Chapter 8


**"Kari!" I called out, "Kari! Where are you?"
I heard laughter.
"Over here silly".
I ran towards the place it came from. It kept getting farther away.
"Kari! Come here!"
"Okay!"
I stopped running and waited for her.
"Here I am".
I looked out and yelled. It wasn't Kari at all. It was the monster I fought before!
"Where is Kari!"
"Oh her? I ate her. What a nice appetizer. Your next, pretty boy!"
I started to run away.
"Patamon! Patamon where are you?"
I kept running. Patamon was gone. I looked behind me. The beast grabbed me and brought me towards his mouth. **


I woke up panting. Sweat was coming down my forehead.
"T.K. are you okay," Patamon asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine Patamon. Just a bad dream. No worry's, okay?"
"No worry's"
"Okay now go back to sleep".
I looked over at Kari. She seemed a bit better. Kari seemed as if she was in perfect peace. I wished she would wake up.
I walked over to her. Her cuts needed cleaning. I took a scrap of cloth from the blanket and let the rain wet it. I washed off the cuts. They would be better soon. I then took the cloth back to the rain and rinsed it off. Then I folded it nicely and put it on Kari's worst cut. It looked like it could need stitches.
"T.K.? Is Kari going to be okay?" Gatomon asked.
"Kari will be fine. Don't worry Gatomon. I'm going to see if I can find any food. You and Patamon look after Kari, okay?"
"Okay".
I walked outside. The rain was getting lighter. It would end soon. I hope. I walked on until I found a berry tree. I picked off a few branches of it.
I hope this will do, I thought to myself.
I started to head back to the cave when I heard talking. I walked over to it. It was the cloaked lady and the beast again. I hid behind a tree and listened.
"You fool! How am I supposed to get light and hope if you keep messing it up!"
"I'm s-sorry master they were to fast for me."
"Well what am I supposed to do! I need light and hope or nothing will go right! What do you have to say about it, huh!"
"Just give me one more chance, master, I will capture them and everything will go right again. Please."
"One more chance. You want one more chance! Well this is your last chance! If you don't bring me those two children I will destroy you! You hear! I will destroy you!"
With a flick of her cloak, she was gone again. The monster sat down and mumbled to himself.
"What is woodsumon going to do. What will woodsumon do?"
Ha, I thought to myself, your name is Woodsumon.
I ran quietly away from the place and back to the cave. Kari was asleep. Patamon and Gatomon were playing.
"Patamon," I said", go outside and search for more sticks. Gatomon you take one of these sticks with fire on it and put out the rest of it. We need to go deeper into the cave".
Patamon and Gatomon went to do the tasks I told them to do. I picked up Kari in my arms and brought her further and further into the cave. Gatomon ran up behind me carrying a single sick lit with fire.
I set Kari down again. She fidgeted a little bit but slept on. I sat down on the other side and waited for Patamon.
After a few minutes, I heard Patamons flapping coming down the cave. I jumped up to greet him. I took the sticks from him and threw them into a heap on the ground. I put the fire stick in it last. In a few seconds, it lit up and a fire united. I sat back down on the floor. I leaned my back on the wall and closed my eyes thinking of everything that happened so far this day. My dream came back in to memory. I shuddered at the thought of it. Then the conversation between the cloaked lady and Woodsumon. It was all so confusing. Why did she need Kari and me? What is she planning to do with us? I don't understand. I thought about it for awhile. Going through every little detail. I heard Kari turn over.
Oh, I hope she is all right, I thought.
Then out of nowhere I heard my name called in a sweet low voice.
"T.K.?"