Disclaimer: Oh yeah.... need this too. Don't own Digimon, don't own Quarantine or anything else in this story. They are the property of ABC, Toei Animation, Fox Kids, Bandi...........

Trial of Faith

by M

Chapter 1

It started with a little girl in America. And soon spread like wildfire across the entire world. She had come home one day complaining of sores on her throat and trouble breathing. Her parents quickly took her to the hospital. But it was too late. Despite all their best efforts, the doctors were unable to cure this strange, new virus. Instead, they themselves were infected and unknowingly spread this contagious disease across the country. From person to person the virus spread, soon infecting people all over the world. As soon as word got out, countries broadcasted this news to everyone. People hid in fear from this deadly, incurable plague. Others, mainly scientists, quickly went to work trying to solve this dilemma. Panic had struck the globe. But, in one small part of Japan, the disease nor the news of this epidemic had yet to arrive.............

"Hello? Oh, Mimi! Hi! What? You want to talk to Kari? Ok."

"KARI!!!!!!!! Telephone!!!!!!" Taichi Kamiya, better known as Tai, called out to his sister, Hikari from the hallway of their families apartment.

"I'm not deaf, you know. Though I might be now." she responded, irritated, comeing out of the bedroom and giving her elder brother an angry glance.

Tai stuck his tongue out at his little sister before handing her the phone and walking away.

"Boys, so immature." Kari muttered under her breath.

"What? Did you say something?" Mimi Tachikawa asked over the phone.

"Oh, I'm fine. Just that Tai can be sooo annoying." Kari grumbled to her friend.

"I know. That's why I had a great idea. My parents are taking the family on a vacation to a private island today! It's not that big of an island, but it has a big house there with more rooms then my family needs. I thought that we could have a girls night out sort of thing. Just the digidestined, of course but still it would be a great way to catch up on old times."

Kari's face lit up, "That's a great idea!! I'll go tell my mom."

"Mom!" Kari called, dropping the phone and running down the hall into the kitchen of their small apartment.

"Yes, Honey?" her mother asked, seeing her daughter jumping up and down on the floor in excitement.

Mimi invited me to this island for a kind of party! Can I go? Please???!" Kari half-asked half-screamed to her mother.

"Well............" Mrs. Kamiya began not sure if she should agree to let her daughter go or not.

"Please!" Kari pleaded, giving the all too famous for getting what you want puppy dog eyes.

"Well, sure." her mother agreed finally, giving in to the big, pleading face. (works every time, cept in my household, that act just don't work in this family)

"Yay!!!" Kari cheered as she ran into the room her and her brother (o_O) shared to pack for the trip.

"So, you and the girls are going on a vacation?" Tai asked, having heard the somewhat loud conversation from his lower bunk.

"Yup." Kari nodded her head, happily.

"Cool, but I think you should wait to pack." he suggested.

"Why? I need to pack as soon as possible. We're leaving today." she inquired.

"Yeah, but........" he trailed off.

"But what?" she asked, trying to pry the answer out of him.

"I don't think Mimi appreciates being left hanging." he finished, smirking.

"Oh my gosh!" Kari gasped, running for the phone, realizing she had indeed left her friend on hold the entire time.

Tai smiled as he watched is sister bolt out of the room, heading for the phone.

"It's nice that you finally remembered me!" Mimi huffed as Kari picked up the phone.

I'm so sorry!!" Kari apologized to her friend, "I was so excited about the party that I forgot about you!"

"Well, it's nice to know you care!"

Becoming board with just sitting in bed, Tai decided he should get out of the apartment for a little while.

"Hey Mom! I'm going for a walk, ok?" Tai called, heading toward the door and slipping on his sneakers.

"Sure, dear!" he heard her call from the kitchen.

He walked out the door, grinning when he heard Kari's frantic apologies from inside.

"Hey! Agumon! What's going on in the real world?" Palmon asked, approaching her friend, who was watching the events happening on Earth through the portal mirror that Genni had provided for them.

"Well, Palmon, there's some sort of terrible virus down there." Aguemon explained, never taking his eyes off the mirror.

"A virus! What's a virus digimon doing down there?! We need to stop it!" Palmon gasped in a frantic tone.

"Not that type. A human virus is something that makes people sick. It sometimes even makes them delete, I mean, what did Joe say that one time? Oh yeah, die." Aguemon told his friend, trying to calm her.

"Mimi told me about death. I hope that doesn't happen!" Palmon said, more worried then ever.

"It will if they can't stop it. But it hasn't reached Odibia yet." Aguemon said, a hint of hope in his voice.

"Yet." Palmon repeated, sullenly.

"Hey! Izzy!!!" a voice shouted from behind him.

"Huh?" eleven-year-old Koushiro Izumi asked, snapping out of computer dork mode, and turning in the direction of the voice.

"Here!" the familiar voice shouted, the voice belonging to Yamato "Matt" Ishida.

"What are you doing here?" Izzy asked his friend as the blond ran up to him.

"I could ask you the same question, dude." Matt countered.

"The park is a quiet place. Perfect when I want to work on my computer without having to be stuck indoors." Izzy explained, "Now, how about you?" he asked.

"I'm on my way to my dad's new job. (cause the last on didn't approve of him hitting the equipment, even if it was an emergency and the fate of the world was at stake) We're getting the place painted and my dad doesn't want me to walk around the streets all day (not that he doesn't when the house isn't getting painted. ^^;;; I mean, what else would one do? I don't think Matt's the type who would watch soap operas all day. *imagines Matt watching 'Days of our Lives'* The horror......). I saw you on my way there." he told the younger boy.

"Your dad got a new job? Where?" asked, curious (as always).

"The CDC. Center for Disease Control." Matt answered.

"Prodigious (yes, he still uses it)! They're supposed to have the most state of the art equipment. Can I come?" he asked.

"Sure. It will probably be boring alone anyway." Matt agreed.

Odibia, home to the CDC. Dr. Jackson looked at the dangerous cargo he was carrying. Inside was the disease that had put nearly the entire world in a state of panic. He had to get it to the facility, they could find a cure, if anybody could. Now all he had to do was find it...

He saw a boy in the oddest outfit walking toward him. He had the strangest, wildest hair barely contained by the odd pair of goggles on his head. He could ask where the center was from this boy. He just couldn't remember where it was with this terrible headache he had.

Tai walked along, thinking about really nothing. (as always. *dodges goggles thrown by crazed Tai fans* Woo! *sticks tongue out* I'm the dodge ball champion of the- oooofffff!!!! *staggers back up* Too bad goggles aren't dodge balls...) when a brown haired man in a suit, who really didn't look like he should be anywhere other then a hospital, staggered up to him.

"Excuse me, young man. Where is the CDC?" he asked, " I need to deliver this as soon as possible." he explained, indicating the briefcase he had with him, "It's of great importance."

"I know where it is. I'll even deliver it but only if you go to a doctor. You don't look so hot." Tai suggested, offering to take the case from the sickly doctor.

"That's very kind of you *cough*" he said, coughing on Tai's shirt. Tai, in turn, backed away in a mix of shock and disgust, "but...."

Dr. Jackson then went into a fit of coughing. He beat on his chest, making gagging sounds and then collapsed, unconscious.

"Jeez! Somebody help!! HELP!!!!" Tai shouted, panicking. After all, it's not everyday that a complete stranger passes out in the street in from of you.

A police officer across the street noticed Tai's shouts for help and walked over to the boy, "Is something wrong, son?" the police officer asked.

"This guy fell over. He's really sick!" Tai explained, indicating Dr. Jackson laying on the ground.

"Ok, I'll handle this." the officer said, heading for his radio. Noticing that Tai was still there, he made moving gestures with his hand, as if he were directing traffic instead of a young boy, "Move along now."

"Ok." Tai said. He started walking away but, noticing the bag on the ground and what the man had told him, he instead grabbed the suitcase and walked in the direction of the Center of Disease Control.

An hour later, Tai found the CDC and quickly entered, ready to get rid of the package he had unwillingly been force by fate to deliver.

"Excuse me?" Tai asked a woman at the front desk, "Some guy wanted to give this to you, but he got really sick so I'm delivering it for him." he explained, relinquishing the suitcase.

"Thank you." The woman at the desk of the CDC said before taking the satchel.

"No problem." Tai responded as he walked away, heading for home.

"Dr. (Major ^_^(GW forever!!!)) Sally?" the woman at the desk called.

A young, brown-haired scientist turned around and walked to the front desk, "Yes?"

"This just came in." she said, showing the case.

Dr. Sally looked at the package and, opening it, read a note inside, "O-oh my!" she gasped, "We have to see to this at once!"

"Hey, Mimi!! Hi, Sora!" Kari greeted, cheerfully as she jumped into the back seat of the minivan, "All ready for some fun on a tropical island?" she joked.

Mimi pumped her fist in the air, "You bet! Rest, relaxation, all a girl could hope for!" she squealed.

"That's good, sweete, because we're going to have a great vacation." Mimi's father said from the front seat, "Well, here we go (oh, oh, oh, oh)." he said, starting the engine and pulling out.

"Oh, look!!" Kari called turning in her seat, "There's Tai!!"

She waved to her older brother, but he didn't seem to notice her, "Oh well." she said, turning around again.

Next to her, Sora sighed. She had just missed Tai, and there was something she had wanted to tell him.

"Mom! I'm home!" Tai called opening the door and entering his apartment.

"Hello, dear. Your sister just left with her Mimi and Sora." Mrs. Kamiya told him as he entered.

"Damn it." Tai cursed under his breath. He had really wanted to get in touch with Sora. The two had wanted to go out next week. He had just missed her because of that stupid package.

He walked into his room and laid down to take a nap, feeling strangely exhausted for having not done that much all day.

"Dr. Shin! Dr. Shin!!" a medic called as Dr. Jackson was wheeled into the hospital.

Shin Kido, known as Jim by his friends and family, looked up from his clipboard, "What's the problem?"

"This guy just fell down in the street, coughing. Don't know what to make of it." the medic answered, exasperated.

"Any identification?" Jim asked, scribbling some notes down on a fresh sheet of paper.

"Yeah. Says here he's a Dr. William Jackson. From the States." the medic replied reading the I.D. from the wallet they had found on Dr. Jackson's person.

"Let's see what we can make of it." Jim said, wheeling the gurney into the operation room.

5 hours later............

"Time."

"8:15 p.m."

Jim sighed. They had tried their best, but nothing seemed to work against this strange disease. It was unlike anything he had ever seen before. Jim ran over his options of what to do in a situation like this. He came to one he felt appropriate for this type of situation. It may just be a false alarm but.....

"Hello?" the operator asked as Jim as he picked up the phone.

"Yes," he said, "Please connect me to the Center for Disease Control."

"Yes? Oh, Dr. Kido! What? Oh dear. Really? Dr. Jackson what?! But h-he was handling the bag that boy brought in..... that means that he's infected too! Along with this entire facility!"

Dr. Sally abruptly dropped the phone and ran out of the room, much to the dismay of Jim who was left shouting on the other end of the line. She needed to contact the police, and begin the quarantine procedures.

T.K. was happy. He really wanted to see his brother, Matt. When he found out that his dad had gotten a new job at the Center for Disease Control, whatever that was, he was glad. His mom lived near there and he would get to see Matt, and Dad too! Before, it was very difficult for him to see the male half of his family, but to have his dad working nearby was a dream come true. He happily skipped toward the building where he knew he would find his family.

"You were sure a lot of company." Matt grumbled.

Izzy turned red, embarrassed, next to him, "Sorry, Matt. You know how I get when I'm near computers and equipment."

"Yeah, that's cool. Just try to keep me company next time? Not my dad's co-workers." Matt joked, giving Izzy a light punch.

"Sure." Izzy agreed, rubbing his shoulder.

"Are you sure your parents are ok with you staying out this late?" Mr. Ishida asked the red head next to him.

"Yeah, I'm sure they won't mind my staying out. Still, I should get home." the younger boy answered.

"Right." Mr. Ishida said.

The group headed for the door, just as red lights began to blink and sirens went off overhead. As they tried to figure out what was going on, the doors and windows locked and police officers arrived out of nowhere and began to seal them off completely.

"What's going on?" Matt shouted above the noise, his voice carrying a hint of worry in it.

Outside, a little boy with blond hair and blue eyes, eyes filled with confusion and fear, asked himself the same question.

"Dr. Shin! We have another one sir!" some one shouted from off to the side

Jim sighed. This had been the third case of this new disease in the past hour! This was getting serious, really serious, and Jim was getting worried, _really_ worried.

"Take her down to the hall where we have the others." he said, pointing down the hall, but never looking up.

"Yes sir!" the medic said, running down to the room Jim had indicated.

"Dr. Shin! A call for you from the CDC!" another person shouted.

Jim ran to the phone, maybe they could give them some answers, "Yes? Hello? Dr. Sally. Nice to see you. I think we have an outbreak on our hands. What?! The CDC is on quarantine? What?! Alright............ I really don't want to do this. The whole city will go into a panic."

"Dr. Shin? The news crew is here. they need you to make a statement."

Jim adjusted his glasses and quickly ran up in front of the camera.

He took and deep breath, nervous about being on live television, and because of what he was about to say "Attention everyone. I am Dr. Shin Kido of the Odibia General Hospital. I am here to announce some important news.................

In the Kido household Jou or Joe Kido looked at his older brother on his television screen, "Jim..."

"All around the world, a deadly disease has been putting the planet in danger. It has finally reached our small corner of the world. While the disease has been contained somewhat, I want to let you know that you may not be entirely out of danger. Currently, the CDC, Center for Disease Control, is on quarantine. The hospital is also infected. Don't come here unless you are already sick. The high school is also a place to go to if you think you are infected.........................."

On a private island, three girls watched the little T.V. they had with them in interest.

Mimi looked somewhat worried, but not as much so as her two companions. Kari and Sora were worried for their families. Outbreaks were serious, and their parent weren't safe on an island like Mimi's were.

"..............other then that stay in your homes. Do not leave your homes for any reason. There are still others that may be infected, including a boy who delivered the disease to the CDC as well as anyone else who came in contact with a Dr. Jackson, from America. Please, let us know if you have any information and please stay calm.........."

In the Kamiya household, Tai got up from the sofa and watch the screen with dread taking in what was being said, "Oh man..."

"......If you have any information at all about this disease, please call the hotline at 1-800-634-4532. I repeat 1-800-634-4532. Thank you." Jim concluded his speech and the television switched back to whatever had been playing before.

Tai ran to the phone and quickly dialed the number he had just heard Jim read, "Hello! I was the one carrying that bag. I-I think I'm infected." he stuttered as a young woman picked up the phone, asking what was wrong.