Chapter four: Digi-napped!

Everyone stopped for a break near a crystal-clear lake. Brock un-packed sandwiches and everyone else was just having a leisurely stroll or talking. Tai surveyed the area. Izzy and Max were having their usual whose-the-smartest-out-of-us-two argument; and May was hanging around Matt, who was hanging around Misty, who was playing with Togepi. Brock was unpacking their lunch and talking to Mimi; Joe was with Gomamon and Gabumon. Pikachu, Palmon and Biyomon were splashing around in the cool lake-water.

Tai felt very tired all of a sudden. He laid down on the nice green grass in the sunshine and started to doze off.

Poke, poke.

Tai jumped. He sat up; looking around to see what had poked him. "Boo!" Sora popped up from behind him and scared the wits out of Tai. "Sora! You just scared the wits out of me!" Tai cried.

Sora giggled, smiling at Tai in a way that Tai had always thought made her look even cuter. Tai enjoyed Sora's company very much. But their short laugh was interrupted.

"To protect the world from devastation,"

"To unite all people within our nation…"

Tai and Sora looked up, alarmed. Everyone was shocked to see them again.

"Team Rocket!" Ash cried, "Not you again!"

Jessi looked insulted, "Will you quit interrupting our motto all the time?"

Izzy looked thoughtful. "Well actually, I think that to really grab an audience's attention, your motto has to be interesting and perhaps different." He advised Team Rocket.

James said, "Hey, you have a point there!"

Jessi punched James in the stomach and shouted, "Anyway, this time, no matter what, Team Rocket will not be leaving empty-handed!" She grabbed an old poke-ball from her belt and threw it. "Go, Weezing!"

Weezing appeared from the ball.

"Gee, that's old." commented Misty.

Jessi snarled. "Why you! You're that brat who won that Pokemon Princess Thing ages ago! I never got my revenge!"

"Gee, that's REALLY old!"

Jessi gritted her teeth and yelled, "Weezing! Smog Attack!"

A dark purplish cloudy mist covered Tai's view. "Hey, what gives?"

Ash felt around for his pokeball. "Go Swello!"

Swello flew out off the pokeball. "Swello!" it crowed.

"Swello, use your Gust Attack!" Ash cried.

Swello beat its wings very fast until the smog cleared away. Tai looked around for his digimon. "Agumon! Where are you?" he cried.

He spotted James and Meowth with Palmon and Biyomon in tow but no Jessi or Agumon anywhere. Meowth sneered at him. "Ha ha! Who's got all the power now?"

Meowth and James turned to run. Tai ran after them, yelling, "GIVE ME BACK MY DIGIMONNNNNN!"

James turned around for a split second to poke out his tongue at them but his timing was crap. Tai ran right up to him and gave him a punch to his groin.

"AAARRRRGHHHH!" James dropped Biyomon and jumped around, trying to protect his injured groin.

"Biyomon!" Sora ran forward to grab her digimon.

"Palmon!" Mimi wailed, wringing her hands, "someone give me back my Palmon!"

Brock stood up tall. "Don't you fear, Mimi, Brock is here! I will save your digimon!" He went and strode up to Meowth. Meowth tried to attack but was weighed down by Palmon. Brock bent over and picked Meowth up by the scruff of his neck. Meowth was powerless as all cats are when they are picked up by the scruff of their necks. Brock grabbed Palmon from Meowth's grasp and flung Meowth away.

"Palmon!" Mimi ran up to Brock and snatched Palmon off him.

"Agumon…" Tai said sadly. His eyes started to water and then he started bawling his eyes out. Sora gave Tai a sympathetic look and gave him a hug. "I'm sorry." She said.

"It's not your fault, it's my fault!" Tai cried, "I shoulda have taken better care of him!"

"Pika Pikachu…" Pikachu said sadly. I feel so sorry for you…

Ash stood up straight and turned his cap backwards. "Don't you worry about a thing, Tai. We're gonna get you Agumon back and that's a promise!"

Author note: Emichii:

This was an extremely short chapter, I know. Hahaha… I don't know what to write about the Misty, May and Matt thing but I'll figure something out. Just tell me who you think should get the guy- May or Misty? And don't get your hopes too high cuz they're all gonna have to say goodbye soon. Boohoo…