Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 7 - Journey Through the Darkness ❯ Chapter 9

Chapter 9

"That's far enough," they heard Dexter say from behind one of the guns. Ozlimon and Demireumon sat at starred at them.

"Lucky for you guys we were just practising," Ozlimon said.

"How would Wyrvenmon feel about you talking about her skills like that?" Dex said. Demireumon growled. She knew Dex was just trying to make her mad, problem was it was working.

"I know bullets rarely hurt champions, and would never harm ultimates or megas. But these shells will rip right through your little rookie bodies," Dex said. "We do have proof about that. Now move." Both digimon stayed in place. The rest of the men with guns circled them. The two digimon knew there was no way they could get out of this situation fighting. "I said move." Dex said.

"I've actually grown fond of this little spot of floor," Demireumon said. "Shoot me."

"Me too," Ozlimon said. "So smooth and concrete-like. You'll have to shoot us before we move."

"Stan, tell Libby to get it," Dex said to one of the men beside him who promptly left. "Let me ask you this: do you know how much energy you guys expel when you warp-digivolve?"

"At least enough to nuke that pink bunny with the drum," Ozlimon said.

"We could in fact light Tokyo for three weeks with that much power. You guys using it to digivolve is such a waste. More to the point, we would like to know just what gives you the energy. Could make some people a lot of money, save the environment a bit too. Also, your ranged attacks would make good weapons."

"Neither of us have ranged attacks at this level."

"No, but you can digivolve to mega and that's what we're after."

"We can't digivolve without our partners and the digivices," Demireumon said.

"Don't you know anything?" Dexter knelt down on the floor to speak to her closer.

"The digivices and your partners just aide you. You guys are able to warp-digivolve alone. I've seen it happen myself." Neither digimon believed him when he said that, but they did know that the digivices were just a stepping stone and that they could digivolve out of necessity, but it's never happened. "Anyway, you two can sit and ponder all you like." Libby came in wheeling one of the metal examination tables. Ozlimon's eyes and Demireumon's nose both instantly told them it was Azuma on the table. He was crying, but wasn't harmed.

"You leave him alone!" The black cat screamed. Ozlimon backed her up by brisling his feathers.

"Now, I want you two. The child was just an extra so I don't mind loosing him." Dex pulled a point-five 'desert eagle' from his side and placed it right in the mouth of the screaming infant. He was starting to cough from the obstruction and still sobbing. "I don't mind at all. And as your little pussy cat said, I can just kill him and find another way for you to help us." Ozlimon's feathers calmed and Demireumon's claws retracted.

"Fine," the bird said toward the ground. The number of men with guns parted and Dex withdrew his firearm. The two digimon began walking slowly out of the room. They walked slow, dejected, but still wouldn't let anyone touch them. It was a horrible feeling to feel so defeated, to know that they had to submit to their own deaths to keep Azuma alive. And while it was honourable and logical, they still didn't like it. As Ozlimon was walking his vision clouded for a moment while he was thinking of Kovin. It clouded again and when he cleared his eyes he found himself in the middle of a forest sitting at a campfire.

The entire environment was dark, the colours were muted, and most of it was out of focus. The only three things he could see clearly was himself, the fire, and Kovin sitting across from it. "Kovin?"

"Ozlimon?" He asked.

"We need help."

"We're coming," Kovin said. And almost as suddenly as it started, the forest was gone and the ugly white lab building was back. Ozlimon looked up to see Demireumon.

"Are you alright? You started talking to Kovin then fell over." It was dismissed by the digimon as wishful thinking and the humans as a bad attempt and they were escorted back to their separate halls of horrors for the experiments to begin.

* * *

After a few days of electrode readings, blood samples, x-rays and other such mostly non-invasive scientific procedures the two digimon found themselves in the same room facing more than a dozen people. Azuma was visible in a day-care like room on the other side of a two way mirror to ensure that Ozlimon and Demireumon would co-operate.

"Well, guys. Now comes the fun part. We are going to try and use the lab equipment to simulate a digivice to allow you to digivolve," Libby said.

"Do you really think you can stop Aeromon if you tried?" Ozlimon asked. Libby looked at the only person in the place not wearing a lab-coat.

"Hello. My name is Alexis. I've been running this facility. I think we can stop you as Dex is off loading the Tesla Cannons right now."

"Well goodie," Demireumon said. "Has this ever worked before?"

"We've only tried it on digimon whose digivice has been destroyed. That resulted in a shimmering zero for fifteen score," Libby said, turning to Alexis. "None of which was my fault." She turned back to the digimon. "Anyway, we did try it on a digimon we caught around here, from a person we thought we could trust. It caused the digivice to mutate. But alas, no digivolving."

"Mutated digivice?" Ozlimon asked.

"Yes. Similar to the way the original digivices turned into the D3s. It provided more power and functionality, by mutating almost like an organic being. These new ones allow a card to be swiped through it to temporarily add to the digimon's DNA, giving it extra abilities. We've managed to do it successfully to a few other select friends."

"You want us to have better digivices?" Demireumon asked sarcastically.

"Every time we did it, the digivice was in the lab. Since your partners are pretty far away, it won't happen." Ozlimon was ready to snap any electrodes they hooked to him, but they just targeted an electric gun at the two of them. Both were shaking with fear when Dex came in with four people with the Tesla Cannons.

"Ahh, we all set?" He asked.

"Capacitors at ninety-seven percent," Libby responded.

"Bring them up to one hundred ten, we'll use higher amperage but reduce the voltage." Libby tapped four or five commands into a computer console and flipped several dials.

"Ready."

"Let me remind you two that any deviation will result in your little friend in the other room there being shot," Dex said coldly.

"Just get it over with," Ozlimon said.

"Very well." Machines were heard powering up and dials with flipped, settings were checked and rechecked, and computers and scanners were set up to record what was about to happen.

The whole room of equipment was centred around a massive device hanging from the ceiling. It had all manner of wires and hydraulics running over it to position the barrel of the energy gun where it was wanted. Lights on it slowly got brighter and the motors made some last minute corrections on the position. The two could only sit and watch as it was all prepared, sweating beneath their fur and feathers. They chanced a final look at each other, believing it their last and were hit with a bright white beam of arcing energy before they were ready.

* * *

Kovin, Kelryn, Relaina and Wyrvenmon were sitting in another carpool parking lot in northern British Columbia. The area was very sparsely populated so it probably served as a rest spot rather than carpool spot. They were tired and grumpy after spending the previous night camping because they were kicked out of the motel for having a 'really trippy looking dog' as the owner put it. When they did they were sitting around the campfire cooking and Kovin started talking to Ozlimon like he was right there. He said he was in a white laboratory of some kind, but he couldn't see anything else.

Now they were preparing for the three-day hike it would take to get them to the large building Relaina guessed would be their target. They hadn't even gone three steps into the woods before Kovin and Kelryn's digivices started beeping like crazy and glowing. When they became hot the two tossed them down.

"What happened? Are they still alive?" Kelryn asked.

"If they were killed the things would just turn off. Something else must've happened," Kovin said. The three gathered around the two glowing devices burning a hole in the forest floor. They seemed to melt or change shape, and then darkened and cooled. The resulted device was symmetrical like the original digivice, but unlike the D3. It was bigger than the D3 and shaped roughly like a 'T'. It had a larger screen and more controls, it also had what looked like a card reader. Kovin's was predominantly red, while Kelryn's was blue. He picked his up and looked it over. "I've never seen this before," he said.

"No kidding," Kelryn said picking up hers.

"I've seen it," Relaina said. "Anything like this?" She held out her own digivice which looked like theirs, and was the strange digivice Tai and the rest saw before. Hers was green where Kovin's was red and Kelryn's was blue. "It's called a D-Arc. It can do everything the D3s can, plus a few things. You can use these cards the rouge watchers made to give a digimon temporary abilities or attacks."

"Huh?" They both said in unison.

"Wyrvenmon? Demonstrate on that tree please." The little dragon readied herself for action. Relaina drew one of the many blue cards kept with her digivice and swiped it. "Digimodify!" The card was swiped and the device started emitting tones, Wyrvenmon jumped into the air. "Snimon sickle activate!" When she landed Wyrvenmon had two huge pincers on her forepaws instead of her own claws. She smiled and turned on the tree.

"Twin sickle!" The attack made sawdust from the tree, and then the claws faded away.

"As you can see, it only lasts a few seconds, but it makes life easier when you need it." Relaina said.

"You mind sharing a few of those cards?" Kovin asked.

"Sure, but where we're going, you two can pick and choose from the entire library of modify cards."

"Let's get to it then," Kelryn said leading the three off into the woods.

* * *

Dex pounded the table. "What happened?" He demanded.

"Total energy dispersal," Libby said. "Every single amp and volt is just gone, I have no idea where it went. I don't think it would have mutated the digivices." Ozlimon and Demireumon looked at each other and them selves seeing not a bit of damage or harm, and smiled.