Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 6 - Meandering Pathways ❯ Chapter 5

Chapter 5

The six alphas that went out to get information now sat lounging around Kovin's apartment. The apartment had become the standard meeting place for their group because everyone else lived with humans who didn't know about the digimon, in most cases their parents. Allura was still out with the omega children, they called her on her cell phone to apprise her, but all she wanted to know was what decision they made if at all. No one was happy about what happened, particularly Kari as it was her plan that had failed.

"To ask the question again, what do we do now?" Ken asked.

"We should try again," TK said. "Just because it didn't work once doesn't mean we should give up."

"Exactly," Kari said.

"How far will you go?" Kelryn asked harshly. "Will you kill them, or beat them? Starve them for days? How much will you do to get the information you want?"

"Anything it takes." Kari said defiantly.

"And what will be let of your humanity then?" Yolei said.

"At least we're not spying, we're up front." TK said.

"Spying doesn't get people hurt, it's just information. Granted it's a form of stealing, but it's not direct violence." Ken said.

"True," said Kovin. "But you have no idea of the risks or what those people are capable of. Don't say you're willing to take the chance, because you don't even know what that is."

"What would Cody say is he were here?" Kelryn asked. She remembered them telling her that he always had the right thing to say, either as a plan or to wake them up. She wished they could have someone here like that. Kelryn looked up to see if anyone knew, but no one cold even guess at the logic of his or her fallen comrade.

"We've already lost six Guardians fighting this war, three from our own group, we don't need to loose any more. The information we're looking for, why the rogue digidestined are forming into groups, does not warrant risking lives. We need to just stay here at face whatever happens as it comes." Kovin said.

"We can't," Kari yelled.

"We need to get the information from people who already have it!" Yolei yelled.

"No, we need to just stay here!" Kelryn said.

"We can't learn anything like that!" TK said.

"We don't have to learn, we just take!" Ken said with a clenched fist.

"Calm down everyone, arguing isn't the answer." Kovin said.

"How would you know the answer?" TK yelled. "You showed up and killed three digimon and the only reason you're in charge is because of your age and Aeromon. I really don't think you can tell us what to do." Kovin drew one of his blades.

"Keep talking," Kovin said with clenched teeth while TK drew his guns.

"I'll change vocabulary if you tell me what to do again." He looked at Kelryn who had the sun glinting off her throwing stars.

"Watch who you threaten, boy." She said. Yolei drew her sidearm and had it trained on Kelryn.

"Goes for you too, bullets move faster than your stars." She said.

"You even think of touching him with that and I'll personally kill you with the same blade." Kari said to Kovin. Ken drew his gun hesitantly, not wanting to be the only one there without a weapon drawn.

"Just what do you think you're going to do with that?" Kelryn asked Ken.

"I'm going to slowly walk out of here, without hurting anyone or anyone hurting me." He put his hand on Yolei's shoulder. "Both of us are." Yolei and Ken both walked backwards slowly, Ken opened the door and Yolei left past him. "Cody would tell us that fighting amongst ourselves in the most damaging thing possible. We all need some time to cool down."

Kari was still mad at them but heard the words Cody would have said had he been there. She put her hand over the barrel of TK's gun and pushed it to the floor. He looked into her eyes with nothing but rage, meeting hers filled with compassion. "Not today," she said. He looked at Kovin who hadn't moved at all, still holding his blade ready.

"Not today," he repeated, and he and Kari slowly walked out. Kelryn dropped her stars and Kovin sheathed his katana.

"Handled that well, didn't you?" Demireumon asked. The two humans looked to the top of a bookshelf where their digimon had been perched the entire time.

"I forgot you guys were even here." Kelryn said.

"It's a good thing Ken stopped that," Ozlimon said. "I don't think the six of us could have stopped you guys."

"Did Gatomon, Patamon, Wormmon and Hawkmon leave with them?"

"Yep." The humans sat on the couch both lost in thought and their digimon came down and joined them.

"So what do you think?" Kovin asked Ozlimon.

"I think we need a vacation," he said.