Litanya: Well… I have no idea what I am going to type in this chapter, so you had better be warned about my strangeness of mind. Umm… I don't own Digimon and the only characters in this fic that belong to me are Entier and 'Master' and Rage to some extent… basically I think that Rage is my own character because I will use him again in other fics, but he won't be Tai, as he is in this fic. So please don't copy my characters, especially Rage 'cause he's my favourite. Anyway, on with the fic!

An Old Box

Chapter 3

Rage sighed as he stared up at the ceiling of the box-prison that they had put him in. He always seemed to end up here, whether he liked it or not. Every time they caught him, they put him in the same place, claiming that they had 'upgraded the security.' Hell, he could get out of his prison without really trying if he wanted to. But at the moment he didn't want to get out. If the digidestined could come up with a plan to get him out of there, then they would be united again in the one cause. Then they would be able to kick 'Master's' ass and free the Digital World from evil. At least, that was the plan. He had managed to make sure that Entier put the digimon in a room that was close to the entrance, where the digidestined could easily find them. He didn't want them to be without their partners if they came upon trouble. Sure, they had Ken, Yolie and now Sora with them, but 'Master's' base wasn't as easy to get around as it seemed and there would be plenty of fuss caused if Ken and Yolie were found here… All he could do was wait and hope, so wait and hope he did, wondering how long it was going to take them to get there…

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"The exit's THAT way!" Izzy had no idea what Ken and Yolie were doing up the front as it was too dark, but it sounded like they were arguing.

"No, that was from the other base. The exit for this one is this way. You should trust me on this, I built this place."

"No, I built this one, you built the one before!"

"Nope, you built that one that was near the lake. Rage told me to build this one because the exit of your last one was filled with water!"

"No-"

"Alright already! I've had enough of the two of you bickering! The exit is that way; I can feel the wind coming from there. Now let's just keep digging and get out of here so we can help Rage and Entier," Sora's cool voice intercepted their argument, and even Joe up the back could tell that she was annoyed, "You can continue your argument later, when people have time."  Ken and Yolie blushed, although none of the others except for Sora could see them. They knew that they had been arguing over something stupid, but they had forgotten that they were holding the whole group up over it.

"Sorry," they both murmured in unison before they continued their digging. Sora just nodded and continued to dig, her mind set on getting Tai back from 'Master.' She had never really taken 'Master' seriously, not until she had been taken to his lab. Just one little injection into her arm and now suddenly she could do all sorts of things. She had been cold in her cell, so she had tried to start a fire to keep herself warm, but for some reason it hadn't worked. But when she had stopped the wind from coming in through a hole in the wall, everything had gone perfectly. Soon after she had stopped the wind coming into the room she had fallen asleep and she had only awoken when she was back with the other digidestined… but why could she do some things, but not others? Why could she play with the wind, but not with fire?

"Are you okay Sora?" Yolie asked the older girl, noticing that Sora's mind wasn't on the job. The elder girl jumped a little, having forgotten in those five minutes where she was.

"Yeah, I was just thinking about this… these 'abilities' that I have now. Is there a reason why I can manipulate the wind as easily as a piece of clay, but can't do anything that has to do with fire?" Ken and Yolie exchanged a surprised glance.

"That's strange… really strange. Rage can do whatever he likes with fire… he can even make it dance around if he wanted to, but he cannot even feel the wind anymore. He can't even tell if it is an extremely windy day! I think that the power of that thing that they put inside of you must have had nothing to do with fire… or it may have been the opposite to the thing that was put in Rage," Ken explained slowly, looking at his left hand as it continued to dig on. Sora didn't fully understand, but then Ken and Yolie didn't seem to either.

"Is there anything that the two of you can't do?" Yolie nodded, almost forgetting to continue digging.

"I can't work anything that has anything to do with water; that's Ken's specialty. And Ken can't do anything that has to do with sand, which is my specialty. He can dig through dirt, but as soon as we reach sand, he won't be able to help. We both are extremely good at healing too, but my power is stronger in that as sand isn't exactly the most useful thing in the world. But other than that we can do everything else. Everyone that goes through the 'experiment' cannot do one thing with their 'gift' as we call it. Entier cannot heal. He has a lot of trouble with that, as more often than not he needs to either heal himself or the 'patients' for 'Master.' But he is extremely good at bending ice to his will… incredibly good at it," the wind coming in through the hole was getting stronger and Mimi could see a speck of light in the distance.

"Hey guys, isn't that the exit?" she cried out, unable to see anything but that one little speck of light. She was so excited at having seen something that she ran straight into that back of Kari, who was then pushed into T.K and the three of them fell to the ground in a tangle. Joe and Izzy, who had been talking quietly over the information that Ken and Yolie had given them, didn't seem them fall and so they tripped over the trio on the ground and made the tangle bigger. They all began to complain about who was on top of them and whose fault it was that they had fallen. Sora looked to the little piece of light that was falling through into the tunnel. The wind seemed to be warning her that someone was approaching.

"Shh guys, someone's coming!" she hissed, but they either didn't hear her or they didn't take any notice of what she said. Then a booming noise could be heard from above-ground. Something was definitely coming their way. The noise stopped and seemed to listen to the noises that were coming up through the ground underneath it. Then it let loose a terrible growl, as though it had found what it was looking for. Everyone stopped talking and shuddered, suddenly wishing that they had been quieter. They managed to untangle themselves quietly and stand up, but that was all they managed before the ground around them began to cave in…

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"99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, you take one down and pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall…"

"Are you telling me that you just started that song now Rage? You usually start it the moment that you get in here," Rage refused to look afraid and he stared up and straight into the deep black eyes of 'Master.' The man was standing upright, but the small T.V that he carried at his waist marred his mature appearance. On the screen of the T.V it was clearly showing another melodramatic horror movie. The T.V made the man look at least a little insane.

"Yeah, actually I started from 999999 bottles this time. It helps the time pass by," Rage shrugged, showing that he wasn't afraid of this crazy scientist. Well, he was afraid, but he certainly wasn't going to show it.

"Ah, my first 'experiment,' how I have missed your presence," 'Master' touched the side of the cage that Rage was in with almost a loving-fatherly gesture. Rage's expression turned to one of disgust.

"I'd be ashamed of myself if I was you. You're pathetic, with your 'experiments' and horror movies. I think that I'd rather share a conversation with 12 hungry Tyrannamon than listen to a word of your 'Experimentation is the future' crap," he got to his feet and began to wander idly around his cage. It wasn't as if he could get far, but at least he was moving around, "98 bottle of beer on the wall…" 'Master' laughed a high pitched giggle.

"Oh, I have missed you. My last few experiments just haven't been the same. The procedure has been changed so that all they get is an injection from a special needle. I need the warriors now, not just for the fun of the torture. But you… when I had you to experiment on, I had so much fun! A whole half year of torturing you… at least I think that it was that long. You'd probably say that it was longer. I still have the sweetest dreams of your screams of pain. Those were the good days," 'Master' sighed, his eyes set on a far away object, as if that was the past. Rage raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yes sounds like a great time. I did love my time here oh so much!" he said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. He hated it when 'Master' began to get melodramatic. He hated it whenever he even saw a sign of the man's insane mind.

"Oh, I know how much you enjoyed it. That is why I made this," 'Master' left his position by the front of the cage and was gone for almost two minutes before he came back, holding a gold armband. Rage eyed it suspiciously.

"What's that?" he backed away a little in his cage, unable to go anywhere else.

"It's a thing that I like to call a 'Remember Forever Band.' It's my new invention and I decided that as you came to visit, I'd give one to you," 'Master' smirked evilly, and easily reached out his arm and grabbed Rage, who had nowhere that he could go.

"Uh, it's a nice though and all, but I'd rather you didn't give it to me. In fact, as you decided to give it to me as a present, I've decided that I would like to destroy it," he struggled, but 'Master's' insane grip was too strong. And since the cage made Rage's 'gift' useless, he couldn't escape using that. 'Master' grabbed Rage's left wrist and wrapped the golden armband around it, sealing it on with the press of a catch in the side. Almost immediately as it had been put on, Rage began to scream, his orange eyes going wide with terror as he began to relive his memories of the 'experiment' whilst 'Master' watched on, laughing with cruel delight at Rage's screams…

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Sora was certain that the room she was now in was familiar. She knew that she had been there. The same hole was letting the wind into the cell, making her very cold. As she sat up and the black spots started to stop dancing in front of her eyes, she realised that this time she was not alone in her little cell. The digidestined, Ken and Yolie also joined her in the bare cell, making it hard to move. As far as she knew, she was the only one awake. As her other senses began to awaken, she heard a sound that made her blood freeze in her veins. Someone was screaming, screaming in terror and for mercy. The screams were terrifying, and they sounded like they were coming from a room which was near the cell which she herself was in.

"Where, where are we?" Sora heard Kari mumble and she looked around to see that the young teenager was barely awake, her eyes open but still glazed over with sleep. Kari looked back at Sora and still wondered at the change in the older girl. The red eyes made an eerie light in the room which was neither scary nor pleasant. In a way it reminded her of her brother's now orange eyes. It was then that her hearing picked up the screams. She instinctively knew that voice; she had known it ever since she could remember.

"Tai! Why's Tai screaming? What's going on? Where are we? Why aren't the others awake?" Sora reached over and placed her hand on Kari's shoulder to calm her down.

"It's alright Kari, we'll get out of here," she told her softly, like she was comforting a frightened child, "We'll get out of here."

"But how?"

"That's what I want to know Kari. But I'm sure that we will find the way soon, we will…"

End of Chapter 3

Litanya: Sorry that this chapter is short and late, but I have been busy lately. I've been on school camp and Musical rehearsals and…. I'm just making up excuses. It's the long weekend now over here, so I may be able to type another chapter up tomorrow after doing my History essay… So please review and make me feel better! I promise that I'll do a long chapter next time, I promise! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed this fic, I really appreciate it. Anyway, I got to go now, so please review and I'll try to update tomorrow and if not then, then next weekend.