CQC stands for 'Close Quarters Combat'

A cookie to whoever correctly identifies where I got it from.

BTW, Haichi - You must feel that your constant pleas for better punctuation are falling on deaf ears. Your wrong. Just so you know, I missed out on an A in my last English exam because of bad punctuation. I'm not very good at it.

Anyway, moving on to the best chapter title ever:

Chapter 17 – Warmarinedramon Kicks Some Ass

The flood of troops charged down the corridors, towards their target.

A mega Wargreymon and a rookie Biyomon.

Their orders were clear – eliminate these two threats, and then move onto the portal room, where the rest of the intruders were.

However, their rampage was stopped cold when a humanoid digimon walked into the corridor. The front row raised their M4/M203's and were about to fire when they realised it wasn't a Wargreymon.

It was a Warmarinedramon.

"You're not going anywhere! I won't let you!" the digimon shouted.

"I doubt it. ATTACK!" the lead rifleman ordered his troops.

Warmarinedramon braced for attack, "So be it"

The front row opened up with their M4's and pelted the digimon…to no affect. The bullets simply bounced off the digizoid armour plating.

Warmarinedramon smiled, "My turn"

He raised his right arm into the air. It was suddenly engulfed in a blue flame. He levelled his arm with the lead rifleman.

"Plasma Strike!"

The large flame burst forward and struck the enemy in the chest. He screamed in pain as the plasma burned through his armour and into his flesh.

He fell to the ground in agony. The rest of the army watched their leader fall.

"CHARGE!" Someone shouted, causing the group to leap forward.

"You up for some CQC?" The Patrick part asked.

"You betcha!" The Blackwargreymon part answered.

The first rifleman tried to slam the butt of his gun into Warmarinedramon's face, but the digimon was ready.

"Lightning Combat" He said calmly, before reaching for the rifleman.

In about a second, five more riflemen were on the floor.

Tai and the others reached the smoke filled corridor. This was their warning. Hidden in the smoke sat about ten M18 Claymore directional fragmentation mines. Before they had left to find Kari, Patrick had thrown a few smoke grenades into the danger zone. It was difficult to find any other way to hide the boxes in the blank corridors. They were designed for outdoor use, but they did their job just as well indoor. They killed just the same.

They were simply 8x1x3 inch steel boxes packed with C4 plastic explosive. One side was covered in about 7000 tiny metal pellets. When triggered, either by remote or trip-wire, the C4 detonates, sending the spheres into anyone unlucky enough to be in its way. Death is almost instantaneous from anywhere between point-blank and 50 metres. Serious injury from 50 to 150.

Patrick loves the fact that the side with the pellets is labelled 'FRONT - Towards Enemy'.

"Sooo…how do we get back through?" Tai asked.

"I'll have a little fly over and see what's going on" Biyomon flew into the smoke.

Warmarinedramon's 'Lightning Combat' attack had sped him up to such a speed, that you'd have to slow the scene down to witness the attack.

After he had engaged the rifleman, the digimon had brought his left arm around his enemy's neck and snapped his head back with a sharp jab from his right hand.

Next, still holding onto the dead rifleman, he vaulted into the air and wrapped his legs around another rifleman's neck. In a single movement, the spinal cord was severed.

To finish off, Warmarinedramon kicked the dead body into another rifleman behind him, and then with his feet firmly back on the ground, he threw the body in his arms into the crowd, knocking two more to the ground.

It took less than two seconds.

The crowd stood in total astonishment. Warmarinedramon stood ready to fight, "Plenty more where that came from!"

The crowd knew what to do. They all attacked the digimon at once, completely overwhelming him.

Warmarinedramon disappeared beneath a pile of riflemen.

"Hey Biyomon, do that again" Tai asked.

"What?"

"That exactly. Hover beside the wall"

Biyomon hovered over to the left wall. The smoke swirled around her.

"Do you see what I see?" Tai directed at TK.

"Yeah…that'll work!" he answered.

Warmarinedramon threw the pile of riflemen on top of him away. About a quarter of the rifleman hoard was thrown backwards. Down, but not out. Not just yet.

"We have to buy them more time," The Patrick side muttered.

"Then we can find Kari" The digimon side replied.

The digimon charged the swarm and started beating away.

Sora swung around when she heard Biyomon's voice. Tai, TK, Biyomon and Patamon entered the room, looking very proud of themselves.

"I can't believe that actually worked!" TK said.

"What worked? How did you get past the minefield? And where's Patrick?" Declan asked.

"Gee, what's with the 100 questions?" Tai said, "Anyway, we got past the minefield when we realised that Biyomon blew the smoke beneath her away when she hovered. We were able to walk straight past the mines when she flew beside the wall"

"And answer your last question, Warmarinedramon is currently buying us enough time for our escape" TK added.

"Look, your not being very clear," Yolei said impatiently, "Buying time from what? Escape to where?"

"Ok, here's the situation," Tai explained, "Every rifleman in this building is down by the prison complex. Patrick told us that he would hold them back until we could escape"

"What do you mean 'escape'?" Yolei raised her voice.

"Yolei," TK asked, "Can you boot up the portal?" he pointed at the large platform in the back of the room.

"But of cou…" She started to go into show-off mode when she realised, "…hey! We can't go home now! Not without Kari!"

"I'm leaving Kari in Patrick's hands" Tai said.

"You're what?" Everyone said in unison.

"Look, just go with me on this one. Please" Tai said.

Yolei just stared at Tai, "Ok" she finally said, and started typing.

"Everyone else – get ready to leave this joint"

Warmarinedramon was losing…badly.

He couldn't hold back the immense force of hundreds of riflemen. He had been pushed back so far, he was sure he'd end up in the courtyard soon. In fact, he could almost feel the cool air on his battered and bruised back.

"Lightning Combat!"

He charged a rifleman and lifted him into the air. Spinning around, he flung him into the crowd, before falling to the ground to spin his leg under the few riflemen still standing, tripping them up.

"Plasma Strike!" The blue flame scorched through the enemies, killing them instantly.

'Just a bit longer' Patrick thought.

The group heard the familiar hum of the portal warming up, then the crack of electricity create the large, white disc.

"All aboard!" Tai said as Declan helped Yolei thought the portal.

"Sora, take this" Tai handed the digiegg to the girl.

"Is…that Agumon? What happened?"

"He used all his energy protecting Biyomon. You should be grateful"

Sora smiled, "I am. Defiantly"

She accepted the egg, and then along with Biyomon, Penguinmon and Hawkmon dived into the portal.

Tai, TK and Patamon were the only ones left to go.

He approached the limp body of Emma, "Come on you, lets get you some help. TK, help me out here"

They tried desperately to ignore the explosions they could hear in the courtyard only a few meters away.

One thing they all failed to notice, was that Sora had forgoten something.

Her rucksack.

Warmarinedramon was truly exhausted.

He was too weak to do a throw them away if they tried their 'Pile up!' tactic again. He could barely pull off another Plasma Strike or Lightning Combat. Hell, those were his only attacks! Apart from…wait…that might work. But not until they're away. Then he'd pull that off. Until then he could only fight with his bare hands.

Suddenly and unexpectedly, the riflemen stopped attacking. Instead they all raised their rifles and fired their M203s.

Warmarinedramon could handle a grenade or two, but not this many! The 40mm grenades all slammed into the digimon and threw him backwards into a wall…and straight through it.

Tai and TK were just about to lift Emma through the portal when the back wall exploded. Warmarinedramon was flung into the room. He landed just behind the glowing portal.

"I…couldn't…hold them," he said in a hoarse voice.

Riflemen started pouring through the hole in the wall, firing at the two on the platform. Warmarinedramon could only watch as TK took a bullet to the arm and scream in agony.

"TK!" Tai shouted.

"I'm fine, just keep going." TK yelled over the gunfire.

Tai looked down on the fallen digimon, "Yolei found Kari, she's been taken away by plane." he shouted before jumping into the disc.

The portal started to warp and fizzle, before shrinking out of existence.

A rifleman walked over to Warmarinedramon, "Looks like you were able to save your friends." he said in a strong American accent, "But can you save yourself?"

Almost on que, the remaining riflemen opened up on the portal equiptment. Patrick and Blackwargreymon could only watch in horror as their only way home was destroyed.

The flight marshal watched the radar screen as the blips representing the F/A-18Fs and the Learjet faded into the distance.

"Ready?" The older one stood up.

"More than I'll ever be." he said before getting up and leaving the command center.

"Looks like your stuck here." the rifleman started laughing.

"Actually…you just signed your own death warrant," the digimon said.

The rifleman pointed his M4 at the fallen digimon's head, "What you talking about?"

Warmarinedramon smiled as his body started to glow, "You gave me another excuse to use my final attack."

The riflemen just stood in shock as the brightness took over his entire body.

"Terra Explosion!"

Kari watched the castle disappear into the horizon. Just then, a huge cloud of dust and smoke exploded out the top, soaring into the sky. It took a few seconds for the 'BOOM!' hit them.

"What the…"

The robed man looked out another window, "Hmmm…seems your friends are causing some havoc."

Kari was transfixed with the smoke cloud.

"You don't seem surprised. You're not in the least bit shocked that you brother has followed you across space and time to save you?"

Kari looked into the man's eyes, "No. Not at all."

The two Flight Marshals were in the Prep room, suiting up in their flight gear. Suddenly, a huge explosion rocked the building.

"What the hell was that?" the older one asked.

"Warmarinedramon." the younger answered.

The older Flight Marshal was shocked, "He's here?"

"Of course."

"We should go help him."

"Are…we allowed too?"

"I think we already did, so it's safe."

"Good enough for me. Lets go."

They picked up a M8 each and marched out the door.