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"I don't get it, I thought retrieving Jacob was the top priority assignment?" Jean asked Commander Price as they re-entered the HQ through the Digital Gate. "Why did we let them take him?"
"Because, based on the intel we have collected, we have now confirmed his connection to the Digimon is not as fragile as we thought. They might know he is human, but they still believe he is one of them like how he more adamantly believes he is a Digimon. Additionally, I learned his adoptive mother, Dorugamon, was under orders of their leader, BanchoLeomon. If we had taken him, they would have seen that as an offense, moreso then when we captured Lalamon for interrogation since we were not in the Digital World at the time. Besides, we do not know if what was wrong with him was something normal or physical, or something related to the Digital World. Meaning the medical attention he needed may have only existed in the Digital World".
Jean could tell though there was more to this. "That is a lot of Ifs though. What are you not telling us? Back when Jacob was actually in the HQ, you didn't do a thing to stop him other then give an order when you were less then five feet from him? Why did you freeze up?"
Damion Price stopped in his tracks. The group turned to look at him, and Jean could see he had an expression on his face she was all too familiar with. It was the sorrow of losing someone you cared about.
"Jacob is your son, isn't he?" Jean mentioned.
"What!?" Damion yelled. "Exactly how old do you think I am!? No, he is my half brother!"
Jean got really flustered and embarrassed. "Well, I mean...you kinda...you have this whole...uhhhh...anyways, half brother?"
"Yes, my half brother. We share a mother. When he was still a baby, a Digital Gate that linked directly to the real world opened up and pulled him in along with his blanket and crib. This was not even the only case of this happening either, others were supposedly taken or disappeared through Digital Gates, and then a few years ago, a large group of Digimon came into the human world and attacked people on sight. It was...well, I do not have the words to describe what had happened. We covered it all up though, and the group that we had created to investigate the disappearances and the Digital World became the Digital Police Unit, or DigiPolice Unit or the DPU. And then, it was only until recently we started getting sightings of him by our scouting teams. And then a few days later, you three show up in the Mirror World with Digivices and Digimon of your own".
"That was why you were so interested in the Digital Gates that directly link the human world and the Digital World. You wanted to know if they could be opened on purpose, didn't you. Or at least how they are opened. And why you were unable to attack Jacob. It also explains why you made us join the DPU, to keep us close. You were scared the same thing might happen to us" Yaro realized.
"Yes, to everything you said. I find it very interesting that Jacob was kidnapped as a baby to the Digital World, and that he received a Digivice" Commander Price told them. "Its too coincidental to be accidental".
"Then maybe we should go ask the Digimon ourselves" Jean told him, the boldness in her words making it clear it was not a question, or even a maybe.
"We have received orders from the higher ups to suspend all non-vital operations while they review the data we collected" he told them. "And it did not sound like it was lightly given either. Besides, most Digimon will likely still attack you on sight".
"There is one place we can go where we know that won't happen. And I think that helping establish peace between the majority of the human race and the Digimon counts as a vital operation, don't you agree? Because what we are doing right now could help as that, and we could easily just make our goal a side step on an overall mission to collaborate information with the Digimon that will hear us out so we can get to the bottom of this. Because as far as we can tell, it sounds like both sides thinks the other fired the first shot".
"That place is well guarded, and many non-combatant Digimon live there. There is a reason we refuse to open or use a Digital Gate to that region, as much as I would like to".
"Well, its the quickest way there, and this is too important not to do" Jean told him.
"Alright then. But I am going with you, and if it becomes too dangerous, we pull back immediately. Understood?"
They all nodded in agreement. "Alright then. Open the Digital Gate!"
Dorumon felt useless right now. Jacob was running a high fever, refused to wake up, and the only noises he made was screams of massive amounts of pain even though he was asleep. And Dorumon couldn't do a single thing to help his little brother, other then fetch the odd medicine or help undress Jacob and put him into a cold bath. Otherwise, all he could do was wait and watch as their mother did everything.
Lalamon and Kotemon refused to go home either, until Jacob showed signs of recovery. Additionally, BanchoLeomon even showed up every once in awhile to check up on Jacob in person. And all because Dorumon was not strong enough in his champion form. He started to cry, loudly. "It's all my fault. Once again, I was not strong enough. If I had been stronger, he never would have done that. I am supposed to protect him, not the other way around!"
"Its okay, its not your fault" his mother told him, having entered the room while he was not looking. "You were perfectly strong, its not your fault for what Jacob did. He did what he did because he loves you, just like you are blaming yourself because you love him. Its neither of your faults".
"But what if he won't wake up! What if...what if we lose him just like we lost dad?"
"You worry too much. He will recover, he just needs time. I already have good news, his temperature is starting to go down. Slowly, but it is going down" she told him. He felt relieved, but only by a little.
"So, he will wake up soon?" Dorumon asked, his voice filled with hope.
"I do not know about soon, but he will wake up. His body is just recovering, that was his first time he got you to Ultimate. But much like when he helped you Digivolve to champion, it will get easier for him as time moves on. His body will get used to it, just like it got used to Delta".
This was true, and it helped Dorumon calm down some more. Still, he was on edge. There was clearly more to this then what they knew. He went downstairs to tell the others the good news though, at the very least it would help everyone's spirits.
"So he is going to get better then?" Kotemon asked, sighing with relief. "Thats good to know".
"I hope he wakes up soon. Then we will know he is okay!"
"Thanks, both of you" Dorumon mentioned. "For sticking around for so long".
Kotemon crossed his arms. "Oh, we never said we were leaving yet".
"Yeah, so long as Jacob is like this, you are both vulnerable! We need to stay here and help keep guard in case anything happens!" Lalamon told him with a level of strength and energy that seemed to come from nowhere.
Dorumon was bit shocked at first, but then he smiled and nodded to them. "Alright then, Team Mon has to stick together and make sure that the wounded member of their team fully heals then before we can drop our guard!"
"Yeah!"
Suddenly, they heard a loud explosion from outside. They all ran to the door, and saw that smoke was coming from the forest. Additionally, there were sounds of fighting.
Lalamon got nervous now. "You don't think...?"
"The timing is too perfect, as stupid as that word is for this, to be anything else..."
Dorumon growled, getting angry. "The humans are finally making their move. This whole thing was a trap! They are attacking while we cant defend ourselves fully! They are here to eliminate my little brother! He was right, we can't trust the humans!"
"Well no matter what, we won't let them hurt Jacob!" Kotemon yelled.
"They won't get by us!" Lalamon agreed.
As the group entered the Digital Gate, it was clear they had walked right into a warzone. There were signs of battle everywhere, dead humans on the ground, what appeared to be signs of Digimon attacks, but no signs of Digimon or their eggs. "Eliza, Ian! Report, what readings are you getting from this sector?"
"Unknown, something is blocking most of our monitoring devices. We are getting several strange signals though, including a few heading towards the Doru Residence! Wait, hold on...we have Digimon signatures heading towards your location!"
"No way this was accidental. Someone knew we would come. This smells like a setup" Renamon mentioned.
Jean looked around. "Agreed. Listen, we can't be caught here. We need to find some Digimon that won't attack us on sight before any other Digimon find us in this warzone".
The group quickly ran towards their destination, but as they reached the hill the house was on a Leomon jumped in their way. "I don't think so. I won't let you harm anyone else without a fight!"
"We are not here to fight! We are not with these soldiers!" Jean yelled.
"Its true! We arrived long after the fighting had already started!" FanBeemon added.
"And why should I believe any of you!"
Before anyone could reply, weapons fire could be heard from the house. And a few explosions. Gabumon charged out in front of the others. "Because we don't have any of the weapons they are using! And those humans are alone, they don't have Digimon fighting alongside them! And as you well know, whoever these people are, they are clearly not concerned with human casualties either, because we also know, just like you, that they fired at Jacob as well! The human I am partnered to, as well as his friends, and the people we work with, have never intended any intentional harm to any Digimon! Why would we fight with them if they did? That is our proof!"
Leomon glared at them, but backed off a little. "Alright, fine then. I accept that as a valid reason to believe you. But then why are you here?"
Commander Price took the spotlight now. "We are here to straighten things out. Five years ago, a large group of Digimon attacked the human world. And now, we have learned from enough sources to consider it a fact that at that same time, a large group of humans attacked the Digital World. I think we are getting played against each other, so we are headed to the only Digimon who we believed would not attack us on sight. And additionally, the boy there that you have accepted as one of your own is my half brother".
Leomon looked into his eyes, apparently judging to see if he seemed to be telling the truth. Eventually, he nodded. "Fine. Then quickly, we must hurry and make sure no harm comes to them then! We can discuss the rest of this later..."
The group quickly ran at top speed back to the house, only to see several human soldiers outside the house wearing full armor and holding strange weapons heading right towards the front door. At the front door, Dorumon, Kotemon, and Lalamon seemed to be taking cover trying to hold them off. However, they had run out of places to hide, and the soldiers aimed the weapons on them. "Fire!"
Before tehy fired their weapons, Renamon already moved next to two of them, and knocked them to the group and their weapons far away from them. FanBeemon quickly charged another and disarmed him as well, knocking him to the ground with a powerful swing. Gabumon took out the last one using a ranged attack, directly hitting and breaking the weapon. However, they could clearly see reinforcements were coming to finish what they started. This was not over yet.
Dorumon, Lalamon, and Kotemon emerged. They had not expected the humans from before to come to their rescue, especially not Dorumon, who was certain they had been behind this all along. Then again, now that he was a bit calmer, he could kinda see how his logic did not make quite that much sense. To plan something out this far ahead? To allow themselves to be in danger by entering the Dark World themselves? In retrospect, it seemed really silly and stupid. Besides, if they really were there to help, he wouldn't turn them down. Not while Jacob needed all the help he could get.
However, before he could say anything, they saw more soldiers approaching. Dozens of them. Too many to fight off, even if they all entered their champion form. Then, he noticed Tasha staring at a weapon. Even if I realized what I thought was silly, she still blames herself. Hell, I still kind of blame her, she should have known better... Then he realized, they hadn't even known what the Dark World was before. No...she couldn't have known better, because they didn't even know anything at all about the Dark World. How could she have known that it was corrupting her?
Dorumon swallowed his anger. "Its not your fault".
Tasha was shocked by what Dorumon told her. "But...I almost destroyed you! I almost destroyed Jacob..."
"You didn't know about the influence of the Dark World and its contents. You didn't know it would affect you like that..."
"I should have been stronger! I didn't even have any proof that guy worked with the DPU. I should be angry at myself! Hell, you should be angry at me! If it wasn't for me, Jacob would be okay right now!"
"You didn't know that it would prey on your emotions and memories, let alone about its existence at all. What it did to you...it used you, it forced you to do those things basicly. So yes, you have a right to be angry. But use that anger. This fight...I am not even sure we can win this even if we get help, and not all of us will make it out alive, but our only chance for even one of us to survive is to suck up those emotions, use it to fuel our strength and fury, and fight as hard and as long as we can!"
"But my father..."
"Wait, you learned about your father?" Damion asked.
"Well, he was wounded during the same time as the human soldier attack on the Digital World..."
"He was wounded defending human children from hostile Digimon! He was not even on active duty, he should have run, but he risked his life to save a field trip from a hostile Digimon!"
"So...he didn't attack the Digimon?"
"No, he was a good man..."
FanBeemon flew next to her. "This is great news! It means he wasn't a horrible person, but a hero like you thought!"
Tasha felt her spirit fire up again for the first time since the incident at the ruins. "And I am his daughter! I will follow his example..."
"That energy..." Dorumon muttered. "It can't be..."
"No more!" she shouted, causing everyone to look towards her. "You are wrong, Dorumon! No one else is dying today! The Digimon who killed my father work for the same force as the humans who killed your father! They have stolen too many fathers, and mothers, and children from all of us! Well today, I refuse to let any single person or Digimon die so long as I have anything to say about it!"
"Her Spirit...her DigiEnergy...its growing stronger...its..."
Her Digivice activated even before she took it and the Cartridge out. "Ready!?"
FanBeemon could feel the energy flowing from her. "Lets do this...you have trained to be a soldier, just like me. So lets show them what real soldiers are like, because no soldier would harm innocent people or Digimon like they have!"
She slammed the DigiCartridge in, only instead of the normal words she would say coming out, a few extra ones flowed out instead. "Fully Digiload! Delta Omega Digivolution!"
====FanBeemon Delta Omega Warp Digivolve to...CannonBeemon!====
Dorumon's eyes widened. "She got FanBeemon to Digivolve to Ultimate".
However, that was when he remembered what happened to Jacob, and looked back to her. While she was holding in the screams of pain, she was brought down to her knees by the pain. Still, the DigiEnergy, or as humans call it Spirit, engulfed her. And instead of having been corrupted black, it was its natural color of yellow.
"You don't have much time!" Dorumon told CannonBeemon. "The longer she keeps this up, the worse the drawbacks will be for her!"
CannonBeemon began firing at the soldiers, focusing on destroying their weapons instead of direct lethal blows. However, one of the soldiers that did receive a lethal blow just dematerialized instead of leaving a body like a normal human. "These humans...they are not even real humans!"
"Then we don't have to hold anything back" Damion said, as they all took out their Digivices and Cartridges. "Its time we got into full gear and helped out!"
====Impmon Delta Digivolves to...Wizardmon!====
====Renamon Delta Digivolves to...Kyubimon!====
====Gabumon Delta Digivolves to...Garurumon!====
"Big...bro" Dorumon heard behind him. He looked back, and Jacob was finally awake, though barely standing, needing their mother to support him. "What happening?"
He started to reach for his Digivice, but Dorumon stopped him. "Its okay..."
"But...we can't..."
"They saved my life little bro" Dorumon told him. And it was true. Those soldiers were about to destroy them when they showed up and took them down. "They saved all of our lives".
"Its true! They were not mean like last time!" Lalamon told him, clearly referring to the interrogation as last time.
"I almost can't believe it".
He looked back, and as CannonBeemon finished taking out the last of the attacking soldiers using her long ranged attacks, suddenly all the bodies just seemed to dematerialize. It was not like when a Digimon was defeated, and certainly not like a human. Whatever they were, they were neither human nor Digimon. But unfortunately, they had no way to prove it because of how they knew it.
"They...save you big bro?" Jacob asked from behind.
"Yes, they saved us all" Dorumon said, clearly hearing the confusion and suspicion in Jacob's voice. But he also noticed what wasn't there this time. Anger. Maybe one day, we can all stop lying to you little bro. Maybe even someday soon...
Once all the Digimon de-digivolved, Commander Price walked up to their mother Dorugamon. "I think that now, more then ever, there are things we need to discuss..."
Oh wow! Is Tasha going to be okay? and its good to know her father wasn't a bad person, but a good one! But what about these strange attackers? Exactly what is going on here? I guess to find out you will just have to keep watching/reading Digimon: Saviors!