Disclaimer: I never owned digimon, I don't now, and I (probably) never will!

A/N: Here's chapter five, posted for you enjoyment.

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"Those vines--" TK managed, "those vines I ran into.  I think… I think they might have been poisonous."

          Kari sat in shocked silence.  She knew that offered a good explanation for what was happening to him, but it was impossible!  How could TK, the boy she had secretly liked for four years, have lethal venom pumping in his veins?

          TK coughed softly.  "Remember, you promised-- not to tell anybody."  Kari only nodded in reply.

Daisuke shook his head.  TS had come up with wild conclusions before, but this one took the cake.  He had overheard the entire conversation.  What a wacko, he thought, as he turned back to the campfire.  The fire cast long shadows on the unconscious bodies lying around it.

          "Oh shit!" he screamed as he stood up, with Veemon at his side.

          Kari must have heard, because Davis could here her shout something herself.  He didn't catch it the first time, but he heard it as the first echo came around.  Funny, he thought.  I've never heard her cuss before.

          Just then, the fire started to form itself into a humanoid creature.  The heated flames solidified into a digimon that looked like one of those pictures of Egyptian gods.

          Veemon's voice quaked as he spoke.  "He's here.  He's here.  My God, he actually here."

          "What?  Who is that?" Davis asked his partner.

          "It's one of Puppetmon's most powerful servants.  Remon.  He's made of pure fire, and his skin is scalding to the touch."  [A/N: Remon comes from Re (pronounced "Rah"), the Egyptian god of the sun]

          Remon looked at the bodies strewn around him and laughed.  "Is that all you've got?  Come on!" his voice was fiery.  As he spoke, waves of heat erupted from his beak mouth.  The digimon looked up to Davis, TK, Kari, Gatomon, Veemon, and Patamon.  "Well, looks like there's more work to be done." He grinned deviously.  Remon raised the rod in his hand.

          "Egyptian Sun!"  The moon in the sky, partly blocked by trees, soon became a blazing ball of fire and heat, which lit up the forest in a flash of bright light.  Soon, the small sun fell towards them, incinerating the trees in an eruption of flames.  Davis could feel the searing heat smothering him in boiling air.  His final conscious thought was that he hoped it would end quickly.

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"Good work, Remon.  You may go now."  TK opened his eyes slowly.  He could still feel the heat in his face.  Puppetmon was standing there, standing above a kneeling Remon, who quickly disappeared in a flash of vermilion flame.  The surrounding forest was a mess of charred bark and wood.  The grass under TK was still as lush and green as ever, compared to the blackened remnants surrounding it.  Surprisingly, TK's skin and clothes were still the same-- no evidence of any heat of flames.  Kari lay beside him, chest heaving heavily.  Patamon and Gatomon were on the ground close by, in the same condition.  The moon filled the forest with an eerie glow, casting long, mysterious shadows off the charred trees.

          TK was obviously the only one awake.  Everyone else was lying on the ground, unmoving.  Puppetmon was slowly walking towards him, and he tried to remain as limp and humanly possible.  There was no way he could fight off the digimon.  He waited.

          He waited to die.

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          Yamato Ishida groggily opened his eyes.  He had no idea what had happened, but it was clear something had.  The trees around the clearing were charred and splintered, and the grass was brown with death.  He sat up and rubbed his head.  Everybody else was unconscious.  He looked behind him to see Davis, TK, Kari, and their digimon lying in a heap.  He also saw someone walking towards TK.

          Puppetmon.

          As quietly as he could, Matt sat up.  His movement seemed to stir Gabumon.  The digimon sat up.  "Hey, Matt!  What hap-"

          "Shhhh!" Matt whispered in his digimon's ear.  He put a hand on Gabumon's mouth, and pointed towards TK and Puppetmon, the latter now standing over TK's body with his hammer in the air.

          He could barely make out the words, they were so quiet.  "I've been waiting for this moment all my life, you son of a bitch.  Puppet Pum---"

          "Blue Blaster!" The attack was too weak to do anything to Puppetmon, besides catch his attention.  As the digimon turned around, TK kicked Puppetmon's legs out from under him.  "Dammit!!"  In and instant, Puppetmon disappeared into the woods.

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As the sun rose above the trees, it sent gleaming rays of light over the forest.  The lavender sky became blue as a new day began.  And Taichi Kamiya was nowhere to be found.

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Sorry if the ending is kinda awkward.  The next chapter will also be longer.  Peace.