Tai stopped running to gaze at the buildings in the distance.
"I can't tell what is it that's causing the destruction?" He called to Matt. Matt started moving shaking his head,
"Let's just go!" Tai chased after Matt and easily caught up. The two rounded the corner to see a swarm of students exiting the school. The teachers were trying desperately to corral the young teens. Tai craned his neck looking for signs of his sister or TK. A loud Boom erupted and Tai spun and looked at the junior high.
"Meicoomon." Tai was stunned starring at the evolved digimon. The little digimon had evolved though Tai was unsure what to call its new form. He squinted seeing a purple aura surrounding the digimon.
"Come on Matt! They're probably still inside." Tai ran past the students and avoided frantic teachers. He and Matt went into the building and down the hallway.
"Kari!" Tai yelled as he ran hoping his sister would hear him.
"Let's go upstairs." Matt suggested and the older brothers tore up the steps to the second floor. They reached the top and halted. Tai saw his sister with TK. The two of them were staring up through a hole in the ceiling yelling at Meicoomon.
"Kari move!" Tai screamed as he ran to tackle his sister. Meicoomon threw another attack at the building destroying part of the roof. Tai reached his sister and TK and pushed the two of them towards the wall. Matt was with him and the four covered their eyes blocking the flying debris.
"We need to get out of here!" Tai yelled.
"No! We need to try to reach Meicoomon!" Kari shouted and Tai resisted smacking his sister.
"I've got an idea! Matt we need to get meicoomon away from the school and people!" TK instructed and Tai lowered his arm to look back at him.
"Alright squirt, let's go!" Matt said and Tai watched TK and Matt sprint back down the stairs to exit the school. Tai then addressed his sister,
"Kari! We need to get out of here!" Kari shook her head and cupped her mouth with her hands,
"Meicoomon! This isn't you!" She yelled. The digimon glared at her and for a moment Tai saw the eyes change. The digimon clenched its fists and Tai immediately jumped towards his sister. The attack narrowly missed them as Tai tackled Kari to the ground and protected her with his body. He clenched his teeth as he felt heat rise over his head. He kept his sister down and looked up.
"AGUMON!" Tai yelled in vain hoping that his partner would come and help. Meicoomon howled and Tai slowly eased off of Kari trying to move.
"We need to move!" He shouted. Kari was slow to get up and was just on her feet when Tai quickly had to knock her down again. Another blast from Meicoomon hit the wall behind them.
"Ah!" Tai cried and this time he hauled Kari to her feet quickly. He pushed her in front of him,
"Run!" He instructed and Kari put a foot in front of herself before stopping. Tai crashed into his sister unaware she had stopped. He wrapped an arm around her steadying himself and his sister from falling.
"Kari Move!" He yelled frustrated. Kari didn't move and Tai tried to push on her back. He looked over her head and saw why she wasn't moving. There was a low fog rolling along the hallway. Tai thought it was smoke from a fire. He quickly abandoned that thought when he saw the sillouette of a familiar digimon
"Cherrymon." Tai whispered. He stepped in front of his sister forgetting about meicoomon.
"Your time is running out. Soon you'll be completely consumed and there will be no one to save you." Cherrymon's voice was dark and twisted. Tai stepped forward his fist thrusters towards the dark digimon.
"You won't get your hands on me. We beat you once and I promise we'll defeat you again." He promised and Cherrymon laughed.
"I wasn't talking to you courage." Tai unclenched his fist and dropped his arm. His mouth hung open as he turned around.
"Kari?" He asked and then he saw fire heading straight towards them.
"NO!" Tai shouted. He collided into his sister and everything went black.
Kari sat up and looked around. She felt like she was nowhere. Everything felt distant and her vision was fuzzy. She tried to move her arm but couldn't feel it as she moved her hand to touch her head. She started tapping on her forehead and could not feel her fingers touch. She was wide eyed staring at her hand. She looked around and saw shadows and darkness. She didn't feel cold or threatened she just felt numb. She then heard a voice,
"We have her. She is ours. Her sacrifice will allow you to go back. But just know, you won't be back for long. Your time will come." Kari's mouth still hung open. She couldn't make heads or tails of what the voice was talking about
Who have they got? She wondered. And then she was knocked unconscious.
"TAI!" Tai inhaled gasping and sat straight up. Izzy was hovering over him with a hand on his shoulder. Tai was breathing heavily,
"Wha-what happened?" He asked as he settled his breathing. Izzy exhaled but kept his hand on Tai's shoulder.
"You and Kari got sucked up into a distortion. Or maybe it was Meicrakmon's attack." Tai bent one leg and rested his right arm on his knee, Meicrakmon, so that's what the name is. He thought to himself.
"So where are we?" He asked now looking around.
"Under the bridge." Tai looked up seeing the familiar concrete. He didn't understand why he was there. He looked to Izzy,
"How'd you find me?" He asked and Izzy stood tall.
"I don't know. Matt and TK had climbed to the roof and were trying to lure Meicrakmon away. They saw her attack you and Kari but you guys disappeared. I just felt like you were here. It was strange. I started running and sure enough you and Kari are out cold right here." Tai tried to wrap his head around the information Izzy just relayed. He then focused on the most important piece. His sister. He turned his head and saw Kari slowly sitting up.
"Kar? You okay?" He asked while Kari slowly sat upright and looked at him and then Izzy.
"I think so." She mumbled and then she moved her hands and started to stand. Tai just watched and was grateful Izzy quickly went over and extended his hand to her. Tai then started to think about Meicrakmons appearance and why she was there if the digital world needed her to keep the balance. Another thought came to his head and he quickly snapped his head to his sister who was standing with Izzy.
"What was Cherrymon doing at the school?" Tai asked coolly. Kari's lips parted and Tai felt angry. He knew his sister well and knew that look meant she had encountered Cherrymon before. Tai shook his head deciding on a different approach.
"Just save it Kar. I'm not giving you the out of confiding to only me and Izzy. You're a big girl and now you get to tell the whole group just exactly what is going on. I'm sick of you keeping secrets, but I can't keep babying you and expect different results." Tai stood and wiped his pants.
"We are going to gather the others. You are going to tell them exactly what you know about Cherrymon and anything else. You're not to keep things from us anymore got it?" He asked though he wouldn't accept anything other then a yes.
Kari silently nodded and Tai rolled his shoulders back.
"Let's move." He instructed and he lead the two out onto the street.