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The Tamer v2.0: In His Name

Chapter 5: The Tamers Together

Yamaki sat in the laboratory anxiously, watching the various agents and scientists of Project Hypnos work to move the captured spider monster into the containment chamber. It shouldn't have taken this long but they had a lot of difficulty getting the creature into the Tokyo Metropolitan Building without attracting a lot of attention. And then, it was a matter of getting it onto an elevator to the upper floors and keeping it from mauling any employees.

Once the monster was secured inside of the containment chamber, the doors were sealed and the scientists went to work activating their new weapon. In the containment chamber, Yamaki could see the monster howling and screaming - clawing at the glass to get out of its prison in vain. Between the layers of reinforced glass and hardened steel, there was no way it was going to get out. Until the first layer of glass began to crack, and two of the guards drew their weapons in response. This was taking too long and Yamaki was growing impatient, "Izumi! How much longer?"

"I'm not an employee and I'm not working for you willingly. If you want me to turn this on, you're going to let me finish the proper start up procedure," the red haired scientist spat back angrily. Yamaki groaned, making a mental note to speak with Izumi later about his attitude. He wasn't wrong - he was an involuntary employee of the organization whose cooperation was co-opted when his family ran into sudden financial trouble. Made all the worse by the fact that he hadn't been allowed to see them in years.

He was a brilliant addition to the team though - his natural genius and understanding of this subject granted them insights that would've taken years to acquire without him. And their past experiences spoke to that. In the past, some of the captured creatures took umbrage with a nickname from one of the scientists and mauled him.

After several more minutes of waiting and watching him type on his keyboard, Izumi stated, "Juggernaut is online. Preparing test fire."

Another scientist appeared beside him and they both inserted keys into a command console. The weapon they were about to test was such a large electrical drain on the power grid that they needed two simultaneous key turns to prevent a total system collapse just because of an accidental button press. Izumi said aloud, "Key turn in three, two, one!"

They both turned their keys at the same time, and the whole room began to hum. Through the observation glass, they watched the containment chamber begin to glow and the spider begin to fizzle out. It screamed in horrible agony, and Yamaki noticed the less hardened members of security and scientists become unnerved. A few even turned away in disgust as the creature was ripped and finally turned to nothing. Izumi shut off the machine and covered his face in disbelief, "I can't believe I just did that."

"You didn't do anything," Yamaki assured him, "It was the machine."

"I fired it," Izumi countered.

"You needed two people."

"I helped pull the trigger. I...this isn't what I'm supposed to do."

"You created a weapon, a deterrent that could help save countless lives and protect the world. Your country and the world thank you," Yamaki patted the man on the shoulder as he turned away, keeping his face buried in his hands. He shook in disbelief, "I...I can never look them in the eye again. I could never see them again. This...this isn't...god, what have I done?"

"Absolutely nothing wrong," Yamaki said, "Get some sleep. I have to make a call."

He made his way to his office on the far side of the laboratory and called the defense minister with the update. It didn't take long for him to pick up this time, "Yamaki. You're late."

"We ran into complications getting it into the building. The test was successful, and the creature was successfully destroyed."

"I figured. Half of the neighborhood's blacked out," the minister replied quietly on the other side, "That's good though. I'll have a report on the Prime Minister's desk soon. Get a report ready and on my desk tomorrow. I'll bring it to the Prime Minister first thing. And Yamaki, I see good things for you in the future."

"Thank you sir," Yamaki heard the other end before he clicked. He sighed and took his shades off. He was tired; more tired than he cared to admit. He had no idea how long it had been since his last night's sleep and wasn't sure when he'd be doing so next. He sat down in his chair and closed his eyes for a moment, hoping to get just the shortest rest before returning to his work.

Rika sat in her room quietly reorganizing her deck. She'd set up this deck to be useful to her whenever she was in the middle of a card game but that required her deck to be shuffled and reshuffled constantly between games. That was great for ensuring a fair game where a difference in skill could be mitigated by random chance. It wasn't great in the middle of a life-or-death battle where she needed to get certain cards quickly.

Why else would she have nearly lost the last battle? Her deck was too disorganized. If she hadn't wasted time trying to find the cards she needed, Renamon would have had the fight in the bag. And the fog. She'd acquired some glasses to help keep the sting out of her eyes, but she wasn't how sure they were going to work. Not until she had a chance for a field test.

She was interrupted from her thoughts when her grandmother came to her room, "Ruki! I mean Rika. You have friends here to see you."

"Friends?" Rika looked up with a scowl, "If it's any of those girls from school, I don't want to see them. Tell them I don't have beauty tips and mom picks out my clothes, so leave me alone!"

"Actually, it's a boy and a girl...and a box. I think they're here to play you at your cute little card game," her grandmother smiled cheerily. Rika raised an eyebrow, not sure what bothered her more. That some kids came all this way to play a card game, or that her grandmother called it cute, "It's not cute grandma. Wait, did you say box?"

She dreaded who she was going to find, especially when her grandmother added, "That's right. It's the strangest thing, but kids these days are so different from my day. They're out in the living room. You kids have fun!"

"Grandma! Wait!" Rika scrambled up to her feet but was unable to catch her grandmother before she had already left. Rika sighed, surprised that her grandmother could move so quickly despite her age. She wasn't exactly on her death bed, but the woman was old enough that she shouldn't have disappeared like that. Maybe she was part ninja and Rika has some latent family abilities she didn't know she had yet. In either case, she grabbed both her sets of cards and made her way out to the living room where her grandmother was busy pouring tea for their guests.

And right away, it was exactly who she feared - Takato, that dumb digimon she didn't recognize, and some girl with a pony tail on the side of her head and a sock puppet in her hand. And the worst part was he still wore those stupid goggles on his head. They were all seated around the table while her grandmother retreated to the kitchen. Rika sighed, "What are you doing here goggle head?"

"Hi Rika! I thought we should stop by and visit!" Takato smiled cheerily, "You remember Guilmo...I mean...um, Giyamonu. Okay, that doesn't work. Forget it, just call him Guilmon. And this is Juri."

"Hi," the other girl waved sheepishly. One look at her dress was all Rika needed to see. She was one of those girly girl types. The kind who was probably into dolls and dresses and ponies. Just the thought of it made her sick. She took a seat at the table opposite them and sighed, "Really? You thought you should stop by and visit? And how did you find my house anyway?"

"I'm just good like that!" Takato beamed until Juri added, "We knocked on every door until we got your grandmother. It took most of the afternoon."

Takato sighed, "Alright fine, it took us a couple of guesses. About ten, maybe a little over, perhaps around forty. Look, it doesn't matter. The point is we're here."

"Yes, you are. Now how do I make you go away?" Rika growled at them. Guilmon didn't seem to notice her scathing dismissal and asked from under his box, "If you're not going to have your tea, can I?"

Rika looked over at the glass of oolong in front of her and pushed it his way. She heard the dinosaur squeal with delight as it lifted up the box to grab the drink before disappearing back under. She sighed, "Did you seriously just let your digimon show itself?"

Takato shrugged, "It's okay. Juri's a friend and you've already met Guilmon. Speaking of, where's your digimon partner, Renamon?"

Rika looked around the room and could hear her grandmother in the kitchen washing dishes. She'd be in there for a while, but she'd still have to be quick. She snapped her fingers and Renamon appeared behind her, "You called?"

"Gogglehead wanted to see you," she replied grumpily, "There! You've seen her. Now go away."

"Renamon! How are you doing?" Takato jumped up excitedly, circling her like a vulture.

"Okay, I guess," Renamon frowned, turning her head to follow him, "What are you doing?"

"You haven't felt or experienced anything weird today, have you?" Takato asked aloud, suddenly examine her arms carefully - turning it over and inspecting the skin under her fur. Renamon swatted him away, "You mean besides whatever it is you're doing right now? No. I haven't."

"So you didn't notice a tingling sensation or parts of your body becoming transparent?" Takato asked, returning to his side of the table. Renamon frown began to turn into a scowl, "I don't understand what you're getting at and it's making me uncomfortable."

"So you didn't...turn into a ghost for a minute?" Takato asked more slowly, pressing the point so that even Rika was annoyed at him, "She said no, gogglehead. What's this about anyway?"

"Nothing to worry about. I just had some questions," Takato replied, finishing his tea and sitting up, "We should go."

"No," Rika slammer her hand on the table, "Before, I just wanted you out but now I gotta know what you know. You came all the way out here to ask Renamon...what, did she become a ghost? What does that even mean? What are you up to?"

Takato stared at her quietly for the longest time. Long enough that she was certain he was sizing her up. He mumbled something about a promise under his breath before answering, "I'm just trying to figure out what's going on. I'm surprised you aren't, honestly. Digimon have suddenly started popping up all over Tokyo. There are strange men in funny suits running around. And to top it all off, no one is saying anything about it. I'm not sure if it's because it just hasn't spread out enough yet for people to notice or if someone is keeping it quiet but something is going on. It makes me wonder if the digidestined know anything about it."

"They're just stories," Rika pointed out but Takato answered by gesturing at Renamon and Guilmon, "Do they look like stories?"

Rika clarified, "I meant the digidestined. I don't know about you but if they were real, they'd be all over the news wouldn't they? They'd be celebrities. But they aren't. You know why? Because they don't exist!"

She didn't like the disapproving look on Takato's face and wanted to smack it straight off of him. But even if she was right, that didn't change the fact that the gogglehead was on to something. Why were the digimon coming to their world? Renamon said she wanted to get stronger, but were all the digimon looking for partners? And if so, why did they feel the need to fight each other. Takato sat up, "I think it's time we go. We still have to find that other guy, Henry."

"Other guy? What other guy?" Rika demanded angrily, only to be ignored as they all stood up. Only Juri was polite enough to say, "Thanks for having us over."

"Right," Rika said, following them to the door and slamming it shut once they were gone. Her grandmother finally came out of the kitchen to ask, "What was that noise? Is everything okay, Rika?"

"Just kicked them out," Rika replied quietly, making her way back to her room. Renamon had cleared out too which was good. Besides, she still had to finish reorganizing her deck. She made her way back to her room, content to finish what she was doing only to find her digivice going off inside. The radar was pointing off into the distance. She knew what she had to do and put on her card belt. Renamon appeared beside her as she prepared to leave, "There's a digimon. Are we going?"

"You know it."

Yamaki was stirred awake by a red haired woman in a white jumpsuit. Riley Ohtori. The prettiest face in the Hypnos Program. And he didn't just think that because they were in a relationship. She had turned more than a few heads in her time at Hypnos. Because of that, they had to keep their relationship a secret. That would've been an HR disaster.

"Sir, there's another wild one on the loose," she said. Yamaki massaged the bridge of his nose and stood up, "Okay, track it until it bio emerges and deploy the Quick Reaction Force as soon as it does. I want it captured before Burnt Leaf gets there."

"Already have, sir," she nodded, making her way out of his office. He took a moment longer to massage his nose and wake up before straightening his clothes out. He must've fallen asleep again. He needed to stop doing that. Afterwards, he made his way out to the monitoring room. It was a large half dome building that mapped out the entire communications network across the globe. Riley had taken her place with Tally, the other operator of the monitoring system. They sat on two elevated chairs above the rest of the room which allowed them to quickly swivel towards any of the screens and track all bio-emergences as they happened.

And Yamaki could see the big red dot of one of those monsters coming through. And its location made him panic. The digimon was about to appear in the middle of a busy intersection. This was not going to be good. It'd be a nightmare for disaster control.

Juri followed after Takato and Guilmon as they made their way down the street. There was no point in denying that the sight of the box was turning a lot of heads. If anything, it probably would've been less conspicuous if Guilmon was walking around without the box. Telling people one f their friends was in a very convincing costume made a lore more sense than telling people their friend like their box too much.

Then something in Takato's pocket started making a loud beeping noise. It was so loud that everyone in the area turned their head to see. It didn't help that Guilmon began growling from inside his box, unnerving the few people still walking around. Takato fished the weirdest device out of his pocket and examined, "Oh, that's not good. There's a digimon around here."

"What?" Juri blinked, trying to peer over his shoulder at the device in his hand. Then he turned on his heel to face her, "Juri, you might want to go home. There's going to be trouble."

"Trouble?" Juri repeated, her mind racing into a panic. She had no idea what a digimon fight was like but it couldn't be good. Especially when Takato added, "If anyone asks, you have no idea who I am. Come on Guilmon!"

"Can I come out of the box now?" Guilmon asked. Takato took one look around and sighed, "Not yet. Stay under there a little longer. Let's go buddy!"

"Okay!" Guilmon shouted, running after Takato. Juri considered running after them - to help out. But then the fear came back, the crippling fear of her own death and demise. She didn't want to die. Then she realized something - Takato and Guilmon were running towards it. She had to stop them! They'd get killed!

But they were already gone, somewhere in the crowd where she couldn't see them.

Henry had gone for an uncharacteristic walk with Terriermon after school, carrying the digimon in his arms like a doll. He needed time to clear his head and think things through. It didn't help that he was too busy trying to find Calumon. The digimon had to be around here somewhere. But where was he? He looked down at the device in his hand and wished it would tell him where to look. But nothing. Then it began beeping. The digivice came to life and its screen showed a radar.

Terriermon's ears perked up at the same time and little digimon sniffed the air, "Henry? I smell a digimon. It's big."

"That explains the digivice. We'd better go check it out," Henry said aloud. He followed the radar on his screen back out onto the street and into a busy intersection. Cars had stopped from every direction as a thick fog began to form in the middle of the intersection. What little light was coming from their cars could barely even penetrate it, but no one was willing to drive blindly into it in the dark.

Terriermon's ears twitched in response to the fog and he pointed it out, "It's there Henry! It's appearing there!"

"What? It can't show up here! This is the middle of a city block!" Henry cried out in disbelief, panicking at the uncertainty of what digimon would be coming out in the middle of all this. As he said that, he noticed the car doors swing open as disgruntled drivers climbed out to yell at the traffic jam. A few choice insults were thrown between drivers trying to throw blame, then silence as they all heard a loud boom. Terriermon gasped, "It's here!"

All the lights flickered and went out at the same time, shrouding the street in darkness. He wished Terriermon hadn't said that out loud.

"Did that doll just talk?" a bystander asked. Henry couldn't answer it though. His attention was squarely on the monster that appeared in front of them. A Devidramon. There was no mistaking its dragon body with black leathery wings and blood red eyes. That monster was Devidramon. That look in his eye was one of murderous intent, the kind he'd seen when all those digimon ganged up on Terriermon in his game. And it just landed in the middle of a busy street.

A few people had already started trying to clear out - running as fast and as far away as they could while the monster was still standing there. It didn't take long before panic broke out. Cars started backing away into other cars that'd been abandoned and accidents mounted. Henry found his legs frozen. He had a digimon partner and a digivice. He...had to help right? But then the thought of Terriermon getting hurt chilled him to the bone. Terriermon didn't stand a chance against that thing. He couldn't bare to see the little digimon get hurt again. Worse, he couldn't live with himself if he watched him die! He couldn't do it. But if he chose not to, others would die instead.

"Henry! We have to go!" Terriermon pleaded. Did he mean away or towards the danger? He couldn't make heads or tails of his partner's exasperated cries. All he knew was that he didn't want to be here.

Then someone rushed past, followed by a box with a large red tail sticking out of the bottom. Henry looked over to see Takato again with his box again. Takato sized up the digimon and said, "Well hello. Aren't you big? Okay, Devidramon. Need a plan. Need a plan. It's too big to take on directly so we're going to have to go on surprise. Like a direct attack while he's still disoriented. Which he'd never expect because he'd kill us instantly, so it would be a short surprise. What do you think buddy?"

"I think I'm hungry, Takatomon," the box answered. Takato looked over at the box with the saddest expression on his face. It wasn't disappointment at his partner - more like he was missing something and didn't know how to act without it. Then he noticed Henry. The two made eye contact briefly, "Henry?"

The loud defiant roar of the angry digimon pulled their attention back to it. The digimon was mad. And it was on the rampage. One arm came out of the fog at one of the cars in front. By some miracle, the driver managed to get out before the arm crushed the car under its weight. Then panic turned into chaos. Takato cried out, "Okay, forget the plan! Guilmon! Go!"

"Go where?" the box asked. Takato groaned, "No, I mean get its attention. You know, bring it some where else?"

"Where else should I go?" the box asked.

"One side gogglehead!" a red haired girl wearing sunglasses shouted. Henry was at a loss now. There were two of them. The girl looked up at Devidramon and then retrieved a digivice from her pocket, "A champion level, huh? Should be no problem."

"What do we do Rika?" A yellow fox appeared beside the girl. She smiled, "Don't worry! I've got the right upgrade for this."

She produced her deck from a pouch on her belt and shuffled through the cards. After a moment, she found one and pulled it from the rest. Then she did the strangest thing, she swiped her card through a slot on the side of her digivice, "Digimodify! Excalibur Activate!"

"Excalibur?" Henry repeated, "Isn't that MagnaAngemon's Sword?"

To his amazement, a purple gauntlet appeared on the fox's arm and a violet blade extended out from it. It was the armor of a holy type digimon and Devidramon was a dark type digimon. Renamon now had the advantage she needed. The fox dashed in with the sword, leaping into the air and with a sharp blow, she sliced off one of the Devidramon's fingers. The devil dragon roared and hissed in protest, then swatted at Renamon. The fox leapt out of the way and landed atop a street light, "I think we made him angry."

"That just means we've got his attention. Keep attacking Renamon!" Rika replied, "Use your speed and stay on the move!"

That was when Takato gave a different order, "No, don't stay on the move! Well, do stay on the move, but get it out of here! Move it some place else!"

"What are you talking about? We've got the advantage!" Rika spat back, "We can take him! Now get out of our way goggle head!"

"You're putting people in danger! Get him out of here!" Takato gestured at the panicked crowd around them, only to be met with Rika's response, "If we defeat him, it won't be a problem! What part of this aren't you getting goggle head? Move it!"

"No one has to beat anyone!" Takato tried to reason with the girl but it was too late. She wasn't listening to a word he was saying by that point and was more interested in winning. Henry couldn't dare to stand back and watch this anymore. But it took his partner slapping him in the face to get him to finally move, "Henry! We can't just sit here! We have to do something."

He snapped himself out of his stupor long enough to call out to them, "He's right! We can't let anyone else get hurt!"

"Oh great, another one of you who's too scared to fight. Look, just stay out of our way and let me and Renamon take care of this!" Rika snapped at him too, "Once this digimon is gone, there won't be a problem any more."

"NO!" Takato roared at Rika defiantly, stepping in so close to her that he looked ready to attack her. Rika raised an eyebrow at the boy, "And what are you going to do? It's not like you had a problem with that Dokugumon before."

"That was different! I was trying to get you and Renamon out of there!" Takato explained, "Now I'm trying to get you guys to stop fighting long enough to get Devidramon elsewhere."

"And do what? Lose him like you lost your partner?" Rika snapped back. They were so busy bickering with each other that neither of noticed that the Devidramon had turned its attention on them. Or that it was now looming over them while they bickered. In fact, Henry was sure that if he didn't do something, they'd be dead. He cried out, "GUYS! LOOK OUT!"

Both kids became aware of their situation just long enough to realize Devidramon was hovering over them. Rika was frozen by fear but Takato still had enough of his sense to grab Rika's hand and run, "RUN!"

The box was thrown into the air to reveal a large red dinosaur that followed after them, just as Devidramon's remaining hand came crashing down on top of them. Renamon took this chance to throw herself at Devidramon again, swinging away at the giant monster with her wrist mounted blade but unable to deliver a serious blow - every time she got close, Devidramon would sway at her.

Takato answered, "Fine! Next time, I'll leave you under the giant monster's claws. Henry, do you have any ideas?"

"What?" Henry took a step back as he realized what he'd been asked. He took one look at the giant monster and once again found himself unable to say anything. Nothing he could think of didn't involve Terriermon putting himself into serious danger. The little digimon spoke up, "Henry! You have to get me in there! I can help too, y'know."

"NO!" Henry snapped at his partner. The little digimon looked up at his partner in silent defeat, "But Henry-"

"But nothing! You're not putting yourself in danger!" Henry answered his partner quickly to keep him from going into danger.

"Oh great, that'll be fun to work with," he heard Takato say. Henry stepped back and watched Takato explain to Guilmon, "I guess it's just you and me now buddy. Come on, follow me!"

"Okay!" Guilmon said more excitedly than he should have. The two ran off in front of the giant Devidramon and Takato started calling out, "Devidramon! HEY! Look at me!"

Devidramon turned his attention back to the pair and it growled angrily. Rika snapped, "You better not be doing what I think you're doing goggle head!"

"That's right! Follow me!" Takato called out at it, "Try and eat me! Look at how delicious I look!"

Henry couldn't believe it. Takato was trying to use himself as bait. Once Devidramon turned to follow, the boy ran off, "Got his attention! Come on Guilmon!"

"Are we playing a game? I'm confused," Guilmon panted as he followed after Takato. Devidramon stomped after the two as they rounded the corner and continued on - leaving behind a confused Terriermon, Henry, Rika, and Renamon. Renamon's eyes narrowed, "What is he doing?'

"I think he's trying to take our digimon from us!" Rika growled, "Don't let them get away Renamon!"

"It might be too late for that. They're running pretty fast," Terriermon observed as they disappeared around another corner. Rika clicked her tongue, "Well, too bad for them. Nothing can out run Renamon. Let's go!"

Renamon took off and Rika gave chase, leaving behind both Henry and Terriermon to stare in disbelief as they ran off. Terriermon asked, "So are we going to chase after them, too? It'll be hard to keep up if we don't start moving."

"We don't have to keep up. We just have to follow the loud explosions and the screams of terror," Henry answered. Terriermon looked up in disbelief but obviously excited, "Does this mean we're going to help?"

He shook his head, "No. I mean we should. But..."

Henry pauses again. He had to help. It was the right thing to do, wasn't it? He had a digivice and a digimon partner. This was his responsibility. Their responsibility. Still, the doubt lingered in his mind. He never answered his partner, instead giving chase after the screams and explosions he knew would go wherever Takato was leading the giant digimon.

Rika and Renamon caught up with Devidramon just as Takato and Guilmon led it into another park. She didn't recognize this area or know where exactly she was but she knew that she wasn't about to lose another digimon - another victory because of this one kid's intervention. Although she was thinking that, it didn't change the fact that nothing Renamon could do pulled Devidramon's attention back to her. It was fixated on Takato - fixated on his stupid goggle head and his even dumber partner.

"What's with that big oaf?" Renamon complained, landing beside Rika at the park entrance and gasping for breath, "I'm stabbing it with a sword and it'd rather chase them!"

"Great question," Rika grit her teeth, "It's about time we-"

A sudden bright flash of light deep inside the park caught her attention. This late at night, it was hard to miss it happening. It practically lit up the neighborhood. She looked at Renamon who returned her confusion with an equally blank stare. Rika grit her teeth, wondering just what that goggle head had done. She raced in with her partner in tow, coming to a small shrine where Takato lay sitting on the ground with Guilmon beside him.

The boy massaged the back of his head, "Okay, that took longer to figure out than it should've. What setting was that on anyway? Wait, never mind. Are you okay Guilmon?"

"I'm hungry," the dinosaur complained, and Takato sighed, "We just ran for our lives from a giant killer digimon and all you can think about is food. Aren't you even tired."

Rika was furious. Once again, they'd been robbed of a win because of these two. Rika snapped, "Where's the Devidramon goggle head?"

"I don't know. The Digital World I guess," he shrugged from the ground, "We lured him out here to get him away from the street. Then there was this bright flash. Next thing I know, Devidramon's gone. I don't know where he went."

"You...you...aaargh!" Rika shrieked in frustration, trying her best to not throw a violent fit in front of this kid who'd just deprived her of a chance to make Renamon stronger. She pointed at him, "That's the last time goggle head! Renamon and I had that! You owe us a digimon to absorb!"

"Absorb? What're you talking about?" the boy asked, looking between his red partner and her. Was he intentionally playing dumb? No. That wasn't going to work on her. He'd already demonstrated that he knew more than he was willing to let on. Not that she cared. They owed her a digimon, and she saw a way to get it. She scowled, "Fine! Play dumb for all I care. We'll just take that partner of yours. Renamon!"

"Yes Rika," she felt Renamon appear just behind her. Perfect. She was going to get the victory she was owed. She pointed at the big red moron and shouted, "Take out that sorry excuse for a digimon!"

Author's Notes: Rika is on the attack! Will Takato and Guilmon be okay? What happened to Juri? Will Henry and Terriermon intervene or stand by? Find out all this and more on the next chapter of The Tamer v2.0 - In His Name due out next Friday February 8th at 15 PM CDT. If you guys loved it, let me know in the reviews section. I love hearing your thoughts and answering them as soon as I'm able. And hey, don't forget to follow/favorite the story to keep up with all the latest updates. I'm glad you guys are enjoying the story so far and hope you all are looking forward to how it ends. That's all for now, let's look at previews for the next chapter:

Then his cell phone rang. It seemed he wouldn't have to wait to suffer, "This is Yamaki."

His boss answered with an uncharacteristically calm anger, "It's all over the news Yamaki. You better have a good explanation for this."

He bit his tongue to keep himself from shouting back, "We can detect the creatures as they attempt to cross over into our world. We can't control where they appear or how long it'll take for the QRF to arrive. Until you authorize the Juggernaut for use, all we can do is run damage control."

"Don't try to pin this on me Yamaki," the minister growled under his breath, "What's your damage control plan since that's all you have?"