:.:*Disclaimer*:.: Old news, I don't own Digimon.
Rescuing Serena
Chapter Six
Lost and Found
T.K., Izzy, Ken, and Cody found the Dark Forest and began walking through it. Ken was tense, and shaking slightly.
"Ken, are you okay?" Izzy asked. "You're really pale."
"I-I'll be okay," Ken said. He heard a soft crunching noise, and stopped. Turning around, he saw nothing. So he continued walking with the others, periodically looking over his shoulder.
"Ken, it'll be all right. Nothing but stray digimon are here," T.K. said.
Ken heard the noise again and tensed. Wormmon obviously sensed it too, looking behind Ken's back as if searching for something.
"What is it?" Cody asked.
"There's something back there," Wormmon said. "I can't see it, but something's there."
"Well, we should just keep going. Anything after us might just attack with some fake attack, or run away," Cody said.
Ken looked behind him. He saw a shadow past behind a tree, and that was it.
"It's probably leaving," he spoke, turning around. "Let's keep going."
~*!.....!*~
Davis headed down the main hall, then turned down a smaller, darker one.
"Hey! Kid!" a voice called.
Davis turned around. A cage sat in the corner, a Mushroomon sitting inside it.
"Have you seen a girl, 'bout your height, greenish hair, wearing white and blue?"
"Natalie?"
"You know her?"
"Yeah. Are you her partner?"
"Yeah. Mind lettting me out?"
"Sure." Davis walked over to the cage. Realizing that he still had Natalie's hairpin, he picked the lock on the cage and picked up the digimon.
"So, uh, where's Natalie?" Mushroomon questioned.
"We split up, but I'm going to find her," Davis replied. And he began running.
~*!.....!*~
"Davis!" Joe, Matt, and Tai called in unison.
"Where did he go? We've circled this place twice," Tai said.
"Well, since Davis acts like you... if you were in an explosion, where would you go?" Matt asked.
"To find the others, or find my way back to Jennai's," Tai said.
"Well, he's nowhere around here. And he didn't go back to Jennai's. He probably went around somewhere," Matt said.
"I guess we'd better keep looking," Joe said.
"Davis!" the three called in unison.
~*!.....!*~
Natalie passed Hikuto and Jaunte, and found the hallway to the exit.
"Almost... there," she panted. "Wait, I...I can't... go yet... Davis... and Mushroomon... I have to... find them."
She turned around to see...
Where do you think you're going, runaway?"
~*!.....!*~
Yolei walked into the dining room, holding her stomach. Her face was pale.
"Are you okay? You look really sick now," Kari verbalized.
Yolei groaned. "I don't think your methods are working."
"Well, there's got to be some way. Maybe we should call your sisters--"
"No! You can't call them!" Yolei interrupted.
"Then what do we do?" Kari asked.
Yolei shrugged. She walked into the living room and sat on the couch. Her stomach made noises.
"Ready to try again?" Sora questioned.
Yolei groaned again. Sora helped her to stand and walked her to the table. She sat down, and picked up the fork again.
"Here goes nuthin'," she said, scooping up a bit of rice. She placed it in her mouth, and chewed.
A burden lifted off her chest as she savored the sweet flavor of Sora's rice. She contined eating.
"She must really be enjoying that rice," Kari whispered to Sora.
"Yeah," the older one agreed. "She's getting a taste of what she missed for not eating for so long."
"So she'll be okay?"
"Yeah."
~*!.....!*~
Ken heard something and turned around again. He dropped his shoulders in agrivation.
"What is it, Ken?" Cody asked.
"I keep sensing something, but nothing's there," Ken responded (A/N: see, shadowblack, I used your word).
"It's probably just your imagination," Izzy commented. "You've been on edge since we've reached the dark forest."
A rustle of bushes was heard. The boys turned around.
"Okay. Maybe you weren't," he stand-corrected himself.
Serena appeared out of the bushes, looking around, utterly confused. Her eyes rested on the group. She smiled.
"Lookie! I'm free! They couldn't hold me. Wha!" She did the raise-the-roof mime motion, bouncing her shoulders a bit.
"Uh, Serena, we finished the thingamabobber," T.K. said.
"So, you're goint to cure me? Yay!" She ran over and gave T.K. a hug, scaring him a bit. He peeled her hands away from his neck.
"Yeah. well, you're going to have to calm down while Izzy sets it up. Okay?"
Serena nodded. Izzy walked over and held one part of the reconfigurer to her forehead. He handed another part to Ken. "Click the red button." Ken pushed the button. Serena froze, her eyes going clear completely. After a moment, her eyes returned to normal. She collapsed, holding her head. She groaned.
"Serena?"
"What happened?" she asked. "I have a mega-headache. What's going on? Where's my brother?" She felt her pocket. "Where's my D3?"
"Brother?" Cody repeated.
"You were under the control of a dark spore," Izzy said. "You were in the dark ocean."
"I don't remember at all. And my head really hurts." She looked around at her suroundings. "How'd I get here?"
"That's what we're trying to figure out," Izzy stated. "Well, Ken, why don't you and T.K. take Serena back to Jennai's. Cody and I are going to go search the Dark Ocean."
Cody looked up, his eyes widening. Ken breathed out in relief, then he and T.K. helped Serena to her feet and pulled her arms around their shoulders.
"We'll come back and help after we get her to Jennai's," T.K. said.
"We're coming back?" Ken asked. T.K. nodded. Ken groaned.
"Dark... ocean...?" Serena repeated. "I... I don't remember.... what happened? ...Where's Genomon?"
"We don't know, but we'll find out after we get you to Jennai's," T.K. said.
Serena broke away from the two boys, then fell and landed on her arse. "Not until I find my digimon."
"Serena, it'll be okay. We'll get Genomon, we promise. But we need to go to Jennai's first," Izzy told her.
"No!" Serena shouted. She grabbed her head. "Genomon," she whispered. "I need Genomon."
"Armadillomon, c'mon," Cody said, turning around. The two began running.
"Cody!" T.K. called.
"Stay there!" Cody called back, still running. He soon disappeared from sight.
"He bailed," T.K. said, sitting on the ground near Serena.
"He probably went to do something important. Cody wouldn't just run away for no reason," Izzy said.
"Well, I guess all we can do is wait," Ken spoke. So they did.
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As always, I gotta thank the reviewers:
Hskuryu08 -:- I haven't decided if I want them to be a couple. IT's a maybe, maybe not kind of thing. But you'll have to read more to find out.
shadowblack -:- No one brought Serena back. There's some glitch in the DigiWorld where you can go from the forest to the Dark Forest, which leads to the Dark Ocean. It was in an episode called 'Opposites Attract', where Kari, Yolei, and Ken were separated and somehow found their way to the Dark Ocean. Well, I used your words. Happy?
And if you review, you get your name down here, too. But you gotta review first. Thanks, I appreciate it.
Darkness Princess
Rescuing Serena
Chapter Six
Lost and Found
T.K., Izzy, Ken, and Cody found the Dark Forest and began walking through it. Ken was tense, and shaking slightly.
"Ken, are you okay?" Izzy asked. "You're really pale."
"I-I'll be okay," Ken said. He heard a soft crunching noise, and stopped. Turning around, he saw nothing. So he continued walking with the others, periodically looking over his shoulder.
"Ken, it'll be all right. Nothing but stray digimon are here," T.K. said.
Ken heard the noise again and tensed. Wormmon obviously sensed it too, looking behind Ken's back as if searching for something.
"What is it?" Cody asked.
"There's something back there," Wormmon said. "I can't see it, but something's there."
"Well, we should just keep going. Anything after us might just attack with some fake attack, or run away," Cody said.
Ken looked behind him. He saw a shadow past behind a tree, and that was it.
"It's probably leaving," he spoke, turning around. "Let's keep going."
~*!.....!*~
Davis headed down the main hall, then turned down a smaller, darker one.
"Hey! Kid!" a voice called.
Davis turned around. A cage sat in the corner, a Mushroomon sitting inside it.
"Have you seen a girl, 'bout your height, greenish hair, wearing white and blue?"
"Natalie?"
"You know her?"
"Yeah. Are you her partner?"
"Yeah. Mind lettting me out?"
"Sure." Davis walked over to the cage. Realizing that he still had Natalie's hairpin, he picked the lock on the cage and picked up the digimon.
"So, uh, where's Natalie?" Mushroomon questioned.
"We split up, but I'm going to find her," Davis replied. And he began running.
~*!.....!*~
"Davis!" Joe, Matt, and Tai called in unison.
"Where did he go? We've circled this place twice," Tai said.
"Well, since Davis acts like you... if you were in an explosion, where would you go?" Matt asked.
"To find the others, or find my way back to Jennai's," Tai said.
"Well, he's nowhere around here. And he didn't go back to Jennai's. He probably went around somewhere," Matt said.
"I guess we'd better keep looking," Joe said.
"Davis!" the three called in unison.
~*!.....!*~
Natalie passed Hikuto and Jaunte, and found the hallway to the exit.
"Almost... there," she panted. "Wait, I...I can't... go yet... Davis... and Mushroomon... I have to... find them."
She turned around to see...
Where do you think you're going, runaway?"
~*!.....!*~
Yolei walked into the dining room, holding her stomach. Her face was pale.
"Are you okay? You look really sick now," Kari verbalized.
Yolei groaned. "I don't think your methods are working."
"Well, there's got to be some way. Maybe we should call your sisters--"
"No! You can't call them!" Yolei interrupted.
"Then what do we do?" Kari asked.
Yolei shrugged. She walked into the living room and sat on the couch. Her stomach made noises.
"Ready to try again?" Sora questioned.
Yolei groaned again. Sora helped her to stand and walked her to the table. She sat down, and picked up the fork again.
"Here goes nuthin'," she said, scooping up a bit of rice. She placed it in her mouth, and chewed.
A burden lifted off her chest as she savored the sweet flavor of Sora's rice. She contined eating.
"She must really be enjoying that rice," Kari whispered to Sora.
"Yeah," the older one agreed. "She's getting a taste of what she missed for not eating for so long."
"So she'll be okay?"
"Yeah."
~*!.....!*~
Ken heard something and turned around again. He dropped his shoulders in agrivation.
"What is it, Ken?" Cody asked.
"I keep sensing something, but nothing's there," Ken responded (A/N: see, shadowblack, I used your word).
"It's probably just your imagination," Izzy commented. "You've been on edge since we've reached the dark forest."
A rustle of bushes was heard. The boys turned around.
"Okay. Maybe you weren't," he stand-corrected himself.
Serena appeared out of the bushes, looking around, utterly confused. Her eyes rested on the group. She smiled.
"Lookie! I'm free! They couldn't hold me. Wha!" She did the raise-the-roof mime motion, bouncing her shoulders a bit.
"Uh, Serena, we finished the thingamabobber," T.K. said.
"So, you're goint to cure me? Yay!" She ran over and gave T.K. a hug, scaring him a bit. He peeled her hands away from his neck.
"Yeah. well, you're going to have to calm down while Izzy sets it up. Okay?"
Serena nodded. Izzy walked over and held one part of the reconfigurer to her forehead. He handed another part to Ken. "Click the red button." Ken pushed the button. Serena froze, her eyes going clear completely. After a moment, her eyes returned to normal. She collapsed, holding her head. She groaned.
"Serena?"
"What happened?" she asked. "I have a mega-headache. What's going on? Where's my brother?" She felt her pocket. "Where's my D3?"
"Brother?" Cody repeated.
"You were under the control of a dark spore," Izzy said. "You were in the dark ocean."
"I don't remember at all. And my head really hurts." She looked around at her suroundings. "How'd I get here?"
"That's what we're trying to figure out," Izzy stated. "Well, Ken, why don't you and T.K. take Serena back to Jennai's. Cody and I are going to go search the Dark Ocean."
Cody looked up, his eyes widening. Ken breathed out in relief, then he and T.K. helped Serena to her feet and pulled her arms around their shoulders.
"We'll come back and help after we get her to Jennai's," T.K. said.
"We're coming back?" Ken asked. T.K. nodded. Ken groaned.
"Dark... ocean...?" Serena repeated. "I... I don't remember.... what happened? ...Where's Genomon?"
"We don't know, but we'll find out after we get you to Jennai's," T.K. said.
Serena broke away from the two boys, then fell and landed on her arse. "Not until I find my digimon."
"Serena, it'll be okay. We'll get Genomon, we promise. But we need to go to Jennai's first," Izzy told her.
"No!" Serena shouted. She grabbed her head. "Genomon," she whispered. "I need Genomon."
"Armadillomon, c'mon," Cody said, turning around. The two began running.
"Cody!" T.K. called.
"Stay there!" Cody called back, still running. He soon disappeared from sight.
"He bailed," T.K. said, sitting on the ground near Serena.
"He probably went to do something important. Cody wouldn't just run away for no reason," Izzy said.
"Well, I guess all we can do is wait," Ken spoke. So they did.
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As always, I gotta thank the reviewers:
Hskuryu08 -:- I haven't decided if I want them to be a couple. IT's a maybe, maybe not kind of thing. But you'll have to read more to find out.
shadowblack -:- No one brought Serena back. There's some glitch in the DigiWorld where you can go from the forest to the Dark Forest, which leads to the Dark Ocean. It was in an episode called 'Opposites Attract', where Kari, Yolei, and Ken were separated and somehow found their way to the Dark Ocean. Well, I used your words. Happy?
And if you review, you get your name down here, too. But you gotta review first. Thanks, I appreciate it.
Darkness Princess