Chapter 8 What Matters Most

...Somewhere in Odaiba that same Night...

In a dark room we see Davis layed down on the ground against and surrounded by old rusty walls 2 broken windows on each side and a ladder that led up to a catwalk above him he stirred as he begun to regain conciousness.

"Ugh where am I?" Davis asked as woke up and he saw his wrists were tied to two poles between him.

"Where you belong rat." Someone said.

"Who are you? Show yourself." He said as he looked in the shadow and out came three people of which two were girls and one was a guy. One girl was blonde headed with brown eyes wearing a black tanktop blue shorts and green boots. The other girl was long brown haired blue eyes wearing a green shirt black jeans and brown shoes. And the guy was black haired with green eyes wearing a red shirt covered by a open brown hoodie gray pants and purple nickies.

"Hello rat." Said the brown haired girl.

"Who are you guys?" Davis asked but was kicked in the face by the guy with his right foot as Davis fell on the ground.

"Speak when spoken to loser." The guy said.

"As for who we are Im Alice, the other girl is Eva, and the guy is Dereck." The blonde haired girl said now known as Alice.

"What do you want with me?" Davis asked getting up again but was kicked in the gut by Dereck making him groan in pain.

"What we want is revenge." Alice said.

"Revenge?" Davis asked looking at her holding his gut.

"Yeah revenge for ruining the most perfect couple that has ever exsisted." Eva said.

"Tk and Kari were meant to be together until a scum like you ruined it. You force yourself on to Kari and now she's pregnant with a rat's baby." Dereck said kicking Davis in the face as he fell on his back as he turned his head and spitted out blood as he raised up.

"I-It was Kari's choice to be with me. I didn't nor would I ever force her to do something she would'nt want to do." Davis growled but was struck with a catleprod by Alice and was shocked as he yelled and fell back down slightly twitching from the shock.

"Say whatever you want rat, but here you will get JUST what you deserve." Alice smiled sickly as Davis glared at her.

...At the Motomiya's...

"Ok thank you Jessica. We'll keep trying." Jack said as he hung up the phone and turned to Gina, Ken, Yolie, Suki, and Tk.

"So?" Gina asked her husband though she already knew the answer.

"Still nothing about Davis." Jack sighed with Gina looking down as the others had sad looks on their faces. Its been offically five days since Davis went missing and everyone had been looking high and low for our fair goggledhead but nobody has'nt found anything which bring us at this Sunday at 12:00pm in the Motomiya Residance.

"I cant take this!" Suki said.

"Suki calm down." Yolie said.

"We've been looking for five days and have'nt found anything!" Suki screamed crying as Tk holded on to her.

"We know we know, its just it seems like we cant get a single led on Davis' whereabouts." Yolie sighed.

"We know for a fact Davis would never leave like this espically with Kari in her condition. So its only right to assume he was kidnapped." Ken said.

"But who in the right mind would kidnap Davis?" Tk asked.

"I wish he was here right now." Yolie sighed covering her face.

"I hope to god he's ok." Suki sobbed.

"So do the rest of us." Tk said.

"We'll find Davis promise!" Ken said looking at both Gina and Jack as they nodded.

"Thank you kids." Jack said.

"You have no idea how much this means to me." Gina said.

"I just wonder how much Kari will be able to hold up both phisically and mentally." Ken thought with worry.

...At Davis' and Kari's Apartment...

Kari was sitting alone in her room she and Davis shared laying on the bed looking like she just wanted to die, ever since Davis has been missing Kari has been worrying herself to no end thinking about her Davis and where he could be. She hated not knowing where he was and she could'nt do a thing about it she could'nt go look for him cause her Mom, Gina, Jessica, and Mia told her she should stay put cause too much movement could hurt the baby, she could'nt call him cause she had his cell phone, and the police cant do a thing since they have'nt found find a trace of him anywhere. Whoever did this obviously didn't want Davis to be found and this scared Kari what if he was thrown in the middle of the forest with no way to contact anyone, or what if they locked him up somewhere, or what if they killed him. That scared her the most she could'nt imagine a life without Davis espiscially with the baby comming any day now, so here she was laying on the bed almost giving up on her will to live but the only thing that kept her going was the baby and the bear Davis gave her that night they admited they loved each other as she was clutching onto it now looking at it.

"Davis where are you?" Kari asked as she closed her eyes and began crying her heart out again.

...At Odaiba Park...

"This is fucking ridiculious!" Tai growled as he banged his head againt the tree.

"Thats not gonna help Tai." Joe said sitting on the park bench.

"You wanna be this tree's replacment?! Then shut the hell up?!" Tai roared as he banged his head again.

"Hey Im just..!" Joe said but Janet grabbed his left shoulder making him look at her as she shook her head signaling to not to say anything so he just kept quite.

"I dont know how much longer I can take this." Jun said in her arms as she was sitting infont of the lake with her arms over her knees and head down.

"I wish Davis had his D-3 or D-Terminal on him that way we can track and find him." Mimi sighed as she was sitting infront of tree beside Izzy.

"Too bad he was'nt carrying them Mimi." Izzy said.

"I know thats why Im saying I wish he had them." Mimi said.

"Sora how's Kari doing?" Matt asked who was leaning his back on same tree Tai was on.

"Still the same as before barley talks, or leave that bedroom. She still eats and baths and everything but its like the poor girls lost her soul and is losing her reason to live." Sora said as she was sitting on the same tree Tai and Matt were on with her hands over head as her face was hidden by her knees.

"Poor Kari." Janet whispered looking at the ground.

"Davis.." Jun said looking at the sky as tears were comming down her face.

...At the Odiaba Streets...

"I appreciate you guys comming with us." Cody said as he and Luna were walking with Jessica, Emily, and Blake behind them.

"Anything for Davis AND Kari." Emily said as she was looking around.

"No doubt man Davis is a friend and I just cant do nothing while my friends MIA=(Missing In Action). Besides work has gotten dull without him." Blake said keeping an eye out.

"Its like Davis was everyone's joy, without him there cant be none." Luna sighed.

"We'll find him Luna, you can bet on that." Cody said.

"But where are you Davis? We all really want you back home." Jessica said as they passed the bay as she looked out in the ocean.

...Back at the Unknown...

"Aaargh!" Davis growled as he was shocked with the catleprod by Alice then kicked in the gut by Dereck and kicked across the face by Eva as he fell on back on the ground his vest was torn as it layed on the ground his long sleeved shirt was ripped off with only the sleeves on and shorts looked torn and raggedy as well but that was'nt the half of it. He had a cut under his right eye as blood was comming out of it with some looking dried up with a blackeye on his left eye he had mutiple cuts all over his chest torso and back and some were deep in the middle of his chest there was one that was carved by a knife it says in big words, 'I FUCK KARI' on it and it was bloody and the fact he had blood comming out of his right knee were he was cut, his left shin, and both side of his mouth plus there was some comming out of the cut over his left blackeye making him close his eye shut. The three monster have been hurting, cutting, shocking basically to put it short they have been torturing Davis for five days straight and have'nt eased up once except for when they left cause apparently they go to his school and they never feed him, but Davis was still holding out strong he didn't care about eating which was good cause the boy had like nine stomachs. No he was'nt gonna give them the satisfaction of making him weak they were'nt gonna break him there was only one thing on his mind that kept him going from quiting and that was Kari and his baby, but he was starting to wonder if he ever was gonna get out of here and back to them as he rose back up.

"Im impressed he has'nt cracked yet." Eva smiled.

"Gotta give him credit guy has balls." Dereck said draggin his foot across the ground.

"Yeah too bad they got Kari pregnant and tainted the perfect couple." Alice growled as she walk closer to Davis and kneeled down infront of him in his face though his head was down and his hair was covering his eyes. "So Daisuke the Rat where do you want your next hit?" She asked in a sinister tone as Davis rose his head to look at as he glared for a minute before a smirk came across his face.

"How about my left ass cheek?" He asked with malice in his voice. Alice stood up stepped back and slapped Davis hard on the left side of his face as he gave a soft chuckle before looking at Alice again. "Fine.." He said spitting blood to the left before speaking again. " How about right ass cheek?" He asked and Alice slapped him hard on the right side of his face as he turned his head to look at her again. "Ok then how about my gut?" Getting ticked off by his sarcasm she kicked him in the gut with her left foot as he bended over forward groaning. "Wow your just getting a real kick out of this are'nt cha?" He chuckled.

"Enough! Your not amussing!" Alice growled in annoyance.

"Neither are you! You horse humping bitch!" Davis growled in anger as he got a angry look from Alice. Behind her Dereck snorted softly for the commented while Eva was trying really hard not to burst in laughter.

"Who the hell do you think you are?!" Aliced asked.

"I could be asking the same thing about you." Davis countered.

Alice was about to shock him until her green phone rang making her answer it once she was done she hung up and faced Dereck and Eva. "We gotta go." She said getting nods from Dereck and Eva as she turned around and shocked Davis one more time making him yell as he fell on his chest. "Be good rat." And with the that the three left leaving and beaten and bleeding Davis alone as he turned his head looking out the window into the sky thinking about one person.

"Kari..." Davis said as he dropped his head and passed out.

...Back with Kari...

It was now 7:00 pm Sora and Tai decided to comfort Kari in all the mess she's been in so while Tai is in the kitchen getting something to drink Sora is with Kari in her room sitting on the bed as Kari was still laying down trying to get her to talk.

"Kari you wanna go out and watch a movie?" Sora asked.

No response.

"How about we go to the mall?"

No response.

"You wanna get something to eat."

No response.

Sora sighed giving up on trying to get Kari to move she just didn't know what to do and she hated seeing her 'little sister' like this.

"Kari we'll find him and bring him back to you before you know it." Sora said.

As soon as she said that Kari sat straight up and gasped as she grabbed her stomach with her left hand as she still holded on to the bear with her right hand.

"Kari are you ok?" Sora asked as she came to her side.

"No! My water just broke!" Kari shouted making Sora freeze in fear.

"Oh my... TAI!" Sora shouted as Tai bursted through the door.

"What is it!" Tai asked in worry.

"Kari's water just broke!" Sora shouted as Tai's eyes grew wide in shock.

"Shit! I'll go call the parents!" Tai said running out of room.

"Dont worry Kari we'll get you to the hospital." Sora said trying to soothe her.

"This cant be happening. Not now." Kari cried in as he was holding on to her stomach in pain.

...With the Younger Kids...

"Ok well thanks for checking out Emily. We'll report if we find anything." Yolie said as she hung up the phone and turned to Tk. "Still nothing."

"Man this is some bullshit." Tk groaned in annoyance.

"We just have to stay positive." Luna said trying to brighten up their spirites.

"Yeah and hope nothing else bad happends." Suki said as Ken's cell phone rang as he answered it.

"Hello? Oh hey Tai, hows.." Ken trailed off as Tai told him something that made Ken stop breathing for a moment as the others saw this before he spoke again. "Ok we're on our way!" He said hanging up.

"What is it?" Cody asked.

"Its Kari her water just broke!" Ken told them as they gasped. "We gotta get to the hospital!" And with than Ken ran off with Yolie, Tk, Suki, Cody, and Luna right behind him.

...At the Hospital...

As Yuuko ran down the hall wheeling Kari in a wheelchair with Susumu, Gina, Jack, Sora, Jun, and Tai around her said girl was groaning and screaming in pain.

"Kari your gonna be ok!" Tai shouted as he could nothing for his little sister as she screamed.

"Lets hope!" Jun said as they kept running.

"Over here!" Mia shouted gaining their attantion as they came in a room.

"How is she?" Sora asked.

"We'll she's in labor right now, so I'd say in two to three hours." Mia said as Susumu and Jack layed Kari on the bed. "Im gonna need help getting the gown on her." She said facing Yuuko and Gina.

...An hour later...

"Ok she's stable for now but I dont know how long she'll be able to hold." Mia told them,

"Kari!" Everyone looked to see Ken, Tk, Cody, Yolie, Suki, and Luna in the doorway.

"You ok?" Tk asked as they all walked in.

"Well despite the fact Im in labor, my baby is on its way, and the fact the father is still missing Im just peachy!" Kari seethed grinding her teeth.

"Sorry standard question." Tk said scratching the back of his head with his left hand.

"So how long you got?" Suki asked.

"She has an hour left." Sora said.

"This is so unfair." Kari cried as tears fell down her cheeks but then she screamed and bended over clutching on her stomach.

"Kari whats wrong?!" Yolie asked.

"The pain is back and its doubled for some reason!" Kari groaned.

"That means the baby's comming ahead of time! I'll go get Doctor Wang!" Mia said running out the room.

"No I dont want this!" Kari cried.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked.

"I want Davis to be here when the baby comes! I want Davis to see the birth of our child together!" Kari sobbed in her hands as everyone was sad for her and what was happening. "Fate is really not on my side!"

"Thats it!" Ken shouted as he walked out the door.

"Where are you going Ken?" Tai asked.

"Im going out to find Davis and bring him back! There's no way Im gonna let me best friend miss his child's birth!" Ken said stopping in the doorway.

"Count me in too!" Tk and Cody said.

"Us three." Yolie, Suki, and Luna said as they all ran out the room and into the street aiming to find their friend at all costs.

"God I hope they find him." Sora thought.

...Back with Davis...

"Come on Davis keep trying!" Davis struggled trying to break free from the ropes tied to his hands again but they were really tight. As he stopped to catch his breathe he heard a door opening in the dark as he looked up and saw Alice, Dereck, and Eva walk in except Eva was carrying a tank of gasoline.

"Well this is your lucky day rat." Dereck chuckled.

"Why's that?" Davis asked.

"Cause this is your last day being in here." Eva smiled.

"Really?" Davis asked suspiciously.

"Yep cause this is where we end your existence." Alice said as Eva began pouring the gasoline all over the floor, wall, and splashed some on Davis.

"You people are fucking insane!" Davis shouted.

"Says the guy about to be roasted alive." Dereck said taking out a lighter lit it and tossed it behind him as it fell in the gasoline lighting it up as flames appeared and slowly spreaded from the wall to the floor.

"We love to stay but we have lives to get back to unlike you." Eva said tossing the empty tank aside.

"But look at it this way, you'll be going where you belong after this. In hell." Alice said before shocking Davis as the pain was doubled cause of the gas on him.

"You wont get away with this." Davis growled with some smoke comming off his body.

"Looks like we just did." Alice said turning aorund dropping the catleprod as she, Dereck, and Eva walked out leaving Davis to his burning death.

"This does not look good." Davis whispered.

...With the Gang...

Our group was running in the dark night streets of way Downtown Odaiba desperetly trying to find their friend.

"Davis where are you?!" Tk shouted.

"Come on Davis answer us!" Yolie shouted.

"Man its been 20 mintues and still nothing." Luna panted.

"We gotta keep trying! For Kari! And for Davis!" Cody yelled.

"Come on Davis.." Suki whispered as the group stopped around a corner of a building.

"Give us a sign buddy." Ken said looking around.

...With Davis...

The flames were getting bigger and bigger with each passing second as the roof above Davis' head started to break down with burning peices falling. The flames slowly made it to Davis who was standing as some got on his arms chest and left leg and it was slowly burning away at his flesh he kept his mouth shut cause he didn't want to scream he didn't want to yell but it was getting harder and harder for him. As he felt some of the burning metal that fell from the catwalk land on his back he just could'nt hold it in anymore.

"AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGH!" Davis screamed in intense and unimaginable pain and agony.

...Back with the Gang...

"?!" Ken and Suki stopped in their tracks as the others stopped and looked behind them to see them stop.

"Whats wrong?" Luna asked.

"Did anyone else hear that?" Suki asked.

"Hear what?" Yolie asked confused.

"I could've sworn I heard somthing." Ken mussed.

"Maybe you thought you did?" Tk guessed.

"No I know for a fact I heard something." Suki said.

"Whats that?" Cody asked pointing to the right as everyone looked and saw far away a orange-like light away from them.

"Who knows." Yolie said but Ken and Suki got a feeling comming from that light and dashed towards it.

"Hey where are you guys going?" Luna asked them but they kept on running.

"Lets follow them." Tk said as the others gained in hot pursuit after Ken and Suki, when the gang stopped they saw a old abandon werehouse on the dock of a bay on fire as flames could be seen comming out of the broken windows as smoke was comming off it.

"Well at least we know what the light was." Yolie said.

"Yeah but why.." Cody didn't get to finish as they heard a scream comming from inside the werehouse.

"RAAAAARRRRGGH!" When they heard the scream they all froze with fear and horror as they recognize the voice.

"Thats Davis!" Suki shouted.

"He's inside!" Tk yelled.

"Come on!" Ken roared as they all made a beeline for the door. Yolie grabbed the handle with her right hand only to retract her hand as it got burned.

"Damn its hot!" Yolie growled waving her hand off.

"Fuck this!" Ken shouted as he and Tk charged and rammed the door down as it fell on the floor knocking flames out the way as they walked in tp try and find their friend. "Davis where are you?!" Ken shouted cupping his mouth when they heard a groaning noise comming from the front they made their way towards it to find Davis still tied up, but when they saw him and the condition he was in everyong had different reactions. Luna covered her face and buried herself in Cody's chest as he looked away, Yolie covered her mouth with her burnt hand and her gut with her other hand and turned her head as tears came out of her eyes, Tk turned bended over and threw up at the sight, Suki fell on her knee's horrifyed at the way her 'brother' looked, and Ken just stood there shocked to core unable to believe this is his best friend that was infront of him. "My god.." He breathed.

Hearing something Davis raised his head and saw his friends infront of him looking shocked and horrifyed and all he could do was give a small chuckle as they all regained their senses and look at him. "Sorry about... the place... I would've invited you in... but its a mess." He breathed slowly due to the smoke getting in his body.

"Get him loose now!" Ken said as he and Yolie got to his sides as Tk and Suki took out knives in their pockets and the the ropes freeing Davis as Ken and Yolie putted his arms over their shoulders and walked out of the burning building when they were clear they leaned Davis against the wall of a building as he regained his building.

"Davis are you ok?" Yolie asked worriedly.

"Im fine Yolie a bit banged up, bloody, and slightly burnt but Im fine." Davis groaned rising up.

"Who did this to you?" Luna asked.

"And why would they do this to you anyway?" Cody asked.

"Its was two girls and a guy named Alice, Eva, and Dereck." Davis answered.

"What?! They did this?!" Suki asked.

"You know them?" Yolie asked.

"Yeah from my biology class at school." Suki said.

"As for why they did this, lets just say they were Tk and Kari supporters." Davis coughed.

"Great and I thought convincing people enough I was ok with Davis and Kari together now this." Tk muttered shaking his head.

"Speaking of Kari, how is she?" Davis asked making everyone go quite with how quick the situation was changed.

"Oh now this is so a bad time to bring that up." Yolie said pressing her fingers together nervously.

"Um well..." Luna and Suki trailed off.

"This probably wont end well.." Cody and Tk sweatdropped.

"What? What is it?" Davis asked.

"Um Davis.. Kari's in labor and on her way to having the baby." Ken said.

All was quite for a few seconds before Davis rose up wincing in pain.

"She's having the baby now?!" He exclaimed.

"Yep." Ken said.

"I gotta get to her!" Davis said as he took off running with the others following.

"But Davis your injured!" Yolie said.

"Fuck that Kari needs me now more than ever! And so does our child!" Davis shouted running faster.

...Back at the Hospital...

Kari was screaming and groaning her head off with the pain she was dealing with its been 40 mintues since she's last seen Ken and the others and she was really trying to hold on but it was slowly slipping.

"She cant wait anymore, we need to deliver the baby now." Doctor Wang said.

"Im sorry to say he's right we have to start." Mia said solemly.

"Ok then." Yuuko sighed.

"If we have to." Gina muttered.

Tai, Sora, and Jun just looked at the ground defeated knowing anything they said would be pointless. And Kari was crying for what was about to haappen just when she was about to give they all heard a comotion comming from outside.

"Oh my god!"

"You need a room for medical care!"

"Outta my way!"

"You cant go in there!"

"Wait a sec!"

Was all they heard outside the closed by until it opened and everyone in the room gasped and was stunned by what they saw, Doctor Wang and Mia looked horrifyed, Jack, Susumu, Gina, and Yuuko felt they were gonna puke at the sight, Tai, Sora, and Jun were shocked by what they were seeing, but as for Kari she was stunned but above all she was happy as tears of joy floaded down her face. In the doorway stood Davis as he had his right hand against the frame huffing and puffing as he looked at Kari and smiled.

"Hey Kari baby, sorry Im late." He said as he walked in but a nurse came behind him.

"Wait you cant go in there!" She said.

"My girlfriend is having my baby I think I can come in here!" Davis shouted looking at her.

"But in your condition you need to be healed!" The nurse said.

"I can worry about me later! Right now Kari's more important!" Davis said going to Kari's right and taking her hand in his.

"You might was well give up." Jack chuckled.

"Yes my son can be quite stubborn when he want to be." Gina smiled.

"Oh alright." The nursed said sighing in defeat as she left.

"W-Well now that Davis is here I guess we can begin." Doctor Wang said.

"Davis your actually here.." Kari whispered still smiling with tears comming out.

"I would'nt miss this for the world." Davis smiled at her.