I panted and breathed hard, it was impossible for me to survive for another hour…. I had been sitting in the water for an hour, just treading and floating; I wasn't going to make it; I was so tired--. It was enough to stay in spirit form—but I had to save my friends—I had to stay in spirit form—I have to get to dry land—NOW!

"Aw—is the baby tired? Well, I wish I could let you suffer but that would be against Myotismon and Lucimon's orders…."

"R-Ranamon….?" I would've shouted but I didn't have enough energy.

"Sorry honey, can't hear you—doesn't matter though, you're going to die anyway. Dang it that Mercurymon—I wanted to finish of the wind girl."

"My friends—Zoe—what happened to them?"

"They're all dead." She cackled.

"You're…lying…."

"Ok, so not all of them are dead—but the wind girl's practically dead and the light boy and the fat one are in for it."

"NO!" I rose out of the water by a jump. "PYRO DARTS!" Huge firey darts were flung at Ranamon who screeched in pain.

"I'm sorry, that was my mistake—you're right—I should put your out of your pain right now!" She grimaced and transformed into her beast spirit; Calmaramon. She commanded the water around me to shoot up leaving me in the middle, wonderind where she'd strike first.

"AAAAHHHHH!" I let out a scream as her acid attack hit me on my bare neck.

"Music to my ears!" Calamaramon sang evilly.

I started to sink as she shot acid at my face—the pain took all my energy away—there was no way I could stay up there—I had to rest for a while then go back up there and fight.

I looked around under water…there was nothing to fight with; much less block the acid attacks. But—wait—I can breathe underwater—then there must be some glitch to this ocean of theirs. And the streams of water rising up—I can use this to fight Calmaramon!

I swam into a stream of water shooting skyward and rode it, and no surprise, Calamaramon was right above the stream of water.

"Pyro Darts!" I shot large darts to her above, she screamed. "Pyro Tornado!" I spun around has a fiery tornado engulfed me. I slammed right into Calamaramon who limply fell into the water and arose again, angry as ever.

"You're gonna pay for that twirp!" Calmaramon exclaimed.

"Oh really!" I jumped around on the water streams shooting darts at Calmaramon who growled loudly.

"I won't be gone for long boy!" She screamed as she disappeared behind a rock.

That was it—this was all an illusion. It had to be; just as I thought that the water disappeared and I was back in the mall; it wasn't where I remembered; Mercurymon must've made us all illusions and made us think everything was real—so where are they? Probably on the other side of the mall.

Nothing mattered right now but to save my friends. Zoe couldn't die, neither can Koji or JP—it's almost—impossible.

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