Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Lilac Kamiya's Amazon ❯ A New Way Out : Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

AmazonChapter 5: A New way Out

"JOE!!" TK cried he shouted for him to come, Joe, Sora and Tai quickly went to his aid. They all gasped but Joe snapped out of it and began his to look at him. "It's Matt...Definitely." he replied he was covered in dirt head to toe, scratches and bruises all over him...to put it all together Matt looked in awful shape.

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Matt opened his eyes...he looked up to see Joe and everyone sitting around him. "Matt we thought you died...what happened?" TK questioned he looked at his brother. "It's along sorry...Ahh!" he cringed in pain. "What are you doing!" he shouted at Joe. "Matt...What happened how did you get shot wound to your leg?" he questioned. "It's infected...badly, your leg is swollen." He replied.

"It's a long story." He replied. "Something we all want to hear." Tai replied he looked at him Sora pulled Tai away from them for a second. "Tai...let him rest he's been out there for god knows how long scared alone...and in pain...." she whispered. To him, he nodded. "Okay but if he did survived then that means there is a possibility that he could know there is a way out of here." He told her she gasped at his relation... "You think? I mean...." she stopped she was speak less and couldn't believe the actually possibility of leaving...and going home.

"NO! don't." Matt replied as he lay on the table. "Matt they won't kill you...they only eat the dead flesh..." Joe replied. "How can you know for sure?" he asked. "I studied at Med school remember I learn the survival stuff also...so just relax and cooperate..."Joe told him.

"Listen to him Matt, he knows what he's doing." TK replied.

They watched as Joe tended to Matt. "What happened here?" Joe questioned he looked at his shoulder...Matt shrugged.. "I don't know where it came from...it was probably the fucking.... shit heads that did it..." he reply, he ripped Matt shirt...only caused Matt to freak out. "STOP IT! That's the only fucking shirt I have!" he cried. "Matt....for you own good...I have to take that arrow head out of your shoulder...it could be get infected like your leg!" he told him sternly Matt groaned annoyed.

"What the hell have you been doing?" Sora questioned in shock she looked at all the bruises and cuts that where on him... "I've been trying to find here...that what I've been doing!" he shouted. "Okay TK get my bag and I need the first aid kit." He said. "Right." He went to get in from the bag...and pulled out the kit and handed it to Joe.

"I ripped it out." Matt said to him suddenly. "Then how come you have the arrow head still there?" Joe questioned him confused. "I....I don't remember." Joe sighed. "Never mind just lay down on the table here on your stomach." Joe told him as he pointed to the table. "Okay now don't move...and nothing's going to go wrong." He replied...Joe took the small surgical knife...and tweezers, he put a little bit of rubbing alcohol on both of the items then asked TK to hold them both...he took some Iodine and wiped around the wound on Matt's shoulder.

Matt winced as Joe cut a bit then stopped...he took the tweezers and went into the wound on Matt's shoulder and took a grip on the arrow head and slowly started to take it out.

Matt face contorted in pain. "Ah...Joe be careful!" Matt cautioned him. "Relax it's going to hurt a bit but...hold on a second." He replied he concentrated then slowly pulled it out. "Okay there." He replied he set the arrow head aside then proceeded to put another maggot into it to eat away the dead flesh, then talking an bandage he covered it and, and left it alone.

Matt was grossed out...he didn't like the fact that something like that was in him. He wanted so much to go home but they didn't have a choice they were stuck out here in the middle of the Amazon rain forest with a bunch of old-English settlers that were shipwrecked for decades and with natives...it's either to dangerous to head off by them selves...he would have known what is was like.

TK picked up the arrowhead and examined it.... "This is different...from the one the natives used." He replied. "How can you tell?" Tai asked him "Look these were made from a stone.... that means he must of seen another one of these tribes." TK said he looked at his brother who lay on the table while Joe was fixing him up.

"What I want to know is how he got shot if there isn't any civilization in miles from where we are." Sora replied she looked determined. "Yeah...when Matt survived the falling into that underground water fall then there must be a way out." Tai said excited they all were...they though he was dead...after he went through there...but he didn't and it only opened to them a new way to escape after being marooned here by the search and rescue teams for a year.

A week later....

Matt looked much better then he did when he arrived only thing he need a support from a cane because he leg was still swore and it hurt...he still didn't want to talk about what he went through since his disappearance.

"Matt." TK called to him Matt was sitting in a chair he was staring into space. "Matt?" TK questioned he approached him and then passed his hand in front of his face, he snapped out of his trace then looked up at TK. "Huh?" he questioned. "I was calling you...didn't you hear?" he asked looking at his brother worried.

"I wasn't paying attention.... anyways what do you want?" Matt asks watching his brother carefully. "Me, Tai, Sora and Joe want you to know Matt...I know it's hard but you got to tell us...if it was a way out...then.... we have to try...to escape...because I don't think I can handle another night or another day here...neither can Tai, Sora and Joe...and I know you don't want to be here...so come on." TK told him...he watched awaited an answer from his brother.

Matt nodded "Okay I will.... your right...I don't want to be here any more." He answered. "Then good come with me." TK replied then helped his brother up. They began to walk to toward their tree house.... while around the place the villagers continued to do their work as they did ever day...they went up to stairs where Tai, Sora and Joe were.

"Guys I know what your feeling...I feel home sick...we miss our families." He replied then took a seat on a small stool. "You said it that's why we will work together to get out of here...I'v made some weapons we can use." Tai uncovered a whole bunch of spears... "I've been watching how they make them...for a few months...then I started to try to make some...so I made five for all of us." He answered Sora smiled and rubbed his arm softly.

"Good...well need it...but.... let me start." Matt looked at them and began.

Flashback...

"Ahhh!" Matt plunged in to the stone waterfall, he was in a pit that was in it...water was rushing in there was a hole. 'if I hold my breath and swim I can make it out and if I can't...then.' he stopped his thoughts there either way he was going to die if he didn't leave the cave pit. He inhaled deeply then dove under water he swam...under water...he could see light and it encouraged him to continue...he surfaced gasping for breath...Matt looked around his surroundings...he smiled almost started to laugh "YES!! Oh thank god!" he cried he quickly swam ashore.

He looked around then realized that Tai, TK, Sora and Joe weren't with him... 'I'll come back for them...when I get to civilization...' he thought he started off....

"I Kept on walking along the river.... I would stop...at one point a met up with another survivor..."

The rustling in the bush startled him. "Who's there!" Matt shouted another man came through the clearing Matt looked at him shocked "I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you." He replied, he clamed. "Are you a local?" Matt asked the man only shook his head no... "Your one of the survivors?" he asked...the man looked at him. "Yeah are you?" he questioned.

"I was going to meet my daughter...we were going to see Matt Ishida perform." He said Matt kept quite as to whom he actually was for a bit. "What's your name?" he asked. "Michael." They shook hands "What's yours?" he questioned.

Matt laughed, "You'll probably won't believe me...but any ways I'm Matt Ishida." He replied the guys eye's widened "You're the him?...I see the resemblance now." He replied. "Yeah...well my friends are stuck in a village....where a bunch of old English settlers from 16th century are...they ship wrenched there a long time ago there still there....the's also an native tribe...we've been in one hell of an adventure." Matt told him.

"Whoa....I didn't think that...there was such people." He replied. "Believe it...they still are in the old days....I need to get to civilization first...Do you want to help me out two is better then one...and I have been walking for almost over a week." he answered.

"We walked for god knows how long...it started to rain...it felt as if months passed us fast...until one day." Matt stopped abruptly closed his eyes... "Matt are you okay?" TK questioned. "I'm okay..." his voice answer a bit broken up. "I got to know this guy...he was a good guy." Matt answered. "What happened?" Sora questioned.

"Hey is that a person?" Michael questioned him Matt looked. "It dose look like at person...painted in dark blue.... with white rings on him..." Matt gasped when he spotted the rifle in the person's hands. "Oh shit...come on we got to get out of here!" Matt replied, him and Michael took of into the direction they came from; they both ran full speed as fast as they could through the bush.

Shots were being fired suddenly at them; they continued to run through pushing the leaves away from in front of him.

"AH" Michael cried out Matt turned. "What's wrong!" he replied he turned to help his friend up. "No Matt go! You have to find your friends! Go...I'll be okay!" he shouted Matt nodded it started to rain and it was getting darker.

Matt nodded and took off while Michael hid himself in the foliage...and remained silent. 'This is bad. I shouldn't have left him...' he trailed off and stopped looking back an arrant shot rang out and this time it his him in his leg...Matt shut his mouth as he tried not to scream because of the pain.

He fell to the ground in pain he shook his head. "No I have to keep going...I have to hid.' He thought and continued to run awkwardly...and at a steadied pace.

"AHHHHHH!!!" the blood curdling cry echoed with in the forest followed by gunshots...then an eerily silence.

Matt eye widened in horror at the sudden relation that it was his friend who screamed out.... tears threatened to fall from his eyes...he felt like he lost a best friend...and he was feeling angry....

"NO!!!" he cried out.... searched on the ground for some kind of weapon...he could use, he found a rock that was a good enough size and hid.... a lone native that was covered with blue and white rings walked passed Matt, he watched from his hiding spot early waiting for the chance to attack him... '1, 2....3!' Matt jump out quickly and with a swift hit over the head with the rock as hard as he could...the man died instantly...matt took this ammunition from him leaving the evidence of the killing there still.

End of Flashback

"I understand that if you think I'm a murder but...I had to do it...to save my self..." Matt whispered TK shook his head... "No Matt we understand..." TK answered.

"Yeah man you have to save your self.... it's understandable anyone of us would have to do that." Tai to him he nodded as he sat there looking glumly.

"Matt look.... there was nothing you could have done, I killed some guy too...all right.... but it was for us to survive because as it is in the wild you got to kill to survive....or something like that...I'm not sure...but any ways....never mind....if you thought it was bad it was no where near that." Tai told him. "I would have done it too." He answered.

They were silent for a while. "I want to go to sleep." Matt answered he got himself up...the four knew he didn't want any help so they watched him limp toward there make shift home for the year.

Sora watched him feeling guilty. "I feel sorry for him...to have to go through that." She replied, Tai put a hand on her shoulder. "He'll get his help when we get out of here...and I know we all want out...and we all will be crazy enough to do something like what he did." He whispered. Joe nodded as well as TK...They all faced each other.

"Let's make a pact to stick together through this...I know Matt will have a hard time leaving the safety of this place but we got to remind him about home.... friends, family.... loved ones." Tai said to them.

"I'm in." Sora put her hand over top of her lover's hand... "Me too...I miss home...so much." He replied as he put his hand over Sora's. "Right...same here." Joe replied as he put his hand on the group. "And this is for Matt because I know he would want to leave.... I still have a feeling he want to be home again..." TK answered.

******* Morning

Matt woke up he slowly turned his head and saw Sora, Tai, Joe and his brother talking...he squinted his eyes and looked at them curiously then seemed to be in a deep conversation about something. "Guys?" he asked he rose up putting his legs over the side sitting in his hammock he looked toward them.

"Matt." TK said he looked over to his brother the other look also. "Hey your up..." Sora said to him "Yeah...what are you talking about?" he asked.

"Were going to leave this place once and for all." Joe told him. "What we can't we aren't even prepared to go." Matt answered he looked at them shocked. "Matt we are prepared...we have everything we need." Tai answered him. "I can't go back into that god forsaken place!" he shouted. "Shh!!" TK cried he looked around, as did Tai, Sora and Joe.

"I can't! I went through hell and I don't want to go!" Matt shouted, TK grimaced at his brother's sudden attitude. "Matt....what about Samantha?" he asked Matt looked at his brother suddenly. "Don't you want to see her...I want to see Kari...I want to see mom and dad...our family." He told him in a forceful whisper.

"I can't...face it.... I can't...leave me behind and come back after." He replied looking to the ground. "Matt there's no way we are going to disturb these peoples why of living if they discover that the world is more better then it could hurt them...it could cause major consequences...for them." Joe told them.

Matt shook his head he then looked up at them he had a better determination in his eyes. "All right...after all you need to get passed the water fall and I know how to do it." He replied. "You can swim with you leg okay?" Sora asked. Matt nodded "Yeah no problem the swelling is down...I'm fine...we got to concentrate on the big price and that's returning home." Matt told them.

"Good finally good to see you back to your old self." Tai said. "Yeah.....for the time being...this time I know we will be okay....I shouldn't let that experience stop me because those animals killed a friend...." he told them once again.

"Okay then soon we should head off." Joe said to him.... "Then we are ready.... so lets get going before night fall.." Tai replied.

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"Okay here....we got to be careful when crossing where the water is passing through." Matt said he stepped into the river and then turned to the others. "Okay here the rope." Joe tossed Matt the rope that was tied to the tree to support them. "Okay when we get down there don't move." Just stay off to the side." He told them.... then started down into the hole. "OKAY NEXT!" he shouted, mean while outside...Sora grabbed a hold of the rope that Matt used to go down...she slowly began to guide herself down...Matt helped her when she reach the bottom.

They took there turned until they all were in a waiting pool of sorts. "Okay...What now Matt?" Tai asked his friend. "I think there's a way out...right there." He pointed to a light that was coming from somewhere from outside the place they were in.

Matt took a deep breath and went underneath the water he saw the light and saw a pathway leading somewhere where he was sure was the way out. He surfaced. "Okay...I'll go first.... there's a path way through there we should all be able to fit through it.." Matt replied. "Just remember follow the light and take one deep breath." He warned them they all nodded.

"Okay I'm going see you on the other side." He replied, then nodded...Matt took one huge breath of air and went under and started to swim....after a while he surfaced on the other side gasping for air.

"Okay Sora go." Tai told her she nodded. "Okay...here I go." She took a huge breath of air as Matt had and went underneath and started to swim toward the light....she then parted the cave like area and headed to the surface where Matt was waiting...Sora gasped for air coughing a bit...but she was all right.

"TK go." Tai ushered him... "Okay guys meet you on the other side okay." He replied and repeated the steps that Sora and his brother took, going under water and swam toward the light then making it to the other side...he surfaced gasping for air.

"Joe your turn." Joe nodded hearing Tai...the then began the same steps as the other three previously had done before...before going underneath the water he swam out toward the light...and rose to the surf he headed out of the water he gasped for breath.

Tai was about ready to follow his friends when a voice stopped him. "Halt where do you go!" John called to him. Tai looked up and groaned. "I'm sorry John nothing against you or any of you friends...but we can't say here with you guys...we are out of place and you know it." Tai told him. "You have not told use the lost words." He cried to him.

"That's because we don't know them.... by heart...we have to leave...we appreciate the nice things you did for us but we got to leave." Tai told him then turned took a deep breath and went underwater swimming toward the light... minutes later he surfaced...gasping for air.

"Tai...oh...my god...you scared us." Sora said swimming toward her boyfriend. "It's.... okay." he replied trying to talk to her after his breath had run out.

"Yeah man what took you too long?" Matt asked the five began to swim to shore. "John...is what happened he saw me and I told him I'm sorry but we don't belong with his tribe and then I left." He told them.

"Oh....well who care...because were FREE!" TK shouted his voice echoed through the forest. The other began to laugh. "We are free...from crazy people in a society of the ghost tribe." Sora responded. "Ghost tribe?" Tai asked.

"Yeah...they were shipwrecked here...and they are living in isolation from the rest of the world." She told them.

"She has a point...but lets get going...we can find a way home some how if we look." Matt told them...all nodding they continued on their long trek homeward. To Be Continued........