Disclaimer: Let's use our brains for a moment. Do you really think I could possibly own Digimon? I didn't think so.

I'm ALIVE!!!! I am soooooooooooooo sorry I haven't been updating, but I really couldn't think of anything. Then, when I did, I realized that I didn't have anything to write it in but NotePad, which kinda sucks. But hey, now I've got something, and I'm gonna damn well try to get this done. One word of warning, the thing I'm using doesn't have spellcheck so I'm sorry for grammar mistakes. Wish me luck!

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Sora awoke with a start. Remembering the events of the previous(?) day, she looked wildly around her for her friends. She gave a small sigh of relief when she saw them lying around her on the stone floor. They all looked okay, aside from being unconscious. Their digimon, however, were nowhere to be seen. Frowning slightly at that little note, she turned her attention to the cell they were in.

For it was definitely a cell. The walls were made of rough stone that was slightly moist, though not as bad as it could have been. There was a small barred window on the back wall, and the front wall was nothing BUT bars. As a matter of fact, Sora had no idea how their captor had actually managed to get them in there without a door. That's when her eyes met those of the digimon waiting outside the cell.

It was Deemon.

And judging by the way the sunlight coming from the window was moving across the floor, it was dawn.

"You know," Deemon began from her point beyond the cell, "Neither of your friends made it here on time. In fact, one of them wasn't even *conscious* before now. According to one of my men, he woke up just a while ago. That technically means that they were too late."

Sora paled. She didn't like where this conversation was going. Inwardly she prayed that someone else would wake up, just to be there with her.

"However."

"The boys actually managed to wound the one I sent after them. He happened to be a champion level too. He tells me that they did quite well, all things considered, and I'm partial to agree," Deemon moved forward. She gave the bars a little flick of her claw, and they suddenly disappeared.

"I said I would kill you at dawn, but I never said which day. And because of that, I will let you all live for now," She turned and started walking away, "You may walk about my home as you see fit," she called over her shoulder, "You can't get out, so it really doesn't matter. You will find your digimon in the next cell over," she had reached the door at the end of the room. Suddenly she turned back, her red eyes glowing.

"You have three days to live."

Then she was gone, leaving Sora alone and shaking on the cold stone floor.

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"Matt! Slow down!" Tai shouted to the blonde boy ahead of him, "We've been walking all day, can't we take a break?" Tai, although he normally was the one that pushed people on, did need a break every now and then, and he was pretty sure Matt would be tired too. So why couldn't they stop?

"No you idiot! Of course we can't stop!" Matt hissed back at Tai, "That digimon said that she'd kill them at dawn, and look at the sky moron! The sun has already risen. We can't waste anymore time, when the others might already be-"

He couldn't finish his sentence. He just couldn't think like that, the others were still alive. They *had* to be!

Tai knew what he was thinking, and inwardly that was what he was afraid of too.

Suddenly, as they came to another clearing in the woods, they found a small lump of pastel green fur lying on the ground. They glanced at each other, then ran forward to see what it was. To their surprise, it was a small rabbit-like digimon. It didn't look to be hurt, but neither could be sure. After all, not all wounds were physical.

"What do you think it is?" Tai whispered to Matt. Both were rather reluctant to wake it, in case it turned out to be dangerous.

"I don't know," Matt whispered back, "It kinda looks like a green Gazemon, only not so mean-looking."

The digimon, still unconscious, moaned slightly. It had sharp teeth, but nothing too vicious. The long claws on its hands gave half-hearted waves at some invisible enemy. Its back legs had no real claws on them, but they still looked like they could give some pretty hard kicks. It's long ears ended in a set of three spikes, and one was pierced. It's long tail swung in lazy circles, occasionally cutting the ground with the spines that went from the tip of it's tail to the top of it's head where it ended in one long horn. It had black Egyptian-styled markings around its eyes, and a strange eye symbol on both of its shoulders. Aside from that, and the white patch on its chest and stomach, its fur was pastel green.

"I think that we should help it."

"Me too."

So the boys picked it up. After a quick debate, they decided that Matt would carry it first, then Tai. That settled, the headed deeper into the woods, looking for some sign of Deemon's lair.

Ten minutes later, just as Tai was taking it, the digimon woke up.

Its eyes snapped open, revealing that one was a crystal clear blue, the other was a deep violet. It looked around wildly, trying to figure out where it was, then noticed the boys.

It screamed.

Tai was so surprised he dropped it in shock. It twisted in midair, and landed on all fours a small distance from the boys. It started to growl, it's fur standing on end, and it spat out, "Who are *you*?"

The boys were both so bewildered that they couldn't answer. The digimon, who could now be identified as male if you went by voice, continued to growl, repeating its question a bit louder. Finally Tai found the voice to answer.

"Well, my name is Tai, and this is Matt," He pointed to the boy beside him who was about as tense as the digimon, "We found you in a clearing back there in the woods. You were out cold, so we figured we should take you along with us in case something was out there that would want to hurt you," He explained soothingly, trying to calm down everyone, "We're actually looking for our friends, who were captured be Deemon, and we're trying to save them. We're looking for Deemon's lair, so if you would happen to know- "

"You're looking for *Deemon*?!" the digimon interrupted, "But that's like suicide! Are you crazy?! Who cares if she's got your whole *family*, you do *not* go anywhere *near* her! She's a psycho bitch on PMS, and that's just a *good* day! You shouldn't go *looking* for her! Un Uh, no way, not ever! You're crazy for even *thinking* it!"

Tai, a bit taken aback by the digimon's reaction, never the less tried to reason with it.

"But she has our friends *and* our digimon. We can't just let her kill them! No matter how strong she is, we've faced worse and come out alive. We *have* to do this."

The digimon stared at him in wonder for a few seconds, then his shoulders slumped, and he nodded.

"Okay. I know where she lives and I can take you too her. But *only* to the front door," he stated clearly, glaring at both of them, "There is no *way* I'm actually going in."

Tai nodded and, after a moment of hesitation, Matt did too.

"Alrighty, if that's all settled," It held out a clawed hand and smiled.

"I'm Lesamon"

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