Digimon: City Under Siege

It felt weird walking in the streets that I'd walked through as a child. Most people get to do this when their 30 or 40. I was only 15. Yeah, I'm a lucky one. I got to see the city I grew up in when I was 15, when it was consumed by flames and mass destruction. The town had long since been abandoned. People had fled to Grand Forks, Moorehead, and Jamestown.
"Cody? Are you okay?" Valerie asked, putting a hand on my shoulder to comfort me. I shrugged it off.
"Yeah, just fine. My hometown's destroyed. So, I'm doing great!" I began to cry. I'd gone to every family memebers' house looking for them, only to find all the apartments and houses in flames or crushed.
"Cody....I can't tell you it'll be okay, cause from the looks of it, that's not going to be happening."
"Sure, thanks Valerie. I enjoy it when my friends rub my sorrow and pain in my face." I snapped at her. She took a few steps back. This is how the past 20 minutes had been. I'd snap at one friend, and then another would try to help me. The Digimon tried first and Valerie had been the last human. They huddled in a group and talked quietly as I kneeled in the dirt.
"I think we should split up." David said.
"Yeah, we should that's a great idea David. We can search for survivers quicker that way." Liana said.
"Yeah, Davy...great idea." I stood up and walked over to him. "You're right. You should be the leader. After all, I only came to all of you, watched as you huys slept to make sure you'd be safe. I only sacrificed my food when someone was a little more hungry. I only made sacrifices. But, you! You make ideas....and plans...doens't that beat all?"
"Hey! Cody what's your problem?" David asked taking a step back.
"My problem is a hot head with asspirations to take over the group. I'm out of it for 5 minutes..."
"Try the entire time we've been here, Mr. Group Leader. You talk about your sacrifices, that you made, that nobody asked you to make, and then, you walk around expecting someone to pat your back every two seconds and say, 'Well, done! You deserve a humanitarian award.' Get a life."
"You deserve an ass kicking, and I had a life. It was in this town! I was going to move back here someday." I struck him in the chest with my fist. "So, don't mess with me. IT's not a good time....."
"Sure thing....buddy!" He snap kicked my stomach, I doubled over to the ground, holding my abdomin. "After all, you watched us as we slept....let me repay the favor! I'll even help putting you to sleep okay?" He stood over me. I rolled to the left and stood up.
"Cody!? Where are you going?" Liana cried.
"Like you care. Davy here is your best friend, I know who you were rooting for in that fight. Natalie was rooting for her man, and I don't know about Valerie."
"Cody...I wasn't rooting for anybody. You went over board. You started the whole thing." Valerie said walking after me.
"Don't follow me. I started it? That sounds like a vote of confidence for Davy-san. I can tell when I'm not wanted. C'mon Wormon, let's get to getting out of here got it?"
"Cody...don't go...." Wormon said, slowly trailing after me.
"Cody, get back here." Liana said.
"Yeah, come and fight!" Davy said.
"Cody, you're acting so immature." Natalie called after me.
"Cody...don't go...please....stay with us..." Valerie said still following me.
"Why? Doesn't anyone remember Davy-san's plan? We should split up. I'm just following orders. And Valerie.....stop following me now!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I turned around just in time to see her put her head in her hands and cry. "Yeah...go on and cry. You haven't lost anything today, except a leader. I'm out of here." Just as I was turning to walk away, Liana and Natalie ran up to Valerie to hold her, both of them gave me the "evil eye".
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"Cody...wait up!" Wormon said as he followed me.
"Fine..." I stopped and leaned against what once was SubWay. "Wormon...I'm sorry. I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at them. They expect me to be okay and fine as I look around and see my home town, the town I haven't seen for 6 years, completely abondoned and destroyed. The second I can't lead, it's out with the old, in with the new."
"Why'd you fight with David...he seems nice...for a human."
"I dunno...he was just there. David was trying to take over my group. I organized them, and I wasn't asking for some award or congratulations for the sacrifices I made, I just wanted them to know I'd be there for them, you know?" I looked down at Wormon and he looked up at me.
"You mean like they were there for you?"
"Exactly like...no! They weren't there for me! .....were they?" I asked, unsure of myself.
"Yes, they were. We all were. They all tried to comfort you, and you pushed them away. They knew how you were feeling."
"NO! They don't know how I was feeling! Their cities are still alive, with life. Not alive with flames like Fargo. They can't know and they won't know!" I cried out. I slammed my fists against the metal, that only a little more than a day ago held laughing people. People with lives to live.
"David tried to help you too."
"Yeah, he was nice enough to take over the group."
"He was trying to organize us while you were mourning. You know he doesn't want to lead us."
"I was a jerk, wasn't I Wormon?"
"If jerk means, a complete and total egotistcal..."
"Yes, that's what it means..."
"Then, yes. You were being a huge, mouthing off....."
"Okay, okay, okay...I know. We should probably head back to the others now huh?" I heard a crashing, but, it was too late. The Subway's remains fell on top of the two of us. The last thing I heard was a Digimon laughing and growling.
"Hey! Davy!? Where are you going?" Agumon asked him as David kicked a soda can down the street.
"I'm doing my job. I'm looking for survivers." David said. He had his hands in his pockets, strolling down the street like he owned the place. I could see him walking towards me, through one eye anyways. The other one was blocked by a piece of the Subway sign. The two of them stopped and started talking. I couldn't hear what they were saying though. All of a sudden, Davy kicked the soda can and it went flying through the air.
"He started the whole thing, Agumon!"
"He started it, but you continued it. He probably lost some of his family...how'd you feel if this happened to were you live or lived?"
"....Ok....I'll give him that, but, he was acting like a huge ass! I mean, I was trying to help him by pulling the group together and he flips his lid!"
I tried to move but, I couldn't. I knew I could move but, my body wouldn't listen. Then I knew what was happening. It sometimes happens to patients during surgery, they're aware of what's happening, but they can't move or make a sound. It'd happened to me one morning when my mom woke me up. She flipped on the lights and she came over and woke me up, or tried to anyways. My eyes were open but, I couldn't reply when she said "Good morning, get ready for school." And I couldn't move out of the bed. Wormon was beside me out in the open. He must've regained consiousness and walked out, then lost it again.... With any luck, Davy'd see him. I managed to pull myself out of the sleep. I tried to move again, but this time my movements were prevented by the huge piece of building covering me.
".....davy...." I whispered. He didn't hear me. "...davy..." He looked around but, still didn't see me. I coughed and said, "Davy, over here...." He saw Wormon and ran over with Agumon at his heels.
"Cody?" He said as he picked Wormon up. "What happened?" They lifted the metal off me and pulled me out.
"I was leaning against the building and then a Digimon did something and it fell over. Ahh!"
"What happened? Did you get hurt?"
"I--behind you!" I cried. "It's Mojyamon! That bone he carries with him isn't a door prize. His Bone Crusher attack can do just that, crush bones!"
"Uh....Cody we got someone behind you, too. Who is it?" He asked as I spun around. I racked my brain on who it was. I was a human Digi-Analyizer.
"That's Snimon. And his attack is Twin Sickles. He's a preying mantis type Digimon. Which is bad, cause right now, we're his prey!" I said as Davy, Wormon, Agumon and I were backed up against another wall.
"Well Cody, we have a choice." Davy said, his back hitting the wall.
"Really? I'd love to hear it."
"We can stay in the frying pan, or go onto the stove top." He said as my back hit the wall.
"Wormon you ready?" I asked as I stared into the Snimon's bug eyes.
"Wormon digevolve to.....Stingmon!"
"Agumon? You ready to digevolve for the first time?" Davy asked, looking for a way to escape.
"Agumon....digevolve....to.....Tyrannomon!"
"Davy here!" I yelled and pulled on a jammed door. "Help me pull this open so we can take some cover." We pulled the door together and it opened. We ran inside and looked out the shattered windows to the fight.
"Blaze Blast!" Tyrannomon yelled as a huge fireball leapt from his mouth and fizzled out on Snimon's scythes.
"What?" Davy cried. "That's not fair!"
"It's plenty fair, he's an Ultimate." I said, paying attention to Stingmon's fight now.
"Rapid Kick!" Mojyamon was kicked repeatedly and slammed against a building across the street.
"Go Stingmon!" I yelled and cheered. I dug through my back pack and looked for the laptop Lenny gave me.
"Lousy time to check your email Cody!" Davy shouted over the fighting.
"Yeah, I know. But, I need to see if I got any reviews for my humor fic recently." I looked at the casing. It was cracked all over and the LCD screen was smashed.
"So, do we have a chance to send them to the Digital World?" Davy asked hopping from foot to foot.
"Nope. The LCD screen's oozing it's L right now. And the C is as crystal as a grain of sand. Hopefully, Valerie will see the fighting and show up with the laptop that Naoko gave her." I said not taking my eyes away from the battle.
"Twin Sickles!" Snimon brought his arms back and threw them foward, releasing a powerful, pink blade each time. They struck the buildings and then one flew right at me.
"Cody!" Davy yelled as he pushed me out of the way. He ducked right after he pushed me. It cleaved through the place in the window and wall where I was standing a handful of seconds before.
"Wow. I've heard of close shaves, but that takes the cake!" Davy said as he examined his arm. On one part of his arm, all the hair was missing and the skin was a slight red.
"Thanks." I said. I didn't know what else I could've said.
"Sure." He said. We both still had thoughts about earlier and were upset still.
"Bone Crusher!" The bone smashed through the walls and crumbled them like they were stale bread.
"I think..........we should leave before I get caught under another building." I said as I kicked open the door and ran into the street. Davy followed behind me. "We need the others." I said. I was looking up one end of the street. Davy was looking up the other end.
"uh................Here they come! They've brought us company!" Davy yelled. I turned and saw Valerie, Natalie, and Liana running towards us. Two more Digimon were chasing them.
"Valerie! What did I tell you about strange guys?" I yelled to her as I grabbed her and Natalie by the arms and yanked them down an alley. Davy grabbed Liana and pulled her after me.
"Oh, I know who they are. That one's Dogukumon. Her attack is Poison Web. And the other one is Rockmon. And Crimson Curse will put us out of the fight really quick." I smiled at our inside joke.
"Okay. How about your guys' Digimon digevolve too?" They nodded.
"Sorry, but, there's no water Betamon. You'll have to sit this one out." Liana said.
"Patamon digevolve to.......Angemon!"
"Pengomon...digevolve to.....Frigimon!"
"Hand of Fate!"
"Sub Zero Ice Punch!"
"Blaze Blast!"
"Spiking Strike!"
"Bone Crusher!"
"Twin Sickles!"
"Poison Web!"
"Crimson Curse!"
The five of us couldn't see cause we were in an alley. Betamon ran down the alley.
"Beta Blast!" Two green beams came out of Betamon's eyes and hit a trash can.
"Ouuchies! Do you now that hurts?" A Numemon said as he came from behind the trash can.
"No. I've never attacked myself." Betamon replied. "Do you surrender?"
"Alright...I give up." He walked over to us, with Betamon ready to slap him into line if he stepped out of line.
"Digiport open." I said, holding my Digivice in front of the screen. Numemon was sucked in. Liana picked up Betamon and hugged him.
"I guess you didn't sit this one out!" I took the laptop from Valerie and ran into the street.
"Hey Stingmon! Get Moyjamon over here!" I yelled.
"Easy as pie. Rapid Kick!" Stingmon kicked him right into the port.
"Way to go! One down, three to go!" Davy yelled. "Tyrannomon, get Snimon to the port so Cody can send him back to the Digital World."
"Blaze Blast!" The flames turned Snimon into a flying, flaming, mantis. He fell right into the Digiport with no problems.
"Crimson Curse!" A mist surrounded the area and we all were nearly blinded.
"Poison Web!" The next thing I knew, I was stuck in a web. The laptop was on the ground and the port had closed. The alley was blocked off by a web too. Betamon tried futilally to break it with his Betablast, but it didn't work.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon's sheathed laser swords came out and struck Dogukumon.
"Blaze Blast!" Dogukumon went flying in front of the laptop.
"SubZero Ice Punch!" The ice ball hit Rockmon in the chest and surrounded him and froze him.
"Angel Rod!" Angemon swung his staff like a golfer, throwing ice cube of a Rockmon into the air and right on top of Dogukumon. Both of the Digimon moaned in pain. I still held my Digivice in my hand but, unfortunately, it was in the hand that was caught on the web. I moved the caught hand as much as I could and the Digivice went flying out of my hand and landed right on the laptop.
"Digiport open!" I cried in triumph. The screen glowed and the two Digimon were pulled inside. The web vanished as soon as the port closed. Our Digimon de-digevolved and we looked around the remains of the town.
"Cody...I'm so sorry." Valerie said. This time when she put her hands on my shoulder I let them stay there. Her warmth and kindness flooded through me.
"I am too. I'm sorry about alot of things." I reached up and touched her hands and patted them softly with my own. "Thanks Valerie. They can rebuild. I could still live here one day."
Everyone nodded, agreeing with my thoughts.
"I'm sorry about earlier, Valerie. I know you were only trying to help. I just...I don't know. I'm just sorry. That's the only 'I just'."
"It's okay. I should've given you more space."
"No, because then, you wouldn't have been a friend. I appreciate what you tried to do." I turned to Davy. "I'm also sorry for what I did to you David. I took your helping for something else. It's just that I thought you were trying to take over something that I put together. Except, I didn't put us together. We all came on our own. So, for that, I'm sorry for everything I caused today." I was waiting for someone to laugh at my emotions. For someone to point and yell, "What a complete loser!" But, it never happened. Wormon jumped into my arms and was doing his version of a hug. The other Digimon hugged my arms or legs. Then Valerie moved in and hugged me. Liana and Natalie were nexy followed by David. It was a group hug with 10 people, in the middle of a street, with flames and reckage of a town that would soon be rebuilt. But, it was more than just 10 people........it was ten friends.........