Ah... Sorry guys, things got a lot messier then I thought and I completely forgot about this. Well, here's a quick and corny chapter while I figure out how the heck I originally wanted this to end, I had completely forgotten.


19

Hero's Savior, Savior's Hero

"Barbara, get to Riley." Yamaki ordered. "Connect your digivice with our system. We might be able to get a stronger signal that way."

"On it!" Barbara and Lunamon rush out the room as the digidestined and Tamers worry for their trapped friend.

The monster makers and Hypnos have been trying to connect to the Digidestined's world for some time now, there's still no progress.

TK moves over to comfort Kari, "I'm sure he's going to be alright."

"He better be," everyone heard Matt mumble.

"Stupid Tai," Sora does her best to hold back her tears. "Knowing him…"

"Hey, don't think like that!" Davis tries to cheer up everybody. "This is Tai we're talk about here! He always comes through!"

"Yamaki!" Janyu called the blond man. "It looks like we're starting to stabilize again. I've almost got the picture."

"Riley!"

"I'm on it sir!"

Everyone huddled around the computer screen. The static vision was starting to clear out. One look at the city horrified the digidestined. There was a giant crater at the center of downtown. It looks like everything that was in it had melted.

"What happened?" Yolei muttered quietly.

"Riley! Where's Tai?"

"Working on that right now! Done, transferring image."

Everyone stares at the computer screen as the view shifts from the melted crater to Tai, all beaten and burnt up, just barely floating high above the clouds.

"TAI!" Sora called.

Tai appears to smile before closing his eyes. He starts to fall.

"Tai!" Matt screamed. "Yamaki! Is the gate stable now?"

"Not yet," the man flicked his lighter again. "But at this rate, it'll be too late. The only thing we can get through is radio waves."

At that, TK and Takato quickly grabbed their digivices and opened a line.


What do I do? What can I do? Alice thought to herself as her partner falls. I need to save him somehow, but I can't access his powers. There's nothing I can do if I separate.

"Tai! Tai!"

Alice hears several voices, it's the Tamers and the Digidestined.

"Tai," its Matt's voice. "Listen to me Tai. We can't get to you right now, and we don't know what happened. But we do know how hard you've fought, for us, for everyone. You can't just let them all down like this. There's still one more battle to win. We need you for that. Some, more then others."

Alice thought she felt a small flinch from Tai. He can hear them, they just need to be louder. She can also sense some of his power returning, but it's not enough to save him just yet.

"Come on Tai!" Davis this time. "It's not going to be as much fun to kick Myotismon's butt when you're not there. You still haven't shown us what you're really made of."

"I for one would like to know how exactly you got that power," Izzy told him. "It'll give us a huge advantage if we can all use it."

"You're our main source for inspiration Tai, we need you!" Joe.

"You can't just fall from the sky like that, wake up!" Yolei.

"You're the only one that can stand up to NightmareMyotismon now." Cody.

"Saving us is useless unless you lead us against the darkness." Ken.

"This is it Tai, our next fight against NightmareMyotismon and it's going to everything we have, we need everyone to win, including you." TK.

"You need to come back to us Tai. I don't want to lose you again." Kari.

"You know you look really pathetic right now. A hero needs to look more heroic, I promise to help you with that once you return. So hurry back!" Mimi.

"Don't quit now! We still have a lot more to get through!" Ryo.

"I'd hate for us to lose just because of you." Rika.

"Come on Tai! Get up!" Henry.

"Are you giving up Tai? We still have one more enemy to fight and we need you there to defeat him!" Takato.

Alice waited for one more person, the last one, perhaps the only one that can wake him up.

"!!!"

Tai's eyes jolt open. Alice quickly uses this chance. She was barely able to create a shield on Tai's back. Alice does her best to steer the weak shield and Tai's body towards the harbor.

"A… lice…?"

Take it easy Tai, Alice tells him while she concentrates. I need you to stay awake, I can't use your power when you're knocked out. Please, stay with me for just a little longer.

Tai himself can now hear all the voice of the Tamers and the digidestined. "Every… one…"

That's right. Alice smiles. You have people waiting for your return. Don't let them down. Just don't lose consciousness yet, hold yourself together for as long as you can.

Alice senses Tai smiling as she continues to control the disc to deeper water. She knows that Tai is doing what he can to follow her wishes but she knows it won't last long. The disc she created begins to fade, as did Tai's consciousness.

Just… a little… more…!

A small burst of flame pushes Tai's body further forward. The crest Alice created disappears. That was all that Tai can do. Alice separates herself from him and holds Tai as he falls. There isn't anything else she could do for him now.


"Hurry Janyu!" Yamaki yelled at the scientist.

"We're doing the best we can Yamaki, we just don't have the time."

"Judging by the trajectory and speed," Izzy was thinking. "Tai's going to land in the middle of the sea!"

"That give us only seconds at best," Yolei panicked.

"Hang on Tai…" Matt clenches his fist.

"Janyu," Yamaki started. "Instead of stabilizing the entire portal, can you focus on just sending one person through it safely?"

"That should cut our time considerably, but it's going to have to be a really good person considering where Tai's going to land."

"I'll go," Matt stepped up. "I can handle the sea no problem. Also, I owe him."

"Alright, just wait for my signal."

Sora takes a closer look at the computer screen. She sees a small flash, and for a moment, she thought she saw somebody holding Tai. A guardian angel?


Tai and Alice hit the sea with a slash. Alice floats to the surface, but somehow doesn't get wet. She looks around the water, Tai is nowhere to be found. She dives down quickly and sees the boy slowly sinking to the bottom. Alice grabs his arms and tries to lift him upwards to the surface.

It's no use, she wasn't strong enough to lift him. His time is running out fast. She had to do something, or else he…

Alice hears a loud splash, she sees somebody's hand grab Tai's and pulls him upwards to the surface.


"Darn it Sora," Matt watches the monitor as Sora pulls Tai to shore. "You could've warned me before snatching TK's digivice."

"Other then you, Matt," Izzy began. "Sora was the most logical choice."

Matt stayed quiet, inside though, he was smiling. For Sora and for Tai.

"Is her crest glowing yet?" Mimi randomly asked.

"I don't see it," Cody answered.

"Why are you so interested in Tai and Sora?" Joe asked Mimi.

"Call it a hunch," She shrugged.

"Unfortunately…" TK started.

"What is it TK?" Matt started to worry a little.

"I'll tell you about it later," TK started. "We've got other things to worry about now."

Kari and the rest watch as Sora drags Tai to shore. All they do now is wait for the scientists to completely fix the portal before Tai and Sora can return.


Sora drags Tai's body away from the sea and onto the sand. She places her head near him to listen to his breath, and sighed in relief. She kneeled down right next to him and watched his sleeping face. She caresses some water off his cheek and lays his head on her lap.

All Alice can do is watch, this is their moment, their time together. She has no place there.

"If you're there," Sora was speaking. "Thank you, for protecting him."

Alice looks at the girl straight in the eye, Sora can't see the ghost. But she knows Alice is around somehow.

"I don't know if you can hear me, I'm sure that I can't hear you. I don't even know if you really exist, but that's all I wanted to say."

I can hear you… Alice thought to herself. I just can't talk to you. Yet, I can feel your heart, your love for Tai. It's… the same… as…

Mine…