I'm really sorry, guys! I have another excuse... (sighs) I had a Scholastic Bowl meet yesterday, and couldn't get on. This is why I'm making a change... From now on, this gets updated on Wednsday. If I can make it, anyway. This is because starting now, just about every Thursday will be a meet.

Chapter Eight

"Well," Jenn said, seeing that the sun was slowly beginning to set, "we didn't find anything."

"I really didn't think we would," Gomamon replied. "Unfortunately, the likeliness that a remaining DigiDestined hasn't already been captured by Gervartitymon is slim to none." The eyes of Arachnimon narrowed from above.

"Unfortunately, not quite true," he murmured to himself. Other than his own DigiDestined, no others had joined the side of Gervartitymon. And Arachnimon more than realized that that trust was iffy. Shinji seemed cautious by nature, and had not actually said what side he wished to be on. It's only a matter of time, though, Arachnimon thought. Whether by force or by choice, Shinji would become a valuable part of Gervartitymon's elite team.

Still. At the present, these two were secluded from the others. Perfect targets for capture, possibly used for ransom. With barely a flutter of his odd wings, he was up and above the treetops. Time to issue some orders.

"Oh, well, we'd better head back," Jenn told Gomamon. "Do you want me to carry you again?"

"Nah," the seal-like Digimon replied. "I can make it by myself." The two walked in silence for a short amount of time, before Gomamon realized something.

"Uh, Jenn? Do you have any idea where we're going?"

"… No…" It was official. They were lost. "Now what?" Jenn said with a sigh. She was tired and hungry and really wanted to lay down.

"Isn't there some kind of tracking device in your Digivice?" Gomamon asked. Remembering that there was, Jenn took out the bright blue Digivice and pressed a button. Miraculously, a map came up. Two dark green dots and two red dots were very close together, Leslie, Ravmon, Brian, and Draimon, Jenn guessed. But, there was also a black dot swiftly moving out of range of the map.

"Wha…" She said, watching as the black dot disappeared. "Another DigiDestined!" She squealed excitedly.

"What?" Gomamon said. "Where? Let me see!" Gomamon jumped up to look, and accidentally pressed another button. The map didn't leave, but the dots of the others were replaced by a circle of flashing red dots in a circle around them. Slowly, they drew closer.

"What's this?" Jenn asked curiously. "Lots of little red dots…" She glanced at one corner of the screen, where the title of the map was. It read 'enemy detection'.

"Oh crud!" She exclaimed. "Gomamon, we're surrounded! You've gotta Digivolve!"

"Wha-what?" He said confused. "Surrounded?"

"Yes!" Jenn practically screamed. "You've gotta do something!"

"I can't Digivolve again this soon!" Gomamon said back, looking scared. "I'm too tired!"

"Oh, no…" Jenn whispered. Kneeling next to Gomamon, she tried to make herself as small as possible.

"I've had it," Brian said. The sun was fairly far down by this time, and the wood surrounding them looked dark and ominous. "I can't wait any longer. We've gotta go find her."

"Wait," Leslie said, finally remembering the ability on the Digivice to see where others were. "Let's see where she is…" Pressing the button on her dark green Digivice, a map popped up. There were the two blue dots that represented Jenn and Gomamon, and, next to them, was a solitary black dot.

"They must have found someone!" She said excitedly. The others all gathered around to look.

"I see a problem here," Draimon said with a scowl. He poked Jenn and Gomamon's positioning on the screen with a thumb claw on his wing. "See? They're not making any kind of attempt to move and try to find us."

"And the black dot is circling them," Ravmon pointed out from Leslie's shoulder. Brian frowned.

"Something is definitely wrong," he announced. "We've gotta go investigate."

"Wait, Brian, there's a problem," Draimon told him. "I can't Digivolve yet, I'm too weak. Ravmon and Gomamon probably can't, either. We won't be of much help."

"There's safety in numbers," Leslie reminded him. "And having us is better than no one."

"Right," Brian said with a nod. "We've gotta save them, no matter what."

Again, guys, I'm really sorry. Also, no characters yet. Hmph. Oh, well. Fighting next chapter, it's a little short, blah blah blah... Sorry, have to go work on another story now. And, Riverfox, sorry that I couldn't send the part with Jenn to you first. If anything seems OOC, tell me and I'll change it. Ta ta for now! R&R, please.