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Quarantine

Chapter VI

"Hey Cody, hand me some more leaves," Tk says. Cody hands him some of the large palm leaves lazily. Tk throws them up onto the frame of the shelters roof. He then turns to Cody and notices a weird look on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"I have a bad feeling. I don't know how to explain it," Cody answers while looking around the camp. Tk glances around nervously as well and walks to Cody's side.

"What kind of bad feeling?" Tk asks, still looking around the camp.

"The 'someone's going to murder you with an axe' bad feeling."

Tk stops and looks at the younger Digidestined with his eyebrow raised.

"Seriously?"

Cody doesn't answer as he walks to his sleeping digimon and kneels down next to him.

"Armadillomon, wake up," he whispers, putting a hand on his partner's shell.

"Cody, what are you doing?" the blonde asks as he quietly moves forward.

"Cody?" Armadillomon asks sleepily. He didn't look any better then he did yesterday.

"Sorry to wake you Armadillomon but there's something here."

Tk grabbed Cody's arm, pulling him to his feet and looks at him.

"We don't know that. Our digimon are sick, we should be protecting them instead of the other way around," Tk says angrily but he kept his voice a whisper.

"What do you want to do, throw rocks at it?" Cody snaps back.

"Cody, listen to yourself! We don't even know what 'it' is!"

"I know there's something out there! Don't tell me it's all just in my head!" he pulls his arm out of Tk's grasp roughly, making the blonde tense up.

"Sit down."

Cody only shakes his head, glaring at Tk. Tk slaps Cody hard across the face. The younger boy staggered backward slightly, putting a hand to his cheek.

"I said sit down!" Tk yells. Cody does what he's told, looking slightly surprised.

"Now, you need to get a grip! I know you're smarter then this! Hell, you've got the crest of KNOWLEDGE for god's sake!"

When Cody doesn't say anything, Tk continues. "If there is something out there, we need to figure out what. Do you know where?"

Cody slowly points over toward the edge of the forest to Tk's left. Tk looks over, picking up a large chunk of wood. He then walks toward the dark trees. Cody watches in silence as Tk pushes back the palm leaves.

"Cody, there's noth-" something heavy hits Tk in the side of the head with a sickening crack. He crumples to the ground, the piece of wood falling from his hand.

"Tk!" Cody quickly kneels next to his friend. There was a bloody gash down the left side of his face. A large Warumonzaemon pushes into the clearing, snapping one of the trees in half when its arm smashes into it. The noise causes the sleeping digimon to wake up and look around sleepily.

"Guy? What's going on?" Gatomon asks weakly.

"Get back!" Cody yells. The Warumonzaemon picks up the fallen tree and swings it at Cody. Cody ducks down just in time and he feels the whoosh of air go over his head.

"Tk, wake up," he says as he shakes his friends shoulder. The gash down the side of Tk's face looked awful and it was bleeding freely.

'I don't know what to do. I've never felt so vulnerable before,' Cody thinks to himself. 'I have to get everyone into the woods. We can't stay here.'

"Scatter! Get into the woods!" he dodges another swipe from Warumonzaemon and tries to shield Tk with his own body. This time the digimon's sharp claws rip across Cody's back like razors. He looks back at their digimon, seeing that they were slowly trying to get to the shelter of the trees. Except for Armadillomon. He was looking back at Cody with worried but strong eyes.

"What are you doing?! Get out of here!" Cody yells at Armadillomon as he tries to drag Tk's limp body toward his partner while staying low to the ground.

"But Cody-" Armadillomon starts. Warumonzaemon snarls and slashes the air in front of him.

"Heart Break Attack!"

The attack hits Cody straight in the chest with a whooshing sound and a crackle of electricity. Cody gasps slightly as he falls backward onto the ground. Blood runs from the corner of his mouth.

"Cody!" Armadillomon yells hoarsely while slowly crawling toward his fallen partner. Cody's eyes were open but they were staring blankly and unblinkingly. When he fell, his D3 had fallen from his pocket and was lying next to his outstretched hand. Warumonzaemon looks down at the smaller digimon, trying to decide whether he was a threat. Armadillomon had made it to Cody who still wasn't moving.

'I wish I could digivolve, I should have been there to protect him…..' he thinks. But he looks down at the D3 when its screen flashes a golden color. A dome of golden light surrounds Cody and Armadillomon, protecting them like a shield. The Warumonzaemon snarls and hit's the shield, causing it to crackle. But it holds strong. Slowly the large digimon vanishes through the trees with a loud crash.

"Cody, I'm sorry," Armadillomon says. The D3 beeps and the digimon feels warm energy run through his body, giving him strength. Cody suddenly gasps, his chest heaving as he struggles for breath. He turns his head to look at Armadillomon as more blood runs from his mouth, leaving a red streak on his pale skin.

"Cody?" Armadillomon asks uncertainly. He didn't understand what was happening. It felt like he was digivolving but Gennai said they couldn't as long as they were infected by the virus.

"I-cant breathe….." Cody gasps. He looks away as he closes his eyes. A tear runs down his cheek, mixing with the blood already there. He couldn't help it. It felt like he was being cohobated by a giant invisible hand covering his face. A sharp pain flashes through his chest. Cody scream in pain and his body involuntarily twists sideways. It was almost like a convulsion.

'This is horrible, what do I do?' Armadillomon wonders silently. Cody digs his fingers into the soft dirt floor of the clearing as the pain intensifies. The golden light had long since vanished and Armadillomon began to get weak again. Cody slowly slips into unconsciousness. A few feet away Tk sits up with a groan as he puts a hand to his blood encrusted face.

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"What have you done….." Kari looks at Yolei in disbelief. Yolei sat with Ken still lying across her lap and she was gently stroking the side of his face. Ken slowly opened his eyes and looked up at her.

"How are you feeling?" she asks, ignoring Kari.

"Cold….." Ken whispers. Yolei nods slightly.

"Let's get hem back to the cave," she says, looking over at Kari.

"We need to return to camp, Yolei. Before you get infected."

"I'm already infected. And I'm not going back," Yolei answers.

"But-"

"Look, you can go back but I'm staying here. Are you going to help me or not?"

Kari sighs and gets up. Carefully she picks up Davis and follows Yolei (who is carrying ken) back to the cave. They lay the guys down on the leaf beds and Kari grabs Yolei's arm.

"You cant stay here, you'll get sick."

"This was your idea in the first place!"

"And I can see now that it was a mistake. You've taken this too far Yolei!"

Yolei pulls her arm out of her friends grasps, glaring at her. "I told you, I'm not leaving him."

"I'm going back," Kari says, walking back to the entrance to the cave. She pauses and looks back at Yolei. "Take care of them, and be careful."

Yolei nods and watches her friend leave. The sky was turning a dull grey because the Digital World was being infected by the virus.

"What have we got ourselves into now?" Yolei whispers as she gazes up at the sky.

"Something we may not be able to fix….."

Yolei turns and sees Ken struggling to get up. As she knelt to help him, he knew he was right. Even if they somehow figure out how to stop the virus, how could they reverse the damage that it had already caused? Yolei helped Ken into a kneeling position, her arms around his shoulders.

"What are we going to do?" she asks. Ken doesn't answer but she can feel him cringe as he coughs. He wipes his mouth on the back of the hand. When he lowers it back to his side, Yolei sees that it's smeared with blood.

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Kari ran through the trees, as fast as it was possible. She had to get back to Tk and Cody. Without slowing down, she vaulted over a huge fallen tree. On the other side was a bog. Before Kari had time to react, she sunk waist deep into the yellow tainted water. Gasping, she grabbed onto the fallen tree before she fell over in the smelly goo completely.

"Oh gross….." Kari says. "Way to go Kari, how are you going to get yourself out of this one?"

The water was thick and she felt like she was slowly sinking even more. Looking around, she tries to find anything that would be able to help her get free. A few feet in front of her was a rock sticking up out of the yellow water. It looked large enough for her to sit on so that she could stay dry. And if she could get to the rock, she might be able to get to the edge of the bog. Trying not to think how gross this is, she lets go of the log and leaps away slightly. With a loud splash she lunges forward and she smashes into the rock. It knocked the air out of her lungs and she could feel a bruise forming across her right side and shoulder. She slowly pulls herself up out of the water and onto the rock. It took several minutes to catch her breath.

"Owwww…..that could have gone better….." Kari gasps. She looks around, still rubbing her side. There was still at least 3 feet between her and the bank. Or at least what she assumed was the bank. Holding her breath this time, she leapt off the rock. She wasn't even close and she hit the water with a splash. Almost at once, Kari began to sink beneath the murky water.