1 Candles in the wind

Part seven : You needed me



Tai closed his eyes and screamed his loudest scream. The digimon around him we trying to digivolve , but the long walks had made them tired, all this time, Matt was silently falling, falling to his death.

Tai felt the tears build up and burst out into loud sobs and he dropped to his knees and buried his face in the sands. He was crumbling and he didn't care who saw, it didn't matter anymore.

The others could do nothing but watch the sight that was unfolding right in front of their own eyes. Their leader had broken down, and one of their friends was falling to his death and there was nothing they could do.

Suddenly, Davis broke the fallen silence.

"Oh wow neat"!

"What could be neat about Matt dying"? Joe asked with a frown on his face.

"Actually, look at him". Yolei pointed over to where Matt was falling. He had stopped in mid air, suspended by a strong green light.

Slowly, the other digidestined turned and looked at this strange sight, all except Tai, who stayed with his face in the ground, sobbing loudly. Sora put her hand on his shoulder.

"Tai…look..look at him". She said gently.

"I can't. I don't want to see him dead Sora". Tai whispered.

"But Tai, he's not, look". Mimi came to Tai's other side.

Tai looked up through his sore eyes. He saw his best friend held in the air by a green light.

"What the…….". He started.

"It's a strange phenomenon. One which I can't explain". Izzy stared up with the others.

"It certainly doesn't happen every day". Joe remarked.

"Well, what is it"? Tai asked.

"It appears to be a green light" Davis grinned at the leader.

"Really?..well thankyou Davis Enstein". Yolei replied sarcastically.

"Well whatever it is, it's saving Matt". Cody said quietly.

"Yeah, but it's just keeping him suspended there, it's not actually doing anything else". Kari replied.

As if on cue, the green light began to gently lower Matt to the ground, until Matt was safely on his feet. He stared at his friends as the green light disappeared.

"um….Hey guys". Matt grinned sheepishly. "Nice day for hanging around"

Tai ran over to his friend and hugged him.

"Oh my God, don't even joke we were so scared but now you're safe and it's so great!. Oh I was so scared I thought you were going to die then where would I be?. You have no idea how much I missed you buddy". Tai spoke quickly.

"Woah Tai, time out, chill. I'm ok but that isn't what matters right now". Matt pulled away slightly.

"What else could possibly matter"? Tai asked.

"Ken's still in trouble up there". Matt replied frowning slightly.

"He deserves what he gets. Remember what he did to TK"? Tai looked into his friends eyes.

"Of course I remember. Yet, it wasn't all down to him, he's being commanded by a higher power. Satan-Myotismon. He doesn't want to be this way anymore Tai. He just wants to go home, like me. He wants his family back, he wants a new chance, he's a digidestined, one of us. Even though he hasn't acted like it much, but he's sorry for all that. He regrets what he did. I have to save him".

Tai looked shocked for a moment. Then turned to the rest of the group.

"Well we better get up there and save him then, right guys"?

Everyone nodded and made sounds of agreement.

"But wait, the digimon, they aren't strong enough". Kari replied worriedly.

The green light suddenly appeared again. It flashed over the digimon.

"Hey, I feel stronger already". Tentomon remarked.

"Yeah, what is that light"? Hawkmon asked.

"I don't know but it's doing some good". Gabumon replied.

"What is that light Matt"? Tai asked.

"I have no idea, it just appeared, the next thing I knew I was back safely on the ground again". Matt replied looking clueless.

"Well whatever it is it's helped the digimon regain their strength , so we can go rescue Ken". Izzy spoke up.

"Yeah, I guess we better get up there". Tai replied. "You lead the way Matt".

Matt nodded and walked up to the doors with Gabumon by his side. The others followed.

**

Ken held Wormmon to his chest crying into the poor digimon's back. Wormmon was not moving.

"Some Emperor you turned out to be"! Satan- Myotismon mocked as he stood over Ken threatening to blow both him and Wormmon away forever.

"I'd rather have family than the dark side". Ken shouted back through his tears.

"Then you have no idea which is the most important. I had big things planned for you Ken. Yet you failed me, you failed the dark side by showing your weakness, your sentimentality"!

"If that's my weakness then I'm proud of it"! Ken yelled back.

"Then I shall show you just how it feels for young Yamato Ishida!, I shall kill your little digimon and you'll find out what it is to lose a loved one"!. Satan- Myotismon roared.

"You'll do nothing of the sort you jerk"! A voice behind Ken spoke out against the violent storm.

Ken turned around to see Matt stood with the rest of his friends and their digimon. All had digivolved to their highest forms.

"Oh you think you can beat me"? Satan- Myotismon mocked.

"No, we know we can beat you". Tai replied.

"Those false hopes will be your ultimate downfall". Satan- Myotismon smiled. "Hell's fire"!

"Ice wolf claw"! Metalgarurumon roared as he hit the attack head on, canceling out it's power.

Satan- Myotismon frowned slightly before launching his next attack. "Satanic darkness"!

Halsemon, Digmon and Lilymon were struck down, back into rookies before they even hit the floor.

Satan – Myotismon turned to face Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon. "You're next" He grinned evilly sending a chill down Tai's spine.