**So this is the second chapter of "The Evil Within". I gave the first chapter of it to my friends, and they absolutely loved it! So I decided to write a second chapter for them, and while I was doing so, I decided to post it here on the net for all of my new friends. You all are really cool, and I'm glad you review my stories after you read them! Well, things aren't going to get better in the second chapter of this fic, in fact, they get much worse.**
The Evil Within
Chapter Two: Is It In You?
The sun rose to awake the Digiworld, drenching the area in light yellow sunlight. The plants seemed to glow as the dew from the night reflected the light from the sun. Sora sat up in her sleeping bag and yawned, stretching her hands high into the air. She rubbed her cinnamon eyes sleepily and tapped on Kari's sleeping form. Sora smiled slightly as Kari made a muffled comment under the blankets, then rolled over and looked at Sora drowsily.
"What? I was having this dream. . ." Kari said, aggrivated by Sora's morning personality.
"We should get up. It's about eight o'clock. And we could mess with the boys to make them wake up too. . ." Sora suggested. Kari's eyes took on an ornery look as she smiled playfully.
"That would be so much fun!" Kari cried quietly. Mimi sat up and glared at the other girls.
"We're NOT waking up this early. NO WAY!" Mimi complained. Sora and Kari rolled their eyes.
"If we want to play a trick on the guys, we will." Sora said matter-of-factly. Mimi grinned evilly and got out of bed to follow Sora and Kari to the boys' tent.
"What should we do?" Kari asked. Sora smirked and pointed to the supports keeping the tent up. Kari and Mimi looked at Sora in shock.
"You're so bad!" Mimi exclaimed quietly as Sora took the main pole and motioned for the other girls to take the others. Sora counted to three silently, and all three girls pulled their stakes, letting the tent fall onto its occupants.
"What the-" Matt yelled loudly. The girls giggled as the other boys cried out and tried to escape their tent.
"GAH!" Tai cried as he scrambled to get out of the tent. Sora, Mimi and Kari watched with satisfaction as the boys tried desperately to get out of their once home.
"Help!" Izzy and Joe cried at the same time.
"What happened? I thought the tent was stable, Matt!" TK yelled. After a few minutes of watching the boys struggle and listening to them curse loudly about being stuck, the girls gave in and dug them out. As the boys, now with messier than normal hair and clothes, emerged, Sora fell to the ground with Mimi and Kari, laughing hysterically.
"Well. . . what should we do with them, guys?" Tai asked. The boys looked sinisterly at the girls, who were listening intently.
"THROW THEM IN THE LAKE!!!!!!" the boys shouted in unison. Shrieking, Sora ran into the woods, followed by Kari and Mimi. Matt chased after Sora, Joe and Izzy tailed Mimi, and TK sprinted after Kari, each shouting for them to come get their paybacks. Tai stood by the wrecked tent, smileing happily. Suddenly he doubled over in pain, his face contorted in agony. He bent his head down to the ground and felt a wave of darkness wash over him.
"Now's not the time to play. It's the time to destroy." a voice inside Tai's mind said darkly. Tai's eyes widened with terror as he felt something push his consciousness back, replacing him with someone else.
"No. . ." Tai moaned as he struggled to remain awake. He collapsed to the ground heavily, rising seconds later with cold black eyes. The centers of Tai's eyes sparked red, then returned to a more normal shade of brown. With an evil look on his face, Tai walked into the forest, searching for the first victim.
Sora sprinted through the woods, Matt close on her heels. She stopped beside an old oak tree, panting for breath. Matt ran up to her and caught her, bringing her to him as she laughed.
"Gotcha!" Matt puffed. Sora turned so she was facing Matt and smiled. Matt smiled back and kissed Sora tenderly.
"I guess you do, don't you, Yama. . " Sora whispered as the couple sank down to the ground, kissing passionately. Matt leaned Sora onto the ground and began to kiss her lightly when Tai walked in on them.
"Tai!" Sora cried as Matt leapt up, trying to make things look a little more innocent than his intentions were. Tai looked at them blanky, then walked over to Matt, who watched him with a quizzical look on his face. Before Matt could ask what Tai was doing, he felt a hard blow to his head. Sora screamed as Matt hit the ground hard as a result of Tai clubbing him atop his head with his arm.
"What are you doing?!?" Sora demanded. Matt struggled to get up, but Tai kicked him hard, keeping him on the ground.
"Tai! Stop it!" Sora screamed. Tai looked at her blankly, his eyes taking on a blackish hue. He began kicking Matt mercilessly as Sora screamed for help. Tai kicked Matt over and over again, his face never changing once. Izzy and TK ran to where Sora was, followed by Kari, Joe and Mimi. The last three stared in shock as Izzy and TK pulled Tai down to the ground. Joe ran to Matt, who was lying limply on the ground. He was bleeding from a wound in his head, and spots of blood were appearing on his shirt and jeans. Sora bawled as Joe and Mimi took Matt's shirt off to reveal multiple cuts and bruises, some severe. Izzy and TK continued to hold Tai, who simply sat there, staring ahead as if nothing was wrong. TK felt Tai tremble, and watched him look around in a daze.
"What the hell? What happened to Matt?" Tai asked, confused. Sora looked at Tai angrilly and ran to punch him, but was stopped by Kari.
"What did you say? You don't know?" Izzy asked, letting go of Tai with a jolt. Tai stared at Matt, who was being tended to by Joe and Mimi.
"No, I don't know what happened. I swear." Tai cried as he watched Joe take Matt's pulse.
"He's alive, but he's not doing too good. We'll have to watch him through the night." Joe said quietly. Sora began to cry on Kari's shoulder softly.
"Why did you do that Tai?" Sora asked loudly, looking into Tai's baffled eyes. Tai stared at everyone.
"What do you mean? I didn't touch him!" Tai replied shaking slightly. Joe and Mimi turned at the comment, staring at Tai with shock. TK backed away from Tai with Izzy, walking over to Sora and Kari.
"Are you saying that Sora didn't see you beat Matt the way she said? Why would Sora lie to us?" Izzy stated. Mimi looked at Tai sadly as he tried to figure out what had happened.
"I don't know. . . .but I didn't hurt Matt!" Tai yelled. The others looked at Tai with disbelief.
"It could have been subconscious, Tai. Maybe you have a grudge against Matt, you know? I mean, you guys did fight a lot here." Joe offered. Tai shook his head, trying to shake the words from his memory.
"No! I wouldn't do that!" Tai yelled as he sprinted away from everyone. Mimi got up to follow, but was stopped by Joe.
"Let him go. He has to figure some of this out." Joe said as he motioned for TK and Izzy to help him pick Matt up and move him back to camp. Sora followed the boys solemnly, Kari and Mimi trying their best to console her.
Tai ran though the forest, picking his way through brush and trees expertly. He knew the woods of the Digiworld by heart, and navigating them was as easy as eating breakfast. Tai stopped at a creek and stared down at his reflection angrilly.
"Why are they blaming me for hurting Matt? Why would I do that??" Tai cried angrilly. He felt someone pushing in his mind, then heard a voice sound inside his head.
"They aren't blaming you, they're blaming me. I did it. I killed Matt!" the voice snarled gruffly. Tai looked at himself in the water and cried out suddenly. His eyes were glowing a firey red. Trembling, Tai fell back against a rock.
"What's happening to me?!" Tai asked himself. Cautiously, Tai peered back into the creek to see if his eyes were still red. They were chocolate brown, just like usual.
"Maybe I'm delusional. . ." Tai thought as he walked slowly back toward camp. In the back of Tai's mind, the voice chuckled evilly.
Matt layed in the girls' tent with Sora, who was taking care of her boyfriend carefully. Joe walked in and took Matt's temperature and checked his pulse.
"He's going to be fine, Sora. He just needs to rest and build some strength." Joe said reassuringly. Sora nodded and watched Joe walk out of the tent.
"Come back to me, Mattie. . . " Sora whispered, kissing Matt's face tenderly. Matt's eyes stirred, and Sora's heart leapt into her throat. But she became disappointed as Matt didn't wake up.
Tai walked into the camp and was greeted by Mimi, who looked at him carefully. Tai looked sadly at the ground and back at Mimi.
"Why did you do it, Tai?" Mimi asked, taking Tai's hand in hers. Tai looked at her and felt himself tremble and become pushed back by the voice.
"Get away from me. . ." Tai stumbled, trying to get Mimi away from him before the thing inside him took over and hurt her too. Mimi looked at Tai in shock.
"But I thought-" Mimi said. Tai felt himself fade from consciousness, and the shadow take over completely. Mimi cried out slightly as Tai's eyes became black.
"Don't think. It's not good for you. Neither am I. I'm very bad for you." Tai snarled as he walked toward the tent Matt and Sora were in. Mimi stared in shock for a moment, then sprinted to the lake where the other kids were making lunch. Tai opened the tent and looked at Sora menacingly.
"Get out. . ." Sora demanded harshly. Tai didn't move, he only smiled madly.
"No. Not until he's destroyed. And you are too." Tai whispered evilly, making a fist and advancing toward Sora, who looked at him with pure horror on her face.
**So that's chapter two! Whadaya think?? Good? Great! Well, I'll have the next chapter hot off the presses for you soon!**
The Evil Within
Chapter Two: Is It In You?
The sun rose to awake the Digiworld, drenching the area in light yellow sunlight. The plants seemed to glow as the dew from the night reflected the light from the sun. Sora sat up in her sleeping bag and yawned, stretching her hands high into the air. She rubbed her cinnamon eyes sleepily and tapped on Kari's sleeping form. Sora smiled slightly as Kari made a muffled comment under the blankets, then rolled over and looked at Sora drowsily.
"What? I was having this dream. . ." Kari said, aggrivated by Sora's morning personality.
"We should get up. It's about eight o'clock. And we could mess with the boys to make them wake up too. . ." Sora suggested. Kari's eyes took on an ornery look as she smiled playfully.
"That would be so much fun!" Kari cried quietly. Mimi sat up and glared at the other girls.
"We're NOT waking up this early. NO WAY!" Mimi complained. Sora and Kari rolled their eyes.
"If we want to play a trick on the guys, we will." Sora said matter-of-factly. Mimi grinned evilly and got out of bed to follow Sora and Kari to the boys' tent.
"What should we do?" Kari asked. Sora smirked and pointed to the supports keeping the tent up. Kari and Mimi looked at Sora in shock.
"You're so bad!" Mimi exclaimed quietly as Sora took the main pole and motioned for the other girls to take the others. Sora counted to three silently, and all three girls pulled their stakes, letting the tent fall onto its occupants.
"What the-" Matt yelled loudly. The girls giggled as the other boys cried out and tried to escape their tent.
"GAH!" Tai cried as he scrambled to get out of the tent. Sora, Mimi and Kari watched with satisfaction as the boys tried desperately to get out of their once home.
"Help!" Izzy and Joe cried at the same time.
"What happened? I thought the tent was stable, Matt!" TK yelled. After a few minutes of watching the boys struggle and listening to them curse loudly about being stuck, the girls gave in and dug them out. As the boys, now with messier than normal hair and clothes, emerged, Sora fell to the ground with Mimi and Kari, laughing hysterically.
"Well. . . what should we do with them, guys?" Tai asked. The boys looked sinisterly at the girls, who were listening intently.
"THROW THEM IN THE LAKE!!!!!!" the boys shouted in unison. Shrieking, Sora ran into the woods, followed by Kari and Mimi. Matt chased after Sora, Joe and Izzy tailed Mimi, and TK sprinted after Kari, each shouting for them to come get their paybacks. Tai stood by the wrecked tent, smileing happily. Suddenly he doubled over in pain, his face contorted in agony. He bent his head down to the ground and felt a wave of darkness wash over him.
"Now's not the time to play. It's the time to destroy." a voice inside Tai's mind said darkly. Tai's eyes widened with terror as he felt something push his consciousness back, replacing him with someone else.
"No. . ." Tai moaned as he struggled to remain awake. He collapsed to the ground heavily, rising seconds later with cold black eyes. The centers of Tai's eyes sparked red, then returned to a more normal shade of brown. With an evil look on his face, Tai walked into the forest, searching for the first victim.
Sora sprinted through the woods, Matt close on her heels. She stopped beside an old oak tree, panting for breath. Matt ran up to her and caught her, bringing her to him as she laughed.
"Gotcha!" Matt puffed. Sora turned so she was facing Matt and smiled. Matt smiled back and kissed Sora tenderly.
"I guess you do, don't you, Yama. . " Sora whispered as the couple sank down to the ground, kissing passionately. Matt leaned Sora onto the ground and began to kiss her lightly when Tai walked in on them.
"Tai!" Sora cried as Matt leapt up, trying to make things look a little more innocent than his intentions were. Tai looked at them blanky, then walked over to Matt, who watched him with a quizzical look on his face. Before Matt could ask what Tai was doing, he felt a hard blow to his head. Sora screamed as Matt hit the ground hard as a result of Tai clubbing him atop his head with his arm.
"What are you doing?!?" Sora demanded. Matt struggled to get up, but Tai kicked him hard, keeping him on the ground.
"Tai! Stop it!" Sora screamed. Tai looked at her blankly, his eyes taking on a blackish hue. He began kicking Matt mercilessly as Sora screamed for help. Tai kicked Matt over and over again, his face never changing once. Izzy and TK ran to where Sora was, followed by Kari, Joe and Mimi. The last three stared in shock as Izzy and TK pulled Tai down to the ground. Joe ran to Matt, who was lying limply on the ground. He was bleeding from a wound in his head, and spots of blood were appearing on his shirt and jeans. Sora bawled as Joe and Mimi took Matt's shirt off to reveal multiple cuts and bruises, some severe. Izzy and TK continued to hold Tai, who simply sat there, staring ahead as if nothing was wrong. TK felt Tai tremble, and watched him look around in a daze.
"What the hell? What happened to Matt?" Tai asked, confused. Sora looked at Tai angrilly and ran to punch him, but was stopped by Kari.
"What did you say? You don't know?" Izzy asked, letting go of Tai with a jolt. Tai stared at Matt, who was being tended to by Joe and Mimi.
"No, I don't know what happened. I swear." Tai cried as he watched Joe take Matt's pulse.
"He's alive, but he's not doing too good. We'll have to watch him through the night." Joe said quietly. Sora began to cry on Kari's shoulder softly.
"Why did you do that Tai?" Sora asked loudly, looking into Tai's baffled eyes. Tai stared at everyone.
"What do you mean? I didn't touch him!" Tai replied shaking slightly. Joe and Mimi turned at the comment, staring at Tai with shock. TK backed away from Tai with Izzy, walking over to Sora and Kari.
"Are you saying that Sora didn't see you beat Matt the way she said? Why would Sora lie to us?" Izzy stated. Mimi looked at Tai sadly as he tried to figure out what had happened.
"I don't know. . . .but I didn't hurt Matt!" Tai yelled. The others looked at Tai with disbelief.
"It could have been subconscious, Tai. Maybe you have a grudge against Matt, you know? I mean, you guys did fight a lot here." Joe offered. Tai shook his head, trying to shake the words from his memory.
"No! I wouldn't do that!" Tai yelled as he sprinted away from everyone. Mimi got up to follow, but was stopped by Joe.
"Let him go. He has to figure some of this out." Joe said as he motioned for TK and Izzy to help him pick Matt up and move him back to camp. Sora followed the boys solemnly, Kari and Mimi trying their best to console her.
Tai ran though the forest, picking his way through brush and trees expertly. He knew the woods of the Digiworld by heart, and navigating them was as easy as eating breakfast. Tai stopped at a creek and stared down at his reflection angrilly.
"Why are they blaming me for hurting Matt? Why would I do that??" Tai cried angrilly. He felt someone pushing in his mind, then heard a voice sound inside his head.
"They aren't blaming you, they're blaming me. I did it. I killed Matt!" the voice snarled gruffly. Tai looked at himself in the water and cried out suddenly. His eyes were glowing a firey red. Trembling, Tai fell back against a rock.
"What's happening to me?!" Tai asked himself. Cautiously, Tai peered back into the creek to see if his eyes were still red. They were chocolate brown, just like usual.
"Maybe I'm delusional. . ." Tai thought as he walked slowly back toward camp. In the back of Tai's mind, the voice chuckled evilly.
Matt layed in the girls' tent with Sora, who was taking care of her boyfriend carefully. Joe walked in and took Matt's temperature and checked his pulse.
"He's going to be fine, Sora. He just needs to rest and build some strength." Joe said reassuringly. Sora nodded and watched Joe walk out of the tent.
"Come back to me, Mattie. . . " Sora whispered, kissing Matt's face tenderly. Matt's eyes stirred, and Sora's heart leapt into her throat. But she became disappointed as Matt didn't wake up.
Tai walked into the camp and was greeted by Mimi, who looked at him carefully. Tai looked sadly at the ground and back at Mimi.
"Why did you do it, Tai?" Mimi asked, taking Tai's hand in hers. Tai looked at her and felt himself tremble and become pushed back by the voice.
"Get away from me. . ." Tai stumbled, trying to get Mimi away from him before the thing inside him took over and hurt her too. Mimi looked at Tai in shock.
"But I thought-" Mimi said. Tai felt himself fade from consciousness, and the shadow take over completely. Mimi cried out slightly as Tai's eyes became black.
"Don't think. It's not good for you. Neither am I. I'm very bad for you." Tai snarled as he walked toward the tent Matt and Sora were in. Mimi stared in shock for a moment, then sprinted to the lake where the other kids were making lunch. Tai opened the tent and looked at Sora menacingly.
"Get out. . ." Sora demanded harshly. Tai didn't move, he only smiled madly.
"No. Not until he's destroyed. And you are too." Tai whispered evilly, making a fist and advancing toward Sora, who looked at him with pure horror on her face.
**So that's chapter two! Whadaya think?? Good? Great! Well, I'll have the next chapter hot off the presses for you soon!**
