"CATHERINE!"

Chloe's cries filled the air as TK held her in his arms. The others watched in stunned silence, unsure what to do next. Both TK and Ken ordered their partners to chase after Rosemon and Flymon but they remained stationary.

"They're too far ahead for us to catch up. We'll revert to our rookie forms before we even reach them."

"We also don't know if Rosemon will use Catherine as a shield," Angemon added and Chloe wailed even louder.

"NO! You need to go and save Catherine now!"

"Chloe!?" TK said in disbelief as she broke out of his hug. She ran up to both Angemon and Stingmon with a desperate look in her eyes.

"Please! You have to save my sister! I can't live without my big sister!" Chloe pleaded, but the two sorrowfully shook their heads.

"We're sorry, Chloe, but there's nothing we can do," Angemon said and it broke Chloe.

Tears poured down her face as she fell to her knees. Her wails were as loud as they ever heard them. TK moved to comfort his friend again but Willis swooped in and swamped her in a hug. She cried into his chest as he whispered comforting words to her.

Seeing that his friend was in good hands he turned to Penguinmon who was trying to sit up slowly. He placed a supportive hand on the Digimon's back and slowly helped her up.

"Take it slowly. There's no need to rush," he told her, but she tried to push him off.

"It's just a few scratches. I'll be fine," she said, but when she stood up she instantly collapsed into the sand. TK helped her up and Ryo rushed over to help keep her steady.

"It's more than a few scratches. Let's get back to the ship to patch you up and plan what we'll do next."

"There's no need for that," Everyone turned to see the Biyomon from earlier. She had a solemn look on their face as they scanned over Penguinmon's injuries. "These look bad. Please, follow me and I'll lead you to the town doctor."

Biyomon walked away before anyone could argue. They wondered if they should listen to the bird Digimon, but Biyomon never gave them any reason to distrust them. Deciding to bite the bullet, the group chose to listen.

They followed Biyomon through town with some struggle. Angemon carried Penguinmon in his arms while everyone else was keeping Chloe from running away. She kept breaking free from their holds, causing them to stop following Biyomon and chase her down. It felt like dealing with a disobedient kid.

They reached the doctor's office after managing to keep Chloe in check. They were greeted by a Gazimon who took Penguimon to the back. Chloe tried to follow them but TK was quick to stop her.

"Hold on, we can't trust you to be on your own right now."

"I'm not gonna run away. I'm gonna stay right beside Penguinmon. I promise," Chloe said, but TK didn't believe her.

"I'm not buying it. Until we can trust you not to run off we can't leave you by yourself," Chloe pouted and TK brought her in close and whispered in her ear. "I understand you're worried about Catherine, we all are, but you running off is only going to cause more problems. She's strong and has Floramon with her. She can handle herself and I know she wouldn't want you to be acting like this."

Chloe glared at TK but he remained unwavered. He stared deeply into her eyes, silently telling her that he wouldn't change his mind. After what felt like an eternity, Chloe let out a defeated breath and agreed to TK's demands.

"Terriermon, Lopmon, and I will go with her. Three is better than two," Willis volunteered. The four walked to the back to join Penguinmon and TK took the opportunity to collapse onto one of the chairs and allow what happened to sink in.

One of his friends was kidnapped by a very powerful Digimon. He couldn't blame Chloe for acting the way she was because he wanted to do the same thing but he couldn't. He had to remain strong and calm to prevent everyone else from panicking.

"You ok?" Ken asked and TK nodded.

"Yeah… Yeah, I'm fine," TK answered, before turning to Biyomon who had a guilty look on their face. "I'm gonna guess that you knew about Rosemon."

"I did, and I'm sorry."

"Why didn't you tell us!? We could've been more prepared and possibly prevented this whole thing from happening!" Monodramon growled and Ryo placed a hand on his partner's shoulder to calm him down. Biyomon flinched but didn't show any other emotion.

"We didn't expect her to attack us. Rosemon rarely ever travels far away from the kingdom, so we thought we were safe. She must've caught wind of your arrival and came to attack you at your most vulnerable."

"So you're saying it's our fault this happened!?" Ryo accused the bird Digimon. Biyomon recoiled from Ryo's accusation causing TK to come to their defense.

"Hey, let's not point fingers right now. It's no one's fault other than Rosemon, so let's not tear each other's heads off!"

Ryo and Monodramon appeared defeated and apologized to Biyomon. They accepted them but were still shaken by what they said. TK and Patamon quickly comforted them and let them know they did nothing wrong and the whole thing was a freak accident.

"I'm sorry, I should've told you guys about Rosemon but we didn't want to stress you all with our problems. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" Biyomon asked.

"You can tell us everything you know about Rosemon, anything that will help us get our friend back," Ken answered and Biyomon nodded.

"I don't know much, but what I do know is that she showed up when it started getting hot out of nowhere. She proclaimed that she was the land's new ruler and that whoever stood against her would be terminated. We didn't take her seriously at first but when we learned she was a Mega-level Digimon we kept our heads down and mouths shut."

"And what's a Mega-level Digimon?"

"The most powerful Digivolved form," TK grimly answered. He was frozen in his seat with all of his worry hidden in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Ryo asked.

"Remember Gogmamon from Primary Island?" Everyone nodded and TK ran a shaky hand through his hair. "He was an Ultimate and it took four Champion Digimon to beat him."

"So what you're saying is that Rosemon is stronger than that beast we fought and we have no chance of beating her," Ryo summed up and TK slightly nodded.

"I wouldn't say we have no chance, we certainly do but I don't know if Patamon can reach Ultimate without the crest."

"Maybe we don't need him to reach Ultimate," Ken spoke up. "Angemon managed to hurt her and she retreated when she was outnumbered. The next time we see her our partners will attack her and not let up until she's defeated."

TK hummed and nodded along to what Ken said. He looked at his Digivice and saw that Catherine's dot was no longer on his screen.

"Finding her is going to be a problem because we can no longer pick up Catherine's Digivice."

"The king knows where her hideout is," Biyomon spoke up. "He can tell you where you can find your friends and Rosemon."

"That's great! So, how do we talk to the king?" Patamon asked and Biyomon smiled.

"You're in luck! The king sent one of his carriages to pick you guys up. I'll send a message for the carriage to pick you up here," Biyomon said.

"Thank you, you've been a great help," TK told the Digimon.

Biyomon left, allowing the boys to process everything they've learned. Their friend was kidnapped by one of the most powerful Digimon in the Digital world and they have no one close to matching her in strength. Then there was Chloe…

"Should we tell Chloe about this?" Ken asked and TK shook his head.

"You already see how she's acting now. Imagine how she'll be when she learns that her sister was kidnapped by one of the most powerful Digimon in the Digital World!" TK exclaimed before taking in a calming breath. "Right now, we can only hope that Catherine and Kiwimon are fine."

"And you're sure you don't want to tell her?" Ken questioned and TK nodded.

"Not until we know Catherine is safe."


Being held captive by a strong Digimon that doesn't even know you are there is frightening. It was also frightening to be carried in the arms of a giant bee flying hundreds of feet about the ground. Catherine was happy to save her sister but was scared about what would happen to her when Rosemon realized that she was her prisoner. It was too horrible to think about.

Trying to push away the negative thoughts, Catherine tried to find some positives to her situation. Floramon was by her side and she still had her Digivice so she could still find her friends or they could find her. She just needed to know where they were going and find a way to break free from Flymon's hold.

"What's the plan, Cat?"

Catherine was quick to shush her partner and glanced up at Flymon and Rosemon. She sighed with relief when she saw the two hadn't realized they were there.

"We need to keep our voices down. We have the element of surprise and I want to keep it that way for as long as possible," Catherine whispered and Floramon was quicked to cover her mouth with her petals.

Catherine and Floramon kept their breathing low as they watched the land below them zoom by. Catherine didn't know where they were going or how much longer they were going to fly until she saw a giant cactus coming up on the horizon. Her gut feeling told her that the cactus was where Rosemon was taking her and Floramon.

They landed on the flower on top of the cactus and Rosemon slowly stepped off of her transportation. Catherine tried to make herself small and remain hidden as long as possible but she knew her time was running out. She heard Rosemon's steps getting closer and she hoped she could give Floramon an opening to save them.

"Flymon! Release the girl and her useless partner. I want to personally show our guests where they'll be staying."

Flymon dropped Catherine and Floramon and they landed with a thud. Catherine heard a disappointed hum before the Digimon's heels clicked toward her. Rosemon grabbed Catherine's cheeks with one hand and frowned.

"You're not the pitiful girl."

"LET GO OF HER! Rain of Poll—!" Rosemon quickly positioned Catherine in front of her and placed the tip of her spear on the young girl's neck.

"Upupup, we wouldn't want there to be an accident, do we?" Floramon froze as she watched her partner stand in place, trying not to make any sudden movements. Knowing that she had no options, Floramon dropped to her knees causing Rosemon to chuckle. "Good little Digimon."

Rosemon whistled and two Gazimon, both with glowing pink eyes, emerged from a corridor. She ordered them to restrain the floral Digimon and they followed her command. Now that both of her prisoners were restrained, Rosemon led them into her base.

They slowly moved down multiple flights of stairs. Dread washed over Catherine the deeper they went. She didn't even know if they were above ground anymore.

After a few more flights they reached the bottom and Rosemon carried her into a room full of cells. She heard crying and pleas for help ring out as they moved down the prison. They reached the final cell of the room and Rosemon tossed her into it.

Catherine quickly got up and tried to run out of the cell but the Gazimon tossed Floramon at her, knocking her to the ground. She heard the cell door slam and Catherine quickly ran to grasp the bars.

"Why are you doing this? What's your goal?"

"I don't have to explain anything to you! You already threw a wrench into my plans," Rosemon grumbled.

"I'm about to destroy your plans! Floramon!" Catherine screamed out. She reached for her Digivice and gasped when she saw that it wasn't clipped to her dress. She heard Rosemon whistle and she saw the Digimon waving it in front of her.

"Did you really think I would let you have this? Do you think I'm an idiot?" Catherine bit her tongue as Rosemon tossed the device to Gazimon.

Floramon ran to the bars and used her Rain of Pollen attack. She landed a direct hit to Rosemon's face. Floramon cheered a little but quickly froze when the pollen faded and saw Rosemon still standing.

"Tastes like cinnamon," Rosemon said before spitting in Floramon's face. Floramon recoiled and Catherine moved to her partner's side quickly. Rosemon watched and hummed as Catherine comforted her partner. "Maybe it wasn't a total loss kidnapping you instead of the pitiful girl and her useless partner."

"What!" Catherine yelled and Rosemon laughed in her face before leaving.

"You'll learn someday, girl. You will learn."

Catherine heard the door slam and she growled. She promised herself that when she gets out of this prison she will teach Rosemon a lesson for not only kidnapping and imprisoning her but for making fun of her sister.

"So what's the plan, Catherine?" Floramon asked. Catherine took a minute to think before moving along the wall and knocking on the rocks.

"We can either sit around and wait for the others to come and save us or we can find our own way out!"


TK gazed out the window as he watched the land move past him. After the carriage arrived they were all quick to pile into it. The Digimon of Leaton were disappointed about not having the welcome party but they understood. They gave them some food and drinks for their journey and a Mushroomon gave him and Penguinmon some hats.

Penguinmon's hat was a simple straw sun hat while his was a brown fedora.

The sun was setting when they left and after their small dinner, Willis suggested they get some sleep. TK volunteered to keep watch first and no one argued. Chloe and Penguinmon were the first to fall asleep after the exhausting day they had and the boys agreed to let her sleep for the whole ride to the kingdom. Everyone else fell asleep shortly after, leaving TK alone to think about how they were going to beat Rosemon.

"Patamon, do you truly believe that six Champion Digimon can beat Rosemon?" TK asked. Patamon didn't answer but his silence was all TK needed. During his first adventure, seven Ultimate Digimon couldn't beat a Mega. "Then do you think you can Digivolve to MagnaAngemon without the crest?"

"I was able to do it once. I can do it again."

"But I still had the Crest of Hope in my heart when that happened, remember? I gave that up years ago."

"But Gennai said your crest was saved. It has to be in your heart somewhere," Patamon said and TK placed a hand over his heart. "Hope isn't something you give up. It stays with you whenever you have a chance. Look inside yourself and let your hope shine bright!"

TK did what Patamon told him to do. He ignored the doubts that were clouding his mind and went straight to his heart. He felt the love and support from all his friends and this burning sensation that was coursing through his veins. It was bright and could burn anyone else if they touched it but not him.

He allowed the warmth to envelop him. He felt all of his doubts leave his body as the warmth took over. He felt the light shining down on the dark past and showing him a brighter future, asking him to take it. He reached his hand out and he grasped the light.

TK opened his eyes and looked at his hand and saw that it was empty. He looked over at Patamon who was giving him a bright smile and he shot one back.

"I think we got our trump card."