As Lily cried out for help, her new partners seemed to understand as they jumped between her and the viruses, of which one had moved at astonishing speed past the other humans and the tower, towards her and Simon. As it reached them, it lifted up to reveal a small [url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/d/d1/MettaurEXE.png]creature[/url] in and of itself. Simon and Lily's now Expanse Callers would chime up at this, stating "Mettaur, Class F virus found" in their wearer's own voices. 

Similarly, the helmet that stopped when Aki approached would lift up to reveal itself as well, resulting in the same message from her Expanse Caller, once again in her own voice. It was at this moment that her strike connected, hurting her hand as the virus' hardhat felt rather like one a human might wear while constructing a building. 

The Mettaur that Enma was watching also stood up, and for a third time the message "Mettaur, Class F virus found" would ring out, this time in his voice from his own Expanse Caller, and at the same moment from Suzuki's in her voice. It seemed that these "viruses" were somehow hidden when they were flush with the ground, but when they rose up the range that they were detected by the Expanse Callers was relatively large. The small creature in Suzuki's vision turned to face the virus that Enma had gained the attention of, its expression shifting almost imperceptibly towards a more "battle ready" one, if it could be called such a thing from such a small and fluffy creature. 

The remaining helmets continued their approach towards the tower, two from the west and one from the south, without standing up. Their approach was slow but now obvious from the distance they had moved. 

There didn't seem to be any innate hostility towards the humans from these viruses, yet the varied digital beings aligned with the five humans seemed to recognize them as a threa