Chasing an Illusion
by Sweet Cari
As Matt sat in front of the fire, he couldn't help thinking about his little brother, T.K.
He might be out there all alone, Matt thought, looking at the flickering flames, even though Gabumon told me not to go out because I was getting sick.
So, to keep his mind off of T.K., Matt decided to just think about finding Tai and the others.
But while he was thinking, a small voice echoed through the cave.
Matt... Matt... Where are you?
Matt was startled by the noise and then noticed something familiar about it.
"Hey, that sounded like T.K.! I was right! He is out there!" Matt cried.
Determined to find where T.K.'s voice was coming from, Matt ran out of the cave in search of it.
Once again but alone, Matt ran through the blizzard to find T.K.
But as he continued to look through the moaning wind and snow, his strength was failing him.
Matt began coughing hard and his legs were growing wobbly to keep him standing.
Then T.K.'s voice came again.
Matt...Matt... Is that you?
Matt looked up and saw T.K. not too far away from him, smiling.
"T.K.!" Matt cried, "I was right! I knew you were out here! Hold on! I'm coming!"
Matt started to run towards T.K., but as he ran, Matt began coughing again and fell on his knees, Matt tried to get up again, but he collapsed onto the soft snow.
Matt stretched out his hand to where T.K. was standing, and said weakly, "No ... T.K... I ... I want to ... go back ... with you."
As he tried to reach out to T.K., he smiled again, waving his hand at Matt and suddenly vanished with the wind.
"No... T.K..." Matt whispered as he felt unconsciousness catch up with him.
But before he lost consciousness, he thought, I wonder, was it just an illusion I was chasing, or was it intuition that I was feeling?
The End