Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 9 - And Now the Guns are Silent ❯ Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Kovin descended the staircase into the main room of their base after Yolei, and before Sara. The rest of the Alphas were there relaxing because they had been through a though day of training and preparing. "I need to go back to their camp," Kovin said. "I think there's something wrong with them. You want to come with, Kelryn?"

"I can't right now," she said.

"Why not?" Kovin asked.

"Don't worry," Ken said. "I'm there."

"Me too," added TK.

"Great," Kovin said. "But why can't you come?"

"She said she can't," Relaina said.

"Just go," Yolei said. "She'll be fine."

"We can take care of her," Kari said. To emphasise the fast Gatomon and Patamon already returned with a glass of water.

"What the hell is going on?" Kovin demanded.

"We're going on a scouting party," TK said as he and Ken began dragging Kovin out. He tried to fight back, but realising he couldn't win he left in a hurry. Ozlimon, Patamon and Wormmon followed at a distance. "What the hell was that about?" Kovin asked hitting the street after leaving the building.

"Ah we just didn't need any girls on this one," Ken said.

"Yeah," TK said. "It's never just the three of us. Let the ladies have their time."

"That is such a bullshit answer," Kovin said walking past his car.

"We're walking?" TK said.

"Yeah, they can see a car coming," Kovin said. "We've a much better chance of sneaking in on foot."

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They followed a different road out of the city and around the hills from the side. It took three hours to reach the base of the substantial land mass, during the time they kept fairly quiet. Ozlimon and Patamon flew ahead some while Wormmon was content to ride on Ken's back almost the whole way. After twenty minutes of climbing the hill Kovin motioned for them to get down. Three boys with rifles made a patrol past them without seeing them. "Why wouldn't they have digimon with them?" Kovin asked. "I saw digivices."

"I can barely sense any nearby," Ozlimon said.

"Me too," Patamon said. "It's like there's only a few at the top of the hill."

"There are three thousand," Ken said. "Are you guys numb? How can you barely sense three thousand of them?"

"I don't know," Wormmon said. They continued up the hill and crouched when they reached the crest. They saw the same tent city of the army Kovin saw earlier, a little over a quarter of them were lit, but the rest had gone to sleep for the night. Feeling a little braver, the three ventured into the camp trying to hear or see anything of value. They found Alexis near her command circle of tents talking to the same girl Kovin saw in the city.

"They're just too weak," the girl said.

"This is really becoming a problem," Alexis said. "I sent you two because you have the strongest two digimon here. And you guys can't even get to mega anymore?"

"They can't," the girl said. "I've given as much food around as we could get, but they're going to have no fight left in a day or two."

"Then that's it," Alexis said. "We attack tomorrow at noon before they get any weaker. Pass the word to the section commanders."

"Yes, ma'am," she said and left. The three spies fell back to a safer distance where they could talk.

"You hear that?" Ken asked. "I knew an army marched on its stomach, but I never thought this could happen."

"How did they loose food?" Kovin asked. "You'd think three thousand people and digimon around would have them knowing how to feed them."

"Whatever happened," TK said. "It's an advantage that we have to exploit."

"I agree," Ken said.

"OK, let's get back and get everyone ready," Kovin said. "I'd like to attack them earlier but we don't have the manpower to even try and catch them off guard. Let's go." Kovin turned to begin walking back through the trees and stopped seeing the same three boys facing them. "How you guys doing tonight?" Kovin was trying to play the role of their friends.

"Shouldn't you be in bed by now?" One of them asked.

"Yeah, sorry about that," Ken said. "We couldn't sleep and were just going for a walk around to work of the energy."

"I don't believe you," he said. All three tensed, as did there digimon who held back below the crest of the hill. "You're Kovin, Ken, and TK if I remember correctly. Your three digimon are hiding just down the hill." Now they were really tense. "This works out great."

"How's that?" Ken asked.

"We don't want to fight, and we know a few others that don't either," the boy said, with his companion nodding. They were very nervous, and it didn't look like they were acting it, so Kovin believed them. "We wanted to find away to just leave. Not join your side or anything, just leave. We each just go home. I know you may not believe me but that's what we want."

"I do believe you," Kovin said. "I'll always give a person the chance to walk away. During the fight tomorrow just land on the highway leading north out of the city. If all your digimon are rookies, and your walking, you won't be fired on. Deal?" They nodded. "Also, why are your digimon so weak? Don't you have any food?"

"We had lots," the boy said. "But there were a few boxes that had food poisoning in them. We had to throw out the lot of it." They went back to their patrol as the others continued descending back to the city.

"Is that really wise?" Ken asked. "Trusting them?"

"No," Kovin said. "But I'm not counting on it to happen. If they do leave, let them. If not, don't worry about it."

"This should even things up," TK said. "If some of them leave and the rest are really weak, I think we can do it."

"I've never heard anyone say 'we can do it' to a forty-three-to-one ratio," Kovin said. "Let's get ready. Tomorrow is a big day."