Chapter four: Dad?
"Matt! Matt! Wake up!" While Mimi and Joe were having their little problem, and Tai and the others were making new friends, Gabumon tried to awaken his unconscious partner. Matt's eyes finally fluttered open.
"What happened? All I remember is a little girl falling from the sky and I blacked out." Gabumon helped Matt up to his feet. Matt stretched and rubbed his forehead but immediately backed his hand away when he felt a pain.
"Why does my forehead hurt so much?"
"Matt I think you should look to your right." Confused, Matt did as his digimon suggested, as soon as he looked to the ground he jumped back. There lying on a pile of leaves was the little girl who was still out cold. She was lying on her stomach with her face buried in her folded arms. Matt knelt down to take a good look at her. He rolled her over so he could perceive her face. Matt jolted back; she looked just like him. She had short blond spiky hair in the style of Matt's; she had a light skin color like his. She wore a pink blouse with long sleeves stopping below her elbows and denim shorts. He noticed she had a bruise and a large cut on her forehead from when she made contact with Matt's head and fell onto the ground. He felt his own forehead. Thankfully he didn't have a bump on his head, just a bruise. She began to moan making it clear that she was waking up. Her eyelids began to part. The sun was right above her causing her to squint. As she slowly opened her eyes, a silhouette came into vision. Matt saw that her eyes were identical to his but she had longer lashes. The girl's vision went from vague to clear and couldn't believe her eyes.
"Are you okay?" Matt asked. The girl tilted her head.
"Dad?" Matt had to smile, he's never been called that before.
"No, I'm not your dad." He pulled her up to her feet. The girl looked at him again. She thought she was dreaming. She pulled out a picture that she kept in her pocket along with another one. She observed the picture, then Matt. 'I must be dreaming, this guy looks just like Dad when he was younger but it can't be him, can it?' The girl put the picture back in her pocket. She kept on staring at Matt, then Gabumon snapped her out of her daze.
"Excuse me but do you mind telling us who you are?" The girl's eyes widened.
"Gabumon?" Matt and Gabumon looked at her with astonishment.
"How do you know my name?" The girl looked from Gabumon to Matt and once again passed out. Matt quickly caught her before she made contact with the ground again.
"Who is she?"
"I'm not sure Gabumon, we better find shelter and bandage her forehead, she's got a pretty big cut."
"It's a good thing she's hardheaded like you." Gabumon said. Matt then carried her in his arms; she curled up in his embrace and buried her head in his shirt. Even in an unconscious state, she felt safe in his arms like if she was with her dad. Matt raised an eyebrow at her but then smiled down at the peaceful girl. He then walked off with Gabumon following right behind.