Chapter Seven: A hole lot of trouble!

The Team Rocket hide-out was not much of a hide-out. In fact it was the most stupidest hide-out anyone would have.

Behind A big grove of trees, was the hide-out. It was a big warehouse kind of thing with a red steel roof. The craziest thing about it though, was that on the door in block red letters it said: TEAM ROCKET HIDE-OUT.

I mean, how stupid is that? How stupid are the Team Rocket?

Tai read the words on the door and burst out laughing. It was all too funny. Gary raised his eyebrows. He thought these newcomers were pretty out of this world.

Sora and Biyomon said in unison: "Shut up Tai!"

Tai grumbled. "Well, what's wrong with a bit of a laugh?"

"Aaaaayyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaiggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhherrrrrrrrrdafuwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" (AAYAAIGHHERDAAAAFUAWWWAAAAAHHHH!) Shouted a voice from not far away.

Tai and Sora perked up. "I know that voice anywhere!"

"T.K!"

T.K, Patamon and Palmon ran screaming, scared to death. It was not their first encounter with Team Rocket but this time, there was no Ash or Tai to protect them.

Meowth, Jessi and James laughed with glee. They had never had so much fun with a giant vacuum cleaner before.

"Hahahahaha!" Jessi laughed, "Yes, boss! The massive pay-rise he gave us was enough to keep us on our feet! By the time we've got all seven of these rare digimon, we'll all be millionaires!"

"YAAAYYYY! Millionaires!" James and Meowth cheered with sparkly eyes.

Team Rocket forgot about T.K and the digimon for a brief moment and started celebrating and cheering. T.K, Patamon and Palmon started to run away.

"Where were you looking, stupid? They're getting away!" Jessi cried.

James and Meowth aimed the vacuum cleaner at them. "This time, we'll definitely be able to do some cleaning!" Meowth said.

James laughed evilly and pulled the switch to MASSIVE SUCTION POWER level.

"AAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"

The massive vacuum pulled T.K and the digimon in. T.K started to cry. If only Palmon could digivolve into Togemon! But I don't have Mimi's Digi-vice, what am I supposed to do?

"Leave them alone!" shouted a heroic voice. Tai, Sora, Gary and Biyomon to the rescue!

"Tai!" T.K gasped. He hugged Patamon to himself and struggled with all his might to escape the suction.

Jessi looked happy. She cried, "Ah, and we get something extra too! Another rare digimon for the taking!" She aimed the hose at Sora's digimon. Biyomon felt herself being dragged away. "Sora!" she cried.

Sora held up her Digi-vice. "It's time to digivolve, Biyomon!"

"Biyomon digivolve to…Birdramon!"

Birdramon was a lot stronger than that damned vacuum cleaner. It swooped down and saved T.K, Patamon and Palmon, who escaped on its back. They hung on tightly as Birdramon attacked Team Rocket.

"Meteor Wing!"

A huge blast of flame struck Team Rocket and their vacuum cleaner. The huge machine started to choke and splutter.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Meowth started.

"It's gonna explode!" James cried.

Tai and the others ran for cover.

The vacuum cleaner shook and shook and…didn't explode. "Huh? Nothing happened." James said.

But as soon as those words were out of his mouth, the vacuum cleaner exploded. Smoke went everywhere. Tai and his friends coughed. They didn't notice that Team Rocket had blasted away…again.

The stench really was terrible. The friends ran inside to the hide-out where there was no smoke. "Aaahhhhh…"

They all stared in amazement.

"Who's Jedi again?" Ash asked.

"Gennai," Izzy corrected him. "He's this random guy who tells us about the Digital World and helps us if we're in a sticky situation."

Misty looked confused. "It doesn't look like there's any sign of civilization here. Where does he live? How do you find him?"

Mimi replied, "I don't know any technical stuff but we can communicate with him through this telecommunication thingy."

Izzy typed on his laptop. Max looked over his shoulder. "Well, let's see…I wonder if we can get through to Gennai on the laptop."

Zzzzz…..zzzzzziiiiizzzzz……iiiiii…

A weird sound caught their attention. Slowly, an image of Gennai appeared.

"Gennai!" Mimi cried relieved.

Gennai frowned at them suspiciously as he always did. "Where is your leader, Izzy?"

"Huh, Tai?"

"Yes, the clueless fool with the fuzzy hair."

"Oh, well you see, it's a long story…"

Gennai snorted. "Well, hurry up then!"

(A few minutes later, after Izzy has explained everything about the worlds colliding)

Gennai said, "Then where's Tai?"

"He and Sora went off by themselves to rescue Agumon. While the rest of us jumped into the hole, T.K and Patamon and Palmon went off by themselves."

Ash jumped up and said, "What we really want now is to know what's going on here!"

Gennai stroked his chin thoughtfully, "I will try to figure something out." He paused, as if deep in thought.

Ash started to get impatient. "We have to hurry! Who knows what Team Rocket might be doing to Agumon right now!"

"Pi!" Yeah!

Gennai replied, "Be quiet!"

Ash shut up.

"Have you considered the differences between your poke-them-on and their digimon? Maybe that will help you find out what's happening. Good luck!" Gennai's image disappeared.

Ash scoffed. "Well, that was a lot of help!"

Brock said, "We should find some shade. This desert is boiling."

"Well, the Digital World always seems like the middle of nowhere," Joe said, "The Digidestined have to cope with it all the time."

Misty was sweating heavily. She said, "I agree with Brock. We've got to find some shade."

They had started to walk off towards a group of shady trees when Brock tapped Ash on the shoulder. "Um, I think we're forgetting something…or someone."

Ash turned around. May was still lying there unconscious.

"Aren't you gonna be her Prince Charming and wake her up?" Mimi asked.

Misty started to feel a little uneasy about the Ash/May subject.

Ash looked torn. He didn't like May very much and he did prefer Misty but if he did carry her to the shade then Misty would feel upset.

"Nah." He said, "Just leave her. She'll wake up. Besides she looks like she's faking it."

They all stared at the fallen May for a minute, then Matt made his way grudgingly towards her. He lifted her up onto his back and teetered from the weight. Then he followed his friends to the shade.

When they got there, Matt turned around and dumped May on the ground. He stretched out his back, sighing, "She weighs a ton, when she wakes up, she better go on a diet!"

Ash couldn't care less. He paced around, worried. "We really have to contact Tai and Sora. I hope T.K's alright…"

Max spoke up, "You could try the Swello idea. Maybe he could fly a message into the Pokemon World."

Brock added, "I bet it would work!"

Ash shook his head, "I just don't get it. We're from different worlds, how is he supposed to fly there?"

Brock pointed upwards. Everyone looked up. "Can't you see? The sky! The sky is endless. It goes on and on…Swello can fly, I'm sure he could find a way there."

"I don't know…" Ash said uncertainly.

"Come on, anything is worth a try, Ash." Misty encouraged him.

Ash felt all floaty because Misty had said something nice to him. He picked out a pokeball from his belt. "Okay, let's give it a shot. Um…does anyone have a piece of paper?"

Tai stared in amazement at what was before him. He was completely amazed. Gary looked at everything in wonder too.

"It's so…complicated!" Tai cried.

He was right. It looked like a maze. He could see a few dead ends and corridors leading off to nowhere. There were a lot of holes drilled in the ground too; they were just the right size for a guy to fall in. Sora felt a little scared and reached for Tai's hand without thinking.

"Huh?" Tai looked at Sora.

Sora blushed and turned away.

Gary shrugged. "Well, there you go. The Team Rocket hide-out. I guess I'll be going now. He was leaning on the wall. As he got up to leave, an arrow sped pass him and into the wall. Gary gulped.

"I think there are traps here…" Biyomon said.

"And he triggered one of them." Palmon added.

Gary licked his lips nervously. He was too proud to tell them that he was scared to find his way out how. Gary shrugged, "Well, then I guess I'll stay with you guys to help you with Team Rocket. I need to train my pokemon. Anyway, I have to cream that Ash when I get back to Pallet!"

T.K grabbed onto the edge of Tai's shirt and whispered, "I'm scared, Tai…"

Tai gathered up his courage. After all, he was the crest of Courage. "We can't back out now, we've come too far." He took a brave step forward and extended his hand to Sora. "Come on, we can do this!"

Sora smiled and reached for Tai's hand. "Yeah, we'll get Agumon back!" she replied, more confident.

Patamon climbed onto T.K's head. "Well, let's go!"

T.K nodded firmly and stepped lightly over to Tai and Sora. Biyomon and Palmon followed. Now they were all standing together looking at Gary.

"Well? Are you coming, Gary?" Sora asked him.

Gary tried to maintain his "cool" attitude. Even though he was positively shaking in fright, he gave them a determined nod and stepped forward.

"Alright!" Tai cheered, punching his fist in the air. "Let's go!"

They started to pick their way through the complex paths.

"Swello!"

T.K looked up. Ash's Swello had rested on his shoulder. "Oh? What's this?" T.K wondered as Swello gave him a folded piece of paper.

"Tai! Look at this!" T.K caught up with Tai, narrowly missing a hole on the floor. He handed him the slip of paper. Tai gazed at Swello for a second before he unfolded the paper. "You're Ash's Swello, aren't you?" He asked.

"Swello!"

"What does it say?" Sora asked, leaning over Tai's shoulder to read the note:

Hey guys, I hope you got this message,

If you have please reply. We have got to keep in

touch. By the way, we're in the Digital World right now.

It's a long story, so I can't explain it, please reply immediately

So that we know you're all right. From Ash and friends.

Sora felt excited. "Oh wow! They found a way into the Digital World!"

T.K looked amazed. "Wow…the hole went to the Digital World."

"What hole?" Tai and Gary asked together.

"It really is a long story…but-" T.K was cut off by an unfamiliar voice.

"You will not get through to the Team Rocket Hide-out!" A Team Rocket guy stood in their way. He continued, "You'll never get through!"

Gary retorted, "Oh yes we will!" He grabbed a pokeball from his belt and cried, "I challenge you to a pokemon match!"

Author's note: Emichii:

That's all there is right now. I actually typed up this whole chapter in one day since I know you all expected me to update every week. sigh the things I do for you readers…hahahaha…

Anyway, this chapter was pretty deep, if you ask me, they're really getting into it now-trying to figure out what happened and going into the hideout to rescue Agumon instead of playing around…ha-ha…well that's it…see you all soon, Thankyou for reading, please review!