DISK 11
PROJECT CENTURION
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Spencer turned the safety key of the elevator to get to the upper lever. He was dominated by anger and frustration. He always liked to win.
- I'll show them who the boss is! – he said to himself grinding his teeth.
The elevator opened up and the room above was red lit. Spencer walked toward the center of the room which was a deep silo bordered by a round scaffold. The deep silo was separated from the scaffold with a dark and thick Plexiglas sheet.
The main console was active at one of the walls waiting for Spencer's command. On the side there was a panel lit to place his palm.
As he placed his palm the screens around the room lit up and showed the message.
PROJECT CENTURION ACTIVATED…..▓
- You'll never go back to your world….. – muttered Spencer as he also deactivated the security systems at Cell block A and B. – That's right…Nothing better to let some blood run… - muttered Spencer licking his upper lip.
Then, the computers prompted that project Centurion was ready to deploy. One of the Plexiglas panels slid open. Spencer stepped in.
- Are you guys ok? – asked the digimon with the cape and boots looking back above his shoulder as he held his scepter that had formed a forcefield around him protecting the humans and digimon nearby. As Greymon changed back into Agumon the glow from the scepter slowly died.
- Shit! – yelled Steward sticking his head out looking at the destruction around not being able to believe that they had survived the aftermath.
- Mom, dad! – yelled Tom looking around. He felt relieved as he saw his folks alive and well braced by Stewart.
In that moment the earth started shaking. The blast door close by opened up and something was emerging to the surface.
With horror everybody at ground level could gradually see first the head of a bull then the head of an eagle and then finally the head of a lion. This was followed by a huge tall 150 feet human body with the bare muscular torso. His arms were human and huge. On the left hand he held a staff ending in a loop and on the right his forearm was wrapped by a metal sleeve that looked like a rocket launcher. The lower part of his body waist down was that of the hind legs of a horse. As the platform rose completely the creature took a step forward with its giant hooves making the floor tremble.
Soldiers scrambled around running away but the creature relentlessly stepped on them.
Then, it turned away to the northwest and started to walk in that direction stomping at everything in its path.
- What the hell is that! - asked David looking at the giant beast.
- That's Project Centurion, I presume. – replied Stewart.
- Where the hell is he going? – asked Fred coming out of the warehouse with the others.
- How the hell I am supposed to know? – replied Stewart. - Try to have the creatures connect to the base computer to find out. – said Stewart looking at the others but Rex, Veemon, Gatomon and Renamon were all out cold then he turned around looking at the creature walking away. – Wait! He's going northwest….It can't be…
- What! What? – asked Tom leaning toward him to grab Stewart's shirt.
- The bastard is walking to the site where the portal is. He wants to destroy it.
- Stewart! – yelled one of Stewart's fellow soldiers coming from the opposite direction.
- Private!. – said Stewart turning around.
- We have to evacuate! We heard over the radio that South Command is deploying a bomber squad in this direction; probably a napalm payload.
- The bastards want to wipe us out. – muttered Stewart. – Private! Organize the evac. The rest of you. We have to go to the watch tower and regroup.
Tom took Rex in his arms and Fred picked Gatomon. Stewart carried Veemon in one shoulder and staggering on his side were David and Shirley. Renamon staggered beside Mandy.
Other Digimon from Cell block C joined them as they ran to the nearby observation tower.
- Marineangemon… - said Renamon staggering next to Mandy when they met a small pink creature drifting in front of them. Most of its body looked like a pink myst and it had a heart shaped mark at the forehead. – Heal us please.
The pink creature drifted close to each injured digimon and blew softly close to them.
After a few minutes their health was restored.
- Tom… - Rex spoke into Tom's head slowly and weakly but recovering strength as he lied down on Mandy's lap closeby..
- You're ok buddy. We're gonna get out of here, you'll see. – replied Tom softly walking with Stewart to the observation tower computer.
Stewart sat at the terminal at the observation tower and started typing.
- We have inbound F-22s, ETA 30 minutes. – he informed outloud.
- Wait, wait! –said David interrupting Stewart looking over the shoulder. – Is that monster going in this direction? – he said pointing at the screen.
- Yes….- said Stewart pointing at the map the fact that the monster was going to walk practically over Las Vegas.
- We have to call in for an evacuation of the city and contact South Command so they can call off the attack. – said the private.
- Who would believe you! Besides, I am sure the command on top knows they want to wipe our ass of this planet.– replied Stewart banging the desk with his fist. – Maybe we can have them intercept the planes to lead them away. – said Stewart pointing at some Digimon gathered at the corner specifically one that looked like a pink plump bird with blue markings on the tip of the wings, a brown bird with a yellow beak and a bandana with a feather on top, a bird with black rounded face and feathers, blue and red markings and a completely black bird with silver bracelets encircling her wings that was shying away behind the others.
- No way in the world! – exclaimed the pink bird. – You had us imprisoned! You expect us to just fly up there and save you after all you have done to us!
The other three birds did not want to argue and stood behind the pink bird with blue markings.
- You have to help us! – replied Stewart. – That thing and the inbound fighters are going to destroy your only way back home.
Even with these arguments the birds would not change their mind.
Gatomon had recovered and climbed down from Fred's lap and walked to the 4 birds.
- Biyomon, I know you are angry but we don't have much of a choice. If the portal gets destroyed we will be trapped here forever.
- I don't care. – replied Biyomon. – Humans brought us here now they will have to deal with it!
- Please, help us. – replied Gatomon. – Do it for Rex and Robert. – said Gatomon pouting and staring with pleading eyes.
Biyomon sighed with frustration. – Fine fine! Ok! We will see what we can do. Let's interface with the computer to get the coordinates of the inbound birds. We'll try to distract them.
Each bird took their turn and very quickly downloaded the trajectories of the incoming aircraft and navigation maps.
- Ok, me and Hawkmon will take this approach. Falcomon and Poemon will take this one. – Let's fly. – announced Biyomon.
As the four birds took off, one of the soldiers, friend of Stewart came back to the tower.
- We have vehicles and a helicopter at the main service road ready. We have to evac now sir.
- We have to try to reach the Centurion and beat it to the portal. Let's go. – yelled Stewart to the rest of the people there.
Meanwhile the South command was in high alert. They received a message that there had been a biological outbreak in one of the bases in Arizona caused by a terrorist break in. By orders of the high command all of the area should be decontaminated and erased from the map.
- This is bluestreak, do you copy? - said the pilot on board of one of the two F-22 Raptors heading for the coordinates given in Arizona.
- This is redstreak, load and clear. – replied the other pilot on his wing.
- Start recognizance and prepare to engage target.
- Copy that bluestreak.
Meanwhile, up north, the police department at Dolan Springs was receiving hundreds of phone calls to the 911 switchboard.
- Chief. We have another report of some kind of giant thing walking along the shore of Lake Mojave. – said one of the young police officers coming out of the dispatcher office.
- This has to be a joke! – said the chief. – Have you spoken to the feds or the military?
- Tried them both. They either don't know or they don't want to tell.
In that moment the windows of the police station rumbled as the F-22 Raptors flew by at incredible speed.
- Reaching target. – informed one of the pilots. – We'll confirm coordinates for the B-22.
- Bluestreak. It seems we have company. – replied the other pilot.
- Base, we have two boggies on each of our wings. They look like huge birds flying beside us.
Then, Biyomon banked left suddenly cutting off one of the F-22s on the front.
- Wow! – said the pilot. – We have hostiles! Engaging. – said the pilot activating the machine guns of the aircraft.
The other F-22 slowed down to attack speed and fired on Poemon and on Falcomon.
- No way! They are shooting at us! – said Poemon.
- Spread out! – yelled Falcomon.
The F-22 went after Poemon and increased the speed. Poemon felt the plane was gaining on her so in a state of panic she closed her eyes and evolved.
- Poemon overclock digivolve to …Valramon.
Poemon became a giant crow with long beak and giant wings that were attached with a membrane on the side of her body like bat wings. With the beat of her wings she accelerated suddenly.
- Bluestreak, boggy changed appearance and is flying away fast. I'm in persuit. – said Redstreak. – No way! Mach 2? What the hell is that thing?
Meanwhile Tom and the others had boarded with the other digimon the cargo helicopter and were in route to the location of the portal. The parents had stayed behind with the Medivac.
- Sir. One of the F-22s is changing course suddenly. - said the radio operator of the helicopter. - They are heading into Las Vegas.
- What the hell? – asked Stewart.