Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 9 - And Now the Guns are Silent ❯ Chapter 2

Chapter 2

"So what do we do now?" Kari asked. She and the rest of the Alphas were in the control room of the base.

"That seems to be our question of choice," Ken said. "We're always jumping from step to step, faster and faster."

"Just as it should be," Kovin said. "Small steps, small goals. When you assemble the small, easily attainable goals, you see us accomplishing a lot." Some half-heartily agreed while others showed no reaction. "What is our situation?"

"We have three-thousand digidestined outside Tokyo waiting to take the city apart and us with it," TK said. "We are only seventy people to hold them back. To top it off, Japan is using military force to attack all digimon. It's not working, and they can't tell the difference between us and them."

"OK," Yolei said. "That sound's pretty hopeless. How to we fix it?"

"Level the field," Relaina said. "We're being attacked from two sides, we can't defend against that. So we stop one of the enemies."

"Exactly how do we do that?" Kelryn asked.

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The city fathers of Tokyo and the higher-ranking military leaders were in a heated debate in the city's main hall. The city executives refused to evacuate the city, claiming that they mustn't run from their homes. The military was pleading for an evacuation and saying that it was not martial law, that they wanted to protect the civilian lives.

"We just can't turn tail and run," the Mayor said. "We will be fine. And you need to stop attacking the Guardian force, they're the only ones equipped to fight as you demonstrated."

"That was a strafing attack to test their defences, we can turn the heat up a lot more," the general said.

"To what end? Destroy the city? I can't allow that." The general was trying to form another argument but was stopped by voices from outside the door shouting.

"You can't go in there! It's restricted!" A guard was yelling. The door was opened as Kovin and Relaina came in.

"Arrest them!" The general yelled.

"Not in my chambers," the mayor yelled back. "You are in my city and I have the last word. Let them speak." The guards fell back, but not far, and kept their weapons ready.

"Relaina and I are unarmed," Kovin said. "You can check if you'd like." The general nodded and both were padded down and found clean, except for their digivices. "That stays with me."

"It could be a weapon," the guard said.

"So could a carrot if you stab someone with it," Kovin said and turned to address the mayor and general. "Tokyo does have to be evacuated. The other digidestined are not going to give a damn about the civilian population and will kill anyone in their way." The general looked happier that Kovin took his side. "The military must also leave. Your weapons will do nothing to ultimate-level digimon, and most are that or better."

"Run along home, son," the general said. "We are trained for this. We are the ones to save the city from these monsters. Not a few kids."

"You watch who you call a ..." Kovin was interrupted by the window shattering and a raptor-like digimon jumping through it.

"Are you Kovin?" It asked.

"Who wants to know?" Kovin asked.

"My lady Alexis wants a word with you," it said.

"Fire!" The general yelled as he and four guards began empting rifles and shotguns into the digimon. He was cringing a bit from pain, but it was like he was annoyed at being pricked with pins. The raptor grabbed Kovin around the chest and sprang out the same window on to the grass. Relaina and the general quickly followed.

"Wyrvenmon!" Relaina yelled up at the roof. Ozlimon and Wyrvenmon were already descending having heard the noise and sensed the raptor.

Wyrvenmon warp-digivolve to ... Draconismon

The dragon hit the raptor in the head as he prepared to jump again, causing him to drop Kovin. "You could have gotten out of this peacefully," the raptor said. "And now you will die like everyone else."

"Why are you fighting for them?" Kovin asked. "Do you even know what she's doing to digimon in those labs? Killing them."

"Lies," it said. "Prepare for battle." It did a standing broad jump to the top of a building where a boy was standing that they had missed seeing. Draconismon prepared to pursue but Relaina called her back.

"Now do you see?" Kovin asked. "That was one champion-level digimon. There are thousands of ultimates and megas ready to take the place apart. Get every normal human out of here, military and civilian."

"It was kind of convenient that the thing new to find you here, just as we were having our meeting," the general said as one of his aides came in.

"Sir," he said saluting. "We have reports of small monsters scouring the city looking for something, but they've all just pulled out. There were about four hundred contacts."

"Only four hundred looking for me?" Kovin asked.

"Were there any attacks?" Relaina asked the aide.

"No ma'am," he said. "They avoided combat." Kovin called the general aside and spoke quietly.

"That was four hundred small ones looking for me," Kovin said. "When all of them get here looking to fight your guys won't be able to stop it. They couldn't stop this little bit even." Kovin sighed. "You have long-range scanners and satellites. You can watch us to see were not raiding the city. Call it a quarantine, whatever you need. This is a list of my people, all seventy." Kovin handed over three sheets of paper stapled together. "You could betray my trust right now and arrest us all, but one general to another, we're both trying to save lives. I'm the one with the artillery." The general turned back to the assembly.

"Your honour, activate the emergency broadcast system and declare an evacuation. Mister Langley," the general turned to his aide. "Have the captain begin the evacuation of all civilians, when their gone, our people. This is a list of names of special operatives to be left in the city." The aide saluted again and was off. "Mister Kovin, I won't be able to protect you politically for long." Kovin nodded and turned to leave.

"What does that mean?" Relaina asked as they left.

"If the military just denies the monsters, it looks like stupid UFOs or ghosts. If they evacuate a city, it means there is something here to find. The entire world will have its eyes on this city for the next few days. Especially with stories already spreading of the monster attacks." Kovin turned back to see a helicopter leave the roof of the large building while shielding his eyes from the sun.