It must be done

[redmoonearcher]

Guy picked up his son, Tommy, and cheered "good job Tommy, I knew you could ace that test!" Tommy giggled with delight, and laughed as his dad tickled him.

"Do I get my toy race car now?" Asked Tommy excitedly. "remember you promised daddy!"

"I remember. In fact, we're going to the story right now!" Tommy cheered at this, "But first, put away your stuff, ok?"

"ok!" Said Tommy as he headed upstairs for his room.

Just then though, Guy saw a flash of movement out of the corner of his eye. Tommy came down and asked what was wrong.
"It's another dangerous thing, remember what I told you?" Guy was refering to digimon. Ever since one had killed his wife he called them dangerous things.

"Should I go to the shelter?" Tommy was refering to the underground bunker in the house. It was origionaly intended for bombs, but now it is a shelter from digimon.

"Yes, quickly!" whispered Guy

He pulled out his Nithon Pistol and began to charge it as he watched Tommy disappear into the darkness.

He quietly slipped outside and headed in the direction where he thought the Digimon went. He knew it had to go, and that it would be him that disposed of it. "It must be done" He whispered under his breath.

[LoneWolf]

Zephyr stared longingly outside the window of his tamer's room. Letting out a deep sigh, he turned to Kepura. "I--," he began to complain, but he was cut short.

"I told you," Kepura interrupted. "I don't want you to go outside, it's dangerous." Not after last time. I can't risk losing him, it came too close for comfort in the fight with Chrysalimon. I know there are more Digimon out there looking for a fight.

"Oh..." Zephyr groaned, drooping down into the pillow he was perched upon. "I just want to spread my wings for a while. It just looks so magnificent outside, the sun shining, the breeze blowing..."

"I'm sorry, buddy. I just...can't." There was a long pause before the guilt set in. As frightening as it was, Kepura wasn't one to be so cowardly. Besides, he couldn't deprive his Digimon by keeping him locked up. It was certainly no way to live. "Come on, let's go. Seeing you like this is worse than the fear of fighting again."

His face brightening up, Zephyr hopped off of Kepura's bed and flapped his wings with glee. "Hooray!" While he was sprinting for the door, Kepura grabbed his Digivice off of his desk and followed.

Going out the backdoor and looking around suspiciously, Kepura led the way to a path where they were least likely to be seen. Seeing Zephyr skipping along joyously brought the first smile to Kepura's face in days. He was finally feeling relaxed like his usual self.

When Zephyr started whistling, Kepura joined in as well. Soon enough they were both singing to a familiar and happy tune.

[redmoonearcher]

Guy was walking fast for a bit when he heard someone whistling and slowed down. "Maybe it was my imagination... or maybe they don't know that a digimon is out? Just to be safe I'm going to look"

He finally came to the area within the residential district that looked like a mini-park, with trees and a pond. Guy new of digimon who hid in trees who hid in tree's so he decided to look there. But all there was was a boy walking and singing a happy tune. "Hm... maybe I've been working too hard..." just then though he saw one, a digimon that looked like a hawk, close to the boy. Guy guessed that the boy was too distracted to notice. "Fool!" thought Guy "he'll get himself killed!" he knew he had to do something.

"Look out kid!" Guy yelled as he aimed his gun between the digimon and the boy so the digimon couldn't get a hostage even if it tried. "Theres a monster behind you! Run!" Guy pulled the trigger, and in turn released the pulse he had previosly charged up. As he felt the gun realese the energy He thought "please... don't let that monster hurt the boy. Please let the poor boy get away."

[LoneWolf]

[singing, in unison] "The years go by, as quickly as you wink, enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think..."

After letting out a deep sigh, Kepura said serenely, "Zephyr, I was wrong. This is much better. I need to act more like the sylph that I am and be as the wind is, and learn to let things go more. There is no sense worrying about the future, we just need to go with the flow, you know?"

"It's okay, Kepura. I can't blame you for being you. It's in the past now, so let's just forget about it and let loose!" Zephyr sprang up and rode on the wind for a few moments, expressing his joy.

Kepura froze in place, not noticing the threat with his eyes, but feeling a tension in the air around him. His intuition was seldom wrong when it came to dire circumstances, and by the intensity of the negative aura, dire it surely was. "Hold on, there is something here."

"Well, it's not a Digimon. I would have noticed it before you did."

Seeing a glare in his peripheral vision, Kepura focused on a glowing pistol unlike any weapon he had ever seen. It was wielded by a shady suit-clad adult. Instinct told him and Zephyr both to duck, for their lives depended on it. They threw themselves to the ground...

[redmoonearcher]

Time seemed to slow for Guy. It appeared as though he could now see with detail beyond that of man. Of couse it was because of the adrenalin rush his body was now experiencing.

"That poor boy is still dangerously close to that demon" thought Guy. "I might have scared him a bit too much. at least I stopped the monster (refering to the digimon) from getting any closer. But I still have to help that boy."

Guy ran forward and postioned himself between the boy and the digimon. He aim his pistol but knew it would be a couple seconds be for it would fire. Nevertheless, he was prepared to fight to the death to protect this boy.

To the digimon he yelled, " Get back monster, you're not eating this kid. Not if i can help it."

[LoneWolf]

Kepura got to his feet and could plainly see just how determined the man was to take out his cherished friend. He swelled with emotion, clenched his fists and suffered from mild tremors. I knew it, I knew it! I should have listened to my instincts. He looked at Zephyr to see if he was unscathed, and he avoided the assault as well. Now isn't the time to regret past actions, it's time to take action.

In reaction to being yelled at and called a monster, Zephyr replied, "Huh? What the blazes are you talking about, sir? We were simply minding our own business, thank you very much!!" Assuming a martial stance, the Hawkmon was prepared to defend himself from certain death. However, as his partner, he would avoid violence if it was possible.

"Hey, who do you think you are? What are you trying to do to my Digimon?" Kepura inquired with a ferocious tone. Seeing the pistol in the man's hand, he reached out to grab the arm holding it and pulled back.

[redmoonearcher]

The next shot from the pistol flew harmelessly off to the side.

"What are you doing boy?!" Asked Guy by surprise, genuanly confused. Guy pulled to boy bach with him, away from the Digimon. "Don't you understand that digimon are dangerous? They play mind tricks all the time. They get you to trust them, then they turn around and stab you in the back." Guy thought back painfully to the day his wife died. "Digimon like to see humans in pain, why do you think they came to this world, huh?"

Again Guy had a flashback to that deadful day. He turned to the digimon. "I will not let you hurt this boy, or his family..." His Eyes started to sting. "My wife was killed by your kind..." A tear escaped his eye. "You monsters almost killed my son!" he thought back to the days he spent worrying about his son, and wondering wether he would live. "My life was torn apart because of you." tears were falling freely now, as he thought of the days he questioned his sanity. "I wont let it happen to anyone else. I'll fight to defend my people, even if it kills me!"

With that Guy rushed at the digimon. His gun was in hand, not fully charged but he could hold the digimon down while it finished charging.