Hola! I was originally going to split this chapter up, but here we go. One big chapter. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up as I have a mock exam tomorrow and several assignments due in the enxt week. Also my final exam is in a month but I will try to update.
I have to say I've enjoyed writing this throughly.
Also, to keep people on their toes and to reward my loyal readers, I am going to give you some news. I am going to be writing a preview for a future story about the Welsh Digidestined and their adventure. It will be an Oc story but will feature one or two familiar characters. Please feel free to leave thoughts on this idea.
Myself, Etiger1995 and Alex Dowski are still looking for female Oc's to finish the rota of characters. Anyone can submit and everyone can submit more than one.
please check out Etiger1995 and Alex Dowski's works as they are very informative and addictive and go alongside my own stories.
Onwards with the story!
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Today would be the day people would say "Where were you when fire rained from the sky?"
The attack had come from no where. Hundreds of strange grey Digimon attacked anything in site. They started with power stations,police stations, fire stations. No one was expecting it. Any Digidestined nearby responded in one or three ways. They were standing ready to fight back. They were confussed, unsure of what to do. Or they ran. Fire raged from many buildings and smoke billowed in every direction. Hundreds of people were running on the streets trying to escape the chaos. Grey humanoid Digimon poured out of a Digital gate hugh up in the sky, hidden behind clouds. Every Digimon could sense it though. One sped towards it, rocketing through the air. His red and white armour glittering in the nightsky. His lance cut through the grey figures with ease as they fell from the sky. His eyes watched from behind his visor as varations of the grey creatures fell towards the earth. Some were humanoid, others were taller and heavily built, some were shaped like large birds. No difference to him, he cut through them all. His eyes widened in shock as a grey creature the size of a building dropped from behind the clouds towards him. He paused in the air and raised his lance.
"Lightning joust!" A tremendous stream of lightning cut through the sky, tearing the creature apart as it fell apart in two directions away from him. Nothing was going to stop him reaching the gate. He would not fail. His partner was depending on him. He is a royal knight. Gallantmon.
Izzy raced around the room,readying several laptops. Each one running different communication programs. He raced to one specific one. His old yellow and white battered laptop.
"Matt? Matt come in!" The signal from the digital world wasn't brilliant but it would have to do. No reply. He cursed. He brought up another window on the same laptop.
"Davis? T.k? Ken? Someone!" He punched the desk with his fist as sweat trailed down his forehead. People needed help and he couldn't do anything.
"Izzy? Izzy is that you? What the hell's going on?" T.k's voice rang out from the laptop.
"T.k? Yes! It's Alpha Strikemon , he's attacking. I need you to inform the others to split your team. Half go to Odaiba centeral hopistal and protect it. People there need help!" Izzy's voice was breaking from strain.
"What about the rest of the team?" T.k asked as wind bellowed from his end, nearly making it impossible for Izzy to understand.
"Protect the city and help anyone they can! Tell the others! I'll try to get through to them!" Izzy immedietly shut off communications. Izzy let his head sink as he rubbed at his eyes. He should be out there. Fighting with his friends. Fighting for his city. No. This was where he was needed. This is where he could fight. After all, he could go there later. He went back to typing furiously.
A figure in pure white raced down a war torn street. Street signs fell as the figure raced past. Strangers, innocent victims raced in the opposite direction only stopping to glance at the figure. Slowly as the crowd thinned out, he saw why. Hundreds of grey figures churning up the city, advancing on it's prey. He could see, everything behind them was burning, as they laid waste to the city. Were they searching for something? Prehaps hunting a specific person? Several of the grey figures swarmed towards he. Acting quickly, he leapt the top of a small bench before landing the otherside. There were too many now to escape from. He simply stopped and let his hands fall to his side. He grinned, confident in what would happen next. Shards of ice rained down from the sky, ripping through the meak flesh of the grey creatures as they impaled the concrete. Bits of data floated away , now meaningless. NeoFlamedramon landed on the ground and with a few percise movements, he had cleared a circle around himself and the figure. The swarm watched them intently. The figure ran a hand through his hair, sighed heavily and stepped forward.
"I am Alex Dowski. The Digidestined of Life. You have harmed the residents of this city, for that I will not let you pass." The grey fake Digimon seemed to stop and stare as if understanding who he was. The retreated a little, before grouping together in a tight mass. Merging slowly.
"Uh...Alex, no one said anything about them doing that." Neo and Alex both backed away as the mass transformed. Before them stood a lumbering figure, twice the height of any human. Black rings adorned it's rough grey skin. Its arms now shaped into long sharp points. The two looked at each other as the lumbering creature attempted to slam his new arm into them. Darting to the sides they avoided it narrowly. NeoFlamedramon leapt back and pulled back his wings.
"Ice glory!" Hundreds of deadly sharp frozen feathers shot towards the abomination. Alex could sense it. Hollow data. It was nothing. Just a body. Hundreds of feathers implanted themselves into the grey rough skin, barely bothering the beast. Alex leapt backwards , just incase he couldn't avoid being caught in a cross fire. The creature let loose a hollow howl. Alex stared and chuckled , causing NeoFlamedramon to look at him.
"It doesn't have a mouth." He said cockily. The creature charged forward , as NeoFlamedramon raced to meet it. The creature forced NeoFlamedramon down the street, NeoFlamedramon only just stopping it with his brute strength. NeoFlamedramon's hands burned a dark, misty blue.
"Frozen Cores!" The ctreature ignited in a blazing blue flame before slowly being turned into nothing but ice. NeoFlamedramon reered back and slammed his fist through the ice, destroying the creature. NeoFlamedramon leapt towards Alex and landed gracefully next to him.
"Think you could do that again?" Alex said as he pointed down the street, a large number of lumbering grey creatures advancing on them. NeoFlamedramon's fists ignited in a steely blue flame.
"Not a problem." The pair raced towards the small force. They weren't just fighting to protect the city. It was redemption. They had vowed never to fail again. With their hearts blazing full of determination, they charged onwards, into battle.
Purple toxic fire ripped through a building, tearing the insides out , striking a terrible wound. Glass and metal showered the ground below as the top floors collapsed. Furniture and computers spilled out, smoke billowing into the nights sky. Magna Garurumon thundered out of the smoke to land harshly ontop of another building. Not even waiting, he fired out several rounds of pure light into the smoke. He attempted to leap back, create more distance but he was too slow.
"Dark claw". A heavy rough voice cried out as Bleezemon tore out from the smoke, his hand outstretched ready to tear through Magna Garurumon. The blue cyber wolf managed to twist and avoid the lethal attack. The attack was only known to the best fighters among the Bleezemon. Able to kill anything in one strike. Magna Garurumon moved his left arm to fire off the cannon on his wrist as Bleezemon fell low and leapt to the opposite side, pulling the shotgun from the holster on his leg. The two shots missed and raced past the targets. Bleezemon's shot crashed into a metal beam in the already injured building with a heavy thud as another floor sank. At the same time, the pure white light blast from Magna Garurumon sailed across the sky. The two opposing Digimon quickly leapt to two new buildings, pushing their duel futher across the city. Down below, two Digidestined raced to keep up.
Reaver pushed himself , leaping over obstacles in the war torn part of the city. He and Bleezemon had travelled quickly into the battles, leaving Matt and his group behind. He needed to find Jack, not worry about them. Just ahead of him, emerging from a side street Jack took off up the street. Reaver took after him nearly catching up to him. He clutched too a steel pipe, which had become his only defense for the grey creatures. Reaver dropped it and lightly ran up a ruined desk before leaping from it, slamming his full body weight into Jack. The two quickly slammed into the floor. Reaver felt a kick to his right shoulder and grunted in pain before Jack leapt up and sent his foot into Reaver's face. Reaver reacted quickly,pushing himself up catching Jack by surprise. Reaver aimed a low punch into Jack's kidneys only for Jack to turn and grab his fist before slamming his knee into Reaver's chest. Reaver fell coughing and spluttering.
"Not bad messenger. But I'm still years ahead of you. Tell Alex Stone I said hi." He blew Reaver a kiss before racing off into the city, following his partner. Reaver swore and pushed himself up again, racing after Jack. Jack needed to be stopped. He was dangerous. Too dangerous. He had eluded Gaurdians and Messengers for years till he helped bring both groups down. Now, they nearly had him. He couldn't stop now. Reaver never let Jack leave his sight, as his chest burned with pain.
Fire raged in the sky as huge balls of fire raced to their target. Gallantmon turned in the sky, his cape cinged with holes. Too many near misses. He should be better than this. He is better than this. His opponent circled him. Firing off shots any chance he got. The red Warrior Strikemon. The fire weilder was defending the small green portal behind him. Creatures and Digimon had stopped pouring out of it as their battle began.
"Blazing tide!" The Warrior Strikemon swung his rapier in an arc as a massive wave of fire tore through the sky towards his opponent. To anyone below, the sky erupted into flame. A sea of reds and oranges raging for miles. The Warrior Strikemon stopped and held his rapier close. His eyes watched the wall of fire.
"It was easier to beat you than last time!" The Warrior Strikemon cried out. The memory of his battle with Ignusmon flashed in his mind and his anger soared. He shouldn't lose like that. A dot of black shout out the fire, a lance ready to strike. Gallantmon had flown right through the fire, his white armour now burnt and cinged. Warrior Strikemon didn't have time to react, as the lance pierced his left shoulder.
"Royal Joust!" Firing off the blast close ranger caused thunder to rain down amongst the fire. The sky erupted into a clash of the elements. Each fighting for dominance over the other. Warrior Strikemon slowly forced his rapier into the tiny space between the two battered and injured foes.
"Dark fire!" His rapier erupted in black flame as it englufed the two. A hollow laugh broke out as one figure dropped from the sky. Warrior Strikemon floated easily, his armour barely scratched but heavily burnt. He laughed, as he watched the now blackened Gallantmon plummit to the city below.
From below, Momaru had been watching the battle as the opponents dipped in and out of the clouds. Her heart sank as she watched her partner plummit from the sky. She knew she should have stopped him. Waited for backup then mounted a full offensive. She raced through the streets, hoping to get to where he was about to land. Why didn't she stop him? Why was Gallantmon was so stubborn? Then she knew exactly why. Because he had to be. He fought to protect others and he still did even as a partner Digimon. He didn't stop. He didn't falter. He never would.
"Gallantmon!" She watched as her partner slammed into the corner of the roof of one building before falling into a side alley. Her heart sang with relief as she Gallantmon slowly picking himself , he had used his shield to absorb most of the attacks and the fall.
"Don't touch me!" Momary backed away for a second as she saw steam rising off his armour. Small embers still igniting into black fire on his armour. He turned her and she knew that look. He was going back to fight. She nodded as he shakily took off into the air. He never gave up. Now neither could she.
Davis. The younger goggle head. Leader of the second team. Annoying fuzz ball to some. He leapt over a stone barrier at the entrance of the local hospital as someone came up to him. A familiar blonde.
"Where have you been?" T.k ducked as an explosion nearby shocked the people standing nearby. Davis looked around quickly and noticed it was just a handful of Digidestined.
"Doesn't matter right now T.S! What's going on?" Davis asked as he panted, trying to catch his breath. T.K looked around, catching sight of his partner Angemon. The tall humanoid angel Digimon. Grey helmet and a golden staff.
"Angemon! Try to hold them off for a little bit!" Angemon nodded and took off. Just beyond the entrance of the hospital stood a line of Digimon. Various levels and sizes. A rag tag group.
"Most of the Digidestined here don't want to fight. They're just trying to stay out of the fight. A few have decided to help defend this place. Too many people to move. There's just no end to it!" T.k ran both hands into his hair in frustration as he watched someone's Digimon burst into Data. Davis looked to where had come from. Digimon just advancing. Grey creatures as far as he could care to see. They needed to break up the force. Apprantly T.K had the same idea.
"Davis, do you think you could lead them away?" T.k asked as the windows in the office building nearby erupted showering the Digimon.
"Already ahead of you!" Davis Smirked as his small blue Digimon armour Digivolved. T.K and Davis shook hands and nodded. A rareity for them. Their way of saying "Come back safe." Davis hopped onto the back of his partner. Now a heavily black armoured Digimon with a large lightning bolt horn. Raidramon. The heavily armoured Digimon leapt over the barriers, driving a lightning bolt into the crowd, as he took off down the street.
"Come on you blobs! Catch me if you can!" Davis bellowed from the back of his partner. T.k turned to see his partner unleash his best attack.
"Hand of fate!" A beam of pure golden light shot into the ground, destroying entire lines of enemies at a single time as more than half chased after Davis. T.K froze for a moment.
"Get the barriers in place! Come on we need to secure this place!" T.k had never had the chance to be the leader. He was the most experience of the original Digidestined , but Davis was still leader of the younger Digidestined. Tai held overall control. T.K had just become an advisor to Davis. But right here, right now, he was in charge. He would make sure he protected everyone here. He was the Digidestined of Hope and he was going to show everyone, there was still a chance to win this.
A giant firey bird tore through the sky of Odaiba. Birdramon. Swarms of grey flying creatures tried to encircle the large bird. Birdramon sinply tucked her wings in and spun in the air, small flames shooting off catching anything too near.
"Wing Blaze!" Birdramon closed her wings around herself as numerous balls of fire jetted across the sky into their targets. The firey Digimon was out of practised, but she never missed a step when it counted. Down below, her partner followed her.
Sora and Matt were riding on the back of Garurumon. Jolting from side to side, avoiding wreckage and abandoned cars. Sora watched as her partner tore across the sky, dominating her realm. She brought down hundreds of simple flying grey creatures. She ducked and weaved beautifully avoiding attacks from almost every direction. Sora realised at that point, she hadn't been playing her part. She was a Digidestined. The others always fought. They were always willing to stand on the front line. Her heart sank as she realised, she hadn't pulled her weight. She vowed from this moment on, she'd fight alongside her friends again.
Garurumon didn't stop to ready his attack but instead let loose a torrent of blue flame.
"Ice wolf blast!" The attack encased several enemies in ice before the massive wolf leapt over them. Matt held on for dear life. Gabumon had been too injured to Digivolve any higher and was struggling with just being at the champion level. He had recieved a call from his brother, asking for help defending the hospital. Matt cursed. He should be there , leading the charge. Tai had entrusted him to look out for everyone.
"Garurumon, we gotta move faster! I know it hurts but you can do this!" Garurumon growled in agreement and pushed himself to go faster. His fur becomming nothing more than a blue blazing blur on the street. Birdramon followed him, becoming a firey blur in the already blazing sky.
Warrior Strikemon and Gallantmon clashed at lightning speed. All Gallantmon had left was his shield and half of his lance. Warrior Strikemon barely seemed to be affected. The battle had fallen lower in the sky. Just barely above the buildings.
"You won't win!" Warrior Strikemon cried out as a torrent of black flame raced to meet Gallantmon. Gallanmont twisted in the air, pain corsing through his body. He shot towards his opponent, lance and rapier meeting in a shower of sparks. The sound of churning metal echoing around.
"I will burn this city to the ground and dump the asses into the ocean when I'm finished with you." Warrior Strikemon growled. Gallantmon howled in rage and pushed the red knight back with brute strength.
"Dark flame!" Black flames englufed the sky in a huge tidal wave. Gallantmon burst through the attack, his shield bearing the brunt of the attack. Warrior Strikemon leapt back, his feet catching on the edges of a building causing him to topple backwards. His eyes widened in panic but it was too late to move. Gallantmon rammed what was left of his lance,once glorious, now just a jagged mess, through Warrior Strikemon. The red knight now lay, impaled to the building. The red knight struggled as Gallantmon rose into the sky. Each symbol on his sheild burst into life , moving around the shield like the numbers on a clock.
"I will defend this city till my death. Take a message to your lord. This city is protected!" Gallantmon's shield shone a brilliant blazing royal blue. A beam of raw energy shot into the knight, as he struggled to get free. Then he stopped and from under his helmet , he smiled viciously.
"You know, just because you defeat me, doesn't mean this is over. You think you can defend this city from a Sovereign?" Gallantmon readied his shield, a charge buidling all around the edges of his the cracked shield.
"I am not the only one defending this city. You're master will fail." And with his final words, a the shiled discharged the shot. Upon impact a pillar of burning blue and white rose into the sky, smoothering the fire and calming the sky. In seconds, the Strikemon and the building were gone, nothing but a crater in the floor was left. Gallantmon floated there, his shiled in pieces. His armour smouldering and blackened. His right arm had cracks all along to the shoulder, pieces of armour fell at the slightest touch revleaing the skin underneath. With an exhausted breath, he descended towards his partner. He looked as the sun rose and the portal sealed. The battle was over , but this wasn't the end.
"So they're going to evacuate?" Davis sat on the grassy bank near the hospital, a nurse tending to the wounds he had recieved. He and Raidramon had gotten shot out of the air in midjump. The nurse bandaged his leg and quickly made his way to someone else.
"Yeah. The army are coming in soon. It was on the radio. Some relief effort." Matt said hoarsly. The battle at the hospital hadn't been easy on him either. He had taken a hard blow to shoulder which he held ice too.
"What about us though? We're not leaving are we?" T.K asked. He was exhuasted, he wasn't as injured as the others but he had seen as much action in the night. Matt shook his head.
"No. We'll protect whoever stays and we'll cover those being evacuated. It means we're going to have sneak around the military though." Matt closed his eyes, letting the gentle morning breeze play with his hair.
"We're going to be like spys?" Davis asked, full of energy. Somehow, he was still as full of energy as ever. T.k and Matt both sighed heavily, deciding to let Davis enjoy the idea.
"It's going to be dangerous. Some Digidestined may not want to fight." Sora approached the group, voicing her opinion. Davis instantly went quiet. It hadn't occured to him some may not wish to fight. Matt and T.K nodded.
"Okay then. Those who don't wish to fight can cover those being evacuated and make sure they're safe. The rest of us stay." Matt frowned.
"It's not over is it?" Davis asked. A rare moment of sensible thinking. Everyone was aware he could make good decisions and was intelligent. It just rarely ever showed.
"No. Last report I read from Tai said there at least two head generals and the sovereign himself." Matt cursed silently. It was a daunting task as he realised, this had just been an advance force. The eastern half of the city had almost been completely destroyed even with the Digidestined defending it. Defending their homes .Something occured to him. Something he hadn't realised till now.
"Matt? Something wrong?" T.k asked, causing all eyes to go to Matt.
"Yeah. Where were the gaurdians?" No one had an answer.
In the Digital world, a battle raged nearby Gennai's mutated house, turned headquaters. Fire and ice and lightning tore through the forest. Trees fells and moutains raised into the air. It was as if hell had broken loss. It had been unexpected. Everyone had been called back to try to defend themsevles. Inside the headquaters, gaurdians rush around the entire building. Alex Stone had been seen leaping out a window to join the battle. Word had spread, Willis had returned with the Odaiba defense force.
Izzy typed furiously on his laptop, trying desperately to back up data. They needed this information. They needed the records and maps. They needed everything. Suddenly everything quiet. Izzy stopped and turned his head. At that moment, a cry rang out.
"Incoming!"