The contact of skin on skin was unexpected, as was the genuine, if misplaced, concern.
"Then it suits me," Jordan replied dryly.
He was about to ask again who was responsible for the abomination he had thought locked away in his deepest nightmares- a fact which had yet to truly dawn on him- when Zei began to approach the vast chasm that was created where the building's walls had once been. In that moment, his heart lurched, fearing that she might jump into the void. He had seen that look in her eyes, and it scared him. 'No more,' he thought to himself.
Then a swift rush of wind passed. Jordan heard a voice from a distance, a Digimon's voice. It took some time, but he eventually realized that it was Dorugamon.
"Zei, wait," he blurted, only for her to leap onto the Digimon's back and soar out into the other direction.
---
"Nopenopenopenopenope!"
Shortly after launching his attempted silencing of Millenniummom, Nocturnamon had turned around and was now flying away from the crossfire of UlforceVeedramon, Parasimon, and the aforementioned horror. The fierce buzzing of wings nearly knocked the Bat Digimon out of the sky, giving violent pains to his radar-like ears. It was supremely disheartening to admit, but Nocturnomon knew that he would be ineffectual in this fight as he was.
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Left in the relative silence of the now abandoned building, Jordan began considering things he hadn't before. Perhaps there was a better reason to be involved, rather than simply stopping someone from repeating his mistakes, or doubting the ability of those he had found. His rumination was cut short by the return of Nocturnomon, who seemed visibly shaken.
"I think more forceful measures are in order," advised the Digimon.
Jordan lowered his head slightly, taking his chin into his hand.
"Not yet. I have something I want to look into first."
Jordan's reply baffled his partner, but, glad to get out of the radius of death the creature created, he agreed. Within moments they were airborne, drifting away from the site of chaos.
"Can you tell where Dorugamon went?" he asked.
"I can try," retorted his partner, before his ear twitched, hearing a scream in the distance, "In fact, I think I already know."
---
Moments later, Nocturnomon and Jordan landed at the street, just behind where Dorugamon and Zei stood, with Ranamon curiously absent. Having been taken in the claws of the rather lanky bat, Jordan was on his feet soon enough to approach Zei without a significant delay. However, the roar from Millenniummon caused him to double over, making his stomach turn.
Once his vision cleared, the boy stood, catching his breath.
"Where did it come from?" he asked without a second thought.
The dark miasma that had surrounded him earlier, while it seemed to have diminished, was still present, writhing about slowly. After a second, Jordan doubted his question. Maybe he didn't want to know. Finding out would only prevent him from denying that it existed. He didn't want to know that he could have somehow left the groundwork for this disaster. He didn't want to admit anything. He had to put out of his mind the possibility that it had happened, that his nightmares were any more than just that.
Now wreathed in a transparent grey gossamer smog, the boy stood before Zei, and let out a breath.
"No... what's wrong? Why are you out here? Do we..." he paused, suddenly feeling very unsure, his feelings clear in his voice, "Do we even fight it? Do we have a chance?"
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