Okay sorry for the delay, I hate writer's block. I want to thank Digicrazed for pushing me to continue this story. I also want to thank Sirenfox who helped me with the editing. Oh yeah before I forget I don't own digimon, I don't think they would let me.
Chapter 6
Who ever thought of the idea of trains traveling underground had to be the biggest psychopath in the world. This was all TK could think about as the subway train sped down the dark tunnels. After spending the better part of the day shopping and sightseeing, the little group of thirteen decided to call it a day. Instead of his black clothes, he now wore regular bluejeans and a black shirt with a blue flannel shirt completing his appearance. He still wore his sunglasses but replaced his kufuyah with a black baseball hat. Ajona walked away from the trip with a tan pair of cargo pants and a white midriff shirt. Mimi assured TK that his clothes looked great on him, although he did feel funny wearing them.
They agreed to meet each other again in the park in one week, so that they could discuss the trouble in the digital world. Matt was determined to get him home so he could be reunited with their parents. Before they left Matt had called his father, asking him to meet him at his mother's house. Now all they had to do was ride through a very small tunnel in an even smaller train.
I am not claustrophobic. I am not claustrophobic. TK repeated the phrase in his head as he watched the darkness pass him through the windows. Adjusting himself to get more comfortable on one of those plastic chairs, he peered over to see Matt giving him concerned glimpses. Ken looked about ready to fall asleep. Matt had explained how their mom had moved away after his disappearance; she now lived close to Ken's family, so Ken decided to travel with them.
The subway train came to a stop a short while later to TK's relief. As the doors opened, Matt clamped onto his arm, almost dragging him towards a train station map. "Ken, this is where I get confused. What train do we transfer to?" Matt asked glancing up at the map.
"From hear we transfer to A1," Ken answered while pointing to their location on the map.
They were so absorbed in the map that they failed to notice six green eyes piercing through the darkness of one of the tunnels. A set of white teeth glistened in the darkness, with a poof of smoke, the eyes and teeth disappeared as if they were never there.
"We should be there in about 10 minutes." Matt smiled as he tightened his hold on TK's wrist.
"Matt, I'm starting to lose the feeling in my hand," TK said, trying to pry Matt's hand off his own.
Matt looked down as if just realizing he was holding his hand. He let go as if burned and turned around to face him. "Sorry, TK. I just don't want you to get lost." There was still a lot of pain in his voice as he started to turn back around.
"Matt." TK stopped him, "You are not going to lose me again."
Matt turned around, giving him a small smile, which quickly turned into a concerned frown. "TK, are you feeling okay?"
This caught the attention of Ken, who was also staring at him with concern. "You're as pale as a Bokomon."
"A what?"
Matt smiled faintly and shook his head. "Never mind." He moved closer crouching down so he could look directly into his eyes. "If you're nervous about meeting our parents, don't be. Everything will be fine. I promise."
That little reassurance went a long way, but it was not his parents that he was worried about at this moment. It was the fact that the train platform on which they were standing on was becoming more crowded by the minute. Not to mention that the walls and ceiling were beginning to feel as they were closing in around him. "I'm fine."
Matt and Ken both looked doubtful, but kept their opinions to themselves as they continued to walk down the path. As more and more people crammed into the subway, TK struggled with his breathing. What ever you do, don't panic. You can handle being in a small underground tunnel. This is a piece of cake. Just then the room began to spin. Okay, that's a lie. I want out of this place. Now!
A large man bumped into him, causing him to stumble into an elderly woman, who pushed him into his brother. "Matt, can we leave?" he begged. The faces around him started to blur as the walls continued to move towards him. He was having trouble breathing and the room was beginning to spin out of control. Without a word he started running towards a flight of stairs. He could hear his brother's frantic voice calling after him, but he didn't stop. He ran up the first flight and continued until he was safely outside in the fresh air. Once he felt the cool air on his face he calmed down and closed his eyes, taking deep breaths while he braced his hands on his knees.
"TK! TK!" Matt's yelling was getting louder. He emerged a few seconds later with Ken right behind him. He frantically turned his head left and right until he spotted his brother a few feet away. Panting as he approached him, Matt pulled TK up by his shirt and stared down at him. "Don't you ever do that again, do you hear me!"
TK looked up into Matt's eyes. A cold dread came over him as he lowered his eyes. "I'm sorry." He was already messing things up; he went rigid as he waited for Matt's reaction. Instead of the punch that he was expecting to get he felt Matt pull him into a hug. Matt heaved a big sigh.
"I'm sorry for yelling," Matt whispered into TK's hair. "I lost you once...I just can't go through that again."
Tears welled up in TK's eyes but he quickly blinked them away. Matt wasn't mad at him, he was just upset. "I'm sorry, I won't run off like that again." With one last hug Matt pulled away from him and gave a small nod.
Ken placed a hand on TK as he walked around to face him "Remind me not to challenge you to a race. You're faster then you look." Ken giggled, then looked serious. "Now what happened down there?"
"It was nothing," TK said as he walked over to a bench a few feet away. He sat down without looking up at the other boys. When he did Matt was standing above him, smiling down at him amusement in his eyes.
"You want to know something, TK? As long as I can remember, you could never tell me a lie. I always knew when you were lying. You hated it." Matt leaned forward putting his hands on TK's shoulders, so that he was staring into his eyes. "It was your eyes, they told me everything." Matt pulled back and sat on the bench next to his little brother. "Do you know what? They still do."
"TK we can't help you if we don't know what's wrong." Ken voice was filled with concern as he waited patiently for an answer.
"I'm claustrophobic." TK muttered.
"Your what?" Matt blinked a few times not sure if he heard him right.
TK blew a piece of hair out of his face then turned to Matt "I'm claustrophobic." Matt looked as if he was staring at him with a stunned look on his face. TK ignored it. "I've been living outside for the last two years of my life. I was either camping outside under the night skies, or inside a room with at least two windows in it. I can usually handle small places for a while, but I guess I just lost it."
"Is that why you slept outside on the deck last night?" Ken asked
"How anyone can sleep in a room without a window is beyond my comprehension." TK scowled.
Matt gave a little laugh then looked down the street. "Well I guess we can take a cab the rest of the--"
A large explosion from below them swallowed up his words. A few seconds later fire exploding out of if the subway stairwells were they were just standing. Tortured screams could be heard coming from below, and were quickly silenced by another explosion.
Then there was a cracking, tearing sound coming from the street a few yards away from them. They looked to see the streets being pushed up. More screams could be heard as people frantically tried to get out of the way. Telephone lines crashed towards the streets, while nearby cars turned over as the street continued to rise. Finally, in an explosion of fire and sparks, the road split and out of the smoke and darkness six pairs of green eyes glistened at the three children. The eyes rose up, revealing a huge beast never before seen in this world.
The red beast grew as it slowly came out of the smoked blackness that was once a calm street. As the smoke cleared, the body was beginning to take shape. It was a beast that resembled a dragon, with three heads each with huge mouths, and teeth gleaming in the evening sky. Its red body was at least twenty feet tall and towered over the small buildings. As it emerged further into the street, two huge wings jutted out from its back. Its powerful tail swung, knocking down the side of a nearby building. It raised its three heads towards the sky and let out a soul-piercing roar, drowning out the frantic screams of the people below it.
TK stared, frozen, as one of the creature's head turned and stared directly at him. The creature gave a slow smile. The other two heads, sensing something, turned towards his direction, each piercing its gaze on him.
Then one of the heads laughed as it continued to look at the small boy. "You were supposed to be on the subway." The voice was laced with coldness, freezing his blood as the eyes burned his skin like fire. "Its doesn't matter. It will be more fun to kill you all here." That was the only warning they got as the beast's three heads lunged towards all three boys.
TK, who finally remembered how to move, dove towards the ground as the heads came within inches of swallowing him whole. Jumping to his feet, he saw that Matt and Ken had also escaped the first attack unharmed. He spotted a piece of debris by his feet. Snatching it up, he hurled it towards the monster striking one of its eyes. The Serpent yelled in pain, then focused its six eyes directly on him.
"Since you're the one who allowed us into this world, you should be the first one to leave it." The creature lunged at the boy, missing only because its foot was stuck in the hole. TK, who never let an enemy's misfortune stop him, took off down the road as fast as his legs would carry him. Looking over his shoulder, he saw that the demon had freed itself and was now pursuing him down the busy street. He also noticed Ken pushing Matt to the ground as the beast tail nearly avoided crushing them. Apparently he was the main target just then, not his brother and his friend as they were left in the distance.
TK started to think fast. It was impossible for him to outrun it. The only thing helping him right now was that the streets were too small for the digimon to pass through easily.
"Digimon?" The memory snapped in his head. That thing is a digimon? And I though hunters were bad. Noticing a pipe along the road he scooped it up without slowing his pace. And headed towards what looked to be a park.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Matt watched in horror as the digimon took off down the street after his brother. Without a second thought he started blindly after the two noticing, Ken right beside him. "Ken, what kind of Digimon is that?"
"I think it's called a Dreckomon. A mythological virus type digimon." Shaking his head as he jumped over the prone body of a man who was not lucky enough to get out if the path of the monster, he continued. "He's supposed to be a legion."
"Well that doesn't look like any legion." Matt looked around at the destruction the digimon was causing. Bodies littered the streets; buildings were falling over as the screams of the dyeing echoed in the city. He closed his eyes to the pain, he knew Blitomon was behind this. Was too much to hope that they could live in peace?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
TK had reached a children's playground when he heard the digimon cry right behind him. Seeing a seesaw a few feet away, he ran to it and positioned himself on one end. I hope this works. He readied himself holding the pipe in front of him as one would hold a sword.
The digimon slowed to a stop as he spotted his victim. His teeth were bared at the weapon in TK's hands. "Do you really believe you can stop me with that?" Three heads laughed as it took a massive step forward. "I will enjoy this immensely." With another step it slammed its giant foot down on the high end of the seesaw, catapulting TK into the sky. Opening all three mouths, it waited to swallow its prey.
In the air, TK adjusted his body, altering his descent. Instead of falling to certain death in the mouth of the digimon, he headed for one of the creatures' eyes. Using the force of gravity and his strength he plunged the pipe into the monster's eye. The creature screamed in pain as he shook his head, frantically trying to get TK off. TK held on as if his life depended on it; one slip and it would be certain death.
One of the other two heads came towards him, trying to bite him. He moved just in time. The attack missed him, and the head bit the other digimon head, which was attempting to do the same thing from the opposite side. The Digimon screamed in pain for the second time and with one mighty swing of the head tossed TK off. TK dropped only a few feet but landed hard in a sandbox.
Opening his eyes, TK struggled to rise, ignoring the pain in his head. Peering through the dust that was caused by his impact, he noticed the digimon closing in on him. The pipe was still lodged into the creature's eye, but this didn't stop the creature from turning towards him to take revenge.
As he took the first step, a swirling vortex opened above the creature, sucking him up into the blackness of the void. "NO!" The dragon Digimon screamed as it fought against the pull. "I've run out of time." As his wings flapped desperately trying to free himself, all three heads tuned towards TK. "Hear me digidestined. This is only the begging. Soon my master will complete the spell and I will be back along with all the other digimon to rule this world. You will all die." The evil laugh still rang out as the digimon body was pulled into the vortex and disappears.
TK fell back down on the sand, closing his eyes. Digidestined? Spell? Master? He heard footsteps approaching him and he managed to get his eyes open to see Matt and Ken standing above him with concerned looks on their faces.
"TK! Are you okay?" Matt knelt down by his brother as he began to look him over for any serious injuries.
"I think the sand softened his fall." Ken said, smiling down at him. "What you did back there was amazing."
TK gave a small smile, fighting the blackness that threatened to swallow him. "No offense, but I rather take on a hundred hunters then one digimon again." With that he closed his eyes and let the darkness come over him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Fools, do you think you can stop me? I am too powerful, and you pathetic humans will all die"
"Just try it, you overgrown digimon."
"Dying is too good for you. I will send you to another dimension. There you will know the true meaning of suffering."
"Davis, move it!"
The flash of light... the pain.
"Blitomon!"
~*~*~*~*~*
"No!" The scream vibrated through the room. TK was already sitting bolt upright as the remnants of his nightmare left his thoughts. He was breathing heavily and sweat dripped down his brow. It was only a dream, but it felt so real. Trying to get his breathing under control, he looked around his unfamiliar surroundings. He was in a medium sized white room, with only the bed he laid in and a chair for furniture. He was relieved to find a large window.
Finally relaxing enough, he lay back down and tried to remember the events of his dream. That was not just a dream; those were memories coming back to me. The door to his room being opened silently and a woman peering in interrupted his thoughts. She was an older woman with short brown hair and blue eyes. She looked so familiar, somehow. Her gaze was on TK the whole time, and hundreds of emotions seemed to be flowing through her eyes as she took a few steps towards him.
TK lifted himself back into a sitting position as the woman came to his bedside. Her face was stained with tears, indicating that she had been recently crying. A single tear escaped down her cheek and landed silently on the floor. Neither spoke a word as she cautiously stepped closer to the bed and sat on the edge.
TK stared at the woman before him. She looked so familiar but he couldn't put his finger on it. Something about the eyes. Then the thought struck him: her eyes looked identical to his. Could she be...?
"TK?" The woman's voice cracked with emotion. "Honey, do you know who I am?" Another tear flowed down her cheek.
Feeling his own tears coming to his eyes, he quickly blinked them away. It was almost too much to hope that he was actually staring at his real mother. Tentatively he lifted his shaking hand to brush a tear away from her face. Closing his eyes he gave a silent prayer. Please let me be right. "Mom?"
"TK." With a soft cry she gathered him into her arms and let the tears flow.
TK couldn't believe it. This was his mother, the woman who gave him life, and the one he would dream about when he was alone in the desert. She was no Liz, but few women were. Liz was and always would be his mother. But this was different; he couldn't explain it but somehow this felt right.
After a few seconds the door to his room opened again and a middle aged man stepped through. He had brown hair and eyes, and again the feeling of familiarity fell over TK. He stopped dead in his tracks and slowly smiled.
TK's mother looked at the man and smiled. "TK?" She swallowed and continued "This is your father. Do you remember him?"
Father! In the two years with Liz he had never had a male role model. Liz many clients, but they had never counted since he never stayed long enough to speak to them. Matt had told him that when his parents divorced he had gone with his mother while Matt had gone with his father. Could the reason be that his father did not want him? He closed his eyes, banishing the thought from his head as his father approached the bed and sat down next to his mother.
"TK?' Shock was still evident in the man's eyes. "Are you okay, son?"
"Dad..." He opened his mouth to say something else, but nothing came out. He was still trying to talk when his father leaned down and wrapped him in his strong arms. Leaning his head on his father's shoulder, TK closed his eyes as a memory formed in his head. He remembered being embraced in these arms when he was younger. His father would hold him, rocking him gently until his fears were gone or the pain stopped. He looked up and stared into his father's brown eyes. "Dad…" Turning, he stared at his mother "Mom, I'm so...I'm so sorry." With that he broke down and cried in to his father's shoulder as he felt himself being rocked slightly. He finally felt safe; he had finally found his family.
~*~*~*~*~
Only a few hours had passed since TK had been reunited with his family. Barely forty-eight hours had gone by since he found out that he even had a family. He now sat back on an armchair, patting his father's arm, trying to calm him down. Matt, who was slowly stroking his mother's hand, was sitting on the hospital bed. His mother was still dazed and his father was pale as a ghost. Well, how did you expect them to react to the stunt you pulled a few hours ago? He gave his brother a scowl across the room. Matt returned it with a weary smile. It wasn't really Matt's fault. He had to tell their parents why they had been in the hospital in the first place. TK just wished he had done it more subtly. I can't wait to tell them about my life with Liz. TK smiled as he remembered things he had done that would make his parents drop dead.
He was already cleared to leave the hospital as soon as he was ready. While he had been unconscious, Matt and Ken somehow managed to get him to the hospital, which was overcrowded with victims from the attack. Reports had indicated that their was over a hundred dead and more wounded. The whole subway section they were on had been completely destroyed, along with most of the street. If it hadn't been for his claustrophobia they might have been among the unidentified burned bodies in the subway. Speaking of that.... He got up from the chair and opened the window, taking in the fresh air. When he turned around he noticed the door slowly opening and Kari tentatively looking into the room. She smiled when he saw him and gestured for him to follow her.
"I guess you have to go?" a woman said. TK turned to see his mother sitting up on the bed, looking down at her hands.
"Mom, we have to go. We're the only ones who can stop Blitomon." Matt stood up with determination on his face.
"I know, it's just...I just got him back." His mother's voice trailed off and tears fell silently down her face.
"I don't remember much of my childhood." TK's quiet voice broke the silence. "If we're the only ones who can do anything we have to try. For the last few years I have had to sit back and watch as hunters ruthlessly slaughtered innocent people. I can't sit back and watch digimon do the same thing. We have to try; we can't just pretend that things will get better, because they never do." He looked up at his father, then at his mother. "I do remember that I love you both very much and that you feel the same way towards me. I didn't do a good job of it last time, but I give you my word that I will come home. After that if you want to lock me in my room for the rest of my life I'll understand. But for right now you have to let me go, you have to believe that we will not fail and I will be back this time."
His mother didn't say anything, just nodded. His father put an arm around him and gave him a tight hug. "Just be careful, both of you."
"Careful is my middle name." TK laughed as he ran over to give his mother a hug, then headed for the door. He was halfway out when he turned back to the room. "Actually, I don't remember my middle name, but I'll be sure to ask when I get back.."
Matt laughed as TK ran out. He turned to his parents. "Don't worry, I'll protect him this time."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I still can't believe you survived that attack." Davis turned to TK. His eyes were wide with wonder. All the digidestined sat in Tai and Kari's house. They had to figure out what needed to be done, and time was running out.
"We were lucky," was all Ken said. He sat down on the rug in the living room. "We could have easily been killed, if not for TK's quick thinking."
Everyone turned to stare at TK, whose face was turning a slight shade of pink. "It was nothing. I got a lot of practice running from things that wanted to kill me." He turned his focus on Ajona, who gave a scowl and quickly turned away.
Izzy cleared his throat. "This confirms our worst fears. Blitomon is back."
Everyone grew quiet as the realization of what was said took hold in their thoughts. "What do you suppose we do?" Cody asked.
"We'll have to go to the digital world, and stop Blitomon for good." Tai declared as he jumped up from his sitting position.
"That worked real good last time." Yolie's voice dripped with sarcasm and she sank deeper into the couch.
"Well we can't wait around here forever." Davis' voice rose as stood to stand by Tai, clearly backing him up.
"He might not be in the digital world," Izzy spoke up. This caused everyone to stop and stare at Izzy, who was busy with his laptop.
"Izzy, what are you saying?" Tai asked.
"I've been doing some scanning of the general area since the attack took place." Izzy never once lifted his eyes from the computer. "I have concluded that in timed implements, portals have been opening in this general area. The portals don't remain open for long, but in several instances, energy sources similar to digimon have escaped out of the portals." When he looked up he saw puzzled looks on all but Ken's face and heaved a heavy sigh. "In other words, Blitomon could very well be in this world."
"That doesn't make sense," Joe said. "Why would Blitomon be hear? Why wouldn't he combine our worlds like he originally planned?"
This time it was Ken who spoke up. "He might not be able to anymore. He used up a lot of his powers two years ago. He probably only has enough powers to send digimon to this world, though the portal."
"In other words," said Davis, "He given up on combining our worlds and has settled with just trying to take it over." Davis clenched his fists as he paced the room. "We have to stop him."
"One thing doesn't make sense." Matt turned to look at Izzy. "Just before Dreckomon was about to kill TK, a portal opened up and pulled him in. He yelled something about running out of time."
Izzy placed his hand on his chin as he thought about the problem "It could be that Blitomon doesn't have enough power to hold larger digimon in this world for extended amounts of time. If my theory is correct, Blitomon can only send smaller digimon through the gates permanently. Dreckomon's main reason for being here was probably to kill you three. If he would have succeeded we probably wouldn't have been able to defeat him."
A shudder went through Matt as he remembered how close they had come to being killed by the dragon digimon. "We can't defeat him without our digimon."
"We also have to find Blitomon," Sora added. "He could be anywhere out there, and the longer we wait the more digimon he can bring into this world."
"I can figure out where all the portals opened," Izzy said, "but Blitomon probably won't be anywhere near them."
"There's only one solution," Tai said. "We'll have to split up. The new kids will enter the digital world to retrieve our digimon. The older ones will head out to try to find Blitomon."
"I don't know," Joe said. "It's going to be very dangerous. And we have no one to protect us." Joe glanced at the group. "We'll have to be very careful."
"This is the only way." Cody stood up from the chair. "Once we find our digimon, we'll come back, and with any luck you guys will have already located Blitomon."
"The more time we waste, the more powerful Blitomon is becoming." Tai added. "Don't forget, it's been two years since we fought him. He's probably stronger now then he was then."
"We should leave right away," Yolie said, trying to quite the growing uneasiness that was rising inside her. "Who knows how long it will take to find our digimon. Izzy, we have to use your laptop."
"It's all ready to go," Izzy said placing his laptop on the table.
"Okay then let's go." Davis shouted as he pulled out his digivise.
"Wait!" TK called out.
Davis almost tripped as he vaulted in front of the laptop.
"What group am I in?" asked TK.
Matt frowned. "I don't know, TK. You haven't recovered completely from your concussion. Maybe you should stay here."
TK dismissed him with a wave of his hand. "I've had worse. There was this one time when one of Liz's customers refused to pay, so he came after me with a knife and..." Looking up, he noticed that Matt had gone pale. "Lets just say I feel fine."
"Matt, we need him to defeat Blitomon." Tai gave his friend a pat on his pack. When Matt shook his head, Tai addressed TK. "You'll be going with the new kids to the digital world."
"Hey," TK smiled, "Maybe I'll regain some of my memories while I'm there." He looked at his brother, trying to cheer Matt up. He was rewarded by a small smile.
"Just be careful."
"You too." TK smiled, then turned back to the group. "I guess it's now or never."
"Wait!"
"Not again," Davis whined as he swung back to the group. This time it was Ajona who had stopped them.
"What about me?" Ajona asked as she approached the group.
"No offense, Ajona," Sora said, "But you're not a digidestined. You might get hurt." Sora crossed her fingers behind her back, hoping Ajona would give up.
"Oh, please," Ajona sighed. Sora frowned. So much for that hope.
"In case you forgot," Ajona added, "I almost took out TK who almost took out one of those digimon things. Besides, I think I can handle myself better then you can out there."
"AJ has a point." TK spoke up, ignoring the death glare from Ajona, who still hated the nickname. "I would feel much better if she went with you guys to find Blitomon."
For the first time Ajona turned and gave a huge smile to TK. "TK, that so sweet. You would feel better knowing that I was here to see to the safety of your brother and friends' lives."
"Safety?" TK looked at her confused "No, I would feel better knowing that while you're with them you can't kill me."
The smile on her lips vanished, replaced by a dangerous fire in her eyes. "When I get done with you, I'll carve you up so bad, you'd wish a hunter got you."
TK grinned, then approached AJ. Leaning forward he placed a small kiss on her cheek. "You be careful too, AJ."
Scowling, she turned her back on him and left the room. "I think we had better go now," Kari suggested, grabbing onto TK's arm and dragging him towards the computer. Tai and Matt tried not to laugh as she did this.
"Okay guys, with any luck we should be back soon." Davis lifted up his digivise as the others five of them followed. "Digport Open."
To be continued:
Okay first let me say that things aren't always as they appear. For all you Takari fans out their wait until the next chapter. Like I said at the begging I haven't chosen couples yet so no yelling yet. Well in the next chapter more digimon more action and more suspense. Thanks for all the reviews and keep them up. It was because of them that I continued this story. The next one hopefully will be out soon. Until then.