Last Time: Kari sees a sinister man burying the contents of a body bag and assumes it to be TK and Davis. She and Matt go out to investigate the burial site. Meanwhile, Veemon finally Digivolved into ExVeemon and TK and Davis were able to escape the buried cabin.
Break A Leg: Part 10
"I see a light at the end of the tunnel!"
TK shook his head. "I really hate that cliché."
Davis couldn't help but be ecstatic. After being snowed in for over a day, it was great to see the setting sun once again. Davis took a deep breath and savored the fresh smell of freedom. But as soon as he got out he suddenly remembered something. He couldn't remember which way he came from. Everything looked so level now with the collapsed snow.
"Uh…TK? TK?"
TK was barely getting out of the tunnel ExVeemon had blasted for them. "I'm out, I'm out. What is it?"
"Um…which way is it to the lodge?" Davis asked.
TK thought about that. "Um…that's a good question."
There was a moment of silence. The silence combined with the whistling winds made the atmosphere seem so uneasy. It seemed like neither boy knew what to say next.
"Well? Which way?" ExVeemon asked.
Both boys pointed…in different directions. "That way!"
Davis and TK sweatdropped for a moment, then began shooting each other a cold glare. They weren't about to agree on this one. ExVeemon just scratched his head.
"It's this way!" Davis repeated.
"No, that way!" TK protested.
"This way!"
"That way!"
"THIS WAY!!"
"THAT WAY!!"
"THIS WAY!!"
TK was about to keep the cycle going until he thought of a simple solution. "Ok, Davis. If this is the way it's going to be, then let's just…"
"That's just what I was thinking!" Davis interrupted. "We'll each go our own way and we'll see who gets back to the hotel first!"
TK blinked. "Uh…that's not what I was thinking…but it's a good idea! We'll see who gets back first!"
"We'll do that, TO! And when you get back to the lodge, you'll find me helping nurse Kari back to health!"
"That's what you think! I'm getting back first! And I'LL nurse her back to health!"
"We'll see about that!"
"We sure will!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
With that, TK and Davis went their separate ways, Davis to the left and TK to the right…leaving a confused ExVeemon.
"Um…hey Davis! Wait up!"
Davis turned around to see ExVeemon playing catch-up while TK was out of sight. The other boy really had gone down his separate path, but it didn't matter to Davis. He knew he was right and TK had to be wrong. So he knew there would be nothing wrong with waiting for ExVeemon to catch up.
"Hey ExVeemon? Um…shouldn't you devolve BACK by now? If people see you, they might think you're the Abominable Snowman or something."
"That's a good point," ExVeemon muttered.
With that, ExVeemon decided to devolve back into his in-training form, DemiVeemon. Once he was in that form, the much-smaller Digimon decided to hop on Davis' head.
"Hey!"
"It's so warm up here, Davis. Your hair's like a fur coat."
Davis sighed and decided not to argue. Instead he continued forward, hoping he would make it back to the lodge before TK did. Because if he didn't…he'd have to eat his words. And Davis hated doing that.
"Kari…we've been digging for almost an hour. Are you sure this is the right spot?"
"I'm positive, Matt! Just keep digging. The bodies are here somewhere. I know it!"
Kari's paranoia was overwhelming her. With every inch she rolled forward, she became more afraid of the possibility that her friends were dead. They might have been butchered and buried by that guy she saw through her telescope. But she wouldn't know until Matt dug up that bag she saw. The bag with all the red stains.
Matt looked exhausted and fatigued from an hour of digging. His shoveling got slower until finally he paused briefly to catch his breath. Kari knew she had to be patient.
~* I don't think they're going anywhere anyway. AAH! What am I saying?! They can't be dead! They just can't! *~
Kari could barely finish her thoughts before she and Matt heard some rustling in the bushes. They both stopped moving. Kari nearly turned white. For all she knew, it could have been that shady man.
"M-M-Matt…?" Kari whispered fearfully.
"Stay here," Matt whispered back. "And hold this."
Matt handed Kari his shovel for her to defend herself with, just in case the worst were to happen. There was nothing she could do now. Matt had gone to investigate leaving the injured girl alone. Kari couldn't help but notice her hands were trembling as she held the shovel.
Kari closed her eyes…and prepared to defend herself at a moment's notice.
Matt couldn't deny that there was some fear he was feeling himself. Everything about this felt like a bad horror movie and he knew that he could easily be the moronic blond to get butchered by the killer. He didn't want that to happen, but Matt had nothing to defend himself with. He left the shovel with Kari. So already, Matt was up the creek without a paddle.
The rustling got louder as Matt kept moving quietly through the snow. He inched ever so closer to the bushes. And as he was about to go through…
…the bushes parted and a face took him by surprise.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Matt fell back on his rear as did the guy behind the bushes. He was expecting to look up and see the guy Kari was talking about. But he didn't find that guy. Instead…he found…
"TK!!"
It was Matt's little brother, TK. After over a day of being lost, TK had finally been found. Matt immediately went over and hugged his brother.
"Matt, you scared the living daylights out of me! What's wrong with you?"
"Oh…it's a long story. Let's just say it has something to do with your girlfriend."
"She's NOT my girlfriend!" TK snapped. "Oh…wait a minute…what ABOUT Kari? Is something wrong?"
"Yes," Matt nodded. "There's definitely something wrong with her. Let's go back and find her."
TK blinked, not knowing what his big brother was talking about. But Matt knew that if TK was alive, then Kari had blown this whole thing out of proportion. But as they moved out of the bushes to go back to meet the girl in the wheelchair, Matt had one other question in mind.
"TK…where's Davis?"
Kari still had her eyes closed. It was as if she were in a deep mental state of concentration. She was completely focused on her surroundings and she had her ears open for any suspicious sounds.
Finally, Kari realized what she had in her hand. She had a shovel. And the curiosity was beginning to overtake her again. She could almost hear the anguished voices of TK and Davis crying out to her. So she made a decision. She decided to continue digging for Matt.
Fidgeting with the wheelchair, Kari moved forward and continued digging. She shoveled small chunks of snow aside. Suddenly, the shovel hit something. Kari looked down to see a bloodstained body bag. It was the bag that was buried and the bag that Kari knew had to contain the bodies of TK and Davis.
She wanted to reach over and pull the bag out, but the wheelchair made that task impossible. And her leg cast left her virtually immobile. Kari was starting to wish Matt would come back.
Then she began to hear something. It was the soft sounds of footsteps walking through the snow. And the footsteps began to grow louder with every step. Finally, Kari could feel someone was behind her. And she felt a very cold breathing.
"Kari?"
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Kari closed her eyes and swung the shovel behind her, nailing something with a hard clang. Very slowly, Kari opened her eyes, if for no other reason than to see what she hit. But as she opened her eyes…
"Ooh…that looked painful!"
Kari looked over by her right leg…to see little DemiVeemon. She felt a sick feeling hit her stomach. She slowly turned her head to the left to see that she had hit…
…Davis…who was now out cold.
There was a gauze and noseguard on Davis' nose and a newly-opened cut above his left eye. It was a wound opened by Kari hitting him with the shovel. Kari felt horrible. She was happy to see Davis was alive, but she felt awful that she had just knocked him unconscious with a shovel. A tear came to Kari's eye and she did the only thing she could do. She yelled out for help.
"MATT!!!!!!!"
Davis was finally coming to, but he felt like he had been clobbered by Black WarGreymon. He opened his eyes to see that he was back in the Akakura Mountain Lodge. He was in Kari's room and he was laying on his bed. He opened his eyes to see Kari, Matt, and TK. And of course, he looked by his pillow to see DemiVeemon bouncing cheerfully.
"Wake up, Davis!" DemiVeemon said cheerfully.
"What happened?" Davis asked groggily. "Who made it back here first, me or TH?"
"Is that the first thing you think about?" TK groaned. "You'd think you'd be more concerned with your eye."
"Hey, now that you mention it…OWWWWWW!! MY EYE!!! What happened?!"
Kari threw her arms around Davis. "Davis, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hit you! I'm so glad you're alive!"
Davis could hardly contain himself. Kari was hugging him. "So…you know…?"
"TK told me everything that happened," Kari responded before Davis ever finished asking. "Um…Matt, TK…could you leave us alone for a minute?"
Matt and TK looked at each other with uncertainty. Finally, they nodded and walked out of the room. Kari shot DemiVeemon a glance and the little blue Digimon took the hint. He bounced out the door and shut it behind him.
Kari had a sorrowful look in her eye, but she almost looked like she had a warm look on her face. Davis could feel what was coming. After the events of the last few days, he could feel that this was the moment he was waiting for. He was about to get a kiss from Kari…and he couldn't wait.
But he didn't get a kiss. Instead, Kari got a mean look on her face…reared back…
…and slapped Davis across the face.
"OWWWWW!! My OTHER eye!! What was that for?!"
"I told you TK told me EVERYTHING! How DARE you come up here just to spy on us!! Who do you think you are, Davis?! What could have possessed you to do this?!"
"Kari, I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have done it…"
"Save it, Davis! I don't want to hear it! You can't watch over me all the time! I'm my own person! I don't need your 'protection'…ESPECIALLY from TK!"
"Kari, please! I'm really…"
"Davis…just SHUT UP! Just shut up…and get out! Get out of my room! Leave me alone! And just………stay away from me."
"Kari…"
"NOW!!"
In one moment, Davis felt his heart shatter. He had never seen Kari act so cold. But Davis began to think about his actions. He couldn't forget that the purpose of coming in the first place WAS to watch over Kari and TK. Everything she said was right. He WAS spying on her…and he couldn't blame her for being mad at him.
Despondently, Davis took his ice pack and walked towards the door. But before he got there, he turned his head to face the mirror. His face had taken a beating. His nose had been shattered and was still a mess. His left eye had swollen and was black. His right cheek was red from the slap Kari gave him. And yet none of the bruises or injuries on his face…hurt anymore than the pain he was feeling in his heart.
Davis hung his head down and walked out…without even looking back.
Kari sat in her wheelchair and watched Davis walk out. But when Davis shut the door, her scowl disappeared. It was replaced by a sad frown.
~* How could I say that? That's not like me. *~
Tears were coming to Kari's eyes. She had never meant to lash out in such a heartless manner. While she was angry and frustrated that Davis went to such lengths to watch her, she should never have taken out her anger like that. Especially when she considered that Davis had just returned from a life-threatening situation.
Kari was all by herself in her hotel room with her face full of tears…and she found herself muttering those three words.
"I'm sorry, Davis."
Next Time: The series concludes. Will everything be put back together. Will this end as a Daikari or a Takari…or neither? And HEY! What WAS in that body bag, anyway? Come back next time for the end!
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