Chapter 7: Torture
"Now we need to find a way to figure out these secret passages."
"How are we going to do that, Izzy?"
"We'll have to examine the walls."
"By touching, you mean?"
He nodded his head in affirmative. "We can divide into four groups of two to do that."
"And we'll have to pay extra attention to everyone in case something happens." Joe added.
Both Sora and Kari were looking down. They didn't want to admit it but they were terrified by the whole thing.
"Sora, what's wrong?"
"Huh?" The red haired girl lifted her head. "What if we don't find anything?"
"What do you mean?"
"What if the sound of a door being closed we heard not so long ago was just a trick, something to fool us?"
"Enlighten me." Tai asked.
The girl took a deep breath. "What I'm trying to say is that maybe someone is playing a trick on us."
"I get you." Izzy said. "But it won't hurt to try the wall thing. We may or may not find a secret passage."
"Let's do it." The leader said.
Everyone nodded and headed to the walls.
"I think we shouldn't put Kari and Sora together." Izzy said as he saw them walking to the same wall.
"Why not, Izzy?"
"Because the chances of them getting kidnapped are bigger this way."
"Alright. So Kari goes with me and Sora can be with you."
Izzy nodded and then turned to Matt. "Is that okay with you?"
"Of course." The blonde smiled. "No problem at all."
The computer geek smiled and everyone started examining the walls.
"You see Gennai? Are you serious?" Davis asked.
"Yes." Cody replied. "It's weird though."
"Maybe we are seeing different people because we are imagining different people." Yolei guessed.
"Would you all stop?" Mimi yelled. "We need to get out of here!"
"But how? We're tied up."
"Let us go!" The girl hissed. "We didn't do anything to you."
Another guy started laughing and came to view. All the Destined were eye widened because of that.
"Oikawa!" They all screamed.
"What are you doing here?"
"Hello, Destined."
"Let us go!"
"Wait, didn't you kill yourself to help the DigiWorld?"
"I did. But I had someone's help to come back again."
"Who?"
"It's not your business. I promised him I'd destroy you."
"Why?" Davis asked.
"It was part of the deal."
"What deal?"
Oikawa raised his hand and whipped down next to Yolei, silencing her and scaring the other three.
"Did you guys hear that?" Kari asked.
"Hear what?"
"A whipping sound."
"No, I didn't."
"Neither did I."
"I heard it."
Everyone turned their heads to Ken.
"Mimi and the others are still inside then."
"But we don't know where."
"That we need to find out."
"It's a big thing we were able to know they're still in the house."
Sora at on the floor to rest a little as the others decided what to do now. A door opened behind her and a hand reached out to her. It covered her mouth and started to pull her in.
"Sora!" Joe screamed.
Matt and TK instantly ran towards her and each one grabbed one of her arms. They started to pull her out but weren't succeeding.
"How many people are pulling her in?" TK asked.
"I don't know, but we can't let them do that."
The rest of the Destined quickly went to help and they managed to pull her out. The girl took deep breaths to recover. The blonde musician sat beside her and held her hand.
"Are you okay, Sora?"
"Yeah. I am now. Thanks everyone." She smiled and then winced in pain.
"What's going on?"
Sora put her hand on her left side and when she took it off it was full of blood.
"Yolei, are you okay?" Mimi asked.
"I'm fine, Mimi." She replied, still shocked.
"Is there a way to reach the others?"
"I don't think so." Cody said. "Look."
Everyone turned their heads to where he was pointing and their mouths opened in shock.
"Our digivices and D-terminals."
"Why did you take them from us?"
"So you wouldn't contact your friends."
"Ugh, bastard." Davis muttered.
"What did you say?" Oikawa walked to him.
"I said you're a bastard!" He repeated, shouting this time.
The man lifted his hand and slapped him on the face. Mimi, Yolei and Cody had their eyes widened.
"Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on with Sora?" Matt pleaded.
"Calm down, Matt." TK said.
"I have a theory." Izzy spoke.
"You do?"
The computer expert nodded. "They want us out of here as soon as possible."
"So explain to me why they are holding Mimi and the others hostage?"
"Apparently we invaded their property. You know what happens in some movies."
"Are you saying he will try to hurt all of us?"
He shook his head positively. "That's exactly what I'm saying."
"So… what do we do now?"
"Well, we definitely need to find the rest. We can't get out without them."
"But they won't be easy to find as well." Joe added.
"True." Izzy walked to where Sora was and knelt down. "Someone came out of here and tried to drag Sora in." He examined the wall with his hands. "But there's no door here, which makes it harder."
"What do you mean, Izzy?"
"Looking for a passage becomes more difficult now. Basically the whole house is a secret passage."
"What?"
"You can have it opened anywhere you want but we can't know when or where it can be. So we're all trapped in."
"Is that why the others got kidnapped?"
"Yes." Izzy said as he kept on examining the wall. "The moment TK, Kari and Ken went to find us, it was a lot easier for whoever is behind it to get them."
Kari swallowed hard as guilt filled her heart. Tai placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It's not your fault." He assured her.
"Yolei." Ken whispered.
"What about Mimi?"
"I'm guessing he just took advantage of the fact no one was behind her. The same thing would happen to Sora, if you hadn't seen, Joe."
Everyone looked at each other, trying to understand what was really going on. Izzy continued his examination when a hole opened and he fell in, startling all the rest. Everyone got up.
"Izzy!"
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