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Savior
She felt nothing...she couldn't think on her own...and all she could see was him. 'Maybe this is what it feels like to be under the power of a The Dark Ring...'
The room spun and her head pounded in her ear as she returned to consciousness. She clenched her eyes shut, knowing that if she opened them it would be the same blurry mess as last night. Although she only vaguely remembered last night.
A wet compress was laid upon her forehead and she let a grumble of a groan. "And you return to the land of the living once more."
She touched the compress lightly. "What happened?" She forced, squeezing her eyes shut.
"Well, you got sick last night, very badly I might add. Then you fell asleep," the monotone voice of the Kaiser answered.
"Oh," she answered.
"Sit up, you need to eat."
"No way! I feel like hell!" She snapped.
"If you eat, you'll feel better. Trust me." His voice softened. Reluctantly she sat up and he slipped glasses onto her face. She opened her eyes, head still pounding in her ears and waited until her vision cleared. The Kaiser sat on the bed, dressed in normal human clothes, holding a white mug in his hands. "Here," he held it out to her.
She took the mug and it warmed her freezing hands. She sipped it, sending hot liquid down her throat. All it was was broth, probably not a good idea to have anything solid after last night. She lipped her lips. "Thanks."
"No problem. Feeling better?" He asked.
Strangely she did. "What did you put in here?" She asked looking at the dark red liquid.
"Herbs and stuff from the digital world," he shrugged. He stood up. "Rest up, there's no telling when I may need you again." He got up to leave.
"Ken," she called. He stopped and physically cringed before looking over his shoulder at her. "Can I ask you something?" He nodded. "What's it like to be under the control of a dark spiral?"
He looked startled "Why do you ask?"
"I just wanna know."
"I don't know. I've never been under the slave end of it before," he shrugged. "You can find out first hand." He gestured to the spiral on her wrist.
'He left it on,' she thought. "Okay," she replied.
"What?! You want me to activate it?" He shouted shocked. "What happened to the freak out you had yesterday?"
"I just wanna know!"
"Fine," he shrugged in defeat. He pulled out his digi-vice and held it up to her wrist. "Spiral activate," he said unenthusiastically, almost bored.
At first nothing happened, she just stood there. Then everything in her body shut down and she felt herself crumple to the floor. Her legs gave out, her eyes showed dark and her mouth went slack. She had no control over her arms or legs. She just felt numb.
"Get up slave!" The sound of the Kaiser was fire in her ears. Slowly everything in her came back to life. She felt her body rise to her feet. Her mind burned in pain. Her eyes open, everything was tinted in red.
'Why is everything red?' She tried to ask. Her mouth would open.
"Come here," the Kaiser barked. Again there was fire in her ears. Her body walked forward.
'It hurts,' she thought. 'It hurts so much.' Her entire body ached and shook.
The Kaiser's face showed confusion, but he quickly covered it up with a smirk. He ripped her shirt and she just sat there in the back of her own mind, mortified. He shook his head. "I could have so much fun with you." He leaned in and kissed her, forcing his tongue into her mouth. "Kiss me," he ordered. And she did. The pain intensified. Her hands wrapped around his neck as their mouth's locked and tongues explored each other's mouths. 'Just make it stop,' she begged. The feeling of a weird lump on his neck cut off her thoughts. 'What in the hell?' Her hand ran over the very large lump protruding from his neck. He pulled away. "You will stand here and not move until I return."
'No. God no!' She begged. 'It hurts, please just make it stop.' But he was gone.
When he returned it felt like hours had gone by. Her body shook so bad it looked like she could be having convulsions. The fire in her mind was so intense she couldn't think. He stared at her with crystal indigo eyes that gave a look of concern. He held up his digi-vice. "Spiral deactivate." The force that had been in control left her body. Her legs crumpled under her as the fire only amplified in her mind. "That's what its like," he mumbled before she passed out.
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She woke up with her head throbbing. Her body ached. She forced herself to sit up. "Wormmon," she called. "Are you in here?"
Wormmon crawled out from the shadows. "What is it, Kari?"
"What happened?"
"You passed out. Ken activated that dark spiral and you couldn't take it or something and you passed out." She rubbed her head trying to remember what he was talking about. "Are you okay?"
Kari forced a grin and lifted the small Digimon onto the bed. "Yeah, I'm fine, but I want to finish our conversation from yesterday. You need to tell me everything."
He nodded. "I can do that. But you can't tell Ken you know because he'll be mad and he'll…"
"I understand Wormmon. Ken won't know."
"Good," he replied matter-of-factly. "Do you know what a dark spore is?" She shook her head. "Well you've been to the dark world, right?" She nodded. "Well there's this place by the dark ocean, where the water is the darkest ever. That's where the spores are made. Dark spores are black orbs of dark energy. They made from- well actually I don't know what they're made from. Ken was infected by one of these orbs."
"He was infected by one? How?"
"Well, it was the day of his brother's funeral and-"
"He had a brother?" Kari interrupted. Wormmon nodded. "How horrible. I'm not sure what I'd do if I lost Tai."
"Ken was heartbroken. So he came to the Digital World to try and forget his problems or something like that, but he was transported to the dark ocean instead. For the longest time he just sat there and cried." She got a 'yeah right' look on her face. "He was young, like maybe eight so you really can't blame him. But then one of the dark spores hit him in the back of the neck. There had been a bunch flying around, just floating in the air. And he just stood up and walked into the ocean. I kept calling to him, but he didn't listen. Then he stuck his digi-vice in the water and it turned dark."
"So he wasn't always evil?" Wormmon sadly shook his head. "So what are the dark spores made of? What do they do?"
"They feed off dark energy that lies inside people. It brings out dark emotions that people usually don't show and turns them evil. It gives them a dark personal. Dark rings and spirals are made out of them." Wormmon looked at her with sad eyes. "Ken is in there somewhere, he just can't get out. But you see him sometimes, especially with you. Maybe you can help him."
"Yeah, maybe," she replied. "I'll try Wormmon, I will.
"WORMMON!" The Kaiser screamed from outside the room.
Wormmon tensed in her lap. "Do you think he heard us?" She asked.
"I doubt it. Otherwise he would have charged in by now." Wormmon looked towards the door. "I better go. But Kari, be wary of him. I don't know what he's completely capable of. And as long as he has that spiral on your wrist, you're his." She watched him crawl off her lap and out the door. Then her eyes fixated on the black spiral around her small wrist.
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"Ken?" She asked from her seat on the couch in the library. He stood at the foot of the stairs, staring at her. "What's wrong?"
He held up a piece of paper and mumbled, "This came for you."
"What is it?" He walked up to the bed and handed it to her.
"It's a note from Guvin."
"Guvin?" She frowned, thinking about to being sick. Not a fun time, to say the least. She took the paper and read the note.
'Dear Ken, how have you been?' It read. 'Actually I really don't care, how's Kari? You better be taking care of her. I got some results after reviewing Kari's file and blood work, and it's not good. There had been a lot of damage to the strength in her legs and to her eyes. Permanent damage,' she pushed the glasses up onto the bridge of her nose again. 'She may never be able to see without those "miracle glasses" of yours. Nor will she ever have the ability to walk much. Like you said in the update email you sent me, she can't walk far or much. That'll be how it will for her for the rest of her life. There's nothing that can be done. I'm sorry. If you bring her by, I'll talk to her. I'd like to give her a second examination, check how she is doing. Let me know, Ichijoji. Guvin.'
She crumpled the sheet in her hand and tossed it away. "This didn't come for me, this came for you." Her tone was dark. "You know, I really don't feel like reading anymore. I'm gonna head back to my room." She stood up.
"Kari," he said, blocking the stairs. She glared at him and tried to push past him. His own anger and pride swelled up inside of his chest like a knot. He pushed her back and she fell back to the floor. "You will stop right there, Light!" The Kaiser inside him didn't like being ignored. She stared up at him, embarrassment and fear in her eyes. "Why in the hell are you acting this way? Why are you so passive?"
"Because I really don't care."
"Bull shit. Your in so much pain over this your eyes have clouded over and you can't do anything but feel mad."
"What do you know?" She snapped.
"Why do you keep me around? I'm weak! I thought you couldn't stand people who are weak. You loathe weakness. That's what I am!" She yelled. Tears formed in her eyes. "I can't do this anymore. It wasn't supposed to get worse!"
"What?" He was thrown by the sudden emotion in her voice. "What wasn't supposed to get worse?"
"I wasn't supposed to be sick anymore." He shook his head, not understanding her. "I've always been sick and scrawny and useless. I can't do that anymore! I can't not fight! I'm tired of being left out! I'm tired," her voice got soft, "of being a disappointment."
The presence crept back at full force. 'This could be interesting.' It took over his mouth, "Who are you a disappointment to? Why?"
She closed her eyes. "My brother. My friends. My parents. I'm always sick! I'm always in the hospital! I'm always in some sort of trouble where I need to be bailed out. TK saved me from the dark ocean. My brother carried me and got me medicine where I got sick in the Digital World." She paused. "You saved me when I fell in the grass that day."
He stared up at her. "That's why you stayed when I gave you the choice to leave."
"What?"
"When I gave you the chance to leave, you stayed because you didn't want to face your brother. Or your friends. You were sick of being their burden, so you stayed," he explained, despite her knowing exactly what he was saying.
"Ken-"
"You don't have to explain. I was wondering why you stayed," he shrugged.
'Don't ruin this. Don't say anything,' the Kaiser in his head ordered. 'She will go to the dark ocean by dwelling on this. The sooner the better, so let her, you fool!'
He closed his eyes. "I can't," he replied in a whisper.
'LET HER! Do as I say!'
"Ken? Did you say something?" She asked her voice filled with hope.
"No," he responded shortly.
"Go back to your room. I'll tell Guvin you'll be seeing him in a couple days."
"But Ken-"
"Do as I say," he screamed in rage, quoting the Kaiser. "Go to bed, get some rest. I'll see you in the morning." She walked to the stairs and only briefly looked back. "GO!" She quickly twisted around and darted up the stairs.
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She didn't know how she got there. She didn't know why she was there. But she was. The dark world had pulled her to it, as usually. And this time there was no TK.
She wandered down the barren, gray beach with her tin arms wrapped around herself. The salt wind whipped at her face and wet sand clung to her shoes.
'Maybe I'll just stay here forever,' she thought. 'I'll be free of the Kaiser. I'll be safe from disappointment. I'll be on my own.' The ocean darkened as she thought, but she took no notice. 'I'll just stay here forever.'
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He watched her from the rocks above. She was getting very close to the spot. A smirked crossed his pale face, induced by the Kaiser inside, as sand hit his face from the wind. 'Go back,' he wanted to scream.
'Shut up!' The Kaiser ordered. 'She'll be like me soon. Superior in every way. Intelligent. Maybe she'll be mean and nasty. Then she could be worthy of my standards.'
His eyes shifted to a meter or so in the distance. There it was. There they were. The dark spores, the beautiful orbs of dark energy. They flew through the air waiting for a victim. A digimon stupid enough to cross its path.
She wasn't paying attention. 'Perfect.' He continued to follow her from his perch high on the rocks. She stared at her feet until she was smack dab in the middle of the orbs. She looked up and distress filled her eyes. The orbs circle her, dove at her. She jumped and dodged, but she was slower. And one large black orb sunk into the back of her neck. She screamed.
'Everything is going my way…'
Inside he sobbed behind the Kaiser.
Okay, I admit, it got sloppy near the end. I wanted to finish and I'm very tired so no complaining. After looking at a couple bad reviews for the last chapter I needed to change it. It was crap. Please review.
Savior
She felt nothing...she couldn't think on her own...and all she could see was him. 'Maybe this is what it feels like to be under the power of a The Dark Ring...'
The room spun and her head pounded in her ear as she returned to consciousness. She clenched her eyes shut, knowing that if she opened them it would be the same blurry mess as last night. Although she only vaguely remembered last night.
A wet compress was laid upon her forehead and she let a grumble of a groan. "And you return to the land of the living once more."
She touched the compress lightly. "What happened?" She forced, squeezing her eyes shut.
"Well, you got sick last night, very badly I might add. Then you fell asleep," the monotone voice of the Kaiser answered.
"Oh," she answered.
"Sit up, you need to eat."
"No way! I feel like hell!" She snapped.
"If you eat, you'll feel better. Trust me." His voice softened. Reluctantly she sat up and he slipped glasses onto her face. She opened her eyes, head still pounding in her ears and waited until her vision cleared. The Kaiser sat on the bed, dressed in normal human clothes, holding a white mug in his hands. "Here," he held it out to her.
She took the mug and it warmed her freezing hands. She sipped it, sending hot liquid down her throat. All it was was broth, probably not a good idea to have anything solid after last night. She lipped her lips. "Thanks."
"No problem. Feeling better?" He asked.
Strangely she did. "What did you put in here?" She asked looking at the dark red liquid.
"Herbs and stuff from the digital world," he shrugged. He stood up. "Rest up, there's no telling when I may need you again." He got up to leave.
"Ken," she called. He stopped and physically cringed before looking over his shoulder at her. "Can I ask you something?" He nodded. "What's it like to be under the control of a dark spiral?"
He looked startled "Why do you ask?"
"I just wanna know."
"I don't know. I've never been under the slave end of it before," he shrugged. "You can find out first hand." He gestured to the spiral on her wrist.
'He left it on,' she thought. "Okay," she replied.
"What?! You want me to activate it?" He shouted shocked. "What happened to the freak out you had yesterday?"
"I just wanna know!"
"Fine," he shrugged in defeat. He pulled out his digi-vice and held it up to her wrist. "Spiral activate," he said unenthusiastically, almost bored.
At first nothing happened, she just stood there. Then everything in her body shut down and she felt herself crumple to the floor. Her legs gave out, her eyes showed dark and her mouth went slack. She had no control over her arms or legs. She just felt numb.
"Get up slave!" The sound of the Kaiser was fire in her ears. Slowly everything in her came back to life. She felt her body rise to her feet. Her mind burned in pain. Her eyes open, everything was tinted in red.
'Why is everything red?' She tried to ask. Her mouth would open.
"Come here," the Kaiser barked. Again there was fire in her ears. Her body walked forward.
'It hurts,' she thought. 'It hurts so much.' Her entire body ached and shook.
The Kaiser's face showed confusion, but he quickly covered it up with a smirk. He ripped her shirt and she just sat there in the back of her own mind, mortified. He shook his head. "I could have so much fun with you." He leaned in and kissed her, forcing his tongue into her mouth. "Kiss me," he ordered. And she did. The pain intensified. Her hands wrapped around his neck as their mouth's locked and tongues explored each other's mouths. 'Just make it stop,' she begged. The feeling of a weird lump on his neck cut off her thoughts. 'What in the hell?' Her hand ran over the very large lump protruding from his neck. He pulled away. "You will stand here and not move until I return."
'No. God no!' She begged. 'It hurts, please just make it stop.' But he was gone.
When he returned it felt like hours had gone by. Her body shook so bad it looked like she could be having convulsions. The fire in her mind was so intense she couldn't think. He stared at her with crystal indigo eyes that gave a look of concern. He held up his digi-vice. "Spiral deactivate." The force that had been in control left her body. Her legs crumpled under her as the fire only amplified in her mind. "That's what its like," he mumbled before she passed out.
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She woke up with her head throbbing. Her body ached. She forced herself to sit up. "Wormmon," she called. "Are you in here?"
Wormmon crawled out from the shadows. "What is it, Kari?"
"What happened?"
"You passed out. Ken activated that dark spiral and you couldn't take it or something and you passed out." She rubbed her head trying to remember what he was talking about. "Are you okay?"
Kari forced a grin and lifted the small Digimon onto the bed. "Yeah, I'm fine, but I want to finish our conversation from yesterday. You need to tell me everything."
He nodded. "I can do that. But you can't tell Ken you know because he'll be mad and he'll…"
"I understand Wormmon. Ken won't know."
"Good," he replied matter-of-factly. "Do you know what a dark spore is?" She shook her head. "Well you've been to the dark world, right?" She nodded. "Well there's this place by the dark ocean, where the water is the darkest ever. That's where the spores are made. Dark spores are black orbs of dark energy. They made from- well actually I don't know what they're made from. Ken was infected by one of these orbs."
"He was infected by one? How?"
"Well, it was the day of his brother's funeral and-"
"He had a brother?" Kari interrupted. Wormmon nodded. "How horrible. I'm not sure what I'd do if I lost Tai."
"Ken was heartbroken. So he came to the Digital World to try and forget his problems or something like that, but he was transported to the dark ocean instead. For the longest time he just sat there and cried." She got a 'yeah right' look on her face. "He was young, like maybe eight so you really can't blame him. But then one of the dark spores hit him in the back of the neck. There had been a bunch flying around, just floating in the air. And he just stood up and walked into the ocean. I kept calling to him, but he didn't listen. Then he stuck his digi-vice in the water and it turned dark."
"So he wasn't always evil?" Wormmon sadly shook his head. "So what are the dark spores made of? What do they do?"
"They feed off dark energy that lies inside people. It brings out dark emotions that people usually don't show and turns them evil. It gives them a dark personal. Dark rings and spirals are made out of them." Wormmon looked at her with sad eyes. "Ken is in there somewhere, he just can't get out. But you see him sometimes, especially with you. Maybe you can help him."
"Yeah, maybe," she replied. "I'll try Wormmon, I will.
"WORMMON!" The Kaiser screamed from outside the room.
Wormmon tensed in her lap. "Do you think he heard us?" She asked.
"I doubt it. Otherwise he would have charged in by now." Wormmon looked towards the door. "I better go. But Kari, be wary of him. I don't know what he's completely capable of. And as long as he has that spiral on your wrist, you're his." She watched him crawl off her lap and out the door. Then her eyes fixated on the black spiral around her small wrist.
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"Ken?" She asked from her seat on the couch in the library. He stood at the foot of the stairs, staring at her. "What's wrong?"
He held up a piece of paper and mumbled, "This came for you."
"What is it?" He walked up to the bed and handed it to her.
"It's a note from Guvin."
"Guvin?" She frowned, thinking about to being sick. Not a fun time, to say the least. She took the paper and read the note.
'Dear Ken, how have you been?' It read. 'Actually I really don't care, how's Kari? You better be taking care of her. I got some results after reviewing Kari's file and blood work, and it's not good. There had been a lot of damage to the strength in her legs and to her eyes. Permanent damage,' she pushed the glasses up onto the bridge of her nose again. 'She may never be able to see without those "miracle glasses" of yours. Nor will she ever have the ability to walk much. Like you said in the update email you sent me, she can't walk far or much. That'll be how it will for her for the rest of her life. There's nothing that can be done. I'm sorry. If you bring her by, I'll talk to her. I'd like to give her a second examination, check how she is doing. Let me know, Ichijoji. Guvin.'
She crumpled the sheet in her hand and tossed it away. "This didn't come for me, this came for you." Her tone was dark. "You know, I really don't feel like reading anymore. I'm gonna head back to my room." She stood up.
"Kari," he said, blocking the stairs. She glared at him and tried to push past him. His own anger and pride swelled up inside of his chest like a knot. He pushed her back and she fell back to the floor. "You will stop right there, Light!" The Kaiser inside him didn't like being ignored. She stared up at him, embarrassment and fear in her eyes. "Why in the hell are you acting this way? Why are you so passive?"
"Because I really don't care."
"Bull shit. Your in so much pain over this your eyes have clouded over and you can't do anything but feel mad."
"What do you know?" She snapped.
"Why do you keep me around? I'm weak! I thought you couldn't stand people who are weak. You loathe weakness. That's what I am!" She yelled. Tears formed in her eyes. "I can't do this anymore. It wasn't supposed to get worse!"
"What?" He was thrown by the sudden emotion in her voice. "What wasn't supposed to get worse?"
"I wasn't supposed to be sick anymore." He shook his head, not understanding her. "I've always been sick and scrawny and useless. I can't do that anymore! I can't not fight! I'm tired of being left out! I'm tired," her voice got soft, "of being a disappointment."
The presence crept back at full force. 'This could be interesting.' It took over his mouth, "Who are you a disappointment to? Why?"
She closed her eyes. "My brother. My friends. My parents. I'm always sick! I'm always in the hospital! I'm always in some sort of trouble where I need to be bailed out. TK saved me from the dark ocean. My brother carried me and got me medicine where I got sick in the Digital World." She paused. "You saved me when I fell in the grass that day."
He stared up at her. "That's why you stayed when I gave you the choice to leave."
"What?"
"When I gave you the chance to leave, you stayed because you didn't want to face your brother. Or your friends. You were sick of being their burden, so you stayed," he explained, despite her knowing exactly what he was saying.
"Ken-"
"You don't have to explain. I was wondering why you stayed," he shrugged.
'Don't ruin this. Don't say anything,' the Kaiser in his head ordered. 'She will go to the dark ocean by dwelling on this. The sooner the better, so let her, you fool!'
He closed his eyes. "I can't," he replied in a whisper.
'LET HER! Do as I say!'
"Ken? Did you say something?" She asked her voice filled with hope.
"No," he responded shortly.
"Go back to your room. I'll tell Guvin you'll be seeing him in a couple days."
"But Ken-"
"Do as I say," he screamed in rage, quoting the Kaiser. "Go to bed, get some rest. I'll see you in the morning." She walked to the stairs and only briefly looked back. "GO!" She quickly twisted around and darted up the stairs.
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She didn't know how she got there. She didn't know why she was there. But she was. The dark world had pulled her to it, as usually. And this time there was no TK.
She wandered down the barren, gray beach with her tin arms wrapped around herself. The salt wind whipped at her face and wet sand clung to her shoes.
'Maybe I'll just stay here forever,' she thought. 'I'll be free of the Kaiser. I'll be safe from disappointment. I'll be on my own.' The ocean darkened as she thought, but she took no notice. 'I'll just stay here forever.'
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He watched her from the rocks above. She was getting very close to the spot. A smirked crossed his pale face, induced by the Kaiser inside, as sand hit his face from the wind. 'Go back,' he wanted to scream.
'Shut up!' The Kaiser ordered. 'She'll be like me soon. Superior in every way. Intelligent. Maybe she'll be mean and nasty. Then she could be worthy of my standards.'
His eyes shifted to a meter or so in the distance. There it was. There they were. The dark spores, the beautiful orbs of dark energy. They flew through the air waiting for a victim. A digimon stupid enough to cross its path.
She wasn't paying attention. 'Perfect.' He continued to follow her from his perch high on the rocks. She stared at her feet until she was smack dab in the middle of the orbs. She looked up and distress filled her eyes. The orbs circle her, dove at her. She jumped and dodged, but she was slower. And one large black orb sunk into the back of her neck. She screamed.
'Everything is going my way…'
Inside he sobbed behind the Kaiser.
Okay, I admit, it got sloppy near the end. I wanted to finish and I'm very tired so no complaining. After looking at a couple bad reviews for the last chapter I needed to change it. It was crap. Please review.