Flashbacks

At school- lunch…

Izzy sat at a table eating his lunch as Tai joined him

"Hey Izzy, have you seen Sora?"

"I think she's with Matt. She wasn't feeling well and Matt was watching over her." said Izzy as he continued to eat his food

"Oh."

Tai grew sad and jealous at the thought of Sora being with Matt. At that moment, Matt and Sora made their entrance. Sora's cheeks were tainted red, she had a fever. Matt held her arm and helped her sit down.

"Sora? Why didn't you tell me you were sick?" asked Tai sadly

"Its nothing Tai, I'm fine. You guys don't have to worry about me."

"Like hell we don't! You're going to rest." said Matt while holding her by the shoulders

'This sounds familiar' Sora thought as she remembered the last time she was this sick which was 4 years ago in the digital world…

The digidestined arrived near a lake where they decided to stay for the night. They were to fight Metalseadramon the next day. T.K and Kari played in the bushes along with Patamon and Gatomon. Gomamon took a swim while Joe watched. Mimi and Palmon soaked their feet. Tentomon watched as Izzy furiously typed something in his laptop while Tai and Agumon slept beside them. Matt and Gabumon sat under a tree watching the sun set. Sora was feeling queezy while she absentmindedly listened to Biyomon's chattering.

"The digiworld was once ruled by 8 god-like digimon. They were the gods of courage, love, friendship, light, hope and so on, just like the crests you guys have now. You guys were chosen as the digidestined because you have the qualities of these god-like digimon. They had the most amazing powers! The goddess of love was named Phoenix. Though courage was the strongest, Phoenix was much more powerful. She was telepathic so she could move things with her mind. She also had a psyonic blade where a pink laser the shape of a spear appeared in her hand. It wasn't a real blade but it felt real!"

'She talks so much!' Sora thought to herself as Biyomon continued to talk

"Phoenix could also fly! She had a beautiful set of wings which she only used when she was mentally weak, that is, when she couldn't levitate herself. Oh! I almost forgot! She also possessed the element of fire."

"Wow, sounds like she was invincible." Sora said not quite believing what her pink partner had just told her, but after spending a long time in the digital world, she didn't know what to believe

"She almost was! You know, legend says that these god-like digimon live within the digidestined and in times of critical danger, when the digimon aren't able to fight, the digidestined can summon their powers!"

"Really…" a skeptical Sora said

"Yeah, you can be Phoenix!" Biyomon said as she flew off to play with Patamon and Gatomon

"Sure Biyomon…" Sora said not watching where she stepped causing her to trip and fall into the water. With out hesitation, Matt jumped in and helped her out

"Are you ok?"

"I think so." Sora said while trying to hide her blush of embarrassment over tripping in front of her crush

"You're a little red." He said while touching her forehead

"You're burning up!" He yelled. The rest of the gang had already gathered around them.

"Sora? Why didn't you tell me you were sick?" asked Tai sadly

"Its nothing Tai, I'm fine. You guys don't have to worry about me."

"Like hell we don't! You're going to rest and you will not fight Metalseadramon!" Matt exclaimed emphasizing the words will not.

Sora was put to rest before she could protest. Everyone else stayed up for a while longer before going to sleep.

"Sora? Sora!" Izzy yelled "Are you sure you're fine? You spaced out for a while, maybe you should go home and rest."

"You're right Izzy. I'm going to call my mom." she said as she stepped aside with her cell phone

"Do you guys remember the last time Sora was this sick?" asked Matt

"How could we forget." said Izzy, still in disbelief of the events that occurred while the last time Sora was sick...

The next morning…

"Ah, I love the smell of doomed digidestined in the morning." Piedmon stated as he watched over the camp sight of sleeping children

"Tai, Tai! Wake up!" a frantic Agumon yelled

"Wuh?" Tai mumbled

"Its Piedmon!"

Everyone else except for Sora was already up and had gathered together in one spot away from Piedmon

"Sora! Wake up!" Yelled Tai "Sora! He's getting closer!"

Sora had a pounding head ache and Tai's yelling wasn't helping. Her throat was soar and she was drowsy. She tried to get up, but was surprisingly weak. She stood up but fell to the ground on her first step. She looked back to see Piedmon with an evil grin on his face. Shivers went down her spine. The others were yelling and telling her to run and with all her strength, she did. Suddenly, metal bars encircled the rest of the digidestined and trapped them in one place. Sora was still running. She was drawing closer as Tai reached his arm out through the bars and opened his hand in an attempt to grab Sora's as she did the same while still running. A sudden explosion occurred out of no where and created a cloud of dust. The digidestined coughed and panted, but Tai still held his hand out for Sora. In the midst, he could see her hand reaching out for his and he could hear her steps, but then she stopped dead in her tracks. A gasp escaped her lips while everyone stood still, scared of finding out what had happened. The dust cleared revealing Sora with a look of terror on her face and Piedmon standing behind her. His hand clutched her back, pinching her, while the other one was wrapped around her neck. Piedmon began to laugh, pulling out a white sheet, draping it over himself and Sora and they were gone. Everyone looked in horror as Tai still held out his hand.

"Sora! SORA!"

"Izzy? Come on Izzy, we don't need you spacing out on us too." said Tai as he waved a hand in front of Izzy's face.

"Sorry guys, I was just…" he was cut off by Matt

"I know Izzy, its ok. I think about it sometimes too."

"Bad news." Sora said sitting down next to Tai. "My mom is really busy at the flower shop and she can't pick me up. Looks like I'm staying."

"Don't worry, we'll take care of you." A cheery Tai said as he put his arm around Sora letting her rest her head on his shoulder

Matt glared at Tai but no one noticed. His thoughts of hurting Tai were interrupted by the school bell. Lunch was over and it was time to go back to class. Izzy had his computer class so he parted from the other three who had history together. They entered the class room and headed to their seats. Matt and Tai sat next to each other in the back and Sora sat in the row beside them and two seats up so she can see them by just the tilt of her head to the side. The teacher was going off on some boring lecture. Sora was drowsy. She rested her head on her hands. Her cheeks were red and she was falling asleep. Tai was fiddling with his pen, writing something in his notebook. Matt simply stared at Sora. Tai noticed his staring and felt the urge to hit Matt on the head with his notebook. He too looked over at Sora and frowned.

'Sora, why can't you like me like you like Matt' He thought to himself and went back to his notebook

Matt kept looking. 'Even when she's sick she looks cute. We almost came close to loosing you.' he thought as he remembered what happened 4 years ago...

"She's gone." Tai said on the verge of tears

"How are we going to get out of here?" exclaimed Mimi

"Leave it to me guys." said Tentomon "Super shocker!" one hit and the bars broke

Tai ran to the spot where Sora disappeared

"No! Sora!" he yelled and pounded his fists on the ground

"We can't just sit around and mope Tai." Matt said with frustration in his voice

"Well, what do you suggest we do Matt!" yelled Tai as he pushed Matt who responded by punching him in the face

"Don't push me!"

"STOP FIGHTING!" Mimi yelled

"Mimi's right, we don't have the time to fight with each other. We have to find Sora." said Joe

"I can find her location on my laptop through the signal of her digivice." stated Izzy as he opened his laptop

Matt and Tai had their backs turned to each other. 'Where are you Sora?' they both thought in unison

Meanwhile…

Sora found herself tied up on a chair with her mouth gagged. Piedmon sat before her with an evil grin plastered on his face. Behind him there was a large screen that showed the rest of the digidestined

'He could see us! He's been spying on us!' she thought

"Your little friends are very worried. Look, they're even fighting for you! Hmm, I've noticed that you're their voice of reason. They look up to you because you take care of them and keep them together."

He walked over to her and caressed her cheek. She rejected his hand and turned, giving him a glare of hate. He grew mad and slapped her, leaving a red mark on her cheek and a trickle of blood on the side of her lip for she was biting it as he slapped her.

"By breaking the heart of the pack, you brake them all." he said as he walked off to plot a surprise attack on the rest of the digidestined and leaving Sora alone crying. She fell asleep and woke up hours later to Piedmon's rough handling.

"Get up! We're going to give your friends a little visit." he said as he hooked up a dog collar on Sora and dragged her with him

With the others…

"Izzy, have you found her yet?"

"Relax Tai, no I haven't. I can't find a sig….wait a minute. Prodigieous! Found her! She's close!"

"Let's go find her then!" said Matt with a grin on his face

They all headed towards the signal of Sora's digivice and found themselves in a meadow. They could see someone in a brown cloak heading towards them. The wind blew the hood off and it revealed a serious looking Sora. She looked somewhat different. There was no light in her eyes and they were a deep crimson color. She mechanically walked over to them as they ran towards her.

"Sora?" T.K whispered with tears in his eyes

"What's wrong Sora? Are you ok?" said Kari taking a step forward

Sora was about to say something when Piedmon appeared and yanked the cord causing Sora to fall and choke

"Nah uh, don't you say anything my little pet."

"Pet? Piedmon you're a monster!" Kari yelled but Piedmon only laughed

He grabbed Sora and had his army of Gazimon tie the other digidestined up. Their digimon were blindfolded and taken away

"Let's have some fun!" Piedmon said and grabbed Tai and threw him in front of Sora

"Hit him!" he demanded, but when she didn't make an effort to do so he hit him himself

"Tai!" she cried while Piedmon began to whip him

Tears fell down her face. She still had a fever. The heat, the fear, and pain were all too much for her and she fainted

"Matt? Hello? Time to go home!" Sora said as she shook his shoulder

"Uh, sorry…" he mumbled

"Yes! Schools out, lets go home!" Tai said as he ran out the door pulling Sora along by the arm

'You cried for him Sora, when will you cry for me?' Matt thought as he found himself in an empty class room. He came back to reality and went after Tai and Sora.