Episode 6
The help did not arrive as Snyper suspected, instead of the local police force, he started hearing screams.
"Watch out!"
"Yeaaagggggghhhhh! RUN!"
"Kimua, we can't win this battle!"
"You're right! Let's get out of here!" They heard more screams and footsteps, but these were leading away from them. Snyper cautiously looked around the corner of the car, just in case it was a trick. But they were gone. In their place was Angemon, Angewomon, Kabuterimon, Greymon, and all the others. Snyper smiled.
"I am personally glad that you did not obey me. However, in the future I do expect you to run when I say run."
"I gather that the participation we played in stopping your life from becoming prematurely short is not reciprocated?" Izzy asked.
"If that just meant what I think it does, then the answer is no, I am glad you guys saved my life. I would just prefer that you save your own lives first."
Sora motioned behind them. "Snyper, there's police cars pulling up."
"Good, then we can get to where we need to be."
"All humans and Digimon, get your hands, or whatever else you use, up in the air!" One man shouted through a loudspeaker.
"Come on now Chris, you wouldn't make a returning hero get up against the wall, now would you?" Snyper asked the lead man.
The man dropped the loudspeaker. "Snyper, I don't believe it. Sure took your time returning."
Snyper started approaching the man, apparently called Chris. "I got the Digi-destined and came back as fast as I could."
Chris shook his head. "They told you what would happen when you leave our timeline. It's been about six months since we heard from you last. Afraid Zerec got to you."
Matt started walking forward as well. "Zerec isn't going to get anybody anymore Chris."
"HUNTER?! I didn't know you were a part of the Digi-destined!" Chris exclaimed as he ran forward and grabbed Matt's shoulders, holding him at arms length.
"You sure look different Hunter. I didn't think there was anybody of the old war here besides me, Snyper, and a few back at the base."
Snyper walked up to them. "He is different. And he prefers Matt to Hunter."
"And the reason for this would be?" Chris asked.
"I just thought that Hunter made too many mistakes, and went through too much for one person. So, I am back to Matt."
Snyper motioned towards the others to come forward. "Bet you didn't know that Matt had this many friends either."
"Friends? Hun- er, Matt? I never knew Matt could be lovable enough to have friends."
Matt punched Chris in the shoulder. "Well I am. I told you about my brother, Takeru, or TK."
Chris looked towards the sky, remembering. "Yes, you did. I believe you told us he was a crybaby." Snyper quickly turned his face to hide his laugh.
TK rounded on Matt. "You told them WHAT?!"
Matt held up his hands defensively. "Now TK, I said no such thing. He just made that up."
"Now what use would I have for making something up?" Chris asked innocently.
"Hold it Rookie, Chris is known to be a compulsive liar."
"Rookie, huh? I take it he helped you guys out?" Chris asked as he led them to a mini-van.
"He has rightly earned the name of Rookie." Matt told him, climbing into the van.
"Well, let's get back to base."
Snyper turned to Iezer. "You can come if you want to, but I'm pretty sure you would hate it there." Iezer nodded. "We are both good enough to know that if we need you, you will be there." Iezer nodded again and walked off.
Matt looked at Garrurumon. "I think you'll need to force yourself to de- digivolve." Garrurumon nodded wearily and did as Matt suggested.
"By the way Snyper, I know you're going to love this. Gerrard is now in Standish's seat." Chris relayed over his shoulder as he jumped in the passenger's seat in the front.
Snyper looked up sharply. "Where the hell is Standish?"
"Standish is on assignment in a large city about sixty miles east of here. Since I know how much you love Gerrard, I thought I should warn you. Anyway, what happened back there?"
"Someone called Kimua started it." TK reported.
"Kimua." Chris repeated the name slowly.
"Got a history?" Matt asked.
"Well, everybody has a history Matt." Tai told him sarcastically. Chris smiled.
"Actually, he didn't until two months ago. Then he surfaced and everything that happened had his name on it. We can't contain, capture, or kill him."
"So that suggests he has someone backing him." Matt thought.
Chris nodded. "Exactly. No street gang leader could do that without help."
Snyper sighed. "Well, let's get my presence announced to Gerrard."
"You want to face him?" Mimi asked, surprised.
"What, you think I'm a coward?" He challenged.
"No, it's just that, well, I just didn't think you would face him." Mimi stammered.
"Well, you're right, I don't want to face him right now. I'll announce my presence my way."
"It's my way, my way or the high way." Matt started singing the Limp Bizkit song.
"Anyway, is Houston okay?" Snyper asked, glancing briefly at Matt.
Matt smiled. "Houston is still with you?"
Chris nodded. "Yes, he is still with him, and yes, he is okay. He's been wondering when you would get back."
"But he didn't say that."
"No, but you can tell. He's waiting at the base. Shall we go?" Chris asked as the van pulled up in front of a large building.
"No. But we might as well." Snyper sighed. He opened the door and stepped out. "Well, you certainly haven't changed anything."
"We figured you'd be mad when you got back. But, I believe you know the way to Gerrard's office. I need to go write a report."
Snyper shook his head. "The one thing of this job I never did miss." He led the Digi-destined through the twisting halls of his HQ. He greeted many people, all of whom never expected to see him again. He paused in front of the door that read 'Commanding Officer'. He took a deep breath, then knocked.
"Come in." Called a voice. They walked in, and were able to place a face with the voice and name. He was not a short man, but he was balding, and getting a little pudgy. "Snyper. We figured that-"
Snyper interrupted him. "Yeah, I know what you figured."
"And these are the Digi-destined. I am Steven Gerrard. You would be?"
"I am Matt, this is my brother, TK, that's Sora, Tai, Izzy, Mimi, Kari, and Joe."
"We are glad to have you here. Be assured that we will do all we can to protect you."
"We are not here so we can be safe, Captain Gerrard. We are here so we can help." Matt replied. Gerrard nodded.
"But nevertheless, you will be safe. You have my personal assurance on that."
Snyper snorted. "As if that means a hell of a lot."
"Still haven't gotten over it, have you Snyper?" Gerrard asked wearily.
"No, I haven't. Now, if you'll excuse me, we have a job to do." Snyper turned and walked out. The others followed him. Sora caught up to him.
"What was that about?" She asked.
"Nothing you need to know about now. Let's get some rooms for you guys."
"Where would these rooms be?" Joe asked.
"Most probably near here. Need to stay as close to the HQ as possible. You all could sleep in one big room, couldn't you?" Snyper asked. "It would be much easier for everyone involved."
"Just make sure you have enough beds." Tai commented.
"I'm sure some of you could double-up." Snyper replied with a gleam in his eye. That gleam was directed towards Matt. Matt gave a very dirty warning look to Snyper.
"Well, if we needed to we could." TK thought. Snyper quickly turned his head to hide the laughter that he knew was coming. Matt couldn't help but a short bark of laughter.
"Something wrong with that?" Tai asked.
"No, nothing at all." Matt answered, beating Snyper to a reply. They found a police owned house that was fairly large. It had one big room with enough beds for all of them.
"You know, this reminds me of the time Devimon set that trap for us." Mimi commented.
TK shuddered. "You had to suggest that?"
"What happened?" Kari asked.
"Tell her about it TK. Suppose you two will want beds next to each other." Sora thought.
"How's pizza for dinner?" Snyper quickly suggested as Tai was about to object to the bedding arrangement.
"I would hazard a guess to say that pizza would be acceptable." Izzy replied, also catching Tai's unsaid objection. "What plan would be best used at dawn in this predicament?"
"Who says we wait until dawn? Best time to catch a gang is in the early morning. And you can bet there will be digimon around to take care of as well. Snyper replied as he pulled off his glove that covered his ice hand. He dialed a number for pizza, gave the order, and told them to deliver it.
Joe looked up as Snyper got off the phone. "So, who did you call?"
Snyper smiled. "A little place called Joe's Pizza. Best place around here actually. Just settled until it gets here."
"How many boxes did you order?" Agumon asked hungrily.
"You greedy little digimon. I ordered five boxes. I figured that was right between eight people and eight digimon." Snyper answered as he sat down at a table on one side of the room. Matt followed him. As the others talked about anything and everything, the two veterans had their own earnest discussion.
Matt glanced at his little brother. "Any idea what the opposition is?"
"You know how big gangs can be when they band together. Something tells me that is what happened here."
"They would have had to kill off the gang leaders, since some of them would not want to form one large gang. I'm guessing that Kimua is now the head of gangs incorporated."
Snyper nodded at Matt's assumption. "Most probably. I'll bet he was Venomon's head henchman before. Then, when Venomon moved in, he wipes out the gang leaders and puts Kimua in charge."
"At least, that's how Zerec would have done it, right?" Matt asked, knowing his partner.
"Right. Let's hope that Venomon took some of Zerec's traits."
"You're not going to tell me what happened between you and Gerrard, are you?" Matt asked, already knowing the answer.
"If the time comes to tell you, I will. But until that time comes, I will not. Tell me, does Sora have any idea that you love her?"
"No, and if she does, she better not have gotten it from you." Matt warned.
"I have never talked with her about it. I promise."
"Whenever you promise something, you have a way out of it."
"Anyway, I heard some people talking in your world that you had a band."
Matt looked down. "Had being the operative word. They disbanded for some reason. You still play guitar?"
"Yes. But don't recruit me into your band just yet. I still have a job here."
"I know. I was just asking." At that moment, a doorbell rang. It was the pizza. They ate, talked some more, then went to bed.
Snyper woke them up early in the morning, near one or two. He gave weapons to Matt and TK, even though Kari objected. They all piled into the mini-van that Snyper had brought, Mimi complaining that it was too early. Snyper drove the van around, eventually ending up in the part of town that few people seek out.
"Everyone out." Snyper ordered as he pulled the keys out of the ignition. They did as he ordered. "Do you know where we are going Rookie?"
"Well, the only place we saw of any importance was an entrance, which two guys were standing in front of." TK thought.
"Exactly bro. Me and Snyper will take care of the guards. Just enter quietly when we call you in." Matt told them as he and Snyper walked off. The rest followed at a distance. Soon, Matt was waving for them to come. They opened the large doors as quietly as possible. Snyper brought out two pistols, both of them having laser sights. Matt shouldered an AR33 Assault Rifle, with a Benelli Twelve Gauge Tactical Shotgun on his back. TK carried two Uzi's, with two MP5's on his back. Suddenly, Tai brought his hand up. Snyper and Matt only had to listen a heartbeat to hear it as well. They slowly walked in that direction.
"Yes, it was a nice introduction Kimua. I know you did not plan to kill them there, so it was a nice introduction. Do the police have any idea where you are hiding?"
"None whatsoever. Not even those government bastards know where I am. Had a few close calls, but that's it." The infiltrators stood with their backs to a piece of metal machinery, the voices coming from beyond.
"Good. I am interested in why you chose this warehouse as a meeting place."
"Easy Venomon. Neither of us has to travel far to get here, and this is a good place for you to drop off my helpers."
"But not a very good place to hide." Snyper called out as he stepped into the open. Matt smacked himself in the forehead. Since only Snyper could see them, he gave Matt a quick signal. "I see you brought enough human reinforcements to make this a little less boring." Matt nodded, understanding the size of the human force.
"I'm sure it won't be boring Snyper. Now, if you came alone, that would be bordering on a death wish. After all, a human is no match for a digimon."
"Well, you're right. And I have no death wish. So, shall we start?"
"I would love to Snyper. Do you want to stay and watch Venomon?"
"No Kimua, I'm sure you will handle it. I must put my other plan into action." Even as Venomon disappeared, Snyper pulled the triggers on his pistols. There came many a reply to his attack, some of them digimon. Matt and TK quickly joined Snyper, all guns blazing. Tai ordered the digimon to digi-volve, which started the evil digimon attacking. Several of the gang members went down, but the rest scattered.
"Matt! Up on the catwalk!" Snyper yelled as he popped up and fired several more shots. Matt turned his Assault Rifle towards the roof, targeting the men trying to get behind them.
"TK! Watch our right!" Matt called to his brother. TK turned and fired as three men appeared.
"Try not to hit me you two." Snyper pleaded as he jumped out from the hiding place and ran straight ahead. He had his two pistols pointed to either side, firing as he went. He made it to another hiding place. Matt had to shake his head at Snyper's apparent lack of common sense. He had no idea why Snyper ran that way. TK nudged him and pointed above Snyper. There was a man, holding a rocket launcher, aimed at them. Shots erupted beneath him. Snyper was shooting straight up. The man fell against the railing and looked down. Snyper fired several more times. The man flew up and over the railing. The rocket launcher stayed on the catwalk. Matt then saw something flying toward Snyper. He aimed for it and shot. The grenade exploded. That caught Snyper's attention. He jumped out just as another grenade flew toward him. The explosion only propelled him a couple of feet, but enough to knock him off his feet. He fell, landing on his back. He looked over at the place he had been, then did a double-take. On the catwalk, Kimua picked up the rocket launcher and aimed it downward. There was only time to take a deep breath before he fired.
TK was the first one to wake up. He quickly glanced around to make sure all of his friends were present. They were. He stood up and immediately fell down. He decided to crawl. He crawled over to where his brother lay and started shaking. Soon, he came around.
"TK, what happened?"
"Last thing I remember is that Kimua fired at us with that rocket launcher."
"Right. Try to get them up." Matt waved at half of his friends. TK crawled over to wake them up, while Matt woke the other half up.
"Everyone's here." Tai announced as he looked around.
"Everyone human." Snyper corrected. Matt looked around wildly. It was true. There were no digimon in sight.
"Now the bad guy leaves a message explaining where the digimon are! Of course he lays a trap for us here, like a bomb or something." Mimi babbled excitedly.
"Mimi, this is not a comic book." Izzy replied, annoyed. He accidentally leaned against a console.
"Are we finally awake?" A voice boomed. They turned to see Kimua. Except, he was on a screen. "Good. I am sure you have noticed your digimon are gone. I wanted to kill you outright, but Venomon has something else planned. Your digimon are at Yale Mountain. Ask anyone that lives here, they can show you."
Several of them looked at Izzy. "Not a word out of anyone." He warned.
"Well, at least she was wrong about the bomb part." Joe breathed a sigh of relief.
"You didn't expect me to leave you alone did you? Perhaps a parting explosion will ease your minds?"
"Shall we get the hell out of here?" TK asked. Snyper smiled and started running. The others followed.
"Anyways, the bomb is delayed action, so you should have a few seconds left." The voice droned on. Snyper pushed the doors open and ran to the nearest cover, beckoning the others to follow him. They ran behind a car and waited. And waited. For five minutes.
"He wasn't kidding when he said it was delayed action." Joe thought. No one heard the last part of his statement. The warehouse blew. Fire shot from every window, as anything near it was pushed away by a tremendous wall of heat. The car they were behind flipped over them. The Digi-destined were thrown backwards as well. Just before he lost consciousness for the second time in a span of twenty minutes, TK could hear sirens.
The help did not arrive as Snyper suspected, instead of the local police force, he started hearing screams.
"Watch out!"
"Yeaaagggggghhhhh! RUN!"
"Kimua, we can't win this battle!"
"You're right! Let's get out of here!" They heard more screams and footsteps, but these were leading away from them. Snyper cautiously looked around the corner of the car, just in case it was a trick. But they were gone. In their place was Angemon, Angewomon, Kabuterimon, Greymon, and all the others. Snyper smiled.
"I am personally glad that you did not obey me. However, in the future I do expect you to run when I say run."
"I gather that the participation we played in stopping your life from becoming prematurely short is not reciprocated?" Izzy asked.
"If that just meant what I think it does, then the answer is no, I am glad you guys saved my life. I would just prefer that you save your own lives first."
Sora motioned behind them. "Snyper, there's police cars pulling up."
"Good, then we can get to where we need to be."
"All humans and Digimon, get your hands, or whatever else you use, up in the air!" One man shouted through a loudspeaker.
"Come on now Chris, you wouldn't make a returning hero get up against the wall, now would you?" Snyper asked the lead man.
The man dropped the loudspeaker. "Snyper, I don't believe it. Sure took your time returning."
Snyper started approaching the man, apparently called Chris. "I got the Digi-destined and came back as fast as I could."
Chris shook his head. "They told you what would happen when you leave our timeline. It's been about six months since we heard from you last. Afraid Zerec got to you."
Matt started walking forward as well. "Zerec isn't going to get anybody anymore Chris."
"HUNTER?! I didn't know you were a part of the Digi-destined!" Chris exclaimed as he ran forward and grabbed Matt's shoulders, holding him at arms length.
"You sure look different Hunter. I didn't think there was anybody of the old war here besides me, Snyper, and a few back at the base."
Snyper walked up to them. "He is different. And he prefers Matt to Hunter."
"And the reason for this would be?" Chris asked.
"I just thought that Hunter made too many mistakes, and went through too much for one person. So, I am back to Matt."
Snyper motioned towards the others to come forward. "Bet you didn't know that Matt had this many friends either."
"Friends? Hun- er, Matt? I never knew Matt could be lovable enough to have friends."
Matt punched Chris in the shoulder. "Well I am. I told you about my brother, Takeru, or TK."
Chris looked towards the sky, remembering. "Yes, you did. I believe you told us he was a crybaby." Snyper quickly turned his face to hide his laugh.
TK rounded on Matt. "You told them WHAT?!"
Matt held up his hands defensively. "Now TK, I said no such thing. He just made that up."
"Now what use would I have for making something up?" Chris asked innocently.
"Hold it Rookie, Chris is known to be a compulsive liar."
"Rookie, huh? I take it he helped you guys out?" Chris asked as he led them to a mini-van.
"He has rightly earned the name of Rookie." Matt told him, climbing into the van.
"Well, let's get back to base."
Snyper turned to Iezer. "You can come if you want to, but I'm pretty sure you would hate it there." Iezer nodded. "We are both good enough to know that if we need you, you will be there." Iezer nodded again and walked off.
Matt looked at Garrurumon. "I think you'll need to force yourself to de- digivolve." Garrurumon nodded wearily and did as Matt suggested.
"By the way Snyper, I know you're going to love this. Gerrard is now in Standish's seat." Chris relayed over his shoulder as he jumped in the passenger's seat in the front.
Snyper looked up sharply. "Where the hell is Standish?"
"Standish is on assignment in a large city about sixty miles east of here. Since I know how much you love Gerrard, I thought I should warn you. Anyway, what happened back there?"
"Someone called Kimua started it." TK reported.
"Kimua." Chris repeated the name slowly.
"Got a history?" Matt asked.
"Well, everybody has a history Matt." Tai told him sarcastically. Chris smiled.
"Actually, he didn't until two months ago. Then he surfaced and everything that happened had his name on it. We can't contain, capture, or kill him."
"So that suggests he has someone backing him." Matt thought.
Chris nodded. "Exactly. No street gang leader could do that without help."
Snyper sighed. "Well, let's get my presence announced to Gerrard."
"You want to face him?" Mimi asked, surprised.
"What, you think I'm a coward?" He challenged.
"No, it's just that, well, I just didn't think you would face him." Mimi stammered.
"Well, you're right, I don't want to face him right now. I'll announce my presence my way."
"It's my way, my way or the high way." Matt started singing the Limp Bizkit song.
"Anyway, is Houston okay?" Snyper asked, glancing briefly at Matt.
Matt smiled. "Houston is still with you?"
Chris nodded. "Yes, he is still with him, and yes, he is okay. He's been wondering when you would get back."
"But he didn't say that."
"No, but you can tell. He's waiting at the base. Shall we go?" Chris asked as the van pulled up in front of a large building.
"No. But we might as well." Snyper sighed. He opened the door and stepped out. "Well, you certainly haven't changed anything."
"We figured you'd be mad when you got back. But, I believe you know the way to Gerrard's office. I need to go write a report."
Snyper shook his head. "The one thing of this job I never did miss." He led the Digi-destined through the twisting halls of his HQ. He greeted many people, all of whom never expected to see him again. He paused in front of the door that read 'Commanding Officer'. He took a deep breath, then knocked.
"Come in." Called a voice. They walked in, and were able to place a face with the voice and name. He was not a short man, but he was balding, and getting a little pudgy. "Snyper. We figured that-"
Snyper interrupted him. "Yeah, I know what you figured."
"And these are the Digi-destined. I am Steven Gerrard. You would be?"
"I am Matt, this is my brother, TK, that's Sora, Tai, Izzy, Mimi, Kari, and Joe."
"We are glad to have you here. Be assured that we will do all we can to protect you."
"We are not here so we can be safe, Captain Gerrard. We are here so we can help." Matt replied. Gerrard nodded.
"But nevertheless, you will be safe. You have my personal assurance on that."
Snyper snorted. "As if that means a hell of a lot."
"Still haven't gotten over it, have you Snyper?" Gerrard asked wearily.
"No, I haven't. Now, if you'll excuse me, we have a job to do." Snyper turned and walked out. The others followed him. Sora caught up to him.
"What was that about?" She asked.
"Nothing you need to know about now. Let's get some rooms for you guys."
"Where would these rooms be?" Joe asked.
"Most probably near here. Need to stay as close to the HQ as possible. You all could sleep in one big room, couldn't you?" Snyper asked. "It would be much easier for everyone involved."
"Just make sure you have enough beds." Tai commented.
"I'm sure some of you could double-up." Snyper replied with a gleam in his eye. That gleam was directed towards Matt. Matt gave a very dirty warning look to Snyper.
"Well, if we needed to we could." TK thought. Snyper quickly turned his head to hide the laughter that he knew was coming. Matt couldn't help but a short bark of laughter.
"Something wrong with that?" Tai asked.
"No, nothing at all." Matt answered, beating Snyper to a reply. They found a police owned house that was fairly large. It had one big room with enough beds for all of them.
"You know, this reminds me of the time Devimon set that trap for us." Mimi commented.
TK shuddered. "You had to suggest that?"
"What happened?" Kari asked.
"Tell her about it TK. Suppose you two will want beds next to each other." Sora thought.
"How's pizza for dinner?" Snyper quickly suggested as Tai was about to object to the bedding arrangement.
"I would hazard a guess to say that pizza would be acceptable." Izzy replied, also catching Tai's unsaid objection. "What plan would be best used at dawn in this predicament?"
"Who says we wait until dawn? Best time to catch a gang is in the early morning. And you can bet there will be digimon around to take care of as well. Snyper replied as he pulled off his glove that covered his ice hand. He dialed a number for pizza, gave the order, and told them to deliver it.
Joe looked up as Snyper got off the phone. "So, who did you call?"
Snyper smiled. "A little place called Joe's Pizza. Best place around here actually. Just settled until it gets here."
"How many boxes did you order?" Agumon asked hungrily.
"You greedy little digimon. I ordered five boxes. I figured that was right between eight people and eight digimon." Snyper answered as he sat down at a table on one side of the room. Matt followed him. As the others talked about anything and everything, the two veterans had their own earnest discussion.
Matt glanced at his little brother. "Any idea what the opposition is?"
"You know how big gangs can be when they band together. Something tells me that is what happened here."
"They would have had to kill off the gang leaders, since some of them would not want to form one large gang. I'm guessing that Kimua is now the head of gangs incorporated."
Snyper nodded at Matt's assumption. "Most probably. I'll bet he was Venomon's head henchman before. Then, when Venomon moved in, he wipes out the gang leaders and puts Kimua in charge."
"At least, that's how Zerec would have done it, right?" Matt asked, knowing his partner.
"Right. Let's hope that Venomon took some of Zerec's traits."
"You're not going to tell me what happened between you and Gerrard, are you?" Matt asked, already knowing the answer.
"If the time comes to tell you, I will. But until that time comes, I will not. Tell me, does Sora have any idea that you love her?"
"No, and if she does, she better not have gotten it from you." Matt warned.
"I have never talked with her about it. I promise."
"Whenever you promise something, you have a way out of it."
"Anyway, I heard some people talking in your world that you had a band."
Matt looked down. "Had being the operative word. They disbanded for some reason. You still play guitar?"
"Yes. But don't recruit me into your band just yet. I still have a job here."
"I know. I was just asking." At that moment, a doorbell rang. It was the pizza. They ate, talked some more, then went to bed.
Snyper woke them up early in the morning, near one or two. He gave weapons to Matt and TK, even though Kari objected. They all piled into the mini-van that Snyper had brought, Mimi complaining that it was too early. Snyper drove the van around, eventually ending up in the part of town that few people seek out.
"Everyone out." Snyper ordered as he pulled the keys out of the ignition. They did as he ordered. "Do you know where we are going Rookie?"
"Well, the only place we saw of any importance was an entrance, which two guys were standing in front of." TK thought.
"Exactly bro. Me and Snyper will take care of the guards. Just enter quietly when we call you in." Matt told them as he and Snyper walked off. The rest followed at a distance. Soon, Matt was waving for them to come. They opened the large doors as quietly as possible. Snyper brought out two pistols, both of them having laser sights. Matt shouldered an AR33 Assault Rifle, with a Benelli Twelve Gauge Tactical Shotgun on his back. TK carried two Uzi's, with two MP5's on his back. Suddenly, Tai brought his hand up. Snyper and Matt only had to listen a heartbeat to hear it as well. They slowly walked in that direction.
"Yes, it was a nice introduction Kimua. I know you did not plan to kill them there, so it was a nice introduction. Do the police have any idea where you are hiding?"
"None whatsoever. Not even those government bastards know where I am. Had a few close calls, but that's it." The infiltrators stood with their backs to a piece of metal machinery, the voices coming from beyond.
"Good. I am interested in why you chose this warehouse as a meeting place."
"Easy Venomon. Neither of us has to travel far to get here, and this is a good place for you to drop off my helpers."
"But not a very good place to hide." Snyper called out as he stepped into the open. Matt smacked himself in the forehead. Since only Snyper could see them, he gave Matt a quick signal. "I see you brought enough human reinforcements to make this a little less boring." Matt nodded, understanding the size of the human force.
"I'm sure it won't be boring Snyper. Now, if you came alone, that would be bordering on a death wish. After all, a human is no match for a digimon."
"Well, you're right. And I have no death wish. So, shall we start?"
"I would love to Snyper. Do you want to stay and watch Venomon?"
"No Kimua, I'm sure you will handle it. I must put my other plan into action." Even as Venomon disappeared, Snyper pulled the triggers on his pistols. There came many a reply to his attack, some of them digimon. Matt and TK quickly joined Snyper, all guns blazing. Tai ordered the digimon to digi-volve, which started the evil digimon attacking. Several of the gang members went down, but the rest scattered.
"Matt! Up on the catwalk!" Snyper yelled as he popped up and fired several more shots. Matt turned his Assault Rifle towards the roof, targeting the men trying to get behind them.
"TK! Watch our right!" Matt called to his brother. TK turned and fired as three men appeared.
"Try not to hit me you two." Snyper pleaded as he jumped out from the hiding place and ran straight ahead. He had his two pistols pointed to either side, firing as he went. He made it to another hiding place. Matt had to shake his head at Snyper's apparent lack of common sense. He had no idea why Snyper ran that way. TK nudged him and pointed above Snyper. There was a man, holding a rocket launcher, aimed at them. Shots erupted beneath him. Snyper was shooting straight up. The man fell against the railing and looked down. Snyper fired several more times. The man flew up and over the railing. The rocket launcher stayed on the catwalk. Matt then saw something flying toward Snyper. He aimed for it and shot. The grenade exploded. That caught Snyper's attention. He jumped out just as another grenade flew toward him. The explosion only propelled him a couple of feet, but enough to knock him off his feet. He fell, landing on his back. He looked over at the place he had been, then did a double-take. On the catwalk, Kimua picked up the rocket launcher and aimed it downward. There was only time to take a deep breath before he fired.
TK was the first one to wake up. He quickly glanced around to make sure all of his friends were present. They were. He stood up and immediately fell down. He decided to crawl. He crawled over to where his brother lay and started shaking. Soon, he came around.
"TK, what happened?"
"Last thing I remember is that Kimua fired at us with that rocket launcher."
"Right. Try to get them up." Matt waved at half of his friends. TK crawled over to wake them up, while Matt woke the other half up.
"Everyone's here." Tai announced as he looked around.
"Everyone human." Snyper corrected. Matt looked around wildly. It was true. There were no digimon in sight.
"Now the bad guy leaves a message explaining where the digimon are! Of course he lays a trap for us here, like a bomb or something." Mimi babbled excitedly.
"Mimi, this is not a comic book." Izzy replied, annoyed. He accidentally leaned against a console.
"Are we finally awake?" A voice boomed. They turned to see Kimua. Except, he was on a screen. "Good. I am sure you have noticed your digimon are gone. I wanted to kill you outright, but Venomon has something else planned. Your digimon are at Yale Mountain. Ask anyone that lives here, they can show you."
Several of them looked at Izzy. "Not a word out of anyone." He warned.
"Well, at least she was wrong about the bomb part." Joe breathed a sigh of relief.
"You didn't expect me to leave you alone did you? Perhaps a parting explosion will ease your minds?"
"Shall we get the hell out of here?" TK asked. Snyper smiled and started running. The others followed.
"Anyways, the bomb is delayed action, so you should have a few seconds left." The voice droned on. Snyper pushed the doors open and ran to the nearest cover, beckoning the others to follow him. They ran behind a car and waited. And waited. For five minutes.
"He wasn't kidding when he said it was delayed action." Joe thought. No one heard the last part of his statement. The warehouse blew. Fire shot from every window, as anything near it was pushed away by a tremendous wall of heat. The car they were behind flipped over them. The Digi-destined were thrown backwards as well. Just before he lost consciousness for the second time in a span of twenty minutes, TK could hear sirens.
