Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 1 - A Time Honored Tradition ❯ Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Aeromon was huge. He looked like a cross between a fully-grown hunting owl and an eagle. But there were a few differences to this hybrid. The first is he stood seventy meters tall, and had a wingspan of over two hundred meters. Aeromon screeched as loud as he could after he digivolved, calling everyone and everything's attention to the building's rooftop. As their eyes focused on the top of the building the massive bird soared out over the edge. He banked around the square and touched down between TK, Kari and their friends, and the mass of fighting digimon; who had paused their activities to see this monstrosity.

Aeromon lowered his head toward Kari and TK. Everyone dropped to their knees like they were about to die. Kari was the only one who stayed standing, she walked up and touched the beak, which was the size of a minivan. Kovin slid down the side of his head, and landed beside Kari. She didn't turn her head, and kept looking at Aeromon. He was completely white. The only colouring he had was a red band circling his head around his eyes. And the feathers at the back of his head stood strait back. When he was flying they couldn't be seen, but standing like this with his beak made his head look like a lethal hammer.

"I'm sorry I'm late. And I'm sorry I caused all this. We'd like to help if you'll let us." Kari and Kovin exchanged nods, and they looked at the fight. Their digimon had formed a semicircle around them, like an arch to fend off the others. Aeromon stepped between Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon. He dwarfed them. But there were still fourteen ultimates, and that would be a challenge to three megas, even when one was that big. Aeromon let out another attack call, and took to the air. The splash back from his wings caused the humans behind him to stumble. Nolan used that to his advantage, he hit Matt a few times, and got his gun free. Matt, and the others were circling him, trying to get him back under control, while Tai kept Cera pinned down.

Nolan looked calm almost like he was going to give up. Then he snapped and emptied his clip at them. Then he dropped his gun and took off running. Sora opened her eyes. They went shut when Nolan started firing. Her motherly instinct had her checking everyone else before herself. She didn't see the gunshot wounds in her arm and leg. All she saw was Matt and Cody, lying on the ground lifeless and still. She crawled up to them, and tried to wake them up, but she passed out with the pain before she could realise the truth.

Aeromon, Wargreymon, and Metalgarurumon had the fight evened out with the help of Angewomon and Magnaangemon. But it was still a close battle. Attacks were flying back and forth; digimon were falling, circling, regrouping, and attacking again from both sides. They heard a death yell. They all looked up expecting to see one of their own fall, but it was a Mammothmon that pixilated. A bolt on energy crossed the square towards them and was absorbed into Kovin's digivice. They then saw a Phantomon fall, and the resulting energy bolt found its way to TK. Twelve left. They were looking tired. It was going to be close.

Cera was held at bay with her own gun, Tai held it on her. He had just lost his best friend, and little Cody, who didn't deserve to die that young. She glared at them all, hoping she could cause them to burst into flames with just her eyes. Tai had to blink as an energy bolt came across had hit Allura's digivice. Cera was instantly on her feet with another gun in her hands. She had had a second concealed in the small of her back. Kovin was around and had his two guns drawn on her. They stood and looked at each other.

"What are you doing Cera? There's nothing left. It's over."

"It's not over! Remember what you said to us? How all they did was get in the way of the game? How that was all that mattered? How they didn't have the right to police the rest of us?"

"I remember. And I was right, they don't have that right. It's a duty. No one has the right to force actions on another. But if you're stopping someone from killing, that's a duty that overrides rights. I was lost for a while, but now I'm with them. I've got a mega digimon, and I'm going to keep any more deaths from happening that I can."

"You can't. I won't let you." Cera went to fire her weapon, and three shots did leave the barrel. Kovin triggered each of his guns twice. The seven bullets passed each other in the air. The three for Kovin all missed. The bullets pass out into the square, landing harmlessly in some rubble. Kovin's hit their mark. Four small red spots appeared in various places on Cera's body. She fell to the ground, dead.

Kovin walked to the edge of the melee. He ignored the others trying to talk to him. He said that he had something to do. He bent down, and got on his knees. Looking through the rubble, he selected two small stones. Kovin put one in the barrel of each gun. They didn't fit all the way in so he jammed them in by hitting the guns against the ground. He stood, and turned to face the others. Kovin held his arms straight out.

"I can't kill anymore. It's not me. And it's not right." He fired. The bullets stopped in the barrels blowing the sides out of them, warping and twisting the finely tuned metal. Both weapons were now useless. Kovin dropped them and fell to his knees, crying. Three years of held back emotions that came pouring out at once.

On the battlefield, the fight was starting to be lost again. Aeromon for all his strength and size was being overtaken by all the enemies. The situation looked like it was about to fall. The extreme nature of the situation was demonstrated by a well-organised attack. Wargreymon took hits from eight different digimon at once, and it was too much for him. He reverted back to Agumon, who made haste to get out of the fight, but was cut down before be could reach the relative safety of his human partner.

"Agumon! No!" Tai was added to the list of those who had to see their digimon killed.

"Zodiac Arrows!" Another unexpected surprise. Three gleaming black arrows flew into the fight, and they were rewarded with three bolts of energy from three enemy digivices arcing their way to an unseen figure on the rooftops. Just then they received the final surprise they needed.

Magnareumon digivolve to ... Arcreumon

As that was happening, Kelryn descended from the four-story building on the fire escape.

Now they were set. A data type mega, and two virus type megas. All three began launching attacks into the crowd. Into only took three volleys before it was over. Seven digimon stood in the field, it was over. The final nine energy beams came across to them. One each for Yolei, Ken, TK, Kari, and Allura, while two hit Kovin and Kelryn; because they both had mega level digimon.

Then they saw Metalgarurumon. He was shivering. He reverted back to Gabumon who was helped back to the others. He just touched Matt's body once and pixilated.

The fight was over. The battle finished. The factions stood down from attacking. Both sides had taken heavy losses, and it would be a long time before any solution or restoration came of this.

A final fix was coming.