Sorry this took so long, I've had several projects on at once and just didn't find the time. Plus its the start of a new story arc so there was a lot of planning to do but hopefully its good. Enjoy and remember, review and vote on my poll please (there's a deadlock which isn't helpful)
I frowned as I heard the familiar beep from my D-Terminal. Reaching over I picked it up and flipped it open returning to hide under my sheets. I had a feeling something terrible was happening in the Digital World. It was so bad I actually felt sick because of it. I'd never had such a strong premonition before I didn't want it to continue.
'To: Sakura Tenshi.
From: Kari Kamiya.
Subject: Trouble!
Something's happening in the Digital World! I know Lalamon can't Digivolve but we need you! We're meeting at School, hurry!' Trouble in the Digital World, I thought sitting up. My phone went off and I answered it knowing it was Ken without looking.
'I'll meet you there.' I told him as I ran to the door. Cody was already fastening his shoes and I quickly started to tie my trainers balancing my phone easily.
'Right, just stay safe.' He replied hanging up. Cody and me stood up and raced to the elevator.
'Be careful!' Cassy called after us waving. We nodded and waved back as the gate closed and we headed down.
'I wonder what Kari meant.' Cody noted frowning. I looked at him with a similar expression of confusion.
'All I can tell is bad, extremely bad. Worse that anything I've ever felt before.' I admitted. He gave me a look.
'I say we skip double time and go straight to triple.' He suggested grimly.
'Good plan.' I agreed as the elevator stopped. We charged out running out of the building at breakneck speed.
'That bad?' TK asked coming up beside us.
'Worse than anything.' I told him with a look. He said something under his breath that I was sure would have shocked anyone hearing it.
'Move it or lose it guys! Sakura's says it's super bad.' Cody called as we came up on Davis, Yolei and Kari. They were all ready running towards the school but as soon as we caught up the pace quickened. This was going to be really bad. I could just tell.
'Sakura?' Ken asked, as we appeared panting in the Digital World.
'Major trouble…never felt…so much…negative energy…actually feel sick.' I muttered as I stumbled. He caught me easily his face concerned.
'Sakura?' He said alarmed as he set me down on the grass gently. Wormmon and Lalamon were hovering close by alarmed.
'Sis.' Cody echoed Ken's tone as he moved to stand over me.
'I've never seen her like this. Guys I'm worried. Whatever's about to happen is worse than anything we've faced before.' TK noted sensibly.
'He's right, don't worry about me. I'll head back to the Computer Lab and wait for you all.' I told them as I struggled to stand. Davis nodded coming to help me up while Ken held my other side.
'That's probably best, you're in no condition for the Digital World like this.' Davis agreed opening the portal.
'I'll have to head home first but I'll come straight over.' Ken assured me giving me a kiss lightly on my forehead before I went though the portal. Back in the computer room I managed to pull myself up to the chair and look at the screen.
'We've text Joe and he'll take you home. Just wait for a while okay.' Yolei told me from the Digital World.
'I want all the details later, be careful.' I cautioned them.
'Sakura even I'm not rushing in.' Davis joked trying to lighten the mood. I gave a weak chuckle but I wasn't really in the mood for laughing.
'I'll see you soon, I love you.' Ken told me smiling softly. I gave him a smile back as Budmon moved to look out for Joe.
'I love you too. Be safe.' I whispered. If only I could go with them, but I was useless like this. Ken; look after yourself, Cody too.
'This is bad, her fever's too high.' Joe's voice barely reached me but I could recognise the panicked tone of his words. My eyes were closed, I didn't have the strength to open them and my breathing laboured. The sheets of my bed were soaked with sweat and someone had placed a cool cloth on my forehead. Despite the obvious signs that I was burning up I was frozen to the core. My stomach was churning making me feel like I wanted to be sick. 'What can we do? She said she's freezing.' Mira countered her voice high from concern.
'Mira, is cousin Sakura going to be okay?' Cassidy asked from further away her voice small.
'Go look out for the others Cassy. They shouldn't be to much longer.' Mira told her gently as I heard the sounds of the nine year old being ushered out of the room.
'They'd better be. This is getting serious. If Sakura doesn't recover soon her fever could get to high and cause brain damage.' Joe admitted. I felt a shadow over me as a steady hand took the cloth and replaced it with a cool wet one.
'She'll be okay after they finish in the Digital World though, won't she?' Mira asked her voice shaking slightly.
'I'm not sure, this hasn't happened before but I think so. This is because whatever's happening is so bad that when's she's sensing it it's making her physically ill. She only senses the future though so once the event actually happens she should be okay.' Joe explained though his voice said he wasn't as sure as he normally was. I knew this wouldn't be the end of it though.
'No, more.' I muttered weakly.
'More?' Joe repeated surprised. I could sense his gaze on me and I opened my eyes to meet it. My vision was blurred slightly but I could make out enough to see.
'Happen again. There's more than one.' I wasn't entirely sure what I meant by that but I knew it was right. Whatever caused this would happen again.
'More than one?' Mira asked looking at Joe confused.
'I'm not sure; I'm guessing that whatever event's bad enough to cause this will happen again. She maybe they're only dealing with one part of a set.' Joe noted. I nodded so he knew he was right.
'Can't, be stuck, each time.' I told him firmly as I could. Joe gave me a look but nodded.
'Izzy and Gennai will be going to ask Talankomon if she can help as soon as they can. It's too risky for this to happen again.' He assured me calmly. I sighed as I smiled. The bad feeling was weakening. In fact it had actually vanished. I was still as weak as kitten but I wasn't getting worse.
'It stopped.' I told him giving him a smile. He frowned as he held my wrist.
'Your pulse is stronger, breathing easier.' He noted as he checked my claim.
'Still weak, but I just need rest.' I informed him lightly.
'I think your right; rest and fluids should get you back to full health. Still, you gave us a scare. They're going to freak when I tell them.' Joe chuckled as he helped me to sit up in the bed.
'Tell us what?' I gave Ken a slightly wan smile as he entered the room a concerned frown on his face. He stopped, as he looked at me his eyes widening. I guess I must look like I'd been pushed into the oven, I thought wearily.
'I'm fine.' I told him recognising the signs of full-scale panic. Ken narrowed his eyes and turned to Joe.
'She is now. But her powers gave her a high fever; it almost went above the safe range. Her pulse was erratic but it's strong now so she just needs rest.' Joe said calmingly as the other Digidestined looked round the door.
'Her powers caused this?' Ken demanded alarmed.
'As far as I can tell, what happened anyway?' Joe asked curious
'BlackWarGreymon destroyed some rock; things went bang, really bad. Apparently there's more of them.' Davis filled us in easily.
'There are.' I confirmed nodding.
'This is going to happen again?' Ken sat down shakily on the bed as he paled. Joe sighed and nodded.
'Currently yes, Izzy and Gennai are looking into preventing it but for now we're working on that bases.' Joe admitted. Davis came in and put his hand on Ken's shoulder.
'Panicking will make things worse.' Our leader was being gentle but firm as he gave Ken a look. Ken nodded taking a breath.
'I know.' He agreed before moving to sit closer to me. Then he frowned standing up. 'Your soaked.' Ken said shaking his head.
'Okay, out guys.' Yolei ordered coming in and shoving Davis out the room. Kari slipped in around the footballer and joined Yolei.
'We'll let you in once she's in drier clothing.' Kari assured Ken as he rose and nodded.
'I'll be back as soon as I can. Actually I'll call my mum so she doesn't panic.' Ken noted frowning.
'Won't she panic anyway when you tell her about me being ill?' I questioned wearily.
'You certainly have a point there.' Ken admitted shaking his head as he left the room.
'Sakura, Sakura!' Talankomon, I thought confused. There was a flash of light as the Time Digimon appeared in front of me. 'Thank the Sovereigns; Sakura your crest is out of control! You need to limit its power or the visions will overwhelm you.' She told me urgently.
'How? Izzy said he went to see you and you didn't know of a way to help.' I pointed out. Izzy hadn't been happy when he returned that was for sure. He hated not having the answers and when it was a serious problem that just made it worse.
'I couldn't tell him, I shouldn't even tell you.' Talankomon admitted frowning.
'Tell me what?' I asked curious as too what could make the Time Digimon so frantic.
'First of all you should know that Lalamon can't Digivolve because when she does it strengthens your crest and her internal data isn't allowing that because of the harm it would do to you. The code's so deep she didn't even realise.' I gasped at the revelation.
'That's why?' I couldn't believe it despite the sense it made.
'Yes. The true power of the Digidestined comes from the circle of your powers. Digimon use the powers of the crests to Digivolve and when they Digivolve they strengthen the crests which means they have more power to Digivolve. Your partners have the strongest connection to the crests due to their data being specifically designed to respond to the crests and protect them at the most basic levels. The Digivices provide a medium to control the timing of the Digivolutions otherwise they would occur when ever a Digimon gained strength and be irreversible, a natural Digivolution.' Talankomon explained easily.
'So that's why Lalamon stopped digivolving, to try and slow my crest down before it got to strong.' I realised adding the facts together.
'Yes. Your abilities get stronger with your crest and now they're so strong that they're placing you in danger but you need those abilities in order to help your friends.'
'So what do I do!' I demanded aspirated with the lack of clear, go there do this I was getting.
'You need to enter the Control Realm.'
'Control Realm?'
'Yes, it's another dimension, like the Dark Ocean. In that dimension are the people who oversee the Digital World to ensure it runs smoothly. Gennai is from that dimension and he provides a way for communication between the two. If you go to that dimension then you can have them upgrade your Digivice to allow for the extra power. No ones supposed to know of the Control Realm except Gennai and the Digimon like myself who aid in ensuring the smooth running of the Digital World so you must make sure they don't know where you've gone. There's an entrance in the Digital World, I'll send the location to your Digivice, that you can use but you have to hurry or the Digidestined will figure out something's up. Tell no one, not even Lalamon. This is something you must do alone.' Talankomon warned. I nodded to show I'd kept up with her. 'Okay, WAKE UP!'
My eyes opened as I returned to my bed. Talankomon's message rang in mind as I sat up and took in the room. Ken was resting on the chair in front of the computer. No way that was going to work then. Actually if I used a computer portal then they'd be able to appear right behind me no problem, I'd never gain the time I needed to ensure they didn't follow me to the control portal. Highton View Terrace, I realised glancing out my window. Tai and Kari would be there though, they hadn't moved unlike most of the Digidestined. Maybe, would that work? It would have to, I decided frowning. 'Ken.' I hissed quietly to wake him. He jumped and shot up looking at me and shaking his head.
'Saki, what's wrong?' He asked still not fully awake.
'I don't know, but something's going to happen.' I told him. That woke him up.
'Eh, good or bad?' He demanded standing and moving to lean over me.
'Bad, definitely bad.' I lied, well that was kind of the truth to be fair.
'Of course, what else is there? You get dressed while I start emailing the gang.' Ken said moving to open the door.
'Tell them to meet at Davis place, he'll never wake up otherwise.' Davis's house was the furthest away from Highton View Terrace. Ken nodded going to wake Cody. I pulled a pair of jeans over my Pyjamas and grabbed a large jacket. From what I could make of the map Talankomon had shown me the portal was in the north where it was freezing.
'Sis, we're ready.' Cody called from the other side of my door.
'Go on, I'll catch up.' I replied instantly.
'Sakura, Joe said you needed rest. We'll grab the others and bring them here. We can use the computer here with out worrying anyway.' Ken noted. Score, that was beyond perfect. I hadn't been able to work out how to lose them and now he handed to me. Cause Ken always did help me out.
'Right, stay together for safety though. Budmon, you've got experience so go with them okay.' I said looking to my partner. She nodded as Ken opened the door slightly to let her out.
'We won't be long, promise.' Ken told me before closing the door. I smiled as I was left alone to carry out my plan.
Two minutes later and I was running out of the apartment and turning to rush towards Highton View Terrace. The others had a distance advantage but by the time they returned I would be long gone and they wouldn't know where to go looking. Hopefully they wouldn't call in the older Digidestined until it was to late for them to help. Izzy was sure to have someway to follow us in the human world and the Digital World proved to easy for him to do. I needed to ensure I made it as hard as possible. Not using a computer gate would mean he had no record of entry to use to start tracking from but with time he would find my Digivices signal. Thankfully my time in the Digital World had improved my physical abilities. I didn't have the speed of Davis or Ken but I had stamina and didn't need to slow down for…surprises. I skidded to a stop as I saw Kari standing at the base of the bridge. She looked unsurprised to see me. 'I'll stall but I don't know how much time I can give you.' She told me smiling faintly. So that was it, no wonder she seemed so much weaker. I could remember Tai's panic when Kari's crest acted up in the Digital World; it must have been the same thing.
'Thank you.' I said as I raised my Digivice to open a portal. I was lifted up by the light easily and waved to her before I vanished to travel to the Digital World.
This is a bit more quick and rushed than normal but that's how Sakura's mind is going right now, rushing through things rapidly trying to keep up.
Can Sakura save herself and find the Control World? What challanges will she face on her journey? Find out on the next, The Posibility of Kindness