Chapter 26:
Weapon of Mass Destruction
February 5th 2018, Fog Rainforest, Jungle Region.
So far, Operation Outbreak was going accordingly. U.S. Paratroopers of 1st Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division managed to capture and hold objective points Alpha and Delta. It was the main road of the local area. The dirt road started from Train Station Tau, located a few kilometers outside the rainforest. It circled around two large hills, designated Hill 1 and Hill 2, which were covered in a dense forest; while traversing two villages, named point Bravo and point Charlie. It traversed more forest then closely to the edge of a shallow lake where Temple Waterfall was built, before finally returning back to the other train station. Behind the small village "Bravo" was a large hill covered in various foliages and rocks. Near the villages, located in the south, was the Imperial research facility.
Temple Waterfall, located to the north, was an abandonned sanctuary of a forgotten religion in a forgotten time, built deep at the side of a mountain, right underneath a lush waterfall, hence its name. The temple was covered in thick moss, cracks and overgrowing plants. The temple was a rectangular settlement built on a two step support system with cobblestone stairs built at each face of the temple. Holes were dug below the walls to let the overflowing water out and into the shallow lake. The central area was reserved for the waterfall, the temple built around it. At the back of the sanctuary, carved onto the mountain was a large statue of an unknown digimon due to it been nearly destroyed.
At the heart of the local area were the two small villages or named "Ghost town" later by the Marines. It was simply consisted of a handful of wooden huts. The ghost town is covered by the dense forest and large hills to the west and to the east. To the east, between the two hills was a natural tunnel that led to objective point Delta.
Alpha company of the Digital Marines were deployed to the east part of the town, where they were immediately met by heavy enemy fire from the west. Rushing to village "Charlie", Marines quickly took cover in the huts while others stayed behind in the forest, laying down cover fire for the rest of the company.
Raymond slid towards a small stone wall, barely avoiding the projectiles flying above him. Two other Marines got shot behind him, one was killed while the other crawled back into the hut behind him. Peeking through a hole on the wall, Raymond tried to locate the enemy machine gun nest. On top of hill 3, a wooden hut had bright red flashes coming from its window.
"DD! I want helos gunning that hut on top of hill 3!" He demanded loud enough for the radio operator to hear him in the hut.
Darrack gave him a quick thumb up in response and called air support, giving them the location of their target. An AH-6 Little bird hovered above the ghost town, rotating to the hut on the hill. Its twin M134 Minigun gave out a distinct electrical 'whir' before unleashing 7.62mm rounds at high rate, obliterating the hut to pieces and its occupants in data.
The small attack helicopter then spun to the left, firing its rotary machine guns at the legionaires below in the village. Around that time, the Marines of Bravo company finally arrived, rappeling down on the main road before rushing to objective point Bravo. With point Charlie secured, Alpha company joined up with Bravo in taking the second half of the town.
Meanwhile for the paratroopers of Delta company, they were holding off the hostile infantry and armour from the facility and train station to reach the town. Machine gun teams were set on Hill 1, the thick bushes and solid rocks gave them good cover while having a clear overwatch position.
The Recon marines arrived shortly after the battle begun. Colbert ran up to 1st Lieutenant Pike, waiting for the lieutenant to give him the confirmation to cross the main road and to the facility.
"Can't. There's still heavy hostile armour from the facility." Pike warned him. "I'm gonna call air support." He took his radio and contacted the one of the Little birds. "To any Avengers, we've got heavy hostile armour deep within the facility. I want them out for the Recon Marines."
"Roger Delta 1. Avenger 3 will take care of it. Just keep the infantry occupied." Responded a pilot.
Avenger 3 soon arrived at the scene, several bullets whizzed close by. Turning to the facility, the Little bird opened fire, rounds were spat out at 2,000 rounds per minute. The rifle cartridges easily penetrated the armour of the Tankmon and TankDramon.
"Delta 1, armour have been wiped out. Facility is clear to go." Reported Avenger 3.
With that confirmation, Colbert and his Marines sprinted towards the research facility, the paratroopers laid down cover fire for them.
The research facility consisted of a complex of three multi-story buildings divided by paved road going in between them. The Recon Marines charged towards the most eastern building. Bursting through the main door, they quickly move up the stairs leading up to the second floor. At the top of the stairs, Renamon snapped her carbine at the Commandramon's head and shot it twice. With the element of surprise still with them, Gary threw a flashbang grenade over the stair, into the second floor. After the detonation, the Marines rushed in, firing at any imperial trooper they see. The sniper team continued upward, the stairs leading to the rooftop.
Once in position, Renamon and her squad opened fire at the other two buildings, one to their left and the other in front of them. Taking out the imperials on the second floors and rooftops, while the assault team took the enemy behind the facility.
"Alphamon, this is Reaper, facility is almost secured, where the hell are you?" Asked Colbert hastilly.
"We've just arrived, Reaper." Replied Alphamon through his LRAC.
On cue, Alphamon, Sakuyamon and some of her acolytes arrived from above, the Renamon-line digimon jumped down from the human air transport. At the same time, Rhodoknightmon and Craniamon flew down to assist the paratroopers.
"Listen up, Marines! Reinforcements have arrived, hold your grounds until the WMD is out of the region." Instructed sternly Colbert.
"End Waltz!" Craniamon spun his Claiomh Solais at high speed, causing a super sonic wave sent to the legionaires.
Dozens of Cyborg-type and Insect-type digimon were pulverized by the shock wave. The Kyubimon unit launched their "Fox Tail Inferno" attack, destroying most of the imperials' heavy support in multiple fiery blue explosions of energy.
Back in the ghost town, Charlie company arrived just in time with Dynasmon and Magnamon. The objectives Bravo and Charlie were secured, the Marines assaulted the enemy position at Hill 3.
Dukeman and Cyberdramon jumped out through the hut's window as a missile headed towards them. The wooden structure was blown to pieces, small wood planks were sent at every direction.
"You okay?!" Dukeman asked loudly, his ears were temporally rendered deaf.
"Yeah!" The digimon shouted back, he too was in the similar situation.
Guilmon and Magnamon ran up to them and helped them get on their feet. Hill 3 proved to be quite a trouble for the Marines. The legionaires were dug deep in the hill, having the higher ground and numerous machine guns allowed them to fire below them and at the hills across. Flamedramon's squad tried to flank the hill, only to be pinned by heavy enemy fire. The blue dragon dived behind a rock and barked at his squadmates for cover. Three Marines didn't reacted fast enough to jump for cover, their bodies dropped limplessly on the slopes of the hill. Flamedramon could sense that the enemy was just a couple of meters away from them, hearing them shouting above his cover.
Down on the slope was his squad, trying to return fire when an enemy machine gun team opened fire just above him. He took a frag grenade, pulled the pin out and mentally counted to three before hurling it above him. The explosion sent two Commandramon down over the rock, in front of Flamedramon. He quickly shot the two before climbing over the rock. He ran to a tree as more enemy fire hurled at him. His squad moved up, slowly making progress towards the main enemy position.
Hill 3 was slowly being overrun, the Marines attacking them on three fronts. Its flanks were completely overrun, leaving only a dozen of legionaires to fight to the last.
Using his armoured bracers as a shield, Magnamon rushed to the enemy at their left flank, leading a couple of Marines behind him. He jumped at a Sealsdramon, perfoming a drop kick on its head. He then slides to another Sealsdramon, sending a mighty punch to the abdomen, which sent the digimon helplessly hurling towards an imperial. He spun around to launch a kick at a Commandramon, breaking its muzzle painfully. He swiftly dodged a BlackWeregarurumon's strike and elbowed it on the throat, blood spat out of the canine's mouth.
A Stingmon was about to attack him from behind, unfortunately for him, the digimon got violently bashed by Dynasmon. The humanoid insect impacted against a rock, creating small cracks around him.
Just as he was about to fight back, Elena and Larry thrusted their bayonets at his torso before firing some shots. Trying to shake them, he hit the female Marine away. Elena dropped on the ground, feeling intense pain across her face. Larry stabbed the digimon again, using his strenght to send him on the ground. Elena got back up and kicked Stingmon between his legs before he disolved into data particles.
"There! That fucking hurts!" She yelled, though she was a little dizzy from the hit.
Soon Hill 3 got captured by the Marines. Their next objective now is to hold off the enemy reinforcements, who were throwing everything at the paratroopers and Recon Marines in the south. Charlie company decided to assist the paratroopers at point Delta while Magnamon and Dynasmon joined up with Alphamon and Sakuyamon.
While the main force was distracted, the extraction team swiftly took out the legionaires at the temple, giving the Rangers and SFGs a clear way to go in the caves and extract the bomb. Paildramon kicked down the door and let a Ranger throw a flashbang in before they breached in the sanctuary.
At the first sight of a legionaire, PFC Ramirez fired two shots to the chest before switching to another soldier, firing a couple shots to the upper body. The operators took out the imperials systematically and almost automatically, killing the imperials with deadly and accurate fire. The temple was cleared in a matter of minutes. After cautiously searching room after room, the special forces found themselves in a large praying area, it was lit up by the sun through a naturally dug hole of the cave's ceiling. At the center of the room was the WMD, the prototype weapon still had wires connected to it by computers, it seemed that the digimon were trying to arm the weapon in a last ditch result. The special forces were relieved that they managed to stop them just in time.
SFG explosive ordinance disposal specialists were carefully disarming the weapon, plugging out the wires and disconnecting the computers.
"Examon, weapon has been disarmed and secured. We're bringing it out in a minute." Reported calmly Sergeant Foley through his headset comms.
"R-right. Can you hurry up, please. We've got lots of enemy troops coming our way." Replied UlforceVeedramon at Examon's place.
"Is the bomb disarmed?" He asked Sergeant Odagiri of the SFG.
"Affirmative but we don't have the equipment to lift it out of here." Answered Odagiri, perplexed on their current sitation.
"Ramirez, get Paildramon and tell her to get her strongest men, asap." Ramirez nodded and ran back outside.
Several seconds later, he returned with a Dinobeemon, a Justimon, a Silphymon and Dukemon himself. Foley guided them to the bomb and instructed to lift it up slowly and carefully. They tried to lift it up but couldn't. They called for more digimon, an ExVeemon, a Garudamon, a Kuwagamon and Paildramon joined in. With their combined strenght, they heave up the bomb from its support, releasing grunts and pants while doing so. The 27,000 kilograms bomb was slowly being carried outside, the digimon were having a hard time to carry it.
"Why in Goddramon's sake is this thing so heavy?!" Exclaimed heavily the Dinobeemon.
"No idea... These humans must be nuts back in the day." Joked Dukemon through his heavy breathing.
"A couple of Greymon would have been nice to carry this shit around." Commented the Justimon.
"Agreed." His squadmates and Dukemon replied in unison.
"Shut up back there!" Paildramon scolded them. "We're almot there..." She encouraged them.
"I kinda feel bad for Examon." Said the Garudamon with mild concern.
Once outside, the special forces operators quickly took firing positions along the temple's wall, quickly disposing several imperials from entering the sanctuary. The bomb was finally outside, Examon landed near them, ready to carry it.
"Careful, Examon, this thing is heavy..." Dukemon warned while breathing out some fresh air.
"It can't be that heaa-VY!" Examon exclaimed as he carried it, feeling his muscles straining due to the heavy weight. "H-how much d-does this thing weighs?!"
"60,000 pounds." Replied Dunn with amusement. "You'll get through it tough guy."
Duftmon, Omegamon, Sleipmon and UlforceVeedramon joined up with Examon, the massive dragon trying for the second time to lift the bomb by himself.
"Need help, Examon?" Proposed Omegamon with some worry.
"G-gladly." He replied through his grunts.
"UlforceVeedramon and Dukemon, help Examon out. Omegamon, you'll escort them out." Instructed Duftmon.
"What about you two?" The white knight asked.
"We'll cover you for the time being. Now go! Time is of the essence."
With the help of the two other knights, they managed to lift it up off the ground and started to fly over the temple, Omegamon hovering close to them as he launches his range attacks at the enemy.
"Overlord, this is Hunter 2-1, the tsar has been lifted. I repeat: the tsar has been lifted." Reported Foley.
"Solid copy, Hunter 2-1. Evac is coming in 10 mikes. You have one hour to get out of here before the Air force drops its bombs." Informed Overlord.
Just as the extraction team left the area, the situation turned for the worst. Point Delta was taking heavy casualties, the legionaires were overruning their position. At point Alpha, the Marines and paratroopers were outnumbered, troops from the nearby camp rushed towards them.
The ghost town was being bombarded by enemy artillerie to the west of Hill 3, with enemy reinforcements dropping from Blimpmon that came from Factory 119. Temple Waterfall was surrounded by marine-type imperials, slowly closing in on them with numbers. The battle could still be heard from their position, Dukemon gave a quick glance behind him, worry could be seen in his eyes.
"Where should we drop it?" Asked Omegamon warily.
"The Lake zone, apparently the humans know where to hide it..." Replied Examon.
"Why would they want to hide it?" Asked Dukemon, who didn't seem to like the idea.
"Maybe they want to use it?" Joked Ulforveedramon, not taking the situation seriously. "I'm telling you, these humans can be quite unpredictable." He added casually.
Omegamon remained silent, thinking about the consequences if humans did use this weapon in the DigiWorld. The results made him shivered at the thought. If a war broke out between their world, billions of lives will be lost in the matter of weeks. The Omega knight was feeling some resentment.
A missile hit its mark, sending two SFG operators back, crashing on the ground with debris falling over them. Sleipmon carried them in the temple where a combat medic took care of them. The imperials are right below them, the special forces were barely holding them off. Sleipmon went back outside to the battlefield. The humans were slowly backing away while continuing to open fire. A Divermon jumped over the wall and stabbed a Ranger with his harpoon, the weapon easily penetrating the plate carrier and out on the otherside of the human's body. Just as the Divermon took out his harpoon, he received an arrow to the head, shot by Sleipmon, who then carried the dead soldier back in the temple. Multiple Divermon and Troopmon rushed to the temple, the Aerial Strike force held them off in melee combat while the operators guarded the cave's entrance. Thanks to Duftmon: Leopard Mode, the mines detonated around the temple, killing dozens of imperial foot soldiers.
"Dunn! How long until evac arrives?" Asked Foley as he reloads his SCAR-H battle rifle.
"They should arrive in any seconds by now." Replied Dunn with a wince, clutching his wounded left shoulder.
Foley then heard a grenade rolling near him. He looked down and his eyes widened in shock.
"GRENADE!" He yelled as he pushes the SFG operator next to him to save them from the blast.
The grenade exploded, sending shrapnel around it. The japanese operator looked behind him and saw the american sergeant unconscious. He stood up and pulled the Ranger in the temple. The SFG operator was then shot by a Troopmon. Ramirez fired at the undead digimon a couple of shots with the Bushmaster ACR, the intermediate cartridges went through the digimon with ease. Ramirez check the pulses of both his sergeant and the japanese operator.
"Medic!" He called out urgently while giving cover fire for the two wounded operators.
Suddenly, everyone near the temple heard what seems to be some sort of projectile. Then, several explosions erupted at the imperials. Multiple Little Birds and Vipers arrived in the battlefield, bringing death from above. Venom and BlackHawk transport helicopters hovered above the temple, the Browing machine guns and M134 miniguns spewing rounds at the Troopmon and Divermon.
The infantry waves to the west of Hill 3 got annilihated by the incoming air support. The Marines in the ghost town cheered with pure joy, relieved that air support finally arrived. The same relief was also shared with the Recon Marines and paratroopers. Gary was helping Renamon walking down the steps to the first floor, the vixen got her ankle strained after a missile blew a part of the ceiling below her.
"About damn time they arrive..." Commented Gary with a chuckle. "How's your leg?"
"Fine..." She answered stoically. "Just hope that Guilmon will not lose his mind when he sees me like this." She added with a small grin.
Gary laughed at her attempt to lighten the mood. "You know, when you want, you're the funniest person I know."
"Thank you, that really means a lot to me." She responded gently before wincing when she accidently used her wounded leg to walk.
"I told you not to use that leg!" Gary scolded her for the fourth time.
"Yes, mother..." She shot back dryly.
Alphamon let out a sigh of relief when he saw a human helicopter hovering down. He picked up the wounded Taomon and led her to the transport.
"Hang in there, we're almost there." Alphamon encouraged the Tao priest.
The human pilots let the digimon on board as they help the recon Marines and paratroopers to board as many wounded as they can. Once the helicopter was full, it flew off until another arrived shortly after. While the wounded and dead were being evacuated, the Marines of Alpha company finally arrived to the defense of point Alpha. The relief force was welcomed by the paratroopers as they started to pull back to the ghost town, where the main evacuation site was established.
Twenty minutes has passed since the air support arrived and most of the human forces had been evacuated. In the ghost town, only the Marines of Charlie company remained with Alphamon, Craniamon and Sakuyamon with her bodyguards. The White Blossom combat clerics created aura barriers to protect the Marines and launched multiple energy attacks at the imperials, who were now surrounding the abandonned town.
"Blast Gatling!" Shouted a Tankdramon as it sped towards Sakuyamon and a Doumon.
Doumon quickly acted with her instincts and stood in front of her master. "Fog of confusion!" She cried, blinding the imperials around the area.
However, the storm of bullets passed through the thick smoke, Doumon took the brunt of the attack. She was caught by Sakuyamon, her master and leader looked at her with worry.
"Come on, Doumon, stay with me!" She said with immense worry.
The dark wizard simply nodded in response, the pain was too much for her to speak. Her robes were tainted by her own blood, her torso, arms and legs were filled with bullet holes. Sakuyamon carried her wounded battle sister and ran towards the human transports. Unfortunately, the Venom was already full and had started to fly away.
"Wait! I have one more wounded!" Sakuyamon screamed desperately at the pilots.
The Venom then blew in mid-air as a missile struck the vehicle, the blast envelopped everyone in. The debris fell dangerously around the Shaman and the wounded wizard. Then a shockwave from a missile sent them on the ground harshly.
As Sakuyamon tried sit up, she saw a Darkdramon standing over Doumon, impaling her with the Gigastic Lance, ending the wizard's life. The cyborg digimon then turned around and kicked the Shaman to the ground, readying his lance to impale her. Suddenly a white and crimson blur sent Darkdramon crashing against Hill 3. Covered in a thick cloud of dust, Dukemon used his cape to clear it. Sakuyamon was greeted with Dukemon lending his hand out for her to pick. She gladly took it. However, unexpected to her, she felt herself being carried by the knight.
With Sakuyamon safe in his arms, Dukemon flew off, out of the battlefield at the same time as Alphamon and the last remaining Marines managed to get evacuated.
During the trek out of the region, the two remained silent, holding onto one another dearly without realising it. Both of them felt somewhat awkward to find themselves in eachother's arms.
"I-is the weapon taken care off?" Asked shyly Sakuyamon, trying to break the uncomfortable situation.
"Yeah." Replied Dukemon casually. "It's in the Lake zone, the humans are building a base to secure it."
They returned back to their silence until Sakuyamon decided to speak up.
"Thanks for saving me back there."
"You're welcome but... I'm sorry I couldn't save Doumon." Sakuyamon could hear the sorrow and guilt Dukemon tried to stifle.
"It can't be helped, Dukemon, you did an amazing job at helping us carry the bomb away. And I'm extremely grateful and indebted to you." She declared softly, her heartbeat slowly increasing. "I also want to apologize for all those years of ignoring you-"
"Don't-"
"No, Dukemon, you're not going to butt in again." She playfully scolded before frowing. "It must have been hard for you." Dukemon silently nodded.
"You're everything to me." He softly added.
"And so are you to me." She stated shyly.
Dukemon stopped in his track, leaving the two hovering in the air. He looked at her with surprise written in his eyes.
"Though I can't forgive you for the lost of a hundred of my kin, I am willing to give you a second chance. To restart from the beginning. I am forever indebted to you." She looked up at him and gently took off her fox mask, staring at his golden eyes with hers icy blue.
"I-I don't know what to say..." Stuttered out Dukemon, still staring at his love one.
"You could start by introducing yourself" She playfully suggested.
Dukemon smile widely behind his helmet. "Hello, Madam, my name's Dukemon. What's yours?"
"The name's is Sakuyamon. It is nice to meet you, Sir Dukemon."
"It is nice to meet you too, Lady Sakuyamon."
They stared at each other happily, finally reunited, their relationship rekindled.
"Dukemon, now is not the time for lovey dovey time. You're still in a combat mission until you come back to base." Alphamon interrupted them as he flew pass them.
Dukemon nervously nodded in response and resumed their flight back to the base.
"So since we are back together... do you think it's too early-"
"It's too early." Sakuyamon instantly replied, knowing what Dukemon was implying.
"Good, because I kinda forgot where I put the ring." Dukemon explained sheepishly.
Sakuyamon sighed before smiling at the crimson knight.
"You're still a lovable idiot."
Back at Castle Albion, Dukemon and Sakuyamon were the last ones to arrive and they were met with a sad and horrid scene. Dozens of wounded humans were being treated on the spot, the castle's medical bay was overpopulated to treat them in. Digimon physicians and human medics walked around at a quick pace, checking up on patient after patient before having a wounded being carried in the medical bay depending on the seriousness of the wound.
"I'm going to help with the wounded." She told him before leaving him.
Dukemon looked around him, feeling a bit clueless on what to do. He headed in the castle, carefully avoiding the wounded. Once in the hallways, he was met with more wounded soldiers, their moans and cries echoed in the castle. Dukemon glanced at the soldiers with empathy as he made his way to the war room. He finally found the rest of the Royal Knights, who were all waiting outside the war room.
"Where's Alphamon?" He asked them.
"With the human officers and the ambassador. They're talking about the nuke." Replied Magnamon after a tired yawn.
Moments later, Alphamon, Yamaki, Raymond and Colbert got out of the room.
"Looks like I'm going back to Tokyo." Yamaki said annoyed. "I'll try to convince to dispose the bomb somewhere safe before it can get in the wrong hands."
"Thank you, ambassador." Alphamon thanked gratefully with a bow.
"Captain, good luck with the war." Yamaki said with a salute.
"Same here, congress meetings are as boring as watching a white wall." Raymond replied with a sly smile.
Once the ambassador left off, Alphamon faced his knights with relief and pride in his eyes.
"Well, Royal Knights, mission accomplish." The Royal Knights let out sighs of relief and chuckled a little. "We should be grateful that the humans were there to help us. This proves our worlds that cooperation is important and key to success and hopefully achieving peace and security in the DigiWorld. Now get yourselves useful and help the medics." He instructed. The Royal Knights saluted in response.
Operation Outbreak was a key mission to disrupt the progress of the Imperium. With their most powerful weapon taken and their research facility gone, the Imperium's military advancement has been pushed back. The Tsar Bomba II was one of the preludes to the creation of the Digimon Security Forces, the Digital World's equivalent of the UN's Peacekeepers.
Though deemed a major victory, the casualty report was too great to compensate. The global casualty reports of the IDDF will be a controversial topic of the war in the Digital World. It is also around that time that the officials of the IDDF realised that their soldier's equipment was useless against the digimon, prompting many military research facilities to develop proper combat equipments and weapons for the soldiers of the IDDF. Unknown to many soldiers who fought in the operation, they were the ones who changed both worlds, indirectly.
"Well you are quite lucky, Staff Sergeant," Announced Corpsman Eugene 'Doc'. "A sprained ankle, a light concussion to the head and two broken ribs."
"Broken ribs?" Renamon asked confusely as she sat up from the medical bed, a small patch of bandage was on her forehead, near the right ear and her left ankle also bandaged up. "That's weird, I haven't felt anything in my ribs."
"Oh I know, but you'll feel a lot of pain much later," The corpsman went to the cabinets behind him and searched a little around before he gave Renamon a small vial of painkillers. "You'll need them for tonight and later." He informed her.
"So how long do I have to wait before I'm fully recovered?"
"Two weeks." He answered immediately, not taking his eyes off his clipboard filled with medical sheets on the numerous patients in the facility. "I suggest you should lay back and relax for the mean time."
"Will do, Doc, and thank you for patching me up." With that said, she heaved herself off the bed and grabbed the pair of crutches to walk out of the medical station.
"Have a good evening, Staff Sergeant." Eugene responded loud enough for her to hear as she exits the room.
Once she was in her sleeping quarter and peacefully tucked in her bed, she blankly stared at the white marble ceiling, her mind wandering off elsewhere. Her arms rested behind her head. At the opposite side of the room was Gary's bed. The sergeant was in his PT gear, an olive green t-shirt with marine blue running shorts. In a relaxed position, he was casually playing with his Nintendo 3DS, sent to him by his younger brother as a Christmas gift. Since then, it has been his new late night hobby, usually it was cleaning his weapon or reading a book.
"Are you all right, ma'am?" Asked Gary, his head shifted away from the small screen and looked at the digimon.
"Yes, what makes you ask that?"
"I dunno know, you seemed... quieter." He stated while returning back to his video game.
"Quieter?" She wondered out loud, more to herself than to Gary.
"Yeah, quieter." He simply added.
Letting a small snort escape her mouth, she decided to just start the conversation, it could help her. "Fine, I've been thinking."
"Thinking about what?"
"Not sure, about everything..." At that response Gary laughed.
"Everything? Shit, you are becoming more like us now." He said with a toothy grin.
"That is true, I should blame you." Renamon shot back jokingly before she returned to her neutral state. To be honest, a lot of things have been going through her mind, things that made her nervous, worry, afraid. And these thoughts only made her hate herself, ashamed for letting such thoughts disturbing her cool and calm nature.
"We have been through a lot, haven't we?" She suddenly asked out of the blue, making Gary poke his head away from his video game and look at Renamon with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, we've been through a lot in such a short amount of time. Can't believe I'm still alive so far."
"Why did you join the Marines?" She asked once more in a neutral tone, her mind still lost in her troubling thoughts.
Caught off guard, Gary began to grow some concern for his friend. "Are you sure you are alright in there? I feel like you hit your head a tad bit too hard." He stated with a small smile.
"I don't know what's going on with me recently..." She began, staring back at the human with a stoic look. "I feel like I'm missing something."
Gary was about to say something when suddenly knocks came from the other side of their door. A bit surprise, he got off the bed and walked casually to the door. He opened the door and a friendly smile appeared on his face.
"Oh hey, Guilmon."
"Hey, uh, is Renamon here?" The saurian digimon asked shyly. Gary took noticed the light pink blush that was on the digimon's face.
"Yup, come in, pal." He opened the door fully and stepped aside to let Guilmon in.
Renamon sat up on her bed and smiled brightly at the sight of her mate. She welcomed him with her arms wide open, demanding a big hug. Guilmon gladly gave her the embrace, giving her a small kiss on her furry cheek. He then sat on her bed, his back to the wall while she nestled closely to him, resting her head on his shoulder while her tail wrapped around his waist.
"How's your leg?" He asked while he rested his head on top of hers.
"Fine, I'll be back into action in two weeks." She answered.
Gary sat back on his bed and resumed to break his record in the video game, ignoring the couple.
"So what did I miss?" Guilmon asked to the both of them curiously.
"Well, Staff Sergeant Renamon here was getting all philosophical before you came in." Replied Gary, his eyes still glued to the flashing screens and arcady noises the 3DS produced.
"Really? And what was this philosophical matter you two were talking about?" Guilmon inquired with a playful smirk.
"Oh nothing, I was just missing you, that is all." Renamon answered with a blissful smile. Her eyes closed as she rested on his smooth scales.
Gary merely rolled his eyes at the cliché response she gave them. "Of course", he thought to himself, but deep down he knew there was something more. It bothered him that she would hide the truth from him, it was unnatural of her. But oh well, he would have to wait, no need to insist or prod her for answers, if he had done so he would surely be dead on the spot or having his face crushed to the stone cold ground. He shuddered at that thought.