Author's notes :- Two things. First the bad. Digimon has moved to weekdays. You might thing "Yay! Digimon 5 times a week, not only once a week". Well yes that is true…but it makes writing this stuff before the next ep airs a lot harder. Don't be surprised if more gaps appear. I will fix them when I have time.
Second, I'm guessing with his that the next episode is going to run straight on from this one so this fic takes place as they are in that cart thingy. I would love to do this in far more depth, but the fact of the matter is that they will probably run into Ken again very quickly so this can't be long and drawn out as I don't think we would ever see Tai cry onscreen.
So, this is Kari's point of view (first time I've tried to do hers. Don't shoot me if it sounds wrong) as the cart is speeding along.
Mourning
I think my brother has lost it. He just sits there staring into the distance, mumbling.
That can't be good.
I wish Davis would take the hint and leave him and Matt alone. Sometimes I think Tai is closer to Matt than me. After all, Tai must talk to someone.
I can see that he's trying hard not to cry. A sister knows things like that. And Davis is trying to cheer him up by being even more stupid than usual. And it's not helping.
Tai needs some time alone to deal. His partner has been taken from him, used to destroy. Even worse, he tried the same trick I pulled with Andromon.
Metalgreymon looked right through him the whole time. Like he didn't even exist. Now that's harsh.
Agumon is gone, and my brother can't do anything about it. That Dark Spiral buries the one he stayed with against Devimon, Etemon, and Piedmon, even Apocalymon. He can't reach him. Can't get him to fight back. He needs space to get over this.
Too bad we don't have time to stop.
We sure made a mess of things. We should've gotten the hell out of there while we had the chance instead of muttering on about ice cream. Ken had not trouble catching up to us. Catching up to Agumon.
We don't even know how he got free. He doesn't seem to know, or won't tell us. But that hardly matters. He's a prisoner again. Trapped in his own body. I'd do anything to help him. We all would.
He's starting to cry now. Why won't Davis leave? If Tai and Matt were alone right now Tai would be sobbing like crazy. Matt was the only one he really talked to all those years ago. See? There Matt goes, putting his arm round my brother's shoulders. Pulling him close.
Tai once told me what Matt was like when they were separated by Devimon. How he knocked some sense into Matt. Now Matt is doing the favour. Or at least trying too. But Davis is in the way.
Oh Davis, don't you see? Those goggles mean nothing to Tai against the years he's spent with Matt. They have a bond that goes even deeper than the one I have with him. Friendship supporting failing courage. It would almost be poetic if it wasn't so tragic.
They went through hell together and all you have are these goggles. Something he gave you out of duty. If I could drag you out of there then seal them in, I would. Tai needs time and space to grieve and we have precious little of both.
I see my brother with tears running down his face and my heart calls out to him. I know what it feels like to have your partner taken away from you by force. I cried so much for Gatomon when Myotismon had her, how can Tai do anything less?
Strange, him crying like that. I've never known him to cry, ever. He was my big brother. Strong, stable, my protector. Now the only one who can protect him is Matt. See? See how he sobs? My heart hurts alongside his. He can't see anything except loss and despair. If he could he would cry a river and still not be spent. A hole, that is what he wants. A hole to swallow him and take him away. While Digmon would surely do it if it would help to ease the pain, all it would do is kill our best chance for getting Agumon back.
Come back Tai, don't loose yourself in grief. We still need you.