zara: um...sorry about the delay and sorry about the short chapter. my life has been hectic and I'm sort of tired. I'm attempting to go to school in the fall. so...everyone wish me luck.
Disclaimer: no...no I don't own digimon.
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"You have got to be kidding me!" Matt replied, as he stared up into the familiar sky of the digiworld. "I mean, why does this happen to us? It's just like. . . not fair!"
Matt found himself on his back, staring up into the sky but then Tai loomed over him with a worried look on his face. He shook his head and held out a hand for the blonde to take a hold of, in which Matt did grab, and helped him up.
"Is there anyone else here?" Matt asked, looking around.
"I'm afraid not, Matt," Tai replied. "And we're the only ones who came through." Tai told him, looking around to observe their area.
"Well, technically, yes, you guys are," Came a voice from the bushes and then Davis' figure came tumbling out, and Tai caught him before he fell to the ground. "But then I wouldn't know what I would be then."
"Davis. . .how did. . .Ok, I'm officially confused," Tai sighed and looked about the digiworld, as if something should pop up and give them all the answers. "Now what? Really? Matt and my digi-vices won't work. . .and if yours won't work, Dai, then we're stuck. . ."
"Well. . .actually. . ."Davis started but trailed off.
"Yes, Davis?" Matt asked patiently, wondering what the younger digidestined was going to say.
"I didn't take it, honest!" Davis suddenly wailed. "I just came into the digiworld and it was laying next to me! Honest!"
"What? What do you have that isn't yours?" Matt asked, calmly, wondering what would upset Davis so.
"I have Kari's D-3 and I don't know why or how I got it," Davis muttered quietly, holding it out.
Tai and Matt exchanged weary glances. Matt took the D3 from Davis, only to hiss angrily as he dropped it, rubbing his hands. Tai and Davis both blinked, curious.
"Um, what was that all about, Matt?" Tai asked, confused.
"The stupid thing burned me!" Matt snapped, rubbing his hand. He held it out for the other two to see. It was red and swelling was already beginning. He put it in his mouth, trying to ease the burning pain.
"Well, now I'm afraid to touch it," Tai remarked, nodded to Davis. "So, you're the lucky one, Dai, and you get to carry it."
"How do you know it'll burn you, Tai, if you haven't tried to touch it?" Davis asked, bending down to pick up the fallen D3. He held it out to Tai, but Tai backed away, shaking his head.
"No, I do not think so!" Tai replied. "I refuse to have any burns on my beautiful skin!" He held out a hand, pretending to admire his skin. "Such beautiful skin."
Matt groaned and risking another burn, grabbed the D3 from Tai and said, "Hey Tai, catch!" and threw it at his friend.
Tai blinked and without realizing what he was doing, he caught it, only to yelp in pain as the D3 burned him. He glared angrily at Matt, who was laughing. He rubbed his hands and muttered to himself.
"What was that, Tai, I couldn't hear you!" Matt said, smirking. "Now you're skin isn't so beautiful, is it?"
"You're a jerk." Tai snapped.
Davis calmly picked up the D3 and stuffed it in his pocket. He sighed and stepped in between the two, trying to stop the argument and probably soon to be fight. "Look, guys, will you two shut up? We have to work together!" Davis said softly but firmly.
Both and Tai and Matt shut up and gawked at the younger digidestined. Davis had always told everyone to shut up, but this time his tone seemed a little more different.
"Alright, you're right. . .of course." Matt replied. "Sorry, Tai, I didn't mean to make you catch that. . .D3, that stupid thing won't let us touch."
Tai grinned. "You do know I was joking about the beautiful skin thing, right?" He replied with.
Davis rolled his eyes. "And it's a wonder why you two are best friends." He muttered. "So, now what? I mean, I have my D3, of course, but. . .um. . .Do we go looking for our digimon?" He wondered, as he switched his gaze from Tai to Matt and back to Tai with a questioning look.
"Um. . .Well, hey, we could go looking for our digimon!" Tai nodded as he fumbled over the decision.
"Great answer, there, Tai," Teased Matt, as he laughed. "The natural leader you are!"
"Hey at least I suggested something!" Tai shot back.
"Uh, no, Davis suggested that and I don't think we need to go find our digimon anyways. . ."Matt replied, looking over Tai and Davis' shoulders. "For I believe, as usual, they have found us first."
Tai and Davis turned around to see that Matt was right for Gabumon, Agumon, and Veemon making their way towards them with expressions of relief, joy and concern all mixed into one. The digidestined waited until their companions were with in hearing distance before they each called out their names.
"Gabumon! Hey, buddy, long time, no see, eh?" Matt said, as he kneeled down and gave his friend a hug. "How've you been?"
"Pretty decent, Matt. . .until the Mist." Gabumon replied.
Matt's eyebrows wrinkled in puzzlement. "Mist? What Mist are we talking about, Gabumon?"
"It is like the other Mist that you and the others had destroyed. . .only this seems a little more different." Gabumon answered slowly.
"Different how?" Davis asked, overhearing their conversation. He had Veemon in his arms, and Veemon was joyous to see his friend.
"Revenge." Agumon piped in. "As if the Mist was apart of someone else who was angry."
Tai looked at Matt. "This doesn't look too good, Matt." He told his friend. "I mean, revenge against who? And who would. . ." He trailed off when Matt turned away from everyone and his hand rested on his pocket, which held his harmonica. He could think of one digimon would that would come back for him.
Metal-Panthamon.
"He said he'd come back for you, Matt, I heard him that one day." Davis said softly. "He could be back now. . .looking for you. And more powerful than before."
Tai nodded. "My thoughts exactly." He sighed. "Man, of all the digimon that had to take a liking to you, Matt, why is it that he had to be the egotistical one?"
Matt stared. "Right. . . .uh-huh, I seem to attract ego-manic guys, eh?" He blinked innocently and added, "Like you, Tai, just like you."
"Hey!" Tai blinked, realizing he was being insulted. "That's...that's not fair!" He protested. "My ego isn't that big!" He added, grinning slyly.
"Oh, brother!" Matt groaned, and Davis just laughed.
Matt looked at Davis and winked. "I wonder sometimes how we're best friends as well, Dai!" He told him.
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"My dad says he can cover for Tai and Davis," Tk told the others as he quietly shut the door behind him. "He doesn't know how long he can cover for them, but he said he'll do the best he can."
Izzy nodded. "That's good." He was sitting at the computer and had his back facing it. But now he swiveled the chair around to face the computer and tapped some keys, as he stared intently at the screen.
They all had gathered at Izzy's house, all agreeing that it would be best. And they also had to cover Tai and Davis and their whereabouts. Everyone just picked a spot and dropped down, all weary and tired.
And worried.
"I still don't get how my D3 has anything to do with this." Kari said, as Tk chose a spot next to her. "I mean, why is it the only one working? Why wouldn't anyone else's work?"
"That's why we're here, at Izzy's house. . .so we could figure it out," Yolie told her. "If anyone could figure it out, it'd be Izzy and, of course, Ken."
Ken frowned as he glanced over Izzy's shoulder. "That. . .that doesn't look right, Izzy." Ken suddenly said, pointed to an area on the screen. "Last time we looked at it. . .The building was over there, on that hill."
Izzy blinked. "I don't understand how an entire building can move... and disappear and reappear. It isn't logical." He replied, frowning. "I wonder if this building has an significance to Metal-Pantamon or anything of that sort."
Ken snorted. "More than likely, yes," he replied, and shrugged. "I think its revenge."
"I'm thinking that too." Sora replied quietly.
"Revenge? Why?" Yolie questioned, curiously.
"Because Matt was the one who destroyed Metal-Panthamon. As well as that Matt turned him down." Ken answered, shrugging a shoulder. "I think . . .that the digimon had a strong, a very strong liking to our Matt."
"Oh." Yolie said quietly. "That's...that's lovely."
"Isn't it?" Ken remarked. "It like everyday that I would just love to have digimon have revenge on me and come back and...yep, everyday type thing."
Everyone stared at Ken. He blinked back calmly and merely smiled.
"Alright, moving on. . ."Izzy said, breaking the silence. "We've got to figure out a way into the digiworld or at least make contact with the others."
"The light!" Mimi blurted. "Remember earlier at the park, we all hazarded a guess about Kari's D3? Because of her light, it helped us find one another when Matt separated us from the Mist."
"Oh, yeah. Thanks for remembering that, Meems," Izzy nodded. He tapped a few keys on his computer and added, "That might possibly be the best theory we have at the moment."
"Well, would they need it now?" Joe asked.
"No." Ken answered, looking out the window. "We're the ones...who actually need it..."
"What?" Sora replied, confused. "What does that mean, Ken?"
"Because there's trouble outside." Ken answered, looking back at the others. He leaned forward and pulled the blinds up. "The Mist is outside, in our world," he indicated with his head, a frown on his face.
Everyone looked out the window and saw that the Mist indeed was in their town. It was dark and it seemed to be very thick. Traffic had stopped, unaware of who was driving where and who could be walking next to their cars--the Mist was so thick that no one could see their hand in front of them.
"Shit." Sora swore. Everyone glanced at her. She shrugged. "This is not good. Not good at all."
"You're telling me." Izzy replied. "And it looks like. . .the source is coming from that mysterious building." He leaned closer to the computer monitor, squinting his eyes. "It seems like the only kind of energy. . .living and other. . .is coming from that building."
"We have to get into the digi-world and I mean, now." Ken suddenly burst out, jumping up from his seat.
Everyone looked up at him in surprise. He ignored them and leaned over Izzy's shoulder. "Izzy, have you. . .thought about clicking on the building?" He asked, his face blank as if he was thinking.
"No. . .do you think if I did, something would happen?" Izzy responded with, his eyes meeting with Ken's. "That is where most of the energy is coming from. . ." He paused. "But . . .what if we're needed here before going in?"
"Hmmm." Was all Ken said before sitting back down, his face neutral.
"Why would we be needed here? What about the digi-world?" Yolie asked, confused. " Aren't we supposed to be there?"
"Maybe only Tai, Matt and Davis are needed at the moment; the rest of us are needed here for some reason." Izzy replied.
"Then after we do what we have to do and what they have to do, then can we meet." Ken said softly. He blinked and shook his head. "Anyways, we'll just have to find out, right?"
"This is just weird." Kari finally mustered to say after a long silence. "I'm just curious as to why we are needed here and not in the digi-world!" She paused. She giggled suddenly and said, "Well, let's just hope that Tai isn't a clumsy idiot--along with Davis-- and the two of them don't stress Matt out!"
Sora laughed. "Now I'm feeling sorry for Matt. . .he always seems to get stuck with the people who need control. . .or something."
"Hehehe, well now, can we get back to business?" Tk smirked, and along with everyone else, saw the humorous part in the situation. He paused and glanced out the window again. "Let...let's go out and see what this is all about shall we?"
Kari nodded. "I agree with Tk. We have to see what's going on. . .Why is it here?" She replied, standing up and stretching. "Let's go and save the city...yet again!"
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