You Could Save Me If You Really Wanted To Chapter 15: I Need A Hero, a digimon fanfic

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You Could Save Me If You Really Wanted To

By ebacusta

Chapter 10

I Need A Hero

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She began to spin, quietly.

"Mommy, don't leave me," Tina cried out. "Don't leave me all alone like this!"

"I'm sorry," Kari replied. A light breeze picked up, and she spun, her hair and dress flying out gracefully, and slowly, she faded away with the wind. Free at last, free at last.

"Please come back!" Kei screamed. "Mommy! Mommy!" A loud sob racked his body. Tina began sobbing too.

"Mommy... how could you?" she said between sobs. "How could you leave us all alone like this?"

"I'm sorry," Kari's voice echoed. "I'm sorry... but now... I can be free."

I feel the gravity of it all

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Real World

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Tina and Kei's bodies started disappearing. Kari sung the last line and slowly, her eyes closed as the last note rolled off her tongue.

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"NOOOOOOO!" all the DigiDestined children and TK screamed. "NOO! Kari please!" Suddenly, there was a disturbance. They all turned to Tina who was clutching her chest. She was breathing hard. She began hacking. Her eyes filled with fear, her blonde hair jerking with each movement she made.

"Ugh-ACK!" The sound came out of her throat as something fell out of her mouth and splotched the ground. It was red. Blood.

"Tina!" Jake exclaimed running towards her. But that didn't stop. More came out. She fell on to her hands and knees, wheezing like a cat trying to cough up a hairball. She clutched onto the carpet.

"CALL 911!" David yelled. Claire ran for the phone.

"It won't make a difference. She won't be here anyway. Kari's dead," Alexis interjected. Claire stopped.

"No," Sarah said. "She's not dead now."

"Yes she is," everyone else said.

"No, she isn't. Kei and Tina are still here. If she was dead they would have faded completely," Sarah said. "I have a feeling Kari's holding on for something. Something that could save everyone."

"Ugh! Uh! Ugh-ACK!" Tina said again as another splotch came up. Jake dropped to his knees beside her.

"Tina, please. Calm down. It will be okay," Jake said.

"What's going on?" TK asked concerned.

Kei looked at his sister with fear. "Don't leave me too. Tina."

"Her weak heart is under strain because of all these events," Ford said. Suddenly, Tina's already faded looking body became fuzzy. They all looked at Kei expectantly but he did look fuzzy. They turned back to Tina. The air around her became wavy like it sometimes looked in the heat of summer, and slowly, she vanished.

"Tina!" they yelled.

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Tina

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Tina was still in the same spot, but, the scene was different. She recognized it. The children with their backs all turned, and the man aiming at Kari. And then Claire, turning around yelling, "NO!" Tina pushed herself off the ground. The man made as if too pull the trigger.

BLAM!

Tina slammed into him with her body. The man's aim flew, and the bullet shot off course, crashing through the window instead. Tina, stumbled out of the way as Claire came towards the stunned man and hit him as hard as she could with a chair. He fell to the ground unconscious.

Tina's chest heaved. She was in so much pain. Her heart felt like it was tightening. Another loud violent cough racked her body. A large amount of blood fell out of her mouth and onto the carpet. The air was beginning to feel funny again.

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Jake and the Others

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"Kari's dying, Tina's gone," Jake lamented. "What are we supposed to do?" Before anyone could reply, the glass shattered (A/N. To be far, technically what should have happened is that the window faded out of few and shards faded into view on the floor but the glass shattering is more dramatic) and sprinkled itself all over the ground. The DigiDestined all looked at but then a large splotch of blood faded into view.

"What was that?" Rachel asked fearfully. Suddenly the air above Jake began to shimmer. And then out of nowhere, Tina faded back into view and fell on him.

"Tina!" The DigiDestined were about to rush over when Martin yelled, "HEY LOOK!" They followed his finger. The murderer had fallen unconscious on the floor and the blood on Kari's uniform disappeared. They looked at Tina and Kei and watched with delight as their bodies, arms and all, faded back to their full glory. Jake touched Tina's arm.

"Tee, are you okay?" he asked. She looked at him and nodded shakily. And looked hopefully at Kari. Kari flinched, groaned, and then opened her eyes and set up. Everyone shouted out with joy.

"Kari, you're okay," TK said. He hugged her tears resurfacing in his eyes.

"What happened?" Kari asked.

"The murderer tried to shoot you, but Tina knocked him off course, but the sound scared you and you fell over and hit your head," Richard said. Tina smiled. Their memories had been altered because as far as they were concerned, Kari had never been shot. She looked at everyone else. Everyone was all right. Except…..

"Kei! What's wrong?" Kei was looking around wildly. Tina got up to look after her brother. She went and stood beside him. And then she heard it. Footsteps. A man burst out of a room. He was holding knives between his fingers. He threw them.

"DOWN!" Tina yelled, grabbing Kei and pulling him to floor. She covered him with her own body. Everyone else dropped to the ground. The man advanced towards them. Kei wiggled out from underneath Tina, and with one last glance at the man, ran for the door.

"KEI! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" Tina yelled after him pushing herself up. But it was too late. Kei burst out of the house and began running down the slope into the trees.

"KEI!" all the DigiDestined kids yelled. TK got up and ran out of the house after the boy who was being chased by a crazy man. Tina made as if to go but a man cut her off. She ducked as he swung his weapon at her. A sword.

"WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM?" Jake yelled angrily. Tina jumped over the man's sweep kick and dodged around him. And then she like her brother ran out of the house and down the grassy slope. Kari took one look at the others and dashed out after them.

"KARI WAIT!" Wayne yelled after her. But she didn't stop. She did have time. Wayne sighed. "She'll never catch up with Tina. And even if she does, she doesn't have anything to defend either of them against the swords."

"And neither does TK," Sarah added. "And nobody in here is fast enough to catch them." They sighed. Tina and Kei were the fastest of the group. And after them, came Jake, and then David. All eyes shifted to the boys.

"What? You can't be serious! We can't catch up with them!" the two protested.

"You'll have a better chance then any of us," Alexis said. She had returned from the hallway holding two steel pipes. She tossed one to each of the boys. "Now go." They sighed and took off running.

"I just hope they can make it," Alexis added watching after her brother as he disappeared into the trees.

"We need to make sure there are no more people waiting anywhere in the house to attack and surprise us," Ford said. The others nodded and split to search the house.

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TK and Kei

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TK jumped over a log and splashed across a small brook. Kei was fast, no doubt, but TK was just as fast. And the man seemed to have no problem keeping up. He screamed. Kei looked over his shoulder and tripped over a stray root. He fell to the ground hard and skidded.

The man loomed over him with a smirk on his face. He pulled out some more knives. He pulled back to throw them. Kei's eyes widened in fear. TK charged into the man from behind. The man stumbled off and TK stopped in front of Kei.

"Dad," Kei protested. "What are you doing? If I get killed I'll still be reborn as long as you and mom get married. If you get killed, we're all goners." But TK didn't move. The man's smirk seemed to get wider at this. If this was how it was going to be. He steadied himself and threw. TK ducked and picked up a rock. He threw it. He felt like he was four again and throwing rocks at couples who sat on the benches underneath the trees he liked to hide in.

Feeble though it maybe. It was to save a life. And not just any life. His son's life. The man laughed his head off.

"That's laughable. You think you can beat me with rocks?" He burst out into laughter again. TK glared at him. He didn't give what the man thought. He had better start paying attention because TK was getting serious. The man laughed for as long as he could which seemed like a good five minutes.

"Now, let's quit playing around," the man offered. He threw another set of knives at TK. TK moved out of the way, kicking Kei out of the way in the process and once again threw a rock.

"TK!" a voice yelled. "TK!" This distracted both men. TK looked up as well as the man who had attacked Kei. David was sprinting towards them. "CATCH!" he yelled and threw the pipe he was holding as hard as he could. TK reached up and his fingers closed around the cool metal. He clamped his hand shut over it and brought down in front of his eyes. He examined it quickly. Not bad. He got ready and smirked. He had a weapon now too.

Better not let your guard down again when you decide to laugh. Cause this time, I've got a weapon…And I'm about to get serious.

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Alexis and the Others

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"I hope everyone is doing okay," Alexis said staring out the window.

"Yeah," Claire said. Suddenly she spotted three figures coming up the slope. "Someone's coming!" They ducked out of sight and then slowly peeked over the sill to look.

"It's TK, and Kei, and David," Alexis said. She stood up. They pushed open the door and came in. TK looked around.

"Where's Tina?" TK asked. "And Kari?"

Claire looked at him. "Well, after Kei and you left, this man attacked Tina, and Tina ran out of the house…"

"…and Kari ran after her," David finished.

"WHAT?! CRAP!" TK yelled and turned on his heel as he ran back down the slope.

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Kari and Tina

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Tina ran through the trees. She could hear his footsteps behind her. Who was this guy? And more importantly, was he affiliated with the guy who tried to murder Kari? And if so, what had her family done to him to make him want to kill them? Tina suddenly heard a noise and caught sight of a jagged edge in front of her.

She skidded to a stop and turned around. This was not a good spot to be in. The man seemed fairly satisfied to have caught her. She had no weapons and she was at the edge of a death defying cliff. She gulped.

Where have all good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?

Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need

The man let out a crazed laugh and charged toward her. Tina ducked but suddenly she heard a yell. She opened her eyes to see Kari kicking the man in the side. He flew into a tree.

"Tina, let's go. This isn't a good place to be," Kari said. Tina didn't hesitate she got up with Kari and started running back up the slope. The man, jumped in front of them. They screamed. He brought the sword towards them. They jumped back. He swung it horizontally as he charged toward them aggressively. The tree behind them was cut and fell slowly. It made the ground shake when it hit. This knocked Kari and Tina off their feet.

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

"Kari!" a voice yelled. "Catch!" She looked and saw Jake throwing a metal pipe up into the air. Kari rolled backwards until she was on her head using it and her hands to support her, Kari flipped back over to a standing position and then with a quick sprint flipped into the air. At the height of her flip, she reached out her hand and grabbed hold of the pipe. She looked down. The man was flying towards her with his sword. Leaning back, he passed in front of her and she flipped landing perfectly back on the ground.

"WATCH OUT!" Tina yelled. Kari swung around and blocked his attack with the pipe. They grunted as they pushed on each other's weapons. Finally she knocked his off. She got to her feet. What was she supposed to do? She'd have to knock him out with the pipe but how could she get to his head?

The man let out a shrill laugh and ran towards her. Kari got ready to block but suddenly he split into multiple images. Kari's eyes widened in fear. Which one was the real one?

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me

Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

They were surrounding her. And then they all charged at her. She had no other alternative. She hadn't done any gymnastics in years. The fact that her first flip had worked had been a miracle. She ran towards the one in front of her and then in perfect form, bent down, and flipped over this head. Just as she'd hoped, the after images had slashed each other, leaving only the real attacker.

Instead of going back to the ground though, Kari grabbed hold of a tree branch and pulled herself onto it. Instantly the tree started falling. Kari jumped towards the branch of another tree. That one began falling too, and then she jumped for the next one. If she could get this just right, while he was busy slashing a tree, she'd get a free shot at his head. She jumped for the next one. It was already falling.

Her hands gripped air and she plummeted towards the ground and the man's dealy uppercut. She screamed.

She managed to dodge the uppercut but she hit the ground. She bounced. But didn't move. Pain shot up through her limbs as she tried to steady her breath. But then she saw him. The man coming back down from his uppercut falling towards her to cut her in half. She couldn't bring her limbs to move no matter how hard she tried. But then, at the last moment, someone slid in front of her and blocked the attack.

"DAD!" Tina yelled.

"Kari, are you all right?" TK asked leaning over to examine her. "I saw you fall out of the tree. What were you thinking?"

Kari smiled at him. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "But right now… I need a hero."

He smiled back. "You got it."

Up Where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like a fire in my blood

He turned around and held out his pipe like a sword. The man seemed to understand what he wanted and held his sword in the same position. After a quick bow, they began the fencing. TK battled the man away from Kari putting pressure on him. But then, the man would also put pressure on TK forcing him towards Kari. He caught sight of the jagged edge the Tina had stopped at before. He began pushing the man towards that.

The two metal objects clinked as they hit each other. The attacker seemed to be thoroughly enjoying himself. He smiled a hideous smile.

Almost there, TK thought to himself. Only a couple more feet. He pressured as much as he dared and then suddenly he picked up his leg and booted the man off the cliff. The man's smile disappeared as he fell.

TK came back towards Kari. "Was that good enough?" he asked.

"Yeah," Kari said. TK helped her to her feet.

"Are you okay, Tina?" Kari asked.

"Yeah," Tina said. "Come on Jake." Jake ran to catch up with them.

"Why were you here TK?" Jake asked.

"When I got back to the house and found Kari and Tina were gone, I set out to find them. I mean, after all, everyone can use a hero once in a while," TK said with a grin.

Kari grinned back and pulled TK down a little. She planted a kiss on his mouth. When she pulled away, TK grinned back at her and said, "Man, if that's what I'm gonna get, I should do this hero work more often, eh?"

Kari laughed heartily for two seconds and then smacked him as her face turned serious, "Not funny."

"Well I thought it was," TK said.

"Obviously," Kari replied. The house came into site and they could see the paramedics and police there.

"Tina, you should go and have them examine your heart to make sure it's okay," Jake said.

"Alright," Tina nodded. She went up the paramedics and explained what had happened. They took her into the back of their ambulance. The police were loading the attackers into their police cars.

"You guys are okay!" Claire exclaimed when she saw them coming. "Thank god. We got so worried."

"Yeah," Kari said with a smile. "We're fine."

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A Few Days Later

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"Hey hey! Where are you going in such a hurry?"

"To the track field."

"Why? What's happening?"

"The school's fastest people are competing."

"Oh awesome!" The two students ran towards the field. Kari, TK, Tina, and Kei all stood on the field warming up.

"This is gonna be fun right guys?"

"Yeah," they all agreed. They could see the other DigiDestined children watching them from the stands. They waved. The four waved back. The other students that milled about on the track field waved at various people they knew.

"Starting line!" a voice barked. They all got behind their lines.

"On you mark! Get set!" The man paused for emphasis and then yelled, "GO!!"

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This is not the end. There's another chapter or two. Please come back and read them. This story is almost done. By the way, I don't own the song "I Need A Hero." Bonnie Tyler does. I had this done a week ago and it took me a little while to get it on. Sorry. But, I promise you, the next chapter will be out on January 1st. The one year anniversary of this fanfic.

Thanks for reading and baring with me,

ebacusta