And so her search began. With both Tai's goggles and Sora's hat in hand, she searched high and low for her missing comrades. After about 20 minutes, she wandered out of the jungle. It was nothing but desert before her. Undaunted, she climbed on top of a tall sand dune and gazed around. She saw nothing but miles orver miles of sand. After a moment of standing there, the wind began to pick up. Chelsey glanced around, watching the sand stir up, higher and higher each passing seasond. And when it turned into a sand storm, she knew she was in trouble now...
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In a mansion not far from the Digidestind's campsite, a figure sat in front of a large cage, musing to himself. Leopardmon's eyes gleamed with glee as the unconscious children began to stir. And, a moment later, 10 yells were heard. Tai quickly looked at his friends and noticed two girls he'd never seen before. They both looked older. Both girls wore glasses and had brown hair. Their fasion statements were different as well. "Huh? Who are you?" The oldest of them turned to him and replied. "I'm Kacie." "And I'm Jana." chimbed in the younger girl. The indrotuction was cute off at this point by Leopardmon.
His nasty eyes slowly surveryed each Digidestind. His look of glee turned to puzzlement, then anger. "There's suppose to be 11 of them! One's missing! But which one?" He turned to the wall oppsite the Digidestind. There, on the wall on pegs, were the tags and crests. Under each peg was a lable, but being so far away, they found it difficult to figure out who was missing. "Tai, why don't you use your mini-teloscope?" Sora suggested. Tai nodded, reached into his pocket, pulled it out and looked into it. He spotted the only peg without a tag and looked at the lable. "Loyalty." he read. Joe froze, the color draining out of his face. Chelsey...
At that moment, the door opened and small, cloaked figure slipped in. "Sir, I have some information that might be of interest to you..." Leopardmon turned this figure, puzzled. "Tell me..." "I know the location of the 11th child." Leopardmon's eyes lit up with excitment, but this news causes the Joe's heart to skip a beat. "Tell me, my friend." The cloaked figure paused for about 2 seasonds before replying. "She has wander to the furthest end of your jungle. Near the river. If she is lucky, she will be crossing it right now, but she won't get much further than that." "Thank you! Watch the prisoners for me as well and you will be rewarded." This freaked Joe out, but he didn't have the chance to cry out in protest. Leopardmon had already left.
The cloaked figure now turned to the cage. At that moment, the door opened again, and this time, two Gazimon walked in. "Boss said he was leaving you in charge, stranger. Is there anything you need?" "Yeah. I want one of the Digidestind out...to pester." The Giazmon grinned at this. "Which one?" "The boy with glasses." Joe shuddered as the Gazimon entered the cage. "Electric stun blast!" The second the attack hit, Joe's knees buckled. The clocked figure as shuddered. Within another 5 seconds, Joe had fallen, and now the Gazimon came forward, grabbed an arm, and drug him out. None of the other Digidestind moved. There was something funny going on, although they weren't sure what. With a slam, the cage door clanged shut, locking, and the Gazimon drug the hapless victim to the cloaked figure. With their job done, the two Gazimon left the room, stating they would return in half an hour to see if anything else was needed. And now Joe was alone.
Shaking from both the shock and fear, the 12 year old boy waited for the cloaked figure to do it's worst. It came over, cloak swaying in the back like the leaves in a tree. Joe closed his eyes, expecting the worse. He felt a slight pressure on his chest, and he figured that he was probably going to be smothered. But then he heard a soft sob. Confused, he opened his eyes and looked down. The cloaked figure had pulled him into a hug. Looking up, the cloaked figure reached up and pulled down the hood...
To be continued.
Can you guess who the cloaked figure is? Wait for the next chapter and find out.
Mini Marianne
