Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 7 - Journey Through the Darkness ❯ Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Under different circumstances Kovin would have enjoyed his time in the forest immensely. Kelryn and Relaina never stopped fighting, but they were fighting over such stupid things that it made the situation hilarious. Plus, they had a bet about which was the better outdoorsman which meant they were always trying to outdo the other.

The first night both had independently gathered the rocks, twigs, kindling and logs it took to make a proper fire. They each sat facing their collection of flammables for two hours trying vainly to light them. Only when the rain started to fall did Wyrvenmon invite the two under a rock overhang where she started a fire with her breath with ease.

On the second day they both believed they knew the correct route around a small lake. Kelryn went north, and Relaina south without even consulting Kovin or Wyrvenmon. After the girls had set off through the underbrush cursing each other's name, Kovin and Wyrvenmon took the boat that was hidden among some reeds. They rowed quietly and slowly watching the bushes rattle on either side of them as the girls struggled to keep up. They arrived at the opposite side in time to see both emerge with a perfectly matched persona of scratches and scraps and dirt. Relaina was particularly mad when she remembered that she was carrying a sword that could have cut through the underbrush.

That night they allowed Wyrvenmon to light the fire and left separately to find some food. Kelryn returned with berries, and Relaina with mushrooms but the digimon's nose told them that both were poisonous. And to show them all she found an apple tree standing beside an abandoned cabin that had plenty of canned food.

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Kovin woke up slowly on the third morning. He was cold and hungry but got plenty of sleep. Wyrvenmon was beside him on the cabin's bed still asleep. The bed was only large enough for one so both girls made him take it so they could prove how tough they were by sleeping on the floor. Kovin stretched the sleep from his muscles and leaned over the edge of the bed to check his travelling companions. Both Kelryn and Relaina were still asleep but had changed positions in the night. They had rolled over and were not just facing each other, but hugging each other for warmth. Body warmth of course because neither would give the other the time of day. Kovin reached over and tapped the sleeping dragon. "What?"

"Come look at our sleeping beauties," Kovin said. Wyrvenmon crawled over slowly and did a double-take.

"I hope they move before they wake up. They'll make a lot of noise when they find out that happened."

"I hope they do wake up like that."

"They'll probably blame us again," she said. "Just like the boat."

"I think it's worth it to see their faces." In fact their faces couldn't be seen because both of them had long hair and it was mismatched across their heads. Kovin sat up and coughed on purpose, but they didn't stir. He clapped several times and Wyrvenmon started jumping on the bed. They saw both twitch when they woke.

"Get out of my face and off me right now," one of them said. Kovin and Wyrvenmon couldn't tell which because the voice was whispered.

"No, I'm warm. You move," the other said.

"I'm warm too. You move, bitch."

"Skank."

"Slut."

"Whore." No one said anything or moved.

"Then we're at an impasse. What do we do?"

"I don't know." By this time Wyrvenmon managed to get to their backpacks and retrieved the one of the three cameras they were planning to use to document the rouge watcher facility. Both girls sat up when they heard the camera click and saw the flash.

"Good to see you two getting along," the digimon said.

"Indeed," Kovin said. "A Kodak moment." Both he and the dragon sighed lovingly.

"The camera, or your lives, now," Relaina said.

"Not if I get to them first," Kelryn said. Both tried to stand apart and discovered their hair had become tangled. They both grabbed at tit trying to get their own free giving no regard for the other and ended up getting more tangled.

"Both of you, hold still and move your hands," Kovin said. They looked up and saw him holding his katana above his head. They both whimpered in unison and moved their arms. The sword easily parted the few strands of hair and separated them. Wyrvenmon was rolling on the bed trying to get her breath back from laughing so hard. "You two are so much alike."

"I'll take that as a personal insult," Relaina said.

"Me too," Kelryn added.

"No it's true. You guys are so alike. It's no wonder you hate each other. You both see in the other something you don't like about yourselves, so you hate them."

"That's a dirty lie, and you take it back," Kelryn said. Kovin just laughed at them again and helped Wyrvenmon cook breakfast. All they had to do was punch holes in a few cans and set them in the fireplace. The little dragon sat and blew flame at them for thirty seconds and they had hot breakfast.

They set off after cleaning up the cabin and writing a 'thank-you' note. They walked quietly as both girls were always mad at each other and still mad at Kovin. They walked for hours with nothing major happening, only once did the two try and walk faster than the other. It was settled by them both tripping in unison.

They stopped around noon for a break by a hot spring. Kelryn kicked off her shoes and jumped in. She swam a few times around and sat up to ask why Kovin wasn't joining her. She saw that Kovin was sitting and studying his new digivice and Relaina was sitting beside him showing him a few features. Kelryn watched closely and saw Relaina's hand on his leg. Two can play at that. She thought.

Kelryn swam up closer to them and took her shirt off and tossed it on the ground. "It's so hot in here," she said, and swam around on her back a bit. Relaina picked up the new game and reached for her backpack on Kovin's other side letting her shirt hang open for a quick look. Kovin's eyes were just darting back and forth his mind not knowing what to do. Kelryn got out of the water and started to slowly take her pants off. "I'm going to have to let these dry a bit before we go on," she said and stood there in her underwear. Relaina allowed her hand to move further up Kovin's leg before he snapped. He bolted strait backward with the speed of a cat but the grace of a firecracker.

"I should be excited about all this, but in fact I'm scared. I'm going to go find out what Wyrvenmon is doing, maybe help her catch a squirrel. She won't scare me as much as you two." Kovin backed away slowly leaving the two girls standing and staring.

"That was your fault," Kelryn said.

"My fault? I didn't give the strip show."

"You leave him alone, he's mine."

"Who can tell, you argue with him every chance you get."

"Maybe he loves me."

"Maybe he needs someone who can give him more than you do."

"You challenging me again?" Kelryn asked.

"All's fair in love and war," Relaina said and flicked Kelryn on the nose. "So stay out of my way unless you want to get hurt." Kelryn hit her lightly on the side of the face.

"Same goes for you, and don't hit me." Relaina hit Kelryn back harder.

"Don't hit me." Kelryn responded to that by punching Relaina in the stomach and the two started physically fighting openly. They bit and kicked and fought hard. Kelryn's nose started bleeding and Relaina got a black eye before her own shirt was ripped. They continued kicking and clawing at each other venting the hours and days of rage each had built up for the other. Not an explosion, not the end of time, not millions of dollars could get them to stop. Not even if the other died, they'd continue pounding on their corpse. The only thing that could cut through that much primal rage was Wyrvenmon and Kovin snapping another picture.

"Is this another Kodak moment?" The little digimon asked.

"No, this is quite a bit better," Kovin said and held hid right hand like he was writing on the left. "'Dear Penthouse, I never thought it could happen to me...' See now, this is the right way to get a guy excited." They both stood and examined the situation of them fighting in their underwear.

Relaina got a new shirt and Kelryn a whole new dry outfit from her bag and they continued on their way. Both girls were now wounded in body and pride. Wyrvenmon tried to start another fight by saying to each that the other had a bigger chest, but the two girls kicking her in the river once each easily diffused the situation. They crested another hill later in the day and saw what they were looking for. A massive compound made of a large central building and four more smaller ones connected to it at the cardinal points by overhead crosswalks. The place was surrounded by electric fence and automated guns on towers with plenty of lights and cameras. The dirt road leading up to the place had to have any vehicle go through an inspection garage before it got anywhere near the complex.

"Look at that," Kovin said. "The whole places says 'go away'. This will be one fun challenge. But we know how good the prize is." He looked at Kelryn and nodded.

"Let's get our family back," she said.