(Ok... I don't own Digimon, now let's cut to the story that you've come for, eh?)
The entire group hid themselves in a hidden area, near the dormitories. Only Sora, and Mimi knew about it, and only they used it. Sora figured it would be the perfect place to discuss their situation. Sora was busy explaining to Mimi why the boys had come, what had happened and what false promises had been made to them. Mimi was still skeptical at first, but she gradually let her guard down, as she knew Sora would not lie to her.
Everyone was now getting acquainted with one another, finding out they had much in common, and all had past experiences with war. The boys were still upset about finding out the dark secrets they discovered about a man that they believed in.
"All this time..." Takuya moaned. "We've been fighting for nothing but a doomsday device?" He shivered. "Here we are supposed to be fighting against war, and instead we find out we've been promoting it... How can we bare to go back, after knowing the truth?! After knowing our president is not the benevolent Politician we thought him to be?! We can't stay here, as they see us as the enemy. They might not want to hear us out... Are we caught in the middle? Are we trapped?"
Izumi looked at Takuya with sympathy. "Takuya... Did you really believe in what Digital Star Network was thought to be?"
"Yes... We were promised so much, of something so great... But it's all a lie..." He hung his head..."
Tai picked his head up. "Well, what do we do...? What CAN we do? The company might know we've found out about them. If we go back, that might take us into custody and then kill us for treason... What the HELL?!" Suddenly, Tai heard a ringing. It was his communicator. He carefully picked it up and opened it. He dreaded of what he'd find on the other end of the line. "Hello... Taichi speaking."
"Commander Taichi... We are sorry to interrupt your mission, but we must have you all back here at the base. We have reason to believe that Cottrell has phoned you, claiming some sort of "mutiny." We can assure you all it was on Cottrell's part. We still trust you all and do not wish for you to be lead on."
'Yeah right...' Taichi thought. 'John would never betray us. Lying bastards.' "Alright, we'll be right there. Oh, and we might be bringing some "new recruits.""
"New Recruits? I didn't know we had some new recruits. They must be from another Digital Knights base. Well, bring them along... Be on the watch for Cottrell."
Taichi hung up his com. "We should be watching out for you guys..." He turned to the others... We just got word from the company. They want us to return to earth. They don't know that we know about John..."
"Who's John?" Sora asked.
"John Cottrell. He's the commander of the Digital Knights." Koushiro said. "He's Canadian and also my cousin. He just found out about the President's betrayal himself. I think something horrible might have happened to him..." Suddenly, Koushirou's com beeped crazily. Scooping up the com, he opened it and spoke. "Major Koushiro here... JOHN?!" He turned to the others. "IT'S JOHN!"
"Izzy... I'm heading for the moon base as we speak. I just got a hold of a new DIGIMON. It's called INFERMON. It's like this thing; found me, instead of me finding it."
"Well, you can tell me about it later. We'll be leaving the base soon. Once you come close to the moon, stop. We'll be coming out shortly... Wouldn't want you to get caught."
"Good point, I've already been imprisoned once, and it wasn't pleasant." John signed off.
Koushiro shut off his com. "Well... Looks like its back to Earth for us. Let's get a move on before the others get wise to us. I don't think the other Virus Hackers will be as understanding as the girls here..."
The boys backtracked to where they came in. The Girls, already knew the base like the backs of their hands, and lead the way, to make things quicker. Halfway, Sora found that her brother Hibiki had left the base a while ago, on business... She was relieved as that save some trouble. Once they exited through the door, they found that a few Blimpmon had left. Something was up... They hoped that whatever it was; was not happening on the earth. Koushiro lead them all to their Blimpmon. The boys needed to think up an excuse, as they didn't think that Ryo would be so accepting to strangers. They knew his major distrust of enemies. They decided to give him the same story.
"WAIT!"
Everyotne turned to Sora and the Girls.
"What's up?" Tai said.
"Just...Wait right there... We'll be back momentarily." The girls suddenly ran off before the boys could say anything."
"What's going on here?" Ryo suddenly exited the Blimpmon. Everyone turned to face him.
"Well... While in the base... We found some more Digital Knights." Koushiro lied.
"More Digital Knights?" Ryo raised an eyebrow. "What base?"
"Mars Base. They were on the same mission as us, and their leaders have transferred them to us." Koushiro made sure to keep a firm word, with no stuttering. He wanted to pass off this lie.
"Well... Where are they?"
Suddenly they heard the sound of loud rockets above them. Everyone turned to the sky to see another set of DIGIMON before them... Namely, a HOUOUMON, ANGEWOMON, FAIRYMON, AND SAKUYAMON.
Ryo was in awe. "WOAH! They've got a HOUOUMON?! That's a powerful aerial DIGIMON, and it's a rare build. They're lucky to have that DIGIMON in their Arsenal."
Kosuhsiro just smiled. 'Looks like thing might be looking up for us...for now.'
Hours later...
John was nearing the moon in INFERMON. He remembered what Koushiro had told him and took it to heart, as he stopped once he was close enough to the moon, to see the surface. He waited for about another hour before he noticed something on the horizon. He tensed up as he scanned his monitor. It was a BLIMPMON... He began to worry that it could be one of the enemies... Suddenly the BLIMPMON neared closer on the scanner. It had special markings and a brown/blue paint coat. It was Ryo's BLIMPMON. He let out a sight of relief as it came towards him. He began to signal the incoming craft. He checked out the control panel and found the flame mechanism for INFERMON. He threw the switch.
On the monitor of the BLIMPMON, Koushiro suddenly noticed a flaming object in the distance, although it wasn't really flaming, just spewing flames. He scanned the object on the radar and magnified the image. As he got closer, he began to see something. It was a strange spider-like DIGIMON. On the side of it, he read the name...INFERMON. Something clicked. "JOHN!" He snatched up the com and typed in John's solider number. Instantly he got a reply. "Izzy? Is that you?"
"HAI! John, you're okay! How'd you get passed the guards back at earth?"
"Well, after they imprisoned me, INFERMON suddenly approached me. It's not like I chose it...but it chose me instead. I was able to tunnel my way out, and get into space. What happened at the base?"
"Well, we almost got caught ourselves...and we already discovered what you did...about our President..."
"Ah...Wait...There were documents at the base?"
"Yeah, Taichi and Takeru managed to find them. Also, they encountered some help, from "friends."" He stressed the last word with a laugh. "Basically... I think they've hit it off quite well..."
BAM!
"ITAI! OI! You hit a commanding officer, Taichi! Fine, I'll overlook it this time..."
John laughed to himself. 'Looks like someone was NOT amused.' "So what happened now?
"Well, the ones who helped up out are here with us. We're passing them off as foreign Digital Knights."
"Hm...I wonder how everyone will react to these lovely young ladies..."
"NANI?! How did you know they were women?"
"When you the word "friend," and talked about hitting it off, and from what happened to you after, I think that's a tell tale sign..."
While Koushiro and John exchanged words, Taichi sat in one of the seats in the passenger area, Sora seated beside him, looking a but nervous.
"Taichi-kun... Is it alright for the Major to talk about us to the Commander?" She asked like a little child.
Taichi just laughed and patted her leg in assurance. "Don't worry, the commander is an understanding man. He's open minded, just like the Major. I won't let anything happen to you Sora. I'll make sure to protect you..."
Sora blushed at Tai's comment. 'He actually wants to protect me... I never knew this boy could be so sweet...' Sora inched closer towards Tai, until their sides were touching.
Tai decided to go with his gut feeling and he slinked his arm around Sora, hugging her close. 'I think I'm gonna like a certain "new comrade." It will make things interesting...'
Sora blushed as Tai held her, but snuggled into his embrace, enjoying his touch...
(Hehe... There was a little Taiora teaser for the Taiora fans out there. Hey, wait... I'm one of them...lol Anyhow... RR. I can devote some more time to this now that Clash is finished.)