped fidgeting with her earrings instantly. " I don't know how I feel about it yet, the less he knows the better."

" He'll figure it out eventually." Sora pointed out to her friend.

" I know, I know, but you know him, Sora. You know how he'll take this especially if Cammy's hurt or worse." Mimi flopped into an armchair.

" You still need to tell him."

" I will…eventually." Mimi admitted.

" Chicken." TK piped up from the table.

" I'll make you eat liver if you keep it up." Mimi threatened.

TK stuck his tongue out and made a face.

" Just kidding buddy." She smiled, before she looked back at Sora. " I can't stand all this waiting."

" Do you know where they were going?"

" Not for a fact." Mimi scowled.

" So Matt went with them?" Sora deduced.

" Yeah he wanted to be there, in case they needed someone."

" Cammy come home soon?" TK asked innocently.

" I hope so." Mimi stood up and stretched.

" Where she go?" He looked at Mimi inquiringly.

" I wish I knew." Mimi walked over and stood behind him. " Can I see what you're drawing today?"

TK looked down at his paper for a long time, before finally nodding and pushing it towards her.

Mimi looked at a near photo quality picture of Patamon, " Is this Patamon?"

TK started violently shaking his head back and forth.

Sora gasped, but Mimi was used to the outbursts and simply rephrased what she said calmly. " Is this a friend?"

TK stopped his action and started rocking slowly.

Mimi touched his back trying to comfort him " You tired?"

TK nodded and allowed Mimi to lead him back into his bedroom.

When Mimi came back into the living room, Sora looked at her concerned. " Is he okay?"

" He will be; we have to keep believing that or we'll lose all hope."

***

Ken stood inside the silent room with an older detective. Yolei was standing outside the room with Matt shacking in fear.  Ken had never been so terrified in his life. He didn't want his daughter to be dead, but it might be better than months of not knowing.

" Now your daughter had a kinda of lavender colored hair didn't she?" The detective was asking.

Ken nodded wordlessly.

" Well what these kidnappers usually do to those kids with really striking features is they try to cover them up.  So, this little girl has her head shaved; I just wanted to warn you.  Are you ready?"

" Is anyone ever ready for this?" Ken questioned.

Yolei could see Ken through the glass-window of the door. She cursed her own cowardice as she watched him nod to the detective.  She had made him go in by himself, she knew if it was Cammy she would have to see the body, but otherwise she wanted nothing to do with that room. Her baby had to be alive; this couldn't happen. To her horror, she watched Ken collapse to his knees.

" NO! NO!" She screeched and broke away from Matt's grip.  She tore open the door and ran inside as the detective closed the crypt. " I have to see her! I have to see her! LET ME SEE MY BABY!!"

Ken grabbed her and held her against him, " It isn't her, Yolei. It's not Cammy."

The couple started sobbing half in joy for themselves and half in sorrow for the parents who would find their little girl dead.

***

" So, they got call this morning from the cops that turned out not to a real lead?" Izzy questioned his wife as they sat going over the pictures and readings they had.

" Yes, but it was a good thing since they went down to the morgue. Plus Davis and Tai didn't see a thing this afternoon when they were in the digital world." Lexi rubbed her eyes. " Are you hungry? I mean we need to eat at some point."

" Have Cody or Solitaire called?"

" They haven't gone out yet. The people they'll be dealing with don't rise until 8 at night." She reached over and grabbed her cell phone and her address book, " What do you want for dinner?"

Izzy snorted, " Answers."

" If you eat them, they won't do you any good."

" You aren't as funny as you think you are, Lexi."

" You can usually take a joke." Lexi glared at him, before touching his arm. " I know your upset, but this is the only way I can deal with everything. Give me a break okay?" She pleaded.

" I'm sorry it's just hard with everyone looking for answers I can't give." Izzy sighed and leaned back against his chair.

" This is about the merge again isn't it?" Lexi paused and Izzy looked away from her. " Izzy, you have to let it go. It wasn't your fault; you couldn't have known what was going to happen."

" I should have been ready. God, Lexi, those people trusted me. I let them down."

Lexi hugged him. " No you didn't. Things happen; no one blames you."

" I do."

" Then stop. If we can forgive Ken for what he did purposefully, than we can forgive you for whatever it is you think you did. Let it go."

***

Yolei sat on the couch holding one of Cammy's toys; she looked up at Ken and a tear escaped her eye.

" I'll be back in a few hours." He assured her, touching the side of her face and wiping away the tear. " I need to go answer my messages and let my company know I'm going to be unreachable."

" Okay." She nodded and hugged him tightly, " Just don't be gone to long."

" I won't. I love you so much." He spoke into her hair as he clung to her more tightly "We'll find her I promise."

" I know we will." Yolei let him go and called out to him before he door. " I love you too."

He smiled quickly and vanished out the door.

" You okay; I mean all things considered." Mimi asked coming up behind her friend.

Yolei shook her head, " I don't know. The waiting is killing me. I mean I feel so terrible. Someone has to go to that morgue and see their baby dead. What if…"

Mimi hugged her tightly, " Don't say it. Don't think it. We have to keep hope alive."

" Hope!" TK called out loudly from where he was sitting on the couch.

" That right, TK." Matt thumped his brother on the shoulder. " We got to keep our chins up."

" Can you give me something so I can sleep?" Yolei requested. " I'm so tired, but I know I won't be able to sleep. I think I probably should lay down and rest since I have my senses about me momentarily I think I'll take advantage of it."

" I can give you some of my cold medicine, that'll wipe you out fast." Matt got a bottle of water of the 'fridge and two small blue pills than handed them to Yolei.

" Thanks." Yolei took the pills and walked to her bedroom. " When Ken comes back…"

" I'll be nice I promise." Matt guaranteed her.

She smiled softly, and went to lie down.

TK started clucking like a chicken.

" Buddy what are you doing?" Matt questioned.

TK shrugged and pointed at Mimi.

Mimi just looked confused.

Matt smirked at Mimi, but spoke to his brother, " She's not telling me something huh?"

TK laughed and nodded.

" So what is she not telling me?" Matt asked Mimi.

" Nothing you need to know about just yet." She dismissed any concerns.