Litanya: I'm so disappointed! I just finished Final Fantasy X-2 on Playstation 2 and the ending is so… so… lame. But anyway, this is digimon, not Final Fantasy. Anyway, I do not own Digimon or really anything in this story except for the plot and 'Master' and Entier. They're mine, all MINE!!
Oh and umm… if I forgot to explain it before, Yolie has the crest of Loyalty and Davis has the crest of Miracles and Cody, well he has the crest of Obligation. I made them up…. I have heard that Davis has the crest of Miracles, but as I have only seen the 02 series and none of the movies, I wouldn't really know.
An Old Box
Chapter 6
T.K stared back at Davis, unable to believe his ears. He had never even met this guy before and here he was telling him that it was his fault that they were all here? What was this guy thinking?
"I don't really understand. How am I supposed to a) believe you when I don't even know you, and b) defeat this guy even if I do believe you? And how do you know that whatever happens here happens in the 'real' world?" Davis looked a little puzzled, as if he didn't know how to answer.
"Oh… you wouldn't know me here… of course. You are just going to have to trust me. What do you have to lose? Your friends are all locked up in some cell, well except for Ken, Yolie, Sora and Tai who are all in the process of being tortured because they still resist to go over to 'Master's' side. We know that this dreamlike world affects the real one because Tai's crest of Courage appeared in his left hand, and the same sort of thing happened to Ken, Yolie and Sora. T.K, you have to believe me. You're our only hope."
"But… how am I supposed to do this?" Davis bit his lip.
"Izzy found that a digimon was behind all of this. Since I got here, I've realised that 'Master' is probably the digimon that is running this show. To stop this crazy dream, I think that you have to defeat 'Master'. But that isn't an easy thing to do. Other than help you to escape, I can't do anything to help you. Someone is going to notice that I'm missing soon and alarms are going to go off. I know it. Please, you're our only hope," as Davis finished speaking, red alarms began flashing off the side of the 'cliff' and T.K could only gape. Everything was happening as Davis had said. Could it be a trap?
"B-but wait!" he cried out as the other boy began to move back towards the 'cliff' without a backwards glance.
"I'm sorry, but I've done all I can. If I were you, I'd try and look for some help. Maybe the others can help you, if you can get them out. But please; remember that we're depending on you. Hope is your strength, so you should know what I mean when I say that all our hopes are on you." He disappeared into the 'cliff' before T.K could say anything more.
'Whoa, this must be a dream. I never knew Davis could be this mature' this thought drifted across the back of his mind and he almost didn't notice it, 'Hang on… that means that I do know him. Maybe he was telling the truth after all.' He sighed and leant back against the 'cliff'. Davis must have left the door open in his hurry, and as T.K couldn't see it in the first place, it was just his luck that he managed to lean against it. Or he went to lean against it. As it was open, it sent him sprawling on the floor in the middle of the hallway.
"Hey you!"
'Scheißen!' swearing in German didn't make him feel any better as a tall, wide shadow fell over his face. He looked up at the boy that stood five metres away from his head. He was obviously under 'Master's' control because a crest was instilled in his left hand and there was a gadget firmly attached around his right.
"You there, you're coming with me. 'Master' wants one of you little 'digidestined' now, so you'll do," T.K gulped. If this was his dream, was he really this sadistic and sick?
'Well, Davis did say something about an evil digimon,' he thought to himself as the boy began to drag him. For some reason it didn't even occur to him that he could stand up and walk alongside of the boy instead of enduring the pain and carpet burn from the floor. He didn't even consider the idea of refusing to go to 'Master.' It was almost as if his dream was leading him to either the end of the dream, or the end of their freedom…
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Kari rocked herself slowly, ignoring the people around her. Not that any of them were really talking. She had her thumbnail in her mouth and she was chewing on it anxiously. T.K had been gone now for over three hours, according to Joe's trusty digital watch anyway. The day just seemed to be getting worse and worse and without T.K to give them hope, they were falling apart. On the upside, her brother had stopped screaming a while back. That had been the only good thing that had happened. A slit of light fell into the room from the area where the door was. She wasn't sure of where the door was exactly as all light had been cut off from the room. She looked up to the ray of light and saw that someone had opened the door. She could see the silhouette of two figures in the doorway; one was standing up pretty tall and the other was slumped over.
"Hey guys, it's me Entier," she sighed and relaxed a little as she heard the familiar voice. She hadn't realised that she had been so tense.
"What is it?" Matt wasn't exactly irritated, but he wasn't too happy with their situation either. He kept on thinking about what Tai would do, but to no avail. He had pounded on the door for about half an hour, according to Joe, but it hadn't even budged. He was starting to get a little desperate.
"'Master' is busy 'experimenting' on your other friend, so I couldn't help him, but as 'Master' was busy, I managed to sneak in and get Rage- I mean Tai- out of his cage thingy. There was also a strange device on his arm, but I managed to smash it to pieces. It wouldn't come off any other way. He's unconscious for the time being, but he may wake up later. I'd bust you guys out of here too, but 'Master' has guards everywhere," he dragged what must have been Tai further into the room and closed the door, casting the room into darkness yet again. Kari rushed over to where she thought he had put her brother, and she could hear other rustles, indicating the others were doing the same. She walked carefully, aware that she could run into anyone at any time.
"T.K's being 'experimented' on? I hope he's okay," Matt muttered, unconsciously running his hand through his hair. He hated it when people did anything to harm his little brother, or when T.K was put in any danger at all. He had even freaked out once when T.K grazed his knee on the basketball court. He was an overly over-protective brother.
"Yes, but Davis wasn't the one that took him to 'Master'. He took T.K out of here and got him out of the base to explain what was going on. Then, when Davis had to leave, T.K was caught and taken to 'Master'," Entier was about to continue when Izzy interrupted. Out of all of them in the room, Entier was the only one that could see them all, as his eyes were able to adapt to the dark. He was amazed as they all stopped just before they ran into each other. It was almost as if they knew when the others were around them.
"You mean Davis managed to talk to him about this whole 'dream' thing?" Kari just stared blankly at Izzy, but the only one that noticed this was Entier.
"Izzy, have you explained this theory to Kari? I would assume that she was one of the earlier people installed into this dream thing as she's Tai's sister. I mean, I got put in here before you and I don't even know T.K," Izzy frowned, deep in thought. He was smart, but he didn't really know how all of this had happened. How could the dream of one person be affecting them all, with effects that lasted in the 'real' world? How could it happen? He knew that a digimon was behind all of it, but he wasn't sure how it had happened. Matt wasn't entirely sure of what was going on either. He had been pulled into the 'dream world' about an hour after Kari. Unbeknownst to him though, it was because he had been in the path of a falling light at one of his band practices. Mimi and Joe knew about Izzy's theory as they had only been put in the dream later than all of the others. But even though the two of them knew about it, they did not fully understand it. Only Izzy could ever fully understand his theories. The young genius in question shook his head in reply to Entier's question and then opened his mouth to explain it all.
"Kari, and Matt I suppose because you didn't hear this either, we are in some sort of 'dream world'. This is T.K's 'dream'. I don't think that T.K is really controlling it as he's not this sadistic, but we're in his dream nonetheless. The thing that is really unexplainable is that it is a bit like in the Digital World: whatever happens here affects us in the 'real' world…. I don't think that I am explaining this suitably. What happened was that T.K was hit by a car in the 'real' world and he fell into a coma. That's pretty normal if you think about it. What happened next was a little dubious though. Tai was badly injured playing soccer and was taken to the hospital so that his injury could be treated. Unaware that he had an allergy to penicillin, the nurses gave him some… and he fell into a coma too," Kari gasped and her eyes went to the ground, unknowingly landing on her brother. Entier watched this curiously, wondering how it was possible that she instinctively knew where he was, even though she couldn't see. Then again, he didn't have any siblings so he didn't understand the connection between them.
"What happened then?" Kari asked, wondering where this was going. She was half-afraid of the answer.
"We got a call about five to ten minutes after Tai had gone into his coma. Kari had been on the way to the hospital when she had been knocked unconscious by a pick-pocket. The blow was hard enough to send her into a coma. Ken and Yolie were on a bus that crashed and, you guessed it, they went into comas too. Then Sora was pushed down the stairs by some weird guy and she fell into a coma. Matt was next… a stage light fell on him during one of his practices. Joe then had an asthma attack… and that's the last thing I remember. I guess I must have had some sort of accident too that put me in a coma. Anyway, Davis and Cody would have been last out of us digidestined that we knew before we got here. When we fell into the comas, we all began to have this huge collective dream. What happens to us here happens to us in the 'real' world. For example the Crest of Courage appeared on Tai's left hand when he was in a coma. We just thought that it was temporary and was showing that his courage still existed, but then the same thing happened to Ken and Yolie. Their crests showed up on the back of their left hands. They haven't moved or anything, but the physical evidence is binding. At the time we weren't exactly sure that this was all happening in a dream, but now I am sure. The problem is; I couldn't explain it to T.K because he is controlling the dream and in a way, he is manipulating our thoughts. He didn't want me to tell him, so therefore he didn't get me to tell him. Unless he figures this out on his own, we're going to be here a long time, maybe forever."
"Then how on Earth can we stop this craziness?" Matt burst out, sick of not being able to do something positive. He was worried about his little brother, best friends and close friends, Gabumon and he was also worried that the dream would never end. He didn't want that to happen. Mimi had sat down and she was twirling her hair through her fingers as if she was deep in thought. Joe was going through his medical bag, feeling the items with his hands to identify them as it was still too dark to see. Kari was sitting still, feeling that this mission was going to be the toughest one yet. How could anyone explain what was happening to them? How could it happen? Izzy shrugged at Matt's question and yet in a way he was answering Kari's questions too. It couldn't be explained what, why and how this had happened to them.
"We can only guess. My theory is that there is a digimon that is controlling this 'dream world'. If we can defeat that digimon, we would all wake up and get on with our usual lives. If we don't… we're stuck here for a long time. We already are younger here than what we were in the 'real' world. For some reason T.K decided that two years into the past would make a great time for this little story to play out. I don't know about the very beginning of this dream, but now I'm 15 and in the 'real' world I'm 17. To make sure that this dream ends soon, we have to defeat 'Master'. I'm pretty sure that is who the digimon is hiding behind. I believe that if we delete the digimon our collective dream will end and we will all awaken normally, as if we had just been sleeping," Izzy's 'explaining' voice was staring to get on Mimi's nerves, but for once she didn't have the heart to complain. This was a serious matter and their lives could be ruined if they didn't figure a way out of this. And Mimi knew better than most that Izzy was the best person to figure out a way to get out of this. The room lapsed into silence as everyone was deep in thought. Then Entier straightened, remembering that he wasn't supposed to be there.
"I'd better go before 'Master' finds both Rage-Tai and I gone. He would get suspicious of me if R-Tai was missing and I was gone and we really need him to trust me at this point. Please keep calm; I'll try and get you out of here when it is safe to do so. I'll see you all later," he left the room as quietly as he could, not wanting to catch the attention of any of the nearby guards. Matt sighed as he heard the sound of the lock clicking back into place. He really hated being helpless.
"Guys, I think I've found a candle and some matches," Joe told them quietly, holding the objects safely in his hands, "I'm going to try and light it, okay? Then at least we'll be able to see." There was a sound of a striking match and soon a small flame could be seen, lighting up a small area of the ground. Joe guarded the flame carefully, not wanting to let it go out. It had taken him forever to find the matches and he didn't want to have to try and light the candle again. Once the candle was finally alight, he used the light to find more candles in his bag. He lit all the ones he could find and placed them in a little circle around the small cell.
"That's better, I can see everyone now," Kari said, partly to break the silence and partly out of relief. It wasn't very relaxing to be a prisoner in a cell when you couldn't see anything. The enemy could be right behind you and you would never know. She looked down and saw her brother. His face was pale and he was lying on the ground where Entier had presumably left him. He didn't look all that well, but she could see no physical injuries. It didn't explain why he had been screaming at all. Joe noticed her gaze and pulled his medical supplies over to Tai.
"Is he going to be alright?" Matt asked the doctor-to-be after he had finished examining the unconscious boy. Joe frowned and pushed his glasses back up his nose.
"Yeah, he's perfectly fine. He has sustained no physical injuries at all, he's just… unconscious. He should wake up pretty soon though, as far as I can tell," as if he had heard Joe's words, Tai slowly opened his eyes and blinked as though confused.
"Tai!" Kari called out, happy that her brother was fine. His eyes were a little unfocused, but other than that he looked perfectly healthy. He slowly sat up and looked around; looking puzzled as to how he had gotten there.
"How did I get here, wherever here is?" he asked after he had looked around for a bit, "And how did you guys get here? I never knew that you were in the Digital World." Mimi raised an eyebrow at this.
"Don't you remember Tai? You helped us get away from those Tyrannamon and then you helped us escape from your base-thingy and you got caught and we got caught but you were already in that room and-" she paused for a second, "And I guess that that is pretty confusing. I mean, I know that I wouldn't know what was going on either. I mean, I don't know what is going on. I mean…. I'm just going to be quiet now." Everyone just stared at her, "Okay, okay! So I made a fool of myself. It's just that I want to go home to my parents and my nice comfy room where…" She trailed off and put her head on her knees. There was a short silence.
"O-kay… I'll explain it to you Tai," Izzy told him of how it was all a collective dream that they were having because of their comas and the digimon controlling it. He was about to explain how everything that happened also happened in the 'real' world, but Tai interrupted.
"Don't tell me that what happens here occurs in the 'real' world too. Just don't tell me that. Just tell me that if I die here, then I die in the 'real' world, okay?" his voice seemed normal whilst he said this, as if he had taken it for granted that unusual things happened all of the time.
"Okay… if you die here, you die in the 'real' world too," Izzy did what he was told, knowing that Tai had been through a lot in this dream. Tai grinned, looking completely back to normal.
"Okay then. Let's figure out a way to beat this guy. I know my way around this place like it was my second home," he knew that if he was told it was all a dream, it would make it better. He would know that when he woke up from his coma, all of the torture he went through would have only been a dream. Sure, he would have his crest in his hand, but he would have never gone through the pain, because that was just a dream. He didn't want to think about it if his 'gift' still worked when he got home.
"Well, this is what we know about this collective dream…" Matt began and they began to talk about how they could get out of the cell and beat that 'Master' guy…
End of Chapter 6
Litanya: Okay, now that took me a long time to write. I'm sorry it took so long. The next chapter may also take a long time as I go back to school in two days time. I'm sorry that the updates have been so long and not very good, but I try. Anyway, please R+R!