Digimon Zero Two
Digital Agent
Chapter 6
Hikari
Digital World, Unknown Zone, 0912 hours
"Draw!"
T.K. and the Major pulled out their guns simultaneously while running for cover in opposite directions(in case you're wondering, that's from T.K.'s PoV. He runs for the rock on his right and Hawk runs for the tree on T.K.'s left.). Hawk fired a couple of shots his way and T.K. replied in kind with three bullets.
"What gives? I thought that you're supposed to shoot, not run away." the Major said.
"Well, you did the same." T.K. responded.
"Good point. Shall we continue?"
Hawk ran out of hiding and fired two shots at the rock T.K. was hiding behind. He grinned and fired another two at the branch above of T.K..
T.K. saw what he did and rolled out of the way just in time as the branch hit the ground. He knelt down and opened fire, missing six times but hitting the Major's torso on the seventh shot(which came from his primary revolver(left hand)).
"ARgh." the Major clapped his stomach with his left hand, which the bullet grazed. He tried to shoot T.K., but his gun was empty. He ran for cover. T.K. pulled his right trigger but it clicked. He tried the other one and got two shots that missed altogether. He ran for cover behind a tree further back.
"Heh. Lucky shot." Hawk said while checking his wound.
"You call that luck? Well, it wouldn't have happened if you hadn't been showing off." T.K. answered, referring to him only pulling out one revolver earlier.
"Showing off? Yeah, right." he replied while reloading his revolver. "Doncha just love reloading?"
"Not in the middle of a firefight, no."
"But it's fun!" the Major jumped out while T.K. was reloading, and, wielding two revolvers, emptied his guns at the rock behind the tree. The .44 magnum rounds bounced back from the rock and hit the areas around T.K.. One shot hit his ammunition belt (waist) and another hit his right shoulder blade.
"Uh!" T.K. struggled to get his half empty ammunition belt off him. He rubbed his shoulder, noticing a blood stain on the green area. Oh well. No time to worry about it now.
"I hope that hurt!" Hawk shouted.
"More that you'd think." T.K. ran for the trees on the left. The Major quickly holstered his two and pulled out the revolver from behind his back and fired. One bullet struck T.K.'s hat and it fell off.
"My hat!" T.K. grunted. He did a SWAT turn between the two trees and managed to bring in three rounds in the middle.
"Oops, missed me!" Hawk fired the remaining three bullets and ran for cover behind the two trees on the right. He started reloading.
T.K. took the opportunity to switch hiding places. He ran for the rock on his right, grabbing his hat on the way. Between it and the tree further up was perfect cover and yet provided him with enough space to aim and fire.
"Ready? Five. Four. Three..." the Major stepped out immediately and aimed at the two trees on the left(still T.K.'s PoV). When he didn't see T.K. out in the open, he assumed he was still hiding behind the trees.
"Come on out!"
T.K. obliged. He stood up and fired five shots at Hawk, who was standing there like an idiot. However, he jumped out of the way and emptied his gun, despite the fact that T.K. had already taken cover by the time he was on his third.
"That's it. I'm not pulling any more punches." the Major said. T.K. stuck his head out and the Major emptied his cylinder.
T.K. jumped out and shot the Major twice. He kept his two and was pulling out the one from his back when the Major pulled out his left one and shot T.K. in the face. But if that happened, T.K. would be dead and we wouldn't get to continue the story would we? It simply grazed his cheek. While T.K. was running for cover Hawk used the remaining three shots. None of them hit.
"Dammit!" Hawk ran for cover. T.K. stood up and fired his weapon at him. He hit the Major's right holster just as he ducked behind the tree. The brown sling was pulled down by the weight of the M19.
They both reloaded.
"My favourite part. Show down." Hawk said.
T.K. obliged. Good sportsmanship. Or maybe he just wasn't thinking straight. They stood out in the open. The wind blew down on them. Hawk was drumming a tattoo on his M19. T.K. was paying attention to his movements.
Gatomon had a Kalashnikov pointed at her head. She was hoping to get to Kari as quickly as possible. Of course, it would be better if T.K. won, but she'd still get to her if he lost.
'What am I thinking?'
Patamon wasn't so calm, he was more worried about the bullet trembling in the nest of the AK, ready to blow his head off. He considered running, but decided against it.
Tai, Agumon, and Izzy weren't very different. They didn't like being shot.
Edward, Dan, Mark and Tom were in a slightly better situation. The guards had decided to get chatty with their hostages.
"So, ever considered getting a different job? This kinda is VERY stressful." Tom said. "How 'bout Mcdonaldz?" he suggested.
"I know. I think about it every day." the mercenary responded "It's just..."
"Yeah?"
"Fighting was the only thing. The only thing I was good at."
"I'm sure you've got plenty of other talents."
"Nope."
"Not even one?"
"Everything I've tried didn't work out."
"How about joining the military? They're constantly on the lookout for new recruits."
"You know, I never thought about that."
Their chattering was interrupted by two gunshots.
"Yep, I still got it." Hawk spun the revolver around, brought it up and blew at the tip.
The bullet had struck T.K.'s chest, causing him quite a bit of pain. But then he realised, he felt fine. His vision was blurring, and there was red flowing down from where the bullet had hit. But he felt just fine. Great, in fact...
"Thought you could beat the master?"
T.K. held the part where the shot had hit. Suddenly his vision came back to normal. And he realised...
'Oh yeah, I was painting the other day, and left the metal cartridge in my jacket...'
"So, give up? I don't really wanna kill ya."
"Nope." T.K. lifted up his gun and shot Hawk.
"Ergh! What!" Hawk returned fire while running for cover.
T.K. discarded the paint cartridge and ran for the rock and tree combo on his right.
"That's going to leave a mark." T.K. said.
From behind the rock, Hawk fired another three shots. He ran to the trees on the left (still T.K.'s left) while another two bullets left their chambers. T.K. returned four bullets. Every last shot missed.
"Heh, not bad." the Major grinned.
T.K. pulled out his back revolver and emptied the entire gun at the trees. Kinda pointless, don't you think?
They both jumped out at the same time, guns pointed at each other. They both kept still. A fierce wind blew. A sort of mist started to envelope the surrounding area, and created an unusual aura.
"What the?" T.K. looked around.
"Dammit! He found us!" Hawk said.
"What?" T.K. asked.
A few weird gunshots were heard in the distance. T.K. started to feel light headed.
"What's. Happening." T.K. asked.
"He's h3re. gE+ 0uT whILe YoU (aN." T.K. heard Hawk say. He saw him start running.
"Run! Go go go!" the soldiers shouted.
"You were lucky. We'll meet again." Hawk said.
"T.K.!" Patamon called.
"We've got to get outta here!." one soldier said.
"Come on!" Edward urged "T.K. are you coming?"
No reply came. Tai dashed out, hoping to find T.K. but saw nothing.
"T.K.!"
"Let's go, Kamiya. He's not here." Dan grabbed his arm and tugged.
"Right."
T.K.
As the dust cleared, T.K. could make out where he was. He had apparently fell down the crevice. After checking that nothing was broken, he tried to find a way back up. But considering that there was no rope, the only way out was to either climb out barehanded, or traverse through the cavern.
The mist was still up there, so he decided that it was safer to find a way out.
He wished that he had brought a radio and started walking.
Or he would have, if he knew where he was going.
"Man, this sucks."
As he made his way through the cavern, he thought about the events that took place.
Only then did he remember that he had gunshot wounds. It started hurting.
"Oww..."
Forest area, 0952 hours
"Can someone tell me what we're running from?" Gatomon questioned.
"If they find out what we're doing, we're dead."
"If who finds out?" Patamon asked, puzzled.
"You'll find out."
Later, back at camp...
"So tell me, WHY were we running?" Izzy queried.
"It was the GSA. Apparently all the noise attracted their attention. They must've sent out the Jackal." the soldier answered.
"Jackal?" Agumon said.
"Yes. He's an elite GSA operative, who... how can I put this? He's got... special powers."
"Special powers?" Patamon questioned.
"That's what I've heard. He can seemingly predict whatever move you're going to make next. He's no mind reader, that's been proved, but he keeps his 'techniques' secret. We don't know how he does it."
"So he's unbeatable?" Gatomon asked.
"No. He can predict what HUMANS are going to do, but he's never been tested on Digimon. Heard he got beat up pretty bad by a Digimon a few days back. Then he came back and destroyed that Digimon in one minute flat. He's the unpredictable type, you know... sometimes he loses so easily, sometimes he takes out entire armies."
"Uhh..." several people were staring at him.
"So what's to say he won't find us here?" Izzy queried.
"There isn't."
"Oh."
"How do you guys get all these people on your side?" Edward asked, puzzled.
"Easy. Most people like money."
"Which reminds me, why aren't you taking us in now?" Dan questioned.
"We were given orders. The Major's word is law."
"Okaaay, your rules. I won't say nothing." Tom said.
"Oh shit! We gotta get back to base now!"
"Dammit, let's go, let's go, let's go!"
"We gotta go find T.K. and Kari, too." Mark pointed out.
"Good idea." Tai agreed.
The soldiers turned around and aimed their guns at them.
"Not another step."
They were smarter than to fight them without their weapons.
T.K.
T.K. had arrived at an opening in the cave. He turned around the corner and saw a light. Running in the direction, he suddenly saw white. After his eyes adjusted to it, he stepped out to find himself in broad daylight. It was... really shiny.
There was a village just up ahead. He shaded his eyes and saw a big mansion that looked vaguely familiar.
"Hikari..." he muttered under his breath.
He started forward, noting the clouds coming his way.
Camp area
"Okay, we're going out to search for them. But it's not safe without weapons." Edward mused.
"No problem." Mark brought out the metallic cases that he was carrying earlier.
"What's in those anyway?" Gatomon asked.
"Whaddya think's in tham?" Mark revealed the contents. There was some heavy firepower there. Two Colt M4A1 Carbines, Two Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapons, and Four Centimetre Masters.
"Nice." Tai commented.
"Here, kid. Try it." Dan tossed a Carbine at Izzy, who tried to catch it, and ended up with a broken foot. Well, not really.
"Yeowww!"
"Shoulda known." Dan threw the CM at him instead.
"You too, Tai. I want everyone armed and dangerous." Edward gave him the M4A1. Heavier than he expected, but he got used to it.
"Hey, ever noticed how they keep getting into trouble?" Agumon said.
"Yeah, now we're gonna get them out of it." Gatomon replied.
T.K.
T.K. approached the village slowly. He noted the defensive positions. Guard patrols, machine gun emplacements. They were quite paranoid when it came to security.
'Aww man... Here I come, Kari.'
It started raining. Lightning flashed across the sky with surprising regularity, as the rain fell in sheets. Dark as it was, it was good cover for a stealthy entry. Albeit he was drenched...
He arrived near the village, hiding in the tall grass. He checked his ammo. Only 17 shots left, so he reloaded and ditched the belt. He started forward, eyeing the guards.
T.K. heard an engine in the distance. He turned to see a lorry coming up from the middle of the village. Realising an opportunity, he rushed forward towards some houses.
Arriving at a house, T.K. entered the back door. He found a window. The truck was just passing when he got to it. He jumped out, spotted an opening in the back, and jumped in.
'Easy.' he thought.
T.K. moved behind the crates, finding a comfortable spot and sitting down. He wasn't sure what he was going to do when he got there, but figured he'd think of something.
He kept his fingers crossed.
Right. Chapter 6. Betcha you didn't expect that to happen, eh? Maybe some of you did, but I'll never know. I'm not psychic. (or am I? ) Sorry. It was kinda short, wasn't it?
Hey, I was wondering. Is it just me or are ALL the Digidestined & the Tamers left handed? Could be the telly. Anyways, some of you might notice an easter egg in the fic (I'm not really sure if it can be counted as one).