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Quarantine

Chapter VIII

Yolei rubbed Ken's back gently with one hand as he leaned sideways against her. She looked around the cave, seeing that they hardly had any supplies at all.

'They cant have eaten much lately. They must be starving,' she thinks as she glanced at the pitiful store of food against the cave wall. Yolei knew she had to find Ken and Davis nutritious feeod and fast. But she couldn't leave them all alone.

'Where is Demiveemon? I could really use his help…..' Yolei thinks. She looks at Ken when she feels him start shaking badly.

"Whats wrong?" she asks. But Ken doesn't answer as his body is taken over with an uncontrollable seizure. Yolei holds onto him tightly, trying to keep him from harming himself as his muscles jerked and spasmed uncontrollably. It lasted for only a few minutes but Ken was left breathing heavy and his mouth and nose were foaming slightly.

'I don't know if the seizures are being caused because of the high fever or if its just another side effect of the virus. Either way, its not a good sign.' Yolei helped Ken lay back down as she moved over to Davis to check on him. He honestly looked dead. When Yolei put a hand against his neck she could feel a weak and irratic pulse. He was breathing in rough gasps that sounded horrible. Yolei quickly built a fire and made a kind of tea out of the little food supplies they had. She was unwilling to leave the cave and leave Ken and Davis alone, even for a little while. Slowly Yolei helped both of them drink a cocumut shell full of the herbal liquid. Davis's breathing eased up a bit but he did not wake up. Ken however opened his eyes again and look at her. She smiled.

"Feeling better?"

Ken moved his head slightly in a weak nod.

"Is Demiveemon back yet?"

"No, I don't know where he is."

"He was trying to take care of us. Please find him Yolei….." Ken whispers.

"Don't worry, he'll be fine," Yolei answers with a smile. "Now get some rest, I'll take care of everything else."

Yolei started to stand up but Ken reached up and grabbed he hand, making her pause.

"Yolei, I love you….." Ken whispered before he passed out again.

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Tk was able to half carry Cody back to the shelter and help him lay down. His skin still had a nasty green twinge to it. He didn't move very much and he cringed whenever he did. Even if he was just moving one of his arms or something. Tk leaned against one of the shelters support beams. He felt like his head was going to explode……It made him wish he was back home with pain medication. He looked around again but the digimon were no where in sight. He sat down next to Cody, wiping more blood off his face. Cody seemed to be in deep thought as he sared up at the shelter roof above him.

"You know, this wont be the only attack. There will be more digimon. Things will only get worse," Cody says.

"What should we do? We're kind of out in the open here. They could come at us from any side."

"We could try building a wall….."

Tk looked down at Cody.

"Do you really think we could build a wall strong enough to keep digimon out?" Tk asks.

"I don't know. What else could we do?"

Tk only shrugs. All this was making his headache worse. His head gave a nasty throb as he suddenly thought about the digimon.

"What happened to the digimon?"

"When the Warumonzaemon attacked, I told them to scatter and get into the trees. Armadillomon stayed behind and tried to protect me. I don't know where he went, the last thing I remember, he was at my side."

Tk stood up but sank back to his knees, holding his head. "I have to find Patamon….."

Cody tried to sit up but gasped and put a hand to his chest.

"I feel the same way, I want to go and find Armadillomon more then anything. I hope hes all right. But neither of us are in any condition to go on a search mission."

Tk looked over at Cody. "You're right, we cant rush into anything. You cant stand up and I cant see out of my left eye."

Cody nodded and laughed slightly, "Dude, you look like shit….."

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Kari was slowly sinking into blackness. She was only slightly aware of the fact that something grabbed her leg and sucked her down. But the closer to the bottom of the swamp, the lighter it got. She was falling into an underwater city. The sandy floor was covered with ancient looking ruins. Glowing red eyes glared at her from the shadows. There were huge pockets of air and she was being pulled toward one of them. Kari's vision blurred and she was unconscious within seconds.