Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Vacation-Gone-Wrong ❯ Chapter 4/8 ( Chapter 4 )

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Vacation-Gone-Wrong

By: Hopeful Writer

Chapter 4

TK and Kari were up by the time Sora and Davis returned. All four were jumpy now. Sora and Davis couldn't erase the mental picture they had just acquired.

*Flashback*

A scream pierced the early morning air.

"Sora? What was that?" Davis asked nervously.

Sora swallowed hard. "I... I don't know, Davis."

"Let's go find out." Davis ran in the direction of the scream, while Sora was ready to run in the opposite direction. That's when they saw it.

Cody's body was covered in blood, blood so red it put a tomato to shame. "Well, now we know Cody's not a vampire," Davis stammered, trying fruitlessly to make a joke.

'It's not the time for jokes,' Sora thought, but she didn't say anything to Davis. This was his way of dealing with the truth.

Cody lay on his back, his eyes open. Tai had told Sora that Yolei's eyes held a mix of fear, horror, surprise, and just a little peace. Cody's eyes were much different.

The emerald eyes were still dull, just as when he went into shock. They were at peace with death, a very strong peace. It could almost be ruled as a suicide, except for the screams that had been heard.

A knife protruded from his chest, blood pouring out around it. His death was relatively clean, most unlike Yolei's. Another thing that ruled out a suicide were Cody's hands. They were around his neck, protecting his neck. Yolei had been killed through her neck, and Cody was being prepared for that. He didn't expect the knife to go to his chest instead.

*End Flashback*

Sora was shaking horribly by the time the others woke up. By now, TK and Kari had heard the news. Kari cried far less this time. Perhaps she wasn't as close to Cody as she was to Yolei.

Kevin was the first to wake up, having fallen asleep first. When he saw everyone's pale faces, his normal morning smile faded into a look of concern. "What happened?" he asked. "Did someone else die?"

"Cody," Sora said softly.

It was then that it seemed Kevin finally understood the reality of the situation. His eyes went from tired to wide in a matter of seconds. He tried to speak, but no words came out. Finally he crawled into a corner and remained there for most of the morning.

As each of the remaining digidestined awoke, Sora or Davis told them of Cody. Kari sat silently, thinking. TK watched his brother. 'Kevin,' he thought, 'why did this have to be your first introduction to the real world?'

Kevin thought about Cody. He'd never had a friend quite like Cody. When he had first joined the digidestined, tagging along after TK, Cody was the first to accept him. They were complete opposites. Cody was quiet, almost shy, while Kevin loved to talk, to anybody. Kevin loved physical activity, running, jumping, jogging, anything. All Cody could stand was Kendo. Even their physical appearances were different. Cody had dark hair; Kevin was a blonde. Cody had green eyes; Kevin's were blue. But they had become fast friends and had remained that way.

Kevin didn't speak again for a long time. TK was worried. Matt was lost. Matt and TK had both seen Cody as practically a little brother, too. Matt had been closer to him, especially as of recently.

TK watched Kevin's dull eyes. Not a muscle moved on the younger boy until he burst into tears of mourning. "Why, TK?" he whispered, his voice merely a breath.

"Everybody dies, Kevin," TK told him, trying to avoid giving an answer.

"But why Cody? Why now? He was so young."

TK could do nothing more than pat his brother on the shoulder and let him cry. "I'm sorry, Kevin," he said quietly, but Kevin never heard.

'If I could only have had one more moment with him,' Kevin thought. 'I'd have told him what our friendship meant to me. I never thanked him for being so great to me. I never told him how I felt. Why not, when life is so fragile and can be taken away so quickly?'

Sora was in shock. She hadn't seen Yolei's dead body. But Cody's was terrifying. Her body quivered thinking about it, and Davis held her tightly. He'd been more than a friend to her since that morning. She kissed his cheek gently, causing an intense blush to heat his face. "What was that for?" he demanded.

Sora shrugged. "To thank you. For caring, I mean."

"Oh." Davis flushed again, smiling this time. After all, how he could have known what a little more time.

*END*

A/N - There will be another chapter.

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