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"Look! There they are!" Patamon said. He was sitting on T.K's helmet as usual.

"Taaaai! KARI!" Sora yelled. None of them reacted, except Izzy, who turned around with a puzzled look on his face. "IZZYYYY!" She shouted at the tip of her lungs. Izzy finally saw them there on Birdamon's back.

"Sora?" he yelled back.

"What's up with you, Izzy?" Tai asked, when he saw that young genius had stopped.

"It's Birdamon!" Kari said, surprised.

Tai peered up at the other digidestineds, because of the harshly shining sun.

"What are you guys doing here?"

The huge bird-digimon landed in front of them.

"We've found Matt!" T.K explained, as he hopped down from Birdamon.

"You have? Where is he?" Tai wanted to know.

"Um... We left him with Gabumon. He's not feeling very well."

"What's wrong with him?" Kari asked.

"He's sick. An evil Digimon attacked him and Gabumon. We don't exactly know what happened, but that Digimon threw some attack at Matt and now he's got fever. He's practically burning up!" Sora said, hoping that Tai wouldn't get too bad conscience about it.

"We were just flying here to get you." T.K said. "We promised Gabumon that we wouldn't be gone for that long."

"Ok. Can you carry all of us, Birdamon?" Izzy asked.

"I don't think so. You are to heavy together."

"Do you think you can digivolve to Kabuterimon, Tentomon?"

"Yes. Just give me a second." The kids and their Digimon waited until Tentomon was done.

"Let's go." the gigantic insect said. Tai, Agumon, Kari, Gatomon and Izzy climbed up on Kabuterimon, while Sora, T.K and Patamon got up on Birdamon.

'Why did I say those things to Matt? I knew I didn't mean any of it, and I knew that he would be hurt. And now he's sick and it's all my fault!' Tai thought miserably.

When they got to where Matt and Gabumon were, Kabuterimon and Birdamon dedigivolved back to their rookie forms. Tai ran towards Gabumon, who stood waiting for them.

"How is he doing?" he asked the dog-like Digimon.

"Like before." Gabumon said.

"And how is that?"

"He's still not waking up, and got fever."

Tai turned away. He was feeling so guilty. 'Matt's my best friend, and this is how I thank him?'

"It's not your fault Tai! No one could have known that Knimon would attack him!"
Gabumon said honestly. "And we shouldn't waste our energy by feeling guilty about it. Can you give me a hand with moving him?"

"Sure." Tai said. He felt a little better after Gabumon's words.

Gabumon showed him where Matt was lying. Tai understood that Gabumon wanted Matt to lie in the sun as long as it shined. The sun had probably moved under the time Sora, T.K, Patamon and Biyomon were gone.

Gabumon took one of the sleeping bags he'd used for warming Matt and lay it down in the sun.

"I thought that we could move him to this spot." he said. Gabumon trotted back to Matt again, and grabbed his feet. Tai grabbed his friend's shoulders. It was easier to lift Matt than he had thought.

'He's really thin', Tai thought to himself. 'And pale.'

They carefully put him down on the silky textile. Sora picked up the other sleeping bag and laid it over Matt's shivering body like a blanket.

"How are we going to get in touch with Mimi and Joe?" Agumon asked.

"I can try to contact them by their digivises. You know like I did with Mimi in that temple." Izzy said.

"How are you going to do that?" Gatomon wanted to know.

"I use my laptop."

"As usual then." Gatomon said.

Ignoring Gatomon, Izzy's fingers started to fly over the keyboard, typing as if tomorrow was Armageddon.
"I've pinpointed their location. They're walking in the wrong direction." Izzy said. "They are walking south-west, instead of south. But that's actually good, because we're in the west." Izzy typed some more. "Now I can talk to them by the digivises." He cleared his throat. "Mimi? Joe? Can you hear me?"

"Aaah!" Joe and Mimi's voices screamed in surprise from the laptop's speakers.

"I guess that answers my question."

"Izzy, is that you?" Joe asked.

"Yes. I'm talking to you through your digivises. If you pick them up and talk nearer them, maybe I can hear you better.

"Like this?" Mimi asked.

"Yes." Mimi's voice sounded much better now.

"Why are you contacting us?" Joe asked.

"We've found Matt..."

"Oh, that's great!" Mimi said cheerfully.

"...And he's ill."

"He is? What happened?"

Izzy explained the whole story.

"That's bad." Joe said worriedly.

"You need to get here too. If the group is whole, it'll be safer. And since you are so close, you will be able to get here fast."

"Are we close?" Mimi asked.

"Yeah, right now you're headed south-west."

"We are?" Joe said, confused.

"Yes."

"I told you that we shouldn't have gone to the left by that rock!!" Joe said angrily to Mimi.

"But now we are closer to the others!" Mimi defended herself.

"Don't argue! I'll lead you two to us." Izzy said.

"Okay."

As Izzy talked to Mimi and Joe, about how to get to him and the others, Agumon helped Tai to light a fire. It was beginning to get dark. The digidestineds sat down around the fire and relaxed. It was nice to just sit there.

"Do you think he will be okay?" T.K broke the silence. Everybody knew who 'he' was. They turned their heads towards Matt.

"I'm sure of it." Gabumon said, though he wasn't really. 'I wish I knew how to cure him.' The lizard/dog-looking Digimon thought.

'If he only knew how much I *like* him.' Sora thought, facing the fire. The dancing flames were reflected in her eyes. She looked at Tai. 'He isn't looking too good. I wonder if he's still feeling guilty.' She didn't know how right she was.

'Matt, if I only could make it up to you... I'm so sorry.' Tai thought, tears forming in his eyes. He stopped them from running down his cheeks. 'I shouldn't cry. Gabumon is right. I really shouldn't waste my energy by feeling this way, when I can help Matt instead.' But it was too hard for him to shove those feelings away. 'Stop thinking that way, Tai! You can't turn back time. Though it's mostly your fault your best friend is sick... Shit, don't think that way! Matt wouldn't want you to think that way.' He looked deeply in the fire with his chocolate eyes.

"Something's wrong with Matt!" Gabumon said suddenly, worry written all over his face. T.K rushed to his older sibling.

"He isn't breathing! The small blond haired boy said with fear.



Ooooh... What's going to happen to Matt? What will Tai, Sora and the others do?
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