"Hope to the end."- The First Epistle General of Peter 1: 13.
Chapter 7: The Avenger
"T.K., speak to me," Patamon pleaded. "T.K., say something. T.K., I'm worried about you." T.K.
had been sitting on his bed, staring at the carpet for the past three hours. The only sounds he
made were "it's all my fault." Patamon heard the sound of thunder and floated over to the
window. He could see the energy rift going on outside. "T.K., there's something weird going on
outside."
"Who cares," T.K. muttered.
"But T.K., this could be serious. The entire world could be destroyed."
"My entire world's already been destroyed, Patamon. This will just make it official."
"T.K., don't say that. I don't want you to be sad."
"I'm sorry, Patamon, I can't help it. I promised Kari I would be there for her, that I would
protect her. But I couldn't. I failed as a Digidestined, and as a friend. Tai probably hates
me."
"He doesn't."
"He has good reason," T.K. continued as if he didn't even hear Patamon's argument. "I may not
have plunged a knife into her heart, but when she was in trouble, I couldn't do anything. That's
just as worse as killing someone."
Before Patamon could argue otherwise, a knock was heard on T.K.'s bedroom door.
"T.K., there's someone here to see you," his mother called.
Patamon cleared his throat and tried to speak in a low voice. "Send them in."
"Okay. T.K., are you coming down with laryngitis?"
"Yes," Patamon replied quickly, accidentally dropping back to his original voice.
"Oh, okay." The door opened and Ken Ichijoji walked in.
"Hey, Ken," Patamon greeted. "I'm glad you're here. T.K.'s not listening to me. He's not
listening to anybody."
"I was afraid of this," Ken said. "T.K., it's me, Ken. T.K., tell me what's wrong. Something's
wrong, I know it, tell me what it is."
"You wouldn't understand, nobody understands my pain, nobody understands what I did wrong!"
"You're forgetting who you're talking to," Ken said almost smiling. "If anybody knows about pain
and doing wrong, it's me. Tell me."
"Kari."
"T.K., you didn't kill her."
"I did something worse, I had a chance to save her and I didn't take that chance." Ken got down
on both knees and looked straight into his face.
"T.K., listen to me, nobody is blaming you for what happened to Kari. It wasn't your fault."
"No, Tai thinks it's my fault, so does Davis."
"I don't know about Tai but Davis would blame you for his shoes becoming untied. You're not to
let him get the best of you."
"Davis just pointed out what already happened. No, I couldn't save her, I failed her." Ken was
just about ready to slap T.K. silly when the door opened and Tai walked in with Gatomon. Tai
wanted to see how T.K. was holding up. From the look on Patamon and Ken's faces, not good.
"He's been like this ever since I came in," Ken said without greeting. Tai didn't care that he
didn't even greet the original leader of the Digidestined; courtesy was the least of their
worries at the moment.
Gatomon got up on the window sill with Minomon and Patamon.
"T.K.," Tai said.
T.K. looked up and saw him. "Tai, come to finish the job Davis started?"
"T.K., despite what some people might think I am not a violent person."
"But you are mad, and you have every right. I wasn't able to save your sister."
"T.K., the reason I came over her was to thank you." T.K. looked up at him with a confused look.
"Thank me?"
"Earlier, I talked to Yolei. She told me how you tried to save her at extreme risk to yourself."
"I... I wasn't thinking. I forgot about the Hacker, the lightning, everything. I just knew I
had to save her."
"Yes, Yolei told me she saw the lightning hit you head on. T.K., I respect you. You
demonstrated true love by trying to save her. Anybody would've instinctively run away but you
stayed. You were a true friend, and if Kari was here, she would've thanked you for staying by
her to the end."
"Tai's right, T.K.," Ken agreed. "You protected her by sacrificing yourself. That's the element
of a true hero."
"And for that, T.K., I am in debt to you," Tai ended. He held out his hand. T.K. looked at it
like it was a foreign object, then slowly gripped it. Tai pulled him up.
"T.K., it's the Hacker's fault that Kari's gone. If you want to avenge her death, what do you
say we show him that you don't mess with the Digidestined?"
"No, Tai," T.K. replied. "We'll avenge her death. You deserve it just as much as I. Together,
we'll stop him once and for all." Ken and the Digimon watched this.
"Looks like the old T.K. is back," Gatomon said.
"Good thing too," Patamon added.
"Guys," Ken called. "Izzy just emailed me. He says that there's this creature attacking the
city. It's a Digimon. He wants us to meet him, Matt, Joe, and Cody about a mile from Highton
View Terrace."
"It's time to kick some digi-butt," T.K. said.
"Minomon, digivolve," Ken ordered.
"Right. Minomon, digivolve to... Wormmon!" Everybody left T.K.'s apartment. While they were
waiting at the elevator, Yolei appeared.
"Izzy just explained to us what was going on," Poromon said. Ken realized that Yolei had been
crying, her eyes were red. Why? What had Yolei done?
T.K. looked at Yolei's pocket and saw another D-3 and D-terminal sticking out. "Hey, aren't
those Davis'?" He asked.
Yolei closed her eyes. "Yes, they are."
"Why do you have them?" Ken asked.
"I was mad that Davis was blaming T.K. for what happened to Kari, so I accused him of being
selfish. I left him in the Digital World hoping it would teach him something."
"Yolei, do you realize how dangerous that is, especially considering what's happening!"
"She realizes that now," Poromon said. "Once Tentomon told her what was happening. She's been
crying about it for the past half hour."
"You're worried about him," T.K. accused. Everybody could see that he was right Yolei was
worried about him.
{I don't believe it,} Ken thought to himself. {Yolei actually cares for him, otherwise why would
she feel upset about leaving him? I wonder if she has admitted that to herself.}
Out loud, he said, "come on, we have to get going." Everybody piled into the elevator.
At that moment, Geddonmon was walking outside T.K.'s, Yolei's, and Cody's apartment building.
{I smell Digimon,} he thought. {But they are not Digimon that I have called. So they must be
destroyed.} Geddonmon launched a fireball at the apartment building.
Inside the elevator suddenly jerked to a halt.
"What's happening?" Yolei asked.
"I don't know but I don't like it," Wormmon said. T.K. stood on Tai's shoulders and opened the
maintenance hatch.
"I see it," T.K. called. "The cable's cracking."
"I can stop it," Wormmon volunteered. "Someone get me up there."
"No problem. Poromon, digivolve to... Hawkmon!" Hawkmon picked up Wormmon with his talons and
flew him up through the hatch. Once there, Hawkmon dropped him on the roof.
"Silk Thread!" Wormmon spat a string, which hooked around the elevator cable just as it snapped.
He then tied the other end on the elevator. The elevator creaked, then stopped.
"You did it, Wormmon!" Ken shouted. No sooner he had said that, than the string snapped and the
elevator continued its plumage. Hawkmon grabbed Wormmon by the waist.
"Sticky Net!" The net hooked just under the elevator stopping the elevator from falling.
"Is everybody all right?" Hawkmon called.
"We're fine," Tai called. "But now we have no way to get out."
"Let's just bust our way out," Ken suggested.
"We don't have any choice," Yolei, with a slight squeek in her voice, agreed. Hawkmon and
Wormmon returned to the group. "Let's digivolve."
"Patamon, digivolve to... Angemon!"
"Hawkmon, digivolve to... Aquilamon!"
"Wormmon, digivolve to... Stingmon!" The three champions launched their attacks and burst a hole
to the outside. Angemon grabbed Gatomon and Stingmon held Tai.
Once they were on the ground, Aquilamon and Stingmon returned to their in-training forms while
Angemon dedigivolved to Patamon.
"Let's get him," Tai said and they all took off after Geddonmon.
Chapter 7: The Avenger
"T.K., speak to me," Patamon pleaded. "T.K., say something. T.K., I'm worried about you." T.K.
had been sitting on his bed, staring at the carpet for the past three hours. The only sounds he
made were "it's all my fault." Patamon heard the sound of thunder and floated over to the
window. He could see the energy rift going on outside. "T.K., there's something weird going on
outside."
"Who cares," T.K. muttered.
"But T.K., this could be serious. The entire world could be destroyed."
"My entire world's already been destroyed, Patamon. This will just make it official."
"T.K., don't say that. I don't want you to be sad."
"I'm sorry, Patamon, I can't help it. I promised Kari I would be there for her, that I would
protect her. But I couldn't. I failed as a Digidestined, and as a friend. Tai probably hates
me."
"He doesn't."
"He has good reason," T.K. continued as if he didn't even hear Patamon's argument. "I may not
have plunged a knife into her heart, but when she was in trouble, I couldn't do anything. That's
just as worse as killing someone."
Before Patamon could argue otherwise, a knock was heard on T.K.'s bedroom door.
"T.K., there's someone here to see you," his mother called.
Patamon cleared his throat and tried to speak in a low voice. "Send them in."
"Okay. T.K., are you coming down with laryngitis?"
"Yes," Patamon replied quickly, accidentally dropping back to his original voice.
"Oh, okay." The door opened and Ken Ichijoji walked in.
"Hey, Ken," Patamon greeted. "I'm glad you're here. T.K.'s not listening to me. He's not
listening to anybody."
"I was afraid of this," Ken said. "T.K., it's me, Ken. T.K., tell me what's wrong. Something's
wrong, I know it, tell me what it is."
"You wouldn't understand, nobody understands my pain, nobody understands what I did wrong!"
"You're forgetting who you're talking to," Ken said almost smiling. "If anybody knows about pain
and doing wrong, it's me. Tell me."
"Kari."
"T.K., you didn't kill her."
"I did something worse, I had a chance to save her and I didn't take that chance." Ken got down
on both knees and looked straight into his face.
"T.K., listen to me, nobody is blaming you for what happened to Kari. It wasn't your fault."
"No, Tai thinks it's my fault, so does Davis."
"I don't know about Tai but Davis would blame you for his shoes becoming untied. You're not to
let him get the best of you."
"Davis just pointed out what already happened. No, I couldn't save her, I failed her." Ken was
just about ready to slap T.K. silly when the door opened and Tai walked in with Gatomon. Tai
wanted to see how T.K. was holding up. From the look on Patamon and Ken's faces, not good.
"He's been like this ever since I came in," Ken said without greeting. Tai didn't care that he
didn't even greet the original leader of the Digidestined; courtesy was the least of their
worries at the moment.
Gatomon got up on the window sill with Minomon and Patamon.
"T.K.," Tai said.
T.K. looked up and saw him. "Tai, come to finish the job Davis started?"
"T.K., despite what some people might think I am not a violent person."
"But you are mad, and you have every right. I wasn't able to save your sister."
"T.K., the reason I came over her was to thank you." T.K. looked up at him with a confused look.
"Thank me?"
"Earlier, I talked to Yolei. She told me how you tried to save her at extreme risk to yourself."
"I... I wasn't thinking. I forgot about the Hacker, the lightning, everything. I just knew I
had to save her."
"Yes, Yolei told me she saw the lightning hit you head on. T.K., I respect you. You
demonstrated true love by trying to save her. Anybody would've instinctively run away but you
stayed. You were a true friend, and if Kari was here, she would've thanked you for staying by
her to the end."
"Tai's right, T.K.," Ken agreed. "You protected her by sacrificing yourself. That's the element
of a true hero."
"And for that, T.K., I am in debt to you," Tai ended. He held out his hand. T.K. looked at it
like it was a foreign object, then slowly gripped it. Tai pulled him up.
"T.K., it's the Hacker's fault that Kari's gone. If you want to avenge her death, what do you
say we show him that you don't mess with the Digidestined?"
"No, Tai," T.K. replied. "We'll avenge her death. You deserve it just as much as I. Together,
we'll stop him once and for all." Ken and the Digimon watched this.
"Looks like the old T.K. is back," Gatomon said.
"Good thing too," Patamon added.
"Guys," Ken called. "Izzy just emailed me. He says that there's this creature attacking the
city. It's a Digimon. He wants us to meet him, Matt, Joe, and Cody about a mile from Highton
View Terrace."
"It's time to kick some digi-butt," T.K. said.
"Minomon, digivolve," Ken ordered.
"Right. Minomon, digivolve to... Wormmon!" Everybody left T.K.'s apartment. While they were
waiting at the elevator, Yolei appeared.
"Izzy just explained to us what was going on," Poromon said. Ken realized that Yolei had been
crying, her eyes were red. Why? What had Yolei done?
T.K. looked at Yolei's pocket and saw another D-3 and D-terminal sticking out. "Hey, aren't
those Davis'?" He asked.
Yolei closed her eyes. "Yes, they are."
"Why do you have them?" Ken asked.
"I was mad that Davis was blaming T.K. for what happened to Kari, so I accused him of being
selfish. I left him in the Digital World hoping it would teach him something."
"Yolei, do you realize how dangerous that is, especially considering what's happening!"
"She realizes that now," Poromon said. "Once Tentomon told her what was happening. She's been
crying about it for the past half hour."
"You're worried about him," T.K. accused. Everybody could see that he was right Yolei was
worried about him.
{I don't believe it,} Ken thought to himself. {Yolei actually cares for him, otherwise why would
she feel upset about leaving him? I wonder if she has admitted that to herself.}
Out loud, he said, "come on, we have to get going." Everybody piled into the elevator.
At that moment, Geddonmon was walking outside T.K.'s, Yolei's, and Cody's apartment building.
{I smell Digimon,} he thought. {But they are not Digimon that I have called. So they must be
destroyed.} Geddonmon launched a fireball at the apartment building.
Inside the elevator suddenly jerked to a halt.
"What's happening?" Yolei asked.
"I don't know but I don't like it," Wormmon said. T.K. stood on Tai's shoulders and opened the
maintenance hatch.
"I see it," T.K. called. "The cable's cracking."
"I can stop it," Wormmon volunteered. "Someone get me up there."
"No problem. Poromon, digivolve to... Hawkmon!" Hawkmon picked up Wormmon with his talons and
flew him up through the hatch. Once there, Hawkmon dropped him on the roof.
"Silk Thread!" Wormmon spat a string, which hooked around the elevator cable just as it snapped.
He then tied the other end on the elevator. The elevator creaked, then stopped.
"You did it, Wormmon!" Ken shouted. No sooner he had said that, than the string snapped and the
elevator continued its plumage. Hawkmon grabbed Wormmon by the waist.
"Sticky Net!" The net hooked just under the elevator stopping the elevator from falling.
"Is everybody all right?" Hawkmon called.
"We're fine," Tai called. "But now we have no way to get out."
"Let's just bust our way out," Ken suggested.
"We don't have any choice," Yolei, with a slight squeek in her voice, agreed. Hawkmon and
Wormmon returned to the group. "Let's digivolve."
"Patamon, digivolve to... Angemon!"
"Hawkmon, digivolve to... Aquilamon!"
"Wormmon, digivolve to... Stingmon!" The three champions launched their attacks and burst a hole
to the outside. Angemon grabbed Gatomon and Stingmon held Tai.
Once they were on the ground, Aquilamon and Stingmon returned to their in-training forms while
Angemon dedigivolved to Patamon.
"Let's get him," Tai said and they all took off after Geddonmon.