"Digimon: The Digital War"
By
Malcolm Yuy
"Storming Canberra"
Episode 23
Copyright of Malcolm Yuy.
Synopsis: Hey guys, long time no see. Again, sorry for the update. Well, last time where we left our heroes, they had gone to the second base in Sydney. But, not everything was honkey-dorey. Ken was being depressed, and what was worse was that Wormmon wouldn't wake up. Finally, Ken and the others got to the base, and started invading. But, as they got within, they were stopped by Kyuubimon. Deltamon tried to defeat the fox-like digimon, but it was no use. It almost seemed like the end, until Wormmon finally awoke, and net digivolved to Dokugumon! Now, Ken and the others are on their way to Canberra, Australia's capital, but, who's there waiting is none other than the Australian Omega…
A/N: I'd also like to shoutout to crosstrigger333, Blackout12, and everyone else who has reviewed this fic, for I wouldn't have gotten this far without you all. And now, to start the fic!!!
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After traveling through what seemed years in the continent, Cody and the others finally made their way to the capital city, Canberra. Unlike the other prisons, the walls of these prisons were made of fortified steel. Cody and the others than stopped, sitting down upon the ground before it. Lan and Agumon turned toward the leader of the brigade.
"Cody, we've been out in the hot sun for days on end…and now we have no water…or food…And now…you expect us…to storm a base? You're…nuts," Lan managed to gasp out, sweating from the intense heat. Ken, Wormmon, Elisa and Biyomon looked to Cody, who looked back to Lan. His green eyes looked into Lan's eyes.
"I may be nuts…but at least…we're here…Look guys, we can have…no slip-ups…This is the big and final battle…" Cody muttered out, staring towards the ground. Sweat that formed from his forehead earlier from the heat made its way down the sides of his face, trickling down onto his chin, where slowly but surely, dripped off and soaked the ground. Armadillomon looked upon his digimon partner.
"Cody, you guys…I think Lan may have a point buddy…After all, we're all tired right now…And as much as I want to, I don't have enough energy to net digivolve," Armadillomon said. Cody just sweatdropped.
"Great, just great. We have no food, no energy, no nothing. We might as well wait," Cody said, finally deciding that instead of bending over with sweat on his forehead, he would be sitting down with a sweating head on the ground. So he did so, sitting indian-style (a.k.a. cross-legged). The others plopped down on the ground as well.
"Well, when do you think will be a good time to put our plan in motion?" Wormmon asked, resting in Ken's arms. Ken looked down at his partner, and then turned this attention towards the other Chosen.
"Yeah Cody, when? I know we're tired right now, but come nightfall, the temperature in the desert will drop, and we'll feel better," Ken said. Cody and the others raised their heads up at the Chosen of Kindness, like he was a genius (and as we all know he is), and Cody opened his mouth.
"You're right, I forgot about that Ken. Alright then, we'll rest until nightfall. That's when we'll make our plan of attack. Will everyone be ready?" Cody turned his attention towards Lan, Elisa, and their digimon. They nodded their heads. He then turned his attention towards Ken and Wormmon. "How about you guys?" Cody asked. The two partners nodded their heads as well. Lastly, Cody turned his head towards his digimon partner. "And how 'bout you Armadillomon?" Cody asked.
"I'll be as right as rain," Armadillomon answered. A smirk then appeared onto Cody's face. The boy then smiled.
"Alright, nightfall then. Until nightfall, you all can rest." And with that, Cody decided to close his eyes and nap, and fell into a peaceful sleep…
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the wall, digimon guards were taking their posts outside of the workers' quarters. All of the digimon guards were Guardromon, and for the moment they were in sleep mode. The sun was finally beginning to set, and the base's finest troops were mobilized in the central tower, which of course was located in the center of the facility. In the control room, there was a screen, which allowed the soldiers to have contact with their leader, the Austrailian Omega. For the moment, there was a DarkGaurumon and a DarkGreymon in the room. They were conversing with the Omega.
"Listen you two. I know that I am not there, at the capital base, since I had to deal with something earlier. But I will be there shortly. After all, any moment now those rebellious Digi-Destined will be sure to try to decicrate this base, just like they did with the other ones. They must be stopped at all costs. Do you understand?" the Omega asked, his yellow eyes glowing the dark vision of the screen. The two Champion level digimon nodded their heads.
"Yes sir, we understand. We have plans of bringing down these infidels," DarkGarurumon replied. DarkGreymon decided to join in on the conversation as well.
"We have troops mobilized outside of the prisoners' quarters, in all areas, so if the Digi-Destined somehow are able to get inside of the base, they will be dealt with accordingly," DarkGreymon said. In the dark projection of the screen, the Austrailian Omega smirked.
"Good, good. As I said, I will be there momentarily. Make sure nothing happens to this base. Over and out," the Austrailian Omega replied. The screen then turned itself off. DarkGreymon then turned his attention towards his partner.
"Do you think the Digi-Destined will try anything?" DarkGreymon asked. DarkGarurumon just gave him a glare in return.
"What do you think?! Of course they'll try to do something! And this time, we'll be ready for them," DarkGuarurumon shouted. He then shook his head as he and DarkGreymon left the control room.
"Alright, it's time we move our plan into action," Lan replied, pumping his fist up into the air. Cody and the others then made their way over to the base wall. Cody then turned to the others.
"This is it. Ken, would you start it off?" Cody asked. Ken nodded.
"I'd be glad to. Wormmon, if you will please," Ken replied. Wormmon jumped out of Ken's arms and landed onto the ground. He then took a sharp inhale of air, before releasing it into a batch of sticky web, which collided onto the wall of steel. Lan, Ken, and Elisa sweatdropped, along with their digimon.
"And how is this suppose to work? I can't see how," Elisa replied. Cody just smirked.
"Watch. Now it's your turn Lan," Cody answered. Lan nodded and looked at Agumon. Agumon then also took a sharp inhale of air before releasing it into an attack.
"Pepper Breath!!!" A huge fireball emerged from Agumon's mouth, and traveled through the air until it collided with the net. It made a burn in the wall.
"I get it. Go Biyomon!!!" Elisa shouted. Biyomon nodded as she stepped forward.
"Right! Spiral Twister!!!" Biyomon's attack collided with the burn, making more of a dent into the steel wall.
"Alright. Now Biyomon, Agumon, this might be a little much, but could you concentrate your attacks on the dent as much as you can?" Cody asked, looking at the little Rookie level digimon. They looked up at him nodded. "Alright then. Go!!!"
"Pepper Breath!!!"
"Spiral Twister!!!"
Biyomon and Agumon kept on aiming their attacks at the dent until they could attack no more. The dent had increased, but still hadn't caved in. Cody smiled at the two digimon
"Good work you guys. Now, Armadillomon, if you could finish it off, please," Cody replied. Armadillomon nodded, and then stepped forward. He then rolled up into a little ball, and built up speed. After building up enough speed, the rodent digimon rolled forward and smashed the dent, braking the steel apart. The collapse of the wall made enough noise to rouse the Guardromon. They got out of sleep mode.
"Huh? What was that?" One of the Guadromon questioned, as he looked around. Luckily, the hole in the wall was made behind the prisoner's quarters, while the guards were placed at the front of the quarters, so they didn't notice, and also because since it was nightfall it was too dark to see. Armadillomon and the others then sneaked into the base. They ran to the backwall of the quarters', and slowly tip-toed towards the corner of one of them. Ken was at the edge, holding Wormmon, while Cody was beside him. He turned his head towards him.
"Ken, what do you see?" Cody asked, whispering in a low voice so that he wouldn't arouse the enemy troops. Ken peered his head around the corner and saw the Guardromon nearby. He looked around for a few minutes before turning his head towards Cody. "Well, what did you see?" Cody asked.
"I saw some Guardromon guarding the quarters' nearby, and the central tower. We have to be very silent, or else we'll be detected," Ken replied. Cody and the others nodded. Lan looked from Ken to Cody.
"So Cody, what's the next step in your plan of action?" Lan asked. Cody thought for a moment, before deciding to answer the question.
"Well, I guess it would be sneaking into the central tower. After all, if this base was constructed the way I think it is, then the controls to the prisoners' quarters are probably there," Cody decided. Everyone else nodded. Then, Ken brought up a question.
"True, but from what I saw, there's a huge gap between the central tower and the nearest quarter. If we try to make a break for it, we'll probably be discovered," Ken hypothesized. Cody then rubbed his chin, wondering how they could sneak into the tower. But, Elisa already had an idea. She then raised her hand.
"Ooh!!! I got it!!!" Elisa exclaimed. Acidentally, Elisa sort of shouted, thereby arousing the Guardromon. Lan clamped his right hand over her mouth to keep her quiet, and Cody made a hand gesture, telling the others to back up against the wall and flatten themselves out. The group nodded, and did so. As one of the Guardromon came towards them, he looked around the corner. Luckily, his field of vision was not 20/20, so he couldn't see the Digi-Destined.
"Do you see anything?" one of the other Guardromon asked. The one looking around turned around and shrugged.
"No, not anything particular," he answered. He then left the post. Cody and the others then sighed, before Lan took his hand off of Elisa's mouth.
"Elisa, you almost had us caught!!!" Lan exclaimed in a whisper. Elisa looked down towards the ground.
"Sorry," she simply replied. Lan then looked down at her, putting his hands on his hips.
"Well, I guess I'm sorry too. Now, what was your idea?" Lan asked.
"My idea was that one of us could distract them, while the others make their way into the base. I know one of us has the possibility of seriously getting injured, but if we distract the Guardromon long enough for the others to get inside, then the people who distracted the guards might have a chance to get inside as well. Is anyone following me?" Elisa asked. The boys thought for a moment, before nodding their heads in agreement.
"Very well then. Since I was the one who came up with this superb idea, I'll be the one who volunteers to distract the guards," Elisa said. Cody then shook his head. Elisa then put her hands on her hips. "What is it now Cody?" Elisa asked, irritated. Cody then shook his head as he opened his eyes, looking down upon the ground.
"I don't think you should be the one to distract them. After all, Biyomon couldn't last that long against them. Besides, Armadillomon is one of the only digimon here, other than Wormmon, who can digivolve, so just in case distracting them doesn't work, I can have Armadillomon net digivolve to Deltamon and kick their asses. So, I'm going to volunteer. Elisa, you should go inside with Lan, Ken, and their digimon. If anything bad happens, I think you all will be able to handle it. Right Ken?" Cody asked, looking over in Ken's directed.
"Right," Ken simply stated. Lan nodded as well with Agumon. Elisa just sighed in frustration.
"Fine, but if you get hurt, don't say it's my fault, since you're the one who volunteered," Elisa replied. Cody smiled.
" I wouldn't have it any other way…"
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"Ready?" Cody whispered, as he and Armadillomon stayed at the quarters. Elisa and the others nodded, and Cody smiled as he and Armadillomon picked up a pile of rocks nearby that was suppose to be used for base construction. They then slowly climbed up the quarters, until they were upon the roof. They leaned down, so the Guardromon wouldn't see them, but Elisa and the others could. Elisa gave Cody a thumbs-up. Cody turned his attention towards his digimon partner.
"Alright, she says she's good to go. Are we Armadillomon?" Cody asked.
"As ready as we'll ever be I guess. But why are we using rocks again?" Armadillomon asked. Cody sighed.
"To distract the Guardromon," he answered.
"Oh, alright then. That's all," Armadillomon whispered back. Cody then smiled back at Elisa, and gave her a thumbs-up. He and Armadillomon then took a rock, and Cody gave Armadillomon the hand signal to wait. Elisa and the others were hiding behind the quarters nervously, waiting for the distraction. Cody then squinted his eyes, as he saw the two Guardromon ahead of him. He then threw the rock in his hand towards them. It traveled through the air, until it collided into one of the Guardromon's head, causing a dent.
"OW!!!! Who threw that? I'm going to kill them!!!" the Guardromon exclaimed. The other heard what his partner was saying, and went towards him. He then started talking to him.
"It was probably just your imagination, you idiot. Now, let's get back to our posts," the other Guardromon replied.
"Why should I? Maybe I don't feel like it right now," the one who got hit replied. The other steamed with anger, and the two started getting into a fight. Cody leaned over to the others, and gave them the thumbs-up. Elisa and the others then ran quickly towards the central tower, until they made their way inside. Cody and Armadillomon jumped off the quarters, and made a break for the central tower. Unfortunately, the two Guardromon stopped fighting long enough to spot the two.
"Hey, what are you doing?" the one who got hit asked. His partner sighed tiredly.
"It's the Rebel Digi-Destined. We have to stop them!!!" the other Guardromon exclaimed.
"Right!!!" the one who got hit replied. They then went inside, following Cody and Armadillomon closely behind…
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"We've been looking for ten minutes, and we haven't found any digivices!" Elisa exclaimed, as she and the others were on the second floor of the tower, checking each room. For the moment, they had found absolutely nothing.
"Well, maybe we would have more progress if we split up?" Ken suggested. Elisa nodded. "Alright then. Elisa, Lan, you and your digimon can stay together. I'm going to head up to the third floor with Wormmon," Ken replied. He and Wormmon then left Elisa and Lan behind as they went around to the stairs, which led to the third floor. The tower had four floors. Ken and Wormmon made their way into one of the rooms, careful not to be spotted by any digimon. When they had got inside, Ken smiled at what he saw. All around him, were hundreds, thousands, or maybe millions of digivices. He then looked at Wormmon.
"Wormmon, go tell the others down below. I'll stay here," Ken replied. Wormmon nodded, but questioned his human partner.
"But Ken, what if you're spotted by some digimon? You might not be able to escape," Wormmon replied. Ken just gave Wormmon a frown.
"I know, but that doesn't matter. Now go!!!" Ken exclaimed. Wormmon nodded as he jumped out of Ken's arms , and slinked out of the room. Ken sighed. Just as he did so, he heard voices from outside. He then hid himself as the guards made their way towards the room. One of them was DarkGreymon, and he stopped, as he sensed something being wrong. The other one was just a Guardromon. It looked at its superior.
"What is it General DarkGreymon?" the Guardromon asked. DarkGreymon sniffed the room, and noticed a peculiar scent.
"Something's wrong. I can smell a human scent. Someone's here," DarkGreymon replied. He then opened the door, as he made his way into the room. Ken cringed as he was in his hiding place, seeing the two digimon enter the room. DarkGreymon and Guardromon searched the room, with the dinosaur digimon sniffing around for that same, human scent. DarkGreymon's nose then neared its target. Ken.
Oh great, I've been found. Now what will I do? Ken thought, as he closed his eyes. DarkGreymon huffed. Guardromon turned towards him.
"What is it sir?" Guardromon asked.
"I think I've found what I've been looking for," DarkGreymon replied. Ken cringed as he still had his eyes closed. Ken was hiding behind a huge pile of digivices, and DarkGreymon removed them, grinning as he found his target. Ken opened his eyes, frightened of what might happen next. "Found you," DarkGreymon replied. He then grabbed Ken by the neck.
"Ken!!!" Wormmon shouted, as he, along with Elisa, Lan, and their digimon were standing in the doorway. Ken forced a smile as he looked toward his digimon partner.
"Let him go DarkGreymon!!!" Elisa shouted. DarkGreymon just laughed.
"Me, let him go? Are you kidding? Never," DarkGreymon replied. Wormmon and the other digimon glared at Guardromon and DarkGreymon. Lan just frowned.
"Then you give us no choice then. Attack!!!" Lan exclaimed.
And a huge battle began, Rookie level digimon against Champion level…
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Meanwhile, Cody and Armadillomon were still trying to escape the two Guardromon, but unfortunately were running out of places to run. Cody and Armadillomon finally were pressed against a backwall, as the two Guardromon cornered in on them.
"Well, it seems like this game of tag has finally ended. It is now time to destroy you rebels," one of the Guardromon replied. The other nodded.
"Yes, and we'll get a reward from our generals. Maybe we'll be promoted!!! But, for right now, it's time to say goodbye," the other Guardromon replied. The two then raised their arms, ready to launch an attack upon Cody and Armadillomon. Cody looked down at his digimon partner as he aimed the screen of his D-3 at him.
"Ready to teach these guys a lesson, Armadillomon?" Cody asked, smiling. Armadillomon smiled in return.
"It would be my pleasure," Armadillomon answered. Cody's D-3 then glowed, as a yellow beam emerged from the screen, before traveling through the air and colliding with Armadillomon's body. The rodent digimon glowed as the transformation begun.
"NET DIGIVOLUTION…"
"Armadillomon net digivolve to-" Armadillomon's body ripped as binary code made its way into his body. His body expanded to an enormous height. His new body then emerged, being navy blue with a white belly, and two arm cannons. His transformation was then complete.
"Deltamon!!!"
"Serpent Bite!!!" Deltamon shouted, as he leaned his head forward and chomped his teeth on one of the Guardromon. Right as he did so, the Guardromon transformed into data. The other one started to get frightened. Deltamon grinned at the little machine digimon. "Want to be destroyed?" Deltamon asked.
"N-no…" the Guardromon shook his head, quivering in fear. Deltamon then smiled, before deciding to speak.
"Then LEAVE!!!" the dinosaur roared. The Guardromon then yelped as he ran away from him as fast as he could. Cody and Deltamon just laughed, and Deltamon then dedigivolved back into Armadillomon.
"Good job Armadillomon. Now, to help the others…"
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Back on the third floor, the battle was still being pursued as Biyomon and Agumon were taking on Guardromon, while Wormmon tried to take on DarkGreymon. After being distracted, DarkGreymon had finally let Ken slide out of his grasp. Ken fell onto the floor, and gasped as he looked toward the ground. He then looked toward his partner, who had been injured. "Wormmon, are you alright?" Ken asked.
"I'm okay. Now, why don't we even the score?" Wormmon asked. Ken nodded, as he started to aim his D-3 at his partner. But, he was shaking, and he couldn't bring his arm up all the way. Something was holding him back.
What's wrong with me? Ken asked himself in frustration, trying to concentrate on getting Wormmon to Net Digivolve. But, subconsciously, something was wrong within Ken's mind. Because for whatever reason, he couldn't do what he wanted to do. Save himself and his friends. DarkGreymon grinned as he looked down upon Wormmon.
"What's wrong bug?" DarkGreymon asked, as he looked upon Wormmon. Wormmon was starting to quiver in fear, as he looked from DarkGreymon to Ken. Wormmon then looked back to DarkGreymon.
"N-n-nothing…" Wormmon said.
"Nothing's what you're gonna be in a few seconds. Dark Nova…" DarkGreymon opened his mouth, forming a dark fireball within, getting ready to release it upon the bug digimon and his partner. Ken and Wormmon looked at each other.
"Well Wormmon, it's been nice being with you," Ken replied.
"You too Ken. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you," Wormmon replied. Ken just smiled at his partner.
"It's alright buddy. At least we'll be-" Ken cut-off in mid-sentence as he saw a huge blue creature blur past him and strike DarkGreymon in the chest, having the dinosaur stop on creating his fireball. Ken and Wormmon looked up. It was none other than Deltamon.
"Hi guys, sorry we're late," Deltamon replied, as he took his left arm out of DarkGreymon. As soon as he did so, the dinosaur started evaporating into data. He looked up at Deltamon weakly.
"You think you've won the battle. But, the battle isn't over…yet," DarkGreymon moaned, before completely dissolving into data. It then disappeared.
"Ken!" Cody exclaimed, as he made his way in the room and helped the boy up. Ken dusted himself off. "Are you alright?" Cody asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay Cody. Thanks," Ken replied, picking up his digimon partner. The two then looked over at Lan and Elisa, along with their digimon. "You guys okay?" Ken asked.
"Yep, we took care of that Guardromon. Now all we gotta do is release the prisoners and their digimon, and we're set," Lan answered, as the Guardromon they fought earlier collapsed behind them. He was severely burned and unconscious. Ken and Cody smiled.
"Well, let's go to the control room," Cody said. He and the others then left the room, and ran up the stairs until they finally made their way into the control room. On the control console, there were different controls. In this base, they had seven huge quarters. Little levers were labeled with different numbers, i.e. zero-one. They pressed the levers, wondering what they did.
"Hey, look on the surveillance cameras!!!" Biyomon exclaimed. Ken and Cody looked up, and noticed that inside the camps, the prisoners and their digimon's chains were released. The two smiled. There were another set of levers below those, and Ken and Cody pressed those as well. This opened the quarter doors, allowing the prisoners and their digimon to be free.
"Now, all we have to do is give 'em back their digivices," Armadillomon replied. The others nodded, as they then decided to leave the room. They then started heading back downstairs. Right as they approached the entrance, they heard a voice behind them…
"Not so fast Digi-Destined…"
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Uh oh, looks like our heroes are in trouble. Will they be able to defeat their mysterious foe and free the prisoners of the Canberra prison? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!!!
Sorry for the short chapter everyone. My writer's inspiration for this fic is running dry, and I wish there was some way I could revive it. Although, the next chapter should be longer, considering the Austrailian Omega will finally make his appearance.
For now, my inspiration has ran to my new Takari fic, Second Chances are so Few… So if you're a Takari fan, then go and read it, and hopefully, you'll like it…
Until next time, ja ne!!!- Malcolm Yuy