Kari was in a deep dreamless sleep. She was slowly coming too as she noticed how heavy her body felt. She was moving, or rolling. She wasn't sure but she could sense her body turning.

"Come on Kar." Was her brother talking? Kari gave him a quick reply that she needed to stop moving. Her mind drifted and then she jerked herself. She wasn't awake. She was still sleeping. So she hadn't replied to Tai. She opened her eyes and felt confused and weary.

"Jesus you sleep like a log! Kar, I don't think you've ever been hard to wake up. I've been pushing on you for the last 2 minutes." Tai was smirking but Kari was still trying to differentiate her dreams from reality. She noticed Joe crouch down in front of her and she tried to make herself more alert.

"It's the cancer." He said quietly so only Kari and Tai could hear. Kari wasn't sure what Joe was on about. Fortunately Tai was able to voice the confusion.

"What do you mean?" Tai's smirk was gone from his face. Joe faced Tai and Kari wasn't sure she liked being slightly excluded from a conversation about her.

"Cancer patients, they experience extreme fatigue. She'll sleep a lot more now. The disease wipes you out so it's not surprising she had a hard sleep." Kari sat still and gauged her brothers reaction. He was staring hard at Joe. Kari wasn't sure what he was going to do next.

"Come on Kar, we need to move." Tai stood and walked away. Kari frowned. This was too much first thing in the morning. Kari decided to ignore her brothers odd behaviour and focus on waking up. She stood and then took a step back. Joe was still with her. She had forgotten he was there.

"You feeling okay?" He asked and Kari gave him a nod.

"Fine just trying to wake up." She said honestly. Joe moved his head up and down and yawned,

"Ignore Tai. I think he's just overwhelmed." Kari nodded not wanting to speak about it. She decided to deflect the subject.

"You think there's any water? I'm pretty thirsty." Joe pointed towards the door.

"Over on the table there. There a jug and a couple glasses" Kari smiled appreciative of Joe's answer. She turned away from the oldest and walked to the water. She was zeroing in on the clear liquid desperate for a drink.

"Hey, you sleep okay?" TK blocked her path and Kari frowned.

"Kari?" TK's voice was now concerned and Kari rolled her eyes.

"You're blocking me." She commented. TK raised an eyebrow,

"Er, from what?" He asked slowly.

Kari wanted a drink. She decided to act and explain later. She pushed TK aside and went straight for the water. She filled the small glass and chugged the entire contents in one go. She then refilled and did it a second time. As she refilled her third glass TK started chuckling.

"I didn't realize you've been wandering the desert." He joked and Kari took her time sipping her third glass of water.

"Feels like I have." She replied now letting her water glass sit in her hand away from her mouth.

"I'm sorry, how'd you sleep?" She now felt she could be cordial now that she had been hydrated. TK smiled,

"Pretty much as well as to be expected sleeping on the floor of a board room." Kari smirked and finally looked around the room.

Mimi, Matt and Sora we're picking up all the used blankets and pillows. The digimon were on and around the table eating some fruit that Kari briefly wondered when that had arrived. Her eyes drifted to the left side of the , Izzy, Joe and Meiko were looking out one of the windows. Kari moved towards the group huddled by the window. She placed her water on the large table as she passed it. She could feel TK close behind her and she couldn't help feeling comforted by his closeness.

"What's going on?" Kari asked as she approached the window the others were gathered in front of.

"The city, its quiet." Joe answered and Kari squeezed herself so she was standing right in front of the window. She looked down at the road and saw no cars moving. She looked to the sidewalk and saw no one walking. Kari turned her head and looked up at her older brother,

"Tai? Where are all the people?" She felt her brother put his hands onto her shoulders and give her a comforting squeeze.

"We don't know Kar."

Mr. Nishijima lead the digidestined and the digimon out of the building.

"I don't understand, it's like the towns been deserted." Joe commented and Tai watched the oldest adjust his glasses. Tai looked around and his eyes landed on Mr. Nishijima,

"What happened?" He asked and the teacher seemed to pause. Tai slowly narrowed his eyes wondering if the teacher was now hiding something.

"I'm not sure." Tai watched the mans eyes fall and trusted he was telling the truth.

"Do you think they're okay? The people I mean." Tai gave his sister a soft look. She was worried and he hated seeing her worried.

"I'm sure they're fine Kar. It might be-" his eyes bugged out as he realised something. He turned and addressed the group.

"It might be like myotismon!" Tai saw Mei scrunch her face up in confusion.

"We defeated him Tai." TK stated and Tai glared at the boy momentarily.

"Not him I mean the people missing." Mimi gasped.

"When everyone was put to sleep! But somehow we weren't effected!" She concluded and Tai nodded,

"Exactly."

"But that means they could be trapped somewhere to be used as a weapon." Sora said fearfully and Tai suddenly felt a pit in his stomach.

"Well if that's the case the only way to break it is to defeat the bad guys." Tai looked at Matt appreciatively.

"Matts right. We need to stay focused. We can't help anyone unless we defeat whoever is doing this."

"We just don't know exactly who that is." Sora added and the group fell silent.

Tai looked over the team. Matt Sora Mei and Izzy stood to his left. Mr. Nishijima was standing in front of him and too his right Mimi, Joe. TK and his sister rounded off the somewhat circle they were standing in. The digimon were in the middle quieter than usual. Tai looked down at them.

"Agumon? You guys okay?" Agumon nodded,

"Sure Tai." He then covered his ears,

"Except this loud pitch whistle that keeps blowing." Palmon informed. Tai tilted his head,

"What?"

"You can't hear it Tai?" Agumon asked and Tai shook his head. He looked at the others. The digidestined and Mr. nishijima all agreed they couldn't hear the whistling sound. Tai looked back and the digimon who were all covering their ears.

"I don't understand." Tai said confused. Tai heard a small gasp and knew it came from Kari. He looked at her and her eyes were wide,

"Tai look." She pointed and Tai along with the rest of the group turned and saw a low hanging fog rolling towards their feet. Tai stepped back as the fog rushed over his shoes.

"Ah! Ow!" Tai could hear his sister was in pain but couldn't keep his eyes off the fog. Something was moving towards them. The figure stopped and as the digidestined were consumed by the fog the figure spoke,

"Hello digibrats."

The group gasped,

"Peidmon!"