Sori I left that on a cliffhanger, but I just had to!! Here's part 4, so just read it !!

Part IV: Tai's Hope

Tai was paralyzed with fear. He couldn't understand what had happened to Sora. One minute she was sitting beside him, the next minute she was in agony on the floor.

"Sora! Sora!" *Oh my gosh, what have I done? I need to get help, think Tai think, but she looks so still and helpless. Get help, you jerk, Kari, get Kari.*

"Kari! Where are you?!!" He couldn't leave Sora alone so he had to shout from the bench. Lucky for him, she had been listening in on their conversation and was hiding behind the building.

"What is it Tai? What do you ... oh my gosh! What did you do to her?!" She exclaimed as she stared down at the motionless girl in his arms.

"I didn't do anything, she just screamed in pain and passed out. Help me Kari, what do I do?" There were tears in his eyes now as he prayed that level-headed Kari would know what to do.

"I'll go get mom and dad. You wait here with Sora." She ran as fast as she could away from him and out of sight. *Thank goodness that she was here. Please be all right Sora, please. I don't know how to cope without you.* He looked down at her in his arms, she looked like she was asleep, so peaceful. Inside he was in turmoil, Kari seemed to be gone for ages, every second seemed like an eternity, but only a few minutes passed. Then the ambulance arrived and from then on everything was a blur.

When the commotion was over and Sora was eventually out of the examination room and into her own room, Tai had time to think. *She's still not awake. The doctors don't know what's wrong with her, what can I do to help her? The only thing that I have to offer is my stupid Courage.* He pulled his Digivice out of his pocket and stared at it. He always carried it around with him even though it didn't work in the real world, it just made him feel safe. An idea struck him. He reached into Sora's pile of clothes and to his surprise found her Digivice too. *She must feel protected by it as well.* He put the two Digivices side by side in his hands and stared at them. They were identical in every way, except that his was more scratched and battered then hers. He closed his eyes and wished with all his might that Sora would get better. *The powers of the Digital World and the real world, I ask you, with all the power that I have inside of me, I wish that Sora, the child of Love, would get better from whatever illness she has. This comes from Taichi, the child of Courage. Please.* He felt something stir within and the power well up inside, it hurt, but he had to be brave. The courage to withstand anything in order to save Sora was the power inside. *Was this what Sora felt when she passed out? If it hurts to call on my Courage, did it hurt when she called on her Love?* Slowly he opened his eyes and looked down at the Digivices, one was glowing red and the other was glowing orange, they floated up into the air. The red one hovered over Sora's still form and the orange one hovered above Tai's outstretched hands. He realized that the power within had materialized into the glowing Digivice, his energy was collected together in one place instead of being in his body. He willed the power of his Courage to help Sora get better, but nothing happened. *Come on Tai, for Sora. You can do it.* Thinking the thoughts wouldn't help.

"Come on Tai!" He shouted. And with that a beam of orange light shot out from his levitating Digivice, arched over and landed in the center of Sora's red Digivice. He focused all of his energy into making her well, that was the beam of light - his energy. He could feel it flowing out of him and into Sora, it was making him weak and it was a struggle to sit up. He sank forward onto the bed and fought to keep his eyes open and to stay focused on the task. In the end it was too much for him and he lost his concentration which broke the beam of light. *No. I can't. It might not be enough for Sora. Hold on.*

To be continued...

There, now that wasn't as bad as last time, was it? The fifth and final chapter will be up soon, so wait a while and bear with my dodgy computer!!

Till next time – Phoenix ^_^