Digimon: Endless Chaos
Chapter 4: Deadly Beacon Above
Rated M: Strong Language, Adult Themes, Blood, Gore.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
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Imperialdramon flew through the dark sky at high speeds. He was still over the Pacific Ocean, he didn't want to expend a lot of energy while traveling there, so he wasn't flying at maximum speed. On his back, protected by the force field, were Davis, Ken, Matt and Yolei. Ken conversed with Yolei for most of the flight. Hawkmon was asleep, and so was Gabumon, and surprise surprise... so was Davis. Matt kept to himself. He was deep in thought, filled with anger, depression and guilt. He couldn't get the image of hitting his brother TK in the face with a shovel out of his head.
What's he going to think of me? Thought Matt, I was mad but I didn't want to do that, I wasn't thinking, god I hope he doesn't hate me. This war is taking too much of a toll on all of us. Matt let his head drop into his hands.
Just then, Imperialdramon began to speak. "Guys, we're almost there. We're flying over Mexico right now."
Ken nodded, his pocket began to vibrate and he reached his hand in to it and grabbed his D-Terminal. "I've got an email... from Izzy."
"What's it say?" Inquired Yolei.
"It says, 'make sure not to land too close to Mexico City. They'll be able to sense you if you get too close, which will ruin any attempt at surprising them. Ten miles should be sufficient.'" Ken closed his D-Terminal. "So, ten miles on foot?"
"Nonsense." Said Imperialdramon. "What he means is that they'll detect my high power level because I'm at the mega level. But that won't apply to champion level Digimon."
"So basically, we'll just ride our champion level Digimon the rest of the way." Ken grinned, "That won't be an issue."
Davis yawned loudly, which woke both Gabumon and Hawkmon. Matt looked up and winced at him. Davis is really fucking pathetic sometimes.
Davis sat up and stretched, then shook his head. "Are we there yet?" He groggily said.
"Almost." Said Ken, "We'll have to downgrade for the last ten miles though. They'll sense Imperialdramon's energy."
Davis crossed his arms and yawned again. "Shouldn't be an issue, just wake me when we land."
"It would make no sense for you to sleep now!" Snapped Matt, "We're almost there, I'd suggest waking up and getting focused!" Matt lost his temper a bit, and he knew it too. Everyone just looked at him. Normally, he'd love to be the center of attention, but right now was not the time. Damn it. I gotta lighten up.
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WarGreymon and BlackWarGreymon flew above the wrecked city. They were quite some distance away from the underground shelter. Since leaving the scene of the battle, WarGreymon hadn't spoken a word, and BlackWarGreymon was getting impatient. He was very curious as to what was eating WarGreymon, and the longer he had to wait, the more pissed off he would become. He stopped. WarGreymon flew for a moment more, then realized BlackWarGreymon had halted. He too stopped, then turned around.
"Why'd you stop?" He asked.
"You said you'd tell me what was bothering you if I agreed to come with you." Replied BlackWarGreymon. "We've been flying for ten minutes, you haven't said a word, and I don't know where you're taking me. I'm starting to get irritated, so if you want me to continue following you, you'd best start talking."
WarGreymon sighed. He knew he had no choice but to talk. The incident during the Gururumon ambush kept playing over and over again in his head. WarGreymon's head dropped down. "We were attacked by a pack of Gururumon. All of our opponents are much stronger than normal, and we don't know why..."
BlackWarGreymon nodded. "Yes, I've noticed this too... continue..."
"I was fighting two of them, but they work so well together as a pack, it seemed like there was a lot more of them."
Flashback:
"Fuck!" WarGreymon shouted, pushing himself off of the ground and knocking Gururumon off of him. "It seems like there's more than there actually is."
"There is strength in numbers!" Gururumon shouted as he stood up. This one was behind WarGreymon, and the other one was in front of him. "Take this, Chaos Blaster!"
Both Gururumon blasted WarGreymon. Dust and smoke followed a small explosion that the blasts created. WarGreymon then flew out of the smoke toward the Gururumon in front of him and caught Gururumon in the throat with his Dramon Destroyer and slammed him into a wall. His middle claw went through Gururumon's neck and into the wall.
Gurururumon yelped and was bleeding from his throat onto WarGreymon's Dramon Destroyer, and it was lodged into the wall pretty good. WarGreymon was unable to pull his arm from the wall. The Gururumon behind him was approaching fast, getting ready to blast WarGreymon again. "Dammit, get out of there!" He yelled, referring to his Destroyer.
Out of no where, Seraphimon appeared and kicked the approaching Gururumon in the side, sending him through the glass window of a building. He then followed him in to keep him at bay while WarGreymon tried to free himself. WarGreymon had no choice but to pull his arm out of the Dramon Destroyer. He looked the pierced Gururumon in the eyes and saw fear, pain and suffering. His life was slipping away from him as he bled.
WarGreymon sighed. "I'm sorry." He placed his now bare hand in front of Gururumon and generated an orange ball of energy. "You suffer no more, Terra Force!" He then released the attack in beam form rather than the traditional projectile version. The beam engulfed Gururumon's entire body, the Dramon Destroyer, and the wall he was pinned to.
All of the fighting stopped, and everyone looked at WarGreymon and the large cloud of smoke that was in front of him. Small particles of data were exiting the smoke and traveling into the air. They all knew what had happened. WarGreymon's temper got the best of him. He knew all eyes were on him as well. The DigiDestined were not around though, so they had no idea what had happened. I never meant for you to die...
Flashback End:
WarGreymon felt anger welt up inside. "I lost my temper, I put the damn destroyer through his throat! I had to kill him. I didn't want him to suffer, but I didn't want to kill him."
BlackWarGreymon nodded once again and inhaled. "WarGreymon, friend, there are things that you need to understand. This is war, it's not meant to be pretty. You can't let your personal feelings cloud your judgement on the battlefield." WarGreymon looked up and locked eyes with his virus type counterpart. "It's kill or be killed in this world, and your duties as heroes sometimes requires doing things you don't necessarily want to do. But you did what you had to do, you're still alive, and so are your friends."
WarGreymon nodded. "I do understand that. But it didn't have to end the way it did. I've never seen such fear, such terror in any living creature's eyes. It... scared me."
"As expected," Said BlackWarGreymon, "But like I said, it's kill, or be killed. And like it or not, you're a key element to ending this war. You need to stay alive." BlackWarGreymon cracked his neck.
"I know that." Replied WarGreymon. "If I die, I won't have enough time to be reborn and raised back to mega. It'll take far too long, and by then, the world will be completely gone." BlackWarGreymon sighed and shook his head. WarGreymon watched puzzled. "What?"
BlackWarGreymon spoke. "WarGreymon, if you die, you won't come back." WarGreymon's eyes shot wide. "There will be no rebirth, no training, nothing. Not even one Digimon that's died during this war has come back to life. If you die..." BlackWarGreymon paused for a moment and shook his head. "Then that's it. You're dead once and for all..."
WarGreymon hovered there in silence. He was baffled at the news. How could it be possible? Digimon always came back after death, so why not now? He turned around. "We'd better get moving, we can't waste any time. The clock's always ticking..." BlackWarGreymon nodded and the two continued back toward the shelter.
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TK slowly walked through the shelter, the underground tunnels and subway systems that made up the safe haven the DigiDestined and countless refugees now called "home." Patamon hadn't followed him out of the lab, he was still in a deep sleep on TK's hat. At this point he was extremely confused. Not being able to recall the fight with his brother Matt was really bothering him. He had no recollection whatsoever. The only thing he could remember was the pain of the strike he took from the shovel that Matt used on him. His face still hurt, but not as much as his brain for being stuck on this thought, and his heart, for knowing he assaulted his brother, but not even remembering it, or even the fact that he didn't know what could have drove him to do so. He was over the fact that Matt has already hit him in the face, so what drove him to act in such an uncharacteristic manner?
What the hell? He thought to himself. This war is driving us all insane. I would NEVER assault ANYONE unless I was trying to protect someone I care about. What in god's name.. His thought process was broken as he literally walked right into his girlfriend, Cassie. He locked eyes with the blue eyed beauty and all of his thoughts and attention were once again locked on her. "Hey babe." He said cheerfully.
"Oh my god, TK." She said in surprise. She quickly embraced TK and buried her head into his chest. "Baby are you okay? Anything broken, bruised, anything?"
TK shook his head and wrapped his arms around her. "No, my face is sore but other than that, I'm okay."
Cassie let go and looked him in the eyes. With a grin she spoke. "Well that's good. I'm glad you're okay." TK nodded and went to speak, but before he could, he could hear Tai's voice calling his name from across the room. They both looked as he approached with his hands deep in his pants pockets and a blank look across his face. TK groaned and Cassie simply sighed.
Tai finally approached the couple and looked at TK. "You okay dude?" He asked.
"I suppose." Replied TK with a nod.
"That was one hell of a fight." Tai said, "Even Matt and I never got into it that badly."
"Yeah well," TK huffed, "It would help if I could even remember what fucking happened."
"He hit you first TK." Cassie interrupted. "I don't blame you."
TK sighed and shook his head. He had a headache that was only worsening by the minute. He looked down to Cassie. "I was already over that." He said, "I don't remember the fight, hell, I don't even remember what drove me to attack in the first place." TK looked back to Tai. Cassie let a dirty look escape her, which Tai caught. Tai's eyelids lowered in irritation and suspicion.
"Don't worry about it." Said Tai. "Matt feels awful about it. He's just praying that you don't hate him."
TK's eyes suddenly shot open and locked them with Tai's. "I don't hate him. Brothers fight, plain and simple. I love him to death... He can just be an asshole at times." Tai chuckled. Cassie frowned and turned her head.
"Well, I'm going to talk to Sheamus again." Said Tai. "I just hope WarGreymon comes back soon. I'll be back in a bit." TK nodded and Tai began to walk toward the corridor, which led to a staircase leading up to Sheamus' secret garage.
TK looked down at Cassie and noticed the aggravation across her face. "Cassie?" He said with confusion.
"What?" She said in surprise, her facial expression quickly changing. "Sorry, I was just thinking..." She paused. "I'll be right back, I have to go to the bathroom." TK nodded at her as she ran off toward the restrooms.
He simply scratched the back of his head and made his way to the closest wall so he could sit for a while, alone.
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The four DigiDestined that were sent to Mexico were within a mile of the Mexico City border. Davis was in front, riding on Raidramon's back. Matt was riding Garurumon right next to Davis and Raidramon. Ken and Yolei were on the backs on their respectable Digimon, Stingmon and Aquilamon.
"Almost there!" Said an enthusiastic Davis. "I can see the wall!"
"And the destruction beyond it..." Said Ken in a low, dark manner.
The team stopped about twenty yards away from the wall surrounding the city. The humans dismounted their Digimon so that they could slowly approach the wall, and the bushes just in front of it. Their Digimon reverted back to their rookie forms.
"They should be around here somewhere." Whispered Matt. Gabumon slowly trailed behind him, sniffing and searching for any signs of the Mexican DigiDestined.
"Maybe they're playing hide and go seek." Said Veemon.
"Maybe you should play hide and go fuck yourself." Replied Davis with an irritated tone.
"Hey, that's not very nice."
"Would you both just shut it please?" Snapped Yolei. "You two are the only ones who haven't grown up at all." Her frustration was growing.
They reached the wall after trekking through the bushes and began to walk along side of it. It was dark, the smoke was nauseating. Yolei looked up at the sky. It was dark, almost pitch black accept for one small break in the clouds. "Oh my god. Hey guys, look up there." The rest of the team looked up. There was in fact a break in the dark clouds that covered most of the planet.
"Oh my..." Said Ken in awe, "I haven't seen the stars in a long time."
"It's nice isn't it?" Said Yolei, who was quite literally starstruck. The sound of an explosion within the city startled the group, taking them out of their temporary daze.
Gabumon ran ahead of the group. "Hey, wait up!" Said Matt chasing after him. The rest followed. He must have been on to something. After about two minutes of running, Gabumon finally stopped, and his comrades caught up to him.
"There's a breach in the wall." Said Gabumon. He was right. There was debris from the wall spread all over the ground. A seven foot wide section of the wall was destroyed from the ground, all the way to the top of the wall. They peered in, the sight was all but pretty. Buildings and roads were completely demolished, rubble and debris everywhere. Vehicles overturned, dead bodies lying on the ground, hanging from trees and buildings. This historical city had been brought to it's knees and made this digital apocalypse's "bitch."
"Should we go in?" Inquired Yolei who peered in from behind the three guys.
"Not unless you have a death wish." Called out a female voice with a slight Spanish accent from behind them. They turned around quickly, almost automatically entering battle stances. The voice came from a girl with brown hair tied back in a pony tail, she wore a black jacket with a pink shirt underneath, a silver necklace with a cross pendant and blue jeans. "You must be the DigiDestined sent from Japan?"
"Rosa?" Said Ken, straightening himself out. "Wow, you've grown up a lot haven't you?"
The girl blushed. "You know me?" She took a long hard stare at Ken. After a few seconds it hit her like a brick. "Wait, Ken? Is that you?"
He smiled and shoved his hands in his pockets. "In the flesh."
"Oh my god!" She ran up to him and caught him in a hug. He stumbled back but was quick to return the hug. Yolei simply watched with Hawkmon doing a "facepalm" to the best of his abilities, with his feathers. "It's been such a long time, it's good to see you again old friend." She said with a wide smile.
"Likewise." Replied Ken with a smile. Ken then stepped back and decided he'd introduce his accompanying team. "Rosa, you remember Matt, don't you? He was with me last time we were here." Matt nodded.
It had been years. Rosa reached into her memory of that day, she remembered. "Yeah, hello Matt." She said with a grin.
Matt simply waved, he was too bound up in his own thoughts and struggles that he just couldn't bring himself to speak.
"This lovely young lady is Yolei." Said Ken, waving over to her.
"Hello there." Said Yolei
"Hello." Replied Rosa.
Ken then pointed at Davis. "And that's my partner in crime, Davis."
"Nice to meet you." Said Davis with enthusiasm and a huge grin on his face.
"Well, it's nice to meet you all." Said Rosa. Her delightful smile and cheerful attitude were quickly replaced with a serious tone. "We don't have much time. You all know why you're here." The humans and their digi-partners all nodded. "Follow me, there's a secret path underground that will lead us to our hideout within the city. Come with me." Rosa turned around and began to walk away from the wall, and the Japanese team were quick to follow.
After about ten yards, Rosa stopped and knelt down to the ground. She swept away some dirt until a metal rectangular hatch revealed itself. She grabbed the handle and lifted the hatch open. "Down this ladder, it's twenty feet down so be careful."
"No problem." Said a still enthusiastic and confident Davis. Davis went first with Veemon immediately following. Then Ken and Wormmon, Yolei and Hawkmon, then Matt and Gabumon. Rosa went last, pulling the hatch over the hole and locking it from underground.
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In a dark and damp ally somewhere in the city, the old man walked slowly, his long duster coat waving with the wind, his white pony tail waving slightly, as half of it was tucked under his hat. No path of death trailed behind him for a change. He pulled out his radio and clicked a button, with a sigh he rose it to his face."
"It's almost time. This is the final stretch."
A female voice responded. "When shall I make my move?"
"In a short while." The man responded. "I'm still waiting on the final signal, but it will be shortly."
"Hmm... I'm worried about this..."
"Don't be, with half of their team away from home, it shouldn't take you more than say... 5 minutes to clean house." The man walked until he was on the sidewalk of a major road in the city. Four lanes wide, not a car or person in sight. Everyone was in hiding, or at the shelter. Only few were brave, or stupid enough to roam the streets at a time like this. Anyone who met with the old man was in for a surprise... Their last surprise. He looked up into the sky for a few minutes without budging. He drew his revolver in his right hand and returned to his frozen position.
"Sir?" The female said. The man did not respond, he was seemingly in a trance, fixated on the dark, cloudy sky. The seemingly endless rain of ashes stopped. The man was puzzled by this. It rarely ever stopped, and never stayed gone for long, but he had a feeling that it would not start up again.
From about twenty feet to his right was a man hiding behind an overturned dumpster with a gun. "I'm gonna get him," He whispered to himself. He trembled in fear, his brown hair a complete mess, dust and dirt covered him. He was a wreck, and a nervous one too. The old man kept his eyes on the sky, not budging. One last peek around the dumpster, a view of the man frozen in silence, gave this scared stranger a boost of confidence. Quickly he stood up and stepped out from behind the dumpster. As soon as his foot hit the ground, he dropped. Down on his back with a bullet hole through his heart, blood poured out and pooled up underneath him.
The man had his right arm extended, smoke coming out of the tip of his gun, but the rest of his body remained unchanged. He put his gun away. Then, the man raised the radio to his face. "I've got the signal." He said.
"Good." She replied.
Yes... Thought the man. Up in the sky, a red light glowed and moved in a circular motion. You're a fine partner...
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Izzy sat at his usual spot, behind his desk, staring endlessly into his screen, waiting for installation of Gennai's map program to finish up. Biyomon, Tentomon and Palmon digivolved to their Ultimate levels and went back out on watch. Cody was keeping Kari occupied, someone to talk to, to keep her mind off of TK. Cody knew very well that Kari wasn't able to think about anything else. He figured that the best he could do was be a true and loyal friend, and he was proving it.
Joe and Sora sat across the room, in the infirmary section of the lab. They were fascinated over Izzy's trance. He just sat there staring. "I'm amazed that he hasn't gone blind yet." Said Sora.
"Or suffered severe brain damage." Joe said with a chuckle. "Look at him. It's like he's possessed." The room was pretty much silent, except for the chatter of Kari, Cody, Armadillomon and Gatomon, and Gomamons snoring.
After a few more minutes of this seemingly endless daze, Izzy moved. A ringing bell sound came from his computer, followed by a beep. "Hey guys." He finally said, "The application's finished."
Joe stood up and made his way over to Izzy's desk and took his usual spot, to the right of Izzy. "Sweet deal." He said. "Now, you said you have to figure out the password on your own right?"
"Yep." Replied Izzy. "Shouldn't be that hard, I bet it's like, the name of a past opponent, or region of the Digital World." Izzy tapped the bottom of a pen to his chin a few times. "Whatever the case may be, I'll figure it out. Trust me." Joe nodded.
"Hopefully soon." Said Cody, who was approaching the desk with Kari right behind him.
"I'd say I miss normal life." Kari said, she sighed and turned away. "But this has become normal life."
"Where there's a will," Said Joe, "There's always a way. We'll win this war." Joe stood up and placed a hand on Kari's shoulder. Kari smiled. Comfort consumed her. Being surrounded by friends always seemed to help in one way or another.
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As he walked up the staircase to the garage, Tai was deep in his thoughts. It's obvious that she doesn't like us. But why, after all we're doing for her and everyone else? He stopped for a moment and looked up. Only a few more steps until he reached the entrance. TK, she's too suspicious... He continued along the last few steps and stared at the door. There was some noise from within the garage. "Here goes..." Tai then knocked.
A thud followed by a rattle was heard from inside. "Mother fuck!" Tai backed away from the door a bit. A few seconds passed, then it opened. Sheamus stood in the doorway rubbing his forehead, with an eye closed. "Sup fella?" He said.
Tai scratched the back of his head. "Nothing much, I just was hoping maybe I could introduce you to the part of the team you didn't meet." Sheamus continued to rub his forehead. "It's alright if you don't have the time..." Tai caught a glimpse of something over Sheamus' shoulder. "Dude... What is THAT?" He pointed into the garage.
"Just a project." He answered. He finally stopped rubbing his forehead and grinned. "Would you like to see it?" Tai nodded. Interest filled him. What was this machine he caught a glimpse of? Sheamus opened the door all the way and the two walked in. In the center of the garage was something that looked like a tank and a truck were fused together. On the rear, instead of wheels, it had tank treads. On the front were two wheels, with tread-like tires. The front end was just like a truck's front, accept for that the windows had transparent armor plating on it, so one could see through it, and know that they were safe from immediate attacks. The back was long, level with the top of the front of the truck, to the back, which had two huge locked doors. On top of was a long, cubed piece of equipment, at the front end of it was a circular shape.
Tai's jaw dropped as he saw this machine. He was silent for a few moments, while Sheamus stood next to him with a smirk. "What in the world..." Tai finally said. Is that the... flatbed?" He asked.
Sheamus nodded and approached the vehicle. "I needed a stronger vehicle for when we go out and try to save people." He turned around and leaned against the side of the vehicle. "So I decided to just upgrade it. It's made from things I've collected throughout my travels. See the long thing on top?" Tai nodded. "That's a gun, with multiple settings. Standard bullets, rockets, and lasers. This things made for war."
After taking a long hard look at the war vehicle, he locked eyes with Sheamus. "We sent Davis, Ken, Matt and Yolei to Mexico on an emergency call. I would have gone, but WarGreymon hasn't come back, I just hope he does, we need him."
"The killing of ones own kind is horrifying." Sheamus said, pushing away from the vehicle.
"But we've had to kill in the past. When we were kids, almost every opponent we faced was destroyed."
"Ah, but lad, this is the thing." Sheamus crossed his arms. "I'm betting that all of those past encounters ended with some sort of explosion. I bet he's never truly seen the fear and pain in an opponents eyes right before death. That's why he's out right now. He has to clear his mind." Natasha walked around from the other side of the vehicle with her hands behind her back.
"Death is not dealt with easily." She said. "I lost my son..." Tai looked down at the ground. "War hardens the soul. After a while, feeling becomes almost impossible. I always hurt because of the death of my child, but I also seek revenge. It attacked from the sky, with no discretion, just trying to level the city. Judging by the damage, it was huge. My son died in a fire, under the weight of burning beams. I couldn't get to him. Now, I want to know what it is that attacked that day, I want to see it die."
Tai reached back into his memory. That kind of attack had happened three times in this Armageddon like world, and it only happened after a red light in the sky appeared on and off in a short period of time. It just so happens that it was happening again. Tai's phone rang. He pulled the device out of his pocket and answered it. "Tai here."
"It's Izzy, get to the lab, and get here fast!"
"Alright." Tai hung up and looked at Sheamus and Natasha. "Come to the lab with me? This sounds urgent." The two nodded, and quickly, the three of them ran out of the garage, down the stairs.
Quickly, the trio ended up back in the large room, refugees seemingly flying by as the three ran through and in between them. As they approached the lab, Tai spotted TK sitting against the wall. He then turned to run over to him, out of the crowd, Sheamus and Natasha following. Tai slowed to a stop as he approached TK. He looked down, TK didn't look up. He was seemingly in a trance.
"TK?" He said, getting no response or reaction whatsoever. Tai cleared his throat, and following a deep inhale, he shouted. "TK!" TK broke from his trance, quickly standing up into a fighting position, fists clutched and ready to go. "Dude chill, it's me man."
TK shook his head and straightened himself out. "Sorry man, I'm just so on edge. I'm worried. Cassie... she's acting weird."
"Forget her for now dude!" He snapped, "We have to get to the lab, it's urgent, now let's go!" Tai then took off toward the lab again, Sheamus and Natasha followed. TK rubbed his eyes then followed after them. They ran right up to the door, and Tai again slowed to a stop right in front of the retinal scanner. He bent down to let the machine do it's work, successfully unlocking the door. The four nodded to each other and entered the large lab. Joe, Kari, Cody, Sora, Gatomon, Armadillomon, and Gomamon were all sitting on the floor in a half circle around Izzy, who sat in his chair with a pen to his chin. "What's up Izzy?"
"We have a problem." Said Izzy. "You must be Sheamus and Natasha." The duo nodded. "It's nice to meet you guys."
"Likewise." Said Sheamus with a grin.
"What's going on guys?" Called a female voice from the door.
Tai turned around and smirked. "Well well well. Hi Mimi." Tai said with a sarcastic tone of voice. "Where have you been?"
"Wandering around." She replied. Tai turned around and locked eyes with Izzy, whose face light up a bright red for a few moments. Mimi's face also lit up; Tai knew about their encounter while they were out saving lives and fighting the Gururumon, and Mimi was now aware of it.
"Well, what's the emergency." TK said. Patamon flew at him from out of nowhere and landed on his shoulder.
"Where the fuck have you been?" He whispered with annoyance.
"Patamon, relax, I was just resting."
"And you didn't tell me?" Patamon yelled.
"Easy!" Tai demanded. "Just shut up! Izzy, please, what's the situation?"
"Thank you Tai." Said Izzy. He turned to his keyboard and typed a few things. It activated the holographic screen in the center of the circular device on the floor. "Take a look..." The ceiling door opened up. Everyone quickly stood up in caution. "What the?"
Two figures dropped into the loading dock part of the lab. Everyone was nervous, but ready to fight if necessary. Then a voice called out from out of sight. "Why so nervous." Tai perked up from the familiarity of the voice. "Everyone knows that these doors can't be opened by outsiders." Then the a figure appeared, the shape was uncanny.
"WarGreymon!" Shouted Tai in excitement. Then from behind it, a twin figure stepped out and next to the first. "What the? Two WarGreymons?" Tai then turned to Izzy, who was frozen. He looked like he had seen a ghost. "Izzy?"
"Could it be?" Izzy said in a near whisper.
"You guessed right." Said the second figure. The two then became completely visible. WarGreymon on the left, and BlackWarGreymon on the right. "I'm back, and better than ever."
"I... can't... believe it..." Mimi said in fear.
"I thought you sealed off the Highton View Terrace gate." Added Sora.
The two stopped. BlackWarGreymon nodded. "Yes, I did. And somehow, I exist again. Every gate was breached at the start of this apocalypse, including the one I sealed permanently. As I said to WarGreymon, the gods must have given me a second chance."
"We fought Megadramon, Gigadramon, and IceDevimon," Said WarGreymon. "I ended up destroying most of Megadramon, but somehow, his helmet escaped the blast. I have a feeling that they'll be back."
Izzy hit a key on the keyboard, bringing up the radar and a camera view of the sky. "That red glow in the sky is back, and still, the radar isn't picking it up. This is a real cause for concern." Izzy paused and turned away from the screen. "I have a seriously bad feeling about this..."
"That glow..." Said Natasha with a gasp. Kari turned her head to her with interest. "That glow happens before a large scale attack... On and off over a period of a few days."
"None of the attacks have fazed the shelter." Said TK.
"That's probably because none of them were close enough to affect the shelter." Said Joe, "But this one's really close, practically above us, and if it happens in the right place, it might cause problems for the shelter, maybe even damage it. We might be deep underground, but if it's strong enough, it'll affect us."
The room went silent. Sheamus looked at the holographic radar and picture. Then, something clicked in his mind, like a light switch turned on. He turned his back to the rest of the group. Natasha looked at him. "What are you..."
"We have to go." He said with little to no emotion. "We have work to do." Sheamus then approached the door. It opened automatically and he exited into the sea of humanity. Natasha nodded and quickly followed after him. After her exit, the door closed.
The DigiDestined all looked at each other, at the Digimon, and the screen. WarGreymon and his virus counterpart scanned the group. "I want to aid you in this struggle. This is not the world I remember, and in complete honesty, it reminds me too much of my past. My path of destruction to destroy the destiny stones, to destroy everything in my path. It reminds me of my original purpose." BlackWarGreymon paused. The group listened with intent. "This world, under this apocalypse, reminds me too much of myself, and that's what's brought me here. I want to see it end. Whether or not I return to the grave does not matter to me. Whether I continue to live, or proceed to die. This world needs to go back to normal, no matter the costs."
"It's kill..." Said WarGreymon, "...or be killed. In this day and age, if any of us Digimon die, it'll be the same result as when a human dies. We will NOT return." This statement left the group in shock. "Something is keeping us from being reborn, something is completely wrong with this war. This isn't just Digimon going mad and killing for no reason..."
"It's organized..." Izzy said. Everyone looked to him in disbelief. He then sat down at his desk and started typing fast. "We need to get into the Digital World somehow, it's the only way to figure out what's going on."
"You're gonna try to figure out the password to the video network app?" Said Gomamon.
"I bet it's more than just a video network." Said Izzy. "That email wasn't complete, Gennai wrote it in a hurry, there's got to be more to it than that!" He typed vigorously, typing in everything he could think of to be a password. Nothing worked yet, but he was far from done. "Guys, leave me to do this, everyone accept for Joe, go. We need to do this in peace."
Everyone nodded without hesitation and took off toward the door. Mimi stayed a moment longer than everyone else. She cleared her throat and touched Izzy's shoulder. "Izzy?" She said.
"Yes?" He turned around with a bright red blush on his face.
She lent down and gave him a deep, passionate kiss, which he returned with no hesitation. After they parted, she whispered. "I love you, Izzy..."
Izzy smiled and whispered back, "I love you too Mimi." She smiled, then turned and exited behind the rest of them. Izzy locked eyes with Joe. "Are you ready?"
Joe nodded. "Let's get it started."
xXxXxXx
Dim, damp, and dusty was the underground tunnel. As Davis, Matt, Ken, Yolei, and their Digipartners followed Rosa through the tunnel, explosions could be heard from above. "Sounds just as bad as home huh Davis?" Said Veemon.
"You got that right." Replied Davis.
"It's like this everywhere." Said Rosa. "Driven from home I was. There's only four of us Mexican DigiDestined including myself. We do have some very powerful Digimon, but it just isn't enough. Every time we clear a section of the city, we're attacked, and driven out of the area. Within a day, the area is again crawling with enemies."
"Sounds like our situation in Japan." Said Ken as he walked with Wormmon on his shoulder. "It's chaotic with no end in sight. It's truly horrifying."
"Even with us all combined, we can't gain any ground." Added Yolei.
"So right now, Izzy's installing some programs into the system that will hopefully help us figure out why Digimon just keep appearing." Said Matt with a hand up to his chin.
"Aren't all of the gates closed?" Inquired Rosa.
"Yes." Said Ken, "Or at least, they should be. It makes no sense for more and more Digimon to just appear in the real world. It just doesn't add up. Hopefully the programs work."
The team approached a circular door, about 7 feet tall with a circular handle on it. Watertight. Rosa stepped up to the door and began to turn the handle until the lock released. Then, she slowly pulled the door open. "After you." She said. The others entered first, then Rosa, shutting the door behind her and latching it.
The underground shelter wasn't too big. There was a coffee table surrounded by a couch, a love seat, and a recliner. A television in front of the set up, a few lamps and fans and a generator to run it all. Something was wrong though. It was too quiet. "Help has arrived." Said Rosa. No response. "What in the world?" Rosa began to search the hideout for people or Digimon. She searched for about five minutes, it was too small to search for any longer and find anything. "What's going on?" She then heard a moan coming from a pile of rockes near the far wall to the left of the entrance. "Gotsumon!" She gasped as she ran over to the pile of rubble.
Davis and Matt quickly chased after her and helped her dig out her Digi partner. "Oh my god." Said Davis.
"Gotsumon!" Exclaimed Rosa, "What happened buddy, what happened?"
Gotsumon, battered, cracked, and bruised, coughed up some blood. "The others..." He said, "Went out to start fighting off the army, knowing that help was on the way. They figured, we'd catch up. But after they took off..." He coughed again, Rosa cradled him in her arms, "Three shadow things came from out of nowhere and attacked me. I tried to fight them off, but I got beat up. I don't know how they got in, but I'm hurting, and hurting bad."
"Oh Gotsumon, we'll get them." Said Rosa. Then, Yolei began to scream.
"Let fucking go of me!" She yelled, everyone turned around and witnessed her suspended in the air with a large white tail wrapped around her.
"Yolei! I'll save you!" Said Hawkmon, he attacked it but it did nothing. Then it pulled her out of the room, through the underground tunnel and both vanished.
"Yolei!" Shouted Ken. "Dammit!" He punched the watertight door, breaking his knuckles against the metal, but not feeling the pain whatsoever.
"We have to go after her." Said Matt. "Guys, let's go."
"Wait," Said Rosa. Matt turned to face her. "There are three different points where the tunnels lead, it forks off. One leads out of the city limits, where we entered, and the other two lead the other way, deep into the city. One of the entrances must have been breached. We'll have to split up."
"We'll do it." Said Ken. "We have no other alternative. Let's go." Ken quickly took off back into the tunnel.
Davis chased after him with Veemon and Wormmon right behind. "Wait up," he said, "Not without us!"
Matt and Rosa nodded to each other. "Alright," he said, "Let's go." Matt took off into the tunnel after Ken and Davis. Hawkmon and Gabumon followed. Rosa picked up Gotsumon in her arms and chased behind.
After running for a good three or four minutes, Davis and Ken stopped, Veemon and Wormmon running into Davis' back. "Guys, really? Did you have to do that?"
Veemon rubbed his forehead. "Sorry Davis, I wasn't expecting you to stop so short."
Soon, Matt, Gabumon, Hawkmon and Rosa with Gotsumon, caught up. "Here it is." Said Rosa. "The fork." As Rosa said, three tunnels branching off in different directions. The tunnel leading outside of the city went left. The one in the middle went straight, and the last one went right.
"Great..." Matt sighed. "We'll have to split up."
"Hold up a second Matt." Gabumon interjected. He began to sniff the air. The four humans watched inventively. Gabumon stopped sniffing.
"Well?"
"I sniffed out Yolei's scent." Gabumon walked to the tunnel leading to the right. "They went this way."
"You're absolutely sure?" Rosa asked, with a concerned look upon her face.
"Yes." Gabumon replied.
"Then they went straight for GranKuwagamon." She bit her lip. "We have to be quick, who knows what will happen if we don't."
"Alright then," Said Davis. "Guys, Digivolve, we'll get there a lot faster." The Digimon nodded. For a moment, the tunnels lit up like fireworks went off. Out of the light appeared Raidramon, MetalGarurumon and Stingmon. Davi and Ken mounted Raidramon, Matt, Rosa and Gotsumon mounted MetalGarurumon. Hawkmon hitched a ride on Stingmon since Aquilamon was too big for the tunnel. They took off through the right tunnel, on a quest to defeat GranKuwagamon, and to get Yolei back.
xXxXxXx
"Ughh, I am so BORED." Said MegaKabuterimon with a loud sigh afterward.
Lillymon hovered next to the large Digimon who stood atop one of the tall buildings around the underground shelter. "Oh stop it big guy." She said, lightly tapping him on his shell. "We have our job, and we have to do it."
"I just am getting so antsy. No battles or anything. I really need some action."
"We will." Garudamon interrupted, floating in front of the two. "We will fight again, there's just no telling of when." The three were silent for a moment. Then, the noise of an engine revving came from street level. The three looked down to the ground for a few moments, and a vehicle, which appeared to look like a tank, drove off and around a corner.
"What the?" Lillymon said with a hand to her chin.
"Must have been Sheamus..." Said Garudamon. "Looks like he's done some work on the truck... But what's he up to?..."
The three Ultimates wondered for a few moments. Things were getting stranger by the minute.
xXxXxXx
Tai walked and talked with WarGreymon, leading in front of the rest of the team. BlackWarGreymon stayed silent and to himself, thinking about how to assist the DigiDestined in terms of more than just battle. Sora and Mimi were talking, and of course, Sora knew Mimi, and she knew instantly that something was going on between her and Izzy and she just HAD to know how it went. Kari was in on it too, some girl time. Gatomon was riding on Armadillomon's back next to Cody. TK lagged behind. Something wasn't quite right in his head. He was still hung up over the Matt thing, and the way Cassie took off for the "bathroom" earlier had him intrigued. However, that quickly was broken, as he spotted her where he had been before.
The group continued to walk. Tai glanced back and spotted TK talking to her, again breaking away from the huffed and stopped. "What is it Tai?" Asked WarGreymon.
"TK..." He said. He began to walk toward the couple.
"Sorry I vanished," Said TK, "We had a meeting. It was urgent."
Cassie sighed. "It's alright baby," She said seductively. "If you're busy, I understand."
"Thank you." Said TK, for once putting his responsibilities as a DigiDestined before her.
"Ready to go TK?" Said Tai, "Gotta make sure everyone's settled and sitting tight."
"Yeah." Said TK, turning to Tai. Cassie grabbed TK's arm and he looked at her. She was making a face at him. "Oh right." He said, and lent in for a kiss. Their lips met, and the kiss lasted for a few seconds, a scene that disgusted Kari. Cassie had a smile on her face, as did TK.
"Alright you two love birds, let's move." Tai placed a hand on TK's shoulder, which he batted away. Tai was shocked. "TK, let's go."
"Buzz off..." He said with an attitude.
BlackWarGreymon watched this exchange with deep interest. Something about her bothered him immensely. WarGreymon approached him. And as if BalckWarGreymon knew what WarGreymon was about to say to him, he spoke. "I'm getting a bad vibe from her, a bad feeling, I'm not sure what it is... But I've felt this way about someone before..." WarGreymon glanced at Cassie, then looked at his counterpart. They locked eyes, and after a few moments, WarGreymon could feel it too, then they looked at her.
"TK, what the fuck's gotten into you." Tai snapped, "You were fine just a second ago." TK simply stared at Tai. It seemed as if a fight was about to break loose. Then Sora jumped in the middle of it. "Sora, what the?.."
"There will NOT be another fight, understand me?" Sora demanded. Anger filled her eyes, she knew Tai's temper was flaring up, and TK's was already there. A fight was going to happen.
"Yeah there will..." Cassie said in a low tone of voice. Sora slowly turned to her with an astonished look.
"Wh... what?" Sora said with a tremble.
"Hey, what the hell is the problem with everyone." Cody shouted. "Don't you understand that we have a crisis on hand? All you guys can do is bicker!" Cassie's facial expression seemed different than usual. She had more of a crooked smile than usual, something bothersome to the DigiDestined.
xXxXxXx
Sheamus had parked the vehicle in an ally with a hill leading down to another street. It was well hidden, and Sheamus and Natasha were conversing on the sidewalk above the truck. Sheamus handed Natasha two identical pistols. "Take these with you." He said, "You'll need them, just try to avoid confrontations, and look for anyone you can."
"Okay." Natasha said with a nod. "You be careful too, don't die."
Sheamus grinned, "Never gonna happen." He winked at her, and turned around and ran off. Sheamus watched her run until she was out of sight.
"Alright..." He said, he looked up to the sky and watched the red light. "I don't like this at all." He turned around and walked down the street. He was nervous, something that doesn't usually happen to him while out on rescue missions, but a gut feeling told him that this wasn't going to turn up any rescues. He walked two blocks up the street, which was four lanes wide. After crossing the third street, he spotted a dead body in the middle of the sidewalk.
He approached it, got down on a knee and examined it. A bullet wound to the heart, and a pistol just out of reach of his right hand. "The wound is fresh." He said to himself. He stood up and cautiously stepped over the body. He took a few steps out into the middle of the street and drew his SAA revolver. An evil sounding laugh came from behind him and he turned quickly with his gun aimed at the source.
An old man with a duster coat and a cowboy hat. His head was down with the hat hiding his face. "Single Action Army, I like your taste in guns, Irishman."
"Are you a survivor fella?" Asked Sheamus, lowering the revolver a bit.
"Who me?" Said the old man with a chuckle. "Why yes, but not the kind you're looking for." The wind picked up, his coat waved with it, Sheamus' spikey red hair also waved slightly. The old man looked up and locked eyes with Sheamus. He drew his own revolver and aimed it at Sheamus.
"What the hell?" Sheamus snapped. "I'm just trying to help."
"I don't think you understand." Said the man, "See that body over there?" Sheamus nodded. "That was my work, poor fool didn't see it coming."
"You must be responsible for the other bodies I've found around this city, all with similar bullet wounds." Sheamus started to get frustrated. "Why?"
"Why not?" Replied the old man, "We're all going to die in the end anyway, I'm simply having a bit of fun." Sheamus glanced up at the sky, the red light wasn't blinking or moving, it was in one place. "Ah, you take interest in that light up there."
"That kind of thing is usually followed by an attack from the sky, and whatever THAT thing up there is needs to be destroyed!"
"And just what do YOU think you can do about it boy?"
Sheamus chuckled. "Not me." He simply said. "But I'm working along side the DigiDestined. The man's eyes widened. "Ah, that caught your attention. So tell me, what's YOUR interest in that light up there?"
The man thought to himself for a few moments. Those eyes seem familiar somehow, and so do the markings under his right eye. "Tell me boy," The man said, "What is your name?"
Sheamus hesitated, and frowned deeply. "What the fuck does it matter, I know you're no good guy!" The man didn't respond. "The name's Sheamus."
"Hmm." The old man rubbed his chin. "Well Sheamus," he said, "I want to see just how good you are with that gun." Quickly, the old man raised his gun and pulled the trigger. His shot flew out of the barrel right at Sheamus.
Sheamus quickly raised his gun up less than a second after the old man did and fired back. The two bullets collided at an equal distance away from each man. The old man straightened himself out, still aiming at Sheamus. Sheamus did the same. They stared at each other with anger in both of their eyes.
To Be Continued...