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Quarantine

Chapter II

"They should have been back by now….." Kari says, worried. Cody puts more logs on the fire and the flames grow, casting long shadows over the trees behind them. Yolei was asleep after saying that they couldn't do anything but wait and that they should all try to get some sleep. Kari had been too worried to sleep so Cody stayed up with her, sitting in front of the fire. Their digimon had made beds of leaves around the campsite and were sleeping. They stayed close to the warmth of the flames. One of the gekomon that they had found died, turning into a digi-egg and vanishing. The other two were sleeping along side the digidestined's digimon. Cody sighs, thinking about stuff. All of a sudden they hear a loud crash to their left, making them jump. Yolei just keeps sleeping. She was a very heavy sleeper. Cody and Kari look at each other, somewhat nervous. Then they hear a familiar voice talking.

"Come on, we're almost there. Next time I go to the Tundra Region, I'm taking a jacket," they hear Tk say.

"I never want to go to the Tundra Region ever again," Ken answers as they walk into the camp. Tk was still holding demiveemon and ken was carrying the limp Davis. He looked like he jump took a shower with his clothes on because the frost and ice on his clothes finally melted, leaving him shivering. Ken's clothes were somewhat wet as well because he was carrying the brunette.

"Tk!" Kari yells, jumping up and hugging the blonde, her arms around his neck because of demiveemon in his arms. He blushes and smiles weakly. Ken carries Davis to the fire where Cody was making a bed out of huge leaves. He gently lowers Davis down onto the leaves and he kneels next to him. Kari finally lets go of Tk and they walk back to the fire. The two of them try to warm up demiveemon while Ken and Cody helped Davis.

"Come on Davis, wake up," Ken mutters.

"I'm sorry about what happened to Davis but I must insist that you step away from him Cody," says a voice behind them. Ken and Cody wheel around only to find that Gennai was standing, watching them.

"Step back Cody. Do it, and I will explain why," he added because Cody wasn't moving. Reluctantly he backs away and glances at Ken, slightly confused.

"Thank you. The Digital World is infected with a virus. This is why Davis was transported to the Tundra and why your digimon partners have become sick. Davis and demiveemon had intended to go to the beach. I don't know where this virus has come from, only that it's causing the Digital World to warp. It's trying to defend itself by putting up firewalls. I'm afraid you can't leave here and no one else can enter. But what concerns me that most is that the virus is starting to mutate which allows it to infect humans as well. I'm sorry to say that Davis has caught it. And since Ken was exposed to it, he has it too."

Tk and Kari had stopped what they were doing and were listening intently to what Gennai was saying.

"But I was exposed to it too. Why don't I have it?" Tk asks, laying demiveemon on a leaf bed by the fire.

"Your crests naturally protect you but only to a certain point. Ken was in contact with Davis for much longer then you were. The virus can't be transferred from human to digimon, so it's ok if you are around your infected digimon," Gennai adds, knowing they were going to ask about the contact they made with their digimon.

"What do we do?" Ken asks, looking up at Gennai from where he was kneeling next to Davis.

"You, Davis and demiveemon should go to some other part of the Digital World, away from the others. We need to keep this isolated as best we can. There are some sheltered caves at the base of the mountains. You three could stay there. Until Davis is over the virus, his digimon won't be able to digivolve. I really am sorry about this you guys, but it's the only way to make sure this doesn't evolve further. It would go crazy if it ever made it to the real world."

Ken nods as he gets up.

"We'll go to the caves. Hopefully I'll see you guys soon. Move back so I can get demiveemon," Ken says, walking forward. They all move back but Kari throws her backpack to him.

"I figured you could use that," Kari says, smiling slightly.

"Thanks Kari. Take care of wormmon for me. And tell him I'm sorry I have to just leave him like this but demiveemon can't risk being infected."

Kari nods as he picks up the blue and white digimon, putting him in the backpack. Ken walks back to Davis, putting the backpack on his back and then picks up Davis.

"See you guys later." With that he walks off through the trees, heading toward the caves. The other digidestined watched them leave until Davis and Ken weren't visible anymore. After a few minutes Kari sighs, sinking to her knees on the leaf bedding next to the fire. The others followed suit and soon snores joined Yolei's. Kari and Cody were the only two still awake. Kari was staring into the flames of the slowly dying fire, her eyes vacant and distant. Cody looked across the snapping flames to look at her. He was concerned and for several reasons. First of all, how the heck did the Digital World get a virus anyways? They were missing two of their friends and team mates who were sick with some unknown illness. Innocent digimon were dying and suffering. And there isn't anything any of them could do about it right now. Gennai wasn't helping as much as he usually does. That made Cody think he was hiding something. But why would he hide anything? It was important that Ken and Davis were cured as well as all the infected digimon. 'If only Izzy were here,' Cody thinks. 'He would know what to do.'

One of the logs shifted in the slowly shrinking fire, sending sparks flying into the air. It made Cody jump slightly; bringing his thoughts back to the present. When he looked across the fire, Kari was laying on her side on the bedding of leaves, quietly sleeping. He smiled slightly and laid back and falls asleep a few minutes later.

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While the rest of the digidestined were sleeping, Ken and Davis had just made it to the caves. It had taken Ken nearly 25 minutes to get there. Even without carrying anything, it was slow going through the thick foliage. But with Davis and demiveemon's combined extra weight, his body was aching. True Davis didn't weigh a lot but his limp body was awkward and hard to carry over the debris covered forest floor. As soon as he entered the dark cave Ken gently lowered his best friend to the sand covered floor. He then unsung the backpack from his shoulder which was stiff and aching. It was surprising how much a small digimon like demiveemon weighed. He decided he was going to have a chat with Davis about what he fed demiveemon. Since inside the cave was so dark, Ken grabbed a large branch from outside the entrance to create a torch. After a few minutes the end of the limb burst didn't bright light. Using the torch to see by, Ken gathered wood for a fire and large palm like leaves for bedding. soon a crackling fire lit up the front of the cave and Ken was laying Davis onto one of the make shirt beds. His clothes was still cold and wet, making him shiver something terrible. Ken slowly and gently removed the dripping jacket and put it near the burning logs to dry it out. Davis's t-shirt underneath was as wet as his jacket and clinging to his chest. Ken gently pealed that off as well, tossing that down next to the jacket. Kari's backpack started to move, meaning demiveemon was awake. Reaching over, Ken unzipped the bag and the small digimon looked up at him with a slightly dazed look.

"Ken?"

Ken smiles and slowly lifts him free from the backpack.

"Are you ok demiveemon?"

"Yeah, what happened? The last thing I remember is being in the tundra region with-" demiveemon gasps, finally noticing his unconscious partner laying by the fire. Davis's shivered hadn't stopped but wasn't as bad as before. Demiveemon moves over to him, snuggling up against his bare side. The boys shorts were nearly completely dried so there was no need to remove them. 'That would be embarrassing to explain why I stripped my best friend to his underwear in the middle of freakin no where,' Ken thinks to himself. He tried to wake up Davis without disturbing demiveemon who was already snoring lightly.

"Davis, Davis wake up," Ken lightly taps his friends cheek, to bring him back to consciousness. "Come on, wake up."

It was several minutes before Davis slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Ken with slightly blurred vision.

"Hey, you finally made it….." Davis whispers. He was tired and his voice was somewhat hoarse and sore.

"I thought I'd lost you there for a little bit," Ken answers with a weak smile.

"What's on my side?" Davis asks, trying to raise his head to look. Ken laughs as he gently pushes him back down on the leaf bed.

"Its just demiveemon."

"Is he ok?" Davis asks, sounding concerned for his partner. Ken nods, forgetting he was out of Davis's line of vision but he adds "He's just tired."

"So am I."

"I'm sure you are, I'm exhausted. I'll explain our 'situation' later. By the way, how are you feeling?"

"Cold" Davis answers, his eyes already closed. Ken grabs some leaves from his own bed and lays them across the pale boy. His skin was still cold to the touch which worried Ken. After adding a few more logs to the fire he laid down on his own bedding which was across the fire to Davis. Sleep quickly covered him and he was soon dreaming.

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Tk woke up the next morning so suddenly it was like someone screamed in his ear. In fact, he wasn't completely sure that wasn't exactly what happened. Looking around the small campsite, he saw that none of the others were awake. He quietly got up while gazing up at the sky, which was steadily getting brighter blue. As silently as he could he walked off into the trees, looking for firewood to start a fire for breakfast. But once he thought about it, what were they going to eat anyways? They hadn't brought any food with them because it hadn't occurred to them that they would be trapped in the Digital World for who knows how long. AND with sick digimon and with 2 of their friends being infected as well. Well no matter what they did, they would need a fire sooner or later. Moving through the forest was hard and by the time he collected enough firewood and started to head back to the camp in the clearing, he was badly cut and had several bruises. When he got back the others still weren't awake. He made a small campfire and then decided to scout out the area around them. Maybe he would find something edible or at least a river or stream that would be of some use. He looked around the forest nervously as he walked. Something wasn't right, the trees were to quiet. And he didn't see a single digimon. Maybe the virus was causing more damage then they thought. Tk suddenly stopped, he could hear running water and it was close. After getting his bearings he moved cautiously toward the gurgling sound. It got steadily louder, meaning he was close. Tk let his thoughts wander, causing him to not pay attention to where he was going. The trees became a clearing and a rush of hot and humid air hit his face. In the clearing was a wide river with a waterfall pouring down from above a rocky ledge at least 20 feet above him. Since he wasn't paying attention to where his feet took him, Tk nearly fell into the warm water before he realized it was there. Looking around, he took in the beautiful scenery as he stood on the rocky shore of the river. The water was so clear it was amazing how it shone in the rising sun light. Kneeling on the bank, Tk slowly lowered his hands into it, expecting it to be ice cold. But it wasn't, the water felt like half cooled coffee. He brought it gently to his mouth to drink it and as soon as it touched his lips the water turned icy cold. If that wasn't strange enough, the clear liquid tasted like some kind of metal, stainless steel perhaps. Like when you lick a spoon or fork. Wondering whether or not it was safe to drink, he quickly spit it out again. Standing up, he spotted some bushes near the base of the waterfall with small blue berries growing amongst the dark green leaves. As he moves closer he noticed to small blue sphere looked very much like common blueberries found back home. But still, something about them were off. Reaching out, he picked a handful of them in one grab. Tk was then able to examine them more closely. It took him a few minutes to find the difference but when he did the blonde nearly dropped them in surprise. The shape was all wrong. Instead of being round the small berries were shaped like prisms with slightly sharp edges. How had he thought they were round? They couldn't be farther from being spheres. Looking to his left he saw a coconut that was broken into two halves and nearly all the white fruit inside was gone. Tk picked up one of the halves along with a sharp stone from the shore. Using the stone like a knife, he ripped away the soft white flesh still clinging to the inside of the coconut shell. Then he rinsed it with water from the river. After the shell was clean he returned to the strange berry bush and began to fill it with the blueberries. Once the coconut was full to the brim Tk set it on a rock shelf. He then picked up the other shell and cleaned it out like the first. The second one was filled with water. Holding the berries and water Tk carefully walked back to camp. When he got back, the others were finally getting up. Explaining as briefly as possible Tk explained what he had discovered.

"So, are these edible?" Yolei asked, pointing at the berries in Tk's hand.

"I'm not sure, I didn't taste any of them. They look familiar though," Tk answers, looking at them.

"Yeah, we have seen those before. Remember, when we were helping to restore the Digital World after Ken returned to normal from being the Digimon Emperor? I remember eating some with Gatomon while we worked." Kari says. "But how was the water?"

"I drank some and it's the weirdest water I've ever tasted. We should boil it to make sure." Tk kneels next to Patamon who was still laying with the other Digidestined's digimon along with the two Gekomon but he was awake. His blue eyes were colored a steal grey and he looked so weak. Tk held out his hand containing some of the berries. His partner slowly ate some of them, grateful for the new strength they were going to give him. While they all had breakfast and adapted to their new surroundings the 4 Digidestined wondered how Davis, Ken and Demiveemon were doing.

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The campfire had died down so only a few glowing embers remained. Demiveemon was the first to wake up and he was still tight against Davis's side where he had fallen asleep. The two boys were sleeping in the same positions they were in last night. Demiveemon slowly got up and rubbed the remaining dreams from his eyes. He then moved over to Ken and tried to wake him up, knowing very well that trying to wake up Davis was like trying to rip a mountain out of the ground. Besides, he had a feeling waking him up would do more harm then good.

"Ken. Ken, wake up," Demiveemon says, shaking Ken's shoulder as lightly as he could. Several minutes later Ken wakes up with a groan as he slowly opens his eyes.

"Its morning Ken."

Ken coughs as he slowly sits up. The several bruises and cuts he got last night were even more painful. On top of it, his muscles and bones were aching from carrying Davis through the forest. He rubs his head and looks over at Davis.

"We need to find some food and water. I have a feeling we're going to be staying here for a while." Ken says as he gets up. He then left the cave to look around while Demiveemon stayed with Davis. While Ken was moving through the forest, he found what seemed to be edible fruit and a vegetable looking plant that resembled green peppers. A kilometer to the right of the cave there was a small pool with a stream flowing through it. The water didn't move fast and looked murky but it was all they had, so he gathered up some in huge flat leaves with waxy skin. Moving slowly he brought the water and gathered fruit back to the waiting Davis and Demiveemon. Once he entered the cave he went about figuring out how to store the new food and water. He made a bowl like basin with the leaves and stones to keep the edges turned up so none of the precious liquid leaked out. It wasn't permanent but it would do for now.

"Ken…."

Turning, Ken saw that Davis just woke up and was trying to pull himself into a sitting position. Moving quickly to his side, Ken kneeled and he helped his friend slowly sit upright. Ken could feel that he was shaking, no doubt because of the exposure he received in the tundra region. He just hoped Davis was going to be all right.

"Good morning Davis. Are you hungry? It's been awhile since either of us ate anything," Ken says, still holding onto Davis's shoulder.

"Actually food completely disgusts me right now….." Davis answers. He did look pale and slightly ill. Ken laughs slightly but then realized he wasn't hungry at all either.

"I think I agree with you….," Ken says as he gags slightly at the thought. He looked over at where the food was being stored when he heard a small burp. Demiveemon was already eating the fruit. It was amazing how much he could pack away.

"Don't drink the water yet, we need to boil it first to make sure its ok."

Demiveemon answered with another burp and whatever he said after that Ken couldn't understand because his mouth was full of food. Davis coughed and Ken looked back at him, looking concerned. It sounded like he had pneumonia. He started to fall back onto the bedding, his eyes slowly closing. Ken lowered him down to the floor but Davis remained limp. He cursed and put a hand on Davis's forehead. Demiveemon stopped eating and turned around.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know, he just sorta passed out….." Ken answers as he looks over at the small digimon. Demiveemon moved to Davis's side a scared look on his face as Ken tried to wake him up.

"Ken I'm scared," Demiveemon says, and he really did look it. "Will he be ok?"

"I hope so," Ken says as he touches Davis's forehead again but quickly pulls his hand away and cringes. He rubs his hand, looking down at his friend. "Oh my god….."

Moving quickly, Ken gets up and moves to where he had left the water and berries. He grabs a large leaf that was laying on the floor and gets it wet in the collected water.

"Ken, what are you doing? I thought we had to boil the water before we drink it," Demiveemon asks as he watches Ken move back to his friends side.

"I did say that. But he's not going to drink it," Ken answers as he lays the wet leaf across Davis's forehead. "I'm going to use it to try and lower his temperature. He's got to have a fever of 104 to be that hot to the touch."

Demiveemon's eyes widened slightly. "104? That means he's seriously ill….."

Ken didn't really listen to what Demiveemon said but instead was paying more attention to trying to lower Davis's fever. He also didn't notice that he was starting to get feverish as well. sweat ran down his face slightly and his cheeks became flushed. Demiveemon however did notice but before he could say anything about it they heard a familiar voice at the mouth of the cave.

"the virus is starting to take hold. It's moving quicker then I had expected. Its going to get a lot worse before it gets better I'm afraid," Gennai says. Ken and Demiveemon look over at him.

"we need more supplies, I'm having trouble lowering Davis's fever….." Ken says.

"you have to rest Ken. You are getting a fever as well," Gennai says calmly. Ken puts a hand to his own forehead and was surprised to find it feverish and covered with sweat. As he looked back over at the old man his vision got suddenly blurry. He felt nauseous and his own heartbeat thundered in his ears. It was beating strangely fast and it was almost painful.

"it's so loud….." he gasps, feeling the strong urge to throw up. Demiveemon looked up at him.

"what is?"

"Ken, lay down," Gennai tells him, taking a few steps forward. Ken just looked over at Davis who was still unconscious.

"But Davis-" he starts weakly.

"Will be fine at the moment. Right now, we need to take care of you," Gennai interrupts. "Lay down."

Demiveemon watches as Ken slowly lays down on his side next to Davis. His skin was as pale as Davis's now and was shining with sweat.

"Demiveemon, cover him up with leaves like a blanket and cover his forehead with a cold damp piece of cloth. If necessary, rip his shirt into usable strips and built a fire,"

Demiveemon nods and starts to lay long palm like leaves across Ken.

"Gennai, how are the others….." Ken asks quietly. He looked exhausted and it took a lot of effort to talk.

"They are fine. I will give them a message from you if you would like me to. I have to give them some news anyway."

"Tell them not to worry, we're fine. Ask them how wormmon is doing, I'm worried about him. And I miss him……" Ken whispers. Gennai nods and within seconds, he vanishes into thin air.