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A cheer went up as the crash resounded through the forest. 'All right now the forest is free again for all Digimon!' A bunch of in training Digimon shouted excitedly as they bounced up and down running up to us. We nodded as Davis stepped forward.

'Yeah, now you guys have nothing to fear anymore.' Davis agreed with a grin.

'The Control Spire is gone and the Emperor's back to the good Digidestined he used to be.' TK agreed also smiling. To our surprised the Digimon stopped seeming so excited.

'Hey, what's wrong?' Davis asked alarmed.

'Is the Emperor really good?' They asked. I frowned as I looked at them. They didn't believe it. The Digital World didn't believe Ken was a good again.

'Yes he is. He's one of the best. Ken was being controlled, the Emperor thing wasn't his fault.' Davis said quickly obviously trying to calm them down.

'Controlled? By who?' They asked startled. We exchanged looks.

'You know that's a good point. We still don't know who that guy Sakura saw is.' Cody admitted frowning.

'There's not much we can do. We know what he looks like and that he can get to the Dark Ocean. There's not much else we can do right now.' Davis pointed out with a sigh and scowl. He hated not being able to act more than having to wait to act.

'Actually, we haven't asked Ken if he knows anything about him.' Yolei noted absently. I glared at her and she raised her hands quickly. 'I just mean that the guy seems to behind the Spores so Ken should have seen him before like you supposedly did.' She elaborated swiftly. I nodded allowing her point.

'Hey, Ken's brother died shortly before he started getting effected by the spores right?' TK asked suddenly. I nodded frowning.

'Yeah, hey. What if that guy was at Sam's funeral too!' I realised my eyes widening. They shared looks.

'She might be right. Sakura and Ken are the only Digidestined who were infected by the Spores and they both have had a funeral for someone close to them.' TK agreed frowning.

'Yes, but my spore appeared before the funeral. Sakura was infected later.' I spun round with a smile and ran over to Ken as he appeared through the trees. He gave me a hug before turning to the others.

'He was at Sam's funeral but I didn't know who he was. Also I've never actually seen him. The only reason I know he was at the funeral was because he told me in a email when he mentioned the Dark Ocean.' Ken explained sourly. They nodded thoughtful frowns on everyone's faces.

'What I want to know is why Sakura and Ken?' Yolei noted crossing her arms. The others nodded in agreement.

'That's true. I suppose that, logically speaking, they should have been the most effected by the spores but that seems a little vague for the only reason.' Cody pointed out. Ken and me shared a look.

'No it's not. Don't forget the only other person to battle Millenniummon was Ryo who's currently MIA.' I reminded them hoping they hadn't missed the rather obvious point.

'Well, right now all we're doing is passing round ideas. We've got a job to do don't forget.' Davis said after a moment's silence.

'I agree with Davis, this is getting us nowhere. We need more information so we might as well get to work.' TK spoke up nodding. The rest of us nodded.

'I'll stay back, give the Digimon time to learn I'm not evil.' Ken said sadly.

'Not without me you won't.' I glared at him. He winced but nodded.

'Or the rest of us. They'll just have to get used to you being a member of the team.' Davis added earning nods from everyone. To my surprise Cody glared.

'I might trust you not to go all emperor again but that doesn't mean I trust you to date my sister. Got it?' Cody demanded his tone cold. Ken gulped and nodded fiercely.

'Got it. Don't worry, I've learned my lesson.' Ken promised earning some chuckles from the group.

'Come on, let's knock down some Spires!' Davis shouted punching the air.

'Yeah!'

'I'm exhausted.' Kari noted sitting down on a rock as TK hovered over her. I was pretty tired myself but I wasn't going to say anything. Ken gave me a look and guided me so I was sat on a log. I should have guessed that I wouldn't fool him. Cody sat on the other side panting slightly while Davis and Yolei sat on a log a bit further away.

'Okay we're all tired, I think we should call it a day.' Davis admitted. Even he looked tired and he had more energy than anyone. There were nods round the group.

'This isn't really working. We're just wasting energy by running round and destroying things.' Cody pointed out with a sigh. Everyone turned to look at him.

'What do you suggest then?' TK asked curious. Cody frowned but looked up at everyone.

'I think we should focus more on the rebuilding. A lot of places were damaged by the Emperor and it would be more beneficial for us to go help the Digimon repair those rather than just knock down control spires.' Cody suggested. They exchanged looks missing the questioning glance Cody sent my way. I smiled so he knew I supported him, which made him relax.

'Actually while I agree with Cody I think I should bring up a interesting point.' Ken spoke up first drawing everyone's attention. He looked down blushing but I put a hand on his knee to encourage him.

'What point's that Ken?' Davis asked confused. Ken looked at Davis with a calm but slightly alarmed expression.

'The Control Spires, they were a lot of work for little gain looking back on it. Even now I can think of much better ways to transmit the Dark Digivice's signal. I think I was encouraged to build them by the spore. I know that they definitely weren't the Emperor's design though. They're just not my style, evil or good version.' He admitted unhappily. A startled gasp went through the group.

'Now that I think about it they really weren't.' I agreed amazed that I'd missed that.

'If they're not the Emperor's then what are they for?' Kari voiced the question on everyone's mind. Ken scowled as he looked at the group.

'I'll need Izzy to confirm my theory but I believe that the spires could be used as a base for a large amount of dormant self aware data that could be activated using a minor data code.' I coughed slightly telling him to put it into English. 'Ah, I mean that if you added something to them you could get a Digimon.' Ken translated a bit sheepishly.

'Eh, a Digimon?' They repeated alarmed. Creating Digimon from control spires was obviously far from good.

'Yes, from what I gathered after looking through the Emperor's designs and further scans it seems that the more control spires you put together the higher level Digimon you would get. So one spire might equal a champion while ten could get you an ultimate. From what I gathered though they wouldn't be real Digimon. They'd be mindless slaves to who ever activated them and only really good for destruction.' Ken explained. The looks of shocks were plain on everyone's faces. Kari had gone pale; TK was clenching his fist like he wanted to hit something. Yolei was actually lost for words as she shook her head in disbelief. Cody sat down on a log rather quickly his eyes wide. Davis was scowling but clearly in full leader mode.

'I think we should call Izzy. Kari I need you to have Tai call a full Digidestined meeting as soon as possible. See if you can contact Mimi over the Internet as well. This might turn out to be nothing but I don't think we can take that chance. Also until further notice no less than two to a group, and ensure you have D3's and D-terminals at all times.' He instructed his tone more serious than I'd ever heard. We nodded instantly responding to his leadership.

'Davis would I be able to stay with you the day of the meeting? It would be kind of late when I got back otherwise.' Ken asked. Davis nodded and was about to say something else when there was a crash. We turned to see a tree surrounded by a dust cloud with a Tortomon standing nearby who let out a roar. Yolei's face twisted in rage as she marched forward. 'Hey! Who said you could go around attacking defenceless trees anyway!' She shouted furiously. The Tortomon turned to face her and its eyes glinted menacingly. Yolei barely had time to acknowledge the danger before the Tortomon raised it's tail.

'No, Yolei!' Davis yelled running forward. A burst of light came from his Digivice as Veemon glowed.

'Veemon Digivolve too, Ex-Veemon!' We gasped as we looked at the new digivolution.

'Hey, great to see you!' Ken and I said in unison with a high-five. Ex-Veemon moved swiftly grabbing Yolei and moving her out of the way so the Tortomon only made a hole in the ground.

'Yolei, are you okay?' Kari asked running up as Ex-Veemon started to pummel the Tortomon to keep it back. Yolei nodded a bit shakily.

'Yeah, I just wasn't expecting it to go of it like that.' She admitted laughing. Kari gave a small grin and patted her shoulder.

'Ex-Veemon, playtime's over! Wrap it up so we can go already!' Davis shouted over the battle. Ex-Veemon nodded and jumped back into the air.

'Vee-Laser!' He shouted releasing the blast from the X on his chest that hit the Tortomon dead on. It rolled over and we saw a shiny black body underneath the damaged shell before it disintegrated.

'What the…' Ex-Veemon asked freezing.

'I was right. That was a Digimon formed from a Control Spire!' Ken told us shocked.

'No way!' Davis demanded turning.

'You serious!' Ex-Veemon added as he de-Digivolved to Veemon and promptly collapsed. 'I'm hungry, can we have this conversation over food?' Davis gave his partner a look but nodded.

'Sure, I'm getting hungry myself.' Davis admitted.

'Plus I don't think staying here's a good idea.' I added looking round. That immediately made everyone tense up.

'Yolei, I'll go first and then you can open a web-cam conference with me over the Internet.' Ken said as we started walking to the nearest TV. I felt Ken reach towards me and let him take my hand and pull me closer. Yolei nodded before walking up to Davis who was leading the group.

'Davis, I, I just wanted to say thanks. You really saved me today.' Yolei said quickly not meeting Davis eye.

'Anytime Yolei, you're my friend, even if we do fight all the time.' Davis told her grinning.

'We don't fight all the time.' Yolei counted instantly. Davis looked at her.

'But you're fighting now.' He pointed out confused. I winced as I saw Yolei's face turn to match her trousers.

'Oh so now I'm the one who fights?' She demanded hotly. Davis looked panicked as he shook his head.

'No, I didn't mean that!' He assured her quickly.

'What then!' Yolei screamed her temper clearly getting the best of her.

'Your not going to win this one Davis.' Veemon noted from beside his partner. Davis shot a glare to the blue Digimon but didn't refute the claim.

'Yolei might it be wise to point out we're here?' Hawkmon noted flying a little ahead and landing beside the TV. Ken turned but I kissed his cheek quickly before he could say anything and stepped back a small but sad smile on my face. He gave a similar smile back before moving to the TV and returning to the real world. The rest of us went our way soon enough.

'I'm certain that it was made from a control spire. That material underneath the shell was definitely the same material used for the spires. Also the behaviour of the Tortomon supports my hypothesis on Control Spire created Digimon.' Ken said after we filled Izzy, Tai, Matt, Joe and Sora on the subject. Tai had classed this as an emergency meeting and called everyone over to Izzy's house making his room a bit crowded. Mimi was on one video feed while Ken was on another. It was rare that the Digidestined were able to gather so swiftly now they were all in different schools, and countries.

'Control Spire Digimon, so they're different to normal Digimon?' Mimi asked still confused. Ken nodded.

'Yes. These, Control Spire Digimon, are more than just Digimon created by using Control Spires. The spires are by nature corrupted and their primary purpose was to affect the data of Digimon to eliminate the ability for digivolution. Because of that the Digimon who are created using Control Spires are corrupted as well. From what I can tell they lose their free will and only obey orders from who ever created them. If they receive no orders then they will go and rampage around the Digital World until they are destroyed. Also I don't believe they will be reborn at primary village either.' Ken explained solemnly. There was silence from the group.

'So what your saying is that these Digimon are missing key components of their data?' Izzy asked curious. He loved a puzzle and this was promising to be one for the record books.

'Yes, at least that's what my analysis suggests. I would like for you to go over some details before I can say that for sure however.' Ken admitted. Izzy nodded with a smile.

'Sure, just send me the data as soon as you can.' Izzy told him trying badly to hide his eagerness for a challenge.

'Still we know two things for sure.' Tai spoke up drawing our attention.

'What's that Tai?' Kari asked confused.

'Well for starters we know that someone has to be creating these things, which means there's a new enemy we have no idea about.' Tai explained scowling at the air.

'We also know that these, "Digimon", have to be destroyed or they could cause some serious damage in the Digital World.' Matt added as they shared a look.

'But how will we know if they're made from a control spire? They look just like normal Digimon!' Cody pointed out a serious problem. The group exchanged glances.

'Well, we obviously will stop any Digimon who's going round wreaking stuff so that's most of them found out. And don't forget, when Ex-Veemon damaged the Tortomon's 'skin' we saw the control spire underneath so we'll have to lookout for that. Otherwise I don't see what we can do.' Davis spoke up. We sighed but nodded agreeing with the rather bleak outlook.

'I think we should set up a kind of relay system so that we hear about places that are being damaged by a rampaging Digimon.' I suggested earning nods from everyone.

'That's a good idea. I'll talk to Tentamon about it.' Izzy agreed.

'Guys I've got to get ready for school, its half past six in the morning here you know.' Mimi told us suddenly. We nodded at her.

'Sure, it's getting pretty late for us anyway.' Tai noted glancing at the clock.

'Keep me up to date okay.' Mimi said smiling.

'Will do.' Izzy promised before closing her window.

'I've got work to do. I missed a lot while I was, gone.' Ken admitted a bit sadly.

'Ken you're a genius, how far behind can you be?' Davis demanded shaking his head.

'It's not that bad because I was months ahead anyway but if I want to maintain my reputation I've got some serious hours to pull.' Ken noted with a sigh. Crash. Ken paled as he turned. 'Ah, I've got to go! Wormmon just got buried by books.' Ken's window vanished as he left to rescue his partner.

'Sakura, we should head back.' Cody pointed out. I nodded and turned to TK and Yolei.

'Are you two coming with?' I asked. TK nodded along with Yolei.

'Yeah, call me if you need any help Izzy.' Yolei said as TK handed us our coats.

'Goodbye.' They called behind us as we left quickly. It was a cold night and we didn't want to wait around.

Will the Digidestined find out who's behind the Control Spires? And what of the mysterious man from the ocean? Find out on the next, The Possibility of Kindness.