Chapter 11 : Escaped
Jyou
I was hunched over at my desk doing my Algebra homework.
Numbers dancing around in my head, letters, funny little symbols.
I was tired, it had been a pretty long day. The other
digidestined were much closer to Matt than myself, none-the-less,
he was a friend and he needed help. He had decided to attend
school today. But I still don't know if it was for better or
worse.
He had been pretty withdrawn all day. Yamato wasn't like he had
been the past days, angry and silent, nor was he normal. He also
had fangirls chasing him all day. I wasn't at his concert on
Thursday, but I had heard about it plenty from Taichi, Sora, and
Koushirou. We had stuck up for him all day, chasing away his
stalkers, trying to convince the teachers, etc. And I was dead
tired from it all.
Then there's homework. So much homework. Do the teachers all talk
to each other and plan to give homework all on the same days? I
mean it's like, Monday, homework from all classes, Tuesday,
nothing, Wednsday, 6 tests, Thursday, 3 projects due. It was so
very annoying. My head swam, too many things going on in life. It
sucks. The phone rang.
I was glad for a break, but in the back of my head a voice told
me something was wrong. I got up and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" The voice on the other end sounded hysterical.
"This is he..." I said slowly, trying to figure who it
was calling me. "What?" I was shocked, "How did
that happen!?" I paused again. "Do you know where he
is?" The voice on the other end was spilling words out too
fast to comprehend. "What do you want me to
do?!.......I supposed.........ug, alright, fine! I'll be right
there." I hung up, I was sweating.
My head was spinning, and I thought it was bad already. Goddamnit
Yamato. Losing Takeru had been a shock, but now you have to go
insane on the rest of us!! I sat there stunned for a few seconds
trying to organize my thoughts. Ok, Matt attacked his
psychiatrist. The psychiatrist is in the hospital. And Matt is no
where to be found.
Taichi was the one who had called. He found out when Yamato's
father called him asking if he knew where Matt was. Tai was
calling everyone who knew Matt and getting a search party. I get
to go with them. Joy. It's not that I don't want to help, it's
just that, well, I'm anger I supposed. Why did Yamato have to go
be insane now? Exams were rolling around the corner and I needed
to study. All this isn't helping me, TK's death, Yamato's
whatever. ARG!
I finally got up, grabbed my jacket and headed for the door;
"I'm going out!" I yelled, then remembered that my
parents were out and my brother was at a part-time job. Ug. I
scribbled a note and exited the house. It was pretty chilly
outside. Cool October breezes. The sun was just setting and the
sky was a beautiful swirl of red, orange, and purple. This means
we get to search in the dark.
I walked, I wasn't really in a hurry to get there. I guess I was
being selfish, well, you would be annoyed too I bet. Halfway to
Taichi's, I saw Koushirou. He waved and walked across the street
to meet me. "Hey, Jyou." "Hi." We just walked
in silence for a while. Then Izzy asked; "Do you think
Yamato's insane?"
Did I? To some extent, I supposed. I would have never thought he
would hurt someone though...how much about Matt did I really
know? "I don't know...maybe. What about you?" I said.
My bruinette friend stared at the ground as he walked; "I
don't know, he had always been pretty quiet, kept his feelings to
himself, and he had definately cared for Takeru. I guess that was
too much for him,...I'd probably go insane if I had a brother
murderered like that." he answered. I nodded absently.
I hadn't really thought much. I was too busy with other thoughts.
How would I feel if my brother had been murdered? Pretty bad I
guess. You can't really predict how you'll react until it's
already happened. And in that case, I'd rather not find out....we
were at Taichi's apartment.
Hikari was standing at the entrance of the building, she looked
extremely nervous. "Joe! Izzy! Glad you're here! Tai just
went back up to the apartment to get some flashlights, Sora and
Mimi are on her way. The people in Yama's band can't make it. His
parents are at the hospital visiting his psychiatrist lady, and
my parents aren't frikkin' home yet!!!" The girl kept
jumping around, she wouldn't stop moving, and her lip was
trembling.
I sighed. This was gonna be a looooooong night....Taichi
thundered down the stairs and tossed each of us a flashlight. I
spotted Sora and Mimi running towards us. I realized with a start
that this was what was left of the digidestined. Takeru was gone.
And Yamato...who knows what Yamato is now. In less than a week, a
near normal life has been thrown into chaos. Well, that's how it
goes I guess.
© Kiriska