Digimon 2: House of Horrors Series

Part One: His Voice

'Yolei sighed. "Fine. But I'm not singing."

"That's okay," Matt said. "Katrina will."

"Huh?"

Everyone in the group looked at each other, than Katrina. She looked as if she had just been told to flush herself down the toilet.

"I-I can't," she whispered.

"Yes you can," Matt said, thrumming the strings of his guitar threateningly. "I know you can."

Katrina blushed again as Matt winked at her. Izzy shot Matt a dark look.

"Um, restroom break," Kari said, noticing Izzy.'

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Odeiba Junior High, 24 hours earlier

Katrina watched as Yolei, Tai, T.K, Kari, and Izzy got up and made their way across the building to the bathroom.

"You know he likes you?"

Katrina looked around in surprise, blushing when she realized it was only Matt.

"What?"

"Izzy," Sora said. "He likes you."

Katrina nodded. "I know that, knew that. Sometimes I thought he was only doing that to be nice because other times he'd scream 'I wish you were dead.'"

"No way!" Sora gasped. Katrina giggled.

"Well, metaphorically speaking. He never really said it; he'd just look-say it to me."

"I see," Matt said pulling out a slip of paper from his pocket. He held it out to Katrina. She looked at it.

"You said you could sing," Matt answered. "These are lyrics to my new song."

Katrina frowned as she took the paper. She opened it and read it. She looked at Matt. "This is a love song."

Matt blushed. "I know."

Sora looked at him weird. "That doesn't sound like you."

"This song also requires a female singer too."

"That also doesn't sound like you."

Matt and Sora laughed, making Katrina feel like the third-wheel. She cleared her throat, getting their attention.

"I'll sing it."

Matt and Sora stopped laughing. Matt grinned. "Atta girl. Now, are you ready?"

Katrina nodded. Matt played his guitar, a beat too slow for rock, but too intense for a ballad or blues, played; echoing around the halls.

"I need you by my side," Matt sang, his voice lower than his normal singing voice.

"Forever and ever," Katrina sang. Sora stared at Katrina, eyes open wide. Was Katrina the one who sang…or was it an angel? Matt grinned at her.

"You're the only one for me."

"Because I need you…by me!"

Sora clapped and taped her foot as the beat moved to a slow rock.

"Baby, I need you by my side forever," Matt sang, a grin on his face.

"Because you're the only one for me, and I need you here, by me, by me…by me!"

"Days go by, gossip lie, and yet I'm sitting here waiting for you…"

Katrina smiled at Matt as she got into the song: "Sitting here waiting for you, heart aching it's nothing but true-"

Matt and Katrina took deep breaths as they both sang, "Because, baby, I love-"

Sora frowned as Matt finished the line. Katrina was shaking.

"You didn't have to sing, y'know," Matt said, noticing Katrina's behavior. "It was only a suggestion."

"Show yourself," Katrina ordered to the walls. Sora looked at Matt with a frown.

"Katrina, honey, there isn't anyone there," Sora said. Katrina grabbed her ears as if someone had just yelled into them.

"He's here! Oh God, he's here!"

"Who is?" Sora asked, getting to her feet. "Katrina, are you okay?"

Katrina turned around to look at them. Matt was unclasping his guitar and placing it on the ground.

"Don't you get it?" Katrina said. "He's here! He's coming to get us!"

Sora stood up, walked over to Katrina and grabbed her shoulders. "Look at me Katrina. There's no one here."

Katrina looked at Sora, her violet eyes reflected doubt. As Sora released her, the campfire light went out, making Katrina shriek and duck for cover.

"Save me from him!"

A whooshing sound came from the blinking monitor in the computer room. Sora's brow furrowed.

"Someone's coming through."

"Katrina, calm down!" Matt said. Sora turned around and saw him holding onto her arms as the girl flailed.

"You don't understand, he'll get us!"

"Who will?" Sora asked as she kneeled down next to her, but that was a big mistake. Sora felt herself become light as a feather. Katrina was glowing, and so was Matt. What in the world was going on? Just as Sora tried to understand, her digivice glowed, sending out bright splashes of red light. Before Sora could react to her digivice, however, the middle school vanished and she was thrust into a world of darkness, clinging onto Katrina. A high wind kicked up, making Sora let go of Katrina, and Sora felt herself tumbling into a strange forest.

"Sora! Matt!"

Sora opened her eyes. All she could see in front of her were sharp blades of grass trying to poke her eyes out. She pushed herself up, now on hands and knees and brushed dirt from her elbows and tennis skirt.

"That's going to leave a nice little grass stain," she muttered.

"Sora! Matt!"

"Katrina?" Sora called as she took in her surroundings. All she could see were trees and vegetation, almost as if she were in the jungle. But, it had a familiar feel to it…

"Sora! Where are you?"

"I'm right here Katrina!" Sora called back. Within seconds, Katrina emerged from behind a tree.

"There you are! I've been looking for you and Matt!"

"Where are we?" Sora asked. She squinted her eyes. Yup, this seems familiar alright…

"I have no clue," Katrina said. "All I know is, we're in trouble if we can't find Matt."

"I'm right here," Matt said. Sora and Katrina ran to the voice, and found Matt sitting on small rock putting his shoes on. Sora sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness. How'd we end up here?"

"Ask her," Matt said, pointing to Katrina. Katrina chewed on her lower lip.

"Just what is this place?" Sora asked. "And how'd we get here from the school?"

"Sora, use that egg-shaped head of yours for once and take a look around," Matt growled. Sora glared at him, but did take his advice. It clicked in her head.

"No way! You're kidding me, how'd we get here…to the Digital World?"

"Like I said, ask her!"

Sora rounded on Katrina. "Just how on earth…or wherever we are, did we get here? That digiport has been sealed shut for days!"

Katrina took a step back. Sora could tell that she was fighting the urge to run or stay with two very ticked off teenagers.

"If you run, we'll follow," Sora assured her.

"I wasn't going to!" came the reply.

"Good," Sora huffed. "Just to let you know…"

"So, if you brought us here, you're a digidestind?"

Katrina nodded sadly.

"Where's your digivice? And digimon?"

Katrina gasped. "Oh no, I left her back in the real world!"

"What?" Matt said astounded. "You're digimon's in the real world?"

"And my digivice is in the real world too," Katrina moaned, slapping her head.

"What?" Matt and Sora exclaimed, together. "How could've possibly got here without a digivice?"

"It's this strange power I have," Katrina said. "But no time to explain. You guys have digimon too, right? We'll have to find them otherwise we're powerless."

"Against whom?" Matt asked. "That guy you were screaming about?"

Katrina nodded. "Yes. If I'm right, he's been waiting to attack us for a long time now. Almost ten years to be exact."

"Who?" Sora asked. Katrina looked at her.

"His name's Demon, and he's trying to kill me and B.Gatomon."

"Look, here's our apartment," T.K said.

Yolei and T.K climbed out the car and thanked Jon.

"Where do you live, Izzy?" Jon was asked.

"Wait," Izzy said, before the car door shut. "Not just yet…there's something I need to talk about before I get home."

Jon gave him a peculiar look, but he drove off after waving to Yolei and T.K. Izzy remained silent, staring blankly out of the window.

"Izzy," Jon started.

"I have this…thing going on," Izzy said. Jon took his eyes off of the road for a few seconds to look at Izzy.

"Was bedeuten Sie? What do you mean weird stuff?"

Izzy sighed. "For some reason, I feel like I can trust you. Like you went through the same thing."

"Why do I get the feeling Sie sind nicht talking about being a Digidestined?"

A small smile broke out on Izzy's face. "I like you Germanese. It's a little hard to understand."

"Es tut mir lied. I mean, sorry. What's been bugging you, it couldn't have been my Deutch."

Izzy sighed again. "I've been having weird dreams lately."

Jon smiled. "Oh really?"

Izzy grinned. "No, not those kinds. The kinds I'm having are more…what are they called, premonitions?"

Jon nodded, his face now serious. "You can see the future in your dreams?"

Izzy nodded. "I know it sounds weird, talking to you about them. But, I think these dreams are tied to Katrina. I started getting them just after you guys moved here."

Jon nodded. "Then the Digital World is sending them to you. How far into the future did you go?"

"Well, I kind of altered it," Izzy said. "After you dropped T.K and Yolei off, you took me home."

"You changed it," Jon said. "Maybe that's why you are having these dreams. If the Digital World is sending them to you, then it must be tied to your crest."

"Knowledge?" Izzy asked. It made some sense. A smile broke out on Jon's face.

"Your crest is knowledge? That's strange, mine was earth. Mai's was fire, and Chantel's was energy. When I was a digidestined, my friends and I all had special powers too. I had a force field made of dirt, Mai was able to control the temperature, and Chantel was the strongest of us all. She had the ability to shift land and water, wind and rain. But, I guess the Digital World thought that you kids would get reckless like we did, and gave you the crests that sited your attributes and skills."

Izzy was silent. After a few minutes, Izzy pointed to a street sign.

"If you follow that sign we'll get to my house."

"You found what you needed?" Jon asked, following the direction of the street sign.

"You gave me more than I needed," Izzy smiled as they got closer to civilization. When Jon stopped his car, Izzy climbed out and bowed.

"Thanks for your time, sir," Izzy said. Jon smiled.

"Izzy, good luck. I'm picking you up first tomorrow so I can get a full encounter of your dreams."

Izzy nodded and shut the door. He waited until Jon pulled out and sighed.

"Reckless with their powers," Izzy said as he climbed the stairs to his apartment. "Katrina's a digidestined too. Sheesh, I hope I can get a decent nights rest. It's off to the Digital World tomorrow."