Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Evil of the Heart ❯ Arise, Demise... ( Chapter 4 )

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Evil of the Heart

Part 4


Kari lay down in a tent, resting her eyes. She caught a cold from being
in the freezing water. Tai was sitting down next to her. He had almost
lost her again. Sora brought some food for him.

"We got some more food. Hungry?" She asked.

"Not really..." Tai answered.

"Don't worry, Tai. She's going to be okay."

"I almost lost her today, Sora."

"But, you didn't. It's best to be thankful that she's still alive."

"Yeah, I guess so... I wonder what really happened though..."

"Well, Izzy said that it was an accident. He said that Kari was crossing
the river by a tree bridge to get him this plant, and the bridge... just
gave way..."

"Sora... do you think it's possible that this wasn't an accident...?"

"What do you mean, Tai?"

"Do you think what T.K. said about Izzy could be true?"

"About Izzy wanting to kill us?"

"Well... yeah..."

"Well, at first I thought it was nonsense to think such a thing about
Izzy. He's so kind, generous, and caring... I never thought he could do
such... terrible things! But now... I'm not sure..."

"Well, I want to know the truth. I never believed T.K. about Izzy being
evil, but after today with what happened to Kari... I think T.K. has been
telling us the truth all along..."


Izzy was walking through the forest with Tentomon by his side. He was
in a very bad mood, for his plan had failed. He sat down on a rock near
the river.

"Izzy, we really should get back, it's getting very late." Tentomon
advised.

"Well, then you go back." Izzy plainly said.

"Izzy, you know I can't leave you alone out here..."

"Tentomon!" Izzy snapped. "Leave me alone!"

Tentomon did not say another word. He sadly left Izzy alone. He felt
so hurt inside. Izzy had never spoken to him in that type of manner before.
However, little did he know that his human partner had a sadistic nature.
Tentomon headed back to the camp.


When Tentomon got back to the camp, he was confronted by Tai.

"Tentomon! Where's Izzy?!"

"He's over by the river, sitting on a rock, why?"

"We have some unfinished business to take care of." Tai grabbed the
axe that the digidestined used to chop firewood. He started to stomp to
the direction of the river with the axe in his hands.

"Tai, what are you doing?!" Sora asked, sounding very worried.

"No one hurts my little sister and gets away with it, Sora. No one..."

"You can't go and kill Izzy with that axe."

"Oh, yeah? Watch me."

Sora then got in the way of Tai.

"Move out of the way, Sora."

"Tai, do you really think using violence to stop violence is the right
thing to do. I mean come on. Perhaps there's a better way of handling this."

"Oh really? Name it then!"

"Well, perhaps Izzy didn't do it. Even though I highly doubt that, we
should just talk to him. We can't just butcher him like some animal."

"That's what he is, Sora!" Tai tried to get past Sora, but Sora continued
to block his way.

"Damn it, Tai! This isn't Lord of the Flies! We are going to do things
properly and civilly!"

"Oh, and you say killing Joe, poisoning our food, and trying to drown
my little sister is proper and civil?!"

"Of course not! All I'm saying is that..."

"So... you finally believe me?"

They turned to find T.K. and Matt standing behind them.

"I told you he was evil..."

They all just stared at each other in horrified silence...

A few moments after, Izzy came walking by. They all stared at him with
terror in their eyes.

"Um... guys...? Why are you all staring at me like that...?

After a few minutes of total silence, Tai's mind just flipped. He charged
at Izzy with the axe, ready to slaughter the boy who tried to kill his
sister.

"Tai, no!" Sora screamed, but it was already too late. Tai ran over
to the sadistic boy, took a swing with the axe, and expecting Izzy's head
to hurl across the area, when however, his head stayed put. In fact, no
part of Izzy's body became bloodied or cut. The axe swung right through
Izzy like he was nothing but thin air.

"Oh... was that supposed to hurt, Tai?" Izzy asked. His image then faded
away.

"What the...?!" Tai became petrified. Something was definitely wrong
here.

"Why Tai, haven't you ever heard of illusions?" Tai turned to find another
image of Izzy right behind him. Frightened, he took another swing with
the axe only to have the same happen to that image. It faded away.

"You're pathetic!" This time, no image appeared. All they heard was
his voice. "So... you managed to find out the real me..."

"What do you want, Izzy?!" Sora shouted out.

"That's for me to know, and for you to find out..."

Sora felt a chill go down her spine, for Izzy was not who she thought
he was... he was a terrible, wicked boy, who had a lust for death and pain.

"Quickly Agumon..." Tai started. "Digivolve to..."

"I don't think so, Tai!" Izzy shouted. All of a sudden, each and every
digimon started to sizzle. They all shrieked from the tremendous pain that
they were in. One by one, they all collapsed.

"You sick..." Sora started. "...you won't get away with this!"

"What are you gonna do about it, huh? Just what do you think you're
gonna do about it? I'm going to finish you all off one by one... when you
least expect it..." Then there was silence...

The digidestined were in a very bad situation. Their digimon were injured
and could no longer fight and this psychotic kid was on the loose. He was
going to take them all out at the most unexpected times. It was getting
very late. People would get tired and it wasn't safe for them to walk through
the forest at night, yet it wasn't safe for them to stay put, for that
was pretty much the most dangerous spot they could be.

"What are we going to do, Tai?" Sora asked, very frightened.

Tai did not say a word. He was struck by terror.

"Tai? Tai?! TAI?!" Sora shook her terrified friend. Tai woke up from
his nightmarish trance, but was twitching vigorously.

"Tai, snap out of it!" Matt shouted. However, Tai still kept twitching.

All of a sudden, Matt's fist met Tai's jaw. Tai was knocked to the ground.
Most people would think that Matt was starting another fight with Tai,
but that was not the case.

"Tai, you okay now?" Matt asked. It was now pretty obvious that Matt
only punched Tai to snap him out of his terrified state.

"Yeah, I'm okay now, but we're not in a safe location. We've got to
get out of here NOW! Start packing everyone! And don't let your guard down!
Who knows when Izzy'll strike!"

The digidestined quickly packed up their belongings and headed off.
Tai and Matt built a sled to pull their digimon, who were still unconscious.
Sora carried Kari on her back, while Matt and Tai pulled the sled.


"Come on guys, we can't stop now!" Tai said. They were all very tired.

"We've got to keep ourselves determined!" Sora told them. "We've got
to get as far away as possible!"

They didn't know where to go. It was totally dark in the forest, and
they had no clue where Izzy was. They just hoped he wasn't near.

They were all too tired and out of it to notice that Mimi collapsed
and fell asleep where she was. They all kept moving without Mimi...


Later on, the digidestined decided to stop in a barren part of the forest.
That's when Sora noticed that Mimi was missing from the group.

"Wait a minute, you guys, where's Mimi?!"

The rest of them looked at each other for an explanation, but to no
avail. It was obvious that no one knew where she was and this was the worst
time for anyone in the group to disappear

"Oh no! What are we going to do?!" Tai started to panic.

"Tai, get a hold of yourself!" Matt exclaimed. "We just have to go look
for her and hope that she's still in one piece! Are you with me?"

Tai did not argue. He snatched the axe and Matt snatched a flashlight.

"Here, Sora." Tai gave Sora a hunting knife. "If you need to use it,
do so. Come on Matt." He and Matt then started to head off when Sora called
to them.

"Wait, guys! Be careful..."

"We will... thanks Sora." Tai said. The two then ran off to search for
Mimi.


Mimi awoke from some screeching that she heard. She looked around the
dark forest, and knew right away that she was lost.

"Oh no... I must have fallen asleep here... and the others must have
gone on without me..." She started wandering around the forest, calling
out names.

"Sora! Tai! Matt!" She called, but no one answered. Mimi then heard
something in the bushes. She became very frightened.

The thing emerged from the bushes. It was a familiar face, but not a
friendly one. At least not anymore. It was Izzy.

"Why, hello, Mimi. I don't believe we've said our goodbyes yet... our
final ones!" Izzy then pulled a clasp knife out of his pocket, let the
blade out, and charged straight at Mimi!"

"Izzy, no!" Mimi screamed. She started to run, but tripped on a rock
and hit the ground hard on her stomach.

"Oww..." Mimi didn't have time to whine. She turned to see a blade aimed
right at her head! She ducked just in time for her face to avoid the blade,
but in doing so, her shoulder caught the blade instead. Mimi screamed in
agony. Izzy yanked the blade out of her shouler and prepared to strike
again. However, Mimi was detemined to not allow this sadistic computer
geek to knife her again. She gave him a vicious kick in the nuggets, causing
the boy to hurl to the ground. Mimi wasted no time at all. Despite the
tremendous pain that she was in, Mimi fled. Izzy got up from the ground
and instead of chasing after her, he just sneered, for he knew what types
of digimon dwelled in these woods.

'She'll never be able to escape the Wolfermon. They can smell blood
a mile away...'



Mimi ran and ran until she could run no more. She laid her back on
a tree and hugged her knees tightly. She then began to cry. She was deeply
frightened and deeply in pain. She did not know what to do.

"I wish Palmon were here right now." She cried softly.

She then heard something in the bushes.

"Palmon?" Mimi asked hopefully. Her hope then turned to terror as she
saw that it was not Palmon, but a vicious black wolf-like digimon with
red eyes and about the size of a normal wolf. It was a Wolfermon. It snarled
at her. Mimi backed away from the vicious beast, but as she turned to run,
three more of them blocked her way, snarling viciously. More and more appeared.
Mimi was surrounded by Wolfermon.

"Get away from me! Leave me alone!" Mimi screamed.

They all approached Mimi with hostile intent. Mimi then swung her purse,
slapping as many of the Wolfermon away as she could. Alas, one of the beasts
snached her purse and tore it up, leaving Mimi totally defenceless. Then
all the Wolfermon pounced on Mimi, bitting and clawing her. Mimi's bitter
scream echoed through the forest...



A couple of hours later, Tai and Matt found Mimi's purse all torn up
and discarded in a bush. They became extremely worried, fearing the worst.
They began to shout her name.

"Mimi!"

"Mimi, where are you?"

They were about to find out...

"Oh my gosh, Tai... look..."

The two boys shockingly looked at what was left of the of the girl they
once knew...

"Tai..." Matt started.

"I know, Matt... let's go..."

As the two boys started to head back to camp, the pack of Wolfermon
showed themselves again. It appeared that Mimi was not enough for their
appetites. They wanted more and Tai and Matt were the perfect ones to complete
their meal. They all snarled at the boys, preparing to leap and strike.

"Matt, I want you to go back to the camp. Tell the others what happened."
Tai ordered.

"What?! No way!" Matt repelled.

"Matt, please don't argue with me on this one. Just go!"

The wolfermon then started to attack. Tai defended himself with the
axe.

"Tai, you won't be able to hold all these guys off for long!"

"Perhaps not, but I can hold them off long enough for you to escape!"

"But, I can help you, Tai!"

"Matt, there's no need for the two of us to die! The others will need
a new leader and I want you to be the leader. Now go! I'm buying time for
you, now use it!"

Matt did not argue anymore. He took off as fast as he could. Tai knew
that with him being the leader, he had to protect the others, even if it
meant saving their lives by giving his. He knew that he would have to buy
Matt some time if he was to escape the Wolfermon.

After a mild time of fighting off the Wolfermon, Tai's energy started
to decrease. His blows became slow and weak and he was breathing very heavily.

"I... can... hold them... off... a little... longer... uh!" Tai's energy
was depleted and he was overcome by the Wolfermon...



Back at the camp, Sora was trying to stay awake until the duo returned.
She had built a fire so she could see and keep warm. It was very creepy
in the woods at night and it was even creepier knowing that Izzy was on
the loose. She kept the hunting knife that Tai gave her right next to her
in case of danger. The fire was then starting to get low. Sora unknowingly
left the hunting knife by the fire when she went to quickly collect some
wood for the fire.


It didn't take long for Sora to collect some branches and twigs for
the fire. She safely went and safely returned. She quickly refueled the
fire and sat down. Something then caught her eye. Where was her hunting
knife? She could not find it! A chill then swept her spine as she went
to check on T.K. and Kari. She looked in Kari's tent. Kari was not damaged.
She then checked the tent that T.K. was in. T.K. was alright. Sora let
out a sigh of relief to know that the younger ones were safe. However,
she still did not know what happened to that hunting knife. She started
looking all over for it.

"Where is that blasted knife?!" Sora asked, not expecting an answer.

"Looking for this?"

Sora looked up and saw the psychotic boy a few feet from her. Izzy was
holding the knife in his hand when he suddenly hurled it straight at Sora's
head! With lightning reflexes, Sora ducked and managed to avoid the knife
completely. The knife went straight into the bark of a tree. Izzy wasted
no time at all. He seized his clasp knife and attempted to thrust it into
Sora. Sora avoided the blow. Izzy was getting very angry.

"Hold still!" He snarled. He continued to try and stab Sora.

"You stay away from me, you monster!" Sora screamed. She kicked Izzy
in the groin. He fell to the ground with a large thud. She then made a
run for the hunting knife.

"Oh, you've really made me mad now, Sora!" Izzy shouted while
gritting his teeth. He got up and ran after Sora with his knife clutched
in his hand.

"If I can... just get this knife out..." Sora was desperately trying
to yank the blade out of the tree. Izzy was charging at her. Sora shut
her eyes tightly, as she expected to feel a sharp pain overwhelm her, when
all of a sudden, someone else joined the battle.

"T.K.!" Sora exclaimed. T.K. must have heard all the commotion and woke
up. T.K. had jumped on top of Izzy, stopping him from advancing at Sora.
He then began to choke Izzy with his arm.

"Get... off me... you little... creep...!" Izzy then threw T.K. off
his back. He attempted to stab T.K. with the knife, but T.K. rolled aside,
just missing the blade.

Sora continued to try and remove the blade from it's place. She wanted
to help T.K., but in order to, she had to get the weapon or she could be
brutally stabbed by Izzy.

"I'm going to kill you!" Shouted Izzy, who was trying to thrust his
knife into the younger boy. T.K. grabbed the arm of the hand that the knife
was in and bit Izzy hard. Izzy dropped the knife.

"Ahh! Why you little...!" Izzy slammed his fist into little T.K.'s jaw,
sending the younger boy hurling to the ground. Izzy quickly seized his
knife and mounted on top of T.K., grabbing the boy's throat with one hand
and raising the knife with the other, preparing to deliver the blade to
T.K.'s face!

"T.K.!!!" Sora screamed. She still did not have the hunting knife out
of the tree, but she did not care. She let go of the hunting knife and
ran as fast as she could towards Izzy and T.K.

"You know, when I said I was going to kill you last... I lied!" Izzy
sneered. He then sent the blade directly down to younger boy's face...!

T.K. shut his eyes tightly, waiting for the blade to pierce his face,
when something restrained Izzy's arm...

"MATT!!" T.K. exclaimed.

Sora stopped in her tracks, for Matt had seized Izzy's arm. He then
twisted it. Izzy dropped the knife.

"No one hurts my little brother!" Matt shouted. He then kicked Izzy
in the stomach. It knocked the wind out of the evil computer geek. Matt
then delivered a fierce blow to the head, knocking Izzy unconscious.

"Matt!" T.K. cried. He hugged his brother tightly.

"Oh, T.K.! I'm so glad you're alright!"

When they finished hugging each other, Sora asked where Tai and Mimi
were. Matt's smile quickly faded.

"They're both gone..." Matt answered.

Sora and T.K. remained silent. Matt saw the sad expressions on their
faces. He then turned away from them. He went and grabbed a rope, then
went and grabbed the unconscious Izzy. He dragged him off to a nearby tree.

"Matt, what are you doing?" Sora asked.

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm restraining him like the animal
he is." Matt then tied the unconscious Izzy's hands to the back of the
tree. Sora had no argument.

A few minutes later, the remaining digidestined talked about what they
should do with their prisoner. Matt brought a pistol out from inside his
shirt.

"Matt... what are you doing with a pistol?!" Sora asked.

"It's my dad's... I brought it to camp with me... I never planned on
using it though.

"What exactly are you saying, Matt?"

"I say justice should be served."

"...and that would mean...?"

"We execute him." Matt then loaded the gun.

"Matt, come on!"

"What Sora?! Look what he's done to all of us!"

"Violence isn't the answer to everything!"

"Then what do you suggest we do, Sora?"

"Well, why don't we question him for his actions?"

This exasperated Matt, but he gave in.

"Fine, but if it doesn't help..."

"I know, Matt... I know..."

"We'll settle all this tomorrow, alright? Let's just get some sleep."

And with that said, everyone went to sleep.



Around 6:30 AM, Sora was on watch duty. She was relieved to see that
Izzy still had not woken up. All night long he was tied to the tree. Sora
could not believe what Izzy had become, but she had to face the truth.
Izzy was a monster. No matter how young he was, he was still a monster.
Sora then heard some whispering...

"Hey, Sora!"

Sora turned to see that Matt had woken up.

"Oh, hi Matt." Sora replied.

"You alright?"

"Yeah, I just can't believe what has all happened."

"I don't think any of us can, but we're going to have to do something
about all this. Has he woken up at all?"

"Not that I know of."

"Well, I'm going over to the river to splash some water on my face.
Call me if there's any trouble."

"Okay, sure."

Matt then left to go to the river.

"Sora..."

Sora turned to the direction of the voice. Izzy had woken up and he
was not looking that well.

"Izzy..."

"Sora... I need some water..."

Even after all the terrible things that Izzy had done to them, Sora
still could not say no to a thirsty boy. She reached for her water jug.

"Here..." She gave Izzy a drink from her container.

"Thank you, Sora. That was very nice of you."

"How could you..." Sora whispered.

"What, Sora?"

"How could you do that to us?"

"Do what, try to kill you guys?"

"Exactly! How could you do that to us!?" Sora burst into tears.

"Look, Sora. I didn't choose to kill, it's just something I have to
do."

"What?!"

"There's no explanation to it, I just have to kill.

"What do you mean HAVE to kill?!"

By this time, Matt had returned from his trip to the river. He was going
to intervene with their little talk, but he decided against it, since they
were hearing what Izzy had to say about his actions. T.K. and Kari had
also woken up. They remained silent and watched Sora and Izzy.

"My laptop is not my only hobby, Sora! I have to kill, just like Tai
had to play soccer! I CRAVE DEATH!"

Sora remained silent. She could not believe what she was hearing. Those
were the true words of a psychopath.

"What's the matter, Sora? You got to know me better. Aren't you proud?"
Izzy then began to laugh. Sora then turned away from him and ran with tears
in her eyes. Matt's cool anger then turned red hot instantly. He pulled
his pistol out from his shirt. Izzy kept on laughing.

"T.K., Kari... get out of here now..." Matt told them.

T.K. and Kari didn't hesitate to leave. They knew what Matt was going
to do. They went and sat beside Sora, who was leaning against a tree.

"Oh, come on, Matt. You don't really mean to kill me now, do you?" Izzy
was still laughing as he said that.

Matt pointed the pistol at Izzy, who was still laughing. He started
to shake with fear... he slowly pulled the trigger...




Sora, T.K., and Kari heard the pistol go off. They raced back to the
location of Matt and Izzy. What they saw completely shocked them.

"...Matt..." T.K. whimpered.

It was not Izzy who had been shot, but Matt himself! He killed himself!

"No... no... MATT!" T.K. fell to his knees, wailing away.

"Heh heh heh! Stupid Matt! He didn't have the guts to shoot me!" Izzy
laughed very cruelly.

The anger and agony went past the limit for Sora. She had enough of
all this and could no longer hold it in. She snatched the gun from Matt's
deceased hand and flew into a violent rage. She brutally shot Izzy over
and over again, screaming with a combination of both anger and agony. T.K.
and Kari stared at Sora, their eyes filled with fright. She kept on firing
the gun until it ran out of bullets. When she was done, she fell to her
knees and began to sob...


The End