The Unknown Returns

Author's note: Well here is my eighth chapter! I hope you like. But I must warn you now; you might need a box of tissues!

Disclaimer: I don't own digimon because if I did, I'd be rich!

The Unknown Returns

Death's miracles

T.k watched as the dark bubble of energy that descended over him and his foe, for once in his life he knew that the only way out of this fight alive was to win. Angemon stood his ground between his partner and the dark nightmare that haunted him. " Oh look what I've done, I seemed to have accidentally blocked your friends from joining the party!" Devilamon mocked, his maniacal laughter sent shivers up T.k's spine.

"Angemon we don't know who strong he is now and you can't digivolve to ultimate so please be careful" T.k said calmly.

"Don't worry T.k I won't let him hurt you." Angemon said as he watched Devilamon.

"Don't worry about me you just watch yourself and I'll be fine!" T.k yelled as Angemon flew off to fight one of the hardest battles of his life.

Matt looked on through the dark field that blocked his path. He looked around at the group and saw that nether of them could look away from the furious battle that had begun between the heavenly angel and the foul being of darkness that had haunted his younger brother since their fist confrontation. Joe and Sora knelt at Kari's side as they attempted to see to her wounds. Matt turned his attention back to the battle just as he saw Angemon get hit with a furious blow then recover and attack Devilamon with an attack that was just as ferocious. Matt couldn't stand just standing there, watching his young sibling fight alone. " Hey Izzy! Instead of just standing there why don't you figure out a way to get though this wall!" He fumed as he walked over to the red-haired boy.

"Right, I'll just run a quick analysis…" Izzy trailed off as he knelt down with his computer.

" So Tai what's the plan if we do get though?" Yolie asked as she stared at the ongoing battle. Tai thought for a minute before answering him.

" To be honest Yolie, I don't know. Even if we got though, our digimon are too weak they'd never stand a chance against Devilamon." Tai said as he watched the battle. Angemon was beginning to tire and was starting to grow sluggish in his attempts to evade the on coming attacks. Tai finally snapped out of his thoughts and turned to the rest of the group. " Okay guys, T.k needs our help. We have to get him and Angemon out of there and fast. Any ideas?" Tai asked.

Izzy looked up from his screen. "I may have one idea but it'll only work if my theory is correct." He said as he looked at the worried faces of his comrades.

"Well what is it Izzy?" Matt asked as he looked at the computer genius.

"Well if my theory is correct and it should be, the dark shield doesn't pass the surface of the ground. So if we dig a tunnel underground then one of us should be able to get in there and get T.k and Angemon out fast enough before Devilamon figures out what's happening. That should give us a few minutes after to come up with a new plan." Izzy explained. He looked at Tai, who had again averted his attention to the furious battle.

"Ok let's do it! And hurry, they can't hold out much longer," was Tai's verdict as they began work on the tunnel.

"Ok Armadillomon, digging holes is our specialty. Digi-armor energize!" Cody yelled as his digimon partner began his transformation.

"Armadillomon armor digivolved to ****** Digmon! The drill of Knowledge!"

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Angemon was growing tired, he knew that he was going to have to use almost all his energy to even protect T.k while the others tried to get into the battle. He returned a furious blow, which hit Devilamon in the chest. " Enough of these games!" Devilamon said, trying to ignore the burning pain his wounds gave him. "This fight ends here! Pestilence Mist!" He yelled.

"Angemon! Watch out!" T.k yelled as the black mist made it's way towards his heavenly protector. Angemon noticed the attack too late. He turned and was hit square on by the devastating attack. He was blown back and landed ten feet from where his friend was standing. T.k watched in horror as his friend fell from the sky. He ran over to Angemon as he de-digivolved to Tokomon. T.k scooped Tokomon up in his arms. "Tokomon, say something please!" He pleaded.

"I'm sor… I'm sorry … T.k I couldn't … stop him, he's just too strong." The weakened digimon said as he asked for forgiveness.

"Oh Tokomon, it's not your fault, I'm the one who should be sorry." T.k said.

"Well this is just going to be too easy, if that's all you've got to throw at me I'm might as well have just destroyed you instead of even giving you the idea you could beat me. Now prepare to die Child of hope!" Devilamon said. Devilamon raised his arms out in front of him. " Famine Darts!" He cried, small poisoned darts shot from his hands. T.k watched as the darts came closer then he, using his speed that he gained from his years on a basket ball team, easily dodged the on coming attack. Another attack came to close and forced T.k into a roll. He clenched Tokomon's small form against his chest, preparing for the next attack; he regained his footing and glared at Devilamon.

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"Come on guys how's that hole coming, T.k could really use our help now!" Matt yelled down in the hole.

"Digmon's almost though but the hole isn't big enough for Garurumon to fit though." Cody yelled. The group had come up with the plan that Digmon would drill the hole and Matt and Garurumon would go through and retrieve T.k and his digimon partner.

"Damn! We can't wait any more some one else will have to go through." Tai said. He had moved to Kari's side while the hole was being dug.

"I'll go through." It was Davis. "Raidramon is smaller then Garurumon but just as fast. He and I can get through the hole and get back." Tai looked at the young man. This was once a boy who saw an enemy in T.k and Tai was amazed at how much he had changed, he had changed into T.k's best friend.

"All right Davis, as soon as Digmon and Cody break through you and Raidramon go through." Tai replied. Tai heard a small moan come from his sister's lips. He looked down at her bruised face just in time to see her amber-colored eyes flutter open. "Kari! Are you all right?" He asked, his brotherly instincts kicking in as his hatred towards the foul digimon grew as he watched his little sister wince in pain.

"Tai… we have to help T.k. Devilamon is going to kill him." She whispered as she felt this strange feeling come over her. This feeling felt like a great emptiness was about to rip her open from the inside out. This feeling, combined with all her other injuries, causing her to use most of her energy just to stay awake.

"Shhh… Kari everything will be all right." Tai lied; he didn't know how this would turn out. Kari looked up at her brother and saw the worry on his face. She forced herself into a sitting position to see what had her brother so worried. She saw her beloved fiancé as he dodged blow after blow from the hideous being, he held his partner close to his chest. She watched as he rolled out of the way of one blow then was almost struck by another. Horror etched across her face, she forced herself to her knees and watched the scene before her.

"T.k…" She whispered, as worry ate away at her. Davis came running over to where the two were kneeling.

"Tai the hole is almost ready and T.k can't hold out much longer. If we don't do this now, there won't be much left of him to save." Davis said. Tai looked up at him and told him to get ready to go.

"Right. Veemon you ready to go?" Davis asked his partner, as he pulled out his digivice.

"Let's do it Davis!" was Veemon's reply.

"Alright, Digi- armor energize!" Davis said as a bright light over took his small companion, replacing him with a large dog-like digimon. Raidramon was waiting for further directions. "Ok Raidramon, Let's go and get into position." With that said, Davis and Raidramon positioned themselves in front of the hole. Digmon and Cody emerged from the hole and ran over to the waiting team.

" Ok the hole is through but it won't last long, Digmon's good at drilling holes but not that fast. Let's put this plan in gear!" He said as he looked up at Davis who was mounted on Raidramon's back.

"Right, Ok Raidramon! Show time!" Davis yelled as he and his digimon partner took off down into the dark tunnel. They emerged on the other side and they started as fast as they could to reach T.k.

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T.k jumped into a diving summersault and just barely evaded the dark beams that were shouting at him. He knelt down on one knee, holding his small friend close so as not to lose him in the fast motions of him trying to stay alive. ' His aim is getting better' T.k thought as he looked up at the foul creature in front of him. T.k was breathing heavily and he tried to see if there was any place that he could take cover, finding none he turned around and saw Davis coming towards him. ' I knew they'd find a way through' he though. He watched as his friend waved at him and he waved back. Devilamon saw this as his chance to attack. " Ha! This ends now!" He screamed as he let loose one last attack. T.k turned just in time to see a brilliant flash then all he could feel was pain. He fell to the ground, his breath becoming labored. ' I got careless! Now I'm leaving them to fight a battle they can't win and I'm leaving Kari behind! And all because I was careless…' He though. His mind began to drift as he stared up into the sky.

Davis watched as his best friend was struck by the dark attack. He watched as T.k spun and then fell limp to the ground. " No T.k!" He said as Raidramon stopped in front of the young man's beaten body. Davis jumped down off of his partner's back and ran to his friend's side. T.k was just barely conscious and his injuries sapped his strength. Davis knelt at his side. " T.k! Oh man… Come on T.k stay with us… come on." Davis reached his hand out to touch his friend's neck. He felt a slight pulse but it was fading fast. " Come on T.k I've almost got you out of here… I'll get you back to Kari and the two of you will be fine." Davis pleaded as his friend was slipping from consciousness.

"Davis… Promise me something?" T.k whispered as his breathing became more and more labored and ragged. T.k knew his fate but he needed one last thing before his fate came true.

" Sure anything man." Davis said. T.k took a moment before replying.

"Please take care of everyone for me. They still need someone to carry their hopes… and take care of Kari…Please!" T.k struggled to say as his grips on life began to loosen. Davis looked at his friend lying there he considered the request, knowing that this was his last request.

"Yeah, I'll look after them… I promise you," he said, trying to hold back the tears as his friend gave him one last smile, before his body went limp. Davis held back his tears as his anger began to rise. He stared at the large creature of evil. Devilamon was laughing at his victory.

"Aww that battle was just sad. I thought he would have put up more of a fight. Oh well he always was weak." He said as he laughed maniacally. This just made Davis even angrier. He went, loaded T.k's body up on the back of his digimon partner and picked up Tokomon's small form. He stared at Devilamon. ' You've just taken away one of my best friends and I'll make sure you regret it!' he thought angrily. He turned his back on the evil being and started as fast Raidramon could move back to his friends to break the sad news.

He entered the hole and emerged on the other side. Everyone was waiting there for his return. They had not seen T.k get hit. They had not seen the moment where Davis lost his best friend. They stood there and watched as he came out of the hole. They saw him as he entered the center of the clearing and dismounted. Matt, Tai and Joe ran over to help him get T.k off the digimon's back. He waved them off and he removed T.k's body from Raidramon. He laid his body down in the center of the clearing and then walked up to Matt. He looked at the older man as Matt looked on his brother's limp form. Davis walked up to him and looked at him. The others joined, standing behind Matt. " Matt I'm sorry. I got there too late. I couldn't save him." Davis said as a solitary tear fell from his eye. Matt looked at him as if those words had ripped his heart from his chest. Matt nodded and then walked over to Kari's side. Kari stood there, being supported by her brother, as she stared at Matt. She already knew what he was going to say. She and Tai walked over to T.k's body. She knelt down beside him placed a hand on his unmoving chest. She knelt there as if her touch alone could bring him back. She sat there and tears began to fall.

"T.k you promised me you wouldn't leave." She whispered, her tears falling freely. The other's moved to form a circle around their fallen friend. Now tears were falling all around the group.

" He was the bravest of us all." Tai whispered as he stood beside Matt.

"He was a great friend." Davis said.

"He always cared about the rest of us instead of himself." Matt said, choking through his tears.

" He cared about everyone of us, like his own family." Sora said, she looked at the pale form, her tears not allowing her to say anything more. Tai moved to her side and hugged her.

" He kept the group together when we got into fights amongst ourselves" Yolie said. She was more in shock then sadness; she couldn't believe that death had taken one of her friends away from her.

"He only spoke what was in his heart." Mimi whispered. She felt like someone was strangling her, the sadness grew deeper as she thought of past memories.

"He was wise beyond his years." Izzy said. He too began to think of the past, of when they were younger and how T.k always managed help out in one way or another.

" You could always trust him with anything." Cody said. Like Matt and Kari he too had lost someone close when he lost T.k. He had lost his partner.

" You could always rely on him to do the right thing." Joe said. He remembered the day that he had saved T.k from drowning when they were younger. He had told T.k that he was responsible for him and had managed to keep T.k calm.

" He was kind to everyone, whether they were good or not." Ken said. Unlike the others he had only known T.k for a small portion of time when they were younger, but he felt like he had known T.k forever. A long silence came over the group; their memories flooded them until the point where they felt like the world had ended. Kari was the one to break the long sad silence.

"To all of you he was either a good friend…" She said as she looked at Davis. "Or a beloved brother…" She averted her gaze to Matt. " But to me… He was everything. He lit up the darkest hour by just being there. He… He held all my hopes in his hand." She said her tears started to fall even more and she felt like her world had stopped. Tai moved away from his wife and knelt by his sister's side. He rapped his arms around her. Since Kari had joined the digidestined, He and T.k had always been there as her protectors but now Tai felt as if the responsibility had just been unloaded back on him and he felt for once like the things that were happening were things he couldn't handle alone. Kari turned her head and rested her tear stained cheek on his chest. She closed her eyes and then when she opened them again she was faced by a soft orange glow.

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Authors Note: Aww… Poor T.k! *sniffle* Well I'm sorry to cut it off here but I'll get the next chapter out soon. I hope you like it and please review!