Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 7 - Journey Through the Darkness ❯ Chapter 8

Chapter 8

"That was cheap, TK." Kari said.

"What was cheap?"

"I wanted a nice romantic cruise, relaxing in the tropical sun on a beautiful cruise ship. Instead you have me on a stinking cargo ship for sixty-five hours waiting for those five to tell us something in scenic Detroit."

"Using the ship was your idea, Kari," Gatomon said. "It's going to take me a month to get my fur fixed." Gatomon went back to the seat where she was trying to groom her fur back into a presentable shape, despite that fact that no one could tell the difference if presented with 'before' and 'after' pictures. Patamon was on the car's back seat next to her sleeping. He had gained the ability to digivolve to mega, but he was still new at it and it tired him out. "Look at him. You'd think he never slept."

"He went through a lot, Gatomon," TK said. "Aren't you one away from mega yourself?"

"Yeah,"

"Can't wait to see you sleep-deprived." They were on their way to California, to keep moving and to see some sun. They had kept the five tied up at all times, but did allow bathroom breaks to shown that they weren't completely sadistic. It took almost thirty-six hours before they started to show any signs of breaking. After fifty, they sung like canaries. They told TK and Kari all about the rouge watchers and digidestined population, about their mission to recruit more for experiments and control. They were pressed up to sixty-three hours for information about the experiments, but it was obvious that they had none. They let them out and gave them a choice of fighting, or pizza. So TK and Kari had no trouble getting away.

They were now on the road to California to see the Kappa Guardians for some information sharing, and some friendly faces. The journey was long, but almost over. They left the interstate behind for the surface roads and soon turned off those on to a dirt road leading to a farm.

"Are you sure this is where they live?" Kari asked.

"Tristan, Evan and Ivan live here. Arthur's family has a vineyard a few miles away, Nina, Gail and May live in various houses further down that road," TK replied.

"Isn't it kind of strange that they all became digidestined near each other?"

"Not really, some of them moved around to be closer, but I guess it's like us. Just lucky that we were close. I think there are certain parts of the world that are more susceptible to digimon. Right over those hills is Silicon Valley, if you want anything digital, go there." They pulled into the driveway beside two other cars and got out. Patamon was awake and ready to go, but Gatomon only hissed and swiped when they tried to wake her.

"Leave her there, we'll be fine," Kari said. They went up to the house and knocked. No one answered. TK knocked again and went around the side with Patamon. Kari went in and Gatomon sleepily followed. After a few minutes they came to the back porch together both shrugging. "The stove was on," Kari said.

"And it looks like someone was working on a truck in the barn," Patamon said.

"I wonder where they are," TK said. He climbed the steps beside Kari and looked in the house and back out again when Patamon twitched. "What's up?"

"There's some digimon in the forest," he said. TK and Kari looked across the field to the forest half a kilometre away. The field had some cows in it milling about and generally doing what cows do.

"You sure?" TK asked.

"Yep," Gatomon spoke for him, she was also sensing something there. All four gasped when and Aeroveedramon zoomed up and fired an attack at the forest floor. It fell back into the trees and they saw three quick blasts of energy bolt past.

"Let's go!" TK yelled.

"Who is it?" Kari asked.

"Tristan has an Aeroveedramon, come on!" Kari caught up to him, Patamon and Gatomon who were already over the fence running. The cows looked up, but didn't care about the intruders who just kept running. "I don't want to go in without you two digivolved, you feel ready?" Patamon nodded and digivolved.

Patamon warp-digivolve to ... Seraphimon.

Gatomon digivolve to ... Angewomon.

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Tristan's digimon was on the ground in its rookie form. Evan and Ivan were nearby cradling their own digimon who had been shot down. It was only two rouge digidestined that had attacked the three Guardians, but he Tesla cannon had tipped the scales a bit. Both spoke in English accents.

"Basil, what should we do with them now?"

"Well, Herman my friend. I believe Miss Alexis would love to have a word with them."

"Yes, indeed she would." As he spoke Angewomon came through the trees and began fighting one of the two attacking digimon. The other turned to his friend and saw Seraphimon coming at him, and he backed down to see TK and Kari holding a gun each at their partners. The green dinosaur Angewomon was fighting did not give up and kept fighting. He kicked her into the air, but she recovered quick and targeted.

"Celestial Arrow!" Her gleaming white arrow cut right across his neck and he pixilated instantly. Angewomon stopped to absorb the pixels as Kari's digivice took the energy of one of the attackers. She flexed her muscles and jumped.

Angewomon digivolve to ... Magnadramon.

The two mega-level angelic digimon stood behind their partners who glared at the remaining humans. "Bloody hell you two move fast," Basil said. His friend said nothing, as he was the one who lost his digimon.

"You two are going to leave out friends alone, and drop that fancy cannon," TK said.

"Well, I've got something to saw about that," Basil said and drew the weapon to fire. TK and Kari both fired to save their digimon and he fell dead. His digimon fell with him only moments later.

"You two aren't just fast," Tristan said standing. "You're a pair of miracles." Kari smiled as did TK, who went and got the fallen man's weapon. He picked it up and held it.

"This here is going to change the tides of this war. We have it, and we know people who can duplicate it or give our digimon immunity to it," he said.

"You Izzy can do all that?" Kari asked.

"I'm sure he'd love the challenge."