Fiona, fast asleep, was awakened by Christo's yells. She responded the only way she knew how.

She screamed.

Loudly.

Right in Isthian's ear.

"Kamika, wake up! Taira is missing, and I think something BIG is coming!"

Kamika looks back at Chris with fear in her eyes. "Big? I. . . Taira?" She jumps up in surprise. "We've got to help her!" Kamika yells out in fear.

"Right!" Chris said, getting up. "First, we have to get everyone to stop running around screaming... It'll only draw the THING to us!"

Kamika looked at Chris and nodded. "Sure but how can we do that? I don't think that anyone here deals with trouble very well."

"True, Kamika, but at least we can gag Fiona! Come on! Let's get everyone up and quiet!"

"...are you guys saying something? All I hear is ringing..."

"WHAT! THE! HECK! IS! HAPPENING!"

"Owwww... that I heard..."

Chris ran over to where Fiona and Isthian were sitting and put a hand over both of their mouths. "Guys, be quiet please! Taira is missing and there's something BIG coming our way!" "All the noise you're making might be drawing it to us!"

"What?" Fiona grabbed Chris's hand and pulled it off of her mouth. "Taira's missing? What happened to her?"

"DRAW it to us?! If it's coming, what's the point?! Let's just run!!"

" We shouldn't run"

"But we have to go help Taira, Thi!"

"Is there any way we can run towards Taira and away from that thing at the same time?"

"...oh, right. Well, then, let's get going!"

Chris looked up to see Kyrainia standing there. "Oh, hi! Can you help me out here? We have to get everyone up and out of here!"

Kamika saw everyone gather. "But what can we do?"

"We need to first, get everyone up and away from this thing, and second, go find Taira!"

Puttimon watched all the humans gather. "Kamika?" She questions as she pulls on a piece of Kamika's clothing. Kamika turns to look at her. "What is it, Puttimon?" Kamika scoops Puttimon in her arms. "I think it's getting closer." Puttimon tells her. Kamika looks at her with a worried look.

Tekumon flapped up behind Chris and said "Puttimon's right. We need to get out of here and to Taira as fast as possible."

Fiona started playing with her hair and looked up. "Exactly. I don't want to be stuck here if that... whatever it is, is going to attack us."

"Well, we can't do BOTH!!! I say we just leave her..." He noticed everyone else's looks. "And, uh... come back for her later."

Fiona whacked Isthian. "We're not going to leave her, you idiot! If it was YOU, we would, but we're not that lucky, now are we?"

Chris laughed. "Nice, Fiona, but we really don't have the time to argue!"

"Why does everyone hate me?" Isthian sighed. "Well, whatever... let's do... something!"

"Something sounds good."

Kamika nodded. "But what? We can't just go out and look for her. We don't even know where she is."

"I'd say something here, but everyone always hits me when I do..."

"Hello? Was anyone even listening to my speech thingy last night? We have digivices, with maps!" Chris said.

Kamika sweatdropped. "That's true."

"That's what I wanted to point out!" Isthian lied.

Fiona hit Isthian again. "You're REALLY smart, aren't you?"

"Owwww... now I'm just confusled..."

"Can you all PLEASE stop fighting? We have to get out of here and to Taira!" Chris said, picking up his digivice and looking at its map. It showed that Taira was a little ways off to the west, next to a lake.

Fiona leaned over and took a look at Chris's digivice. "So she's near that lakey thingy, huh?"

Kamika looked at her digivice too. She gasped as she remembered that Taira had said something about going to the lake.

"Let's go, then!"

"Finally." Chris sighed.

Kamika nodded with Puttimon still in her arms.

"FINALLY!! Let's GO, people!!"

Chris beckoned to the others and took off running, Tekumon flapping behind him and his digivice held out in front of him, showing where Taira was. As Chris ran into the woods, he smacked into something large and flew backwards into the clearing, just barely missing Tekumon and still holding his digivice. "OW!"

"Podima! I thought we were going to try to be quiet!"

"ARRRGH!! Trespasser!!"

"Uh... oh..." Chris quietly said.

Kamika shuddered in fear. Puttimon could feel it.

Fiona began to scream, but before she could, Penguinmon covered her mouth. "Shhhhhhhhhh..." he said. "The last thing we want to do is provoke it..."

"Death to all that anger me!! GYAAAH!!" Maildramon turned around and swung its spiked tail at Chris.

Kamika gasped in fear. "Chris!!" she yelled out in shock.

Chris froze, but before the tail connected with him, Tekumon flew forward. "Bit Blaster!" Two projectiles shot out of his chest and hit the Maildramon, stopping it for a few seconds. Chris took the opportunity to scramble to his feet and move back quickly.

Kamika sighed out but was still afraid. She held Puttimon even tighter in her arms. She didn't want to have Puttimon in any danger against that 'monster'.

"Yaaaaahhh... this is bad this is bad this is bad..." Isthian ran around in panicked circles.

Kamika shook and Puttimon started to struggle out of her arms. "Puttimon!" She yelled out.

Puttimon looked back at her. "I have to help Tekumon. There's no other way."

Kamika looked at Puttimon with fear. Kamika knew that Puttimon was right. She put her down and watched as Puttimon looked at her with a smile.

"Thanks Kamika."

Kamika nodded. "Just beat him!" She yells.

"Ooh, yeah!! Freaky lizard thing, right... so... can you, like, fight, Tsafmon?"

"Yeah, I can fight! ...but... that thing's kinda biiig..."

"BE BRAVE, YOU LITTLE LIZARD THING!!!" Isthian picked Tsafmon up, and threw it at the Maildramon.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH... owww..." Tsafmon struck Maildramon's side with a bang.

Kyrainia looked at Mushroomon. "Since it's obvious eventually your gonna have to.....go fight."

Chris nodded. "Great! Let's get 'em, guys!"

" If we must"

Tekumon nodded. "Bit Blaster!"

Kamika nodded.

...more projectiles shot at the Maildramon.

"Let's do this!!"

" Yeah, yeah, yeah"

"Yeah! Agility Crusher!!" He darted around the Maildramon, shooting small stars at it.

"We'll get him! Love and Fire!" Puttimon yells as her stomach heart glowed and fire shoot at him in the shape of a heart.

"AARRRRGHH!! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!!!"

"Poison Smash!!!!" yelled Mushroomon

"Lightning Spear!" A bright silver beam shot out of its mouth, at Tekumon.

"Look out, Tekumon!" Chris shouted. Tekumon saw the beam coming and just barely managed to dodge, sending another blast at the Maildramon.

"Whoo! This is sooo fun..."

"Kamika!" Chris shouted. "We have to combine our attacks, or we'll never break through its armor!"

Kamika turned to Chris and nodded. "Puttimon! Attack with Tekumon!" She yells.

"Bit Blaster!"

"Love and Fire!"

"Okay, Tsafmon! Finish him off!!"

"....okay. Agility Crusher!!" He shot a stream of stars at the newly formed crack in Maildramon's armor.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Maildramon screamed in pain, and staggered, offbalanced and hurt.

"Poison Smash!!!!" yelled Mushroomon

Maildramon gave a final, piercing scream as the attack hit. A bright light spread from the point where the armor was damaged, until she was glowing brightly... and then she was gone.

Chris cheered. "Good job, everyone!"

Kamika smiled and Puttimon ran into her arms. "You did a good job."

Isthian grabbed Tsafmon in a great hug. "You were wonderful!! Now everyone will know that I rock, 'cause I have such a great partner!! WHOOOOO!!!!"

Tsafmon sweatdropped. "Uh, thanks."

Chris sweatdropped. "You never stop, do you?"

"...stop? Huh? What?"

Chris shook his head. "Never mind."

Kyrainia looked at Mushroomon. " You did a decent job, for an over-hyper little guy."

"Well, okay then! Let's go find what's-her-name, or whatever!"

"Hey! Wait a second! We have to go find Taira now!" Chris realized.

" No duh"

Chris said, heading for the edge of the forest, in the direction of the lake.

Kamika jumped. "Oh yeah!" She held Puttimon tightly in her arms again. She followed Chris.

" I guess there isn't exactly the option of not following this guy...is there?"

"Yeah!!" Isthian ran off ahead of Chris, Tsafmon trailing behind.

Kyrainia sighed and slowly followed the group.

"Labramon?" Christo said softly.

"Wha-aht?" Labramon replied, not taking kindly to being woken up for the second time that morning.

"Do you think we'll ever get back?"

"Back to where?"

"The real world."

"I don't know."

They were silent again. Christo sighed. She was beginning to miss her family alot. But then, she hadn't really been able to tell them anything, and there were some things she couldn't even tell Labramon.............

**********FLASHBACK**********
Christo sat down. She hated the grey school building, hated her classmates. She hated the whole world. She wished there was somewhere she could go and never come back.
*******FLASHBACK ENDS*******

That had happened just before she had been transported to the digital world. What she wished was coming true, and she didn't like it.

Fiona walked back to the camp and sat down. "My god, that was SCARY!"

Isthian thought to himself for a moment. 'Everybody here is going to look for what's-her-name. But what about the other people back at the camp? Hmm...' After a minute of strenuous thought, he decided to break off from his current search, and headed back the way he'd come.

Penguinmon looked at Fiona. "Aren't you going to go help them find Taira?"

Fiona sighed. "I would... but I'm just scared to death... what if there are more of those Postman thingies everywhere? What if we get killed? And do we have to fight them all? I'd love to help them go and find Taira... but I just can't bring myself to do so."

Isthian, being a fast runner, was back at the camp in no time, by following the sound of Fiona and Penguinmon talking. "Oh, THERE you are! Whatever did you run away for? You didn't get to see how I personally took on that thingy and smashed it flat! I pounded it over the head! All in a day's work, of course."

Tsafmon sweatdropped. "Gee, that's not quite how I remember it, but... if you say so..."

Fiona turned her head towards Isthian. "I remember something QUITE different, but I think I'll let you live your little fantasy, Isthian." She twisted around so her back was to him. "And why I ran away is none of your business, Thi-boy."

Isthian patted Fiona on the head. "Well, girls are the weaker and stupider sex, you know. So it's really just reasonable that you realize that my version is correct." He nodded, satisfied with the result.

Tsafmon walked around in front of Fiona. "Is it mine, is it mine?"

So much for having her back to him, Fiona turned around and whacked Isthian. "Weaker and stupider, eh?" She stood up. "Then why is it that I am always the one that hurts you, and I have the higher IQ, eh?"

"Doy.... iunno..." Isthian collapsed in a heap on the ground.

"Eee... never mind my question then, Fiona... hehe... I was just joking around, yeah... uhh... bye now!!" Tsafmon ran away quickly and hid behind a rock for safety.

Fiona laughed softly and motioned to Penguinmon. "Come on, let's leave Isthi alone to get his head screwed back on... though..." she added. "It's pretty useless. I'm sure there isn't a thing in it."

Isthian scrambled back onto his feet. "Hey, where ya goin'? A pretty lady like you shouldn't be wandering around all alone out there!"

Fiona blushed. But only slightly. "I have Penguinmon with me, Thian. Are you blind too?"

"Not yet! You're deafened me with your cries... have not yet blinded me with beauty yet, though," he replied, suggestively.

Tsafmon scratched his head -- as best he could, that is. "Isn't that an... insult? I'm confused."

NOW Fiona blushed. "That's really sweet, Isthian."

Isthian was actually surprised by this. "You really think so?! Wow!" He walked over to her and leaned close. "I can be a lot sweeter than this, too..."

But of course, Fiona was still irked by Isthian's hentainess. And whacked him. "No thanks. That's about all the sweetness I can take." And she walked away, Penguinmon at her side. Fiona laughed.

"Don't you think you should be a little bit more nice to him...?" Penguinmon suggested.

"Nah..." Fiona said. "It's much more fun this way."

Tsafmon was still hiding behind his rock. "I don't like the sounds of that..."

"Don't worry, Tsafmon," Fiona looked over at the cowering Digimon. "You don't have to be afraid of me. No one does... unless their name is Isthian Hanasaki."

Isthian, who had leapt up at the first half of that, fell straight back down again as she finished her sentence. "Ohhhh... everybody hates me..."

Tsafmon, however, was delighted. "YAAAAAAYYYY!!!!!" He ran out from behind his rock and over to Fiona, where he rubbed his head against her leg. "You're so nice!"

"Fiona doesn't hate you, Isthian." Penguinmon sweatdropped. "She just... um... dislikes you?"

Fiona smiled and patted Tsafmon's head. "Eh, it comes with the job. Besides, it isn't hard being nice to a cute little thing like you."

Isthian sighed. "That's even WORSE... there's a thin line between love and hate, after all. So now she's getting even further from loving me..." He sobbed.

Fiona forgot for a moment that Isthian was an annoying ladies man with a strange headband, and went over and patted his head. "Well... let's say this. I don't hate you. At all. But..." she added. "I don't love you. At all. Let's just same I'm... neutral." She winked and sat down beside him.

"I get what you're saying." Isthian smiled and laid his arm around her shoulders.

Fiona cringed a little bit, and was about to fight back, but by now was MORE then tired, and just ignored it. 'Pretend it isn't there...' she told herself, and leaned upon Isthian and closed her eyes.

"Aww, you look tired... well, let's go get some sleep. Everyone here is fine, and the others'll be back soon." Isthian gently brushed Fiona's hair out of her face, the closed his own eyes, as well.

Aww, wasn't that sweet? But find out what's up with Taira by going to the next page!