CHAPTER 4
A/N: I got nothing… you?
--Motives and the Destruction of our World--
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Not even twenty minutes after the birth of Sora's child, the doors of the room opened and several men in dark robes entered. The man from before also entered with the group.
"How cute- you gave birth to your child already… I had hoped you would have waited- but oh well- just another sacrifice to our lord Myotismon."
"Never!" Sora screamed and held her child protectively.
"But there's nothing you can do dear girl." The man laughed.
"If… I help you- will you leave her and these people alone?" Sora asked. 'They think I'm still the catalyst…to save her…I'll go along with them…' she thought.
"A willing sacrifice?"
"If you promise that no harm will come to my child and these people."
"Agreed." The man smirked.
Sora kissed her slumbering child on the head and handed her to the doctor.
"Take care of her- her father should be coming soon…" She said as tears fell from her eyes as she released her daughter. She attempted to stand, but found she hurt too much. Two men in cloaks came and took her by the arms and carried her out of the room. The left and closed the door.
-
Sora was taken into a large room filled with people dresses in similar darkened cloaks with their faces hooded.
She was laid down on a cold slab of rock. Her wrists and ankles were bound using straps that were attached to the alter of sorts in the center of the room.
Sora's weak body didn't allow her to fight back- she was scared, but at least they weren't going to hurt her baby. Just thinking of leaving her baby made the tears well in her eyes.
'Taichi… I'll always love you and our child.' She thought. 'I'm sorry… I'm so sorry. I can't stop this… I'm sorry.' She cried in her mind.
'Hang on Sora.' Tai's thoughts came back to her. 'Hang on- we're so close… I'll save you… I love you so much. I need you and our child needs her mommy.'
Having his strong voice heard in her mind was a great comfort-
'Hurry Taichi… I need you.' She cried out to him as she saw the cloaked people beginning a sort of ritual ceremony.
-
Tai and the rest had just hit the island when Sora cried out to Tai telling him to hurry.
Tai took off running towards the building on the island. Joe, Matt and Izzy ran after him.
"Tai wait up! You can't just run in there- you'll cause more trouble." Izzy tried to rationalize with Tai.
"Yeah- you might end up hurting Sora more." Matt said.
Tai stopped and thought. They were right… "So what do we do?"
"We find out what and who we are dealing with." Joe suggested.
"We have to hurry-" Tai stated.
Suddenly the ground began to shake- knocking them all off balance.
What was that?'
-
Sora held back a cry of pain as the man dressed in Myotismon's cloak cut a large gash in her forearm.
Her blood trickled down her arm and soaked her now dirty nightgown. The man then began to lick at her wound- lapping up her blood until it stopped bleeding.
Sora was sickened as he licked his lips. The crowd cheered and a larger knife was presented to him. Sora's eyes followed the blade as it was ran up and down her body without drawing any blood yet. She shivered as it was brought to her neck.
The leader only smiled at her fear.
"Our lord Myotismon, we, your loyal servants for years give you this sacrifice. With her blood you shall rise and with the catalyst's powers- the night will dawn and you shall rule the world."
The group began to chant some words in a chorus. Sora couldn't help but think it looked so much like something from a nightmare. Her nightmares… the blood and the chaos of the world where myotismon ruled…
The knife he held moved towards Sora's wrists- she froze as it dawned on her. They were going to let her bleed to death… If she had any strength left, she would have struggled. But she did not. There was no use…
'Goodbye my Taichi.' She whimpered as she felt the knife at her wrist.
A dark cloud of red fog sprung up from underneath the alter as her blood slowly trickled onto the rock.
"It's working!" The leader cried and a cheer came up from the rest of the cult.
"Please- you'll destroy the whole world if you bring him back." Sora said. She recognized the fog- it was part of her dream- just like in her dreams it was all consuming and the cause of the destruction. The knife ran across her other wrist- blood pooled and then streamed out of the cuts. Sora prayed that he hadn't cut her deep enough to hit the veins. The pain again wracked her already tired form.
"Taichi…" She whispered as she passed out due to exhaustion.
-
Tai and the others quickly- yet quietly entered the building. They had gotten use to the shaking of the ground now as they began the search. They soon heard voices coming from behind closed doors.
Tai knew Sora was in there- he frantically tried to get the door to open, but it wouldn't budge.
"Tai it's locked…" Izzy stated.
"We'll have to find another way." Tai backed up from the door. Without warning he rammed the door with all his strength.
It burst open and the entire assembly's attention moved to the intruders.
Tai saw the sea of cloaked people and then the altar where his wife was laid. A man with a knife was about to stab her through the heart.
Tai ran the fastest he had ever gone before- pushing everyone out of the way as he went. Tai dove and tackled the man about to stab Sora. Both men fell to the floor.
Tai began to let out his frustrations on the man- until his attention turned back to Sora. By now that cloaked figures had fled the room, lest they face their leader's fate.
Tai began to untie Sora from the stone. He noticed that the bulge in her stomach wasn't as prominent as before.
"Baby. Baby wake up… please." Tai cried as he picked her up and held her close.
Sora began to moan and cry out. "Taichi where are you?"
"I'm right here- baby please wake up…" Tai couldn't help but place kisses all over her face- not even noticing the blood running from her.
Suddenly after a gentle kiss on the lips- Sora's eyes opened.
"Taichi?" She pulled herself closer to him and began to cry.
"My baby… Where's my baby? I need my baby…" She wailed. Tai tried to comfort her.
"Joe- come over her and help her- I'm going to look for my baby." Tai said as he let go of Sora.
As soon as Joe had her, Tai ran out the door.
"Um guys- how do we stop this red fog?" Izzy asked as he watched powerless to do anything as the mist condensed over the altar where Sora had been.
A laugh came from over in the corner.
"It's too late." The voice said. "Our lord has been summoned by the blood of the catalyst."
"What?" Matt asked.
"Myotismon will rise again and take his rightful place over this pitiful planet."
"But Sora's not the catalyst." Izzy informed him.
"What?" The man said as he picked himself up. "Lies! She has the catalyst inside of her. If she didn't' then there wouldn't be a reaction."
The red fog sparked lightning and strong winds to develop.
"Master- rise and claim your sacrifice!" The man said as he pointed to Sora- who was still weeping in Joe's arms. Joe had bandaged her wounds and got the bleeding to stop from her wrists. Pulling the girl closer to him, he protectively held her.
"You're not going to hurt her." Joe said confidently. "Tai left her in my protection. You'll not lay another finger on her." He said in an uncharacteristically brave voice.
Just as he said this the fog began to create a cyclone of wind into a large red tornado of sorts.
Everything was either pushed away or sucked into the center. Joe, Matt, and Izzy tried to keep Sora safe from the mass of energy.
Joe quickly grabbed a hold of the alter and pulled Sora to the opposite side of the tornado's center. This way they could brace themselves against the winds.
"Sora! Guys! What's going on?" Matt yelled as he and Izzy struggled to get over to them.
"It looks like it's reacting badly to not having the full catalyst as it's power source." Izzy theorized. "we need to stop it- it's getting bigger and it'll cause a lot of destruction."
"But how?" Joe asked.
"Sora! How do we stop it?" Izzy yelled over the loudness of the wind.
Sora didn't respond. She still cried and shook.
"Sora… please…" Joe said. "We need your help. Get it together!"
Sora looked up at them. Nodding she wiped her tear stained face and tried to talk.
"I…I don't know what… to do…"
"There must be something you can do- you might not be the full catalyst- but you still have some of its powers." Joe replied.
-
Tai ran frantically out of the main chamber. 'Where is my baby? Sora needs our baby.' He thought. Then he heard a cry coming form a room down the hall. He didn't know how, but he instantly recognized the cry and felt as if it was calling to him. He found the door locked, but quickly broke it down. Inside the room he found several people huddled together. And there in the center was a man holding a tiny newborn.
Tai ran to her-
"My… daughter… she's ok?" Tai's eyes watered with happiness that his daughter was alive and well.
At first the group seemed worried about this new comer.
"Are you… Mr. Taichi?" The man holding the baby asked.
"Yes, now please… my baby.." He said reaching for the crying bundle.
The man handed the wrapped up child to him.
Tai couldn't move as he held the tiny infant in his hands.
She was so fragile, yet he could feel the power that was just awakening with in her.
"You guys need to get out of here." He instructed.
"Your wife… is she?'
"She's alive. Thank you for helping us- we can never repay you." Tai said.
"Go and return the baby to it's mother. She must be worried sick." The doctor said.
Tai nodded and kissed his daughter. She seemed to quiet down as Tai held her to him protectively.
He began to rush down the hallway towards the main room.
As he opened the door to reenter the strong wind ripped the door off it's hinged and into the vortex of the whirlwind. Tai held tightly to his daughter and scanned the room for Sora.
He spotted all four of them clinging to the alter as the winds drew nearer to them.
"SORA!" Tai yelled as he fought the winds to get to her.
Sora's eyes light up as she saw Tai and her child.
Tai made it to her in no time- nothing could keep them apart. Sora grabbed on to him and pulled him near. They embraced tightly, as they protectively held their child in between them. Sora took the child from Tai and kissed her little head.
Tai wrapped his arms around them.
"I love you Taichi." Sora whispered.
"I love you too Sora and I love our daughter."
Suddenly the three of them began to give off a brilliant light. They stood up and the wind did not affect them.
"We have to stop this mess before it reaches the levels I saw in my dreams." She whispered to Tai, still warm in his shielding embrace.
"How?" Tai asked.
Sora smiled as she kissed her baby's head. Their light became even more intense.
'Tai focus all your strength on me and the baby.' She said to him.
Tai didn't quite understand, but did as he was told. He focused on his family. 'My family… they're all mine.' He thought. 'I'll do what ever you want Sora… my life is yours." He said as he kissed her.
A/N: I got nothing… you?
--Motives and the Destruction of our World--
-
Not even twenty minutes after the birth of Sora's child, the doors of the room opened and several men in dark robes entered. The man from before also entered with the group.
"How cute- you gave birth to your child already… I had hoped you would have waited- but oh well- just another sacrifice to our lord Myotismon."
"Never!" Sora screamed and held her child protectively.
"But there's nothing you can do dear girl." The man laughed.
"If… I help you- will you leave her and these people alone?" Sora asked. 'They think I'm still the catalyst…to save her…I'll go along with them…' she thought.
"A willing sacrifice?"
"If you promise that no harm will come to my child and these people."
"Agreed." The man smirked.
Sora kissed her slumbering child on the head and handed her to the doctor.
"Take care of her- her father should be coming soon…" She said as tears fell from her eyes as she released her daughter. She attempted to stand, but found she hurt too much. Two men in cloaks came and took her by the arms and carried her out of the room. The left and closed the door.
-
Sora was taken into a large room filled with people dresses in similar darkened cloaks with their faces hooded.
She was laid down on a cold slab of rock. Her wrists and ankles were bound using straps that were attached to the alter of sorts in the center of the room.
Sora's weak body didn't allow her to fight back- she was scared, but at least they weren't going to hurt her baby. Just thinking of leaving her baby made the tears well in her eyes.
'Taichi… I'll always love you and our child.' She thought. 'I'm sorry… I'm so sorry. I can't stop this… I'm sorry.' She cried in her mind.
'Hang on Sora.' Tai's thoughts came back to her. 'Hang on- we're so close… I'll save you… I love you so much. I need you and our child needs her mommy.'
Having his strong voice heard in her mind was a great comfort-
'Hurry Taichi… I need you.' She cried out to him as she saw the cloaked people beginning a sort of ritual ceremony.
-
Tai and the rest had just hit the island when Sora cried out to Tai telling him to hurry.
Tai took off running towards the building on the island. Joe, Matt and Izzy ran after him.
"Tai wait up! You can't just run in there- you'll cause more trouble." Izzy tried to rationalize with Tai.
"Yeah- you might end up hurting Sora more." Matt said.
Tai stopped and thought. They were right… "So what do we do?"
"We find out what and who we are dealing with." Joe suggested.
"We have to hurry-" Tai stated.
Suddenly the ground began to shake- knocking them all off balance.
What was that?'
-
Sora held back a cry of pain as the man dressed in Myotismon's cloak cut a large gash in her forearm.
Her blood trickled down her arm and soaked her now dirty nightgown. The man then began to lick at her wound- lapping up her blood until it stopped bleeding.
Sora was sickened as he licked his lips. The crowd cheered and a larger knife was presented to him. Sora's eyes followed the blade as it was ran up and down her body without drawing any blood yet. She shivered as it was brought to her neck.
The leader only smiled at her fear.
"Our lord Myotismon, we, your loyal servants for years give you this sacrifice. With her blood you shall rise and with the catalyst's powers- the night will dawn and you shall rule the world."
The group began to chant some words in a chorus. Sora couldn't help but think it looked so much like something from a nightmare. Her nightmares… the blood and the chaos of the world where myotismon ruled…
The knife he held moved towards Sora's wrists- she froze as it dawned on her. They were going to let her bleed to death… If she had any strength left, she would have struggled. But she did not. There was no use…
'Goodbye my Taichi.' She whimpered as she felt the knife at her wrist.
A dark cloud of red fog sprung up from underneath the alter as her blood slowly trickled onto the rock.
"It's working!" The leader cried and a cheer came up from the rest of the cult.
"Please- you'll destroy the whole world if you bring him back." Sora said. She recognized the fog- it was part of her dream- just like in her dreams it was all consuming and the cause of the destruction. The knife ran across her other wrist- blood pooled and then streamed out of the cuts. Sora prayed that he hadn't cut her deep enough to hit the veins. The pain again wracked her already tired form.
"Taichi…" She whispered as she passed out due to exhaustion.
-
Tai and the others quickly- yet quietly entered the building. They had gotten use to the shaking of the ground now as they began the search. They soon heard voices coming from behind closed doors.
Tai knew Sora was in there- he frantically tried to get the door to open, but it wouldn't budge.
"Tai it's locked…" Izzy stated.
"We'll have to find another way." Tai backed up from the door. Without warning he rammed the door with all his strength.
It burst open and the entire assembly's attention moved to the intruders.
Tai saw the sea of cloaked people and then the altar where his wife was laid. A man with a knife was about to stab her through the heart.
Tai ran the fastest he had ever gone before- pushing everyone out of the way as he went. Tai dove and tackled the man about to stab Sora. Both men fell to the floor.
Tai began to let out his frustrations on the man- until his attention turned back to Sora. By now that cloaked figures had fled the room, lest they face their leader's fate.
Tai began to untie Sora from the stone. He noticed that the bulge in her stomach wasn't as prominent as before.
"Baby. Baby wake up… please." Tai cried as he picked her up and held her close.
Sora began to moan and cry out. "Taichi where are you?"
"I'm right here- baby please wake up…" Tai couldn't help but place kisses all over her face- not even noticing the blood running from her.
Suddenly after a gentle kiss on the lips- Sora's eyes opened.
"Taichi?" She pulled herself closer to him and began to cry.
"My baby… Where's my baby? I need my baby…" She wailed. Tai tried to comfort her.
"Joe- come over her and help her- I'm going to look for my baby." Tai said as he let go of Sora.
As soon as Joe had her, Tai ran out the door.
"Um guys- how do we stop this red fog?" Izzy asked as he watched powerless to do anything as the mist condensed over the altar where Sora had been.
A laugh came from over in the corner.
"It's too late." The voice said. "Our lord has been summoned by the blood of the catalyst."
"What?" Matt asked.
"Myotismon will rise again and take his rightful place over this pitiful planet."
"But Sora's not the catalyst." Izzy informed him.
"What?" The man said as he picked himself up. "Lies! She has the catalyst inside of her. If she didn't' then there wouldn't be a reaction."
The red fog sparked lightning and strong winds to develop.
"Master- rise and claim your sacrifice!" The man said as he pointed to Sora- who was still weeping in Joe's arms. Joe had bandaged her wounds and got the bleeding to stop from her wrists. Pulling the girl closer to him, he protectively held her.
"You're not going to hurt her." Joe said confidently. "Tai left her in my protection. You'll not lay another finger on her." He said in an uncharacteristically brave voice.
Just as he said this the fog began to create a cyclone of wind into a large red tornado of sorts.
Everything was either pushed away or sucked into the center. Joe, Matt, and Izzy tried to keep Sora safe from the mass of energy.
Joe quickly grabbed a hold of the alter and pulled Sora to the opposite side of the tornado's center. This way they could brace themselves against the winds.
"Sora! Guys! What's going on?" Matt yelled as he and Izzy struggled to get over to them.
"It looks like it's reacting badly to not having the full catalyst as it's power source." Izzy theorized. "we need to stop it- it's getting bigger and it'll cause a lot of destruction."
"But how?" Joe asked.
"Sora! How do we stop it?" Izzy yelled over the loudness of the wind.
Sora didn't respond. She still cried and shook.
"Sora… please…" Joe said. "We need your help. Get it together!"
Sora looked up at them. Nodding she wiped her tear stained face and tried to talk.
"I…I don't know what… to do…"
"There must be something you can do- you might not be the full catalyst- but you still have some of its powers." Joe replied.
-
Tai ran frantically out of the main chamber. 'Where is my baby? Sora needs our baby.' He thought. Then he heard a cry coming form a room down the hall. He didn't know how, but he instantly recognized the cry and felt as if it was calling to him. He found the door locked, but quickly broke it down. Inside the room he found several people huddled together. And there in the center was a man holding a tiny newborn.
Tai ran to her-
"My… daughter… she's ok?" Tai's eyes watered with happiness that his daughter was alive and well.
At first the group seemed worried about this new comer.
"Are you… Mr. Taichi?" The man holding the baby asked.
"Yes, now please… my baby.." He said reaching for the crying bundle.
The man handed the wrapped up child to him.
Tai couldn't move as he held the tiny infant in his hands.
She was so fragile, yet he could feel the power that was just awakening with in her.
"You guys need to get out of here." He instructed.
"Your wife… is she?'
"She's alive. Thank you for helping us- we can never repay you." Tai said.
"Go and return the baby to it's mother. She must be worried sick." The doctor said.
Tai nodded and kissed his daughter. She seemed to quiet down as Tai held her to him protectively.
He began to rush down the hallway towards the main room.
As he opened the door to reenter the strong wind ripped the door off it's hinged and into the vortex of the whirlwind. Tai held tightly to his daughter and scanned the room for Sora.
He spotted all four of them clinging to the alter as the winds drew nearer to them.
"SORA!" Tai yelled as he fought the winds to get to her.
Sora's eyes light up as she saw Tai and her child.
Tai made it to her in no time- nothing could keep them apart. Sora grabbed on to him and pulled him near. They embraced tightly, as they protectively held their child in between them. Sora took the child from Tai and kissed her little head.
Tai wrapped his arms around them.
"I love you Taichi." Sora whispered.
"I love you too Sora and I love our daughter."
Suddenly the three of them began to give off a brilliant light. They stood up and the wind did not affect them.
"We have to stop this mess before it reaches the levels I saw in my dreams." She whispered to Tai, still warm in his shielding embrace.
"How?" Tai asked.
Sora smiled as she kissed her baby's head. Their light became even more intense.
'Tai focus all your strength on me and the baby.' She said to him.
Tai didn't quite understand, but did as he was told. He focused on his family. 'My family… they're all mine.' He thought. 'I'll do what ever you want Sora… my life is yours." He said as he kissed her.
