Chapter 3- All Alone
Hey! It's Jeri! Last chapter Ai, Mako, and Takato got transported to another part of the digital world by these pink data things! Then a dust storm started and Ryo, Henry, Kazu, Kenta, Rika, Suzi, and I ran for cover! Then they forced me not to go out and look for Takato, but instead to help them come up with a plan!
Rika POV
"Well, let's just hope that this plan goes well!" I said to the others. "Don't worry Rika," Kazu reassured me, "I mean dude! We've got Ryo! There is nothing to worry about!" Ryo sweatdropped. I giggled. "What's so funny, Rika?" Ryo asked me. "Nothing!" I replied. "Sure…" Ryo replied, unconvinced.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but Kenta and I are going to go and find Marineangemon and Gaurdromon without you guys!" Kazu announced. "Hey!" Kenta complained, "I was supposed to tell them that!" "No you weren't!" Kazu retorted. "What do you think Ryo?" Kenta and Kazu simultaneously asked Ryo. They turned and glared at each other.
Ryo sweatdropped. "Ugh, just go." He replied, mildly irritated. "Fine!" Kenta said as he and Kazu (Still arguing) walked, or more like shoved each other out of the cave.
Suddenly, a few moments later we hear echoes of screams and cries of help from Kazu and Kenta. The worst part was we couldn't help them because we didn't know where they were, but we all knew what happened to them. They were taken by a pink data stream.
Jeri POV
"Well I don't know about you, but did any of you notice that once the data stream had Takato, it just, disappeared?" Ryo replied, "Same thing with Kazu and Kenta, they didn't scream very long." A few people nodded they're heads. "You know what, I'm just gonna go outside and see if the dust storm has passed." Ryo said after a few minutes of silence. As he got up to leave, a slender hand grabbed his wrist with a firm grip. "Wait!" Rika called, "Ryo do you want me to come with you?" "No, but thanks Rika" Ryo replied shaking his head. They both nodded at each other. We watched him as he stood up and then exited the cave.
Ryo POV
I exited the cave just to take a look around, but I had this gut feeling that even though it seemed as if the dust storm had already passed, something just didn't feel right. Everything was so calm, too calm. I decided to go against my gut feeling and walk a few feet from the mouth of the cave. A few feet wouldn't hurt I thought to myself. I hated it even more when that gut feeling was right. Just then, suddenly, a pink data stream appeared out of the sky and it began to head straight for me. Oh no, run Ryo! Run! Why aren't you running? Run! I kept telling myself but, I froze knowing that, in my mind, it was useless to try and run because eventually, the pink data stream would catch up to me.
Even though I kept telling myself that, the closer and closer that pink data stream got towards me, the more it made me want to run back into the cave, and the more frightened I became. Eventually though, the pink data stream finally got me and the next thing I knew I'd blacked out.
Jeri POV
About three hours had passed since Ryo went outside to see if the dust storm had passed and Henry, Suzi, and I were becoming worried. Especially Rika, who was continually pacing back and forth, back and forth to the point where it was starting to get annoying. "Rika, Will you just stop pacing?! It's becoming really annoying." I said loosening some of the tension that lingered in the air. "I'm sorry Jeri, But I'm just really, really worried about Ryo." Rika replied. "I know," I replied and then quickly added, "So why don't you go and take a look outside to see if he's there." Rika nodded as she stood up and then exited the dark cave.
Rika POV
I walked towards the entrance of the cave and looked around for any sign of Ryo, but there was none. I decided a couple of steps from the entrance of the cave and then suddenly, a pink data stream appeared and then made a B-line straight for me. The next thing I knew was black, nothing.
Henry POV
Another four hours passed and neither, Rika, nor Ryo, had returned. One of those pink data streams must have gotten Rika I thought as Jeri, Suzi, and I became more worried by the minute. We just sat in silence for four hours, with the occasional words from Suzi.
Finally, I broke the silence. "Hey, Jeri, you there?" I call out to Jeri in the darkness of the cave, my voice echoing of the walls of the cave. "Yes, I'm here Henry." Jeri replied softly. "I think that Suzi and I should go and look for the others while you stay here, in case anyone else finds their way back here." I say. "Okay, but before you go, while we were running for cover from the dust storm, I saw a dead tree. Could you bring me some of the wood so I can build a fire?" she asks. I relpy, "Sure, that'd be nice, to be able to see at least." I stand up and fumble my way out of the cave.
About an hour later I'd finished collecting enough wood for a fire and lots of extra fire wood. "Okay, that's all of it!" I declare, wiping the sweat from my brow. "Thank You, Henry." Jeri replies, the orange glow from the fire shining on her skin.
I sit down on the cave's cold stone floor and lean back against the wall of the cave. The cold stone feels good against my sweaty body. Silence falls over the cave, until Jeri speaks, "Aren't you and Suzi going to go look for the others?" she asks me curiously. Crap! She's right, I did say that Suzi and I were going to go look for the others as soon as I was done bringing Jeri firewood! I realized. "Yeah!" I say, caught a little off guard. I stand back up and find Suzi sitting in the far corner of the cave, using the canned food that Kenta had left as building blocks. "Suzi!" I call out to her. She looks up. "Wes?" she answers as she cocks her head to the side. "Come on," I tell her, "We're gonna go and find Takato, Ryo, and Rika!" She smiles excitedly, "Wrilly?!" she asks me.
I nod. "Cwool!" she says as she stops playing with the canned food and stands up. "Cwome on wet's gwo!" she exclaims as she takes my hand and I turn to Jeri and wave goodbye, and then Suzi and I walk out of the cave hand-in-hand. In the distance I hear Jeri calling out to us, "Be careful you two!"
Jeri POV
Silence. I break the long silence with a sigh. I miss Takato. I thought to myself. The truth was I missed everyone, even Kazu and Kenta, as annoying as they were they kept most situations from being too grim, but I missed Takato the most. I was all alone in the cave with only the crackling of the fire to keep me company. I was all alone, all alone.
Hey! And chapter 3 is finally finished! I also wanted to tell you that since school for me is starting in 2 weeks, that there will probably not be new chapters posted as often as I would like, BUT I will promise you that I will not stop posting new chapters until I finish the story! Anyway, see you next chapter! Bye!