Disclaimer: Only own Chloe and Siavamon
The Lost Child
By: Crystal of Psyche
Chapter 7: Hope Falling
The computer room lit up with light as six kids appeared, making sure no one was around before asking each other what happened. Chloe was beyond happy when she realized that Siavamon came with her this time. "Nothing happened to us, we just destroyed the control spire and left," Yolei pouted, she wanted some adventure today but didn't get any. "What about you guys?" She looked at Chloe and Davis. They both looked at each other and each made a goofy smile. Everyone sweat dropped.
Chloe dug into her pocket and pulled out her D-terminal, and held it up so everyone could see. Inside there was a picture of a Digiegg. "I got a Digiegg!!! And a new Digivice!!!" She smiled triumphantly Davis smiled too. He walked over to Kari and puffed out his chest.
"I helped her get it too!" Yolei coughed while Davis threw a glare at her. "What!?!"
"You!! Help her!!!" She started laughing until Chloe scooted forward holding Siavamon close to her chest.
"Well?" She began, "Actually I wouldn't have gotten my Digiegg if it weren't for Davis. He really helped me out back there." Chloe smiled and huggled Siavamon some more…meanwhile in the corner of the room TK shivered, he felt very cold. He subconsciously kept a firm grip on her right arm. Suddenly something warm was standing next to him.
"TK?" Chloe said in a worried tone. He smiled at her to let her know that he was all right. "You look pale…are you sure your all right?" TK waved it off.
"I'm fine…I just need some rest." Chloe nodded in understandment and turned to everyone else who was chatting happily. All except Kari who was watching TK with great concern in her eyes. Chloe said goodbyes for both of them and led TK out of the room followed by they're respectable digimon.
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TK went straight to bed once they got home. Chloe wanted to ask what was wrong but she didn't want to be nosy, so she decided to make a quick dinner for them both. Siavamon and Patamon both sat on the counter and watched her with great interest.
"Chloe?" came Patamon's childlike voice, she had to smile at how cute he sounded. She looked up to look at the orange Digimon.
"Yes Patamon?"
"I don't know about you, but I feel something dark very close!" He said looking around. Chloe looked at him with curiosity.
"Well that's possible for you cause you're champion and ultimate stage is a holy type digimon…where is it coming from?" She asked looking around as well. Patamon closed his eyes and concentrated.
"It doesn't have a very strong so I can't tell where exactly it is, but it's getting stronger slowly," Patamon said opening his eyes to stare worriedly at Chloe and Siavamon. Chloe tapped her chin.
"Alright here's the plan, we each have guard duty in shifts tonight, and TK is not going to do this…he needs his sleep." The two digimon nodded. "I'll go first so you two better get some sleep…You can take my bed before I come in and wake one of you up to do your shift." The two digimon scrambled towards Chloe's bedroom while Chloe snatched up the food that was for TK.
Meanwhile…
TK struggled with the pain that was slowly growing through his body, he clutched his arm in pain…it wouldn't stop no matter how much he focused on his Crest of Hope, the pain didn't seem to let up. Maybe he should tell someone he thought, that was quickly discarded. 'They have too much to worry about, like getting rid of the Digimon Emperor, and saving the Digital World,' a voice argued. He clenched his teeth and tried to absorb the pain.
Back to Chloe…
She walked up to TK's room, gently opened the door. She peered in and saw TK shaking in his bed. Now she was really worried, what had gone on during the time when she was with Davis? She set the food on the nightstand and walked over to him.
"TK?" She called out to him but she didn't touch him. Too scared that it would hurt him more than comfort him. She then noticed he was clutching his arm, her eyes narrowed as she walked on the other side of the bed, so that he was facing her. She concentrated on her crest that she was wearing. It started glowing a light silvery color, and soon she too started glowing. She carefully took hold of his arm and began to massage it.
TK's face showed great relief and he muttered, "Thank you." In his sleep. She smiled a tired smile; she'll try to keep this up for as long as she could. But it was tiring. She eventually snuggled up next to TK and drifted off into a light slumber.
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Chloe opened her eyes, slightly when she felt something shift on the bed. She turned over and saw TK stumbling towards the door to the bathroom. "Morning TK!" She said cheerfully as she sat up on the bed. He turned his head to smile at her, but stopped when he saw her gasp and fall off the bed out of fear. She peaked her head from beside the bed to stare at him with scared eyes.
"What!? What's wrong!?!" He asked. She slowly moved towards him and led him into the bathroom and pointed towards the mirror. Bright red eyes were staring back at him. He let out a gasp, and turned to Chloe. "Chloe…"
She held up her hand to interrupt and then put her hands on her hips and stared at him that seemed like it was trying to read his soul. "What really did happen when you were with Kari?" TK sighed, and walked out of the room towards the phone.
"I'm calling in sick, I can't go to school like this." He was about to pick up the phone when another hand snatched it up before him. He watched as Chloe dialed the school number, it rang before the secretary came on.
"Yes this is Chloe Sada, I'm currently staying with the Takashi's and this morning TK has a terrible fever and needs to stay home. I would like permission to stay and take care of him, since his mother is at work and cannot be reached…….ah yes…..I understand….thank you." She hung up the phone and stared at TK. "Now tell me what happened!?!"
TK looked at her face and sighed, "Take a seat."
Chloe walked over to the couch and sat down. "I can't believe you would keep this from me!" TK's face scrunched in guilt. And he took a deep breath before he began his tale.
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Kari looked at the empty seat next to her, and then the seat next to Davis. They're eyes met, both full of worry. They waited until school ended, hurrying into the computer lab to find Yolei, Cody, Izzy, and Matt. Kari made a kind smile. "What are you guys doing here?" Kari motioned to the two original DDs.
Izzy stepped forward, "Well, I've been getting bad readings in one section. I wanted to come by and check it out. I happen to meet Matt on the way, so he decided to come along."
Matt smiled, "Might as well check up on TK while I'm at it too." He stopped when he noticed the sad looks on Davis and Kari's face. "What's wrong?"
"Well, we don't really know," Kari said, "He and Chloe both never showed up today for school." Matt face saddened.
"What's wrong, maybe we should stop by TK's real quick before going to the Digital World," Matt said as he crossed his arms.
"They won't be home," Izzy said typing away at one of the computers. All the DDs turned around and huddled around him. Izzy tapped on the screen where it displayed two dots. One yellow, indicating it was TK, and the other was a soft grayish color, Chloe. "They're both in the Digital World."
"What on earth did they go alone for," Cody said. The others agreed. Kari stood up and turned her D3 towards the computer, determination filled her eyes.
"I'm not waiting around here to find out," she said just before she disappeared in a bright light. The others soon followed. All worried about the Keeper of Hope and Faith.
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"I'm pretty sure that the Digital World Data will slow the process down," Chloe said as she helped the weak TK to walk. "Let's just make to the stream over there, and then we can rest for a while…doesn't anyone know how to get this thing off a blasted human!!!" Her frustration with the evil thing on TK's arm was getting worse, and it wasn't the only thing that was getting worse. The evil power is now about to take over TK's mind.
"Chloe?" He managed in a whisper. She stopped and set him against the tree, and knelt down by him.
"Is something wrong? What do you want me to do!?" She said desperately.
He was now shivering uncontrollably and she could feel the warm aura slowly fade into something colder, he said in between his clenched teeth, "….Go away……"
"What?"
He pushed her away, his eyes wide open gleaming bright red, "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!" His body started emitting a blackish glow. Chloe sat on the ground and watched in fear. Siavamon and Patamon stood in front of Chloe protectively. As the blackness faded, all three froze at the site. A blast was shot out of nowhere and hit the two Digimon unconscious.
"TK!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chloe yelled as her tears cascaded down her face, her crest grew brightly but then something hard hit against her face, and then she felt another hit to her gut, and then blackness.
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"TK!!!!!!!!!!!" It echoed through the area of the Digital World, the DDs all looked up and then looked at each other with worried and confused expressions.
"What was that?" Cody speaking up getting rid of the silence in the group, Davis stepped forward and got out his D3.
"That was Chloe's voice!!! She's in trouble!!" Kari got her D3 out as well.
"And she was calling TK's name!!! Now I'm really worried." Everyone that could armor Digivolve digivolved and hitched a ride to where they heard the cry. Kari clutched Nerfertimon's fur in fear that something happened to the Keeper of Hope. He didn't look to good yesterday, somehow deep down inside she knew that it was something that he hid from her yesterday, and she didn't feel a good vibe coming from it.
Author's Note: Yeah I know, *giggles* you want to hurt me for stopping like this, but it was getting kinda long, and it's late. So let's hope TK and Chloe is okay! ^-^;
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