Digimon Story: Outbreak
File 01:The world of Digimon.
By the year 1969, information had become more copious than gold and more valuable than oil. In order to protect itself in the ever growing economy of war, humanity invented a way to protect itself from the loss of data. A set of interconnected computer networks capable of sending electronic packets of data to one another. Dubbed by the team of scientists responsible as 'The Internet'.These networks ensured digitized and unlimited access to all the worlds quantified knowledge and with it a new era of efficiency had begun.
The web brought with it a new fear of easily accessible information falling into the wrong hands. This new world composed of formulas and servers whose walls were full of cracks and open borders posed a great liability. The worlds corporations had come together to devise a strategy for a method of ensuring the safe keeping of these files.
In the early 1980's a young software engineer from Japan named Akiyoshi Hongo had found the answer. Using bands of data located within walls of the internet he created a self sufficient program. A digital ecosystem of sorts. Able to learn and grow alongside the net. The program proved to be a success. Because of the programs ferocity Hongo began to call them Digital Monsters or 'Digimon' for short.
As time went on the server the Digimon lived in began to change. What once looked like small green dots on the grid of a computer monitor began to evolve. They grew into small shapes with eye's and mouths and the grids they lived on began to expand. Soon the Digimon began to show signs of habit and personality. On occasion they would disobey orders, and rarely they would destroy the very data they were designed to protect.
They began to learn too quickly and began to communicate with humans. E-mails of primitive speech littered with mysterious symbols and notifications for programs thought deleted. The world believed the Digimon to be far too dangerous and soon the program was aborted.
Years later in 1997 Hongo reintroduced the Digimon project to the world not as a program, but as a series of virtual pet toys that could be raised and trained to evolve and battle one another, in a similar manner.
In the year 2050 Digimon had evolved into a massive multimedia franchise loved by children and adults the whole world over.
One of it's many enthusiasts was thirteen year old Takeshi Kotaro.
On this night he sat growling at his computer monitor holding four small cards in his hand. Outside his bedroom window there was a wild lightning storm he did not notice .
"Damn it!" he yelled at the monitor.
On his screen a red saurian creature was rampaging through a forest, beneath it were small huts housing green plantlike creatures who were cowering in it's presence.
Amid the flames of the huts who ran on two legs. The purple beast snarled and brushed it's feet against the ground like a bull and charged headfirst at the saurian. The beast growled and sunk it's sharp teeth into the the monsters tail.
The saurian reared it's tail and swung the beast into the trunk of a tree behind it.
Loud triumphant roars came from the saurians mouth. It looked down at the burning huts beneath and growled quietly as if pleased with itself. The small creatures living beneath cowered in fear and squeaked as they attempted to escape it's wrath.
The saurian displayed it's teeth and began salivating as it returned it's attention to the small plant creatures scrambling around the village. It froze suddenly and looked around. From it's right side a shadow crashed into it's right cheek and knocked it to it's knees briefly.
The shadow stopped in front of the creature and stared at it. Stepping out into the sunlight it revealed itself as a warrior clad in yellow metallic armor. The plant creatures began to cheer for it.
Kotaro held onto a small silver device that was plugged into his computer, he looked down at it with sweat dripping down his face, a small screen at the top of the device displayed a set of stats for his Digimon.
"Alright Wargreymon do our team proud." Kotaro quickly placed a card on his desk, the device in his hand emitted a light that scanned it quickly.
Wargreymon's speed grew exponentially and it began to strafe around the creature, quickly stabbing it with it's sharp claws as it did. The saurian screamed in pain and began to lash it's tail hoping to catch Wargreymon. The wounds from Wargreymon's claws left small holes that oozed bits of data into the atmosphere around it.
"Tyranomon's almost done for" Kotaro could see the creatures health was low and chose to pounce.
Wargreymon lifted it's arms high above his head his eyes quickly flashed a yellow gleam at the beast.
"Terra Force." he boomed.
A swirling ball of energy began to form between it's claws, it grew so large it began to attract small rocks into it's field of orbit.
Tyranomon began to glow with a dark aura. It grew in size and reared it's claws as it began to growl. Takeshi's screen began to flicker as the creature neared.
Wargreymon tossed the ball of energy and crashed it into Tyranomon's chest, a massive explosion ensued and consumed the jungle. Kotaro anxiously stood from his seat and leaned into the screen.
"C'mon."
In a bright flash of lightning Takeshi's room was blanketed in darkness. A trail of yellow light traveled through the device in his hand and stung him with a jolt of electricity.
"What the hell?" he said dropping his device.
He began to lick the wound on his finger just as the power slowly flickered back on. The sounds of his clicking electronics startled him, he looked around and saw that his deck of cards had been strewn about. His computer clicked on slowly as well, but surprisingly it returned to the screen of the game.
Kotaro's Wargreymon stood mostly unharmed with a pile of ash in front of him where Tyranomon once stood. The purple creature had disappeared and
Kotaro ran his fingers through his dark red hair.
"Kotaro! Are you alright?" his mother asked behind his bedroom door.
"Yeah. I'm fine mom. Just got shocked by the computer."
"Ok then. Be sure to get some sleep." her voice firm "It's still a school night."
"I will! Goodnight." he replied to the voice behind the door. As his mother walked back to her room he ran his fingers through his hair and smiled until a faint beeping caught his attention.
He looked around and saw the small device he was holding earlier, it's screen was flashing the text 'Data not found' over a picture of a spotted egg.
Kotaro whistled to himself "Did the Tanemon gift me an egg for saving them? How nice." he clicked around but the device wouldn't stop flashing. After a few seconds of tinkering he shrugged and tossed it into a drawer.
"Junpei can help me figure it out tomorrow."
He began collecting the cards that were strewn about the floor, smiling at each as he picked them up. As he put the cards into a small flip box he looked outside his window at the storm and shut off the lights in his room.
Away from Kotaro and his troubles deep within the city there were others dealing with the adversity of the storm.
"Ma'am! We just spotted something on the grid."
"Damn it Bring up the server status on the main screen. Quickly!"
At the center of a massive operations room was a purple haired woman whose eyes were obscured by a pair of sunglasses, she had a small cluttered desk with a five monitor setup. Standing from her seat she looked awkward wearing a black and red military uniform with a pencil skirt. Walking out from her post, she overlooked rows of computers who's beaming lights faintly lit the room.
The gigantic screens on the back wall of the room displayed a series of line graphs. Looking at the data on them made her woman uneasy, she removed her sunglasses and began to massage her temple.
"Why does this have to happen now of all times?"
The only person in the room with her was a young woman wearing a jumpsuit. Her fingers danced across the keyboard in front of her. She stopped in her tracks after reading something on her screen and looked to her superior.
"How do we respond ma'am?"
As if it were the hardest decision she had ever made she sighed and re donned her sunglasses.
"We have no choice. Bring everyone in. We got a rogue out there." she gritted her teeth and walked back up the steps to her desk. As if to mock them, the screen turned bright red and played a loud siren as it bathed the room in it's light.
Kotaro woke up to a similarly loud buzzing coming from his Agumon alarm clock. He reached over sluggishly to shut it off. The nights events had certainly taken a toll on him, he yawned as he dressed himself.
The whole time he buttoned his school uniform he began to remember last nights events.
He ceased these thoughts as he headed downstairs and met his parents in the kitchen. His mother turned to look at him and smiled warmly just as she had prepared his breakfast plate.
"You made it just in time. I just finished preparing.
Giving her a weak smile in return he rubbed the back of his head bashfully "I think I'm going to be late again. Probably don't have time to eat today." His mothers expression sank before she put her hands on her ips
"That game is the only thing you seem to have time for."
"I'll be home in time for Downtown tonight. I promise."
His father sat at the table wearing a pair of opaque glasses intently focused on tinkering with a broken clock.
"Taro-kun don't lie to us." he said not turning from his clock
"It's not a lie. I'll be home in time trust me." He put his breakfast into a lunchbox he pulled from his backpack and walked out in a hurry. Neither responded to him.
He walked out in the streets of
As he left his home and walked down the concrete streets,covered in puddles from the recently passed storm, last nights events continued to play out in his mind .Any angle he viewed it from made it ever stranger to him. Tyranomon lacked the experience to reward him with an egg, and beyond that the egg's data was corrupted. An error that shouldn't be occurring in any game made after 2020.
"Taro-kun!" a voice called pulling him from his thoughts.
He looked up and saw a young boy wearing glasses, with a head of strawberry blonde hair waving to him enthusiastically. Kotaro smiled back.
Hatano Keiji had been Kotaro's best friend since the days of Digimon being played on paperback cards. The only boy who was as loyal to Digimon as he was. Though he wore the same uniform as Kotaro, namely a black blazer over a white suit shirt, Keiji switched out a white shirt for an orange one.
"Hmm... this is really strange." Keiji tapped his finger against his chin as he held Kotaro's silver device in his hand and inspected it.
"Your DAT Looks like it's working just fine, so I'm having trouble figuring this out."
The DAT Or Digital. Access. Terminal. Was a mock Digivice created to connect to the Digimon Outbreak game.
With it tamers could portably keep track of all their Digimon that they had collected within the game, scan cards in order to augment their Digimon in battle and also raise and feed them.
Kotaro held his hands behind his head "It was super weird. One moment I'm saving a village of Tanemon, then the outage happened and I had an egg."
Keiji raised his brows and made a sly grin "There you go with that hero syndrome again."
"I will never allow the strong to bully the weak!" Kotaro stuck out his chest proudly and made a henshin pose.
"Yeah, yeah whatever," Keiji waved him off "Still this is super weird. You already have the four maximum Digimon. Might have to put it in the shop or something."
Keiji handed Kotaro back his DAT and shrugged. Kotaro continued to stare down at his screen.
They came upon a grassy hill overlooking a river, they had always taken this route so that Kotaro could gaze out at the river, or more appropriately what was in front of it. Looking like a shadow cast by the reflection of the light in the water, every morning was a young girl who sat and stared at the water. She wore their schools uniform but Kotaro had never seen her there. Each time they passed Kotaro would stop and stare at her, she would smile and him to in turn. He never spoke to her and this ritual had continued for months.
"You know, maybe one day we could just go down and talk to her. " said Keiji pulling him from yet another trance.
Kotaro blinked twice before returning to reality "No way. I don't know her, what if I scare her or she runs away."
"The excuses of a coward! Kotaro-kun these are some of the best years of our lives. We have no time to waste. We must ask out all the cute girls we see."
Kotaro gave him a disappointing look "Just once can you not overdo things?"
"I'm just giving out designated best friend advice man."
The both of them laughed and the rest of the way to school they talked about strategies for Outbreak.
At school only one student was as dedicated to Digimon as the two of them. Ikara Hiroki the local tough guy, he fancied himself so cool he'd sometimes wear his blazer on his shoulders. It helped that he was larger than most of the boys standing at just under six feet, he was never without his group of flunkies.
Like many other days they met during first break period on the roof and did battle with their DAT's pointed to one another, their Digimon stood at opposite ends of a field on their screens. Hiroki's Metalgururumon stared down Wargreymon. Both of them were heavily injured.
Metalgururumon made the first move, he flew high into the air and Hiroki quickly scanned a card that put a large smiling cannon on his back.
Hiroki looked into Kotaro's brown eyes and smirked.
Metalgururumon fired a beam of electrified bubbles that slowly filled the area, a bubble near Wargreymon exploded, he blocked the blast with his left arm and charged through the smoke.
The metallic canine did not see Wargreymon and began to panic, he fired a barrage of missiles into the smoke.
"You scared Hiroki?" Kotaro taunted as he scanned a card of his own.
"Double speed!"
Wargreymon appeared to teleport around the field, he was too fast to see and he quickly slashed the underside of Metalgururumon's chest, he winced in pain as he quickly fell to the ground and passed out. Both of their screens displayed the results of the battle Hiroki took a moment to despair before detaching his DAT From Kotaro's.
"I think that puts Kotaro at 65 wins and you at 59." Keiji chimed in cheerfully.
Hiroki grunted and put his arms through his blazer. "Don't be so sure of yourself. Outbreaks getting patched tomorrow and a new patch means a whole new ballgame."
"We'll see about that. No way is Wargreymon getting nerfed." Kotaro said proudly.
Hiroki smirked and dropped a card in front of him.
He picked up the card and saw that it had a pair of missiles on it.
"Am I getting this as a reward?"
"Kotaro-san. Giving a weapon to an honorable foe is the manly way." he said holding up his fist.
"Thanks. I think."
Hiroki straightened his uniform and walked away his flunkies following closely behind. "See you next patch."
As he walked down the stairs a girl skipped past him, she had her hair tied in two buns that jiggled as she did so. Keiji's neighbor Hayame Sakura.
"I take it you racked up another win Kotaro-kun."
He did a bad job of pretending to be bashful "Yeah it wasn't that big of a deal."
"He's just trying to look cool." Keiji said.
She giggled "That reminds me. How crazy was that storm last night?"
"Man I was so scared. I really thought it was going to be the end of the world." said Kotaro.
Keiji pat her head "So impressionable and afraid. A real man does not fear the storm, but embraces it!"
Sakura cocked her head to the side "I am still a girl remember?"
Kotaro whistled "She's got a point dude."
Keiji put his hands on Sakura's shoulder with a fire in his eyes "Sakura-chan I would have always considered you one of us."
She gave a pained smile looked back "I...don't really think that's a compliment Keiji."
The familiar chimes of the school bell began to play and roused the students to drift toward the classrooms. The three shared a laugh as they began to follow the crowd."
"Looks like the fun's over." Kotaro said.
"Hey you think you might want to go out for karaoke later?" Keiji asked running next to him.
"Nah sorry, after I study I promised my parents I'd watch downtown with them."
Sakura took this news hard and began to pout "Kotaro-kun! You have to go your the only one who can hit all the notes to that Chuo freeway song."
"Sorry. I messed up on a few things because of Outbreak. So I kind of owe them."
"That game will be the death of us youths." Keiji said in a mocking tone.
The next period was too mundane for Kotaro to concentrate, he once again remembered the egg, and all the potential data inside of it. He could not wait another minute, he made an excuse to go to the bathroom.
He was sitting in one of the stalls staring down at his DAT with his smartphone next to it. At no corner of the web could he find any information on the issue. This was a puzzle he could not figure out.
In defeat he continued to stare at the blinking screen and for just a moment he could have sworn it clicked just as he heard a pair of feet entering the restroom.
"Better get back to class." he thought with a sigh. As he opened the door and looked out to see that he was alone in the restroom. He walked out and put cold water on his hands and splashed some on his face.
When he opened his eyes he saw a pair of sharp teeth in front of him and jumped back and fell into the stall. Trapped within the mirror was Tyranomon who was full of bruises roaring in pain. It's eyes glowed red with a thin mist surrounding them as he reared forward attempting to escape.
The clicking sound of the DAT Was turbulently amplified and sounded like the warning cry of a landmine. Attempting to catch his breath he looked down at it and saw the corrupted data turning red. Slowly Tyranomon began to dissapear and once again Kotaro began to breath.
"Mrs Tsurugi. We have identified the rogue."
In the operations room the purple haired woman sat at her desk with a frown as an underling spoke to her.
"Well that's good."
The woman handed her a touch pad that displayed a picture of Tyranomon with it's statistics next to it.
"We have identified this one as Tyranomon."
"This one? There's more than one?"
"Yes we found and identified at least two. There may be more but that's all we could find ."
Tsurugi grabbed her face and wiped away her expression's "Alright then. From where we stand our course of action needs to be to flush them out as quickly as possible."
The underling gave a small frown and her firm tone was filled with timid apprehensiveness "But ma'am how can we be sure that we can catch it before it hurts someone."
"You ever see that old Hulk movie with Eric Bana?"
"Uhm. No."
"Well you know the Hulk right? Big, green, full of radiation. Well in the movie his dad asks if he can absorb his powers. And Bruce Banner, who hates being the Hulk agrees. So his dad absorbs all of his radiation and blows up."
"That sounds like a strange comic book movie ma'am."
"Yeah those American directors are crazy. But my point is, that's what we should do with the rogues. All the files from Cybercrime unit says te rogues want to absorb data, so we give it all to them. Enough to overload them completely."
"But to get enough data to overload a rogue we would need to borrow a ton of free data from the city, which would be illegal."
Tsurugi walked over to a drawer grafted into the wall that opened with the mere waving of her hands. Inside were rows of different sunglasses, she picked a pair of aviators and put them on. And threw a punch at Rina that stopped at her face.
"Rina-chan. Rules were meant to be broken."
The young girl frowned at Tsurugi and covered her mouth with the touch pad whose screen mimicked her frown.
That night Kotaro kept his promise and made it home in time to watch Downtown with his family. Watching reruns was his father's favorite pastime outside of fixing the broken things he would occasionally find around town.
"Go and get the rest of the snacks from the kitchen Kotaro."
"Sure." he replied stepping into the kitchen, up until the incident in the bathroom the DAT had been complacent but once again it began to beep loudly, he pulled it out and saw that it was drawing something on the screen.
As he brought back the tray of snacks his mother looked at him suspiciously "What's going on with your phone Kotaro?"
He put down the tray and flashed a smile "Looks like Keiji couldn't get notes for class. He just urgent messaged me to come over."
His father put on a frown. "What? You're going to miss the Chiaki sketch."
"Sorry. But he really needs these notes. It won't take long to copy them." Kotaro ran to his room to grab his coat.
"Those games are a terrible influence." Kotaro's mother said.
His father just shook his head as he walked out of the door.
As Kotaro hit the streets he heard the sound of lightning roaring in the sky again Through some strange happenings the DAT had drawn up a map that pointed him forward.
The device led him out of his neighborhood and into the city, he put on the hood of his coat as it began to rain. People he passed on the streets were all complaining as they evaded the sudden storm, all of them running the opposite direction as he was. Something incredibly strange was going on and Kotaro could not quite figure out what it was.
Beyond the shopping district Kotaro had found himself in the middle of a large construction zone connected by gigantic pipes. The map had pointed in their direction.
After scratching his head Kotaro hesitantly continued onward. Whatever it meant at this point he felt compelled to see it through. As he continued along his path it became harder and harder to see and soon he was surrounded by fog. The only light in the fog came from the screen of the DAT .
Though just barely, as he delved deeper into the tunnels he could see a shadow. He quickly slid into a corner and obscured the light from the DAT's screen. Whatever it was, it was quite plainly not human. Kotaro's heart rate increased as he could make out a pair of large hind legs and heard a growl. He looked around him for anything he could use as a weapon but came up short. And so he did the next best thing. Run.
As fast as his feet would carry him he went around every corner not looking back, it's feet splashing in the puddles along the floor as it chased him. The thought of dying in these desolate pipes far out from his home, frightened him. Would his parent's even know what to make of it? He didn't know the answer but he could feel his feet tiring and hear the creature getting closer.
And as luck would have it the tunnels led to a dead end. His feet finally gave out and he lowered his head, he looked to the mist behind him, there was the shadow, moving slower than usual as it tread out of the fog. It's snarls sounded like laughter as it neared.
Kotaro was shocked. Out of the mist came a purple creature with a red gem on it's forehead it had two large hind legs and short arms like a dinosaur. It was the same creature who had vanished in front of him the night before. It sniffed around for him with it's eyes lowered, there were still visible small wounds on his chest.
The creature noticed Kotaro and blinked at him inquisitively.
Kotaro drew a relieved breath and grabbed his chest as he smiled at the creature "Oh man you really scared me little guy."
It snarled and raised it's brows angrily "Your that idiot from last night who stole my kill." it said in a childish voice.
He wiped his eyes hoping they had deceived him, but there the creature stood. A Digimon had just insulted him.
"Idiot? I saved your life from that Tyranomon!" Kotaro returned to his feet and yelled
The creatures ears stood up as it shot back "I had that red guy right where I wanted him until you showed up."
"Are you kidding how can you-" Kotaro paused "You saw me last night?"
It blinked before getting angry "Of course I saw you. You were floating above me like a creep."
It took all the patience in him not to yell back. Instead Kotaro mustered all of his composure and bowed "I apologize for interrupting your fight."
A look of guilt made it's way on to the creatures face and it staggered forward and awkwardly pet Kotaro on the head twice with it's paws "Don't sweat it. I'm the strongest Digimon in the world so a small fry like him won't be anything for a guy like me."
His paws tickled and Kotaro let out a small laugh as he raised his head to look at the creature it's eyes full of conviction. Kotaro recognized it's purple fur as belonging to the Dorumon species who were known to be incredibly aggressive but also naive.
This whole experience was too crazy not to bask in it at least for a short moment, with a cheerful blush painted on his face Kotaro shook the creatures paw "Well if you're not mad then I ain't either. The names Takeshi Kotaro."
The creature watched followed it's paw moving up and down as Kotaro shook it "I've never met a Digimon with two names."
"That's because I'm not a Digimon. I'm a human."
"Hu...mon?"
Kotaro shook his head "No,no. Hu-man. I'm not made of data."
"Then...what are you made of?"
"Hmm," he tapped his chin "Mostly organs."
"Very strange. Well Kotaro human, I am Dorumon. The strongest Digimon in the whole Digital World."
Kotaro began to grin "You can just call me the Kotaro part." the Digimon began to examine the boy, he could notice that unlike him he had no fur, save for his head and it was red and soft unlike his. Dorumon had never seen such a strange creature in all his life.
"What kind of armor is that?" Dorumon pointed to his blue coat.
"Well it's not really armor. It keeps me warm."
"Woah." Dorumon circled him and took glances at his strange clothing.
"Yeah armor would be too...heavy-" And then reality hit "By the way did you say earlier that Tyranomon won't be a problem for you?"
Dorumon nodded "Yeah when I find him I'm definitely going to take him down."
Kotaro's face was completely drained of it's color "Wait, so where's Tyranomon now?"
Dorumon mimicked Kotaro and put it's paw to it's chin "Hmm. I chased him into the bright light the other day...and when I came out I was in this weird cave. So I kind of lost him."
"That's bad, really bad we have to get out of here now." Kotaro grabbed the beast by it's paws and pulled him.
"What are you talking about? I have to stay and fight Tyranomon." He resisted with all his strength and gently pushed Kotaro away. He raised his ears once again and turned to leave "Kotaro man. I have to fight him. As a Digimon it is our purpose to battle." it vanished back into the smoke and it's shadow dissipated with it soon after.
"Wait!" Kotaro screamed out to him as the DAT in his pocket began to beep loudly once again. "No, no. Please not now."
Kotaro gave chase in the tunnels and followed the map as he did before. As he veered deeper into the tunnels he began to notice faint television static floating in the mist. The sounds of the static began to whir soon after appearing. The sound began to come through the speaker on the DAT
"Keiji. If I die down here, write a book about me." he said to no one.
The gem atop Dorumon's head began to glow faintly as it stalked the tunnel's ears raised.
"Dorumon." it could faintly hear a whisper from a guttural raspy voice calling to him in the vague distance. And every time it called, he followed.
In the depths he could see faint shapes that reminded him of home, the outlines of hills on grassy plains, the smell of fresh foliage and warm blue skies. He ran faster and faster still. The voice grew more prominent and Dorumon had been fully engrossed in the throws of battle. The small pair of wings on his back stood on end.
And from within a crevice of the tunnel he could see a pair of round eyes blinking at him and he charged, just as he drew close enough to see them they were gone. Dorumon stopped and raised it's snout sniffing the air around it. It heard a subdued growl to the left but when he turned he saw nothing. Though it was faint he could smell dried wounds, but from where he could not tell. For a moment he could smell it deeper into the tunnel and walked over. He bent down, he was beginning to lose composure. From his peripheral he could see a silhouette behind him and he turned to focus on it only to see more static. He grunted with dissatisfaction and his gem began to glow brighter and in an instant his nerves began to tingle.
He looked in every direction but saw nothing, but in his peripheral he could hear his roar and he turned to face him. Standing above him partially obscured by the thick mist was Tyranomon. Covered in scars he breathed heavily and looked down at Dourmon. It gave a pained roar and prepared to step forward.
Dorumon's fur stood on end and his tail flailed wildly as it lowered it's back and charged forward to attack. Tyranomon began to rain fire upon the ground, Dorumon could feel the area growing hotter, it barred it's fangs and bit at the creatures neck, digging it's toes into it's chest.
Tyranomon began to shriek and slammed itself to the ground, tossing Dorumon off. It slowly rose again and looked down at the barely recovered Dorumon. The blue beast snarled and released a tuft of smoke from it's large nostrils as it began to open it's mouth wide and a cluster of atoms began to form.
"Metal Cannon!" He announced as a large ball of iron shot from it's mouth and exploded on Tyranomon's face. The creature reared back and charged forward in retaliation. Dorumon was too tired to react and took the charge head on he flew three feet into the air before crashing to the ground.
"You big idiot!" he taunted from the floor struggling to recover. Tyranomon's scars began to release tiny bits of data into the atmosphere around it, he was in extreme pain and could only manage to limp forward growling.
Kotaro finally managed to catch up, his DAT glowing so brightly it looked like a beacon. He looked up at Tyranomon and grew afraid, his heart was beating faster than ever and he was at a loss at how to react. Just behind Tyranomon he could see Dorumon in the distance gasping for breath on the ground.
"Dorumon!" he called out to the creature and stepped forward, Tyranomon turned ever so slightly to look at him but continued toward Dorumon.
"Kotaro...human?" Dorumon raised it's head to speak as the gem on it's head began to glow so bright it gave off heat, it released a blinding red beam of light that traveled between Tyranomon's legs and shot into Kotaro's DAT It's screen quickly flickered as it grew hot in his hand and poured out a beam of bright red light. Tyranomon turned to look and covered his eyes.
"DATA RETRIEVED." the DAT spoke in a robotic tone and shot out a beam of powerful red light into the air, it cleared the fog with its shine and slowly grew dimmer as it began to float down toward him. He opened his palm and grasped the light, it was hot to the touch and cooled in his hand. He pocketed the DAT and examined the new device it was more long than wide and had a screen like the DAT it's base was black, with a red outline the same color as Kotaro's hair, and three similarly colored buttons at it's bottom.
"Is this...a Digivice?" Kotaro looked down at the devices blinking screen, it played a soft note that signified it worked.
Tyranomon turned fully to face Kotaro and it's eyes widened as it saw the blinking device it began to inch towards him. Kotaro prepared himself to run but the beast stopped in it's tracks halfway to him and began to scream wildly flailing it's tongue.
Dorumon winced as it finally returned to it's feet, he looked over at Kotaro standing fearfully in front of Tyranomon who was agonizing as it's wounds grew larger and it appeared as if it were being dissolved from the inside. He growled and took a step forward barring it's fangs.
Kotaro began to panick as he looked at Tyranomon flailing wildly.
Elsewhere Tsurugi stood upright at her post wearing her shades. Overlooking the now packed control room who's posts were filled with workers quickly gliding their fingers across their keyboards. The monitor at the rooms back displayed a map with a blinking dot surrounded by a target.
As if she had become a different person she was composed and calm as she began to speak with a an authoritative tone.
"Drive that dirty rogue from the city. Do not spare any data!" she triumphantly punched the air "We cannot afford to let down this city by allowing this riff raff through the gate."
Tyranomon began to scream and clawed at it's face as if it were covered in ticks.
The screen on Kotaro's Digivice began to blink and it showed a stock picture of Dorumon.
"I'm the one you're supposed to be fighting!" Dorumon growled and opened it's mouth wide as a large collection of black atoms began to form into a ball.
"Metal Cannon." Dorumon fired a large cannonball from it's mouth at high speed, it collided into Tyranomon's back and exploded, the Digimon began to scream as it was enveloped by the mist, it's voice grew faint and it left without a trace.
The workers in the control room began to sigh out of relief.
"Ma'am we have successfully pushed the rogue back onto the grid." one of her underlings called out.
Tsurugi smirked and gave a self assured nod "Good work everyone. Let's all get some sleep."
The underling awkwardly scratched her cheek "Um, it will take at least four hours to get this data back to the city."
Tsurugi fell into her chair and threw her shades on the ground like a child.
Dorumon's eyes grew sharp and it let out a small roar of it's own to the ceiling. Kotaro was awestruck as the small beast began to walk toward him. He smiled and lowered his head towards him.
Kotaro grew uncomfortable "What are you so happy about?"
Dorumon pointed to the device "That thing, you loaded it with my-" his legs gave out at the last word and he fell forward into Kotaro's arms . Kotaro could feel the creature breathing steadily in his arms.
"Aw," he began to pet the fur on his head "He must be exhausted." though he was only a few inches taller he managed to lift the creature and carry it on his back as he walked out of the tunnels.
Looking out at the streets the two were completely alone and the rain subsided as it had before. He covered the creature in his coat and began to slowly head home, his life of carefree adolescence behind he steps forward unknowingly into the world of Digimon.
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