Chapter Four
(Again I say- I do not own digimon- wow do these disclaimers suck- you would think by now people would realize this)
"Ok, Matt. I need you over here! Take Tai's pulse! Cody help him make sure Tai's breathing. Use anything to stop the bleeding, and see if you can find any broken bones." Joe issued out orders, everything was pure chaos. "Kari, Yolei and Davis go find some water- here, use this canteen. We need to clean them off! Hurry Guys."
"What do we do?" Izzy asked as he pointed to Mimi, Ken, TK and himself. Mimi and Ken build a fire, it looks like it's going to be night soon and we need to keep them warm. Izzy help me here."
Everyone went; no one questioned Joe's orders. Soon they had a fire built and a shelter found.
"We have to move them closer to the shelter now- but be careful we still don't know what's broken."
Joe picked up Sora, while Matt and Davis attended to Tai. Once they had brought the two closer to the fire Joe and Kari started to wipe the dried blood and dirt off their friends. Everyone was tired, and the digimon were exhausted. By now, they had found biyomon and Agumon, who were hurt, but feeling better than their partners.
"That's all we can do for now." Joe said looking up at the group who were silently looking at the wounded couple. "They have to do the rest."
"Come on guys, we need to get some rest, but maybe we should have someone standing guard, just in case." Davis said scratching him head.
"Wow, that's the first time I have heard something that makes sense come out of you huge mouth over there!" Matt joked, trying to lighten the mood, but no one was able to laugh. "I'll take the first watch, then."
"Right, and I'll stay up too," Kari said, "I can't possibly got to bed tonight, not with Tai like this and all."
"I better stay up with them as well," Joe said as he took of his glasses and started to clean them.
"Izzy and I will take the second watch," Mimi spoke up still a little shaky.
"Cody and I will go after you then." TK stated, "And that leaves Ken, Davis and Yolei for the last shift."
"Ok, now go get some sleep." Matt said to the others. They followed his orders and finally drifted off into sleep.
Kari sat at Tai's side; she put her hand on his head. "Come on Tai, you can pull though this." she murmured.
"He'll be ok, he's a strong guy, Kari." Matt said this as he sat next to Joe, who was monitoring Sora breathing, across the fire from Kari, and Tai.
"I know. He's been in worse shape." She looked down at him, and then she saw the little black box. She picked it up, and opened it. She began to cry. Matt was shocked, and went to comfort her right away.
"Come on Kari, things could be a lot worse. Things will work out, you'll see." He looked at the contents of the box, which had made Kari weep. "Was this…. Tai's?" He asked.
"Ya, he was finally going to tell Sora how he felt. And he was so excited to give her these." The memories of earlier that day ran through her head. How alive and full of hope he had been, and now she looked at him and all she could do was cry.
"So that's why they came alone…" Joe stated from across the way.
"I should have stopped him, I didn't know he was going to the digital world. If I knew, I would have come along. Me and gatomon could have helped….or…"
"No, Kari. You probably would have made it worse. Tai would have still tried to protect you, like he did to Sora. And you would have been hurt as well." Matt said in a caring big brother voice. He puts his arm around her, he was never good at this big brother thing with TK, but now he had to play the role with Kari. 'Come on Tai,' he thought, 'we really need you now.'
The night went on uneventful and soon morning came. Everyone was up and gathering things for breakfast; another day of questions was ahead. Agumon and Biyomon were back at full strength by now, and everyone had at least gotten a little sleep.
Sora's condition hadn't changed, and Joe couldn't do anything more for her until they got her to a hospital. Tai was still asleep, but he looked better.
Izzy, Cody and Ken all tried everything they could to get the digiports to open, but to no luck. With no other alternative, Izzy wrote out a distress email to Gennai. No one had seen Gennai for a long time, if he even was alive at all. But there was nothing else they could do for now.
Back near the campfire, the group quietly ate what they had gathered and found left over in Tai and Sora's picnic basket. No one said anything. Not even Davis or Veemon, which was a feat in itself. Kari sat next to her brother and stroked his chocolate spiky hair. With every stroke she wished for him to wake up.
"Tai, come on, all you have to do is open your eyes, please, for me.." she murmured to him. Suddenly Kari started to scream and hug Tai, "He's awake, he's alive." The whole group huddled around Tai, who was trying to move his arms.
"NO! Don't try and move." Joe yelled. "You might have internal injuries, so don't move…just talk if you can."
"What the hell happened?" Tai questioned in a sleepy and weak voice. Kari hugged him again, but harder- "Ouch, Ouch" Tai replied. Kari stopped hugging him and started to cry. "Come on Kari, I'm ok, see." He moved his hand up to her head. She held it, still crying. "Sora, where is Sora…" he demanded.
"She's over here," Matt said. "We are glad you are awake. You had us worried."
"How is she? Is she awake? What happened…." no one told Tai anything. They looked down at the ground. "Well if no one is going to tell me, I'll see for myself." Tai stubbornly sat up, a sharp pain hit, but he ignored it and groaned as he dragged himself to Sora's side. She was still sleeping. She looked so sweet and innocent Tai thought, he touched her face, and it was still warm.
"Stop moving!" Joe scolded him, "She's unconscious still, but she'll be fine when we get to a hospital."
"Well why aren't we there yet??" Tai demanded.
"We can't leave, the portals won't open.." Izzy said sadly. "Daemon has trapped us here, I don't know if we can even get out if we defeat him."
"Damn it!" Tai shouted as he hit his fists against the ground and then screamed in pain. "OUCH!"
Joe tried to calm him down. He laid him close to Sora. Tai took her hand.
"We are stronger than this guy- come on Sora, let's show this guy that we can survive…please…." He started to cry. Everyone looked at him in amazement. "It's all my fault! I wanted to bring her here, I was too stubborn, and I brought her into this and got her hurt… I am so so sorry Sora." Tai fell asleep soon after; he had exhausted himself.
The others looked to one another for answers. No one said anything. Then a beeping sound came from Izzy's computer.
"An email, and it's from Gennai!" Izzy exclaimed.
"What does it say?" Davis asked. "Come on! Read it."
"It says that he is on his way." Izzy said, summarizing the letter.
"How? When??" Kari asked.
"I don't know, soon I hope." Izzy replied.
(Again I say- I do not own digimon- wow do these disclaimers suck- you would think by now people would realize this)
"Ok, Matt. I need you over here! Take Tai's pulse! Cody help him make sure Tai's breathing. Use anything to stop the bleeding, and see if you can find any broken bones." Joe issued out orders, everything was pure chaos. "Kari, Yolei and Davis go find some water- here, use this canteen. We need to clean them off! Hurry Guys."
"What do we do?" Izzy asked as he pointed to Mimi, Ken, TK and himself. Mimi and Ken build a fire, it looks like it's going to be night soon and we need to keep them warm. Izzy help me here."
Everyone went; no one questioned Joe's orders. Soon they had a fire built and a shelter found.
"We have to move them closer to the shelter now- but be careful we still don't know what's broken."
Joe picked up Sora, while Matt and Davis attended to Tai. Once they had brought the two closer to the fire Joe and Kari started to wipe the dried blood and dirt off their friends. Everyone was tired, and the digimon were exhausted. By now, they had found biyomon and Agumon, who were hurt, but feeling better than their partners.
"That's all we can do for now." Joe said looking up at the group who were silently looking at the wounded couple. "They have to do the rest."
"Come on guys, we need to get some rest, but maybe we should have someone standing guard, just in case." Davis said scratching him head.
"Wow, that's the first time I have heard something that makes sense come out of you huge mouth over there!" Matt joked, trying to lighten the mood, but no one was able to laugh. "I'll take the first watch, then."
"Right, and I'll stay up too," Kari said, "I can't possibly got to bed tonight, not with Tai like this and all."
"I better stay up with them as well," Joe said as he took of his glasses and started to clean them.
"Izzy and I will take the second watch," Mimi spoke up still a little shaky.
"Cody and I will go after you then." TK stated, "And that leaves Ken, Davis and Yolei for the last shift."
"Ok, now go get some sleep." Matt said to the others. They followed his orders and finally drifted off into sleep.
Kari sat at Tai's side; she put her hand on his head. "Come on Tai, you can pull though this." she murmured.
"He'll be ok, he's a strong guy, Kari." Matt said this as he sat next to Joe, who was monitoring Sora breathing, across the fire from Kari, and Tai.
"I know. He's been in worse shape." She looked down at him, and then she saw the little black box. She picked it up, and opened it. She began to cry. Matt was shocked, and went to comfort her right away.
"Come on Kari, things could be a lot worse. Things will work out, you'll see." He looked at the contents of the box, which had made Kari weep. "Was this…. Tai's?" He asked.
"Ya, he was finally going to tell Sora how he felt. And he was so excited to give her these." The memories of earlier that day ran through her head. How alive and full of hope he had been, and now she looked at him and all she could do was cry.
"So that's why they came alone…" Joe stated from across the way.
"I should have stopped him, I didn't know he was going to the digital world. If I knew, I would have come along. Me and gatomon could have helped….or…"
"No, Kari. You probably would have made it worse. Tai would have still tried to protect you, like he did to Sora. And you would have been hurt as well." Matt said in a caring big brother voice. He puts his arm around her, he was never good at this big brother thing with TK, but now he had to play the role with Kari. 'Come on Tai,' he thought, 'we really need you now.'
The night went on uneventful and soon morning came. Everyone was up and gathering things for breakfast; another day of questions was ahead. Agumon and Biyomon were back at full strength by now, and everyone had at least gotten a little sleep.
Sora's condition hadn't changed, and Joe couldn't do anything more for her until they got her to a hospital. Tai was still asleep, but he looked better.
Izzy, Cody and Ken all tried everything they could to get the digiports to open, but to no luck. With no other alternative, Izzy wrote out a distress email to Gennai. No one had seen Gennai for a long time, if he even was alive at all. But there was nothing else they could do for now.
Back near the campfire, the group quietly ate what they had gathered and found left over in Tai and Sora's picnic basket. No one said anything. Not even Davis or Veemon, which was a feat in itself. Kari sat next to her brother and stroked his chocolate spiky hair. With every stroke she wished for him to wake up.
"Tai, come on, all you have to do is open your eyes, please, for me.." she murmured to him. Suddenly Kari started to scream and hug Tai, "He's awake, he's alive." The whole group huddled around Tai, who was trying to move his arms.
"NO! Don't try and move." Joe yelled. "You might have internal injuries, so don't move…just talk if you can."
"What the hell happened?" Tai questioned in a sleepy and weak voice. Kari hugged him again, but harder- "Ouch, Ouch" Tai replied. Kari stopped hugging him and started to cry. "Come on Kari, I'm ok, see." He moved his hand up to her head. She held it, still crying. "Sora, where is Sora…" he demanded.
"She's over here," Matt said. "We are glad you are awake. You had us worried."
"How is she? Is she awake? What happened…." no one told Tai anything. They looked down at the ground. "Well if no one is going to tell me, I'll see for myself." Tai stubbornly sat up, a sharp pain hit, but he ignored it and groaned as he dragged himself to Sora's side. She was still sleeping. She looked so sweet and innocent Tai thought, he touched her face, and it was still warm.
"Stop moving!" Joe scolded him, "She's unconscious still, but she'll be fine when we get to a hospital."
"Well why aren't we there yet??" Tai demanded.
"We can't leave, the portals won't open.." Izzy said sadly. "Daemon has trapped us here, I don't know if we can even get out if we defeat him."
"Damn it!" Tai shouted as he hit his fists against the ground and then screamed in pain. "OUCH!"
Joe tried to calm him down. He laid him close to Sora. Tai took her hand.
"We are stronger than this guy- come on Sora, let's show this guy that we can survive…please…." He started to cry. Everyone looked at him in amazement. "It's all my fault! I wanted to bring her here, I was too stubborn, and I brought her into this and got her hurt… I am so so sorry Sora." Tai fell asleep soon after; he had exhausted himself.
The others looked to one another for answers. No one said anything. Then a beeping sound came from Izzy's computer.
"An email, and it's from Gennai!" Izzy exclaimed.
"What does it say?" Davis asked. "Come on! Read it."
"It says that he is on his way." Izzy said, summarizing the letter.
"How? When??" Kari asked.
"I don't know, soon I hope." Izzy replied.