Hello! Here I am with the next chapter :D In this chapter and the next one the 'main' plot will take a short backseat as this current plot unfolds over episode 13 and 14... I hope it works as well as I had it planned out in my head XD Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and please review and tell me what you think!
Sithking Zero: XD Yeah, defiantly a time for a cliffhanger. I've kinda got an idea for the whole Stacey/SnowAgumon/Gabumon thing. It'll be explained more in the next chapter. I hope people like it. and yeah, lackey's are usually a little dumb etc so I thought it was time for a change XD
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Digimon 2.5 "Digimon Adventure 03"
Episode 13: "A Blast from the Past"
.:High Falls, Tropical Jungle, Digital World:.
"Ahhhh!"
Everyone stiffened up straight and spun their heads around in the direction of the screams. Their view was blocked by the huge burning tree but they knew something bad had just happened.
"Something's happened." Margaret murmured, the colour from her face instantly draining.
"Tai!" Matt bolted towards the burning tree with Garurumon by his side.
"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon opened his mouth and released his ice cold attack. The blast of energy hit the burning tree but it merely fizzled out upon impact. The wolf Digimon took a step back, growling a little. "It's no use. The flames are too intense. My attack isn't cold enough!"
Matt took one step closer to the tree but jumped back as more burning debris fell from the trees above them. He sighed in defeat. "We've got to get outta here." He muttered, taking another step back.
"What?!" Margaret exclaimed. "We can't leave... not now... we can't leave them!" she cried out, hysterically. She coughed a little as she inhaled some of the smoke.
Davis jumped back, merely missing a falling tree branch. "If we stay here any longer, we'll die for sure."
"But we can't leave them Dad!" Dan exclaimed.
Davis didn't look at his son who was staring up at him with pleading eyes. "Tai wanted us to leave and get to safety no matter what happened to him... we have to do what he requested."
Dan gave his father a confused look. "But Dad... how can we just leave them like that? They're obviously in danger... they're our friends!"
"Your father is right Dan." Strikedramon spoke up before he threw a punch at Starmon X, knocking him to the ground. "We can't stay here much longer or the smoke will slowly kill us before these losers do."
Dan looked up at his Digimon, before gazing over at his father. How could they be saying that? His best friend was trapped behind that burning tree and was obviously in trouble from the sudden scream she had just let out.
Suddenly, another tree collapsed near the DigiDestined, setting most of the grass on fire.
Matt cringed as he felt the heat from the flames. "That's it, we've gotta get to that portal before it's destroyed by the fire. Wrap this up Garurumon!" he hollered to his partner.
Garurumon back kicked Starmon into the burning bushes before his human partner leaped onto his back. Matt quickly grabbed Jonathon and hoisted him up behind him.
"B-but..." Jonathon stuttered, glancing in the direction of the cliff.
Margaret shook her head hysterically. She wasn't about to lose two more important people in her life. "No! I'm not going... Uncle Tai, Dawn!" she screamed towards the burning tree. She was about to sprint towards it.
Flybeemon, who was holding Dawn's unconscious Agumon, buzzed across and scooped the young Kimura girl up in his arms, against her will.
Gatomon threw an almighty punch against Allomon X's face before leaping up into the air and perching herself on Flybeemon's shoulder.
Strikedramon knocked Starmon to the ground once more whilst ExVeemon Kung-fu kicked Dobermon against the rocky wall before the two champion Digimon scooped up their own human partners.
Margaret watched helplessly as she was carried into the depths of the jungle, her eyes never leaving the spot where her uncle and cousin were last. "No..." she murmured under her breath as the cliff disappeared out of sight...
.:Gear Savannah, Digital World:.
Stacey and SnowAgumon had left the Native Forest and were now trekking across the Gear Savannah. The Savannah was an almost endless stretch of grassland. Telephone poles were dotted across the area, protruding from the ground.
Stacey had her hands in her jacket pockets as she walked in silence. She was in deep thought about what to do with herself after SnowAgumon returns to his home. She would be alone after that and with no digivice she wouldn't be able to return home... not like she wanted to go back anyway.
SnowAgumon glanced up at the blonde haired girl. "Uh... not far now..." he spoke, trying to make conversation. "We just have to travel through the tropical jungle and the Freezeland is just beyond there."
Stacey merely nodded. She looked ahead to where the Tropical Jungle was. And that's when it caught her attention. Smoke was seen rising into the air, blackening the sky. She had this feeling deep down that her father and the others were in there...
.:Tropical Jungle, Digital World:.
Everything was peaceful, apart from the sounds of the water from the river crashing against the banks of the land. The raging rapids from High Falls had died down, but there was still a strong current in the water...
Suddenly Tai emerged from the water, coughing whilst trying to gasp for breath. Spluttering up water from his lungs he quickly scanned the area for any sign of his daughter or Digimon. "D-Dawn?!" he gasped out. Looking around again, he started to panic. "Dawn...? Where are you?!"
Just then, he heard something splash behind him. Spinning around he saw Agumon burst out of the water clutching Dawn tightly to his chest.
Dawn spluttered up water and splashed with her arms a bit. "D-Dad!"
Tai managed to swim towards them, against the current. "Are you okay?" he asked as he reached them.
Dawn nodded meekly before coughing once more. "Yeah... just a little cold."
Tai took his daughter in his arms and began to swim across to the grassy bank at the edge of the river, with Agumon following behind. As he reached the edge, he turned to speak to his Digimon partner but suddenly froze. "Quick! Over here!"
He grabbed Agumon's arm, leading him downstream a little to where there was a large rock. The three quickly ducked behind it.
"What's going on?" Dawn asked, a little loudly, looking up at her father puzzled.
"Shhh! It's Monochromon X." Tai muttered quietly before peering out from behind the rock. All he could see was Monochromon X's horn sticking out of the water, but he knew it was him.
He watched as the large champion Digimon emerged fully from the water. He scrambled out of the river. He shook his body dry from the water before trudging off into the depths of the jungle, muttering stuff under his breath.
"Okay." Tai sighed. "He's gone." He turned around and pulled himself out of the water and onto the grassy ledge before bending down and helping Dawn and Agumon out.
"We should follow him Dad. He could lead us to the bad guy Garurumon X works for." The brown haired girl commented as she shook her hair dry, like a dog.
"No." Tai replied as he pulled his Digimon partner on to the land. "It's too dangerous. If we get caught, or he sees us there's no way Agumon's strong enough to defend us."
"Ah c'mon!" Dawn exclaimed. "Danger's what makes the whole of this much more exciting!"
Agumon just stared at the Kamiya girl. "Don't you think we've had enough danger for one day?" he asked, motioning to the water. "We were lucky to survive that fall."
Dawn sighed as she removed her goggles from her forehead and placed them back around her neck, her hair falling down into its original place. "So what do we do now?" she asked, looking up at her father.
Tai turned around and looked up to where High Falls could be seen in the distance. Smoke from the fire could be seen rising into the sky, ruining its perfect blue colour. "We've got to find another portal. There's no way we can get back to the one up there. The fire has probably destroyed it. I just hope the others got there in time."
"But didn't Izzy say the closest one after that are miles and miles away?" Agumon asked, looking up at his human partner.
The bearer of Courage sighed and nodded. "And we have no idea which direction to go."
Dawn sat down on a small rock beside the banks of the river. "I hope Agumon's okay. He took a nasty beating off Garurumon X. The others better be taking good care of him."
"They will kiddo. Don't worry." Tai replied.
Suddenly, something behind them in the darkness amongst the trees and bushes moved by quickly. Its shadowy figure was barely noticeable.
"Huh?" After hearing something Tai turned around and peered into darkness.
"What's up Dad?" Dawn asked, looking up at him before turning her attention to where he was staring.
"Uhh... nothing... I thought I just heard something... that's all." His eyes were still fixed on that particular place, looking for any sign of movement. But there wasn't any. The bearer of Courage sighed. "C'mon lets go. Maybe this river will lead to somewhere."
.:Izzy's Research Lab, Minato, Tokyo:.
"Okay according to their signal they're almost on top of the portal..." Izzy explained to Haruhiko and Jim as he typed away on his keyboard. He began to set the computer up. "They should be transported through right about now..."
Haruhiko turned to the wall and picked up the cordless phone that hung from it. "I'll call Sora and let her know they'll be back any minute now." He dialled his daughter's work number and waited for an answer.
Izzy nodded before he stepped away from the computer and moved his chair and other objects away that would be in the way when the others travelled through the portal.
TK and Kari were present after getting the news that their family were heading back home and the bearer of Light clung tightly to her fiancé's arm as they waited.
There was a flash of light from the computer screen followed by a cluster of cries as Matt, Davis and the others came flying through the portal on the screen. They all groaned as they landed in a tangled heap on the floor.
"Margaret!" Kari bolted forward and immediately wrapped her arms around her eleven year old daughter, relieved she was safe. "I'm so glad you're okay sweetie."
"Mom..." Margaret clung tightly to her mother, sobbing a little into her blouse.
"Hey it's okay. It wasn't that bad was it?" Kari half joked before she looked up from her daughter. Her eyes scanned from Matt, Davis, Dan and Jonathon before it dawned on her... "Wait... where's Tai?"
TK stood beside his fiancé. "Dawn's missing too. What's going on? Weren't they with you?" he asked, mainly looking at his older brother.
"There was an accident Mr Takaishi." Jonathon spoke up.
Margaret's Gatomon jumped up on to one of the desks. "We were attacked by Garurumon X and his army. We tried to fight them but the jungle caught fire, which just made it harder. That's when Tai and Dawn got separated from the rest of us at the edge of the cliff..." she trailed off.
Haruhiko stood completely still after what he had just heard. He stared at the cat Digimon, not wanting to believe what she was insinuating. At that point, his daughter picked up the phone. He paused for a second before talking into the speaker. "Sora... sweetheart, you better come down here quick." His voice was cracked with shock as he spoke...
.:Tropical Jungle, Digital World:.
Dawn was just ahead of her father and his Digimon as they walked through the depths of the jungle. She was jumping off rocks and swinging from low tree branches as she went.
"Is it still not working Tai?" Agumon asked as he watched his human partner play with his D-phone.
Tai shook his head as he pressed numerous buttons but the screen was still blank. "No. Water probably got into it. You know, with Izzy being so smart you think he might have designed these to be waterproof." He glanced up and saw his daughter was getting a little far ahead. "Hey Dawn don't go running off ahead! Stay close okay?!" he called up to her.
Dawn, who was in the middle of swinging from a tree branch, rolled her eyes. "Yes Dad." She droned as she hung from the branch before jumping down.
"What about your Digivice?" Agumon asked, motioning to the small object clipped on Tai's belt. "Does that still work?"
Tai unclipped at it and took a look. "Yeah, the screen's still working." He pressed a couple of buttons. "That's funny... how come the Digivice is okay but my D-phone isn't?"
Agumon shrugged his shoulders. "Beats me, but they never make technology like they used to. Why not use Dawn's D-Power? She's got a built in microphone."
"It's worth a try... hey kiddo! Come here a sec!" Tai called to his daughter.
Dawn jumped down from the rock she was on top of and walked to meet her father and Agumon. "What is it?"
"I need to get hold of Izzy. How do you work that microphone in your digivice?" her father asked.
The young Kamiya girl unclipped her device from her belt and handed it to her father. "Just press the top button and then speak into the microphone on the left." She told him.
Tai pressed the top button just below the screen. But as he did there was a crackling and fuzzy noise coming from the microphone. "Ah great, looks like water got into it. This won't work."
"But the rest of it is working fine..." the rookie Digimon commented a little confused.
"Oh well, technology sucks sometimes." Dawn commented as she took her digivice off her father and clipped it back onto her belt before running off ahead once more to play on the rocks and tree branches.
Agumon glanced up at his human partner. "So what are we gonna do now?" he asked.
Tai sighed. "Then we'll just have to try and find somewhere with a phone or a computer or something."
"Tai, we're in the middle of the Tropical Jungle with no way of telling which way is the right way-"
"Well what do you suggest Agumon?" Tai suddenly cut in. "I don't wanna hang around here any longer than we have to in case we run into Garurumon X and his army."
"They think we're dead. They're not gonna be looking for us!" Agumon exclaimed.
Tai came to a stop and faced his Digimon partner. "I don't want to take that chance okay? There has to be a village or something close by that could help us and give us directions. With no way to contact Izzy we need to-"
Tai was forced to stop in mid-sentence as in a split second something from behind flew in between them in a black blur, smacking both him and Agumon in the back of the head.
The bearer of Courage and the rookie both fell forward, face down against the ground. Agumon was knocked unconscious as Tai was remained dazed but he was brought back to reality when he heard his daughter's scream echo throughout the jungle.
"Urgh... Dawn...?" Tai managed to push himself up a little and look ahead. His vision was blurry and a bit distorted but he could make out the images of his daughter and the mysterious figure that had attacked them.
Dawn cringed as she struggled to free herself from the tight grip she was under. All that could be seen from her attacker was a long metal arm, its robotic fingers wrapped firmly around her wrist. The rest of him was covered in a black cloak. She stumbled forward to try and reach her father but her attacker just yanked her closer to him.
"Don't struggle my child." He spoke in a whisper that sent chills down the Kamiya girl's spine.
"H-hey!" Tai managed to shout out as he struggled to get to his feet. He dizzily stood up, swaying a little. He stumbled forward. "L-let her go!"
"I'm afraid that's out of the question." The mysterious attacker spoke before forming a ball of energy in his free left hand. Without hesitation he released the attack and it slammed into Tai's chest.
"Argh!" Tai was thrown back to the ground, landing on his back. He groaned a little as he struggled to stay awake but he was overtaken by darkness and he slipped into unconsciousness...
Dawn's brown eyes widened as she saw her father fall to the ground beside Agumon, motionless. "Dad!" she cried out. She narrowed her eyes. "That's it! You're gonna ge-" with her free right arm she was about to throw a punch at the creature holding her, but he extended his other arm and grabbed her wrist in mid-punch.
"Calm down my child." The cloaked creature spoke in his robotic tone. "Don't do something you might regret!" he tightened his grip on her wrist, twisting it a little.
Dawn cringed sinking to the ground a little as the sudden sharp pain hit her wrist. "Argh..." she gasped out.
"Now..." the creature spoke once more right in Dawn's ear. "You're coming with me." He hissed in a whisper.
"No!" Dawn snapped back, struggling to break free. "I won't! Dad!" she tried to make a run for it but whoever had hold of her was much stronger and simply dragged her away from her father and Agumon as she continued to squirm. "No!, let me go... Dad help!" she screamed helplessly reaching out her free hand in the direction of her father. "DAD!" her scream echoed across the jungle.
Her cries growing fainter from where Tai and Agumon lay motionless...
.:Izzy's Research Lab, Minato, Tokyo:.
Haruhiko was pacing up and down the computer lab. He ran his hand through his grey hair and came to a stop but his mind was still on his son-in-law and granddaughter. "This is bad... I mean if they were okay they would have contacted us by now... something's happened."
"Now, now Haruhiko we don't know that for sure." Jim spoke up. "There could be a number of reasons why they haven't gotten in touch with us yet."
"Yeah, like they're dead!" Dan spat angrily.
"Danjuro!" Davis exclaimed, glaring at his son and calling him by his full name.
Dan matched the look given by his father, his fists clenched. "I'm sorry Dad! But I can't believe you opted to leave them there! We're supposed to be a team and we don't leave teammates behind to die!" he raged.
"Son, calm down just a sec-" Davis began.
"No! My best friend was in danger and you forced me to leave. It didn't matter how dangerous it was you never leave your friends like that. Surely you should know from all the years of being a DigiDestined!"
"..." Davis was speechless at his son's comments.
"He's right." Agumon piped up, holding his injured arm. "Dawn needed me; we should've stayed to rescue them. Now we don't know what has happened to her or Tai!"
At that moment, the door to the computer room opened and Sora came hurrying in quickly followed by Biyomon. "Dad, what's going on? You sounded anxious on the phone-" she paused after noticing the others. "Hey you're back." She smiled. But the smile didn't last long as she noticed her husband and daughter were missing. "Where are Tai and Dawn?"
Matt glanced at Davis who just stared at the floor, suddenly taking an interest in the carpet. "Uhh.." was the only words out of the blonde's mouth.
"Where's my husband and daughter, Matt?" Sora repeated in a more demanding tone.
"Sora... listen, you better sit down a sec." The bearer of Friendship said, having no idea how to start the conversation he was about to have.
"Just tell me Matt!" Sora suddenly snapped, growing impatient.
Biyomon looked worried. She glanced up at Matt, waiting for answer off him as well.
Matt sighed and scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
Margaret suddenly burst into tears whilst she clutched onto her mother. "There was a fire Aunt Sora... in the jungle. We had been surrounded by Garurumon X and his army and Uncle Tai and Dawn got trapped at the edge of the cliff... We couldn't see what was happening... but then we heard them scream and..." she trailed off.
Sora stood there silent for what seemed like forever. But she snapped out of her thoughts and turned to the computer, her digivice in her hand. "I'm going to look for them."
"No way Sora!" Izzy slipped in front of her, blocking the computer screen. "It'll be too dangerous there right now, with the fire raging and Garurumon X's army on the prowl."
Matt took a step closer to the bearer of Love. "And I know you don't want to think the worst Sora, but I doubt anyone could survive that. Either if it was the smoke and fire, or falling off that cliff they had no-"
Sora spun round to face the blonde haired man, glaring at him. "You may have given up on them but I haven't!" she interrupted. "I can't believe you left them there! You may think they're dead but I don't. I know Tai and Dawn better than you and I know they're stronger than what you're making them out to be. I believe they are still alive."
Biyomon looked up at Izzy. "Can't you contact them or get their location up on the computer? Maybe that can tell us they're still alive."
Izzy sighed. "I hate to say this, but if they were alive they would have contacted us by now to let us know they're safe." He then saw Sora's eyes glaring right at him. "But I can try and locate their whereabouts." He quickly added before sitting down at the computer.
Haruhiko walked up to his daughter as Izzy worked hard on his computer. He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Please sweetheart. Be careful. I want to go with you but-"
"Don't worry Dad." Sora interrupted him. "I'll be fine. Have you forgotten all the time I spent in the Digital World when I was a kid? I know how to handle myself."
"Okay." Izzy spoke up, gathering everyone's attention. "I've got their locations... wait a minute... that's strange..." he trailed off.
"What is it Dad?" Jonathon asked, standing beside his father.
"I have their locations pin-pointed but... Tai's signal is completely still..." he paused to point at the orange dot that represented Tai's whereabouts. "Whilst Dawn's is about five miles away and is still moving." He pointed to the smaller orange dot that was Dawn's signal.
"What?" Sora stared at the screen and watched as her daughter's signal was moving further away from her husband's.
Agumon climbed up onto an empty chair next to Izzy and peered at the screen. "Her signal is moving at a fast pace... what's going on?" He gulped.
Sora grasped her digivice. "C'mon Izzy get that portal open. Get me as close as you can to Tai."
Izzy's fingers began to work fast as he typed on the keyboard. "I'm on it but I can't just drop you off anywhere. There are only certain spots where the digital barrier is weaker that will allow you to travel through..." the computer bleeped as the bearer of Knowledge locked a location on the portal. "Okay, I've got you about half a mile away from Tai. I'm sorry but that's the closest I can get you. Just follow the river and you'll reach him."
Sora nodded as the red haired man stepped away from the computer after finishing loading the portal.
"I want to come too!" Dan exclaimed from behind the bearer of Love before coughing a little.
Sora turned to face her daughter's best friend. She sighed as she looked at him. He was covered in dirt due to the smoke from the fire and his hair was messier than usual. "You need to rest Dan. I know you care a lot about Dawn but you're in no fit state to go back there after what you've been through. Please, just stay here."
"B-but..." Dan trailed off with a stutter.
Davis placed both hands on his son's shoulders. "Son, listen to Mrs Kamiya okay? We've been through a lot today and we've inhaled a lot of smoke. We need to rest."
"And I used up most of my energy battling the X army. I'm afraid I'd be useless if we went." Veemon added sadly.
Dan sighed in defeat. "Alright... I'll stay." He murmured. "Just promise you'll bring Dawn home safe?" he pleaded looking up at Sora.
The bearer of Love smiled down at the ten year old boy. "I promise." She then turned to her Digimon partner. "You ready Biyomon?"
Biyomon nodded. "Let's go." She stepped up to the computer alone with Dawn's Agumon.
Sora held her digivice up to the computer screen and in a flash of light she, along with Biyomon and Agumon were sucked through the portal and transported to the Digital World...
.:Tropical Jungle, Digital World:.
Sora landed on the ground beside the river in the middle of the Tropical Jungle with Biyomon landing next to her and Agumon landing on top of her.
"Agumon, you need to cut down on the cheeseburgers!" the pink Digimon exclaimed as she pushed the little rookie off her.
Sora smiled a little as she got to her feet and brushed the dirt off her clothes. "C'mon you two, we need to follow the river downstream and we should find Tai."
"I sure hope they're okay." Biyomon sighed as the three friends began their short trek beside the river. "I still can't understand how they are so far apart."
Agumon sighed too. "I just wish I was there, whatever happened. Dawn could be in trouble and I'm not there to protect her."
Sora put on a brave smile. "Hey c'mon you two, think positive. Tai and Dawn are tough. It'll take a hell of a lot to bring them down. You should know that." When the two rookies weren't looking, Sora's smile faded a little. "Please honey... you and Dawn better be safe..."
.:Thunder Mountain, Digital World:.
The Undead King was stood at the window on the top floor of his castle. He was looking out over the vast dusty desert land that surrounded the area around his base. In the distance was Fossil Canyon and beyond that the tree tops of the Native Forest could be seen.
The door to the room creaked open and in stepped Garurumon X, his fur dirty from the smoke in the Tropical Jungle. "Sir?" he spoke up.
"I trust our operation went according to plan." The Undead King replied, still looking out of the window.
Garurumon X walked towards the cloaked creature. He paused a couple of feet behind him. "Well... not exactly to plan sir. They were stronger than we thought and we lost a member of the X army-" He began.
"What?!" the Undead King roared. "Are you telling me those brats aren't dead yet?" he snarled.
Garurumon X bowed apologetically. "Even though they are not all dead, I have the pleasure of telling you the two strongest are finally out of the picture." He smiled slyly. "They took a little tumble of the cliff."
The Undead King smiled a wicked smile. "Are you certain?" he questioned, turning to face the champion X Digimon.
"Positive sir. No one could survive that fall. If the force of hitting the water didn't kill them, then the strength of the rapids would have drowned them. No one can swim against those currents."
The Undead King chuckled. "Excellent. With those two destroyed. The others should be easy to take down. Maybe this hasn't worked out so bad after all... but wait... what about the girl?"
Garurumon X snarled. "I have no idea where she is sir. I haven't seen her since that battle in the Native Forest."
The Undead King muttered something under his breath as he turned back to look out of the window. "I think I know where she might have gone... I got word from my contact near Area 66 that the Port Stone had been returned... and I know she was the one who stole it."
"So what is our next plan of attack sir?"
The cloaked creature remained silent for a few seconds. "We'll lay low for a while." He finally spoke. "I mean what's the rush?" he chuckled. "Without you that brat is not only useless to herself, but also to the DigiDestined. She's no threat to us. Let her rot wherever she is. She can't survive long in this world alone." He added as he continued to gaze out of the window...
.:Tropical Jungle, Digital World:.
Sora, Biyomon and Agumon were walking along the banks of the river. The only sound was the water flowing down stream and the leaves blowing in the wind.
Sora had her digivice in her hand. There was a small signal in the top right hand corner of the screen. As they continued to walk, the signal grew stronger. "Okay Tai and Agumon should be just up ahead and around this bend."
The bearer of Love quickened her pace a little with Biyomon and Agumon following behind. They reached the small bend in the river where there was a small clearing surrounded by plants, bushes and trees... and that's when they saw Tai and Agumon laying on the ground unconscious.
"Oh my god... Tai!" Sora ran as fast as she could towards her husband. As soon as she reached him she dropped to her knees, kneeling down beside him. "Tai?" she murmured, her voice shaking with fear. "Tai, honey wake up."
Tai was lying there, motionless in front of her. She gently placed her head against his chest and listened for the sound of his heartbeat. She sighed quietly in relief when she heard it, a steady beat like it always was.
"Tai's alive." Sora said her voice rid of the fear it had moments ago.
"So is Agumon." Biyomon replied. "But they're so cold. They must have been lying here for hours." Her attention was caught when the reptile Digimon groaned a little, his eyes twitching open. "They're waking up!"
Sora looked from Biyomon then back to her husband. She shook his shoulders gently. "Tai? Sweetie?"
Tai stirred a little. He let out a barely audible groan as his eyes slowly opened. His vision was a little blurry but he could make out the image of his wife in front of him. "Urgh... Sora...?" he moaned.
Sora smiled and bent down, kissing him softly on the lips. "You had me worried there honey." She whispered.
"Wha... what happ-" Suddenly it all came back to him, as if it flashed before his eyes. Tai sat up right. "Dawn!? Where is she!?" he exclaimed frantically looking around. "Where is she?!" he staggered to his feet, still a little dizzy.
"Tai, tell me what's happened." Sora said calmly as she too got too stood up.
Tai stumbled a little. "I... I only took my eyes off her for a second... but t-this thing attacked me and Agumon, and before I could do anything it had hold of Dawn and-"
"Dawn was kidnapped?" his daughter's Agumon gawped.
Tai nodded. "I-I think so. I tried to run to her but whatever it was blasted me in the chest with something. The last thing I remember was hearing Dawn screaming for me before I passed out." He explained, holding his head.
Biyomon looked up at the bearer of Courage. "Izzy manage to locate both of you on his computer. Dawn's signal was five miles away and still moving. Who knows how far she is from us now."
"Don't you know who it was?" Dawn's Agumon asked.
The older Agumon of the two shook his head. "I didn't get a good look at the creep. He hit me on the back of the head so hard he knocked me out straight away."
"How do you know it wasn't female?" Biyomon questioned the overgrown lizard.
"Ah c'mon no female can hit that hard." Agumon huffed.
Tai leaned against a tree trunk. "It was small, whatever it was. And it was wearing a black cloak. All I could see was its metal arms. Its voice sounded familiar somehow... I couldn't focus properly though, so who knows what I heard."
Sora got out her D-Phone. "I'm sure Izzy can help us. I'll ask him to keep track on Dawn's signal. Maybe he can figure out where she's been taken." She dialled Izzy's number and held her phone up to her ear, waiting for an answer.
Tai slid down against the tree trunk and sat down on the ground putting his head in his hands. His head was still pounding a little from the thump he had gotten.
"Hey, Izzy?" Sora spoke as soon as she got an answer.
"Sora, you find Tai and Agumon yet? They alright?" Izzy asked on the other end of the phone.
"Yeah, yeah they're both fine. Listen, have you been keeping track on Dawn's signal?"
"Yes. Her signal finally came to stop about nine miles away from you... but listen Sora there's something else I've-"
"Izzy, Dawn's been kidnapped we need to find out exactly where she is. She could be in serious trouble." Sora interrupted.
"Sora!" Izzy exclaimed. "That's what I'm trying to tell you. I've managed to pin-point her exact location. She's currently in File City... but that's not all. I also managed to pick up another signal with hers, a Digimon signal."
"Huh? You mean you've managed to find out who's taken her?" Sora questioned.
Izzy nodded, although she couldn't see him. "Yeah, but Sora..." he trailed off for a second. "You won't believe who it is..."
Tai, at this point, looked up at his wife. He watched as the expression on her face turned to shock and the colour trained from it. The bearer of Courage slowly got to his feet, not taking his brown eyes off his wife. "Sor'... what's wrong?" he asked. The look on her face told him something wasn't right.
Sora didn't answer. She just stood there, completely still seemingly in a daze. Her hand that was holding her D-phone was visibly shaking a little.
Tai took the phone from his wife and held it to his own ear. "Izzy? What's going on?" he demanded. As soon as his friend told him the exact same thing as Sora, Tai's eyes widened with horror. His hands shook, but not with shock, but with anger. He clenched his fists. "No... Not him... god, not him..."
.:File City, Digital World:.
In the heart of File City, on the top floor of a dark, abandoned warehouse was Dawn Kamiya, unconscious. She was slouched against one of the cold metal beams that were holding the rickety building up. Both her wrists were chained to the wall with shackles.
The setting sun shone through one of the broken windows, touching the Kamiya girl's skin. She groaned, barely above a whisper, but still in a deep sleep.
Someone entered the room silently. Their presence cast a dark and familiar shadow against the wall and partly over the ten year old girl... he chuckled quietly to himself...
To be continued...