:appears in a flashy show of smoke and purple sparks: 'ello! Yes I know I've been m.i.a for quite sometime and I could elaborate with a few of my random excuses. That have actually happened I might add but I won't. So I probably should get started. Well here's chap four. :fades away in a shower of sparks:

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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, I just borrowed them.

Trying To Forget IV

Chocolate brown eyes slowly opened as a harsh wind swept by and died down into a gentle breeze. Shock and fear coursed through his veins as he saw data particles floating around in the air in huge clouds covering the area like fog.

"What… What happened here?" Taichi's legs suddenly gave out as he fell to his knees. His eyes dulled as he reached out to touch a small cluster of data particles only to have them disperse and disappear. It suddenly became harder to breath as a sudden type of fear constricted in his chest. "Au… Augumon."

A whimper slid past his lips before he screamed. "Augumon!" Taichi's vision blurred as tears ran down his face while he stood and stumbled forward. Crushing the heel of his hands into his eyes, Taichi forced himself to stop crying. Balling his eyes out wasn't going to help anyone especially Augumon, for what if he was out there somewhere hurt and waiting for his help. And here he was crying like a little baby for he had automatically assumed the worst.

Stumbling over his feet, Taichi ran calling out for Augumon. His chocolate brown eyes darted back and forth searching for any type of sign. Something, anything that could possibly tell him what had happened in this area. A sharp gasp slid past Taichi's chapped lips as he skidded to a halt. Someone… No wait, something was out there. And it was watching his every move. A cold sweat broke out across his whole body, and his breathing came in soft quiet inhales. Taichi's pulse seemed to scream in his ear's as his hand twitched, reaching for a gun that was unfortunately at home.

A loud crash sounded from behind him causing him to gasp and whirl around. Taichi's chocolate brown eyes widened in fear as he backpedaled away from the demonic looking digimon. His mouth suddenly felt drier than the Sahara desert and his blood seemed to turn to ice as glowing crimson eyes locked onto his.

Choking on air Taichi quickly studied this strange digimon. The creature was almost completely black in color except for a few splashes of red and white scattered about like a bad paint job. A few sets of leather looking wings protruded from its back, but they looked mangled and broken as if they'd been put together wrong. Horns rested atop its head resembling something close to that of the headpiece on some of the mobile suits he'd seen. But the thing felt all to wrong to him to be a digimon or at least a real one anyway. Although he had to admit it looked like a cross between a virus type digimon, a mobile suit, and something that resembled a demon from some of his darkest of nightmares. A tremor of fear rippled through Taichi's body as his eyes focused in on the rows of broken, sharp fangs.

A morbid sense of fascination seemed to take over Taichi's thought process as he watched a pool of saliva quickly gather around the beast's feet. His eyes focused back on the things eyes when he heard a low guttural hissing sound emerge from its throat, spraying saliva past its open fangs. Fear clawed its way back into Taichi's senses as he noticed the beast was fidgeting and tensed, as if it were waiting for its prey to flee so it could give chase. Licking his lips Taichi shot off towards the rock formations that were to his left hoping he could run fast enough to find someplace to hide until help came. Hopefully.

Taichi's breath came in short even gasps as he heard the beast roar. A shiver of fear raced down his spine as the ground trembled beneath his feet. Glancing back he caught his foot on a rock and fell tumbling head over heel. Air rushed from his lungs leaving him breathless when he came to an abrupt stop. The scenery blurred into a mass of colors while the taste of bile rose in the back of his throat. A deafening roar jarred him back to the present as his heart seemed to lodge in his throat. Fear seeped into Taichi's being as he stared up into the glowing crimson eyes of the beast. A small growl of anger slipped past his lips as he tried to control the tremors within his body. He could only stare up at the beast's open jaws; fangs dripping with saliva formed into a demonic grin. The stench of decay fumed from its lowering mouth causing him to choke on the bile in his throat.

Taichi's eyes visible widened as the realization that he was about to die slowly sunk in. So this was the end of the line for him. Nobody would find his body; he'd never know if Augumon was okay, he'd never be able to tell Yamato that he loved him. Damnit what a way to go! Here he'd survived a war, blowing himself up multiple times, gun shot wounds, the works and here he was now going to be eaten alive. Clenching his teeth Taichi bit back a scream and tried to will away all thoughts and feeling as the fangs sank into his arm and upper chest.

"Howling Blaster!"

"Pepper Spray!"

A gasp of pain and surprise slid past Taichi's lips as he watched the beast jerk way roaring, blood flying from it fangs. A deep guttural roar erupted from its throat as it was suddenly tackled by the werewolf like creature known as Garurumon. "Tai!" A voice broke through the pain induced fog that had fallen but he couldn't quite place the voice. "Come on. We have to get out of here. Garurumon and Augumon can't hold that thing for long."

Jerking back to reality, he blinked up at the hazy form of his best friend and forced his voice to work, "Matt."

With a grunt Yamato lifted Taichi into his arms trying to be careful enough not to jar his injuries to much. Hissing in pain Taichi grabbed onto Yamato's shoulder for dear life, while resting his forehead against Yamato's neck.

"Stay with me Tai." Yamato whispered into his ear causing a shiver to race down his spine. "Garurumon! Augumon! Let's get out of here!" Yamato yelled and took off at a sprint clutching Taichi to his chest. With one last blast at the beast both digimon took off after Yamato. With a growl Garurumon tossed Augumon onto his back and then Yamato along with Taichi; breaking into an all out mad dash for safety. Fear's claws sunk into Yamato's chest as a howl of fury rang throughout the air causing him to tighten his grip on Taichi.

Taichi's eyes slowly slid closed as he began to lose his grip upon reality. "Tai stay awake. You have to stay awake. Please, stay awake." A small smile formed on Taichi's lips as the darkness closed on him. "Sorry."

"Tai!"

At least it was a nice sound to take with him.

:falls into the room through a hole in the ceiling: hey again people. :cracks knuckles: well I'm gonna try to kick it into high gear and get to my fics once again, since I have some more time on my hands now. :grins broadly: official college student! Booyah! Oh and I may end up editing this story here sometime soon. So if it like disappears don't worry I'm not getting rid of it, just fixing it to my new writing standards would be all. So for now I bid everyone adieu::runs off to continue writing: