Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon! Don't sue me! As before, please cut me some slack because this is my first Digimon fan fiction. Oh, yeah, and you should probably read part one first because this starts where that left off. Enjoy!
Dark Child-Part II: Accident?
Matt woke, yawned and slowly sat up. I must be the first one up, he thought, realizing that it was early in the morning. That was fine with him; he liked to be awake before everyone else. Then he noticed the empty sleeping bag. So somebody WAS awake...
It's TK, Matt thought with surprise. He hadn't heard his younger brother go off. Oh, no! TK's missing! I don't want to wake everyone else up, but this is important!
"Everybody wake up! TK's missing!" Matt shouted.
Mimi groaned and crossly answered: "What's the big idea waking me up so early?" This was the second day in a row she had been woken out of a sound sleep.
"What is it? What's happening?" Tai asked, more alert than Mimi.
Matt took a deep breath and tried to sound calm as he said: "TK is missing." Unfortunately, his voice was a little shaky. It hinted that he was very afraid for his brother.
Six pairs of eyes shot over to TK's sleeping bag to find it void of its occupant.
"Why would he just wander off?" Sora wondered aloud.
"Maybe he just wanted to go for a walk," Kari suggested, though this thought didn't seem likely to her.
"We have to find him," Matt said, a bit calmer than he had said his last statement.
"Now? Before breakfast?" Mimi asked, her eyelids still heavy.
"Do you think he might have been kidna-" Joe started, but Izzy put his hand over Joe's mouth before he could finish.
"Matt looks really upset, I don't think we should say something like that right now," Izzy whispered. Joe nodded and Izzy took his hand away from his mouth.
"Come on, TK could be in trouble," Sora said, climbing out of her sleeping bag and heading for the forest.
Soon, six other kids were right behind her...
~*~
Where IS he? Matt thought. He had been searching for almost five hours and still hadn't found a trace of TK.
He's got to be here somewhere. He has to be! Matt told himself. Despite this, he was feeling more and more like TK wasn't just lost in the woods. Don't think about that, he commanded himself and pushed that thought to the back of his mind quickly.
"TK! TK, where are you!?" Matt shouted through the forest. He listened for anything that might be TK, but heard nothing. Matt sighed and thought he's got to be all right.
That was when he heard it: a faint cry for help. It sounded like TK.
"TK! TK, I'm coming!" Matt yelled, running toward where he had heard the shout. Leaves whipped into his face and the grass beat against his legs, but Matt didn't slow down. He emerged from the woods suddenly. He was on a narrow strip of beach bordering a clear pond.
He's not here, Matt thought, beginning to turn away. Then he saw something... A faint ripple in the water, but it was enough to catch his eye.
Matt raced over to the edge of the pond and looked in. There was TK. The water was clear enough for Matt to see him easily. Matt also noticed the rock tied to TK's foot.
Quickly, Matt threw off his shoes and dove into the water. The water would have been pleasant for a swim had he not been trying to rescue his brother.
He dove straight to the bottom and fumbled with the knot around TK's foot. Whoever had tied it had done a good job; the knot was enormous. Luckily, Matt managed to loosen it enough to slip TK's foot out.
Matt's lungs burned as he picked up TK and shot to the surface. When he broke the surface, Matt quickly got back to shore and laid TK gently on the sand.
Suddenly, Matt heard someone shout: "TK, is that you?"
"We're both here!" Matt yelled back.
Tai and Kari stepped onto the beach closely followed by Izzy, Joe, Mimi and Sora.
"Is TK all right?" Tai asked upon seeing TK stretched on the sand.
Joe carefully lifted TK's limp arm and took his pulse. Then he checked for breathing.
"He's fine," Joe replied.
Matt let out a sigh of relief.
TK sat opened his eyes and coughed violently.
"Are you all right?" Izzy questioned.
TK nodded, still coughing a little. Tai and Matt helped him to his feet.
Mat felt relieved, but a terrible thought crossed his mind.
"OK, who did it?" he angrily asked.
"Did what?" Sora asked.
"Who tried to kill TK?" Matt shouted.
Tai furrowed his brow and said: "What are you talking about? Why would someone try to kill TK?"
"Don't play dumb with me! SOMEONE tied a big rock to his foot and threw him in the pond!" Matt responded.
"Did someone do that, TK?" Kari quarried.
TK thought for a second and said: "Yes, that's why I couldn't swim. It was someone with blue eyes."
Six pairs of eyes fell on Matt.
"What, you think I did it?" Matt asked, a note of disbelief in his voice.
Everyone was silent.
"Why would I try to kill my own brother? I saved him!" Matt yelled.
"Makes sense to me," Mimi stated.
Everyone hastily agreed.
As they were walking away, Matt spotted a piece of rope. Deciding it might come in handy he picked it up and caught up with everyone else...
~*~
After another day of searching for their Digimon, the Digidestined still were digi-less. They sat around a small fire eating a rushed dinner.
"Izzy, did you have any luck decoding that prophecy?" Tai asked.
Izzy shook his head and replied: "This code doesn't seem to have any meaning. I'm still trying, though." He took a sip of water and began to think about the prophecy.
Meanwhile, Joe and Sora were talking about what had happened earlier that day.
"I wonder who could have done that to TK," Sora said.
"Well, from what he told us, the clues point to Matt, but I can't see him doing that to TK," Joe responded.
"I just don't get it, though. I mean, Matt's the only one here with blue eyes besides TK and TK wouldn't try to drown himself," Sora reasoned.
"Maybe there is someone or something else here," Joe quietly suggested.
Sora thought about this for a moment. The thought of someone else being in the Digiworld was odd. She had always thought they were the only ones there. It scared her a little.
"What do you think, Sora?" Joe asked.
"Huh? Sorry, I was spacing out," Sora said, snapping back to reality and quickly forgetting any thoughts about somebody being in the Digiworld with them.
"What do you think about everything that's happened? First our Digimon disappear, and then someone tries to kill TK. What do you think they'll try next?"
Sora again thought. She hadn't considered the fact that whoever was causing all the trouble might strike again. She didn't want to think about it.
"I don't know. Lets just hope they're done and we can find our Digimon," Sora finally said.
Izzy sat back a little way off from the rest of the group. His talk with Tai had made him want to decode the message more than ever and he was working on his computer typing quickly.
Suddenly, he felt a little sick. The world seemed to spin for a second and he closed his eyes tightly. When he opened them again, everything was normal.
Izzy shrugged it off and began working again. Suddenly, his hands began shaking and he felt very sick. The world spun for a second time and he cried out. His laptop slid from his lap, but he didn't notice...
Kari sat reflecting on everything that had been happening. It all made her nervous. She decided to push it to the back of her mind for the moment and enjoy her dinner.
Upon looking up, Kari noticed that Izzy was lying limply against a tree trunk. She wasn't all that concerned-she figured he was probably just working on his laptop-until she noticed the laptop lying on the ground next to him.
She got to her feet and walked over to Izzy. Immediately, she noticed that his eyes were glazed and his breathing was shallow.
"Everyone, quick, something's wrong with Izzy!" Kari shouted.
Immediately, the six other Digidestined were by Izzy's side.
"Izzy, are you OK?" Tai asked.
Izzy didn't seem to hear him.
"What's wrong with him?" Mimi anxiously asked.
"He looks really sick," Matt said.
Joe bustled through them all and examined Izzy before saying: "I think he's been poisoned..."
Dark Child-Part II: Accident?
Matt woke, yawned and slowly sat up. I must be the first one up, he thought, realizing that it was early in the morning. That was fine with him; he liked to be awake before everyone else. Then he noticed the empty sleeping bag. So somebody WAS awake...
It's TK, Matt thought with surprise. He hadn't heard his younger brother go off. Oh, no! TK's missing! I don't want to wake everyone else up, but this is important!
"Everybody wake up! TK's missing!" Matt shouted.
Mimi groaned and crossly answered: "What's the big idea waking me up so early?" This was the second day in a row she had been woken out of a sound sleep.
"What is it? What's happening?" Tai asked, more alert than Mimi.
Matt took a deep breath and tried to sound calm as he said: "TK is missing." Unfortunately, his voice was a little shaky. It hinted that he was very afraid for his brother.
Six pairs of eyes shot over to TK's sleeping bag to find it void of its occupant.
"Why would he just wander off?" Sora wondered aloud.
"Maybe he just wanted to go for a walk," Kari suggested, though this thought didn't seem likely to her.
"We have to find him," Matt said, a bit calmer than he had said his last statement.
"Now? Before breakfast?" Mimi asked, her eyelids still heavy.
"Do you think he might have been kidna-" Joe started, but Izzy put his hand over Joe's mouth before he could finish.
"Matt looks really upset, I don't think we should say something like that right now," Izzy whispered. Joe nodded and Izzy took his hand away from his mouth.
"Come on, TK could be in trouble," Sora said, climbing out of her sleeping bag and heading for the forest.
Soon, six other kids were right behind her...
~*~
Where IS he? Matt thought. He had been searching for almost five hours and still hadn't found a trace of TK.
He's got to be here somewhere. He has to be! Matt told himself. Despite this, he was feeling more and more like TK wasn't just lost in the woods. Don't think about that, he commanded himself and pushed that thought to the back of his mind quickly.
"TK! TK, where are you!?" Matt shouted through the forest. He listened for anything that might be TK, but heard nothing. Matt sighed and thought he's got to be all right.
That was when he heard it: a faint cry for help. It sounded like TK.
"TK! TK, I'm coming!" Matt yelled, running toward where he had heard the shout. Leaves whipped into his face and the grass beat against his legs, but Matt didn't slow down. He emerged from the woods suddenly. He was on a narrow strip of beach bordering a clear pond.
He's not here, Matt thought, beginning to turn away. Then he saw something... A faint ripple in the water, but it was enough to catch his eye.
Matt raced over to the edge of the pond and looked in. There was TK. The water was clear enough for Matt to see him easily. Matt also noticed the rock tied to TK's foot.
Quickly, Matt threw off his shoes and dove into the water. The water would have been pleasant for a swim had he not been trying to rescue his brother.
He dove straight to the bottom and fumbled with the knot around TK's foot. Whoever had tied it had done a good job; the knot was enormous. Luckily, Matt managed to loosen it enough to slip TK's foot out.
Matt's lungs burned as he picked up TK and shot to the surface. When he broke the surface, Matt quickly got back to shore and laid TK gently on the sand.
Suddenly, Matt heard someone shout: "TK, is that you?"
"We're both here!" Matt yelled back.
Tai and Kari stepped onto the beach closely followed by Izzy, Joe, Mimi and Sora.
"Is TK all right?" Tai asked upon seeing TK stretched on the sand.
Joe carefully lifted TK's limp arm and took his pulse. Then he checked for breathing.
"He's fine," Joe replied.
Matt let out a sigh of relief.
TK sat opened his eyes and coughed violently.
"Are you all right?" Izzy questioned.
TK nodded, still coughing a little. Tai and Matt helped him to his feet.
Mat felt relieved, but a terrible thought crossed his mind.
"OK, who did it?" he angrily asked.
"Did what?" Sora asked.
"Who tried to kill TK?" Matt shouted.
Tai furrowed his brow and said: "What are you talking about? Why would someone try to kill TK?"
"Don't play dumb with me! SOMEONE tied a big rock to his foot and threw him in the pond!" Matt responded.
"Did someone do that, TK?" Kari quarried.
TK thought for a second and said: "Yes, that's why I couldn't swim. It was someone with blue eyes."
Six pairs of eyes fell on Matt.
"What, you think I did it?" Matt asked, a note of disbelief in his voice.
Everyone was silent.
"Why would I try to kill my own brother? I saved him!" Matt yelled.
"Makes sense to me," Mimi stated.
Everyone hastily agreed.
As they were walking away, Matt spotted a piece of rope. Deciding it might come in handy he picked it up and caught up with everyone else...
~*~
After another day of searching for their Digimon, the Digidestined still were digi-less. They sat around a small fire eating a rushed dinner.
"Izzy, did you have any luck decoding that prophecy?" Tai asked.
Izzy shook his head and replied: "This code doesn't seem to have any meaning. I'm still trying, though." He took a sip of water and began to think about the prophecy.
Meanwhile, Joe and Sora were talking about what had happened earlier that day.
"I wonder who could have done that to TK," Sora said.
"Well, from what he told us, the clues point to Matt, but I can't see him doing that to TK," Joe responded.
"I just don't get it, though. I mean, Matt's the only one here with blue eyes besides TK and TK wouldn't try to drown himself," Sora reasoned.
"Maybe there is someone or something else here," Joe quietly suggested.
Sora thought about this for a moment. The thought of someone else being in the Digiworld was odd. She had always thought they were the only ones there. It scared her a little.
"What do you think, Sora?" Joe asked.
"Huh? Sorry, I was spacing out," Sora said, snapping back to reality and quickly forgetting any thoughts about somebody being in the Digiworld with them.
"What do you think about everything that's happened? First our Digimon disappear, and then someone tries to kill TK. What do you think they'll try next?"
Sora again thought. She hadn't considered the fact that whoever was causing all the trouble might strike again. She didn't want to think about it.
"I don't know. Lets just hope they're done and we can find our Digimon," Sora finally said.
Izzy sat back a little way off from the rest of the group. His talk with Tai had made him want to decode the message more than ever and he was working on his computer typing quickly.
Suddenly, he felt a little sick. The world seemed to spin for a second and he closed his eyes tightly. When he opened them again, everything was normal.
Izzy shrugged it off and began working again. Suddenly, his hands began shaking and he felt very sick. The world spun for a second time and he cried out. His laptop slid from his lap, but he didn't notice...
Kari sat reflecting on everything that had been happening. It all made her nervous. She decided to push it to the back of her mind for the moment and enjoy her dinner.
Upon looking up, Kari noticed that Izzy was lying limply against a tree trunk. She wasn't all that concerned-she figured he was probably just working on his laptop-until she noticed the laptop lying on the ground next to him.
She got to her feet and walked over to Izzy. Immediately, she noticed that his eyes were glazed and his breathing was shallow.
"Everyone, quick, something's wrong with Izzy!" Kari shouted.
Immediately, the six other Digidestined were by Izzy's side.
"Izzy, are you OK?" Tai asked.
Izzy didn't seem to hear him.
"What's wrong with him?" Mimi anxiously asked.
"He looks really sick," Matt said.
Joe bustled through them all and examined Izzy before saying: "I think he's been poisoned..."