I am alive and yes, there is an Oc in this chapter. Huzzah. The Oc belongs to "An Anon fellow" I believe...if I'm wrong I'll buy the rightful owner dinner.
Enough of me.
If anyone would like to see a fantastic piece of fan art of the "Hero's of The West" (The N.O.D group), go to our deviant art page "Networks of destiny" and you'll find it there along with others.
Megablastdragon (Leya) has started a new mini series that takes place during the Omega war so if you want to find out what's happening at the same time as this story, you should definitely check it out. Gennai, Tai and Azulongmon feature in it.
Please check the art and story out if you're enjoying my series.
Alex Dowski belongs to Dowski.
Leya belongs to Megablastdragon.
Trace and Jesse belong to Etiger1995.
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"Damn this thing!" David muttered angrily as he followed the beeping that emitted itself from his Digivice every few seconds. He'd been following the signal since his Digivice had lit up his entire room and began pestering him. David's eyes scanned everything around him as fast as he could. Rain had been pouring down across the city for hours and everything was soaked. Everyone had taken shelter for the day where they could but David pushed through the rain. He knew his partner Ravemon liked this as little as he did as he skipped from roof to roof above him in the city skyline. David turned a corner and stopped abruptly as he felt claws of ice seize in his heart from the scene before him.
"Jesus…" David whispered as he saw at the end of the disgusting alley way were several smears of dark crimson blood reaching up the walls, almost as if trying to run away. Barely emitting a light at all was a small white Digivice with a red smear over the screen. David approached it carefully and the beeping ceased leaving him alone. His eyes studied the blood for a moment.
"It's enough for a minor injury. Hopefully they aren't badly hurt." David knelt down and picked up the Digivice and placed it inside one of his many pockets of his coat. He began to pull out his phone to call Izzy and ask him to track who owned the Digivice. As he began to press the first button something came flying out of the light in the corner of his eye causing him to leap back hard up against one of the cold stone walls. His eyes glared at the huge curved metal blade that had a light blue streak caressing the steel.
"The one who owned that Digivice got in my way. You'd do well to stay away." David turned and saw a girl a few years younger than him standing at the mouth of the alley. Her black hair fell to her shoulders whilst her eyes watched him. Her lips curled into a sly smile as she drank in the shock upon David's face. Her long beige coat protected her from the rain. David's eyes quickly studied her loose black shirt with red markings and a skirt that carried on after the end of her coat. Her crest sat proudly around her neck but David glared at the three black metal tabs across the golden metal. He knew what that meant far too well.
"Who are you?" David slowly reached down for his Digivice that he hooked onto his belt loop.
"Name's Aoi Nobuo. You shouldn't get in the way." She slowly turned to leave, her eyes ablaze with joy in her actions and threat, she laughed once, her voice bouncing off the wall. David glanced at the blade that had a small but strong black chain that vanished somewhere beyond where he could see.
"Hey Ravemon…think you can handle a Gaiomon?" David began to push forward before the chain whipped up in front of him creating a cage of steel trapping him. He swore as the blade flew out the alley way at break neck speed and up into the air above them. David looked up and saw one of the famed dragon warriors. It was as if a Black Wargreymon donned samurai armour and chose to wield duel blades. Gaimon was not to be underestimated, no matter how young he was. Aoi looked back and rolled her eyes.
"Really? You want to fight here in the middle of the city? You're a Digidestined. Just back down and you can keep us all little secr-"Before Aoi could finish David smiled and laughed.
"Don't throw me in with them. Ravemon, do it!" All eyes turned the sky as Ravemon's wings , metal and feather alike unfurled and he tore across the sky towards the black dragon samurai. Gaoimon flicked his wrist lazily and unleashed a curved fiery blue arc that expanded rapidly towards Ravemon. Ravemon cut through it easily with his steel sword and pushed forward avoiding wild chain swings. Ravemon pulled back his blade as it ignited in a purple blaze and he began to clash steel on steel with Gaoimon. Gaoimon began to match him, blow for blow. It sounded like a gun being fired time and time again in the sky as their swords clashed across the sky. Without warning the two unleashed powerful attacks sending blue and purple streaks across the black sky with a hail of smoke.
"Interesting." Aoi remarked as she watched David quickly leap past the chains and towards her with an outstretched hand. If only he could pull away her crest. His foot caught something and knocked his balance off as Aoi quickly turned with a steel pipe and bringing it down across his skull and blackness enveloped him.
Will woke with a start and immediately scanned the wooden room before him. Wiping the sleep from his eyes he looked around at the oh so familiar surroundings as he noticed the weight on his lap. A mess of bright auburn hair lay sprawled cross his lap. Sora was using him as a pillow. Will breathed out slowly, pushing back the horrid dream. He studied his right hand almost as if it was alien to him. His dream had shown him a black clawed demonic hand covered in black plating and it was so sharp it even hurt him. Will flexed his hand and smiled, grateful for his own skin. He knew that his dream was just a memory of his time as King Strikemon. Will glanced at the silver watch strapped to his wrist and noticed the time. He needed to leave.
"Hey, Sora. Wake up." She simply groaned and swatted him in the face. Will grinned menacingly as his hand hovered over her waist before suddenly tickling her. She leapt and cried with a start with her limbs flailing to get away from him when she felt a crack on the edge of her elbow and the tickling stopped immediately.
"Oh god...sorry." Sora felt a smile creep across her features as Will's cheek had a smooth red mark from her elbow.
"Thanks Sora." He said dryly which caused Sora to smile. It had been a long time since she had seen him so relaxed and natural. Will stretched his neck and felt something click as his eyes looked around him, avoiding Sora's gaze. As nice as it was to be back on good terms with her, he still wanted to be careful.
"Sorry but I need to take off." Will gave an apologetic look as he began to stand up and brush down his shirt. Sora nodded as she tried to fix her hair.
"You're meeting Trace right?" She asked. Will nodded and smiled a little. Trace was an American Digidestined who Will had met by accident and the two had fought side by side for years and now for the first time since meeting, they worked separately. Trace and his partner, the ever chaotic Black Wargreymon had left with Tai to fight against the Omega Empire. Every few weeks, a group of Digidestined were sent home to rest or leave and today was Trace's break.
"I'll give you a ring after if you like." Will suggested. Sora smiled.
"That would be nice. I'm seeing Mimi later, you two should join us if you want." Sora suggested. Will nodded and waved as he left.
Trace leaned back against his seat, drinking coffee as if he was inhaling oxygen. He was as tall as Will now and just as built. His tan skin almost seemed darker as his longer shaggy spiky hair barely moved in the slight breeze.
"Still no sign of Leya then?" Will asked as he studied the exhausted frame of his friend. Trace shook his head. Leya was another of their rag tag international team. She had the least experience with large scale battles, but she fought just as hard as any of them.
"No. She took off after the last battle. A lot of her squad got killed by Omega Strikemon. I nearly lost Black Wargreymon too." Trace stared down into the empty cup before him. Will nodded; news of the fighting getting worse kept reaching him.
"No sign of Alex?" Trace asked as he rubbed his eyes trying to stay awake. This time it was Will's turn to shake his head. Alex was a digital being who fought alongside them and even if he was killed, his data just reformatted a couple of days later. He'd been killed in the fighting with King Strikemon but he had yet to reappear. Will was beginning to worry.
"Isn't Matt swinging by with reinforcements in a few days?" Will asked curiously. Trace nodded. Matt had been asked to remain in Odaiba to defend the city if the worst happened but he'd had enough. He had rounded up a large group and was leaving in a week to join Tai and Trace on the front line.
"I'm heading out with him." Trace said with an edge to his voice. Trace hadn't had a break since he had become a Digidestined and had been fighting constantly.
"I'm coming with you to find Alex." Trace raised an eyebrow and smiled. It had been a long time since they had travelled together. Will glanced down at Trace's right leg and spied the black metal plating that covered the top of his blue jeans. Most thought it was combat armour for the Digital world but Will knew it was to help his muscle heal. Will had nearly obliterated Trace's leg during his time as King Strikemon when they fought.
"Stop thinking it." Trace said sharply. He knew Will better than most. Will rolled his eyes and sighed.
"How's Jesse?" Will asked as the memory of his last trip to America crawled to the surface. Jesse was Trace's girlfriend who was also a Digidestined. Will could barely face Jesse when he saw her, as King Strikemon he had used her to get to Trace. He had hurt a lot of people and nearly destroyed them all. He had a lot to make up for. Trace smiled but before he could say anything silence rang out across the city for a split second before an earth shattering explosion erupted in the sky. The two looked at each other for a second.
"Shall we?" Will threw down a couple of notes and stood as Trace smiled and added the tip.
"After you." The two took off running towards the blast.