Argh! I still can't believe I'm writing a romance story-even if it's not all romance. I mean, I'm the type that doesn't read purely romance. :P But then again, I'm writing it to promote (lol, what a word to use in this situation) Takari and a bit of Taiora and Jyomi (is that how you spell it?) so for their sake, I must write! 'Nods'

Sora: Yeah yeah…WHY DID YOU MAKE ME TOUCH YOU KNOW WHO'S FACE?

Mystic-H: Err…because I just said I need to promote a bit of Taiora too…

Sora: But but BUT!

Mystic-H: Aw…come on, admit it. You-'BANG!' Itai…

Sora: Learn your lesson!

Mystic-H: But I never do…

Sora: 'Stares at Mystic-H on the floor' That's why you should start doing it.

Mystic-H: Why is it my destiny to go through all this pain…?

Anyhow…Ouch!...on with the…Itai!...story!

You Never Know

Chapter Ten

Creak…The eerie but relieving sound came when the door opened. Ahh, light at last…light…Hikari…

TK's head jolted upwards as the light came through, once again, blinding him. 'What is it now…' he thought wearily. As he squinted, he saw two figures, one seems to have crazy hair and loose shorts and shirt, and the other had a t-shirt and shorts that just went under the knee. He watched them stumble inside, just before the door shut behind them. The guard outside muttered, "Why are they so many foolish brats?"

TK then heard silence, so he spoke up, "Tai? Sora? You guys got caught too. What are we-"

"TK! What are you doing here? You just went to the digi world and you didn't tell us?" Sora interrupted.

"Because…I felt something was wrong."

"Something defiantly is wrong." Tai spoke up, "Why did you end up here anyways,TK?"

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"I hope he'll be okay…" Kari said as they left the guard tied to a big tree with his own rope that they fished out earlier.

"He will be, don't worry! Own first priority is to find TK, Sora and Tai." Matt answered reassuringly.

"Yeah…by the way, are an hour and an hour up yet? They probably went back."

Matt looked at his watch. "We have half an hour left. But you're probably right about them going back. How about looking for own digimons for now?"

"Okay. I think they'll have an idea on what's going on." Kari took out her digivice. She saw a blank screen.

"Oh yeah, Izzy said our digivices weren't working…" With an exasperated sigh, Kari and Matt decided to look for their digi friends the hard way, which was running around (with the rifle).

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While breathing hard, Joe frantically looked around for his friends. He didn't see where he was going, and tripped on a tree root.

"Ugh…" Joe sat up and saw that the red pen he was holding landed on a rock, which made it crack open. He was about to push the opening back together, when he noticed some letters on the plastic ink holder in the interior of the pen (it's hard to explain :P). He took it out and read the words, "Cissalc Incorporations. Sounds like some big organization. So I was right about humans being here, since I don't think the digimons will make up something like this." He turned the pen so it closed, and got up to look for his friends again, saying, "They can't be too far…I mean, it was just a few seconds time running here…"

'A few seconds is a lot in these situations…' his mind told him.

"Maybe they're hiding somewhere…trying to scare the living heck out of me…"

'Would they play this type of joke in the situation all of you are in?'

"True…we still need to find TK." After realizing this, his conscience has won the battle again. "They probably got kidnapped…" Joe stared at the ground with defeat. 'Why can't I be optimistic at times like these?' he thought to himself. All of a sudden, a small object glinted in his eye. "Again?" Even with this said, Joe bent down to take a closer look. "A star? Why does this seem so familiar…hmmm…" He put his hand on his chin. Suddenly, his face was filled with realization, "Mimi's hairclips!"

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"Any sign, Kari?" Matt asked.

"Nope." Kari sighed, "How are we going to find them this way?"

"It all depends on luck." Matt looked at his watch. "Twenty minutes left."

Kari nods, "We better hurry."

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"So that's what happened…" Tai said.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you, TK." Sora apologized, after listening to TK's story.

"It's okay. You were only worried about me."

"So, did you find anything out? Like, what's the purpose of these people being in the digiworld? And how did they find out about it?" Tai asked.

"I don't know how they found the digiworld, and what their purpose is, but I do know that they are mind controlling and…experimenting on the digimons." TK lowered his head, even though no one could see his face.

There was a moment of silence. Tai and Sora were too shocked to speak. Mind controlling wasn't a new thing, but experimenting was just utterly cruel.

"How-how can they do that?" Sora managed.

"I think they might interrogate you two, because they did that to me."

"Interrogate!" Tai exclaimed, "What the?"

"Anyhow, we have to think of a plan to get out of here." Sora said.

"But how? The guard seems pretty strong. I think he can take all three of us on." TK sighed.

"Yes, he's strong, but…" Sora paused, "WE can lend his strength."

"And also distracted him." Tai finished.

"I get the distracting part, but, lend his strength?"

Sora grinned with a plan, but obviously, no one can quite see her.

Okay…I know this is a bit short but please bear with me! I know I'm horrible at updating and all, but school is giving me a heart attack so please understand :(

Sora: Excuses, excuses…

Mystic-H: What? It's true!

Sora: 'shakes her head and waddles finger.'

Mystic-H: No one believes me!

Okay…reviewers!

kingdom219:) I'm glad you're interested!

JyouraKoumi: Well…I dunno…it seems practical doesn't it? Like, the princess and the nerd. :D Even so, everyone has different opinions, so I won't put so much Jyomi in there-just a side thing. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the story!

Sakuno629: I'll try to update faster. I know I'm saying this a lot but trust me! I will improve :)

seal-chan: Glad to know you're interested. By the way, I've noticed you're a new reviewer! (I'm so slow --')

AngePerromon: Sorry, I didn't fit Mimi and Izzy in this chapter. :( But they will be in the next one, I promise :)