Chapter 9
Kelly folded her arms and glared daggers at Aremon.
He shook his head at her. "My, my. It's too bad for you that looks don't kill, because if they did I would be dead this very moment."
"Yeah. Too bad." she replied sourly.
Aremon grinned evilly and turned away from Kelly. "You know, I would have thought that my sister would do a better job of protecting you. She has always been the type to be very determined to protect those that she cares about. Too bad for you."
"Do you ever shut your mouth?"
A chuckled came from Aremon. "Now, now keeper of Trust. Let's not be rude to one another."
Kelly mumbled a few rude things under her breath and turned her back to Aremon. "You just wait. My friends are going to come for me and they're going to destroy you."
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"OW!"
Yolei crossed her arms and sighed heavily. "Davis that's the twelfth time you've tripped within the last five minutes. Are you ever going to be graceful in any way?"
Davis stood up and rubbed his hip. "I'm already graceful. I'm as graceful as a swan." Davis struck a ballet pose, but fell over right away.
"Sure you are."
"All right you guys. That's enough. We have to find Kelly, remember?" Izzy said as he turned back towards the two Digidestined that brought up the rear of the group.
"Of course we remember. Who could forget? We're gonna go save Kelly and destroy Aremon!" Davis yelled as he jumped to his feet and punched his open palm with his other hand. "Ouch!"
Yolei rolled her eyes. "You're a moron Davis." she said as she started walking forward to catch up with the others.
Davis sighed and looked down at Veemon, whom had just joined him. "Veemon, do you think we'll be able to get to Kelly in time?"
"Of course we will Davis."
"I just hope she's ok."
"We'll get to her in time. I know it. And I'm sure she does too."
With a slight nod Davis picked Veemon up and hurried after the rest of the group.
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Matt yawned and covered his mouth. He looked down at Cassie and frowned. Her skin was pale. Deathly pale. Pulling off his coat, her threw it over Cassie's body to keep her warm.
Kari and Joe, as well as all of the Digimon, had fallen asleep.
With a quiet sigh, Matt laid down beside Cassie and pulled her into his arms. Just to make sure she didn't get cold.
***
"You're doing it all wrong." Kari scolded Matt. "Let a woman handle this." She shoved him away from where he had been cooking some fish that Gatomon had caught.
"Woman? Where?" Matt asked teasingly.
"Very funny."
Gatomon hit Matt on the leg with one of her paws.
"Hey! What was that for?!"
Gatomon shrugged. "I just had a sudden urge to hit something."
"Did it have to be my leg?"
"It was the closest thing."
Matt grumbled and got up. He walked over to where Joe was sitting beside Cassie. "How is she?" he asked.
"She doesn't look so great. We need that antidote. And we need it soon."
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Tai halted and turned around. He offered his hand to Sora and helped her up the side of the cliff that led to Aremon's fortress. The others followed closely behind.
Yolei yelped when she slipped and started to slide down the hill. TK reached down and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her up and held on until she was steady.
"You ok Yolei?" he asked.
"Yeah. Thanks TK."
TK smiled. "No problem. Any time."
Davis came up beside the two. "You should be more careful Miyako."
Yolei glared at Davis. "Don't call me that! I hate being called Miyako!"
"Whatever you say. Miyako."
Davis dodged Yolei's fist and hid behind Izzy.
"For the last time, would the two of you cut it out?" Tai said in an annoyed voice.
"He started it!" Yolei cried as she pointed accusingly at Davis.
"It doesn't matter who started it. Just stop. We're all ready at Aremon's fortress and we need to concentrate on getting Kelly back and getting that antidote for Cassie."
Avimon sighed heavily and looked up at the huge black castle that towered before them. 'Please be all right Kelly. If anything happens to you. I'll never forgive myself.'
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Aremon picked up a black crystal and grinned. "With this crystal I will take away all of that stupid girls life energy and make myself even more powerful. And with her out of the way I will have three easy targets. Veemon, his partner, and my sister. Avimon." His grin widened. "Yes Avimon my dear little sister. You will be the next to go."
He left the small room he had been in and walked into the very first room. The one where Kelly was. Still grinning, Aremon tossed the crystal towards the girl. It hovered in mid-air above Kelly.
Kelly looked up at the crystal. It began to glow. A beam of light shot out of it and hit Kelly. Her life energy slowly being sucked into the crystal.
She let out a pain-filled scream that pierced through the air.
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Avimon and Davis' heads shot up at the sound of the scream.
"Kelly!" Avimon yelled. Without waiting for the others she leapt into the air and flew full speed towards the castle.
"Davis! Let's do it!" Veemon cried.
"Right! Digi-armor energize!"
"Veemon armor digivolve to. Raidramon! The storm of friendship!"
Davis jumped onto Raidramon's back and held on tightly as he raced full speed towards the fortress. "Hang on Kelly! We're coming!" he cried as though he expected Kelly to hear him.
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Kelly collapsed. Her breath came out in ragged gasps. Nearly all of her life had been drained, but not quite. Aremon was enjoying torturing her by making her death slow.
"Avimon." Kelly said in a voice so quiet she barely heard it herself. "Davis." A single tear rolled down her cheek.
Aremon dropped the shield that had been around Kelly, knowing that she was too weak to get away from him. He smirked. "Dear keeper of trust. You should be glad that you're going to die now. Most of your other friends will still be around to see the destruction of your planet as well as the Digital World."
Kelly whimpered and reached down to touch her digivice. Another tear ran down her face.
Just as Aremon was about to activate the crystal again a powerful blast was fired at one of the walls and a hole appeared. Avimon entered the room with Davis and Raidramon right behind her.
"Kelly!" Davis cried.
Kelly slowly turned her head so she could see him. "Davis." she whispered. Her eyes began to slide shut.
"Davis! Raidramon! You two get Kelly!" Avimon commanded. Having said that, she dove at her brother.
Raidramon rushed forward and halted a little ways away from Kelly. Davis leapt to the ground and rushed to the girls side. He kneeled down beside her and pulled her into his arms.
"Kelly? Kelly say something."
His only reply was a small moan.
"Come on Kelly. You have to stay strong."
Kelly opened her eyes slowly at looked up at Davis. His chocolate brown eyes were filled with concern, something that was very rare to see in the eyes of Daisuke Motamiya. Kelly reached up and lightly touched Davis' cheek.
"Don't worry about me Davis. I'll be fine." she whispered.
Davis was about to say something in reply, but Kelly's closed her eyes again and her body began to go limp in his arms.
Kelly folded her arms and glared daggers at Aremon.
He shook his head at her. "My, my. It's too bad for you that looks don't kill, because if they did I would be dead this very moment."
"Yeah. Too bad." she replied sourly.
Aremon grinned evilly and turned away from Kelly. "You know, I would have thought that my sister would do a better job of protecting you. She has always been the type to be very determined to protect those that she cares about. Too bad for you."
"Do you ever shut your mouth?"
A chuckled came from Aremon. "Now, now keeper of Trust. Let's not be rude to one another."
Kelly mumbled a few rude things under her breath and turned her back to Aremon. "You just wait. My friends are going to come for me and they're going to destroy you."
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"OW!"
Yolei crossed her arms and sighed heavily. "Davis that's the twelfth time you've tripped within the last five minutes. Are you ever going to be graceful in any way?"
Davis stood up and rubbed his hip. "I'm already graceful. I'm as graceful as a swan." Davis struck a ballet pose, but fell over right away.
"Sure you are."
"All right you guys. That's enough. We have to find Kelly, remember?" Izzy said as he turned back towards the two Digidestined that brought up the rear of the group.
"Of course we remember. Who could forget? We're gonna go save Kelly and destroy Aremon!" Davis yelled as he jumped to his feet and punched his open palm with his other hand. "Ouch!"
Yolei rolled her eyes. "You're a moron Davis." she said as she started walking forward to catch up with the others.
Davis sighed and looked down at Veemon, whom had just joined him. "Veemon, do you think we'll be able to get to Kelly in time?"
"Of course we will Davis."
"I just hope she's ok."
"We'll get to her in time. I know it. And I'm sure she does too."
With a slight nod Davis picked Veemon up and hurried after the rest of the group.
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Matt yawned and covered his mouth. He looked down at Cassie and frowned. Her skin was pale. Deathly pale. Pulling off his coat, her threw it over Cassie's body to keep her warm.
Kari and Joe, as well as all of the Digimon, had fallen asleep.
With a quiet sigh, Matt laid down beside Cassie and pulled her into his arms. Just to make sure she didn't get cold.
***
"You're doing it all wrong." Kari scolded Matt. "Let a woman handle this." She shoved him away from where he had been cooking some fish that Gatomon had caught.
"Woman? Where?" Matt asked teasingly.
"Very funny."
Gatomon hit Matt on the leg with one of her paws.
"Hey! What was that for?!"
Gatomon shrugged. "I just had a sudden urge to hit something."
"Did it have to be my leg?"
"It was the closest thing."
Matt grumbled and got up. He walked over to where Joe was sitting beside Cassie. "How is she?" he asked.
"She doesn't look so great. We need that antidote. And we need it soon."
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Tai halted and turned around. He offered his hand to Sora and helped her up the side of the cliff that led to Aremon's fortress. The others followed closely behind.
Yolei yelped when she slipped and started to slide down the hill. TK reached down and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her up and held on until she was steady.
"You ok Yolei?" he asked.
"Yeah. Thanks TK."
TK smiled. "No problem. Any time."
Davis came up beside the two. "You should be more careful Miyako."
Yolei glared at Davis. "Don't call me that! I hate being called Miyako!"
"Whatever you say. Miyako."
Davis dodged Yolei's fist and hid behind Izzy.
"For the last time, would the two of you cut it out?" Tai said in an annoyed voice.
"He started it!" Yolei cried as she pointed accusingly at Davis.
"It doesn't matter who started it. Just stop. We're all ready at Aremon's fortress and we need to concentrate on getting Kelly back and getting that antidote for Cassie."
Avimon sighed heavily and looked up at the huge black castle that towered before them. 'Please be all right Kelly. If anything happens to you. I'll never forgive myself.'
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Aremon picked up a black crystal and grinned. "With this crystal I will take away all of that stupid girls life energy and make myself even more powerful. And with her out of the way I will have three easy targets. Veemon, his partner, and my sister. Avimon." His grin widened. "Yes Avimon my dear little sister. You will be the next to go."
He left the small room he had been in and walked into the very first room. The one where Kelly was. Still grinning, Aremon tossed the crystal towards the girl. It hovered in mid-air above Kelly.
Kelly looked up at the crystal. It began to glow. A beam of light shot out of it and hit Kelly. Her life energy slowly being sucked into the crystal.
She let out a pain-filled scream that pierced through the air.
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Avimon and Davis' heads shot up at the sound of the scream.
"Kelly!" Avimon yelled. Without waiting for the others she leapt into the air and flew full speed towards the castle.
"Davis! Let's do it!" Veemon cried.
"Right! Digi-armor energize!"
"Veemon armor digivolve to. Raidramon! The storm of friendship!"
Davis jumped onto Raidramon's back and held on tightly as he raced full speed towards the fortress. "Hang on Kelly! We're coming!" he cried as though he expected Kelly to hear him.
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Kelly collapsed. Her breath came out in ragged gasps. Nearly all of her life had been drained, but not quite. Aremon was enjoying torturing her by making her death slow.
"Avimon." Kelly said in a voice so quiet she barely heard it herself. "Davis." A single tear rolled down her cheek.
Aremon dropped the shield that had been around Kelly, knowing that she was too weak to get away from him. He smirked. "Dear keeper of trust. You should be glad that you're going to die now. Most of your other friends will still be around to see the destruction of your planet as well as the Digital World."
Kelly whimpered and reached down to touch her digivice. Another tear ran down her face.
Just as Aremon was about to activate the crystal again a powerful blast was fired at one of the walls and a hole appeared. Avimon entered the room with Davis and Raidramon right behind her.
"Kelly!" Davis cried.
Kelly slowly turned her head so she could see him. "Davis." she whispered. Her eyes began to slide shut.
"Davis! Raidramon! You two get Kelly!" Avimon commanded. Having said that, she dove at her brother.
Raidramon rushed forward and halted a little ways away from Kelly. Davis leapt to the ground and rushed to the girls side. He kneeled down beside her and pulled her into his arms.
"Kelly? Kelly say something."
His only reply was a small moan.
"Come on Kelly. You have to stay strong."
Kelly opened her eyes slowly at looked up at Davis. His chocolate brown eyes were filled with concern, something that was very rare to see in the eyes of Daisuke Motamiya. Kelly reached up and lightly touched Davis' cheek.
"Don't worry about me Davis. I'll be fine." she whispered.
Davis was about to say something in reply, but Kelly's closed her eyes again and her body began to go limp in his arms.
