Most likely my last chapter for a few days (maybe a week or two) I'm back to Uni on Tuesday and I have assignments and tests and shite when I go back and I'm away down the country next weekend without my laptop or an internet connection... fun, fun, fun! Yeah... anywho I have a longer than usual chapter here for ye now! Might just be a paragraph longer but that's still longer so yeah!

Reviews are always nice!

Disclaimer: Not Mine!

Tk woke up and cursed himself for setting his alarm so early. He rolled over to turn off the alarm clock and was met with a handful of leaves. "Huh?"

Tk opened his eyes and remembered he wasn't at home anymore but in amongst leaves on the forest floor. "Then what's with the beeping?" he asked himself groggily. Tk sat up weakly and everything ached. His bones and muscles were sore from sleeping on the cold damp ground and although the sun was now high in the sky meaning he'd slept for longer than he had intended Tk still didn't feel well rested.

He ran his hand through his hair and yawned. He went to stretch but his arms didn't seem to want to move. He let out a depressed sigh. As Tk looked around he was vaguely aware of the fact he could still hear beeping.

"Hold on," said Tk. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his digivice. His eyes widened with realisation. His digivice was beeping and glowing just like Cody's did when his crest was near. "My crest!"

Tk pushed himself to his feet suddenly finding strength from somewhere. "Need to find it. Now."

Tk grabbed his bags swallowed two aspirin dry and got going. He needed to get to that crest and fast. He used his digivice almost like a compass and searched wherever it beeped the loudest.

After about twenty minutes he was sweating madly and panting furiously but he had no intention of resting until he found it. No matter how long it took.

The crutches came in useful as they made it easier for him to check trees and under leaves and he could just push everything away with them. However he was having no luck.

It wasn't until Tk started seeing black dots in his vision and thought that he was going to pass out that he decided he needed to rest.

He was starting to think his injuries were worse than what the doctor had told him in the hospital. He knew it would hurt to walk on his ankle and that his ribs would be tender but this was ridiculous. Every breath felt like a vice was tightening around his ribs and lungs and the burn ointment he was using on his face, chest and hand only offered minimal relief. No wonder the doctor hadn't wanted him to move about before the digimon had attacked the hospital. He really wasn't ready.

Tk felt sick from hunger so he decided to eat a bit of his food before searching for the crest again but he knew he couldn't eat much. He only allowed himself one of the apples and a small piece of chocolate to keep his sugar levels up and then he pushed himself to his feet again.

His head spun when he stood up and he was starting to think he need not even bother taking the aspirin that they were doing nothing. He considered cracking into the more extreme pain killer but he wanted to keep that for when he met up with his friends again in case they needed it. Tk sighed and tried to ignore the pain as he continued forward.

Tk walked on for another few minutes but he was beginning to feel nervous. He wasn't sure if it was the wind or something else but the trees above his head were rustling more so than they had earlier and he swore he heard voices just a moment ago. Tk stopped took a deep breath and tried to ignore his fears and walk onwards. If something or someone was after him he needed to find that crest and soon.

Tk stumbled through a clearing in the trees and gasped in awe. Just outside the forest was a large crystal clear lake and a waterfall. Tk glanced up at the waterfall and he would bet his bottom dollar the waterfall was part of the river he had been swept down earlier. All he'd have to do was find his crest and climb the rocky bank by the waterfall to higher ground and follow the river back to his friends. He was pretty sure he remembered where he had last seen the others if he walked to there he was sure to meet up with them sooner or later right?

Tk was so consumed in his own thoughts he didn't hear the small crowd of digimon gather around him. He wasn't even aware that he wasn't on his own until one of the creatures began laughing frantically.

Tk turned and seen a group of about ten Gazimon had gathered around him. Tk gulped and took a step backwards.

The Gazimon were laughing like a pack of hyenas. "You have nowhere to run Blondie."

Tk took off to his left towards the waterfall as fast as his ankle would allow him but he knew he didn't really stand any chance of out running the Gazimon.

One of the Gazimon charged forward with its claws outstretched ready to strike and Tk just about managed to push it away with a crutch before it was too late. Tk panted heavily and tried to run again but the Gazimon kept charging forward. Tk managed to send the first few flying with a well aimed hit to the head with the crutch but it wasn't long before one of the Gazimon out sped him and struck him hard in the chest knocking him back into the water.

The rabbit like digimon's claws tore away at Tk's bandages and went even deeper into his flesh. With a great deal of effort Tk managed to throw the creature away from him and scramble on to his feet.

He tried to wade through the lake to the waterfall if only he could climb up the bank. Gazimon were strong but they weren't good climbers. If he could get to the bank he'd be free of them.

Tk tried to beat off any Gazimon that charged at him but his actions were more sluggish now. He was still hitting the digimon but not as hard as he'd have liked. As soon as they were down they were back up again. There was just too many of them.

Two Gazimon lunged at him at the same time and each grabbed one of his crutches. The force of the digimon sent Tk down into the water again. Tk jumped up quickly. He couldn't afford to stay down for long. The Gazimon had been distracted by his crutches but if he was knocked down again he knew it would be the end of him.

Tk struggled onwards. He willed himself to make it to the rock face. "Come on."

A Gazimon pounced forward and sunk its claws deep into Tk's hip. Tk hissed and reached back to grab the digimon. He tore it from his back and flung it behind him knocking out another Gazimon in the process.

Two down... eight to go.

Two more Gazimon charged forward as Tk reached the rock face. Both of the digimon sunk their fangs into Tk's leg trying to pull him back down into the water. Tk's hands scrambled on a small ledge as he attempted to get a decent grip. He couldn't see it but he could feel it. Under his finger tips there was a small beaded chain. It was his crest. "Come on," he gasped as he tried to pull himself upwards. The crest seemed to be imbedded into the rock he'd have to pull it away. "Come on!"

Tk held on to the chain and pulled on it hard, his knuckles were white with the effort he was putting in. However the Gazimon were dragging him down. Two more of the rabbit digimon had flung themselves at him slicing his legs with their sharp claws and fangs. He was slowly falling backwards into the water.

"I've had enough of this!" roared a Gazimon from the lake. "ELECTRIC STUN BLAST!"

The attack hit Tk in the small of his back and he was sent plummeting into the water. Tk felt numb as all the Gazimon began to drag him down to the lake's floor as the crest in his balled hand glowed bright gold.

Bright beams of light blasted from the crest in Tk's hand and shot to the surface. The bright lights blinded the Gazimon and they released Tk from their grasp. The blond took his chance and tried to fight his way to the surface. But his body was weak, he fought but he just didn't have the power to get to the surface.

Tk was almost about to lose consciousness and had begun to fall backwards deeper into the lake when he was aware of something pulling him upwards.

Tk was pulled right out of the water and coughed as his lungs were met with the gloriously cool air.

"Tk are you alright?" asked a familiar voice.

Tk's eyes widened and he looked up. "Angemon!"

"The one and only."

"Bu... but how?" Tk was starting to feel weak as the attacks of the Gazimon were taking their toll.

"Your crest brought me back to you old pal," said Angemon as he carried Tk to the top of the waterfall and away from the Gazimon which were unsuccessfully trying to climb up the bank. Angemon placed Tk down gently on the grass and grimaced. His partner's breathing was irregular and the blond was barely conscious, he had deep gashes from were the Gazimon had struck him and he was losing blood fast.

"Tk come on you have to stay with me." said Angemon as he tried to lift Tk into a sitting position.

Angemon took the bags off Tk's back. Tk reached forward to grab them. "There's... there's medicine i-in the bags," he stuttered.

Tk fumbled through the bag and cracked open the heavy duty pain killers. "Screw the others," Tk said with a small smile. " I think they'll forgive me."

Tk swallowed two pain killers and water and took out the antiseptic, burn ointment and bandages. "I'm going to need your help Angemon."

Tk's head felt fuzzy but he tried hard to stay conscious as he and Angemon cleaned the bites and scratches and they wrapped the bandages around all the cuts. Tk was covered in so many scratches and gashes that by the time all the wounds were covered he nearly resembled a mummy. The area on his back where the Gazimon had struck him with his attack wasn't even bruised so they left it clear of bandages.

They had just finished as the pain killers began to kick in and Tk felt even more sleepy. Tk yawned as Angemon dedigivolved back into Patamon. "I could... I could do with a rest Pata," said Tk softly as he allowed himself to slide down onto his side. Patamon curled up beside him. "I'll keep you safe Tk," he said. "Don't worry okay?"

Tk simply smiled a response as fatigue took over and he drifted into sleep.

Think I'll leave it there for now! A whole Tk chapter instead of a paragraph, that's different anyway xD Toodles!