Hi! Third Chapter! I hope you like it. Disclaimer on Chapter 1.

The Enemy

Chapter 3: A Glimmer of Hope

By: Koumiko

.:Gatomon's POV:.

After a while, I fell asleep in Angemon's arms from crying. I woke up and found that we both dedigivolved. I was cuddled up beside him as he snored away as Patamon. TK was beside him, who was still awake, looking at the cave wall above him. All of the digidestined, including Kari and I, were in a large cave, and a small fire was built in the center to keep everyone warm. Everyone was asleep except for TK.

"Gatomon, you're awake..." TK murmured, rubbing his eyes.

"Why are you awake?" I asked. He lazily pointed next to me, and I found Kari, sitting on a rock, blankly staring.

"Everyone fell asleep, but I thought she still wasn't back to normal, so someone had to watch her." TK replied. I jumped on him and hugged him.

"Thank you. I'll watch her now. Go to sleep." TK nodded and within seconds his eyes rolled back and he fell asleep. I smiled, then realized I was supposed to watch Kari. She was looking at me with her brown, empty eyes.

"Gatomon. We must destroy them." Kari whispered. Although she was hypnotized and stayed awake, she already had dark circles below her eyes from not sleeping. I stood on her lap and used my Cat's Eye Hypnotism to make her sleep, and I laid her by Patamon. Sadly, Myotismon's hypnotizing powers were greater than mine, and I could not erase what he had done to her. All I could do was help her and keep her from being hurt.

"Kari... please come back." I whispered, touching her crest. Suddenly, her hand grabbed my paw. My eyes grew round with fright. Her eyes were still closed, but beneath the lids, I could see her eyeballs moving rapidly. I thought it was just a dream.

"Gatomon. Gatomon? Where are you?" Kari was talking. "Where am I?" I realized it was the real Kari talking.

"Kari. Kari!" I started yelling, shaking her awake. The others woke up from the racket.

"What? What happened to Kari?" Tai jumped up rushing to Kari's sleeping side, opposite of Patamon, who was also watching, fascinated by Kari's sleep talking. She opened her eyes. I cried as I saw her familiar eyes, bright and soulful.

"Gatomon?" Kari spoke sleepily. "What ... What happened?"

"Kari!" Tai and I yelled at the same time, hugging her.

"You were hypnotized by Myotismon." I explained as briefly as I could. Her head fell forward as she fell asleep again. Tai, still holding her, laid her back down, but then I saw her eyes flicker, and her eyes returned to being blank. My heart sank. Tai went back to his place and slept. I sensed Patamon watching me with his round, green eyes, and I looked up.

"Gatomon, Kari's fine, she's there. Don't you worry, we'll get her back." He said with a reassuring smile. "You should go to sleep too." I wiped the tears off my face and curled up beside Patamon and Kari, placing my tail on top of Kari to make sure she keeps from moving. Who knows what she would do asleep and hypnotized. I still remembered Wizardmon's words: Bring her back to the light.. What did he mean?

A low rumble woke me and I saw the cave starting to collapse. A small pebble hit my head, and still, everyone was still asleep.

"WAKE UP! EARTHQUAKE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. They finally woke and saw the condition of the cave. Everyone rushed out. I shook Kari awake, as Patamon was helping TK stand.

"KARI! KARI WAKE UP!" I bellowed in her face. Her eyes slightly opened in recognition to my voice. I yanked her up and bolted for the exit, Kari nearly flying behind me from the dragging. We reached the exit and found Myotismon landing in his carriage on top of our cage. Fog covered the whole place to keep him from being under the sun. What a lucky break for him. He stepped out, looking at all of us, smiling, his vampire teeth showing.

"Gatomon, destroy the digidestined." He commanded me. He had his Crimson Lightning whip at hand, ready to strike Kari. He didn't have to speak for me to understand what he would do. I looked at Tai and the others, but they all froze, waiting for what I would do. A long silence filled the gap between them. Then I came up with a plan. I glanced at Patamon, motioning with my eyes towards Kari. He slightly twitched his wings in reply. I hope he understood what I meant. I charged at Myotismon with all of my fury.

"Lightning Claw!" I slammed my claws towards his right hand, holding the whip. It lashed out at Kari, but I was able to stop it. Another scar, guaranteed. The whip circled around my right paw and tightly wound around my arm. He raised the whip, me along with it, and with a crack, whipped me towards the others. I saw as Patamon stood, his wings spread open as widely as he could, in front of TK, who, in turn, was in front of Kari. The whip broke, and I flew and crashed into Patamon, creating a domino chain of falling digidestined and digimon alike. The ground began to shake once again.

"We weren't that heavy were we?" Patamon stated. I could only grin from the comment. The ground then disappeared, and we all fell, Myotismon didn't seem to have anything to do with it, since his face was as surprised as ours. That was the last thing I saw before being enclosed in darkness along with the screams of all the digidestined.

Ugh. My momentum was interrupted by piano lesson. Review, svp.