H-4-T: Ok to keep this from being an M I'm cutting out most of the details. The first bit might be a bit detailed, but I'm hoping it's not too much.

Yeah, and it's kinda short too…

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The scent under her nose was disgusting and she tried to hold her breath to avoid having to breathe it in. Her eyes flickered opened to find an unrecognised face staring at her with brown eyes.

"Ryo! She's awake!" he yelled.

"Finally," came the reply. Ryo then entered the room wearing nothing but his boxers. Craning her neck she noticed that the other men in the room were similarly dressed. It took a few seconds but she soon realised that she was feeling quite cold and she looked down to see that she too was only dressed in her undergarments while tied to the bedposts.

"I thought you'd never come round," Ryo stated as she crawled on top of her and straddled her hips. She felt sick to the bone as she felt his erection pressing into her. "Stubborn in every aspect, ne?" He kissed her on the lips and, as he slid his tongue in her mouth, she clamped her teeth shut. He recoiled in agony with a short cry, but soon glared at her. He backhanded her across the face before moving next to her ear.

"Do that again," he stated, "and I won't be gentle." She really couldn't care, but she soon remembered that Will was downstairs. Apparently, so did Ryo. "And, yes, your little friend will be hurt if you object." She closed her eyes to keep back the tears.

He kissed her again and this time she did not resist, but she did not kiss him back. No matter how hard she tried, the tears slipped down her porcelain cheeks as the realisation came to her.

However a thought came to her and it gave her a glimmer of hope.

She was being raped, and she could do nothing to stop them.

But she could get really angry later.

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Will was waiting silently in her cell. It felt like days had passed since Hikari had been there, and she was cold and lonely.

Bored out of her skull she decided to hum a tuneless song as she shuffled over to the wall. It was slow and the coarse ground was painful and she momentarily wondered what it would be like to be able to walk again. Still completely bored and now leaning against the wall she brought her legs underneath her. Placing both hands on the wall she slowly straightened her legs. She was amazed to find that they were still strong enough to handle her weight (which wasn't much as she hadn't been fed a lot in a while). She took a few unsteady steps forwards before she collapsed.

'If at first you don't succeed…' she thought. She shuffled her way back to the wall and stood up again. This time she made it almost ten steps before falling.

Confident that she was getting better, she tried to stand without assistance. Thankfully it worked and she stood confidently although her knees still shook a little. She walked forwards, a little more confident, and finally touched the other wall. She leant against it and panted heavily. Walking was taking more out of her as she hadn't done it in at least a year.

Footsteps approached along with talking. The door to her cell started to open and she quickly slid down the wall as light poured in. Hikari, her clothes messed up on her thin figure, was thrown into the cell. She quickly scrambled to her feet and tried to charge at the figures outside, but she was only met with a metal door.

"Let me out!" she yelled, pounding the door. "Let me out of here, Ryo! Ryo! Let me out! You're not gonna live for this!" Her pounding slowed and she let out a heavy sigh as she gave the door one lest, feeble punch and rested her head against it, the cooling metal helping to soothe her headache.

Will slowly stood and walked over to the other. She placed her hands on Hikari's shoulders and started to gently rub them.

"Hikari," she whispered. "Hikari, what did he do?" She didn't reply for a minute, but Will was used to silence so it didn't bug her.

"He did it," she finally replied quietly. "He…he…" Will noticed that a look of confusion had appeared on her face. The brunette whipped around and created a ball of light which floated to the ceiling to illuminate the room. "You're standing! You can walk! This is great! This is amazing!" She hugged the redhead. "I didn't even do anything! You did it all on your own!" With a broad smile upon her (as Will noticed) tear-stained features she turned and walked away to sit down.

"Hikari…are you ok?"

"I'm fine!" she stated, the grin still plastered on her face. "But…you can walk! That's…that's just so…I mean it's…I don't really know what it is." Will laughed a little and dropped to the ground before her legs gave out on her. She looked over and noticed that Hikari's eyelids were drooping.

"Get some sleep," she ordered as the brunette yawned, "you need it. We'll discuss everything when you wake up." Hikari nodded and fell asleep quickly. Will smiled at the innocence displayed on her cellmates face before standing up and practicing walking and getting used to all the stuff she used to do.

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"Where on Earth did you find one like that?" Kurt asked. Ryo smirked and looked at his gang.

"We all have our secrets," he replied, "this is one of my many. If I decide to tell you, it won't be any time today."

"Well what did she do to you?" James asked.

"Tried to kill me." The guys laughed.

"All women do that, Ryo," Matt stated, shaking his head slightly so his dark-brown bangs fell infront of his eyes. "What did she seriously do?"

"I'm serious," the other replied, "she tried to kill me, so I returned the favour. She then stopped me killing another girl – Will – and now this is payback." The others nodded, although still not getting the full picture, and went back to the meal infront of them.

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He had not slept that night. To be honest he had not slept since she had been gone, but that night was special. He had made contact with her, and the news she had told him was disturbing.

Slowly Taichi got out of bed and he walked into the kitchen. The tiles were cold and soothing on his feet as he filled up a glass with cold water. He rested against the surface as he quickly gulped the liquid down. After a few seconds he replaced the glass in the sink and walked to the front room.

'I hope you're ok,' he thought, 'wherever you are.'

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It didn't take long before she was able to run on the spot again and she soon running the length of the cell to kick start her muscles. As she sat down for a small test she heard movement to her left. Glancing over she noticed, by the dim light above them, that Hikari was stirring from her slumber.

The young brunette, who had not been asleep for that long, looked up into the redhead's chocolate eyes.

"It wasn't a dream, was it?" she asked, although it was more of a statement. Will, unwillingly, shook her head.

"I'm sorry," she whispered. She moved to hug the other, but Hikari brushed her off.

"Leave the sympathy," she stated, "and help me get everyone out of here." Will, slightly confused, nodded.

She watched as Hikari focused and create a small, white ball of light inbetween her hands. Closing her eyes and focusing, the brunette was able to make it take the form of a key. She slipped it into the lock in the door and twisted it, a hopeful look in her eyes.

Sure enough the door opened with a click then a creak and Will shielded her eyes slightly as the harsh light from outside flooded into their dark cell. The light above them disappeared with a slight hiss and the two girls slipped silently out of the cell.

Hikari stood in the hallway and closed her eyes. She started to glow a little and stayed that way for at least a minute before she opened her eyes again, the aura still around her but quite faint.

"Ok, I can't unlock every door, so let's do this the old fashioned way," Will heard her mutter. Again she closed her eyes and looked to be concentrating hard. After a couple of minutes her eyes opened and a childish spark was in there.

She whirled around and punched a fire alarm. The glass stung her fingers and small cuts appeared, but she knew it was a simple way to do what she planned to.

As she hoped all the doors unlocked and then hissed open a little bit. She set Will about going and untying the women in the cells on one side while she did the other. It wasn't long before they were finished as untied women also helped. As Hikari looked back, she saw the women emerging from the cells, each a different race yet all bound together by the same looks of confusion, bewilderment and anorexia in the corridor lights. Hikari, however, didn't ponder too long on these facts as she sprinted off down the corridor and through a door at the edge. A few seconds later her head popped back around again.

"Well come on," she said and took off again. The other women did not need much more encouraging and took off after her. Some, who had lost feeling in their legs, picked up others and ran after the young brunette.

The fire alarm was loud and shrill and it masked their footsteps perfectly. Due to the 'emergency' situation, the security codes had been overridden to allow for a quick escape. It was obvious to everyone now that it had once been a prison. They ran at a top sprint through the building, but it was soon apparent that recent events had taken away most people's stamina. Hikari was, however, amazed at the determination apparent and, when Will stumbled and fell, she carried the redhead on her back.

Still leading the women through the maze of corridors they soon met sunlight. The cool breeze was somewhat harsh on their skin and many shivered with the sudden cold. They wanted to stop and their lungs were burning, but the voices of their captors behind them were enough to spur them on to keep running.

The kept going, through countryside until they came to a city, or it might have been a large town. Either way, Hikari was pleased and she and the group seemed to speed up a little at the sight of civilisation.

They attracted many strange glances as they entered the city, but some were – thankfully – kind enough to call ambulances for them all. They all collapsed near enough together, all panting and trying not to let unconsciousness take them. Hikari leant against a wall, her hands on her knees and her head down. She was dimly aware of talking and crying around her, vaguely conscious of the fact that it was dusk, and that the streetlights around her were coming on. She didn't respond when a blanket was placed around her shoulders nor when someone started talking to her. She was so unaware of what was happening that she didn't even realise when she had stopped breathing.

She only realised when everything went black.

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His eyes shot open, fear evident in them. He had lost her. She was dead.

He wouldn't believe it.

Getting up from his meditating mat he walked to his front room and quickly opened a communication channel. The face of a fearful Taichi met him.

"Is it just me?" he asked. Taichi shook his head.

"It's not, I can't find her either," he replied, "I was just about to call and hope that you knew anything."

"I'm afraid I don't, her mind has just slipped away from the Thoughtscape," the elderly man replied. "I'm sorry, Taichi, but the signs are showing that she's dead." There was a moment of silence when neither spoke. Tears rolled down the younger boy's cheeks and he closed his eyes to try and keep them back.

"I…I need to be alone for a while," he whispered painfully.

"Taichi please, stay with someone," Gennai pleaded, but the younger had already closed the communication channel. Gennai sighed heavily and slowly collapsed onto the floor.

"I'm sorry, Hikari," he whispered, "I have failed you."

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They were shattered when they heard the news. The whole group were just in complete pain. Losing a loved one once is hard enough, but to lose them a second time was a torture that not many experience. Now with one Digidestined dead and another in a coma, there were only ten left to pull the pieces together in Odaiba, and they all had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Something really bad.

And it was going to happen soon…

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H-4-T: I'M SORRY THIS IS SO SHORT! Really, I am, but I can't write too much more for the rest of the Digidestined at the moment because of the way I'm writing the next chapter. To make up for it, here's a preview:

Darkness. All she could see was darkness. There was a nothingness that surrounded her. A cold, dark nothingness that she could not get rid of. She hated the dark, it had always taunted her as a child and now it seemed as though it had permanently consumed her. All around, closing in, she couldn't breathe, the air was too thick and he lungs to weak. A faint beeping noise in the back of her mind, speeding up, getting faster and faster. Her heart was pounding in her chest, an ache drilling in her mind and all the while all she could do was lie there in the darkness of her mind.

H-4-T: Looking forward to it? I know I'm looking forwards to writing it. It's going to be very disjointed and somewhat confusing for all of us, but I hope I can pull it off.

Sayonara!