Saved By Love

Prologue: Rescue Mission

The corridor of the enemy's mansion was dark and eerie. A young blond male with blue eye accompanied by his partner digimon walked slowly down the corridor. The young blond wore black slacks that had silver engravings of wolves on the side, black shoes, white t-shirt with the engraving "Teenage Wolves" on it, and a leather jacket that completed his Rockstar stage look. Next to the young blond was his faithful digimon companion and long time friend. The faithful digimon had maroon color eyes. The digimon wore a bluish white pelt with navy blue marks over his yellow skin.

The blonde's digimon shifted his eyes to his human partner worriedly. The young blond huffed in frustration when they slowly opened the door at the end of the corridor. From what they could see the room lead to, yet again, more stairs and corridors leading to who knows where. After a few minutes the young blond sighed sadly at the fact that they had no idea where they were going or where his lover was being held.

The young blond enter the room and walked down the new corridor. The blonde's digimon looked from side to side, sensing for danger. The digimon was so distracted looking for danger that he didn't realize his partner stopped until it was too late. The digimon collided with his human partner and they both fell to the ground.

"Ow!" The blond said. "What was that for?"

"Sorry, Yamato. I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking? Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine, Gabumon." Yamato got up to his feet and extended his hand to Gabumon.

"Here let me help you up." Gabumon happily accepted Yamato's offered hand and within minutes he, too, was on his feet.

"Why did we stop, anyway?" Gabumon asked once he was on his feet. Yamato turned pointing behind him. The corridor they were walking split into three separate corridors: the one on the left, the one in the middle, and the one on the right.

Yamato shifted his sight from one corridor to another; wondering which one they should take. "Where are you, Ken? Where are you?" Gabumon reached and grasped Yamato's hand. Yamato shifted his focus to his partner. Gabumon gave Yamato's hand a small squeeze. "We'll find him, Yamato. You'll see. We will bring him back safely." Gabumon said trying to reassure his human partner and friend.

Yamato smiled back in response. Gabumon's words made him feel, a little bit, better. "You right Gabumon. We. Will. Find. Him." Yamato said with renewed confidence. Gabumon released Yamato's hand as his focus returned to the three corridors. "Which way?" Yamato asked himself.

Gabumon followed Yamato's gaze from the left corridor to the right to the center; then back to the right again. Gabumon was about to suggest they take the center corridor when the sound of a Crack! Crack! Crack! followed by a muffled scream and pain fill whimper echoed from the right corridor.

Both Yamato and Gabumon froze in place, fearing the worse. Gabumon reluctantly turned to Yamato. Ken? Yamato thought silently in anger. Yamato's eyes were shut tight, his face was drained of all color, and his bottom lip was quivering. Yamato clench and unclench his hands in hope of controlling his fear and anger. No, Ken! Please...no! Yamato feared the worse. Ken was being injured and tortured all over again.

Ken didn't deserve this. He was so kind, so gentle, so caring. Ken was an angel that spread kindness and compassion everywhere he went. He truly did deserve the Crest of Kindness. Okay, so he was cruel and evil at one point but that was beside the point.

The truth was he (Ken) was his angel. An angel that he promised (Daisuke and Wormmon, actually) to love and protect with all his heart, mind and soul from the clutches of darkness and evil. He failed miserably. He failed to stop Ken from being kidnapped. Okay, no one blames him for Ken's kidnapping. Everyone told him that there was nothing he could do. But that didn't stop his guilt-ridden mind. He should have known something was up when he got a strange call that day. Maybe if he paid attention to the threat he could have saved Ken and his family from their fate. No! I will not think that! What's done is done. I can't change the past but I can protect the future, Ken's future. Yamato smiled inwardly at the thought. Ken and I. I and Ken. Together. Forever.

The sound of Crack! Crack! Crack! followed by Ken's muffled screams and whimpers snapped Yamato back to reality. Yamato felt his anger boil over at the realization that Ken was being cause more pain by him. Yamato wasn't sure who him was. All he knew was that he was going to pay heavily for hurting his Ken. His Ken-chan. He, with the help of Gabumon, was going to make the bastard pay for his crime.

Without a second thought Yamato run to the right corridor, with Gabumon following hot on his heel. Yamato followed the sound of Ken's screams of terror and pain. The corridor led to a dungeon. Yamato wasn't very surprise that the mansion had a dungeon. The mansion did belong to Myotismon after all. Yamato grimaced at the thought. He didn't want to believe that someone was able to bring Myotismon back to life after the battle with him three years ago. Then again he can't make himself believe that Myotismon wouldn't come back eventually. He has done it before. He probably did it again.

Yamato became more determined to find Ken as the Crack! Crack! Crack! sound got louder while Ken's screams and whimpers got weaker. Fear struck Yamato at the realization that Ken must be losing consciousness or worse death. Yamato and Gabumon quicken their pace hoping beyond hope that they weren't too late to save the boy genius from his hell. Yamato and Gabumon just turned right at the end of corridor when the Crack! cracking sound and Ken's screams ceased. Yamato listened intently. Nothing. The corridor was deadly quiet. The only sounds heard were his and Gabumon's heavy breathing. Fear instantly struck Yamato. Yamato turned to Gabumon. Fear and worry was evident in his voice as he spoke. "Gabumon you should digivolve. I don't like the fact that it's too quiet." Yamato looked at his partner; digivice in hand. "Ready?"

Gabumon nodded, determination written on his face. "Time to save Ken." Yamato smiled in response as his digivice and partner glowed the familiar light of evolution. "Gabumon digivolve too...Garurumon." In Gabumon's place was a huge blue wolf with the familiar blue markings. Garurumon bend himself down so Yamato could get on. Once Yamato got on Garurumon back, Garurumon ran at full speed.

Yamato looked on ahead. Preparing himself to withstand the horror his boyfriend might be enduring. Just thinking about his boyfriend's torment made him want to punch something (the bastard mostly). He remembered how sick he felt when he got a video that morning. When he played it he felt his heart fall to the ground. The damn video was literally a documentary of all the various methods of torture that Ken went through. The torture went from being beaten with a whip, cane, or a belt; to being burned with cigarettes, and ending in being violated by him. Worse of all Yamato had watched his poor Ken-chan get beaten, abused and raped over and over again.

Anger filled Yamato's mind, heart and soul. He wasn't going to let the bastard get away with it. He was going to find Ken, kick the bastard's ass, grab Ken and Wormmon, and return to the Human world where Ken will be protected and taken care of. Yamato smiled at his rescue plan when Garurumon stopped. In front of them was a huge metal door. Yamato got off Garurumon to inspect the door. There was no door handle, so they couldn't open it that way. There wasn't a button, rope, or door mechanism either. Stumped; Yamato turned to his friend. "Looks like we're going to have to break in. You think you can break it?"

Garurumon nodded in agreement. "Stand back." He ordered. Yamato decided to get back on Garurumon. He figured that they could rush in as soon as the door was in pieces.

Garurumon began powering up his attack. Blue fire developed in his mouth. Garurumon wasn't sure his attack could completely destroy the door but it could make a hole big enough for them to go through.

"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon release a blue, high temperature fire at the door. Yamato watched as the door turned yellow and red. Within a few minutes there was a big Bang! followed by smoke. Before the smoke was completely cleared Garurumon ran through the hole.

On the other side of the door Yamato found who he was looking for. On the ground was a boy with navy blue hair and pale skin. Shock, fear, and hatred started to overwhelm Yamato. Tears managed to fall off his cheeks. Ken was lying on the floor in a pool of blood and bodily fluids, naked. Without even thinking, forgetting everything around him, Yamato ran to his poor, defenseless, frail lover. "Ken!"