Good's Failure! Hope and Light Is Lost
Chapter Ten
Kouji pulled off his jacket and handed it to Zoe. It wouldn't be the first time he offered her his jacket. They had left the rain forest and now they were just in open plains. The night was chilly. There was something about the temperature that wasn't right. The thermometer said one thing, but it felt another.
Zoe had now Kouji's jacket on and Kouji did his best not to show how cold he was. Takuya had pulled on an extra two t-shirts and had his arms in his t-shirt. He had tied on a rope to his bag and strapped it on to himself. Tommy had pulled on a sweater, a very thick sweater. Kari wore one of TK's long sleeved shirts that he had brought along, and her arms were wrapped around herself. TK was wearing an extra t-shirt and was carrying his and Kari's bag as well. He carried one on his back and carried the other in his hand. Davis had on a few t-shirts and was rubbing his cold arms with his hands. Takato was wearing one of Ryo's extra jackets. Henry had on a long sleeved shirt. Rika was wearing one of Tommy's sweaters that was a bit big for him.
Danielle was just wearing jeans and a thin long sleeved shirt. Dark was dressed in jeans and a black singled, showing off his well developed biceps for a sixteen-year-old.
"Aren't you cold?" Kari asked Dark.
Dark didn't answer so Danielle did, "Dark gets really hot."
Dark came to an immediate halt. "Here."
"In words that we can actually understand would be nice," Rika said.
"He means this is where we set up camp for the night," Danielle said, setting down her bag. "If we go further up it'll get colder while we sleep. Head back and we might bump into some Digimon we don't want to mess with. Here will be the best spot to stop for the night."
"How do you know this?" Ryo asked.
"I don't," Danielle said. "I guess you could say I can read Dark's mind sometimes."
"There's only one problem," TK said. "None of us brought a tent."
Danielle looked at them weirdly. She was stuck with a bunch of idiots, she had to admit. "You guys thought that you would just come here, defeat whatever it is that's evil, and go back? Just like that? And you guys brought the clothes for what then?"
None of them could answer her.
Danielle took a deep breath in and let it out. "What do we do now?" She asked Dark. "They won't make it pass the night without at least a tent to shelter them. If there's a sandstorm, they're going to go through more than they can handle."
"Darkmon," Dark got to one knee when Darkmon appeared before him. "It's time to play." He whispered into the Digimon's ear. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his device. "It's coming." He stood up and looked at Danielle. "Then we don't have a choice."
"We can't."
"We don't have a choice." He repeated.
"What's that you're holding?" Kari asked.
Dark looked down at the device in his hand. "It's called the Dark Device."
"Why?"
A howl caught them off guard and they jumped in surprise. They looked around for any signs of a Digimon but found none. "What was that?" Davis asked.
"Your tent, I guess," Danielle said.
All of a sudden, something swooped by but it was too fast for any of them to see. The thing pushed TK and Kari closer, Takato and Henry closer, Rika and Ryo closer, Takuya and Tommy closer, and Kouji and Zoe closer together. In front of each pair was a tent.
"What's going on?" Zoe asked.
"You've been paired."
"By whom?"
"Why does it matter? You got a tent. But you can't change who've been paired with or your tent will disappear. Don't ask why."
They all looked at their partners. The ones paired with different genders blushed.
"Hey, what about me?" Davis half yelled.
"It's none of my concern." Dark looked over to Danielle who had already set up her tent that she would share with him. "You guys better hurry up and set up your tents. My sister wasn't hundred percent accurate on my thoughts. The temperature will get colder. These tents are different from normal ones. You could say they give off heat."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Danielle unbuttoned her shirt and pulled it off. She wore a white tank top underneath. Her heart pounded as she got out of her jeans and changed into a pair of shorts. She kept her eyes lowered, never looking at Dark. Her breathing rate had increased. She was scared. She didn't dare look at Dark.
Dark was sitting across from her. The lower part of his left leg lied on the ground in the position it would be in if he was sitting crossed legged. His right knee was up. His forearm rested on his knee and his head rested upon his forearm. He hadn't done anything about his dressing.
In the middle of the tent were a few spread out blankets. There were two folded up blankets to act as pillows.
"I'm going to sleep now," Danielle said, as she crawled under a couple of the blankets.
Dark looked up at her. "Stop," he whispered.
She froze.
Dark went over to her. He put his finger under her chin, tilted her head up, and kissed her.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"TK, I said 'stop'!" Kari shoved TK off of her. She backed away from him as she buttoned her shirt he had undone.
TK placed his hand on his head and shook it, as though snapping out of something. "Kari, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me."
"I think that lightning bolt affected you more than both of us thought."
TK stood up.
"Where're you going?"
"To see Dark," TK answered. "I think he's responsible for my... unnatural actions."
"TK, wait!" Kari rushed out after TK. "I don't think this is such a good idea," she said, catching up to him. "So what if he is responsible for your unnatural actions? Do you think he'll admit it or do anything about it? TK, this isn't you. The real you would stop and think about this."
"Don't you get it, Kari? I'll never be myself if I don't do something about this. Just now," TK lowered his head. "I almost..."
"It doesn't matter, TK." Kari said without thinking.
"Kari, I could have hurt you! It does matter. Something weird is going on and I think Dark has something to do with it. First off, he brought us here in a very weird way. Second, after proving that we were no match for the New Breed our partners disappeared. Third of all, he seems to know everything. Don't you find that a bit weird?"
"What's going on?" Henry asked, poking his head out of his tent.
"Nothing," Kari said.
Henry had a look of disbelief on his face when he popped his head back into the tent.
TK pulled open Dark's tent and his jaw almost hit rock bottom.
Dark licked his lips as he moved off Danielle, his hand slipping out from under Danielle's tank top.
"Dark, why are you kissing your sister?" Kari asked.
"Simple," he said. "She's isn't my sister."
"Why did you lie to us?" TK asked.
"Why do I need to tell you the truth?" Dark countered.
"I need to talk to you," TK said. "in private," he added.
"Whatever you have to say Danielle can hear. Or is Kari you don't want to speak in front of. There's no point leaving this tent. You can't take me far away enough so nobody can see you beating me up. Or are you afraid they'll see me beating you up."
"I don't care. I just don't want anyone to hear us."
~*~*~*~*~*~
"What the hell did you do to me?" TK launched a punch at Dark.
Dark easily avoided it by ducking. He clenched his fist and punched TK in the gut.
TK groaned as he fell to the ground.
Dark adjusted his sunglasses which had fallen slightly. "I know of the lightning bolt, but I wasn't the one who struck you with it. That lightning bolt filled you with evil and provoked any evilness you had within you. That explains your harsh actions, rudeness, and the inability of controlling your anger or any other bad emotions. But what you would have done to Kari if she hadn't had pushed you away can from inside of you. The good part of you would have stopped the bad part of you that wanted Kari so badly."
"How do you know this?"
"Years of torture," His words left a confused look on TK's face.
"How many times have you slept with her?"
"Danielle? Whenever I have to, but if you're talking about how many times I've had sex with her it would be zero. Believe me or not, I have no interest in having sex with her. I don't even know why she's here, to be honest. As you should know by now, the evil part of you or shall I say your selfish emotion is the one that made you ask that question. 'Cause you want her to yourself. Nobody can help the way they think and how they fell. They can only cover it up – control themselves. But with that lightning bolt you can no longer control your bad emotions."
"You did this to me."
"Believe that if you want, but I had nothing to do with it. I'm just here to regain what was taken from me." Dark left TK lying on the ground.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Dark pulled out his Dark Device and just stared at it. He was back in the tent with Danielle, who was lying in bed sleeping. He knew she was just pretending to be asleep. She didn't want what happen early to happen again so she was pretending to sleep. Not that sleeping would stop him. It wouldn't surprise him if he had been struck by the same lightning bolt TK had. Maybe had, maybe he hadn't.
"I'll get you back, I promise." Dark whispered. There was no coldness in his voice, just sadness. He didn't control them, he let his tears flow. "I'll get you back," he repeated. "I'll forgive you. Just come back to me. I don't want to be alone anymore. They had no right to take you from me. He had no right to do that to you. Wait for me, I'll get you back. I promise. I love you..." with his last three words, he fell asleep.
To Be Continued
