Hey! Here I am with episode 14. What happens in these next two chapters were supposed to be all in this one... well that's how I planned it out in my head heh. When I came to write it I realised I'd better split it into two or this would have been one hell of a long chapter!
Aster Selene: I've got an idea for Stacey and SnowAgumon to continue their friendship, although I'm not fully certain about it yet. But don't worry Gabumon will still be her partner. And no you didn't miss the part where TK and Kari got together heh They were already together and engaged when the story started.
SithKing Zero: Haha it would have to be a pretty huge tent if it was Machinedramon. Stacey will be absent for a bit in this chapter and the next. But she'll be back!
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Phillip Clark: Thanks. Yeah, Datamon's not villians with him. He's come back for another piece of revenge. How he came back will be explained in this chapter.
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Digimon Season 2.5 "Digimon Adventure 03"
Episode 14: "Revenge of the Robot Part 1"
.:Kimura Residence, Odaiba, Tokyo:.
Margaret paced back and forth across her small bedroom. The sun had almost set in the sky so it gave her room an orangey glow as the remainder of the light shone through the balcony window. "I've gotta go and help them Gatomon." She paused and turned to her Digimon partner who was curled up on her bed.
Gatomon opened one eye before stretching her whole body and digging her claws into the covers.
"Gatomon don't do that! Those are new sheets!" Margaret exclaimed.
The cat-like Digimon stood up and jumped down from the bed, landing on her two legs. "Sorry... are you okay? You've been sorta distracted since we got home."
"I've got to go and help them." She repeated once more before she began to pace again. "I can't just sit around here whilst my cousin is in danger. I know Aunt Sora told us to stay home but I can't." She walked over to her bedroom door where her shoes lay. She bent down and began to put them on.
Gatomon walked over. "Margaret you sure you wanna do this?" she asked. "You're not just acting out of anxiety? I've not seen you like this... well, since your father died."
Margaret stopped tying up her shoelaces and paused. "That's why I want to do this Gatomon. I don't wanna lose someone else close to me. I can't just sit back and do nothing. I have to help them, and if that means facing my fears of the Digital World then so be it." She finished tying her shoes and stood up, grabbing her digivice that lay on the small wooden chest of drawers.
Slowly opened her door a tiny bit, the young Kimura girl peeked through the small crack to see her mother was sat on the sofa watching television.
She motioned for Gatomon to follow her as she opened the door a little bit more. Silently, Margaret closed the door once they were out of her room and they both tiptoed away from the living room, past the kitchen and towards the front door.
She took one more look at her mother, sat with her back to her on the sofa, before turning the handle on the front door and quietly opening it. She and Gatomon slipped out of the apartment and closed the door behind them before bolting towards the lift...
.:Tropical Jungle, Digital World:.
Tai angrily slammed his fist into the tree trunk before leaning forward against it. He took a deep breath trying to calm himself down, but he couldn't help feeling so mad.
Sora was stood just behind him, still in awe. Her eyes were fixed on the ground, seemingly in a daze. She averted her gaze towards her husband. "H-honey?" she stuttered a little. She had never seen him this angry in ages.
"I should have known..." Tai muttered under his breath. "I should have known it was him! That voice... I should have recognised it straight off... That piece of scrap metal just took off with our daughter and I didn't do a damn thing!" he exclaimed, punching the tree in anger once more.
"Tai, please calm down. Letting your anger get out of control isn't going to bring Dawn back." Sora spoke calmly as she took a step forward towards him.
"Sora, he almost took you away from me when we were kids, I'm not gonna let him do the same to our daughter!"
"We understand that Tai." Agumon spoke up, stepping in beside Sora. "But taking your anger out on that tree isn't gonna make it all right."
"I'll kill him... when I get hold of him I'll tear him apart bolt by bolt!" Tai yelled in anger, seemingly not listening to what his Digimon partner had just said. He turned and stormed off further into the depths of the jungle.
"Tai! Where are you going?" Sora called before she ran after him with Biyomon and Agumon following behind.
"I'm not resting until I get my hands on that robot and dent that sick little brain of his in!"
Sora paused for a second and glanced up at the darkening sky. It was now a dark orangey colour but the smoke from the fire raging a few miles back blackened it. Not to mention the storm clouds that were heading for them in the opposite direction.
The bearer of Love looked from the smoke to the storm clouds before running to catch up with her fuming husband. "Honey, I really think we should find somewhere to rest for the night and-"
"No way Sora!" Tai suddenly snapped at her. "I'm not wasting any more time. We don't know what that freak has got planned for Dawn and the sooner I find him the better!"
"But Tai take a look at those storm clouds over there." Biyomon spoke up, pointing to the sky in front of them. "It's going to pour down with rain, not to mention there is going to be strong winds. We couldn't possibly search for Dawn in those conditions. We'll be putting our own lives in danger. We'll have better luck in the morning."
Tai continued to walk ahead, not saying a word.
"Tai please, you've had an awful day. You need to rest and calm down." Sora pleaded. "And I need to tell you something and I can't when you're acting like this."
"I don't need to rest, I'm perfectly fine." Her husband muttered under his breath, although his head was still pounding.
Sora stared at her husband from behind. Her eyes were shimmering a little as she tried to stop the tears from forming. He wasn't listening to her. He was just hell-bent on getting revenge. "Tai, I'm pregnant!" She suddenly blurted out, coming to a halt.
Tai came to an abrupt stop. "W-what?" he stuttered as he slowly turned to face his wife.
Sora took a deep breath. "I found out just after you left with Davis and Matt to look for the kids. I was waiting to tell you and Dawn together when you came home. But I can't keep it a secret any longer."
"You... You're...?" Tai trailed off as he continued to stare at his wife. "Sora, you shouldn't have come here if you're pregnant. It's far too dangerous-"
"Tai." Sora interrupted as she walked up to him. "When you and Dawn didn't return with the others I had to come here. I know it's taking a risk. But it's one I had to take. You and Dawn are the two most important people in my life."
"B-but-"
"And don't try and talk me into going home Tai." She interrupted, with a small smile on her face. "I can be just as stubborn as you sometimes."
Tai sighed. "I'm sorry Sor'." he apologised as he stroked a few strands of hair out of his wife eyes. "I acted like a complete jerk... I didn't mean to snap at you like that, it's just... I almost lost you to him, I've never forgotten that, and now he's got our little girl... when Izzy told me it just made me so mad... If we lose Dawn then-"
"I understand. I'm just as upset and angry over this as you are. I can just control my anger better than you." Sora giggled a little, causing her husband to smile. "But believe me; I want to smash in his metalwork just as much. I know it's gonna be hard to wait until morning. But we're both upset and shaken by this. I just want us to rest and calm down, especially you. We'll do much better tomorrow in finding Dawn if we rest and can think more clearly, and not to mention when the weather is a lot better. And our daughter's tough. I'm sure she can take care of herself until we get there."
Tai smiled a little. "Yeah... I'm sorry I was so selfish. My anger just got the better of me and all I could think of was getting my hands on that junk bucket."
Sora hugged her husband. "It's alright honey. I understand." She felt him wrap his arms around her tightly. He was shaking a little and she could tell he was worried sick about their daughter.
They both knew what their old foe was capable of from the first time they had encountered him, and it still hadn't sunk in that he was back after twenty nine years...
.:Motomiya Residence, Odaiba, Tokyo:.
Margaret arrived in front of the Motomiya house. Davis, Mika and Dan lived in the small suburban area that had been built only three or four years ago just on the outskirts of Pallete Town. They lived in a traditional wooden styled Japanese house.
It was usually a twenty minute walk from Margaret's place but she had run the whole way so it only took her ten. She quietly walked down the side of the house, ducking when she came to a window. She darted around to the back and began to climb up the small fire escape ladder that led up to Dan's balcony with Gatomon close behind.
Upon reaching the top she climbed onto the balcony and immediately saw Dan sat at his computer at the other side of his room with Veemon. She lightly tapped on the glass.
Dan turned around in his chair and jumped a little once he saw Margaret stood outside on the balcony. He rushed over and slid open the door. "Margaret what're you doing here? What's wrong with the front door?" he asked as he allowed Margaret and Gatomon to step into his room.
"I'm sneaking off to the Digital World to help Dawn."
"Huh?!" Both Dan and Veemon exclaimed in unison before Veemon added; "That doesn't sound like you Margaret."
"Yeah since when do you disobey your parents? That's usually... well what I do." Dan also added.
"Then why aren't you already there then?" Gatomon questioned him.
Dan held up his hands defensively. "Hey c'mon don't think I've not thought about it. But since my Dad dragged me home both he and my Mom have been keeping a close eye on me. Heck, they even made sure I took my bath!"
"I didn't want to leave the Digital World in the first place." Margaret sighed. "That's why I'm going back. My cousin's in trouble. I know she'd do the same for me. I know I'm not as brave as her, but I have to at least try." She paused for a second. "If you don't want to come, then I understand."
"Hey, of course I'm coming." Dan protested. "I can't let you go alone, especially as it's almost dark." He turned around and grabbed his goggles that hung around one of the posts on his bed. He placed them on his head. "Let's go then before my parents catch us."
The two friends and Digimon left the boy's bedroom and stepped out onto the balcony and Dan quietly closed the door behind them. They climbed down the ladder and jumped down onto the ground before creeping along the side of the house.
Dan peeked up and looked through the window into the living room. His mother was sat on the sofa reading a magazine whilst his father was up looking for something, seemingly the TV remote. The goggle boy ducked back down and sprinted to catch up with Margaret who was waiting for him, before they both set off running up the street.
"We'll contact the others as well. We'll need Jonathon's help to get to the Digital World." Margaret said, panting a little.
"What? But he'll tell on us for sure. Why do we need his help?" Dan half moaned as he slowed his pace down a little. "C'mon Margaret, why?" he ran to catch her up. He continued to complain as they headed up to the end of the street...
.:File City, File Island, Digital World:.
Dawn stirred a little and groaned. She slowly opened her brown eyes. Moaning once more, she allowed her eyes adjust to the darkness of the room before she sat up straight, shifting uncomfortably.
Looking around she saw she was in a fairly large empty room. There was no furniture expect a large metal shelving against the wall opposite where she was sat. There were wooden boxes piled up in one corner of the room. The ceiling had two thick metal beams running across it with metal chains hanging down from them. The small breeze that entered the room through the smashed window blew the chains a little and they clanged together.
But once she fully awoke from her long sleep, it dawned upon her that her wrists were chained to the wall with shackles. The young Kamiya girl gasped and struggled to free herself but her wrists were bound too tight.
"Dad?" Dawn called out, her voice echoing. "Agumon?" her breathing became heavier as she observed her surroundings more. The events prior to now slowly started coming back to her. "A-anyone here?" she stuttered a little. She struggled once more to try and free herself but it was no use. "Ah great." She muttered to herself.
"I see you're finally awake my child."
Dawn jumped with fright from the robotic voice and her eyes darted over to the doorway where the silhouette of a small Digimon could be seen lingering. She squinted to try and get a good look, but all she could see was his small body with long bendy arms.
The Kamiya girl growled under her breath. "Who are you?!" she demanded. "What's going on here? Let me go!" she struggled more violently this time, the chains from her shackles clanging loudly as they hit the wall.
The Digimon chuckled under his breath before walking further into the room. "An aggressive little thing aren't we? Just like your father..."
Dawn immediately stopped struggling and tensed up, pressing her back against the cold wall. "What do you know about my Dad?" she asked, narrowing her eyes. "When he and Agumon get here, they're gonna tear you apart!"
Once more, the Digimon chuckled. "Your father and I go way back. I'm surprised your parents haven't told you about me." He continued to walk into the middle of the room, towards the only spot where the floor was illuminated by the moonlight. "Surely they've told you about the time they entered Etemon's Pyramid and met me... Datamon." At this point, he stepped into the light, fully exposing his appearance.
Dawn's eyes widened. "You... You're Datamon?" she gawped, before she narrowed her eyes and an angry expression appeared on her face. "You're the one who kidnapped my Mom, cloned her and almost got her killed for your own personal revenge?!"
Datamon cracked a smile. "Ah so they have told you about me. I'm flattered." He walked out from under the moonlight and towards the ten year old girl. As he grew closer, Dawn pressed her back harder against the wall.
Datamon got so close his face was inches away from Dawn's. He glanced down and extended his long arm towards the red goggles that hung around her neck. Wrapping his fingers underneath them, he lifted the goggles up examining them. "Hmmm... goggles."
Dawn glared at him and lifted her right leg up and kicked the robot Digimon as hard as she could. He was thrown back into the middle of the room. "Touch my goggles, you get your butt kicked!" she threatened him.
Datamon got to his feet, and chuckled under his breath. "You remind me show much of your father, looks and personality. It's like rewinding twenty nine years." He then turned his back on her and walked to the other side of the room.
Arriving in front of the wall, he pressed a small black button that was barely visible in the darkness. The wall suddenly flipped around, revealing a whole set of computer equipment behind. There were four large screens with two keyboards and other various colourful buttons. Datamon pressed the large red button on the far left and the computers began to load.
Dawn watched as the small robotic Digimon began to type away on the keyboards. She looked up at the screens and saw images of Odaiba and the Digital World flash up on each one. At one point an image of her school and apartment building appeared. She gasped quietly to herself, but he heard her.
Datamon looked in her direction and smiled to himself. "You are probably wondering how I've managed to return after so long trapped inside Etemon's Dark Network." He just got an angry snarl from the girl so he continued;
"You see, 11 years ago a group of government scientists were researching more about the Digital World. They were part of the small non-DigiDestined group who still had their memories of Digimon. They wanted to learn more about this mysterious new world and the monsters that terrorised their city. They began hacking into the Digital World's data, jumbling up files and breaking up codes of data."
"That's when they stumbled upon my data. My data was unusual to them so the scientists had managed to hack into Etemon's old Dark Network file and began downloading the information. Of course by this time Izzy Izumi and his team were busy trying to put a stop to their interfering but lucky enough for me, it was too late."
"Once my data was downloaded I was able to rebuild myself inside their computer network. And as soon as I had enough strength I was downloaded out of their computer and in an incubator tube where they began doing test after test on me to find out more about Digimon."
"Of course I used this to my advantage. The data tests they carried out on me only made me stronger than I have ever been before. By this time one year had passed and when the time was right, I broke free from my test tube, destroying the scientists with one single blow."
Dawn gawped. "I remember hearing about that..." her memory cast back about four years ago when her father had explained that she should never mention the Digital World to anyone as it would cause people to interfere and try to gain access to it.
That's when he told her about the story of the four government scientists who died in suspicious circumstances after hacking into the data. Obviously the government knew what they were up to but couldn't let on to the public. She hadn't quite understood it back then, but now she understood perfectly clear. "You... you were the one who killed those four scientists 10 years ago?"
Datamon carried on with his story. "I could not let them live. I was a secret project to them and once I escaped they would have had to involve the government and my re-emergence would have been discovered, thus ruining my future plans."
"It took the authorities a few days to find the bodies of the scientists so during that time I did my own hacking and managed to track down you DigiDestined using the government's secret computer files. There I had all the information I needed right in my grasp."
Dawn knew what he was talking about. The government were the only other small group of non-DigiDestined who knew about the Digital World. They were the ones who had hired Izzy, Jim and Haruhiko to research the Digital World and keep monster attacks at bay for the safety of the public.
And the government had a secret database with information on each of the twelve Japanese DigiDestined. It had a picture, age, date of birth, current residence, job, and marital status and so on of each of them. The children though, didn't have their information stored in the database yet.
Datamon turned around from his computers and faced the Kamiya girl. "Once I found out your parents had married each other that just fuelled my vengeance even more. I managed to track them down through their files and spied on their every move."
Dawn glared at him. "You must be really sad if you're still holding a grudge from almost thirty years ago."
Datamon slammed his fist into one of the metal beams that was holding the ceiling up, causing Dawn to jump. "I wanted to destroy Etemon myself and get revenge after he almost destroyed me to pieces. I wanted to use your mother and her crest power to do that but your father interfered with my plans and saved her. He destroyed my plans along with Etemon himself with MetalGreymon."
He began to walk towards her once more. "And with you now in my clutches, I can take out my ultimate revenge." He snarled darkly.
Dawn gulped a little. "W-what do you mean?"
Datamon leaned further towards her. "Meaning, you are the most precious thing in your parents' life. I watched you three play happy families from afar. Taking you away will crush them to pieces. Just like how they crushed my plans to defeat Etemon."
Dawn pressed her back against the wall. But she smiled confidently at the small ultimate Digimon in front of her. "When my Dad gets here, you won't stand a chance. He beat you twenty nine years ago and he can beat you again."
Datamon chuckled before turning around and walking back towards his computers. "I doubt that child. You see this time I'll be fully prepared for your parents. You see, I'll start by killing you and then your parents will too weak with grief to fight back... It'll be like crushing a couple of flies."
Dawn glared at him but she waited until Datamon was working on his computer before she glanced out of the open window and stared at the moon in the night sky. "C'mon Dad... where are you?"
.:Odaiba Elementary, Odaiba, Tokyo:.
Dan sighed as he slumped against the gate of the school. "Jonathon's sure taking his time getting here. Does he know we can't be hanging around all night?"
Stood with him and Margaret was MJ along with her Digimon partner. James, his sister Katie, and Fernanda were unable to come as it was a little difficult travelling from Tamachi as well as sneaking out of the house, and Tricia had plainly said she didn't want to go, with no full explanation.
MJ was smiling as she sat on the wall next to the main school gate. "This is so exciting." She beamed. "Sneaking into the school at night, going for an adventure... it's just like what our parents did when they were our age."
Patamon glanced down the street and saw the two dark silhouettes of Jonathon and Tentomon walking towards them. "Hey here comes Jonathon now."
Dan stood up straight and waited for the Izumi boy to reach them. "About time. What took you so long?" he demanded.
Jonathon came to a stop in front of the small group. "It was a little tricky for me to sneak out of the apartment." His voice had a hint of uneasiness to it.
Tentomon hovered beside his human partner. "Should we really be doing this?" he asked.
Jonathon nodded. "I have to agree with Tentomon. I dunno why I let you drag me out here. Our parents told us to stay home and rest. We should do just that. Dawn's parents are handling the situation right now."
Dan sighed at the older boy. "You really are a dork. Do you always do what your parents tell you?"
"That's how you gain respect from people." Jonathon shot back calmly. "By doing as your parents saying and keeping your promises."
"Huh?"
"You promised Mrs Kamiya you would stay home." Jonathon responded.
Dan sighed once more. "Look, Dawn's my best friend. We promised each other when we were little we'd look out for one another. So either way if I stay or go I'm breaking a promise. At least this way I'm not breaking a promise for a bad reason. Mrs Kamiya will understand that." He turned and pushed open the gate to the school. "So with or without your help I'm going to the Digital World."
Jonathon watched as the goggle boy disappeared into the school grounds. MJ and Margaret looked at him before they too followed.
Tentomon, still hovering in the air, glanced at his human partner. "Are we going with them Jonathon?"
Jonathon sighed. "We have to I guess. Without my help they won't be able to get to File City. They don't know how to work the location codes on the portals." He explained before he and Tentomon walked into the school grounds and closing the gate behind them.
Dan was about to grab the handle of the main doors when Veemon stepped beside him. "Won't it be locked?" the little blue Digimon asked.
Dan scoffed. "It's a school, not a bank. What's in this place that's so valuable?" he grasped the handle and pushed the door slowly open. It creaked a little, which gave off a spooky effect.
As the kids walked down the main hallway, their footsteps echoed as they went. There wasn't much light coming through into the hall apart from through the small windows that were on the walls just above the rows of lockers.
MJ shivered a little as she glanced around. "Who knew being in school at night was so spooky?" she gulped. "Are you sure this was the only place we could use to get to the Digital World?" she asked, looking back at Jonathon for a quick second.
"Positive." Jonathon replied from the back of the group. "My father is still at his office and we would have been caught at any of your places."
"We'll get caught at some point anyway." Patamon commented as he flew above MJ. "Your parents are bound to check on you at some point tonight."
"I don't care about that right now." Margaret said as she followed Dan up the first flight of stairs. "My Mom can yell at me all she wants when I get back, but all I know is I'm not coming home until I know Dawn and my uncle are safe."
Gatomon looked up at her partner and smiled. "I'm proud of you Margaret. At first you were terrified of coming to the Digital World at all. Now you seem to have overcome that now and during that time we spent there the last couple of days."
Margaret smiled back as they reached the top of the stairs. "Like I said, Dawn would do the same for me."
The kids walked down the darkened hallway and arrived at the door of the computer room. It was closed but not locked. Dan took no hesitation in turning the handle and opening the door. He strode over to one of the computers at the back of the room and switched it on.
Jonathon was the last in the room and closed the door behind him. He sighed and slowly walked over to where the others were crowded around the computer. "We don't even know where Dawn is." He simply commented.
"Didn't you hear what your Dad said over the phone? She's in File City!" Dan exclaimed.
Jonathon placed his dark grey laptop bag down on the desk. "And do you know how big File City is? It's bigger than Odaiba. Imagine what it would be like trying to find Dawn in Odaiba with no clues to where her exact location is."
Dan seemingly ignored his comment and loaded the portal up on the computer screen. "Look, if this is too dangerous for you and doesn't tie in with your 'perfect student' reputation then you know where the door is."
Margaret glanced at the Izumi boy. "I know how much Dawn annoys you. I've seen how she teases and makes fun of your intelligence and fondness for school. But she's in danger right now."
"And whether you like it or not she's part of this team, as well as your friend." Gatomon added.
"My friend?" Jonathon half laughed. "Look, don't think I don't care about what happens to her. I'm not that kind of person. But you really think she's my friend? She can't stand me! She thinks I'm a computer geek who only goes to school and does homework in my spare time. You really think she'd be flattered if I show up and rescue her? She'd get all defensive and say she could handle the situation without us. That's one of the reasons why I think we should stay home like our parents told us to. Because we won't get any thanks for saving her."
MJ stood up straight from one of the chairs she was leaning on. "She may act all tough and stubborn on the outside, but if we help her I'm sure deep down she's really grateful for it."
"Look I'm sick of listening to your excuses!" Dan suddenly exclaimed. "If you don't wanna come then leave already! Just shows how much you really care for this team."
Jonathon lowered his head a little and averted his gaze away from his friends. He wasn't making excuses. He did care about Dawn's welfare just as much as the others. But he was smart enough to know running into the Digital World with no clues to her whereabouts was a bad idea and would land them in trouble. And with their parents not knowing where they were, made it even more dangerous.
A little voice in the back of his head was telling him to go, just to show the others he was just as important in the team as everyone else, and wasn't afraid of a little danger. But another voice nagging in his mind was telling him to go home and not get involved in this mess. Their Digimon were still a little tired from their battles from their previous visit to the Digital World.
He finally lifted his head back up to see all of them were staring at him. "Alright." He murmured. "I'll come. I can't possibly let you go alone. You don't know how to work the location codes or have access to the maps and information for File City that I have on my laptop." He patted his hand on his laptop bag.
Margaret smiled and stepped aside to allow the Izumi boy to begin his work on the computer. He opened up the location file on the portal and began typing a long code of numbers and letters.
Once he was done, there was a quick bleep and 'FILE CITY' and 'FILE ISLAND' appeared in the location bar.
"Okay." Jonathon said, breaking the short silence. "The location is locked. We'll arrive on the outskirts of the city. Once we're in there I'll try and locate Dawn's signal through the map on my laptop, but I've not tried that before so it might not work."
"Well what're we waiting for?" Veemon piped up as he leaped into one of the chairs. But as he jumped up and pressed his hands on the bottom of the keyboard, he pressed down on one of the keys and no one noticed as the location changed from 'FILE' to 'FOLDER'...
The kids took out their coloured digivices and held them up to the computer screen. With one quick flash that lit the whole room, the DigiDestined and Digimon were sucked into the portal and transported to the Digital World...
.:Tropical Jungle, File Island, Digital World:.
Tai, Sora, Biyomon and the two Agumon had found a small cave in the depths of the jungle to spend the night in. The storm was now raging outside. The rain was lashing down against the ground, which had put out most of the fire up on the higher part of the jungle, and the strong winds whistled in between the trees. Everyone was sleeping peacefully through it, except for Tai...
He was tossing and turning slightly as he slept, muttering a few things. "No... Sora..." he groaned in his sleep as an old memory was replaying in his dream...
"Sora!" Tai bolted as fast as he could across the room to where the bearer of love was strapped to the metal table. "I'm coming Sora!"
Just as he was just about on top of her, the table and a large section of the floor disappeared, revealing the large black hole of Etemon's Dark Network beneath.
"Tai!" Sora's scream echoed throughout the room as she felt the table underneath her disappear and she began to fall down...
"Sora!" Tai lunged forward, throwing himself forward. He stretched his arm out as far as it would go and managed to grab hold of Sora's hand. He cringed a little at the sudden excess weight he had to hold.
Sora looked up with pleading eyes. "Don't let me go Tai... please..."
"D-don't worry... I won't, just don't let go of my hand!"
Datamon walked over. "That's the centre of Etemon's Dark Network." He smiled down at the black hole. "Anything sucked in there is lost for all eternity."
He then extended his arms out and gripped both Tai and Sora's arm. "And since I have no use for you now I will simply dispose of you." He began to tighten his grip on them, causing them to cringe in pain.
Tai closed his eyes tightly and tried to tighten his grip on Sora's hand. But Datamon was crushing his arm even more and he was slowly losing his grip.
"Tai, I'm slipping!" Sora cried as she could feel her hand slowly slipping out of Tai's grasp.
"Just hold on... a few more seconds..."
Datamon's grip was getting stronger by the second and without warning, Sora's hand slipped completely out of Tai's...
"Taaaiiii!" Sora screamed as she fell down...
"SORA!!" Tai's brown eyes widened in horror as he watched the love of his life fall into the darkness below, before disappearing completely...
"Argh!!" Tai woke up suddenly, bolting up right with his wife's scream still echoing in his head. He was breathing heavily and drenched in a cold sweat. He glanced over and saw the Digimon were still fast asleep, with his daughter's Agumon using his Agumon's stomach as a pillow whilst they were both sprawled out on the ground.
He lay back down and closed his eyes trying to control his breathing but the images from his nightmare just haunted him once more.
Opening his eyes again, he turned his head to the side and looked at the sleeping form of his wife.
She was sleeping on her side facing Tai. A few strands of loose hair from her fringe had fallen down over her eyes.
Tai smiled a little and lifted his hand up, brushing the stray strands of hair away from her eyes. His wife murmured blissfully at his touch and snuggled up to him closer, resting her head on his shoulder.
The bearer of Courage sighed and placed his hand on her stomach. He still couldn't believe he was going to be a father again. But right now he was more worried about Dawn. She was out there somewhere... and it was his fault.
Obviously Datamon knew who she was, he couldn't think of any other reason why he would kidnap her. He couldn't bear to think what that pile of junk had planned for his daughter, or what he had already done to her...
"I should have done something the second I saw it happening... I should have stopped him..." Tai sighed and pulled his wife closer. He knew she was trying to be brave, but she was probably more scared than she was letting on.
Still holding her, he kissed the top of her head before sighing once more and closing his eyes, trying to get back to sleep. "Don't worry Sor'... I'll save our daughter from that creep..."
.:Star City, Folder Continent, Digital World:.
"Yahhhh!" Screams echoed as the kids and their Digimon fell from what felt like the sky and landed painfully in a pile on a hard surface.
Dan groaned in agony and sat up rubbing the back of his head. "Uhhh... man it could have given us somewhere soft to land." He opened his eyes fully. "Huh?" his eyes widened further when he got a look at his surroundings.
They had landed in the middle on an intersection right in the heart of the city. And all around stood at the edge of the pavements were different types of Digimon. They were rookies, champions and small ultimate Digimon, and they were all staring in their direction.
Gatomon pushed herself up using her paws and glanced around. "What are they all staring at?" she wondered.
Margaret sat up. Her shoulders slouched down a little as she felt slightly uncomfortable with countless pairs of eyes staring at her. "H-haven't they seen a human before?"
"Judging from their stares, I say no they haven't." Jonathon replied.
Dan got to his feet. He backed up a little and turned around, only to be met with even more stares from more Digimon. "Where've they been for the past 25 years? Everyone on File Island knows how our parents saved the Digital World." He muttered quietly.
Margaret took a few steps back and stood beside MJ. "I really don't like this. I don't feel comfortable with everyone staring at us."
The kids and their partners slowly backed up towards the pavement. But as they did, a whistle echoed from behind them. "Whoa!" they jumped back, tripping over the curb on the pavement and fell backwards onto the ground and something whizzed by them.
The Digimon surrounding the pavement all leaped out of the way as the kids fell to the ground.
Dan sat up, breathing quite heavily from the sudden shock. "What was that?"
He question was soon answered when a Trailmon went by. That's when the kids noticed tracks were imbedded in the road like tramlines.
"They have trains running through the city?" MJ questioned.
"Cities in the Digital World don't have cars they have Trailmon as transportation." Tentomon spoke up as he hovered beside his human partner.
"Interesting." Jonathon murmured. "So, do the Trailmon travel on every street in the city?"
"Almost. Not every street, but most of them."
"Okay, we haven't come here to learn about the transport system of the city." Dan commented with a sarcastic sigh. "In case you've forgotten we need to find Dawn. She's in this city somewhere."
"But first let's get away from here." Veemon gulped. "I feel very uncomfortable."
The kids nodded in agreement and quickly darted down a small dark alley. They continued to run through the alleyway until they turned a corner and were out of sight from the Digimon on the main street.
"How are we gonna find Dawn with all those Digimon staring at us?" Margaret asked, panting a little.
Jonathon looked up at the starry sky and the tall buildings above. "We could fly across the city." He suggested.
"That's stupid!" Dan exclaimed. "How are we supposed to search everywhere for Dawn if we're soaring over every single building?" he exclaimed.
Jonathon sighed. "Because we don't have to search everywhere." He took out his digivice and held it up. "We have our D-Powers. Once we get close to Dawn her signal will activate and we'll be able to narrow down her location." He explained.
"That's not a bad idea." Tentomon added. "Plus up in the sky no one will be able to see us in the dark."
MJ took out her digivice. "Okay, let's do it."
Her and Jonathon held their digivices up and shouted; "Digital Ring, Release!"
As the two golden rings were released from the D-Powers, Patamon and Tentomon flew up and grabbed them...
"TENTOMON DIGIVOLVE TO... FLYBEEMON!"
"PATAMON DIGIVOLVE TO... SWANMON!"
MJ, Dan and Veemon climbed onto the back of Swanmon as Gatomon jumped on top of Flybeemon's head whilst he picked up Jonathon and Margaret in his arms.
The two champion Digimon then soared up out of the alleyway and into the sky. As they did, they got a better look at the city. It was a huge place. The buildings stretched for miles in every direction.
"It's bigger than I thought..." Jonathon murmured.
Dan peered down at the streets below. "We let's get going. Dawn's being held in this city somewhere and we've got to find her."
To be continued...