"Little are those who can truly understand the thrill of the sky. But there is no doubt that humans have sought to attain the sky, seeking to push their limits. The sky is one limit…but there is far more…

Like what can we consider of the ability of being a digimon? Bio-Merge may be a truly unique experience…yet…what about a different case of human and digimon as one?
But even then…with that newfound power at one's disposal…how can we truly deem ourselves being able to control it, for who shall be the master?
You or the power?"

Chapter 4 : Bio-Modify…Control and Evolution part 1

After they went back to Kylee's home to get some money, Kylee and Impmon were on their way to the shops, along with their 'guest', Kari, who was still wearing Regan's cloak to hide her identity.
She was looking a bit down, a partly sad expression visible on her face.
"Hum Kylee…" she started.
"What?" Kylee asked.
"Sorry…" Kari said.
"Sorry? Sorry for what?" Kylee asked.
"Sorry that I cried. Because of that, Regan hit you both.
I'm just…I don't…really know why I cried…But…even then, why you felt like asking that?" Kari said.
"Uhhh…well…" Kylee started, unsure herself. "I kinda thought it may be a nice way to change subjects…"
"Or perhaps you were tired of all those possible ends in the many fan fics on the net and you wanted the answer from the girl herself." Impmon said with a half grin.
"Impmooooon!!!" Kylee yelled, bumping Impmon on the head.
"Fan fics?" Kari said, curious.
"Eh, well, it's nothing too serious!" Kylee said, chuckling hesitantly while Impmon was rubbing his head.
Kari kept silent, staring at her. She wasn't buying it.
Kylee sighed when she saw that Kari wasn't convinced. "Okay…it's just…
Digimon has been a really popular thing. Not only there has been a show about first, you eight Digidestineds that went in the Digital World and in the end, beat Apocalymon. But there's been another season in which you and the other went back to deal with the Digimon Emperor. You may kinda expect that those that appreciated the show may have made their own fan fictions about other things, stories of their own. Even…some about couplings, like you and TK, or Tai and Sora, or…" Kylee explained.
"I get it…" Kari said.
"But it's not all. Kids here can even get Digimon to tame and train to fight with them." Kylee quickly added. "That's the main thing around here.
Yeah, you could say that we Digimon Tamers are thinking of all of this much like a game, but Riza and I realized that there was more when we got to meet Regan."
"Well, I can see that you and Riza seemed to be good friends and managed t o get through those troubles well." Kari said.

"Oh, we're just friends since childhood, nothing more." Kylee said with a smile and a tint of pink on her cheek. Then her gaze darkened as she gave a dark glare at Impmon. "But there are some that keeps thinking that we're a couple."
"What?" Impmon replied innocently.
Kari giggled before a half-smile came on her hooded face. "Yeah, I see what you mean Kylee. Lizomon's been doing kinda the same thing with me and Regan. But we're just friends."
"Well, maybe he's seeing more?" Impmon said.
Once again, he received a bump from his Tamer. "Impmon! Stop that!"
Kari sighed tiredly and the small half-smile she had faded a bit.
"I just…I don't know what to think about…"
"About that your adventures have been a show here?" Kylee asked.
"Not just here. There are Digidestineds from other Real Worlds in the Digital World too. And some of them came from a Real World where everything me and the other Digidestineds did a good while ago is nothing more than a show.
It's kinda weird…that people seem to know everything about me only because I was only…a fictional character…" Kari said, hesitating at the end.
"Well…there's no doubt you're as real as me, Riza, and our digimon. We just kinda lost our bearings sooner." Kylee said. "After all, if you didn't really exist, then Regan wouldn't have been here before…"
"…and Ragnarok wouldn't have been here, right?" Kari added.
"Uh…" Kylee stopped, unsure what to say about that.

"Kylee…could you tell me what happened here when Regan came to this world? I'd like to know why he wouldn't want to tell us about it…" Kari said.
"Oh…sure, if you want." Kylee said, some confidence returning to her as both girls and Impmon started walking again…

---

Raidramon stopped in front of the graveyard before Riza climbed down and Raidramon de-digivolved to Veemon.
"I still don't get it. I can't understand why Regan would even come to a graveyard. If he did lose someone in his life, it wouldn't probably been here, right?" Riza said.
"Well, maybe he can tell us when we'll find him?" Veemon asked.

Both entered the graveyard, which was a bit silent. It didn't seem like anyone had come to see anyone's grave…
"Riza, look there." Veemon said, pointing further away.
One lone figure was standing in front of a grave.
"It may be him." Riza said. "Let's check."

Sure enough, when they got close enough, they saw that it was indeed Regan standing in front of a grave, head low.
"Hum…Regan?" Riza asked when he and Veemon were close enough.
Regan raised his head and looked at the pair. "Oh, it's you guys. Didn't thought you would have gone back to the 'hideout' sooner that I expected."
"Hum, Regan…mind telling us what you're doing here?" Riza asked hesitantly.
"Well…it's this…" Regan said, pointing at the grave.

"Here lies Daniel Karen…" Riza muttered as he read the tombstone. "I don't get it…"
"Officially, from what I managed to get, this kid died a few months ago because of a car accident…and when he got hit by the car, he got impaled by a broken pole…" Regan said. "But in truth…he was killed by multiple blade slices and along with being impaled by a broken pole that had been ripped by someone else with huge strength…
That was the Tamer whose digimon turned into SkullGreymon…"

"What? That was…" Riza said.
"Yeah…that was him…
And he's dead because of me…" Regan said, his head low. "Ragnarok was born because of me. He existed within me…
All he did…it's my-"

"Get a grip Regan!" Riza yelled and suddenly struck Regan in the face, and for a moment, even Riza was shocked of what he did.
"Ragnarok is NOT you!" he said. "You and he are completely different! You're human while he's not! Even if he's born from you, that he exist because of something you did, it doesn't mean you got to take the blame for everything he did, because it's not your fault!

…

You could probably say…that he's your sin, your darkness, your opposite…
That may be true…but still…it doesn't mean you should always try to think only of the past. Look and think about what you did. You brought justice to everyone that Ragnarok has harmed in the past, including yourself, me and Kylee.

You deserve to be happier now. You've done a lot, and you really deserve it…" Riza said.

Regan remained silent, slightly gazing at Riza and his fist…

---

"And so, after that we combined our strength with AtmaRyumon and all together we managed to destroy Ragnarok, though it caused a huge explosion, and Regan and Lizomon were gone after this.

But we were kinda thinking that they had finally gone back to the Digital World, and I guess that's what really happened."

Both girls and Impmon had finally entered the supermarket, looking for a clothing store.

"So, you, Riza and Regan managed to beat Ragnarok?" Kari asked.
"Yeah, we did. Honestly, I think that Regan's coming made us think and learn a bit more about ourselves, and our friendship…and I hope that we managed to make him learn a few other things…" Kylee said.
"Perhaps…" Kari replied. "But…there's something I don't understand…"
"About what?" Kylee said. "This way." She then added, pointing to their right as they turned into another alley in the supermarket.
"When Regan returned to the Digital World and that we found him…He said he didn't know if anything happened after the huge explosion that sent him into your world…and Lizomon also seemed to agree." Kari said.
"What? You mean Regan didn't tell anything about us to you?" Kylee asked, much surprised.
"Nothing…Absolutely nothing…" Kari said. "And for some reason, Lizomon also went with that."
"But why would Regan hide the truth about us to you and the other Digidestineds in the Digital World?" Impmon asked.
"I'm not sure…" Kari answered.

---

"What? Why didn't you told about us when you were back in the Digital World?" Riza asked.

At the same time that Kari and Kylee were speaking about Regan's odd acting after his return to the Digital World, so did Riza and Regan had started speaking on a similar subject…until Regan revealed he didn't spoke about Riza and Kylee to the other Digidestineds.

"…I was kinda worried about one thing…I couldn't be sure if it was a good idea to speak about you two. Perhaps if I had done so, then you may have been taken in the Digital World sooner or later…and that could have been worrying…" Regan answered.
"But we'd be able to handle ourselves in the Digital World Regan, and we could have met you again." Riza said.
"But would you and Kylee manage to get over the real shock? Cut off from your own world, from your home? That's what we're having right now.
It's not like in the second season when the Digidestineds were constantly going back and forth between the Real and the Digital World.
No, it's much like the first season." Regan answered.
"Besides…there would have been other things that you may not have been able to handle there…" he added.

---

"What do you mean?" Kylee asked.
"I don't know what you are thinking about how the Digital World is, Kylee. But it may be much different then what you think. It has even gone different than what it once was for us." Kari answered.
"Huh? The Digital World changed?" Kylee asked, a bit confusedly, as she was now talking to Kari, who was in a changing room, trying off some clothes.
"In some ways, a little bit…
And in other ways…well…it's a radical change…" Kari answered.
"So, how does it look? You like those?" Kylee asked after a while.
"Not bad…but I don't know about that other skirt…" Kari said after a while.
"Well, I thought it kinda make you look nice." Kylee said with a little smile.
"Yeah, yeah…" Kari replied on a dubious tone from the changing room. "Are you trying to make me go out with Regan or what?"
"Uh…" Kylee replied, looking left and right, and feeling a bit uncomfortable. Along with that, Impmon was helpless to hold his snickering.
"Cut it out Impmon…" Kylee said, glaring at her partner.
"Hey, I haven't done anything…for once…" Impmon said, raising his hands as a large grin came on his face and he closed his eyes a bit along with slightly looking away.
"You know what…you should get a few new things too Kylee. Wouldn't you like to please Riza a bit?" Kari suddenly said with a playful tone.
"Huh?!?" Kylee replied, looking toward the changing room, blood rushing to her cheeks.
"Hey, that's being a great one!" Impmon said, grinning hard. Kari could be heard giggling after this.
"Come on Kylee. You've got me some new clothes, so I'll get you some too." Kari said.
"Come on, come on!" Impmon said, still grinning and nudging Kylee on her knee.
Kylee sighed and moaned. "What the hell have I gotten myself in?" she thought, looking toward the ceiling…

"…Oookaayy…I'll do it…but Kari, there's something else I'd like to know…" Kylee finally said.

---

"Yeah, what's that power of you and Kari to change into that way?" Veemon said, for his Tamer had just asked the question, albeit differently.
They had finally left the graveyard and were slowly walking back to the 'hideout'.
"It's called 'Bio-Modify'." Regan said. "The name got derived from 'Bio-Merge' and 'Digi-Modify', since in a way, we merge with the digimon data, but it's still just a modification, not a true and complete merging."
"But why the hell did you and Kari got that?" Riza asked.
"You're making it sound like we wanted to get that." Regan said very sourly, glaring harder at Riza. "But trust me…that's the last thing we'd ever want to have. No…
If it could have been avoided…"
"The only things you said about that is that it involved Ragnarok…and that it was done to save your lives…But how did it happened?" Veemon asked.
"I'd rather not talk about it…" Regan said darkly, closing his eyes and stopped walking. "However, that happened much before I came to this world with Lizomon, of that, I'm sure you must have guessed now…" he added.
Both Riza and Veemon had stopped when Regan did. "Yeah, I kinda guessed that one…" Riza said. "So it was you who actually barged in the prison and got me out of here…thanks…"
"In some way was my fault if you got there…But then again, Lizomon had told me that you made your choice, a noble one by the way…" Regan said, opening his eyes and smiling slyly at Riza.
"Uhh…well…" Riza said, rubbing the back of his head while looking a bit away from Regan, obviously feeling uncomfortable about that.
"Riza, we should get some money to buy out food." Regan suddenly said.
"Huh?" Riza said.
"There's no doubt that Kari and I will need to stay in our 'hideout' for a while, and we'll need some provisions. Let's go deal with that since the girls are already busy with something else." Regan explained.
"Oh yeah, that's right." Riza said. "Let's go to my house then we'll go to the supermarket."
"Want me to armor digivolve?" Veemon asked.
"I don't see why you should Veemon." Regan interrupted. "We can take our time…"

---

"That? You want me to wear that?!?" Kylee said, now her being on the other side of the changing room.
"What? I thought it'd go well with you." Kari said, a smile hidden beneath Regan's cloak.
"I'm pretty sure Riza will faint out if he sees you with that dress." Impmon said with a snicker. Of course, he had seen the dress before Kari had handed it from over the door.
"Impmon…" Kylee said darkly.
"Ow!" Impmon suddenly yelped.
It was Kari who had bumped him this time.
"Hey! Why did you do this?" Impmon said, holding his head and looking at Kari.
"Did you really need to always mock yourself of your partner?" Kari said…But the tone of her voice seemed different…much more serious…and in some ways, too similar to Gatomon.
"Kari?" Kylee said worryingly from the changing room.
Kari blinked, and slightly looked around, and noticed the bump on Impmon's head. "Oh, sorry Impmon…" she said.
"What? I don't get it. First you hit me because I'm mocking myself of my partner, than you apologize?" Impmon said confusedly.
"Uh well…It's another part of Regan and mine's 'condition'…
You know that we digimon data inside of our bodies. Lizomon's and Gatomon's as it's obvious…
We didn't only have some of their powers and abilities…but also their personalities…
And we have to constantly struggle with that…" Kari explained.
"So, if you don't control yourself, you're going to act more like Gatomon? Aside from that and those 'powers' that you've gotten, is there anything else you had as a side-effect?" Kylee asked.
"Aside from a slight desire to eat fish and some hesitation to go in water, no." Kari said with a slight smile. "For me that is…" she added, lowering her head a bit.
"What do you mean? What's different with…oh yeah…Regan's got Lizomon's data, and instead, parts of his personality instead. That must be tough for him." Kylee said.
"Yes…and that worries me…" Kari said. "Lizomon can fly…but when he transforms, Regan doesn't get wings…
Regan may have to fight more often Lizomon's personality, considering how strong-willed Lizomon is…"
"Yeah…to have managed to re-construct himself when he died…and all with his mind…" Impmon said, thinking back of when Lizomon told them his story. "That must be hard for Regan."
"I'm sure it is…but Regan doesn't want to show it. I think he doesn't want anyone to really notice it…
But that desire to fly…that could be something hard to fight…" Kari said on a low tone and sadly.
"Hey cheer up Kari." Kylee said from the other side of the door. "Regan's a lot strong. We've seen him in action before…He can be determined, and probably won't let himself get taken easily…
Mmm…I can't say if I'd really want to wear it Kari…sure, it looks nice…" Kylee then added.
"What? Scared to make Riza fall for you?" Impmon said with a grin.
"Kari…hit him for me." Kylee said angrily.
With a sigh, Kari did just that, and struck Impmon on the head again…

---

"That's kinda worrying…about that personality thing…" Riza spoke. Now that they had the money, they could go on their way to buy much needed provisions for Regan and Kari.
"I'm capable of handling it, so there isn't much to worry about…" Regan said neutrally, hands in his pockets.
"Really? You kinda acted a bit differently than usual ever since you got back." Veemon said.
"Usual…What could even be described as 'usual' about our situation, and the previous one?" Regan said, seemingly exasperated, and stopped walking.
"Hey, I didn't mean to insult at all!" Veemon said sheepishly, waving his hands in front of him at Regan.
"I know…" Regan said, his eyes casting some partly unsettling appearance. "I have to constantly struggle with the fact that Lizomon's personality could give me serious problems. Whenever I use the Bio-Modify, I know I can't truly hold it, and it partly affects me, giving me more of Lizomon's instincts and attitude when fighting.
There's no doubt that Kari gets Gatomon's skills and agility when she uses her Bio-Modify, but at least, her digimon isn't a super iron-willed obstinate digimon like Lizomon."
"No Regan." Riza interrupted, staring seriously at the Digidestined. "You had Bio-Modify the first time, and even then, you weren't like that. What can make you act like that? What makes you think you should blame and condemn yourself like that?" he asked.
"…" Regan lowered his head a lot, staring at the ground. "…Kari…"
"Kari?" Riza asked.
"She doesn't deserve that…all that trouble right now…
Somehow, I feel like I may have been faulty of something and caused her to be here…I don't want others to be harmed because of my mistakes and my actions…
And most of all…not Kari…She doesn't deserve it…
Even if I was stranded last time…I could handle it…even with Lizomon. Perhaps, in some ways…he was the one giving me the courage and wisdom to go on, along with my own determination to see Ragnarok destroyed…
But now…he's not here…
I'm all alone…" Regan said, hesitating at some parts…and even seemed that he may be going to sob.
"I think he likes her…" Veemon whispered to his Tamer.
"We don't have time for that Veemon…" Riza whispered back angrily at his partner. "Regan…you aren't alone…
We're here for you and Kari's with you. We're your friends, right?" he said.
"…Indeed…But in all of this…I can't be sure if I'm really that strong…or if it was simply because Lizomon was giving me that courage…or when one of my friends was threatened…" Regan hesitantly replied.
"Regan…friends are to help each other…You helped us last time…so it's our turn to help you." Riza said.
Regan sniffed a bit before raising his head. "Wasn't it you two who helped me against Ragnarok?" he asked with a wry smile.
"Well, you helped us getting rid of the problem that was threatening our city." Riza replied with a smile of his own.
The smile on Regan's face started to fade, replaced by a frown. "A problem that I brought though…"
"Damnit Regan!" Riza yelled. "If you just want to dwell in the past, you'll never be able to go on! Think about Lizomon! Do you think he'd like to see you right now in that state? He'd be ashamed of his partner!"
"And I think he'd probably give out a lot of punches to you Regan…" Veemon said with a thoughtful expression.
"And besides Regan, you are strong. I haven't seen lots of people that can really be as strong as you are, so don't think yourself as a weakling." Riza said. "Besides, I don't think that Lizomon was meant to be partnered to someone who would be weak, but someone who would be strong." He added. "And you know what? I don't think it's your fault…"
"What do you mean?" Regan sourly asked.
"Are you blaming yourself because it always seems to be your fault? Perhaps it isn't your fault at all, and because you're still alive, it doesn't mean it's your fault after all." Riza said.
"So, what do you recommend 'Doctor Riza'?" Regan asked with a smirk.
"Get on in your life. You got to do what you have to do. Don't remain stricken. You got rattled, troubled, so shake yourself off." Riza said
"…" Regan kept his gaze slightly low. "…Yeah, I guess you can be right, even if you're not always the smartest one around…" Regan said with a sly smirk.
"Hey! What does that mean?!?" Riza said angrily, tightening a fist at Regan.
Regan turned away from him and started walking with a grin. "Well, we're supposed to go buy out some food, right? That isn't gonna do itself alone, you know."
Riza gave a slightly black look at Regan's back.
"You know, I think he wanted to say 'thanks' in a special way." Veemon said.
"He could have just said it instead of insulting me." Riza replied sourly.

---

Kari, Kylee and Impmon had finally left the supermarket, bags in hands.
"Well…we kinda ended up with less money than I thought…" Kylee said. "And part of it was for some 'unneeded' things…"
"Nah, I'm sure it'll be useful." Impmon said with a smirk.
"I didn't ask for your opinion about that Impmon…" Kylee said, giving a slightly dark look at her digimon.
Kari sighed tiredly while the other two continue to argue for a bit. Indeed, it seems that the relationship between Tamer and digimon may not be exactly like on her world, or what she saw in the Digital World. Well…there were a few exceptions…
But quickly Kylee and Impmon stopped their arguing as the walk turned more silent.
However…little did they knew…that they were being followed…
The unknown follower kept himself hidden…then jumped after them.
As he neared, Impmon started turning. "What the-"
A smoke bomb exploded on them.

---

As Riza, Veemon and Regan continued walking toward the supermarket, a beeping sound suddenly made them stop. Both Riza and Veemon who were ahead turned backward to see the sound coming from Regan's digivice.
Curious, Regan pressed a button on the digivice. "Hello?" he said.
Kari's panicked and panting voice came out of Regan's digivice "Regan! We're being-"
A sudden thud sound interrupted her, and no more sound came.
"Kari? Kari! KARI!!!" Regan yelled. "Damnit!" he cursed and ran ahead of the others.
Worried, Riza and Veemon also went after Regan.

But there was no doubt that they arrived too late.
After a corner, they found some dissipating smoke…and some bags which obviously contained clothes, along with Regan's cloak on the ground.
All three of them simply remained unmoving for a while, shock visible on their face…until Regan dropped on his knees. "Damnit…" he muttered.
"Hum, Regan…keep yourself cool…" Veemon said.
"You want me to be calm?" Regan said, whirling to face Veemon. "How do you want me to be calm in a situation like that?!?" he yelled at Veemon, who fell backward in fear. "Whoever did this is really gonna pay…" Regan said, clutching his right fist tightly…and Riza noticed red sparks coming out of it.
"No Regan…please try to be calm…" he said, getting panicked that Regan may seemingly go berserk or something. "Listen, I got no idea who took them, we gotta find them instead of just yelling and cursing!"
Regan remained silent, anger still in his face…but at least, the sparks in his hand had faded, which was a better sign… "If you got any ideas, I'm all ears…" he said, looking at Riza.
But Riza didn't look at him as he noticed something on the ground, near Regan's cloak and the bags. "Regan, I think we got our lead." He said, kneeling down.
Regan looked down at what had gotten Riza's attention. It was some kind of paint mark that looked like a small black spear.
"A spear?" Regan asked.
"It's not just anything Regan…" Riza said. "You see, there are three main Tamer groups in Phoenix City : Gold Hawk, Blue Falcon, and Black Sword.

But there are also some…less 'official' groups…"
"Like criminal gangs…" Regan said.
"Yeah. There's one that claims to be some special branch of Black Sword, but Black Sword deny that. That group calls itself Black Spear. And so far, the police never managed to get them." Riza explained.
"And so you say that the Black Spear group is the one who got Kari and Kylee? Because they'd leave that mark after their actions?" Regan asked.
"Yeah, that'd be them." Riza answered.
Regan closed his eyes and smiled sinisterly. "You know, I got to thank you for helping clearing out my head. Now I can think better about how we're going to deal with them." He said.
"What? But we don't know where they are." Riza said worryingly. "Even the police never managed to get them!"
"Yeah…but the police doesn't have one of these…" Regan said, showing his digivice.
"What do you mean? Your digivice got something special?" Riza asked.
"I'll tell you later. Let's first bring those bags to the hideout then we'll deal with finding the girls. This time though, we gotta hurry, so make Veemon armor digivolve." Regan said, picking up the bags, but not before having put back his cloak on him.
Riza looked uncertainly at Regan, then at Veemon.
"We don't really have much of a choice." Veemon said sadly.

---

The first thing Kari registered when she regained consciousness was that her head was hurting badly. At first, her vision was blurred, but then she finally managed to clear out…and realize that she was lying down sideway on a cold ground.
But what she managed to notice first was an unconscious Kylee lying down… ropes binding her feet and her unseen hands behind her back, which probably were tied too, along with a piece of cloth wrapped around her mouth.

Kari tried to speak, but all that came out was a muffled yell, and that her obviously realize that she too had been bound in the same way than Kylee in front of her. Try as she might, she was unable to undo her own bonds.

That is, in her human state…But…in her, she was unsure of using her Bio-Modify…
She then noticed Kylee stirring before she opened her eyes, and after no doubt having seen Kari, she tried to speak, and soon realized that she couldn't. After that, Kari saw her trying to move madly, trying to shake off her bonds, but she was unable, helpless as Kari.
The only thing Kari could notice is that the entire room was more of a dull stone gray, with only one single light at the ceiling. No windows were visible in Kari's field of vision as she twisted around as best as she could.

Then, a grinding sound made both bound girls pause as they twisted themselves to notice a tall beefy figure that had entered the room through an unseen door. As it entered inside, Kari and Kylee could distinguish the green skin of the horned figure, along with the large bone club it had holstered on its back.

And to top it all, that Ogremon had a black spear tattoo on his lower right arm.
The Ogremon walked up to the two bound girls before removing the ropes on their ankles.
"Don't even think of running away. Just come on." He said as he unsheathed his large club and looked ready to use it. Both girls looked uncertainly at each other. Kari hesitantly nodded…
After all…

What other choice did they had?

---

"Alright, so what's that special thing that your digivice has that could help us find Kylee, Kari and Impmon?" Riza asked after that they had brought the bags to the hideout, and quickly left again.
"As you noticed, my digivice can receive and send transmissions, since we got one from Kari right before she was kidnapped. But that's not all." Regan said. "The X-D3 digivice, as it's called, is kinda peculiar.

Though there have been some new kids with new digivices in the Digital World, the X-D3 seem to be different, because it reacts to thoughts and voice. Also, I think it's actually capable of…evolving…" Regan added.
"Evolving?" Riza repeated.
"Gain new abilities somehow. In some ways, I think that's kinda part of all digivices, but this one's evolving capabilities are heavily increased." Regan explained.
"Okay…" Riza said, a bit confused
"But it also has the same kind of abilities like other digivices, like the usual digivolving, armor digivolving…along with digivice scanning." Regan said.
"But every digivice can do that, right?" Riza asked.
Regan raised a finger at Riza. "Perhaps, but that's one of the things that's different. The X-D3 can actually identify the type of digivice as well…And as far as I know, there's only one other person in the whole city that has an X-D3."
"So that means you're going to use it to locate Kari's X-D3!" Riza said, realizing the truth.
"And there will be good chances that Kylee will be with her…or so I hope…" Regan said uncertainly.
"Okay, so let's find them anyway!" Riza said.
Regan nodded, as he did, he raised his digivice, which has already started beeping, then the screen glowed before projecting first, a small map of the entire city, then zoomed unto a signal among many others. Then the zoom slightly pulled back, and showed two flashing signals, which were exactly identical, compared to another kind of signal, which was nearly everywhere on the map.
"Awesome!" Riza said, impressed at the digivice's quick 'reaction'.
"Okay…so if I read this clear, the map is showing us both X-D3s. According to the map, one of them is on normal ground, while the other one is…underground…" Regan said, observing the holographic map.
"Well, we can easily guess which one is underground, right?" Raidramon said.
The signal above ground, which was obviously the position of Regan's X-D3 started beeping before a red line drew itself from the signal and coursed through the map before stopping itself.
"Okay, now it showed us a way to Kari, I guess…but it stopped above ground." Regan said, frowning a bit. "That could either mean the digivice will project the next part of the course later…or it can't show it…" he added, the frown deepening.
"What? Why wouldn't it be able to show it?" Riza asked.
The map faded, replaced by holographic floating words saying : 'Telemetry data missing. Unable to project course.'
"Yep…it can't…" Regan said grimly. "At least there's probably an entryway underground where it showed us the end of its path."
"So, let's hurry then!" Riza said.
"You know, I wonder if they wouldn't have been able to remove her digivice." Raidramon said. "Since she managed to call us." He added.
"Fortunately, they wouldn't be able to. Unless I'd want otherwise, my digivice will remain stuck on me. No one else can remove it unless I'd want to. This of course means that unless they'd want to cut off Kari's arm, there's no way for them to take away her digivice." Regan explained.
"Instead of talking let's just go." Riza said, climbing on Raidramon.
"Right." Regan nodded, imitating Riza.
After that the two boys had settled in, Raidramon quickly ran off.

---

The Ogremon had 'brought' (by constantly pushing them in the back with his club) Kari and Kylee at the entrance of a hall. Loud sounds could be heard coming from it, and nothing about that was making any of the two girls feel better.

As the Ogremon pushed them inside, they saw it was a vast cave with many Tamers and digimon around. And all of them could be seen wearing the black spear mark, along with every digimon in the cave being a viral type.

"Hey Darius! They're here!" Ogremon yelled.
The people around stopped as they looked toward the Ogremon while others looked elsewhere, but most of the people's attention was fixed on Kari and Kylee, with some obvious and possibly sinister interest.
"Bring 'em." Someone said on the other side.

Ogremon prodded them forward again, forcing Kari and Kylee to walk again toward the other side of the cave where that other person was. All the while, some people slightly whistled at them, but probably mostly at Kari, which only made her more uneasy.

And on the other side of the cave, waiting at some kind of makeshift stone throne, sat a teenager boy with black hairs, with some parts dyed green, pulled in a ponytail, while he also wore a t-shirt colored in a flaming style as well as a black vest, along with black jeans with chains and green shoes. The boy also wore black sunglasses, a sly smile visible on his face as the Ogremon brought the two girls to him. He also had the same black spear tattoo, however, he had one of each of his lower arms, and the tip of a larger tattoo could be seen out of his shirt.

Behind the throne stood a large black dragon-like digimon with four red eyes. A Devidramon. And probably the boy's partner.

"Well…that one ain't bad at all indeed…" the teenager said, removing his glasses, showing his green eyes. "Kylee Henke, the best Tamer in all of Phoenix City. It's an honor to have you here…" the boy said with a mocking smile.

Kylee simply glared hard while yelling something muffled by the cloth on her mouth. Probably a good amount of cursing.

"Oh yeah, seems you kinda forgot about that detail Ogremon." The boy, who had been called Darius sooner, said with an obvious chuckle. "Why don't you give a chance to those ladies to have a word?" he asked.

"Oh, sure." Ogremon said while putting his club on his back again, and removed the cloth piece from Kari first, then Kylee.

And as soon as he had take off Kylee's that she started yelling at them. "I don't know who the hell you are, you f*cking idiot but Impmon's gonna kick out your-"

"Oh yeah, your Impmon." Darius interrupted. "Devi, if you'd like…" he said.
The digimon behind him chuckled before he rose his tail and threw something on the floor right in front of the two girls : A battered and wounded Impmon.

"Impmon!" Kylee screamed. "You-"
She tried going forward, attempting to possibly hit the boy (despite that her hands were still tied in her back), but Ogremon held her back.

"Calm down, blondie." Darius said, lying on his throne again, putting his right foot on one of the arm supports. "If you'll get too 'excited', we'll have to 'cut' things up…" he said, passing his finger right in front of his neck.

That made Kylee shut, but the glare in her eyes was definitively evident, as well as her anger toward the boy.

Kari looked uncertainly toward her, but her attention became fixed on the boy when he spoke again. "And something we'd possibly never thought possible…
Kari Kamiya…and probably the real one, in the flesh…"
"I'm…" Kari started, trying to deny it, but she had no real idea what to say, along with the boy interrupting again.
"I don't think you can try to lie out. We heard you try to call out that friend 'Regan'. Seems though that he had been calling you back 'Kari'. A coincidence? I don't think so." Darius spoke again.
"But…who are you? And what do you want with us?"
"Oh, forgive me not to have introduced myself. I'm Darius Duke, leader of the Black Spear Tamer gang." Darius spoke, rising up from the throne and stepping down toward the two girls, his attention fixed more on Kari.
"You know, we were kinda wondering if that was indeed you, the real Kari Kamiya, that, as far as we knew before, was just a fiction, a character from an animated show.
After all, there were a few odd details. We didn't found any traces of your partner around, and there's that peculiar digivice you have. Looks a bit like a D-3, but different.
I can kinda guess that you must have gotten a new adventure and somehow, you ended up here." He said, walking closer.
Kari closed her eyes and looked away.
"Oh, I guess it may actually be true!" Darius spoke with some glee.
Kari then felt him touch her chin and forcing her to look toward him. Uncertainly, she opened her eyes to indeed see his face closer.
"You know Kari, I once was a fan of you. You'd probably feel honored. After all, all of us here are fans of any of you Digidestineds…but I think you were my favorite…" Darius said a bit more softly.

He then kissed her, forcefully touching her lips with his. She shuddered and her eyes opened wide at this as she tried to move back, but the Ogremon was preventing that. A few whistling and wolf howling were heard around.

"You jerk! Leave Kari alone!" Kylee yelled and threw a foot upward to kick Darius in his side. He lost his balance before losing his grip on Kari and falling down on the ground. Angered shouts and speaking were quickly heard and the Ogremon quickly reacted, smacking Kylee with the back of his hand, throwing her on the ground. She grunted a bit as she slightly rose while Kari remained shocked and shuddering from obvious disgust.
"Well…that wasn't really nice…" Darius spoke as he rose and dusted himself before walking up to Kylee. He took her by the shirt before pulling her up, a cunning smile on his face. "I guess we'll need to give you a lesson in manners…"

"The one that really need a lesson is you, bastard!" Kylee replied.
Darius snorted before releasing her shirt, and causing her to fall on the ground again. A few mocking chuckles were heard.
"You know, I kinda wonder how we're going to do it first…" Darius said, pulling out a dagger from one of his jeans pocket.
"You leave my partner alone…you bastard…" Impmon suddenly said, rising up uneasily.
"Impmon!" Kylee said, a bit happier.
"You're Tamers right? So why don't you try to fight me and Kylee? After all, we're the best there is. If we win, we get all to get out of here, okay?" Impmon said.
"Mmm…" Darius rubbed his chin, but not before having put his dagger in his pocket first. Another sly cunning smile came to his face. "Alright.

However, if I win, Kari'll be staying here…and she'll be mine…" Darius said, anticipation coming in his face.
That made Kari more uncertain as she didn't eyed Impmon with approval.
"You got a deal." Impmon said. "Right Kylee?" he added, looking at her Tamer.
Remaining silent for a little while, Kylee thought about this. "Yeah…it's a deal…" she said.
"Perfect!" Darius said with a grin. "Alright, get Kari out of here, and prepare the duel arena."
"Hey wait a minute!" Kylee said.
"She ain't staying right here of course." Darius said, smiling at Kylee. "She'll get to watch from one of our guest rooms."
"Kylee!" Kari said as a boy started dragging her out of the cave
"Don't worry Kari, I'll get that bastard! And I'll get him hard!" Kylee shouted to her.
The Ogremon unceremoniously pulled her up and back on her feet before removing the ropes binding her hands. As soon as this was done, Kylee rubbed her wrists a bit.

"Well, shall we go?" Darius said, motioning Kylee toward another passage.
Not looking at him, Kylee simply walked toward the passage, followed closely by Impmon.

---

Kari was brought up in a partly small room, in which, a large video screen filled a good part of a wall. On the screen, a large cave, with an arena in the middle could be seen. And as Kari was unceremoniously forced to sit down on the chair, the boy who had brought her also brought more rope to tie her feet at the chair's feet, and looped more rope around her, binding her to the chair.

As soon as the boy was over, he went to lean by the wall, looking at the screen, where people could be seen entering the cave, and no doubt that Kylee was one of them, along with Darius Duke and his supporters who would obviously watch the fight…

TO BE CONTINUED...