I don't own Digimon. I reeeeeaaaaally want to, but I don't. But, you know Christmas is coming around, so if the sweet, nice, caring, loving people who do own it wanted to give me a little present it would be greatly appreciated! I don't even need all of it or anything, just Ken!
Ken: *feels my forehead* You must be feverish!
Me: No....... not really.
Ken: *smiles and nods. Thinks, 'now I just have to wait for the men in white coats come and take her away*
Me: What are you plotting Ken?..........


Digimon: Digital monsters
Chapter 3: Aftermath



TK yelled. And suddenly he was gone. The ground had just swallowed him up. Patamon freaked out. All of the digidestined began calling to him, but there was no answer.

Meanwhile Ken had gone into the living room and told his parents that they needed to talk. He started at the beginning and told them everything. His voice was quiet but steady. When he finished, he sat in silence with his head bowed for a few minutes.

Back in the digital world Patamon tried to digivolve, figuring TK must be in trouble. He couldn't. this caused stunned silence. Each child and digimon knew that there was only one reason a digimon couldn't digivolve if their partner was in trouble. For some reason TK's digivice couldn't find the hope of his heart. They could only think of one reason why that might happen. Yolei and Kari began to cry. Cody sank to his knees in disbelief. Davis went numb.

Ken sat silently when suddenly a tear splashed his clutched fist. His mom held him close as he cried. "I am so sorry I didn't tell you before. I just wanted to put it behind me. I hate what I've done."
"Oh Ken, it's all right," was all his mom could manage before she broke down in tears herself.
"We understand son. But I hope you realize that there is no way we could think any less of you for this. You made a mistake, but you are our son and we love you."
Ken looked up into the eyes of his parents and smiled. But then he stood up and began yelling. Sinking to his knees he started to shake all over.
TK awoke to find himself in a place that seemed vaguely familiar. A thought struck, but it wasn't possible, was it? He had never been there before, why now? But no matter how he tried to deny it, he knew it was true. He was at the Dark Ocean.
What had happened was this: when Kari's light broke through to Ken it had cut a partial rift in the dimensions. So that now Daemon had the power to bring people to the dark ocean, while still not being able to come out himself.
As TK grew more aware he noticed that he was bound hand and foot. Then Daemon appeared standing over him. TK called weakly to Patamon, but heard nothing in return.
Daemon snickered, "You have no chance of escaping, give up boy."
"Why have you brought me here?"
"If I were you I would not be in such a hurry to find that out. For when I tell you, that will be the time you have out lived your usefulness."
TK shuddered. A black mist from Daemon's body enshrouded TK and he passed out. In his sleep he dreamt of the others.

Ken, still on the floor, wondered what the feeling that had suddenly come over him was. He could hear his mother's voice, his father's voice, but he couldn't register what they were saying. He tried to answer but no sound came from his voice. He was shaking again. It was getting worse. Something was wrong. He could feel it. Then it hit him. He knew what he was feeling,.......... Despair.

Davis was the first to say anything, "C'mon guys. We have to go tell Ken what's happened.
Kari looked at him, "What exactly did happen?"
Davis said, tiredly, "It can't be good."
Yolei still couldn't hold back the tears, "No.........no."
"Davis is right, Ken has to know." Cody said flatly.

When the got back to the real world Ken's bedroom door was slightly open. Ken's parents were apparently in a panic about something. The same thought went through all of their minds at the same time.
"Not him too," Kari said it for all of them. They raced through the door. When they enter the living room they are obviously relieved by the fact that Ken is still there.
"Oh no, the darkness, it's surrounding him." Kari said, now on the ground.
Yolei runs to his side, "Please Ken, snap out of it. We need you right now, now more than ever." She held tightly onto him, trying to make him stop shaking. It worked and Ken quieted down, though he is still in a trance like state, his eyes refusing to focus on anything.
"When did this happen," Davis asked Ken's parents.
His father answered, "It was about twenty-five minutes ago."
Davis gave a start, "Twenty-five minutes? That would be about the time that TK.........."
All of the digidestined turned their heads toward Davis, as he lowered his eyes. He jerked his eyes back up however when Ken began to speak. Two words sounded out of his mouth, the two words that no one wanted to be reminded of at that moment. The words were, "No hope." Ken then fell to the floor curled up in the fetal position. His dad went over to him and picked him up. After lying him on the couch, the rest of the group, parents included sat around him, waiting for him to come back to reality. Yolei went right next to him and laid her head on his hand praying for him to wake up.
When TK woke up, he found that he was no longer bound. He realized, somewhat bitterly, that it really didn't matter anyway. If Patamon couldn't even hear him, there really was no escape. After shaking off his self pity, he sat up and noticed that there was a cave not far from him. He decided exploring would be better than sitting there doing nothing. The further into the cave he went, the less he could see and soon he was feeling along the walls just to be able to know where to go. After a few minutes, he saw a light at the far end of the tunnel he was in. He thought that it had to be another way out and he hoped it would lead to a better place then the one he came from. About half way to the light he heard what sounded like Ken's voice coming from the far end. TK forgot to be cautious and ran towards the sound. When he arrived, he saw that he was not out side, quite the contrary. He had entered a room. In the center of the room there was what appeared to be a pool floating in mid air. In the pool was Ken's apartment. He saw Ken lying on his couch with the others gathered around him. As he watched he understood that something was seriously wrong with Ken, which explained why the others were not out looking for him. He looked at each one of them one at a time. Davis looked agitated, Yolei and Cody looked shell shocked, Ken's parents were obviously worried, Kari was pale and shaking, all of the digimon were silent. But the one that affected him the most was Patamon. Patamon just sat there. He wasn't looking at Ken, he wasn't flying around like he would normally be doing, he was just sitting there with the most mournful look TK had ever seen on his face. TK's heart ached to be able to do something for him, but there was nothing he could do. A voice startled him out of his thoughts. It was Daemon.
"Well, well, well, my little digidestined. Your friends are in trouble, and it's all your fault. Listen well, for the truth shall be revealed."
TK didn't really believe him, but the next words he heard confirmed it.
"We can't just stand around here and do nothing. Are you really going to give up," Davis asked the group, hoping to shake them out of their misery.
"TK is gone, Davis. (Something in the way she said gone made TK shudder) Ken is in big trouble. What are we suppose to do, huh," Yolei was on the verge of losing it.
"That's exactly why we can't give up! We can't give up our hope or else TK's death means nothing. (Now TK was on the verge of losing it) Think about it, his crest is- was the crest of hope. He didn't lose hope, and neither can we!"
Kari stood up. "Davis is right. There has got to be a way to wake Ken up."
"But you and I both know Ken will never wake up. He's lost all hope, because you aren't there." This last sentiment was Daemon's.
With that the pool clouded over. TK didn't really notice it. He knew now that everyone thought he was dead. No one would come looking for him. He thought of his parents and of his brother. They would suffer the most. Daemon was right, he was making the people he cared most about suffer and there was nothing he could do about it.

Hehehe, chapter 3! What'd you think? Please respond, judging by the look on Ken's face I may not have a lot of time......