Matt didn't wake up until much much later. He had been hit by a powerful attack that could have taken down an ultimate if aimed correctly. It was a miracle that he was alive, and T.K. seemed to believe that I had brought him back, and wouldn't stop following me and smiling at me. I stayed by Matt's side for the few days that he was knocked out, often falling asleep beside him. It was one of these times late at night on the third night he had been asleep, I had been monitoring his heartbeat, when I fell asleep with my face buried in his chest. It was then that he woke up, sitting up and shaking me lightly. "Matt!" I cried seeing him sitting up, "What's happening?" He said, "Where's T.K.? Is he alright?" "T.K.'s fine!" I said, "We're just glad that you're okay!" "Why?" he asked, "What happened?" "You—well you died Matt," I said softly, "I what!?" He cried, "You died—a digimon that attacked us, well he hit you with an attack that was really strong, you—you're heart stopped beating, for a minute or two, and you stopped breathing…I—we were all so scared, we thought that you were gone…" I said. Matt looked stunned, after a moment he asked, "And where did you go?" I looked down, I still felt ashamed about what I had almost done. "It was a trap—Myotismon had set it for me. He tempted me, and tried to get me to leave you—when you were in need, he said I could go back to the real world…But I didn't, I came back, and I received my tag and the crest of loyalty. Lorimon digivolved into ultimate and defeated the digimon," I added, trying to end on a lighter note. "Myotismon," said Matt, "So he is gaining strength," He said to himself, "I'll go get the others and tell them you're awake," I said after a silent moment. "Mhmm," he said, and I stood up, I found the others were still sleeping a little ways off, even though dawn was breaking. I walked over to Tai and stirred him awake, and then to Joe, and Izzy, and T.K., and Sora and Mimi too. They all stood up drowsily, "What is it?" Tai grumbled, rubbing his eyes, "Matt's awake," I smiled, "YAY!" Cried T.K. racing over to where Matt was, the others followed him. Matt greeted them all "Matt, we were so worried," said Tai, "It's a mathematical miracle that you aren't dead," Said Izzy, "I think we're all just glad he's okay," said Sora, everyone agreed. T.K. wouldn't stop hugging Matt and everyone seemed to be much happier, but Matt seemed detached from the group, and rather quiet. After a while everyone realized Matt kind of wanted to be left alone so they all went off. I watched Matt from a distance and while all the others were pre occupied I went back over to him. I sat down beside him and we watched the sun rise. After a while he spoke. "What's the point?" he said slowly, "I was so close to being gone…but life would have gone on without me…I never thought of it but if I died, you know it wouldn't be the end of the world… I mean it would be hard for T.K…for my mom…my dad…but life would go on…without me being there—so—what's the point…what's my purpose?" He drifted off…"Matt…it was you…" I said. "You're the reason I came back…" I said softly. "If anything happened to you… I would never forgive myself…I really care about you …I nearly went home…I nearly left you all…but…I couldn't leave…not after I saw you go down…not without letting you know—how I feel…" I blushed and looked down. "If you have any purpose…any reason to stay…do it for me…" Matt looked at me and I turned bright red and looked at my feet. "Trina—I…" Matt looked at me, "You…you really care for me?" I looked up into his big blue eyes, and nodded. Matt looked a little stunned, and we sat staring into each others eyes. "If there's any reason at all…please…stay…be here for me…"
