Zara: hi! sorry for the little delay this time. ugh. work and stuff. blah. exciting? no...Well...hope you like the next installment of this little sequel!

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Matt sighed and groaned. He forgot what it was like, trekking through the digiworld, and how tiring it could be. He suddenly stopped, deciding that he was calling a break. He stood rooted in his spot, arms folded across his chest, glaring at the back of Tai's head, waiting for him to notice.

Davis was behind Tai, slowly lagging. Matt knew that the younger boy would usually say something if he was tired. . .but seeing how he had no voice, he just kept going.

Davis turned around to see Matt had stopped, with Gabumon by his side. He blinked and swung back around to jog up to Tai. Only in the process he tripped and fell face forward into the dirt.

"Davis!" Matt cried, seeing him fall. He ran and skidded to a stop next to his friend. "Hey, you alright?" He asked gently, kneeling down and helping the boy onto his feet.

"What happened?" Tai asked, concerned. He looked at everyone's faces and before anyone could say anything, he groaned. "I'm sorry, we should take a break, shouldn't we?" He replied.

"Thanks, Tai." Matt said softly. He winked. "Just like the first time we came into the digital world. Hehehe, stupid stubborn git he was."

"Hey now!" Tai replied. He stuck out his tongue. "If I remembered correctly, you were no help either. Mr. I'm-always-cold-and-a-loner-with-an-attitude-problem."

"Wow, he's got you down rather well, Matt," Gabumon said, looking up at his friend.

Matt rolled his eyes and sat down next to Davis. "Right. Well. . .whatever." Was all he could muster out. He closed his eyes, wishing that this was not happening. He frowned, realizing that he still had his harmonica. . .He checked his pocket and found that it was gone. . .

"Matt. . .?" Tai asked, tentatively touching his friend's shoulder. "Wake up. . ."

"Tai. . ." Agumon said slowly.

"Davis. . ." Matt whispered softly, sitting up, his sapphire eyes wide and surprised as he stared at Davis who looked away mouthing something.

"What did I miss?" Tai asked confused.

Davis held out Matt's harmonica out to him. Matt blinked. He stared, trying to figure out when Davis would have had the time to snatch it from him. Yet, he would have felt it, for he had kept his harmonica in his front pocket.

"How?" Matt asked, softly. "How did you get this, Dai? There wasn't a time for you to get it. I just checked my pocket and it was there. Not that long ago." He shook his head.

"Davis. . .Matt. . ." Tai said calmly, trying not to lose his temper. "Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on before I decide to strangle you two? Please?"

"I would like to know as well." Agumon stated.

"Me too!" Veemon replied and bounced into Davis' lap. "I wish you could talk, Davis, I hate not being able to hear you!"

Matt took a deep breath. Then slowly, he explained to Tai and the others, "Somehow, Davis has acquired my harmonica. And. . .I. . .I think he's apart of the reason that the Mist came back." He paused. " I mean. . .besides that Metal-Panthamon wants revenge on me. . ." He squinted his eyes at Davis, tilting his head, "but Dai here somehow gave him some help, some. . .power."

I didn't mean to! Davis thought angrily.

"I know you didn't, Dai. . ."Matt started to say but stopped. He gaped. "Oh, my." He looked at Tai, who was staring at Davis. "Did you hear that as well, Tai?"

"Did. . .did we just hear Davis' thoughts??" Tai replied back.

Davis blinked, wondering what they could hear of his thoughts. He shrugged and closed his eyes. Everyone watched him, wondering what he was doing. Then suddenly, they all heard. . .

I think you guys can hear what I'm saying ONLY if I concentrate hard enough. . .

"Ok, don't . . .that's a little freaky," Matt stammered. "At least we can hear what you're saying now. . ."

Yeah that's a plus. Davis said sarcastically. I'd rather talk then having to think to you guys.

"Well. . .aren't we a little sarcastic. . ." Tai muttered. "Look, what are we going to do now? This is very interesting, you know. . .But I'm sure you know that. Yeah." Tai rambled, having a bad feeling of all of a sudden. "I think we should move."

"Move?" Veemon questioned.

"To where?" Agumon asked.

"Why?" Was what Matt said, cocking an eyebrow at his friend. He squinted his eyes around the digiworld, realizing that they were in the middle of a forest. "We should be rather safe. . ."

"I've just got a funny feeling." Tai said quietly. "No, I'm not psychic either. I just...I don't know. Can we just, MOVE?"

"Ok, ok, ok. . .Take it easy!" Matt snapped, annoyed. "We're moving, ok? See we're all getting up and we're moving. . ." He added, standing up, and taking a few steps.

WATCH OUT, MATT!!!!!!

Came a scream into everyone's head. Everyone who heard [which was everyone in that party] all turned their heads to see walk a few steps, stumble and attempting to steady himself only to fall further into an unseen hole.

"Matt!" Tai and Gabumon cried together, and both rushed to where Matt was last standing.

Only to have them disappear into the earth as well, leaving Agumon, Davis and Veemon standing still, rooted to their spots, afraid to move, afraid that they'll have the same fate as Tai, Matt and Gabumon.

Shit. . .now what?? Davis wailed.

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Ken wasn't sure where he was. In fact, he knew that he wasn't in the streets with the other digidestined. No. He was somewhere else. Somewhere familiar yet unfamiliar all at the same time.

He stood up, brushing himself off. He didn't like how he just kept staring up into the vacant sky, like there was no life. And it was rather cloudy. Ken frowned. It was rather a gray, dull world. . .

"Hello, Ken." Came a somewhat familiar voice.

Ken blinked, turning his head, trying to find the source of the voice. "Who are you?" He replied back, having a funny feeling. "Where are you, is what I'd rather know first. I don't like not being able to see my enemies."

"That is rather funny coming from you, Ken, the once Digimon Emperor." Came the reply.

Ken bit his lip and he felt all cold inside. "I've changed now. I've seen the error of my ways. I did not mean to do all those awful things. . ."He started to say.

Only to be interrupted. "Right, that is a lie and you know it, Digimon Emperor." The voice snarled. "You will join me or die."

Ken blinked realizing that he knew the voice. His face grew cold and replied back, icily, "I will NOT join you and your destruction of the digiworld, Metal-Panthamon. I would rather die than do that."

"Then so be it. . ."Came the reply.

Ken did not like the feeling that he was getting. He just felt the urge to duck . And duck he did, and just in time for a bright red blast flew above his head and he blinked. He ducked just in time to avoid a fire ball that was hurled at his head. He hissed angrily, and still felt the intense heat on his neck.

Jerk. . .Thinks he can get away with this! Ken thought angrily. If only I knew where I was. . .Then maybe I could do something. . .

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"Ow!" Tk yelped, rubbing his arm. "I don't know what is going on, but Ken just hit me!" He said, bending over his unconscious friend. "You know. . .this reminds me the time that. . .Matt fainted. . ."

"You don't think---?" Sora managed to say and stopped her self so she could catch Ken's slumping head.

Izzy narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, biting his lip. "Maybe. But. . .I think Dai has a part in this as well." He replied slowly.

"How?" Yolie asked.

Izzy shrugged. "I couldn't tell you that. But. . .Something is off here and it just seems a little. . .weird." He answered back, looking at everyone. Then he blinked his eyes. "Haven't you noticed. . .Ken's behavior?"

"Um. . .no. . . ." Cody replied.

"Next you will be asking if we've noticed Davis' behavior as well." Joe remarked, both of his eyebrows raised, head tilted to the side.

"Actually, Joe, that was the next question I was going to ask." Izzy told him, a smile playing on his lips. "You know me a little too well at times."

"Wait. . .hold on a second. . ." Kari said blinking, and holding up a hand. "What are you saying, Iz?"

"Ken and Davis are connected. You know that the two are best friends," Izzy answered, slowly, frowning, trying to form his words. "Maybe. . .somehow, lately, the two somehow switched some traits. . ."

"Like what kind of traits?" Inquired Sora.

"Davis. . .Davis has always done horrible on test." Kari slowly started, "but the last bio test we had, he did really well. And I mean, really well. He got like a 92%." She nodded her head at Tk's gaping mouth. "That's what I thought too. . .And Ken. . .Lately, Ken's been a smart ass. . .You know, like Davis usually is."

"Wow. . ."Mimi replied, coming out from her daze. She had been quiet all the time that everyone was talking and thinking out loud. "But why? Why Ken and Davis? Why have they switched some traits? Why is Davis with Matt and Tai in the digiworld? Or rather, why is Matt and Tai with him? And why did Ken faint?"

"All very good questions," Joe remarked.

"Yet we don't have the answers to any of them," Izzy added. "Yet."

"So. . ." Kari replied, slowly, holding her D3 out, looking it over. "Why hasn't this thing worked yet? I mean. . .I thought it would provide us with light of some sort?" She mused.

Izzy raised an eyebrow. "What did you do last time to make it activate the light, Kari?" He asked.

She merely shrugged. "I don't know. I just heard a voice, I think Gatomon's and I knew I had to find her. . .and it showed me the way."

"Hmmm." Izzy muttered. "Only in desperate measures does it work, I'm going to assume."

"Well, aren't we kinda in a desperate situation now??" Yolie demanded, rolling her eyes. "I mean we don't know what is going on, we only have theories or guesses or whatever. I mean, what more does it want from us??"

Silence.

Everyone stared at Yolie. She stared back, glaring, hands on her hips, waiting for an answer, waiting for something, anything to happen.

"Well, well, well. . .aren't you one determined person, Yolie," Came a voice from Ken's direction. Everyone swiveled their surprised gazes onto Ken, who was sitting up right and grinning rather wickedly.

In the midst of their discussion and semi-argument, the group had left Ken alone and unsupervised, thinking he'd be safe.

They were wrong to think that. For Ken was not Ken but Metal-Panthamon, who was merely using Ken as a channel to speak to those he wished to destroy.

"Metal-Panthamon," Sora stated flatly, recognizing the voice and knew instantly that their earlier thoughts of Ken being in the same situation as Matt, were indeed, correct.

"What have you done to Ken?" Yolie demanded.

Ken's grin grew even more wicked. "Why, he is mine now, Yolie, dear." came the dreaded reply. "Just as your other friends stuck in the digiworld soon will be." A pause, and a flicker of desire came across his face. "And Matt will finally be mine!"

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