Chapter 15: Be Sneaky

We stood in the little plaza in the summer camp, slightly surprised to find ourselves there. It made sense. The gate had dropped us there once before, and it was only logical that the same gate led to the same place. Nobody was really thinking about that, despite the fact that we would have a really hard time getting home.

"Do you think they're okay?" TK asked, voicing what was on everyone's mind.

"Don't worry TK, I'm sure they're fine," Patamon reassured him.

"Isn't there some way we can find out?" Matt asked.

"I'm trying to right now,' Davis said. "But Kari hasn't responded to my message yet."

"I think that it's reasonably to figure that they escaped," I said.

"Why that Izzy?" Tentomon asked me.

"Well," I said, pulling up the digimon analyzer on my laptop, "Cerberumon is a very fast digimon, and the wall that it put up did seem to be invincible. There is a very logical way in which they could have escaped. Both are them are fairly smart, so I'm sure that they will have figured it out."

"Well, that's a relief," Joe said.

"There's no way to know for sure though, until we actually hear from them," Tai said, sounding very worried.

Sora put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry Tai, I'm sure they'll be alright."

"Yeah, Tai," Agumon said. "Gatomon will take good care of them."

"Thanks guys," Tai said. "Alright we can't do anything from here. Let's get home and plan our next move."

"And how are we supposed to do that?" Davis asked.

"Hey everyone! Over here!" Gomamon yelled from the river a few hundred feet away. We all ran over, and saw many of the camp's rowboats docked on a pier.

"I asked the fish, they say that this river goes right to Tokyo!" Gomamon smiled.

"We can't use the camp's boats, Gomamon. We wouldn't be able to get them back here," Joe said.

"No, but we can use those!" Gomamon said, pointing to a pile of trees which had been cut down to make room for a new building. "We'll float down the river right to home!"

"Hm," I looked on my laptop for some maps. "Gomamon's right. With the current in the river, and the fact that it is much straighter than the road, we'll get home almost two hours faster than if we walked."

"I don't think I want to get wet though," Yolei said.

"Well then Yolei, take my laptop and use this map to get back. Just so you know, it's about a five hour walk." I said.

"Oh fine, I'll take the river," Yolei decided.

"This will speed up the trip even more, Marching Fishes!" Gomamon said. Hundreds of fish sprang up out of the water, waiting to help push the logs downstream.

"Gomamon, you never cease to amaze me," Joe said with a smile.

Two hours later, we climbed out of the river and quickly headed for home. We all decided to meet at my house again the next morning. For the most part, everyone was there bright and early. Davis was the last to arrive, which was no surprise to anyone.

"YAWN! Learn anything?" He asked groggily.

"Yes, actually," I began now that everyone was there. "Just this morning I received an email from Kari's D-terminal. The email said that Will had written it, because Kari was still sleeping. He says they're perfectly fine, and that as soon as Kari wakes up he'll have her send an email."

Everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief. Just then, the mail icon lit up again.

"Hey, I got another just now," I said. Everyone crowded around the computer to see.

Hey Izzy! It's Kari this time. We're all fine, so make sure Tai isn't worrying too much. We've got enough food for now, and we're far away from Myotismon.

Will and I have been talking, and he figured that even though we closed that gate, other gates that open randomly could still let Myotismon through. Will wants to stay in the digital world so that he can close the gates. He wanted me to go back through the next gate we find, but I've decided to stay here and help protect him. So here's our plan right now: You guys keep us updated on where gates are opening, and we'll close them. In the meantime, you all figure out a strategy for defeating Myotismon. And don't worry about helping us; it's easier to travel in a smaller group. If we need anything, we'll tell you and you can bring it through a portal. Tai, I know you're going to be mad at me, but please understand, I think this is the best course of action. Tell me if you guys think of a better plan. I'll miss you guys, and good luck! ;)

Everyone looked at Tai. "Well, Tai," Matt said, "It's your call. Is this a good plan?"

Tai was quiet for a little while, and then decided. "It's the best plan we've got right now. If those two can keep Myotismon out of this world, we'll have time to gather our strength. It's the only option right now."

"We should try to contact other digidestined around the world and warn them all," Yolei said. "They can help us fight off Myotismon's army."

"We'll train really hard too, to make sure we're as strong as can be," Gabumon said.

"Tai, don't you think it would be more logical for us to rotate responsibility for helping protect Will. That way Kari can have a chance to rest too," Joe said.

"No, I think Kari wants to do this herself," Tai said. Everyone looked at him, kind of surprised. Even I admit that I didn't understand at that time.

"Kari said she wanted to find something out about Will. She thinks there's some other secret that he won't share, some other reason why he didn't tell us his crest at first. I think she wants to try and work it out of him. For now, let's just leave them be and focus on our part of the plan." Tai said.

"Alright Tai, if you're sure," Matt said.

"I'll send Kari an email telling her what we're going to do," I said. "After that we need to figure out just how we're going to go about this." I said as I typed up the reply.

"Alright," I began, "the most obvious thing to do is divide up the responsibilities. I'm going to get a webpage running so that we can put together a connected community of the digidestined all around the world. Someone needs to monitor the digital world and email Kari and Will whenever a portal opens. They'll have an advantage because Myotismon won't be able to detect when the portals open. Most of us will be involved in trying to track down digidestined all over the world and getting them onto the network and informed about what is happening. We'll need all the strength we can gather if Myotismon really does have mega level digimon on his side. Lastly, someone needs to stay in contact with Jennai and our allies in the digital world."

Tai smiled. "Alright everyone, let's get moving!"