Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Outlaw ❯ Attack ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3: Attack

Beelzebumon woke in a hurry. His first sight were his other two traveling partners already awake. "Beelzebumon?" Lisa asked timidly, "A…are you okay?" Yashamon nodded in agreement with Lisa, "Yes, you seemed to be in some kind of dream. You kept murmuring to yourself." Beelzebumon looked around himself to get a feel of his surroundings and to make sure he was truly awake again.

"Lisa," Beelzebumon needed to know answers from her, "where are you from?"

"Britain," she answered, a bit startled by the sudden interrogation. Beelzebumon got up and walked over to her. He looked her straight in the eye, "do you know where Dante was from?" Lisa's eyes grew slightly larger, but quickly broke eye contact and stared at the ground. Her face turned slightly red. She shook her head timidly, afraid of their reactions. Beelzebumon eased up from the questioning 'does she even know who he was?'

"Why are you asking these questions all of a sudden?" Yashamon broke the tension between the two, but he was oblivious to the current situation while Beelzebumon knew, and the young mother hinted that he knew. Beelzebumon turned away from Lisa. It seemed to Beelzebumon that he would have to ask her later, privately. He started to walk away from the seemingly traumatized female, but Yashamon confronted the three-eyed digimon and asked him why he questioned Lisa so harshly again. "I have my reasons!" Beelzebumon snapped, "you'll find out eventually too." He sidestepped his ally and continued to walk. "Come on, we're leaving now!"

Lisa finally looked up, watching Beelzebumon walk away. 'Why…?' she thought, 'why did he ask me that?' She stood silently wondering why Beelzebumon would ask the question so suddenly, especially questions like those. Yashamon sighed and walked up to her, "I apologize on the behalf of Beelzebumon," Yashamon shook his head, almost in shame, "I do not know the reasons he would snap like that." Lisa folded her hands over another and laid them softly against her abdomen, "It's okay," Lisa gave a nod. Yashamon turned and walked away to catch up with Beelzebumon. Angela started to cry and Lisa went to tend to her crying daughter. 'Dante,' she thought again as she picked up the little infant in her arms, 'what was he hiding?'

~*~

The journey was quiet for a long while. After the interrogation that morning, there was a sense of distrust in the air. Beelzebumon wanted answers, Lisa questioned who Dante really was, and Yashamon was slightly upset with Beelzebumon for questioning Lisa so harshly for the second time. All three of them walked silently on the desolate road. The silence finally broke when Angela started to cry. Lisa started to comfort the little infant, but she continued to cry. Beelzebumon stopped, "she'll attract unwanted visitors," Beelzebumon stated, "better make her stop."

"I wish I could," the British girl bounced up and down slightly at an attempt to rock the child back to sleep, or to at least stop its crying, "but I don't know. She won't stop crying." She continued to try to quiet the child, but was unsuccessful. Yashamon stood beside the girl, "Is there anything I could help with." Lisa turned to the demon digimon, "no," she smiled at the generosity, "she'll be okay in a few." Beelzebumon finally turned around to see what was taking so long to quiet the child. He walked up to Lisa, who still tried to comfort the child, unknowing of the cause.

"Why won't she quiet down?" Beelzebumon asked, seemingly irritated by the loud noise. He looked down at the child with his three eyes, and then turned away, "just do something about it. It's getting annoying." Lisa stared at Beelzebumon, 'I wish I could tell him the truth about Dante,' she continued to rock the infant in her arms back and forth, 'it might give him some answers he was looking for this morning.' Beelzebumon turned to face Lisa, but instead looked down at the child again.

'The child of my enemy,' Beelzebumon thought to himself, 'but the daughter of the one I'm protecting.' The child still wailed for no apparent reason as the trio stood on the desolate road. 'What the hell do I do?'

"Is something wrong?" Yashamon questioned the two in the awkward situation. Lisa turned to Yashamon, but did not say anything. Beelzebumon kept his gaze forward. "I sense that something is wrong."

"Nothing is wrong," Beelzebumon said, "come on. If we stay here, we'll get attacked. The kid will eventually stop crying." The three-eyed digimon started to walk down the road once again. "Beelzebumon?" Lisa called out to her protector. Beelzebumon stopped again and turned his head slightly, "what…is bothering you?" Beelzebumon turned his head straight again 'should I tell her? What would she say if I just say it? "Angela's dad is one of the most evil digimon ever known." No! It would hurt her so much, and I promised myself I wouldn't do that!' Beelzebumon's silent soliloquy continued, 'but it would be hurting her if I did keep it to myself.'

"Beelzebumon," Yashamon broke the silence and Beelzebumon's conversation with his conscious, "what is bothering you?" Beelzebumon faced the two colleagues and rubbed his hand against his chin, "I don't think you would all want to know." Beelzebumon tried to change the subject, "its more of my problem anyway." Yashamon shook his head, "Beelzebumon, we are your friends. You can trust us with what is wrong. We will always help you."

"I haven't known you long, but I could help out also." Lisa insisted, still trying to quiet down the child. Beelzebumon looked down in thought once again. "I know that," Beelzebumon kept his head down, "but I don't know…no! I can't!" Beelzebumon shook his head. Angela started to cry louder than before. Yashamon sighed, and Lisa tried harder to comfort Angela. "Let's get moving…" Beelzebumon turned, but was interrupted by a blast that came from Beelzebumon's side. "What the…?" Beelzebumon turned to the source of the blast, and he saw a white four-legged animal. Its tail and mane was a gold color and it wore a red helmet. A distinct horn was erected on its head and had large black wings from its back.

"Evil killer!" it yelled with anger and hate in its voice, "it has been too long! I will delete you now!" Lisa was terrified and the infant in her arms continued to cry. Beelzebumon stepped up and Yashamon stood in front of the terrified mother and child. "Holy Shot!" the beast roared as he winded his head to the side slightly and shot out a blue blast of energy from its mouth. Beelzebumon quickly dodged it and Yashamon quickly picked up Lisa and Angela and brought them to safety and told them to stay there.

Yashamon quickly jumped back into the battle to try and stop it, "Beelzebumon does not wish to hurt anyone anymore! He has changed…!"

"Nonsense!" the beast yelled, "he has slaughtered a whole village! He will be punished by being deleted!"

"What?" Beelzebumon yelled in retaliation, "I didn't do anything! There hasn't been a village I had hurt since I was under…" He looked over to Lisa, who looked completely terrified, and halted his reason, "under the influence of evil!"

"All lies!" the beast yelled again, "on behalf of the rest of my fellow Unimon, I shall delete you now! Holy Shot!" another blast of energy flew towards the two fighters. 'I'm getting sick of this.' Beelzebumon sighed as he pulled out both of his guns, "If you won't listen to me, then you're going to be deleted!" He ran up and jumped up to the Unimon, "Double Impact!" Two bullets fired from the twin-barreled guns. Unimon jumped to the side to avoid it, but before it could do anything else, Beelzebumon was in front of the beast digimon, with his claw raised high in the air. "It ends now! Darkness Claw!" Beelzebumon's claw grew red as he slashed straight down through the head of Unimon. The crimson stream cut through the data as if it was scissors through paper. With his dying words, the Unimon shouted out, "I'm not the only one! Others you have hurt will delete you!" and with the last word erupted into millions pieces of data. Beelzebumon landed on the ground and looked up to see his victim float away as data. "Bastard," Beelzebumon mumbled, "what in the world was he talking about?"

"I do not know," Yashamon put away his swords; "you have not hurt anyone or anything since I have rescued you, despite the occasional times." Beelzebumon stood up and looked over to see if Lisa and Angela were all right. Lisa trembled out of her hiding spot, with Angela now quiet. Beelzebumon walked over to her, "are you alright?" Lisa nodded dumbly.

"She has had quite a scare," Yashamon said as he followed Beelzebumon, "I would not blame her for being quite shaken up." Beelzebumon looked over Lisa one more time and at Angela. "Those are the reasons I want to get you out of here as soon as possible. That could have been you that Unimon was shooting at." Beelzebumon said to the girl. She breathed deeply to try to regain her composure, "yes." She said simply.

"Let us continue," Yashamon insisted, "we shall be better off moving." Beelzebumon and Lisa agreed and they all continued to walk down the road, in silence.

~*~

The small road continued aimlessly through the Digital World. The trio continued to follow the road as if they knew it lead somewhere. Lisa gazed at Beelzebumon from afar with amazement, 'he's so powerful,' Lisa thought, 'but, why did he look so sad when he was talking to that monster?' The British female broke her gaze when she saw Beelzebumon look back slightly, 'if only I could help him. Yashamon and him have helped me so much already, but how?' The child in her arms made soft baby noises, only audible to the mother, 'Angela,' she looked at the child, 'growing up with no grandparents, no father…' she looked at Beelzebumon again. Unknowingly to Lisa, Beelzebumon had his own thoughts about her.

'She was almost hurt back there,' Beelzebumon thought as he continued walking, 'and it may have been my fault. If she keeps traveling with us, she may get hurt.' He looked back slightly so he could see her out of the corner of his eye, 'but, we can't just leave her anywhere, she'll get hurt.' He kept walking with a stoic expression, careful not to reveal any of his thoughts. Beelzebumon hated sharing his thoughts and hated being questioned for them, so he always attempted to keep them to himself. "Beelzebumon," the silence was finally broken by Yashamon, "how about we stay here to rest. We are all tired from that little encounter and I believe it is a good idea to just rest for a few moments." Beelzebumon looked at the potential rest spot, a modest collection of growing trees a little far from the road in the middle of a valley. "Yeah," Beelzebumon agreed, "let's rest for now."

The group rested by the developing trees. Lisa lay up against the trees and Beelzebumon stood up and watched around to make sure there was no trouble from either side. Yashamon sat across from the young mother, resting also after the incident. "Beelzebumon," Lisa finally spoke up. Beelzebumon turned slightly towards her, "why did that digimon attack you?"

Beelzebumon turned forward again, "it's a long story. Besides, it doesn't involve you. So don't worry about it." Lisa nodded slightly and remained silent. Yashamon decided to ask him a question.

"What was bothering you before that happened?"

Beelzebumon remained motionless from his spot, "What are you talking about…?"

"You know what I am talking about," Yashamon answered quickly, "enough of all these secrets. We are all trusted now with each other's safety. It is better…"

Beelzebumon turned quickly, "Look, no one likes it when people get into their business, so just drop it!" Beelzebumon snapped, "besides, I hate dragging others into my problems. It's happened before, and it won't happen again." Beelzebumon turned involuntarily to Lisa and Angela, who he saw was slightly worried at the two fighting companions. She then looked at Beelzebumon with eyes of trust and compassion. Beelzebumon turned away. "What's wrong Beelzebumon?" Lisa finally asked. The infant in her arms gave an innocent giggle when she asked. She rocked her around slightly. Beelzebumon sighed again, "I said just drop the subject." He said in a lower tone than before, a more relaxed tone.

Lisa felt a bit more daring, "is it about me? Or about Dante?"

A chill ran through Beelzebumon. Could he be read that easily? Yashamon was now intrigued by what was happening, because he finally realized that it was involving those two topics. He too could tell through Beelzebumon's reaction, a slight jump at the question. He finally sighed and closed his eyes. "Yes, there has been something bothering me lately." He turned towards Lisa and opened his eyes, "and yes, it does involve you, Dante, and Angela." Lisa's face slightly lighted up, but not necessarily in happiness or sadness.

"Dante," Beelzebumon breathed deep, "was one of the most evil digimon I have ever known. He was once my ally," he paused. Yashamon finally caught on and realized who it was, "but was one of my enemies." He looked at Yashamon to see his reaction, and decided to come out with it, "Dante is Vamdemon."