k2: Just so you know there is a conversation mentioned in here between two people that I left out.
MK: It's called a time saver, though I think she shoulda added it.
k2: Go away! (looks at the readers) Not you of course! I meant her! The annoying muse girl that likes to make my life miserable!
MK: (innocent expression)
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What now?
Rated: PG-13
drama/romance
Ch. 8- the Journey continues
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TK, almost unaware of what he was doing, stepped inside the shadowed room and slowly approached the even more shadowed figure before him. On his head Patamon narrowed his eyes dangerously, watching. AS if sensing his presence the figure slowly turned, a smile splaying across its face as it gazed upon its treasured prize. A gaze that was empty inside, devoid of anything but a deep, deep, darkness that threatened to steal TK's soul. Its eyes were devoid of anything even recognizable as an eye but more like empty sockets filled with that fathomless darkness. And it was this gaze that TK found himself entranced, unable to move an inch even if he'd wanted to.
"TK…." Patamon murmured, shaking with mixed emotions that he was unable to decipher, "TK…look at him!"
The face of the creature, now that TK could see it clearly, was a familiar face to him. One that he'd seen in his nightmares for a long time. The face of the first Digimon lord they ever faced off against and the one that had forced Angemon to expend himself on his first appearance. The face of evil, the face Devimon.
And yet TK didn't even seem to notice this. Didn't even seem to notice the creature as it slowly began to walk in a circle around TK as if examining a show dog.
"I must admit, I had expected you to be unconscious for quite some time more." He murmured softly, the façade from earlier coming back, "But I am quite pleased at the strength of your will. It shall come in quite handy for the future, child, quite handy indeed. Let's just hope it does not become a problem as well, shall we?"
"TK…." Patamon tried again
TK's eyes widened and his hands flew to his head as pain began again. "Devimon! No, it can't-."
TK froze and collapsed to his knees, his hands falling to his side. Patamon, as well, began to feel his body weaken even further then it already seemed and his eyes drooped.
"What…have you…done?" TK asked softly, his eyes half lidded, "I don't…understand…."
"What you see is not what you perceive, my child, but more like what you see is what you realize. I am not Devimon, nor am I a mere figment based upon him."
TK gazed up at him dully, fully registering what it was he was looking at. Indeed, the face did appear as though it was Devimon, but that was where the resemblance nearly ended. The eyes were nothing like his, as already stated, and the color of the creature was a grayish blue, hazed in a way that made it look even shabbier then Devimon had ever looked. IT had no wings on it's back, nor did it's limbs look anything like Devimons, nor it's body. Indeed, its body was the same color as it's head but the body was shorter, hunched. It was devoid of any markings and its horns were shorter then devimons. It certainly wasn't the size of Devimon, either, or at least the final version that they had gone up against anyway.
The limbs of the creature weren't overly long, they were surprisingly proportionate to its body and the arms themselves were normal in accordance with its body. It's fingers, unsurprisingly, ended in claws. The legs were the same with claws on its feet. The thing seemed to be wearing a sort of dark blue pair of leggings that, when reaching the ankles, seemed to join at the bottom leaving the heel and the front of it's feet exposed. Which was just as well seeing as how the claws at the end of its feet would have probably poked through the 'cloth'.
"Your progressing so well." It spoke again, "I find that you will be ready when the time comes."
"Time?" TK asked, "What time?"
"The time when it will be necessary for you to destroy your own brother, of course."
"Matt…."
"Look around you, see where you are."
TK, obeying the command, looked around himself for the first time and saw that the room he now kneeled in was circular. They were currently by a far wall, TK had bypassed another alter that stood in the center, only this one seemed different somehow from the one he had been strapped to earlier. It felt different. Bloodied.
Around him the walls were set with stone carvings of faces in turmoil, bodies both wretched and anguished. The room had the same feel as the alter, deadly and dangerous. Above the altar itself was another crystal. TK had forgotten about the crystal mentioned before and he wondered, briefly, if it was similar, though by looking at it he felt sure that it was far different. This one was dark, almost black, and had a form of foreboding around it that seemed to call to him. TK wanted to reach out and touch it, to take it and use it's awesome terrifying power, whatever it held. IT seemed so familiar to him. IT had almost the same feel as….
Kari.
An image of Kari came to him mind and TK found that the crystal was calling the image, pulling it from his mind. The crystal was seeking out for her, it wanted her.
"DO you understand now?"
"It feeds off souls." TK murmured, "And darkness. IT devours light and grants power."
"You are coming along just fine my pet and soon the time will come for you to fulfill your new destiny!"
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The journey was long and tiring. They never stopped, never broke for rest. They continued to trek along the path set before them. Greymon and Halsemon had finally been able to dedigivovle awhile back but Garurumon was intent on keeping Matt from walking. Not only would it harm him it would slow the group down, but also it was growing increasingly tired and Tai feared that sooner or later he would have to dedigivolve out of exhaustion.
Which was going to cause some problems. He would have to ask for volunteers it carry Matt, though he was sure Matt was going to feel rotten about that. More rotten then he probably already felt, having to be carried while everyone else walked.
And they just couldn't' afford any breaks! HE knew that if they all used their digimon to get there faster they their digimon would be tired and they would be dead in the water of they ran into trouble. They just couldn't afford to be reckless about decisions like that.
Tai had long since stopped grumbling about having been dropped off so far away, he had a feeling that it wasn't Gennai's doing in the least. The fact that their digimon were unable to digivolve back there was what had originally gotten him thinking. Their enemy must have made it impossible for any portal at all to be created next to or near Infinity Mountain. Just as he was certain that it was the enemy that had made a trap for them, counted on them being in that spot when the Pegramon had attacked. HE had some how managed to keep them from digivolving, though he wasn't sure if the same could be said for armor digivovling. For some reason no had even thought about doing that.
I don't' even know if the digimon can even digivolve at all right now. Tai thought to himself. IT was hard to imagine that if that was the case how was Garurumon handling the strain to stay in his current form?
HE glanced over at the digimon who was showing definite signs of fatigue. Sweat was forming around his head, his sides. HE was slower, his strength was ebbing away.
On the bright side, however, Matt looks stronger.
In deed the young blond was looking far better then before. HE didn't' need Kari to hold onto him anymore and he talked avidly with her where, for a while, she had been part of a one sided conversation, having to prod at him to keep him awake. Matt kept patting Garurumon, supporting him in his own way as Garurumon was supporting Matt. Tai was happiest to account for the fact that Matt's eyes weren't glazed over like they were before. That they were as sharp as ever, though he looked tired.
And his leg seemed to ache.
Matt would sometimes rub at it for which it would draw Kari's attention. Tai wondered, then, what it was they were talking about.
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"Your leg still bothers you?"
I stopped rubbing my leg and glanced back at Kari. She was looking at me with some concern, but not as much as she had been.
"A little." I admitted.
"How long does it take for a human limb to heal?" Garurumon asked
"Weeks." I replied bitterly, "A limb heals slowly for us. It has to have time to mend. I wish there was a faster way, I hate having to do this to you."
"No, I'm fine."
"Fine?" I asked incredulously, "Garurumon, something was keeping you guys from digivolving before. Hawkmon and Agumon are back to rookie states, how much strain are being put through?"
"I think that trap was only set for that area." Garurumon stated, "Because I'm feeling fine. I'm just…tired."
"You sure you aren't straining yourself?" Kari asked gently, patting the beast's flank.
"I'm sure."
"Isn't carrying someone while exhausted still straining yourself?" I asked cynically.
"Well, your certainly not going to be walking, now are you?" Garurumon stated, "This is our only option for now."
I shook my head, reluctantly agreeing, but only silently. This was the pits, I hated this. IT made me feel sick inside having to make him go through this much trouble and the other s must be about as exhausted as him. We'd been traveling for hours the morning coming and going. It was afternoon now, about midday almost. The mountain was close now. Close enough that it sickened him because it was still so far away.
"So Matt," Kari began. I glanced back at her and saw that she was grinning. "You were saying about TK?"
I smiled and patted Garurumon's neck. He was enjoying the stories as much as Kari was.
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"Would you like me to carry that for a little while Izzy?" Ken asked politely.
Startled by the sudden question Izzy looked over at the younger boy.
"Excuse me?"
"Your laptop." Ken smiled "You've been carrying it for the past who knows how long and have switched shoulders five times already. I'm sure it's been a strain, I thought I would help."
"Oh. Why thank you Ken. But I think I can manage on my own. I'm a little, uh…touchy when it comes to my stuff."
"I see."
"Oh, let him help you Izzy!" Tentomon berated "You can be so-."
"I can't do this anymore!"
"Mimi?" Izzy murmured, his head turning towards the back of the group where Mimi was walking with Joe and Yolie. She was now on the ground, Joe kneeling beside her and checking on her feet. "I can't go on like this! I need a break! I have blisters on my blisters! I'm exhausted, famished and about to die from dehydration! You can't expect us to march continuously without a break like this!"
Joe took a role of gauze out of his bag and wrapped one of Mimi's feet in it then put her shoe back on. HE rubbed the back of his neck, frowning, as he stood. Finally he looked around everyone else.
"Anyone else have any complaints?" HE asked, "If so, I have to check on them. If Mimi had gone any longer without crying out she could have caused some problems with her right foot. Tai, it's time for a break."
"Right Joe." Tai stated, then seemed to look over at Matt. "I'm sorry…for not breaking sooner."
"Well." Izzy stated, "I guess that means I have more time to work on the program."
"I think you should have Joe look at your shoulders." Ken stated, "Laptops aren't' that light as you should know very well."
"I agree with Ken." Tentomon stated
"None of you are going to leave me alone until I do, are you?"
By the look in Ken's eye, I would have to say no." Wormon stated, "He's a very determined person."
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"Are you sure your not hungry Gabumon?"
"Perfectly sure, Matt." Gabumon replied to my earnest query. "I'm to tired to eat. I will have something after a nice…long nap."
"Not to long though." I warned, "We have to get moving again after everyone has had a rest. I can walk this time though."
"No Matt." Gabumon stated quickly, "You can't walk on that leg."
"Sora still has that staff she and Mimi found." I replied, "I'll be fine with that."
"Matt, it's a bad idea. A very bad idea."
"Just sleep, buddy. We'll talk about it when you wake up, okay?"
"Fine, but the answer is still no."
I nodded with a compliant grin. Reassuring Gabumon was more important then winning an argument with him right now. I started to stand but quickly remembered my leg and began to massage the pain I was starting to feel again. That's when Joe approached me.
"Well, aside from Mimi," He began with a soft smile, "Izzy and Cody were the only ones suffering from anything."
"Really." I asked as I raised an eyebrow.
Joe nodded as he knelt down and prodded at my head. "DO you feel pain here?"
"No."
"That's good, I remember there was a pretty nasty bruise there. How about here?"
I wince and hissed and I heard Joe 'hmm' as he began to dig into his bag.
"I was afraid of that. I should have had Tai stop sooner to check this head wound."
"Why?" I asked quickly, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing really. The pain is natural, that's where the cut is. Mostly it's the blood count I'm worried about. I was hoping to keep this bandage on long enough for the wound to start closing on it's own, that would take several hour by itself, but bandages like this do need cleaned after awhile, otherwise infections start to set in. And I didn't' have anything to properly clean it with in the first place. Ah! Here it is." I noted, as he pulled his hand out of his bag, that it was a pair of long, thin, scissors. "Hold still."
I held still as he placed the scissors to the side of my head slowly inserted them between it and the bandage. IT made me nervous to have it so close, the 'snip snip' sounds echoing against my ear.
"Careful of the hair." I murmured, "Otherwise you'll have raging fan girls out for your blood."
"Now isn't the time for jokes Matt." Joe murmured, "I don't' want to cut you."
"Who's joking?" I replied, though I said nothing afterward. His words were serious enough and that meant he was threatening enough to make me stay quiet for the next two or three seconds until he said done and I looked at him cynically. "You can't tell me this is the first time you've actually done this."
"Hey, I'm still studying, remember?"
"And yet you're all we got." I shook my head with a grin. "Where's Gomomon?"
"Asleep. I told him to rest; he doesn't do well on long hikes. I had to carry him for awhile."
"Better him then me." I grumbled
"Yeah well there isn't' any way that your going to be walking Matt, not even with that staff Sora's been hanging onto."
"Whatever."
"Matt, look at me."
I glanced at Joe, noticed the serious expression on his face, and turn to look at him fully, doctor to patient.
"Matt, that leg is busted. If you don't take care of it properly it could get damaged permanently. As it is I can't get it into a proper cast so the makeshift splint is going to have to do. But that means you have to stay off it no matter what. Do you understand me?"
I stared at him for a long moment. He was very adamant about it; it was scary to see how serious he was. Finally I nodded.
"I understand."
"Thank you." Joe visibly relaxed. "Now, about your head wound."
As Joe peeled the bandage away I bit my lip. The blood, whether or not it had stopped, had defiantly dried. And it had attached the bandage to my skin as well as pieces of my hair.
"Sorry if this hurts any Matt." Joe murmured as he tugged at it. The bandage came off quickly with that.
"Ngh." I frowned, "Man, your torturous."
"If you think I'm torturous now wait until you get another dose of the alcohol wipes."
"What?" I cried, "More of those!"
"I gotta clean it."
"Ergh. Fine." I crossed my arms and narrowed my eyes as he took the bottle of cleaning alcohol out followed by some clean cotton. After he tipped the bottle over it he began to apply it to me head and I winced some more as the sting came.
"I take it…it isn't' bleeding anymore?" I asked hopefully as I winced some more.
"Well, it's still bleeding a little." Joe replied, "But that's because the 'scabbing' came off a little with the bandage. You're really lucky that you landed feet first originally and then hit your head on the ground when you rolled. If you'd landed head first you never would have survived the fall."
"Jump." I murmured the single word in a barley audible voice yet Joe's hand froze as it dabbed at my head, having heard me anyway.
"What?"
"I jumped." I averted my gaze; I knew he wasn't going to be happy. "I didn't' fall."
"You what?"
When I glanced at Joe he was looking at me in alarm. I rolled my head back and sighed, my eyes half rolling.
"Keep it down, will ya?" I asked, "No one else has to know."
"What do you mean you jumped?" Joe demanded, "Why would you do something so stupid?"
"Hey, it was either jump or be taken by that stupid bird to its master." I hissed, my head snapping back to look at him, though I regretted it almost instantly as a woozing pain erupted between my ears.
"The same one that has TK?" Joe asked quickly
"Yeah." I murmured, "I've been thinking about that."
"Thinking you should have let it?"
"Not exactly." I averted my eyes again, unsure how Joe would take what I was going to say.
"Then what?" he pressed
"I was wondering why it wanted me in the first place." I replied with a sigh. "It wants Kari, we all know that, but it's minion came directly after me. Why?"
"Why indeed."
"It has something to do with TK." I replied strongly, "I just knew that if I did go with it something bad was going to happen. Something bad regarding TK."
"So you…jumped?"
"I jumped because I knew it wanted me. If it wanted me that was a bad thing. Something like that should never get what it wants, especially when your told that any injuries you suffer are the least of your problems. That's all that was running through my head at the time, all that I could think about. IT wasn't until after, while I was on Garurumon, when my head had finally cleared, that I managed to think properly on the matter. And when I came to that conclusion. I had Kari's help on it. And she's the one who told me to let you know that I didn't fall. She also wants me to talk to Sora on the matter."
"That would be a good idea." Joe wrapped up the used cotton and the used bandage and placed them in a plastic baggy, closed it and pulled out a fresh bandage. "After tonight you won't need this anymore. I'll take it off when we you wake up in the morning, okay?"
I nodded in understanding and he began to apply the bandage again. My mind had wandered off again, thinking of TK and the chance I missed to see him again. And yet it was a chance that I knew, though I wasn't entirely sure how or why I knew (it wasn't just what the Pegramon had said, it was more then that), that it would be the only and last time I would ever see him again.
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Tai rubbed the back of his head as he surveyed the group of digidestined before him. Mimi was right; he had ridden them hard today. They had been up by dawn and after a quick breakfast they continued on passed lunch. All they had to eat anyway was a little fruit. They all knew they had to find TK soon, rations didn't' last long in this world and it was always the pits to find food. They were lucky the first night when in the forest, but the cover of trees was long gone by now and they were wide open for attack.
And he should have rested sooner.
He grinned at himself ironically. HE found it humorous, amusing. He seemed to be channeling Matt's anxiety, channeling the same feelings he would be having if the roles were reversed. IF it had been Kari to go, not TK.
And everyone else is paying for it.
Tai's gaze fell on Matt then. Joe seemed to be giving the poor guy some sort of lecture. Or something. Joe was aghast about something and Tai had a feeling it wasn't really a lecture after all.
Tai waited patiently for Joe to finish redressing Matt's head and then check on his leg. When he saw the older teen leave Tai walked over to Matt, his arms behind his head. IT was a gesture he hadn't done it quite awhile and it actually felt…normal.
"Hey Matt." Tai said with a wink, "How's it going?"
Matt looked up at Tai, startled. HE seemed to be thinking about something, thinking strongly. "Hey Tai."
"Soooo. What now?"
"Huh?" Matt blinked
"What now?"
Matt contemplated the answer to that for a moment then shrugged. "Don't know."
"What was that thing after anyway?"
"What did it look like?" Matt turned his head away and Tai raised an eyebrow, confused. IF what Matt implied was true then….
"Why?"
"How should I know?" Matt growled, "How should I know why the creep that kidnapped my little brother to get to your little sister decided to go out of his way to send one of his minions to get me?" Matt shook his head, "We gotta be more careful. That's all I know."
"Umm…." Tai rubbed the back of his head then sat down. You think…he'll try it again?"
"Dunno."
"Well, if so then we need to be ready." Tai placed his hand on his friends shoulder, "You sure your okay pal?"
"Yeah." Matt glanced at Tai and grinned, though it wasn't a very convincing grin. "The physical pain isn't much of a problem."
"Yeah, well that's good."
"You need to talk to her Matt."
"What?" Matt's expression turned quizzical.
"Sora." Tai enlightened, "She's worried. She doesn't think you fell of the bird and frankly…neither do I."
"And what makes you two think that?" Matt asked as his brow furrowed. The fact that they were right had nothing to do with it, he wanted to know just how they had come to that conclusion in the first place.
Tai shrugged. "You tell me. What would make you want to attempt suicide? What did the bird want with you that you thought was so important to do otherwise?"
"And since when did you get so smart?"
"Well, first off I never got smart. I just started thinking and acting like the leader I was supposed to be. The one you pestered me to be."
"Oh, yeah, what a conventional idea." Matt murmured with hint of amused sarcasm.
"Second, as your best friend it's my job to know you too well. And I do. Your not the type to want to kill yourself, nor are you the type to let yourself fall of a Pegramon that's like…what, thirty feet in the air?…for no good reason other then falling! I mean I know you'd be hanging onto him as tightly as possible until we managed to get to you, but instead you leapt off. What was it that prompted you to do that?"
"It was taking me to TK." Matt replied, "And it's dark master."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"You have to talk to Kari about that one."
Tai's eyes widened. "She told you?"
"Yeah. And if…if what she said was true…I can't tell Kari what I think. She'll freak out."
"What do you think?"
"I don't know!" Matt shouted, "I don't know what to think! Something has happened and I don't' know what it is. TK is missing, I don't know what shape he is in, nor do I know his emotional state! Only Kari knows that and…she's scared."
"And now so are you, right?"
"Right."
"You need to talk to Sora."
"We need to get moving."
"We need to rest."
"We need to get moving."
"I'll see if everyone's ready."
"They have to be."
"Even if they may not be?"
"I need a smoke."
"No you don't, now grow up and quit."
Tai felt his glare on him as he turned away from Matt and left, shaking his head. Sora would give him one if he asked, but Tai had a feeling Matt needed to let go of something and he was using the cigarettes to cover it up.
"Life really sucks sometimes." Tai sighed as he rubbed the back of his head again "But ya gotta live it anyway."
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Mimi groaned as they started walking again. She had not prepared for a venture like this and her foot still hurt. And yet…she would never have forgiven herself if she had stayed behind. She would never have been able to live with herself if she had ignored what was going on and lived selfishly. It may not be fare that she had to walk, killing her feet, for miles and miles without rest but it was even more unfair what was happening with her friends lives.
So much has happened to them. She thought to herself, Why can't those two just have some peace? Why can't we all have peace? I just want to live a normal life, what's so wrong with that?
Mimi looked down at Palmon and took back what she just said. IF she had lived a normal life she never would have met her best friend, never would have gained the friendship she had with those she traveled with. Her life would have been…different. A lot different.
I would be lonely.
"Mimi?" Palmon asked, suddenly noticing she had an audience. "IS something wrong?"
"No." Mimi murmured as she placed her hand on Palmon's head, rubbing it affectionately as she would a younger sibling, "Nothings wrong, I was just thinking of how things would have been had I been normal."
"But Mimi," Palmon laughed, "You are normal."
"Yeah." Mimi's smile grew, "I guess your right!"
As the two began laughing Sora glanced at them, Yolie fallowing her gaze. The two had been talking, Yolie trying to keep Sora from thinking about Matt so much.
"She sure seems to be getting over her sore foot." Yolie said, hoping for a smile. Sora just started looking ahead again, not saying anything. "Sora, he's going to be fine. Don't' worry about it."
"It's just that…." Sora trailed off. She wasn't sure what to tell Yolie. Biomon and Hawkmon kept glancing at the two humans, sharing their own confidence. Biomon was feeling about as left out with Sora as Sora was feeling with Matt. Finally the two digimon walked closer to their partners.
"Biomon and I have come to a conclusion." Stated Hawkmon, "And that is that you are over analyzing the situation and that you should just go talk to him."
Surprised, Sora and Yolie looked at the digimon in confusion.
"Sora, you've been depressed ever since Matt 'fell' off that digimon." Biomon stated, "And the fact that he hasn't talked to you about it, about what happened, is bothering you, I can tell."
"They're right." Yolie stated
"You are not helping, Yolie, by trying to keep her mind off things."
"What?"
"What are your current thoughts Sora?"
"I'm not sure what to think."
Yolie stopped walking for a minute and knelt down to tie her shoe. When she finished she hurried to catch back up and looked at the two digimon questioningly. "So, what brought this up anyway?"
"Matt and Sora shared something last night and for some reason that something has taken a bask seat to what is happening now." Biomon said
"The two of us agree." Hawkmon continued, "The circumstances of the situation Matt was in, what is really bothering Sora, is that Matt didn't 'fall' off the Pegramon."
"That's what's really bothering you Sora?" Yolie asked, "I thought it was just because Matt was avoiding you."
Sora remained silent. And Yolie frowned.
"That's not good, is it?"
"Matt…isn't like that. He would do something so stupid without a good reason. And if that reason was because of something the pregramon said about TK then…." Sora was hav9ing a hard time keeping her tears at bay and she had to trail off for a second. "Matt is scared that he'll never see his brother again. I don't; think he could handle it if something truly horrible happened. And I'm afraid to talk to him, afraid to ask him what happened and…mostly I'm afraid that what he told me last night was…was out of desperation and not from his heart."
"What did he tell you?" Yolie asked softly
"That he loved me."
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The emotion is fading within me. I find it harder and harder to care about anything. My family. My Brother.
Kari.
I feel lost yet free at the same time. I don't need to care anymore. It's pointless, everything is over. I can relax, give in. The freedom to give in. No more burdens, no more cares.
But is that…really what I want?
TK gazed at the dark crystal above the stone alter in the center of the room. HE didn't know for how long he'd been standing there, time was of no consequence. All he knew was that the more he stood there the less he had to worry. The more freedom he felt. The more his pain went away.
On his head Patamon lay sleeping. It was getting increasingly harder for him to stay awake and TK no longer gave him reassurance. HE just wanted to sleep, to get away. He wanted release.
Behind them a door opened and master of the void entered, an evil smirk lighting his face as he watched the dark aura growing around TK. HE approached the oblivious boy silently and gently placed his hand on the boys shoulder. The aura the boy gave off was intoxicating and he wanted take in everything the boy had, to absorb everything he had to offer and make the boy his forever, to feed off him and his tantalizing soul.
And yet he knew he couldn't, at least not fully. Not yet, the boy was still needed to perform his destiny and to do that he must have as little light left inside as possible. His link with the girl made it next to impossible to erase it all together but that link was also the only thing that would allow them to even get to the child of light. And she was the most integral part of the task that lay ahead for without her there would be no purpose in taking the child of hope alive other then speeding things along.
"Takeru." His voice was harsh and whispery, as always yet it seemed to hold an odd lust to it now as the hunger within it continued to grow. "The time draws near Takeru, look at me."
TK, hearing is voice glanced back, his eyes as dull as always yet holding a strange sort of glint that had nothing at all to do with light.
"Go away." TK murmured as he turned back to the stone.
"Feeling a tad rebellious, my pet?" the creature asked
"I am no ones pet." Tk replied dully. "Go away."
"No ones pet." It repeated and then to itself said, "No ones…but mine."
Gripping TK's shoulder tightly, it's clawed fingers digging into TK's tender flesh, it knelt down to TK's level, turning to face the boy as it did, and moved it's head in towards TK's opposite shoulder, mouth open. Sharp fangs dug into TK's skin, blood dripping from the side of its mouth.
TK's eyes widened with the initial contact but no sound came from him as he continued to stare at the stone. He remained as impassive as stone and his eyes slowly darkened and drooped, his head lolling back as he felt something…strange….
The dark master slowly removed it's jaws from TK, tendrils of dark fog following in it's wake, and watched as TK crumpled to the floor, Patamon rolling a foot away as TK's head connected to stone.
It smirked again and grabbed TK by the back of his shirt, lifting him and placing him over his shoulder. With his other hand he grabbed Patamon and with them in hand it left the room, ready to finally get the last of the preparations underway.
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k2: Well, that was….
MK: Different.
k2: Your telling me! I mean…what did I do?
MK: Dunno, but it sure improved on the drama. You made this chap more boring then it ever was before!
k2: Hey!
MK: But, on the bright side, things should get better next chapie.
k2: You're so mean.
MK: : P
