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Digimon World Wars

Chapter 18 - Rescue Mission

Duo and Haru were slowly making their way down a flight of steps, creeping against the wall underneath a camera that kept turning from left to right. Once it turned away the two boys rushed down the steps out of sight.

They reached a door at the bottom of the steps, and slowly opened it, making their way in. They walked down the dark hallway passed a couple of empty cells, until they reached an open area that had light. A guard walked up to one of the cells and opened it.

"Come on brat, I personally asked them to move you up to the top of the list, so I don't have to hear your voice anymore!" The guard shoved the old woman out-of-the-way and grabbed the boy by his arm dragging him out of the cell.

"GRANDMA HELP ME," cried the boy.

"PLEASE, let him go, take me instead!"

"Shut up! You'll both be seeing each other soon!" The man laughed until he felt someone grab his wrist. His arm was pulled back straight and he struggled to get free.

"Who the hell are you!" Duo gripped the mans arm back until he let go of the little boy, he then took his free hand and slammed his palm against the man's elbow. Duo kept pushing against his elbow and pulling back on his wrist, until the man's arm broke with a loud crack.

Before the guard could even scream, Duo's hands wrapped around his neck and slammed his head against the cell.

"Monster! How can you take pleasure in hurting an innocent child!" The man's eyes rolled back as he lost consciousness.

Duo threw him to the floor, trying to calm himself down. He had rushed in without thinking when he heard the boy cry and the man laugh.

"Hey, are you okay?" Duo offered his hand to the boy, and smiled gently towards him.

"Yeah," was all the boy said as he wiped tears off his face. Duo pulled the boy to his feet as Haru walked over and pulled the ring of keys off the guards belt and began to unlock the cell doors. As soon as he unlocked the first one the old woman stepped out and threw her arms around the boy.

"Bless you, how can I ever thank you boys," said the old woman.

"You don't have to thank us," said Haru as he unlocked two more cells, letting out a family of three, and a teenage girl.

"Is this everybody they brought in?" Asked Duo.

"Yeah this is all of us," said the man holding his little girl, next to him was a women, who Duo assumed to be his wife.

"No they still got Kunemon and Kuwagamon," said the boy, "please you gotta save them."

"I promise kid," Duo put his hand on the boy's head, "Haru stay with them until it's time to move, I'll go break out the digimon."

"You better be careful," said Haru.

"I will," Duo checked his digivice as he walked to the door at the other end of the room, "let Rex and Kiru know to strike in three minutes."

Duo walked through the door as Haru sent the message to the others.

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Hawkeye, Atlas, and Wolfbane all sat in the top floor of the complex, monitoring the cameras and checking in with the guards constantly.

"This is absurd, who would risk their lives to save a small group of worthless people," complained Wolfbane. To him everyday he spent not hunting down his new prey was a waste of time.

"Not everyone is as heartless as you Wolfbane," shouted Atlas, "the boss believes that the resistance will attack, because they won't be able to stand back and let us do what we want to these people and creatures."

"If the resistance attacks to save just six people and two digimon, then they are a bunch of sentimental fools!" Said Wolfbane.

Hawkeye suddenly stood up and walked to the door.

"Where are you off to?" Asked Atlas.

"Don't worry about me, just be ready for anything." Hawkeye left the room leaving Atlas and Wolfbane to continue arguing.

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Duo encountered no resistance as he made his way to where the digimon were being held, but once he reached the door, he found three guards in the room where the digimon were.

Duo checked his digivice, he had about a minute left until Rex and Kiru jumped into action. He had to find a way to take these guys down, but he couldn't draw his sword with Veemon in his digivice. He would have to wait until the others made their move and release his partner.

Duo counted down the seconds and continued peeking through the window. Eventually he saw one of the digimon. Two of the guards had the little bug digimon tied down tight, as they placed him underneath a large machine in the middle of the room.

"Duo!" Veemon's voice sounded from his digivice, "You have to let me out, that machine will extract Kunemon's data."

At Veemon's words, Duo kicked the door open, "Veemon, Realize!"

Veemon shot out of the digivice and rushed at one of the guards, "VEE HEADBUTT!" Veemon slammed into the guard, sending him flying back into a wall where he fell unconscious. The other two men attempted to draw their guns and point them at Veemon, but Duo grabbed one of the men's arms, quickly stripping away his gun and knocking him into the third man. The two men fell on their backs and looked up to find Veemon standing next to their heads.

"VEE KNOCKOUT!" Veemon slammed his fists into both men in their heads before they recovered, knocking them both out cold.

"Are you okay little guy?" Asked Duo, as he untied Kunemon and helped him down off the machine.

Kunemon, Rookie Level, Larva Digimon, Virus Type

"Yeah, thanks," Kunemon looked from Duo to Veemon, "who are you?"

"That's not important, we have to move, wasn't there another digimon with you?" Asked Veemon.

"I'm over here," shouted a voice from inside a large cage in the corner.

Kuwagamon, Champion Level, Insectoid Digimon, Virus Type

Kuwagamon was pinned to the floor of the cage by large metal bars, making it impossible for him to move even a muscle.

Duo and Veemon ran over and began trying to figure out how to set the digimon free.

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Rex counted down the final seconds as he made his way closer to the complex along with Kiru.

"Time! Let's do this!" Rex and Kiru pointed their digivice out in front of them, "Flamon, Realize!"

"Strabimon, Realize!"

Flamon, "Let's get em!"

=EVOLUTION=

Rex/Kiru: Digisoul Charge!

Flamon Digivolve to -

Strabimon Digivolve to -

Agunimon

Lobomon

The two champions blasted the fence open into the complex and leaped in, quickly knocking out a couple guards.

"FLAME FIST!"

"LOBO KENDO!" Lobomon sliced through one of the tanks as Agunimon slammed his burning fist into a second one smashing it. Guards began to surround the two champions as Rex and Kiru drew their weapons.

"Digitize, Red Queen!"

"Digitize, Nemesis Whip!" Kiru's weapon whipped through the air, slicing through several digimon containers in the guard's hands. A few more guards drew their pistols and pointed them at Kiru.

"EXCEL STREAK!" Rex revved his blade and slashed the large sword through the air, letting loose the red wave of energy which hit the guards, injuring them and destroying their guns.

Several more guards came out of one of the buildings letting loose several Tyrannomon.

Agunimon, "Alright Lobomon, we have to keep them focused on us, while Duo and Haru get the prisoners out."

"Just try to keep up Agunimon!" Agunimon smirked as the two digimon readied themselves.

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"Sir, we got digimon readings in the complex!"

"What!" Atlas dropped his argument with Wolfbane and ran to the computer screen.

"Looks like two digimon and two teenagers!"

Wolfbane suddenly shoved Atlas to the side as the screen fell on the two teenage boys. He stared for a few seconds and then started laughing maniacally.

"This must be divine intervention, my prey has decided to come to me!" Wolfbane took off out of the room and Atlas followed after him.

The two technicians were left standing there, "Uh sir, I thought there were only two digimon being held in the basement?"

"There is," the man walked over and gawked at the three digimon signals coming from inside the building.

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"Looks like the guys have started," said Duo drawing his digivice, "since the enemy is distracted now, let's bust Kuwagamon out the old-fashioned way."

Veemon smiled as Duo's digisoul surrounded his hand.

=EVOLUTION=

Duo: Digisoul Charge!

Veemon Digivolve to -

ExVeemon

ExVeemon grabbed hold of the metal bars and began to break them apart, once Kuwagamon's arms and legs were free, he lifted himself up breaking the rest himself.

"Thank you," said Kuwagamon.

ExVeemon, "Don't mention it."

Kunemon crawled over and ExVeemon lifted him up on to his shoulder.

"Alright let's go!" Shouted Kuwagamon, he began to smash his way through the door, heading back the way Duo had come. Duo and ExVeemon followed behind him as he cleared the path for them.

Eventually they reached the area he had left Haru and the prisoners, Haru was shocked when Kuwagamon suddenly smashed through the door.

"Kuwagamon!" The old woman stepped forward and placed her hand on the giant insect's head. Duo and ExVeemon walked into the room and the little boy practically tackled ExVeemon when he saw Kunemon on his shoulder.

"Leon!" Kunemon jumped off ExVeemon's shoulder into the boy's arms. The boy hugged him tight, beyond happy to see him.

"Alright people, time to get out of here!" Shouted Haru, "Dorumon, Realize!" Dorumon appeared next to his partner.

Kuwagamon stepped forward and began to squeeze himself through the door widening the path as he went. The group followed after him as he quickly destroyed the cameras and made his way to the main floor.

"Which way now?" Asked the teenage girl.

ExVeemon stepped towards one of the walls, "This way, VEE LASER!" ExVeemon blasted a large hole in the wall. Kuwagamon pushed through the hole making it bigger and letting them all outside.

"Halt! You scum will not get past us," several guards ran up, each releasing a Tyrannomon from their containers.

"You won't stop us!" Shouted Duo, "Digitize, Kuroryuu!"

"Let's double team them Duo," said ExVeemon crossing his arms across his chest.

"GOT IT! DRAGON SPLITTER!"

"VEE LASER!" ExVeemon's attack fired behind Duo's and pushed into it, increasing the speed and force of Duo's attack. The attacks smashed into one of the Tyrannomon, destroying it instantly.

Haru, "Our Turn!"

=EVOLUTION=

Haru: Digisoul Charge!

Dorumon Digivolve to -

Dorugamon

"POWER METAL!" Dorugamon reared back and fired one of his cannonballs at the second Tyrannomon as it advanced. The guards began to draw their pistols when they saw their digimon losing.

"Digitize, Silfarion!" Haru slashed through all their guns before they could pull the triggers.

"ELECTRO THREAD!" Kunemon fired an electrical series a threads from his mouth, hitting all the guards and knocking them out cold.

"SCISSOR CLAW!" Kuwagamon charged forward and wrapped his mandibles around the neck of another Tyrannomon, slicing the digimon's head off.

"VEE LASER!"

"DRAGON SPLITTER!"

"POWER METAL!"

The three attacks hit against another Tyrannomon, killing it easily.

"Come on let's go, we got to get to Rex and Kiru!" Shouted Haru.

Duo, "By the sounds of it, they're at the other end of this place!" The group could hear the sounds of battle coming from the opposite end of the complex.

"Let's hurry," said Haru, leading the group towards Rex and Kiru.

As they made their way around the building they found their path blocked by a large group of enemies. Haru and Dorugamon stopped and stared at the man in the middle of the group.

"Men, kill him!" Several of the men were holding the data destroying guns, while two other guards raised several containers, releasing two Gorillamon and several Goblimon.

Haru jumped in front of Dorugamon and slashed his sword through the air, deflecting the shots as the group of men fired at them.

"This time boy, you and your beast won't survive!"

"It's you," Haru stared at the man in the center of the group, he was missing several fingers on his right hand.

"Duo, hurry and get these people out of here, me and Dorugamon will hold these guys back!"

"Hell no, I can't leave you here!"

"These people will be easy targets for them, you have to save them, it's what we came here for!"

Duo struggled for a second before finally telling the prisoners to follow him and ExVeemon. Haru continued to deflect the data destroying shots while Dorugamon fired several cannonballs attempting to hold back the enemy digimon.

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Lobomon and Agunimon were working together to bring down another Tyrannomon. The dinosaur fell as Agunimon's 'flame fist' and Lobomon's 'light winner' attack hit him in the face.

"EXCEL STREAK!" Rex's attack destroyed another Goblimon, while Kiru's 'nemesis whip' whipped around through the air slashing several of the guards weapons, sometimes taking their hands with it.

Rex and Kiru were both breathing hard, their injuries beginning to act up and weaken them.

"Those two better hurry, I can't keep this up forever," said Kiru.

Rex and Kiru charged once again destroying more of the Goblimon, as Lobomon and Agunimon took down the last Tyrannomon. The two digimon ran towards their partner destroying the last remaining Goblimon in their path.

Kiru and Rex looked around the area, no more enemies were coming at them, "What's going on, where is everybody?"

"I don't know, you don't think they've all gone after Duo and Haru do you?" Asked Kiru worried.

"Wrong Kiru Urashima, I commanded them to stay away."

Kiru and Rex spun around spotting two men behind them. Lobomon and Agunimon stepped up behind their partners.

"Who are you?" Demanded Kiru.

"Forgotten me already have you," the man pulled off his sunglasses and tossed them over his shoulder, "I told you to remember my name didn't I."

Kiru's eyes widened as realization hit him.

"I'm Wolfbane, it's time that I show you the pain and suffering I promised you," shouted Wolfbane. He then drew a large digimon container from his coat, "Time to finally have my fun! Realize!" Five dog looking digimon spawned from the device.

Dobermon, Champion Level, Beast Digimon, Virus Type

"Atlas, keep the other brat out of my way," commanded Wolfbane.

"Fine," said Atlas simply, drawing another container, "Realize!"

A largely built brown digimon, with spikes across his body, large arms, and a big nose materialized in front of Atlas.

Gigasmon, Ultimate Level, Mineral Digimon, Data Type

Rex, "This isn't good!"

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Duo lead the group away from the fight, he kept telling himself he had to protect these people no matter what.

"Where are we going?"

"I have to get you to a safe place and then go back for my friends, we can't leave without them."

Duo took the group towards the forest. ExVeemon smashed down the fence to allow the prisoners to escape into the trees.

"Hide in here, all of you," Duo turned back into the base with ExVeemon, "Kuwagamon, keep them all safe til I get back!"

"DUO LOOK OUT!" ExVeemon pushed Duo out-of-the-way as a bullet flew through the air towards him. The bullet hit ExVeemon and bounced off unable to pierce his thick skin.

"Sorry boy, I can't let you escape."

"Who the hell are you!" Shouted Duo.

"I am Hawkeye, forgive me but orders are orders," Hawkeye placed his handgun back in its holster and unsheathed two short swords off his back, "you and your friends aren't going to live to see the sun again."

Hawkeye stabbed one of the blades into the ground and pulled out a digimon container, "Realize!"

A huge dinosaur digimon appeared in front of him, half its body was encased in metal.

MetalTyrannomon, Ultimate Level, Cyborg Digimon, Virus Type

~To Be Continued~

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