I had seen the blasts and wanted to investigate. Unfortunately, I ran into Myotismon. "You again?" I demanded. "Decided to come chasing after me, did ya?"

"I wouldn't dream of it," Myotismon snapped.

 "Now, all I must do is get you to admit the location of the child I want."

"Don't bet on it, Myotismon. I already told you I won't tell you. Besides, if you want that information, you'll have to catch me first. Let's see how you do up against an experienced flyer!" I shouted back to him as I took off through the air.

It was strange to be in Matt's arms again after so long. It took some time but once I got my senses back I was looking at the brothers and their Digimon. That's when it hit me.

"Alcinamon... I've got to find her... She..."

"We'll find her, but first we've got to look after you."

"Joe's house isn't far from here, Matt. Let's take her there."

Matt helped me walk, T.K. was holding Tsunomon and Patamon was flying beside him. It took a few minutes but we got to Joe's home. T.K. knocked. "Joe are you home?"

"One minute." Then a boy came to the door. He looked a lot like Joe but he was older and had a different hair cut.

We remained quiet for a time. I looked like someone's punching bag. That was when Joe came up behind the other boy. "Matt? T.K.?" That was when this boy saw the Digimon. It surprised me a bit that he didn't feak out but that's when I saw Joe's Digimon behind him. "Ya best come in. Don't worry our parents are out on one of those Doctor's shows."

Our parents he said, so this was Joe's brother then. Matt helped me to the couch. "Do you have a Digimon?" I looked up at this boy. He was getting out the First Aid kit. "Oh this is Jim my older brother."

"Thanks for helping us." Matt was slowly taking off my boots. I twitched a bit. My ankles were red and swollen. T.K. and Joe had gone into the Kitchen to get something. Jim was now cleaning my cuts and putting some lotions on my bruises. That was when Joe's Digimon looked straight at me.

"Hello, I'm Amy and your name is?" I held out my hand to him. The claw came up to greet me. "I'm Gomamon. Good to met ya Amy. How did you get away from Myotismon?" My one eye seem to brighten a bit, as I smiled. "My knights in shining armor with their trusty Digimons helped me."

Matt then became still and blushed. T.K. grinned and brought over a glass of water for me.

"That's what friends are for aren't they, Matt."

 Matt just looked at everyone for a moment. I then blushed. Matt then smiled. "T.K. is right. You are a friend and we'd do anything to help."

"I'm glad to hear that Matt, because my Digimon is the one that needs help now and she told me she found the Eight child everyone is looking for."

Boy that got the whole room quite fast. I answered as many questions as I could about what Myotismon's been up to. My mind though was on Alcinamon.

I took care to allow as many flying frills as I could, hoping to loose Myotismon. I chanced a look back. Damn, Myotismon was following me. He's pretty good, I thought, for a guy with no wings.

 "Give up, Alcinamon. I WILL catch you and beat you into submission as well." Myotismon taunted.

 I kept flying, despite the fact that my wings ached. I had to keep going, had to draw him away from everything else.

 "Like heck you will!" I snapped. "You aren't touching me!"

 Every flap of my wings hurted beyond belief. I was tired, too. I had to land…had to rest. But I couldn't let him get the upper hand. I wouldn't let him. Then I heard the one thing that set my heart on fire.

 "Crimson lightning!" I felt the hot strip of red before it actually made contact with my body. I tried to dodge, but Myotismon was faster than I had anticipated. I cried out in pain as it made contact with my back.

The strip of pain tore through my body, almost forcing me down. No, he couldn't win. I had to protect Amy… and Kari.

 Feeling energy surge through me, I spun around and extended my arms in front of my body. "Flaming Sword!"

 The sword of flame shot forward, this time making a direct hit on Myotismon's chest. He shouted in surprise, flying backwards. However, he had a counter-attack ready: his famous Crimson Lightning. And it was a direct hit, as well.

 ~How does he DO that?!~ I thought. That's all I can remember before falling to the ground, and hitting it hard. I didn't know where I was.

 ~Amy…~

I screamed out in pain, not from what Joe and Jim were doing. "Alcinamon!!!" That when my crest blasted out it's bright light blue color.

 But then it died out. It took the four boys to hold me down. Matt was holding me down by my shoulders. T.K. was holding one of my arms, Jim was holding my legs and Joe was holding my other arm.

It took some time but I calmed down. I was looking up at Matt. I was wondering if he could see the fear in my good eye. "...Alcinamon..." That's when I blacked out.

"Is Amy all right, Matt?" T.K. asked, looking at his big brother.

 "She will be, I hope," Matt responded, silently adding the 'I Hope' part.

"She'll be fine," Joe assured T.K.

 "She shouted out something about Alcinamon," Jim stated. "Who's Alcinamon?"

 "That's her Digimon," Matt explained, "the one who knows who the 8th child is." T.K. looked at Matt.

 "Let's go find her, Matt."

My body twitched. Matt took my hand and slowly my body calmed down. Matt wasn't sure what to do. T.K. was right, they had to find Alcinamon but something told him to stay.

"Joe, call Tai right now and see if ya can get the others. I know it's late but this is an emergency."

 Some time later...

Tai, Sora and Izzy showed up. T.K didn't want to leave but it was getting late and no one wanted his mom to worry about him.

"So what's up?"

 That's when they saw me on the couch. Banged up and sleeping. Tai's eyes opened up wide. "Wow!!! That's Amy isn't it."

"Oh my it looks like she been hurt."

"Myotismon..."

Every one looked at Matt. His hands were in fists.

"Now, Matt calm down. This isn't going to help, either Amy or Alcinamon." Matt sat down beside Amy. The group chatted and decided to look for Alcinamon in the morning. Matt, of course, didn't like the plan but he couldn't seem to leave Amy's side. He had called his dad but only got the messaging machine. He left a message for his father and fell asleep beside me. Gomamon and Tsunomon were sleeping near me as well. I woke up and looked around. At first I though I was back in my cell but then I saw Matt. I let out a breath and smiled. Then I when back to sleep.

The next morning, I woke up to find Matt still there. He woke up and looked at me.

 "Hey, Amy."

 "Hi, Matt. Thanks about last night," I said, unsure of what to say to him.

 "It's all right. Don't worry about it."

 Suddenly, my mind remembered I was forgetting something. What was it? I remembered that it was something important, but I couldn't remember what. Suddenly, I sat upright, knocking Tsunomon off of me.

 "Alcinamon! We've got to find her!"

 "Whoa! Calm down, Amy," Matt protested. "There are other people here who might be trying to sleep."

 "Yeah, like I was until you threw me off," Tsunomon grumbled.

 "Sorry," I apologized.

 "Hey, Matt, weren't we supposed to go find Alcinamon today?" Gomamon asked.

He was rubbing his blue eyes with his claw. I stretched my body. That when I twitched in pain. "Darn..." I put my hand on my mouth. Matt shook his head. "I see you haven't changed much."

"Ya, but then, a lot has happened to me of late." I smiled softly at him. He smiled back. Soon I was up and eating at the table. Joe, Matt, Jim and the Digimon were also eating.

"We are going to meet the others in the Park, Amy..."

"You want me to stay here don't you, Matt."

Matt looked at me. "Matt. I know you are worried about me but, I have to come. I might be the only one who can find my Digimon but if you want, I will take it easy, okay?"

I took a deep breath. I could feel something inside of me but what was it? I had to find out and who could say what would happen next to me and Alcinamon?
 
 

When we all arrived at the park, the group decided that we should go out searching for Alcinamon now. Actually, I sort of persuaded Matt, T.K., and their Digimon to follow my lead. In any case, we all split up and searched various parts of the city. I was with Matt and T.K.

 We had been walking a few minutes when my crest started to glow. ~Hmm?~ I turned to my left to find the crest glow even brighter. Matt and T.K. kept walking ahead and, when they noticed that I had not kept pace with them, looked back.

 "Are you alright, Amy?" T.K. asked, looking back at me.

 "If you're feeling tired, we could…" Matt started.

 "She's down this way!" I announced as I took off down the street, walking as fast as I could.

 Matt and T.K. looked at each other, as did their Digimon. Patamon instantly took to the air and flew after me. Matt and T.K. raced after Patamon, only after Matt made sure that Tsunomon was secured under his arm.

 I finally stopped underneath a shadowed overhang that Alcinamon had apparently broken through the night before. There was an Alcinamon-sized hole in it and, directly below it, was a small heap of something that looked like birds wings. That's all I thought it was until it shifted and moaned.

 "Alcinamon!" I cried, sinking to my knees beside her.

 "Amy?" the familiar voice asked me, weakly. The pile of feathers receded so I could make out the brown wisps of hair that belonged to Alcinamon.

 "What happened to you?" I asked.

 "Myotismon…stupid Crimson Lightning attack…" Alcinamon responded, obviously tired.

"Couldn't let him win…I had to protect you and the Child…"

 "You're no good to anyone if you're deleted, you silly Digimon."

 I put my hand on her right wing to help her get into a position where I could see her face.

 "I know that…" She winced, then let out a hiss of pain as my hand touched her wing.

 "What's wrong?" I asked.

 "My wing… it stings." She winced again as I helped her into a sitting position. "I think I landed on it when I fell."

 I saw Matt, Patamon, T.K., and Tsunomon round the corner and I waved to them. "Guys! Over here!"

 They raced over to see Alcinamon and noticed the irregular position of her right wing compared to her left. Alcinamon stiffened, and almost cried out as she tried to bring her right wing into caped position.

 "I can't move it." She groaned, then looked at me. "I don't like this world. It's too easy to hurt yourself…"

Well it took some time but Patamon Digivolved to Angemon and helped his strange counterpart.

Well a lot happened in a few days. Myotismon was taking parts of the city apart looking for the eighth child. Gatomon also learned something she didn't know from Wizardmon. Who had found the Digivice of the Eighth child. That she was in fact the Eighth Digimon for Kari. Both of them dropped in on Tai, Agumon and Kari. I learned somehow that Gatomon lived alone for a long time and she was always looking for someone, that being Kari. All she found was Myotismon. Later she and Wizardmon became friends.

 Wizardmon gave Tai the Digivice as he and Gatomon went to get the Crest. At first it was easy but that was before Myotismon showed up. First it looked like he took care of Wizardmon, who fell into the river.

Tai showed up to help Gatomon with Greymon. That's when Myotismon realized Gatomon was the Eighth Digimon. Greymon Digivolved to MetalGreymon but it wasn't enough to stop Myotismon from taking Gatomon away. He now plans to use her to find Kari.

When we got back to Joe's place, Joe had just gotten home and he was ATTEMPTING to examine my wing. Unfortunately for him, he was pushing it too hard.

"THAT HURTS, YOU STUPID HUMAN!" I snapped, aggravated.

 "Maybe if you held still," Gomamon started and he would have finished if I hadn't glared at him.

 Suddenly, I felt a surge of pain and it wasn't coming from my wing. What the heck was going on? I closed my eyes and mentally witnessed the "fight" between Myotismon, Wizardmon, and Gatomon. I "saw" everything and my eyes flew open.

 "NO!" I shouted, suddenly wanting to help them, but I just wasn't sure how.

 "Alcinamon?" Amy asked. "What is it? What's wrong?"

 ~If Myotismon has Gatomon, and Tai came to rescue Gatomon, then Gatomon's Kari's Digimon!~

 "He's got Gatomon," I whispered, hardly believing this.

 "Myotismon's ALWAYS had Gatomon," Amy responded.

 "No, you don't understand," I protested. "Gatomon's the Digimon of the 8th Digidestined!"

This didn't board well but Matt and T.K. had to go home. I watched them go and got into a sleeping bag. Alcinamon was on the couch. Tomorrow we would go and help Gatomon and stop that Vamp once and for all.

Unknown to us was what happen through the night. Myotismon had cast a fog spell. It cut most of the center of the city off from the rest. When Joe and I got up and found out about this, we planned to head to the harbor to see if we could get a boat to where the others were. Inside the fog bank Sora and many other people were being rounded up by the Bakemon being lead by Phantomon. Sora tried to make the Bakemon lose their powers by chanting what Joe and her made last time they faced Bakemon. It was Phantomon that stopped this plan. Then Tyrannomon showed up. That' when Mimi and Palmon showed up. It took some time but Palmon Digivolved to Togemon and then to her Ultimate Level...Lillymon. She tamed Tyrannomon but Myotismon showed up.

I woke up before Alcinamon did, noticing that her wing was still in that awkward position. I watched her as she finally woke up and looked at me.

 "How're you doing?" I asked.

 "Do you have any idea how many times you've asked me that over the course of our knowing each other?" she asked, curious.

 "Probably a lot. Why?"

 "Just curious." Alcinamon shook her head. "My wing hurts a little, but I should be able to move it."

 "You sure you feel up to this?"

 "Don't bother trying to talk me out of this. Myotismon is going to pay for what he did to me!" Alcinamon snapped.

We came to the Port, a lot of people were trying to get on a fairy. Gomamon hid in Joe's bag. Alcinamon was in her human form. She of course didn't like it but it was the only way not to bring the attention on her. We were pushed around as people began to argue. We found ourselves apart from the angry mob. That's when T.K. showed up with Patamon. That's also when we decided to use Gomamon to get across. We came up to the bay. Gomamon jumped out of the bag and drove into the water. "Gomamon digivolve to....Ikkakumon."

The three of us jumped onto his back as Alcinamon took to the air. As we sail off, T.K.'s mom showed up. She was yelling at T.K. That's when she saw me. My face was still red and black. There was some shouting back and forth. Joe promising to look after T.K. and then we disappeared from her sight.

Soon the bridge was in sight. There was some strange sounds coming from it. That's when we saw MegaSeadramon destroying the bridge. Of course Joe said: "Just great, no doubt we'll be the ones blamed for this."

 "Oh, don't be such a spoilsport, Joe! You REALLY need to lighten up!" Alcinamon called down to him.

That's when we were all knocked off Ikkakumon. T.K. was trying to swim. I was having a bit of trouble myself. That's when Joe came over to T.K. and handed him a piece of wood. He then went underwater. I was about to go after him when there was a flash of light.

"Ikkakumon digivolve to... Zudomon."

 Soon, with Zudomon's Vulcan's Hammer we sent MegaSeadramon back to the Digi-World. Then Joe's crest's light opened up the fog bank. "Full steam ahead." Yelled Joe and we all went through the opening.

"Woo-hoo!"Alcinamon shouted from the air. "This is FUN!"

 "Be careful up there, Alcinamon!" Joe shouted up to her. "You might hurt yourself again."

 "If I did, it wouldn't be for the first time." However, Alcinamon seemed apparently miffed by Joe's concern for her. So, she flew down and landed on Zudomon's back. "There, are you happy now?"

 "Joe," I laughed. "Alcinamon, don't be so hard with the guy."

 "Why can't I?" she asked, confused.

I just sighed. We came on shore and started to look for the others. Tai and Kari had escaped from the Bakemon but not their parents. Soon they met up with Matt. Tai asked him to look after Kari as he went out to help his parents.

Izzy had gotten a Digital barrier from Gennai. That kept the Bakemon from seing them. He told his parents to stay where it was safe. He then headed to where the Fog Barrier was in order to shut it off.

 Lillymon was drained of her power and her body turned gray. That's when it seemed like two Bakemon grabbed Sora. Mimi was caught. Then Biyomon and Sora's mom threw off their disguises. Sora was happy to see them. Then more Bakemon surrounded them. Biyomon Digivolved to Birdramon. She grabbed Lillymon and Sora's mom told her daughter to get out of here. Sora didn't want to go. Mimi and Sora's mom kept telling her to get away. Sora grabbed Birdramon's leg. She yelled out:

"I'll be back, I promise...."She held back her tears.

Soon she found Matt held up with Kari and Gabumon. She asked where was Tai and found out he was trying to find his parents.

 Izzy was looking around the T.V. station when some Bakemon almost caught him and Tentomon. A door opened up behind him and a hand grabbed him to pull him into the room. Izzy found himself facing Matt's father. He was also trying to find a way to reach the others outside the fog bank. They worked together trying to find a way to destroy the fog.

As Sora and Matt were talking, Phantomon showed up with some other digimons. Gabumon digivolved to Garurumon. Birdamon digivolved to Garudamon. But they were not strong enough to stop the evil digimon. Phantomon wrapped Matt in chains. Sora came at him with a stick but he cut it with his scythe and she fell back.

Kari walked up to Phantomon. "Stop it. I'm the one you are looking for. If you leave my friends alone I'll come quietly."

"That's a deal."Both Evil digimon released Garurumon and Garudamon. Kari was put into an energy ball. "Matt, stop her." Yelled Sora but it was too late. Phantomon and Kari flew off. "What am I going to tell Tai?"

As we were looking for the shore we heard a voice call out from the fog. We then saw Wizardmon. Zudomon pulled him out of the water. He was tired but okay. That's when T.K. saw the crest.

"Look he got someone's crest."

"We got to give this to Kari and Gatomon."

"Don't worry we will. Just save your strength, Wizardmon."

"Amy???"

"That's me. Don't worry, we are going to find them and kick Myotismon back into Digi-dust."

"Amy is right. We aren't going to take any more of his orders or his beatings."

"Land-ho!"

 We headed into the city as fast as we could. Soon we found Matt, Garurumon, Sora, Garudamon and Lillymon. Wizardmon healed Lillymon. At first Lillymon almost attacked him, but we told her that he was now on our side. And then, she almost attacked Alcinamon, too, but I stepped in and told her otherwise.

 Alcinamon hovered by Wizardmon like a concerned parent, almost determined not to let him get himself hurt again.

 "Why are you doing this?" Wizardmon asked, looking at her. "You never cared about this sort of thing…"

 Alcinamon looked at him."Let's just say Myotismon is a pain in the Digi-rear. In any case, Wizardmon, you're my friend. I just want to make sure you're all right. If anything happened…" She cut herself off, then came back with,

 "Myotismon and I have a score to settle, anyway." She didn't elaborate. "I have the feeling I tried the same thing as you did. I tried to find the crest of the 8th child. I figured it out before anyone else did." Wizardmon stared at her.

 "THAT'S why you left, then?"

 "Yes, and, if I didn't, Myotismon would have forced Kari's name from me. I HAD to leave and I had to protect Kari, to make sure that Myotismon didn't know. Things got complicated after that."

Well things speeded up after we met up with Matt and Sora. We had to find Kari and Gatomon and fast. There was no way I was going to let that Vamp hurt anyone else.

Wizardmon told us where Myotismon was making the fog. Alcinamon and me wanted to head there right away but Sora and Lillymon wanted to go back to the community center to find Mimi and Sora's mom. We raced over to find all but Mimi under a spell. We couldn't wake anyone up.

"If anyone's going to wake up, we've got to take out that Vamp."

"Vamp??" Mimi looked at me.

"It's a nickname I gave Myotismon. He doesn't like it at all."

"So what are we waiting for let's get that Vamp." I looked at Matt. He had grown up a lot but then it seem he had grown a bit cold on the feelings. I hoped that I could break though all that cool act.

"That does it," Alcinamon snarled. "Myotismon is going to be destroyed once and for all."

 "Alcinamon…" I started.

 "Amy, you don't seem to get it, do you? If he keeps his control here, he will extend his hold all across this Earth. He won't just stop there; he'll take over the Digital world, too. He'll keep taking over until he's satisfied and, knowing him, his satisfaction is relatively non-existent…"

 I paused. She was right. Somehow, I knew it. "We've got to stop him."

 "All right then, Wizardmon, show us the way," Alcinamon stated, taking charge. "Just tell us where to go. You don't have to come, if you don't want to…"

 Wizardmon shook his head. "I'm coming."

 "Suit yourself," Alcinamon responded, with a shrug.

Mimi went home fast to get out of her pajamas. We then headed for the T.V. station. I rode on Garurumon with Matt. T.K. and Joe was on Zudomon. Alcinamon, Wizardmon and Lillymon flew beside Garudamon who had Sora and Mimi.

That when I saw Tai riding on Greymon. I could feel Matt tense up. "What's wrong Matt?"

When he didn't say anything I gave him a squeeze. Matt looked back at me.

"What's wrong? Don't lie to me."

"I lost Kari to Phantomon. Tai going to..."

"First off Tai isn't going to trash you. She did go willingly. Okay."

 Matt just nodded. I was worried about what was going to happen next. Well at first Tai looked like he was going to go all out at Matt but there wasn't any real time to do it.

Soon we found Matt and T.K.'s dad with Izzy at the T.V. station. Tentomon looked at me, Alcinamon and Wizardmon. I bet we looked like a strange group.