Seeing that there are at least a few of you who do have an interest in my stuff I'd decided to upload this chapter as well. I'm still not really sure where I'll be going with this story but I will find a solution, so everyone who's worried that I might let this story being unfinished I can assure you, I won't, unless there aren't any readers who want it to be continued.
Jup, this one was pretty fast...don't get used to that pace though. I'm usually quite busy with school work.
Anyway, as usual, English is like... my fourth or fifth language so please excuse the few mistakes.
Reliving the past
The ground beneath my feet starts shaking. I know it is a matter of time until they're going to strike back. After all that is what usually happens when you manage to kill more than half of their eastern army. Well... what can I say; I know how to lead an army. It's like I know what they're going to do before they know it by themselves. That's one of many advantages to have such a sly mind. You're actually able to think like your enemy.
I barely can remember the time when it was the other way around. I couldn't think straight for a long, way too long time. I have to thank him someday for changing me to the person I've become today.
... Or maybe I should kill him for making me to a monster.
Because in the end. I'm nothing else than just that. A monster that didn't back away from a war that he definitely couldn't win. We couldn't win this. But I pushed them; I pushed and pushed because I couldn't get enough of this feeling; the incredible sensation of having so much power. And being this kind-hearted, loyal team they were, they stuck with me till the end. I knew we would die eventually, but seeing their lifeless bodies on the ground did affect me in a way I didn't think was possible. I didn't want to feel the grief. I can remember the first two days; I was lying next to them, still on the open field, begging God to either kill me or to take this sick feeling of guilt and loneliness away. After 48hours of holding onto her lifeless body, the body I knew so well, the pain finally left me and was replaced by a new, uncommon feeling. Anger. I wanted revenge. And I will get my revenge.
So here I am, standing on the once so beautiful landscape of server's west. Where once bloomed thousands of flowers –she loved them so much – is nothing left but ash. The trees are nothing but a shadow of their once former glory. The sun set a while ago and with them being still alive, I don't expect her to rise... ever again.
My gaze is directed straight forward. Although I already can sense their presence I'm still not able to see them. The thick fog that never cleared up for the past few weeks seems thicker than ever, making it almost impossible for me to recognize anyone here. After blinking a few times I finally manage to see some silhouettes appearing a few meters in front of me. Seven silhouettes that cause my blood to freeze and my heartbeat to quicken. I didn't expect them to come... fuck. I thought they'd send their army of godless shadows to put me over the edge. My first impulse is to get the fuck out of here as fast as possible, but when I really think about it; where am I supposed to go anyway? I lost everything that was worth fighting for, so there are two possibilities now. First one; I'll get out of here and drown myself into the river. Two: I'll wait for them to approach me and do this overdue task of ending my life. Just in the moment I've decided for the first one I realize that I lost every sense of my body. Yeah, the human body is quite extraordinary; obviously when you're scared to death your brain isn't able to move any single muscle in your body anymore. Great.
"You were waiting for us", one of them says. I can't bring myself to lift my gaze up from the ground. My sight caught a dried rose. The probably last rose on the whole continent of server. Strong little rose...
"Just kill me already", I whisper. God, I already forgot about the sound of my voice.
"Oh no boy... I've got a much better idea than to just end your miserably life here and now", another voice sounds and just a split second later I feel a cold, bony hand under my chin, lifting my head so I'm forced to look him straight into his merciless eyes. No... I was a fool to think that he'd give me the death I was longing for so long.
"The power of darkness will suit you."
What did he just say?
"No...No please. NO –"
My eyes dart open and I come face to face with the pure white ceiling in my room. I sit up as carefully as I can so I don't wake up the sleeping beauty next to me. My heart beats faster than I ever thought was possible and there's just no way in hell that I can go back to sleep again.
A dream. It was just a dream.
Although I know deep down that this was more than just a simple nightmare I refuse to think too much about that again. Turning my head to check the clock I curse quietly under my breath. 3.48am and I'm not being able to go back to sleep?
Okay. Looks like I'm going for a run.
I quietly leave the bed and take my favorite black sweats and a white tank top out of the closet. I quickly write a note for Sora and lay it down on my pillow so she doesn't worry too much about my whereabouts. Taking my mobile phone as well as my D-Terminal and my digivice –you'll never know as a digidestined if you'll need these things – I exit my bedroom and cross the living area, heading straight to the elevator.
I know what most of you think right now. Who with a right mind goes for a run at like four in the morning? Yeah... me. Most people probably would have tried to go back to sleep, but since I'm sure that this dream would haunt me for the rest of the night I'd rather just avoid going back to sleep and do something that will definitely clear my mind.
The cold night wind blows through my hair and feels like thousand tiny needles on my bare arms. I know it's probably one of the stupidest things to go for a run in the middle of the night and not even bother to put on a jacket. But to be honest, after dreaming shit like that and sweating the whole night, this coldness is exactly the right thing I need right now.
I don't know how much time passed but since my legs don't seem like they're going to carry me one more meter and my chest is already aching I decide to stop and lean against a street lamp. Since I didn't bother to look up during my run I finally have time to take in my surroundings, feeling kinda surprised that I ended up being at the beach. The sky is already starting to change its color, getting redder and redder by the minute. It's just a matter of time until the sun will rise now. The sudden buzzing of my mobile phone forces me to avert my gaze from the sunrise and check the message I just received.
Davis; 07/29/15, 6:35am: Did you get my message on your D-Terminal?
Frowning lightly I pull out my D-Terminal, checking my messages. Davis sent me the message at around 1am... what means that I just fell asleep when the message was sent. I quickly skim trough the text and feel my blood running cold within seconds. Without much hesitation I put the items back in my pocket and make my way to the nearest digiport.
digital world.
Yeah, the second idiotic decision I made today; coming to the digital world without knowing anything about the whereabouts of my partner. I'm not sure if the digimons Davis told me about in his message are still here around but well... I have to find it out right?
Looking at my digital map Izzy installed on my D-Terminal I walk through a rather thick forest to the place Davis sent me the coordinates of. The sunrays shine through the forest, engulfing the whole area in soft autumnal atmosphere. The temperature however doesn't really seem to get any higher...actually; it's cold. I cross my arms in an attempt to keep me warm and continue my way through the forest, looking for anything that seems unusual. After a while of walking around without finding anything I decide to focus on the map I'm holding in my hand.
My gaze is focused on the blinking point that marks my destination what causes me to not notice the change of my surroundings. However it isn't until I reach the point and lift my gaze that I see that I actually left the forest and am standing on a wide landscape. There's absolutely nothing but grass and a few bushes around here. I bend down and start to scan the ground for anything out of the ordinary and I have to say... Davis was right. For people who wouldn't know any better the ground would have seemed quite normal. But being a digidestined for a while now has taught me to examine everything as exact as possible. Little by little the details get clearer and I see the footsteps these digimon from last night left here. Just when I'm about to follow their steps I hear someone calling out my name what causes me to strop right in my tracks and turn around.
"What are you doing here young boy?" Gennai greets me, approaching me ever so slowly.
"Davis told me something about a horde of creepy looking digimon listening to some figure in the middle of the night", I answer without much of hesitation. After all, this is Gennai standing in front of me; it isn't like he probably doesn't know that yet.
My suspicion is confirmed when he slowly nods his head gazing in the distance. "I heard about that yes... Ken sent me a similar message."
"Do you know what that was about?" I ask, inwardly hoping that no, he doesn't know anything. Or even better, that yes he knows what it is about and that it doesn't mean anything bad for us. Unfortunately he looks like he's about to crush my tiny hope under the inevitable truth.
"It means something bad Tai. Something really bad. I don't even want to start imagining what is going to happen in this world", he says, his voice trembling lightly.
Although I fought dozen of battles here in the digital world Gennai never really seemed like losing his grip or something. He was one of these guys who manage to appear quite collected no matter what happens. But right now I have to say that –if I didn't know him I wouldn't have noticed, but I do know him so... – he looks troubled.
"What do you mean?" I ask, feeling quite troubled by myself right now.
"They declared war Tai", he says in a barely hearable whisper. But I don't ask him to repeat what he just said. I was able to hear him the first time.
Words can't describe this sickening cold feeling you get when you hear something like that. It doesn't matter who declared war, and it doesn't matter how many of them there are. Not yet anyway. The only thing that matters is that whoever they are, they did something I feared most for a long time now. Although I fought battles here before –as I said earlier – none of these battles did really prepare me –or the others for that matter –for situations like this. With these four words Gennai managed to turn my whole world upside down. The realization that we have to come back and –I don't even dare to imagine this – fight against giant armies of digimon is something I've never ever thought could happen.
"Tai?" Gennai's voice snaps me out of my daze and I finally realize that he actually laid his hand on my shoulder, holding me much stronger than I usually would need to be hold. But since I feel rather light headed right now I appreciate his help. I take a deep breath before pinching my bridge of the nose in an attempt to calm my nerves. God what a damned morning...
"I'm fine. I just didn't expect you to say something like that. That's all", I answer shaking his hand off of my shoulder.
"So... what do we do now?" I ask the first thing that comes to my mind.
I hear him exhale rather loudly before answering:" I'm already building up an army. There is a base I built a few years ago in case something like that would happen... I just hoped I wouldn't have to use it. Anyway Tai I want you to know that no one of you digidestined is obliged to help. I don't want –"he starts, but I can't shut my mouth because he's making me angry just by suggesting something like that.
"You don't think that we're going to leave something like that to you all alone do you?" I ask, crossing my arms and eyeing him with a frown.
"I was hoping to keep you safe this time", he says seeming rather sad all of the sudden.
I can relate to that, I'm aiming to keep the others safe too. I'm definitely going to suggest to them to just stay at home and enjoy the safety. But knowing them they'd rather die than to let their friends alone in a situation like this.
"We will be... I'll keep them safe", I say, meaning every word I've just said. I will never, ever let them down.
"I know. Izzy said something about you having some kind of visions?"
Gennai just changed the subject in a rather unpleasant way, but since I know that sooner or later I'll have to tell him I decide to just spill the beans and tell him everything. Starting with the scene I saw yesterday and ending with the one of this morning, though I'm not sure if it wasn't just a dream...
He stays silent until I finish my little story and I notice the change of his expression from neutral to rather...surprised? No, not surprised... he looks, shocked. Yeah that's the right word to describe his expression.
"Do you remember the face of one of these silhouettes?" he asks me, his voice trembling worse than before and his skin getting paler with every second that passes. As I response I just shake my head.
Thank god I didn't see the face of this thing; I wouldn't have been able to shake that image off for sure.
"Tai I want you and the rest of the digidestined –at least, the ones who are willing to fight – to come to my house tomorrow at evening. Until then I have to ask you to leave the digital world since it isn't safe at all to walk aimlessly around here. Especially for you", Gennai says, before stepping to the side and directing me to the digiport I've come from. Not really being content with his reaction to my weird visions I stare at him a while before bringing the topic up again.
"You know something about these visions don't you?" I ask him, feeling rather uneasy right now. Added to that it gets colder any minute and I'm not sure if it's because the temperature is really sinking or if it's just me.
Gennai's gaze is directed in fare distance. "I do."
"It sounds like you're reliving memories of someone I once knew", he continues after receiving no reaction from me.
"Who?"
"Tai I was hoping you'll never, ever would have to meet him. But unfortunately it seems to be inevitable now. But now I want you to go", he says firmly this time.
Not really feeling like arguing with him there I nod and make my way back to the digiport. After checking the time on my digivice I don't even bother to try to make it on time. I've already missed two of my lectures anyway... so there's no reason to hurry.
Sora's Prov
"Did Tai text you back?" Mimi asks me for about the tenth time in just two hours period of time.
"No", I answer, not really bothering to make it sound like I'm not annoyed with her because, I'm beyond annoyed.
But I mustn't forget that Mimi's not the main cause for my bad mood today. Not only did my boyfriend leave in the middle of the night but he also didn't bother to appear to his lectures today. I know I shouldn't be surprised since I didn't really expect him to come anyway but... well looks like I did hope he'd come. And the fact that he didn't even text me back does annoy me beyond all limits. So here I am, sitting in my last class for today –world religions – and stare at my phone, impatiently waiting for said boyfriend to text me back.
"God I'm going to hang him from the highest b –"
"Sorry I thought it would be easier to just show up than to waste time and write you back", Tai's voice interrupts me right in my sentence. Matt and Mimi immediately look up from their conversation and turn to look at Tai who just took the seat right on my left side.
Although I should be angry at him I can't help but feel rather relieved that he looks unharmed, though he is kind of pale.
"Where were you?" I hiss, since Mr. Hawkins already started his lecture. Today's subject; conviction.
"I went for a run and paid Gennai a visit afterwards, nothing out of the ordinary Sor. I know I should've probably told you so but I was in a hurry and... kind of forgot", he says, waving the topic off like it's nothing. I decide to ignore the enormous wave of annoyance that tries to overwhelm me and just lean back, trying to pay attention to that creepy lecturer.
"Okay students. Since I already started to talk a little about that topic last time I'd like to make a connection between conviction and war today. How do you think these two things are connected?" He asks, once again, eyeing the whole room at once.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me", I hear Tai curse under his breath but decide to ignore it...
The students however look around, looking for someone who has the answer, or in that matter, feels content enough with his answer to share it with everyone in here. Much to my surprise Matt is the one who speaks up today.
"You fight for something you're sure is the right thing", he says frowning lightly. He probably thinks about a fight in the digital world...
"So why do you have an enemy when you're fighting for the right thing?" Mr. Hawkins asks back. Tai's gaze is focused on Matt's expression. Said blonde however just shots Tai a glance what causes him to lean back in his chair and answer the question instead of Matt.
"Because they don't share your opinion", he says in a rather unusually raspy voice.
"We're getting where I want to be. So this means that conviction depends on persons opinions?" Mr. Hawkins asks back, eyeing Tai and Matt this time. The boys share a glance before Matt answers again.
"Actually it depends on who tells you what. And who you trust", Matt says driving everyone's stares at him.
"If someone you trust tells you that you're doing the right thing it's just a matter of time until you're fully convinced and believe in your actions, although they seem wrong in others eyes", Tai adds earning a quite ridiculous reaction of Mimi. She stares at him with an open mouth and I really have to pull myself together to not burst out in laughter because my best friend looks so shocked right now.
Yeah Mimi my boyfriend's quite smart... though he doesn't show that quite often.
"So you're saying you would kill someone if... for example your mentor whom you trust, tells you it's the right thing to do?" Mr. Hawkins asks, looking straight at Tai with an unreadable expression on his face. I turn to look at Tai who looks even paler than before and his breathing has quickened. He runs his fingers through his hair before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath before answering.
"No. Of course not", he says, though I can't help but think that he just lied...
Mr. Hawkins for his part just nods lightly.
"Anyway class here's the first assignment. I want you to write about conviction. What does this word mean to you; write everything down that comes to your mind. I'll expect you to hand in your notebooks in the next lecture. The rest of today's lecture you can use to either start the assignment or just leave", he says, taking his seat on his desk and opening his laptop; dismissing us.
Before I even can say something Tai gets up next to me and exits the room without looking back. I turn to look at Matt and Mimi, hoping they just got what happened here a second ago. Mimi for her part looks as clueless as me at the door where Tai just stormed out. Matt for his part wears a worried expression –something I rarely see on him.
"Did he mention anything about him not feeling well?" he asks me, his ocean blue eyes filled with worry for his best friend. I just shake my head 'no'.
"Maybe he just has a bad day... anyway Sora, you still want to go on dinner with me or do you want to go home and check on Tai?" Mimi asks, reminding me of our plans for tonight. I planned on going to grab dinner with her and Kari.
"I don't let you or Kari down. Let's go pick her up and then head to downtown", I say before getting up too and kissing Matt goodbye on his cheek.
Before I start to enjoy my time with my friends however I make sure to let Tai know that neither I nor Kari will be home tonight. I kind of feel bad for him... I hate to spend time apart from him, something I manage to cover for most of the day. But I can't stand being without him...
Tai's Prov
This day was shit. And I mean. Shit. There are many people who think they had a bad day and say their day was shit. But I think I can be quite sure about the fact that no one around here has had such a day like me for a long time. First getting up at about 4am in the morning because of a vision I can't shake off, then hearing that some bad guy declared war against us and then discussing this topic in one of my lectures?
God, are you messing with me? Like, seriously?! If so, you can stop now, thanks.
The doors of the elevator open and reveal the short corridor that separates me from the living area. I cross the small hallway and enter my penthouse. Since Sora wrote me a message, saying that she went out with Kari and Mimi I don't bother to cook something. I'm not hungry anyway. Instead I do something I didn't think I'd do like... ever. I open our mini bar and let my gaze wander over the different liquors we bought a while ago. There isn't really anything that appeals to me. I'm just about to close the door of the mini bar again when an unfamiliar etiquette falls into view. I pull the bottle that contains an amber colored liquid out of the bar and pour myself a drink. I'm not really someone who grabs the bottle when I have to face a few rather great problems... but I just feel like having a drink tonight.
Sora's prov
It's funny how one innocent message can ruin the good time you've been having the whole evening. Kari, Mimi and I actually managed to have a really good time while having dinner in one of the restaurants in downtown. We were enjoying ourselves until our D-Terminals beeped at once, revealing a message from Gennai, saying that we were supposed to meet him tomorrow. Something about having to talk to all of us. Although the message didn't really seem too serious or something I can't shake off the uneasy feeling I've got about this whole situation. First of all Tai behaving weird –again – and then Gennai calling every one of us back to the digital world after... what? Six months?
Anyway, after receiving the message we decided to call it a night and return home. Kari however promised Yolei to spend the night at her house. So after I dropped off Mimi I drive to Yolei's house.
The car ride is spent in absolute silence, what causes me to think back to the lecture of yesterday. 'There actually never is a moment you experience absolute silence'. When I really think about that, I have to say; Tai's right. Although none of them is saying anything now –a situation who would be described as silent by many people – there still are the noises of the traffic, the sound of Kari typing a message...and of course, there's the all too familiar voice in my head that just won't get away like... Ever.
"Yolei's apartment building is just here around the corner", Kari's voice interrupts my train of thoughts. I follow her navigation and stop in front of the said building.
"Thanks for the ride Sora. I'll see you tomorrow", she says before climbing out of the car and disappearing into the building. I quickly check my phone for any messages before I start the car again and drive home.
Weird...Tai didn't text me once tonight. Usually he doesn't stop...
I can't help but feel rather uneasy the whole drive back home. After entering the elevator and typing in the code that leads to the penthouse I lean against the wall and close my eyes, allowing myself to relax for just a split second. The ping of the elevator snaps me out of my state, signalizing that I reached my floor. I step out of the elevator, my gaze focused on my phone that shows a message from Mimi, asking me if I got home safely. Totally focused on typing a response I don't see what's in front of me what causes me to end up falling and landing on the floor a second later.
"What the fuck?" I curse under my breath, taking a moment to look around our living area.
There are several books scattered around the carpet in the living room its bookshelf fell down and lays alongside them. My gaze wanders over to the kitchen, that's when I notice the broken pieces of glass on the floor. Taking one last glance behind me I finally see the item I tripped over; a chair. My heartbeat immediately quickens and I can't help but think about the only logical explanation that comes straight to my mind. Someone was here. Someone was here and something happened to Tai. I immediately get up from my spot of the ground and start looking around frantically, not daring to walk around though.
"Tai?" I call out, looking up to our bedroom door, hoping that he'll get out any minute.
"TAI!"
"For fuck's sake Sora, stop shouting like a maniac I'm here."
I immediately turn to the direction his voice came from and cross the living area, approaching the couch he's lying on. The first thing that catches my gaze however is the bottle of bourbon lying next to him on the floor.
Oh god. This is not good.
Tai slowly stands up from the couch –taking his precious bottle with him and crosses the few meters that separate us, stopping right in front of me. I'm not used to situations like this, but I know that Tai's usually not the one who gets himself drunk. Although he used to go out partying with Matt he never was someone who got hammered, he never was. So I don't have any clue what I'm supposed to do right now. He places his right hand on my cheek, looking me straight into my eyes. I usually love when he does that; I love the moments he gives me access to his eyes –something he rarely does with anyone. His gaze however just mirrors how out of it he really is right now. I can't help feel scared... kind of. That's the reason I back off as soon as he tries to drive me into a kiss. Unfortunately he's not the kind of drunk that causes people to not realize what's happening around them, so he's perfectly aware of the fact of me backing off right now. His eyes narrow and he lets go of me, smiling lightly. His smile however doesn't match the one he usually uses... no, this one doesn't reach his eyes, what is a rather bad sign.
Tai lifts his left hand, pointing at me with the bottle. "You're scared of me huh?"
Since I'm still trying to cope with this situation and trying to understand what's happening here right now I'm not able to answer him, at all. I just continue to stare at his perfect face, though the bloodshot eyes kind of ruin the sight.
"I'll give you a reason to be scared." Is the only thing I hear before a shattering sound causes me to jerk and turn to the wall where Tai threw the bottle against.
"Babe I think you should go to bed. Come on", I try to reach for him but he shakes me off.
"Don't tell me what to do. Who are you, my mother?" he slurs, pressing his hand against his temple and closing his eyes. I can tell he already feels the full impact of the alcohol.
Instead of being pissed at him for his behavior I kind of feel the urge to just hold him and be there for him because whatever it was that led him to drink, it surely isn't over yet.
"Tai I –" I start again but the sound of the chair that I tripped over earlier getting thrown at the nearest wall and breaking causes me to shut up and back away until my back hits the kitchen island. God I never saw him acting like that, ever...
Tai however doesn't really bother to even throw me another glance; instead he just continues to demolish the furniture. Since I don't really see a way to get out of this situation I call the only person I'm sure knows how to handle a drunken Tai.
"Sora?" Matt's puzzled tone doesn't surprise me the least. I mean... it's like, half past 11 at night.
"Tai lost his mind", is the only thing I'm capable to get out since my gaze is still fixed on my boyfriend's action who's already looking for a new bottle. Unfortunately he found another one.
I quickly hang up and badly hope that Matt got the message to come to us as fast as possible because I honestly don't know what to do. I lean against the kitchen island and observe Tai who passed me and takes two glasses out of the cupboard. He pours the amber colored liquid in both of two glasses and slides the one to me.
"Never drink alone", he says before he raises his glass to me, waiting for me to do the same. I quickly grab the glass and touch his before placing it down. There's no way in hell I'm going to drink that.
Tai for his part empties his glass in one go and pours himself a new one right after. I can't believe my eyes. My stomach turns just by inhaling the scent.
"Why did you drink tonight?" I ask quietly, still looking at him. He just stares down at his glass but much to my surprise he answers me.
"I'm still drinking."
"That's not what I meant."
"I like Bourbon", he says raising his glass again to his lips but before he can take a sip someone takes it from him and throws it against the wall Tai threw his bottle at earlier.
"You never drank bourbon before, saying you can't stand the smell, let alone the taste", Matt says in a rather angry voice.
"You know how to fucking piss me off huh?" Tai answers not less angry. "You ruined my wall", he adds pointing at stain at the wall.
"I never saw you this drunk before bro..." Matt says quietly. "Come on I'll bring you to bed."
Tai however doesn't even bother to listen because he's already looking for another glass in the cupboard, causing Matt to get angrier again.
"Tai don't make me lose my patience!"
This tone obviously seems to affect him in a way because he hangs his head, closing the cupboard again. Matt tries again to lay a hand on his shoulder. Seeing that Tai's not refusing the touch he starts pulling him out of the kitchen. I don't really know how to help, but seeing that Matt obviously knows how to handle the situation I start to clean up the kitchen while keeping an eye on them.
Matt manages to pull Tai to the stairs but even I see that he's in no condition to get up by himself.
Matt's Prov
"Come on Bro I'll carry you okay?" I whisper quietly in my best friends' ear since he's hung in my arms. I already saw Tai drunk before countless of times I mean... after all he is a light weight. He doesn't respond however so I take that as a yes and somehow manage to get him on my back. His head lays on my shoulder and I make my way up the stairs, entering Tai and Sora's bedroom. Instead of staying in here I cross the room and open the bathroom door. After switching on the light I turn on the shower. No way is he going to bed smelling like a bourbon store. As soon as I let go of my best friend however he sinks down to the ground, leaning his back against the cold tiles.
"I don't need a shower", he mumbles, his eyes closing already. Yep, the alcohol did its job good...
I kneel down to his level and force him to look me in the eyes:" You know by own experience that it is a stupid idea to go to bed, smelling like that. You'll regret it in the morning."
"Okay fine... but I don't need you help", he says although he seems to lose his balance already though he's sitting on the floor.
Since it isn't really the first time I do that I ignore his protest and get him out of his clothes. Just in the moment when I'm about to strip him down completely he stops me right in my tracks and gestures for me to go out.
"I'll manage that, I'm no cripple", he says standing up again and getting into the shower by himself.
"Get out!"
I sigh quietly and exit the bathroom, anxious to let the door open a little so I hear if he trips or something. Light footsteps snap me out of my thoughts and cause me to lift my gaze. Sora just entered the room and drapes her jacket over one of the chairs in the room. She leans against the dresser and stares at me with an unreadable expression.
"Thank you"
I smile lightly:" He's my best friend."
I'm just about to say something when I hear the shower being turned off. I quickly grab some clothes for Tai and enter the bathroom again, giving him the few items I grabbed; some gym shorts and a casual shirt. He gets dressed quickly before leaning against the tiles again, his forehead touching the cold wall. I immediately get worried again and approach him, placing my left hand on his back.
"Are you going to be sick?" I ask him the first thing that comes to my mind.
"That's a disgusting thing to do. So, no, definitely not", he answers taking deep breaths.
"It wouldn't be the first time though", I return earning a small chuckle from him.
He finally straightens his posture and looks at me, still leaning at the wall though. "Why did you come?"
"Sora didn't know how to handle you in that state so she called me", I answer truthfully. He for his part just nods, frowning lightly.
"I'm too drunk to apologize right now", he says and the fact that he actually started to slur confirms his statement.
"I'm losing my mind Matt", he says, staring straight ahead at his reflection in the mirror.
"What do you mean?"
"They're going to kill us. Every one of us." He says his eyes wide all of the sudden.
Okay, I've got enough of this theater.
"Alright bro, you go to bed. Now." I lift him up and throw him over my shoulder entering the bedroom again and closing the bathroom door behind me.
"You have to believe me Matt I saw everything. I see them, everywhere!"
"Stop that okay? You sound like a schizo." A second later however I feel him going limp what signalizes me that he fell asleep. Thank God.
Sora isn't in the room so I assume that she went downstairs again, cleaning up the chaos Tai managed to wreak.
As soon as I lay him down however he seems fast asleep already.
You never were much of a drinker anyways...
Seeing that my task is fulfilled here I make my way downstairs again, starting to help Sora clean up this mess while not being able to shake off the uneasy feeling I've got after Tai's last words tonight. The fact that Gennai send us a message, saying that we have to meet him tomorrow actually did already a good job in troubling me, and now my best friend says things like 'they're going to kill us' claiming that he actually 'saw everything' isn't really calming. At all.
None's prov. digital world
The elevator makes its way down the many floors until reaching its aim at the last floor in this underground base. The floor is long and seems endless though it doesn't even take a minute to cross it. Before I can open the door the sensor scans my eyes, as well as my handprint before opening and revealing the command center. The room is round and there are several monitors on the sides. One giant monitor covers a part of the rounded walls. In the middle is a round table with 15 chairs on it. Twelve of them are supposed to be for the digidestined, which is what the symbols of the crests are for on the back of the chairs.
"I was waiting for you Gennai", a calm voice sounds, greeting me.
I bow down as low as I can, showing him the respect he deserves.
"Master I have news."
"So? Tell them", he answers, crossing his legs and arms at the same time.
"I think I've found your brothers spirit."
Sooo... I am going to stop right here and now.
I slowly start to see the story forming itself on its own. So I'm not going to say too much here. As I said already, show me your interest in my work and I'll upload the next chapters. In other words that means, please leave a review, and tell me your opinion so I'll be able to improve future chapters.
Anyway, everyone who missed the rest of the digidestined: don't worry they would be there in the next chapter.
