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Digimon World Wars
Chapter 28 - Mission Failed?
Gaogamon ran through the trees as fast as he could, with Palmon, Hinata, and Kotaro riding on his back. They had left Rex, Ling, Agunimon, and Ikkakumon to deal with the two ultimate cyborg digimon, while they chased after the last man from DATS. Even though they had run so far, they still hadn't found him, and it was starting to worry the group.
"Where is he, how come we haven't caught up yet?" Asked Kotaro.
"I still got his scent, he had to have come this way," said Gaogamon as he weaved around a few trees that were blocking his path.
"Hinata, see if you can find him," said Kotaro.
"Digitize, Byakugan!" Hinata began to scan the area in front of them as Gaogamon leapt over a large bush, "GAOGAMON SLOW DOWN!"
Everyone's eyes widened as a large rock wall appeared in front of them just over the bush. Unable to stop himself in midair, Gaogamon crashed head-first into the large rock, Hinata, Palmon, and Kotaro were flung off him and landed on the ground as Gaogamon slowly slid down to the ground, with large stars in his eyes.
Kotaro, "Ow, who put that there?" Kotaro jumped to his feet and helped Hinata up to hers, before checking on Gaogamon.
Hinata scanned the object in front of them and realized it was a large mountain. The thick trees had obscured it from their view. Hinata stared at the top of the mountain and found a large building, Hinata stared at it for a second before realizing what it looked like.
"Kotaro, Datamon must be at the top of this mountain," said Hinata pointing up.
"How do you know?" Asked Kotaro as he checked the large lump on Gaogamon's head.
"There's a building shaped just like his head, and a sign in front that says 'Datamon's Repair Shop'! And above the sign is a picture of his face..."
Kotaro couldn't believe his ears, "Are you kidding me, that's way too obvious!"
"I wish I was," said Hinata blankly. Hinata scanned the mountain and found a winding path that lead to the top. She also found the man from DATS making his way up the mountain on top of a Triceramon's shoulder, "We have to go now, he's already making his way up the mountain, we have to stop him!"
"Gaogamon," Kotaro leaned in next to his unconscious partner's ear, "WAKE UP!" Gaogamon jumped to his feet like a rocket.
"I'm awake!" Gaogamon shook his head, making his headache worse.
"Good, let's go!" Everyone loaded back on Gaogamon's back, this time Hinata sat up front.
"That way Gaogamon!" Gaogamon took off around the mountain, heading towards the path that lead to the top.
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Ling stood still as the two men from DATS unloaded their pistols on him. Ling's entire body was covered from head to toe in the black armor, and the two men just didn't seem to understand that their bullets couldn't pierce him. The two men stopped and reached in their suits for another magazine as they ran out of bullets.
"Now Rex!" Ling ducked as Rex appeared behind him and slashed his glowing sword over Ling's head.
"EXCEL STREAK!" The two men were hit with the red energy and blasted off their feet. They fell on top of each other unconscious, their chests heavily burned. Ling's body returned to normal as he turned to where Zudomon was.
Zudomon stomped through the forest knocking trees out of his way, trying to keep up with the aerial battle that took place above him, "BurningGreymon, try to bring them down here," said Zudomon, "I can't fly you know!"
"I'm trying!" BurningGreymon flew through the air dodging Megadramon and Gigadramon's barrage of missiles. The two cyborg digimon managed to fight in sync, making it difficult for BurningGreymon to counter. The men from DATS had ordered the two cyborgs to stay in the air away from Zudomon, and no matter how hard BurningGreymon tried he couldn't bring them close enough to the ground for Zudomon to reach them.
"Genocide Gear!"
"Dark Side Attack!" BurningGreymon rocketed up into the air as the two cyborgs fired another wave of missiles at him.
"Damn it!" Zudomon gripped the handle of his Thor Hammer tight as he watched the battle above him.
BurningGreymon continued to fly upwards as he pointed his Rudri Tarpana down towards the missiles that chased him, "PYRO BARRAGE!" One by one BurningGreymon shot the missiles down.
Rex, "BurningGreymon above you!" BurningGreymon turned his head up and found his path blocked by both Gigadramon and Megadramon.
"EAT THIS! WILDFIRE TSUNAMI!" BurningGreymon released flames from underneath his armor that engulfed his body. BurningGreymon began to spin his body as he continued flying straight up towards the two cyborgs.
Megadramon and Gigadramon dodged to the side avoiding the swirling torrent of flames. The two cyborgs rushed towards BurningGreymon and aimed their arms at him as the flames began to disappear around his body.
"Genocide Gear!"
"Dark Side Attack!"
They were too close. BurningGreymon flew up into the air again as the missiles closed in on his tail.
"BURNINGGREYMON!" Rex eyes widened as his partner was hit with the barrage of missiles, he heard BurningGreymon yell in pain as the explosions lit up the sky.
Megadramon and Gigadramon stared at the cloud of smoke pointing their arms forward.
"STUPID DIGIMON, MOVE!" One of the men from DATS was back on his feet, clutching his injured chest. Megadramon and Gigadramon dodged to the side as Zudomon's hammer flew past them.
"DAMN IT! I missed!" Zudomon looked towards the sky as his hammer disappeared into the cloud of smoke.
"KILL THE OTHER DIGIMON AND THOSE TWO PUNKS!" Gigadramon and Megadramon turned towards the ground pointing their arms towards Rex and Ling.
Zudomon moved towards his partner and Rex, so he could shield them from the two cyborg's attacks.
"WILDFIRE TSUNAMI!" Rex, Zudomon, and Ling turned back towards the cloud of smoke as BurningGreymon dropped through the sky, his body was damaged and parts of his armor were cracked. BurningGreymon's arms were wrapped around the large handle of Zudomon's hammer, which was covered in the flames that were coming off his body.
"TURN AROUND YOU STUPID DIGIMON!"
Rex, "GET EM' BURNINGGREYMON!"
Megadramon and Gigadramon turned their heads around as BurningGreymon closed in on them.
"BURNING HAMMER!" BurningGreymon flipped his body forward and let go of the hammer, smashing it against Megadramon. The hammer fell to the ground like a meteor, carrying Megadramon with it and smashing the cyborg against the hard earth.
BurningGreymon rushed past Gigadramon and grabbed his tail, "COME HERE!"
BurningGreymon dove towards the ground dragging Gigadramon behind him, "Here you go Zudomon!" BurningGreymon grabbed hold of Gigadramon's tail with both hands and started to spin his body as he continued to fall to the ground.
Zudomon rushed forward, "Ready! Pass him here!" BurningGreymon let go of Gigadramon's tail, flinging him towards Zudomon, who was holding his right arm out. As Gigadramon flew through the air he was clothes lined by Zudomon and thrown back into several trees before crashing against the ground next to Megadramon who was trapped underneath Zudomon's searing hot hammer.
Zudomon, "Finish them BurningGreymon!"
"You useless digimon, get up! Kill these kids and their dig- gah!" The man from DATS was silenced as Ling snuck up behind him and karate chopped him in the back of the neck.
BurningGreymon held his hands together forming a small ball of fire energy, "Solar... Wind..." BurningGreymon held the ball of fire over his head and it grew until it was twice his size, "DESTROYER!"
BurningGreymon threw the ball of fire down on the two cyborgs. Zudomon shielded Rex and Ling from the wave of heat that came towards them as BurningGreymon's attack burned the two cyborgs and the trees around them to ashes.
As the flames faded, bits of Gigadramon and Megadramon's data could be seen floating up over the remaining trees. Rex, Ling, and Zudomon walked forward, stepping into the circle of burned trees, where Zudomon's Thor Hammer still sat red-hot from BurningGreymon's attacks. Zudomon stepped forward and began to blow on his hammer with enough force to knock Ling or Rex off their feet, trying to cool it down.
BurningGreymon landed next to Rex, staring at the damage his attack had caused.
"You okay buddy?" Rex motioned to BurningGreymon's damaged armor.
"I'll be alright," BurningGreymon looked a little sad, "I think I overdid it, I didn't mean to destroy so much of the forest."
"Don't let it get to you," Rex patted his partner on the shoulder, "you did what you had to, and one day this forest will be back to how it used to be."
"Rex, let's go, we need to catch up with Hinata and Kotaro, they might need our help," said Ling.
"Right let's go!" Rex and BurningGreymon marched off into the trees followed by Ling.
Ling turned back around, "Come on Zudomon!"
"Coming!" Zudomon grabbed the handle of his hammer, "OWWW HOT! HOT!"
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Gaogamon ran up the mountain path, sliding around corners and running as fast as his four legs would carry him and his three passengers.
"There he is!" Palmon pointed above them to one of the paths just above them. Gaogamon increased his speed and slid around another corner, his back leg nearly slipping over the edge.
Gaogamon ran up behind the Triceramon and leapt over the digimon, skidding to a halt and blocking the Triceramon and DATS operative's path.
"Figures, can't rely on those two idiots for anything," the man reached into his suit and drew another device, before tossing it over the edge. There was a flash below them and the man jumped from Triceramon's shoulder, falling over the edge.
"What's he doing!" Hinata and Palmon jumped off Gaogamon's back as the man rose above them riding on a giant green, parrot-like digimon.
Parrotmon, Ultimate Level, Giant Bird Digimon, Vaccine Type
"Kill them Triceramon!" Triceramon began to lower his head, aiming his horns toward Hinata and Palmon, "See ya!" The man grinned wickedly towards Hinata as he flew over her head towards the top of the mountain.
Hinata, "KOTARO, GAOGAMON GO! YOU HAVE TO STOP HIM, YOU'LL BE FASTER WITHOUT US!"
Kotaro, "I can't leave you here!"
Palmon stepped forward as Triceramon charged up the mountain path towards them.
=EVOLUTION=
Hinata: Digisoul Charge!
Palmon Digivolve to -
Togemon
Togemon braced herself as Triceramon slammed into her. Togemon struggled to hold the ultimate level dinosaur back, "GO YOU TWO, I'LL HANDLE THIS!" The two digimon struggled, the path they were on was barely big enough for the two of them to stand on.
Kotaro struggled for a second and cursed under his breath, "Let's go Gaogamon!" Gaogamon turned around and ran back up the mountain path, sliding around another corner and out of sight.
Togemon lowered her gloved fist and slammed it into Triceramon's chin, staggering the digimon a little.
"Knock him off the edge Togemon!" Hinata stayed back, she wanted this fight to end before Togemon got hurt.
"LIGHT SPEED JABBING!" Togemon delivered a barrage of rapid punches, forcing Triceramon to step back in annoyance.
"Keep it up Togemon!" Togemon continued her attack as Triceramon continued to back away, reaching the edge of the path.
"FLY AWAY! COCONUT PUNCH!" Togemon delivered a final punch to Triceramon's face intent on knocking him over the ledge, but the dinosaur didn't even flinch.
Triceramon gave a fierce roar, causing Togemon to step away. The dinosaur was clearly fed up with the cactus and was gonna follow the orders it had been given.
"TRI-HORN ATTACK!"
Togemon braced herself again as Triceramon charged forward. Togemon grabbed hold of the dinosaur's head, but was unable to stop its charge. Togemon was pushed back up the mountain towards Hinata.
"HINATA GET OUT OF HERE!" Togemon struggled to try to hold back the dinosaur. She could feel its horns poking against her chest, threatening to impale her.
"TOGEMON!" Hinata backed away around the corner as she was told, scared to death and hoping someone would come and help them. Kankuro, Rex, Uryu, or Ling, Hinata prayed that any of them would appear along with their partners and save Togemon.
"NEEDLE SPRAY!" Togemon sprayed Triceramon with her needles, but they were unable to pierce the Dinosaurs thick hide. Togemon felt her foot nearing the edge of the cliff.
"TOGEMON!" Hinata stepped forward.
"NO HINATA, STAY AWAY!" Hinata continued to move towards her partner reaching her hand out as Triceramon threw Togemon over the ledge.
"Togemon..." Hinata stared out over the ledge as her partner fell out of sight. Hinata's dark pink digisoul sparked on her chest where her heart would be, "NOOOOOO!" Hinata grabbed her digivice as her digisoul spread across her whole body.
=PERFECT EVOLUTION=
Hinata: DIGISOUL, FULL CHARGE!
As Togemon fell, she saw the blast of energy fly over the edge towards her.
Togemon Digivolve to -
Lillymon
Hinata fell to her knees and stared over the ledge as Lillymon floated up through the air above Triceramon's head.
Lillymon, Ultimate Level, Fairy Digimon, Data Type
"Wow!" Lillymon examined herself, "Look at me now, don't I look cute?" Hinata smiled as her partner winked at her.
Triceramon roared again and turned towards Hinata, who backed away as the dinosaur stepped towards her.
"Oh no you don't!" Lillymon dove down and kicked Triceramon in the head. Lillymon floated out-of-the-way as Triceramon swung its arm at her. The dinosaur roared in annoyance and turned back around towards Lillymon who was now standing down the mountain path near the ledge, "Come and get me!" Lillymon pointed her finger towards Triceramon and signaled for him to come to her.
Triceramon rushed back down the path, his horns pointed forward.
Lillymon had one hand on her hip as she waited for the dinosaur to close in. When Triceramon finally reached her, she spun around him, her feet gracefully dancing along the very edge of the path. Triceramon skidded to a halt and turned back around.
"Bye bye!" Lillymon waved goodbye to the dinosaur and held her hands together in front of her. The petals on her wrists merged together and bloomed into one large flower with a gun barrel in the center, "FLOWER CANNON!" Triceramon roared out one last time as the dinosaur was pushed over the ledge by Lillymon's blast.
"Hinata!" Lillymon turned around and rushed over to her partner, "Thanks, you saved me!" Lillymon brought her partner into a hug.
Hinata was a little taken back but smiled, "I'm just happy you're safe."
"I am because of you," Lillymon let go of her partner. Hinata and Lillymon started making their way back up the mountain when the sound of an explosion sounded above them.
Hinata, "NO, KOTARO!"
Lillymon, "GAOGAMON!" The explosion caused a rock slide and Hinata felt her feet suddenly leave the ground as Lillymon lifted her into the air with little effort, avoiding the avalanche of rocks.
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Kotaro and Gaogamon heard the explosion, they were almost at the top of the mountain. Gaogamon increased his speed and jumped over the last hill, landing on flat ground.
"No..." Kotaro and Gaogamon stared at what stood before them. The DATS operative stood not too far in front of them, next to Parrotmon. They were staring at the destroyed remains of the house that stood at the mountain's peak, where bits of data floated off into the sky.
"You're too late brat," the man laughed to himself, "Parrotmon absorb the data and kill those two for me."
Kotaro felt his anger reach a fever pitch, it wasn't enough that this man had destroyed Datamon, he had to make sure the poor digimon could never be reborn again as well.
"I WON'T LET YOU!" Kotaro and Gaogamon rushed forward, Kotaro stood up on his partner's back and jumped off heading towards the man.
"GAOGA HOUND!" Gaogamon leapt into the air and landed on Parrotmon's back, sinking his teeth into the bird's shoulder.
"DIGITIZE, BEAST ARTS!" Kotaro threw his open palm at the man, and slammed it into the ground as the man sidestepped him.
"You're out of your league kid!"
"OH YEAH! TRY THIS!" Kotaro's hand began to glow as he focused his digisoul into the exact shape of his clawed hand, "INUGAMI-RYU, AIR FANG!"
Kotaro thrust his hand through the air firing his digisoul at the man, which maintained the shape of his clawed hand. The man dodged to the side, barely escaping the attack as it grazed his side.
"How dare you!" The man touched his side and found that it was starting to bleed a little, "Who do you think you are! You're just a little runt, what makes you think you can stand up against our organization!"
Kotaro didn't answer as he rushed at the man again, leaping into the air and swinging his leg around at the man's face. The man ducked under Kotaro's kick and as Kotaro touched the ground he felt the man's fist collide with the side of his head. Kotaro stumbled back and felt the man's foot sink into his gut, knocking the wind out of him. Kotaro fell to his knees gasping for air.
"Parrotmon, hurry and kill that dog!" Parrotmon flew into the air with Gaogamon still holding onto his shoulder. Gaogamon held on as the bird digimon flew into the air and began to dive back down. Gaogamon readied himself to jump away, but before he could react Parrotmon spun his body around, turning his back to the ground and slammed Gaogamon into the rocks.
"G...Gaogamon!" Kotaro was kicked back away as the man's foot collided with his chin.
Gaogamon slowly flipped himself back to his feet, his back was severely injured and he was sure that the impact had broken something. Gaogamon slowly stepped forward, turning towards Parrotmon who was flying overhead, "Spi... SPIRAL BLOW!"
"SONIC DESTROYER!" Parrotmon's electric blast went right through Gaogamon's attack blasting him back into the rubble that used to be Datamon's home.
Kotaro struggled underneath the man who was trying to stomp on his head, "GAOGAMON!"
"Give up kid! There's no way someone like you could ever stand against DATS. You'll die, your digimon will die, the entire resistance will die, none of you have any idea just what you're fighting against!"
Kotaro gritted his teeth, "DO YOU THINK I CARE!" Kotaro started to lift the man's foot back, "I DON'T CARE HOW STRONG YOUR ORGANIZATION IS! I DON'T CARE IF IN THE END I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ALL I CARE ABOUT IS MY FRIENDS! WE ALL CHOSE TO FIGHT, TO TRY AND SAVE THE TWO WORLDS! I'LL FIGHT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN AND I'LL SAVE AS MANY AS I CAN!"
Gaogamon slowly lifted himself from the rubble as he felt Kotaro's power increasing.
Kotaro's blue digisoul flared around his body and he threw the man off of him. The man fell flat on his back and quickly climbed to his feet, turning to see Kotaro already back on his, "NOTHING YOU SAY WILL STOP ME! AS LONG AS MY FRIENDS STILL NEED ME," Kotaro's digivice reappeared in his hand, "I'LL NEVER GIVE UP!"
=PERFECT EVOLUTION=
Kotaro: Digisoul, FULL CHARGE!
Gaogamon leapt into the air as the energy from Kotaro's digisoul surrounded him.
Gaogamon Digivolve to -
MachGaogamon
As the light faded MachGaogamon charged through the air with his rocket engines, "WINNING KNUCKLE!" MachGaogamon slammed his armored fist into Parrotmon's head sending the bird flying back away from the incredibly strong impact.
MachGaogamon, Ultimate Level, Cyborg Digimon, Data Type
The man couldn't believe what was happening, "Even if you defeat me, all of you will still end up dead in the end." The man stepped back as Kotaro advanced towards him, reactivating his ability and flaring his digisoul, "I'm at the bottom of the food chain in DATS, there are people above me that are stronger than you could ever imagine!"
"I already told you," Kotaro held his palms together and closed the gap between him and the man in an instant, "I don't care!" Kotaro slammed his palms into the man's chest, and his digisoul spiraled around the point of impact, "INUGAMI-RYU, TWIN FANG IMPACT!" The man was sent flying away from the force of Kotaro's attack, he flew through the air before landing in the rubble of Datamon's home.
Kotaro turned towards his partner to see him chasing after Parrotmon.
"Come back here!" MachGaogamon accelerated and grabbed hold of Parrotmon's tail feathers, pulling the bird closer to him.
"GAOGA TORNADO!" MachGaogamon held Parrotmon still with one hand and delivered a barrage of lightning fast punches into the digimon's back with his free hand. As Parrotmon slowed down MachGaogamon let go of Parrotmon and began to fly around the bird digimon continuing his barrage of punches. Parrotmon began to fall as MachGaogamon stopped his barrage and closed in on the digimon's head again, "WINNING KNUCKLE!" Parrotmon was sent flying into the top of the mountain. MachGaogamon hovered above the digimon as it struggled to escape the crater it had been knocked into.
"KOTARO, GAOGAMON!" MachGaogamon and Kotaro turned their heads as Hinata and Lillymon reached the top of the mountain. Hinata ran to Kotaro's side and Lillymon flew over to join MachGaogamon.
"Look at you!" Lillymon examined MachGaogamon's jet engines.
"How about you help me finish Parrotmon first?" Said MachGaogamon sarcastically.
"Oh right," Lillymon giggled as the two turned towards Parrotmon who was slowly climbing back to his feet.
MachGaogamon took a deep inhale and faced towards Parrotmon, "HOWLING CANNON!" Parrotmon was slammed back against the ground by the force of MachGaogamon's roar.
"FLOWER CANNON!" Lillymon's attack struck Parrotmon in the chest and the digimon's data began to break apart.
As the digimon's data floated away, MachGaogamon and Lillymon landed next to their partners. Hinata and Kotaro stared at Datamon's destroyed home.
"Sorry Hinata..." Kotaro looked away, "We didn't make it in time."
"It's not your fault," Hinata looked sad. They hadn't been able to save Datamon. DATS had taken another digimon's life and nothing any of them did could change that.
"We managed to save Datamon's data, but..." MachGaogamon sighed, "even if Datamon is reborn, there's a chance it won't be the same Datamon."
"So we failed..." Kotaro walked over and kicked what remained of Datamon's wall in frustration, instantly regretting it as his foot started to throb.
"What should we do?" Asked Lillymon quietly.
"Let's go find the others and get out of here," said Kotaro as he ran his hand through his hair. Hinata, Lillymon, and MachGaogamon nodded and the four made their way back to the mountain path.
"Wait a second guys," everyone stopped and MachGaogamon stepped in front of them, "I hear something." MachGaogamon walked onto the mountain path, and was knocked away as a large black colored body slammed into him.
"MACHGAOGAMON!" Kotaro ran to his partner's side as he crashed against the ground.
"Hinata get back, it's Triceramon!" Said Lillymon, "For a DATS digimon he sure is a sore loser."
Triceramon stepped onto the top of the mountain and gave another roar.
"I'll handle this," Lillymon flew in front of Triceramon getting his attention, "come on dinoboy, you want me, come and get me!" Lillymon waited for Triceramon to follow again, but Triceramon didn't go after Lillymon.
Lillymon was shocked, Triceramon had completely ignored her and instead charged after Hinata. Lillymon flew forward as fast as she could, "HINATA!"
Hinata stepped away, surprised to see the dinosaur digimon charge after her with such ferocity. Triceramon raised its arm as it reached her and Hinata felt herself get pushed away.
Hinata rolled away and quickly raised her head back up, "LILLYMON!" Triceramon had Lillymon pinned on the ground his large claws squeezing Lillymon's neck.
"LET HER GO!" MachGaogamon quickly got to his feet, trying to reach Lillymon, but someone beat him to it.
Lillymon looked up as a digimon who looked vaguely familiar grabbed Triceramon's arm and pulled the dinosaur off of her, "Don't touch her!" Cyberdramon slammed his fist into the dinosaurs gut before throwing him away with one hand. Triceramon landed near the ledge of the mountain and slowly tried to get back to its feet.
"Hinata, Kotaro!" Kotaro and Hinata turned around as Rex, Ling, Kankuro, and Uryu jumped off of MegaKabuterimon who was also carrying Zudomon by the spike of his shell.
"Sorry we're late!" BurningGreymon landed next to Cyberdramon and the two helped Lillymon to her feet.
MegaKabuterimon sighed in relief as he let go of Zudomon who stomped into the top of the mountain and charged forward.
Zudomon closed in on Triceramon swinging his hammer underhand, "FORE!" Triceramon was smashed with Zudomon's hammer and sent flying into the distance, slightly curving to the right.
Ling whistled, "Nice slice Zudomon!"
Cyberdramon flew into the air, "Let's finish him!"
MachGaogamon, "HOWLING CANNON!"
Lillymon, "FLOWER CANNON!"
BurningGreymon, "SOLAR WIND DESTROYER!"
MegaKabuterimon, "HORN BLASTER!"
Cyberdramon, "DESOLATION CLAW!"
The five blasts impacted against Triceramon in the distance, the whole sky lit up as the attacks exploded and Triceramon's data was blasted apart.
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The group sat at the top of the mountain, the digimon had all returned to their rookie forms as they took their chance to finally rest. Hinata and Kotaro told Rex and the others the bad news, and the entire group felt either angry or depressed. Some blamed themselves, some felt angrier towards DATS.
"Well we should head back down the mountain," said Rex finally, "find Guardromon and Shurimon and get out of here." Flamon and a few others nodded at Rex's idea.
"We don't need to," said Uryu pointing past Rex, "Guardromon found us."
Rex turned around and sure enough he could see the resistance's D-cyclone heading in their direction.
"Good," Kotaro stood up and started walking away from the group, followed by Gaomon, "I just wanna get out of here."
The rest of the group started to stand up and wait for Guardromon to bring the helicopter in and land. Rex and Kankuro stood next to Kotaro as they waited, Ling and Uryu stood just behind them. The five boy's partners stepped forward and stood next to their partners.
"HINATA!" The five boys and digimon turned around as Palmon yelled out. Kotaro moved forward as the man he had fought against grabbed Hinata. Hinata struggled to get free as the man held a knife above his head.
"I'll at least take one of you out!" The man grinned as he brought the knife down.
"HINATA!" Everyone rushed forward, but they'd never be able to reach her in time.
Rex felt a strong wind as someone rushed overhead on a rocket engine. Hinata tilted her head to the side as a brown metal fist went around her head and smashed against the DATS operative's face.
Hinata fell to her knees as the man was flung away from her, "GUARDROMON!" Hinata hugged the machine digimon, "Thank you, I thought I was a goner!"
Palmon ran forward and jumped into Hinata's arms, relieved that she was okay, "Thank you Guardromon!" Palmon was practically in tears.
"You don't have to thank me!" Guardromon rubbed the back of his metal head and chuckled like a goofball.
"I didn't know a robot could blush," said Gomamon confused.
The man laid near the ledge of the mountain as five shadows loomed over him. Rex, Kankuro, Ling, Uryu, and Kotaro stood over the man, their faces alive with rage and disgust. Some of them cracked their knuckles, some of them flared their digisouls. The five boys were all intent on causing as much pain to the man as they could.
The man yelped as the five boys beat him senseless. When they were done his face was a bloody mess, his nose was broken, both his eyes were black, and his cheeks and lip were swollen.
The five boys left the man lying on the ground and joined Hinata and Guardromon's side.
"Nice job Guardromon," said Rex patting the digimon on the back, "you saved the day."
"What was that thing you said about me not being a fast digimon, Rex?" Asked Guardromon.
Rex sweatdropped, "Heh, sorry about that."
"Guardromon who's flying the helicopter?" Asked Flamon. The helicopter was still hovering above them and Flamon couldn't imagine Shurimon being able to fly it with his shuriken-hands.
"It's on autopilot of course," Guardromon's rockets ignited and he flew back into the open door. Slowly the helicopter landed and the group could see Shurimon laying on one of the bench seats, his back bandaged up.
"How you doing Shurimon?" Asked Hinata.
"You don't have to worry about me," Shurimon sat up, "I'm used to injuries, they're part of my job."
Hinata wasn't sure exactly what he meant but insisted on checking his injury and rebandaging it. As she did she filled Shurimon and Guardromon in on what had happened. Guardromon and Shurimon felt frustrated that they hadn't been able to get to Datamon but they didn't say anything.
"What do we do with him?" Asked Kotaro pointing behind them where the man was still lying.
"Tie him up and bring him with us, Wizardmon might be able to get some new intel out of him," said Guardromon.
The man's hands twitched as he heard what Guardromon said. Uryu and Kankuro walked towards him and as they reached him the man threw dirt in their eyes.
"Damn it," Kankuro rubbed his eyes trying to get the dirt out of them. Rex and Ling ran forward as the man stood up.
"What are you doing!" Uryu pulled his glasses off and squinted at the man. His glasses had protected him a little and he didn't get as much in his eyes as Kankuro. They had already made sure he didn't have any more weapons on him, there was no way he could fight them all and escape.
"Ha ha ha ha, I won't be captured by my enemy, I've got more pride than that," the man stepped backwards.
Rex, "WAIT DON'T!" The man held his arms out and stepped back off the ledge. A smile on his swollen lips as he fell to his death.
"Damn it!" Rex punched the ground in frustration. He hated the man, but the fact that he chose to die for an organization like DATS, an organization that wouldn't bat an eyelid at his death, infuriated him.
They all were silent for a few moments before Guardromon broke their silence.
"Come on everyone," Guardromon called out to the group, "let's go." Everyone climbed back into the helicopter and Guardromon raised the helicopter into the air and steered it back to Junk Village, "We'll stop and grab our supplies and head back to the base." Everyone nodded as they leaned back in their seats, trying to forget today's failure.
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Guardromon landed the helicopter just outside of Junk Village and the group made their way down the street to their hideout. Once again the town's digimon fled at their presence.
'As if things weren't depressing enough,' thought Rex looking at his friends. As they stepped into the building someone shouted at them.
"IT'S ABOUT TIME, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ALL OF YOU TO GET HERE!" The group looked down to find a robotic digimon standing below them in the middle of the kitchen.
"Is... is that?" Ling stared at the digimon in front of him.
"WELL WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT WITH ME, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TOLD ME YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ME!" Said the digimon, his temper rising.
"You're Datamon... aren't you?" Flamon blinked a few times at the digimon in front of him. Monodramon, Gomamon, Palmon, Tentomon, and Gaomon moved to the front of the group, staring at the robot digimon.
Datamon, Ultimate Level, Machine Digimon, Virus Type
"WHO ELSE WOULD I BE!" One by one the six rookies fell over in exasperation.
"You've got to be kidding me," said Monodramon who fell on Flamon's back.
Guardromon stepped forward and began to ask Datamon if he had created the invention Sayo had told Andromon and Angemon about.
"Of course I invented it, what about it?" Datamon waited for an answer, "I've been waiting here over an hour, what were you people doing?"
"An hour..." Ling thought about it, "that means... you got here... right after we..." Ling didn't need to finish. Rex, Hinata, Kotaro, and Ling fell to their knees, just as exasperated as their partners, while Uryu and Kankuro looked like they wanted to hit someone.
Rex, "You mean... we went through all that... for nothing..."
"Wait then who was at your house," asked Palmon who was laying on top of Tentomon.
"My house?" Datamon stared at them, "What are you talking about, no one's there?" Datamon paused, "Wait why were you all at my house?"
Guardromon explained to Datamon what happened and the machine digimon's jaw dropped as Guardromon mentioned that his house was destroyed by DATS.
"WHAT!" Datamon looked like he was about to cry, "You're joking, that was my dream home, I saved up for years to build that place!" Tears actually started to spill from the robot's eyes like a fountain.
Gomamon blinked a few times underneath Gaomon, "I didn't know robots could cry either."
After Datamon calmed down, Guardromon asked him how he felt about joining the resistance and working with Andromon to re-create his invention.
Datamon was quiet for a few minutes as he pondered Guardromon's invitation.
"I ACCEPT!" Everyone jumped as Datamon suddenly yelled out his answer.
"That's great," Guardromon stepped forward and shook Datamon's hand, "You're doing a great thing, with your help we're another step towards stopping DATS and saving the real and digital world."
"I don't care about that," everyone stared at Datamon, "I just want revenge against DATS, destroy my home will they? I'll show them!"
There was a big group sigh throughout the room. After a few minutes Guardromon decided to let everyone rest before flying back to the base. Shurimon laid on the couch as Hinata continued to tend to his wound, even though he kept telling her it wasn't necessary.
"Wait Datamon," Gaomon approached the machine digimon, "you said no one was at your home, but we saw traces of data floating away when DATS destroyed your home."
Datamon looked angry thinking about his destroyed home, "Those were the data crystals I was experimenting on."
Tentomon, "Data crystals?"
"Data crystals are remnants of ancient digimon, usually pieces of their data that were lost in battle, and over time turned to crystal," explained Guardromon. "They are extremely rare, how did you find them?"
"It wasn't easy, I scoured the entire Omega Continent looking for those," said Datamon, "AND DATS DESTROYED THEM!" Everyone waited as Datamon took a second to calm down.
"What's so special about them, do you even know what kind of digimon the data belonged to?" Asked Tentomon.
"Of course I do!" Datamon paused for a second, "The data crystals I had were remnants of the ancient warrior who saved the digital world millenia ago," Guardromon and Shurimon's eyes widened, "the founder of the royal knights, the White Imperialdramon!"
~To Be Continued~
Things are starting to accelerate into something
Never stopping always trouble bubbling
Now I think I'm getting dizzy, too much spinning
Page by page the plot is thickening quickening!
It's getting too insane
I'm trying to maintain
Whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa whoa!
You run around!
I run around!
We're all gonna run run run around!
You run around!
I run around!
We all do a run run run around!
It is getting closer
More intense, ever spinning
Twisting turning roller coaster!
Inch by inch the gap is closing
Pressure building
Temperature rising
Higher and higher!
It's getting too crazy
I wish I could maybe
Whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa whoa!
Run Around by Jason Radford
Wow, this was my longest chapter yet. That's the end of the search for Datamon, next chapter will be going back to Duo and the other destined.
Thank you all for reading!
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