Chapter 13

A/N: Sorry again for the wait- but I went to a convention last weekend and this week has been hectic to try and catch up for lost "homework" time. I finished revising a paper and now I'm here to amuse you! ^_^; So sorry if this chapter is a little weird… Kate's brain is mush!

But when has that stopped me?

Enjoy!

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Sora shut out everything. The outside nightmare, the cold, everything- she felt numb. As she did, faintly from the back of her mind she could hear a cry. He was calling to her. She knew that voice, that warmth. That warmth spread over everything his chocolate orbs gazed over, it was his eyes that she wanted to see right now. To know everything was fine because he was by her side.

"Taichi." She called back. Desperately she searched for him, his voice, anything of him that could save her.

"Where are you? Why can't I see you?" She asked.

"Sora!" Taichi continued to scream as he too cut himself off from the outside. "I need your help Sora!" He pleaded.

"Tai?"

"SORA… listen to me- calm down. None of this is real. You hear me? It's not real." He called out to her.

"I'm scared Taichi… where are you? Why can't I see you? Why can I only hear you whispering? I can't take it… I'm… my head is hurting!" She wailed as she gripped her head with her hands. The throbbing in her head suddenly became worse and worse. "I… I can't hold it back…" Sora's eyes flew open and her body abruptly jerked her to her feet. The force of her standing up caused the figure above her to fall back on the ground with a thud.

"Sora… what's wrong?" Tai asked as he rubbed the bump on his head. Somehow, he found the strength to command the body he was in to stand up. "Sora? It's me." He said as he reached out his arm to her. He had completely forgotten the situation they were in. he did not look like himself- nor would Sora know he was inside the body of her abusive parent.

That is exactly what Sora saw. The man she hated…the man that made her loose hope in life… the man that caused her all this pain was standing before her. Getting closer, she flinched and put her hand out to stop him from coming any closer.

As she did a blinding light sprung forth from her hand and struck the man square in the chest.

"NO!" Sora screamed and the same thing happened again.

Tai felt the hits as if they were against him. Falling back, he clutched his chest and gasped for air.

"Sssooraa…" He wheezed. "It's… it's me." He pleaded as he looked up and saw the light surrounding her. 'This cannot be good.' Tai thought to himself as he saw her raising her hand again and looking down on him with possessed eyes. 'No Sora… it's me…'

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Koushiro smiled as he watched the madness from inside the darkness. Things could not be going better. Even if the worst-case scenario happened, that being they all face destruction by her hands, in the end he would still accomplish his goal. However the girl's actions were not fully clear to him… she was still a wild card. As long as she felt she was in danger, she would be following his lead.

'And soon she'll have taken care of Taichi for me, that even if things don't go as planned… I can always kill her from here. It's not a problem for me.' He smiled as he enjoyed seeing Taichi in pain. 'Ah justice. Sweet revenge.'

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Mimi led Joe down the halls of the building. Everything was quiet; there was absolutely no one around. And that made Joe extra jumpy.

"Mimi, I'm sure they are just fine." Joe whispered as he held on to her hand.

"I can't go with out them. And stop being scared Joe." She added with a smile. "Everything will turn out alright. You'll see."

It was some time before they finally made their way back to where the group had divided off. Mimi and Joe continued to move forward and towards the main room where Koushiro was playing with his unconscious victims.

"I'm pretty sure they're in here." Mimi said as she stopped in front of the door. Placing her ear up to the wood, she tried to hear if there was anyone in here. However, no sound came out.

"Are you sure? There is another hallway down that way. They could be in anyone of them." Joe scratched his head and thought. "Well I guess there's no other way to know unless we open the door and look." he shrugged.

"That's my Joe." Mimi smiled as she gave the blue haired man a quick kiss to the cheek.

They both grasped the door handles and together they slowly opened the door. Mimi stuck her head in quickly and gasped at what she saw.

The darkness of the room created a fog like appearance, but no amount of fog could cover up the four bodies that were spread out on the floor.

"Oh my heavens, Joe we have to help them." She gasped as she entered the room.

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Sora felt another presence suddenly. Someone else was there. Sora looked down on the bloodied body at her feet. Although it was her father, there was a pain in her chest at looking down at the figure. 'Why? Why doesn't this feel right? I… I didn't want to hurt him…Taichi… where are you? I can't even hear you whisper to me now.' She cried as she slumped down to the body wondering where Taichi had gone.

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A/N: Sorry I cut it a bit short- but we're coming to the big finale for this fic. So hold on- updates are going to be more frequent, hopefully. Only one school paper left to write- then it's all free time for fanfics! I've been neglecting the Taiora lately- sorry! But once my other two stories are done- it's back to Taiora for a while. Still have tons of weird little things I want to play with. Anyway, I'll see you all later!

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