{"sf1_id":731254,"sf2_id":"qmyWAM41","title":"Against All Odds: Extraction Ch.13","author":"Dr1ft3r0I","words":1552,"posted_at":"2014-07-16T04:32:00.000Z","tags":["Fighting","Human","M/F","Renamon","Sad","Story Progression","Taomon","kyuubimon"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/731254-against-all-odds-extraction-ch-13","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/qmyWAM41","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/a7/e6/a7e65030-4443-4c25-8b8c-28cd82d57515","description":"#13 of Against All Odds: Extraction","content":"A swirl of multi-colored light rose into the sky, lighting the area almost as brightly as the sun in the heavens. \u0026nbsp;Coyote simply kneeled where he was for a brief second, too stunned at what had just happened to move. \u0026nbsp;As the others began moving, well, that was when Coyote finally reacted. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nHe howled to the skies, his cries of pain stopping everyone. \u0026nbsp;They could all hear the pain and anger in his voice as the human mourned the loss of not only a soldier, but what some knew to be a brother of sorts to him. \u0026nbsp;Tom looked at the lightshow and shook his head. \u0026nbsp;\"Dammit Fox, why did you do that?\" he asked himself quietly, holding Rena close to him. \u0026nbsp;Rena was more or less thinking the same thing. \u0026nbsp;_Why Ronin, why did you do it?_ the vixen thought to herself. \u0026nbsp;Then it hit her. \u0026nbsp;What Ronin told her not even two days ago. \u0026nbsp;_'When I look at Tom, I see myself.'_   \n  \nThe other Renamon present were shocked still until Vixinomon started shouting. \u0026nbsp;\"That bastard cheated! \u0026nbsp;He killed my brother! \u0026nbsp;Kill him, kill him now!\" \u0026nbsp;They started heading towards Tom, but it was then that Rena Digivolved to her more...regal, and much more deadly form. \u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\"You will not so much as **_touch_** him you bitch!\" growled Rena defensively. \u0026nbsp;\"We just lost a friend thanks to your ass of a brother!\"  \n  \n\"And I don't care what some useless creature meant to you and your pathetic human!\" Vixinomon growled back, far too gone for reasoning. \u0026nbsp;That is, until they heard a high-pitched whine coming from Coyote's direction. \u0026nbsp;They looked at him and shuddered as they saw him standing, his right arm incased in a beam cannon, and aiming at Vixinomon. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\"Say that, one more time,\" he said darkly. \u0026nbsp;Vixinomon scoffed at him. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\"Or what? \u0026nbsp;You'll do something just as weak as your little pathetic friend? \u0026nbsp;Guards, kill him for drawing a weapon,\" she ordered several of her clansmen. \u0026nbsp;They took a step, and that was about as far as they got as Coyote fired Wave Beam shots into their limbs. \u0026nbsp;The Digimon in the arena looked in shock, awe, and fear as the shots all but destroyed the limbs hit, leaving nothing but digitally corroded stumps. \u0026nbsp;Vixinomon was about to enter the fray when she felt something hit her. \u0026nbsp;Hard. \u0026nbsp;She flew into the wall of the arena, and soon had a boot from a very angry human on her throat. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;Doamon was about to shout for the rest of the guards to intervene, hell or highwater when he was stopped by Yima. \u0026nbsp;Doamon was about to ask his mate why she stopped him when she gave him a single glare, that all but dared him to test her patience. \u0026nbsp;Doamon gulped as he turned back to the disaster down on the arena floor. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nVixinomon looked at Coyote in fear as he gave the vixen a good look at the cannon that was now crackling with indigo waves of energy. \u0026nbsp;Looking down at her, he said, with absolute seriousness in his voice, \"Now, you will listen. \u0026nbsp;You, and your brother, have indirectly killed not only a soldier, but also a friend of Luna's, and my BROTHER. \u0026nbsp;And if you ever, _ever_, insult his memory, or the memory of the fallen members of the Sun-Burst Clan, who, oh by the way, are _my_ decendants, I will end you. \u0026nbsp;It is not a threat, do you understand?\" \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nVixinomon nodded hurriedly; already, she could feel the effects of the Wave Beam on her fur, her nerves fraying quicker by the second as the electrical surges corrupted the data in her fur. \u0026nbsp;Coyote deactivated his beam cannon and put it away. \u0026nbsp;But just as Vixinomon started to get up, Coyote swirled around and stabbed her in the chest with a pair of crystalline blades! \u0026nbsp;Pinning her to the wall, Coyote leaned in close and whispered in her ear, \"This, this is more than what you deserve, _bitch_.\" \u0026nbsp;Twisting the blades to increase the pain, Coyote let go of the blades and started walking away. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;Everyone looked and gave Coyote a wide birth as he walked out of the arena. \u0026nbsp;Ralis turned to his father. \u0026nbsp;\"Father, by all rights, and by own laws, Tom won. \u0026nbsp;Gravismon Digivolved, forfeiting the match. \u0026nbsp;So, in short Father, you may as well say good-bye to my sister,\" he said. \u0026nbsp;Turning away, he also walked out of the box, heading out of the arena. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nRena looked at Tom and saw that even though he was a Spartan, he was still a bit weak. \u0026nbsp;So, she took his shirt collar into her mouth and flipped him onto her back. \u0026nbsp;Sparing one look at her father, the vixen left the arena, following the D. Rifters out and back to her uncle's home. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nOutside, Coyote had walked away from the arena for about fifty feet before falling to his knees again. \u0026nbsp;Coming over to him, Rahne stopped to pick him up, but as she was about to do so, she was stopped by her mate. \u0026nbsp;\"Don't\" he told her softly. \u0026nbsp;\"I...I need to do this.\" \u0026nbsp;Nodding, she at least helped her mate up, but let go for him to walk back to the manor. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n[][][]  \n  \nThey all reached the manor several hours ago, and right now, the surviving D. Rifters and several Renamon were out in Darkamon's garden looking down at a trio of freshly dug graves. \u0026nbsp;None of them actually had a body, save for Gym's, but that didn't really matter. \u0026nbsp;Coyote stood at the front, his face stone-cut and harsh. \u0026nbsp;\"Present, ARMS!\" he barked. \u0026nbsp;As one, Tom, Varak, Ralis, Ari, Darka, Rena, and Rahne raised their borrowed Toshigan rifles into the air. \u0026nbsp;\"Fire!\" \u0026nbsp;The seven of them fired a three round burst and lowered their weapons. \u0026nbsp;Coyote repeated the order only two more times, each of them paused for seven seconds. \u0026nbsp;After the last second after the last shot, Coyote saluted the graves. \u0026nbsp;The others did the same, all of them looked at Coyote in sadness. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;Coyote put down his arm, the signal for the others to do the same. \u0026nbsp;\"Dismissed, burial detail,\" he said quietly. \u0026nbsp;The others left, all save for one. \u0026nbsp;The two left both looked down at Ronin's grave, a simple cross with a photo of Coyote and Ronin enjoying a day at the beach. \u0026nbsp;They stood there for several minutes, simply thinking about the sniper, and soon, rain started falling. \u0026nbsp;Looking over at Coyote, Tom felt rather uncomfortable at the prospect of asking the question he had in mind. \u0026nbsp;After all the wounds were still very fresh; Tom knew very much how that felt. \u0026nbsp;But for now, Tom simply told him, \"Zack's going to pay for this, I swear.\"  \n  \nCoyote shook his head. \u0026nbsp;\"No, it was all my fault.\" \u0026nbsp;Tom looked at Coyote oddly. \u0026nbsp;\"I never should have been so damn attached to him. \u0026nbsp;I-I just couldn't help myself from saving him on San Madrid.\" \u0026nbsp;Holding up Ronin's dripping wet dog-tags, Coyote continued. \u0026nbsp;\"I never should have been his master.\"  \n  \nTom shook his head. \u0026nbsp;\"Hey, he followed you willingly, didn't he?\" he asked. \u0026nbsp;Coyote nodded sadly.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"Yeah, but I always made sure to tell him that his future was his own. \u0026nbsp;He chose to be with me, and look what happened!\" Coyote retorted, pointing at the grave. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nTom took Coyote's hand and lowered it. \u0026nbsp;\"Hey, he followed you because he trusted you. \u0026nbsp;It's not your fault he's gone.\"  \n  \n\"Yes it is!\" Coyote shouted. \u0026nbsp;\"He was supposed to be leading Delta on a training mission, and I fucked it up by not leading a mission in months! \u0026nbsp;I trusted him to do the right things, and...I'm going to miss him.\" \u0026nbsp;Tears were now falling down Coyote's face, lost in the rain like the man they were for. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nTom stood silent for a second, and asked the question that he would have asked Ronin, but never had the courage to do so. \u0026nbsp;\"Hey, who was in that photo that Ronin always carried around? \u0026nbsp;I never saw it, and well...\"  \n  \nCoyote sighed. \u0026nbsp;\"It was his sister, Kayleigh. \u0026nbsp;She was six when it was taken, right before the Toshigan attacked San Madrid. \u0026nbsp;I remember, that Ronin wanted to run after her when the remaining PDF forces took her away. \u0026nbsp;He fought me so hard, but I told him that he'd have to live to free her. \u0026nbsp;He calmed down, took his revolver and rifle, and became a Drifter,\" he explained. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"Is she still alive?\" Tom asked. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nCoyote shrugged. \u0026nbsp;\"We don't know. \u0026nbsp;The N.A.W. shut itself tighter than a clam after the assault on San Madrid, so we don't know the status of any of the planets. \u0026nbsp;Best case scenario, she's living a good life, with a good master. \u0026nbsp;Worst case, well,...Ronin never dwelt on that for more than a second,\" he said. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \nTom sighed. \u0026nbsp;He had photographic memory, so if anything, all Tom had to do was look for a Voxin in the N.A.W., whatever that was, that looked like Ronin. \u0026nbsp;_I'll find her Fox, I promise_, Tom thought. \u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\"Let's go inside. \u0026nbsp;God has shed his tears for Ronin,\" Coyote said sadly. \u0026nbsp;Together, the two of them turned around and walked back into the manor.   \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Against All Odds: Extraction","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/731252-against-all-odds-extraction-ch-12.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/731268-against-all-odds-extraction-ch-14.json"}}