Hi again. Something has been brought to my attention.I got a review asking about Sonya's Crest being Faith, and that Willis in America had that crest. This was something I hadn't realized, and hopefully It didn't make the story confusing for any of you who caught that.
Willis will not have an appearance in this story, so we don't have to worry about mixing him and Sonya up, Kay? So please enjoy and please review!
Sorry for that. On with the story!!!
(Kari's POV)
The Fire was intense. It burned into my flesh, making it rip and peel away in great amounts. I felt the heat, I felt my skin disappearing, but I didn't pay it any mind. All I was able to register was the figure standing in the flames. The black coat with the hood pulled up was all too familiar. I couldn't see Karakin's eyes, but I could feel her glaring at me.
Everything went black.
I opened my eyes to the cold darkness around me. I sat up; the lingering feeling of the flames was still on my skin.
I looked around the dark room. The digital clock read 6:45. The sunlight was barely shining through the curtains. I noticed that as I breathed, I could see my own breath. It felt very cold in the room, but my body was emitting an awful lot of heat. I touched my face with my hand to check my temperature. It seemed normal, but I was still feeling hot, and I was still seeing my breath.
I stepped out of bed and gingerly walked down the hall to the kitchen.
Tai lay on the couch with the T.V. running on a music channel.
I opened the fridge and pulled out the milk to make breakfast.
Tai stirred from the couch and he sat up. I giggled at his bed-head and his groggy face.
"What?" he asked sleepily.
"Your hair." I giggled and returned to making food. He touched his hair and grinned. He stood and came into the kitchen and pulled out a box of Cheerios from the cupboard.
"You look flushed Kari. You alright?" he asked me. I looked at him and blinked.
"Yeah, of course." I answered. He put his hand on my forehead, and then withdrew quickly.
"Whoa! You're burning up!" he stated, now fully awake.
I blinked again and returned to pouring my own bowl of cereal.
"Kari, maybe we should take you to a doctor." He said in concern.
"Why Tai? I'm fine." I said feeling agitated.
"Well, at least go lie down or something. You're only going to get worse if you keep moving around." He said.
I sighed and ate my cereal. I felt Tai glancing at me every so often, his worried gaze burning into my skull.
I felt my arm twitch a few times in agitation.
"Would you stop that?" I asked irritably. I saw him cringe slightly and regretted my tone.
"I'm sorry, Tai. I think I'll go lay down." I said. I picked up my dishes and put them in the dish washer and went to m room. When I closed the door I felt my legs shake and my vision dance in brilliant colors.
I leaned my back against the door and looked up at the ceiling. I saw little black figures crawling on the ceiling and walls among the colors. I stiffened at the sight.
Their eyes glowed gold over shiny silver teeth. They were about half my size and their black skin was covered in blood.
I saw a larger figure in the window; the curtains were blowing back and forth in the non-existent wind, distorting its features.
It was somewhat mesmerizing. I walked toward it, almost dreamily, totally ignoring the crawling figures on the walls and ceiling.
I was in the center of the room when I stopped. I felt an intense heat rush through my body. I looked to the floor and saw a fiery red ring surrounding me. It took me a second to resister that it was the pentagram that Karakin had previously carved into my floor. It was glowing through the rug and shining its light on me. I felt the heat of a fire touch my skin, though there was none.
The heat ran up and down my body, giving me chills and making me shudder.
I looked up at the figure in the window again, but it was gone. The colors, figures, wind, and light were all gone.
I heard the door open behind me.
"Kari, Yolie's on the-" he stopped when he saw me standing in the center of the room and looking out the window. I heard him walk up to me.
"Kari?" he asked. I didn't answer. I heard him, but I didn't register his presence until he put his hand on my shoulder.
I jumped and spun to look at him, startled.
"Uh, Yolie's on the phone for you." He said unsurely.
I blinked and nodded. I walked out the door and to the phone in the living room.
I picked up the phone.
"Yes?" I asked blankly.
"Hi Kari! I haven't heard from you in, like, forever!" shouted Yolie happily on the other end.
I blinked slowly.
"Hi Yolie. How're you?" I asked her. I was out of it, and I knew it. I barely understood anything that she was saying to me. I was snapped back to reality when I heard her talk about everyone getting together.
"Kari, did you hear me?" I heard her ask.
"Uh, I'm sorry. What?" I said with a laugh.
"I've talked to all of the other digidestined. We've decided that we were going to the digital world tomorrow to try and figure out more about this Shadow guy. Are you able to come?" asked Yolie.
I blinked again.
"Yes." I responded.
"Kari, Are you okay? You sound a little out of it." She stated.
"I'm fine. Where do we meet?" I asked her, shaking my heads in hopes to clear it.
"We're going to meet up at Cody's place. Kay?" she informed. I nodded my head.
"Alright. I'll see you guys there." I said.
"Okay. I gotta go. Bye Kari!" and she hung up.
I hug up the phone and turned around. Tai was leaning against the archway to hall with his arms crossed.
"What's up?" he asked.
"Yolie and the others are getting together at Cody's tomorrow to go to the Digital world and find out about Shadow." I told him.
"Shadow? That's the guy you're up against, right?"
I nodded.
"Be careful, Kari." He told me. I could feel the concern radiating off of him. I smiled.
"I'll be fine, Tai. It'll be alright." I comforted and went back to my room.
I shut the door once more and fell on my bed. I sighed deeply at the comfort the covers gave. I opened my eyes once more and my sight landed on the rug.
I felt the chill run through once more and I held my pillow close to me, refusing to move.
I let out a ragged sigh and I saw my breath again.
'None of this is real. None of this is real. There is nothing there.' I thought to myself.
I closed my eyes as I thought this and when I opened them, the chill was gone and the room was nice and temperate once more.
I sighed again and closed my eyes, ready to get some more sleep.
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(T.K. POV)
"Hey T.K., I'm going to the store be back in a bit! Hey, Watcha doin'?" asked Matt.
I looked up from the paper.
"Writing a letter." I answered and returned to the paper.
"To who?" he asked.
"Sonya." I answered.
Matt blinked.
"Sonya who? He asked me, almost sounding nervous.
"Sonya Ross, Ireland." I told him, still writing.
"Who's that? A pen pal?" he wore a grin on his face. "Or a new girlfriend?" He questioned. I looked up at him and quirked an eyebrow.
"You're weird, man." I said and returned to the paper.
"How am I weird?" I asked, playfully offended.
"Because I said so." I smirked.
"No, really. Why? Are you embarrassed or something?" he questioned.
I looked at him and gave him a 'Try and guess' look. He blinked at me and I stayed silent, letting it sink in.
"Wait. Sonya?" he asked, nervousness edging his voice.
I nodded, urging him to continue.
"Sonya Ross? Ireland?"
I nodded again, still urging him to think.
"O-Our Sonya?"
"Bingo." I returned to the letter.
"Ugh, you have her address?" he asked me, shocked.
"Yep, and I also have her phone number and Email." I answered.
"Wha-How?" he seemed astonished that I had gotten in contact with the girl.
"She called me, said she found my number in their contact information." I told him.
"You're sure this is THE Sonya? Our Sonya?" he asked me in interest.
"I'm sure." I said casually and put my signature on the paper.
"Let me see." He said eagerly. I handed him the paper and he looked it over in confusion. The poor guy, he can't read Gaelic. I had used the basics paper she mailed me.
"Uh, what's this?"
"Sonya didn't want anyone else to read the letter, so we're writing in her language. Neat huh?" I said with a smile. I took the letter from him and put it in an envelope.
"Are you stopping by the post office later?" I asked him. Matt nodded his head.
I held the letter up.
"Could you drop this off, pretty please?" I asked innocently, fluttering my eyes. Okay, I did that too well.
He smirked and took the letter.
"Sure thing. And just so you know, that eye flutter thing was a little girlie." He sniggered.
"Oh shut up. I hang with Kari." I shot back.
"Yeah, nice cover." He laughed and went to the door.
"Matt, you're lucky I'm currently disabled and unable to run." I said, a smile forcing itself on my face.
"Yeah, whatever." He exited the room.
"Boy, I'm gonna beat you with this crutch!" I threatened playfully. I heard him laugh as he shut the door. I eased back into the kitchen chair, twisting the crutch in my hand.
I sighed and shook my head, trying to push back headache I got from writing that God Forsaken letter.
The phone rang and I sighed in irritation, for the phone was ALLLLLLLL the way across the room. It's a pretty big walk for someone crossing the river of laundry and pizza boxes in crutches.
I made it to the phone and answered.
"Hello, Ishido residence." I answered.
"T.K.? Oh my God HI! I wasn't really expecting you!" I heard Yolie on the other line. I blinked, hearing the ringing in my ears from her voice. I shook my head and turned back to the phone.
"Hi Yolie. What's up?" I asked her.
"How am I doing? I should be asking you that! How's your hip?" she asked. I rolled my eyes. That's a question that's been asked to me quite a bit.
"I'm fine, Yolie. What's going on?" I asked.
"Well, the gang and I were thinking of getting together and going to the Digital world. We want to find out more about Shadow." She explained.
"But, with your hip and all, I'm not sure if you'd be up to it." She said as a second thought.
"No, I'm willing to go, I'm just unable is all. Well, be careful there, and tell me what you find out." I said.
"Of course! But one a different note, Have you found out anything about your mom yet? I mean, they can't just let her go home. Did you find out where you're staying?" she asked.
"I'm staying with Matt until we get things settled. Other than that, I don't know." I responded.
"Well, I hope it goes alright." She said sympathetically. I rolled my eyes again with a smile.
"Oh, I gotta go, my mom's calling me, but when we bet back we'll tell you everything we find out." said Yolie.
"Alright." We said goodbye and hung up.
I stood there for a moment, wishing I was well enough to go with them.
My hip wasn't hurting as much anymore, but I didn't want to risk trying to walk on it and end up breaking my hip again.
I began to hobble over to the kitchen again and looked down at the river of laundry and pizza boxes again with a sigh.
'Go ahead.' I heard something tell me. I shifted my eyes around, and then turned to look around me.
There was no one there, I was just imagining it. I was about to hobble over the mess, but stopped. I took both crutches in one hand and held them off of the ground. I steadied myself on my good leg, and then eased the other under me. There was a mall pain on my skin form the cast digging into my skin.
I had a sudden thought and picked up the phone. With the phone and crutches in hand I slowly began to walk across the room. It was a little awkward with the cast restricting my knee from moving, but I felt very little pain in my hip. I put a little more pressure on it and tried to walk more normally.
I barely felt anything. Before I knew it, I was in the kitchen and sitting in my chair. I pulled out the paper with Sonya number on it and dialed the number.
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Sonya sat on the steps petting Boots absentmindedly. She was thinking about previous day and the things that she had learned. Was this something that T.K. had gone through before in his years of being a digidestined?
Boots yawned and nuzzled his head into her stomach.
Sonya smiled down at him and hugged him around the neck.
"You're a sweetheart." She said to him. The old dog made a content sigh. Sonya laughed and scratched behind his ears.
She lifted Boots' face with her hands and looked him in the eye.
"You are so lucky, Boots. At least you don't have to worry about the other worlds falling apart." She said to him. Boots blinked at her licked her nose. She giggled and wiped her nose off and gave him a kiss on the head.
She heard the door open suddenly behind her.
"Hey, what're you doin' here?! Go! Git!" shouted Patrick, shooing off the old dog. Boots slowly lumbered away with his tail sagging.
Sonya looked at Boots sadly.
She looked up at her father.
"Sonya, you have a call from a T.K. Takaishi." He said gruffly.
Sonya's eyes seemed to brighten and she ran past the big man to the phone. He looked up and saw the old dog sitting a short distance away, staring Patrick the face.
He noticed the look in the dog's eyes and he sighed, almost sadly.
He entered the house and shut the door.
Sonya picked up the phone.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hey Sonya. It's T.K." greeted the boy on the other end.
Sonya smiled and tucked her hair behind her ear.
"Hey, how are you?" she asked.
"In very little pain, and my depression has disappeared. How are you?" he answered.
"Awe, why were you depressed?" asked Sonya.
"My mom. She's in court now, but I'm sure it'll all turn out alright." said T.K.
"Why's she in court?" Sonya asked.
"She broke my hip, arm, and a few ribs." He answered.
Sonya gaped and covered her mouth.
"Oh my Goodness, are you alright?!" she said, shocked.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine now. Right now we're trying to settle some housing issue. They don't know where to put me." She heard him grin on the other end.
"T.K., this isn't a funny matter." She said, placing a hand on her hip.
"Why did she hurt you? How long has it been happening?" she asked.
"Well, for a while. Kari and Matt helped put an end to it though, so it's alright now." Sonya could tell he was uncomfortable about the subject. She decided to switch over.
"Who's Matt?" she asked.
"My older brother, He's pretty cool. He's out of school now and he plays vocalist in a band." said T.K.
"Interesting, what is he like?" asked Sonya.
T.K. sighed into the phone.
"Oy, Matt. Well he's tall, blonde hair and blue eyes; He's always been the lady's man. When he was a kid, he always thought he was the coolest thing, but he was emo in the group, too." said T.K.
Sonya smiled.
"He's alright, though." T.K. finished.
"Your brother sounds like a neat guy." said Sonya, twisting her hair with her index finger.
She looked over and saw her parents staring at her, almost astonished. Her cheeks flushed.
"What?" she asked them.
"Y-You're speaking with another child!" said Mairéad delightedly, as though it was the greatest miracle. Patrick's expression changed to that of an overly protective bear.
Sonya moved nervously.
"Um, can I take this to my room?" she asked. Patrick crossed his arms, but Mairéad quickly nodded her head and shooed her upstairs. Sonya took the phone to her room and shut her door.
"Hello?" she said into the phone, making sure T.K. was still there.
"Where'd you go?" he asked.
"I was talking to my parents." She explained.
"Who are your parents?" T.K. asked her.
"Uh… They're Patrick and Mairéad Ross. They own the sheep herds in Donegal." said Sonya.
"So, I guess that wealth in Ireland, huh?" asked T.K.
"Well, it is for us." She told him.
"What's it like there?" T.K. asked.
"Well, it's very nice. It's green, sunny, except for the winter. Then it's pretty cold. That's about it." She said.
"Over here, we don't get much snow, but it gets pretty cold. It's really neat though, in the Fall, because we have trees that make more colors than placers in Oklahoma." T.K. laughed once more.
"Oklahoma?" Sonya tilted her head.
"Yeah…Uh, do you know where that is?" he asked.
"No. I've never heard of it." Answered Sonya
"It's in the central part of America." He said.
"I'm sorry, I never went to a school. I don't know very much."
"Huh? You haven't gone? How come?" T.K. asked, shocked.
"Father says they teach nonsense and that I was better off at home." Sonya explained.
"But you need an education if you want to achieve anything. Why would your dad say that's nonsense?" he asked her.
"I don't know." said Sonya.
"Well, that's not good. Huh? Oh Hey Matt! Matt just walked through the door." said T.K cheerily.
She heard a male voice on the other end, but couldn't make out what they were saying. She heard T.K. say something, then a shuffle. There was a hesitant silence.
"Uh…Hello?" came a voice she was unfamiliar to.
"Um, Hello." said Sonya, unsure if this was Matt.
"So, you're Sonya, eh? The One T.K.'s been talking about? I'm Matt, T.K.'s brother. What's up?" he greeted.
"Oh, nothing much. I was just speaking with T.K. about School." Sonya answered. She felt comfortable talking with Matt as well.
"Yeah, sucks doesn't it?" he asked.
"I wouldn't know. I've never gone." She said.
"What?" he asked, also in shock.
"Is that an open opportunity for you there?" Sonya asked.
"Well, Yeah. Why haven't you gone? You're not able to or something?"
"My father doesn't want me too." She answered.
"Why?"
Sonya was about to answer, but she heard a shout from outside.
"Sonya! You get down here and take care of this damn dog!" Sonya yelped and stood up.
"Uh, I have to go now. Tell T.K. thank you for calling me." She hung up and ran downstairs to check on Boots.
No, Seriously. Review please.