I do not own Digimon! Nope! :P Oh and now since the races understand our language, I thought it fair to be able to understand theirs. From now on except for certain circumstances characters will be speaking in English for the plot's sake.

Chapter 4

Running Plan

Two guards walked down a silent corridor. They had just started their shift moments ago. Though the Voxen males were incredibly tall, they seemed completely inferior to the massive size of the Calyptians. Their footsteps echoed through the long corridor as the passing lights from over head made their armor shine brightly. The Calyptians footsteps shook the floor as he walked in giant strides while the Voxen's steps were almost silent. The Voxen guard carried a large gun. The gun was black with a translucent and energy-filled cylinder imbedded in the top that yielded a blue aura. Though the weapon itself was black, the metal still shined in the beams of light. The Voxen stooped and handed his weapon to the Calyptian

"Hold this for a second" He said in a stressed voice

The Calyptian took the weapon as the Voxen began to stretch his shoulder while unlocking a mechanism that held his shoulder pad in place.

"I hurt my shoulder ripping open one of those damn things the humans use for transportation." The Voxen said as he continued to stretch and massage his sore and aching shoulder under his large shoulder pad.

"First of all", The Calyptian retorted, "It's called a vehicle. Second of all, why are you on duty when you are injured? Shouldn't you be in the med-bay?" As he finished, he crossed his arms.

The Voxen looked at the Calyptian with a surprised expression. "Are you serious? Commander Taronu would kill me on the spot if I were to be found in the med-bay with only a pulled shoulder."

"Well if you weren't stupid by pulling that door apart knowing that-"

Suddenly the lights went out while the red emergency lights flickered on. Mechanical clicking noises could be heard. All of the doors along the corridor quickly slid open at once.

The Voxen was stunned. "What the-"

"GO!" The word was yelled and echoed through the corridor.

Suddenly many Humans, Reptilians, Voxen, and Calyptians ran out of their cells. The guards were quickly overwhelmed. Since the security was disabled, the imprisoned Calyptians could now use their arsenal. The Calyptian guard fired what seemed to be a plasma-machine gun while the Voxen guard took three hits to the chest from a different plasma weapon. Seren quickly jumped and dove past the guard's fallen body and retrieved a pistol from his holster. Round after round was fired into the Calyptian guard's body, but it wasn't until Seren jumped on top of his shoulders to fire a strategically placed round into the metallic head did the giant finally fall.

After checking around to see that all enemies were killed Seren yelled over his shoulder. "Daniel! Mileiah! Go!"

Hearing this instruction, Mileiah and Daniel sprinted down the corridor to where a service hatch opened into the ceiling.

"You need to lift me up. It's too dangerous to jump into there." Mileiah motioned Daniel to come over.

Daniel didn't notice until he was lifting Mileiah up to the hatch how remarkably human her feminine features were. She wore revealing clothes that remarkably resembled women's clothing from Earth though the fabric and colors were different. She wore shorts that were a very elastic fabric. The fabric was a dark blue just as the top that was very similar to a sports tank top only covering her chest. These clothes revealed feminine features that looked human such as her curves, wide hips, and breasts.

As he lifted her he also noticed how surprisingly light she was. She crawled into the hatch then extended her hand to Daniel. He took it and was quickly pulled up into the hatch with her. Daniel followed Mileiah through the complex tunnels and wiring. She apparently knew where she was going. They passed a few chambers filled with circuits and small monitors displaying what looked like red warnings. They passed vents and through them they could hear battles ensuing between the guards that were able to get to the prison section and the prisoners.

Mileiah called back to Daniel. "We're almost there, just down this hatch is the mater valve we need to release to free the ships in this area. Hopefully the master valves in the rest of the ship's docking areas were disabled so they won't be able to chase us when we escape on the ships. Follow me." As she said this, she jumped through the opening into the room below.

Daniel quickly followed her. The drop into the room was far but not enough to break bones. The room was small with thick pipes along the walls that ran across and out of the room in an upward angle. The room had an orange light that made the colors shift out of their normal shades.

"Now we wait for the signal." Daniel stated.

Mileiah looked at Daniel "I hope our squad is fighting well. I feel useless sitting here. I know we have the most important task but we are just sitting here wondering if we will ever get the signal."

Mileiah was pacing the room there was an opening that led to a ledge extending along the walls of the docking bay. Force fields protected the area from the vacuum. She paced back and forth surveying the area. She then turned to Daniel.

"When we release the pressure in these pipes, we need to run. We have to get to Seren's vessel." Mileiah pointed to a platform that held a menacing looking ship.

Daniel saw that it was a few levels higher than they were. They would have to do a lot of climbing through the tunnels to avoid crossing an armed guard.

"How much time do you think we will have?" Daniel turned his eyes to Mileiah and waited for her to answer.

"In your time, minutes." Her voice was solemn as was her eyes.

Daniel was about to reassure her but then a bright light came from a few levels lower than the ledge. It was a green speck that bloomed into a bright red explosion of light.

"Daniel, that's the signal! Help me with this!" Mileiah shouted as she began to turn a large circular shaped lever.

The lever resembled a wheel but it looked more like a large button you turn embedded in the wall. There were holes where you put your hands in towards the outer part of the circle. The lever was metallic and half the size of Daniel. He approached the lever and braced himself. He then looked to see which was Mileiah was trying to turn the lever and then pushed the same way. The lever slowly started to move counter clockwise. The noise was excruciating. The valves started to whine and the lever itself was grinding against the metal it was against. Daniel could see that Mileiah's ears were laid against her head. It was probably to help protect her hearing. The lever suddenly gave and the pressure was released in a giant stream outside the force field. Mileiah grabbed Daniel's arm and pulled him with her.

"We have to go, lets go-lets go." Mileiah insisted.

Daniel followed Mileiah up through a different shaft that was lower. The tunnels were at a much higher incline, making it tiring to run through them. They found a ladder that led to the level of their escape vessel. They now had to run through the corridors to and try to avoid any remaining guards. Mileiah took Daniels arm again.

"This way! Hurry! It's right-" She cut herself off after seeing what was in front of her.

"HUMAN!"

Daniel easily recognized this Voxen. It was Tessiah and from what Daniel could see, he looked pissed. But that wasn't all he looked like. He looked like he was shot in his left shoulder and was also involved in some hand-to-hand combat. He was beaten up but still able to move reasonably well.

"Get back…" Mileiah whispered to Daniel as she pushed him back a few steps.

"Ha, you think you are going to fight me by yourself? I'm going to kill every last one of you stupid creatures!" Tessiah screamed as Mileiah stood ready for Tessiah to attack, which he immediately did.

Tessiah rushed as fast as he could manage. His speed was amazingly swift. Mileiah dodged his first attack by ducking under the blurring kick he delivered and went to deliver a kick of her own. Her powerful kick was swat away by Tessiah who then connected his fist with her jaw, sending Mileiah flying a couple of feet.

"You can't defeat an elite like me!" Tessiah shouted as he straightened himself out.

Mileiah jumped to her feet and bolted at Tessiah who braced himself. As the fighting continued, Daniel found the pistol that belonged to Tessiah, picked it up, and aimed. Tessiah saw this and proceeded to throw Mileiah to the ground and draw another pistol faster than Daniel could pull the trigger. Daniel jumped to the right as he fired a shot while the commander mimicked this move firing off four shots. All of the rounds connected to nothing but the walls, they missed.

"Damn it!" Daniel shouted as he took cover in another room.

"Human! You will die for touching that weapon!" Tessiah yelled from his position.

Daniel now had to think. He remembered the shots into the wall. If the bullet hits at a certain angle, then it ricochets off of the wall instead of hitting it completely. Daniel had an idea.

"Hey, why don't you come and get you piece-of-shit weapon like a real soldier would?" Daniel now very carefully listened for Tessiah's voice.

Tessiah was enraged. "How dare you say that to me you stupid creature? You will die with the rest of your race. I will see to it myself! I will..."

As Tessiah continued to rant, Daniel slowly looked out of where he was hidden and found the wall the raging Voxen was behind. He carefully aimed his pistol and fired over and over again at the wall next to Tessiah's position.

"Damn it!" Tessiah screamed in agony. He was hit.

"Daniel lets go!" Mileiah screamed to Daniel as she ran toward the corridor that let to the ship.

Daniel ran after her so they could escape. But they didn't see Tessiah crawl out from his room and use the last of his strength to squeeze off a shot that went through Mileiah's stomach.

Mileiah screamed in agony and collapsed. Daniel ran to her and tried to help her up. Mileiah was bleeding heavily. Daniel didn't know if she could make it but he was going to try to get her to the ship, even if it killed him. Mileiah stopped him from lifting her.

"Daniel you need to go. You're life is more important than mine." Her voice was strained and weakening.

Her eyes held the look of desperation. Daniel did not want to listen.

"No, we are getting out of here." Daniel tried again.

Mileiah started to lose consciousness and was in panic. She took Daniel's head as her eyes and hands began to glow. What happened next was beyond Daniel's comprehension.

The world went black. He could no longer see nor hear. Then suddenly images of Mileiah flashed through his mind. She was young and small. She was looking out from a large building that looked much like a palace. Then there was an image of her holding someone's hand. Another female Voxen but she was white. Then suddenly Mileiah was taken away, leaving the other Voxen crying in despair. Suddenly Mileiah was wearing armor and flying a small single pilot vessel. She was captured by the ship they were currently in. Many other visions blurred through his mind but it was too quick to decipher at this point. Then suddenly he could see normally and hear clearly again.

"What was that?" Daniel silently said to himself.

He then noticed that Mileiah wasn't moving. Her breathing was slowed and labored. She was going to die unless he did something right now. Adrenaline surged through Daniel's bloodstream. He picked Mileiah off the ground and sprinted as fast as he could towards another corridor. He didn't know where he was going but something told him he was going the right way. He couldn't describe it.

Seren stood waiting with Rokusho and the reptilian. They have killed everyone that have found then so far. But they could not wait much longer.

"Where are they?" Seren was looking through a site on a rifle he had found. "We can't stay here. We need to go before the security system activa-"

"Sir!" Rokusho shouted at Seren and pointed down the corridor.

"Get ready!" Seren shouted as he positioned his rifle

"Wait! It's human!" Rokusho shouted. "It's Daniel! He has Mileiah!"

Seren shouted behind his shoulder as he ran out of the ship. "Start the damn ship!"

Seren ran to Daniel, picked them both up and sprinted to the ship as it took off. He jumped into the air and planted both feet on the ship's floor as the doors closed behind him. As the ship passed through the force field it opened fire on the hanger doors along with the other ships now taking flight. Seren went into the cockpit or the ship and put his hand on Rokusho's shoulder.

"I'm taking the controls! Mileiah has been hit! Go help her!" Seren shouted.

Rokusho left the controls. The chair shifted into a smaller form for Seren as he took control of the ship.

Meanwhile Rokusho went to Mileiah and Daniel.

"Take her into that room." Rokusho pointed to a smaller room with a rectangular table inside of it.

Daniel carried Mileiah into the room and set her on the table. Rokusho followed quickly and scanned Mileiah's body. A three-dimensional image was produced as a hologram above her body. Daniel didn't need to be a doctor to see what was happening. One of her organs had been burst by the blast and she was bleeding internally. Rokusho lifted his arm and Daniel saw that it could transform into more than just a weapon.

Mechanisms churned as the armor plates opened to reveal many moving parts. The gears made parts slide pat each other and metal clanging into it. After the transformation was complete he had medical instruments protruding from his arm. One looked like a probe, another looked like a blade. The other equipment wasn't even recognizable.

"Daniel I need you to apply pressure to her wound on her stomach as I work with her back. We need to stop the bleeding." Rokusho apparently had emotions because his voice had worry and urgency in it.

Daniel pressed his hand on the wound in Mileiah's stomach while Rokusho braced her from behind and started to use the probe and one of the other instruments to repair damaged blood vessels and tissue. Daniel was almost in a panic but knew he had to keep control for Mileiah's sake.

"I've stopped the bleeding here. I need to do more but her organ and bleeding from the other side is more important." Rokusho stated to Daniel.

Rokusho turned Mileiah onto her back. The probe went inside of the wound and started to glow. The mechanics in Rokusho's arm were moving with incredible speed. Daniel stood back and watched as Rokusho worked.

"Daniel go to the cannons, we need someone on a gun." Rokusho said as he worked.

Daniel didn't want to leave but knew he was useless standing where he was. He ran to the cockpit.

"Daniel, the cannon is up that ladder! The controls are unlocked! The screen will show friendlies in green and hostels in red! Just point and fire!" Seren called to him from the cockpit.

Daniel went up the ladder to the turret. Straps automatically formed around him as he sat in the chair. Daniel heard the cannon charging up. A screen was in front of him now.

Daniel heard Seren's voice in a speaker on the control panel. "Hold them off until we are able to jump. It will take a minuet."

Daniel fired at the red targets. Videogame experience was now a great asset. He hit a small ship that was attacking one of the smaller friendly vessels. Another small ship was barreling towards Daniel, who shot an engine off of one of its wings. Other ships that had already escaped from Seren's previous ship were now, what Daniel figured, jumping.

Daniel saw as one of the larger ship's engines suddenly shut of with a blue aura no longer present. The ship drifted for a fraction of a second. Then a white aura blasted from the engine followed by a bright explosion from the engine. The ship then appeared to stretch and immediately vanished into space.

"Daniel, prepare for jump!" Seren said through the intercom.

"Uhh... How?" Daniel never jumped before so he had no idea how to prepare.

"Brace yourself!" Seren shouted back.

Daniel felt pretty secure in the chair he was in. All of the sudden time seemed to slow down. Daniel saw the ships and lasers stop moving as if he were looking at a photograph instead of a battlefield. Suddenly all he could see were colors. There were blue, white, and black lines and blotches mixing together and separating. Time was normal again. But space wasn't.

"Daniel, we're ok now. Come back down. We will be in the jump field for a while" Seren announced over the intercom.

Daniel climbed out of his chair and slid down the ladder. He quickly ran back to where Mileiah was.

She was still. But she was breathing. Her wound was visible but Rokusho did a very good job repairing the damage she took.

"She needs a lot water, nutrition, and rest. She has lost a lot of blood. She needs to be taken care of if she is going to survive." Rokusho said in a very serious tone.

"Was it too much blood?" Seren asked.

"No, I sealed up the wounds with Daniels help. She will live, but we need to take good care of her until she can heal herself." Rokusho's seriousness faded and was replaced by relief.

Everyone else's expressions softened knowing that their comrade would be ok. Seren then issued orders.

"Rokusho, I need you to make sure this ship is nut bugged and to patch any damage." Seren turned to the reptilian. "Karson, I need you to take inventory of everything we have. We need to re-supply this ship. I need to know what we need the most."

The reptilian saluted and left the room. Leaving only Daniel, Mileiah and Seren.

"Daniel, I need you to watch her. If anything happens, any change, you tell us, ok?" Seren said calmly.

"Yes sir." Daniel answered.

"On this ship when not engaged with the enemy, call me Seren." Seren added as he left the room. Daniel was now left alone with a sleeping Mileiah and his thoughts.

Today's events were extreme. Daniel looked at his hands and saw the stains left by Mileiah's blood. Not just today, but the pat two-to-three days. Daniel couldn't keep track of time. His world was gone. Most of the human race was gone. His family was gone. Until now, he didn't think about his family. They were a pain in the ass and he wanted to get away from them. Now that there was an absence; now that he could no longer touch home… Now that he didn't have a family, it made him feel empty of all emotion but remorse. He should have been happy. He should have been more grateful. Now it's gone. No home, no family… Daniel felt that he made friends. The aliens seemed to like him. Maybe that is why he felt so scared when Mileiah was shot. The need to save her even if it meant sacrificing his life. There was no decision in the matter. He was going to save her. Maybe she felt the same since she lost her family too.

Suddenly the visions blurred through his head again. The child Mileiah being taken away from the white Voxen.

Daniel rubbed his temples with his fingers. He knew this was just the beginning.