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Sora had never noticed how empty a hospital could be. Patients confined to beds. Nurses stalking the corridors. Doctors attending to their duties. Several lights had blown out the previous night. Storm weather. It wasn't doing anyone any favours. She had been visiting the guardian every day when ever she could even if only for an hour. He still hadn't woke up. His blonde doctor,still attending to him. Sora made a mental note to writer down her name. As she rounded the corner, her eyes landed on someone who had stolen her usual seat. The intruder glanced up and their eyes met. They studied each other. Long flowing brown hair. Heavy purple wool jumper. Basic jeans.
"Who're you?" Sora asked as she advanced on the stranger. The stranger stood and offered her hand.
"Lianne. I know who you are , Sora." Sora took her hand and shook it, giving her a puzzled look.
"Oh I didn't explain. I used to be on Will's old team. I'm a guardian like him." Sora gave her a dirty look.
"Are you on David's side?" She almost spat the words. A look of surprise came over her face. Had Will told her nothing?
"No. I'm helping Will. Well, I was untill David put a stop to that." She turned to look out the window. Sora's expression softened.
"What happened?" Sora almost didn't want to know.
"He attacked us. Myself and another Digidestined, Momaru. We were moving to help you with that assault." Lianne stared out, looking past the many tall buildings.
"Did you know Will had a place here? He told me about it once, said he hid a key near the door. Said I could use it if I ever ended up here. I suppose he bought the place to be closer to your team. Keep an eye on you. He was always like that, watching over everything." Sora didn't like how she referred to Will in the past tense, as if he was already gone.
"Wait. Will bought a place here?" Sora asked, how could someone Will's age afford that?
"Doesn't he tell you anything? He's even more reserved than he was when I met him." Her mind trailed off, remembering times long gone.
"Will has a big family. Very big. Relatives everywhere. So it's more like they buy things for him and he tries to pay them back so he can say he bought them. is the family doctor. Flies out anywhere she's needed." Sora made a note of the doctors name as Lianne explained. Sora had her connection to Will's past. She had so many things she wanted to be explained. The urge to ask almost broke her, but she'd rather hear them from him. The two sat on either side of Will, saying nothing.
"You know, he used to be a pretty good tennis player." Sora's mind drifted to her own memories of tennis matches, she'd have to challenge him one day. She found something strangely alluring about Will in tennis gear.
Will had watched how he had met some of the other guardians. One made him smile in perticular. Crashing into another person was such a good way to meet girls. He made a mental note of it. Then seeing how Lianne had punched him for it, made him think otherwise.
"Ah!" The copy of him exclaimed. "Now to the good stuff!" Will cringed. What on earth did he mean by that. The colours infront of him changed to show himself and a younger David sitting by a fire. They were talking about home whilst stuck in the Digital worl. Will couldn't sleep and David was on duty. David had always been a few years older than the rest of the group. Will was the closest in age too him. Yet they were good friends. A chill ran down Will's spine. That was the first night he opened up. First time he really spoke to someone about himself. As much as he tried to block out the voices he couldn't.
"Do you know what it feels like to lose all of that? There is nothing left back home." Will's voice was so different back then.
"Just because they're gone doesn't mean you're alone. Look around you Will. You're part of another family now!" David had helped him that night. He had always given out advice and words of wisdom. Even if he only just made a joke it helped. Will crossed his arms, why was he seeing all this?
"Why're we doing this?" Will asked angrily.
"Make you see some home truths before you destroy yourself." Will looked to his side as the copy, as he now called it.
"Destroy myself? What're you talking about?" The copy grinned.
"This." He said simply. Another memory played infront of him. One where himself and Lightmon had fought to hold off some Digimon so the rest of the group could escape. He remembered that day he suffered several injuries.
"That was back then. You're even worse these days. You're an awful land lord. You don't make this a good place to live at all!" Will found the attempt at humour awful and just stared at him.
"What? You think I'd just let my friends get hurt!" The copy's face became serious.
"If you had just worked together you could have done it, but no, you chose to do it alone."
Will was about to interject but lost the chance.
"You have to learn to live with others! You can't keep shouldering the resposibility by yourself! Did you once let Sora help you in any of the battles after you rescued her?" Will had to admit, he had a point. Had he always been this good at arguing? That was when Will realised it was going to be a while before he left this place.
Tai walked at a brisk pace on the pavements next to the road in the calm sun that hung peacefully in the sky. Matt had asked him to meet, said he wanted to talk. Tai had a gut feeling what it was about. Something he really didn't want to face. As he rounded the corner, he found the blonde rockstar leaning agains't a wall, one foot propped up. As Tai neared, Matt took a few steps towards him.
"So what's up?" Tai's voice had been lower than usual,he wasn't hiding his anxiety as well as he usually did. Matt looked away,he really didn't want to do this.
"I..." Matt started but didn't finish. He couldn't do this to his best friend. Could he? He took a deep breath.
"I think I really like Sora." Matt had said it so quickly, he had to get it out of him. Tai didn't flinch at the worlds like he thought he would.
"I'm not telling you this to spite you. I'm telling you because you have a right to know. I know you like her too. I'm sorry." Matt's voice was the same low tone it always was. Tai smiled.
"It's cool. I guessed you liked her. Thing is ,what do we do now?" Matt looked at Tai. There was no hatred, no anger there.
"Well. It's up to Sora who she picks right?" Tai nodded. The two said nothing as they both leaned against the wall. Watching the life go by them, they stayed in a relaxed silence.
"Hey." Tai spoke up. "Who ever she picks, we're still friends. Got it?" Matt nodded.
"Yeah." Again,the pair fell into silence. They both knew it probably wouldn't be that simple.
"Well, finding you two was easier than I thought." A third voice rang out. They both turned their heads in the direction , seeing a man, much older than them both. Slightly messy pitch black hair. Black leather jacket, blood red shirt under neath. Plain black jeans with a silver studded belt. He stood at the edge of a dark alley.
"Who're you?" When they asked, they had never expected a reply. The man smiled.
"Adam. My friends call me Adam." Adam smiled even wider.
"I was expecting some sort of cliche answer like it isn't time." Matt replied. Something was off with him.
"What do you want?" Tai asked. Adam took a few steps forward.
"I want to test you. I know you're Digidestined." Adam pulled out a small Digivice, old and battered . It had turned grey from the effects of time. It only had one button and a screen. It looked like and older version of the original Digivice.
"There are so many things Gennai never told you." Adam's laugh echoed.
"Aren't you a little old to be a Digidestined?" Matt growled. Adam stopped laughing and focussed on him.
"Good! Now you're thinking! I'll answer your question, just to be nice. I've been a Digidestined much longer than you. In fact, I'm a Digidestined from the Nightmare world!" He folded his arms.
"So what do you want?" Tai still didn't know if he was a friend of foe. Something told him a foe.
"Simple! I'm bored! So, I'm going to entertain myself with you." A pair of dark yellow eyes lit up the shadows behind him. A Digimon.
"Next time you see me, you better be ready!" Adam stepped back into the shadows. Matt and Tai looked at each other and nodded. They were going to need to warn the others.
"Here." Lianne handed Sora a small piece of card.
"That's the number for where Momaru and I are staying. Call us if you need help or anything." By anything, Sora instantly knew she meant Will. Lianne quickly left, looking back at Will. Sora was left alone, to resume her usual seat. She'd been coming here for nearly a week now. Tai was the only other who really visited Will. Davis had instantly disliked him. She didn't know why. Turning to look out the window,all she saw were grey cloud forming. It was meant to be summer and yet here was everyone warpping up warmly. She wondered what Will would have looked like, all wrapped up warm for cold weather. Her mind flashed back to something Lianne had told her earlier.
"He was probably going to leave once he got you out of the Digital world. He never stays somewhere for very long. It's always just him and Lightmon. It's been that way for a long time." Sora's heart skipped a beat at the idea of him leaving the second she woke up. She'd have to make sure he stayed. Just another reason to make sure she checked on him everyday.
"I want to leave this place!" Will roared. The copy looked at him and sighed.
"You want to leave me so soon? I'm insulted." The copy clicked his fingers and another memory began to form infront of him. The day he entered the Nightmare world. He watched as the ground fell away beneath the group. Letting them fall for however long. The colours changed. A shiver went down Will's back. He recognised the colours instantly. Slopped buildings, scarred landscapes, burning trees, seas of acid. It was a world of horror, greys ,blacks ande blue. Will swore to never return.
"You buried these memories very deeply indeed." The copy spoke in a monotone voice.
A volcano erupted. Raining down huge balls of fire upon the world. Will remembered that well, he had nearly died because of that. Will began to remember all the effects of that place. How cold it would be , how the earth could randomly split open. You could be killed at any moment. The Digimon there were all high level virus Digimon, they were either sealed or chose to live there. The memory began to play out the worst part. That world could bring your nightmares to life. Show you what you truly feared. It lived off fear and death. The more the better. Will's heart stopped as he watched his younger self live through it.
"Enough." Will said quietly. The copy turned slightly to look at him. Something cold creeped around his heart, closing its claws on it. It froze. The actual blood in his body stopped in it's path. A sharp intake of breath as he watched his younger self exprience everything. He felt he was actually reliving the moment.
"Enough!" This time Will's voice echoed all around. He heard himself scream in the memory. WIll shut his eyes trying to ignore it. The screams slowly creapt through. His hands reached for his head as he buckled over and fell to his knees. More screams. His hand gripped his hair, threatening to pull it out. Tears fell from his face.
"Stop! Please! I can't take anymore!" Will wasn't even sure if he said this or not. He was frozen.
"Why? Why this!" He screamed at the copy. The copy turned and faced him. Looking down on him.
"You need to confront this." He said simply.
"Why!" Will roared once more.
"To become stronger."
A girl with lavender hair sighed, pushing her glasses back up her nose. They kept falling whenever she leaned on the counter to read. Yolei sighed. She hated working in the store at night. It was rare for anyone to come in and actually buy anything. Especially in this weather. She couldn't just shut up shop either. She hated when her brother had to swap shifts with her. Boredom began to over take her. Yolei slowly picked up a piece of small paper and began to fold it. She had never been that good with orgagami.
"There!" She exclaimed as she placed the small deformed swan on the counter infront of her. Staring at it, she couldn't help but understand how it felt. No matter how hard that paper swan could try, it would never reach the elegance of the real swan. The bell above the door rang. Her eyes immediatly darted to the door, to see an older man enter. Her eyes scanned him head to toe. Soaked black hair, black jacket and soaked red shirt. She blushed as he walked to her confidently. Tonight finally got a little interesting.
"Can I have a medium pack of bandages and your cheapest cigaretters please?" An accent. Oh how she loved an older man with an accent. She froze for a second before attending to what he needed. Then the mundane routine where they exchanged money. Then he was gone. Her heart slowed when she lift. That wasn't interesting. She turned her gaze to the small deformed swan, to find a small piece of paper next to it.
"09174832983 - Adam." She smiled.
