-1I don't own digimon! These characters don't belong to me and I'm not claiming them as mine! The story line however, IS mine. Hope you enjoy it. Sorry about spelling and grammar errors. If you find them, let me know and I'll fix them. Read and review!

Quarantine

Chapter X

Kari quickly went to the door and pulled it open. She found herself in a wide hallway. Looking either way down the hall, she chose to go right. The walls were the same pulsing blue liquid. She gently brushed her fingers against it as she walked and found that it was wet and moved at her touch.

'It's like the wall are made from formed water droplets…..' she thought. She came to another door and tried to open it. It opened and she slowly walked inside a few steps. Her footsteps echoed loudly around the room. She found herself in a huge bathroom. It was obviously meant for humans, like the bedroom. But they were like rooms for royalty in a castle. She left the bathroom and let the door swing shut behind her. Kari continued to explore and found rooms including a library filled with ancient scrolls and books; a room with a swimming pools the size of a football field; a room like a greenhouse filled with thousands of plants growing in the hot and humid environment; and what appeared to be a leisure room. She hadn't seen anyone else there but herself. And none of the doors seemed to lead "outside" this strange place. They were all inside. Kari began to feel trapped and was slowly panicking.

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Yolei sat at the entrance of the cave, thinking. They didn't seem to have very many options. She couldn't leave them alone but none of them were going to survive much longer without proper food and clean water. She needed help.

"I need Hawkmon," Yolei whispered as she buried her face in her hands. She turned when she heard a cough behind her, expecting it to be Ken. But it was Davis. He was stirring but his movements were slow and heavy. Yolei got up and went to his side, kneeling on the floor. His eyes were clouded as he looked around.

"Davis?"

Davis looked up at her and looked very surprised to see her.

"Its ok," Yolei said smiling. She helped Davis sit up but he was so weak he had to lean against her. He slowly raised his hand and touched his eyes.

"I can't see….." he says, "everything's blurry."

"It must be from the virus."

Yolei saw a single tear run down his cheek.

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Tk slowly cleaned the wound on his face with water. It seared with pain but the ice cold water began to numb it so it didn't hurt as bad. Cody was sitting watching him. Both of them jumped when the heard a scream like a wild cat.

"What was that?" Cody asked.

"That sounded like….." Tk whispered.

They heard the agonizing shriek again. But this time their D3s beeped and the screens glowed black. The two of them looked at their D3s and then glanced at each other. They gasped as it happened again. It took their breath away, like they were being suffocated. Cody put a hand over his heart as he cringed. Tk fell to his knees, holding his chest and gasping for breath. Their D3s continued to glow black and their screens slowly oozed a dark liquid.

Tk saw blood drip into the sand in front of him and realized his nose was bleeding heavily. He screamed in agony and his head seared with pain, feeling like his skull was going to explode. Tk could hear Cody experiencing the same thing in the shelter. Tk could hardly move and his vision got blurry. The surrounding forest seemed to spin and Tk tightly closed his eyes, trying to steady himself as he leaned forward. There is a slight popping sound and a crack spreads across the screen of his D3.

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"Gabumon?" Exveemon said again uncertainly. He looked at the smaller digimon in horror. "What happened to you….."

Gabumon snarls, "Blue Blaster!"

The attack struck Exveemon in the arm and it instantly turned to sticky black ooze. Exveemon gasps slightly as the attack stings. He tries to wipe it off but it clings to his skin. 'Gabumon's attack shouldn't have done this…..' Exveemon thinks.

"Gabumon, it's me, Exveemon. What's got into you?"

Gabumon doesn't answer but just watches him with his empty eyes. Exveemon looks around but the two of them were completely alone. He couldn't believe this was happening; Gabumon had always been a close friend. After all, they shared a crest power.

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In the real world, Matt Ishida was sitting in his biology class. He was taking notes on a particularly boring lecture. He glanced up at the clock, but just then his digivice started to beep. The class all turned around to look at him.

"Matt, would you please turn off your phone?" his teacher said. He didn't know about the digimon of course, so he had mistaken the digivice for a cell phone.

"I'm sorry sir, I-" Matt was cut off when he sneezed. Bright red blood splattered all over his desk. Several people gasped. Matt put a hand to his face and when he pulled it away it was covered with glistening blood. He looked at it in shock.

"Matt, are you ok?" his teacher asked as he walked forward toward the blonde.

Matt slowly stood up. He swayed as he lost his balance, the room seemed to spin. His digivice fell from his pocket as it let off a weird shriek like a bat. It hit the floor with a clatter and its screen turned instantly black, a crack spreading across its surface. Matt's head seared with pain and he crumpled to the floor.

"Matt!"

"Someone get help!"