T.K sat in an empty room that was near enough destroyed. Agumon was next to him. T.K was feeling depressed. What had felt like twelve months had in reality been the same second continuously played. T.K knew this because clocks, watches and anything that showed the time hadn't moved at all. The fact was he hadn't needed to eat or drink anything ever since he since he left Japan helped prove his argument.
T.K looked up and thought about everything that had happened. Puppetmon had taken control of Japan and everyone who was still in Japan had been turned into puppets and were now forced to play with Puppetmon all of the time. However the old Digi-destined had all been split up from each over. And all of their Digimon had been mixed up so that they couldn't fight back.
However T.K and Agumon were somewhere in the south of the USA, it was one of the four master controlled areas. However T.K had been travelling for about year along with Agumon. They hoped that they would find Tai in this area but at the moment they had no sign of him. T.K's motivation had started to slip. The other day they were almost caught by some of the henchmen of the dark master Machinedramon. Agumon however somehow managed to save them.
T.K's mind then wondered over to Kari's he was worried about her. All he wanted was to see her again but he had a feeling that it wouldn't happen. It had been a couple of days since he had proposed before the world went all wrong. T.K however had met some people who were part of a resistance all of them being from different nations. However the base they once owned was taken over by Metalseadramon and Piedmon. They lost half of their members and all of the other members had disappeared.
T.K didn't understand how he was supposed to take down these old enemies, if the armies of each country couldn't then how could he? Every government had been taken down in a matter of seconds and now only he remained. He had hoped he would find one of his friends when he was in China but he didn't. All of his old Digi-destined friends were away from him and he wasn't even close to his own Digimon. The only Digimon close to him was Agumon but because Tai wasn't around he couldn't change into his champion form.
T.K then looked at one of his old pictures he had with him. It was a picture of him cuddling Kari with Patamon and Gatomon in the background. T.K then looked at his watch. The clock was still ticking however it remained on the same second continuously.
Agumon then decided to take a look around the room to see where they were. T.K then looked out of window. The window was half destroyed. As he looked out he saw a half destroyed city with Machinedramon's henchmen flying around patrolling the city. Agumon then walked over.
"So how are we going to get through?" Agumon asked. T.K then looked down at him and smiled.
"Well we need to catch their attention so that we can run through the city." T.K explained. Agumon looked up at him confused.
"How are we supposed to do that with only two of us, one of us would get caught causing it wouldn't they?" Agumon asked. T.K then pointed out towards a small little area of grass. Agumon still looked confused.
"You're a fire type digimon you could just burn it." T.K muttered. Agumon then hit his forehead. He then started creating some fire.
"Pepper breath!" Agumon shouted. A fire ball then shot into the area of grass that T.K had pointed out. Within seconds all of Machinedramon's troops had flown over there. T.K then signalled for the two to leave the building.
They were now outside and walking through one of the side roads. T.K then saw there was more grass that they could set fire to. T.K pointed to the grass Agumon soon realised what T.K wanted him to do and within seconds the fire had started. T.K and Agumon then continued to run. T.K had realised that the troops would deal with one fire first so if they were to cause a separate fire then the troops would go to that one straight after.
The two had finally made it to the other side of the city. T.K saw that there was a library.
"Agumon we could hide in the library for now. Maybe we can see this cities blue prints and find the most sensible route to around it. That way we could avoid any trouble from Machinedramon's henchman." T.K suggested. Agumon just nodded in agreement. The two then ran into the library.
About half an hour later, T.K and Agumon were looking through the section about the city they were in. Suddenly Agumon could hear the sound of footsteps at the other side of the library. Agumon then poked T.K's legs trying to get his attention.
"It sounds like there are people in here. Have you found the book?" Agumon whispered. T.K looked down and then started shaking his head.
"The books been taken out from the looks of it. Most likely other people came in here before." T.K whispered to Agumon. Agumon then lead them to the end of the isle. He could see a shadow of a human and a flying Digimon.
"Should I get ready to attack?" Agumon asked. T.K then looked over to see the shadows as well. The shadow looked like Patamon's but he couldn't be sure from the distance they were at. The two then tiptoed to the other side.
"That looked like Patamon. But I couldn't work out who the human was." T.K whispered.
"Ok so what are we going to do?" Agumon asked. Agumon looked back to see that they were in the same isle that T.K and Agumon had been in just several minutes ago.
"I have a strange feeling we know them. But we need to check maybe you could use your pepper breath. Aim for the stone up there. If we get attacked back then we can work out if it is a friendly digimon based on the attack." T.K explained. Agumon then nodded and charged up some fire in his mouth.
"Pepper breath." Agumon said as he shot his fireball at the stone. Suddenly the other Digimon flew in front of the other person it was with they suddenly heard.
"Boom Bubble!" The digimon shouted it then flew backwards. Agumon then ran forward T.K followed him. As they got closer they saw Patamon. Patamon then noticed it was T.K and Agumon. He then signalled for the person who he was with to come out. Ken then walked out holding a book. He looked injured however. Patamon flew onto T.K's shoulders.
"What's the book you have there Ken?" T.K asked. Agumon sat down on the floor. Patamon flew next to him.
"It's a map of the city it has all the information we need to get through." Ken said as he put the book down on a desk. Patamon then looked up at T.K.
"So T.K have you seen anyone else?" Patamon asked he looked worried.
"Well me and Agumon ran into a rebellion but they lost their base. Then the rest of them scattered. Me and Agumon then decided we would find all of our friends and then free them." T.K explained. Ken then looked up. His facial expression suggested that there was a problem.
"They've all been taken to other countries. Apart from I think Izzy and Gomamon. They are somewhere in America. The only reason we are here is because we broke out before and then sailed here." Ken explained T.K then looked over at him.
"Have you been hungry yet, or slept?" T.K asked. Ken then looked at Patamon and then back at T.K.
"No we haven't yet surprisingly. Have you noticed as well that the clocks hands haven't moved either?" Ken then asked. T.K looked at him and nodded.
"Do you know where the cells are where Izzy and Gomamon are being held?" Agumon then asked as he got up.
"We learnt that they have created a huge jail outside of the city so if we were to get in there then we could free all of the people." Patamon explained. He then flew into T.K's arms.
"If we were to free everyone though then the henchmen might just kill them. We should only take Izzy and Gomamon out." T.K tried to explain. Patamon then looked at him.
"What are you saying T.K how would that help?" Patamon asked. T.K then looked down at Agumon.
"Agumon could you explain what I mean? Since you're the one who told me?" T.K asked, Agumon then nodded and walked over to Patamon.
"Patamon think about it, if we were to save them all then we would get spotted by the four masters they could then work out where we are and we would never stand a chance. But if we save one person then hopefully we won't get spotted." Agumon tried to explain. Patamon then nodded. Ken was looking at the map of the city then remembered something.
"Hang on Patamon can you Digivolve now? Since you are with T.K and for some reason we don't run out of energy." Ken asked. Patamon then looked over at T.K.
"I guess I can but T.K will need to be in trouble." Patamon tried to explain. Agumon then looked down to the ground.
"Twelve months and none of us have Digivolved from the sounds of it. I can't wait to find Tai so that I can. I feel so bored!" Agumon complained. T.K then stroked his head.
"Don't worry about it Agumon once we've found Tai you'll be allowed to Digivolve." T.K said. Ken then looked up from the book.
"Guys come over here I think we've found our way to the cells." Ken proclaimed. The three then went around the book. Ken had found a page in the middle of the book, it had an outline of the city but some green lines drawn all over it.
"What's with the green lines, it looks like something I would've drawn when I was a five year old." T.K said. Laughing at the end of his sentence, Ken then looked up.
"They're some very old tunnels that are underground. They were made after one of the world wars. They kept them secret so that people wouldn't ruin them when they weren't needed." Ken tried to explain. Agumon then started shaking his head.
"So why is it in a library book? Isn't that accessible by everyone? " Agumon asked. Ken then took off a sheet of paper. The green lines were all separate from the book.
"Me and Patamon went into the army base and took this. How do you think I knew which book to take out?" Ken explained. T.K then sat on one of the chairs.
"So how are we supposed to get there then?" T.K asked. Ken then pointed to the map, it was on the area they were in.
"It's in the library. So we just need to find the centre of the old building." Ken said. T.K then smiled.
The team of four spent about an hour moving bookshelves. They then saw a metal hole in the ground. Ken and T.K moved it out of the way. There was a ladder down it. It looked like they would have to go single file down. Once they all made it into the tunnel and shut the metal hole they realised that they were going to need to use the map as a reference. However it was pitch black at the time so Agumon fired one of his pepper breaths. In the brief moment of light T.K noticed there were some sticks. He then poked Agumon. Agumon then set his stick on fire. The tunnel was now briefly lit. T.K then gave Ken the torch while he put some more sticks into his bag. He then took the torch back. Ken then started directing them around the tunnel maze.