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Chapter Three
Deep Thought
Kari awoke in a damp, dank cell.
"Hmm. I'm getting a very bad feeling of déjà vu." she moaned.
Beside her, Gatomon stretched and got to her feet.
"Oh not again." she complained.
"Looks like it. Cant they kidnap someone else for a change?" Kari asked bitterly.
Gatomon looked around the damp cell as Kari fumed.
"Well, they've certainly cleaned up since we were last here. And they've got us locked in tight." she concluded, sitting down.
Kari kicked the wall in fury.
"Calm down Kari."
"Easy for you to say. You wont be the one invited to marry a sea sake!"
"Kari, calm down. We don't know that. Now, sit down and save your energy." Gatomon intoned.
Kari sank to the floor and hugged her knees.
"Why's it always us Gato?"
Gatomon patted her friend's shoulder.
"It's you. They cant resist your strong personality." she said cheerily.
Kari raised her eyebrow.
"What? There's no point worrying now. When WaruSeadramon appears, then we can start to worry." she said.
Kari smiled sadly at her friend.
"Why did I let this happen?" she asked herself.
"What? I told you, stop worrying." Gatomon soothed.
"Not that. TK. I've been so stupid." Kari said, pulling at her hair.
Gatomon looked at her curiously.
"Even after all I've done to him, he was still determined to save me." she said fondly.
Gatomon nodded, and Kari turned to her.
"I was such an idiot for doing all this." she said.
"You were doing what you thought was best Kari. No one can blame you for that." Gatomon soothed.
Kari closed her eyes.
"If we get out of this, I'm going to fix this." she vowed.
Gatomon grinned. At last.
They then heard a slithering.
"Oh no." Gatomon said.
WaruSeadramon slithered into view.
"Ah, my guests are awake." he purred.
Gatomon stood in front of Kari.
"What do you want?" she demanded.
He smiled, his fish breath gagging them.
"You may think I wish to make her my queen like my late employer did." he snarled.
"That would be my guess." Kari said, repulsed.
He laughed croakily.
"Wrong I'm afraid. You have no idea of your great importance young one. You are the most powerful of all the Digidestined." he said.
Gatomon shook her head.
"No we aren't. Agumon, Gabumon and Patamon are all stronger than we are. And they will kick your ass." she promised.
WaruSeadramon laughed.
"Not the Digimon. The humans. She is the strongest."
Kari was confused.
"What?" she asked in confusion.
"You are the bearer of Light. As such, in what is to come, you are the strongest weapon they have. As such, you are here. Can you imagine the great power the two of you would wield if you joined us? The bearer of Light turned into the bearer of Darkness! Your power would be unmatched, and we would rule all, and the Digidestined will finally be crushed." WaruSeadramon said.
Kari and Gatomon both looked at him in terror. Bearer of Darkness who turns on her friends? Not a chance.
"Go to hell." Kari said bravely.
WaruSeadramon looked at her in confusion.
"What?"
"No. I wont do it."
WaruSeadramon snarled.
"You dare refuse the Triad?" he hissed, and the door opened ominously.
"Yes." Kari said defiantly.
"Then you will suffer the consequences!"
His tail slammed Gatomon into the wall, and her Digimon slumped to the ground, defeated. WaruSeadramon then bit Kari's arm. She gave out a scream, before his tail knocked her to the ground and cut into her. He continued to whip her with his tail, and bruises and cuts appeared all over her. This was what TK had endured last time, and she wouldn't give WaruSeadramon the satisfaction of seeing her cringe in pain. She had never truly appreciated what TK had gone through.
Oh TK, I'm so sorry. So very sorry. she thought anxiously.
The beating ended, and WaruSeadramon slithered out.
"I advise you to re-evaluate our offer." he growled, and vanished, slamming the door behind him.
As Kari moaned in pain, she wished for only one person to be present, to hold her, comfort her and tell her everything would be fine: TK.
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TK slowly awoke in the cell behind Kari's, though neither of them knew this. He groaned, then remembered everything.
"Kari!" he cried in terror.
Patamon, who had just awoken, shook his head.
"She wont be able to hear you, wherever she is." his friend moaned.
"This is my fault. If I had pushed her…"
"You'd only have pushed her further away. This is no one's fault but Ghoulmon's. He started it all." Patamon soothed.
TK closed his eyes in despair.
"What if she's hurt? What if they're doing to her what they did to me?" he wailed.
Patamon patted his friend on the arm.
"You do realise we have our own problems?" he asked pointedly.
TK looked at him.
"As they have Kari and seemed more interested in getting her than they did us, we can assume we aren't that important to them. As such, we may very well starve down here."
TK frowned, then patted his friend on the head.
"Don't worry Patamon. We'll get out of this, save Kari and deal with the Triad. I promise." he said and went into deep thought.
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The Digidestined were gathered in Tai's new apartment. The city was silent and dark. With no power for the city, Odaiba had come to a standstill until it could be fixed. And, the Digidestined were frantic with worry about TK and Kari.
"Why do they always want them?" Davis asked in confusion.
Arukenimon sighed.
"It'd the crests. Evil Digimon see great power in them, power enough to destroy them. Face it. Three of your greatest enemies were wiped out by the power of their crests: Devimon, Myotismon and Piedmon, not including Dragomon. They think that if they control the bearers of those crests, they can destroy you all." she said.
Rana looked at them in confusion.
"What's a crest? And why are Kari and TK's so important?" she asked.
"A crest allows this rotten lot to digivolve beyond the Champion level, to ultimate and Mega. Kari's is Light and TK's is Hope, which I suppose you need for fighting evil." Yolei mused.
Tai was breathing down Izzy's neck as he used his laptop's precious power supply to line up a digital gate.
"Come on." Tai urged.
"Tai, it's going as fast as it can. Remember, there's no other power sources to help it." Izzy reminded him gently.
Tai started pacing the room again.
"When do they save us with remote interest?" Agumon asked.
"Hmm. Myotismon. Piedmon. Dragomon." Gabumon answered.
"Oh."
The laptop chimed.
"We're good to go!" Izzy crowed.
"Go on Ken." Cody encouraged.
Ken pointed his Digivice at the screen, and the gate opened.
"We're coming." Wizardmon said.
"But…"
"We need to protect you according to the Sovereigns. We're coming."
"And it's my cousin." Rana said.
Tai started to protest, but Matt held his arm.
"Wait Tai. Two more Ultimates and two more Champions wont go amiss. We don't know what sort of goons the Triad has." he said.
Tai rolled his eyes, and nodded reluctantly. Ken then opened the portal and they were gone.
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WaruSeadramon growled.
"No one expected her to cave first try WaruSeadramon." Parrotmon soothed.
He growled.
"It's irritating."
LadyDevimon smiled.
"She will turn. But not immediately. And remember, we have the boy. We can blackmail her."
"True." Parrotmon conceded.
An alarm sounded.
"They're coming." WaruSeadramon growled.
"All forces: assemble." Lady Devimon ordered, then beckoned her peers.
"Let us welcome our guests." she purred, and three left the palace.
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The team arrived in a house. As with everything else in that world, it was in various shades of grey.
"Lovely place." Rana commented.
"You think?" Joe asked.
The team edged forward, determined to find Kari and TK.
"Where do you reckon the Triad is?" Davis asked.
"Underwater most likely. WaruSeadramon will have taken over Dragomon's place." Gomamon answered.
"I think you should see this." Wizardmon said, delaying further discussion.
They trotted over to where Wizardmon, Arukenimon and Mummymon were standing with Rana.
"What is it?" Tsukimon asked curiously.
"I believe it is a crest." Wizardmon said, throwing significant looks to the other two Digimon.
"A crest!?" Sora demanded incredulously.
"I thought we were the only ones who had crests." Mimi said in confusion.
"Apparently not." Arukenimon said elusively.
The crest in question was a triangle, not quite completed, with a spiral coming in from the bottom left corner and forming a circle in the middle.
"What is it?" Tsukimon asked.
Wormmon sprang up, took out his glasses and had a look.
"Bizarre. Where is my book?" he asked, and pulled out a tatty journal from somewhere, and flicked through the pages.
"Ah-ha!" he cried in triumph.
"You know what it is?" Palmon asked.
"No, but I found that five dollar note I had. I wondered where I'd put it." he said, secreting it away.
The others rolled his eyes as he continued to flick through the book.
"Here it is. Apparently, it's the Crest of Integrity, thought to be a myth."
"This is no myth." Mummymon muttered.
"Is it mine?" Rana asked.
"Probably." Izzy said.
She reached out, and it flashed into a tag around her neck with a deep pink glow.
"Interesting fashion accessory." she commented, and Tsukimon prodded at it.
The kids traipsed out, mildly curious about how Rana had received a crest. The three Digimon however, weren't curious. They were in deep debate.
"We need to inform the Sovereigns. Another crest has appeared. One of the Eighteen has come forth." Wizardmon said.
"Agreed. But we have to wait until we find the other two. Or we'll lose everything." Mummymon said.
Arukenimon beckoned the two of them, worry creasing their faces. This was proof. It had to be. But the Sovereigns would want to be absolutely sure before acting most likely.
They caught up with the others outside.
"Well? Which way?" Tentomon asked.
"Downwards, to the fiery depths!" a voice crowed.
Parrotmon shot out from a cloud, as WaruSeadramon erupted from the ocean and LadyDevimon materialised from the shadows.
"Welcome to the last stop on your Digital Tour. I'm sorry to say your road ends here." WaruSeadramon promised, his teeth flashing in an evil grin.
Curiouser and curiouser.
Why has Rana got a crest? Who are the Eighteen? Will Kari and TK tell each other about their feelings? Will the others escape the Triad?
Ill update soon!