Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction / Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ The Ultimatum ❯ City Slickers ( Chapter 4 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
John F. Kennedy International Airport - Arrival Terminal
Day 2, 9:08

Again Davis' friends pushed ahead of him. This time they weren't going to slow down. It was up to Davis to jump to the
challenge and use every last ounce of energy to push ahead of them.. for the last.... timmmeee.....

Davis collapsed, dropping his hockey bag and Kari's backpack. Kari's remained intact, though a vast majority of Davis'
content spilled and was being scattered by the surrounding croud's busy walking feet.

"YAAAHHH!! Frick!!" Davis yelled as he dived into the crowd to scoop up a handful of marbles. As the crowd began to
dissiapate, he was able to pick up the remaining scatterings of assorted junk.

Veemon stood, one hand on his side and the other carrying a grocery bag with some treats. He looked confused.
"Davis... why do you have marbles with you?"

Davis threw his bag to the ground. "I have them because they're GOOD LUCK!! Catch up on your superstitions in your spare
time and you would KNOW!!"

Veemon shook his head. "If you were defending yourself, you would refer to it as a ritual." He looked down to Davis'
other hand, and regained eye contact. "Hey, why do you have Kari's bag?"

Davis stood tall and proud. He had saved Kari's bag. Again. "She forgot it on the conveyor." He exclaimed.

Unbeknowest to Davis, Gatomon was standing next to Veemon. "We aren't getting our bags yet." Gatomon groaned. She tried
to break off from the discussion and return to Kari, but felt she had to beat down Davis' confidence, just to keep him
off Kari. For the time being, anyways.

Davis sweatdropped.

"And if Kari notices you have her bag, well... TK might get the wrong idea." She said happily, having fulfilled her
objective. "Ta, boys." She turned on her heel and returned to the group.

Veemon was already rolling on the ground, laughing.

Davis looked back up and froze. Kari was finishing up her conversation. If she... NO! No time to think!

Davis sprinted back to the conveyor and threw it and his own bag back on it. He turned....

To find Kari staring at him.

Veemon sat, punching the side of the conveyor. He was ecstatic. "Wahahaha.... now THIS is funny..."

Davis seems never to run out of sweatdrops. He figured right now might be a good time to splurge on them.

He weakly held his arm up. "............oh........hey.......Kar....i?"

Kari stood still.

I'm in for it, Davis thought.

"...... Davis? What are you doing back here? We're all up ahead. Grab your bags. We're going to be staying at Mimi's
until we get further notice from Ultimanium. .... Davis? Is something wrong?"

Davis regained circulation. "..uh... sure.. I'll be right there."

He swiped his bag... and Kari's.

"Davis?"

"Yaaugghh!!..."

Davis quickly handed the bag off to Kari and made a run for it, with Veemon close behind.

Tai sat, leaned against a pillar. Davis and Veemon tore past.

Tai laughed to himself. "Davis, Davis... Kari's not going down easy."

Sora tapped Tai on the shoulder. "What was that about?"

"You know. I know." Tai laughed. Sora smiled, and they both returned to the group.

As Davis and Veemon weaved through the crowd ahead of the group, TK could be heard at the back of the group, growling.

When Ken turned to see what was wrong, he noticed someone off in the distance.

"Hey! Is that... hey, it's that guy from the Cell Games commercial!"

Goku walked on far off in the distance, waving his bag in all directions around him with acrobatic accuaracy. On his sides
were the rest of the Z crew. Again, families, the elderly and businessmen/women were apparently clearing a path for him.
He began to slow down as Kari jumped in front of his path, wielding a notepad and a pen.

"Gooookuuuuu!! Give me an autograph!" she yelped.

Davis and TK turned beet red and had their digivices high. Veemon and Patamon were both trying to get the digivices out
of their outraged masters' hands.

"As you wish, miss." Goku said. As he handed the notebook back to Kari, a TV reporter leaped out from behind the pillar
that Tai was leaning on and whipped a video camera out at Goku. Goku turned toward the camera, gave a thumbs-up motion,
and grinned to expose his teeth.

FWASSH

The flash given off by the perfectly shined teeth blinded everyone in a five-foot radius. Davis, TK, Krillin, Gohan and
Trunks all leaped back several feet. Kari blinked, began to walk away, and fell flat on her face.

Ken watched Davis and TK fight to help her up. He turned to Goku. "Hey, Goku, what are you doing here?"

Goku swept Ken away. Ken backed up, nearly stumbling. "Sorry, that is denied access. I am simply on a mission to save the
free world. You can count on me!"

Vegeta stepped out from behind Tai's pillar. "... from a terrorist by the name of Ultimanium."

All of the digidestined froze.

"See what happens when you say things like that?" Goku whispered to Vegeta.

Davis stepped in and stared Goku in the face. "Alright, Goku, what do you know about...."

Everybody stopped and looked around as they heard a massive roar from off in the distance. TK looked up and off in the
distance, and pointed. "There..."

Everybody looked up through the skyroof in time to see two massive mobile suits shoot by. The sonic boom shattered the
entire skyroof, and the group shielded themselves from the resulting shards of glass that rained upon them.

Trunks opened one eye. "Everyone alright?"

The Z team and the digidestined nodded in unison, as well as some people off in the distance.

Goku got up immediately and continued walking. "Ok then, we'll be seeing you."

Krillin, Trunks and Gohan uncovered themselves in time to see Goku and Vegeta continuing down the hall to the parking lot.

Krillin sighed. "Sorry guys. Mr. Concealment here wants to get going. Some other time."

Gohan and Trunks followed Krillin as he ran off after Goku.

Davis stood, yelling. "B...bu...but... HEY!!"

Kari put her hand on Davis' shoulder. "Don't worry, if they're associated with Ultimanium, then we should see them again."

Davis stayed frozen while the remainder of the digidestined continued down the hall. Veemon tapped him on the knee.
"We can go now."

Davis woke up. "... ok. I"m coming."

Keyvan : And so they all continued to Mimi's, where they found another surprise...
but enough about them for now... let's worry about -

********

"CLOUD!!!"

Cloud's ears popped. It was like his head just got shot to the bottom of the ocean.

"Pick up your load!"

Cloud hoisted Squall's heels onto his shoulders. "Hey, Zidane. Did you notice anything funny back there?"

Zidane groaned. "What now?"

Cloud looked to the sky. Nothing there. "It was like there was a sonic boom a ways off."

"Trust me, if there was a sonic boom, other people would have noticed it." Zidane said. They continued down the park path.

A scream. Followed by a massive, earth-shattering thud.

********

Wing Zero and Deathscythe stood tall in a small plain in the center of Central Park.

Duo glanced around. "Boooooy, we're going to get in real crap for this!!"

Wing Zero turned.

"Duo, are you even aware of where you're supposed to meet Ultimanium?" Heero asked.

"Well, now that you ask..."

Wing Zero brought its hand up and smashed it against its forehead.

"I should've known not to go along with this..." Heero groaned.

Both Gundams gently sat down, as so not to totally annihilate the city infrastructure beneath them. The chests on both
opened. Duo and Heero climbed out of their respective Gundams.

Heero looked at the park around him. People just kept walking. Things like this must happen normally, he thought.
"Hey, Duo. What exactly did Ultimanium tell you when he invited you here?"

Duo shrugged. "Beats me. He just said 'come', and then I would be given further instructions from there."

A limo by the sidewalk got his attention.

"What's that...?" Duo said.

A fat man with yellow glowing hair in a tuxedo held up a sign. 'Duo Maxwell, Heero', it said.

"I was figuring you had a last name." Duo said.

*Keyvan lowers from the heavens*

Keyvan : Maybe I just don't know his last name. So sue me.

*Keyvan rises back to his astral throne*

"Who the hell was that?" Heero asked.

"Beats me. Whatever, this is our ride. C'mon."

Narrarator : What's the deal with this limo thing?

*Keyvan shrugs*

Keyvan : I have no idea who Duo or Heero would know in New York, so I just thought
I would throw them in a 5-star hotel for the night.

Narrarator : As long as I'm not paying for it, I'll let it slide.

Keyvan : I take it you haven't been watching your credit cards lately.

Cloud and Zidane entered the clearing.

"What in the hell are these?" Cloud gasped.

Ahead of them lied the seated Gundams.

With their chests still open.

Cloud got an evil grin on his face.

Zidane backed off. "No way. You can't be serious."

Keyvan : I KNEW they forgot something. :)

********

A loud rapping came from Mimi's door. Ok, then, she thought as she made her way to the living room, it's summer,
giant robots are flying around, opera theatres are exploding, police from Odiaba district are phoning me asking questions
about evil monsters... so this should be...

She opened the door.

The entire digidestined group sat at the door facing in, with blank stares on their faces.

She spun around, clapped, and threw her hands triumphantly in the air. I am so awesome.

"Mimi?" Kari asked, "did we show up at a bad time?"

"No." Mimi exclaimed, "I'm just awesome!"

Silence.

Gatomon stepped forward. "Let's just get to the point - we're stuck in New York. Simple. No muss, no fuss."

Everyone knew that the phrase "stuck in New York" was more than it sounded like. New York was under bombardment by
atrocity after atrocity, starting with an invasion by Godzilla

Keyvan : Don't ask.

in the early 1950's, with various natural disasters leading up to an invasion by Digimon a couple months ago after a
large quantity of them were accidentally released into the real world. It took a huge effort cooperating with
digidestined all over the planet to send them back.

Mimi waited for an explanation.

Patamon rose up. "Some weirdo going by the title of Ultimanium sent a message to each of us in the mail stating some
grand battle championship. We came to watch it, but we haven't heard about it from anyone else, and we.."

Pause.

Davis sighed, and rolled his eyes. "Goku told us too."

Mimi lit up. "Goku? From the Cell Games commercial??"

Kari leaped forward "I got his autograph!!"

"OOOH!! Did you?!"

Both girls continued to devolve into a giggling fit.

Davis, TK, Tai, and Ken proceeded to tranquilize Mimi and Kari.

Davis yanked the needle out of the unconscious Kari. "That's better."

Keyvan : Mind telling me where you got that?

Davis grinned. "Never leave home without 'em."

"You got that right." Ken spoke.

Keyvan : Well, if you really had to. Oh well.

Keyvan : Well, then! Where do the groups go from here? When will the ominous Ultimanium and Ultramagnus make their
presence known? Why are the Gundam pilots staying in a hotel? What will Cloud and Zidane do to handle the Gundams?
And how will I explain to the narrarator that he's bankrupt? Read on, and find out!