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The Homicidal Maniac

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Chapter Eleven: Escaped

Jyou

I was hunched over at my desk doing my Algebra homework. Numbers dancing around in my head, letters, funny little symbols. I was tired, it had been a pretty long day. The other digidestined were much closer to Matt than myself, none-the-less, he was a friend and he needed help. He had decided to attend school today. But I still don't know if it was for better or worse.

He had been pretty withdrawn all day. Yamato wasn't like he had been the past days, angry and silent, nor was he normal. He also had fangirls chasing him all day. I wasn't at his concert on Thursday, but I had heard about it plenty from Taichi, Sora, and Koushirou. We had stuck up for him all day, chasing away his stalkers, trying to convince the teachers, etc. And I was dead tired from it all.

Then there's homework. So much homework. Do the teachers all talk to each other and plan to give homework all on the same days? I mean it's like, Monday, homework from all classes, Tuesday, nothing, Wednsday, 6 tests, Thursday, 3 projects due. It was so very annoying. My head swam, too many things going on in life. It sucks. The phone rang.

I was glad for a break, but in the back of my head a voice told me something was wrong. I got up and picked up the phone. "Hello?" The voice on the other end sounded hysterical. "This is he..." I said slowly, trying to figure who it was calling me. "What?" I was shocked, "How did that happen!?" I paused again. "Do you know where he is?" The voice on the other end was spilling words out too fast to comprehend. "What do you want //me// to do?!.......I supposed.........ug, alright, fine! I'll be right there." I hung up, I was sweating.

My head was spinning, and I thought it was bad already. Goddamnit Yamato. Losing Takeru had been a shock, but now you have to go insane on the rest of us!! I sat there stunned for a few seconds trying to organize my thoughts. Ok, Matt attacked his psychiatrist. The psychiatrist is in the hospital. And Matt is no where to be found.

Taichi was the one who had called. He found out when Yamato's father called him asking if he knew where Matt was. Tai was calling everyone who knew Matt and getting a search party. I get to go with them. Joy. It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that, well, I'm anger I supposed. Why did Yamato have to go be insane now? Exams were rolling around the corner and I needed to study. All this isn't helping me, TK's death, Yamato's whatever. ARG!

I finally got up, grabbed my jacket and headed for the door; "I'm going out!" I yelled, then remembered that my parents were out and my brother was at a part-time job. Ug. I scribbled a note and exited the house. It was pretty chilly outside. Cool October breezes. The sun was just setting and the sky was a beautiful swirl of red, orange, and purple. This means we get to search in the dark.

I walked, I wasn't really in a hurry to get there. I guess I was being selfish, well, you would be annoyed too I bet. Halfway to Taichi's, I saw Koushirou. He waved and walked across the street to meet me. "Hey, Jyou." "Hi." We just walked in silence for a while. Then Izzy asked; "Do you think Yamato's insane?"

Did I? To some extent, I supposed. I would have never thought he would hurt someone though...how much about Matt did I really know? "I don't know...maybe. What about you?" I said. My bruinette friend stared at the ground as he walked; "I don't know, he had always been pretty quiet, kept his feelings to himself, and he had definately cared for Takeru. I guess that was too much for him,...I'd probably go insane if I had a brother murderered like that." he answered. I nodded absently.

I hadn't really thought much. I was too busy with other thoughts. How would I feel if my brother had been murdered? Pretty bad I guess. You can't really predict how you'll react until it's already happened. And in that case, I'd rather not find out....we were at Taichi's apartment.

Hikari was standing at the entrance of the building, she looked extremely nervous. "Joe! Izzy! Glad you're here! Tai just went back up to the apartment to get some flashlights, Sora and Mimi are on her way. The people in Yama's band can't make it. His parents are at the hospital visiting his psychiatrist lady, and my parents aren't frikkin' home yet!!!" The girl kept jumping around, she wouldn't stop moving, and her lip was trembling.

I sighed. This was gonna be a looooooong night....Taichi thundered down the stairs and tossed each of us a flashlight. I spotted Sora and Mimi running towards us. I realized with a start that this was what was left of the digidestined. Takeru was gone. And Yamato...who knows what Yamato is now. In less than a week, a near normal life has been thrown into chaos. Well, that's how it goes I guess.

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Kiriska: That was pointless, more or less. Short, stupid, and well...stupid. I don't know Joe well enough to do much anyway. Arg! Um, well, sorry about that, I have a good excuse don't I? Reading fics all afternoon? The next part will be better I promise!! Wah.