Author: Tai and the Tamers has just saved TK. Now they need a way to find and rescue the other digidestined against the Dark Masters.
This chapter is from the point of view of Matt, TK and Alice.
10
"Preparations for War"
As soon as the battles were over, I turned to Izzy. He was still trying to pick up his lower teeth. I guess even a super genius like him can't explain what had just happened. Tai, my best friend, was alive. I couldn't believe it at first, I saw Tai get hit by Myotismon's attack and… disappear, I was gonna say explode but I don't want to picture that. All of us were hit hard by the loss, especially Sora and Kari, who knew him best.
Ever since then, I've tried to keep the group together as we battled the resurrected darkness. Davis was always for the straight on approach, but no matter what we did. Myotismon would always beat us.
The closest we ever got was when we managed to push him through MagnaAngemon's Gate of Destiny. Just as the gate closed, he blasted it open from the other side! This created a tear in the sky that was sucking everything in. As we were getting away from it, Myotismon was somehow able to seal the tear with his power. If he's that powerful, what chance do we have?
We don't know when it happened, but Myotismon tore open a gate to the Dark Ocean world. There he freed Daemon and some how convinced Daemon to work for him. After that, he absorbed all of the Dark Ocean's powers. We tried to attack him then but Daemon stopped us. Without Tai, we didn't have a chance and had to retreat again.
When they pushed us back into the real world, Myotismon covered both worlds with his dark powers. Not only that, he re-created the Dark Masters, Apocalymon and MetalEtemon to hunt us down. We were planning to gather all of the digidestined here while everybody else was evacuating the city. We managed to convince our parents to let us stay and fight.
Just as we were putting getting to put the plan into motion, the Dark Masters attacked. Both Sora and Kari were able to lure them away from the rest of us while we got away, without anybody knowing until its too late. When we did find out, we resolved to rescue them, but I didn't want to risk everything in this rescue attempt. I convinced TK to stay away from this, as a last resort in case anything went wrong, and it did. All of us were overpowered, beaten and captured.
It was a slim chance of TK finding a way to get through, a very slim chance, but if anyone can do it, it's TK. When MetalEtemon found him, he still didn't give up, I couldn't be more proud of him.
That's when Tai appeared, with some new digidestined. Digidestined that can digiolve together with their digimon. And Tai, he has some kind of power now, he was strong enough to defeat MetalEtemon on his own. Just what was that?
"So," Yolei broke the silence. "Any theories Izzy?" She took the words right out of my mouth.
"Uhh…" Izzy was thinking hard, but how can anyone know anything about what just happened? "Well… it's possible that the Tai we saw was just a digimon in disguise, there's no way a normal human can have that kind of power and beat MetalEtemon at the same time."
"But those disc's," I started to tell them. "Those were in the shape of the crest of courage."
"So?" Cody broke into the conversation. "WarGreymon has the crest of courage on his back. Does that make him Tai?"
"But that kick," Sora spoke out. "I'd recognize that kick anywhere, he may have been flying but that was definitely Tai's kick."
"Huh?" Davis sounded confused. "Doesn't everyone kick a ball the same way?"
Kari came forward, "Sora and Tai were playing soccer together for years before Sora started tennis. They would know how each other plays, I was trying to get Tai to teach me a few things too, extra points for gym class."
"And it sounded like Tai to me," a little pink bird hovered behind Sora.
"May be if I got close enough to smell him I could tell you," Gabumon spoke next.
"I do have another theory though," Izzy told everyone. "It's possible that we still have our crests, we just gave their powers. And those powers were what turned into the Digi-eggs."
"If that's the case then how come our crests haven't been restored yet?" I asked Izzy.
"I don't know," he told me.
"You said that Tai ran right into Myotismon's attack to save you and Sora right?" Tentomon asked in Izzy's place.
"Yeah," I turned away. "I really don't want to remember it though."
"Well may be it was his love for Sora that restored his crest's powers," Mimi suddenly blurted out.
We all shot a look at Mimi.
"Did I just say that out loud?" she asked herself.
"Why would Tai love Sora?" Davis, go figure. "Sora's dating Matt."
"Well for one thing," uh oh, Mimi's gonna ramble. "Just because one person is dating someone doesn't mean another person can love them. Two-"
Mimi's rambling went on and on as I took a quick glance at Sora, she was caressing her hairclip again. I can't blame her. I heard from Gabumon about their little cookie episode just before my concert. That idiot, he waited too long. Bearer of Courage my…
My eyes accidentally fell on Kari, who was rubbing her neck for some strange reason. Come to think of it, Sora occasionally rubs her neck too, I don't remember them doing that before. I hope it doesn't mean anything.
"Well," I began. "Whatever the case, they may be coming here to get us next."
"That's exactly what I'll be counting on," a familiar, evil voice spoke out to us from the sides of the room. We all turned to the voice and I see Piedmon walk out of the shadows. "I was hoping to find out more about that digidestined myself by listening in on your conversation, but it seems even you don't know anything about it. So, I brought a gift from NightmareMyotismon."
"What are you planning Piedmon?" I asked angrily, I knew whatever he was up here was not good news for us.
"Like I said kiddies," Piedmon was holding something in his hands, two big bats. "A present from NightmareMyotismon! Now, enjoy the gift!"
The bats fly into the cage and we all did what we could to fend them off, whatever they were doing. One of the bats managed to get to Agumon and bite him, Davis quickly knocked it off but the bat dissolved as soon as he did. The other one bit Gabumon, I kicked as hard as I could into the cage wall. That one also dissolved.
"What did you do to them Piedmon?!" Davis asked angrily, I know how he feels.
"Augh!" Agumon was in pain some how.
"Rhmg!" So was Gabumon.
"Agumon?" Kari quickly moved over to check on Agumon. "Agumon, what's wrong?"
"Gabumon!" I had to help him somehow, but I don't know what Piedmon did to him. I could see a dark aura surrounding him and Agumon.
"Now then," Piedmon, strangely, opened the door. Agumon and Gabumon walked towards him. We tried to stop them but Piedmon threw his swords at us. "Ah ah aah. You're not invited."
We couldn't do anything as Agumon and Gabumon walked out and Piedmon locked us in again.
"Are you ready to play boys?" Piedmon asked the two digimon.
"Agumon dark warp digivolved to… WarGreymon!"
"Gabumon dark warp digivolved to… MetalGarurumon!"
Both of the digimon warped to their Mega forms, covered in a dark aura.
"Aha! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Piedmon laughed.
The only thing we can do is gasp and curse, Piedmon was now controlling WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon and he will use him against TK and the others. The next battle is sure to be big.
"Ooooh!" I woke up, tired. What had happened to me? I took a quick look around the room. It looked like a hospital room, but it didn't feel like a hospital, just a regular room with me right next to a window that had a view of the city. I saw my digivice on the table near my bed.
"Patamon!" I frantically looked around. Where is he? I felt something on the bed and I turned to see Patamon sleeping on my pillow right next to where my head was. I was relieved to see him… unharmed? There wasn't a scratch on him, I remember him getting beat up from fighting MetalEtemon.
I heard the door open and quickly turned my head towards it.
"Oh, you're finally awake." That voice, that hair, Tai!
"Tai?" I knew he was the only one with the answers and I have so many questions.
"Yeah," Tai had something in his hand, it looked like a couple of DVD cases of something. Full season box sets judging by their size.
Tai came over and placed the box sets on the table right next to the bed and sat on a nearby chair. "You must have a lot of questions, I know I did. But I have questions too. You don't have to talk now, I can wait until you're better."
He's right, my head's so full of questions I feel like it's going to burst if I don't ask them soon. I needed to sort them out, I needed to find the right questions to ask first.
Tai waited for me to finish. First I asked where are we, how we got here, and who those other digidestined are. His answers were that we're in another dimension, another Earth with its own digital world. He knows how to get us between the worlds now but when it first happened, it was a shock for him. All he knows about it is that it had something to do with the Crest of Courage sending him here. The other digidestined called themselves Digimon Tamers, I listened to Tai go on about what he knew of their adventures, especially about them Biomerging with their digimon and their battles with the D-Reaper.
Next I asked about his power and what we're going to do now. His power is another one of those things he doesn't know. He just happened to get it once he came through. I tried to see if I got some myself, but as expected I didn't have any. Tai had all that time to learn how to use and control it during his fight with the D-Reaper as well as Apocalymon and MetalEtemon.
As for what we're going to do, Tai wants to see if some scientists can take a look at my digivice and Patamon. I declined, he understood that I didn't want to give them away until I was better. It won't be long, I just need a good night's rest.
It was Tai's turn to ask questions, he started simple. "What happened?"
I told about all the battles we've had, how close we were to defeating NightmareMyotismon, his absorbing of the Dark Ocean world, Daemon joining his side, recreating the Dark Masters, MetalEtemon and Apocalymon. But most of the questions he asked me were about Kari. I'm as worried about her as he is.
I told him that when the Dark Masters found us in the real world, I saw Kari and Sora going a different direction then the rest of us. I tried to stop them but Kari knocked me out.
"That doesn't sound like Kari at all," Tai interrupted me.
"I know," I had to agree, Kari isn't the type to do that kind of thing. "I didn't even see it coming. Matt was the one who found me after that happened. He was blaming himself for not keeping an eye on them. I almost forgot. I found this in my pocket when I woke up."
I took out a whistle with a string and showed it to him. I could tell he knew what this was.
"Here," I held it out to him.
"No, you keep it." Tai pushed it back towards me. "Kari gave it to you, that whistle is important to her. She wouldn't just give it to anyone."
He pulled his hand and I looked at the whistle, I didn't know what to do with it. Why did Kari give something that's important to her to me?
"Kari! Sora!" I chased after them.
"TK…" Kari looked at me with sad eyes.
"What are you two doing?" I asked in a panicked tone. "The Dark Masters are going to be here soon! The escape route's this way!"
"We know TK," Sora walked forward a bit. "That's why… we're going to distract them while you guys get out of here."
"What?" I could feel my voice raising even higher. "What are you saying? That's crazy!"
"TK," Kari walked right up to me. "I'm… I'm so sorry…"
WHAM
"TK," Tai broke my thoughts. "When we fought Apocalymon, Daemon and MetalEtemon, they seemed stronger then they should've been."
I quickly put the whistle back into my pocket. "It's NightmareMyotismon's power, he remade all of them but Daemon. Daemon was already that strong, but all the other evil digimon were created to be stronger then before."
"I see," Tai seemed to be thinking hard, perhaps about our next battle plan? "Thanks for everything you've told me. You've been a great help TK. But it's getting kind of late, we've been talking for a long time. Is there anything else I should know?"
"Nothing that comes to mind," I told him. "But…"
"What is it?"
"Ever since you've been gone," I really don't know how to say this. "Sora's been wearing a hairpin in her hair, the very same hairpin every single day. I asked Matt about it and-"
"Thanks TK, that's all I needed to know." Tai got up and walked to the door. "Tomorrow I'll show you around the city and have you meet with every one. Good night. " He shut off the lights before closing the door behind him.
That was strange, I wonder why Tai acted like that? I already know the story behind the hairpin. Matt and Kari told me, at least, they told me what they knew.
There was still enough light coming through the window to let me look at the DVD box sets he brought in. 'Digimon Adventure' and 'Digimon Adventure 02'. I took a closer look and found that what Tai said was true, in this universe we're nothing but characters in an anime series. The names are a little strange though. I placed the DVDs back on the table and rested my head right next to Patamon.
I made sure there was no one in the hall way before speaking. I didn't want him get caught talking to himself.
"Tai, what's wrong?"
Without even turning around he answers, "It's nothing Alice. I'm just thinking about what we're going to do next."
I couldn't tell if he knew what I really meant by my first question, but there had to be so many things going on in Tai head that he can't completely focus on any one of them. Let alone his connection with Sora.
I decided to follow his conversation, "You mean rescuing the other digidestined?"
"Yeah," it sounded like Tai breathed that out. "The Dark Masters are stronger then ever, but we still don't know where the others are being held."
Tai notices a vending machine in the hallway and rushes towards it. I casually take my time getting there as he thinks about what he wants to get.
"Hey, Alice." He calls out to me. "What drink do you want to get?"
"I don't drink," I reminded him. "I don't eat and I don't sleep. I'm dead, remember?"
"I'm sorry," he was playing around with me. I knew it. "It's just that you don't look dead." He picks his drink, takes it from the machine and walks up to me. "You look like any normal human to me." He gave my head a hard knock, I hate it when he does that.
I'd hit him but he already opened his drink.
"Listen, Alice," Tai's voice suddenly turned warm. "Could you do me a favor?"
"What is it?"
"Could you stay here with TK?" I can tell by the looks of his eyes that something is going on in his head. "I need some time alone to think things through. Especially about a battle strategy against the Dark Masters."
"You don't even know where the Dark Masters are," I pointed out. "How can you plan against them without knowing that?"
"They know we'll be coming for the rest of my friends," I can tell he's real confident that he's right. "And they're more powerful then before. I don't want to fight them the same way we did back then. We need to be smart about this, there's an even stronger enemy waiting for us."
"NightmareMyotismon," that's when I figured him out, at least for the moment. He was thinking of how to win this battle so that they can fight the next. "Okay Tai, but just for tonight."
"Thanks," he replied softly. "I'm always saying that to you aren't I?"
"It doesn't bother me," I smiled at him. "It makes me feel… alive."
He gave me a big smile and walked down the hallway. I returned to the room TK was in and went through the wall.
I could see his sleeping face, it was, comforting. I moved over and decided to sit on the chair. It was going to be a boring night, at least I don't have to deal with Tai's snoring. I wonder how Kari can sleep through that. Patamon slept soundly too, even if Patamon was from a different digital world, MarineAngemon was able to heal him with its powers.
I was told that TK was the very first Digidestined to lose his partner in battle. I just reminded myself of Dobermon, except unlike his digimon, Dobermon won't come back.
"Alice…" a low, windy voice reached my ears.
What was that? I'm sure I heard Dobermon calling my name. I must be just imagining things. Dobermon is gone, perhaps thinking about him made me delusional.
I notice TK's digivice on the table. Tai told me the next generation Digidestined had a different kind of digivice from his own. I wanted to take a closer look-
"AAAAHHH-!" a bright light flashed in my eyes just as I touched it.
"Alice…"
That voice again! I turned my head away from the bright light and moved across the room. Opening my eyes I saw some red and blue fragments floating around. Before I could think about why they're here, they were all sucked into TK's digivice. I went over to it slowly and tapped the little machine again. Nothing happened. What was that just now? I suppose I should stay a little longer in case anything else happens.
Author: TK and Patamon join Tai and the Tamers, but something happened to TK's digivice! Also, Piedmon is now controlling WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, do they have enough power to take on all 6 Mega level digimon? But first, they need to find out where everbody is.
