Disclaimer- I don't own Digimon

Disclaimer- I don't own Digimon or any other licensed products in this story. Don't sue, I'm broke.

First, I'd like to thank the people who wrote such sweet reviews for part 1 and the two people who e-mailed me Please write to me all you want, I love reading them. Thank you so much and don't worry, this will be a multi-chaptered story and I have quite a ways to go so I hope you all stay with me till the end. I apologies for any grammar mistakes.

I had this chapter (part, whatever) already written when I posted part1 but I held back on posting it till I had finished part 3. I wanted them to be posted together. It will be a long wait till part 4 comes out and I'm really sorry about that. But the summer class I'm taking is really killing me and studying has to come first (or I get my computer rights revoked). So expect future parts to come at a snail's crawl but they will come. Now, on with the story. Warning: expect angst ahead. But don't worry too much. I hate angst; it makes me sad.

Darkness in Light

~by The Silversage

Part 2: The Coming Storm

Two weeks later

Friday 4:25 P.M.

"Hey guys! Come on in," Tai said opening the door to let Matt and T.K. in.

"Happy Birthday, man!" Matt smiled, slapping his best friend on the back, "Are we the first one's here?"

"Nope. Sora and Miimiii are here," he teased. Matt flushed at the mention of the strawberry-haired girl's name.

"Taaiii! Not in front of the kid," he hissed gesturing to T.K. with his eyes.

"Like its not totally obvious," T.K. muttered rolling his eyes. "Um…Is Kari around?"

"Your girlfriend is in the kitchen with the others," Tai smirked.

T.K. rolled his eyes again and headed for the kitchen trying to ignore the snickers from Tai and his brother. Ever since they had caught him and Kari asleep on the couch, they'd been absolutely impossible, taking every available opportunity to interrogate them about what happened that night…or embarrass them. He pushed open the door…and stepped into a war zone.

Pots and pans were scattered everywhere and a fine coat of flour was covering the entire kitchen. Sora was trying to attack the gigantic pile of dirty dishes in the sink while Mimi was standing on the counter, emptying the cabinets.

"Sora, I think its safe to assume there is absolutely NO icing anywhere in this kitchen," Mimi said.

Sora sighed tiredly, glancing at the mess Mimi's search had left. "Don't worry about it Mimi. We'll just use the whipped cream with a little food coloring. Oh, hi T.K."

"Is Matt here?" Mimi asked, hopping down from the counter. At T.K.'s nod, she slipped out the door before he could actually say anything.

"Hey!" Sora yelled, turning off the faucet and racing after her, "Get back here Mimi, I'm not cleaning this up by myself."

T.K. smiled after them before heading over to Kari who had holed herself up in the far corner of the kitchen, cutting strawberries for the cake. He looped an arm around her shoulders and gave her a light squeeze. "Hey, how are you holding up?" he asked softly.

Kari leaned into him slightly, "Pretty good, actually," she answered with a smile, "This is the longest I've gone without…you know." She felt him give her another squeeze and looped an arm around his waist, content to stand there in silence. She smiled to herself thinking over the last two weeks. T.K. had been her constant shadow, never leaving her side. The fact that they had the exact same schedule helped. It made her feel…safe…to have him near. Now, her biggest problems were: Davis, who, having noticed the two of them hanging out more was always trying to pick an argument with T.K., and…

"Hey! You two need a chaperone?" Tai teased leaning over the counter from the living room. The two jumped apart guiltily.

"TAI!" she yelled grabbing a cup towel and throwing it, aiming for his head. Tai caught it in midair and headed for the couch laughing. "Jerk!" she yelled at his retreating back.

"I have a really bad feeling he and Matt are going to be more obnoxious than usual today," T.K. muttered.

"Well, we'll just play it cool and if they want a show, we'll give them a show," Kari smiled with an evil gleam in her eyes. T.K. glanced sideways at her before a slow smile of understanding spread across his face. "Deal?" she asked, holding out her hand.

"Deal," he smiled, shaking her hand.

Friday 4:45 P.M.

"Is everyone here?" Tai asked glancing around the living room filled with friends, old and new, and their respective digimon. It's a good thing Mom and Dad are out of town for the weekend, he thought looking around at all the digimon.

"Yeah, everyone's here," Yolei nodded, "Davis couldn't make it because his family's visiting his grandmother for the weekend." Kari tried not to giggle at T.K.'s sigh of relief.

"And Joe and Gomamon are going to be late," Izzy added.

"So what do we do first?" Matt asked.

"How 'bout Truth or Dare?" Mimi suggested. There was a mass groan from every guy in the room save one.

"What's Truth or Dare?" Ken asked. Ten pairs of eyes stared at him incredulously. Izzy, who had been taking a sip of Coke, promptly started choking, which set off Tai and Matt laughing at him.

"It's a game," Yolei started, ignoring the two boys.

"Yeah, that every girl thinks has to be played whenever there's a gathering of more then two people," Tai added sarcastically, once his laughing was under control.

"Tell me about it," Matt muttered.

"Hey!" the girls exclaimed. Cody wisely leapt of the couch as four pillow cushions headed for Tai and Matt…who didn't move as quickly.

"Oww."

"They're only pillows you big baby!" Mimi muttered grabbing one of the pillows off the floor and hitting Matt on the shoulder. "That's for insulting my suggestion."

"I didn't say it. Tai did," he protested. Tai laughed as he watched his friend's beating.

"How did we wind up related to them?" Kari muttered to T.K.

"You got me," he murmured.

Tai and Matt glanced up to see their younger siblings whispering to each other. They exchanged evil grins. "We're in," they said simultaneously.

"I'm not," Cody said.

"Good, you can sit with me," Izzy smiled. "I find it much safer to be a spectator when it comes to this kind of game," he said softly once Cody sat down, pulling out his video camera, "and the perfect opportunity for future blackmail."

"My attitude exactly," Cody said smiling back and pulling out his instant camera.

"Can we play?" Augumon asked.

"No!" Byomon and Palmon shouted.

"You don't want to play. Trust me!" Palmon exclaimed.

"Yeah. Mimi and Sora play this all the time so we know!" Byomon added, "Of course, seeing as how we don't wear clothes, I don't think any of us could flash someone from the window." This was followed by silence and a mass dropping of jaws from everyone except Mimi and Sora who were blushing furiously.

"BYOMON!" Sora shrieked.

"You did What?!" Tai exclaimed wide-eyed as Sora buried her face against Mimi's shoulder.

"Did you catch all that?" Cody asked Izzy, who was zooming in on Sora and Mimi.

"Yup."

"Okay Sora, Truth or Dare?" Mimi asked.

Sora glanced at her warily. If I say Truth, she'll probably ask me something really embarrassing about Tai. "Dare." Mimi leaned over and whispered something in her ear.

"No fair. We want to hear," Yolei said.

Sora's face suddenly flushed scarlet. "I can't do THAT!" she exclaimed.

"Aw, come on. It's his birthday," Mimi pleaded.

Tai's interest perked up realizing he was the subject of the next dare. Mimi probably dared her to kiss me or something, he thought hopefully. He and Sora had been pretty much dubbed the 'unofficial couple' by the others, which was fine by him. But both of them had been taking things slow; neither one were ready yet to risk their friendship.

Sora sighed and walked over to stand in front of Tai, aware of everyone watching her curiously. At least I'm wearing a bra this time, she thought to herself grabbing hold of the bottom of her shirt.

Tai watched her walk over fully expecting her to lean down and kiss him. He was not expecting her to lift her shirt up in front of him…or to see so…much of her. Only two words were passing through his head on endless repeat. Oh. God.

Sora walked back to her seat thoroughly embarrassed. But she had to admit, Tai's expression was priceless. Still is, she corrected herself sitting down again. She received a mass applause from everyone except for two people.

"Tai, breathe already," Matt said shaking his wide-eyed friend who was still in shock.

"Tai, Truth or Dare?" Sora asked, still a little pink. Tai didn't answer, completely spaced out with a lop-sided grin on his face. "Tai? Oh, never mind," she muttered, "Matt, Truth or Dare?"

"Dare."

Sora and Mimi exchanged wicked grins and Mimi handed Sora a tiny black bag which she passed to Matt. "Go put this on but no peeking till you're in the bathroom." He accepted the bag warily and held it out at arms length heading for the bathroom.

"So, what's in the bag?" Yolei asked eagerly. Everyone leaned forward.

"You'll see," Sora smiled sweetly.

"Keep those camera's ready," Mimi told Izzy and Cody, "I want copies."

"There's No Way In HELL I'm Wearing This!" Matt yelled from the bathroom.

"You'll wear it or I'm coming in there and putting it on you!" Mimi yelled back. There was a long pause from the bathroom.

"Is that a promise?"

"Moron," Mimi crossed her arms in front of her chest sinking into the couch blushing. Sora, Yolei, and Kari giggled at her embarrassment. T.K. and Ken exchanged smiles. The smiles and giggles turned into hysterical laughter when a very red and sulking Matt finally came out of the bathroom, still wearing his pants but shirtless wearing a very risqué black lace teddy.

"What in God's name are you wearing?!" Tai managed to gasp out finally.

"Ask your girlfriend. It's her idea," he returned sitting next to his so-called best friend who took that moment to actually fall off the couch he was laughing so hard. Ken and Yolei were leaning against each other as were Kari and T.K., all gasping for air. The corners of Matt's mouth twitched upwards as he remembered his whole reason for playing this game in the first place. Laugh it up, little brother, he smirked, You're going down next.

"I'm really glad we're not playing," Gatomon whispered, passing a bowl of popcorn to Patamon. All the digimon were engrossed in watching their human friends embarrass and humiliate each other.

It was another five minutes before everyone settled down enough for the game to continue. "T.K., Truth or Dare?" Matt asked shooting glares at the occasional snickers around him.

Oh man. He's probably going to ask me something humiliating, like if I'm in love with Kari, he thought with a frustrated groan. I can't ever let her find that out. I know she'd never feel the same, he mused, sneaking a glance at his best friend beside him. "Dare."

An evil smile spread across Matt's face. "I dare you… to kiss Kari. And I mean a real kiss." He almost burst out laughing at the wide-eyed panicked expression on his brother's face. A deer caught in headlights, he smirked.

Kari glanced at T.K. catching his terrified, panicked expression. She quickly averted her eyes trying to ignore the icy hand clenching her heart. I guess I don't blame him, she thought squeezing her eyes shut so no one could see her hurt expression. Having to kiss your best friend…must be like having to kiss your sister, she sighed in disappointment.

T.K. felt his heart drop into his stomach at her disappointed sigh. His left hand clenched into a tight fist as he stood up and offered her a hand up.

"It's okay, T.K.," she whispered with a forced smile, "Just play it cool, remember?"

"Yeah," he murmured apprehensively.

"Come on! We want some action!" Tai yelled from the couch.

Kari shot her brother a glare before turning back nervously to T.K. T.K. wasn't at all sure of what to do with his hands and finally settled them lightly at her waist while Kari rested hers on his shoulders. Here goes nothing, he thought taking a deep breath and leaning down.

Kari closed her eyes, listening to some inner voice that told her to tilt her face up and before conscious thought could stop her, she leaned up on tip-toe, meeting T.K. halfway. Oh God!, was her last coherent thought as she melted against him, wrapping her arms around his neck to keep her balance.

T.K.'s eyes popped open in surprise when Kari initiated the kiss, too shocked to react at first. When he felt her press against him and her arms wind around his neck, he lost any semblance of control as he abruptly tightened his grip around her to keep her from pulling away. She gasped, startled by his actions and he took advantage of her parted lips to deepen the kiss.

He silently cursed the Fates when lack of air forced him to pull away. He rested his forehead against hers trying to drag in enough air to his oxygen starved lungs and he could feel her own shuddering breaths against the hollow of his neck. He opened his eyes reluctantly, half expecting her to slap him for being so forceful. When he finally met her chocolate eyes, he was vaguely surprised to find no trace of anger. Instead, there was only confusion and something else he couldn't quite identify. He was trying to search out what that something else might be when a 'click' from Cody's camera brought him back to earth.

He set her down gently, both surprised and embarrassed to find he'd been holding her a good two inches off the ground all this time. Kari stepped back, putting some distance between herself and T.K., and looked away trying to look at anything but him. At least until her heart stopped pounding. Blushing furiously, they both sat down with as much dignity as they could, glancing around the room at their silent friends, most of which had their jaws hanging open. Kari's gaze settled on Tai who was somewhere between dumb shock and glaring at T.K. She glared back. "So was that enough action for you two pervs?" she shot at him and Matt. Matt nodded, still in shock, finally getting his mouth to close while Tai just glared right back at her. "Why can't you two just read dirty magazines like normal guys?" she teased, leaning to the side against T.K.

T.K. looked down at her in confusion before remembering their little 'deal'. We're supposed to pretend we're already a couple, he reminded himself. With a slight smirk in their brothers' direction, he casually draped an arm around her shoulder. "It's still my turn, right?" he asked, ignoring the death glare Tai was giving him. He hoped to God Kari couldn't hear the way his heart was still pounding.

"I do believe it is," she answered with a similar thought, playing along. She tried not to giggle at Tai, who was fuming at T.K.

Matt, you are so going down for this, T.K. mused sending his brother an evil smile that promised future revenge and retribution. But not just yet. I'll have to wait till you let your guard down. "Ken, Truth or Dare?" he said suddenly.

"Truth," he answered immediately. After seeing the last round of dares, he didn't want to take any chances.

"What do you think of Yolei?" T.K. asked with a sly grin. He struggled to keep a straight face as Ken dissolved into a stammering fit, turning redder and redder.

As it turned out. Someone else beat him to the punch in exacting revenge.

"Matt, Truth or Dare?" Kari asked with an expression far too innocent.

"Dare," he answered confidently. He had no doubt that either Kari or T.K. would try to get him back by making him kiss someone. He risked a quick glance at Mimi, who was squeezed into the same easy chair as Sora. This'll be fun, he mused to himself.

"I think turn-about's fair play, don't you?" she asked, looking up at T.K.

"Ohh yeah!" he grinned back at her.

She stood up and casually walked over to Sora and Mimi's chair. "Matt," she began, "I dare you… to kiss…," she stopped and leaned over the top of the chair, "…Tai." She chuckled evilly at his and her brother's stunned expressions while everyone else burst out laughing. "Payback's a bitch, isn't it."

Tai just sat in stunned silence, oblivious to everyone's laughter. He hadn't realized she even knew that word, let alone could come up with a dare like that. Matt, however, jumped up from the couch yelling.

"What kind of sadistic, psycho are you?!" he yelled. "Taiii! Do something about this, she's your sister."

"That's right, she is my sister," Tai said slowly standing up, throw pillow in hand. Kari tensed. "And right now, she needs to be TAUGHT A LESSON." He launched himself at her only to land on the carpet as she took off with a scream. The chase was on. Everyone watched on in amusement as Tai chased his sister with the pillow.

"T.K., Help me!" she screamed when Tai cornered her in the kitchen.

"Watch the cake!" Mimi and Sora yelled.

"Ooo, help me T.K.," Matt mocked in a high pitched voice, "Save me, sa-" BAM! T.K. hit Matt square in the face with a pillow. "That does it," he muttered grabbing a pillow, "Get over here!"

What ensued was a massive free-for all pillow fight with the occasional "Watch the camera!" from Izzy and a few "Watch the camera crew!" from Cody. Tai finally managed to pin Kari to the floor in the hallway and was tickling her when someone knocked on the door. "Come in," he yelled before realizing his mistake.

Everyone froze as the door swung open to reveal a soaking wet Joe, briefcase in hand, coming from a late exam with Gomamon right behind him. He walked in and took in the sight before him. Tai had Kari pinned to the floor frozen in mid-tickle, Matt was sitting on T.K.'s chest with a pillow raised, ready to hit him again, and Mimi and Sora were faced off against Ken and Yolei, all armed with pillows. He could also, just make out Izzy and Cody behind the couch filming and clicking away. The digimon had retreated to Tai and Kari's room as soon as the pillow fight broke out. He smiled to himself setting down his briefcase. "Nice shirt Matt. Is that a new look?" he quipped.

Matt looked down, having forgotten he was still wearing the black lingerie. "Aaah!" he yelled running into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him.

Joe smiled and offered T.K. a hand up. "Let me guess, Truth or Dare?"

"Yeah," T.K. said with a frown, noticing the way Kari winced when Tai pulled her to her feet grabbing hold of her left arm.

"Sora or Mimi?" Joe asked.

"Sora," he answered, "Why are you all wet?"

"If you all hadn't been so busy beating each other, you would have noticed that its raining cats and dogs outside," Joe said with a grin. No sooner had he said that when a loud BOOM! Of thunder crashed overhead. There was a mass scream from the girls: Sora and Mimi hugging each other, Kari trying to permanently attach herself to her brother, and Yolei squeezing a very red Ken.

10 minutes later

"Man, it's really coming down out there," Matt mused watching from the sliding glass balcony door. Everyone was plastered to the window, watching, or in Izzy's case, filming the storm and eating cake.

CRACK.

"What was that?" Sora asked.

CRACK…CRACK.

"Is that hail?" Cody asked.

CRACK.

"Looks like this just became a sleepover," Tai said with a sigh. "I don't want anyone going out in that mess." Everyone looked up as the lights flickered for a second. "Kari-"

"I know. Get the candles," she sighed, heading for the kitchen.

Tai grabbed the cordless phone and tossed it to Sora. "Let's start calling parents," he told her.

Friday 10:00 P.M.

The girls were gathered in Kari and Tai's room while the boys agreed to 'camp out' in the living room. The digimon had all returned to the digital world, courtesy of Izzy's laptop due to lack of sleeping space. The electricity and phone lines had been out for at least the last hour.

"Here," Kari said handing Yolei one of her old night shirts, "You can wear this one."

"Are you sure?" Yolei asked.

"Oh sure. I haven't used it in ages myself," she answered, fingering the short sleeves of the night shirt absently. She turned to the two older girls, deep in thought. "I don't think you two will fit any of my pajamas. You're both too tall and I'm all out of night shirts."

"We can sleep in what we're wearing," Sora started.

"No, you can wear some of Tai's pajamas," Kari exclaimed pulling out two pairs and tossing one to Mimi.

"You're sure he won't mind?" Sora asked.

"Nah. He definitely won't mind you wearing them," Kari teased lightly. The three girls smiled as Sora blushed furiously.

Sora and Mimi had barely finished changing when Tai walked in heading straight for the closet.

"TAI!" Kari yelled throwing her pillow at him, "Can't you ever knock!"

"Sorry! I'm just getting the extra blankets," he muttered from the closet. He backed out of the closet, loaded down with blankets, turned around, and came face to face with… "Sora…um…nice pajamas."

"They're yours," she answered, nervously twirling a lock of her short auburn hair. "I hope you don't mind."

"No not at all," he answered absently, lost in her eyes, "You look good in my clothes." The girls in the room burst into giggles and Tai fled the room after turning fifteen shades of red.

"He really likes you, you know," Kari smiled to the girl she had always considered like an older sister.

"You think so?" Sora asked pensively, "I never thought he'd see me as anything other then his best friend."

"Speaking of which, what about you and T.K.?" Mimi asked slyly.

"Yeah, that was some kiss," Yolei teased from the top bunk, "I didn't know you two were dating."

T.K. sighed as he lifted his hand to knock on the girls' door. Tai had left the room so quickly, he forgot the extra pillow in the closet and was refusing to go back to get it.

"We're not dating."

Wait, that sounded like Kari, he thought, pressing an ear to the door.

"It sure looked that way to me," Mimi teased.

"Look, Tai and Matt have gotten it in their heads that T.K. and I are more then just friends," Kari explained, "They've been impossible for the last two weeks. So we thought we'd play up on that and hopefully get them off our backs."

"So you two were just acting?!" Sora exclaimed, "Wow! You had me totally fooled."

Mimi grabbed one of Tai's soccer trophies off the bureau. "And the winner of this year's academy award is Kari Kamiya," she said handing the trophy over ceremonially to a giggling Kari.

On the other side of the door, T.K. slowly backed away from the door wishing he could erase what he just heard. In an instant he felt his heart be crushed. He leaned against the hallway wall his hands in fists trying not to burst into tears. Once he felt he had sufficient control, he headed back to the living room, glad of the dark shadows from the flickering candles. He flopped on the carpeted floor burying his face in a couch cushion.

"I thought you were going to get a pillow," Ken asked from the floor next to him.

"Don't need one," he mumbled sullenly, his voice slightly muffled by the pillow. Ken cast him a worried glance but kept silent.

Back in the bedroom, Kari slowly stopped giggling and handed the 'Oscar' back to Mimi. "You should give this to T.K. He's the one who did all the acting," she said with a sad smile.

"You mean you weren't acting?" Sora asked softly, pulling Kari down to sit between her and Mimi on the lower bunk, Yolei leaned down from the top bunk, watching. Kari bit her lower lip and closed her eyes before slowly shaking her head. "And he has no clue how you feel, huh?" Sora pressed.

"No," Kari answered softly.

"Oh, Kari," Sora whispered pulling the younger girl into a tight hug.

"Don't you worry Kari," Mimi put in brightly, "It'll all work out."

"You think?" Kari asked with a shaky smile.

"I promise," the pink-haired girl said with a bright smile.

Saturday 1:32 A.M.

Kari jerked upright in a cold sweat, panting for air. Please! Not again!, her mind screamed as she looked around the room, slowly filling with a dark grey mist. She swung herself over the top of the bunk onto the ladder as quietly as possible so as not to wake Yolei or the other two girls on the lower bunk.

In the living room, T.K. was tossing and turning. He just could_not_ get comfortable with that couch cushion. He finally gave up all together and sat up. The only light in the room was coming from Izzy's lap top. He got up and made his way over to Izzy who was too engrossed in his computer to notice him. T.K.'s curiosity rose when he noticed that Izzy was biting one of his knuckles to keep from chuckling. He peeked over Izzy's shoulder…to find himself staring at the footage of him and Kari in full lip-lock. "Izzy!" he hissed.

"Ahh!" Izzy yelped, jumping a mile.

"What_are_you_DOING?!" T.K. fumed in embarrassment somewhat surprised that no one had woken up.

"Oh! Um…I was just…sort of…um…timing you?" Izzy answered struggling to keep a straight face watching T.K. turn redder and redder. "Did you know you two went at it for four minutes and twenty-three seconds?"

"Izzy! Not so loud!" T.K. hissed, glancing at the other guys still sleeping while Izzy laughed softly. They both turned around when they heard the sound of a door opening and quick footsteps. Kari rushed by without giving them a second glance almost slamming the bathroom door behind her.

"Kari?" T.K. whispered to himself in bewilderment.

Kari fumbled blindly in the dark for a moment before finally lighting the candles she had left there earlier. She threw open the medicine cabinet reaching for the razor and quickly pulled up her left sleeve. It was getting harder to see with the thickening mist.

Taking a deep breath, she slowly dragged the razor over the inside of her forearm once, then twice. Pain. The second one had gone deeper then she intended. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth making sure to keep her arm over the sink. The corner of her mouth twitched upward as she watched the mist recoil almost violently from her, from the pain. That's right. Just back off. She tilted her arm so the blood could drip in more easily. Can't stand the pain, huh?, she mused directing her thoughts to the dark mist around her. She frowned when she noticed the mist was starting to creep back around her again. That's never happened before. She ran the razor against her arm again. Like before, the mist recoiled, but after a minute or so it started in again. Kari slashed her arm again, trying to fight down the panic threatening to overwhelm her. This time the mist hardly reacted, closing around her like a blanket; she couldn't see the counter she knew she was leaning against. In the distance, she could hear the soft crash of the ocean. Please no!

T.K. stumbled in the dark over to the bathroom door. Something just didn't feel right.

"Kari?" he asked, knocking on the door softly, "Is everything all right?" No answer. "Kari?" he tried again, "You okay?" Still no answer. He tried to ignore the rush of fear that ran through him. Okay, don't panic. Maybe she didn't hear me. "Kari? What's going on?" he asked a little louder. Izzy was now staring at him, but he ignored it. He tried the doorknob. Locked.

Now panic! "Kari! Open the door!" he commanded, ignoring the fact that the rest of he guys were starting to wake up.

"You know, we do have another bathroom," Tai mumbled sleepily from the couch, not bothering to open his eyes.

T.K. ignored him, pounding on the door now. Kari, NO!, his mind screamed, You promised. He was in full panic mode now. "Damn it Kari, OPEN THIS DOOR!" he shouted, twisting the knob as far as it would go pushing against it as hard as he could, trying to force the lock.

The girls came out of the bedroom, curious to see what the commotion was. Izzy was watching silently from the computer; Joe, Ken, and Cody were watching from their respective makeshift beds. Tai and Matt exchanged looks of concern before getting up and making their way to T.K., still yelling at the door.

"HIKARI KAMIYA, OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. He backed up a bit before ramming the door with his shoulder with little success.

Matt growled low in his throat. He'd had about enough of T.K.'s unusual behavior and even though he hated to admit it, it was starting to scare him. "Hey!" Matt yelled angrily, grabbing him by the front of his shirt, "What the hell is WRONG with you?!" He immediately let go when he saw the pained, barely contained panic in his little brothers eyes, silently pleading with him. He gave T.K. a nod of understanding. The two brothers backed up before ramming the door with their shoulders simultaneously.

"What's going on?" Sora asked softly, moving next to Tai.

"They've lost their minds," he muttered in a monotone trying to ignore his 'big brother' alarm which was screaming full tilt. The wood of the doorway cracked ominously as Matt and T.K. hit it again.

"Joe, get over here," T.K. called backing up for one last run at the door, "I'm gonna need your help." Joe stood up and drew near, clearly confused.

Matt gave T.K. a questioning look but T.K. just stared straight ahead at the door, determinedly. With one last rush at the door, the tortured wood finally gave way with a loud CRACK! Matt froze in utter shock at the sight in front of him. Oh God!, he thought, closing his eyes.