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A/N: Hi everyone! Sorry it took longer than usual for me to get this chapter up, but I've been swamped with tons of schoolwork. Fortunately in a week I'll be on summer break and I'll be able to relax. Anyway, read on, enjoy, and review.
The Clone Wars
Chapter Five
The digidestined look up in horror as Devimon hovered over them. "You little runts might as well give up because there's no way you'll defeat me! Now I'm growing impatient, give the bearer of Hope to me NOW!" Devimon commanded.
"No way! You'll never be able to take him!" Kari yelled. "Yeah, you'll have to get through us to get to him!" Davis added. Devimon laughed and said, "Don't make me laugh! I could squash you all like bugs." Then Matt stepped forward and yelled, "I've had enough of this. Digivolve Gabumon!" Before Gabumon could digivolve, Devimon said, "Don't bother. I don't want to fight you all right now anyway. You're too weak for me. When our battle comes I want you rats to at least be a bit of challenge." Then Devimon put an evil grin on his face and said, " By the way, you could keep your precious Hope for now, but he will die soon so if I were you, I'd start saying my good-byes to him."
With that Devimon disappeared. "That jerk! I just want to kick his ass!" Yolie stated. "Calm down Yolie. Let's not forget that right now Devimon is stronger than us. Plus we figure out a way to destroy the clones before they destroy the digital world." "And the real world." TK added. It had been the first time he spoke since Devimon appeared.
The other dds stared at him. "What do mean by 'and the real world'?" asked Izzy. "Devimon figured out a way to get the clones into the real world." TK replied. "Oh yeah, there was a clone of you, TK, in the real world." Joe said. "He's gonna keep sending clones there until he has complete control over the world." TK said. "That might be a problem." Matt said. "That's putting it lightly." Tai said.
"Come on guys, we can't think negatively. We have to beat Devimon!" Davis said. "We can't beat him! There's no way!" TK stated. "What do you mean TM? Of course we could beat him." Davis told him. "No! You guys want to find him so you could him. I don't want to go looking for him. I never want to see him again! You're just gonna have to do this without me!" TK shouted. "TK, we always find a way to beat the bad guys." Matt said. "No! You don't understand what it was like for me there! I can't fight him!" TK yelled.
Then the dds heard a noise from behind them so they turned around and saw a group of electmon charging toward them. "No. I won't let them take me back!" TK shouted. Then he ran as fast as he could in the other direction. "TK wait!" Kari called and started to run after him with Gatomon and Patamon following.
Being a basketball player, TK was able to run much faster than Kari, who wasn't at all athletic. Kari stopped for a while to catch her breath. "Which way did he go?" she asked. "I think he that way." Patamon said, pointing to the right. Kari contemplated for a minute on whether to follow TK or go back and help the other fight the electmon. She decided to follow TK and started running again.
She ran for about five minutes and then saw TK sitting down against a tree. He was as pale as a ghost. "TK, I was worried about you. Why'd you run off like that?" Kari asked as she sat down next to him. "I…I was afraid. I'm not the same brave TK that I used to be." TK replied.
Kari sighed. She didn't really know what to say to him. She wanted to help, but she didn't know how. TK, I know you're scared but me and the other digidestined are here to protect you. We'd never let anything bad happen to you." She assured him. "I know. I just wish that I could protect myself." TK told her. "Don't worry TK. We'll be strong again." Patamon told his partner. "Yeah, and you'll always have your friends to support you." Gatomon said.
There was silence for a while. "We should probably get back to the others." Kari said, breaking the silence. "Fine. Let's go." TK said.
When they got back to where the others were, they noticed something that they didn't really like. "Where are the others?" Kari asked. The area was empty. There was no sign of the dds or any clones. "Uh…this is kinda odd." Gatomon commented. "They couldn't have just disappeared." Patamon said. "Maybe they went looking for us and went the wrong way." Kari said. "Well let's go back and look for them." Gatomon said.
The four of them turned around and went in search of their friends. They walked for a half-hour without seeing the other digidestined. "Where could they possibly be?" Kari asked herself. "Shouldn't you be able to find them with your digivice?" asked Patamon. "Oh yeah." Kari reached into her backpack and pulled out her pink digivice. "There's no signal." She said. "Great. This is just great! Now how are we supposed to find them?"
They continued to walk some more, but still could not find the others. Hours had passed with not a trace of the other dds and now the sun was starting to set. "What if Devimon took them? What if he does to them what he did to me?" TK asked. "Don't worry TK. I'm sure they're fine." Kari tried to calm him down, but Kari herself was worried about the very same thing.
"Could we rest now? I'm tired." Patamon said. "How could you possibly tired when all you've done was ride on TK's head." Gatomon asked. Patamon stuck his tongue out at her. "It is starting to get dark. We should stay here for the night." Kari said.
They sat down against some trees while trying to get themselves comfortable. Kari sat down across from TK while Patamon and Gatomon decided to sit above them on a tree branch.
"This is no fun. I want to go home." TK muttered. "Yeah, and I thought school was bad." Kari commented. TK stared at her with a blank look on his face. "School?" He sounded as if he had never heard that word before. "What's school?" he asked.
Kari was taken aback. Surely he must be joking, how could he not know what school is? "You don't remember what school is? You know, that place we go to every morning and stay there for like seven hours doing a bunch of crappy work." Kari told him. "I…I don't remember. I mean, I remember waking up every morning to go somewhere, I just don't remember where." TK replied. "You don't remember any of your teachers?" Kari asked. "No." TK said, sadly.
No Kari's worries skyrocketed. Not only was TK weak because of being tortured by Devimon, but now he was losing his memory. This is bad. This is very bad. Kari thought to herself.
"TK, what exactly did Devimon do to you?" Kari asked, hoping that it will help her figure out why he was losing his memory. "I don't really know what he did. All I know is that everyday I would be brought into this laboratory and strapped down to a bed. Then he would place some sort of helmet with wires sticking out of it on my head. Then I would get these really bad headaches, the worst I've ever experienced, and a bunch of memories start flashing my head. Memories of my family, friends, Matt, and you, and memories of the digital world and all the adventures we've been on. When Devimon was done he'd take me back to my cell and I'd be physically weak." TK told her. "I don't know why I'm losing my memory though.
Kari thought for a moment. She couldn't imagine what it was like for someone to go through your mind and know all your most personal thoughts and memories. But why was that affecting TK's memory?
"Kari?" TK called. "Yeah?" "I don't ever want to forget you." TK said. Kari thought about that. What if TK does forget who I am? I don't know what I'll do. "Don't worry TK, I won't let you forget me." She got up and sat down next to TK, snuggled up to him, and rested her head on his chest.
"I love TK." "I love you too Kari."
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Devimon sat in his lair looking at Hope and Light. Again he had that evil grin on his face. "Yes, it is starting. Hope's death is approaching and I will finally have my revenge."
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Kari and TK woke up early the next morning. Patamon and Gatomon had already gotten breakfast, which was no more than berries. "So what are we gonna do today?" asked Gatomon. "I don't know. We need to find our friends, but I don't know where to look." Kari replied.
"Nice to see you digidestined again." They heard a voice say. When they turned around they saw Devimon right there. "Go away you creep!" Kari yelled. TK went pale and started shaking. Devimon said, "I wasn't afraid when there were twelve of you rats. What makes you think that I'll be afraid of a weakling like you?"
"What do you want Devimon?" Gatomon asked. "I want to see Hope die." Devimon answered. "Well your never gonna see that happen!" Kari declared. "You can't stop it from happening Child of Light! Hope has already begun to die. In a matter of days he will be no more than a memory." Devimon said. "What do mean by that?" Kari asked.
"Well Hope seems to be losing his memory doesn't he? That's just the beginning of it. I planted dark spores in his head, but these spores are different than the one that the Digimon Emperor had. These won't turn Hope evil, they'll just eat away at his mind until he's nothing more than a vegetable. Eventually he'll die as well."
Kari couldn't believe what she was hearing. "You bastard!" she yelled. Devimon laughed. "The best part is…there's nothing you can do to save him."
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That's it for chapter 5!! Did you like it? Will TK die? Can Kari save him? You'll have to read the next chapter to find out. Don't forget to review!