It took me long again. I know. Sorry about that.

As usual...English is my fifth language, I'm sorry about the possible mistakes.

Disclaimer; I don't own digimon.

But I own Alec, Phoenix and some more you'll get to know soon.

Hello brother


The overwhelming, bone-crushing darkness presses me down on the hard, cold ground I'm lying on. Where am I? What has happened to me?

Images of a little boy throwing himself in my out-stretched arms flash in my mind's eye. The unmistakable, heart-warming sound of his laughter sounds in my ears, accelerating my heart beat to the point of unbearable. The second I allow myself to think about him I feel the ache taking away all the happy memories I was holding on so desperately. The images blur and I'm left alone...Alone again.

He was the one who killed you... why are you wasting your time by thinking about him any longer?

He didn't want you in his life... that's why he got rid of you.

You're worthless.

The immense pressure on my chest just got a ton heavier and I feel like there's no air left in here...wherever "here" is. I force myself to get rid of these disturbing thoughts and try to focus on something else again. The icy blue eyes of the little boy appear once again and I feel the tension fading away immediately. I close my eyes, blocking my inexistent surroundings. He loves me... though I was shit, he still loves me. I'm sure. He can't hate me... I couldn't bear if he'll hate me –

The sudden sound of something shattering into million pieces causes my eyes to dart open again just to be blinded by the bright sudden sunlight. My body immediately relaxes, letting go of all the thoughts and images that were torturing me. I look up and stare straight into the sun, enjoying the sudden brightness and the comforting sunshine that's warming up my frozen body.

The sight however is blocked by someone who hovers over me. Her long brown locks fall over her shoulder in a perfect way, framing her tender looking face. She's got unusual high cheekbones and full lips that awaken the desire in me to lean up and kiss her immediately. I allow myself to take a look at her eyes.

However in the moment I do so I feel losing myself in these endless seeming dark brown eyes of hers. God, she's beautiful.


Gennai's Prov

He stares at the boy lying on the pale white bed. Though he learned to hide most of his emotions the sunlight that's caressing his cinnamon colored skin reveals the unshed tears in his eyes. There's probably nothing I'd like to do more than to ask him about his thoughts right now... but I know my master. He'll never reveal anything that would cause him to appear weak.

The rhythmical beeping of the monitor next to the bed sounds through the whole room, creating a grueling atmosphere. I saw Tai getting hurt a lot in the past years... he never was the type of guy who thinks much about safety. At least... his own safety, so it isn't unusual to see him lying on a bed, connected to a heart monitor and a transfusion in his arm.

The digidestined visited him consecutively. I don't blame them for not being able to stay here longer than 10minutes. The sight of their usual strong, bold leader lying on this bed, looking so fragile and small must have discountenanced them. The war didn't even begin and we've got already a broken digidestined...

I force my gaze away from Tai's pale face and continue to stare at my master who's still sitting motionless on the boys' left side, his gaze sticking onto Tai's left bandaged arm. I feel the icy cold chill running down my spine when remembering the reason we had to bandage his arm. The sight of the scratched words across his arm is still vivid in my mind.

I am here

Three simple words that will remind Tai forever of these events. Three simple words that changed Phoenix' life rootedly. Words that force my master to start accepting the truth he was running away from and while doing this putting one of the most important people in my life in immense danger. And the longer Phoenix hesitates the worse the situation will get. For all I know Alec won't stop now until we free his spirit.

"How is he?" A raucous voice of a girl snaps me out of my daze. I turn around to face Sora who's leaning on the doorframe, wearing black sweats and a white shirt that obviously belongs to Tai since it's way too large for her slim body.

"He'll be fine", I answer and force myself to give her the best reassuring smile I can bring up right now. Sora however just stares at her boyfriend, crossing her arms before her chest –a sign that she's starting to get cold. Her puffy eyes in addition with her messy burgundy hair make the fact that she's not handling the situation well really obvious.

"That's what he always does, isn't it", she says more than asking it before turning around and leaving the hospital wing again.


Sora's prov

The intense ache in my chest doesn't seem like fading away so soon. Seeing the one person you love most in the whole world lying lifelessly on a bed, connected with more machines and cables you're able to bear looking at, has the effect on you. The rest of the digidestined couldn't bring themselves to visit Tai more than just once. I'm not miffed about it one bit... I know exactly what they must feel, because I'm feeling it too.

Tai's the person that strengthens your back and doesn't let yourself down whatever is happening. He's the one who always gets us out of trouble, safe. But most of the time he forgets to keep himself safe too, and that's what happened yesterday. He claimed to be okay with being alone, sure I can relate to that, I like to be alone sometimes too, but he knew that something's seriously wrong and didn't bother to even think about it. That's why he –as well as the rest of the digidestined –has to cope with the consequences. The memory of the alarm's sound and the red light suddenly going on in the whole base haunts me still. That was the sign that something wasn't right. At least...that's what Phoenix told me with a worried expression when the ear-piercing sound started. He then, took off in a run and raced in the direction where our rooms are located. That was the moment when Davis' face lost all color and he too, followed by Agumon, run after Phoenix. I can't remember much of last night's events that happened after that. I know that Davis panicked and ran around, blaming himself though I don't really see how it could be his fault that someone tried to kill Tai, again.

I let out a deep sigh and enter the lounge. Though this whole base is located underground they managed to design it rather comfortable here. The lounge's walls are deep red –matching my hair – and there are several chocolate brown sofa's with black cushions on it. The carpet on the ground is fluffy and extends itself all over the room's ground. The sizzling sound of the fire chimney in the corner sounds through the whole room, lulling oneself when entering the room.

The digidestined are all seated on the several sofas, some of them even lying on the soft carpet with their respective partners. Agumon for his part is joining Davis on the ground next to Veemon. Agumon also was one of them who couldn't bear to be longer in Tai's hospital room than necessary. I don't blame him. I mean... I'm one of them too.

Matt's head snaps in my direction as soon as I close the door behind me.

"How is he?" he asks, leaning forward and placing his elbows on his knees. I just shake my head since I'm not really sure if I'm able to even make any sound. My throat aches painfully and I can tell that I'm going to be ill soon.

Matt, as well as everyone else in the room, leans back again and continues to stare aimlessly around.

I take the seat next to Kari on the couch and reach for a blanket in an attempt to suppress the cold.

"This war hasn't even begun and we already almost lost somebody", Yolei whispers quietly staring down on her hands in her lab.

"That's not true... he's fine", Joey argues. He never was really the type of person who could accept something like that anyway. I feel Kari shifting beside me uncomfortably. After taking a glance at her I can tell that she's debating whether she should join the conversation or remain silent as usual. Though living with not only her brother but also me did change her in some way and made her a little braver, she's still not comfortable to join an argument. Though... I'm not sure if that really is an argument...yet.

"He will be", Davis says, sitting up and facing Yolei with a rather pissed expression. "If you don't want to be here you can go home remember?"

"I didn't say anything about going home!" Yolei exclaims, leaning forward and eying Davis angrily. Though I know deep down that I probably should interfere and end this argument before it gets out of hand but I don't feel like I can mobilize enough strength to do so right now. It's like Tai's situation sucked out everything out of me, leaving nothing but an empty shell.

"You didn't have to. Your statement was clear enough for everybody here", Davis responds not less angry than Yolei.

"You little –"Yolei starts but Hawkmon –thank god –shuts her up in using one of his wings to cover her mouth. I'm sure that whatever it was she was going to say, she would regret it at latest when she calms down.

"Do you really think that this is the right time to argue?" T.K interrupts them by entering the room with a cup of steaming tea in his hand. I didn't even notice that he left the room before. God I'm really out of it.

He crosses the room and hands the cup to Kari with a small smile before sitting down on the ground, right beside Kari. Yolei and Davis however seem like they calmed down for the most part and avoid each other's gaze.

"Anyway, what happened to Tai has nothing to do with our enemies", Izzy says quietly, catching most of the digidestined's attention.

It's true; everyone immediately made a connection between our new enemies and Tai's injury. But no one really thought about the things Tai said at the "conference" earlier yesterday. It's funny really. Everyone thinks about the enemies we never faced before but no one really cares about the fact that Tai obviously was able to see some long forgotten visions of a time none of us was alive.

"How do you know that?" Cody asks, frowning lightly since he's one of them who made said connection immediately after receiving the message that Tai got stabbed. And I mean, stabbed in the way of someone driving a piece of shattered glass into your body, causing you to almost bleed to death. That's exactly what has happened to my boyfriend.

"Because I told him that."

Everyone turns their head to the door where Gennai just entered the room, looking like he didn't sleep for almost two days...what is true actually.

"So? Who did this to him if not one of our enemies?" Mimi asks, looking confused. In fact, I expected her to remember what Tai has said today and understand what has happened. But since she didn't get any sleep too –lack of sleep has always affected her more than the rest –I don't get mad or anything.

"I'm not the one who should tell you all this, I'm sorry Mimi", Gennai responds, looking really sad all of the sudden. However he recovers rather quickly and turns to Matt, his expression as serious as usual. "Tai woke up. But he won't let us touch him... I think it would be best if –"

Matt however doesn't even bother to let him finish the sentence, he immediately gets up. "I'm coming."

The rest of us need some more time to fully realize what Gennai just said. But as soon as the meaning of his words gets clear we're already overwhelming Gennai by mainly the same questions. What happened? Who was it? When will he be able to get out of this bed?

I for my part can't do anything but stare at the scenario; 9 digidestined besetting a rather old, really tired man. Before I even realize what I'm doing I stepped before Gennai.

"STOP THAT!"

Everyone immediately shuts up and stares at me in shock. I can't really blame them for their reaction, usually I'm shouting only at Tai in this way, but they were getting on my nerves.

I shot everyone a glare, signalizing them to keep their mouths shut for now. Matt for his part is already half out of the door but turned around when he heard me. Now he's just standing there, obviously waiting for me to say something now that I've got everyone's attention.

I for my part just turn around and face Gennai and ask him in a way calmer way.

"Well?"

He gives me a small relieved, but at the same time sad, smile before answering. "He's fine. The wound will heal and there's no serious damage. Nothing I couldn't handle. But I'd like to check him up actually now that he's awake. But he won't let me, neither Phoenix get near him. The moment he woke up he was asking about Matt, that's why I came", he says, shooting Matt a quick glance.

The blond however doesn't waste any minute anymore and exits the room.

I can't help but feel kind of disappointed by Tai's actions. As girlfriend you'd think that the first person your partner wants to see is you, but not when Tai Kamiya is your boyfriend. Then the only person he wants to see is Matt. But I got used to that, so I don't really get too pissed about that. Anyway the fact that he doesn't want Phoenix or Gennai for that matter to come even near them does worry me a lot more. Much to my surprise the others share my opinion.

"What do you mean by he won't let you come near him?" Kari asks, crossing her arms in front of her chest, obviously a gesture of defensive.

Gennai however crosses the room and takes a seat on one of the sofas, causing the rest of us to sit down in front of him. He places his elbows on his knees and looks down on the carpet, blocking our view into his eyes.

"When I heard him stir I knew he was going to wake up. And I was right, a few minutes after that he woke up so you all can imagine how relieved I was", he starts, lifting his gaze and giving us the first honest smile for today, causing us to mirror the gesture.

"However when Phoenix tried to reach out for him it was like Tai got hit by lighting or something. He jumped out of the bed and backed away from both of us, saying things like we shouldn't even dare to come near him ever again. A few of our white warriors had to sedate him because he would have hurt himself otherwise." Gennai lowers his head again seeming deep in thought all of the sudden.

I for my part try my hardest to understand what our mentor just told us.

"Can we visit him?" Kari asks from her spot next to us, not even bothering to go into what Gennai just told us. Said old man however just shakes his head slowly.

"I'd rather you wait for Matt to find out what went wrong with your leader before you see him. Besides, Phoenix wants you all to be in the command center in about half an hour." With that he gets up from the sofa crossing the room again. Since this rather unusual twist of our situation overwhelms us to a certain degree we just nod and watch Gennai exit the room.

"Is it just me or is this whole situation really fucked up?" Davis asks. We don't answer him though; we all know that he didn't really expect us to anyway.


Matt's Prov

As soon as I reach the right floor I already can hear my best friend's voice out of one of these many rooms. The hospital wing is gigantic. As soon as the elevator doors open it feels like you entered a whole new building. Everything's bright and white whereas the rest of this base is held in rather dark colors. But this is not the time to amaze the design of this place.

I take off in a run and open the door to Tai's room just to freeze up immediately because my heart –as cheesy as it sounds – shatters in million pieces by the sight that reveals itself in front of my eyes.

There on the clear white bed lies my best friend –my brave leader – being held by four figures in white uniform. Two of them hold his arms in place while the other two try the same with his legs –what is a rather difficult task since Tai's a great soccer player and has quite strong legs. The fifth figure however hovers over him holding an injection in his gloved hand. I hadn't had a good feeling the first time when I saw these figures in the corridors already, and my antipathy just got a whole lot worse.

"Let go!" Tai's voice snaps me out of my daze and I feel the anger boiling inside of me. I can tell that he's in great pain by the sound of his voice. He struggles to get free like some wild animal. One of the warriors however tightens his grip on Tai's arm, obviously totally forgetting about the heavy bandage on my friends said arm. The moment I hear him cry out in pain and calling my name at once is when I lose my patience. Before I even realize what I'm doing I already showed one of these bastards away from him, causing said bastard to stumble backwards and the other four to back off immediately. I glare at them angrily before placing my hand on Tai's shoulder.

He opens his eyes slowly and calms down the second he realizes who's standing beside him. He reaches out for me and pulls me closer to the bed, burying his face in my shirt. I can't do anything but freeze again. I never saw him act like this.

"Make them leave please", he whispers quietly. I don't hesitate to do so; I turn around and face these spawns.

"You heard him." The figures look at each other before nodding and exiting the room, leaving me alone with Tai. I feel his grip immediately loosen and he backs away again, laying down on the bed.

I don't really need to say anything. I just sit down beside his bed and look at him. His hair is flat for once, framing his unusual fragile looking face. The sparkle in his eyes I got so used to see whenever he met me is gone, replaced by dull chocolate colored orbs. His gaze seems cloudier than the time when I got him out of Myotismon's base.

God knows what they injected him already...

"Phoenix wants us to go to the command center in half an hour", I tell him, because... I don't really know how to start a conversation right now. I can deal with an angry Tai, a drunken one too...or even a sad one. But I can't deal with a Tai who got drugged with medicine. And the chances of getting an explanation by him of what happened to him is highly unlikely, considering the state he's in right now. Whatever these wannabe digital warrior-doctors did to him, I don't like it. And I'm going to talk with Phoenix about it, since it seems like everyone's following his orders in here.

Tai for his part continues to stare at the ceiling for a little while longer before turning to me and giving me his full attention.

"Would you mind to tell me what it was about when it's over?" he asks me, not giving away any sign of emotion. I can't do anything but nod since this version of my leader literally dumbfounded me.

"You're not going to come?"

"Every movement of my body hurts Matt. I'd die of pain until I reached the commando center", he answers, siting up slowly. I can tell by the way he shuts his eyes and holds his breath that even this gesture is hurting him immensely. The blanket slides down his chest, revealing the heavy bandage his abdomen is covered with. I can't help but let my gaze wander over the bandage.

"Don't stare like that", my best friend snaps, pulling the covers up again and blocking my view. The fact that he also hid his left arm under the blanket didn't get unnoticed by me.

I have to say I'm a little bit taken back since I didn't really expected him to react that way because something like me staring at his injured stomach. He obviously gets my confused glance because he mutters an apology immediately after.

"Thanks for coming", he says quietly, straightening his posture and looking at me what seems like the first time he's actually really looking at me. The dullness of his eyes faded away lightly, letting the barely noticeable sparkle to get through.

"Anytime. Though I think Sora's pissed at you", I respond, fighting the urge to grin since I don't think it is the right place to do so. Tai however seems not to share my opinion since a lazy grin appears on his face strengthening the light sparkle in his eyes. I feel the pressure that's been keeping me down for the last 24hours fading away, being replaced by the comfortable sensation of carelessness. Though everyone kept telling me that he'd be fine I refused to let my hopes get high, after all... he didn't show any vital signs when Phoenix found him. Phoenix...

"I have to go", I say realizing by thinking about this new guy we've got to meet that I actually have to head to the command center already. After everything what Phoenix has done for Tai –he was the one who refused to leave his side after all – I should at least be on time for a meeting with him. I feel Tai's fiery gaze wandering over me when I stand up from my chair beside him. However he just nods, gesturing for me to leave now.

"Don't forget to tell me everything afterwards", he says, leaning down on the bed again. I give him a quick nod and exit the room though I look back once again. The moment I do so however he seems like he's already falling asleep again. I really have to talk with phoenix about their weird medical care. God knows what they did to him that causes him to behave so weird.

I step into the elevator and press the button for the lowest floor. The elevator immediately starts to move down and I literally can feel the pressure growing the deeper I get into the ground. The elevator stops with a faint "Bing" and the doors slide to the side, revealing the corridor that leads to the center of this floor.

Though every floor in this base is designed that the middle is hollow – much like Piximon's base actually, just underground – this floor resembles an air-raid shelter. I cross the short corridor and stop in front of the door, realizing that something has changed. While it was rather easy to enter the room yesterday by just walking in there's a palm print scanner right next to the door, the words PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF, blinking right above the device.

Not sure whether I should just knock on the door or just try and lay my hand on the scanner I just follow my instincts and decide for my second choice. Before my mind even realizes what I'm doing my hand lays over the scanner, causing its original blue color to get white at first, just to change from white to green. A mechanical, female voice sounds suddenly

"Identity confirmed. Please enter Yamato Ishida."

I can't help but stare for a moment in awe at the scanner that changed its color again to blue. A moment later however the door of the command center opens, revealing the familiar room I was in already. This however didn't change really... there's still the giant monitor that takes a big part of the round wall, the several complicate looking computers on the rest of the sides and some white warriors I was faced before in Tai's room are standing all around the room, looking absolutely still. I'm surprised that I am actually the last one to enter the room since everyone else is already sitting on their respective seats. I quickly cross the room and take my seat next to Tai's empty one.

I can feel everyone's gaze on me but I don't feel like talking about our leader right now in front of so many people I don't trust.

"Later." I say, before leaning back in my seat and waiting for Phoenix to start this meeting like last time.

He for his part just sits still on his seat, staring aimlessly around. His icy grey-blue eyes mirror some emotion for the first time. The only thing I can read from them however is pure confusion. Like someone who's watching these events were living through right now and can't really understand what's going on. He looks... almost lost. Almost. There's still something in his gaze that proves me otherwise, what it is however I can't really tell, not yet anyways.

Since Phoenix doesn't seem like starting this meeting the silence in this room is getting to the point of unbearable what causes Davis –as usual – to break it.

He places both of his elbows on the table in front of us and stares right at Gennai and Phoenix. From what I see in his expression I can tell he's not really happy with them...

"Are you going to tell us why exactly our leader is in no condition to leave the bed?" he asks in a quite unusual calm voice.

Phoenix jerks by his tone and changes his position finally, mirroring Davis in placing his elbows on the table.

"I'm not sure..." he starts and I can tell by his voice that he's more than just drained of energy. However his response pisses the ones who came to their own right conclusions about Tai's injury off. Sora's the first one to talk.

"You still refuse to accept the obvious? Really?!"

"It isn't that –"he starts to defend himself but Gennai interrupts him.

"What he's trying to say digidestined is... we know too less to come to conclusions about the cause of Tai's injury right now", he says giving his best not to sound too nervous about his obvious lie. I can tell by his gaze that he's not okay with the behavior of his "master" how he calls him. But he's obviously in no position to doubt him. I can't help but feel the anger boiling inside of me, who the hell does this wannabe god think he is?!

"So you're saying that the Guy Tai was seeing in his visions hasn't anything to do with him being hurt right now?" Kari asks, her arms crossed before her chest and her gaze focused on Phoenix who seems to get shrink under her gaze.

"No I don't think that there's a connection between these two things", he says, refusing to look at anyone of us.

"So you think that I scratched these words in my arm for fun?" A voice sounds from behind, causing us to turn around and stare in shock at our leader who just entered the room. Though he looks a lot better than before –probably because he showered and got dressed properly – I can tell that he's still in rather great pain by the way he's holding his stomach. Although I can't come up with a logical explanation how he managed to get out and dressed so fast I'm really glad that he managed to come down here.

"Tai! You shouldn't be out of bed!" Joey exclaims, getting up immediately to support him. He places Tai's arm around his shoulder and makes an attempt to help him to his seat. Tai however doesn't move an inch, indicating Joey that he's not going to move, at all. T.K is just about to stand up as well and help them –

"I'm fine T.K", Tai says, causing my little brother to sit down again, his gaze however –as well as everyone else's – still fixed at Tai and Joey.

"I asked you something", Tai says looking back at Phoenix and driving everyone's attention back to the original theme of this whole meeting.

"Tai you don't know what you're talking about", Phoenix responds his expression changed from confused to angry within seconds.

"Look at you! You don't even believe in your own words!" Tai exclaims, getting angry all of the sudden. The younger digidestined look at our leader in shock and I need a moment to understand their reaction. They actually never saw him that angry before...

The older ones however duck their heads since they know exactly that there's no making fun with an angry Tai. I mean... they saw him being beyond pissed at me enough, and that was when he was eleven... I can tell they were not planning to find out what it will be like when he's an adult.

I'd love to interfere right now and I can tell that the rest of us want too, but nobody dares to interrupt them.

"Tai –"he starts again but I can tell that Tai's losing his patience because he interrupts him again.

"Don't you fuckin "tai" me! How do you explain this?!" he asks, ripping off the bandage he's got on his arm and revealing the scratched words.

I feel the cold shiver making its way down my spine when reading these words. I wasn't around when he was found –neither was one of us digidestined. Apart from Davis but he wasn't able to see his wounds either. Phoenix had everything covered up by the time Davis reached the room. Several gasps sound through the room, signalizing that everyone finally got what exactly happened to Tai, though the way how it was possible to be stabbed by someone from a vision is unexplained still.

Phoenix stares blankly at Tai's outstretched arm, the words clearly visible. His breathing quickens and all of the sudden his façade falls, revealing the desperation he's feeling right now.

I avert my gaze and turn to look at Tai, who immediately replies my gaze. I try my hardest to signalize him somehow to calm down and not to be too hard to him since –I have to admit – I start to feel bad for him.

"You're scared...", Tai continues –much to my relief in a way softer tone, causing to snap Phoenix out of his momentous daze and looking straight at our leader, his eyes wide in shock. He doesn't dare to speak out yet.

"You're scared because you know that you won't be able to end his life a second time", our leader continues.

The room is dead silent. I let my gaze wander over every digidestined and every digimon on the table. While some of them look still quite confused, most of them wear a determined expression. I can tell by just observing them that they already compassed a plan out of this situation. Knowing them they won't start talking about this before we're not alone. And I mean, not being surrounded by untrustworthy people.

Feeling the sudden urge to join this argument finally I lean forward and speak out for the first time.

"Tai and I are brothers ourselves. We can tell how you must feel right now", I say, trying to sound as calm as possible though I don't feel calm at all.

Phoenix eyes me with sad eyes.

"You don't know what he's like..." he says, his voice revealing how scared he is all of the sudden. Whatever his brother is like, he has to be quite the bad guy that Phoenix is acting so weird. Though I don't know him that well I could tell by his appearance only that it would take a lot to bring him down to this level.

"Is he really that bad?" Cody asks quietly.

"As far as I remember Elecmon always used Alec as the bad guy in his scary stories", Palmon says causing Phoenix to chuckle lightly.

"He was the most terrifying and merciless person that was ever alive in the digital world. Myotismon was an angel in comparison with him", Gennai says.

"I don't believe that", Tai says quietly from his spot next to Joey. The fact that he's hanging dangerously lose on Joey's neck, alarms me immediately. I get up from my seat and cross the room, placing Tai's injured arm as carefully as possible around my neck, supporting him as well. He mumbles some gratitude before pulling himself together and straightening his posture. Sora's concerned glance does not get by unnoticed by me.

"Tai due all respect. You don't know him", Gennai says in a calm voice. Tai however is just about to respond but Davis is quicker than him.

"So if he's that bad we will have to make sure he doesn't do anything bad, right?"

"What do you mean?" Ken asks, joining the conversation finally.

"I think what he's trying to say is that we take the part as his personal watchman or something" T.K tries to explain, earning a nod from Davis. Though I don't really feel that this would be a good solution, Phoenix seems like he's thinking about it.

"We still can think about that later. First of all we have to set priorities. And I'd say this would be to keep Tai safe. In other words; free Alec's spirit", Gennai says, looking straight at Phoenix while talking.

The silence that follows is longer than the last one, making everyone nervous in here. It feels like years until Phoenix finally nods.

"Thank God", I hear Tai mumble next to me so just Joey and I can hear him. I feel his arms going limp immediately after that, his knees bend in right after. Joey and I grab him by his arms and lower him on the ground. In a second Sora's right next to us, followed by Phoenix and the rest of the digidestined –including Gennai.

"What happened? He was fine a minute ago!" Kari exclaims, falling down on her knees next to him.

Phoenix bends down next to me and takes Tai's face in his, lifting his head up. After examining him for a few seconds he stands up again.

"He's just drained. Matt could you take him back to the hospital –"he starts.

"No way will I bring him back there. God knows what they drug him with", I reply, using the most inhumane voice I can come up with. That however catches every digidestined's attention, causing them to turn and look at Phoenix, confusion and anger written on their faces. He hesitates for a moment before he speaks up again.

"Bring him to his room", he says before turning around again, "This meeting is not over yet."

"Matt I'll take him, stay here", Joey says quietly, lifting Tai up by himself. Usually it would be quite difficult to carry an all grown up soccer player to his room, but since Tai is a feather weight I trust Joey to be able to take him up by himself.

"I'll help you", Cody says following Joey out of the room.

The rest of us however keep standing in a circle, staring down on the spot where Tai was leaning on me and Joey a second ago. I can't believe what just happened... just as we all thought that he's getting better he blacks out in front of us. Though I understand that he was drained of energy I still can't fully accept that this was the only reason he collapsed.

"I said the meeting's not over yet." Phoenix' voice snaps me out of my daze. I walk back to my seat what causes the rest to follow my lead and take their seats too.

"So... since we agreed to bring my brother back there are a few things we have to get", Gennai says.

"Like what?" Yolei asks, being one of the only ones who feels like talking right now. The older ones however are too bound to Tai – what means his collapse affects us in another way – to think straight now.

"Well... to open the crypt his body is located in, we need Twins. To be exact... digidestined Twins", he says as if it's the simples thing to find genetically identical digidestined.

"I called them already..." Gennai says quietly. Earning a handful confused looks from us. And a shocked one from Phoenix.

"You called them behind my back?" he says, though he sounds quite angry he doesn't show it. Gennai for his part does not bother to acknowledge his master's change in mood.

"Who did you call?" T.K asks, his curiosity getting the best of him.

Phoenix however ignores him and continues to talk to Gennai:" Do you really think that a time travel is a good idea in our situation?"

Time what?!

"I told you I've got my priorities settled. I already let Tai get hurt, I'm not going to repeat that mistake neither with him nor the rest of the digidestined."

"Who did you call?" Sora asks again, a lot louder –and a whole lot angrier – than T.K, gaining both, Phoenix' and Gennai's attention. While Phoenix does not seem like answering her Gennai does.

"Since we need two powerful twins that are digidestined it would be best if we'd chose two digidestined that are... related to two of you", he says.

Suddenly the word time travel and "related to two of you" combine itself in my mind, causing me to get a clear picture of the situation. I can't help but steal a glance at Sora who's looking like she's struggling to come up with her own conclusion.

"You're telling me that it is possible to travel through time?" Izzy asks with wide eyes.

"Everything's possible in the digital world, did you forget that?" Veemon says from his spot on Davis' lap.

"Veemon is right. It is possible indeed, but I'd rather you wouldn't have called her", Phoenix says, earning a glare from Gennai.

"And him."

"As if she's not bad enough already", he replies, rolling his eyes in annoyance.

"So who's children did you call Gennai?" I ask though I can tell already who's kids he's talking about.

"Wait! What children?" Davis asks his shock and confusion written all over his face.

"A pair of you got twins in the future, really powerful digidestined I have to say, and I called them since they're powerful enough to build up a time gate", Gennai answers Davis' question, but ignores mine.

"So? Whose kids did you call?" Davis asks, being the third one who asks the same question actually.

"Isn't it kind of obvious?" A foreign voice sounds, causing everyone in the room to turn around and face the two new persons who just entered the room.

"I'm that bad Phoenix? Really?" The girl says, approaching the table slowly, followed by a guy who looks rather annoyed himself.

Both of them are about the same height though the girl's a little smaller than him. They both got reddish brown hair and deep fiery brown eyes. While the girl's hair falls down in locks over her shoulders the boy's sticks out, as if he'd just run a marathon. They both wear black pants with a matching black top. The boy however rolled up his sleeves, revealing a left tattooed arm. He's broad and even an amateur could tell that he's working out daily, the girl however is rather skinny... though there is something in her that gives the intention that she's a lot stronger than her companion.

It really is obvious whose children they are though.

"Who are you?" Yolei asks.

I don't even bother to follow Gennai's explanation of the two digidestined. I for my part focus on Sora's expression. Her gaze following every movement of the twins in awe.

They take two new seats that were brought here without me –or the others for that matter – to notice.

"This digidestined, are Dylan and Kazumi Kamiya", Phoenix introduces them.

"Wow, and you're really Tai and Sora's kids? Does that mean that they marry and everything?" Yolei asks the two of them, being herself again. I already started to worry about her since she was acting weird for two days now...probably because the whole situation was a little bit too much to handle.

While Kazumi's expression remains blank, Dylan cracks a smile and answers her.

"We are, and yeah...they did", he says after glancing at Sora for a moment.

"Oh my god! That's like, the cutest thing ever! What else is there? Are we all married in the future and have kids that look as good as you?" Mimi joins the conversation for the first time, smiling brightly at the twins. Just about when Dylan's to answer Phoenix interrupts him.

"You shouldn't tell them too much... ", he says in a warning voice. The two of them reply his gaze before turning back at Mimi.

"Everyone's content with their life. We're still together", Dylan answers her, giving her a small smile.

"What do you mean by together?" Sora asks the first time directly to her own children, though they aren't really hers... god that confuses me already.

"Though everyone lives with their own family in the real world, there's still a war going on in our world –a war you couldn't imagine in your worst dreams – so that means it is safest for all digidestined to be together. We're spending most of our time in the digital world, together", Dylan answers, giving Sora a kind smile. Kazumi for her part glares at Phoenix for the most of the time.

Just about when Mimi's about to ask another thing Kazumi speaks up.

"Where's dad?"

"You mean this time's Tai? He's –"Phoenix starts but Kazumi interrupts him immediately.

"I wasn't talking to you."

"He's in his room dear", Gennai answers and much to my surprise he earns the first smile of her. Though her attitude is quite special I can't help but like her in some way. She's got a very strong personality I can tell. No wonder with these parents...

"I should –"she starts and gets up immediately but her brother interrupts her by grabbing her arm and pulling her down again.

"You shouldn't", he says, looking her straight into her eyes. I can't help but feel like they're communicating by far more than just words because a few seconds later she nods and leans back in her seat again.

"So when are we going to free him?" she changes the subject as if nothing has happened.

"Yeah, and how are we going to do it anyway?" Ken asks the only thing nobody bothered to think about until now.

"Kazumi did you bring the mirror?" Gennai asks. Said girl however just nods and pulls down a small mirror out of her back pocket. From what I can see from this angle the mirror's glass is broken.

"Digidestined don't worry about the way we're going to free Alec's spirit. Just know that we will", Phoenix says and stands up from his seat. "The meeting's over", he says before exiting the room.

"You heard the oh so great master Phoenix. I mean, hey it is 9pm already... he should be in bed for over an hour already", Kazumi says ironically, rolling her eyes and causing everyone in the room to burst out in laughter, including Gennai.

God it feels god to laugh finally...

"God my head hurts", Yolei says massaging her temples.

"Here", Dylan says, extending his arm and passing her something that looks like an aspirin.

"You don't seem like the guy who carries aspirin with himself", she says taking the pill though.

"It isn't aspirin. We always take that when we don't feel good. Izzy and Ken of our time produced it", he says smiling lightly. His resemblance to Tai is quite frightening, especially when he smiles like that. It's like I'm looking at a copy of my best friend. The same goes for Kazumi, though they really do have a lot of Tai in them there's no doubt that Sora's their mother. They both got most of her facial features, apart from their high cheekbones they obviously inherited from their father.


Sora's Prov

After spending most of the evening with Kazumi and Dylan I feel like loving them already. I can't wait for them to be born in my time. While Dylan is the type of guy who's absolutely down-to-earth and caring, Kazumi seems rather cold at the first impression. However she proves one otherwise when having a rather long conversation with her. All in all there are a lot features from me as well as from Tai visible in their appearance, as well as their behavior. They both have Tai's humor, but Kazumi for her part obviously got my temper.

The digidestined seem to like them as much as me already, though they'd love to talk longer with them a few of them already went to sleep –including all the digimons – since we've got to get up early tomorrow to get Alec's body out of this sealed crypt.

So that leaves me, Kari, Matt and Davis with the twins in the lounge.

"Can I ask you something about tomorrow?" Kari asks them. Kazumi and Dylan however nod in unison, gesturing her to ask whatever comes to her mind.

"I don't really get why all of this has happened...and why the crypt is sealed for that matter", she says, being the first one who finally dares to ask the question that was in our mind for most of the time already.

"Yeah and why do we need twins to open the crypt?" Matt adds from his spot next to the chimney.

"First of all you have to understand what has happened in 1803", Dylan starts since Kazumi's expression darkened as soon as Kari mentioned this subject. She stares down at the mirror she's clutching for the whole time already and remains silent.

"We've got time", I say, getting comfortable in my seat since I feel like this is going to take a while. Dylan gives me a cute smile that resembles the one Tai wears all the time.

"Alec and Phoenix were the most powerful brothers of all time. They ruled over the whole digital world, they had a bond with Fanglomon who himself ruled over the four sovereigns. So that made the two brothers the ruler over the sovereigns themselves. When the demon lords declared war for the first in 1798 Phoenix was just about 16 years old. Alec, being the loving brother he was preserved him from the war. But he knew that he and his friends –a group like you are now – hadn't had a chance against the demon lords and their army of bastards –"

"So when the Demon lord's army killed everyone Alec ever cared about, including his fiancée, Alec lost his will to live. The only thing he was thinking about was how to end his live in the best way. You have to imagine, everything he knew was burned down and destroyed by the demon lords, his friends he spend his whole life with were dead, the girl he was supposed to marry was killed too...", Kazumi continues for her brother. However after exchanging glances Dylan continues.

"Alec's friends were dead and his army was losing the battle. The demon lords however didn't want Alec to kill himself because they saw him as someone who could change the digital world in their favor. So they changed him...", he says looking first at his sister and then at us.

"What did they do to him?" Matt asks quietly. I can't do anything but stare at the two of them. Kari and Davis for their part look as shocked as me.

"They ruined him with the power of darkness. It was quite similar to what Myotismon tried to do to dad a few months ago in your time. While Myotismon's power wasn't strong enough to change dad's personality and just put him in a comatose state, the demon lord's power was immense. It changed Alec's personality rootedly. He started to kill innocent digimon...he destroyed villages whose leader was rude to him and defied Fanglomon, his oldest friend. Phoenix didn't see any other solution as to kill him and seal his soul in a mirror. His body however was sealed away in the crypt. Why they need twins to open the crypt I can't say, neither does Kazumi", Dylan explains. However they don't give us enough time because Kazumi takes the lead from now on again.

"I found said mirror in mom and dad's stuff and asked mom if I could keep it. Since she didn't recognize the mirror as something important she agreed... but me being me I accidentally dropped it, and freed his spirit out of the mirror. We spend a few months together and... Yeah, "she finished, looking down suddenly and blushing.

Oh...

"That's why you were glaring at Phoenix the whole time", Davis states with a knowing smile. Kazumi however just blushes more and hides her face in her brother's shoulder.

"Yeah... trust me Davis I still can't believe that she actually fell in an immortal, ancient ghost", Dylan says, placing an arm around his sister and pulling her closer.

I can't help but laugh along with them... though it is so weird I can't help but feel really comfortable right now.


Kari's Prov

The night was awful, not just because I am worried sick about my brother and really confused –but kind of happy – that my niece and nephew of the future are here to help us but also because there were noises throughout the whole night coming from the corridors. I didn't dare to check the corridors though... I still feel not comfortable enough to step out in the middle of the nights.

So here I am, walking next to my friends through the last bit of our little journey. Joey, Tai, Ken, Cody, Mimi and Yolei stayed in the base. Tai for obvious reasons and the rest of them because...they just wanted to be there if Tai would need something. They probably just wanted to be there for him. so here we are; Davis, T.K, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Phoenix and the twins walking through the desert of Server and looking for a crypt where an ancient corpse of a really bad guy is located.

We spend most of the time telling T.K and Izzy about the story the twins told us yesterday, though I feel really bad talking about it while Phoenix is walking next to us I assure myself that...after all, we're the digidestined and we need to know things like that.

Dylan and Kazumi stop suddenly and start to examine the ground. Since I don't really know what they're looking for I just remain silent and wait for them to find what they're searching.

"We should hurry up, the clouds are expanding...as soon as the sunlight is blocked this area will be abound with the demon lord's armies", Phoenix says after glancing at the slowly, but surely darkening sky.

"Found it", Dylan says and pushes down what looks like a circle in the ground. Said ground however immediately falls apart after Dylan pushed the button I wasn't able to recognize before. Where before nothing was but sand is a steep stair that leads down to the ground. The twins don't hesitate and climb it down, followed by the rest of us. It feels like an eternity until we finally reach the bottom, but when we do I feel kind of lost. There's absolutely no light in here.

"Kazumi...could you maybe...?" Phoenix starts his sentence but doesn't finish it because as soon as he stops talking tiny little flames begin to burn in the air. T.K stares at her in awe.

"Did you just do that?" he asks his eyes wider than ever.

She smiles lightly at him. "Dad taught me how to do it." The proud tone she uses whenever talking about her dad didn't get unnoticed by me. Every time she talks about him there's a sparkle appearing in her deep brown eyes.

"There it is", Dylan says, crossing the small room we entered and stopping right in front of a giant that rock that blocks what looks like a passage.

"Okay guys. You just have to cut into your hands and touch the stone. As soon as the rock collapses, Kazumi you have to point with the mirror into the room", Phoenix instructs them, handing each a small knife. I can't help but feel a little uncomfortable about the way they have to unseal this crypt, but I follow the other digidestined's example and remain silent.

Both of them cut into their hands without showing much of emotion or something and I can't help but get the intention that this isn't the first time they're doing something like this. In unison they place their hands on the stone what causes said stone so decay in million tiny lapillus and dust. I resist the urge to cough out my lung and turn away until the dust settles.

The moment I want to turn around however I get blinded by a pure white light.

"What's happening?!" I hear T.K's panicked voice before an ear-piercing high pitched sound dares to deafen me. I close my eyes and cover my ears, crouch down on the ground and wait for this horrible moment to end. The jingle doesn't fade away for what seems like hours.

As sudden the sound and the light appeared it disappears again and I feel myself standing outside again. I slowly open my eyes and reach for some of my friends beside me. Much to my relief I feel Sora's left hand clutching mine, as well as Kazumi's hand clutching my other hand on my other side. I fully open my eyes and feel my heart skip. There in front of us stand what seems like at least a hundred grey figures, glaring angrily at us. I quickly steal a glance at every side of me, checking that everyone is still here. Thank god no one got hurt...

I take a look at Kazumi who's staring blankly ahead of us. I follow her gaze and can't help but feel the fear boiling inside of me while staring at their merciless faces.

The sky darkened and is covered by heavy grey clouds... a situation Phoenix feared before.

"Who's that?" Sora whispers next to me, driving my attention to a person whose back is facing us. The guy is broad and doesn't bother to even take a look at us. He wears a long black coat, similar to one of them Tai used to wear in winter a few years ago.

"That's Alec", Kazumi whispers, fear clear written on her face.

"Out of my way", I hear his raspy, deep voice sound. The digimon like creatures however just laugh at him... I've got a feeling that they made a huge mistake...

"I said...OUT. OF. MY. WAY!"

Suddenly, the ground beneath the creatures starts to catch fire. They panic immediately and try to escape the flames. Alec however just raises his hands and...god knows how he does that but he does... prevent them to escape. He's literally keeping them in the burning area.

The flames grow and trail their way up their bodies, burning every inch of them. Once again I close my eyes and cover my ears... I really don't have to watch, neither see, this.

The dull noises stop suddenly, causing me to open my eyes again. There in front of this foreign guy is nothing but a great area covered in ash.

"Your. Own. Fault." I hear him say directed at the remains of our enemies. He turns around and gives us one of the brightest, but at the same time most daunting smiles I've ever seen.

"Glad to see you too little brother."


09/13/15

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