Half an hour later hikari takeru diasuke miyako iori koushiro and sora were standing round the computer ready to open the portal to the digital world.

They all were soon in the digital world

"its light here" said diasuke

"time passes the same now but I think the seasons are still passing differently in the digital world" explained koushiro "it will get dark here later than in our world"

diasuke stared at him

"never mind, ill explain it to you all later when there's time, now we must find patamon"

"koushiro!"

"sora!"

"taichi!"

Agumon, tentamon and piyomon had arrived

"what are you doing in the digital world?" asked agumon

"patamons gone missing!" takeru sounded slightly hysterical

"patamon? But he couldn't come threw on his own right?"

"I think someones taken him"

"the dark presence rumour?" piyomon chipped in

"it could be" agreed tentamon

"tentamon, what's this dark presence?"

"rumours of a dark presence have emerged in the west, a powerful presence"

"it must be that!" exclaimed takeru "no evil presence has ever not meant to destroy us he must be using patamon" I'm coming patamon I'll save you he vowed

"then lets head west" said taichi "it's the only way to find out and even if it isn't this digimon who has patamon its our duty to protect the digital world from darkness"

"yeah!" yelled diasuke

"we have to be back by morning…" said iori

"yeah our parents will freak" agreed hikari

"hikari mum will kill us" taichi corrected

The children started walking

"there has to be a faster way" complained diasuke

"quit complaining diasuke your not helping" said hikari angrily looking worriedly at takeru, who was checking his digivice "takeru?"

"still a distress signal, no information about where…" he trailed off "koushiro?"

koushiro had been working on his computer as they walked

"I'm getting a weak signal if its him we're heading in the right direction"

"then what are we waiting for" said hikari

"yeah! Full steam ahead!" agreed v-mon jumping into the air

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wizarmon was standing in vamdemons throne room his back against the wall half supporting himself against it

"bloody stream"

"urg" wizarmon sank to his knees

"still so weak, excellent" vamdemon was smiling, which was terrifying "get up!" he commanded

wizarmon got to his feet with difficulty he leant back against the wall panting. vamdemon waved a hand and phantomon stepped aside to reveal patamon chained to the wall.

"w-what?"

"just a little bait"

"that's not fair, how dare you" wizarmon chanted a spell sending a ball of fire at vamdemon, who merely waved his hand bending it slightly almost undetectably to the left so it hit patamon "no!"

"congratulations wizarmon, saved me the trouble of doing it myself"

wizarmon hung his head

"seems like we'll be seeing your little friend soon too" said vamdemon mockingly a screen flickered into life behind his head an image of the chosen children all walking somewhere in the digital world appeared on it leading it were tailmon and hikari.

"no! tailmon!" he yelled running towards the screen as if trying to make them hear and stay away. He was blocked by phantomons scythe causing him to fall backwards onto the floor.

"isn't that touching" vamdemon sneered

"lightning lance" the bolt of lightning came down from the newly gathered clouds hitting vamdemon. wizarmon collapsed in exhaustion. vamdemon had doubled over when hit by the lightning but had now straightened up

"you will pay for that" he spat slightly out of breath

"kill me then, I'm missing being dead right now"

"oh no it's must more fun to watch you suffer, you will serve me wizarmon!"

"NEVER!"

"bloody stream!" wizarmon could only throw up his arms to attempt to protect himself the lightning hit him full blast, sending him skidding across the floor.

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The children saw the thunderclouds gather and the lightning

"that way!" yelled taichi

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vamdemon was still holding the red whip like attack, he walked over to patamon. He lifted it as if to strike

"stop" came wizarmons weak voice

"you will serve me?"

wizarmon looked at the unconscious patamon and then at the floor "I will serve you" he said before blacking out.

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That night wizarmon was on guard duty around the castle he had been allowed to be more strengthened up now he was vamdemons slave. He felt more miserable than he ever had done.

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The children reached the castle

"but this is vamdemon castle" exclaimed hikari

"I know" agreed taichi "lets just hope its not vamdemon in there"

"do you think patamon is in there taichi?" asked takeru

"most likely"

"then what are we waiting for!" said diasuke "lets go"

"wait a moment" said tailmon "I'll go look round I know the castle ive got less chance of being spotted"

"you can't go by yourself" said hikari alarmed

"I'll go" said veemon

"we're off"

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