Chapter Three: A Broken Life

"Let me go!" Kari kept screaming as Travis dragged her away. "I have no absolute reason to," he said with a evil smirk crossing his face. "Besides," he began, "this IS what you wanted. Soon T.K. will come here looking for you." Bringing her into a dungeon, he locks her in a cell with bars burning to the touch. "W-what are you going to do with me?" Kari said with fear in her voice and eyes. "Whatever it takes to get T.K. here, even if I have to kill you," Travis says menacingly as Kari cowers in fear. "Now. you had better not cry, or I'll just torture you even worse." "T-torture me?" "Yes, torture you," he says as he yanks her back out of the cell by her wrists. "N-no!" she yells as he drags her into a dark room. The other prisoners, all Digimon, cower in fear or try to go to sleep as screams of pain and severe terror emit from the room.

((*Note from Kari-mun* Don't worry reader, he's only torturing her badly, kinda like you see in some movies, no movie names given, of course, but it could get worse. *End author's note*))

**5 years later**

Kari lays on the floor, torn apart emotionally and physically since she was 11, when Travis began ((I'll put this in a nice way)) sexually assaulting her. Prisoner Digimon continue trying to cheer her up everyday. Enjoying a rare moment of peace, she prays that someone will find her soon. At the same time, in the real world, what's left of the digidestined ponder at what ever went wrong. All saddened at the loss of Ken at the hands on darkness and the discovery that the person they have been calling 'Kari', was really Kaira; Kari's opposite half with brown-blonde hair and violet eyes. Luckily, the feeling of loss without Kari had converted Kaira to the 'non-evil' side. "Does T.K. know?" Izzy asks, turning to Yolei. "No, I've heard he isn't aware of any mishap," answers Yolei. Matt thinks out-loud, "But what if Patamon told him?" Genai ((the young one)) walks into the conversation, "Patamon hasn't told him..mostly because T.K. has been.. 'tied up.'" "Tied up?" Tai said questionably. Genai clears his throat as he says, "Yes, he is quite popular in Hong Kong, as a singer." Matt yells with a sound of shock and surprise in his voice, "A singer?!" Izzy narrows his eyes as an anime sweatdrop appears on his head, "There's no need to yell.. just because he probably sounds better." Sora, who has been listening to a CD, "oh, but he does!" Yolei and Mimi nod in agreement. All the guys now have anime style sweatdrops on their heads, "you listen to his music?" Matt and Tai ask, slightly dumbfounded. The three girls nod to the boys' disbelief. Yolei grins lightly, "now that you mention it, he'll be on the TV in about an hour. "TV?!" Matt yells, surprised once again. Mrs.Kamiya then walks in, "by the way, Tai, if you want to call anybody, we have a video-phone now, you can even maybe see them if they have one," she then exits as the phone rings. It's now Izzy's turn to get a anime sweatdrop, "she just gets it and she already gets a call?...." "Yep, that's my mom," Tai says with a slight smirk. "It's for you Matt." Mrs.Kamiya calls in. "Must be my dad," Matt grumbles as he gets up. About 15 seconds later, Matt runs back in with a pale face, "K-Kaira... could you please act like Kari this one last time?." Kaira blinks, "Why?" Matt then gets an extremely large anime sweatdrop, "because T.K. is on the phone looking for Kari.." The room grows deathly silent. "Oh dear god.." they all manage to say. "And he looked a little paranoid.." Matt says with a little worry in his voice. They all then look at Genai, "you said Patamon never told him!" Matt then emits a low sigh, "Patamon could have possibly sent an E-mail.. but something else was wrong too, it looked as if he was in a hospital waiting room." "A HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM?!" they all yell.

*There's chapter 3, sorry if it was a little intense. Hehehe, I'm good at cliffhangers*