Howdy once again. How are we keeping? Good I hope! Next chapter of the story here, hope you like it. As always please review and if you have any criticisms/suggestions I'm open to hear them! (Just try to keep them constructive) Anywho back to the story!

Disclaimer: Nothing has changed since the last chapter still don't own digimon

The digidestineds had searched the park, Izzy's apartment and the usual jaunts the geeky teenager usually hung out in but he was nowhere to be found.

Tk looked up at the November sky. I had stopped raining but the sky was getting increasingly darker. Since the digidestineds had been in the hospital more and more digimon had filed into the city. Although the army and police were still somewhat in control of the situation they were only just. Tk knew once night fell the digimon would rise more triumphantly. He gulped.

Joe looked at Tk and seemed to sense what the young blonde was thinking. "We need to get out of the city before night falls," said Joe.

Tk looked towards him and nodded. "We have to find Izzy now."

"MIMIIIIIIIIIIII," Shouted a familiar voice.

The shout sent a shiver down the spines of all the digidestined. It was Izzy.

"MIMI! OH MIMI WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUUUUUU?" The voice cried again.

Tk looked to the others. Everyone was quiet. Nobody wanted to be the one who shouted to Izzy. Nobody wanted to be the one who drew the red haired genius to them. Nobody wanted to be the one who told Izzy that Mimi was dead. Finally Tk gulped nervously before shouting to Izzy.

"IZZY! WE'RE OVER HERE!"

Tk could feel the palpitations of his heart as the impending despair of his friend drew nearer and nearer. At that moment he saw a panting Izzy turn the side street. He was no more than 50 feet away.

"GUYS!" He screamed running forward.

FIST OF THE BEAST KING!

Everyone screamed as a raging attack hit the ground right in front of Izzy.

Tk looked up at where the attack had come from. Atop of one of the buildings was a giant Leomon.

"Oh fuck," muttered Joe backing away.

The Leomon jumped down the building.

"Hahaha," he said, "what do we have here? Seems to me the digidestineds have come out to play. Haha."

Tai gulped. "Izzy! Are you okay?" he yelled.

"Yeah Tai, I'm fine. He missed."

Leomon grinned bearing all his razor sharp teeth. "I won't miss this time," he growled.

The lion digimon turned his back on Tai and the others and aimed to attack Izzy again.

Tk took his chance ad grabbed the handgun Matt had given him. "Oh please be frigging loaded". He said.

"FIST OF THE BEAST KI-

Tk aimed and fired, hitting Leomon squarely on the shoulder mid attack.

"Rarrrrrrrrrrr!" yelled the Leomon in pain. He turned to face Tk and snarled. "Hope is trying to be brave is he now? He snapped. "Well try defend yourself against this!"

"BEAST SWORD!"

Leomon charged forward ready to slice Tk into smithereens.

Tk gulped and fired at the Leomon again. He hit it in the knee and the beast fell forward. The Leomon crashed down hard on his own sword.

The blade tore through the Leomon's chest. It had no way of surviving.

Tk sighed and let his hand fall to the side. He had never killed anything in his entire life before. Not even a fly. Even though he knew he did it to save Izzy. He was disgusted at himself for killing the digimon.

Ken put a friendly hand on Tk's shoulder. "It had to be done Tk," he said.

Tk put his hand through his hair and sighed. "I know."

Tk looked up to see Izzy running towards them. The blonde bit his lip, Izzy's heart was about to be broken and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Guys, hey," panted Izzy happily. "Have you seen Mi-

Izzy stopped mid sentence and his eyes bulged as he saw Mimi.

"No," he said backing away. "No, she's not…. She can't be… she can't… NO!"

The red headed teen fell to his knees and began thumping the tarmac beneath him in desperation. "No!" he sobbed uncontrollably.

Tk stood up and put his hand on Izzy's shoulder. "Izzy," he said solemnly, "I'm so sorry."

Izzy jumped up and punched Tk in the mouth sending him crashing to the ground. "Don't touch me!" he cried out. My girlfriend is dead Takeru! Don't even TRY and Comfort me with your MEANINGLESS words!"

Tk wiped the blood away from his lip and looked back up at Izzy. The bearer of the Crest of Knowledge was shaking with the grief. He collapsed down to his knees in an overwhelming state of inconsolable emotion. "Why Mimi?" he cried before burying his head in his hands.

All the digidestineds sat in silence for a long time as they allowed Izzy to cry. He needed a few moments and they all understood that. When the computer genius' sobs finally began to subside Joe sat down beside his old friend and put his arm around his shoulder.

"Izzy," began Joe calmly. "There's nothing I can say that can ease your pain right now, we all loved Mimi and we're all suffering. But we cannot allow her death to be in vain. A digimon did not knowingly kill her. Someone set a virus on the digimon that is controlling their minds and making them think that killing humans is right. We must find whoever set the virus on the digimon and teach them a lesson. We must avenge Mimi's death."

Izzy sighed heavily and wiped his eyes. "You're right," he said quiety. "We're going to find who did this, we owe it to Mimi."

Izzy stood up and looked over to Tk. "Tk, he said. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have hit you."

Tk smiled weakly. "Its fine Izzy don't worry about it.

Izzy nodded slowly. "Tai," he said turning around to the tall football player. "Let me carry Mimi."

"Sure thing man," said Tai handing over Mimi.

As Izzy adjusted himself into a stance that was comfortable to hold Mimi the group closed in together.

"Everyone ready?" asked Tk.

The gang nodded.

Tk grimaced. "Okay, then lets get the hell out of this city."

With that the digidestineds began to walk, out of the city but nowhere near out of danger. Alas the journey of death, war and growing up had only just begun.

Hey everyone, next chapter we're out of the city! – Finally my story will really begin to take shape from there and more plot advancements will take place! The digidestineds will finally understand what exactly they have to do to in order to restore some peace to the real world as well as the digital world and save the digimon. I've a good bit up my sleeve for this story haha :') As always reviews are nice and any criticisms/suggestions will be taken on board (keep it constructive though please). 'Til next time – toodles xx