Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Core ❯ Running Away ( Chapter 1 )

Matt ran away hard from the rest of the digidestineds. Gabumon followed along behind, running slightly.

"Matt wait up!" Gabumon wheezed behind Matt, after breaking out in a full run.

"Go away Gabu! Please," Matt whispered the last part. He had to be alone right now.

"But Matt!" Gabumon said.

"GO!" Matt yelled, increasing his speed. Matt kept on running. Not really noticing that Gabumon had left him.

Matt's vision blurred slightly as tears went down his face. He stopped running, as more tears streamed down his face.

'He doesn't need me. He never needed. Never. I've been lying to myself.' Matt thought to himself over and over again.

He started walking again. Shuffling his feet, and keeping his head down. He didn't notice the shadow from the tree. Or the fact that something was speeding toward him. Until he felt a sharp pain in his head. And everything went black.

The thing that hit him began to drag him to a giant house. The thing was none other than Puppetmon.

Tai and every one but TK were telling TK how glad it was to have him back.

"We're so glad you're back. Oh thank goodness. Were you hurt?" could be heard.

"No, I wasn't hur-" TK replied to Sora, but stopped when he couldn't find or see Matt anywhere.

"Where's Matt?" TK asked, surprised that Matt wasn't here.

"Well I, I saw him over th-there," Joe stuttered. He pointed over toward the left hand-side of the clearing. "Well he was there."

Just then Gabumon came out of the clearing, a sad look on his face.

"Where's Matt?" Tai asked worriedly.

"I- he. He ran off. I chased after him but he told me to go away," Gabumon sighed.

"You left him out there alone!" roared Tai. Afraid that his friend, though he'd never admit it, would get hurt.

"Tai!" Sora shouted. A little mad Tai would be so mean to Matts digimon.

"I'm sorry Gabumon," Tai sighed, "It's just...what if Puppetmon catches him?"

"We might as well go see if Puppetmon has Matt. If not we can just destroy Puppetmon," Izzy said.

Puppetmon finally reached his 'play' house. After dragging Matt. Who now had little cuts and bruises all over him.

Three hours later Matt woke up with a major headache, and a little blood trickling into his eyes. He suspected Puppetmon hurt him from the room around him. Which was filled with 'toys'.

Surprisingly no one was watching Matt. Matt slowly crept toward the door, which was slightly open. He went faster to the door. He opened it slowly and peered out. He saw no one and ran out the door. There was a hall and stairs leading down. He ran to the stairs and got down them. He was about to open the door, when he heard to words.

"Puppet Pummel!"

Before Matt could move an inch the attack hit him. Sending him flying to the wall. He hit his head and the world went black yet again. The sound of the attack was heard by more than just every one in the house.

"Uh, guys," Mimi asked, "What was that sound?"

"I don't know, but it's probably trouble!" Tai yelled running toward the sound.

Five hours later the tired digidestineds saw a huge house in front of them.

Matt sat up groggily, which was because of a splitting headache. He guessed he'd been out for an hour.

Matt stood up, finding that he wasn't chained. He grasped the wall as the world started spinning.

A cackling voice spoke out, "Are you Matt, holder of the crest of Friendship?"

Matt, too dazed to make real sense of anything, nodded in reply.

The voice whispered good. Matt suddenly felt better. No almost blacking out or being dizzy.



Piedmon grinned as he stepped into the room. His planning was running perfectly. He grinned even more as Matt started to back away.

"Matt you will help us, the dark masters, turn into Mega-Mega's. Now Matt you'll help us won't you?" Piedmon growled, stepping even more closer to Matt.

"Never!" Matt shouted, backing into a wall

Piedmon threw a ball of energy at Matt twice. Enjoying Matt's scream.

"No what was that answer again?" Piedmon said, three balls of energy in each of his hands.

"Ne-never," Matt wheezed.

The six balls of energy flew at Matt. He managed to avoid the blast but not the remaining four. Still no answer came from Matt.

Piedmon walked over to the crouching Matt on the floor and kicked him in the ribs a couple of times.

"What is your answer!" Pidemon yelled in Matts face, picking Matt off the ground.

"Yes," Matt whimpered, slumping to the ground.

"Good!" Piedmon said, "Now just read this," Piedmon said again. Handing Matt an old crumpled looking piece of paper.

Matt coughed, before whispering, "The bearer of friendship shines through the light. He gives other people the power to fight." "I give the dark masters the power to be. Their darkness shall cloud the light. Darkness is all you shall see." "Give me the Mega-Mega Core!"

After Matt said all of that, a pulsing black mist-light surrounded him. After it disappeared a black crystal ball was left in front of Matt. Soon after the crystal appeared Matt fainted

"Come on!" Tai shouted.

The others plus Tai were running at the house, full speed. They had just seen a black beam shoot out of the house.

The doors burst to the house burst open as the digidestineds entered. The house was very dark inside, as if a dark essence were around it.

Mimi shivered with fear. While TK hung on to Sora in fear, three dark figures approached the destineds. One who was carrying a figure.

The one carrying the figure threw it at them. The figure who was throne was an unconscious Matt.

"Matt!" Tai and TK shouted running toward the figure. Suddenly a bright light filled the room.

The dark masters, who were slowly moving toward the destineds, completely stopped once the light filled the room.

A soft voice entered the room, "Hello children," "I fear that I was late, terribly late. I'm sorry."

"What happened to the dark masters? Who are you?" Tai said looking wildly around the room.

"They are frozen in time. And I am the core. You see Matt had to help the one you call Piedmon, if not he'd surely be killed. All of you have a core, or power to make something powerful than it is. Matt unfortunately had a very powerful core in him. It was the darkness or Mega-Mega one,"

"Courage has the light and Mega-Mega one, Love has the one that makes every one love each other, ect." "I am the guardian of the cores. I could not for some reason make his core, er, stay with me, like all of yours."

"You must hurry now! We have very little time! If a person loses their core they'll die quickly. Each of you must concentrate on Matt. The more love, courage, and friendship with him you have the faster you'll recreate his Core. Whichever one of you recreates it first go to Matt and place it on his crest. I can only leave the Dark Masters frozen for another thirty minutes, which is all time Matt has. Hurry!"

With that the voice disappeared. While every one concentrated on Matt.



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