Tai rolled over off of his stomach and onto his back. He looked up at blue sky and was puzzled a moment. He had been at Izzy's, when did I go outside? He thought. He slowly sat up and noticed he was surrounded by lush trees and brightly coloured bushes. His jaw dropped, The digital world? How'd I get here? "TAI!" Tai turned his head and saw Mimi running towards him. He stood and greeted his friend, "what happened?" Tai asked as Mimi came to a stop right in front of him. "I don't know. We were at Izzy's and now we're here." Tai looked at his friend, she looked unharmed. He then looked down at himself and found he as well was unharmed. He looked behind him, "where is everyone? And the digimon?" He asked and Mimi shook her head, "you're the only person I've found." Tai rolled his shoulders back ready to take charge, "come on Meem's. Let's find Izzy, Sora and Joe." He started leading them through the woods. "You sure everyone else is- oh!" Mimi stopped "TK!" She yelled and sure enough Tai could see a young blond emerging from the bushes, "Mimi! Tai! I'm glad to see you two!" TK greeted. Tai nodded, "You alright Teek's?" He asked and the younger boy nodded, "peachy. Have you seen Matt?" He asked and Tai and Mimi shook their heads "what happened?" Tai asked wondering if TK could shed some light. TK opened his mouth to speak when the small group could hear someone yelling, "I told Izzy! I told him! Don't touch the digivice! And what does he do? He touches it! And then we're all blasted here!" Tai could see a frustrated Joe stomping towards them. Tai gulped, "Joe?! You alright?" Joe put his hands on his hips, "oh yeah except I have a final tomorrow! And look where we are! I told Izzy not to touch it!" He repeated and Mimi stepped forward, "wait what happened Joe?" Joe sighed, "we were all at Izzy's." he stopped and looked at TK. "TK? How'd you get here?" TK opened his mouth to reply but Tai spoke first, "no Joe tell us what happened Mimi and I don't remember." Joe sighed, "well we were at Izzy's, you, me, Mimi and Sora. Izzy had mine and Mimi's digivices on the table. He said he wanted to check the inside of mine to see what would have caused the overheating. Something told me he shouldn't touch it. It seemed off. So I told him not to and then you know what he does? He touches it and BOOM huge flash of light and we are all here." Tai started to remember the events Joe just described he then reached into his
pocket and was relieved to feel his digivice. He pulled it out and studied it. It seemed fine. "Anyone else have their digivice?" He asked and Mimi and Joe shook their heads, "no." They said and they looked down at their feet. TK pulled his out, "same thing happened to Matts. We were in the kitchen and his just started shaking and then a blast of light and I woke up here." Tai looked at TK a moment. "We should move, we gotta find the others. See who is all here. Sora and Matt and Izzy are still missing." TK then chimed in, "and Kari." Tai then shook his head, "she was at home I doubt she's here." Mimi then put her hands on her hips, "what makes you say that? We all were blasted here, Kari would be too." Tai shook his head slightly annoyed, "she won't okay? She's not here. It what's best anyway." Tai mumbled the last part. Joe crossed his arms, "that's what's best? For who Tai?" He asked and Tai moved past him, "come on let's find our friends. I want to find Agumon too." That got the group moving. TK, Mimi and Joe then started calling for their digimon. Tai would have joined them and called for Agumon but something felt off. He didn't like that Joe and Mimi didn't have their digivices. He didn't like that Sora, Matt and Izzy were separated from them. He also didn't like that they were back in the digital world. Something felt wrong. And Tai wasn't sure he was ready to face whatever that something was.
Kari felt her head throbbing. She put a hand to it and then someone grabbed her hand startling her "don't touch it kid." Kari opened her eyes and took a minute to focus on the person leaning over her. "Matt?" She asked and Matt smiled, "yeah I'm sorry I'm not your brother." He said with a smirk, Kari shook her head which hurt, "no- I mean I'm glad you're here." She spoke and Matt released her hand, "take it easy Kar. You've got a nasty cut on your forehead." Kari ignored Matt and slowly sat up, "I do?" She asked though a part of her knew she did. Matt nodded, "yeah lucky I found you, you were out cold." Kari couldn't understand how Matt found her. She looked past him and saw rocks. "Are we in the digital world?" She asked. She didn't recognise where they were but she sensed that's where they were. Matt nodded, "yeah any idea how you got here?" Kari shook her head and then regretted it. She winced "uhh no." She said closing her eyes. Her head really hurt. She wanted to sleep. She laid back down and Matt snapped his fingers in front of her, "hey don't fall asleep. You might have a concussion." Kari sighed and fought to keep her eyes open. "How'd you get here Matt?" She asked and Matt smiled seemingly happy she was trying to stay awake, "my digivice went haywire. It exploded and I woke up here." Kari could see images of her own digivice shaking and then the pink light. She ran a hand over her skirt. She felt her pockets and frowned feeling they were empty. "I don't have my digivice." She stated and Matt sighed, "neither do I" he admitted. Kari then heard rustling and Matt stood up, "Izzy! You find anyone?" He asked and Kari could see Izzy coming into view, "Sora." He commented and Sora followed behind Izzy. "Kari! You okay?" Sora exclaimed and she ran to Kari's side. Matt nodded, "I found her like that, she must have hit her head when we were all transported here." He theorised and Kari bit her lip remembering the real reason she had a cut on her forehead. "Does it hurt?" Sora asked and Kari tried to be tough, "I'm alright." Matt scoffed, "it hurts Sor, she needs something to stop the bleeding." Kari sighed, she hated how much Matt could be like her brother. Sora gently put a hand to Kari's forehead. Kari winced and Sora retracted her hand, "sorry hun. I'm just trying to see how deep the cut is." She moved some of Kari's hair and Kari closed her eyes as it stung. "Do you remember how this happened?" She asked, "no." Kari lied and then Sora frowned, "what's the date today?" She asked and Kari took a minute to recall. She then rattled off the date and Sora asked her another question, "what happened? Do you remember?" Kari nodded, "my digivice it exploded. Or something. It just started shaking and then a light burst from it and I woke up here." "Hmm, I told Tai you should have come." Izzy commented, "same thing happened to Joes. That's how Sora and I got here. I'm sure Mimi, Joe and Tai aren't too far from here." Izzy concluded. "TK as well." Matt added and Kari looked at the older blond at the mention of her friend. She opened her mouth to speak but then closed it. Matt looked at her suspiciously for a moment but then looked at Sora. "We should move, we need to find our digimon." Kari watched Izzy and Sora nod. Matt then looked at Kari. "Alright shorty, I guess I'm carrying you." Kari then sat up and protested, "I'm fine. I don't need to be carried." She then tried to stand. She got lightheaded and woozy and Sora quickly caught her. "Yeah we need to find something to stop the bleeding." The older girl commented. Izzy then snapped his fingers, "here I might have something." He pulled out a red bandana from his pocket, "I was using it to hold Joe and Mimi's digivices since they were too hot to touch." He handed the bandana over to Sora who pressed the cloth against Kari's forehead. "It's not big enough to wrap around your head. Kari you're going to have to hold it." Sora instructed. Kari gave a nod and then Sora took her hand. "Here step up onto this rock. You can get on Matt's back easier this way." Kari followed Sora's instructions and held onto the girl as she was guided to stand on a tall rock. Matt run turned around, "alright Kar, climb on." He insisted and Kari leaned forward onto Matts back. Matt easily held onto her and then nodded his head, "lead the way Iz." He called and Izzy led Sora, Matt and Kari away from the rocks and into the woods.