Tai climbed out of the car with agumon and looked at the building they were parked in front of. Mr. Nishijima came around and stood next to Tai.
"Inside I've got a tracking system set up for the digital world. It might help locate Meicoomon." The group and their digimon hurried into the building and up a flight of stairs. The tore into a room and Mr. Nishijima quickly booted up the computer. Tai turned to Meiko.
"Mei, we need you to try and see if you can find Meicoomon." Meiko nodded and put her hand to her chest and closed her eyes. Tai wasn't sure what he expected to happen, he just hoped it worked.
"It's loaded." Mr. Nishijima announced. Matt and Joe moved to look at the screen.
"Jesus maybe Izzy should have come with us. He'd be able to understand all of this." Joe admitted. Matt squinted at the screen.
"It won't matter we just need our digimon." Tai looked at agumon and smiled,
"How you feeling little guy?" He asked and Agumon looked determined and then faltered.
"Actually I am kinda hungry." The digimon said and Biyomon put her hands on her stomach,
"Yeah me too. Sora have you got anything to eat?" She asked and Tai looked around at the others.
"Matt you wouldn't by chance have something would you?" He heard Gabumon ask.
"Me too Joe." Gomamon chimed in. Tai put a hand to the back of his head,
"Alright well I guess we're gonna need to get some food." Sora lifted Biyomon and stepped forward.
"Joe and I can go get something." Tai looked to Joe who was now holding Gomamon.
"We'll be right back." He announced and him, Sora and their partners exited the room. Tai turned to Matt.
"Mei how are you doing?" He asked the girl who had been quiet. She lowered her hands and looked down.
"I can't find her anywhere." She said defeated. Tai put a hand on her shoulder,
"It's okay. You can take a break if you want." He squeezed her shoulder and then walked over to Matt.
"Well there isn't much we can do until Sora and Joe get back with food." Matt nodded in agreement.
"Say, what's this?" Tai looked over the desk at Agumon and Gabumon who were digging through a bag.
"Mmm, it tastes good." Gabumon stated and Tai and Matt quickly looked to see exactly what the digimon were doing. Tai's eyes went wide as he saw the digimon eating an array of food from the bag on the floor.
"Erm, uh-oh." Tai gulped and Mr. Nishijima looked up from the computer.
"What is it?" He asked and then he stood. He let out a cry of anger,
"Hey! That's my food!" He exclaimed but the digimon paid him no attention as they continued to eat. Tai and Matt faced him and laughed awkwardly,
"Oops, sorry." They both apologised although Mr. Nishijima looked about ready to blow a gasket.
"Urg! Stupid digimon eating all my food." Mr. Nishijima grumbled as he went back to the computer. Tai and Matt shared a look neither knowing what to do.
"Well at least they'll have energy." Matt concluded and Tai chuckled.
"Yeah that's true." The two watched their two fight over the last bit of food.
Tai looked at his digivice wondering when Joe and Sora were going to come back. Mei suddenly stood and gasped,
"Meicoomon" she exclaimed and Tai jumpged in front of her,
"Where?!" He asked searching Meiko's eyes. The girl was wide eyed but her eyes were glazed over like she was seeing something that wasn't there.
"Tai you better come take a look at this." Matts voice startled Tai and he turned away from Meiko. Matt was staring at the screen with his mouth open while Mr. Nishijima was frantically typing away. Tai moved to look at the screen.
"What is it?" He asked. Matt shook his head.
"Tears. There all over." Matt stuttered out. Tai looked and saw a grid of Odibia and could see black marks appearing over the city.
"Hey what's that?" Augumon asked and Tai quickly ran to the window and joined his digimon and looked out it.
"What is that?" He repeated his partners question. He could see a large digimon flying. It was hard to see in the dark but it looked big. Tai's phone rang and he answered it
"Tai!" Izzys frantic voice blared through the speaker. Tai opened his mouth and replied,
"Izzy?! Everything okay?" He asked and he could hear Izzy shuffle the phone.
"No! Tai, Kari's gone!" Tai nearly dropped his phone.
His phone was on the desk. Matt had taken it and put Izzy onto speaker so they could all listen. Tai clenched his fists as Izzy continued to explain.
"We saw something shoot down from the sky. It looked like a mega digimon but not one I was familiar with. Kari suddenly started turning all blurry. Almost like she was turning into digital data! TK tried to snap her out of it but she just vanished!" Tai hung his head, I should have never left her, he thought to himself.
"Matt! Tai! A digimon is attacking!" Sora and Joe came barging into the room. Sora dropped a grocery bag on the floor and Tai looked from her to the phone. He let out a frustrated groan,
"Urg! Okay here is what we need to do. Izzy! You, TK and Mimi need to get here now! We don't know what's happened to Kari but we can't do anything unless we find Meicoomon and find the source of the tears!" He then looked at Joe and Sora.
"Where is the digimon attacking?" He asked and Joe quickly answered,
"It was heading for the convention centre." Tai should have guessed that was where the attack would come next. He then turned back to his phone,
"Iz, you three better get here fast." He heard his friend reply,
"We're coming Tai!" He announced and Tai quickly shut his cell off and put it into his pocket. He turned around and looked at Meiko.
"Where is Meicoomon?!" He snapped and Mei put a hand her chest and stepped back.
"W-what? I- I don't know." She chocked out. Tai growled,
"Look Mei my sister is gone and I can't go after her so the least you can do is find your partner!" He demanded. Meiko looked scared and Sora stepped over and placed a hand on Tai's shoulder.
"Tai easy. It's not Meiko's fault." She said softly. Tai held a fist to Sora's face.
"Well it's someone's! It's her digimon that caused this so right now it's hers!" He yelled and Sora removed her hand shocked. Tai didn't care he continued to address Meiko.
"You said her name. You said Meicoomon. Why?" He asked sternly. Mei shook as she replied,
"I-I thought I heard her. She called me." Tai didn't ease off,
"Where?" Meiko shook her head,
"I don't know." Tai huffed,
"Fine were going. Meiko you're going to lead us." Tai marched over to the door and opened it. Matt opened his mouth to speak but Tai stopped him,
"Save it Matt. Let's just stop the digimon from invading the city." He said dryly and he held the door open waiting for the others. No one spoke except Joe who quickly addressed Mr. Nishijima.
"What will you do while we're gone?" The eldest asked. The man nodded,
"I think I've got a lead here. You guys go on ahead. I'll catch up." Tai nodded and waited for Joe to leave. Joe grabbed a bag off the ground and then jogged out of the room. Tai then took a deep breath and closed the door and followed the rest of the pack out of the building.
"Mei, you're gonna lead but in the meantime head towards the convention centre." Tai instructed and the girl avoided eye contact with him and turned and started walking.
"Wait what about the food? The digimon need to eat." Sora announced stopping everyone. Tai groaned,
"I think Agumon and Gabumon got enough." He informed the others. Sora put her hands on her hips,
"Tai you're apart of a team remember? What about Biyomon and Gomamon." Sora was scowling but Joe quickly stepped in,
"We got it covered Sor, I grabbed this on my way out." Joe held up the food and placed it on the ground. Biyomon and Gomamon excitedly dove into the shopping bag and started eating. Tai huffed,
"Fine well then Agumon and I will head on. Let's go bud-" Tai stopped as he saw his own partner dive into the food bag as well. Sora crossed her arms,
"Hmm, I thought you said Agumon already ate?" She said smugly. Tai put a hand to his face,
"Ugh, Agumon! How are you still hungry?!" The little digimon looked at his partner with cheeks stuff full of food,
"What?" He mumbled and Tai sagged his shoulders forward,
"Hurry up then." He said defeated.
The teens waited as the digimon devoured the food. Tai kept looking for signs of destruction in the distance but saw nothing. He couldn't hear a thing.
"What's taking so long? Why aren't they attacking?" He asked mostly to himself. Matt stood next to him,
"I've been wondering the same thing. Tai, are you sure we should rush into this? I mean what if it's a trap?" Tai shook his head,
"What else are we to do Matt? Kari's gone and they are planning on invading the city! We're sitting ducks if we do nothing!" Matt put his hands up,
"I'm not trying to pick a fight man. I'm just saying maybe we shouldn't all rush in there. You've already got Izzy TK and Mimi on their way to the convention centre. Maybe we should be doing something else?" Tai growled and rounded on Matt,
"Like what?!" He shouted and it was Meiko who responded,
"I know where Meicoomon is!" Tai stopped to look at Mei. She was standing at the edge of the side walk looking across the street. The group watched her in silence, and then she took off running.
"Hey wait!" Tai shouted and he started chasing her. He could feel the others following and fortunately they didn't run far before Mei stopped in front of a field.
"Hey isn't this the high school?" Joe asked. Tai nodded but didn't say anything. He was focused on what was in the middle of the field. A hooded figure stood staring at the group. It looked up and smiled,
"Hello Digidestined," the dark gennai spoke and the group gasped.