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Digimon World Wars
Chapter 22 - Unknown Dragon
While Duo, Rex, and Kiru battled with Hawkeye, Atlas, and Wolfbane, the rest of DATS's forces went after the only remaining target that wasn't already being taken care of by one of their base leaders.
Haru and Dorugamon were being severely out numbered. They were being attacked by Goblimon, Tyrannomon, Gorillamon, Apemon, and DATS's soldiers, who were armed with not only their data destroying guns but regular guns as well.
Haru ran through the crowd with the power of his Silfarion, to his enemies he was nothing more than a blur as he sliced through Goblimon and destroyed the enemies weapons. Dorugamon flew overhead as fast as he could, dodging a variety of shots, and firing cannonballs down on the huge crowd of enemies.
The two of them had kept this up for the last ten minutes, and were both becoming increasingly exhausted. Haru's speed was starting to drop and Dorugamon's cannonballs were losing power. Everytime they brought down a group of enemies, more would take their place.
Haru stopped and ran towards a man who was aiming his data gun up at Dorugamon, slicing the man's hand as well as the gun in half. In the split second he had slowed down to attack, a group of men fired on him. Haru managed to speed away as their bullets killed their own comrade.
"He's slowing down, stay back and send the digimon at him!" Haru could hear the man who had attacked Dorugamon in the past issuing orders.
Haru sliced through another Goblimon that blocked his path, while Dorugamon fired another cannonball down on a Tyrannomon that was moving in towards Haru. The dinosaur stumbled but continued advancing. Dorugamon was almost completely out of stamina and was having a hard time damaging the bigger digimon.
Haru continued to run as several fireballs were shot at him by the Tyrannomon, barely escaping the blasts. Haru was breathing extremely heavy and all his muscles were screaming in protest. Fighting at this speed was extremely tiring for him and he had never had to keep it up for so long before.
"Keep attacking, keep firing!"
More digimon ran into the area as Haru dodged another barrage of bullets fired at him. He sliced through a Goblimon and found his path blocked by an Apemon. Haru sped around the ape and sliced his sword at the digimon's back, but was blocked. The Apemon had turned around in an instant and blocked his sword with its bone club.
"ENERGY CANNON!" One of the Gorillamon aimed its gun arm at Haru during the split second he had been stopped by the Apemon. Haru was blown away as the attack hit next to him destroying the Apemon and sending him crashing into the ground.
Dorugamon, "HARU!"
"MOVE IN NOW!" Haru quickly tried to roll himself over and climb back to his feet. Ignoring his pain and fatigue, he gripped his sword tight, ready to speed away again. Haru raised himself to his feet as another Apemon's fist smashed into his back, knocking him back down into the ground.
"HARU!" Dorugamon dived down trying to get to his partner, but was blocked as more fireballs, black energy balls, and energy blasts fired up at him.
Several of DATS's men surrounded Haru and kicked his sword away, causing it to revert back into his silver digivice. Two of the men raised him to his knees and held his arms back so he couldn't move.
Haru struggled to get free, but was far too exhausted to break the soldier's grip. They held him still as the man Haru had met in the past walked up to him, holding his disfigured hand out in front of himself.
"I hoped I'd one day get to have my revenge on you!" The man took his good fist and slammed it into Haru's cheek.
"HARU!" Dorugamon kept trying to reach his partner, but couldn't get close without being shot out of the air.
The man threw several more punches at Haru, but he didn't make a sound. Haru didn't want to give this man the satisfaction of knowing he was hurting him. Frustrated the man kicked Haru in the gut knocking the wind out of him.
"How about we continue where we left off last time!" Haru gasped for air as the man looked to the sky where Dorugamon was still desperately dodging attacks.
"Everyone aim at the digimon, destroy it!" The remaining digimon and soldiers all aimed their guns and attacks up, sending a flurry of attacks towards Dorugamon.
Dorugamon dodged as fast as he could as various fireballs, bones, the black data destroying shots, bullets, and energy blasts lit up the sky.
"DORUGAMON, RUN AWAY!" The man punched Haru in the face again, trying to shut him up.
Haru watched as his partner continued to fly around the area as fast as he could, still trying to somehow reach him.
"KEEP ON IT, BRING IT DOWN!"
Dorugamon dove down fast, as a couple fireballs grazed him, trying to scoop up Haru and fly out of the area, but was finally blown out of the air by a Tyrannomon's fireball.
"DORUGAMON!"
Dorugamon crashed into the ground and was quickly surrounded by several enemy soldiers who were pointing their data guns at him.
"KILL IT!" The men fired on command, Dorugamon yelled in pain as his data began to be eaten away.
"STOP IT!" Haru struggled against the grip of the men holding him but still couldn't break free. Haru could see Dorugamon starting to become distorted just like he had in the past, 'No, not again!'
Haru still had nightmares from that night, nightmares about Dorumon suddenly fading away in front of his eyes, pleading for Haru to help him.
"Please, stop it!" The attacks continued and Dorugamon was becoming more distorted, "Stop!"
Haru's digisoul suddenly surrounded his right arm. The man holding his arm yelped and let go as Haru's digisoul burned his hand. Haru slammed his arm back into the man's gut knocking him flat on his back, and spun his body around bringing his right fist into the second man's face.
As soon as he was free he ran past the man in front of him towards the crowd, not bothering to go back for his digivice, all he could think of was saving his partner somehow.
The sound of a gunshot sounded behind him and Haru felt an incredible piercing pain on his left leg. He fell to the ground, yelling in pain, his leg bleeding from a bullet wound.
"You didn't think I'd let you interfere again did you?" The man walked up behind Haru and grabbed him by his hair forcing him to look where Dorugamon was, "Now watch, this time no one is gonna be able to save your friend!"
Dorugamon writhed in pain as his body began to glow and shrink. When the light faded Dorumon was left laying on the cold ground. The men held their fire, waiting for the signal to finish the digimon off.
The man laughed and slammed Haru's face into the ground, "Now finish it!" The men all aimed their guns once again at Dorumon, but before they could pull the triggers a bright light lit up behind them and a fierce voice yelled out.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Haru's silver digisoul erupted and blasted the man from DATS's away from him. Blood ran down the side of his face as he climbed to his feet. The soldiers were all staring at Haru, and had forgotten about Dorumon.
"IDIOTS, KILL THE DIGIMON!"
Most of the men snapped back to reality and aimed their guns back at Dorumon, unaware that someone was flying overhead.
"DESPERADO BLASTER!" Energy shots rained down on the men, blowing them all back away from Dorumon.
Paildramon landed next to Dorumon and picked him up, the rookie's data was barely holding together.
"WHERE DID THAT DIGIMON COME FROM!" The men were shocked by Paildramon's sudden appearance.
"CABLE CRUSHER!" Paildramon spun around and fired his claws out, whipping them around the area, knocking both digimon and DATS soldiers out of his way, before rushing over to Haru with Dorumon.
"HARU, CATCH!" Haru's digivice was flung through the air, he turned around to catch it and saw Duo standing there with blood across his chest.
"Haru!" Paildramon landed next to Haru, setting Dorumon on the ground in front of him, "He won't last much longer like this, use your digisoul, it should bring his strength back." Haru was surprised to hear ExVeemon's voice coming from the digimon in front of him.
Haru's digisoul fluctuated around him as he pointed his digivice towards his partner, "Hang on buddy!"
=PERFECT EVOLUTION=
Haru: Digisoul, FULL CHARGE!
Haru's digisoul blasted out of his digivice to his partner, instantly repairing his damaged data. Dorumon's eyes shot open as he felt the new level of power flowing through him.
Dorumon Digivolve to - Dorugamon
Dorugamon Digivolve to -
DoruGreymon
DoruGreymon, Ultimate Level, Beast Dragon Digimon, Data Type
"What happened to me?" DoruGreymon turned his head around to Haru.
Paildramon, "You've reached the next level."
Haru nodded to his partner and turned towards the crowd of enemy digimon and soldiers that were advancing towards them.
"You alright?" Duo walked up next to Haru and fell to his knees again, clutching his bleeding chest.
"My leg is pretty messed up, but aside from that I think I'm doing better than you are."
"Duo and Haru are in no shape to continue fighting at this point," Paildramon stepped out in front of Duo, "it's up to us DoruGreymon."
DoruGreymon stepped up next to Paildramon, putting himself between Haru and the enemy.
"I'm ready!"
Haru, "Show em' what you can do now guys!"
Paildramon and DoruGreymon, "RIGHT!"
"FIRE, KILL THEM ALL!" The soldiers aimed their guns while the enemy digimon prepared to fire their attacks.
"TOO SLOW! DESPERADO BLASTER!" Paildramon grabbed his guns and began firing at the crowd of enemies. The soldiers began to retreat, leaving the digimon to fight against the two ultimates by themselves. Paildramon's attack continued to fire through the area destroying several enemy digimon.
"MY TURN! METAL METEOR!" DoruGreymon reared his head back and fired the largest cannonball anyone had ever seen. The attack blasted a huge crater into the ground destroying all enemy digimon within range.
The DATS soldiers were panicking now, most of them were retreating from the area and sending out any remaining digimon they could.
Paildramon and DoruGreymon charged into the crowd of digimon. DoruGreymon slammed into a Tyrannomon knocking it back into several other digimon, before flying high into the air and diving back down towards the downed digimon.
"BLOODY TOWER!" DoruGreymon turned his body as he dove, slamming his tail down next to the digimon. The area around in front of his tail exploded, blasting all the digimon into the air and destroying them.
"ESGRIMA!" The stings on Paildramon's wrists extended out and he stabbed both of them into a Gorillamon and Apemon that had charged at him, destroying them. Paildramon turned around seeing several soldiers sneaking up behind Duo and Haru.
"CABLE CRUSHER!" The claws on both of Paildramon's hands fired out, flying past Duo and Haru and tangling themselves around the group of men. Paildramon reeled the men in instantly, dragging them across the ground and tossing them back into the crowd of enemy digimon.
"WHERE ARE THE REINFORCEMENTS!"
"I DON'T KNOW!" The man in charge was panicking, their entire supply of digimon was being defeated by just two digimon. "Send someone back into the base, dig out any other digimon we got and release them!"
"SIR WE'VE GOT TWO MORE HOSTILES!"
"WHAT!"
Paildramon, Duo, DoruGreymon, and Haru all turned their heads as a white armored wolf and a red armored dragon joined the battle.
"PYRO BARRAGE!"
"LUPINE LASER!"
A whole heard of Goblimon and several more Tyrannomon were destroyed as the beam of light and the barrage of fire bullets fired into the crowd.
Haru and Duo stared at the two digimon, unsure of who they could be until Rex appeared behind them, supporting Kiru.
"HOWLING STAR!" KendoGarurumon sped through the battlefield slicing through a huge number of enemies.
"WILDFIRE TSUNAMI!" BurningGreymon let out a swirling vortex of flames that destroyed all the enemy digimon around him.
"HOW CAN THIS BE! WHERE ARE HAWKEYE, ATLAS, AND WOLFBANE!" Most of the soldiers had retreated in the opposite direction, heading for the trees.
"Sir, we found an ultimate level digimon hidden in Hawkeye's gear!"
"Don't just stand there you fool, release it!"
The soldier pointed out the container releasing another MetalTyrannomon.
Duo and Paildramon looked out at the metal dinosaur, unpleased to see it again so soon.
DoruGreymon, BurningGreymon, and KendoGarurumon finished the remaining digimon before turning to face the MetalTyrannomon.
"I ORDER YOU TO KILL THEM ALL!"
MetalTyrannomon stepped forward as the four ultimates surrounded him.
Rex and Kiru joined Duo and Haru, "This guy has no idea what he's doing does he?"
Haru, "Nope."
All four teenage boys voices sounded at the same time, "BRING HIM DOWN GUYS!"
Paildramon, "DESPERADO BLASTER!"
DoruGreymon, "METAL METEOR!"
BurningGreymon, "SOLAR WIND DESTROYER!"
KendoGarurumon, "FROZEN HUNTER!"
MetalTyrannomon was hammered by a giant cannonball, a barrage of energy shots, a giant ball of fire energy, and a giant blast of light energy shaped like a wolf. MetalTyrannomon was defeated and disintegrating before it even hit the ground.
The few remaining soldiers stared dumbstruck as the four ultimates slowly advanced towards them, before turning and running away as fast as they could.
Duo, "We did it." The four ultimates walked over to their partners. "You guys were awesome!"
BurningGreymon, "The four of us wouldn't have been able to reach this level of power and defeat them without you." DoruGreymon and KendoGarurumon agreed.
"Where are the prisoners?" Asked Haru.
"Paildramon, fly over and let the little boy and his grandmother know it's safe to come here, then see if you can find the rest of them."
"I already found one of them," said Kiru, "KendoGarurumon, could you go get her." Paildramon and KendoGarurumon nodded and moved to gather the people they had come to save from DATS.
KendoGarurumon returned shortly with Nagisa, and Sayo and Leon walked over and joined them as well. Leon still had tears falling from his eyes, but the little boy seemed to be unable to continue crying out loud at the moment.
"I'm glad all of you are alright," said Sayo, looking from Duo, to Haru, to Nagisa, and finally to Rex and Kiru who introduced themselves.
The group stood next to the base, waiting for Paildramon to return along with the family that had disappeared in the trees.
Rex, "Hey Kiru, you still got that device don't ya?"
"Yeah, I got it," Kiru reached into his pocket and pulled out the device, "it's a good thing Andromon's tech is so tough."
Haru, "What do you mean?"
"You don't want to know," sighed Rex, remembering Kiru's comment about a grenade. Rex looked over to Duo who was leaning back against the building, "You alright?"
Duo was breathing hard and starting to feel extremely tired and weak, "I'll be okay."
"You're not okay, let me look at that wound," Nagisa stepped over to Duo and lifted up his shirt, revealing the long cut across his chest. "You're losing too much blood!"
Everyone was suddenly alarmed and looking at Duo, "Can one of you guys find me something to wrap this wound with, we got to slow the bleeding down!"
"I'm on it!" Rex ran into the base, looking for anything he could use to help his friend.
A few minutes later Rex returned with some medical supplies, having found a small medical room. Nagisa and Rex forced Duo to sit down while they wrapped the bandages across his chest.
After Duo was bandaged up Nagisa turned to Kiru and began to wrap up his arm, removing Lobomon's scarf which disappeared when she took it off, and finally wrapping up Haru's leg and bandaging the wound on his forehead.
Haru, "Thanks."
"You guys are insane, who lets themselves get wounded that bad, and then tries to act like it's nothing."
None of them had a reply for her.
KendoGarurumon, "Kiru, I'm getting worried, Paildramon is taking a long time."
"I'm sure he'll find them soon, then we can get out of here," said Kiru tossing the portal device in his hand.
"But, there's no way DATS hasn't heard that we're here, they're sure to be sending reinforcements and probably the bulk of their army here now."
Duo, "He's got a point, we need to get out of here soon." Duo looked off towards the trees, 'Hurry Paildramon.'
The group continued to wait, nearly ten minutes passed but still Paildramon hadn't returned. The group was becoming restless, and were on alert for any sign of enemies.
KendoGarurumon, "Did anyone hear that?"
Rex, "Hear what, I didn't hear anything."
KendoGarurumon stared off into the trees, "There it is again!"
DoruGreymon, "I heard it too."
"What the heck are you two hearing," Rex was straining to try to hear whatever it was the digimon were talking about.
An explosion suddenly went off near the edge of the trees, the three digimon stepped in front of the humans, protecting them from any debris that came their way.
"Oh no, don't tell me," Rex turned towards the trees when another explosion went off above them, the group looked to the sky and saw someone falling towards them.
Duo rushed to his feet as Paildramon crashed to the ground in front of them, "Paildramon!"
Paildramon raised himself up, "I'm alright, they'll need more than that to kill me."
Nagisa, "What's going on?"
Most of the group were starting to panic as a large force of soldiers and digimon marched out of the trees. There were at least a couple hundred men armed with assault rifles and with them were many different digimon including Tyrannomon, Monochromon, Apemon, Gorillamon, Mekanorimon, Meramon, Bakemon and a few some of the group hadn't seen before.
Airdramon, Champion Level, Mythical Animal Digimon, Vaccine Type
Vilemon, Champion Level, Mini Devil Digimon, Virus Type
Scorpiomon, Ultimate Level, Ancient Crustacean Digimon, Data Type
Triceramon, Ultimate Level, Dinosaur Digimon, Data Type
Megadramon, Ultimate Level, Cyborg Digimon, Virus Type
Gigadramon, Ultimate Level, Cyborg Digimon, Virus Type
Kiru, "Shit, what do we do?"
Paildramon stood back up on his feet and stepped forward, "I don't know, we can't fight back because-" Paildramon didn't have to finish his sentence, several of the soldiers walked forward, with their guns pointed at the backs of the family Paildramon had been searching for. The women held the little girl and the father had his arms around both of them.
KendoGarurumon, "Cowards!"
A young unarmed man walked through the crowd and looked out at the group. He had short spiked back brown hair, and wore dark blue jeans, small rectangle framed glasses, and a short sleeved black shirt.
"Have your digimon revert back to their rookie levels, or these people die!" The young man's voice seemed to reverberate around the area. One of the soldiers grabbed the father and pulled him away from his wife and daughter.
"NO PAPA!"
"We'll start with him!" The soldier forced the man to his knees and pointed his gun to the back of his head. "Do as I say, unless you want this man's death on your conscience!"
"Those heartless bastards!" Duo clenched his fists tight, but as he heard the man's wife and daughter cry out for him, he knew he had to give in. He couldn't stand to make this family lose their loved one, he still blamed himself for what happened to Kuwagamon and Kunemon.
Duo, "Paildramon, do as they say."
Paildramon turned to Duo and locked eyes with his partner, before nodding. Rex, Kiru and Haru gritted their teeth before telling their partners to do the same. There was no course of action any of them could take, that wouldn't get that family killed, except surrendering.
The four ultimates began to glow, each of them was letting go of the power that held their forms. As the power faded away they shrunk back down into their rookie levels. Veemon, Dorumon, Strabimon, and Flamon glared out towards the man.
The young man in the crowd began to laugh, "I can't believe how naïve all of you are! You'll let yourselves be captured and force the people you came to save to be locked up again, because you couldn't bring yourselves to let one man die!"
"KILL HIM!"
Rex, "YOU BASTARD, DON'T DO IT!"
Even though he was so far away, Duo could see the soldier slowly squeeze the trigger. The four boys and digimon stepped forward trying to somehow prevent what was happening in front of them.
But the shot never came.
"What are you doing soldier, I said kill him!"
"I... CAN'T MOVE!"
"What!" The young man stepped forward and stopped, suddenly unable to move a muscle. "WHAT IS THIS!"
Flamon, "What's going on over there?"
All of the soldiers around the family were unable to move, the father grabbed his wife's hand and pulled them away towards Duo and the rest.
"LOOK OUT!"
Several more soldiers turned and aimed their guns towards the family, but before they could pull the trigger all of their guns flew out of their hands. Duo noticed glowing strings attached to the guns and finally knew what was going on.
Duo looked up towards the roof of the base where two people stood. A shadow was stretched down the side of the building into the trees and around to the soldiers.
"That was close, but it looks like my Shadow Possession was on time."
Shikamaru and Kankuro stood on the roof of the building, Kankuro was whipping strings made of energy around pulling more weapons away from the soldiers.
Kankuro, "Hey Uryu wanna give me a hand here!"
Uryu jumped off the roof of the building aiming his bow out towards the crowd. With lightning fast reflexes he fired a barrage of arrows into the crowd, each arrow destroyed a soldier's guns. Uryu charged his digisoul into his feet as he landed next to Duo and the rest, softening the impact.
"Tentomon, Realize!"
=EVOLUTION=
Uryu: Digisoul Charge!
Tentomon Digivolve to -
Kabuterimon
Uryu, "Kabuterimon fire your electro shocker and try to push the enemy digimon back!"
"GOT IT! ELECTRO SHOCKER!" Kabuterimon began to fire his electric attack over and over into the crowd forcing back the advancing digimon.
Shikamaru and Kankuro quickly jumped off the building mimicking Uryu, and landing next to their comrades.
"Agumon, Realize!"
"Monodramon, Realize!"
Agumon and Monodramon appeared, as Shikamaru and Kankuro's digisouls covered their hands.
=EVOLUTION=
Digisoul Charge!
Agumon Digivolve to -
Greymon
Monodramon Digivolve to -
Strikedramon
"NOVA BLAST!"
"STRIKE IMPACT!"
Greymon's fireball and Strikedramon's air blast impacted against the enemy digimon, helping Kabuterimon keep them away as the family ran towards them.
Kankuro flicked his wrist and connected the strings attached to his fingers onto a Tyrannomon. Kankuro flicked his wrist again causing the strings to whip around and the Tyrannomon to turn around and charge into a crowd of digimon.
The family finally made it to Duo and the rest.
"Kiru get ready to open the portal!" Shikamaru then looked back up towards the building behind him, "LAVI NOW!"
Lavi suddenly jumped off the roof holding his hammer above his head, "Grow, grow, grow, grow!" The hammer's size increased until it was three times the size of a house and the handle stretched out so that it reached out towards the enemies, "EAT THIS!"
Lavi's hammer smashed against the ground around the enemies, most of them managed to escape its impact but the force of it shattered the ground and knocked most of the soldiers off their feet. Growlmon jumped off the building after Lavi.
"PYRO BLASTER!" Growlmon aimed the attack up towards the sky, trying to push back the Megadramon and Gigadramon that were advancing.
"Hurry, nows our chance!" Kiru pushed the button on the device and tossed it in front of him, a portal of swirling green light opened in the space in front of the group. Kiru motioned for the prisoners to go first, they all ran in one by one, followed by Haru, Dorumon, Kiru and Strabimon. Growlmon and Greymon continued to fire their attacks in the air trying to push back the two flying ultimates.
"Hurry, we have to go now!" Shikamaru pushed Rex and Flamon into the portal as the four champions reverted back to their rookie forms and jumped in along with Veemon. Lavi, Kankuro and Uryu turned around and jumped in behind the digimon. Finally Shikamaru grabbed Duo who was staring out at the young man in the crowd. "What are you doing, let's go!" Shikamaru jumped into the portal pulling Duo along with him as it closed, sending them all back to the digital world.
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"Sir they've escaped."
"I know that, you fool!" The young man looked out along the half destroyed base that stood before him, "Where are Hawkeye, Atlas, and Wolfbane?"
"Sir, Wolfbane is dead and Atlas is in critical condition, we are rushing him to a hospital now."
"I see, and what about Hawkeye?"
"We don't know yet sir, he seems to have gone missing."
"Alright, stay here and salvage whatever you can, I'm heading back to our home base. Let me know if you find Hawkeye."
"Yes sir!"
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Hawkeye stood in the middle of the forest, silently contemplating something.
"There you are!" The DATS man who had tried to kill Haru and Dorugamon ran through the trees and stepped up to Hawkeye.
"We were defeated because of you, you were suppose to be killing one of those brats, but instead you were taking a stroll through the forest!" The man was right in Hawkeye's face, blaming him for their loss.
"I'll report to the leader about you, I'll let him know how you let that kid go, even though we all know you could have killed him!"
The man suddenly froze as Hawkeye pointed a gun at him, looking as bored as ever, "You're annoying." Hawkeye pulled the trigger and shot the man through the head, before turning away and walking back towards the base.
"Duo Maxwell," Hawkeye whispered the name to himself, "I wonder who you really are."
~To Be Continued~
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Notes:
The title of this chapter 'Unknown Dragon' comes from what the 'Doru' in Dorumon's name stands for. Which is Digital or unknown.
The attacks 'Solar Wind Destroyer' and 'Frozen Hunter' actually belong to Aldamon and Beowolfmon, which are the fusion forms of Agunimon/BurningGreymon and Lobomon/KendoGarurumon.
I'm not entirely sure what DoruGreymon's 'Bloody Tower' attack is actually supposed to be like, so I just went with how it looks in DMO. Digimon Masters Online.