Sillie: * looks at reviews * Mm...I better start quickly.....
Tai: * looks also * Ah....I know what you mean...
Disclaimer: Well...you know... don't own it. ..
Bite me..... (chapter 4)
Matt never had been so terrified in his life...he was paralysed. He could only stare at Tai's limp form in his arms...
Suddenly, he was shoved out of the way. He turned, and saw that it was Joe, 'I'm allergic to everything' Joe, with a very determent look on his face. He quickly checked Tai's breathing (or lack of it) and pulse.
He found that Tai still got a pulse... a very faint one, but it was there. He started with giving Tai mouth-to-mouth.
Matt still could only stare at Joe, who was trying to save Tai's life. He turned around, and saw Sora, with tears in her eyes, who was trying to comfort a violently crying Kari, and a crying TK.
Matt vaguely had the feeling that it was his task to comfort TK, but he was glad Sora was doing it.
He looked further, and saw that Mimi had attached herself to Izzy, and was crying on his shoulder. Izzy was awkwardly patting her on the head, with tears in his own eyes.
He suddenly heard Joe mutter: "Come on Taichi, you're stronger than this...". Matt turned his head back to Tai and Joe. Joe gave Tai another breath.
He lifted his head just in time. Tai gasped once, and vomited violently. Joe quickly turned Tai on his side. He had a look of huge relieve on his face.
Matt crawled beside Joe, and asked with a trembling voice: "How is he doing?" Joe looked at Matt, and said: "He's alive...that's all I can say for now. We have to find a place were we can stay, so I can examine him."
Matt nodded, and turned his attention to Tai. He was lying on his side, and was still gasping to get the air back in his lungs.
Matt carefully pulled Tai on his lap, and brushed strands of hair out of Tai's eyes. "Ssst..." He murmured in his ear, "You're going to be just fine..."
After a few minutes, Tai calmed down a bit. He wasn't gasping anymore. Matt looked up, and saw that everybody was staring at him. He felt a blush forming on his cheeks, and he quickly said: "Euh...we should find a save place to stay."
"Yeah." Sora replied, "But how are we going to move Taichi?"
"O, that's no problem." Matt said. He stood, also lifting Tai, so he had him cradled in his arms. "I'll carry him."
"Are you sure?" Sora asked. Matt shot her a look, which told her he had made up his mind. "Okay..." She said, "Lets go."
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Matt looked at Tai, who he had cradled in his arms. 'He is lighter that I expected...' Matt thought. His eyes wondered to Tai's face. Such a pretty face...
Matt's head shot up in surprise. 'Did I really thought that?' His train of thoughts were interrupted by Sora.
"Matt, how are you doing? Should Izzy or Joe carry Taichi for a while?" Matt gripped Tai tighter and said: "No, I'm doing just fine!"
Sora looked at him with a strange expression, and said: "Okay, okay...just asking..."
It wasn't Matt's intention to react so harshly, but somehow, the idea of someone else carrying Tai made him feel strange...what was that feeling? Was it...jealousy?
He couldn't analyse his feelings further, because the rest of the group had found a cave. Izzy made a campfire, while Sora made some sort of bed for Tai.
When she was ready, Matt carefully laid Tai down. Joe sat down next to Tai, and started to examine him. He checked Tai's pulse and breathing again.
"Joe..." Matt said. When Joe looked at him he said: "Just before Tai collapsed, he was holding his left arm..."
Joe nodded and took Tai's left arm. He removed the black band, and whistled..."That got to hurt..." he mumbled.
"What?" Sora asked "What got to hurt?" Joe carefully lifted Tai's arm, and showed them the bite. It was still bleeding, and the skin around it was red and hot.
"I think it's infected." Joe said, "I'll have to clean it." Joe got his bag, and went to work. After a while, he had cleaned the wound, and had put a band-aid around it.
He got a thermometer, and checked Tai's temperature. After a few minutes, he looked and said. "I thought so...he's having a fever. Sora? Can you get some water and a cloth?"
Sora nodded, and went to get what she was asked for. She came back quickly, and Joe took the cloth. He wetted it a little, and placed it on Tai's forehead. But Tai's goggles where in the way.
Matt carefully lifted Tai's head, and removed the goggles, and the headband that was beneath it. Tai's hair dropped a little. Now it was curling around his ears and in his neck.
Matt took the goggles, and hung them around his neck.
"Joe..." He heard a small voice ask. It was Kari. "What's wrong with my brother?" Joe motioned for everybody to sit by the fire.
He explained: "Well, as far as I can see, it's the bite that's making Taichi sick...It's infected, so I think Taichi has blood poisoning."
"But is he going to be alright?"
Joe sighted, and stared in the fire. "I don't know...as far as I know, he needs medication, and I don't have them."
"You mean...if Taichi doesn't get any medication, he could...die?" Sora asked in a small voice. Joe nodded slowly.
Suddenly, Izzy opened his laptop, and began to type franticly. "Izzy...what are you doing?" Mimi asked.
"I'm sending an email to Gennai...Maybe he knows something..."
"Oh Izzy, you're brilliant!" Mimi squealed. But Izzy was staring at his screen. Suddenly, they heard a ping. "Ah, a reply...that's quick." Izzy started reading, and his eyes lit up a little.
"There is a way to cure Taichi...there is a plant where we can make medicine from...Here's a picture."
They all went to look. "Hee" Sora said, "I know that plant. I've seen it before, not long ago." They where all looking at her now. "You know, by the cave we were earlier...It was growing there..."
"Well, I think it's best we all get some sleep, and we'll get that plant tomorrow....It's not save to get it now...What do you think, Yamato?" Izzy said.
They all looked at Matt, who hadn't said anything during the conversation. He was staring into the fire. "Matt!" Matt looked up. "Huh?"
"What do you think?"
"Euh...yeah...sounds fine to me."
"Okay...let's get some sleep...."
"I'll stay with Taichi," Matt said. "Someone has to make sure he's alright..."
"I want to stay too..." Kari said. "No Kari, you really have to get some sleep..." Matt said. "I'll make sure he'll be alright."
Kari nodded. She stood, and walked to Tai. She kneeled down, and carefully hugged him. "Goodnight Tai..." she whispered. Then she gave him a kiss on his cheek, and went to her sleeping bag.
Matt saw that she had a tear on her cheek...
TBC...
Sillie: Wow..that's the longest chapter I've ever wrote. My fingers hurt. -__-'
Tai: Hehe...
Sillie: What are you laughing about?
Tai: Nothing! I swear!! :: hides behind Matt ::
Matt: :: Looks at Sillie :: What did you do now..?
Sillie: * sights *
Tai: * looks also * Ah....I know what you mean...
Disclaimer: Well...you know... don't own it. ..
Bite me..... (chapter 4)
Matt never had been so terrified in his life...he was paralysed. He could only stare at Tai's limp form in his arms...
Suddenly, he was shoved out of the way. He turned, and saw that it was Joe, 'I'm allergic to everything' Joe, with a very determent look on his face. He quickly checked Tai's breathing (or lack of it) and pulse.
He found that Tai still got a pulse... a very faint one, but it was there. He started with giving Tai mouth-to-mouth.
Matt still could only stare at Joe, who was trying to save Tai's life. He turned around, and saw Sora, with tears in her eyes, who was trying to comfort a violently crying Kari, and a crying TK.
Matt vaguely had the feeling that it was his task to comfort TK, but he was glad Sora was doing it.
He looked further, and saw that Mimi had attached herself to Izzy, and was crying on his shoulder. Izzy was awkwardly patting her on the head, with tears in his own eyes.
He suddenly heard Joe mutter: "Come on Taichi, you're stronger than this...". Matt turned his head back to Tai and Joe. Joe gave Tai another breath.
He lifted his head just in time. Tai gasped once, and vomited violently. Joe quickly turned Tai on his side. He had a look of huge relieve on his face.
Matt crawled beside Joe, and asked with a trembling voice: "How is he doing?" Joe looked at Matt, and said: "He's alive...that's all I can say for now. We have to find a place were we can stay, so I can examine him."
Matt nodded, and turned his attention to Tai. He was lying on his side, and was still gasping to get the air back in his lungs.
Matt carefully pulled Tai on his lap, and brushed strands of hair out of Tai's eyes. "Ssst..." He murmured in his ear, "You're going to be just fine..."
After a few minutes, Tai calmed down a bit. He wasn't gasping anymore. Matt looked up, and saw that everybody was staring at him. He felt a blush forming on his cheeks, and he quickly said: "Euh...we should find a save place to stay."
"Yeah." Sora replied, "But how are we going to move Taichi?"
"O, that's no problem." Matt said. He stood, also lifting Tai, so he had him cradled in his arms. "I'll carry him."
"Are you sure?" Sora asked. Matt shot her a look, which told her he had made up his mind. "Okay..." She said, "Lets go."
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Matt looked at Tai, who he had cradled in his arms. 'He is lighter that I expected...' Matt thought. His eyes wondered to Tai's face. Such a pretty face...
Matt's head shot up in surprise. 'Did I really thought that?' His train of thoughts were interrupted by Sora.
"Matt, how are you doing? Should Izzy or Joe carry Taichi for a while?" Matt gripped Tai tighter and said: "No, I'm doing just fine!"
Sora looked at him with a strange expression, and said: "Okay, okay...just asking..."
It wasn't Matt's intention to react so harshly, but somehow, the idea of someone else carrying Tai made him feel strange...what was that feeling? Was it...jealousy?
He couldn't analyse his feelings further, because the rest of the group had found a cave. Izzy made a campfire, while Sora made some sort of bed for Tai.
When she was ready, Matt carefully laid Tai down. Joe sat down next to Tai, and started to examine him. He checked Tai's pulse and breathing again.
"Joe..." Matt said. When Joe looked at him he said: "Just before Tai collapsed, he was holding his left arm..."
Joe nodded and took Tai's left arm. He removed the black band, and whistled..."That got to hurt..." he mumbled.
"What?" Sora asked "What got to hurt?" Joe carefully lifted Tai's arm, and showed them the bite. It was still bleeding, and the skin around it was red and hot.
"I think it's infected." Joe said, "I'll have to clean it." Joe got his bag, and went to work. After a while, he had cleaned the wound, and had put a band-aid around it.
He got a thermometer, and checked Tai's temperature. After a few minutes, he looked and said. "I thought so...he's having a fever. Sora? Can you get some water and a cloth?"
Sora nodded, and went to get what she was asked for. She came back quickly, and Joe took the cloth. He wetted it a little, and placed it on Tai's forehead. But Tai's goggles where in the way.
Matt carefully lifted Tai's head, and removed the goggles, and the headband that was beneath it. Tai's hair dropped a little. Now it was curling around his ears and in his neck.
Matt took the goggles, and hung them around his neck.
"Joe..." He heard a small voice ask. It was Kari. "What's wrong with my brother?" Joe motioned for everybody to sit by the fire.
He explained: "Well, as far as I can see, it's the bite that's making Taichi sick...It's infected, so I think Taichi has blood poisoning."
"But is he going to be alright?"
Joe sighted, and stared in the fire. "I don't know...as far as I know, he needs medication, and I don't have them."
"You mean...if Taichi doesn't get any medication, he could...die?" Sora asked in a small voice. Joe nodded slowly.
Suddenly, Izzy opened his laptop, and began to type franticly. "Izzy...what are you doing?" Mimi asked.
"I'm sending an email to Gennai...Maybe he knows something..."
"Oh Izzy, you're brilliant!" Mimi squealed. But Izzy was staring at his screen. Suddenly, they heard a ping. "Ah, a reply...that's quick." Izzy started reading, and his eyes lit up a little.
"There is a way to cure Taichi...there is a plant where we can make medicine from...Here's a picture."
They all went to look. "Hee" Sora said, "I know that plant. I've seen it before, not long ago." They where all looking at her now. "You know, by the cave we were earlier...It was growing there..."
"Well, I think it's best we all get some sleep, and we'll get that plant tomorrow....It's not save to get it now...What do you think, Yamato?" Izzy said.
They all looked at Matt, who hadn't said anything during the conversation. He was staring into the fire. "Matt!" Matt looked up. "Huh?"
"What do you think?"
"Euh...yeah...sounds fine to me."
"Okay...let's get some sleep...."
"I'll stay with Taichi," Matt said. "Someone has to make sure he's alright..."
"I want to stay too..." Kari said. "No Kari, you really have to get some sleep..." Matt said. "I'll make sure he'll be alright."
Kari nodded. She stood, and walked to Tai. She kneeled down, and carefully hugged him. "Goodnight Tai..." she whispered. Then she gave him a kiss on his cheek, and went to her sleeping bag.
Matt saw that she had a tear on her cheek...
TBC...
Sillie: Wow..that's the longest chapter I've ever wrote. My fingers hurt. -__-'
Tai: Hehe...
Sillie: What are you laughing about?
Tai: Nothing! I swear!! :: hides behind Matt ::
Matt: :: Looks at Sillie :: What did you do now..?
Sillie: * sights *