At the chalet, everyone had gathered together after a long day on the hills.
"T.K.? Kari? Where's Tai and Sora?" Matt asked.
"They went down a different trail than us," T.K. said. "We were supposed to meet them at the bottom of the hill."
"That was an hour ago," Kari noted. "They should've been back by now."
"Great. Now we've lost them too," Willis sighed.
"Too?"
"Davis disappeared earlier today," Mimi explained. "He hasn't shown up either."
Izzy glanced across the room. "That cow is getting on my nerves." There was the cow, wandering around and running into things.
"You've seen it too?" Cody asked. Izzy nodded.
"It's been showing up all over the place," said Joe.
"We talked to it," Yolei noted, gaining strange looks from everyone but Izzy. "The voice sounded awfully familiar."
"What did it say?" Kari asked.
"It mooed."
"Hmmm... I say we go over there and see who it is once and for all," decided Matt, starting towards the door that the cow had just left through.
"Matt, slow down!" T.K. called, going after him.
"Hey there," Matt said to the cow.
"Mooo," was the response.
"What's your name?" T.K. asked.
"Moo... I don't know."
T.K. looked at Matt. "That sounds like Davis!"
Matt grabbed the head of the costume and pulled it off. Sure enough, there was the brown haired goggle head, squinting at the light.
"Who are you?" Davis asked.
"Davis, it's T.K.," he said. "Remember?"
"No. And you?"
"It's Matt."
"I don't know you two, but you seem nice," Davis said, grinning like an idiot.
Matt sighed. "It's amnesia," he whispered to T.K.. "Let's take him inside."
~*~**~*~
"Tai, it's getting colder," Sora whispered. "We've been here for so long..."
"It's okay, Sora," Tai said for the hundredth time that day.
"You should go," she told him. "I'll be okay here."
"No way. I'm not leaving you," said Tai. "Got that? I'm not leaving you Sora."
Sora let out a shaky breath. She and Tai had been sitting there in the woods for over an hour, since she'd hit the ice and shot down through the forest, stopping when she ran into a tree. Despite her pleas to leave and get help, Tai had persistantly stayed with Sora the whole time. Inside, she was grateful for it, and as she lay in the snow with her head on Tai's lap, Sora fought slumber. The cold was numbing, she couldn't feel her nose, and her toes were starting to lose feeling as well.
"I got it," Sora breathed. "But Tai... I'm getting scared. And I'm starting to lose feeling in my toes."
Tai looked down at Sora, trying to hide the worry on his face. "Your lips are blue."
"So are yours."
Tai pulled the scarf out of his backpack and gently wrapped it around Sora's neck, then brought it up to her nose. "That should help."
"But it won't help you," Sora's muffled voice said.
"I'll be fine. Don't worry about me," he said quietly, not looking at Sora.
"Tai, look at me," Sora ordered, pulling the scarf down from her mouth. "You can't be doing this. Go get help."
"No Sora. I won't leave you."
"If you had gone for help when I first told you to, we could've been out of here by now!" she cried.
"I'm not going to take the chance of something happening to you while I'm gone!" Tai shouted.
This induced Sora to yell, "Why are you being so stubborn, dammit?!"
"Because I... I love you Sora! You mean too much to me, I can't leave you!"
"Tai... Oh, Tai, I'm sorry I got mad..."
"Sora, I treasure you so much and-"
She silenced Tai with a mittened hand to his mouth. "I love you too, Tai. It's okay... you can stay," Sora murmured.
"I think I know a way to warm both of us up," Tai said, a sly grin crossing his face. "At least for a little while." Sora smiled, at which point Tai bent over and pressed his numb lips to hers. A fervent heat moved between them, warming up their minds and hearts.
~*~**~*~
"When did you last see them?"
"Around 3:30," Kari told the ski patrol. She was wringing her hands with worry; only T.K.'s gentle hand on her arm offered solace from her anxiety.
"What was the name of the trail they went on?" the man asked. He had friendly hazel eyes and an understanding face, and introduced himself as Keith.
"I... I don't remember," Kari said.
"I don't either," T.K. added.
"Do you remember how you got there?"
"I do," said T.K..
T.K. took Keith up to where he and Kari had separated from Tai and Sora. They showed Keith the path and his face went white.
"I thought they'd closed that trail today because of the ice," Keith said. "I'll go down there and look for them. As for you two, I want you to go back to the chalet and stay put until I come back."
"Okay," T.K. answered for both of them.
Keith skiied slowly down the hill, keeping his eyes peeled for ice patches and anything that might indicate the location of Tai and Sora. In a short time, he spotted a blue and orange snowboard with one end stuck in the snow. Leaving his skis next to the board he approached the tree line. "Hello! Is anyone down there?" Keith called.
~*~**~*~
"So lemme get this straight: My name's Davis Motomiya, and I'm not supposed to be wearing this cow outift."
"That's right. Now, what are our names?" Mimi asked.
Davis scrunched up his face in thought. "I have no idea."
"He'll have to stay here in the hospital," Joe said. "At least until he regains most of his memory."
"Memory? My memory's fine," Davis protested. "Lemme out of here." He started sitting up in the bed.
"Oh no Davis," Matt said, pushing him back down. "You're staying right here buddy." Davis grumbled unhappily.
Joe, Mimi, Matt, Yolei, and Willis had taken Davis to the hospital after several unsuccessful attempts to get his memory back. Meanwhile, T.K., Kari, Izzy and Cody were back at Sunpeaks waiting for Sora and Tai to show up. The doctors had looked at Davis, scratched their heads, and said they'd be back in five minutes. It'd been half an hour.
"What's taking them so long?" Willis grumbled.
"There are other patients Willis," Mimi said. "Give them some time."
~*~**~*~
"Tai? Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"The voice..."
Faintly, someone was calling. "Is anyone there?"
"WE'RE DOWN HERE!!" Tai shouted. "See, I told you they'd come!"
The person who'd called to them soon clomped down the hill carefully on his ski boots. "Are you Tai Kamiya and Sora Takenouchi?" he asked.
"Yeah, that's us," Tai answered.
"My name's Keith. Your sister Kari contacted us when she hadn't heard from you in over an hour," Keith said. "Do you need any help?"
"Apart from being cold, I think my leg is broken," Sora replied.
Keith took out a walkie-talkie and radioed down to the base. "All right you two, we're gonna have someone come up here with a snowmobile to take you down. They'll be here in a few minutes, then we can get you to the hospital. Okay?"
"Perfect," Sora answered with a sigh of relief. She squeezed Tai's hand tighter, and smiled.
"I told you," Tai mouthed, smiling back.
