Miracles Happen in the Strangest Ways

Chapter 4: Fast Changes

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Groaning, Matt slowly returned to the land of the living. He felt like his head was going to split in two if he moved just a bit, and had a feeling that he had a few more injuries than a headache. Ooh, scratch that. It was more like a migraine the size of Tokyo. He moaned again, then slowly tried to open his eyes. Bad move.

"AH!" He screamed the moment his eyes had opened even the slightest bit. The sun was shining merrily away up above him, oblivious to the fact that its rays were currently burning a hole through the young DigiDestin's skull. Its powerful rays were blasting down through the clouds as if aimed directly for him. He quickly squeezed shut his eyes, and tried his best to calm down his mind in the midst of the pain haze. Ooh, he was going to feel that one tomorrow.

Eventually, he gathered enough of his wits to form a crude plan: Try to get up. If that failed, lay there until it could be accomplished. If it succeeded, get out of the sun and find shade. Okay, that was the plan, now to go through with it. He slowly lifted his arm. Hmm, no pain. Guess he wasn't hurt there. Now for the next arm. That was fine too. Finally he tried to roll over. Unfortunately, his head disagreed with this action completely, and expressed its opinion quite clearly. Hissing in pain, Matt slowly sank back down onto the ground. Well, at least nothing else was seriously damaged to his knowledge. Then again, he probably just didn't notice it. The moment he saw the wounds, his body would probably be singing in pain. That's just how he was. So, he decided to lay back down until he felt strong enough to get up.

Some time passed, how long, Matt didn't have a clue, and he finally felt strong enough to stand. He reached his arms down to push off of the ground, and bit-by-bit he rose from his resting place on the ground. When he knew that he was safely in a sitting position, he risked a peek out of one eye. To his surprise, he found that it had gotten much darker. In fact, whereas the Sun had been glowing overhead when he had last opened his eyes, now it was just disappearing beyond the horizon. It painted the grass of the field he was in with deep purples, bright reds, soft pinks, and golden yellows. The sky was a mix of similar colours, with a touch of Royal Blue around the edges.

It took Matt's breath away.

Finally, once the sun had fully disappeared, he looked around. Although he was currently in a field, there seemed to be a forest behind him, some ways off. Although a little confused as to what he was doing in a field with a forest nearby when he had been in a desert the last time he had been conscious, he never-the-less decided that the forest would be the best place to go. After all, it was only by some miracle that he hadn't been eaten by some wandering Digimon while he was out, and he felt like an awfully big target out here in the open. So he started off for the woods to see what was there.

At first, it seemed like a normal forest. Trees, moss, rocks, more trees, more rocks, bushes, stream, more trees, fungi, leaves, and did he mention trees? The normal everyday forest, from the looks of things. But as he continued on, Matt noticed one thing. There were no Digimon around. The woods were completely silent. Nothing, not even the wind made noise. The effect was quite unnerving.

As Matt plodded on in complete quiet, he gradually grew more nervous. He began turning every which way as he continued his trek. Nothing could be heard, and yet, he was sure he was being followed. At one point he was positive he had seen a shadowed figure with glowing eyes between the trunks all around. And yet, the moment he had seen it, it was gone. He chewed on his lip a bit, and carried on. Then he came to a small clearing and gasped.

~To Be Continued~

~…Nah, I ain't that mean. So, onward!~

There, laying in a pool of blood lay Tai. His clothing was soaked crimson, and his hair was all messed up. His skin was very, very pale.

And he wasn't moving.

Matt dashed across the clearing, his fret about being followed completely forgotten. All that mattered right now was the boy in front of him. He snatched the boy up in his arms, completely ignoring the blood drenching his outfit. He checked Tai's front first for injuries or wounds. When he found none he flipped Tai over. To his shock, there were no wounds there either. There was nothing wrong with the Child of Courage at all. Thoroughly confused, Matt began to shake the brunette to rouse him. After all, he was laying in the blood, he had to have a reason. And yet, after nearly three minutes of shaking, something became apparent to him.

Tai wouldn't wake up.

The stupid boy refused to get up, no matter how hard Matt tried. And he tried hard. First, with shaking. Then with tickling. And then, with slapping. Finally, Matt gave up all hope of remaining undetected and began screaming as loud as he could in Tai's ear. Even that didn't work.

"Come on Tai! Wake UP! Come ON, you idiot! This isn't funny! Tai!" he screamed, hoping to reach the boy, wherever his mind was. However, that plan failed, and soon, he broke down crying.

"Tai, please, I'm begging you. Wake up… Please…" He sobbed, his tears raining down on the boy in his arms. And then, with a broken cry, Matt scooped up the prone form and held it close, crying into his hair. That was the way they remained for some time. Then, just as the sun was beginning to rise in the East, Tai stirred. Matt looked up with his puffy red eyes in shock as his companion began to thrash on the ground. Then with a jolt, Tai woke up screaming.

"MATT!"

~To Be Continued. For Real This Time~

 Okay, I know that sucked, I know this chapter was short, and I know you're going to kill me for taking so long. But hey, High School and Writer's Block mixed together make for very crappy writing…stuff. Yah. Anyways, I hope I get the next part out soon. Oh and I'm not too sure about this Chapter's Title, I kinda lost my Seal CD. Ah, oh well. Later!