Digimon: Death of Akume

Chapter 4: The Search for Tai

A crashing sound in the woods warned the Digidestined kids about the coming attack. They turned to face their foe, who they thought would be the Digimon Emperor, Ken Ichijoji. When the attacker arrived on a Unimon, the Digidestined yelled out in surprise.

"Unless the Digimon Emperor started cross dressing, I don't think that's him." Davis said in awe.

"Silence, fool! My brother would never cross dress!" said the enraged figure above them. "I am the Digimon General, and you fall on your knees to my brother!" With that, the Unimon she was riding upon aimed a Horn Buster right at the other kids' heads. The ducked on their knees as the Emperor came forward with a laugh.

"Well, sister, you have done well. They are finally bowing to me." The Emperor laughed as they got up. "Let's go!" He yelled, and a whole swarm of Digital Ants overcame the Digidestined before their Digimon could ArmorDigivolve.

"It really is a pity Tai couldn't be here." The General said with laugh. "He would have enjoyed this very much."

"Sokkia?" Izzy said, "Is that you?"

"It couldn't be. Why would Sokkia want to harm my brother? Sokkia had forgiven him." Kari said

"It can, and it is!" Sokkia yelled at the younger girl. Sokkia took off her glasses and showed her face. "Let's get out of here." The General yelled, and the ants began dragging the captured Digidestined to the prison.



When they had gotten back to the prison, the General had supervised the chaining up of the Digidestined and their Digimon. Sokkia walked down the line of prisoners. She stopped at the end of the line to make an announcement.

"I need to release one of you to go tell Tai to come here, to the prison. Now, who do I pick? Any suggestions?" Sokkia asked them, taunting them with freedom. None of the Digidestined spoke up. "None? Hmm, I guess I'll just have to pick myself." She said with a laugh.

"Wait!" Davis yelled, "Let Kari go." Kari was the first in line.

"Hmm, good suggestion Davis, but I'm afraid she just won't do." Sokkia replied, "You see, she has to much strategic value to let go." Sokkia stepped down the line, passing over Gatomon, to Yolei.

"Yolei. The Digi-egg of Love, correct?" The general asked. Yolei nodded her head. "Well, there's an old saying, Love conquers all. I can't allow myself to be conquered, now can I?" The General said as she headed down the line once again, this time to Davis.

"You're their leader, correct?" The General asked him, Davis nodded his head with a limit of defiance. "Two leaders don't usually get along very well, so perhaps you will be the one to go." Then she moved down the line to the next person, T.K..

"T.K., hope, right?" T.K. nodded as the others had. "Perhaps you should go. Without hope, there would be no reason to live, right?" Sokkia laughed as she walked to Cody, the next one in line.

"We can't have someone smart out there to think up a plan against me, now can we?" Sokkia moved down one more to the final person, Izzy.

"Izzy, dearest, you're to smart for yourself. You should learn to cap that curiosity of yours. Maybe I'll let Vadamon have a go at it." She said to him.

"He already tried. Tried and failed." Izzy said with great defiance.

Sokkia leaned over to Izzy's face. She held it in place with her hands as she leaned over and kissed him softly on the lips. He relaxed, going limp in the cuffs that bound him to the wall. Sokkia broke away with a smile.

"I think I might have really gotten to like you, Izzy. To bad my plan fell together sooner, huh?" She said to him with a cruel laugh. She saw he was hurt by this, and so she smiled.

"You, you were using me." He said in a quiet voice. Not really believing it.

"Yes, Izzy, I was. I only went out with you because you were very close to two special people. The one I truly hate, and the one I truly love." Sokkia said to him. She noted the reactions of the two boys she was still deciding on. She saw that T.K. was shocked and Davis was angry. "I have made my decision. T.K. is the one who will go fetch Tai." Sokkia went up to T.K. she bent over and whispered in his ear.

"You are to go directly to the real world, get Tai and bring him back here immediately. Patamon will stay here. Understand?" Sokkia had whispered in T.K.'s ear. T.K. had nodded and was released.

"Hurry back T.K., your friends' lives depend on it. Especially Kari's." Sokkia yelled, then laughed at the younger boy's fear.