Missing

Chapter Seven

Pairings: Kouji/Takuya, Tommy/Shinya, Matt/Tai, Davis/TK, Ken/Miya, Gabumon/Augemon, Angemon/Veemon, Hawkmon/Wormmon,

Ages: Tommy, Shinya - 12

Kouji, Takuya, Kouichi Davis, TK, Ken, Miya, Alexis, Wormmon, Veemon - 14

Tai, Matt Augemon- 16

Gabumon, Hawkmon-18

"Talking"

'Thinking'

A/N: Thank's for the reviews. Is anyone going to watch the eclipse tonight? I am! I tried to make it long for you guys. There's some cursing. I'm sorry! I'm so mean to Alex. Anyway on to chapter seven. Hope you guys like it.

Takuya jumped and ran outside when he heard the scream. Shinya followed closely fear running through him at the terrorfing screams. They ran threw the door open and stood in horror. There was a thick black mist surrounding her, lifting her from the ground. Takuya ran toward Alex trying to help her but was thrown away from her. 'What the hell was that?' Alex cringed as the grip tightened painfully. She began feeling light headed from the blood leaving her.

"He's trying so hard to get to break through little one," the voice chuckled in her ear. Alex squinted trying to see Takuya. He was running shoulder first trying to break through the barrier. "I guess I should let him in." Alex flinched as she felt a slimy tongue slide over her cheek. Suddenly the arms and the barrier were gone. "Make no mistake precious one I will have you soon enough." She crumbled to the ground in terror. Takuya ran towards her, bringing her into a hug.

"God, are you ok? What the hell was that mist shit?" he muttered holding the small girl to his chest. Rocking back and forth with her shaking figure in his arms, he breathed a sigh of relief. 'Mist?' She pushed out of his arm staring him in the eyes.

"Mist?" she asked confused. 'What mist? Didn't he see him?' she thought frantically. Shinya looked at his brother dumbstruck. 'Is Takky crazy?' He walked over to them.

"Yeah there was this black mist that I couldn't get through surrounding you. Maybe you couldn't see it because you were scared." Alex's back stiffened and she stood up trying to hold in her fury. She turned and started walking away when she saw Shinya.

"Hey kid. It's been awhile since I've seen you," she said ruffling his hair affectionately. He gave her a big hug.

"It's been too long. I've missed you. Look I'm almost as tall as you know," he exclaimed jovially. Alex smiled fondly at the younger bot trying not to remember the months she was away. Pulling away she studied him. Shinya was almost 14 and was growing up to be a handsome young man.

"Pretty soon you'll be passing me," she teased pulling him into another hug. Takuya watched on in confusion.

"Wait, you know my brother?" he asked dumbfounded.

"I didn't know he was your brother. I've known Shinya since he was little. I used to babysit him. Now I know why this house looked so familiar." She slung his backpack on her left shoulder and wrapped an arm around Shinya's shoulders. "Ready to go?" she asked as they began their trek back to Alex's house.

'Dammit! I need to find Wormmon. I can't believe I'm suck an idiot! Why couldn't I say anything?' he thought as he searched the house for the younger boy. A few minutes after Wormmon had left the kitchen Hawkmon came out of his stupor. He searched desperately for the boy while cursing his inactive voice. Hawkmon stopped, leaned against a wall in an upstairs hallway, cursing slightly. Taking a deep breath he was about to resume his search when he heard muffled sobbing. Quickly turning around the corner he stumbled upon a heart wrenching scene.

His beloved Wormmon was curled up against the wall with his knees drawn up to his chest. His arms were wrapped around his knees with his face buried in them. Wormmon suddenly looked up his watery eyes were puffy and red from the crying. It broke Hawkmon's heart knowing he had caused this gorgeous creature pain.

"You hate me don't you?" he sobbed bringing his hands up to cover his face. Hawkmon slowly walked up to Wormmon and sat down next to him. Pulling the smaller digimon into his arms he felt him tense. He kissed the boy's temple lightly trying to quiet his sobs.

"I don't hate you Wormmon. Nothing you could say or do could ever make me hate you," he stated softly rocking the younger boy. He smiled as Wormmon relaxed in his arms. He placed his head against the other's. "I'm sorry I was so shocked. I just never thought I would hear those words from you. I wished but never believed it would happen." Wormmon felt hope flood through him when he heard those words. Bringing Wormmon's face up he looked at him. "I love you, now and forever," he whispered bringing their lips together.

They screamed in unison when the girl's head was brutally chopped off. They were all entranced as they continued watching the movie marathon. Tai had left the room awhile ago not wanting to watch a particular part. He walked back as the television went to commercials. He went to the couch where Matt pulled him on his lap placing a light kiss on his neck.

"I just got off the phone with Izzy. He said the same thing happened to their digimon, but he wasn't able to get in contact with Gennai. Before I called Izzy I called New York to check on Kari and they're having the same problem. Izzy said he called Willis and apparently his digimon are fine," he explained his absence.

"Then it has to be something we have in common," Ken stated from the floor. He and Miya had decided to watch a few movies with the others.

"Yeah, but what?" Miya asked. "It can't be there crests you guys have because Davis, Cody, and I don't have one. "

"Yeah, but maybe it has to do with the crests and digimentals you guys have," Tai said suggestively.

"That sounds like a good theory, but somehow it doesn't seem right," matt mumbled against Tai's neck. They sat in silence trying to figure it out.

"Oh! Is that the Bride of Chucky?" Augemon asked excitedly as he plopped down in Gabumon's lap in front of the television."

"Where's my brother?" Matt inquired as he realized he hadn't seen TK since diner.

"He and Davis went to take showers. I don't know if they're taking separate ones or not," Gabumon laughed.

"Kouiji?" kouichi asked his twin quietly. Kouji turned from the television to his older brother. "When are you going to tell Takuya you love him?" Kouichi prayed that Alex was right and kouiji wouldn't be mad. Kouiji looked at him in surprise.

"How'd you know? Is it obvious?" he questioned in disbelief. Kouichi smiled kindly. 'Score on for Alex.'

"No it's not obvious. It was just a lucky guess. So are you going to tell him?"

"I shouldn't. I don't want to ruin what we have now. What if he doesn't like me and thinks I'm a freak?' Kouichi placed a hand over his younger brother's mouth as he continued to ramble off 'what-ifs'.

"What if he does like you? I've seen the way he acts around you and it seems a lot more than friendship. Do you even notice that Takuya cares about you way more than anyone else. I think the only person he cares about more is Shinya. I truly believe you should tell him, but it's ultimately up to you." Kouichi heard footsteps in the hall and turned to look at the door as it opened. Takuya came in looking exhausted. He headed towards the couch and sat down encircling Kouiji's waist with his arms and snuggled into his strong chest. Kouichi gave Kouiji a look as Takuya did this. A few seconds later the door shot open as Shinya came barreling through it.

"Tommy!" he yelled pouncing on the slightly older boy. Tommy let out a small 'oomph' as the boy landed on him. His face lit up with a big smile, he pulled Shinya's face down and kissed him lightly on the lips.

"Hey, hey," Alex's soft voice cut into the air. "You never told me you had a boy toy." She stood with her hands on her hips smiling at the younger boys. "If you're going to do anything go into one of the bedrooms and do it in private." Though Shinya wanted to take her up on her offer he needed to know something first.

"Alex?" he asked. She 'hned' in response leaning against the doorframe smiling slightly. "Who was that guy holding you?" Alex's blood froze and her body stiffened. 'He saw him?!'

"What guy?" Tai and Takuya asked in unison.

"That weird bat guy. You really didn't see him bro?"

"Bat guy?" Miya muttered under her breath. "Oh my God! You mean Myotismon?! He showed up again?" Tai bolted upright when she said Myotismon.

"Again? What the hell do you mean again?" he interrogated going into leader mode. Miya gasped covering her mouth as she realized what she had said. She shot Alex and apologetic glance.

"It was on our way home earlier. He showed up floating in front of us. He said he was the one who turned our digimon human. Myotismon said he was coming back, but Alex told us not to say anything," she explained softly staring at the floor. Alex knew this would happen sooner or later. She couldn't fault the purple haired girl. Keeping a secret was something she'd never be good at no matter how hard she tried. Tai swivelled towards Alex with fire in his eyes.

"What the fuck were you thinking?!" he shouted at the small girl. "How the hell could you be so fucking stupid as to not tell us!" The room became deathly silent. Everyone could feel the anger radiating off Tai.

"I wanted to talk to Gennai before I said anything. I was going to tell you," Alex replied coldly. Tai threw his hands up in frustration.

"Bullshit! That's why you've been moping around like an emo bitch. We all know you have some kind of fucked up past with Myotismon, but that's no reason to not tell us!"

"Hey! Back off," Takuya yelled furious that Tai was treating Alex like this. Tai sent him a menacing glare before ignoring him completely. Alex felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end at the mention of her past.

"Just because you don't have a digimon partner doesn't mean we don't care about our partners." Alex felt a stab at her heart. Kouichi stepped up beside her knowing the comment had hurt her. He glared daggers at Tai. If looks could kill Tai would be laying on the floor in a pool of his own putrid blood. He stepped protectively in front of Alex.

"Leave her the fuck alone," he hissed dangerously at the older boy. He knew Alex was a caring individual, though sometimes she didn't seem it. Whatever had happened in her past it had hurt her, but she would never put it before the well being of people she cared for.

"You stay out of this. You have absolutely nothing to do with this," Tai growled at him. Alex narrowed her eyes. She didn't care when people treated her like shit, but she detested it when they did it to her friends.

"Don't talk to him like that. It's none of your fucking business why I didn't tell you about Myotismon. Maybe I figured you would want a day of relaxation before worrying your stupid ass about everything. I have two words for you mister high and mighty. Fuck. Off," she said stomping out of the room pulling Kouichi with her. Tai walked out of the room, heading for his bedroom, Matt hurrying after him. 'I can believe Tai would do that. I can understand why Alex wanted to keep quiet until speaking with Gennai. It wasn't that big of a deal either. I mean, it's not like he popped up a week a go or something.

"Wow," Ken breathed astonished. "I can't believe Tai said all that to her."

"I can't believe my brother cursed," he whispered. "What's the deal with Alex and Myotismon anyway?" Kouji settled back onto the couch, Takuya immediately following, leaning against him. 'Maybe Kouichi's right,' he thought looking at the cute brunette. Ken sat in the chair with Miya sitting sideways on his lap, while Tommy, Shinya, Augemon, and Gabumon sat on the floor.

"Seriously. She became so tense when I mentioned him earlier," Takuya stated. Ken sighed, closing his eyes, and leaning his head back.

"I guess we should tell you. Alex'll be mad, but you'll find out anyway. During their first trip to the Digital World Alex was 8 years old as you already know. They fought against Myotismon and other evil digimon. Sometime during the time they were fighting agaisnt Myotismon Alex was captured. Myotismon is a vampire digimon, so when he drinks your blood you become his servant. He took her blood and turned her against the others because she can wield the powers of darkness. He had control over her for a long period of time. No one, but Alex, knows exactly what happened when she was his prisoner, but she became a completely different person when they finally rescued her," he explained sadly. They sat in shock when the story was finished. Each wondering what could've happened to her.

An hour had passed since Tai and Matt had gone to their room. An hour of listening Tai vent his frustrations. Finally they laid together in blissful silence. The weight of what he had done suddenly weighed on his shoulders.

"God, I can't believe I said that to her," he moaned in despair. Tai covered his face with his hands in shame. "How could I have hurt her like that?" Matt gently took his lover's hands away from his face. He tried so hard to get Tai to feel better.

"You need to apologize Tai. Knowing Alex I'm sure she'll forgive you," Matt said soothingly running a hand through the brunette's hairs.

"I hope so. I didn't mean to say those things."

"Apologize tomorrow it's almost 12:30," Matt said before noticing the child of courage had already fallen asleep. He chuckled lightly placing a kiss on his forehead.

Veemon laid sleeping on Angemon's nude chest. He ran his hands up and down the younger digimon's back, occasionally rubbing circles in the lower back. This had been the best day of his life, excluding the day he first met TK. Veemon stirred, lifting his head he stared at the gorgeous blue eyes. A lopsided grin filtered onto his face. He placed a sloppy kiss on the smooth cheek.

"I lovesh you," he slurred sleepily. He put his head back onto Angemon's chest and promptly fell back asleep. Angemon grinned at how adorable Veemon looked when he was tired. He scooped his lover up gently. Knowing Davis would stay in TK's room he carried Veemon into Davis' room. Setting his gently on the bed. He laid next to him cautious not to wake the younger one.

"I love you too," he whispered drifting to sleep.

"Are you ok?" Kouichi asked as he pulled Alex to lay with him. Alex sighed turning to fac her adopted older brother.

"It's all right I know he didn't mean it, he's just scared for the digimon. I just got a little pissed at how he treated you," she grumbled falling asleep. Kouichi wasn't far behind her as he succumbed to Morpheuses call.

The little girl cried out in pain as the whip hit her back repeatedly tearing the skin. She could feel a sticky substance flowing down her back, indicating she was bleeding. She started feeling light headed when the whipping stopped as suddenly as it began. She panted as her arms finally gave out. She had no clue as to how they had managed to hold her up through the spontaneous beating. She cringed feeling a cool hand run through the blood coating her back.

"You don't want me to hurt you do you?" a voice hissed in her ear raking his razor sharp nails down her back. Alex cried at the pain she felt as Myotismon threw her onto her back wanting to see some of her delicious emotions. Alex chocked back a scream as her back hit the stone cold floor. "Fine don't answer. It's more fun for me anyway little one." She flinched as she felt his hands on her thighs. She struggled fearfully knowing what was coming. She yelled flaying her arms wildly about trying to knock the vampire digimon off her. "This is the only way to get you to show your emotions for me." He laughed twistedly as he thrust her legs apart and sank his fangs into her neck. Alex let out an earth shattering scream and he plunged into her.

Alex's eyes shot open struggling against the grip on her arms. She shouted twisting helplessly as tears fell from her eyes.

"Alex!" Kouichi shouted trying to calm her down. "Alexis it's me!" He winced as her hand came in contact with his cheek. The door burst open as Crawford and Schuldich came in.

"Wake her up," Crawford demanded while trying to hide his concern for his surrogate daughter. Schuldich placed his hands on Alex's forehead closing his eyes. Alex took in a deep breath of air as Schuldich successfully woke her up. "Alexis I'm going to say this once. Whatever it is causing this. Find someway to get over it. Talk to someone about it or have Schuldich block it. I do not want a repeat of last year and I know you don't want it either. Please don't hold it inside," he stated, the beg slight noticeable. Schuldich lightly ran his hand down the side of Alex's facebefore walking out with Crawford. Alex put her hand on Kouichi's cheek over the rapidly forming bruise.

"I'm sorry," she said apologetically taking her hand away.

"It's alright, you didn't mean to do it. Was Crawford talking about the months you were MIA? Where were you?" he questioned holding her shaking form.

"Yeah, the time I was MIA I was at an insane/rehabilitation asylum. Crawford caught me cutting and then sent me to get help." Alex place her face in his chest sobbing quietly. "He took it away Kou," she whispered. His eyes widened hearing her statement. He lifted her face.

"What?" he asked fearfully. He prayed he misunderstood her, but seeing her eyes fill with copious amounts of tears he highly doubted it.

"The time I was his prisoner he...he beat me and....and he stole my innocence over and over again," she sobbed. Kouichi felt unimaginable fury flood through him as she told him what had happened between he and Myotismon. "Kou , you're the only person I've told this to so please, please don't tell anyone." He nodded hugging her tighter against him. Kouichi seethed in rage rocking her back and forth as she feel into a peaceful dream, that he believed was induced by Schuldich. ' How could he do something like that to her. She was 8 for God's sake. How the fuck could he! I swear I'll never forgive you Myotismon. Never.'