Chapter 5: Guardians
Finally, the campers had reached the base of the mountain. The hike lasted nearly 4 hours, and the sun was blazing the air to over 100 degrees. TK looked at his digivice, "11:00 AM. We haven't eaten in nearly 16 hours." TK pulled out some snacks from his back pack. He analyzed what he had, "This isn't much. Looks like everyone will get a cookie and a few chips."
TK began to hand out his snacks to every, who each thanked him as he did so. The supervisors gave their snacks to other kids, saying they could make it. Kendo was yelling into his cellphone trying to get his message across."Hello! Can you still hear me! No, this isn't a joke! If you'd look you'd see the hole in the mountain I was talking about! Yes, we need help! Several of the children are injured and we're all hungry and exhausted!" TK offered Kendo some chips, "No thanks TK. So ambulances are on the way? Good! Bye." Kendo put his phone in his pocket, "Ok, children! Help is on the way. You should rest until it gets here!"
TK thought to himself, finally, I can get home and make sure everyone is safe.
- Tokyo City, Tai's apartment -
Tai handed Agumon a plate of watermelon and sat down to watch the news. There had been no more monstor siteings since DarkAngemon's, so he felt a bit better. Sora had called him at 2:00AM because she was scared for Kari and TK. "Hold it." Tai stared at the TV screen, which showed an image of the mountain near Kari and TK's summer camp. The mountain had a huge hole on one of its sides and the man being interviewed said that the summer campers were stranded at the base after being attacked at nightfall. "Kari."
The phone rang and Tai answered it, "Hello? Matt? Yeah, I just saw it. Joe's part of the team going there to take them home? How do you know? He told you?" Tai stared off as Matt told him the scary details of what happened that night. Joe witnessed the whole thing since he was trainingduring the night shift near the camp sight. "A digimon army!?"
- Mountain base -
Kari tended to Gatomon's wounds and smiled, "You're lucky that digimon heal so fast." Kari put a wet cloth over some burns on Gatomon's arm. She smiled again, "This'll be good as new in no time."
Gatomon let out a small smile. Her ears twitched as she heard something off in the distance. "Sirens, I think the med team is here."
Three ambulances ripped through the bushes and halted near the group of campers. A bus stopped behind them and the med team exited them. The team tended to the children and supervisors who had fallen and gotten cuts during the ordeal. People who had been tended to were placed in the bus. TK looked around at all of the people running about carrying cases of supplies. Drugs to counter exhaustion, bandages, tectenitus shots, rubbing alcohol, and several other things TK didn't notice. He did notice a young man running towards him. "Joe?"
"TK! I saw the whole thing, what happened!?" Joe yelled in his usual over-reacting manner. He was 17, only 2 months away from 18 and he still acted a bit too cautious. His grades had earned him a scholarship into med school and he was currently training to be a nurse to work part time.
"Joe!" Kari said as she hugged him. "I'm so glad you're here! It was awful."
Joe held onto Kari, "I know. I saw the digimon army, but passed it off as shadows. Then I heard the explosion and saw the hole in the mountain. What exactly is going on?"
TK turned to look at the mountain, " Some digimon attacked us during the night and chased us up the mountain during the rain storm. We kept running, but it was no good. I stayed behind and with the help of MagnaAngemon, stopped the digimon army. That's what caused the hole." TK looked at the ground, "I didn't think I was going to make it.
Joe pat TK on the shoulder, "You did a good job, TK. Matt and Tai will be proud."
"Not if we get you first!" A cold voice echoed from the mountain as two beasts appeared. " Dragomon and I, DarkAngemon will destroy you Digidestined!"
Joe pushed TK and Kari out of the way as Dragomon whipped its tail at them. "Oh no! You're the one that Mimi told me about!" He tunred his head to TK and Kari, you guys better get your Digimon! Gomamon is at my house!"
The digimon got up and tried to digivolve, but they couldn't. Their bodies collapsed as they came to the realization that they had no energy left from the previous battles. DarkAngemon laughed, "What's the matter? Too tired to fight? That's ok, it wouldn't have made a difference! Hand of hate!"
Joe sprang from his location and grabbed TK and Kari. He quickly ran to avoid the attack. Rocks flew everywhere as he ran for cover behind some trees. "This doesn't look good! We have no means of fighting those two!"
"Oh, children. Why don't you come out and play? I have some fun games to play with oof!" DarkAngemon was hit in the back and flew into a large stone.
TK pointed at two figures in the sky, "Look, up there!"
The three watched as the two figures came closer. One was Myn, while the other remained a mystery. "You never learn, do you DarkAngemon?" Myn pulled ou his sword as did his partner.
"I don't have to learn! I know victory is mine! Dragomon, take those two!"
Dragomon stepped towards the two, who stood ready with their swords. " Dragon breath!" A laserlike beam shot out of Dragomon's mouth and at the two. They repelled the laser and it hit the stone DarkAngemon was resting on.
Myn moved into attack position, "We don't have time for this. Ready Darius?"
The man next to him nodded. He pulled hissword in front of his face. and stared at Dragomon with his cold, red eyes. "Combined attack,"
Myn nodded, "Right. Mirror slice!" The two disappeared then re-appeared on both sides of Dragomon, they sliced him, then disappeared again. They re-appeared agin, in different spots, and took another swing with their swords. The rate they did this at increased until it seemed they were in 3 places at once. When they finally stopped they appeared directy above Dragomon. All at once, the cuts appeared on Dragomon's body. Blood leaked out of the hundreds of criss-crossed cuts around it. He roared in pain as he disappeared into the sky. "Still want to play, DarkAngemon?"
"Hmph! I will return! You can't always be watching over the children! And when you're not, I will strike!" He floated away and vanished as he returned to the Digiworld.
Myn and darius looked at the trio of Digidestined. They put their swords away and flew away much like DarkAngemon had. Joe put his glasses back on, "Whoever they are, it's a good thing they're on our side."
TK and Kari exited the trees beside Joe, "What do you suppose they are? Guardians?" Kari asked as they walked towards the bus.
Joe walked silently as he pondered the recent events. "I don't know. The only thing that I do know is that all these digimon we're facing don't register on our digivices. We have no way of knowing what we're up against." Joe opened the bus door and allowed TK and Kari in. "I'm going back to the hospitol, you guys get home and rest."
TK and ?Kari nodded and sat down in the bus. They
watched as Joe entered one of the ambulances and then as the bus left towards
Tokyo. Kari dozed off and leaned on TK's shoulder. TK couldn't rest, not
after witnessing what had happened. Whoever they were facing, he didn't show
mercy at all. That DarkAngemon. I could feel his evil inside of me, like
I feel Angemon's good. I hope that doesn't mean anything. TK began to
doze off as the bus began its short trip to Tokyo. A long battle was ahead,
but for now he rests.