Izzy rubbed his eyes for the millionth time. He hadn't gotten any sleep the previous night and it was heading into the afternoon hours. The numbers on the screen were merging together, as he tried different variations to locate somebody, anybody. He couldn't stop, not even for a second. One missed step and he would have to recalculate from the beginning.

"Here," Izzy blinked to see a cup with hot steam rising lazily above it. He looked at Yolei. She held the cup gently towards him. "How are you holding up?"

"I'm fine," he accepted the hot tea gently.

"You need a break," Yolei urged.

"I said, I'm fine," his voice calm but firm. He sipped from the edge of the cup, not removing his eyes from the computer screen.

"Is there something I can help you with?"

Izzy thought for a moment. She certainly was capable enough, but he couldn't budge. "Tea has helped a lot."

"I didn't mean that, and you know it," she replied tersely. "If you find a way in and you are exhausted how good are you going to be for him? Or even, for her," her voice trailed off as she turned toward Kari. She pulled herself into a ball and calmed down enough for her friends to coax her to sleep. Sora dozed on the couch next to her, holding on to her, much like a mother would hold their daughter.

Izzy pressed his lips together, "everything is different. None of the old contact methods have worked. Now… effectively I'm guessing." He shook his head slightly, "I can't detect anything… not even a rodent. I have no idea what's going on.

Poromon hopped up on Yolei's shoulder, "we haven't been back in a while. Things have been busy."

Yolei put a hand on her friends feathered head, "we'll figure it out."

"Dammit!" Izzy slammed on the table where his computer was and stood up. He rubbed his chin. "This is ridiculous," he gestured towards the screen. "There is NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY Nothing! There isn't the slightest pulse, or code, or anything. It's like the digital world vanished. It's like pulling the power cord."

Yolei's eyes widened as she stared at the redhead. She tried to think of something encouraging to say, but she refrained, trying not to anger him further.

Kari and Sora startled awake at his outburst. Kari blinked several times as she rubbed her eyes. "Izzy," she said simply.

He gulped and turned to face her. "I'm sorry. I'll figure out… something," he shook his head. He turned to sit back down, rubbing the back of his neck.

Kari stood slowly and walked over to him, "here, let me." She placed her hands on his shoulders and squeezed.

Izzy sighed and felt himself tense up even more at her touch. "Kari," he reached up for her hand. "Not now, I can't focus."

"Oh," she said softly and she dropped her arms to her side.

Izzy looked back at her, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean…"

Kari shook her head, "just find him."

He nodded in response.

"This is just useless," Matt shook his head. "We can't just sit around her doing nothing," he grumbled.

Ken walked over to Izzy, thoughtfully rubbing his chin, "can I try something?"

"What are you trying?" Izzy responded slightly annoyed.

"When I was the emperor, I was contacted constantly by Oikawa simply through email," he shrugged. "Perhaps we are over thinking it."

"Well, nothing else seems to be working," Izzy grumbled.

"Wait," Ken paused. "Look."

Izzy frowned, "just a pulse." He typed on the computer enhancing and focusing on the signal.

"Izzy! Finally you have answered!"

"Agumon!" Izzy responded.

"Shh, I haven't much time," he exclaimed in hushed tones.

"You don't look that good, are you okay?" Ken asked.

"Quiet, I don't have much time. I'm sending you instructions and coordinates. You will come to what's left of the digital world."

"What's… left?"

"Are you getting my transmission?" He asked ignoring the question.

"Yeah, yeah I got it."

"You have to find three parts of a crystal to open a portal. That portal will take you to Tai. Three of the coordinates are about the location for each crystal. The final is where you will need to go to open the portal."

"What do the crystal parts look like?"

"Look for something familiar…" the transmission cut off. The signal was gone. Everything went quiet.

"What's going on?" Yolei griped. "I thought we were done with this saving the world junk."

"We'll never be done. We were chosen for a reason," Sora reasoned.

"But we were kids," Kari said

"This is something we have to handle now. I'm sure the challenges we had as kids will be different now," Davis reasoned.

Izzy studied the data sent him from Agumon, "I suggest we split up into three teams to go after the parts of the crystal, and have another team stay here."

"Let's makes some preparations and meet back here in an hour," Sora suggested.

"I'll stay and decipher the instructions. The transmission had a lot of static, so I am going to need to sort this out," Izzy said.

"Matt, Sora, and TK, you take the first set of coordinates. Ken, Yolei, and Davis, here is the second set. Kari and I have the third set. Joe and Cody are staying behind and we'll rendezvous at the fourth location," Izzy instructed. "The only clue to the crystal parts is that it's something 'familiar.'"

Matt raised an eyebrow at Izzy.

"Your guess is as good as mine," he shrugged.

Davis tapped a device on his wrist, "testing, testing…"

"It works," TK and Kari said in unison.

"I'm hoping the frequency works, I have no idea what Augumon meant about 'what is left' of the digital world," Izzy sighed.

"I made everybody ration and medical packs. I'm hoping we can find things quickly, but you never know," Sora said.

"Okay, are we set?" Everyone nodded tentatively.

Izzy went to his computer, Joe and Cody watching from behind. "Team One, ready?"

"Ready," Matt responded.

A bright blue light emitted from the screen. Sora, Matt, and TK disappeared.

"Team Two?"

Ken nodded, "ready." They disappeared in the same fashion.

"Last set of coordinates." Izzy turned to Joe and Cody, "I'm really counting on you guys, do you understand what you need to do?"

Joe and Cody nodded.

Izzy stepped away and grabbed Kari's hand, "let's go." The light surrounded them causing them to disappear.

"Oof!" Sora grunted crashing to the sandy rocky ground.

"At least the way we get here hasn't changed much," TK winced brushing dirt off his clothes.

"It's really quiet," Matt observed.

They looked around. There were small mountains surrounding them, the ground was covered in red sand. Everything looked the same for miles.

"Got any clue on where to start?" Sora asked.

"No, how about that way?" Matt closed his eyes and pointed.

"About as good as direction as any," TK muttered.

"Dammit Izzy!" Yolei complained loudly.

Ken offered his hand to Yolei.

"Thanks," she muttered taking his hand.

"It's a forest," Davis said surveying the area.

"Was it the dense trees or the thick grass that gave you that clue?"

"Is she going to be this way the whole time?" Davis rolled his eyes.

"Come on, maybe we'll find a path," Ken pulled out a multi use knife and started clearing away growth.

"Yuck!" Kari exclaimed. She stood, her lower half soaked.

"Swampland," Izzy said simply.

"That's what I guessed," Kari pulled several wet leaves off her jeans.

"Is the communicator waterproof?" He shook his wrist.

"You tell me."

"Probably when it's not wet."

Kari raised an eyebrow.

"I'll try when it's dried off," he shrugged.

"I guess we wait," Joe said.

"Yeah," Cody responded.

"You aren't much for conversation, are you?" Joe asked.

"Not really," he shook his head.

"Fun."