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My sincere apology at how long this is getting… I don't own digimon either so don't sue! I know it took me a while to get this part out, BUT no one is reading it, so who cares? I've had five reviews on this and it's making me mad. This is one of the few fics I kind of like, but then I love horror fics so maybe that's why. Anyhow, please read on and review your opinion. It would be appreciated greatly. And Sora is kind of a jerk at first in this chapter…

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: : 7:30 PM Tuesday : :

"Yeah, well, I don't care about Matt at the moment. He's being a jerk," Sora mumbled to Joe. He looked up at her, but said nothing. She sighed and leaned back in the chair, allowing Joe to continue with his medical homework. At the beginning of the week she had been making fun of him for bringing it along, but now she wished she'd brought her math or English. It would keep her mind off of Yolei and the fact that absolutely no one believed her except Davis. And where'd she get with only Davis believing her? No one ever believed anything he ever said anyway! 'They must think that I'm descending to his level…'

"You wouldn't happen to have an egg beater in your bag somewhere, would you Joe?"

Joe and Sora both glanced at the door to see Kari standing there. She avoided Sora's gaze, fidgeting under the older girl's stare, and tried to keep her attention locked on Joe. He shook his head and went back to his work. Kari frowned and left quickly. She didn't like the way Sora was studying her, as if the red head were trying to find a reason to gripe at her. Sora had become quite snappy in the past few hours.

"And her," Sora started as soon as Kari left hastily. "What's with the whole 'I'm so innocent' act? How do we know she's not out to kill someone? Didn't she have that argument with Yolei last night? Maybe that 'innocent' exterior is just a trick."

Joe dropped his pencil, or somewhat slammed it onto the table. He stared at Sora and closed his eyes to keep from exploding. "Stop it Sora. Stop it now. You can't just accuse your friends of things that didn't…"

Sora glared at him. "Didn't what? Happen?"

"Yes Sora! That didn't happen!" Joe burst out. "Matt's right! You're acting like a child! And you're getting on my nerves! Just stop it! Yolei is not dead so quit with this charade!"

Sora glared at Joe. She pushed her chair back and stormed out of the room. What did he know anyway? She knew what she saw. She'd cried for a long time. And no one cared. None of the others, excluding Davis, believed that someone on that very island had murdered Yolei. The only thought that passed through their minds was that Yolei was missing, but not dead.

Davis was sitting with Ken on one of the couches when Sora stormed in. He immediately sighed inwardly, giving Ken an annoyed expression. Ken shrugged and Sora plopped down right in between them. She folded her arms and stared straight forward. Ken raised an eyebrow and glanced around her to look at Davis. Sora glared at him, her eyes freezing him on spot. Ken shivered under the glare she was giving him.

"Go away. I need to speak with Davis," she growled. Ken hesitated, not wanting to leave Davis to Sora's wrath, but Davis nodded and he leapt off the couch. As soon as Ken was out of the way, Sora spun back around to Davis. "I have an idea. But we can't trust anyone. Not even Ken. Okay?"

"But Sora…"

"But nothing! Ken could be the murderer for all you know!" Sora whispered harshly. Davis flinched and looked away.

"He would never do that. Ken wouldn't hurt anybody," Davis said softly.

"Davis! He used to be the Digimon Emperor! What makes you think that he didn't just change back?" Sora's glower burned through Davis, keeping him from defending Ken. He hung his head and stared at the fire nearby. Sora sighed and ran her hands through her hair. "Davis, I'm sorry. I know that I've been kind of annoying these past few hours, but-"

"Kind of?" Davis snorted.

Sora smiled. "Okay, okay. Really annoying, but I saw… Yolei…"

She choked back the sobs that threatened to come up. Davis put a comforting arm around her. He did trust Sora, but at the same time he was beginning to wonder. Everyone else said Sora was loosing it, except Matt, of course, because he loved her. Or so he said. Davis had the feeling that Matt doubted her more than anyone else.

: : 2:30 AM Wednesday : :

A loud crack of thunder made Davis sit up with a start. He shivered, realizing he'd kicked all the blankets off of himself, again. He reached down to the floor beside the couch and felt around for them. His hand bumped against the side table and his shoes but nothing else. He groaned and sat up. Now looking around the den he could see that both Ken and Tai were gone. Ken's blankets welcomed him from the other side of the couch and he quickly snatched them up and wrapped them around his body.

Shivering, Davis whispered to himself, "It's so cold! I'm freezing!"

Someone else in the den, which he guessed was TK, mumbled incoherently. Davis smiled and snuggled back into the couch, but halted when he heard a cracking noise. He paused and listened harder and the loud cracking noise sounded again. 'Maybe that's Ken, or Tai. I wonder what they're doing up so late at night.' He waited for it to sound again, but the den was so silent the sound of dreams could almost be heard.

Sliding off of the couch Davis walked cautiously to the window, avoiding the two bodies on the ground that were TK and Joe. He put his hands on the cold windowsill and looked outside. Raindrops slid down the window, but with flash of the lighthouse he could see someone walking towards the lighthouse. He gasped, recognizing the person and spun around, moving back to Matt on the other couch. He shook the blonde digidestined, but Matt moaned and pushed Davis lazily away from him.

"Matt! Please wake up!" Davis murmured.

Matt didn't respond with anything other than a simple twitch of the eye. Davis sighed and quietly walked back to the window. There was no one outside anymore, or at least that Davis could see. Something was different though. It seemed so dark. 'The lighthouse isn't on anymore…' Davis gasped. He waited for it to flash, but the light never came around. He stood by the den window a long time before being convinced completely that the light was off. That or broken.

"I wonder…" Davis whispered to himself. He stepped away from the window, over TK's unconscious body, and quietly into the mudroom. Deep down inside a voice told him not to go outside alone, and he hesitated, but the urge to find out why his friend had been walking to the lighthouse in the middle of the night and why the lighthouse wasn't flashing anymore suppressed that little voice and he quickly slid on his rain boats and coat. "I shouldn't be listening to voices in my head anyway. That was always a problem before."

Davis looked beside the door for an umbrella, but they were all gone. 'It's not raining hard anyway, if at all.' He thought and opened the mudroom door. The rain was only coming down in a light sprinkle. 'I'm beginning to think I have really good luck.' Davis silently walked onto the concrete steps and closed the door behind him. He tugged the coat tighter around his body and started towards the lighthouse.

About half way there, Davis got the abrupt sense he was being followed. He spun around and searched the parts of the island he could see, happening to not be very much. The moon was being covered by the storm clouds and it was almost pitch black outside. The hairs on the back of Davis's neck rose and he shivered. Hastily, he turned and started to rush to the lighthouse. He was closer to it now than the beach house.

Davis made it to the lighthouse door and spun around, making sure once more that there was no one there. The beach house looked so far away now. He wished Ken would show up soon, thinking maybe that his clever friend could protect him from the creeping darkness. Davis reached behind him and searched for the doorknob. His hand brushed against it and he quickly spun around and opened the door. As soon as he was inside, he locked the door and slid down it, trembling with fear.

After sitting there for a few minutes, Davis got the courage to stand and look around the lighthouse. It was darker than outside, but a faint light came from somewhere nearby. 'There must be one on the stairs that lead to the light.' Still trembling, Davis tiptoed to the stairs, his heart beating and the feeling of terror spreading through him. His stomach turned over with nervous butterflies.

A soft growl made Davis stop dead in his tracks. He breath came faster and he turned around slowly. Two glowing green eyes glared at him through the darkness. He sighed as Matt's dog recognized him and trotted over, rubbing his big gold head against Davis's side. Davis patted the dog lightly on the head, only to find that there was something sticky and warm on it. He held his hand in front of his face to see a deep red smear across it.

"Oh… ick…" Davis groaned as he remembered that Twinkie had gotten hurt. Now he had the dog's blood all over his hand. 'But it's warm… I wonder if he's bleeding again. What can I wipe this off with?'

Davis decided on the wall, leaving a crimson handprint down the side on its white paint, and once more walked warily up the stairs. He came to the top where a small lamp was on the ledge right beside the staircase. He reached beside it where a light switch was and flicked it on. The top of the lighthouse was filled with a dim light, but it made Davis feel better.

He walked to where there was a large lever on the wall and, guessing that it was what started the large bulb, he began to jerk on it. It was a lot harder than he'd guessed and no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't pull it down. He sighed and leaned against the railing that prevented people from pressing against the glass, then dropped to the floor.

The lights above him flickered and went out. The small lamp that he'd left beside the light switch too dimmed and went out. Davis's heart stated beating faster again and his breath came in short, quick gasps. He heard the sound of Twinkie trotting towards him and the dog's big head poked up from the staircase. The green eyes turned in his direction and Twinkie licked his lips. Davis closed his eyes and wished that this was all a dream, but when reopened his eyes everything was still as it had been.

'Frith, the things I get myself into!' Davis complained in his mind. He scrambled to his feet when Twinkie started walking towards him. The sound of Twinkie's nails clicking on the ground made him even more nervous, but a loud crack behind him made him jump six feet in the air. 'Great job Davis! Leaving in the middle of the night with no one to help you! Oh, where is Ken?'

Davis couldn't take this anymore. He walked slowly, after each step pausing for a little while before taking the next, to the other side of the lighthouse. A loud creaking noise came from behind him and he spun around only to be blinded by the lighthouse as the large bulb flashed his way. He yelped and suddenly all the lights were on. Terror speared through Davis and he started running. A horrified expression crossed his face when he came across a mutilated body in a pool of blood. He couldn't stop himself in time and he slipped. His feet flew into the air and fell onto his back, knocking the air out of him.

Davis rolled over, gasping, and came face to face with Ta's bloody horrified expression. Repulsed, Davis closed his eyes and rolled back over. He stomach churned, threatening to throw up. The large bulb flashed around and a few seconds later it flashed again. Now completely covered in warm, sticky blood, Davis tried to get to his feet. He knew he wasn't alone anymore, or that he'd ever been.

Davis slid in the blood as he tried to get away from Tai's dead body. His adrenaline was running high, along with his fear, and he made it back to the staircase in only a few seconds. He shot down them into the darkness of the bottom half of the lighthouse. He skidded to a stop when the big golden retriever got to its feet in front of his only way out. It licked its chops again and in Davis's fearful imagination, he swore he saw the dog sneer at him. 'Why is this happening to me?! I want to go home! I want to go home!'

"Twinkie…" Davis whispered. His voice cracked. "Please move out of the way of the door. Please, Twinkie. I need to get out. Come on, boy. Move. Twinkie…"

The dog stared at him. Davis took a deep breath and stepped towards Twinkie, but froze again when the dog growled at him. He stood still, eye to eye, with the dog for a long time before trying to take another step. Twinkie again snarled a warning at him. 'I'm going to die. Whoever killed Tai is going to come out of the darkness and kill me too. Why wont this dog move?'

: : 7:30 AM Wednesday : :

Matt slammed his hand down on the alarm clock as it went off. He rubbed his eyes and sat up. He looked around the den, now lit up as the sunshine poured through its large windows. Tai, Ken, and Davis were gone. Bewildered, Matt got off the couch and looked around. Joe and TK were still asleep on the ground. Matt stepped over them and headed for the kitchen. He had to admit that it was surprising that Davis and Tai were up. 'I suppose Ken accidentally woke them up, too.'

But as he walked through the dining room and pushed the kitchen door open, he was only greeted with silence. Now even more confused that before, he walked to the side door and looked through its window. It had stopped raining outside and the sun was shining brightly. Matt shrugged and walked to the bedroom door where the girls were. He tapped on it lightly to make sure no one was indecent before opening it quietly.

Sora was curled up on the bed. Her dim red hair fell lightly across her face, making Matt smile. He'd had time to sleep off his anger with her. 'She looks so peaceful…' Matt thought and crept to the bedside. He titled over and kissed Sora gently on the cheek. Sora sighed contentedly and stretched, waking up. Her eyes flittered open and she smiled at Matt.

"Hey," he murmured softly.

"Hey," she replied just as softly. She stretched again and sat up. "Are you the only one up?"

"Other than you?" Matt asked. Sora nodded. "No. Tai, Davis, and Ken are somewhere. I haven't found them yet."

Sora frowned. "Where do you think they went?"

"I don't know," Matt shrugged. He caught the worried look on Sora's face and cupped her cheek in his hand. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure they're fine."

"I… I know. It's just… I… you didn't… you didn't see her… you feel the blood dripping on your face," Sora choked out. Tears began to sparkle in her eyes and Matt wrapped his arms around her. She shuddered against him. "And the notes…"

"Sora, don't cry, don't cry. We'll find Yolei. Don't worry about it. We'll find her, and the others," Matt whispered.

"No, we wont. She's dead, Matt. Please believe me. Please," Sora pushed him away, tears sliding down her cheeks. "Please."

The look on Sora's face made Matt flinch. He hated to see her in so much pain and pulled her back into a hug. "Okay. Okay, Sora. I believe you, but only if you promise not to accuse anyone. Joe told me about last night."

"I promise," Sora murmured.

A soft knock on the door made the two pull away and Joe walked in. He glanced about the room, as if searching for something. "Where are Tai and the other two?"

"We don't know," Matt replied, frowning. "Actually I was kind of hoping they might have told you or TK something."

"Nope. TK says he doesn't know where they are either," Joe said. He sighed and shrugged. Sora leaned back on Matt and buried her face in his shoulder, trying to not cry. Joe walked over and gently touched her on the back. "Sora, we'll give them a while and if they don't show up, we'll go looking for them. Okay?"

Sora nodded. "Alright."

: : 10:30 AM Wednesday : :

Haven't you begun to wonder? Doesn't it bother you to know that you are losing? That your friends don't believe you? Time is ticking away. The hourglass is running low. What to do, what to do? Scared yet? Of course. You were scared before. Tensions are on the rise now. You've been watching your friends. Blaming them. I've already got you turned on all of them, and them on you. Good, aren't I? A mastermind. To really accomplish anything we must speed this process up; remove from the equation everyone else who is in the way. I've shown you my power, so why do you yet cower? Give in. I can rid you of your problems. I can rid you of your useless friends. Of Yamato. Of everything. I'll have to kill you if you refuse. I'll have to kill you all.

Sora dropped the folded note in her hand, letting it fall to the floor. She leaned against the doorframe and closed her eyes. I'll have to kill you all. The last sentence on the note made a pain spread through her body. No one could deny it now. No one could deny that someone had killed Yolei. She had hoped to get away from the taunting notes, but it just wasn't possible.

'Whoever this is said they were watching me; that they'd been around me forever…' Sora thought. She cringed at the thought that it could be one of her friends. After all, they'd gone through so much together. They'd fought side by side against the Dark Masters and other enemies. Who would do such a thing? Why would they do such a thing?

Sora realized she was crying and wiped her tears away. She took a deep breath and walked into the kitchen. Joe and Matt were getting ready to search for Davis, Tai, and Ken. She was glad they were leaving, but it also left her without someone to talk to. TK and Kari had been avoiding her like the plague since she'd mentally broke down. Essentially, TK had tried to talk to her, but Kari pulled him away.

"Sora, we'll be back as soon as we can," Matt said. He gave her a hug and went outside where Joe was waiting beside the steps. It had stopped raining and the sun was shining brightly, but the air was still blistering cold. Sora watched Matt and Joe walk away through the glass of the door.

"You want some hot cocoa?"

Sora turned around and stared at Kari. "Sure."

Kari nodded and went back to what she was doing. Sora heard a deep sigh come form the younger girl. Kari turned back around, looking at the ground. "Listen, I'm really sorry for the way I've been acting Sora. I just… I believed you yesterday when you said you saw Yolei, but I didn't want to say anything. I'm sorry."

"It's okay Kari. I understand. You don't want the others to think you're crazy, too," Sora said softly. She looked back out the door window. "I just hope they find the others."

Joe hugged the coat tighter around his body. He and Matt had searched the edge of the forest, all around the house, and now were walking along side the beach. Tai, Davis, and Ken were nowhere to be found. Plus, the ground was slippery and his feet were sinking in its deep mud. 'Frith, I hope we find the others soon so we can go home. Izzy and Mimi should come back today.'

Matt was fairly warm. The only thing bothering him, other than his girlfriend's hysteria and his friends were missing, was that his feet were wet. He couldn't find any boots and had to where tennis shoes, which, when you are walking in a foot deep mud, are not helpful at all.

He and Joe only had a few more places to search: the lighthouse and down by the peer. Joe wished Matt's dog was around because it would make things easier on them, but Matt said Twinkie must have gone off with Tai and the others. They were approaching the lighthouse now. There were footprints in the mud leading from the house, but not going back.

"I bet if we had just left out that door this wouldn't have taken so long," Matt said. He and Joe laughed a bit and walked to the lighthouse door.

The door in front of Davis opened with a loud creak and light flooded in. He trembled in the corner and watched as Twinkie got to his feet and trotted to the blonde standing in the doorway. Davis stayed where he was, eyes blinking against the light. He shrank into the corner where he'd been awake all night. He had a headache and there was dried blood all over him.

Matt rubbed his dog behind the ears and stepped into the lighthouse. "Hello? Taichi? Davis? Ken? Hello?"

"I don't see anyone Matt," Joe said, stepping in behind him.

Matt frowned. "Neither do I. Maybe they came up here and left again. I'll kill Tai for locking my dog in… do you hear that Joe?"

Joe shook his head. "No. What is it?"

"Shh…" Matt whispered. He listened harder to the silence, then shook his head. "I could have sworn I heard something. Maybe the others are up top and can't hear us."

Matt started heading for the stairs, Twinkie trotting beside him. The large dog stopped when it passed Davis in the dark corner and growled deep in its throat. Matt and Joe paused and looked in the direction Twinkie was facing. Joe could just barely make out a hunched figure in the corner with spiky hair.

"Davis? Is that you?" Joe asked. Two nervous eyes turned up at him. "Davis?"

"Tai…"

The whisper was soft, but Joe knew it was Davis. He hurriedly walked over to the younger boy and offered his hand to help Davis up. "Come on, Davis. Take my hand."

"Who are you?" Davis whispered. He stared at the tall figure standing over him. He couldn't seem to place the person. The person reached down to touch him and he abruptly slapped the hand away, getting more frantic. "No! Don't touch me! Don't touch me! I don't want to die! Don't touch me! Get away from me! Don't touch me! Don't touch me!"

Davis leapt to his feet and made a run for the door, but felt the taller guy grabbed him around the waist and held onto him. He screamed and flung his arms wildly, making it harder for the guy to hold onto him. Joe tried to grab Davis's flailing arms, but the boy was screaming bloody murder and fighting for his life.

"Matt!" Joe shouted. "Help me!"

Matt rushed over and grabbed Davis's arms. He fought to hold on to them as Joe fought to keep Davis from running off. He was also trying to dodge Davis's legs and all the kicks that he was shooting. This was quite hard and Matt ended up getting kicked quite a bit in the leg and other such places. He winced in pain.

"That's it!" Matt growled. He stepped back and punched Davis in the face.

Davis froze at his stinging eye. He began to cry. "Please don't kill me! Please don't kill me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I want to go home! I want to go home! Please don't kill me! Please don't kill me!"

Joe felt Davis go limp and helped the boy drop to the floor. He laid Davis down on his back and shook the wine-haired digidestined lightly. "Davis, come on. Snap out of this! Davis! It's me! Joe!"

"Joe?" Davis said quietly, as if he realized whom it was talking to him. His eyes glazed over with recognition for a minute, but then they went back to their lost, petrified state. He curled up in a ball on the floor and cried, whispering the same thing over and over. "Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me."

Joe looked worriedly up at Matt. The blonde had the same worried expression on his face. Joe looked back at Davis and placed his hand on Davis's head and found what he knew would have been. Davis had a high fever. Joe brushed the wine strands from his face.

"Matt, he's really sick. I need to get him back to the house and get him some medicine," Joe said. Matt frowned and nodded.

"But what about Ken and Tai?" he asked.

"Um… I don't think there's anyone else down here, although what about upstairs?" Joe suggested.

"Okay," Matt turned and quickly hopped up the stairs to the top of the lighthouse. A minute later he was slowly walking back down, pale faced and a horrified expression. He turned icy blue eyes to Joe. "Tai… Tai's… dead… Tai's… dead. He's dead. Tai's dead."

Joe stared at Matt and gulped. He closed his eyes to hold back the tears that were forming and then reopened them to see that Matt was still staring at him with the same varnished look. "We need to get back to the beach house. Matt, please. Do go crazy on me, too. Keep your head straight. Are you sure Tai's dead?"

"He's dead," Matt whispered.

"Matt, listen to me. Listen to my voice. You can't go into shock. You have to stay strong. Now tell me, how do you know?" Joe said sternly. Frankly, he wanted to burst into tears but he knew he couldn't let the distress take over or they'd all be doomed. "Clear your head Yamato Ishida."

Matt nodded. "He's been cut up. Real bad. He's been dead for a while."

Joe winced. "We have to get out of here."

: : 12:00 Noon Wednesday : :

TK caressed Davis's face lightly. "Oh Davis. What's going on?"

His wine-haired friend breathed deeply in response. Joe had given Davis some sort of medicine to put the boy asleep. He then proceeded to give Davis some painkillers and more medicine for his fever. TK had gotten a warm, wet rag and laid it across his friend's forehead. Now Davis was sleeping somewhat peacefully.

Joe said that if Davis found Tai and was trapped in the lighthouse, he was probably awake the whole night and went into shock, thus giving himself a fever and going crazy. Matt had also gone into some shock, but Joe and Sora had managed to keep him from going off the deep end. Kari went to the den and had been crying for the past hour. Now no one could deny that people were being killed.

TK tried to use the radio to get contact with the main island, but someone had cut the cords. Since there was nothing else to do but sit and wait, he sat with Davis. 'Poor Davis… Poor Tai… Poor Yolei…'

The remaining teenagers had come to a conclusion that Ken was behind the murders. They had two main reasons: 1. Davis kept murmuring, "Please don't kill me… Ken… No! Ken, no don't… Please don't kill me…" So the others figured Ken just couldn't kill Davis since he'd become so attached to the goggle boy. And: 2. Ken was missing, which also meant he could be dead, but they believed Ken went crazy like he'd done before when he was the Digimon Emperor.

"Davis, what's going on? What's going on?" TK whispered again. He sighed and laid his head against the bed beside Davis.

"TK?"

TK sat back up and glanced over his shoulder. "Hey Joe."

"Has he woken up yet?" Joe asked softly.

"No. He repeats the same things over quite a bit, though. Over and over and over and over…" TK felt his voice catch in his throat. He buried his face in the sheets of the bed. "Tai's dead, Joe. He's really dead. And Yolei… They're not coming back. And Davis is losing his mental stability… What if we're next?"

Joe stood and watched TK cry quietly against the bed sheets. He sighed and walked out of the room once more. He was alone in the kitchen. Sora was sitting in the dining room with Matt and Kari was still in the den. He sighed and sat down at the table. There was a coffee mug on the table that was Kari's form the morning. He stared at it, contemplating things in his mind.

: : At the mainland : :

Izzy let the warm sun shine on his face. He had his eyes closed and was sitting on a bench beside the docks. Mimi was sitting beside him, doing her nails. They were waiting for the next ferry to come back so they could get a ride to the island. The two of them were upset that they'd missed two days with their friends, but between shopping and meeting new people, or playing online and buying new computer stuff, the two of them had had a good time on the main island.

A guy that worked at the docks walked over to the two. He tipped his hat at Mimi and turned to Izzy. "I'm sorry. I know you wanted to get back to your friends today, but the ferry scraped bottom in the canal over at Namsuic because a lot of loose soil and clay washed into the canal during the storm. It will take a while to get out, and then we'll have to patch any holes. This might take a few more days."

Mimi groaned and Izzy sighed. He nodded and the guy walked off. "Well, Mimi, I guess we are going to have to find more stuff to do."

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Well? What do you think? Scary enough? I know! I know! I killed Taichi!!! What's wrong with me?? (Nah, I'm not too worried about killing Yolei, and Ken is not officially dead yet. Of course that's because he's the… Oh wait, never mind. Don't want to ruin the end! HAHAHA!!!) And my poor, lovable Dai-chan has lost his wits… Okay, he never had wits, but he lost his sanity. That's a better way to describe it. Please Read and Review!

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