Digimon {Digital Monsters}
When Worst Comes to Worst
Prelude
It was the middle of the night and the digidestined children of Japan were all asleep, except those who were on night watch duty that night. Izzy had woken up quite suddenly, vaguely aware that something was wrong. He discovered everyone else was asleep, even Tai and Agumon who were supposed to be keeping watch and he supposed that this was what was wrong. "Oy." He sighed as he got up. As he walked to the nearby river to get a drink of water, something pounced on him from behind and made him swallow something that tasted like cough medicine. Izzy broke free and ran back to where the other kids were still sleeping, the Digimon that had jumped him running in the opposite direction. Izzy took a last look around before going back to sleep.
Chapter 1
"Hey Izzy, you look kinda tired. You O.K?" Davis asked in a concerned tone as the sun rose in the clear, blue sky that morning. All twelve children were getting ready and finding themselves something to eat before moving on; with the help of their Digimon of course. "Yeah Davis I'm fine. I'm just a bit." Izzy gave a loud yawn, ". tired is all. It would help if you didn't snore so loudly." He laughed, punching Davis lightly on the arm. Davis laughed with Izzy as he bit into an apple, while Izzy helped himself to a handful of freshly picked berries and a drink of water from his bottle. "Alright everybody, you guys about ready to go?" Tai asked cheerfully before hollering at Mimi because she was complaining about not wanting to do anything and whining when Tai told her to 'get a move on'. Izzy laughed at Mimi's antics before getting up before Tai began complaining at him. But as Izzy took a step forward, he stumbled clumsily, before regaining his composure and walking normally again. "Izzy," Tentomon asked in a concerned voice, "Are you alright?" Izzy looked down at Tentomon with a quizzical look, "Yeah. Why?" "It's just you." Tentomon trailed off. Izzy just smiled gratefully for his friend's concern, "I'm fine Tentomon. I just got up too quickly for my own good." Izzy explained beginning to laugh again, "Now come on before Tai starts to moan at us for wasting time." Izzy whispered quickly, mocking Tai's voice as he complained at Mimi earlier. "Alright Izzy. If you say so." Tentomon muttered as he took off to catch up with Agumon and Gabumon.
Later on that day, as the children walked through a particularly dense patch of forest Izzy began to feel a little off colour, "Oh great, just great! Those berries Tentomon found probably weren't completely ripe or the wrong kind knowing my luck at the minute." He thought as a feeling of nausea began to take hold. As a result he began to hyperventilate, as you do. Kari was the only person to notice this, as she was walking directly behind Izzy with Gatomon. {Tentomon knew nothing about this since he was walking up front with Tai, Matt, Agumon and Gabumon.} When she noticed Izzy was hyperventilating Kari laid her hand on his shoulder, "Hey Izzy," she asked gently, "Are you alright?" Izzy hurriedly answered her, "I think I'm going to throw up." He said before actually throwing up, just missing his trainers in the process. At this Izzy fell to his knees. "IZZY!" Kari shouted as he began coughing and throwing up again. This time, however, she noticed what Izzy was puking up. It was blood. Kari looked around helplessly before she noticed Davis and T.K talking civilly to one another walking towards her position. T.K was the first to greet her, "Hey Kari." He said cheerfully, "What's wrong?" he asked when Kari gave him a very worried look, not noticing Izzy, who was by now shaking violently. Davis looked down at Izzy and bit his bottom lip, "Kari." he began, but Kari was already reeling off instructions to T.K to tell Tai, ".And Tell Tai it's an emergency, we don't want to waste time with my brother asking useless questions." She finished sternly. T.K looked slightly bewildered but ran off to get Tai, Matt, Tentomon and everyone else's' attention from those who were walking in front. Kari rounded on Davis, "And Davis I want you to." she began, but Davis finished Kari's instructions for him for her, "Run off to the back, grab Joe and drag him up here as quickly as possible 'cause Izzy's really ill." He said in a monotonous tone, "Yeah, yeah, I got it." He said before running back the way he had come, leaving a stunned Kari absolutely speechless. "TAI, HEY TAI!" T.K yelled as he ran to catch up with the group leader, "Hey, what's wrong squirt?" Matt asked casually, nonplussed about the fact that T.K had shouted for Tai. T.K stopped, panting, a tired Patamon flopping onto his hat. "Something's seriously wrong up back with Izzy. Don't ask me what but. I was told it was an emergency." At the word 'emergency' Tai, Matt, Sora and their Digimon, including Tentomon, exchanged worried glances before running, or flying in the direction they had all come. "I knew there was something up." Tentomon muttered as he flew off to try and help Izzy.
When the group from the front end of the group arrived at the 'scene' as it were, they noticed Joe, Mimi, Davis, Yolei, Cody, Ken, Kari and their Digimon were already there. Izzy had collapsed while Davis and T.K were away getting the others. Joe was sitting on his hunches, checking Izzy over. He finally laid his hand on Izzy's forehead and drew it away almost immediately, "Oh boy, talk about a scalding fever. That's the worst one I've come across yet." He exclaimed, waving his hand around to cool it down. "But there doesn't seem to be any explanation for his throwing up blood. I've checked a dozen times, and it's not something he's eaten that might be irritating his stomach. Trust me we'd know all about it if it was." Joe said sarcastically, "All I do know is that we need to find a village. or something because this is really serious. It could be life-threatening for all we know." The Digimon looked at Joe blankly, obviously they'd never come across this expression before. Their human partners, however, had. "Life-threatening basically means that if we don't find some way to get Izzy better he could. well." Mimi explained but trailed off before she could finish. The Digimon, however, now understood what the children were talking about.
Chapter 2
When Worst Comes to Worst
Prelude
It was the middle of the night and the digidestined children of Japan were all asleep, except those who were on night watch duty that night. Izzy had woken up quite suddenly, vaguely aware that something was wrong. He discovered everyone else was asleep, even Tai and Agumon who were supposed to be keeping watch and he supposed that this was what was wrong. "Oy." He sighed as he got up. As he walked to the nearby river to get a drink of water, something pounced on him from behind and made him swallow something that tasted like cough medicine. Izzy broke free and ran back to where the other kids were still sleeping, the Digimon that had jumped him running in the opposite direction. Izzy took a last look around before going back to sleep.
Chapter 1
"Hey Izzy, you look kinda tired. You O.K?" Davis asked in a concerned tone as the sun rose in the clear, blue sky that morning. All twelve children were getting ready and finding themselves something to eat before moving on; with the help of their Digimon of course. "Yeah Davis I'm fine. I'm just a bit." Izzy gave a loud yawn, ". tired is all. It would help if you didn't snore so loudly." He laughed, punching Davis lightly on the arm. Davis laughed with Izzy as he bit into an apple, while Izzy helped himself to a handful of freshly picked berries and a drink of water from his bottle. "Alright everybody, you guys about ready to go?" Tai asked cheerfully before hollering at Mimi because she was complaining about not wanting to do anything and whining when Tai told her to 'get a move on'. Izzy laughed at Mimi's antics before getting up before Tai began complaining at him. But as Izzy took a step forward, he stumbled clumsily, before regaining his composure and walking normally again. "Izzy," Tentomon asked in a concerned voice, "Are you alright?" Izzy looked down at Tentomon with a quizzical look, "Yeah. Why?" "It's just you." Tentomon trailed off. Izzy just smiled gratefully for his friend's concern, "I'm fine Tentomon. I just got up too quickly for my own good." Izzy explained beginning to laugh again, "Now come on before Tai starts to moan at us for wasting time." Izzy whispered quickly, mocking Tai's voice as he complained at Mimi earlier. "Alright Izzy. If you say so." Tentomon muttered as he took off to catch up with Agumon and Gabumon.
Later on that day, as the children walked through a particularly dense patch of forest Izzy began to feel a little off colour, "Oh great, just great! Those berries Tentomon found probably weren't completely ripe or the wrong kind knowing my luck at the minute." He thought as a feeling of nausea began to take hold. As a result he began to hyperventilate, as you do. Kari was the only person to notice this, as she was walking directly behind Izzy with Gatomon. {Tentomon knew nothing about this since he was walking up front with Tai, Matt, Agumon and Gabumon.} When she noticed Izzy was hyperventilating Kari laid her hand on his shoulder, "Hey Izzy," she asked gently, "Are you alright?" Izzy hurriedly answered her, "I think I'm going to throw up." He said before actually throwing up, just missing his trainers in the process. At this Izzy fell to his knees. "IZZY!" Kari shouted as he began coughing and throwing up again. This time, however, she noticed what Izzy was puking up. It was blood. Kari looked around helplessly before she noticed Davis and T.K talking civilly to one another walking towards her position. T.K was the first to greet her, "Hey Kari." He said cheerfully, "What's wrong?" he asked when Kari gave him a very worried look, not noticing Izzy, who was by now shaking violently. Davis looked down at Izzy and bit his bottom lip, "Kari." he began, but Kari was already reeling off instructions to T.K to tell Tai, ".And Tell Tai it's an emergency, we don't want to waste time with my brother asking useless questions." She finished sternly. T.K looked slightly bewildered but ran off to get Tai, Matt, Tentomon and everyone else's' attention from those who were walking in front. Kari rounded on Davis, "And Davis I want you to." she began, but Davis finished Kari's instructions for him for her, "Run off to the back, grab Joe and drag him up here as quickly as possible 'cause Izzy's really ill." He said in a monotonous tone, "Yeah, yeah, I got it." He said before running back the way he had come, leaving a stunned Kari absolutely speechless. "TAI, HEY TAI!" T.K yelled as he ran to catch up with the group leader, "Hey, what's wrong squirt?" Matt asked casually, nonplussed about the fact that T.K had shouted for Tai. T.K stopped, panting, a tired Patamon flopping onto his hat. "Something's seriously wrong up back with Izzy. Don't ask me what but. I was told it was an emergency." At the word 'emergency' Tai, Matt, Sora and their Digimon, including Tentomon, exchanged worried glances before running, or flying in the direction they had all come. "I knew there was something up." Tentomon muttered as he flew off to try and help Izzy.
When the group from the front end of the group arrived at the 'scene' as it were, they noticed Joe, Mimi, Davis, Yolei, Cody, Ken, Kari and their Digimon were already there. Izzy had collapsed while Davis and T.K were away getting the others. Joe was sitting on his hunches, checking Izzy over. He finally laid his hand on Izzy's forehead and drew it away almost immediately, "Oh boy, talk about a scalding fever. That's the worst one I've come across yet." He exclaimed, waving his hand around to cool it down. "But there doesn't seem to be any explanation for his throwing up blood. I've checked a dozen times, and it's not something he's eaten that might be irritating his stomach. Trust me we'd know all about it if it was." Joe said sarcastically, "All I do know is that we need to find a village. or something because this is really serious. It could be life-threatening for all we know." The Digimon looked at Joe blankly, obviously they'd never come across this expression before. Their human partners, however, had. "Life-threatening basically means that if we don't find some way to get Izzy better he could. well." Mimi explained but trailed off before she could finish. The Digimon, however, now understood what the children were talking about.
Chapter 2