Ok….school really sucks and I have so much work! So sorry for the lateness-again…. :(
Tai: Yeah, right. Just get off your lazy butt and write!
Mystic-H: ARGH! First it was my Muses, now you!
Tai: ''Grabs soccer ball and starts to kick it towards…''
Mystic-H: ME! ''POW!'' Okay…okay…I'll start writing…''Cries''
Enjoy!
You Never Know
Chapter Nine
They heard footsteps behind them. Sora and Tai both sucked in their breath and looked at each other, wide eyed.
"Where the heck did those brats go?" they heard a guard curse.
There was a moment of silence. Then, the lady known as Brine said, "Let's look somewhere else."
"Stupid kids." They shuffled a bit more, and then retreated outside of the forest.
Sora and Tai released their breaths. "That was close…" Tai kept his voice low.
"I'm glad you noticed!" Sora exclaimed, but said it as low as possible.
"I think we should look for the others." Tai said, deliberately ignoring what Sora just said.
Sora opened her mouth to say a smart remark, but closed her mouth again, as she thought, 'This is not the time.'
So Tai, without waiting for a response, turns around, tries to peek out, and scrapes his cheek against a thorn. "Itai!" he said, and pulled his head back in, out of reaction.
Sora sighed. "Are you okay? Let me look at it." She touched his face and turned it towards herself but in the process, making their faces really close. The space between them was only a few inches. Tai stared dumbfounded, while Sora blushed and backed away.
"Uhh…it's really nothing." Tai said, and finished the sentence with a light laugh.
"Oh, just be quiet." Sora took a handkerchief out of her pocket and wiped his face. Tai stared dumbfounded AGAIN. While Sora, already having pink cheeks, turned red. She quickly finished wiping his face and looked outside to check if it's safe.
'Oh, just be quiet.' Sora repeated what she had said in her mind. 'I sound so…stupid! Why did I do that anyways? I mean…I touched his face!'
Tai simply stared into space.
"Hey!"
Tai snapped out of it and turned to Sora. "Huh?"
"Coast is clear." They stood up and stepped out, cautiously. It may seem safe but you never know what will happen.
"Let's find the others." Tai said again. They started to walk out of the forest.
Click. "Stop right there, genki." Tai looked to his left, and was met with a gun.
'So fast and silent…these guys are seriously trained…but, why are people like them here in the digimon world?' Tai looked over at Sora, who was also sweating quite a bit. After all, this is the first time they were met with a gun at their head.
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"Crap, we lost Tai and Sora." Matt said, in a tone that was like blaming himself.
"We should look for them, but what to do with him…" Kari looked at the unconscious guard, and Matt followed her gazed.
"Well…we sure got lucky…" Matt said with a smirk on his face, remembering how he boldly threw a rock at his head, not too big to kill him, but big enough to make him unconscious.
"You know, I was really worried he would get hurt."
"I didn't want to hurt him that bad but…I had no choice…"
"I guess so…"
"Also, he was armed. He could've shot at us." Matt commented, holding the rifle up. "Geez, this thing's heavy."
"It's the first time I've seen a real gun…"
"Me too. I wonder why they are so heavily armed. Maybe it's because…" Matt looked at the direction of the building.
"Something important is in there…" Kari finished for him. Matt nodded.
"But the question is, what is in there that's so important to have a need for solider-like guards?"
Kari lowered her head, covering her eyes. "We had dreams…me and TK."
Matt cocked his brow. "Dreams?"
"Gatomon and Patamon were being attacked and they looked so...helpless. But when we got here…it seemed rather normal…"
'So that was why TK and Kari were acting strange.' Matt thought.
"I think that's why TK came here….to check it out."
"I see. Well, we should get going. But before that…" Matt looked at the poor guard with an evil smirk.
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"Hey, it's the odd clearing again." Mimi stated. "I'm wondering if we even walked very from the meeting place."
"It's the second time we came across this place…I really have a bad feeling you know…maybe we should check it out?" Joe asked worriedly.
"I agree." Izzy nodded, and started to walk towards it with Joe close behind.
"Uhh…I don't like it though…" Mimi stayed back. "It freaks me out."
"Well then…why don't you wait for us here?" Izzy said.
"But!" Mimi exclaimed, then added quietly, "I don't want to be alone either…"
'That's true…we still don't know what's going, so no one should be left alone…especially Mimi…' Joe thought. 'But if I stay, I don't want Izzy to worry about us either. Well…then…'
"Just leave it to me!" Both Izzy and Mimi turned they attention to Joe. "If I find anything suspicious, I'll come back."
"Demo…" Izzy started.
"No buts! I'm going." Joe turned around and ran to the clearing, leaving a trail of smoke behind. Izzy and Mimi both sweat dropped.
"Sometimes he's really energetic…" Mimi smiled.
Joe reached the clearing, and started to look for some clues, if there were any. Joe sighed, "I don't even know why I volunteered…" Something glinted in the light. "Huh?" He crouched down and started to dig that object up. As soon as he dug deep enough, he lifted the object up, which was a pen. "What the…a pen? Either one of us dropped it here…but then again, we don't recognize this place, so we couldn't have came here…" Joe eyes widened. "Masaka…other humans?"
Just then he heard Mimi scream. Joe's face paled. He got up, with the pen in hand, and started running back. All the while, thinking, 'Please let nothing bad happen…like she saw a bug or was just plain paranoid.' Joe soon reached the place he left them, and saw no one. He bended over, breathing hard, and putted his hands on his knees to support himself. "This can't be happening…"
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"Walk faster, kid." The annoying guard said, while poking the rifle against Tai's back.
'This isn't good….I do hope the others can come and save us…' Tai thought, annoyed at the guard.
'I wonder if he even knows the seriousness of the situation we're in…' Sora thought skeptically, when she saw the expression on his face when the guard urged him to walk faster.
"No eye contact." Brine said, eyeing them suspiciously.
'For your information, Tai wasn't even looking my way.' Sora wanted to say it out loud. 'But more importantly…where are they leading us to?'
They soon reached the building that they ran from earlier. It was a huge building, made out of grey bricks. There were hardly any windows, and if there were, they were as skinny as slits. The main entrance, as it seemed, was two meters tall and wide.
'Well…guess we're going to meet our fate…' Sora thought gloomily as the big metal door was pushed opened from the inside, making a bad creaking sound.
YES! Another chapter! I hope it's long enough to last you guys :)
Mystic-H: I'm done!
Tai: Uhuh.
Mystic-H: Be happy for me. ''Glare''
Tai: ''Whistles and walks away''
Mystic-H: ARGH! You people have no words for comfort!
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