Disclaimer: Don't own digimon! But do own this story!


"You can't be serious dude!" Joe said.

"Hell yeah! You got us worried! And you just called us here because the black gear was stolen! I can't believe this!" Tai said still not believing Izzy.

"What do you mean Tai?" Cody said.

"What I mean is that he disturbed us from our sweet dreams and Mimi's beauty sleep just to tell us that the black gear was stolen! I mean I expected something more than that!" Tai said. "Pathetic!"

"Yeah……even I thought something bad had happened. Too bad it was just nothing. And besides dude, it's not like the end of the world!" Davis said with a frown.

"What? Are you guys gone insane? Because I think you are!" Sora said ridiculously.

"C'mon Sora he disturbed not only us but—but Mimi too……you—no we guys know that she needs her beauty sleep." Tai said in the matter-of-fact-tone.

"Excuse me but this is something serious! Tai you don't know the consequences of misusing the black gear!" Izzy said angrily.

"Really? Are their consequences too?" Cody asked.

"Of course! If you guys think that it was just a piece of garbage then you are sadly mistaken! The pieces I took were the masterpieces!" Izzy explained.

"Master what?" T.K asked.

"What I mean is that these pieces are not the ordinary but-" Izzy was cut off.

"Sorry guys am' late!" Matt said as he entered in Izzy's house.

"Where were-" Sora was cut off, when Tai said,

"A-ha! We aren't the only ones who get late! I always told you guys, but you didn't believe me! Did you?" Tai said, smiling triumphantly.

"Tai's right! Now see for yourself who's late!" Davis said as he smiled triumphantly too and then he and Tai started to dance together. Everyone sweat dropped.

"What's up with them?" Matt asked in confusion.

"I don't know." Sora said with a shrug.

"One minute they whine because Izzy called us here, and then the other minute they dance like fools!" Kari said.

"How do you handle your brother Kari?" Yolie asked.

"Don't ask me." Kari said.

"I can't believe that Davis can do ballet!" Ken said as he started to laugh when he watched Davis do ballet.

"I think both of them should join the circus! Believe me they will get highly paid!" Mimi said as she laughed too.

"Good one Mimi! I think the circus awaits them!" Joe said as everyone started to laugh. But Tai and Davis were still dancing.

"Hey Izzy, is anything wrong?" Cody asked, when he saw that Izzy wasn't laughing. Sora stopped laughing when she saw Izzy with a sad face.

"Hey guys stop it already!" Sora shouted but no one stopped.

"Guys I think Sora is right." Matt said, but no one stopped.

"STOP IT!" Matt and Sora yelled in unison. Everyone stopped laughing and Tai and Davis stopped to dance.

"If you guys already forgot why we came here then I must remind you that Izzy called us here for a purpose." Sora said.

"Yeah, the black gear is stolen; don't you guys think whether we should do something about it?" Matt said.

Wait a second, how does he know that the black gear has been stolen? He wasn't over here when Izzy told us about it. Maybe Izzy did tell him. No! It can't be! Matt was standing right next to me since he came over here. Sora thought. While she was thinking she bent her head down unconsciously, she saw that Matt's shoes were dirty and little bit grass was stuck on it. Izzy doesn't have any garden over here but I think he has one at the backyard. Why am I getting so suspicious? It must be my imagination. Maybe Matt did not clean his shoes.

"Is anything wrong Sora?" Matt asked Sora, as she was unintentionally eyeing Matt again and again.

"Umm……no—no nothing." Sora stuttered.

"Okay. But you do look like you as if you are thinking about something." Matt said suspiciously.

"No it's nothing. Seriously." Sora said.

"If you say so Sora."

"Izzy you were saying something about that black gear being the 'master' something." Yolie replied.

"Oh that, as I was saying the black gear I had was the master piece. That means it was the only piece that has a power which can generate copies. Though not as powerful as the original one." Izzy explained.

"So what you are saying is that you had the original one?" Yolie asked.

"Definitely. So now you would understand that it is very dangerous if misused. And if it goes in the wrong hands then I am afraid to say so but the whole world including the digital world is in danger. Serious danger." Izzy explained.

Everyone started to look each other. Everyone wanted the both worlds to be safe, but now it seemed impossible.

"Don't sweat it Izzy. I—we all know that we will find it and bring it back without any scratch of danger." Tai comforted.

"Yeah!" Everyone exclaimed in unison.

"And as for now we better go back to our sleeps. We'll see to this situation tomorrow." Tai said as everyone nodded.

"Yeah you guys should be heading home because your parents would be worried." Izzy said.

"Okay then, it will be the first thing tomorrow for us to come over here and investigate. Let's just go back, and Izzy you should go back to your bed too." Tai said.

"Sure, I would. Bye guys!" Izzy said.

"Bye!" everyone said.

Next Day

'Wonder what's taking them so long?' Izzy thought as he was pacing back and forth, waiting for Tai and the others to arrive. After a while or so, Izzy heard a ring bell. He ran towards the door and jerked it open, and at last Tai and the others had arrived at his house!

"Hey Izzy what's up?" Tai asked with a cheerful tone.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Joe asked.

"Yeah kind of." Izzy replied.

"So anything happened, after we went?" Sora asked.

"Um……no nothing unusual." Izzy replied.

"That's good news!" Yolie said.

"Agreed." Ken said, "Let's try looking for some clues."

"Yeah…Izzy lead the way." Tai said.

Everyone followed Izzy into a room which was very dark.

"I think we should use some light." Mimi said nervously as she was clutching on Joe's arm. Joe kept his arm on her shoulder and held her tightly.

"Clam down Mimi, it's just a little dark in here, nothing else. You don't need to worry about anything." Joe said as he smiled at Mimi. Mimi managed to smile, just a little bit.

"There that should do it." Izzy said as he pushed a red button on the wall.

Everyone gasped at the sight before them. The room was very big, it had a big table on which there were Izzy's experiments, then there was a huge computer screen across from the table and it was surrounded by keyboards, chairs and some other important machines; there was a big window next to the computer screen, from which they could see Izzy's backyard; there were ten glass cases placed a little further from the window, in which Izzy's top most discoveries were preserved. One of the glass cases was smashed and its bits were lying on the marble floor.

"Welcome to my laboratory!" Izzy said proudly.

"Oh, no way! It can't be your lab can it?" Tai asked as he was drooling.

"Of course it's mine. Who else's can it be?" Izzy said.

"I never knew you had such a big lab!" Cody managed to say.

"Agreed!" Yolie said.

"Well now I understand why you get such good marks in the experiments!" Mimi said.

"A-huh, by the way, why didn't you tell us that you had a lab?" Joe asked.

"I never got a chance to tell." Izzy said, "Anyway now you have seen it so just drop the subject and start helping me find the black gear!"

"Sheesh man, when did he start to lead us?" Davis whispered in Tai's ear.

"I don't know maybe we should just go and help him." Tai responded.

After an hour, everyone was tired and still they couldn't find any clues.

"Hey Izzy are you sure that no one came after someone stole the black gear?" Sora asked.

"Of course! I was the only one, who came in here. Besides if anyone would, then the sirens would start ringing." Izzy said.

"Whatever it is, the thief must be a really clever one." Sora stated.

"Definitely, he didn't even leave any traces." Joe commented.

"Usually, people do but this guy must be an expert, since he made in and out of here without any marks or anything." Yolie said.

"Oh, c'mon! This is the 21st century, anything can be possible." Tai said.

"It can be but there is no way that anyone could enter in my house without me knowing especially my laboratory unless…" Izzy said with a thoughtful expression and then looked at his friends.

"Unless what Izzy?" Cody asked.

"Unless that person might be one of us." Izzy said. Everyone gasped.

Mimi was about to say something when Matt enter the laboratory.

"Hey guys sorry I was late." Matt said.

"And what took you long enough to reach here big brother?" T.K asked.

"Well, when Izzy called me, I was really sleepy. I don't know how but I went back to my sleep, then 10 minutes later I suddenly woke up and then I remembered Izzy's call so I quickly got ready." Matt smiled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head.

"I never knew that you can actually oversleep." Davis gawked.

"Shut it Davis!" T.K replied.

"Well make me T.K." Davis growled. Both of them were ready to strike each other when Kari butted in.

"Stop fighting you two! This isn't the time for you both to fight! Remember we have work to do!" Kari said angrily.

"Humph!" But of them said in unison and crossed there arms over their chest.

"So…did you guys find anything?" Matt asked changing the topic.

"Unfortunately no. Nothing yet." Izzy replied.

"It's like if that person was a ghost or something. Getting in and out of Izzy's lab without leaving any trace." Mimi said.

"Yeah…this is the only logical reason that we can get to." Cody said.

"That is so not possible." Sora said.

"I totally agree, why would a ghost want the black gear?" Joe asked, "That's not logical at all."

"Well than whom else can it be?" Yolie asked, at the same time thinking hardly.

"This robbery is done by a human. Not a ghost or a machine that's for sure." Ken finally decided to speak up.

"Besides there is no way in the world a ghost could enter in my laboratory." Izzy said.

"How can you be so sure about it?" Tai asked.

"I have ghost detectors, look over there." Izzy said as he pointed at the alarms that were hanged on the ceiling.

"I hate to break it up to you Izzy, but if a person can come here undetected and steal the black gear, then I don't think it would be hard enough for a ghost to come undetected and steal black gear from here either." Matt said.

"That is totally ridiculous Matt." Sora said.

"Yeah…I agree with Sora, ghost can't come here and take the black gear." Davis said.

"And besides, we are not sure either that why they would want it." Kari spoke up.

"Look, for the last time I'm going to make this thing clear that ghost cannot enter in my laboratory!" Izzy shouted in frustration.

"Gees…Izzy relax." Tai comforted and patted is back.

"Yeah, no need to get angry." Davis agreed.

"I wouldn't blame him, since you guys are pissing him off." T.K said, "Besides I'm pretty sure there are no such things as ghosts!"

"Well there are but they certainly did not came in my laboratory." Izzy said with a little frustration.

"I wonder who it could be then…" Yolie pondered.

Everyone thought for a moment but no one could draw out conclusions from this mystery. The room was sealed with silence, that's until two hungry growls could be heard from the stomachs.

"Oops…sorry guys…looks like I didn't have a proper breakfast." Tai said sheepishly.

"Me too…man am I starving!" Davis said with the same sheepish tone as Tai.

"I guess we could call it a day then…" Izzy said.

"Are you sure? I mean shouldn't we be finding some clues or something?" Sora asked.

"Umm…no it's okay, besides I think we should take some rest and probably continue with the researching tomorrow." Izzy replied.

"If you say so Izzy…" Cody said.

"Okay then what are we waiting for?" Davis said excitedly.

"Yeah…I can hardly wait to eat something!" Tai said, licking his lips in the process.

"Okay Okay geez…don't need to drool like idiots!" Mimi said.

"So where do you guys want to eat?" Joe asked.

"PIZZA HUT!" Both Tai and Davis shouted in unison.

"Pizza hut then it is." Matt said.

"Yay!" Again Tai and Davis shouted in unison.

Later At Night

Izzy was about to close his eyes so that he can sleep peacefully, until a loud crash was heard. He immediately stood up from his bed and grabbed his baseball bat that was beside his bed. Slowly and cautiously, he went downstairs and figured out that the noise was coming from his laboratory. When he reached there, he flicked open the lights, to see that no one was there.

He sighed in relief until his eyes caught something that was missing. He slowly proceeded towards the glass cages and his eyes widened in realization that the thing was missing. His body was filled with shock and he seemed to be rooted at the spot that he was standing at.

After a minute passed he ran in his living room and called Tai and the others as fast as he could.

10 minutes later

"Hey Izzy what's the emergency now?" Tai asked while yawning.

"Damn it Izzy, why do you need to disturb my beauty sleep?" Mimi said angrily.

"Now now…I'm pretty sure that he needed something. Don't be angry at him." Joe said.

"Sorry." Mimi apologized as she leaned her head against Joe's arm and smiled tiredly at him when he held her by waist.

"It's okay…" Izzy trailed off.

"Izzy is something wrong?" Sora asked as she touched Izzy's shoulder.

"By his looks…I'm guessing…something is defiantly wrong." Ken said.

"C'mon Izzy say something already." Yolie pleaded.

"Guys…err…" Izzy trailed off again.

"Yeah…" Cody said slowy telling him to continue.

Izzy gulped before saying, "Guys…black spiral…it has been stolen!"

"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted.


It's been a while since I have updated isn't it? Been busy lately. Anyway so who has stolen the black gear? And why? Find it out that's if you saty tuned!