Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 3 - Feint Within a Feint ❯ Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Kovin looked at Nolan, who stopped in mid swing, and just stood. He had a faraway look on his face, something like peace, or even nirvana. Kovin was about to stand when he heard the exploding sound again, this time accompanied by a small burst on Nolan's chest and the familiar sight of blood. More explosions rang out coming fast, Kovin recognised them now as gunshots, but from a gun that hadn't been fired or cleaned in a long time. Kovin covered his head hiding his face from the flying blood and bits of shrapnel the expelled bullets were causing.

Kovin counted upwards of ten shots, and then he heard and felt Nolan's body hit the floor. He could still hear the gun, it magazine empty, just clicking as the trigger was pulled over and over. He looked up slowly, and saw Kelryn. She was standing about three meters from him with a wild crazy look on her face, with a gun in her right hand pulling the trigger with out stopping. Kovin stood and started to walk to her, slowly. When his body blocked her view of Nolan, she stopped trying to fire, but didn't look up. She was breathing hard, her chest moving in and out hard and fast. She was breathing fast enough to complete and inhale and exhale in one second. Kovin could see her shivering slightly, he could see the tone of her skin, and her bruises and scars. She earned the right to kill him with all that she went through; Kovin didn't suffer nearly as much. He reached his hand out slowly and touched the gun, and her hand, both still hot from the firing. Kelryn broke her trance and looked up.

"Kovin... you're... here."

"I'm sorry I'm late." Kelryn's adrenaline gave out and she slummed to the floor, kneeling. Kovin followed her, and saw the tears in her eyes.

"I thought I'd never see you again."

"I thought that too." Kovin brushed some of her long hair from her face, wiping away a tear with it. They embraced on the cold floor, just holding each other. They both wanted to hold each other for eternity, they wanted to never be apart again.

* * *

"Perfecto!" Yolei yelled. The rest of Nolan's army had been defeated. Only thirteen had survived, the rest fought to the death. And only two of those still had digimon. Willis, Ken, and TK were examining the two with digimon.

"Digivices, now!" TK said, his anger very apparent. They were somewhat reluctant, but some prodding from others had them handing over the digivices. TK held them, one in each hand. He went off with them on some unknown project. The others started to protest, but Ken spoke to them, in his own harsh tones.

"Do you know what we do to people who kill as much as you people have, who still have a digivice and their digimon?" They shook their head to indicate they didn't.

"Kill us?"

"No, there's been enough killing. Do you want to die?" Ken directed his question at the two shivering digimon, huddled between their human partners. The eagerly indicated that they didn't. TK came back and nodded at Ken. "We have something special for you. You can keep your digimon, but you will never be able to digivolve. On your feet." They were forced up by other members of the Guardians, and were forced to start walking toward the end of the pier. All the captured humans, but the two with digimon in the lead. They noticed that about a third of the guardian's digimon were not present. And wondered where they were, but didn't have to wait long to see. They stopped at the end of the pier, where every rookie level digimon capable of flight was lined up.

"All ready TK!" Patamon chimed.

"Good," TK answered. "Bat?" Kari and Yolei had found a two-by-four that could easily act as a baseball bat. TK nodded at Ken.

"Flyers, attention!" They all stood up strait in true military fashion. "Prepare for disposal." They all outstretched their wings. TK indicated the modified state of the digivices. They each had a pair of rocks lashed to them. Their owners went white. "Take flight!" The line of digimon started flying, at one end the first took off, the second counted to five and then followed, followed by the rest in the same sequence. Patamon was the last to fly, making a quick salute before he did. When Patamon was almost a dot in the distance, Ken spoke again. "Fire one!" TK threw the digivice in the air, let it spin for a second, and cracked it with the board when it started to come down. It sailed off into the air and was caught by Patamon, who relayed it to the next flyer. The digivice was passed a kilometre out into the bay, then dropped in the shipping lane. It would only take the passing of one ship to get the device covered by a meter thick layer of silt. The second digivice soon followed in the same fashion, and the digimon started back.

"Where's Kovin? And Nolan?" Kari asked.

"Last I saw your friends were fighting toward that warehouse." Willis said. "I completely forgot about them."

"Wait here," Ken said. "The other four members of the Alpha Guardians followed him. They knew he meant the others. The five walked into the open door of the warehouse and looked around. Ken and TK went one way, the girls the other. The boys found a trail and small pool of blood behind some crates, along with the restraints and torn clothes. The girls found scenes of a massive battle. Sword gashes and bullet holes everywhere. When their paths came back together they moved around the corner of the loading dock, and saw Kovin on his knees, holding Kelryn is his arms who had passed out. Nolan's body lay bleeding and dead nearby.

"Kovin?" Allura spoke. He nodded without turning to them.

"She passed out. I think she's sleeping. She breathing fine and I can feel her pulse."

"We have to get her to a doctor."

"I know, I know. Just let her rest for a while. We all need it." Demireumon had left the group of digimon behind the humans and came up to her own. She was rubbing her head on Kelryn's hand, purring. Ozlimon perched on the crate beside Kovin and allowed his wing to drape on Kovin's shoulder. Palmon and Allura, and Gatomon and Kari left to find something to act as a stretcher. TK and Patamon were salvaging some blankets from the living areas Nolan's soldiers had set up. Ken helped Wormmon lash together the boards the girls brought back. When the stretcher was done, they eased Kelryn to it without her waking, and started carrying her out.

"Kari!" They heard Tai's voice. "How is she?" Kari wasn't surprised at all to see her brother. The others were because he had left the city with everyone else in the evacuation.

"I've got a first aid, and a triage kit over her." Joe said. He was standing with Izzy, Sora, and Mimi. Joe came over to Kelryn and started working on her.

"She didn't have to go through this. She's had such a hard life. She ran away from home when she was nine, and never saw her family since. She's crossed the planet and been through more than any of us would have taken in her place." Kovin said. Spelling out the major points of her life story. Allura and Mimi looked confused. They knew they were separated twin sisters, but they also knew they had a younger half sister who ran away.

"Kovin? How old is Kelryn?" Mimi asked.

"I'm not sure. I think she's nineteen. Could be eighteen, but I doubt it." Allura and Mimi looked at each other, and at Kelryn. The pieces fit. Kelryn fit the age, history, and physical description necessary to be their lost sister. Allura produced a picture from her pocket, and they examined it. It was of a small girl, eight years old playing with some dolls and laughing. She had the exact same features as Kelryn.

"I can't believe I never saw it!" Allura said. They had found their lost sister.

* * *

A month had past since the events on the pier. Kelryn had spent almost that whole time in the hospital. There were a number of tests, surgeries, and therapies she had to go through. The first night she shared her room with Kovin, because of his numerous sword hit wounds that needed stitching, and his gunshot wound that was almost infected. Kelryn was nearly fully recovered from her injuries, but the doctors had not yet released her. They had been more tests than she thought was necessary on her midsection, and it was making her very nervous. She wondered if she was all right, if it was nothing, or something permanent like she'd never be able to have children. She would have gone through more possibilities but her doctor came in, with Kovin.

"What is it?" She asked. The doctor and Kovin both looked sullen.

"We have some news for you, my dear. You may want to brace yourself." Kelryn's heart sank, she knew she would not like this. She tried to brace herself, but she felt unprepared for the bad news.

"It will be alright Kelryn." Kovin said. He took Kelryn's chart from the doctor, flipped a few pages and handed it back to him. Kovin sat down beside Kelryn, and held her hand.

"What is it already?" She was getting impatient.

"You can never have a child naturally. The damage during your ordeal was too great. If you did, it would be fatal. It may be possible for you to conceive again, but the baby would have to be born by c-section." Kelryn stared blankly in front of her. She had always wanted to have a baby sometime, but now she was told it would kill her without a hospital's help. There was also almost no chance of her even conceiving. A tear left her eye, but she wasn't crying.

"Doctor, the good news?" Kovin said. Kelryn snapped her head up and looked at Kovin, then the doctor.

"Your friend asked me to deliver the reports in this order. He also knows what it is."

"What is it?!?"

"We could have told you about this two weeks ago, but Kovin stopped us and asked us to perform some tests so we could answer the next question you'd ask after hearing the news. So you wouldn't have to wait and worry."

"Holy shit! Tell me already!" The doctor and Kovin exchanged glances.

"You're pregnant. And as far as we can tell, the baby is healthy." Kelryn was even more shocked now. She felt she was a little young to have a baby, but she knew she could handle it.

"Will I be OK?"

"Oh, of course. We will give you a c-section at 8½ months. You and the baby will be fine."

"What was the other question I was going to ask?" She said. Kovin looked at her and calmly spoke.

"Kelryn, how many potential fathers were there?" Again, she went white.

"Do you know?"

"We do. It's Kovin." The doctor said, smiling. She looked relived, and the doctor excused himself when he saw it.

"They say you can come home today. All the digimon have got a welcome home party set up." Kovin looked away and clenched his teeth. "Kicked me out of the apartment for two fucking days to set it up."

"Two days?"

"Yeah, they wouldn't let any humans help. Just the seven of them doing it." They both smiled thinking of the mismatched creatures trying to set up a party. "You know, Kelryn. There are only three people in the world who know about this." Kovin said, touching her stomach. "The others would really like to know."

"No one needs to know right now. Let's just enjoy it, and keep it between us. They'll find out later." Kovin leaned forward and kissed Kelryn, slowly, then more deeply and passionately.

They had each other, and they had their friends, at the beginning of a new life together. The sun outside was climbing into the sky, bathing the landscape in its yellow glow. It seemed to be shining just for the couple in the hospital, but they didn't care. All they wanted in this world, they had. And they were both happy.