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The sound of the uneven clock filled the room. Three figures sat silently in the room, Matt in a crumpled mess on the bed, Kari worriedly stocking the sweaty blond locks from his brow, and a very agitated Tai sitting hunched over in a chair across the room.
The sound of the clock continued.
Finally, a knock came at the door. Tai and Kari both jumped up at once but only Joe answered the door. "Where is he?" Asked a very disgruntled looking Joe. Tai motioned towards the back room.
When Joe had received Tai's frantic phone call, he had thought things were bad. It wasn't like the ever calm, cool and collected Matt to come running over to a friends house because he had a bad dream, but when he opened the door to reveal his new patient, he was in for a complete and utter shock.
Before him, curled in a small heap next to Kari, whimpering when the light touched his face too brightly, lay a very small, very frightened little boy. Not a trace of his once calm exterior remained. His hair, usually combed to perfection, was now a mess of golden locks, and his eyes once proud, now held a deeply embedded fear in them.
Joe stood for a moment, not knowing what to do. Finally he found words, "He came here like this?"
Tai nodded with an intense worry in his eye, "At around two he came screaming at our door. When we opened it he ran in, slammed the door behind him, and demanded that we lock it. Then he just fainted."
Joes brow ferried in worry, "Has he said anything else since then?" He said slowly walking over to where Matt lay curled. He seemed to be awake, given the fact that his eyes were open, however he wasn't responding. Joe waved his hand in front of Matt's face, but it was no use. Matt remained unresponsive.
Kari spoke up to answer Joes question then, "When he woke up, he said that something was hunting him, and that that's why he came here."
"Something was hunting him?" Joe said a bit startled. "Did he say what?"
Kari only shook her head, "No, but he lead me to believe that whatever he was running from, wasn't new to him."
"How so?" Joe asked in confusion.
Kari's voice fell down to a soft murmur, "When I told him that whatever was chasing him was gone, he said that it would come back. He told me that it always did, but never like it had last night. That's all, then he just went silent." Kari finished, leaving out the hour of crying that had proceeded the silence. She figured that that could just be implied given his puffy eyes.
Joe let out a long, tired, and worried sigh, "How long has he been like that?" He asked, pointing to Matt's blank stare.
"About two hours." Tai responded, "Thanks for coming Joe. We didn't know who else to call. This didn't exactly seem like a . . . normal problem if you know what I mean."
Joe nodded in understanding, "Any time. Now, I think we need to make him talk. We need to find out what happened to him before we can help him." The two siblings nodded. "Ok." Joe said to himself then slowly crouched down next to Matt.
"Matt," he said, shaking the blonds shoulder slightly. "Matt can you hear me. I need to talk with you. If you can hear me, please say something."
Matt just continued with his blank stare. Joe stole a worried glance at Tai. "What do you thinks wrong with him?" Tai said with deeply rooted concern etched in his voice.
Joe let out a sigh. "He has a fever, my guess of about 105. He should probably be in the hospital if not for the circumstances."
"Circumstance." Tai, Kari and Joe all looked astonished at Matt who had just uttered the word.
Joe leaned down cautiously, "Matt? Are you ok?"
Matt blink several times before turning to face Joe. "Joe. . . Joe."
"Yes Matt. I'm here." Joe answered.
"TAI!" Matt screamed, his eyes budging. "TAI! TAI YOU HAVE TO RUN!!! RUN! THEY CANT GET YOU TOO! YOU CANT LET THEM!!! TAI! TAI!"
"MATT!!! MATT I'M RIGHT HERE! DON'T WORRY!" Tai said trying to restrain his friends flailing arms. "No ones got me Matt. I'm still here."
Matt looked frightened into Tai's eyes, "I thought they would get you. Tai. Tai, they didn't get you." Matt grabbed hold of Tai's arms as if for support, "Your alright. They didn't find you."
"No Matt... they didn't. But now we need to know who your talking about. We need to know what happened to you so we can help. Can you do that Matt?"
Matt fell silent for a long moment then nodded.
"Thank You," Tai said with a sad smile.
"Ok then, Matt, could you start by telling us what you were running from." Joe asked.
Matt closed his eyes with a hint of pain, then began, "It's a dark cloud, but theres something inside it. It was chasing me. It wanted to take me."
"Take you where?"
"Take me to its world. Take me to a place where I would have to tell him all my secrets, all our secrets." Matt said looking straight into Tai's eyes, "It wants information. It wants to know our weaknesses so it can destroy us. It wants to take over this world."
"We're not going to let that happen Matt." Tai said clasping Matt's shoulder in a firm grip. "We're the digidestined. He cant destroy us that easily."
Matt shock his head sadly, "No, I cant hold out forever. I can feel the poison inside of me. Its making me weaker every second. If it finds me, I don't know how long I'll last."
Joe's eyes narrowed in worry, "Poison?" Matt nodded sadly. Joe stiffened, "He poisoned you?"
Matt was about to speak again when his voice was cut off by Kari's paniced scream, "MATT! WATCH OUT!!! BEHIND YOU!!!" She screamed as a clawed hand sprang from the wall. Matt managed to duck away and to the side just in time, but still it was too close. A claw had snagged his check as he ducked, leaving in its wake a shallow cute across Matt's face.
"Matt!" Joe cried as he hurriedly pulled him away from the wall where the hand had disappeared. "Are you ok?"
"Yes, its just a cut. Thanks for the warning, Kari."
Kari nodded in fright. What was that hand???
It was then that Tai stepped up into his leadership role once again, "Who are you?"
And then a voice, none of the digidestined had ever thought to hear again spoke, "An old enemy, whose now become your greatest ally."
Tai's eyes bulged, "No, it cant be!"
"But it is." The voice said with a hint of hate. Just then, thru the wall, stepped a form that struck fear into their hearts.
"Peidmon." Tai whispered.
@}---
Authors Notes:
And that ends the Second Chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed. And stay tuned for the next chapter. Its spring break now so hopefully I'll have more time to write.
Oh yes, and just so you guys understand, this is not, *repeat is not*, going to become a Taiato so don't get yer hopes up! Ok well, catch yah all later.
~Reion
_______________________Chapter 2: Old Enemy______________________
The sound of the uneven clock filled the room. Three figures sat silently in the room, Matt in a crumpled mess on the bed, Kari worriedly stocking the sweaty blond locks from his brow, and a very agitated Tai sitting hunched over in a chair across the room.
The sound of the clock continued.
Finally, a knock came at the door. Tai and Kari both jumped up at once but only Joe answered the door. "Where is he?" Asked a very disgruntled looking Joe. Tai motioned towards the back room.
When Joe had received Tai's frantic phone call, he had thought things were bad. It wasn't like the ever calm, cool and collected Matt to come running over to a friends house because he had a bad dream, but when he opened the door to reveal his new patient, he was in for a complete and utter shock.
Before him, curled in a small heap next to Kari, whimpering when the light touched his face too brightly, lay a very small, very frightened little boy. Not a trace of his once calm exterior remained. His hair, usually combed to perfection, was now a mess of golden locks, and his eyes once proud, now held a deeply embedded fear in them.
Joe stood for a moment, not knowing what to do. Finally he found words, "He came here like this?"
Tai nodded with an intense worry in his eye, "At around two he came screaming at our door. When we opened it he ran in, slammed the door behind him, and demanded that we lock it. Then he just fainted."
Joes brow ferried in worry, "Has he said anything else since then?" He said slowly walking over to where Matt lay curled. He seemed to be awake, given the fact that his eyes were open, however he wasn't responding. Joe waved his hand in front of Matt's face, but it was no use. Matt remained unresponsive.
Kari spoke up to answer Joes question then, "When he woke up, he said that something was hunting him, and that that's why he came here."
"Something was hunting him?" Joe said a bit startled. "Did he say what?"
Kari only shook her head, "No, but he lead me to believe that whatever he was running from, wasn't new to him."
"How so?" Joe asked in confusion.
Kari's voice fell down to a soft murmur, "When I told him that whatever was chasing him was gone, he said that it would come back. He told me that it always did, but never like it had last night. That's all, then he just went silent." Kari finished, leaving out the hour of crying that had proceeded the silence. She figured that that could just be implied given his puffy eyes.
Joe let out a long, tired, and worried sigh, "How long has he been like that?" He asked, pointing to Matt's blank stare.
"About two hours." Tai responded, "Thanks for coming Joe. We didn't know who else to call. This didn't exactly seem like a . . . normal problem if you know what I mean."
Joe nodded in understanding, "Any time. Now, I think we need to make him talk. We need to find out what happened to him before we can help him." The two siblings nodded. "Ok." Joe said to himself then slowly crouched down next to Matt.
"Matt," he said, shaking the blonds shoulder slightly. "Matt can you hear me. I need to talk with you. If you can hear me, please say something."
Matt just continued with his blank stare. Joe stole a worried glance at Tai. "What do you thinks wrong with him?" Tai said with deeply rooted concern etched in his voice.
Joe let out a sigh. "He has a fever, my guess of about 105. He should probably be in the hospital if not for the circumstances."
"Circumstance." Tai, Kari and Joe all looked astonished at Matt who had just uttered the word.
Joe leaned down cautiously, "Matt? Are you ok?"
Matt blink several times before turning to face Joe. "Joe. . . Joe."
"Yes Matt. I'm here." Joe answered.
"TAI!" Matt screamed, his eyes budging. "TAI! TAI YOU HAVE TO RUN!!! RUN! THEY CANT GET YOU TOO! YOU CANT LET THEM!!! TAI! TAI!"
"MATT!!! MATT I'M RIGHT HERE! DON'T WORRY!" Tai said trying to restrain his friends flailing arms. "No ones got me Matt. I'm still here."
Matt looked frightened into Tai's eyes, "I thought they would get you. Tai. Tai, they didn't get you." Matt grabbed hold of Tai's arms as if for support, "Your alright. They didn't find you."
"No Matt... they didn't. But now we need to know who your talking about. We need to know what happened to you so we can help. Can you do that Matt?"
Matt fell silent for a long moment then nodded.
"Thank You," Tai said with a sad smile.
"Ok then, Matt, could you start by telling us what you were running from." Joe asked.
Matt closed his eyes with a hint of pain, then began, "It's a dark cloud, but theres something inside it. It was chasing me. It wanted to take me."
"Take you where?"
"Take me to its world. Take me to a place where I would have to tell him all my secrets, all our secrets." Matt said looking straight into Tai's eyes, "It wants information. It wants to know our weaknesses so it can destroy us. It wants to take over this world."
"We're not going to let that happen Matt." Tai said clasping Matt's shoulder in a firm grip. "We're the digidestined. He cant destroy us that easily."
Matt shock his head sadly, "No, I cant hold out forever. I can feel the poison inside of me. Its making me weaker every second. If it finds me, I don't know how long I'll last."
Joe's eyes narrowed in worry, "Poison?" Matt nodded sadly. Joe stiffened, "He poisoned you?"
Matt was about to speak again when his voice was cut off by Kari's paniced scream, "MATT! WATCH OUT!!! BEHIND YOU!!!" She screamed as a clawed hand sprang from the wall. Matt managed to duck away and to the side just in time, but still it was too close. A claw had snagged his check as he ducked, leaving in its wake a shallow cute across Matt's face.
"Matt!" Joe cried as he hurriedly pulled him away from the wall where the hand had disappeared. "Are you ok?"
"Yes, its just a cut. Thanks for the warning, Kari."
Kari nodded in fright. What was that hand???
It was then that Tai stepped up into his leadership role once again, "Who are you?"
And then a voice, none of the digidestined had ever thought to hear again spoke, "An old enemy, whose now become your greatest ally."
Tai's eyes bulged, "No, it cant be!"
"But it is." The voice said with a hint of hate. Just then, thru the wall, stepped a form that struck fear into their hearts.
"Peidmon." Tai whispered.
@}---
Authors Notes:
And that ends the Second Chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed. And stay tuned for the next chapter. Its spring break now so hopefully I'll have more time to write.
Oh yes, and just so you guys understand, this is not, *repeat is not*, going to become a Taiato so don't get yer hopes up! Ok well, catch yah all later.
~Reion