The sun beat down on my shoulders. I lifted my arm and wiped the beads of sweat on my forehead. The path ahead was blurred from the humidity. My head swirled from the intense heat.
"Hey, are you guys comin`??" Matt asked looking back at the rest of us, who were all worn out from the exhausting run through the desert.
"Just a *huff* second!!" T.K. said laying down on a moist moss covered log.
"We've been running for hours and we still haven't gotten out of this desert!!" I sighed finding a comfortable place in the shade and sitting down.
"We're probably just running around in circles!!" Sora said doubtfully.
"Actually, we probably just miss-calculated the distance across this desert!!" Izzy said trying to turn everyone's thoughts to good things.
"Then again, we could just be lost!!" Agumon sighed.
"Oh, that makes me feel better Agumon!!" Joe sneered sarcastically.
"Well, we better keep moving or we may never get out of this desert!!" Matt said trying to stop everyone from fighting.
"You're right, lets---" I was cut off.
"Haha, do you remember your old friend Datamon??" he cackled swinging over to us.
"Friend, right!!" T.K. growled looking at Datamon angrily.
"I'll just do what I was never able to finish last time due to you snotty little brats!!" Datamon said. He coiled his wired arms around Sora's waist.
"AAAHHHH!!" Sora screamed.
"SORA!!" Biyomon cried.
"Biyomon digivolved to Birdramon!!" "Meteor Wing!!" Birdramon yelled. The fireballs hit Datamon, but he was already to far away for them to do much damage. Then Datamon shot something at Birdramon that caused Birdramon to be carried along also.
"NO YOU UGLY CREEP, NOT THIS TIME!!" I yelled running after him enraged.
"TAI, WAIT!!" Joe yelled to me. But I was already up and running away. Sora gave me a 'I like you so don't get yourself killed, I'll be fine' look and I stopped running. Cracks ran along the ground beneath me and the ground crumbled.
"What the??" I said baffled, "Aaahhhh!!" I fell down the hole and then the hole caved in on itself burying me. Thousands of pounds of sand poured down on me. I heard the muffled voices of my friends, worried about Sora and I.
"TAI!!" Agumon yelled.
"NO!!" Mimi yelled.
"But how is Datamon still alive, and where is Tai??" Matt asked.
"Well, one thing is for sure, this isn't good!!" Izzy said.
When I woke up I was tied to a metal table again. Though I couldn't see the table, I could feel the cold steel against my skin. I pulled at my leather restraints trying to break free but it was no use, the only thing that did happen was making my wrists bleed. I couldn't turn my head left or right. "So you're gonna try doing this again huh??" I asked Datamon, hoping he was there.
"Nope, I'm just making your crest fully interfaced with my system, and that will turn you fully obedient to me!!" Datamon said, "And in doing that, Biyomon will also be fully obedient!!"
"But why do you want to do this??" I asked.
"Etemon failed, Devimon failed, they both failed in taking over the Digiverse, I will not!!" he said, "There, the crest is now finished!!" He went over to me and put the tag around my neck where it had originally been, with the crest in it.
"You're not getting away with this!!" I screamed.
"Oh, watch me!!" he said, he had a needle and squirted it to test, then injected me with something and I was knocked back asleep and when I woke up I felt different.
"Huh??" I asked for no reason.
"Yes, your awake, now lets go get your friends!!" he said. I stood up. Though I didn't stand up, the crest was controlling me. I could see and hear, but I couldn't do anything. I started walking towards my friends with Biyomon next to me, and Datamon following close behind.
"SORA!!" Matt cried happily.
"How did you escape??" T.K. wondered.
"Oh, I just tricked him, he's pretty dumb!!" I said, "Hey, I think I know a way out of this desert, follow me!!" They started following me looking at me strangely.
"Don't you even wanna know what happened to Tai??" Izzy asked.
"I didn't notice he was missing!!" I said.
"You didn't notice??" Joe said looking at me with his head cocked to the side.
"C'mon, lets just get out of here!!" I said.
"Fine…" Agumon said. I wished I could tell them the danger they were in, but I had no control. My crest had left me nothing but a shell, my mind a small thought in the corner of my newly accounted thoughts. I wished I could cry. Do something. But all of those, every emotion and expression I showed, wasn't really me.
I woke up in an underground cavern. Stalagmites and Stalactites were all around me. A small light illuminated the darkness. "So, you're finally awake!!" Devimon said turning toward me.
"AAAHHHH!!" I yelled. I had yelled so loudly, that my voice echoed and it caused the ground above me to collapse. Agumon and the others fell down in a cloud of dust.
"Devimon??" Sora said in disbelief. Datamon swung in behind her.
"No!!" Datamon cried.
"Yes!!" Devimon said shooting a black gear at Datamon. Datamon was now being controlled by Devimon. Datamon was not in control of himself to keep control over Sora. Sora's crest shimmered and sent out a beam of light over her.
"YES!!" Sora cried, "I'm free!!"
"Lets exchange stories later, right now we have a battle to be fought!!" I said, "Agumon Digivolution time!!"
"Right!!" Agumon said running forward.
"Digimon attack!!" Izzy yelled.
"Agumon digivolved to Greymon!!"
"Palmon digivolved to Togemon!!"
"Biyomon digivolved to Birdramon!!"
"Tentomon digivolved to Kabuterimon!!"
"Tokomon digivolved to Patamon!!"
"Gabumon digivolved to Garurumon!!"
"Gomamon digivolved to Ikkakumon!!"
"Harpoon Torpedo!!" Ikkakumon roared.
"Meteor Wing!!" Birdramon screeched.
"Needle Spray!!" Togemon yelled.
"Boom Bubble!!!" Patamon yelled.
"Digi Nova Blast!!" Greymon yelled.
"Howling Blaster!!" Garurumon yelled.
"Electro Shocker!!" Kabuterimon yelled.
They all let loose their attacks at Devimon. "Ooooohhhh, that tickles!!" Devimon said sarcastically, "BLACK GEARS FROM BELOW!!" A crack went straight across the ground. The sides moved apart showing millions and billions of black gears.
"Aaahhhh!!" T.K. yelled. T.K. had tripped but had managed to grab a ledge before falling to the black gears.
"T.K.!!" Matt yelled. Matt ran over to T.K. and started pulling him up.
"All right you dirty piece of slime!!" I yelled at Devimon, "Come and get me!!" Devimon reached out for me trying to grab me. I jumped over his hands.
"BLACK GEARS COME TO ME!!" Devimon yelled. The black gears all started rushing towards Devimon.
"Aaahhhh!" T.K. yelled. The black gears flew past him missing him by inches. They entered Devimon and he grew like 150 feet tall. Matt was still trying to pull T.K. up. Mimi, Izzy and Joe had ran over to help him. Sora was in the middle of a battle with Datamon.
"Is that your best shot??" I yelled to Devimon, "C'mon down here and fight like a mon!!" I ran over to Devimon. While I distracted him, Greymon started shooting Nova Blasts at him which showed to have no effect on him. Devimon grabbed for me. I jumped on his hand and ran up into his face. I took out my Digivice. The light from the Digivice shined in his face.
"Auuggghhhh!!" he yelled. Devimon reached up and grabbed for me. He threw me to the ground. My spine felt like it had been shattered. But yet I managed to pull my strength together enough to stand up.
"GREYMON DIGIVOLVED TO MetalGreymon!!" "Giga Blasters!!" MetalGreymon yelled as he shot two Mega Blasters at Devimon.
"What??" Devimon said looking back, "AAAHHH!!" A direct hit! He disintegrated and all the black gears disintegrated after him. Sora had already finished her battle with Datamon, he laid in the corner as a hunk of scrap metal. Mimi, Joe, Izzy, and Matt had pulled T.K. up.
"How many times do we have to beat that ugly creep??" T.K. said looking up.
"I don't know," Matt said, "But I don't think that's the last."
