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Everything has his own end.
Sora:
„Tai, you're sure that you're okay? " I ask Tai, he really seems like he's really suffering because of his stupid injuries. He just nods, smiles calmly at me and turns his attention back to the battle in front of us. Our digimon are fighting now for a couple of minutes against this weird looking and a lot stronger Piedmon. Surprisingly, and despite the fact that there are twelve of them, and one Piedmon, the clown seems to be holding his own.
"Excalibur!" Seraphimon shouts and an energy sword extends from his right hand. He charges at Piedmon from one side, while Ophanimon charges at him with her spear from the other. Piedmon pulls out two of his swords to send the attack back at them. Both of the angelic digimon are sending flying against a big crag. T.K and Kari immediately run to their digimon to check if they are okay or not. Luckily Seraphimon and Ophanimon recover within seconds but before they could attack again, WarGreymon, Magnamon and Rosemon charge Piedmon and the four of them exchange a flurry of blows. Eventually WarGreymon, Magnamon and Rosemon are all forced away from Piedmon, but almost as soon as they do, someone else attacks.
"Super Electro Shocker!"
"Crimson Flame!"
"Ice Wolf Claw!"
HerculesKabuterimon, Phoenixmon and MetalGarurumon send their attacks flying at Piedmon, who doesn't have the chance to even try and avoid the attacks, which all hit him right after.
"Alright!" I cheer, hoping that was the end to Piedmon.
"Keep up the attack!" Tai shouts from his spot next to me. I can't help but notice the way he's holding his left side. The pain in his eyes is not oversight able. Tai feels my glance and just takes my hand in his.
"Tai? Don't you think this should have finished him?" I ask him a little confused.
"It should have, but he's tough beyond what should work." Tai replies, and sure enough, as the smoke clears; Piedmon is standing there, unharmed.
"Izzy, how can he survive all this attacks?" I ask, looking towards him.
"I honestly don't know Sora." Izzy replies after a few seconds. "We already know that somehow he's been powered up, but I think we've seriously underestimated just how powered up he is I think."
"Wait, are you saying he still might win?" Yolei asks, looking over at Izzy as well. Most of us are now staring at our red haired genius.
"I don't know. I don't think that Piedmon can manage to win against twelve Megas, but we're in the digital world, nothing's impossible here." Izzy replies as another energy blast from Piedmon hits now Rosemon, what causes her to dedigivolve back to her In-Training form.
"Rosemon!" Mimi shouts and runs to her partner to pick up the totally exhausted Tanemon.
GrandisKuwagamon, Vikemon, Plesiomon and Valkyrimon all hit Piedmon once more with their attacks and as they back away from the clown, WarGreymon, Seraphimon, Magnamon, Ophanimon and MetalGarurumon charge in. MetalGarurumon fires another volley of missiles, covering the other four as they charge in to attack the clown from four different directions. Piedmon is pressed to defend from the attacks, as he only has two arms to defend himself. He swings his sword Towards WarGreymon who manages to hold the Sword easily in his hand without getting harmed. Piedmon tries to pull it out of WarGreymon's hold, but he doesn't let go, too late Piedmon realizes that he's completely open.
"Seven Heavens!" Seraphimon calls out at the moment and hits Piedmon hard. When the attack hit Piedmon a small sparkling thing falls out of the sky where Piedmon was. Did he just drop the Crystal?
The smoke clears and Piedmon is still standing there. Not even a scratch on him. He smiles evilly.
"Digidestined, do you really think that you can win this battle? I'm much stronger than I ever was before. Let me explain a few things to you. I used the Crystal and digivolved to a much higher level than ever before. I'm not the most powerful digimon who ever has lived. You have no chance to win this battle in your Mega forms, besides, I'm not Piedmon anymore. Please call me ChaosPiedmon." And with that he shots an attack with a power that I never felt before.
"Chaos Destroy!" all our digimon are thrown back by the power. HerculesKabuterimon, Valkyrimon, Plesiomon and Vikemon dedigivolve back to their In-Training forms and get caught by their respective partners.
Tai lets go of my hand and sinks to one knee.
"Tai you're okay?" I ask him, now really concerned. He has his eyes closed and looks really concentrated. He turns to look at me and I finally realize that he's everything else than alright.
"Don't worry. Once we finish this I'm going to get help." He says.
"Do you want me to help you standing?" I ask him. He just shakes his head.
"No I kind of like the ground." He chuckles and I turn my glance back to the battle in front of us.
"It doesn't matter what you call yourself!" Seraphimon declares as he flies towards ChaosPiedmon.
"We'll still rip you apart!" WarGreymon finishes for the Angel digimon.
"Oh good, now for some pay back." ChaosPiedmon says, pulling out all of his swords. "Chaos Swords!" The swords fly forward and knock our partner right out of the sky. They fall to the ground, crashing hard as they do.
"Do you seriously think you can compete with MY power?" ChaosPiedmon asks with a laugh. "As I said before, I am now the most powerful digimon, ever. You don't stand a chance."
"Oh yea?!" A voice calls from behind ChaosPiedmon, who turns quickly towards it. "Terra Force!" WarGreymon tosses his attack once. ChaosPiedmon just points a hand on it.
"Chaos Destroy!" A green blast of energy shot out from his hand and rips WarGreymon's attack apart, and hit Tai's partner still with enough power to knock him out of the sky.
"WarGreymon!" Tai shouts out as his partner falls out of the sky. At that point the rest of our partners try attack once more, with much the same results. I turn to check on everybody. Five of our digimon are back in their in-training forms and the rest of the digimon seem really beaten up and totally tired. I can't help but think that we might will lose this battle.
Tai:
I honestly don't know why my injury hurts so badly and I can't actually concentrate myself to the battle. It's like my entire body is burning from inside. Sora already noticed something and I can't allow myself to show my weakness again. I turn to look at my friends and see their scared expressions, they need their leader. So I pull all my strength together and pull myself back to my feet. I turn to look at WarGreymon who fell out of the sky a couple of seconds before and notice with relied that he's still alive.
"What happened to the Crystal?" Izzy asks, looking around for a second before we all duck back down behind some cover.
"Izzy, how can you worry about this damn thing in such a situation?" Mimi asks, crouched down by Matt with the unconsciousness Tanemon in her arms.
"It might be the only thing that can stop him!" Izzy replies. "We might be able to use it to digivolve our partners to the same level as ChaosPiedmon."
"That would be good, but ChaosPiedmon has the Crystal." Ken says as he holds onto his injured arm.
"No, he actually dropped it." Cody replies to Ken and Sora nods to that in agreement. "Yes I noticed that too. Back over there." I turn to where she had pointed and it's where WarGreymon had fallen.
Okay. What would be the worst for me to happen when I get there? ChaosPiedmon would kill me. Is it worth it? Totally!
I turn to check if the others are still discussing about who should go and get the Crystal. Luckily everybody is too busy to discuss our move to grab the Crystal and with that it gives me the perfect moment to go.
I walk through the mostly destroyed terrain around the mountain, trying to get to the Crystal before ChaosPiedmon noticed that he actually dropped it.
I wonder how long it takes the others to figure out I left? I'm almost amused thinking about it, but then of course they'd all be worried sick about the fact that I'm out here, so it isn't really that funny. Hopefully none of them would do anything stupid like come after me that would make me dragging myself out here almost pointless. If I'd wanted the others to be in danger I obviously wouldn't have done this. Now if only wasn't that busted up again...it actually seems like the burning is growing within seconds. I honestly don't know how much longer I can take this.
WarGreymon is still struggling to his feet as I get there, since he'd crashed when ChaosPiedmon attacked him.
"Tai!" He says in surprise as he sees me. "What are you doing here? It's dangerous! Go back to the others I don't want you to be in danger!"
"Well, I couldn't just leave you out here on your own, could i?" I ask him with a grin on my face. "And besides, we need the Crystal. ChaosPiedmon dropped it here somewhere."
"Okay then, what are we waiting for? Let's find this thing so I can take you back to a safe place." WarGreymon says and I smile at my partner. Despite the fact that he's heavily injured the only thing he cares about is my safety. The two of us frantically look for the little Crystal somewhere in the area. You'd expect a sparkling tock to be somewhat easy to find, but this thing isn't even close to easy to find. We look around for several minutes with no luck, and I know we're swiftly running out of time. Just when things are really looking like we might not spot the stupid rock, I notice something sparklingly out of the ground. Of course, at that moment we're out of time.
"Oh, what do we have here, a Digidestined come to die with his digimon?" ChaosPiedmon asks, startling me as I hadn't even noticed his arrival.
"Nope, I'm just out here to help kick your ass." I reply. The look on ChaosPiedmon face is almost priceless and I really have to pull myself together to not burst out into laughter.
I really need to work on the whole pissing off the super powerful bad guys when I don't have back up...
"You know digidestined. I wonder that you're not dead yet. But you have no time left." ChaosPiedmon says with a grin on his face and I frown at that. What's that supposed to mean?!
"Ah, let me explain to you. The dagger which your sister used to stab you was actually embittered. The poison is making his way through your body. You're dead before the day is over." He says and WarGreymon at my side stares in shock to the clown. I can't do anything but stare too. ChaosPiedmon's statement actually really pissed WarGreymon off. "That's long enough to destroy you!" WarGreymon shouts.
"Terra Destroyer!" "Chaos Destroyer!" ChaosPiedmon shouts back and the two attacks explode in a giant explosion. I can feel the heat from the attack and the entire area is painted in a green and orange light as ChaosPiedmon and WarGreymon's attacks met. I finally seem to land, right next to the Crystal, with my digivice pointed right at it, and then everything is covered in a blinding light.
When the light fades somewhat I open my eyes and can't see anything.
Great, am I dead already? I think for a second before the pain from my injury returns, confirming that I'm in fact alive.
"TAI!" I hear a blood curdling scream and had to wince.
They probably think I'm dead because it looked like I got hit and this freaking smoke cloud is here. I would have shouted back but I can hardly breathe because of the dust and smoke and the burning inside my body just grew to his double. I can't even move without everything inside me hurting. I look up to the sun that already started to set. "You're dead before the day is over..." Great...let's not talk about that with the others.
As the smoke clears I'm finally able to see what actually happened. WarGreymon is shining in a bright orange and for a second I think that something bad happened to him when I realize that my digivice is also glowing in a bright orange. WarGreymon disappears for a couple of seconds...
WarGreymon digivolve to...!
"What's going on?!" ChaosPiedmon shouts, probably even more surprised than I am. Before he can say or do anything else though, the digivolution sphere shatters and WarGreymon0s new form lands between ChaosPiedmon and me.
"V-Greymon!" (Actually VictoryGreymon but I think this sounds better)
At first I don't really notice that he'd changed, because he looks almost the same as WarGreymon did, but as I look closer I notice subtle differences and one large difference. His head is covered by a different helmet, with a different design on it, including a larger center horn and a V spreading out on its sides. His brace shield is replaced by a pair of shells, that look a little like wings. There's a green crystal of sorts on his chest and his Dramon Destroyers are gone, replaced by wrist bracers of some sort the first half of the big difference. The last and other half of the big difference are the large blade that extended from his right wrist bracer, and the other, smaller blade that extends from his left one.
"AWESOME!" I can't help but be a little giddy at how awesome he looks and the fact that he should be able to fight Piedmon.
"V-Greymon, how do you feel?" I call out, not really sure what else I could ask my partner.
He turns his glance to me and I see the concern in his eyes. I understand why and just shake my head, mentioning to him not to mention anything what ChaosPiedmon just said before about me. V-Greymon just nods and replies.
"Ready to kick some clown's ass." V-Greymon replies and goes into a fighting stance.
"So you think you have the power to beat me now?" ChaosPiedmon asks. "Nope, I know that I have the power to beat you now." V-Greymon replies.
"Let's see...Chaos Destroy!"
"Victory Charge!" The two blades shot off of V-Greymon's arms and the smaller blade split apart at the top and the larger blade merged with it. I hadn't seen it before but the smaller blade had a hilt that was hidden in V-Greymon's bracer, which means that the two combined to form a massive sword. V-Greymon uses the blade to deflect ChaosPiedmon's attack into the sky.
"What?! IMPOSSIBLE!" ChaosPiedmon exclaims, before V-Greymon charges him. I look up to the sky and notice that all digimon obviously dedigivolved back to their in-training forms because there's no digimon in the sky left, except for MetalGarurumon who's trying to get back to his feet. The power of the explosion obviously hit him too.
"Nope, not impossible!" He shouts, before swinging his sword around to hit ChaosPiedmon. He barely has time to pull out one of his own swords to block the attack. V-Greymon attacks again, swinging his massive weapon around faster than should be possible, and Piedmon has to pull another sword out to deflect that one. The two then exchange a flurry of blows with V-Greymon pushing Piedmon back, despite the fact that Piedmon has twice as many swords as he does. Then V-Greymon got an opening, knocking away one of ChaosPiedmon's swords, and leaving a deep gash in his chest.
"This is impossible!" ChaosPiedmon exclaims as V-Greymon steps back for a minute. "I'm the strongest digimon in the world! You will not defeat me!" ChaosPiedmon pulls out another sword and jumps into the attack, now pushing V-Greymon back.
"Hang in there buddy!" I exclaim, trying to encourage my partner, since I can't do anything much else at this point. I search for something to help my partner but it's like suddenly something in me just stopped doing its work. I feel an incredibly pain in my chest and for a couple of seconds my view blurs and I feel something totally new for me. Fear. But as suddenly the feeling came, it disappears and my breathing normalizes.
"Damon Breaker!" V-Greymon exclaims, putting all of his power behind an attack, which ChaosPiedmon attempts to block. V-Greymon's attack cut right through his swords. ChaosPiedmon barely manages to avoid getting cut in half, but is able to post a quick counter attack, leaving a gash on V-Greymon's left arm.
"V-Greymon!" I exclaim, starting forward, but someone else stops me. I turn to see very teary crimson eyes. Sora's standing there, holding my arm. The other Digidestined are all around me now, obviously they'd come over during the fight. The all look scared and totally worried, even Matt doesn't wear his cool façade anymore.
"Don't go out there." Sora says, pleading almost. "I can't take the thought of you going out there again." That's enough. This stops me right in my track. I hadn't even thought about how the others are feeling at the moment, I was too focused on the battle and hadn't been thinking about the others.
"Ok, I won't" I reply, stepping back to be next to her. The look of relief in her face is very visible. She clings herself to my arm, not willing to let go ever again. This makes me think about how she will react when this day is over. "You're dead before the day ends." Piedmon's words echo in my head and I'm sure he's right. I actually can feel how the life disappears from me. I look back towards where V-Greymon and ChaosPiedmon were continuing to engage and again neither digimon can get the upper hand. They're too evenly matches, so it would be the first mistake that lost the battle, and V-Greymon had been fighting longer that ChaosPiedmon, if another form, which meant that he, had to be tiring out by this point.
There has to be something that can help him...something like...MATT.
I check the ground and notice with relief that the Crystal is still there where I left it. I lean quickly forward what causes my view to blur once more, I ignore it and grab the crystal.
"Matt!" I exclaim, looking over at my blond haired best mate, he looks up as I called his name.
"What Tai?" he asks a little confused and I grin at him.
"How about we find some help for V-Greymon?" I ask, tossing the Crystal up into the air. Matt grins and I toss him the Crystal. He looks at it for a minute and then looks back at me.
"Uh, Tai...i don't want to act stupid, but what exactly do I do with this?" he asks and I sigh. T.K luckily is next to him and shows him exactly what's needed to be done. Matt holds up his digivice to the stone and it starts to glow. I look over to where MetalGarurumon was knocked out on the ground and he starts to glow, an intense blue, just like Matt's crest. A second later and MetalGarurumon's eyes open and the digivolution starts.
"MetalGarurumon digivolves to!"
Neither of the combatants seems to notice the digivolution going in behind them, but that's just fine for us, sine that means ChaosPiedmon wouldn't expect this.
"MetalGarurumon's new form emerges from the digivolution sphere and I'm struck at how similar it was to his Mega form, just like V-Greymon. His claws and nose are now green and there are several subtly different weapons covering his body, but the biggest difference is the massive cannon on his back.
"ZeedGarurumon!"
That shout gains the attention of V-Greymon and ChaosPiedmon, both of whom broke apart as ZeedGarurumon charges at them.
"Zeed Cannon!" The massive cannon on ZeedGarurumon back unleash a massive blast of blue energy, which flies right at ChaosPiedmon, who narrowly manages to avoid the attack.
"What is thi...?" ChaosPiedmon starts to ask but C-Greymon jumps forwards once more, swinging his massive swords around to attack him. ChaosPiedmon is forced to jump backwards to avoid the swing, but V-Greymon uses the flat of his blade to hit him up into the air.
"Blowback Breath!" ZeedGarurumon sprays a grey mist at ChaosPiedmon, which explodes when it comes into contact with him.
"Argh!" ChaosPiedmon shouts as he falls out of the sky and lands on his back.
"Alright! Finish him off!" I cheer as Matt and I's partners proceed to thrash the clown again.
ChaosPiedmon avoids another swing from V-Greymon, only to get blasted by ZeedGarurumon. It's their classic strategy. WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon has almost been designed as compliments to another, with WarGreymon specializing in close quarters battle, while MetalGarurumon specialized in long ranged combat. The two have complimented each other perfectly, and it works out a strategy designed to maximize their strength of working together. As V-Greymon and ZeedGarurumon they have the exact same strengths, and even more power, making their strategy that more effective.
ChaosPiedmon jumps away from his two opponents, breathing hard, and bleeding data from a number of wounds. He turns and glares at me and his expression changes from suffered to amuse. He smiles evilly at me obviously enjoying, seeing me dying. I can't help but notice how my breathing gets heavier and feel dizziness coming up. I look up to the sky and realize that the sun is shining his last few beams.
"This...is...impossible..." The clown breaths as he faces our partners again. "You, can...not, defeat me."
"Really! Because we've done it before." Matt says, finally standing on his own. I didn't even realize that T.K had to help him standing. Great, I'm really out of it.
"And if you ever try to come back, we'll take you down again." I add, and stare down the clown once more. "Now I think it's time you go away. Guys?" I turn to V-Greymon and ZeedGarurumon as I say this and the two of them nod and I couldn't miss the really concerned glance of V-Greymon. I just mention him to focus on the battle and he does what I said. Thank you buddy..
"Right!" They say together and V-Greymon jumps right as ChaosPiedmon. The clown holds up his swords to block the blow he's expecting, but V-Greymon isn't aiming for his head of body.
"AAARGH!" ChaosPiedmon screams as V-Greymon drives his sword into his foot.
"Enjoy being deleted!" V-Greymon says, before jumping away from ChaosPiedmon, his sword still in his foot.
"What?" ChaosPiedmon asks as v-Greymon retreats.
"Full Metal Blaze!" ChaosPiedmon looks up at ZeedGarurumon, who has every single one of the gun ports on his body open. Dozens of missiles and energy blasts, including the massive Zeed Cannon, fired right at ChaosPiedmon. The clown attempts to jump away but he's trapped by V-Greymon's sword, which pins his foot to the ground.
I watch, covering my eyes as the blast hits him, creating the latest biggest explosion I'd ever seen. We're all send flying in different directions. When the smoke and dust from the explosion settles I can see ChaosPiedmon who's slowly disappearing into date.
"You destroyed me this time digidestined but I made sure to destroy your life forever. Hahahahahahaha!" And with that he finally disappears. The pain in me grows more intense and I can't hold myself on my feet anymore and fall down to my knees. Fighting for any bits of life what's still in me. I look at the dark, cloudy sky and feel the rain which started immediately. And the fear appears again.
Davis:
I can't describe how relieved I am right now. I pull myself to my feet back and check the area. The others also are standing on their feet. Celebrating. I can't help but smile uncontrollably. It's really over. The digimon are all awake again and jumping up and down from joy. Everyone but Koromon. I search the area for Koromon and his partner which I noticed, also isn't there. It's then when I see Koromon jumping a couple of meters away, behind a rock, near the cliff. DemiVeemon obviously notices what I'm staring at.
"Davis, what about we check on him? I think he's searching Tai. I can't see him anywhere." He says from the top of my head. I turn back to the others who don't seem like noticing that somebody's missing.
"Yeah DemiVeemon you're right." I say and run to the direction I saw Koromon last. I don't know but I really have bad feeling. I can't even describe what feeling...but it's really, really bad. It's raining uncontrollably and nobody bothers to look for any cover. I reach the rock and see Tai leaning against it, totally beaten up and his wound is bleeding again. He doesn't even notice that I reached him. Koromon is next to him with teary eyes. He sees me and my bad feeling grows even more.
"Tai! Open your eyes. Davis is here!" Koromon says though his tears. Tai opens his eyes and looks weakly at me and he doesn't really have to say something. I knee next to him and take his hand.
"Tai what happened? You were alright a couple of minutes back." I say and I don't know why, but I feel my eyes tearing up. He squeezes my hand lightly and turns his glance at the ground. He doesn't seem like he's going to tell me so Koromon replies for him.
"The dagger that Piedmon gave Kari when she was mind controlled was embittered. There's no chance that he survives the night." Koromon says and doesn't bother to hold the tears back anymore. "Probably not even the next couple of minutes..." Tai finished for Koromon and I gasp when I realize how weak his voice sounds. I feel myself tearing up even more and I'm sure DemiVeemon is crying already. It's still raining and I'm really glad at that fact...I pull myself even nearer to my mentor and best friend/ brother figure.
"Tai would you please look at me?" I plead him and he turns his glance at me and his eyes wide at the sight of me. "Come on Davis, you're not going to waste tears for me are you?" He says with a weak smile on his face.
"How can you say something like this?! You're like my brother. I look up to you. I need you. For whom should I cry when not for you?!" I say and I don't even know why I'm arguing now. It really isn't the time for that.
"Tai I'm sure there's a chance to help you survive this." I say through my tears. I just can't stand the thought of my idol dying here.
Tai just shakes his head weakly and I notice how pale he is. And his hand is getting colder any minute. I feel anger growing inside me. After all, after all we've done this creepy clown managed to harm us most. No matter how bad injured we would get. This one is much worse, I never felt such a pain before and I honestly don't know what to do. I can't even imagine how Kari will react at this, or even worse, Sora. Sora will break down...she will never be the same after this. I turn back to Tai who closed his eyes again and for a second I think he actually died but he opens his eyes immediately when he feels my glance.
"Listen Davis, I just want to say something before I pass out..." He starts but I interrupt him.
"Don't you dare to say goodbye Tai! I don't want to hear it! You're not dying. Not here. Not today. You will marry Sora, get little mini-Tai and mini-Sora's and they will be really cute because they have good looking parents. You will gain a lot of money with your soccer career and you will get old with Sora and then, in the happily age of 101 you will die, after a life with a lot of fun and drunken nights, you have to promise me that, okay?!"
"Promise me to keep my sister safe okay? I know how much you care about her" He doesn't even bother to answer to my little speech. He just continues. I can't do anything but cry and finally accept what's going to happen in a couple of minutes. Tai looks at me and I just nod. "Okay, I promise."
He smiles weakly..."Thanks."
Sora:
To say we're happy is probably the understatement of the year. I never felt so relieved. Now that this creepy clown is gone. We're able to return to our world and I will finally get my happily ever after with Tai. At that thought I realize something. Where is that idiot? And where's Davis? I'm kind of worried when I realize how long they're probably gone. Kari catches my glance.
"Sora what's wrong?" She asks and causes everyone to turn to look at me.
"Is it just me or are Davis, Tai and their digimon missing?" Ask them and Tsunomon replies.
"After we dedigivolved back Koromon jumped in the direction where the big rock is." Tsunomon mentions to a rock. I tell the others that I just go to check the location there and they stay there. I make my way to the rock and I regret it immediately. The sight just breaks my heart. Tai is leaning against the rock, bleeding. Koromon on his lab, pushing himself so tight as possible to Tai and Davis kneeling next to him, holding his hand and totally broken down. DemiVeemon is on his normal spot on Davis's head and looks devastated. Tai notices me and his eyes are wide of the shock. Davis notices Tai's movements and turns to look at me. He gets up and before I can even realize what's happening Davis is crying uncontrollably at my shoulder and I can't do anything but try to comfort him.
"Davis what's wrong?" I ask him really concerned. Tai doesn't look good. And I have a bad feeling that Davis' behavior has something to do with him.
"S-S-Sora it's horrible. I don't know what to do. Please do something! We can't let that happen Sora. Please don't let it happen!" Davis pleads, still crying and I really don't know what to do. Koromon let's go of Tai and takes place next to his partner. Davis let's go of me and I'm finally able to take the place on the other side of my love. He doesn't have to say anything. I already understood. I knee next to him and sweep his kind of short hair away from his eyes. From the corner of my eyes I notice that everyone is now gathered around us and Davis is comforted by Joey. Kari obviously doesn't know what's going on because I didn't hear her scream or something yet.
"Everything is going to be fine. We just have to get you out of this." I whisper. He's cold as ice. Joey makes his way to his longtime friend. Tai is breathing heavily and I can tell by the expression on his face that he's suffering.
"Tai what happened?" Joey whispers. And Tai obviously pulls all his left strength together so that everyone hears his response.
"It seems like I'm too beaten up to survive the next couple of minutes." Is all he says. And that's all we need. I turn to look at Kari who actually understands now what's happening. I'm sure she knew it before but the realization hits her like a gunshot. "NO!" Kari wants to jump forward but T.K holds her tight and tries to calm her down but I don't even have to take a look to know that he's as much crying as Kari is. Yolei looks horrified and holds on to Ken who just looks as shocked as her girlfriend. Cody started crying by him along with Mimi who tries to comfort Matt. But honestly, I don't think it's a good method to comfort somebody while you're broken down by yourself. But I don't blame her. Matt looks like he's about to cry too and just stares at his best friend. Izzy actually dropped to his knees and buried his face in his hands. The digimon all are next to Koromon, trying to comfort their best friend. "Tai, please don't go where I can't follow you" Koromon pleads and only hearing this breaks my heart.
Davis:
I can't do anything but watch how Joey helps Tai lying on the ground. Sora immediately changes her position and sits next to him. Izzy started to work on the digiport.
"Izzy how far?" Joey asks but Izzy just shakes his head. "It isn't working!" He almost screams because of his frustration. "Try it again! We can't just give up on that. It's his only chance Izzy please!" Kari shouts, almost hysterical. I never saw her like that but honestly? I would do the same when I could do anything. But I can't. It's like I'm frozen. I turn my attention back to Tai when Sora finally kneels back to his side. Everyone's attention goes back to them.
"We get you of here." She whispers, but it really isn't difficult to hear her. It's dead silent around us.
"You sure?" Tai whispers back and I don't know if he just wants to whisper of if he doesn't have the strength to talk louder anymore. Sora nods, "Yes. Soon." She replies, trying her hardest not to burst into tears. She's actually the only one who managed to not burst into tears, yet. Tai obviously starts to get really tired. She caresses his cheek. "Don't you dare to fall asleep right now. I know that you love sleeping and all, but this isn't the right time and it's really rude to fall asleep when so many people are around, you know." That makes a few of us laugh through our tears and my heart sinks even more when I realize that Sora is trying to bring a little humor in this whole situation. Tai chuckles and what comes next rips my heart in two. He actually cries and laughs at the same time.
"Okay, you're right..." He chuckles again and gets serious "I'm scared Sor, I'm really scared, I swear to God it hurts so badly." Sora seems like she's losing it but I really feel respect for this girl that she has the strength to not totally freakin out. She replies calmly... "It's fine, you're fine. I'm right here, there's nothing to be scared about." And Tai's self-control that I always wanted to copy seems like breaks just at the moment because my idol, our reckless, brave leader, bursts into tears.
"I don't wanna die Sor!" that's enough for me to take and obviously for the others too. It's like every one of the team loses his self-control at the same moment. Matt, I actually thought he can't even cry, is crying uncontrollably and gets comforted by Joey who doesn't look any better.
"Shut up!" Sora hisses, she's probably the only one who manages to keep her emotions back. "Just shut up, you're not going to. Just stand up your man, you're not going anywhere." Tai calms down and breaths heavier than before and I can't help but think that's only a question of time when his breathing stops forever. Sora stands up from her spot and turns to look at us, with the look that's mean *help me, to help him*. Joey approaches her and takes her face in his hands, causing her to look him in the eyes and her façade is finally breaking... "Sora, Sora just be with him now. I don't think there's a chance to open the ports. You have to be with him now. For the last time." Joey whispers to her. She closes her eyes for a couple for seconds and returns to her place next to Tai, which actually, always was her place. She lies his head on her lab and he opens his eyes one more time to look at her. "You have to do something for me Sor." Tai says, now even quieter than before and I'm sure I'm probably the only one who can hear what they're talking about because I'm the nearest. "Everything." She responses and he smiles weakly at her. "Make sure, Kari's alright. Please. She really loves you, you know." Sora just nods and holds him even tighter than before, like she's trying to keep the rest of his life in him like that. "I wish I could see if she changes her mind and choses Davis over T.K..." He starts to say and I can't help but smile a little..."I wish I could be a part of your future." He says and Sora's not able to hold her façade alright. She bursts into tears what causes Tai to continue. "You know Sor; you really do look horrible when you're crying." He tries to make her laugh, with success but she's crying even more now. "Please don't cry." Tai's voice breaks because of his own tears coming back. "I'm not crying." Sora replies, fighting against her growing emotions. "Because there's nothing to cry about." She says and Tai breaths heavily, his glance up to the sky. That's when I realize that the rain stopped and the night finally is here. Cold and dark. After a few breaths Tai continues.
"Listen to me now. I just need you to" He takes a breath. "Hold my hand, yea?" Sora immediately reaches for his hand. "Hold my hand Sor"
She does and he takes that as a sign to continue. "I want you to be happy..." Sora interrupts through her tears. "No, no, no, no don't say something like that." Tai doesn't bother to listen to her comment and just continues.
"Just find someone, find someone who's better than me." Sora interrupts him again. "No, No I'm stuck on you Tai, you're my one and only. Love-for-the-rest-of-my-life remember?" his breathing slows down dangerously...
"I'm sorry Sor." He says. "No, No I'm sorry. I never told you how much I love you. I didn't even tell you goodbye when you left, because I was so angry. I love you so much baby..." Sora says and we all can't do anything but standing there, crying our eyes out of the sight of them. Tai smiles weakly and obviously needs his full strength to keep his eyes open. "I love you so much... I love you." He says.
"I'm not saying goodbye...I'm not saying goodbye." Sora says and Tai closes his eyes. "No, nonononono, don't close your eyes." She tries so keep his eyes open for him but I already know that this isn't going to help anything. "Baby, keep your eyes open." Tai opens his eyes for millimeters just to close them again. "I'm so sorry Sor."
"No, No, No, No please don't leave. Don't leave me Tai please." But it's hopeless. He closes his eyes and it's like somebody just switched the light off in him and his head rolls to the side. Sora's now totally in tears. "No Baby, please don't leave me, don't leave me!" She buries her face to his lifeless chest and cries uncontrollably in it, obviously thinking that he's still in there. "Don't leave me Tai...No!" She turns to us. "Please help me!" Kari can't stand it anymore and searches the comforting arms of T.K who embraces her once more. Sora just continues crying uncontrollably. „Don't leave me! Pleease, don't leave me!" I've never seen somebody so devastated. But all her crying isn't going to help, our leader is gone.
To be continued.
I will actually write one more chapter and end this story then. And yep, I killed my favorite character. Actually I almost cried by myself when I read the chapter again. I hope I can reach your heart with that chapter. Please tell me what you think in a quick review. You don't have to write a lot. A word is enough :)