Blood
By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung
Disclaimer: All Digimon and their characters (except for those introduced in this fic/series) do NOT belong to me. I do not have permission to use their characters, but it's a FanFic, so, who cares? =) This story line belongs to me and me alone. Please ask for permission if you wish to use it. Thanks. Now let's get onto reading!
Ventra continued to spray the air, but he had no signs of hitting his target. The young teen cursed silently, but he only used a quarter of his ammo supply so far. He was far from ending the rampage against the dark orange sky. Then again, he knew this would be a difficult target, considering he was relying purely on his heat sensor and the fact that this specific enemy was in Aerial Armour, making it hard to hit.
"Come on...where are you?" Ventra whispered, continuing to spray. Even if he wasn't hitting, he knew he wasn't letting the Aerial Armour attack either.
A sharp 'ping' against his left armour distracted his concentration. The pilot looked towards the forest on his left flank, noting the Gaia Armour with a sniper rifle. The enemy pilot was preparing a second shot against the Terra Armour.
"Oh no you don't!" Ventra exclaimed, pointing his left arm in the direction of the Armour. He pulled the trigger, unleashing eight rockets from his pair of rocket launchers in the direction of the Armour. Ventra could see 'fear' from the Armour before the missiles impacted and detonated in a brilliant display of fire. After that, the Armour was no more. Ventra exhaled, turning his attention back to the Aerial Armour with stealth technology. His radar blared to life on the fourth, now third, Armour; revealing the not so invisible figure. The Armour had a soft pulsating blue orb in its left hand.
"Flash Grenade!" Ventra shouted through the link, preparing to cover his eyes/visual sensors from the explosion. Getting blinded and jammed would greatly compromise their position. Still, if his companions were to distracted to notice or hear him, there was little he could do. The Terra Armour pilot just held his ground and prayed.
* * * * * *
Digivices flared to life as both the Agumon and Gabumon were empowered with energy.
"Agumon..." "Gabumon..."
"Warp Digivolve to..."
"War Greymon!" "Metal Garrurmon!"
Already a cheer went up from the crowd of Digimon and Human's, seeing this as a great battle with two Mega level Digimon trying to kill each other. The two Digimon growled softly, menacingly, yet in a friendly manner. Both Human's regarded their Digimon partner for a moment, then their gaze met. Eyes told truth of determination to win, but hinted another purpose.
"Stall the battle," Sapphire told Metal Garrurmon. The Mega level nodded, then dashed forward, boosters at full power. The two Digimon crashed and tumbled towards Siato's entrance point, mashing at each other. Sapphire nodded, though she thought she could see the War Greymon doing the same thing.
Siato raised his axe and pointed it in the direction of Sapphire. The female Human did the same with her blade, the two facing off for a brief moment. They blinked at the same time, then both rushed forward, metal smashing against each other. The axe head and the blade impacted, though both Human's noted how much weaker was the attack was then expected.
"Why is he holding back?" Sapphire wondered, striking again, and the recoil was just as weak as their first attack. "I know I'm holding back...but why is he holding back...?"
"What is he trying to do?" Sapphire finally asked herself, driving her sword at her opponent known as Siato, but making sure it was slow enough to block. It was blocked, though Sapphire noted how Siato didn't counterattack with such an opening the lunge brought her. Now she really began to get curious.
* * * * * *
Nina opened her eyes slowly. Her slumber was awakened by the presence of another person in the vicinity of the alleyway. The person didn't do anything to her at all, but she just awoke to the presence of the person.
"Nine Windhope?" the masculine voice asked, kneeling down. Nina pulled her Tigramon closer to her body, looking up at the figure and nodding slowly. "I'd like to ask thtt you come with me," the figure continued. Nina couldn't see the person well, but she looked past him, noticing the three Armour's outside the alleyway. She then looked back at the figure, and by the silhouette of the person, she figured he was a military official, by the way he was groomed and all. No messy hair was the obvious sign.
"What do you want?" Nina asked softly, pulling the blanket closer to herself and her Digimon with her free hand. Nina could sense a 'smile' from the man's presence.
"I'd just be honoured if you could come with us," he responded politely, though Nina could tell a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"And why would it be such an honour?" Nina inquired, playing the same game with the soldier back.
"You'll find out if you come with us," the soldier answered calmly, keeping with his game.
"And what if I don't?" Nina asked, trying to keep her cool.
"Well, then I'll have to kidnap you," the soldier told her, albeit with little stagger.
"So why ask if you're going to take me in the first place?" Nina spoke next, though a hint of fear betrayed her. She pulled the blanket even closer to herself now.
"Because I'd like to take you without hurting you," was the response. The soldier advanced, seeing a shift in power.
"And if I still refuse?" Nina continued, still trying to play the game, but her emotions was tainting her play.
"Well, then I'd have little choice in the matter," Nina conceded, shrivelling up in her little corner in the alleyway. She could 'feel' a malicious grin from the soldier, as he put a hand into his shirt to take something unknown to the young girl.
"SILVER FANG!"
Tigramon leaped up from her spot behind the blanket, ready to chew on the arm of the soldier. She heard the entire conversation, and, even in her condition, won't let her partner down without a fight.
The soldier stepped back then pulled a small dart gun from his shirt, pulling the trigger. The dart hit the chest of Tigramon, knocking her down with a fast acting tranquilliser.
"Tigramon!" Nina exclaimed, taking her Digimon and cuddling her. She only did that for a second as another dart hit the young female, knocking her out in a few seconds. The soldier grinned, taking the Digimon and the girl and heading back to his Armour.
* * * * * *
GS halted behind the building, peering over at the three Armour's in the distance. Two of them were manned, the third was open. The three were facing an alleyway.
"What the hell is a WUF scout squad doing here?" GS whispered, watching the Armour's with magnified vision from his own Gaia Armour.
"Well, we are in a city bordering WUF and UDF," Amnemon told his partner, peering with a set of binoculars.
"Still...this is a pretty isolated city..." GS assessed. "Wait..." he spoke, silencing all conversation between the two. The third pilot appeared from the alleyway, carrying a small Human and a Digimon.
"Well, that'd explain the fifty-k bounty on that girl," GS told his partner, zooming out. "WUF got her, and UDF won't pay us if we don't get her back..."
"Take a shot at those three Armour's then?" Amnemon suggested, lowering his binoculars.
"Can't..." GS replied, zooming in again at the trio of Armour. "I might hurt the girl...if they start to fire back."
"And yeah...we have to get her unharmed..." Amnemon concluded. "But if they want her alive too, won't they try to protect her as well?"
"And use her as a human shield?" GS retorted. "I'm not risking fifty-k for something trivial like that. Besides, the closest WUF outpost is a two-day walk from her on Gaia Armour. They'll have to camp out twice before they can get there. We got time..."
"I sure hope you're right..." Amnemon muttered, watching the trio again as they headed off. The Digimon suspected an ulterior motive from his partner, but decided not to pursue the subject.
* * * * * *
"Shooting, now!" the pilot exclaimed through the link, taking a sniper rifle shot at the rampaging Terra Armour. Jena looked own, noticing fire wasn't directed at her anymore from the Armour. She began a dive down, dropping her stealth and beginning to charge energy for a Flash Grenade. She noticed the Terra Armour raising its left arm towards the sniper's direction.
"Hey, watch out!" Jena screamed out, but it was too late. In the next moment, the Gaia Armour became no more then a pile of rubble in a massive crater created by eight missiles.
"Oh...damn you..." Jena muttered, her Flash Grenade fully charged. She noticed the Terra Armour trying to take cover from the grenade, but it's size and bulk made it impossible to manoeuvre under such circumstances.
"You're all dead..." Jena grunted, tossing the Flash Grenade and continuing the dive down. The orb exploded in a shockwave spreading out. Visuals and sensors went static from all the opposing Armour's as well as Jena's Armour, but she didn't care, she would avenge. The agile Aerial Armour landed on the ground, Jena closing her eyes so the static wouldn't distract her. She fired five rounds into one direction, then another five into the exact opposite. She then opened her eyes, the effects of the Flash Grenade wearing off. Vision cleared, she admired her handy work of taking down two Gaia Armour's, albeit disappointed she didn't scratch the Terra Armour at all.
"Miscalculation..." Jena spoke softly, noting the other two Gaia Armour's were down, probably from her comrade's shooting. Only the enemy Terra Armour remained. Jena reactivated her stealth, taking to the air once more as the Terra Armour began to open fire against her again.
* * * * * *
Siato blocked the next attack with the side of his axe head, though he continued to hold back as much as possible while giving the appearance of 'fighting'. He noted the same with his opponent known as Sapphire. The female with dyed blue hair then came in with a nasty right hook. Siato faked his fall, noting the punch was faked as well. The two continued the guise of fighting, though they really weren't fighting at all.
Siato indirectly pointed towards the AA Gun at the distance with a nudging head, hoping to get her attention. She glanced quickly, then slashed again, adding a 'nod' to the end of her attack. Both partners glanced towards their partner, exchanged glances, then they knew they were thinking on the right track. The two Humans charged, and swung their weapons in a wide one-hundred-and-eighty-degree arc, cueing their Digimon. The two Digimon pulled a bit closer to their respective partner, preparing to attack.
"TERRA FORCE!" "ICE WOLF CLAW!"
War Greymon lobbed the orb of pure heat energy forward, while Metal Garrurmon blasted forward an icy shower of cold energy. The crowd fell silent, expecting a massive backlash of energy when the two attacks collided.
The ice and fire grew closer and closer, the crowd watching more intently as they came closer, and closer...and closer...
* * * * * *
Ventra finally got visual and sensory control back on his Armour, quickly assessing the situations. He heard the painful cries of his comrades over the com, and then he began to fear for the worse.
Blood boiled in the Terra Armour pilot's veins, seeing his squad mates down, probably dead. He looked up, the Aerial Armour flicker from existence, then to his right, where the other two Gaia Armour were.
"DIE!" Ventra shouted, letting all anger overcome his rational thinking. He fired a heat seeking missile at the stealth Aerial Armour, knocking the Armour couldn't hide from a heat seeker. Ventra then turned to face the other two Gaia Armour's, both reloading from their clips upon firing on his comrades.
"DIE!" Ventra screamed out again, unleashing all his chain guns and firing another eight round spread of missiles. Bullets ricocheted off the two Armour's, juggling the two around and around and around before the eight missiles hit, four for each Armour. The explosion compounded by the damage from the multitude of bullet rounds left nothing to spare except for bullet casing on the ground beside the Terra Armour.
An explosion on the sky caught Ventra's attention. He looked up, noting the now visible Aerial Armour, its light assault rifle smoking, probably from firing to destroy the missile chasing it.
"You're next!" Ventra roared out, still letting anger overcome his mind. He began to unload his chain guns into the Aerial Armour, intending to finish what he started at the beginning.
* * * * * *
The Terra Force and Ice Wolf Claw attacks just blazed right past each other, skimming slightly, but definitely not making the explosion the crowd was expecting. The attacks continued to fly, brushing past the Digimon towards areas unknown. Siato and Sapphire exchanged glances, nodded to each other, then sheathed their respected weapons, dashing towards their Digimon.
The attacks just rolled along, and it finally became apparent to the guards and spectators where the attacks were going. It was too late to stop them, however.
The Ice Wolf Claw smashed into one of the AA Guns guarding the arena, freezing it completely and making it inoperable for the duration of the freeze. Likewise, The Terra Force hit the AA Gun on the opposite side of the arena. This time, there was no freeze, just a detonation as falling debris landed on the spectators around.
"GO!" Sapphire shouted out, leaping onto the back of Metal Garrurmon. She glanced over at her opponent now comrade, and saw he was on his own Digimon. The two Mega level Digimon blasted off from the arena, much to the disappointment of the crowd. Guards took pot shots at the escaping fighters, but their shots were well off the mark.
"Yeah!!" Siato screamed out, looking back down. The victory was even sweeter with the crowd going into a riot over such circumstances of the fight. It was quite clear the arena officials wouldn't be able to start a capture mission until they calmed the crowd at the Colosseum, and by the looks of it, that will take a while to do. Siato Kamiya glanced over at his partner in escape then gave a thumbs-up. Sapphire Ishida smiled as a response, the two flying away from that death pit.
* * * * * *
Jena glanced back, her radar going wild with the pursuit of a heat-seeking missile. The pilot of the Aerial Armour cursed under her breath, noting another twenty rounds left in her weapon.
"Come on..." Jena remarked, knowing any attempt at firing a weapon will kill her stealth. Then again, not killing that missile trailing her will kill her. The pilot finally decided, dropping the stealth and turning around quickly, unleashing the remainder of the clip into the missile. The last three shots of the clip detonated it with resounding 'BOOM'. Multiple other 'BOOM's before that moment plus screams of pain overtook her com before she detonated the missile. Her gaze went down, reactivating the stealth and loading another ammo pack into the rifle. The remnants of her team were now scattered metallic bits and pieces from explosions of that rocket launcher on the Terra Armour's left arm.
"Oh man...you're going down you f***..." Jena started, not finishing the sentence as she continued to evade the chain guns firing upon her. She dived low and skimmed the ground, taking one aim.
Her stealth deactivated as she blasted a six round burst into the kneecaps of the Terra Armour. Three shots hit home, disabling the servos on the knee. The Terra Armour fell, but not before one of the chain gun rounds hit her jetpack. She twirled out of control for a brief moment before regaining control and heading out, glancing back. The Terra Armour was on its knees, using its quad chain guns as support. The Terra Armour raised its left arm, and fired another eight round spread at her, the missiles locking on.
"Oh DAMN!" Jena screamed out, her speed much slower now with a damaged pack. She quickly reactivated her stealth, then blasted into the sky, the missiles losing their lock on the Armour and flying just underneath her feet, hitting against the forest and detonating. Jena exhaled, flying away, this battle finally over, with much loses on both sides.
"I'm going to hate this report..." Jena muttered, looking away from the battle site.
Fin
Completed: 06/18/01
