Chapter 2
(It's longer then the first part by a couple of paragraphs! Hehe)
Matt
ran down the hallways of his old junior high school. Taking two steps at a time
he made it up three flights of stairs in record time. He raced down the
corridor towards the computer lab, his heart and head pounding. He saw that the
door was open and he grabbed on to the frame and swung himself in.
He slid into computer room, almost dropping
all of his books in the process. He nearly collided with Izzy as he gained his
composure. Tai, Joe, Izzy, and Sora stared at him strangely. Matt just glared
at them.
"Why are we still here?" He
demanded. "TK's in trouble!" Tai nodded but then sighed.
"We're waiting for one of the kids.
We can't open the portal, remember?" Matt's face burned with anger at this
realization. He pulled a chair out from under a desk and sat down roughly on
it, almost falling down.
Suddenly, the monitor in front of
Joe started to glow and a weird static like sound cracked the air. Matt stood
up quickly and was in front of the computer to catch…Davis?!
Davis fell on top of Matt with a
thump and Matt quickly pushed him off.
"Open the gate!" Matt screamed at
him. Davis nodded nervously and placed his D-3 in front of the monitor. The
light shone again and Matt was gone. Tai, Izzy, and Sora went in right after
him, but Davis grabbed on to Joe before he could leave.
"What Davis? I need to help TK!"
Davis nodded his head softly.
"I know, but Joe…there's something I
need to tell you." Davis filled Joe in on every detail of his wrongdoing and
Joe just stared at him. He shook his head slightly, a disgusted look on his
face and jumped into the computer.
Davis sighed and followed in Joe's
footsteps.
Kari held TK's limp hand as Ken
placed a wet rag on his forehead. TK now had a fever and it was rising at
uneven intervals. Cody looked up from his locked position on TK, and saw tall
figures running towards them. He squinted his eyes in the light and realized
that they were the older Digidestined.
"They're here!" He yelled, jumping
up to his feet. Kari let go of TK's hand and turned her head quickly to see
Matt far ahead of the others running towards them.
Matt jumped over the cooler they had
brought and slid (as well as he could on sand) on his knees next to Kari. He
stared at TK…nervously. He didn't see his brother. He saw a boy with no
expressions, no bright eyes, and no goofy grin. Matt's eyes filled with tears
as he stared at this boy and he carefully took his weak hand.
Joe didn't want to make Matt leave his
brother's side, but he asked him to scoot over as he checked over TK's
condition. Sweat drops covered TK's face and bare chest (Joe had taken his
shirt off to check his heart). His blonde hair was plastered to his face and
his eyes were closed softly and his breathing was short and steady for he had
fallen asleep.
"Why don't we just take him to the
real world?" Matt asked Joe softly, pushing some hair out of his little
brother's face. Joe shook his head.
"There's no telling what this…virus
or whatever could do if it enters the real world. It might…it could kill him."
Matt shot him a dark look and then turned back to his brother.
Izzy stood away from the group,
under the umbrella by himself until Davis joined him. Izzy didn't make any
indication that he noticed Davis at all. Davis wrung his hands, he had an idea,
but he wasn't sure if Izzy would help him after he knew…
"Izzy?" Izzy turned to him slowly,
making eye contact. "Did-did you bring your laptop?" Izzy nodded, now confused
at Davis' question.
"Why?" Davis sighed, and blurted out
his secret. Izzy stepped back; shocked that Davis would do something like that.
"What were you thinking?!" He
hissed, soft enough so that no one would hear them. Davis put his arms up in
defense.
"I only wanted to turn his tongue
green. I never meant for him to get sick. I swear." Izzy saw the tears swelling
up in the younger boys eyes. "Everyone's going to hate me after this, I was
only trying to be funny…" He whispered, wiping away some loose tears. Izzy
sighed, he was mad at the boy, but he realized that he was truly sorry.
"Davis…TK will be fine…you'll just
have to apologize." He put a hand on Davis' shoulder. "Now, why did you want to
know about my laptop?" Davis' eyes widened as he nodded.
"Oh yeah! Um, wouldn't Gennai, that
guy you're always talking about, know about poisonous food and stuff?" Izzy's
eyes widened.
"Oh course! Davis, that's a great
idea!" Davis smiled weakly.
"My first great idea all day…" He
mumbled as he sat down next to Izzy. Izzy's laptop was in sleep mode so it was
quickly online.
"Hopefully Gennai installed
the instant messenger I told him to download…" Izzy murmured as he signed on as
his name Prodigious27. Welcome!
"Hopefully he's signed on."
Davis thought to himself. The two boys looked at Izzy's buddy list and sure
enough Gennai was on under his name, Gennai The Wise.
Prodigious27:
Gennai we need your help!
Gennai
The Wise: What is it my dear
boy?
Prodigious27:
Seems that our friend Davis fed
TK some poisonous berries.
Davis sat back on his arms,
embarrassed.
Gennai
The Wise: Oh no, do you know
what kind of berries?
Izzy turned to Davis. "Do you have
any of the berries left?" Davis thought for a moment and dug into his pouch. He
found a lone berry at the bottom of his pouch. Izzy snatched it out of his hand
and on the computer he opened the photo program. The tiny camera attached to
the top of the computer quickly took a picture of the little green sphere. He
saved the file on the desktop.
Gennai
The Wise: Izzy? Where'd you go?
Gennai
The Wise: Did something happen?
Gennai
The Wise: HELLO?!
Prodigious27:
Sorry about the delay, I was
taking a picture of the fruit or whatever.
Gennai
The Wise: Oh, sorry about my
outburst.
Prodigious27:
It's okay. I'm sending the picture now, hold on, my connection
isn't as fast as yours.
Izzy opened an e-mail and clicked
attach. He found the file of the picture and attached it to the email. He
clicked send and watched as the computer uploaded the picture to Gennai's
computer.
Prodigious27:
Sent. Did you get it?
Gennai
The Wise: Excuse me for a
second.
Gennai
The Wise: Oh no! DAMNIT DAVIS!
Prodigious27: What? What's wrong?!
Gennai
The Wise: That's a Welch Berry!
The most poisonous in the Digital World!
Izzy and Davis stared blankly at the
screen.
"Oh my God." Davis whispered, burying his head in his hands.
Izzy pulled himself together and wrote back to Gennai.
Prodigious27: Is there a cure? Please tell me there's a
cure!
Gennai
The Wise: Yes, there is, but
it's risky.
Prodigious27: PLEASE GENNAI! TK WILL DIE!
Gennai
The Wise: I know! I was going
to tell you! There is only one cure and it is the juice from the Mott Plant.
Prodigious27: Mott Plant?
You've got mail! A happy male
voice called. Izzy clicked his mailbox and there was a letter from Gennai. Izzy
clicked and a picture of a red wild flower popped up. The five long wide petals
were covered with black spots. Izzy quickly attached his portable printer and
printed out he picture.
Gennai
The Wise: This is the Mott
Plant. When you mash it and mix it with water it turns a dark blue and you will
give it to TK. You need to do this immediately, TK has only days
to live. I have sent you directions to the location of the flower.
Prodigious27: Thank you Gennai.
Gennai
The Wise: Keep me posted about
TK's condition.
Izzy printed the directions then
closed his laptop and sighed. He turned to Davis with a sad look in his eyes.
Davis had his eyes closed and his hands were rubbing his temples.
"We have to tell them." Izzy finally
said, breaking the silence. Davis nodded, still keeping his eyes closed.
Izzy and Davis headed towards where
the others were huddled around TK. Yolei, Ken, and Cody were sitting on the
ground, under a tree, all of them with a solemn look on their face. Tai and Sora
were sitting under a separate tree, Tai's arms wrapped around Sora's shoulder.
Joe was still leaning over TK, trying to make him as comfortable as humanly
possible. And Matt still held on to TK's right hand, while Kari was on the
other side of the bench, holding on to his left hand with both of hers.
Davis breathed in deeply, ready to
tell them everything, but Izzy got in front of him.
"We know what it is." He announced.
They all jumped up and ran over, Matt in the front. Joe stayed with TK and watched
Izzy with curious eyes. Izzy started to explain what they found out.
"We realized that there were these
berries in…the basket. Some of them must've gotten into TK's food." Davis and
Joe stared at Izzy in awe. Why is he covering my story up?? Davis thought.
"We contacted Gennai, and showed him the berry. Turns out it's a Welch Berry
and it's highly poisonous." Matt's lip twitched slightly at these words. His
eyes started to fill with tears but he held them back.
"And there's a cure right?" He asked
a little hysterically. Izzy nodded.
"Yes, the juice from the Mott Plant.
But Gennai says we should get it as soon as possible because…well, it might be
too late." Everyone's face dropped, Matt turning red.
"Where's this plant?" Sora asked,
putting a gentle hand on Matt's shoulder, trying to keep him from breaking.
Izzy looked at the directions.
"It says here that the plant only
grows on a mountain behind Primary Village." Matt turned on a heel and headed
towards their book bags.
"I'm
going! That's it!" He yelled. The Digidestined followed him.
"Matt! You can't go by yourself!"
Tai called, chasing after his best friend. Matt picked up his Digivice and
clicked it on his belt buckle.
"Fine. Who wants to go—" He was cut
off by a hoarse voice,
"Matt! Don't—" TK gasped, trying to
sit up and turn to see his brother. Joe insisted that he sit back down, but TK
wouldn't budge. Matt ran over to his brother and kneeled down, brushing some
tears off the little blonde's face.
TK
looked horrible, bright red and tired in his face. His arms shook as he tried
to keep himself up and he was crying uncontrollably, tears streaming down his
cheeks.
"Matt,
don't leave me. I need you here! Don't leave me brother, don't leave me!" He
cried, hugging his brother around his neck. Matt tightened his grip around TK
and sobbed.
"It's okay. Shh…it's okay," He cooed
"I'll stay with you, and I won't leave, not for one second." He rocked his
little brother softly like when he was a baby, and just sat there with him in
his arms.
"Who's going to go now?" Sora asked,
watching the two brothers. Joe had joined them, wiping his hands on his shirt.
"It should be two of the new kids,
they know the area better then we do now." The new Digidestined looked at each
other, then Davis nervously raised his hand.
"I'll go." The older and younger
kids eyed him oddly, but nodded.
"Me too." Kari announced pushing
some hair out of her face. Tai started to protest but she put her hand in his
face. "There's not a single thing you can say that will stop me Tai." She
looked over towards the two brothers. You could see in her eyes that she wanted
to cry, but Kari was strong and didn't. She couldn't imagine a world without
TK, he was her hope, what helped her go on day by day. She sighed and turned to
Davis. His face hid all of his emotions, but he didn't look happy at least.
Kari looked at her brother and kissed him on the cheek. "We'll be
alright." She looked at Davis again,
"Davis?" He looked up. "Could you fill your book bag with some things to eat?
Who knows how long it will take to find this plant." He nodded and went off to
the picnic basket.
Kari went off to say goodbye to TK
and Joe took Izzy off to the side.
"What the hell are you doing helping
Davis?" He hissed at his friend. Izzy looked shocked.
"You know?!" Joe nodded.
"Yes! The little punk told me! How
dare you protect him!" Izzy put his hands up in defense, he had a perfectly
good reason to protect Davis.
"Joe…Davis is truly sorry, all he
wanted was for TK to be embarrassed, he wasn't intending for him to end up like
this. I saw it in his eyes, he was almost crying while Gennai talked to us."
Joe looked towards Davis, who was filling up his book bag with left over food.
He didn't have that normal bouncy movement, he was dead set on doing what his
job was and his eyes showed it. Joe sighed, combing a hand through his long
blue hair.
"Argh, alright." He pushed Izzy in
the shoulder and walked towards Tai and Sora. He smiled softly and shook his
head.
"Kari, why are you doing this?" TK
whispered, gripping Kari's hand. Matt had left his side just so Kari and TK
could get some alone time. She smiled softly at him and touched his cheek.
"Because I love you silly." TK
smiled weakly, closing his eyes.
"I love you too." He whispered, opening
his eyes again. Kari's heart broke as she realized how sick he really was. She
leaned in slowly and gave him a soft kiss on the lips.
"I'll be back." She whispered in his
ear. "You better hang in there TK, or I don't know what I'll do." He nodded, still
staring into her eyes.
"Ok." He answered softly. "I
promise."
Kari got up and joined the others.
Davis handed her her book bag and she put it on her back. She looked at each of
the other's faces, finally turning to TK, who had fallen asleep behind them.
She again looked at Davis.
"Come on. We've got a flower to
find."
So?
What you think? Please R+R.
The
whole TK and Matt thing "Don't leave me brother!" Is from this short story I
read called "The Scarlet Ibis" it's a really sad story, but I loved it.
Eh- How Did I Fall in Love with You…I don't know how to end it without it being so short!!
Next part coming soon, I've never been so inspired!!
Until then…
S.C. Hardy