"Unidenfied disturbance in sector E-3, initial scans confirm Virus digimon presence."
"Team Alpha, reroute to intercept in E-3."
"Confirmed, Commander."
"We've got a rogue Virus in E-3, Command wants us to intercept."
"And they're fine with leaving this sector undefended?"
Ryan shrugged. "Orders are orders. Where's Ethan?"
"Having Gabumon issues, I guess."
Ryan sighed. Being the latest addition to the squad meant increased pressure on his shoulders, and the last thing he needed was a unit that had trouble working together.
Ryan hit the Transmit switch on his digivice.
"Ethan, where the hell are you?"
"We're already on our way – Gabumon just took off when the order came through."
"Ok, fine – see you there."
Janice walked over to Ryan as the ground under him started to glow. Strange symbols crawled across the floor, and a distinct hum filled the air.
"Ryan here, 'go' for tunnelling."
"SPACIAL TUNNELLING INITIATED."
There was a bright flash, a burst of wind, and Janice and Ryan vanished into the interdimensional breach.
A similar flash – occurring almost immediately after the first – burst out of the landscape in one of the endless, green meadows of the Digital World. Nestled between a mountain and a river was a small village, and the rising smoke and painful screams a clear indicator of trouble.
"Come on!"
Ryan started running towards the village, Janice in tow. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gabumon bursting out of a forest treeline, followed shortly by a panting Ethan.
"About time, you guys!"
An explosion took out a house, and the three ducked to avoid getting hit by the debris. A large, hulking, green digimon appeared out of the smoke, howling at the sky.
Ryan whipped out his digivice and trained the camera on the digimon.
"Identify!"
"Ogremon, Champion-level Virus digimon. Threat level, moderate."
"They call that moderate?" Ethan asked, in disbelief. Janice giggled at him as she fetched her digivice.
"Big, slow and dumb? Yeah, that qualifies. Agumon, realize!"
"Monodramon, realize!"
The digimon reintegrated directly in front of their partners, fully battle ready.
The Ogremon caught sight of the humans, and howled at them before charging down, bringing his bone club up for a critical strike.
"Engage!"
Agumon fired a Pepper Breath attack right at Ogremon's head, blinding him while Monodramon swept in from the side, landing a single Beat Knuckle attack. Ogremon, blinded, tripped over his own club, slamming into the ground hard.
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
The harpoons ripped into both the digimon, and the ground around him, creating another massive explosion. Ogremon groaned, but pulled himself up again, steadying his stance as the dust cleared.
"I think we pissed him off, guys," Ethan remarked.
Ogremon screamed, swinging his club up again.
"Go back to human world, filthy humans!"
"Great," Janice muttered, reaching for the Input key on her digivice. "Another Krinak fanatic."
"Evade!"
Ogremon flung his club at the group, but they were already gone. The impact tore up the ground, creating a massive fissure while the shockwave flattened a few more buildings in the village.
"I've got this one!" Janice yelled, holding her digivice towards Agumon.
"DNA Charge!"
The digivice began to glow a bright, orange light, building up a powerful, controlled emotional charge.
"Digivolve!"
A beam fired out from the digivice, hitting Agumon. As the charge emptied into his body, he began to glow, lifting off the ground as he grew in size and power. The light burst, revealing an entirely new digimon.
"Greymon, attack!"
"Nova blast!"
The fireball hit Ogremon square on, and he let out a final howl before his existence was stifled. The flames cleared, revealing a silouhetted Ogremon form surrounded by several rings of pulsating light.
Ryan held up his digivice. "Reinitialize!"
The rings collapsed, forming a single, bright ball, before sinking straight into the ground. A blue wave spread out, sealing the fissure, putting out the village fires, restoring the buildings, and clearing the air.
All that remained of Ogremon was a tiny, white light, which launched itself into the sky before vanishing. The group watched it go.
Ryan's digivice crackled to life. "Good work, guys."
"It's all Janice's fault, sir," Ryan said with a grin. Janice frowned and punched him in the shoulder, while Ethan resumed his argument with Gabumon.
"Hostile events in this region seem to be on the rise – go check with the village if they know anything about it."
"Sir, I think that may be ill-advised," Janice interrupted. There was a brief silence.
"And why would that be?"
"That village was just taken out by a Krinak-oriented digimon. I don't think the villagers would be too happy to see us."
"Fair enough. Dispatch your partner digimon for recon, and return to D-6."
"Understood, sir."
"What's a Krinak?" Ethan sounded confused.
"Long story," Ryan said, checking something on his digivice. "I'll tell you on the way back."
"Right, whatever."
"Agumon, Monodramon, Gabumon – get to the village and see if you can find out anything about this latest attack. Report back in 24 standard hours."
"Feel free to pull out if another Krinak shows up," Janice said. Ryan gave her a look, and she shrugged. "Better safe than dead?"
"Better informed than misguided, I'd say," Ryan retorted. He tossed a small device at Monodramon. "Contact us on that if there are any problems."
"Yes sir!"
Ryan sighed. "We'll work on that later. Let's go."
Commander Garrin tapped his stylus against his desk in thought. This was the third Krinak-related event in the last two days. If they were on the move, it could spell a lot of trouble. His tiny squad, despite their highly progressed powers, wouldn't be a match for a full-blown invasion army, and he had serious doubts about the Raito's ability to defend the outlying territories.
"Sir?"
The aide stood in the doorway, unsure of whether or not to enter.
"Yes?"
"Director Hayami just sent this," she said, handing over a crystal chip to the Commander. He took it and inserted it into a dataport on his desk. A hologram popped up, showing the Northern American continent. A blue dot appeared over an isolated point in South Dakota – and the associated energy wave looked all too familiar.
"When was this?"
"Less than thirty minutes ago. They've already dispatched the Foxtrot and Gamma teams to the Earth-side location."
"Recall teams Bravo through Epsilon to HQ, raise internal alert level to Blue, and find Alex."
"Sir? What's going on?"
"Long story short? An unknown entity is breaching the Digital World, and they've managed to bypass the Atlantis gate."
"But that would mean..."
"Enough, solider. Get those teams back here!"
"Yes, sir!"
Author Notes: First attempt at writing in a very long time, forgive me if it sucked. My other account is somewhere else on FFN, but it's so old, I'm purely maintaining it for historical purposes. More to follow (one may hope ;) )
