Everyone gathered around Patamon as he was out cold. His eyes began to twitch and that showed he was about to wake up. He opened his eyes and saw everyone was over him with him resting in T.K.'s arms.

"Patamon, are you okay?" T.K. said.

"I think so." Patamon said and he began to look around and saw the bridge was destroyed and a bit of other damaged. "What happened here?"

"Do you remember anything?" Armadillomon asked.

"Not really. The last thing I remember was standing on the bridge and we were having a standoff with Hydroumon." Patamon said.

"I'm sorry Patamon, it was all my fault." T.K. said. "When I saw Hydroumon in the flesh, I got so mad. He was talking about like he owned Davis and Veemon. All the things he said just got under my skin and I couldn't control myself. I guess my crest got corrupted like how it did when Tai forced Agumon to digivolve." Patamon understood and he was about to say it was okay, but saw something wasn't right. When he looked around, he saw a few people were missing. "What happened to Hydroumon, and where's Ross, Aquamon, and Gotsumon?"

"That's what we're about to find out." Ken said as they turned to the area they saw the fight was at. "We better find another way across. I just hope Ross isn't getting himself into any trouble."

…

Ross

Ross and Aquamon were faced with Hydroumon after the fight with Shadowseraphimon and himself.

"What are you doing here?" Hydroumon said.

"I came here because I have some business with you." Ross said as he reached for his digivice, but Hydroumon was a step ahead of him. He acted quickly and spread a small dark flame in front of the both of them. Both of them fell back and Ross' backpack fell open.

"Someone is quick reactor." Aquamon said and Ross gathered his stuff together. Hydroumon created a thread of energy that wrapped around their wrists and tighten them until they were forced behind their backs.

"Taking us prisoner? I thought you would have rather destroyed us." Ross said.

"All in due time, but if you have business with me, we should talk. I'll take you back to my lovely den." Hydroumon said and forced them to stand. They started walking and Ross took a glimpse back.

'It's all going as Gennai said it would. Remember the plan Gotsumon.' Ross thought. Gotsumon turned back to his normal color after blending in with the rocks to hide. He grabbed a branch and followed them, but none of them were aware that they left something behind.

….

The Digidestine

They made it across the cliffs and arrived at the crater. They all had a look around and there was no sign of Hydroumon, Ross, or his partners. Patamon took a good look to see what he did as Shadowseraphimon. He didn't remember what happened, but he felt like he saw this and it made him feel uneasy.

"Did I do all of this?" Patamon said.

"We don't know. We didn't see what happened honestly." T.K. said.

"Don't worry too much about it Patamon. This could have been all Hydroumon." Wormmon said.

"That doesn't make me feel any better." Patamon said.

'No kidding. We don't know if Hydroumon did this. However, he must be very powerful if he was able to defeat a digimon as devastating as Shadowseraphimon.' Gatomon thought.

"There's no sign of Ross or anyone around." Kari said and felt she stepped on something. She looked down to see a black notebook. She picked it up and had a good look at it and it looked familiar to her. "Wait a minute. This belongs to Ross. I don't think he would have just dropped this."

"Something must have happened. Maybe he was captured by Hydroumon." Yolei said.

"Or maybe he went after Hydroumon by himself." Cody said.

"Why would he do that?" Armadilloon said.

"Why did he leave us back at the bridge? I'll be honest, I don't trust him." Cody said. "I think he's hiding something. I get that Gennai thinks we need help, but it doesn't seem he wants to work with us. He's up to something. After all, all the things he could have told us could have been a lie."

"You might be right. We really don't know anything about him." T.K. said. "Why did he come here without us?"

"I'm sure he has his reasons." Kari said.

"Maybe and maybe it was for his own, secretive reasons." Cody said.

"You don't know that. Yes, we don't know anything about him, but I'm sure he has his reasons. You should just give him a chance." Ken said. "You didn't trust me at first, but you ended up giving me one." All three of them went on and argued about how they think of Ross. Kari wasn't listening as she spotted something that was on the ground.

"Hold on guys, look at this." Kari said and they saw a line that was dragged through the dirt and it made a trail. "It looks like Ross does trusts us. He must have left this trail for us. He's showing which way he went."

"That either means one of two things. He's following Hydroumon or he's been captured." Ken said. "Either way, we better follow this and see where they're going." Everyone agreed and moved down the trail to try and catch up. Kari looked down at the notebook.

'I'm not sure if Ross can be trusted or not, but it looks like right now he needs our help.' Kari thought and questioned if there could be more about him inside it. 'Maybe this notebook could tell us a thing or two. I'll have to wait and find out.'

…..

Hydroumon

Hydroumon and Ross had about a twenty minute head start as they were just walking through the forest. Hydroumon took the lead and had them follow by leading them with the threads around them.

"Let me ask you something, Hydroumon." Ross said. "What was the point of this meeting? I was told you were going to show us what happened to Davis or something like that. Yet, you didn't show up with him or his partner Veemon."

"Oh that. I thought Davis and Veemon's training would have been complete by now." Hydroumon said. "It turns out that they still had a little bit of work left. So I went on ahead and decided to wait for another time to show the both of them and that is going to be very soon. Their control over their dark power is nearly completed."

"I see." Ross said. He thought back to the digidestine and were hoping they were following him. Gotsumon was doing as best to maintain a safe distance so Hydroumon wouldn't notice him. He dragged a branch against the ground that leaved the trail.

"I hope this plan works. Those guys better find out what's going on soon and get here fast." Gotsumon said.

….

The Digidestine

T.K. and the others followed the trail on foot so it would be easier for them to see. However, Patamon was beginning to feel weird. He started squinting his eyes and he was started to fly slower. When he noticed it, he did his best to fight it off and push even harder, but it was proving to be more difficult than it looked.

"Hey Patamon, are you okay?" T.K. said.

"I think so." Patamon said, but he lied. His vision began to go blurry and it was making it hard for him to fly. His body was growing exhausted and he fell over.

"Patamon!" T.K. shouted. They all gathered around him as Patamon was breathing hard.

"Is he okay?" Wormmon said.

"He must still be exhausted from his battle with Hydroumon and when he was Shadowseraphimon." Hawkmon said.

"Maybe we should take a break guys." T.K. said.

"But, Hydroumon and Ross are getting further and further away with each passing minute." Yolei said.

"I know, but Patamon needs his rest. Besides, as long as we have a trail to follow, we'll be able to catch up to them." T.K. said.

"Okay, let's take a break." Gatomon said. Kari went over to a tree and took a seat as her back rested against it. She thought it would be a great idea to take a good look inside the notebook. She pulled it out and opened it up. What she saw on the first page, she thought it was strange. She looked through it and saw other strange things that she didn't understand.

"What? What is this?" Kari said.