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Chapter 4: Reveals and Protection
Kari was seated on a relatively flat rock a good ten feet away from anybody else. She couldn't fathom how Tk could have done what Patamon had said. Him destroy the digital world - it was ridiculous. This was Tk. The Tk who was always joyful and easygoing. The Tk that would climb a tree to save a kitten and not complain about his sappy hands afterward. It was the Tk that Kari loved - not that she'd told him that. It was the Tk who warned them not to come because they might get hurt.
Maybe Patamon had lied. Patamon normally wouldn't lie but he'd been acting really strange when they saw him. And his exit, it was like he was trying to escape them quickly. What if something was wrong with Patamon? What if it wasn't Patamon? The idea was crazy, but not as crazy as Tk destroying the digital world.
A surge of hope filtered through Kari. From her toes upward her body began to tingle, yet it wasn't painful. She tried to call out to her brother in mere surprise but her mouth wouldn't move. Abruptly, her world went black.
Slowly another appeared. From the angle of her vision she knew she was lying on the ground. She saw the floor just below her, yet she couldn't feel it. She moved her sight and saw a long muscular arm stretched awkwardly. It was then that she knew she was looking through Tk's eyes.
Patamon enter the room. He and Devimon exchanged a few words before Patamon morphed into a fat, red slug with two stubby wings prodding out of its back. It was a Miragemon.
Kari's world went black once more. Concern consumed her - Tk must have fainted.
The darkness lifted slightly and she heard the crying voice of Tai from above her. "Kari, wake up! Come on Kari, don't do this to me!"
Her eyes slid open revealing all eleven digidestined heads peering down on her. "IT WASN'T HIM!" They all startled back at her sudden outburst which gave Kari room to jump to her feet.
"Calm down and speak rationally." Ken warned her.
"That wasn't Patamon it was a Miragemon." Kari said breathlessly.
"How do you know that?" Tai questioned.
"Tk showed me so." Everyone's faces slacked in shock.
"But how?" Izzy finally asked.
"It was that whole bond thing, I saw it threw his eyes."
"But what if it was just Tk twisting your mind and trying to trick you." Sora stated.
"OH, COME ON! IT'S TK, GODDAMIT." Kari took a relaxing breath while the others recovered from shock once again - when had she ever sworn so adamantly? "Patamon was acting weird you have to have notice it. Plus I would know if Tk was evil, and I know he's not. You can't honestly believe he could be, could you?" She looked at each digidestined landing on Matt last, "Could you?"
His eyes met her stare, "We all know Tk doesn't have a bad bone in his body, just because he seemingly died doesn't change that."
The others took a moment to think, but at last they seemed to accept it. Tk was and could only ever be good.
Tk woke up again in the same bed as before. His muscles ached but other than that he felt completely fine. He mentally thanked Kari. And much to his disbelief he thought he heard her say 'your welcome' back.
Unlike before, Tk was still dressed in his normal clothes. He sat up and tried to formulate his new plan. Unfortunately, his mind couldn't concentrate; it was then that his tummy gave a great roar. When had he last eaten? If he couldn't remember than it had obviously been a long time. He got out of bed and remembering from his previous visit all those years ago made his way to the kitchen. Once there he opened the fridge and grabbed an assortment of food. He didn't bother making anything but rather woofed it all down raw.
A soft chuckling was heard from the door frame; Tk looked and saw Devimon standing there. "What do you want?" Tk asked snidely.
"Nothing much, I was just thinking back to the last time you were here. Then the food had been an allusion."
Tk had forgotten that, "So is this an illusion, too?"
Devimon chuckled again, "No it's real this time. I wanted to make it real just for you."
Tk was hardly pleased. "It doesn't matter whether you kill me but I swear to you, you won't get my friends."
Devimon's smile turned to a frown and his eyes flashed. "Little King, I wouldn't be talking like that if I were you not when I can torture you right here and now."
"Like I said, it doesn't matter if I die."
Devimon gave the same chuckle, "But I could kill your digimon, too."
Tk stood up ready to pummel him to the ground; sadly, he had already disappeared from sight.
With his fists still clenched, Tk's mind raced. He had thought Patamon and the others had been safe on the continent of Server, but now—now it appeared as if Devimon had already gotten to them.
Muttering a few choice words, Tk sped off in any direction that he hoped might lead him to the digimon.
"It's higher than I remember." Mimi whined while standing at the base of the mountain.
"We had better start climbing now before it gets too dark." Joe offered.
"Tk's up there." Matt said with a pinch of sadness and his feet already moving.
Kari followed close behind. After a minutes of walking in silence she suddenly felt she couldn't hold it inside much longer, "Where do you think our digimon are?" The others heeded little reaction because they had been wondering the same thing.
"Maybe on Server." Sora said with a less than hopeful smile.
"Or they could be on the island looking for us." Izzy added.
No one wanted to mention another possibility, the one where their digimon were indeed captured or dead.
"Wherever they are I'm sure they're safe, Kari." Tai said with a pushed smile.
Kari forced a smile back but kept silent. She knew she'd feel safer if Gatomon was by her side, but on the other hand it might be even more dangerous for her to be here right now. Kari erased the thoughts from her head and continued walking. A moment later she could swear she heard Tk whisper, "They're here."
"Tk found our digimon." The digidestineds stopped and stared at Kari, she didn't notice at first and kept walking. After about ten feet she observed their absence and turned around. "What's the hold up?" Kari waved her hand in the air and faced forward to keep walking. She hadn't even taken one step when she felt it: a sharp pain all over her body. Its strength was beyond description, yet she knew she knew she wasn't experiencing its full wrath. Her body crumpled and hit the ground stirring up a poof of dust.
"KARI!" Tai was at her side in an instant. He watched helplessly as his sister's face squinted and wrinkled in pain. She clutched her chest with sweaty hands digging into the fabric as if it were in her way.
Through gasps of pain Kari forced out in a shaky voice, "He's hurting so much, Tai, he's in too much pain."
Tai could do no more but watch as his sister's face squint in agony. He held her hand and waited for it to pass.
To the relief of everyone, Kari seemed to recover within 10 minutes. Her overly concerned friends huddled around her and offered her a water bottle. After taking a gulp, 18 arms reached out for her and set her on her feet.
"Hey guys," the group looked around at Ken, "Matt isn't here."
"What?" Several exclaimed looking around furiously.
"That bastard ran off to get Tk by himself!" Tai cursed.
"But it's too dangerous, why would he do that?" Sora asked.
Tai had a look of strong regret on his face, "Because he's an older brother."
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