Digimon 3: Lost Prophecy

Part Six: The Lost Prophecy

""So we look for them," Yolei said. "We'll use your dreams as a map to locate them."

"Yolei," Ken said. "And everyone else. Don't tell Adrian, or Tai, or Jon, or anyone else until we locate them."

"Or at least until after the funeral," Cody said.

"Are we done with business?" Davis asked.

"I guess so," Izzy said, standing up. "Meeting adjourned.""

"Where's my boy at? Come greet uncle Toby!"

"Hello to you to, Tobias," Chantal Wyatt said, hugging her brother. "How've you been?"

"Never better," Toby said, grinning. "Ever since I heard about your-"

"Shh," Chantal said as Adrian walked in. "Adrian, Toby's here!"

"Are Tessa and Leon with you?" Adrian asked, freezing in his tracks.

"No, they had to stay home and take care of their mother for me."

Adrian sighed happily. Tessa was Adrian's crazy cousin, who'd cry and cry until she finally got what she wanted, even though she was already 12. Leon, 8, thought he was better than Adrian at everything, even though the only thing he was better at was being spoiled. Adrian loved his aunt and uncle, but wasn't too fond of his cousins.

"Now, are you going to say hi to me?"

"Of course," Adrian said, plastering a smile on his face. He hugged his uncle, but quickly pulled away.

"I have a question," Adrian said as they sat down at the kitchen table for coffee. "Are Tessa and Leon..."

"Digidestined?" Toby finished, sipping his bitter Irish coffee. "No, not yet. Hopefully not ever. Do you know how awkward it would be to explain to my wife?"

"Yeah, Bonnie wouldn't be able to handle it," Chantal said, drinking her Oolong Tea.

"Um. mom," Adrian said, putting down his glass of milk. "If you plan on making it out of the toilet and to dinner tonight, I suggest you stop drinking it."

"And if you continue to slam down that milk like that, you can go ahead and finish the bottle of Pepto Bismal, you're lactose and tolerant, remember?"

"Toushe," Adrian said, shoving his glass of milk to the side.

"So, Adrian, how are you holding up?" Toby asked. "It's a damn same. If I could just get my hands on Demon-"

"It's Adrian's turn to save the world," Chantal said. "And you wouldn't do anything, you old man."

Tobias Wyatt may be the oldest of the oringinal digidestined, but only by two years. He was now 37 years old, and his once-brown hair was now salt-and-pepper, but he still looked young and fit. Unlike Chantal, who would turn 35 on Valentine's day, who dyed her hair twice a month because of all her stress and she wasn't as petite as she wasmany years ago.

"Do you feel comfortable having a birthday party?" Toby said to Chantal.

"It's only the seventh," Chantal said, looking at the calender. "The funeral's tomorrow."

Adrian's mood changed. Toby felt the vibes. He had become an empath after being Mai's prophet all those years.

"It's okay, Adrian," Toby said. "Nobody's really gone unless you want them too."

Adrian nodded, and he felt even more guilty. That's exactly what he was doing the whole time. Forgetting her.

"Why don't you want a birthday party?" Toby asked Chantal. "It's Valentine's day; lots of pinks and reds, love and family-"

"Katrina's birthday is on February 14," Adrian said. "Was."

"Oh," Toby said, withdrawing. "Well, what would your sister want, Adrian? Would she want you to lose hair over her?"

"I can't just forget about her," Adrian argued, putting his head on his arm.

"That's not what I'm asking you to do," Toby said. "Think about it. I'm going to settle in my room, if that's okay, Chantal?"

"Of course," Chantal said, getting up. "Adrian, would you mind cleaning up the table?"

"Yes, mum," he said. Toby and Chantal's voice vanished as they continued down the hall. Adrian was glad he didn't live in a cramped apartment like his dad and Katrina did. They lived in a small complex and he liked it.

Beep: "You have reached the Wyatt residence. We're either not at home, or just can't pick up the phone right now. Please leave your name and message in the answering machine and we'll be sure to get back to you." beep.

"Hey, Chantal, you there? It's me, Tiron. I heard about Jon's daughter...I'm sorry. I'm glad you invited me to the funeral, maybe we could spend some time together, and hang out like old times. Talk to you later, bye!"

Adrian stared at the answering machine. Tiron? Why was that name familiar?

The phone rang again and Adrian reached for it, hoping to get some answers.

"Hello?"

"Adrian?" the voice said. It was a girl's voice, and it sounded scared.

"Mimi? Is it you?"
"You have to help me," the voice said. "I'm so lost, and scared. I don't know where I am!"

"Mimi?" Adrian said. "Yolei? Sora? Who are you?"

"I'm so scared, brother!"

Adrian almost dropped the phone. He grabbed onto the wall for support.

"Katrina? Katrina, where are you!"

"Adrian, where am I? I don't remember anything!"

"Katrina? Talk to me, tell me where you are!"

"Adrian, I'm hurt, you have to help me!"

The door opened again and Toby and Chantal walked back in, jumping at Adrian's shouts.

"Katrina! You have to tell me where you are!"

"Katrina?" Toby said. "Isn't that the name of Jon's daughter?"

Chantal ran over to the phone machine and jabbed the speaker button. Katrina's voice filled the kitchen, shaken and scared.

"I'm so scared, where am I, Adrian?"

"Keep talking to her," Chantal said, mashing the record button.

"Katrina, you have to listen to me," Adrian said. "You have to be specific! What do you see around you?"

"I'm so lost, Adrian! I have no clue what to do!"

"She's not making sense," Adrian said, looking at him mom and uncle. "What do I do?"

"You have to hang up and hope she comes home."

"She's alive," Adrian said. "That's all I care about. She's alive."

"Yeah," Toby said. "But she's lost. We're not even sure if this is the real Katrina we're talking to."

"Can't you let me have one moment of peace!" Adrian shouted back. Chantal took a step forward.

"Adrian, watch our tone-"

"It's okay," Toby said. "You've raised him well, sis, but he's still a kid. Let him throw a tantrum."

"She's alive, aren't you pleased?" Adrian argued back. "My sister, and possibly Kari, are still alive!"

"We don't even know if she's communicating to us from the Digital World or the data realm," Toby said. "I seriously doubt she's communicating to us from a real pay phone if she's so lost."

"No," Adrian said, shaking his head. He wasn't about to believe it. "No, I just heard her speaking to me-"

"Will you snap back into reality?" Toby roared, making Chantal and Adrian jump. "Katrina's dead, we're going to her funeral tomorrow and you'll pay your respects, okay?"

Adrian slid to the ground, forcing back his tears. "Why?"

Toby walked over to Adrian and sat on the ground next to him. Chantal watched as Adrian cried and his uncle kept telling him things would be okay. Chantal was used to Adrian being rock solid. She walked to the answering machine and played Tiron's message.

"Izzy! You've got company!"

"Can't they ever leave me alone?" Izzy grumbled as he slid out of his computer chair and opened the door to his room.

"You've been having a lot of girls visiting," Mrs. Izumi said, smiling. "Something going on?"

"School work," Izzy said as he opened the front door.

"Hi Izzy!"

"Mimi?" Izzy said, shocked by Mimi's appearence. "Wh-what are you doing here?"

"Visiting," Mimi said, stepping inside and glaring Mrs. Izumi's old antiques. "It's nice and warm in here."

"Don't go in my room then," Izzy said, shutting the front door. "It's below freezing in there."

"Do you have company over, Izzy? Would you like some snacks?" Mrs. Izumi said, stepping into the hallway. "Hello."

"Hello, Mrs. Izumi," Mimi said, shaking her hand. Mrs. Izumi looked confused.

"In Japan, you bow," Izzy said, rolling his eyes. "In America you shake hands."

"Oh, you must be Mimi then," Mrs. Izumi said. "Are you visiting?"

"I just moved back," Mimi said, taking off her shoes. "And snacks sound great."

"Wonderful," Mrs. Izumi said, smiling. "I'll bring it to Izzy's room."

Izzy led Mimi into his room and he jumped back onto his computer. Mimi looked around before sitting on his bed.

"Still in love with the computer?" Mimi said. Izzy grunted.

"Adrian told me you like his sister."

Izzy shrugged. "Doesn't matter now."

"I think I'm related to Katrina," Mimi said. Izzy stopped typing to spin around and look at Mimi.

"Huh?"

"At Demon's castle, Adrian said that I looked like Katrina," Mimi said. "I did some research on my family tree. My mother had a cousin with the last name Tenaiko. And that's not a very common name, y'know."

"So you and Katrina are second-cousins?"

Mimi nodded. "Guys so. Thank you, Mrs. Izumi!"

"No problem," Mrs. Izumi said, walking in with a tray of sweets. "I'll be in the kitchen if you need more."

"Thanks mom," Izzy said as she left. "Well, if you're right, then you are related. Wait, aren't you going out with Adrian?"

Mimi giggled. "No. I'm trying a long-distance relationship with Michael. And besides, I'm not realted to Adrian at all. I'm related to Katrina's mother."

"That could explain how you got chosen to gointo the Digital World."

"I guess we all have some kind of connection with the old digidestined," Mimi said. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to find old temples and sacred sites in the Digital World," Izzy said. Mimi frowned. "For the prophecy. I've come to the conclusion that the prophecy is hidden somewhere sacred in the Digiworld."

"You're still on that?" Mimi said, sighing. "Let's talk about your birthday party, welcome to 16-"

"What the hell?" Izzy said, frowning. Mimi looked at him.

"That's something I never thought I'd hear from you."

"Look at the computer," Izzy said, sliding aside. Mimi looked at it. The screen was flashing yellow lights, and a strage blue letters crossed the screen.

"What is that?" Mimi said, watching the blue letters form together. The computer glowed and something started coming out of the computer. A small marble tablet appeared in Mimi's hands.

"That's it!" Izzy said excitedly as Mimi inspected it's strange blue letters. "That's the prophecy! I've found it!"

"I'm the one that's holding it!" Mimi said, shoving it at Izzy. "Take it, I can't read it."

"I've got to decipher and figure it out," Izzy said, taking a step forward. He paused in his steps, his pupils enlarging.

"Izzy?" Mimi said, dropping the prophecy. Izzy clutched his head and fell to the ground.

"Izzy? Izzy! Stop it, you're scaring me!"

"Kari...Katrina..." he moaned before he stopped moving completely.

"Izzy? Wake up, c'mon!" Mimi panicked. "MRS. IZUMI!"