Envy's Call

By: nightmaiden

AN: I would like to thank all the readers and readers who reviewed this story. It was great hearing what you guys had to say about this story. The support was great. Thank you all. This is the last chapter. Enjoy.

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Chapter 7

Escape

Sora rowed her head around as sleep rested against her body. Her body ached and hunger shouted out through her stomach. She hadn't eaten anything since a day ago and lost track of how many days she was held in this building. Frank fed her, but he hadn't been spending time watching her. Sora thought for a moment, but thought twice of trying to escape. Without warning, a strong throb of headache waved across the head. Sora dropped her head and hissed in pain. Rubbing her head with her hands, Sora relaxed her temples and took deep breaths. Then, Sora jerked her hands in front of her eyes. No ropes held her hands together. Quickly and not caring if she hurt herself, Sora tugged the ropes on her legs. Once free, Sora threw herself roughly from the chair and into the dark.

"Ryck?" She whispered.

The dark building hid everything from Sora. She couldn't find Ryck's body. Looking through the dark, Sora groped through the thin air for any blockage of boxes and the floor for Ryck's unconscious body. Something moved somewhere in the building, which made Sora pause to listen. She tried to listen, but her heart throbbed loudly and her breath quickened. She walked aimlessly and suddenly felt dizzy from the uneasy feeling she was experiencing as she walked through the dark building. Sora closed her eyes to feel a little better because the darkness was driving her insane in order to find the exit. She felt rose vases and took care not to accidentally drop any. Finally, Sora found a doorknob. Twisting it eagerly, Sora pushed her way through another room. But this room was lit gray from the moon and gray clouds outside. Sensing freedom and the smell of the cold crisp snow air outside, Sora ran to any door that might lead outside of the building. Sora threw the door, strong gusts of cold air blew pass her and a shadow that blocked its' way.

Sora screamed and quickly darted away. Frank ran after her, dodging the boxes Sora pushed in his way. Her hips and arms were getting bruised and scratched by boxes as she pressed herself forward through the gray shadowed room. Sora passed through the opened door and tried to shut in front of Frank, but he threw his weigh against the door. She fell to the ground, but quickly crawled to her feet as she ran from him. She took to a side to confuse Frank and disappeared into the dark building. She quickened her pace when she heard Frank's footsteps echoing throughout the building, trying to find her. She stopped behind a box. She tried again to calm herself in order to listen where Frank was at in the area. Her heart slowed down and breathed silently, but Sora couldn't hear anything through the night air. She wondered where Frank was and that frightened her so. Sora blinked and focused her eyes to the dark, to see where she was going and try to get out of there. Her tired eyes slowly, but didn't most help, focused her eyes.

"You remind me of a rose."

Sora gasped.

"Wanna know why I love roses, hmm? No, I shouldn't tell you that. I don't want to scare you too much. Ask Ryck. He knows the answer. Well, maybe not anymore…"

Goosebumps rain down Sora's skin as she felt Frank's smile on the last part of his sentence. Ryck is dead. Sora's head span at the thought of someone, who tried to help her, dead.

"There you are!"

Sora screamed, but Frank didn't touch her.

"Hmm…So, you are still here. I thought I was chasing a ghost, but now that I know you're here…"

Sora knew what he was doing and she had to find a way out fast before he finds her. Looking from left to right, Sora slowly tip toed her way to the right, away from Frank's voice. She held out her hands to the air, feeling for boxes before she crashed into them. Growing annoyed by the lack of light, Sora groped for the wall. Then Sora tripped. She cursed as her hands burned from the ground she scraped on. Getting up, Sora felt something under her legs. She kicked, fearing it was Frank, but it didn't move. Sora crawled over and felt that it was a body. It had to Ryck! Feeling for a pulse, Sora reached over his neck. Sora was suddenly pulled back. She screamed as she and Frank were falling backwards into boxes. Boxes crashed. Pieces flew and ripped into her body and head. Sora didn't know where Frank was, nor knew where she was. She touched her throbbing temple and felt something wet. Sora hissed in pain as her hand made contact with her head. Other places on her body held the same pain, but Sora ignored it all when she tried to stand up.

"Why don't you love me?"

Then once more, darkness filled Sora's head.

~o~

With his coat wrapped tightly around him and his frozen hands deep in his coat pockets, Tai passed by the building Matt and Mimi scouted out before, but found nothing. The doors were blocked with wood pieces nailed against it. The dust-covered windows were broken and inside held nothing, but darkness. Tai stepped towards the building, but hesitated. Then he turned away, but stopped short. Tai took a brief glance behind him to the building. He slowly walked over to the building and looked through the window. The dust and the blackness made it hard to see anything.

"Hello?" He tried, his breath came out in white smoke when he spoke against the cold snow.

Tai wiped the dust and snow off in circular movements with his hand before looking deeper inside. His hands started to freeze as he cupped them together to look through the window. Then feeling stupid and lost, Tai turned around from the building to the streets.

"Meow…"

Tai turned back around and looked down to find a gray smoky cat, poking its' head out from the bottom of the broken door frame as it answered Tai's call. It meowed again as it came closer to Tai.

"Hey, little guy." Tai crouched down, handing out his exposed, cold hand to the cat.

The cat sniffed Tai's hand before licking it. Tai turned his hand slightly and the cat rubbed its' entire body against his hand. It started to purr. Tai stood up and looked at the building before turning his back to it. The cat meowed again to Tai's retreating form and followed him. Tai stopped as the cat rubbed against his leg and purred again. Tai sadly smiled and sighed heavily. He picked up the skinny cat and held it in the folds of his arms and scratched the cat's head. The cat rubbed its' head under Tai's chin and purred. Tai smelled the scent on the cat and held a sad dreamily expression. The cat meowed again. Tai broke away from his trance and looked at the cat.

Sora?

At that instant, the cat jumped from Tai's hold and quickly took into the building. Confused, Tai followed the cat, but stopped. The cat, strangely had Sora's perfume scent. The cat sticked out his head again and meowed. Tai ran over to the door and ripped off the wooden boards that blocked his way. Tai took in the sight of inside the building. It was dark and was hard to see through it. Looking behind him to the snowy outside, Tai turned back and entered the building. Wood cracked as he stepped inside. Cursing for not having a flashlight, Tai searched through the coat and came up with a lighter. Tai questioned why he had a one, but toss the question to a side and concentrated inside the building. He flipped on the lighter through the darkness of the building. Little light washed down the dark and made little visible aid to the holder. Movement caught his eye.

"Meow."

The cat crept from between boxes and into view. Tai slightly bent down and followed the cat through a maze of boxes. The lighter grew slowly hot for Tai. He switched the lighter to his other hand and continued following the cat until a small clearly meet him and the cat. Through the dim orange light, Tai found someone sitting on a chair, with their back towards him. Slowly, Tai made his way around. Then a sick feeling swirled around his stomach as a conscious Sora met his eyes. At that moment, Sora stirred and weary met Tai's eyes with her own. Placing the still lit lighter on the ground, Tai dropped to his knees and gently, but desperately ripped off the mouth gag from her mouth. Sore grabbed Tai's face after he took off the bonds that tied her hands.

"Tai…" Sora whispered.

Tai kissed her face, but not caring for the dirt and sweat on her face. He gathered her tired and weak body against his restless and strong body when he took off the ropes from her legs.

"Sora…" Tai breathed out, he kissed her mouth.

"This is not a dream?" She whispered.

"No. I'm real."

Sora slowly and painfully smiled, "How did you find me?"

"I don't know. I followed this gray cat and he led me here." Tai turned around to find the cat, but it was nowhere to be found.

"Oh, thank god…"

"Come on, let's get you out of here."

Sora nodded. Tai stood up, helping Sora as well. Leaving the lighter and not caring, Tai made his way out. He tried to remember where the door was. Then they turned a corner and found door to the snow outside. They smiled tiredly, but Sora saw a shadow.

"Tai, watch out!"

Frank revealed himself as he swung a baseball bat and stuck Tai on the shoulder. Tai gasped as the bat made contact and was thrust back into Sora. The two fell to the ground. Tai pushed Sora to a side, but Frank grabbed Sora and stabbed Tai in the thigh with a knife. Tai cried in pain and stumbled back, gripping his bloody leg from further bleeding. He dropped to the ground. Frank pressed the knife against Sora's neck, ready to cut through if Tai fought back or do anything.

Then a hard hiss echoed through the dark and a cat jumped and violently scratched Frank's hand.

"Shit!" Blood poured out of deep wounds from his hand.

The smoky cat landed on the ground and prepared to attack Frank, but Frank quickly kicked the cat on his side stomach. The cat roughly scraped against the ground and stopped twenty feet away from the fight. It didn't move.

"Fuckin' cat."

Sora tried to escape, but Frank had a tight grip on her.

"You should've had let me have her. You shouldn't have came. I would have taken care of her." Frank glanced at Tai.

Tai breathed in jerks, trying to calm himself as the blood slowly poured out.

Sora cried as she watched Tai in pain, "Tai…" She sticked out her hands helplessly to Tai.

Frank pulled Sora away from Tai and hoping to get away from the building to elsewhere. He pressed the knife deep into her throat, but not piercing it through, to make her move. Tai tried to move even though the pain rose from his thigh to his brain. The blood swept out as Tai pushed himself up and followed Frank in the dark. Frank dragged Sora to the door, but a dark hand sailed through the air and punched Frank across the face. A sharp pain throbbed Sora's shoulder blade. She screamed as the knife dropped to the ground. She ran from Frank's reach into the darkness. Tears fell as she blindly felt her shoulder. The knife had cut her shoulder, but not as deep. Blood showered her shaking hand. Sora watched through the dark and found Ryck ram into Frank from behind. Clouds from outside moved, letting the moonlight filter through the broken walls and windows, giving an enough light to Sora to watch Ryck and Frank fight. Frank stood quickly up and dodged Ryck's attack and punched him. He kneed Ryck's stomach and watched him fall to the ground in lost of breaths.

"Ryck!"

"Sora, run!" Ryck shouted out his strength. He darted out his leg and tripped Frank to the ground and the fight continued on.

Sora turned and ran, but turned back to found Frank stab Ryck twice across the back, "No!"

"Sora!"

Tai!

Sora rammed into Tai, due to the lack of light. Tai pulled Sora to him and out the building, "Come on!"

"Wait! Wait, Ryck's back there!"

Tai didn't hear her and ran through the dark to the cold outside.

~o~

"Tai! Sora!"

Josh turned his head and found Tai and Sora running out of a building when he turned the corner. He stopped the car and stepped out into the snow, "Kristen honey, stay here."

"Okay. What's happening, daddy?"

"Just stay here." Josh ran to the two.

Matt and Joe held Tai up as Mimi checked on Sora, "Sora, you okay?"

Voices filled Sora's head.

"Tai, your leg!"

"It's bleeding! We gotta stop it!"

"Call 911!"

"Tai, come on!"

"Sora!" Josh ran and hugged her, "I was so worried about you."

"We have to get them out of here."

"Where the hell is Ryck?"

"No, it wasn't-"

Josh was planning to get his car to drive Tai and Sora to the hospital, but something caught his attention.

"Where's Kristen? Kristen?" Josh called out.

"Daddy!"

Josh jerked to the right as he heard the frighten scream of Kristen. Across the street stood, outside the building, Frank and he had his arm tightly around Kristen's neck. He had Ryck's gun and it was aimed point zero against her head. Blood ran down Frank's face and eyes. Madness reflected on his face.

"Kristen!" Josh ran, but stopped dead in the middle of the street.

"Don't move! Don't move or I'll blow her fucking brains out!" Frank spat.

"Daddy!" Tears freely fell down as Kristen tried wiggling herself away.

"Hold still, you little shit!" Frank pressed his gun against her head until her head tilted.

"Kristen! Kristen, honey. Listen to him. Please, hold still." Josh said, his eyes watered as well.

Frank laughed, "You think, you could've rid of me that easily? Fuck, no! Get back! I swear I'll shoot her! You wanna trade? Give me Sora. Give back my flower! Then you can have your fuckin' kid back!"

Tai stepped in front of Sora, despite the pain ringing down his leg. Josh turned to Sora, he's eyes full of tears. He turned back and stood up.

"I will not let you hurt my little girl!" Josh took off forward, towards Frank.

"Josh, no!" Sora screamed.

Frank pulled the gun from Kristen's head, pointed his gun towards Josh and pulled the trigger. Another bullet shot was heard after Frank's shot. The bullet pierced Josh through his shoulder. He grabbed his bleeding shoulder and his knees dropped to the ground. Everyone turned to Frank as Kristen escaped his grip and he dropped to his knees. His red shot eyes were widen with shock. His whole eyeballs were visible as he looked at the group. He mouthed something as he took his last glimpse of Sora before falling to the ground, dead. At the entrance of the building, stood Ryck with his gun up as he shot Frank from behind. He winced as he tried to come forward and held his shoulder. His trench coat was covered with dust and blood. He looked at the others, who were looking at him in shock. He sighed in relief and sat down, breathing hard as blood poured out onto the white snow below.

"Daddy! Daddy, are you okay? Daddy?" Kristen shook her father.

Josh stirred and slowly turned himself on his back, "Kristen, are you okay?"

"Daddy, I asked you first."

Josh smiled slowly, "Yeah, you did."

He pulled her to embrace, which she took happily.

~o~

"The guys say the bullet went through. Pretty cool, huh?" Josh laid on a stretcher, waiting to be taken to the hospital.

Sora smiled, but winced as the a paramedic fixed up her bloody wound on her forehead and arms, "Yeah, that's great."

Josh smiled again, "Well, I'll see you at work later."

"You bet. Ah, Josh?"

"Yeah?"

"Why did you risk Kristen's life when…he asked for a trade?" Sora asked.

Josh blinked, "I don't know, but something was telling me that he wouldn't have shot her…"

"…Thanks for helping me."

"What? For getting shot? Hmm, I guess."

"I should give you a rise."

"Really? Man, I should get shot at more often." He joked.

Sora laughed softly when the paramedics took Josh and Kristen in an ambulance truck and rode away to the hospital. She watched the truck for a while before she turned and walked over to Tai, who was on another stretcher with a paramedic fixing him and his shot leg. Tai turned and winced in pain.

"Is Josh okay?"

"Yeah."

"How's your shoulder?"

"It hurts, but I'll live." Sora touched her bandaged shoulder.

"Hmm." Tai smiled, but faded when he turned his attention behind Sora.

Sora turned and found a large black bag being carried by a stretcher. The paramedics took the bag into the ambulance and drove away with Frank's dead body.

Tai glanced at Sora and found her crying. He reached over and grabbed her hand in his. Gently pulling her into an embrace, Tai whispered voices in comfort and smoothing out her hair. Sora held Tai tight, fearing this might be a dream and that she will soon wake up to her true nightmare. The rest of the digidestines stood around and soon left with good byes to Tai and Sora. Matt and Mimi sticked around, hoping to stay with their best friends to the hospital. Sora gently tore away from Tai embrace as Ryck on a stretcher being carried away to the hospital.

Ryck smiled, "Hey, how you guys holding up?"

"Good."

Silence.

Ryck started, "Look, I'm sorry if I scared you earlier of all of this."

Sora shook her head, "No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have judged you."

"It's okay…"

"Hmm Ryck, why didn't you tell the police that you were a cop?"

"I did, but these Japanese cops don't understand and really don't care…No offense. I didn't want to blow my cover at first, but they wouldn't let me go to continue my search of Frank…and I had to tell them."

"But you're a cop. Didn't they know you were one?"

Ryck sighed, "I moved here from America. The police here don't know me, plus I hid a badge from them when you," He pointed at Tai, "were there. I didn't want you to know…"

"I don't get it."

Ryck laughed, "It's undercover stuff, its' suppose to be confusing."

"How did Frank know so much about Sora?" Matt asked.

Ryck looked off from a distance before answering, "He's like that. He hacks into people's lives and knows everything about them. He knows where you were born; your favorite color; when people changed they glasses to contacts. Once he's into his victim, he never lets go."

"Why would he do this?"

"…Envy called out…and it was heard…" That was all Ryck gave them.

"But…"

"There are many questions you may want to ask me, but there's so little I know. Only Frank knows the answers, but he's dead." Ryck cursed as he was taken away to an ambulance truck.

Sora and the rest turned away.

"Oh, and Sora. I didn't lie to you. I do have a little sister." And with that Ryck was put inside the truck and it drove away.

Sora smiled. She grabbed Tai's hand and stepped inside another ambulance truck. Tai entered first then handed out his hand to Sora.

"Meow…"

Sora and Tai turned and looked down and found the same gray smoky cat limping towards them, moving through the thick snow to Sora. He meowed again and rubbed against Sora's leg. Sora smiled and bent down. The cat purred as Sora patted him. Soon Sora lifted him up to her arms. The cat rubbed against her chin and happily purred. Sora looked at Tai with puppy eyes.

Tai blinked, "Huh?…Okay, we can keep him."

Sora smiled, "You hear that? We can keep you. Is that okay with you?"

The cat meowed and licked Sora's cheek.

"You know what? I'll call you Smoky."

Well, how was it? Good, bad? R&R please.

Oh and another thing, there will be a sequel… ^_^

And maybe worser…

Ask questions if you still are confused and hopefully the sequel will answer them, but I'm doing another story before the sequel.

See ya…