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Axel & Rena part 18

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the digimon

franchise; all characters are copyrights of TOEI and their respective

companies. (Though I wish I owned Renamon.) >_< I do however own Axel Benden, who is a trademark cartoon

character made for my company Generic ink R.

Warning! Part 18 of Axel

& Rena dose not contain sex. (sorry guys, I'll try to make it up to you

soon.) I want to warn all who read this, that thanks to

dyslexia and spelling problems, plus ADD... I must ask that you all please excuse

my spelling and grammar. ** ** I would like to thank my editor**,

SaberGatomon, for checking my spelling and grammar... and redoing my font type < **** ^.^>

Credit goes to Brian The Dark

Lord for letting me use his character of Brian. Brian, Deathmon, and Dragonmon

belong to him. <^.^> **

Axel & Rena. Chap 35

** ** **Mary shivered, wiping the sleep from her eyes as she groggily sat up.

While the redhead's sight readjusted to the gloom of the cavern, she began to

wonder just how close it was to daybreak. Mary had always been an early riser,

even as a child. Reluctantly she slipped from the warm spot next to her fuzzy

lion lover and crawled over to what was left of the fire that had been heating

their cave hideaway.**

** The fire had died sometime during the night, leaving the cave in

cold darkness. All that was left of the fire's warmth giving light were a few

glowing embers. Taking a stick from the nearby pile of wood, Mary set about

digging through the ash, raking all the hot coals together in a small pile. God

it was amazing. Her father had been right when he said that girl scouts would

give her the skills to survive in the world.**

** Little did she believe it would be the digi-world.**

** Taking a handful of toilet paper, something she had liberated

from the train because she wasn't about to use unknown plant life to wipe her

backside. She wrapped a generous amount around a few twigs and placed the

bundle on the hot embers. In no time she had a small flame going which, with

just the right sticks and a few well-chosen logs from the stack of wood, became a nice roaring fire once again.**

** Soon there was more then enough light and heat to make the stone

cavern livable once again. With that done she stood and took stock of the

others still snoozing away. Leo was still asleep behind her but without Mary

snuggled into the crook of his arm, he had rolled onto

his side and was now hogging the blankets. She could even feel the cave floor

vibrate slightly at his heavy snoring. The redhead smiled, she had become so

used to his thrumming that she couldn't remember how she ever slept without

it. **

** Turning slightly Mary looked to the back of the cavern where Dee

was. The large flat rock she was laying against jetted from the ground at an

odd angle, giving the demon a reclining look. Meanwhile Brian, Dee's new pet,

was curled up next to his mistress, his head cradled in her lap. The two looked

so happy together under his dark cape. Hard to believe that

18 hours ago, Brian had wanted to kill team 1... ok maybe just her brother.**

** Speaking of which...**

**Looking across the dancing fire, Mary found her brother Axel still

residing in dreamland, sleeping back to back with his yellow mate. Mary

couldn't help but smile, Axel was right; Rena was cute in the way she slept.

She was curled up, her knees almost touching her chest, hugging her long fluffy

tail as it wrapped about her. She was even sucking her thumb...**

**But Mary's smile died as she looked to Axel. Her brother was spooning

with the only other human female of the group, Kimmy. Her daughter was pressed

against Axel, her backside snuggled tightly to his... But that wasn't all, for

Axel had one arm draped over Kimmy's side. What was worse was that the teen had

pulled his arm up and was hugging it to her chest, trapping it between her

young breasts.**

**And then there was Cleo, Kimmy's Gatomon. She was lying atop the

blanket that covered the three bodies below her. The cat was draped over Axel

and Kimmy and was sound asleep. Somehow, like all cats, she made the unusual

position she was in look absolutely comfortable. **

**Mary wanted desperately to rush over and kick her brother awake so she

could bitch him out. She wanted to protect her daughter from becoming the adult

the teen already was. With a sigh, Mary sat down next to the fire to reflect on

all that had happened since leaving California, '_God was that just a month

ago_ ?'**

**Mary almost couldn't comprehend just how much her life had changed. The

loss of her husband of 12 years to some bimbo, finding out her daughter was bi

and having sex with her pet talking cat from another world, the knowledge that

her brother wasn't human anymore and that his other half was a evil digi-god,

and finally there's the 7 foot tall lion-man that she herself was now in love

with.**

**'Oh... lets not forget that Axel and Black raped Kimmy,' Mary's

mind stated sarcastically. '_Or that Kimmy can't wait to have sex with either

of them yet again... but why shouldn't they_ ?'**

**Mary blinked as the question popped into her head, this wasn't the

first time it had entered her thoughts either. She had asked herself that same

question just before her little adventure in the shower, the one where she had

first fantasized about Leomon. '_So why shouldn't Kimmy

be allowed to be one of Axel's Beta's?_ ' her mind asked yet again. 'Because it's immoral to have sex with a family member?'**

**'_But Axel isn't genetically Kimmy's uncle, nor is Kimmy truly

related to Axel... No! Don't think about that_ ,' the redhead flinched. Her

thoughts seemed to be taking things into their own hands and she had to take

control. '_I gave birth to Kimmy so that makes her my daughter and Axel's

niece... but yet_ ?'**

**Mary was suddenly snapped out of her deep thought when she heard a

noise from the other side of the fire. By now the blaze in front of her had

died down a little and she could see the 4 bodies on the other side through the

flames. Across from her Axel was slowly waking up and Mary found herself

watching her brother intently, waiting to see what his reaction would be at

waking up snuggling Kimmy.**

**Axel groaned slightly as his sluggish brain started to work. Though

still somewhat asleep, it wasn't hard to figure out that he had a shapely

female in his arms. Nor was it hard to figure out that her backside was

pressing pleasantly into his groin, causing his dick to spring to life and

press against her ass. With his eyes still closed, he leaned in close and

lovingly kissed her neck, warm lips meeting smooth skin...**

**'Wait a sec... where was Rena's fur?' his

mind asked through its fog filled haze.**

**Axel's eyes sprang open and he saw for the first time, that it was

Kimmy who was in his arms. What's more, the teen had reacted to the kiss by

groaning happily and thrusting her ass back onto his hard tool. Yet there was

also something pressing against his back, and a heavy weight atop him, all

keeping him from escaping the teen. Taking a deep breath and trying to relax,

Axel quickly took stock of his situation.**

**Ok, Rena was behind him, Cleo was on top, and Kimmy was hugging his arm

to her chest... Axel swallowed hard for he could feel the warmth of the teen's

breasts pressing against his forearm. Of course none of this helped,

in fact it was just making things more complicated. As for his hard tool, it

was now a raging shaft begging to be unleashed against the tight young ass

pressing back onto it. "...Oh hell...," he whimpered in a soft voice, then...**

** Mary blinked, she had seen Axel's eyes snap open, and the

horrified look in them as he realized that it was Kimmy he was making out with...

then he was gone. Axel had disappeared again, teleporting away just when things

were getting good... 'No! Don't think that way!' She sighed inwardly_._**

**"How long have you been watching?" Axel's voice came from behind the

redhead.**

**"A few minutes now," she said softly as her brother stepped up beside

her.**

**"I... I'm sorry." Axel sighed as he looked over at the still sleeping

figures. "I didn't mean for that to happen, hell I didn't even know it was

Kimmy until..."**

**"It's ok Axel." Mary cut in. "It's not your fault that Kimmy snuck over

to sleep with you during the night."**

"Err... she did?" he blinked

**"Yeah," she nodded before pointing off to her left at the unused

sleeping bag. "I remember that she and Cleo were lying down near me before I

drifted off to sleep."**

*"...Oh..." said a relieved Axel. *

"However!" **Mary challenged,

her voice stern. "It doesn't excuse that..."**

**"Huh?" he blinked as he looked at were she was looking, right at the

tent in his pants. "Oh shit...err... sorry about that,

too."**

**Mary quickly hid the smile that flooded her lips, it wasn't everyday

that she could get Axel to squirm like this. Yet she didn't have the heart to

keep it up for long. Axel was a good guy and it's not like he really enjoyed

the thought of being with Kimmy. "Axel," she said as she looked up, "I think its time we had a little chat."**

**"Ok," Axel nodded as he suppressed a shiver, the image of Black sitting

atop a train quickly flashing through his brain.**

**'Wow, flashback!' Black added

as he popped into view... well Axel's view.**

**"Come, sit, we need to talk." She continued, patting the ground next to

her.**

**"May I ask," Axel arched an eyebrow, nearby Black was blinking in

disbelief. "What are we going to talk about?"**

"** About life, the universe, and... everything *," she shrugged.*

**'Damn, talk about de-ja-vu.'

Black shivered. '_Didn't we already have this

conversation once, in an earlier chapter_ ?'**

'Earlier what?' Axel questioned the digi-god.

**'Nothing, nothing...' Black

said, he had suddenly found the walls of the cave very

interesting.**

'Black?' Axel pressed

**'It's nothing, really.' Black

smiled as he began to fad out. '_Shouldn't you be

paying attention... your sisters is trying to tell you something._ '**

**"Umm... ok, shoot." Axel shook his head as he slowly sank down next to

his older sister.**

"Do you find Kimmy attractive?" The redhead asked.

**Axel nearly fell over at his sister's bluntness. Needless to say, he

wasn't expecting to be hit by that bombshell so early in the morning. "What the?" Axel stuttered, looking more then shocked, "What does that have to do with life,

the universe, and everything?"**

**"Kimmy is my daughter," she stated as she shot a warning glance

at her brother. "She is my**

**life, my universe, and my

everything... same goes for Leo. Now it's high time you and I talked about

how you will be affecting her life and mine from now on."**

"...Ok..." was all he could think of to say.

"Well?"

"Well... what?" Axel asked.

**"Axel," Mary blinked as she looked at her brother, disbelief showing on

her face. "Are you going to answer my question," she demanded, "or dance around

the subject until I forget what I asked?"**

"I (cough) thought I'd just duck the whole thing." He shrugged.

"Well you can't." She snorted, ignoring the weak smile on his lips.

"Umm, Ok," he nodded... then blinked. "Err, what was the question again?"

**To answer her brother, Mary balled her hand into a fist and raised it

threateningly.**

**"Ok, ok..." Axel sighed. This wasn't something he wanted to be doing this

morning, not when Team 1 was so close to their goal. There were still things to

do before tomorrow, like doing recon on the makeshift prison at Rena's village.

Yet he also knew that this was something that needed to be addressed as well.

"I..."**

**"Axel, before you say a thing," Mary cut him off, her steely gaze

boring into his eyes. "Remember that I could always tell when you weren't

telling the truth. So you had best think long and hard before giving me an answer."**

**Axel stayed quiet for a long time, searching his mind and heart for the

proper answer for his older sister. How do you weigh the love you have for

someone else. Is it physical love, as in what you feel during sex? Is it from

the heart, the type that you feel toward family and close friends? Or is it

spiritual, as in finding your soul mate, the person who completes you in every

way and makes life worth living.**

**Axel had found the latter in Rena, a kindred soul who breathed life

back into his stagnant existence.**

**But what of Kimmy, what part did she play in his life... or better yet,

what part did he want her to play? It was true that the blond teen had been

crucial in helping him and Black come to terms, resolving their differences and

becoming something new. Yet what did Axel feel toward his niece? From somewhere

deep inside him, an answer came floating

up. **

**"Kimmy is family, I see her as my niece and yet, there is something

more to her." Axel whispered to his sister as she watched him intently. He was

trying to do this right so with a slight shrug he pushed on. "I never would

have dreamed that I... that she and I would have ever done what we did. Kimmy may

have harbored thoughts of having sex with me, but it never once entered my

mind... until..."**

"Until when?" **Mary asked, her

voice soft.**

"Until that night when she kissed me." **Axel was now looking into the fire as he

confessed to Mary. For some reason, staring into the orange

flamed helped him to open up. "She awoke something in me that night,

something that would have stayed dead or hidden if it wasn't for that kiss. You

wouldn't believe the thoughts and feelings I had as she held onto me. I wanted

to dive into her right then and there, yet I held enough respect for her to not

give in... I still do."**

**"Yet you did sleep with my baby," Mary pressed, taking advantage of

Axel's current state to find out all she could.**

**"Well," Axel sighed heavily, "that was inevitable. Kimmy opened that

door when she kissed me... But it was Black who finally walked through. If you've

noticed, I have done my best to keep a little distance between Kimmy and myself

until that night in the tunnel. Hell I still want to throw up when I think

about what they did down there... but yet, there is part of me that wishes for it

to happen again."**

**"That's rather nice of you to say bro." Mary smiled as she reached out

and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "I appreciate your honesty."**

**"I never meant to do her any harm." He added. "And I'd take it all back

if I could."**

**"It's ok," she nodded as she turned to watch the fire. "I like that you

still respect Kimmy and I know you didn't intend for things to turn out like

they have."**

"Gee," Axel said, feeling tones better. "Thanks Mary."

**"Your welcome," she nodded before hauling off and hitting his arm with

all she had.**

**"Hey!" he hissed as he quickly began to rub the pain away. It wasn't a

forceful punch, at least not to Axel, but never the less it got his attention.

"What the hell was that for?**

**"Yes, that was a very nice speech you just gave, little brother." Mary

said as she flexed her hand. "But you still haven't answered my first question... Do you find Kimmy attractive?"**

**"Yes..." Axel pouted while still rubbing his arm. "Yes I find Kimmy

attractive. She's smart, she's funny, and she isn't afraid of getting close to

Black in more ways then one..."**

"Thank you," Mary smiled, "now was that so hard to say?"

"That depends," Axel snorted as he crossed his arms in a huff.

"Now for my second question..."

"Oh great." **Said a sarcastic Axel.

"What now?"**

"Will you accept responsibility for any and all

children you father with Kimmy?"

** Axel sat in stunned silence while his sister waited patiently for

his response. Unknown to the two siblings, others in the cave had begun to wake

and were instantly captivated by their discussion. Everyone waited, hanging

onto Axel's silence, wanting to hear his next words.**

**"Mary," he finally said after what felt like an eternity. "I don't know

if I can."**

**"What!" Mary barked as she spun on her brother, her face turning red

with anger. "You would make my daughter raise your bastard children alone?"**

**"Whoa! Hold the phone!" Axel quickly raised his hands in defense, his sister looked ready to kill him. "That's not

what I meant Mary... you know I would never do that to anyone."**

**"No, no you wouldn't." she slowly tilted her head in thought. "So what

did you mean?"**

**"Humans and digimon can't inter breed." Axel clarified in a rush.

"Human DNA needs other human DNA to reproduce. Since I'm part digimon, there is

a chance that I can't have children with anyone but Rena."**

"...What?" Mary asked in a suddenly soft voice

**"Well you see... that is..." Axel tried to go on, but couldn't. Before him,

Mary looked like she was about to cry. Her face had suddenly turned ash gray

and her bottom lip was quivering. "Mary?" he blinked, tilting his head to one

side. "Did I say something wrong?"**

"Leo's a digimon." She whispered

"Yeah," Axel nodded.

"But I'm human." She was now whimpering.

"I know," he nodded again.

**"I... we can't have children?" she asked in dismay. "I'll never be able

to give him cubs of our own?"**

**"Oh that," Axel chuckled as he waved a hand, trying to dismiss her

fear. "I kinda figured that you two would want kids of your own, so I took the

liberty and tweaked your DNA with Leo's code.**

"WHAT!!"

**Axel cringed at the cacophony of voices that echoed back and forth off

the stone cavern walls. Quickly, while Mary sat there with her mouth agape,

Axel stood and found that everyone was awake and staring at him. '_Oh shit,

I'm a dead man_ .' He thought as he began to slowly back away from the rest

of Team 1. **

**'_If you die, does that mean I get full

control over your body_ ?' Black asked from inside Axel's head. '_Or do I have to go back to the void and wait until a new

key comes along?_ '**

Axel & Rena. Chap 36

**The wind kicked up slightly, causing the leaves on the braches to

rustle around Axel and Rena. Currently they were lying between two bushes,

hiding atop a nice sized hill just outside of Kitsune village. From here they

could see the entire town laid out before them, and

the army camped out around it. To Axel, the town looked rather odd, as if it

were pieced together from bits of Japan's history.**

**The outskirts of the village was surrounded by rice fields and small

huts, yet it became more advanced as you got closer to the town's square. The

huts were made of wood, straw, and thatch, god they looked rather flimsy. Yet

soon they gave way too much stronger pagodas of wood and stone. These homes and

small shops gave way too much more modern brick and mortar buildings near the

town's square.**

**"Is there a reason why none of the buildings are over three stories

tall?" asked Axel as he surveyed the town through binoculars.**

**"It's just a small village dear." Rena said from his side. "There were

only about a thousand of us living in the valley before I left, and most of

them liked being farmers. Unlike Cincinnati, we have no need of skyscrapers

here."**

**"Were everybody knows your name... and they're always glad you came."

Axel sang quietly, this of course quickly got his shoulder playfully slapped by

his mate.**

** Axel shook his head before

turning his attention back to the town... his eyes coming to rest on the

fountain. It was a massive bit of artwork that sat in the middle of the town's

square, nearly 25 to 30 feet from end to end with a life-sized statue of a

female Sakuyamon in its center. She was made of bronze and black marble, and

was standing atop a stone alter. Water cascaded from the back of the statue's

head, simulating the Sakuyamon's silver hair. While more water spat forth from

her outstretched holy staff, a liquid representation of the magic the female

digimon possessed.**

**All in all, the village looked rather quaint... if you didn't mind the

double, 15-foot tall fence topped with razor wire that cut the town neatly in

two.**

**The fence enclosed the northern half of the village, from the square on

up... yet stopped just short of the first farmstead. This meant that nearly the

entire populous of the valley was being forced to live in an aria 1/3ed its

normal size. Yet this didn't take into account the other mish-mosh of nightmare

solder digimon that had been taken prisoner by Fuzzywig on his march here. Nor

did it take into account, according to Brian, that Josh had moved all 74 of his

children hostages and their digimon into the makeshift prison as well.**

**It reminded Axel of a WWII concentration camp. God it made him sick

just to look at it.**

**((Though Japan and Germany were notorious for their war camps

and treatment of their prisoners during WWII, America too had its fair share of

concentration camps within its own boarders. We like to think that the rounding

up of people and treating them like cattle was something that only happened in

Germany. Yet just after Pearl Harbor, we Americans did the same thing to anyone

of Japanese decent... They were herded from the cities they lived in, their lands

and property sold, and shipped to the desert to live in tents. It was a dark

time in our history and I for one send out my deepest apologies to the

survivors, their children, and their grand children.)) **

"So what do you think?" Rena asked, her voice quivering.

**"That this won't be easy..." Axel replied. "But if we play our cards

right, we should survive this."**

"How many will get hurt or die?"

"On their side... all." **Axel said softly, and then sighed. "But to

be honest, I just don't know."**

**Rena was quiet for some time, letting her mate survey the sad sight

below, when he suddenly stiffened. Rena felt him jerk and shiver as his

feelings began to run cold. Before she could ask what was wrong, Axel handed

her his binoculars and pointed. "Down in the square, just passing the

fountain," He whispered. "The figure wearing the red 'n'

white fur cape."**

**Rena took the field glasses and looked. It didn't take long for her to

spot the human, as Axel had said; the person was dressed in a bright red cape

with white fur trim. As she watched, the human turned and Rena got a really

good look at the figure. "Ok," she nodded. "So who's the girl?"**

"That's Josh..." Axel answered.

**Rena almost dropped the binoculars. Finally, after all this time, she

had glimpsed the face of the man who had taken over her village and wanted to

kill her and her mate... the infamous Fuzzywig.**

**To her surprise, Josh was of Asian descent... she didn't know why, but

she had always pictured him as Caucasian. He had a pleasant, almost doll like

face with a small nose and slightly pointed chin that gave him a feminine look.

He also had long raven black hair that framed his face and was tied back in a

ponytail. To top it off, he had glasses, huge wire rimmed glasses. To Rena, Josh

looked like a young pretty, all be it a very flat chested... girl.**

"Tell me you're joking." Rena asked as she looked on.

"The tall, flat chested, Asian girl?" Axel asked

**"Yeah..." Rena blinked as she rolled onto her side and regarded her mate.

"That's Josh?"**

**"That's Josh." Axel

nodded. **

"Definitely not what I was expecting." Rena said as she shook her head.

**"I know what you mean." Her mate answered. "Josh used to get picked on

a lot at school because of how he looked, especially by the football team."**

**"I can see why he would turn to those role playing games." The fox said

as she again turned to watch Josh.**

"Yeah, it was his only escape from reality."

**"Hmmm... now that I see him," Rena's ears drooped as she talked. "I can't

help but feel sorry for him... even if he does want to kill you."**

"Gee, thanks." Axel remarked.

**"See anything you like?" asked a voice from behind the lovers. "If not,

then I could possibly get you a closer look.**

**Both Rena and Axel had been waiting most of the day for someone to come

along and find them, this way they could be captured instead of having to

surrender... less questioning that way. As far as Axel was concerned, this guy

was late. Slowly, with a sigh, they both turned onto their sides and looked up

at a male Renamon.**

**He stood just over 6 foot high and had the brightest blue fur Axel had

ever seen. Yet his gloves, the yin-yang symbol on his legs and the colored part

of his eyes were... yellow. "Hello again... runt." He

sneered as he crossed his arms. "I almost didn't recognize you from behind...

looks like being in the human world has filled you out quite nicely."**

**"Yeah, well don't get any bright ideas," Rena hissed, her ears laying

back in anger as she recognized the male. "You had your chance a long time ago

and blew it."**

**"We made good friends once Renamon." the blue Renamon stated. "But to

have a runt for a mate... I don't think so. Besides, your clan had plans for

you."**

**'Well this is awkward.' Axel thought as he looked between the

two Renamon.**

**'You're telling me...' replied

Black from inside Axel's head. '_It's never good

meeting any of your wife's ex-boyfriends._ '**

"Plans?" **Rena blinked in disbelief; then turned and

pointed back down at the village below. "Look were

their plans have landed them, the valley is under siege and most of the town is

imprisoned... all because my clan had plans for me."**

"It's a tragedy I know." Nodded Blue.

**"A tragedy?" scoffed Rena with a roll of her eyes. "I call it poetic

justice."**

"Justice... how?" Blue asked.

**"Here I am, a runt..." snorted Rena. "And it's

up to me to save an ungrateful village full of hypocrites."**

**"You're not going to be saving anyone as long as you're your pure."

Blue shot back. "You're a danger to everyone as long as you're a virgin...

Remember, Fuzzywig needs the untainted blood of your clan to call forth the

evil one."**

**"He can try..." Axel sighed; he had just finished stuffing his binoculars

into his backpack and was standing up to leave. He had gotten bored at

listening to the two Renamon argue and was ready to head down to the village

and see Josh without them.**

**"And who might you be?" Blue demanded as he moved to block Axel's path.

"No, let me guess, you're the runt's tamer aren't you?"**

"He is not my tamer." Rena stated before Axel could respond.

"He isn't?" blinked Blue, "Then who is he and why is he here?"

**"His name is Axel," she said as she crossed her arms, "and he's my

mate."**

**"Your... mate?" Blue blinked several times, his mind barely grasping

Rena's words. Slowly the repercussions from what she had just said began to

form in the male Renamon's brain. "You took a mate?"**

"Yep!" **Rena smiled as she stepped around Blue and

hurried to catch up with Axel, who was now walking down the hill towards the

village.**

**"She took a mate?" Blue blinked again in disbelief. With a final shrug

he turned and ran after the lovers. "You really took a human as a mate?"**

"Actually," Axel called back. "I took her to be mine... she accepted."

"But..."

**"We have been lovers for some time now." Rena agreed as she took her

spot at Axel's side. "And now I am his legal wife as well."**

"But..."

**"You do realize that my mom will want a full wedding once we get back?"

Axel asked as he reached out and took Rena's hand. "Bridesmaids, flowers, cake...

the whole fucking sha-bang."**

"But..."

**"Do you really think so?" Rena gasped, her

eyes wide with excitement. "Do you think I should wear a dress... or just go in

fur?"**

"Stop! **Just stop right there!" Blue demanded of the

lovers. "Are you saying that Taomon actually approved of this union?"**

**"How the hell should I know?" Rena shrugged. "It's my life, my body,

and my heart... I don't see why I need my mother's blessing to take a mate."**

**"So he hasn't taken the tests yet?" Blue was now scratching his head in

confusion.**

"Nope" Rena smiled.

"Tests?" Axel asked.

**'Oh the tests...' Black hissed,

'I forgot all about them...'**

**"Yeah," Blue nodded, "Three separate trials used to see if your worthy

of becoming a mate to the female you chose."**

**"It's almost always given by the head of the female's clan." Rena

clarified, her poor Axel looked so confused... or was that scared. "But seeing as

how you're not a digi..."**

"Rena?" Axel whispered. "Should I be worried?"

"I don't think so." She shrugged.

**Mary sat back in astonishment for she had just laid eyes on the prison

half of Rena's village. It now lay before her and her teammates, a festering

wound compared to the rest of Kitsune valley.**

"Damn." Kimmy breathed from her nearby hiding place.

"I think I'm going to hurl." Cleo whispered from her tamer's side.

**"Keep it down over there." Mary instructed her daughter, "Remember, we

need to remain undetected until we see Axel's signal."**

"Sorry mom." Two voices responded as one.

**The eldest Benden sibling shivered as she tried to force her mind to

not dwell on what her eyes had just glimpsed. Yet that was next to impossible.

The prison was just as her brother described, an over crowded muddy death trap.

If the sight of an over packed stock yard full of sick and dying digimon didn't

turn your stomach, then the stench that wafted up from said place surely would.**

**But what really affected Mary the most, was that there were children in

the midst of that man made hell.**

**Though half of the little city sat behind a high fence, most of the

buildings inside were crumbling or gone. Someone must have taken charge inside

the pen for the human children had been given the best of the few buildings

that remained. This left many of the digimon to make or find shelter were ever

they could. What little food they had was handled the same way. The children

were fed first, and then the digimon shared what was left.**

**The sight of how the digimon prisoners were doing what they could to

help the children survive, even at the cost of their own lives... well try as she

might, Mary just couldn't hold back the tears.**

**Over and over again, Mary's thoughts came back to the children. Those

that she saw from time to time were near the age of 14 or 15. Yet she

remembered the printout she had been given back at the DDC headquarters. It

listed the names and ages of all the captured tamers; the youngest on the list

was only 4 years old. As if that wasn't enough, the first child to be taken by

Josh's army, had been captured almost two months ago... in real world time.**

**"Two years," Mary whispered to herself. "Some of those children have

been prisoners in this world for close to two years."**

**"It's a travesty," Leo nodded as he reached out and gently pulled her

toward him. "Now you can see why your brother is willing to do whatever it

takes to free them."**

**"Yes... I understand now," she whimpered as she pressed herself against

Leo's strong chest. "I understand and wish him luck." **

The Day Before

** "I'm sorry that my drawing skills are so crude," Brian said as

Team 1 pressed in to look at the diagram he had made in the cave's sandy floor.

"But you can still get an idea of how the town is laid out."**

**"It will do," Axel nodded as he looked on. "Again, thanks for the

help."**

**"Sure, no problem," Brian smiled weakly. Behind Axel, LadyDevimon was

watching her new pet with intent eyes... this made Brian feel both intimidated

and loved. "So, do any of you have any questions about what I've told you?"**

**"I do," Axel said as he stood and moved closer to the makeshift map.

His mind was working in overdrive now, desperately trying to form a new plan of

attack. Thanks to Dee, Team 1 now knew that Josh had moved all of his hostages

into the prison at Kitsune valley. "Is it possible that Takato and Team 2 are

possibly heading into a trap?"**

**"Very likely," Brian answered. "Fuzzy... I mean, Josh, was expecting

someone to attack the castle after he left. He didn't believe that you would

sacrifice yourself for just the few DDC tamers he had captured. He figured that

you would selflessly act as a distraction while another team freed the rest of

his prisoners."**

"Fuck me," Mary whispered.

**"You were right dear." Rena shook her head in disbelief. "Josh is a

crafty one."**

"Yeah, but were does that leave us?" Kimmy asked.

**Axel was quiet for sometime, by now everyone knew to stay silent while

his chaotic mind scrambled to save the day. Even Brian had learned not to

disturb Axel while he was brainstorming. "Ok," he sighed after a moment. "First

off, I need our fastest flyers to intercept Team 2 before they attack

Fuzzywig's castle... Cleo?"**

**"Not on my best day." The digi-cat shook her head. "Angewomon couldn't

cover the distance from here to the castle in less than 24 hours..."**

"Dee?" Axel asked as he turned to the demon.

**"Sorry Axel, but no." She sighed sadly, "Remember, I'm just like

Angewomon when it comes to flight."**

**"Well I can't have Rena do it," Axel murmured. "She has to be with me

tomorrow."**

"I could travel that far in less then a day." This came from Brian

"You can?!" Dee demanded of her slave

"Dee, let him speak... please?" Axel asked.

"Yes sir." Dee then nodded to her pet. "Elaborate on that."

**Brian nodded his thanks to his mistress and began. "As you all know, I

use spirit armor to transform myself and gain the abilities of a digimon. My

first armor was that of Deathmon, the grim reaper of digimon. But I have

another, one that makes me quite powerful... Dragonmon, a rocket powered techno dragon.

In that form, I could easily get to the castle before morning."**

**"Thanks for sharing that Brian." Axel now had a mischievous grin

plastered to his face. "Dee, it looks like I have a mission for you and your

slave."**

"Just name it." LadyDevimon said as she stood at attention.

**"Ok folks, here is the plan as it stands right now." With that Axel

laid it all out on the line. Dee was to take Brian, intercept Team 2, and if at

all possible, bring them back to the valley. Kimmy and Mary would hike around

the valley and come in from behind the prison, their job was to free the

children and get them to safety. That would leave Rena and Axel to take down

Josh... by any means.**