KoumiLoc: I'm guessing you really REALLY like Koumi lol ask a stupid question! Anyway thanx for the review, I'm not really gonna do much Mimiato anywayz and I don't even KNOW what Jyoumi is, so... heh heh. Nevermind.

Lord Pata: Well thanks. Don't worry about the eggs, they're safe with T.K. and Patamon. Hopefully they won't need sitting on, eh? Btw how long has that been there?

Kari Kamiah: Whoa! Japanese music! Ouch, Japanese Davis sounds really really weird. Anyway, thanks for the songs. Listening to them right now, not bad really. In fact, I kinda like it. Too bad I don't speak Japanese. So, just one question. WHERE DID YOU GET THEM? Not Hard Rock cafe, surely. Well, anyway, thanks again. Miya. Miah. Lol.

BlackfPhoenix: Confused here, but I thought about it and yeah, if one is ERST then first should be zuERST, right? Then I looked it up. How about that? Thanks a bunch! Btw there's an f in your name.

Well, here's chapter three. Hopefully it'll be better than the others. Hopefully. Yeah right. Anyway, here goes nothing.

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The Next Generation

Chapter 3: Shock and Awe

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The Takaishi residence, at about 5

"Here, Patamon. More pillows." T.K. dumped some cushions on the bed.

"Yay! Thanks, T.K.." Patamon flew around the bed arranging them.

"Cushy nest you got there." T.K. remarked.

"Well, not really. But it'll do." Patamon beamed.

Just there and then, a bright light flashed in the room. At the computer, to be exact.

"What? T.K., look! A digiport!" Patamon called out.

"Let me get the white out of my eyes first." T.K. rubbed them. "Whoa! Where did that come from?" T.K. stared at it. He took out his digivice. It was glowing as well.

"Well, let's go." Patamon said.

"What? But what about the eggs? And why would I jump into a digiport which opened automatically without thinking first?" T.K. pointed out.

"Well..." Patamon said "This is probably the part where the character and his Digimon jumps into a digiport only to discover that it was a trap that the bad guys set and they get captured and the Digieggs get stolen because they carelessly leave them out in the open for the first person who gets there to snatch them. But what are the odds of that, eh?" Patamon put on a stupid grin.

"Yeah, we'd better go."

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The Digital World, several minutes later.

"Patamon?" T.K. called.

"Yes, T.K.?" he replied.

"We jumped into that digiport only to discover that is was a trap that the bad guys set and we got captured-" T.K. said.

"-and the Digieggs get stolen because they carelessly leave them out in the open for the first person who gets there to snatch them." the guard continued.

"Gee, what are the odds of that, eh?" Patamon put on that stupid grin again.

"I hate you, Patamon." T.K. muttered.

"Yeah, I know." Patamon replied.

"Now shut up. It's hard enough to drag you across this hard stony ground without you blabbing on about your personal lives." the Guardromon said.

"Well, if you dragged us across softer less stony ground it would be much easier and much less painful, right?" T.K. pointed out.

"Yeah, but it's how it's done. With as much torment as possible." he replied.

"Gee, I didn't know zombies could think like that." T.K. muttered.

"Oww, oww! Watch it! My fur is very sensitive." Patamon barked.

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The lair

T.K. and Patamon were dragged along the floor. Which was also hard. The Guardromon chucked them both of an edge. They landed in the middle of a sandpit. T.K. looked straight and saw...

"Kari!" he yelled.

"It's no use. She's fast asleep." a figure grinned on top of a platform.

"You're... Ken?" Patamon queried.

"No." He smiled "THIS is Ken." He held up a body with his right hand. The gray outfit made it all too obvious. He threw the body to the dust below.

"Hey, let him go!" Veemon yelled. T.K. looked up and saw the other Digidestined and their Digimon hanging in the air, tied by ropes. The Digidestined's hands were bound, while the Digimon were completely done, only their heads showing.

"Silence him, will you?" he muttered to one of his guards.

"With pleasure." the Moombamon held up a kind of spear and shoved it into Veemon's back. Flashes of electricity sparked and Veemon yelled out something incoherent. It left and Veemon was sizzling.

"Thanks. Now, where was I... oh yeah. You're all probably wondering why you're here." he noted.

"Actually, I was more along the lines of, who the hell are you?" Tai said.

"I'm Sam. Remember me?" he declared.

"Sam? But you were killed in that car accident!" Wormmon exclaimed.

"Yes, a word of advice, don't drink and drive." he acknowledged.

"B-b-but, h-how..." Ken stuttered from in the pit.

Two of the Moombamon ran over to him and picked him up. They brought him to a floating platform which carried them up to Sam. They lifted him up to talk to Sam.

"Yes, surprising isn't it? Sure you remember correctly?" he sneered.

"Err... yeah." Ken answered.

"Dear little brother, I think being an evil villain has taken it's toll on you. However, I am not so weak." he mocked.

"W-weak? Yeah, right. I think y-you're the o-one w-w-who's not okay in the head." Ken smiled weakly.

"Heh. Nice try. Throw him back in the pit." he commanded.

The two Digimon shoved Ken back into the sandpit. He groaned. He had a few cuts.

"Now, why you're all here. I'm the new Digimon Emperor around here. You're all in my way. Do you know how much all those towers cost!" he barked.

"A-actually, they were f-free." Ken remarked.

"Okay, but it's damn inconvenient. And besides, you're gonna stop me, right?" he said.

"Yeah, well, that's what we do." Yolei said.

"And that's the point." he turned around and put on a black glove. He smiled. Swooshing around again, he held one side of the cape like batman. He sat down on a chair. He took out a control.

"We're going to play a little game. You like games, don't you?"

"Normally, yes. Not the crazy kind. 'cause games are supposed to be fun." Davis replied.

"Well, it's not supposed to be fun. Not for you." he got up and walked to the edge of the pit. He jumped down and walked over to Gatomon. He picked her up by the neck.

"So, you're the one with the eggs?" he questioned. "You and him?" he pointed at Patamon.

"What!" a few of the others cried.

"What if we are?" she replied blatantly.

"Tut tut, that'll be taken care off." a Guardromon with a black collar came onto the platform. He was holding a couple of Digieggs.

"What! No, don't!" she cried out.

"Don't worry. They're safe with me. For now."

"What are you gonna do?" Patamon queried.

"I'm feeling like scrambled. How 'bout you?" he replied.

"You sick son of a BITCH!" Ken got up and ran to him. Spinning around, he grabbed Ken's arm and spun in around in a circle in front of him. His left arm reached out and grabbed Ken's neck. Pushing to the left, he forced Ken onto his knees.

"Argh!" Ken yelled.

"You're attacking ME?" he said, amused.

"Mmm..." Ken groaned.

"Answer the question. You'd kill your own brother?" he looked down at Ken.

"The brother I knew died a long time ago." he muttered.

Sam threw him onto the ground. The others watched helplessly from above.

"Well, let's get started. I'll explain the rules." he laughed once. "Your friends are hung over pits. Inside these pits are agitated Garenamon that I haven't fed in days." he stopped to laugh. "You four plus my little brother..." he said as he took the lift back to the platform "...will have to battle MY Digimon in this arena. There are ten rounds. Every round will be harder than the last." he paused. "My Digimon will fight to the death. Only I can stop them." he sat down in the chair. "If it gets to hard, just surrender and I will stop them." he picked up a knife. "But..." he threw it down into the arena. "Every time you do, one of your friends will be dropped into a pit with the Garenamon."

"Guys..." T.K. said.

"Don't worry about us." Gabumon said. "Just stay alive!"

"Yeah, sure! Speak for all of us." Izzy said.

"Ready? Maybe I'll start you off with a champion. Release Avantmon." he ordered.

A small red dinosaurlike Digimon came out from behind raised bars. It scratched itself.

"That doesn't look so bad." Ken noted.

The Digimon sprang up and rushed towards her. Gatomon went in front of him and blocked him. The blow sent her flying away. She landed on her face, bounced back up and landed on her back, bounced back up again and landed on her bottom.

"Ooh..." sha said.

"You and your big mouth." Kari muttered. She spotted the knife and picked it up.

The Avantmon looked at T.K.. Patamon came in front of him and faced the Avantmon. It opened it's mouth and blew a fireball at Patamon, who flew backwards. T.K. caught him.

It roared and charged at T.K. and Patamon. T.K. dropped Patamon and dodged it. He rammed his shoulder into it's back. It yelled in agony and turned around.

Gatomon had gotten up, ditto Ken. Ken, with his football skills, jumped u at it and kicked it's face. It roared again. It turned back and saw Gatomon instead. It shot three fireballs at Gatomon. She dodged the first one. The second one. She sidestepped the final one and rushed at it.

"Lightning paw!" she yelled. Three lines appeared on it's face and bled crimson. It staggered backward.

Kari let out a battle cry and stabbed the knife into it's back. It roared in pain again and collapsed.

"Well well well..." Sam clapped his hands as the Avantmon turned into data particles. "You survived the first round. Only nine more to go. Mwahahahaha!"

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Lol, that was chap.3. I might not do ALL the battles, cuz that's just plain crazy! I'm only human, lmao! But next chapter, be prepared for a round of sudden death! Wa ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Hey, Sam died in a car accident, right? Can't remember so well, so I checked wikipedia. Turns out yes. I think. Well, gotta go. The tab for Highway Star is DAMN long, and i just ran outta coffee, so I'm, I JUST RAN OUT OF COFFEE! BLIMEY, I... zzz...