Rescue?
"Sora has a twin?" Davis exclaimed, jumping down from the table which he was previously sitting on.
All the digidestined were called on an emergency meeting ordered by Tai to discuss the situation of Sora's clone. Tai had just finished explaining to the others about his run in with her evil twin when Davis interrupted and shouted in disbelief.
"Not a twin, a clone." Tai snapped.
"An evil clone." Davis wondered in awe.
"A doppelganger." T.K corrected
"This is ridiculous!" Matt shouted from the back.
Tai sighed. "I don't want to fight anymore Matt. All our problems were caused by that clone! We shouldn't be fighting each other; we should fight against that evil doppelganger, together." He looked around the room at all the skeptical faces looking back at him. "You guys do believe me, right?"
There was silence until Davis spoke up. "I believe you Tai!"
Still not entirely convinced, Matt retorted. "Why should I listen you?" He glared at Tai who only looked back with sympathetic eyes.
Matt gave in and retorted. "I'll fight, but not with you." He stepped into the middle of the group and spoke. "I suggest we split into two teams. One will be lead by me and the other." He quirked his head to the side. "By Tai."
"Sounds like a good idea." Yolie replied. "Everybody split up!" She announced.
Everyone scattered around for about a minute or two and lined up behind their leader. Tai's group consisted of Kari, Davis, and Izzy where as Matt's held T.K, Yolie, and Cody.
"What's the plan?" Cody inquired.
"We invade Ken's base." Tai answered.
Every one nodded in agreement and lined up in front of the computer, each awaiting their turn to enter the Digital World. They found themselves in a desert-like region of the Digiworld where they met up with their partners. After filling the digimon in on the details of the rescue; Tai's group went east in search of Ken's base while Matt's group went west.
Hours passed and neither group had any luck in locating the base. All the flying digimon in Tai's group circled the area when Tentomon spotted an odd-shaped building not far off.
"Let's go!" Tai ordered and everyone ran into the direction Tentomon had pointed to.
Within minutes, Tai and his group were standing outside Ken's base, now to find an entrance. Kari noticed a small door on the side and motioned everyone to follow her. Once inside, everyone split into different directions searching for Sora and at the same time, being aware that they don't get caught. Tai and Agumon walked down the longest and darkest corridor of the building; something good was sure to be at the end and there was! Deep in the center of the complex stood a series of cells, one being occupied by Sora.
Tai looked into every cell and gasped at the last one. "Sora!"
She was laying on her side, her red locks spread across her face and her arms crossed over her chest tugging at her arms as if hugging herself. Her uniform was dirty and torn and her eyes swelled up from so much crying. But even in all that filth, Tai found her beautiful. She seemed to be sleeping for she paid no attention to Tai's callings.
Tai jingled the lock on the door. "It's locked." he sighed in frustration.
"Leave it to me." Agumon announce and unlocked the device with one of his long sharp claws.
Tai slowly opened the cell door, careful not to make so much noise. He crept inside and looked back. "Agumon, go keep watch while I get her out."
"Sure, Tai!" The orange little creature waddled his way to the mouth of the corridor.
"Sora?" Tai nudged her lightly. "Sora wake up." He whispered.
Sora, however, remained in her position, not giving any signs that she was awake or aware of Tai's presence. Tai shook her a couple of times more before he gave up and picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. Stumbling, he called out to his friend.
"Agumon!" He shouted. "Come open the door for me!"
The little digimon didn't come.
"Agumon!" Tai hissed but received no response.
Frustrated, he put Sora back down and turned to open the door only to find that it was locked.
"What?" He shook the bars.
A tall figure appeared from the shadows and laughter echoed through out the room. Ken stood before Tai, dangling the key to the lock with his finger.
"Nice of you to drop by." He smirked.
"Agumon!" Tai frantically called out for help.
"You're little friend is out for the moment." Ken stepped aside and behind him was the body of the little creature subdued by a tranquilizer.
Tai furiously banged and kicked the bars. "Let me out!"
"I don't think so; this is way too much fun. Let's see if I can catch your other friends too." Ken mocked and left, dragging Agumon by the tail.
"Ken! Get back here!" Tai shouted and caused Sora to wake up.
"Tai?" She mumbled.
Tai stopped and knelt down beside her. "Sora, are you ok?"
"I think so. What are you doing here?" her eyes fluttered, trying to focus her vision.
"Eh, I'm here to rescue you?" He mumbled and got up to try and unlock the door. 'Crap, how am I going to get out of this one?' He thought to himself.
