My New Year's Resolution is to finish this story, and start on Volume II. Let's just hope that I will. I mean, I am the author of this Fanfic. I have the power to end it right at the palm of my hands. I could just say,
"Teh Digidestind kills Apocalymon. Teh end!" And end it, right on that spot.
But of course, I absolutely DO NOT stoop that far when it comes to creations like this. So, I'll try to wrap this up as soon as possible, but that probably won't come until several more chapters. I have so much more to write towards endgame. I try not to disappoint. Anyways, enjoy.
CHAPTER 26:
Keyblade Change
I Do NOT own Digimon or Kingdom Hearts
Bridge
From returning from a battle with a phantom that could have destroyed them all, the Digidestined, with Sora, Donald and Goofy, made it back to Odiaba. Still as dark and depressing as always. Change probably won't happen anytime soon. Though the people does seem less depressed for some reason. They're actually more social, than anti.
"Wonder what's with them." Tai said.
"Maybe since we defeated Phantomon, some of the town's folk are starting to be more active?" Izzy said. "Apocalymon and the heartless did look like they put some sort of curse on the town, making most of the people depressed."
"I guess."
"What should we do now?" Sor said.
"I guess, just go back home. We still don't know anyway of getting further. We should keep our eyes peeled."
Gee, I sure do wish another one of those visions will pop up in my head right about now...
Kari was thinking to herself, while holding her heart. During that last fight, Kari had a splitting headache, and saw a vision of Sora, Donald and Goofy, with someone else fighting a heartless that looked like Phantomon. All of it doesn't make sense for some reason. How come that all happened? It was very convenient that she saw a vision, and learned what they had to do.
"Hey Kari." Her partner was nudging her. "Is anything wrong?" Kari assured everything was okay. "Are you sure? I'm still having doubts since you had that headache during the fight."
"It's okay, Gatomon. I'm fine." Kari said. "I just need some rest. I woke up wrong this morning...or is it nighttime?"
"Okay..."
Gatomon was still reluctant to leave this to the side.
Living Room
As they got back to the apartment, they were still pondering what to do. They can't just sit there. Some of them wanted to go exploring, but Matt reminded them that there wasn't much to be explored.
"Well, what are we supposed to do?" Tai asked. "Apocalymon is deep in the darkness. We need to find a way to get to him."
"All we can do is wait and see what he comes up with next." Sor said.
"Not to mention, Ansem's working with him, probably." Donald said.
"Feels like Deja Vu, all over again." Sora said, crossing his arms. Deja Vu. That got into Kari's mind. Something about this doesn't seem right. It can't be any coincidence. However, Kari just put this to the side. Tai said they'll talk about this later, and they said goodbye, and Matt, T.K., and Sor left, along with their Digimon.
"Hey, Kari. Are you okay?" Tai said, noticing her deep in thought.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing. I just need some sleep." Kari left so suddenly, and went into the bedroom.
"I know something's wrong with that girl." Gatomon said.
"You did say she got some sort of headache, right?" Tai asked. Gatomon nodded. "Alright. I'll keep an eye on her."
Now Tai was left in thought. Something's going on with his little sister, and he wants to know what. He may be overprotective, but it's how he takes care of his little sister. He doesn't want anything to happen to her (At least, not anymore).
Bedroom
The young Keyblade wielder keeps on tumbling on her bed. Everything doesn't makes sense to her. Why of all things did a vision of Sora, Donald and Goofy pop in her head? She couldn't be that special. She is mostly related to Kingdom Hearts, but still. Sometimes, she wishes she was just a normal Digidestined, instead of being most wanted on the heartless's lists.
She hates being like this. Nothing comes as easy to Kari. At a glance, it looks like she's a perfect little girl. She has a lovable family and caring friends, but behind those doors she seems pretty troubled. Apocalymon has the mercy of the world on the palm of his hands, and they're basically the world's resistance. Right now, it feels like they're barely doing anything. Well, they did defeat Phantomon, but that's all they did. Nothing more, nothing less in this world. If they want to restore their world, they first need to take care of Apocalymon.
Kari then summoned her Keyblade on her hand. All the crests on the Keychain really brings back memories from a while ago. The mad craze to find the Eighth Digidestined child around in Odaiba, and the sacrifices it brought. She'll never forget what Wizardmon did for her. Had it been the other way around, and she would've doomed the two worlds, since she and Gatomon would have enough power to defeat Myotismon, and they would have helped unlock the power to go Mega. Had they go down, the world would have been doomed to fall. In fact, probably the entire universe, since she would have lost her heart if she was hit from that attack.
To think, from only a few months ago, she found out about being that eighth chosen child. Even so, she's now also a Keyblade Wielder. Yen Sid's words echoed in her mind.
"And remember, Young Kari. You do hold a piece of Kingdom Hearts in you, but do not let that be in your way. No matter what, follow what your heart believes is right."
What I believe is right...
She repeated the same line in her mind multiple times. Whenever she repeats that, she feels a little more relaxed. Happy even. Relieved.
She then dematerialize her Keyblade, and got off the bed. That was all she needed. Quiet time by herself. Needed to gather her thoughts together. But after all that, she's alright. She then entered back to the living room, where everyone else was.
Apartment B F1
T.K. and Patamon were outside, looking over everything. Patamon kept tugging on his hat that he wants to do something, but T.K. kept on ignoring him.
"Come on, T.K.! Can't we do something?" Patamon kept complaining.
Hopefully Kari's alright.
T.K. had the thought of Kari in his mind again. He began to realize something. He doesn't just have feelings for Kari just because she's his best friend. It's that way also because he promised he'll protect her. Sure, it was months ago since they were in danger from Piedmon, however, it's an oath that he took upon himself. He wants to keep that promise to Kari- Even though it was Sor who asked him to protect her. He'll keep that oath.
"T.K.!" This time, Patamon yelled in T.K.'s ear, and that got his attention. "Can we do something, please?"
"Huh? Oh, uh, right. Sorry." He then gets up. "What do you want to do? There's barely anything to do around here."
"Uh, exploration?"
"Alright. I'm up for it."
T.K. and Patamon kept on talking for a few more minutes, while Matt watched them.
Man, T.K.'s grown. He's really taken a turn from only a few months ago. First, it seemed that he depended on me, then he could take care of himself with Patamon's help, and now he can fight without a Digimon, and him and Kari seem to like each other.
"Remembering back then, huh?" Gabumon then walked up to him. Matt nodded. "Hm, is it me, or is T.K. a little bit higher than usual?"
"Huh?" Matt then took a close look at T.K.. It did seem he got a growth spurt. It now seems like he's fully the same size as Kari now. Maybe a little bit bigger.
Wow, I think he did. So not only does he not need my help much, he's literally growing. But geez, that happened quick.
"Guess the Keyblade changed him." Gabumon said.
"Yeah...Must have changed all of us." Matt said. "We can all basically fend for ourselves now."
"And you're not too sad about T.K. not needing you."
"Yeah." Matt then summoned his Keyblade. "This thing's protecting me from the darkness. Remember? Last time, I almost didn't stop it from swallowing my heart. That is, until you helped me out of it." Gabumon nodded in agreement, while T.K. and Patamon ran off into the dark city.
Streets
T.K. and Patamon ran into the city after they agreed to do so. They're searching to see if there's anything in the city worth checking out. Maybe if there's any signs of the heartless, or Dark Digimon. Strangely enough, as they check, nothing out of the "ordinary" seems to be there. They were hoping to see some action, as they think that if they deal with enough enemies, Apocalymon will soon come to them. Even though they're not finding much out of the city that's supposed to be part their home world, they're still having fun just running together- Or in Patamon's case, flying.
Apartment B F1
Meanwhile, both Sor and Mimi were hanging out on a bench in front of the apartment. They both were talking about the usual stuff you'd expect from them. Digimon things, and stuff about their parents.
"I really hope mom's okay."
"Don't worry, Sora. I'm sure your mom's okay." Mimi patted her on the back. "I mean, you guys dealt with Phantomon, right?"
"Yeah. We stopped him from kidnapping anybody else here."
"We shouldn't worry." Biyomon said. "We dealt with Phantomon without our Ultimate forms. I'm sure we'll find your mom no problem."
"Right. Thanks. Anyway, Mimi, how's it with your family?"
"Alright, I guess. My mom and dad aren't too thrilled this is how we're supposed to live in this world, though."
"I can tell." Palmon said. "Your mom tries so hard to hide the fact that she wants to get out of here, and move to a different country."
"I know."
"What about when they found out that we can wield a Keyblade?" Sor said.
"What I expected really. They have a freak out."
"Yeah. That's what I expected too."
"You know, we changed." Palmon pointed out. "I mean, you two changed. Now that you guys can fight with a Keyblade, you don't really need us that much, huh?"
"What? Of course we do need you."
"It wouldn't be the same if it was just the two of us." Mimi pointed out.
"Yeah. To think that you were totally against fighting. Especially if it involved you." Palmon said.
"Well, if you get between this girl and her friends and family, you'll be sorry."
"Yeah. That's the attitude I need to have." Sor said, feeling more confident. The girls giggled a little. "I found mom once, I can find her again."
"Not to mention, all those other people Phantomon kidnapped." Biyomon pointed out.
"Hopefully we'll get the chance soon."
School: Courtyard
T.K. and Patamon ran through the courtyard, and saw how the people were doing in the School. It wasn't as good, but on the other hand, it wasn't bad.
"They seen better." Patamon mumbled.
"But at least they're safe from Phantomon." T.K. said.
Patamon then noticed who were standing out at front.
"Hey, there's Izzy and Joe."
"Oh yeah."
T.K. and Patamon then were walking up to them.
"Hey guys!" They all then said hi to each other.
"How things been?" Gomamon said.
"Never better. You know, dealing with heartless, Dark Digimon." T.K. explained they dealt with Phantomon.
"You left us out of beating Phantomon?"
"Hey, it was sudden." Patamon said.
"Phantomon kidnapped a bunch of people, right?" Izzy said.
"Yeah. Which is why we're planning to find where he took all those people."
"Hopefully soon. They could be close to losing their hearts as we speak."
"And don't forget, Sora's mom could be there too. Well, our Sora." Joe mentioned.
"Don't worry. We'll save all those people." T.K. said.
"Hope we do."
"Be thankful our parents didn't get captured." Izzy said. "I mean, sure, there's Sora's mom, and a handful of other families, but at least they didn't take anybody else before we got here."
"Yeah. Kari and Tai's parents were going to be next if we didn't show up." T.K. said. Then he thought of something. "Hey, by the way Joe. Do you know if it's dangerous to have had, oh, I don't know, a really, really bad headache that conks you out?"
"A headache that conks you out?" Joe said. "Well, that'd be really bad, actually. We would need a hospital for that, but the only medical help we have is me and Jim. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, uh, no reason."
"T.K., we know something's wrong." Tentomon said.
"Nothing!" T.K. then saw the suspicious faces around him, making him give in. "Kari got this headache while we were fighting Phantomon, and it knocked her out."
"Is she okay now?" Gomamon asked, worried.
"Yeah. She's fine. She woke up and helped us defeat Phantomon."
"What's strange is that after she woke up, she knew to use magic against him." Patamon said.
"Really? Kari knew what to do after that headache?" Izzy asked.
"If you ask me, that sounds something like a weird, vision dream." Joe said.
"A vision dream?" T.K. repeated.
"Well, something like that. It could be possible she had some sort of vision. Well, that's what I'm thinking."
"I agree with Joe here. I don't know how, but it may be possible Kari had a vision there." Izzy said.
"Well, it's either that, or maybe it's the darkness all around this place that could be getting to Kari. Remember, she is a Princess of Heart."
"What do you think we should do?" T.K. said.
"Maybe there could be some medicine that we can give to her?"
All of them were awkwardly looking at him. Give her medicine? That probably won't help her.
"What? I'm just throwing ideas out here. If someone gets sick here, it's definitely going to be hard to get them back onto their feet."
"Okay, even if we need to get Kari medicine, where are supposed to get it?" T.K. asked.
"There is an abandoned hospital not too far from here." Izzy said. "It's abandoned since this world got sucked into Darkness."
"I actually agreed to go there to see if we can find any medicine for the people that's already sick." Joe said.
"Really? You got scared of the Digimon when we first got to the Digital World." T.K. mentioned, grinning. "Now all of a sudden you want to go into a haunted hospital?"
"It's not haunted!...So I hear. But that's why we got Keyblades, huh?"
"You seem to be taking more risks Joe." Gomamon mentioned. "I just noticed that. Usually you'd object going into places like that."
"Well, I feel that with a Keyblade, we can take care of ourselves more now."
"I can see what you mean there, Joe." Izzy said.
"Come to think of it, Izzy, you're not really attached to your laptop recently." Tentomon said. "You seemed more focused over everyone else, rather than being glued onto a screen."
"Well, we've just reunited with everyone here, so of course I can't be stuck onto the screen all the time."
"Y'know, I think the Keyblade changed all of us." T.K. suggested.
"You think?" Tentomon said.
"With you being the one who said that, I bet you are changed, T.K.." Gomamon said.
"You really think?" He said.
"Sure. And it seems Joe is more brave, and Izzy's more social."
"Ever since getting Keyblades of our own, I guess we did change." Izzy said.
Well, I don't think just the Keyblade changed me. T.K. thought in his head. "So, should we go? We got nothing else to do."
"Right. The hospital should be a few blocks from here, assuming it's still in one shape."
"Okay then."
The 6 then started off to the abandoned Hospital- which kind of spells disaster- in search of medicine for the sick.
Abandoned Hospital: Entrance
After a few turns, and jumping over debris in the middle of the road, they made it to the hospital. There was barely any light in the building. The only thing illuminating some of the rooms are the street lamps. A few of the windows are cracked or shattered. The entrance was locked up, when they tried to open it. The doors must have been locked up when they decided to move services to the school.
"Why exactly is this place abandoned?" Patamon asked.
"It's because of a power failure." Izzy said. "I overheard none of the equipment were working here, so they moved all their hospital tools over to the school. Even the emergency backup power wasn't working."
"So how can we get in?" Tentomon said.
"Well, we could either smash our way in, or just sneak through the windows." Joe said.
"Actually, I remember something Kari did." Izzy said. "Remember? Back at the Underworld, Kari unlocked the gate so we can escape from Cerberus."
"Oh right! I remember. So..." T.K. then got out his Keyblade, and pointed it to the lock, like Kari would have done. A beam then charged up, and shot out towards the lock. It engulfed it, and a click was heard. Joe then was able to open the door.
"That worked." He said.
The 6 then walked right into the place.
Abandoned Hospital: F1
The Digidestined and Digimon entered the spooky hospital. There were benches flipped over, leaks in pipes, and papers all over the reception desk.
"Boy, did any of you bring a flashlight?" Joe said. They all shook their heads.
"Well, let's not dawdle here for long. We still need to see if we can find any useful medicine." Gomamon said. "Should we split up?"
"Uh, splitting up is the last thing you want to do in a place like this."
"Well where are we supposed to find any medicine?"
"They usually keep them in a storage room on each floor. We should check every floor in this place."
Everyone nodded, and they got to work. First, they would search for the storage room. And in this place, it seems you can easily confuse Janitor's Closet with Storage Room, from rubbed off tags. They first checked the first floor. Barely anything useful. All the chemicals are spilled on the floor, and medicine bottles were empty. Sighing, they went to the staircase, and tried the next floor.
Abandoned Hospital: F2
They then checked the Storage Room on this floor. It's locked, so they may be on to something. With the Keyblade, they unlocked the door to the room. They had high hopes, but they only found a small safe in the middle of the room.
"Huh, maybe in here is where they keep medicine." Gomamon said.
"They do have to keep them out of patients' hands." Joe said. "But I would think they would do this in a bigger safe."
"This safe doesn't have any keyholes on it. Looks like we have to find the combination." Izzy said.
"In this big place?" Patamon said.
"Oh come on. How bad can it be?" T.K. said.
"Well, we are trying to search for possibly a small piece of paper, with a combination on it, in the middle of a dark hospital." Joe pointed out.
"Uhh, okay, never mind."
"We'll keep our eyes peeled, while we search the rest of the floors." Tentomon said.
Nodding, all of them then walked their way over to the next floor.
Abandoned Hospital: F3
They then entered the next floor, in search of medicine, and a combination to a small safe they found. They entered into the next Storage Room. No dice. There was nothing there. After searching three floors, they got nothing.
Suddenly, they heard something. A banging sound. T.K. was the first to hear this.
"Huh? Did you hear that?" He whispered.
"Hear what?" Izzy said.
T.K. then looked down the hallway. There was nothing there. But then, he saw a lamp had fallen, and broke its bulb.
"Uh...I don't think we're alone here..." He said.
"Er, what do you mean?" Patamon said, worried.
"Maybe, they're here for the same thing?" Joe suggested.
"I hope so."
"For now, we should avoid them. Who knows what they could do if they see us?" Izzy said.
They nodded reluctantly, and they began their search onto the next floor.
Abandoned Hospital: F4
They entered into the next Storage Room, which is second to last. Once again, there wasn't anything important to be found. They did find a few papers on the ground, but they weren't interesting.
Now T.K. heard voices, and soon did everyone else. They got spooked a bit. It was getting louder, and louder, and louder by the second. They were about to go down this hallway. Panicking, T.K. shut the door to the Storage Room, quickly. No one coming down this way seemed to notice. They didn't know who was behind the door, but they assumed they were dangerous.
They pressed their ears against the door, to see if they hear anything.
"...always have to be on my back?"
"I know, right?"
They were going down this hallway right now.
"So, what do you think he's gonna do with all those people?"
"I don't know, but if our boss won't do anything anytime soon, those Digidestined kids will probably interfere."
"Did you know they can wield giant keys, and swing them as swords, or something?"
"Yes, and I already reported to him about that."
"Okay, good."
Him? They wondered who they were talking about.
"What are we gonna do?" T.K. whispered.
"We could fight, but we don't know how powerful they can be." Tentomon said.
"We don't even know who they are." Joe said.
"Let's just stick here for a while, until we don't hear them anymore." Izzy said.
"Hopefully it won't be long." T.K. said.
"Well, we won't know until we open the door." Patamon said
"Let's just wait it out for a little bit, and we'll open the door to see who's out there." Joe said.
They then sat, waiting for a few minutes. Though soon enough, they realized they've been waiting for a half hour. They had no doubt that someone wasn't there anymore, and they went to the door. They creaked the door a little bit, as they opened it up a crack to take a peek. No one seemed to be there.
"Whew. Looks like they're gone."
"They had to. I mean if I were them, I wouldn't stay here for half an hour." Gomamon said.
"But we just did." Patamon said.
"Let's just go home. This was the last floor." Joe said.
"Well, it was worth a shot." T.K. said, as they were heading to the staircase.
Though, they happen to feel a strange presence. Something that's behind them. They looked, but no one was there. They all asked each other if they felt something, and they all agreed. Though Tentomon assured it was in their imagination. They still had doubts, as they went downstairs.
Abandoned Hospital: F2
They went down the fairly long staircase down to the second floor. Now they heard laughing, like the laughing of spirits. They were getting closer.
"Ookay, getting a bit creeped out here." Joe said, frightened already.
"Mind if we pick up the pace?" T.K. said quickly.
"Yeah, let's get going."
They made a run for the staircase, but some invisible barrier blocked them.
"Well, look who we have here?" An eerie voice said.
They looked behind them, and saw a bunch of eyes looking at them. The darkness there made it so they can't see them.
"The Digidestined. Long time no see."
"Uh, h-hey, nice to see you?" Joe said.
"W-Who are you guys?" T.K. said.
"Does names really matter here?" One of the voices said.
"Kinda."
"Hey, if we capture these bozos, we can get on the good side of the boss!"
"Who's your boss?" Patamon said.
"Well, you don't remember?"
"Let's not worry, let's just get these guys!"
"Yeah!"
Everyone freaked out, and they started to run from them. Patamon and Tentomon stopped, and shot out their attacks, but from the looks, it didn't even hit them.
"We can't hit them when it's dark like this!" Patamon exclaimed.
"Let's get back to the others!" Tentomon exclaimed.
"Okay, but, one question. Where did they go?"
As they started to run back to the others, they realized they got separated from them, which, as Joe said, is the last thing you want to do in this place.
"I think we're in trouble."
The other heroes kept on running through the hospital.
"Where are we going?" T.K. said, trying to catch his breath.
"Trying to find another staircase." Izzy said. "There should be another one around here."
"We can't see through this dark." Joe said.
"Hey, is it alright if I can use Firaga here?" T.K. asked. "I bet we can see better."
"Well, as long as you don't shoot it, and catch something on fire."
"Well we do know Blizzaga. We could easily put it out." Izzy said.
T.K. then raised his Keyblade, and formed a fireball on the tip of his weapon. They started to see things better in there, among the red glow of the spell.
"There. That's better." T.K. said.
"So, where are we?" Gomamon said, who's still with them.
"Hey, I think there's a directory up ahead." Joe pointed straight ahead. They closely followed T.K., as he was their source of light. Though if they had to, they can conjure up a Firaga spell themselves.
They got to the directory of the Hospital, but got surprised when they saw something specific on the chart. It said F3.
"We're on the third floor?" Joe said.
"But that's impossible! We were just on the second!" Izzy exclaimed.
"Could whoever's chasing us be doing this?" Gomamon said.
"Maybe."
Speaking of, they already caught up to them, which startled them a bit.
"Found you!" They exclaimed.
The heroes screamed, and ran away.
"Where's Patamon and Tentomon!?" T.K. exclaimed.
"We must have split up!" Izzy exclaimed.
"What'll we do know!?"
"We can't see who they are because it's too dark!" Joe exclaimed.
"What about if I get close to them with Firaga?"
"No, it's too risky."
"I got it!" Izzy exclaimed. "We need to make our way to the breaker room!"
"What good will that do?" Gomamon said.
"We know Thundaga. If we can get to the breaker room, we can cast that spell on the breakers. That way we can light this place up!"
"Okay, but how are we going to get there, if these guys keep on chasing us, and putting us on different floors? I mean we could be on the 4th floor for all we know!"
"Hate to say this, but we better split up!" Joe exclaimed.
"You said that's the last thing we want to do!" T.K. exclaimed.
"Yeah, it's about that time! Remember, look for a door that says Breaker Room! That's our ticket out of here!"
"The breaker room is on the first floor usually, so try to get there first!" Izzy exclaimed.
They all nodded, and they went their separate ways when they got to four hallways, with Gomamon following Joe.
Patamon, I hope you're okay.
T.K. thought, as he kept on running through the maze of hallways.
He felt like he ran for hours on end. He'd lock the doors he runs through, but the strange creatures will go through them. T.K. caught a glimpse of the floor sign. As Gomamon predicted, he's on the fourth floor. He was going nowhere.
T.K. then cut a sharp corner, and ran into a room. Thankfully, the creatures didn't see him, and went on. He sighs, and came out of the room.
"I don't even know where I am..."
Then someone ran into him, making them both fall.
"Ow! What's the big idea!?"
"T.K., it's me!"
He looks up, and sees Patamon.
"Patamon! Oh am I glad to see you! Where were you and Tentomon?"
"We were trying to fend those guys off, but it didn't work. Then we tried to go find you two, but we got separated ourselves." He explained.
"Don't worry. We'll find everyone, but first, we got to get to the breaker room." T.K. then stood up.
"The what?"
"This room, with a bunch of breakers Izzy said. I'm supposed to use Thundaga in there, and light everything in this Hospital up."
"And that will get rid of those guys in here."
"Well, it helps us see them better."
"Well, looks like I know your plan."
Patamon's voice suddenly grew deeper, and sinister. T.K. looks behind him slowly, and saw Patamon grew darker. He then changed his form to the shape of one of those creatures.
"WAAH! W-Who are you!?" T.K. yelled.
"Now that I know of your plan, I can stop you from turning on the lights in this place!"
T.K. tried to run the other way, but he got stopped by more of the chasers. He was cornered.
"K-K-Kari! Matt! Anyone! Help me!" T.K. yelled.
"No one will save you now. You're coming with us!"
Living Room
The heroes was in the living, deciding on what to do next. It seemed to be a slow day, or a slow night.
"Wish the TV still worked." Tai mumbled. "The news channel could've been decent now."
"Well, the darkness around us must be messing up the television network." Sora said.
"Maybe that's what we should do next?" Donald said. They all looked at him awkwardly. "I'm running out of ideas, okay?"
"I guess we should just relax and wait." Goofy said.
They all seemed to agree to that.
Kari! Help me!
Suddenly, Kari heard a voice.
"Huh? Did someone say something?" She asked.
"No. Why?" Gatomon said.
"No it's-"
Kari! Please! Anyone!
She was able to hear him more clearly. It was clearly T.K..
"T.K.?"
"Uh, Kari? Is anything wrong?" Tai asked.
"I thought I heard T.K.. It's like he's calling for my help."
Help me!
"Okay, not like. He IS calling for my help! I-I gotta go!"
Kari sprinted to the front door, and put on her shoes, and ran out.
"Kari! Wait for us!" Sora exclaimed.
"Yeah! Wait!" Gatomon exclaimed. Everyone then ran out.
"We're going out, Mom! See ya!" Tai quickly said.
Apartment B F1
Matt was playing his harmonica, as always, relaxing.
"It's been a while since T.K. and Patamon went, huh?" Gabumon said.
"Yeah I know. But, he can take care of himself, right?" Matt said.
"I guess."
Gabumon then sees Kari running past them. Following her, is Tai and the others.
"Is that Kari and the others?" He said.
"Huh?" Matt then got up, and sees them too. "Wonder what they're in a rush for."
"Should we follow them?"
"They really seem in a hurry. Probably an emergency. Let's go."
Gabumon nodded, and the two began to follow them.
Abandoned Hospital: Entrance
Kari followed T.K.'s cries for help all the way through the streets, taking turns, until she got to where he was. An abandoned hospital. She feels like she remembers this place. And that's because, it's where she was brought when she got sick with Pneumonia. The place that was almost her deathbed.
"Kari!"
The others then caught up to her.
"What are you doing? What do you mean T.K. called for your help?" Tai asked.
"T.K.'s here. I know it. He's in trouble." She said.
"Are you sure? It's not all in your head?" Gatomon said.
"WAAH!" Someone then came running out of the front door. It was Joe and Gomamon.
"Joe?" Tai said.
"Oh, Tai! And the others! Oh thank goodness you're here..." Joe said, tired.
"What's going on?" Agumon said.
"We were trying to find medicine, but we got chased by strange guys!" Gomamon said.
"We almost got caught, until we ran into you guys!" Joe said.
"What about T.K.?" Kari said, walking up to him. "Is he here too?"
"Yeah. We all split up to find the breaker room. If we get to the breaker room, we can light this place up, and we can see those guys better."
"But, is he, okay?"
"I don't know. Izzy and the Digimon are in there too."
"Then we got to find them." Sora said.
"It'd help more if we get to the breaker room. We're trying to get to there, but these crazy hallways keep putting us on different floors!"
"Then how are we supposed to get to the breaker room, if we keep teleporting all over the place?" Donald said.
"Well, I guess just cross your fingers, and just hope for the best."
"I'm going to find T.K.. He needs my help more." Kari said.
"Kari, wait. Take me with you." Tai said.
"No. You guys need to get to get the lights on. I need to find my best friend."
"But, like Joe said, they're dangerous." Gatomon said.
"I don't really care. I really care for T.K. as much as he cares for me. I have to save him."
"Well..." Tai was saying, looked at everyone, who soon nodded, understanding her point. "...Just watch your back, and don't get hurt."
"I'll try."
"Okay. Let's get going!" Sora exclaimed.
"Tai!" Matt and Gabumon ran up to them.
"Matt? What are you doing here?" Tai said.
"I heard what Kari said. T.K.'s in danger?" Kari nodded. "Kari, you got to take me with you!"
"Matt-"
"Please. I got to take care of my little brother. If he's in danger, I have to be there to protect him. You understand, right?"
"Uh..." Kari then sees how worried Matt is about T.K.. She did forget he's all Matt's got. It'd be horrible if something were to happen to him. "Alright. We'll find him together."
"Okay. Thanks."
"Let's hurry up, and get going!" Gabumon exclaimed.
Everyone nodded, and they entered the hospital. Kari, Matt and their Digimon went their own way to try to find T.K..
"Wow, Kari really changed." Agumon said, as they ran.
"I know what you mean." Tai said. "Makes me think she's a good leader."
"In fact, she seems to be more courageous, which says a lot." Gomamon said.
"Well, she IS my sister. Guess it runs in the family."
They went on to find the breaker room. Along the way, Joe said the breaker room has to be on the first floor, which they focused their search mainly there.
Abandoned Hospital: F4
T.K. fell down from the force of another attack. He was really running out of energy.
"Give up yet, kid?" The creatures said.
T.K. struggled to get up, and shook his head.
"He's really stubborn."
"The kid's got guts. Too bad he's also an idiot."
The creatures laugh, as they looked at T.K. as a pathetic kid. That really hurt him. They called him an idiot.
"Don't...you call me, an idiot!" He yelled, getting up. "I'm way stronger than you think!"
"Then why can't you fight us?"
"You're not playing fair! I can't see you all!"
"Which is good enough for us."
The creatures laugh again, as T.K. scowled at them. He then sees an opening. They were laughing so much, their formation around him didn't keep up.
"You're calling me an idiot? You're ones to talk!" He then made a break for it between the creatures. He was able to make it out, and keep on running away.
The creatures stared at each other awkwardly.
"YOU IDIOTS!"
T.K. was able to hear one of them scream from all the way down the hall.
"Haha. Now to get out of here." T.K. said to himself, running still.
He was running endlessly. Never in his life had he ran so much in one day. He kept on looking at the signs at the doors. Suddenly, he stops, and smiles as he sees the sign on one of them. It said "Breaker Room."
"Yeah! I found it!" He exclaimed. "Time to light this place up!"
He then opens the door, to start casting Thundaga. But then, he heard another voice.
"Hello, T.K.." It was coming from in the dark room.
"Huh? Who's there?"
"A familiar face."
What walked out, surprisingly, was Matt.
"Matt? You got here, and you didn't bother to turn on the lights!?"
"Ha! You haven't learned, did you?"
"Huh? What do you-"
*HESITATION*
He then sees the dark aura emitting from Matt.
"W-Wait! Y-You're...!"
"Yeah. I'm the Darkness from your brother." He then got out a dark version of Matt's Keyblade, and fired Dark Firaga, which painfully hits T.K., sending him flying back, and hitting the wall. "Those idiots told me of your plan. I don't care that you turn on the lights, but I wouldn't miss an opportunity to take you down. No one's here to help you out now."
"N-No...I know, someone's coming to help me..."
"Why don't you give up? No one's coming to help you." The Dark Matt then held T.K. up by his shirt. "You made a big mistake coming here."
"I was just trying to find a way to help my friend..."
"Friend? Don't you mean girlfriend? Your weak girlfriend?"
"W-Weak?"
"Don't you think it's funny that she hasn't confessed her feelings for you yet? Or that you haven't done the same?"
"I-I think I did!"
"Then why don't you seem to be hanging out more? I mean on those dates and such? To me, you're a horrible boyfriend."
"N-No! It's just that, everything's been strange lately..."
"Strange how?"
"Well..." T.K. then shook his head. "Why would I tell you? You're just as heartless as those, er, heartless!"
"Thanks, Captain Obvious."
Usually, if Matt does say something like that, it's usually as a joke. A brotherly joke. Since this fake manifested Matt's appearance, it's completely painful to T.K. if he insults him.
"What's wrong? Aren't you going to fight me? Or is it because I look too much like your brother?"
T.K. didn't bother to say anything else, as he kept struggling to get out of the fake's grip.
"Nothing else to say, huh?" The Dark Matt then threw him to the side, against the wall, painfully. "Then if you don't mind, I'll finish you off right now. Saves you the trouble of being strange."
Suddenly, a bright light blew the fake away, having him crash onto a wall.
"And that saves us the trouble of you!" Matt and Kari made it over there. They immediately went over to T.K., who was still conscious.
"Are you okay?" Kari said, surprisingly holding T.K.'s hand. He soon took notice.
"Uh...I-I'm fine." He said, blushing a bit.
Kari smiled, and raised her Keyblade to cast a healing spell. But then, Dark Firaga blasted it out of her hand. "Huh?"
"I'm not going to let you all go that easily!" The Dark Matt said, pointing the Dark Keyblade of Friendship at them.
"You're going to pay for hurting my little brother!" Matt exclaimed.
"Don't you mean our brother?"
"OUR? You don't know the first thing of being a good big brother! But I wouldn't expect that from a heartless like you."
"Hmph. You got me."
"Matt, just forget about him. Let's turn on the power." Kari said, casting Curaga on T.K., at last. He was able to get on his feet. The Fake Matt then got in their way when they tried to go through the door.
"As I said, I'm not going to let you go that easily."
"Just get out of our way!" Matt exclaimed. "There's three of us, and last time I remembered, Kari kicked your butt, along with that Fake Sora."
"That was a lucky shot."
"Not sure if it was luck, really." Gabumon said.
Kari looks over to the breaker room.
"I think I can get the others here if I get everything lit up here." She whispered to Matt.
*ENDS*
"So do it." Matt said. "I'll be here fighting this fake."
"Are you sure?"
Matt nodded towards her, and she nodded back. Kari, T.K., and Gatomon then went into the Breaker Room, while Matt and Gabumon fought against the fake.
There was a bunch of switches and dials in there.
"Which one of these will turn on the lights in this hospital?" Kari wondered.
"How should I know? Just start casting Thundaga on everything." Gatomon said.
"Uh, okay."
Kari then began using Thundaga on every breaker box in there, thinking that would help something. It did, some, but it wasn't enough. T.K. also was helping, but his efforts weren't enough too.
"That's not working as well." Gatomon said.
"Uh, we need to think of something else." Kari then heard the struggles outside. "And fast too!"
"Well, what do we do!?"
"Uhhh, lemme think..." Kari tries to think of something to be able to charge up everything in this hospital with the Thundaga spell. She kept hitting the sides of her head to try to come up with something. But the last time she tried to think of something this crucial, she-
Suddenly, a painful sensation coursed through her head. She winced in pain, and soon T.K. took notice.
"Kari? What's wrong with you now?" T.K. shook her to snap her out of it, to no avail.
N-Not this again...!
Kari remembers this. It's the same pain that happened with Phantomon.
Back outside...
Matt kept on guarding attacks from his darker self.
"Why don't you accept the facts? I'm stronger than you! While you're being surrounded by those weak friends of yours." The Dark Matt said.
"My friends are not weak! And I'm not weak either!"
"Then why do you resist the darkness?" They both pushed each other away.
"I've seen what it does to people. It brainwashes you! It turns you against your friends! And in the end, it'll swallow you whole, and you never come back!"
"But in return, you have a grand power under your disposal. It's either the easy way, or the hard way. You'll never get rid of me the hard way. And who knows? Maybe after this, I'll return, and take your younger brother's life? What'll you do?"
The Dark Matt was able to strike the real one, badly, after saying that. He remembered how badly hurt T.K. was when they found him. He was almost on the brink of death even. He couldn't bear it if something like that would happen to T.K. again...
"I..."
"Matt!" Suddenly, Tai came out of nowhere, with Agumon, and struck the Fake Matt towards the wall. "You okay?"
"Tai..."
"Don't worry. Your friends are here to help." He helped Matt get up.
"Uh..." Matt then remembered he overheard Kari's screams in the Breaker Room. "Right. Tai, quick, I heard Kari screaming in there."
"She was screaming?"
"Yeah, go help her! She needs your help more than mine."
"Right! The others are here too...Somewhere..." He then heard Kari's cries of agony. "Kari! Hold on!"
He rushed into the Breaker Room, where he can barely see T.K. and Gatomon trying to calm Kari down, as she was grabbing her head.
"Kari! Calm down! It's us!" Gatomon was yelling. Tai then rushed towards them.
"How is she?" He said.
"Tai, this is exactly what happened to Kari when we were fighting Phantomon."
"It's happening again?" He then tries to shake his sister. "Hey! Kari! Listen to me! It's me, Tai! Kari!"
No matter what, she can't hear them.
?
In her own mind, Kari was still crouched down, holding her head, moaning.
Wh...Why does this keep happening to me?
Kari then remembers that when this happened, she saw Sora, Donald and Goofy fight that Phantom looking heartless. It told her what she needed to do against Phantomon.
Is this...another hint...? Oh, if it is, can it be less painful the next time?
She then stood up, and then opens her eyes. She then sees she's in Traverse Town.
Wait, what am I doing back here?
"He is helping you, isn't he?" An eerie voice said. It sounded like it came from behind her, but when Kari looked, she didn't see anyone.
Who was that? Oh, I wish I can actually talk here, but I can't...
She tries to call out, "Who's there?" but she's mute when she's in these visions.
"Sora own heart is connected to yours, and it's guiding you."
Kari kept on looking around the place to find out where the voice was coming from, but she didn't see anyone.
Sora's heart?...And mine?...What's going on here...?
"You're in what's known as the Station of Guidance."
Kari looked behind her one last time, and saw a tall man in a black cloak. In other words...
Organization XIII!? What are they doing here!?
"I merely came to observe what powers you posses, and it seems that this is one of them."
Wait, he can hear me? I'm not talking, but, he can hear what I'm thinking?
"Yes."
That answer kind of startled Kari.
Okaay...Uh, hold on, who are you, and what are you doing here?...Sheesh, this is very weird...
"We met at Radiant Gardens, do you not remember?"
Well, it's hard to remember you all if you don't take off your hoods!
"Oh...? Very well..."
The mystery person then slowly took off his hood, and what was revealed, scared Kari.
X-Xemnas!?
Indeed, it was the Nobody leader himself, Xemnas.
Wh-What are you doing in my heart!?
"As I stated before, this is the Station of Guidance. Sora heart is guiding you."
Guiding me how?
"The connection you two share."
I know we're connected, but I don't think we're THAT much connected.
"Oh? Then, do you know what bond your nobodies share?"
Bond...?
Kari then remembered that Xion, her nobody, shared a powerful friendship with Roxas, Sora's nobody.
Okay, so we do share a connection, but what exactly am I seeing?
"You are seeing memories of Sora."
Memories...of, Sora?
Kari then sees Sora, a year younger, run out of nowhere, and walks up to a pipe with a severed wire sticking out, under a sign with a battery on it. He then casted a Thunder spell on it, and it energized it.
"Do you see what it's trying to tell you?"
Not really...
"If you don't mind, I'll be taking my leave then."
Xemnas was just about to leave.
Wait! Just one question, how did you get into my heart? And, could you not do this again? I don't want anybody who's dark to be in my heart.
"You shun the darkness, do you not?"
Well, I guess. I mean, I'm a princess of heart. I have to stay with the light.
"Yes, but you try to exterminate the darkness, do you not?"
Well, yeah, but for a good thing!
"Princess, I would like to ask you one thing. You believe the light to be in the thickest darkness, do you not?"
Yeah, I do believe in that. There's always a speckle of Light in darkness.
"Then, do you believe the reverse?"
Reverse?
"Do you believe that there's darkness in light?"
Darkness, in Light?
"I do believe that there's darkness in you."
Well, I'm not a true princess yet. Once I do, the darkness will go away, and it won't touch my heart.
"Will it? You are obsessed with destroying the darkness, are you not?"
I wouldn't say obsessed, but...
Kari shook her head.
What does this have to do with anything?
Xemnas chuckled a little.
"It would seem the Princess who believes she's completely safe from the darkness, has darkness within her, that's growing along with that belief."
Wait, what?
Xemnas started to leave, and Kari gave chase.
Wait! What do you mean by that!?
It was too late. The scenery around them disappeared into nothingness, and Kari started to fall.
It felt like she was falling for a while, until it seemed she stopped, and started floating.
Darkness...that's growing? There's no way...I mean, I know I want to stop the darkness from hurting my friends, but, I know that it's a part of our universe. Yeah, I know I can't really get rid of the darkness...right?
She started to question herself now. Has she been this way? For a while? She could have been this way, but before, she was just a kind, loving sister. Before, the Digimon attacks all over Odaiba...Myotismon. That name haunted her, including the deeds he has done...Dark deeds. Ones that even killed her friend.
Wide-eyed, Kari remembered that time. Wizardmon. After that happened, all that was in her mind was to avenge her friend. Avenge him, from the darkness that-
And that right there made Kari realized something. Myotismon. He's responsible for making Kari actually hate something. She hates Darkness, and somehow, she never realized it. All of this is making Kari's head hurt. It was getting worse actually. Mind numbing even. To the point that she's groaning and screaming in agony.
Abandoned Hospital: F1
When Kari opened her eyes, she saw Tai and T.K. trying to defend themselves against heartless that suddenly appeared. Kari was in the same position she was when she blacked out there.
"First Kari was screaming, now these heartless appeared?" T.K. said.
"We have to protect Kari!" Tai exclaimed. They both, along with the Digimon pushed the Heartless away, and they destroyed them with one attack. "Whew. Wonder why we can't do that all the time."
They then heard groans, and saw Kari snapped out of it. They went to her aid.
"Hey, are you okay?" She then saw Tai, and T.K. looking at her, worried.
"You had us worried there." T.K. said.
"O-Oh, uh..." After all that, Kari stuttered to get something out.
"It happened again, huh?" Tai said.
"Y-Yeah..."
"Wonder why this keeps happening to you..."
"I, would like to not talk about it, right now..."
"Why not?" Gatomon said.
"It's a bit, weird..."
They heard struggles outside.
"Besides, Matt needs our help, right?"
"Wait, we can't just ignore what happened, you know?" Tai said.
"Yeah. This is the second time this happened to you." Gatomon said.
"Kari, can't you tell us what's wrong?" T.K. said.
"I shouldn't. It'd take too long to explain." Kari said.
It wasn't a totally bad excuse. With everything that happened, it'd be hard for her to describe what had happened.
"Okay. But first thing we do when we get back home, we're discussing what's been happening to you, okay?" Tai said.
"Okay..."
"Alright. Now come on! Matt needs our help!"
"But wait, shouldn't we still find out how to turn on the power first?" Agumon said.
"We've been trying. We couldn't turn anything on." T.K. whined.
"Actually, I think I know." Kari said. She walked over to the exposed power wires. She then inspected each one...
...There. She sees a wire that's split opened, and exposed.
Wonder why we couldn't hit it in the first place.
She wondered this in her mind, as she and T.K. has been clearly casting Thundaga all over the place with no effect. She then summons her Keyblade, and raised it to the air.
"THUNDER!"
The spell hit the wire, and it was electrified. The lights all over them suddenly turned on. Soon, all over the hospital, every hall way, and room was being illuminated by the light.
"Hey! There we go!" T.K. exclaimed.
"Whew. I was getting tired of seeing in the dark." Gatomon sighed. "Not that it's any problem for me."
While Tai was relieved that the lights came on again, he had suspicions again.
There she goes again...She solved something after having this headache...What's going on with my sister?
Tai thought in his head. First it was Phantomon, and now the lights. He wants to know how Kari knows everything right after having a terrible headache.
Abandoned Hospital: F3
Tentomon kept on hovering through the dark corridors of the Hospital.
"Oh boy. I do hope Izzy and the others are doing fine. Oh, this is kinda like one of those horror movies where I'm stuck in some creepy abandoned hospital...Well actually, it's exactly what it is! Whew, okay, don't get frightened. Nothing is going to pop out and scare you."
Just as Tentomon said that, out of nowhere it seemed, Izzy ran out running, scaring Tentomon quite a bit. Him screaming also scared Izzy. Though even though it was dark, they managed to see each other.
"Huh? Oh, whew! Thank goodness it's you, Izzy."
"Yeah...Whew, I don't know how long I've been running..." Izzy was all tuckered out from all that running.
"So, what's been happening?"
"Uh, just running away from creatures that can't be hurt, at all..."
Just as Izzy says that, they're surrounded by those creatures.
"Found you!" They said. The two gulped.
"We're surrounded!" Tentomon exclaimed.
"Uh, uh, can't we talk this out?" Izzy said, trying to buy time.
"Afraid not!" The creatures exclaimed. They then laughed evilly, until a miracle happened. The lights came on, which had everyone cover their eyes, since it was the first signs of light in the place.
"Oh, Izzy, I think I'm hallucinating. I think I'm going to the light!" Tentomon exclaimed.
"I think the others did it! They managed to turn on the lights in this place!" Izzy exclaimed.
Once they managed to get their vision back, they got a better view of the creatures that were before them. The creatures, were-
"Dark Digimon?"
"We were being chased, by Dark Digimon?" Tentomon said.
"I-I think these guys are, Bakumon!"
"I think they're DARK Bakumon."
"No wonder we couldn't touch them. They used the darkness as their shield." They gazed at the Dark Bakumon, who were dazed on the floor.
"So, what should we do with them?"
"Hmm..."
The simplest thing to do is to just get rid of them, however, something else popped into Izzy's mind.
Abandoned Hospital: F1
The others saw that the lights came on.
"Hey, it looks like they managed to turn on the lights!" Goofy exclaimed.
"Yeah, we should try to find them." Sora said.
"Hopefully they're alright. We musta gotten separated while we were running." Donald then saw the Dark Digimon that's trying to escape.
"Hey! You!" Donald called out to them.
"Dark Digimon?" Gomamon said.
"I think they were the ones that were chasing you guys." Sora said. The Dark Bakumon then freaked, and floated on out of there, though a cracked window. "Hey! Stop!"
They all ran after them, but every single Dark Bakumon got out. They looked at the dark skies as they floated away.
"Aww, they got away." Donald said.
"What were those Digimon doing in here in the first place?" Sora wondered out loud.
"Maybe for the same reason me, Izzy, T.K. and the other Digimon came for? Medicine?" Joe said.
"Medicine?"
"Yeah. The school was running short. Unfortunately, we didn't find any."
"Oh, that's too bad...But anyway, shouldn't we try to find the others?"
"Yeah. We should get to the breaker room." Gomamon said.
"I can read the signs better. Not to mention, I don't think we'll be teleporting all over the place anymore, so I think we're good." Joe said, going up to a directory. "Just down a couple of hallways."
"Let's get going then."
After nodding, they all ran towards the Breaker room.
*SQUIRMING EVIL*
Over to where the Breaker Room was...
Matt was still fighting his darker self. They'd clash, attack, and defend at each other. Though after a while, the Real Matt was panting, as he was getting tired.
"Tired already? Man oh man, if only you had the darkness on your side." The Dark Matt said.
"Not this again..." Matt grumbled.
"Just face it. You can't beat me for sure if you don't have darkness on your side."
"Not if we have anything to say about it!" Tai exclaimed, as they came out of the Breaker Room.
"Now how about you face it?" Matt said. "You can't beat me if we fight as a team!"
"Hiding behind the backs of your friends again, I see..." The Dark Matt mumbled. "Well fine. I can still take on all of you at once! I got a few new tricks up my sleeve!"
The Dark Matt pointed his Dark Keyblade forward, and lightning traveled towards the group, hitting everyone, and sending them flying back.
Everyone then struggled to get back up.
"Ngh, he's gotten tougher..." Tai mumbled.
"You got that right..." Gatomon said.
"Now, how about we finish what we started, T.K.?" The Dark Matt said, pointing his Keyblade at T.K.. Instantly, Kari sat up.
"Hey! Don't hurt my friends!" She then got onto her feet rather quickly.
"Hmph, you're a stubborn one. Fine. I'll deal with you before I deal with your friends."
The Dark Matt shot out more lightning, and it almost hit Kari, but she Dodge Rolled out of the way.
"Whew, close one...How'd I do that?"
"Can't keep rolling out of everything."
The Dark Matt then sent out a wave of dark energy at Kari. She ducked, and avoided it. After that, she got up, and charged at the dark foe. They kept on swinging at each other, until, Kari actually struck him back. At all costs, she will protect T.K., Tai, and their friends. The Dark Matt was stunned, and dazed. The girl then goes in to finally destroy the fake, but before she could do it, something crossed her mind, and halted her in place.
Going back to the so called, Station of Guidance, Kari remembers thinking that she hates darkness, and she never even thought about it. She soon realizes that, that hatred is making her fight so fiercely against the Dark Matt. Maybe it's what's been controlling her this entire time. Hatred. That word makes Kari all sick in the head just thinking about it. She's never seem to be one to hate anybody(Except maybe witches, but that's a different story).
The Fake Matt then got a grip on her shirt, and held her against the wall.
"What happened? You could have finished me, not that you would have. So, why did you stop?"
"J-Just stop...! Let me go! I don't want to fight you anymore!" Kari tried to get words out, from being strangled by the Dark Matt.
"You don't?...Hmph. You know, I don't get you. A second ago, you were about to beat me, but then, you stopped. So, tell me, why don't you want to fight me anymore."
"I just...I don't know! Everything's so confusing to me...I don't know what to believe anymore..."
"Well, that's the darkness for you...It can also make you seem like you're crazy."
"I'M crazy?"
"Pretty much. But here, why not let me fix that for you?"
"Boom Bubble, POP!"
Suddenly, Patamon came, and made the Dark Matt let go of Kari, dropping her onto the ground.
"Patamon!" T.K. exclaimed.
"Good to see you're okay. Get up! We need to fight this guy!"
Everyone eventually got to their feet, and helped Kari up as well. The Dark Matt was taking a few steps back, but then saw that the others were right behind him.
"It's that Dark Matt again!" Goofy exclaimed.
"We can take him!" Sora exclaimed.
"You're so reliant over your friends, huh?" The Dark Matt said.
"Well, they don't call me the Digidestined of Friendship for nothing." Matt said.
"Well, I think I'll be leaving now. Next time, I want to fight you, and you alone."
"How will you leave?" Gatomon said.
"Yeah, you're surrounded, buddy!" Tai exclaimed.
The Dark Matt was ready to shoot a Dark Lightning spell again, and they all braised for impact. However, he pointed up, towards the lights that were recently turned on. He then broke several of the lights that were above them all, which distracted them. Enough for him to make his escape. Matt then noticed him.
"Hey! Get back here!" Matt ran after the fake.
"Matt wait!" Tai and the others then started to go after them both.
Abandoned Hospital: Entrance
*END*
The Dark Matt ran out of the hospital, followed by the real one.
"Where are you going!?"
"None of your concern." Dark Matt said. "Remember, next time I want to fight you alone."
"And what if I say no?"
"Oh, you will fight me alone. I know of ways to do so." Dark Matt then jumped high, and started to scale the buildings in front of the hospital.
"Wait! Come back!" The others then ran out of the hospital.
"Lost him?" Tai said.
"Yeah..."
Everyone then regrouped.
"Man, this has been one crazy day." Tai said, stretching.
"Yeah, all that we were doing is look for medicine for the school." T.K. said. "Then, THAT happened."
"What were those Digimon that chased us anyway?" Patamon said.
"Dark Bakumon." Izzy and Tentomon walked out of the Hospital.
"Izzy. Oh, whoops. I guess we forgot about you...Sorry." Tai said, awkwardly.
"It's alright." Tentomon said.
"Anyway, did you see some of them floating out of here?" Izzy said.
"Yeah. We were about to get them, but they flew out of there." Sora said.
"Well, good thing you didn't touch them."
"What do you mean?" Donald said.
"I was working on a bunch of programs on my laptop that I downloaded before we had to leave the Digital World. You know, when we thought that would be the last time that we will see our Digimon. And one of the programs happens to be a tracking device!"
"Wait, are you saying that...?" Matt said.
"Yep! I tagged one of those Dark Bakumon! They should lead us to where their base is! Or maybe a base."
"So, if we're lucky..." Tai started.
"Yeah! They'll lead us to where Apocalymon is!"
"Alright!" T.K. exclaimed.
"We might finally take on Apocalymon!" Gatomon exclaimed.
"Uh-huh!" Kari nodded.
"Once again, Izzy, you're a genius!" Tai exclaimed.
"Ah, no mention it." Izzy said. "But, I don't think I'll be tracking them anytime soon. The results still have to come in, so this may take a while before we figure out what path that they took."
"Alright, so how long?"
"Several hours? 12 hours at most, I think."
Everyone sweatdropped at that.
"12 hours?" Gatomon mumbled.
"How come it takes that long for something like that to show the pathway that they took?" Donald said.
"Must be the Darkness around us. Might be interfering with the connection." Izzy explained.
"So, in other words, sit tight, while me and Izzy do all of the heavy lifting." Tentomon said.
"Well, we need it." T.K. sighed.
"Yeah." Kari nodded. They then were talking for a little bit, unaware that they're being watched by someone.
*HESITATION*
Those kids think that they can outsmart us? Not likely. Destroying the fool of a Digimon that has the tracking program seems to be the ideal and wise choice here, however, I think I can use this as a lure...Yes...The Child of Light's weakness is easy to identify.
Whoever they were, they laughed, and started walking away.
She'll fall right into our hands, and finally, we'll have Kingdom Hearts in our hands.
The person then walked into a Corridor of Darkness, and it disappeared.
*END*
"We should be getting back to home. Hopefully mom and dad aren't worried too much about us." Kari then started walking back home.
"Wait a minute Kari." Tai then stopped her, by holding back her hand. "You forgot? We're going to talk about what happened with you and that strange headache."
"Headache? It happened again?" Joe said.
"Yeah."
"Tai, I don't really want you to worry about me. I'll be fine." Kari said.
"I'm your brother. I need to protect you. If something's happening with you, you need to tell us, now. So come on, tell us, please."
"Come on, Kari. That's the whole reason I came here in the first place." T.K. admitted to her. "I wanted to find medicine for you. I was worried about you."
"You came here to find medicine for me?" Kari repeated. T.K. nodded.
"I didn't want you getting sick, so, yeah, I wanted to find medicine to make you feel better. But, I think it's more than that, right? So please. Tell us what's going on. I mean, you trust your brother, and your friends, right?"
Kari still didn't want them to worry about her. But she sees that they're already worried about her. So pretty much, keeping this a secret to prevent them from worrying isn't all that worth it anymore. And T.K.'s right. She should trust in her friends. Especially towards her loving, and caring brother. She then says what everybody wants to hear.
"Okay...I'll tell what's been happening to me, the past few days..."
TO BE CONTINUED