That night, I stayed with Ryo in the bedroom. We couldn't leave at all because of the locked door and we thought up of ways to try to escape but most of them had more cons than pros.

"We'll just have to wait..." I said. "Without Biyomon, there's no way that we can successfully escape. I mean, he has to have some Digimon around here somewhere."

"But you escaped easily last time, Sora," Ryo said.

I nodded. "Yes, I know that but..."

"But what?"

I shook my head. "He had to have known that he could capture me again. Nonetheless, I'm not going to take the risk of escaping without Biyomon."

"But her power alone wouldn't be enough to escape from here even if you did have her," Ryo protested.

"Are you saying that you don't believe in her?"

Ryo shook his head. "No, it's nothing like that, Sora."

I raised an eyebrow. "Then what is it?"

"Nothing... Nothing, I suppose."

I looked at him. "I know that you're probably thinking that we can't do this...but we have to. The others will try to find us and try to save us and we have to play our part. We can't let them do this all by themselves, no matter how powerful the others are... I have a feeling that this new enemy can't be defeated by just the power of the Digimon and Digidestines..." I shook my head. "We have to have faith, Ryo."

He nodded. "I have faith then, Sora."

I smiled and nodded. "You know," I started with a laugh, "when you first came into the Digital World, I thought that you wouldn't want anything to do with me, my friends, or the Digimon. I'm surprised that you've taken this so easily."

Ryo smiled. "I don't judge so easily, Sora."

I shook my head. "Of course, never again."

-

Sora had been missing for a total of two and half days now, but of course, who was really counting but me. It was easy to see that the other Digidestines, including myself, were worn out from all the walking. We settled down on the third day in the afternoon, hungry and tired. The Digimon weren't as tired as we were and tried to keep our spirits up. Patamon, Gatomon, and Palmon has run off into the forest, searching for things to eat as did Gomamon (A/N: Excuse the spelling... Forgive me if I'm wrong) but he went into the nearby lake.

"We should be getting there real soon," Izzy said with Tentomon and Biyomon hovering over his head.

Mimi's head jerked up to this statement. "You think she's okay?"

"She's fine," I answered. I saw T.K. glance up from the corner of my eye. "I just know she is..."

A small smile found its way on Mimi's face and she nodded. "Yes, of course. I shouldn't be thinking the worst."

-

Night fell and the place grew quiet. The door wasn't unlocked and Ryo and I were starving. I grabbed my stomach just as it grumbled.

"I swear if I don't get anything to eat tonight I won't have any energy in the morning," I said.

"Sora?"

I looked at Ryo. "Yes?"

"Is this how your room looks like at home?"

I nodded. "Yes..."

"How does he know about...?" Ryo's voice drifted.

"I have no idea."

It was quiet for a few moments until he stood up and opened the window. A cold gust of wind blew through, giving me goose bumps. He looked down and pointed. I stood up and looked out the window.

"That's a long way down..." I cringed.

"Perhaps fifteen feet..."

"That's a long way down," I repeated as Ryo searched through the closet. "What are you looking for?"

He held out some bed sheets. "Something to tie together so we can get out of here."

"But...Ryo...? I – I mean – we – that is I just thought—" I stammered.

"Do you want to get out of here?"

I nodded.

"I trust you, Sora, but I need you to trust me." Ryo looked at me in the eyes.

Finally, I gulped and nodded. "Right."

Quietly, he tied the sheets together in a big knot, forming a long rope. He threw it out the window and started to climb down. Carefully, I leaned over the edge and looked down.

"Are you sure that's long enough?" I questioned, a lump in my throat.

Ryo looked at me. "I won't find out if you won't let me start to climb."

It was then when I realized that I was holding on his shirt. A clumsy grinned formed on my face. "Oh..." I laughed nervously. "Right." I let go of his shirt and watched him climb down. He made it all the way down but has to jump the rest of the way down. He motioned for me to come to him. I wasn't sure that I could... Shaking, I climbed out of the window and down the end of the sheet rope.

"C'mon, Sora!" he whispered. "It's not that hard to jump down."

I held on tight to the rope. "That's what you think."

"Sora, c'mon, before he wakes up!"

I sighed, closed by eyes, and jumped. Yeah, sure it wasn't a long way down but I'm a wimp. I glanced up the sheet rope. "Won't it be obvious?"

Ryo nodded. "Yeah, but let's just get away from here before he wakes up."

"Aren't there Digimon?"

He shook his head. "I've been here before... There are some but if we stay low, they won't see us."

I nodded as his hand entwined with mine.

-

I had a hard time sleeping. I tossed and turned and probably woke up Gabumon most of the time. Of course I knew that he was worried not only for me but for Sora too. I looked at my empty wrist, realizing that I didn't have a watch. I sighed, groaned, and rolled over next to Tai, enough to glance at his watch. It was five in the morning. Agumon was next to him, sleeping with a snot bubble from his nose. I smiled at this. I stood up and stretched.

I saw that the fire was still going so I grabbed a few leaves and log of wood, blowing on it to get it started and to shed some light. I didn't want to wake the others but I did want to see what I was doing. Quietly, I walked over to the edge of the lake and splashed the cold water on my face. I caught something from the corner of my eye. It looked like a person. I stood up and walked carefully away from the water and near the edge of the forest. Though it was dim outside, I could tell that it was a person. Two people actually.

"Sora!" Yes, it was her, I realized and the other person had to have been Ryo. I knelt next to her. I rolled her over onto her back, off of Ryo. There was a slash across her cheek and her shirt was almost ripped in two. Dried blood was caked on the shirt and on her face. I looked at Ryo and noticed that he too was scratched but worse then Sora. I took off my shirt and ran over to the lake, drenching it in the cold water. I wrung it out and brought it back over to Sora. Carefully, I placed it on her forehead and then to her cheek, trying to wipe the blood off.

Sora groaned and she rolled over on her side.

"Sora..." I whispered, pushing her over on her back again. I continued to wipe her forehead. I went back to the lake once more and came back. I sighed and rolled Ryo over on his back. His face was bruised and a scratch ran from his cheek to his neck. I wiped at him once before tending back to Sora. With blood and a slash mark on her cheek, she was beautiful. I could never forget the way she looked, her delicate lips and soft eyes.

I sat down, my back facing them, my shirt folded on Sora's forehead, hoping she would wake up. I was a few feet away from the lake. I leaned over to get a look at the others were, reluctantly, were still sleeping. I noticed Gabumon sprawled on the floor. I smiled. I then heard the soft sound of motions. I turned around quickly. Sora was sitting up, her arm across her chest grasping her other arm. She smiled, weakly, and tried to stand up.

I jumped from my feet and caught her before she fell. "Sora, you shouldn't—"

"Yes, I shouldn't..." she interrupted.

I didn't say anything as I helped her back down. She glanced at Ryo. "Is he okay?" she asking, picking up my shirt from the floor.

"I don't know. He hasn't woken up."

"What time is it?" she asked.

I shrugged. "Maybe almost five-thirty in the morning."

A smile spread across her face. "I would be sleeping in my own bed if I were home."

I nodded. "Yes as would everyone else." I wanted nothing more to wrap my arms around her but I held back, unsure of what her reaction would be if I did so.

Sora looked at me. "Matt?"

My name floated off her tongue. I swallowed. "Yeah?"

"I...I..." she stammered.

I didn't take my eyes off her. She fell onto me, crying. She wrapped her arms around my neck and I wrapped mine around her waist. I could hear her deep sobs and felt the way her shoulders moved in motion with her cries. Blankly, I kissed her forehead, only glad to have her back.

(Author's Note: bows I'm so sorry for not updating in FOREVER! xD I'm not dead just to let everyone know! My stories have been...well, pushed back above all things. I'm only on the computer for a few hours and even so, I'm having massive writer's block in all of my stories. ;-; It's horrible... But I've come back! With this rather long chapter. -smiles-

Anyways, I love the way that I ended this chapter I must say so myself. :D I'm sorry if Sora and Matt seem so self-centered but I wanted this story to really focus on the love that they have for one another. They're fighting internal conflicts as well as external. I've tried to tie this into their relationship. I hope everyone is enjoying this. I really wish that I could go back and rewrite the first like...5 or 6 chapters but I can't and I won't.

Oh, and one more thing, please review!)