Izzy rubbed his head. There was a nasty gash across it.

"Ow," Izzy groaned, when he touched it. "Well, that’ll take an indefinite amount of time to rejuvenate. Oh well, I wonder if my laptop still works?"

Izzy went through his gear. "Dammit. The webcam broke, but at least the laptop itself is overall in good condition. Well, the Internet appears accessible."

Izzy typed into the DOS format of his computer, (ever wonder why he’s always typing, when all he needs is a mouse? Well, he types because Izzy is a sucker who still believes in DOS! It’s the only explanation!) "Hmm," Izzy pulled up a map of Tokyo. "Okay, here’s the Odaiba division of the city…and here is where I think I am. So if my calculations are correct…"

"Then!" Tentomon asked excitedly.

"If my calculations are correct, we’re hopelessly lost."

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"Anymore great news?"

"Well, how’s this…Outlook Express is working. I can receive e-mail."

"But who to e-mail?" Tentomon asked hopelessly.

"Now, now. Lets not get in an exclamatory excitement triggered by the fear of upcoming events. We just have to play by our brains. I wonder if my cell phone works?"

Izzy took out his cell phone and dialed his home number. The phone ringed a while and then responded with: "Hello! Thank you for dialing the all-new fat-be-gone work out class! To talk to our experts, hang up, and track them down via road trip! Thank you and have a nice day!"

"Izzy, if lose any fat, you’ll disappear. Besides, if those phone call phonies can make your body fat vanish with a simple phone call, I’ll eat my antennae!"

"Their claim is implausible," Izzy admitted. "But I was trying to call home, not them. I’ll try 911."

"Hello! This is 911 Circus! Watch as our gauze wrapped victims walk high wires! As Bobby the ex-sword-swallower removes Band-Aids without even flinching! As-"

Izzy could take it anymore. He hung up.

"These operator messages bear a striking resemblance to the once on Shellmon’s Beach," he observed suspiciously. "Aha! An e-mail from Genai! Something I can understand!"

"Hi, Izzy," Genai said as the screen came clear. "Bad or good news…I’ve picked up nineteen digivice readings spread across Tokyo!"

Quicker on the outtake than Sora, Izzy quickly understood the relevance of such information.

"Nineteen? But there are nine Digidestined!"

Genai nodded. "I believe they are copies of the originals."

FLASH!

"Jamie! Did you see that!"

"I can’t hear you! Too much turbulence from Kabuterimon’s wings!"

Izzy looked again. The other Kabuterimon was gone! But he was sure he saw…

"Let’s get out of here!" Jamie yelled.

FLASH!

"The other me," Izzy said, enthralled. "It was…but he hated me! They must be evil copies of Digidestined…working for the benefit of a greater being! But who…"

"I think I know, but I’m not sure yet," Genai answered.

"Izzy! Watch out!"

It was Jamie! And Panthermon! But what was he talking about?

Suddenly Izzy2 on Kabuterimon swooped down. "You give me just the power I need," he said drawing power from the Crests of Knowledge and Responsibility. "Kabuterimon, the time is right! Digivolve!"

Digivolve!

Kabuterimon, digivolve to…MalariaKabuterimon!

Izzy whipped out his computer. "That’s MalariaKabuterimon, an Virus digimon of the insectoid classification. Like SkullGreymon, it is befoulment of the Crests power. Its attack’s are Short Out and Poison Bite."

MalariaKabuterimon whirled around. "Short Out!"

The powerful electric blast blew them all into the air. Many trees around them withered and burned, and Izzy’s laptop blinked off.

A warp in space opened up, and sucked in Jamie, Tentomon, Panthermon, Izzy, and the two fakes. "Be swallowed!" MalariaKabuterimon screamed. "Be swallowed, and meet your other existence!"

"Where are we?" Jamie groaned. He looked around he was suspended in white emptiness.

"Ah!" He gasped, as he instinctively tried to "tread water". "What in the—"

"Our location is physically impossible." Izzy remarked, who had just woke up.

"Izzy, I have long since realized nothing is impossible."

"What in the—"

"That’s what I said," Jamie yawned. He suddenly was jolted awake. "Tai?!"

"That’s me."

"I’m here too," Matt spoke up. The other Digidestined came into focus.

"This place is totally bad for my hair!" Mimi moaned. "It’s floating everywhere!"

"Zero G will do that to you," Izzy commented.

"Where are we?" Joe snapped.

Then, somewhere nearby, or else right next to them, more Digidestined began to awake. Copies…

"It’s the evil Digidestined!" Izzy panicked.

"We aren’t evil," the other Tai said.

"What the heck are you?" asked the other T.K., a bit freaked out.

"And how’d you get your digimon?" Mimi2 asked.

"We took our digimon home from the Digiworld," a confused Tai answered.

"Then you aren’t us," Sora2 shook her head. "We had to leave our digimon in the Digiworld."

"And who are you?" Matt2 asked, pointing directly at Jamie.

"I’m Jamie," Jamie answered, a bit bewildered. "The Assistant Counselor of our cabin."

"We didn’t have an Assistant Counselor in our cabin," Joe2 said. "Our teacher was sort of our counselor."

Jamie’s jaw dropped. "So where do I come in?"

"You don’t," answered a third Tai, glaring at the other two groups.

"We have you, though," smirked a second Jamie.

"Lemme get this straight," Matt said, looking back and forth from Digidestined group to Digidestined group. "How many of us are there, now?"

"26 Digidestined," Izzy calculated. "Not including 18 digimon…"

"This is like a cheap episode of The Twilight Zone," Izzy2 scratched his head.

"Allow me to explain," Genai said, appearing on the scene.

"You Digidestined, he said, pointing to the second group, "are the originals. Originally, you left the Digiworld without your digimon, and were destroyed later by Konar, my brother."

"We were destroyed?" the second Joe, (or the original,) echoed.

"I rewinded time and added a new Digidestined who was with you from the start."

"Me," Jamie gasped.

"Yes. And, I allowed you to take home your digimon. You were the second group."

Well, they may not have been the originals, but they still felt like it.

"These new Digidestined ruined it all," Genai said, pointing to the third group. "Konar brought them. But now, I’m afraid…"

A rumbling noise started approaching. Genai gasped. "Konar has discovered your location! I must wipe your memories and send you back! I am sorry, children! Konar is coming!"