Digimon- Behind the Scenes: Episode 03- Set Disaster
A note from Matt's Angels…
(Steph) I did it!
(Allie) What, you finished Episode Three?
(Steph) No! I made you like yamachi!
(Laura) Yes, it has happened. Finally.
(Steph) And while I'm typing, here's an advertisement for our next ficcy! We're doing a rip-off of the Shakespeare play Macbeth. We're calling it "Mattbeth".
(Allie) That is such a sucky title. Anyway, it's cos we're doing it in English.
(Laura) And being English ourselves, we don't get much of the cool stuff you Americans have, you lucky bastards. Gundam Wing didn't hit our shores till Monday!
(Allie) And only Steph can get it, because she's the only one with Cartoon Network!
(Steph) WHOO! GUNDAM WING ROCKS!!!!! DUO ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Laura) Don't rub it in. And remember: If you haven't read the first parts, don't worry! You're not really meant to!
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The day after Matt and Steph's big row…
Sora waited in the door of the clothes closet, for Allie. But she was nowhere to be found. Sora hated Allie. Allie was the pink-haired bitch that ran off her with Tai. Speaking of Tai…
"Hey, Sora, is Allie in here?"
Sora's heart skipped a beat as he appeared next to her, chewing his bottom lip.
"I don't think so, Tai."
"She hasn't missed one day for ages. Do you know why she's not here?"
Sora vividly remembered yesterday, when she had threatened Allie, told her to keep away from Tai… or else.
"No, I don't. Guess we gotta find our own stuff, Tai."
Tai squinted into the darkness. "Don't know… I might get lost…"
"I'm going in," said a voice behind them. Tai turned to see Matt, hands in his pockets, looking calm. Tai clenched his fists.
"So, Yamato Ishida strikes again. I'd kill you, but Steph said no-one was to touch you, it wasn't your fault."
"She did?"
"Yeah, and I'm surprised, man, after you cut her face up like that."
"I did what?"
This time, Sora turned to face Matt, and her face was considerably kinder.
"You know when you threw something at her? A piece of glass cut her face. She's fine. Come on, I can't go on set in this!"
Sora, Matt and Tai walked into the dark, huge closet together.
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Joe and Izzy were in the make-up room with Steph. Laura was there, too, waiting for Kari and TK. Steph was amazingly happy, considering what had happened the night before. (A/N: We're not going to tell you what happened, you work it out!) Eventually, Laura, who was in a very black mood, asked her how she could keep so cheerful.
"Why the hell shouldn't I be?" replied the ginger girl. Joe looked up.
"Maybe it's because you have a permanent scar down your face, plus you had a nervous breakdown, last night."
"No, that was my fault," interjected Izzy. Steph made a face.
"No, it wasn't." She leant past Joe to ruffle Izzy's hair. Laura and Joe both rolled their eyes.
"What a cute couple," said Joe sarcastically. Laura smiled. She liked Joe.
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Allie ran to the door of the clothes closet, out of breath. She had been going to keep away from work, after how Sora had threatened her. But she realised that Sora would never do that. Sora was in reality a really nice person. (A/N: Okay, this is just the Matt's Angels way of saying sorry for all the Sora-bashing!) She walked in, to hear the sound of voices from the distant racks.
"Tai, I think we're lost," said Sora. Tai turned.
"No, we're not lost. I just don't know where we are."
Four studios owned the clothes closet, and they were walking past clothes for Pokemon and Gilligan's Island. Suddenly, Tai ran into something soft, big and yellow.
"Arrgghhhh! A giant Pikachu!" He fell over backwards, and the yellow monster seemed to jump on him.
"It's a costume, dumbass." said Matt sceptically, pulling the Pikachu costume from Tai. Tai scowled.
"At least I don't go around hitting girls."
"I did not hit her!" yelled Matt angrily. "It was an accident, Tai!"
"Yeah, and that's why she's got a scar down her face!"
"Shut up, Tai! She's not hurt!"
"Yeah, she was lucky, you could've hit her eye!"
Sora stepped between the two guys, who were about to start one of the world famous Ishida-Kamiya bitchfights.
"Guys, knock it off, okay? Look, let's get outta here, and find someone else to find our stuff. "
"Fine." said Matt and walked after Sora. Tai followed slowly, muttering curses. Soon, Matt and Sora were way ahead of him. He dragged his feet, wishing Allie was with him.
***At least Allie has a sense of humour, unlike Sora. Stupid Sora, she always had to break up my fights for me, I could beat the hell outta Matt any time. I just wish they'd both go and die or something! ***
His thoughts were interrupted by a crash from in front of him, and Sora screaming…
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Allie ran through the familiar racks and crates, following the voices, searching for whoever it was. Then she heard a scream.
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Tai ran forward, yelling.
"Sora!"
Eventually, he turned a corner to see both Sora and Matt pinned under a rack. There was so much blood… they weren't moving…
"Tai!" yelled a voice from behind him. He span around to see Allie running up to him, almost hysterical. "Tai, what happened to them, are you okay?" Tai hugged Allie, who was crying.
"Allie, go get help, an ambulance, okay?" Allie nodded and ran.
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A few days later…
Matt and Sora lay in consecutive hospital beds, and Tai sat in between them, head in his hands. If you could see his thoughts, they would have looked like this:
*** I wished they'd die, and now they might… what if they do die? What if they died and the last thing I ever wanted them to do was jump off a cliff? ***
His thoughts were interrupted by a noise outside the door. Steph was arguing with the ward sister to let her in.
"Look, there's too many of you, you'd disturb the other patients!"
"There are no other patients!" And there wasn't, either. "Look, I have to see them!"
"But it is against hospital rules…"
"Screw hospital rules! Matt cut my face open!"
"But…"
"Oh, fuck you, lady."
The door flew open, and Steph, Izzy, Joe, Mimi, Laura, Allie, Scott, Kari and TK ran in past the shocked nurse. Scott and TK ran straight up to Matt's prone body. TK burst into tears. (A/N Probably cos he couldn't crotch him: For more, see The Lost Temple Of Ishida at http://smooth.as/yamato)
Mimi stood between the two beds. If she went to Matt's she would leave her best friend, and everyone would know… but she just wanted to see Matt, in case the first person he saw when he woke up was her…
Turning on her heel, she strode over to Sora's bed.
Over by Matt, Scott, TK and Tai stood in a worried huddle.
TK was crying. "Matt's gonna make it, right?"
Scott knelt down to his level. "He was hit in the head pretty bad, TK, and he's in a coma."
Tai just sat there, wanting to apologise, knowing that Matt wouldn't hear him, thinking about what would happen if he died. He wondered what would happen if he never got to fight with his best friend again…
And of course, Steph and Izzy suddenly arrived next to him with a noisy clutter, destroying his chain of thought. Steph knelt down.
"How is he?" she said, not bothering to lower her voice. (A/N: (Steph) I never do…) TK shushed her, to which she frowned. "Well, why is everyone whispering? It's not as if you don't want to wake him up?" Everyone relaxed a little. Steph continued to talk, but this time to Matt. "Come on, you jerk, you better wake up."
"Yeah, Steph needs to give you a scar to match her own," said Izzy. Steph hit him round the head.
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Allie stood over Sora's bed, alone but for Mimi. It seemed that Matt had definitely been the more popular of the two. But Allie had never really known Matt.
She had considered Sora her best friend on the set, and then Sora had told her not to go out with Tai, threatened her, just left her on the highway. But Allie had never wanted to have her dead… and maybe she should give Tai up, just so Sora could be her friend again. Allie bent her head.
"I'm sorry, Sora," she whispered.
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Deep in the dream world of her mind Sora was swimming in her thoughts…. Voices called out to her… ***What if you can never live to ask out Tai? ***What if everyone is glad when you die? *** What if you never get the chance to say sorry for what you said to her…? *** The last thought echoed through her mind, images whirling past her eyelids, and through it all was the voice of Allie…
"I'm sorry, Sora,"
Sora screamed internally. ***No! It's my fault, mine…*** She fought, struggled, and her eyes snapped open.
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Allie jumped back in shock as Sora's eyelids fluttered then opened. She blinked a few times, then her eyes focused on Allie.
"No, I'm sorry," Sora whispered back. Allie smiled, then called the others.
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However, Matt would not awaken. He lay in a coma as the hours turned into days into weeks… his parents returned from Jamaica to keep up a silent vigil by his bed… the others came in pairs or in threes…
Until one night at the studio, after a long day…
"He said what?" screamed Mimi, outraged. Tai took a deep breath.
"The director said that he's dropping Matt from the next series."
Mimi turned a patchy red and white with anger. "But he can't, he's a major part of the whole damn thing! Don't you care, Tai?"
This was too much for Tai. "He's my fucking best friend, or course I damn well care! If he died…" Tai faltered, unable to voice the thoughts that everyone held in their minds. The other DigiDestined plus many crewmembers sat gloomily around the set. TK was one of the few who were crying, along with Mimi, Laura, Kari and a few of the more impressionable lighting assistants. And through it all suddenly came a jangling little tune. Steph slapped a hand to her pocket, and everyone turned as she drew out her mobile, pressed a button and raised it to her ear. She answered, and listened. And everyone in the room watched her face as it formed an expression of shock. Finally, she put the mini phone down.
"Matt's gone into intensive care," she whispered to the assembled crowd. And there was a rush for the door.
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Only Tai, TK, Matt's parents and Scott, Matt's elder brother, bent over the high-sided cot where Matt lay, wired up to tubes. A monitor next to him showed the rate of his heart beat, and was beeping continuously. No one spoke. Eventually, TK and Scott had to leave. So did Matt's parents. Only Tai was left, scared to go, but scared to stay. The machine bleeped…bleeped…bleeped…bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep… Tai's head snapped to the monitor, and saw the flat line…
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Tai waited outside the door, the door through which doctors were furiously trying to save his best friend. The rest of the DigiDestined plus crewmembers sat anxiously in the room with him, some crying, some asleep, one cursing. Tai paced up and down. He couldn't even talk to Allie, she was asleep. Laura was as well, along with Sora. Mimi was sitting rigidly on the hard hospital chairs, her face pale. TK and Kari were asleep on Scott's lap, tears drying on their faces. Mr. and Mrs. Ishida sat pale and stiff by themselves. Tai paced some more. It was like waiting for a baby. But worse…
***What if he dies? What if he dies and the last thing I ever thought about him was that he would die? I wished he'd die. I wished it. ***
Tai glanced at Izzy, who was sitting with his knees up against his face. Tai remembered Matt and Izzy's… well, non-argument. It had been worse than an argument. And even Steph, who would normally be yelling at everyone to cheer up, was quiet, fingering the scar that ran down her face, the one Matt had given her.
Sora wasn't asleep. She was watching Tai from under her eyelids. Tai, who she had known for years, who she thought would always love her, who was going out with Allie. And Allie had forgiven her. Forgiven Sora for threatening her, when Sora had told her to keep away from Tai. Maybe… maybe she should just give up on Tai. As Joe had always proclaimed, there were plenty more fish in the toilet bowl, that's why there were so many diseases going round. Good old Joe…
Izzy buried his face in his hands. He knew that he shouldn't care whether Matt died. Matt had betrayed him, purposely. Matt had hurt the one person in Izzy's life who was like him. But Izzy did care. He knew that if Matt died, he would be one of the ones who cared.
Mimi sat upright, cold, uncaring, watching everyone. She knew they didn't really care. Not like her. Not like the way she cared. They didn't know. Mimi loved Matt with all her heart, and more. She could never let him go. He could never die! He wouldn't die and leave her so cold and alone.
Joe polished his glasses again nervously. He knew how many people's lives it would ruin, if Matt didn't make it. You could see it by looking around the room…
The door opened, and a doctor emerged, his face grave. Everyone turned to him, listening for the pronouncement that would decide the fate of their lives…
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(Steph) Well, I have to end it there.
(Allie) Of course, it's the famous cliffhanger.
(Laura) And there's even some mimato in it, of sorts.
(Steph) One last word before we leave you to WRITE A REVIEW. GUNDAM WING KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Laura and Allie) SHUT UP, STEPH!!!!