Crossing the Divide Pt. 2 [Complete]

Cole would still be breathing slightly heavy, maybe more out of adrenaline now rather then being winded from the short swim. He'd push himself up off the ground and stand upright, looking around. His shirt he had over his shoulder this whole time was gone...oh well, had blood stains anyways, but now even his undershirt was wasted, cut up from falling through the trash, dirty as well--then soaked to the core from the river...to be fair--at least the river was cleaner then the trash. Silver linings, right? Cole took a breath and let out a deep sigh, stepping over to Cas and offering her his hand to help her stand up.

"...I have no clue so I'm not gonna argue with you if that's where you think we are." he'd say as he offered her his hand. His eyes averted to the two Digimon. "Is this...'home' for you two?" he'd ask, figuring even if they was a bit out of touch with everything seeing as what the twins had gone through, they should probably be able to tell if this was the Digital World or not. But before they could even have a chance to answer Cole's D3 begun beeping, prompting him to fish it out of his soaked jeans pocket. He looked at it, holding it so she could see it to if she stood up when he offered to help her up.


The map was different, now showing the river and a bit of the forest...The red dot was back, but unlike last time, this time it moved...and was coming straight towards them. Cole looked up in the direction it was to come from--seeing just a line of trees...but as moments passed, slowly the sound of something coming would cross their ears...the sounds of crashing through the trees, growing louder and louder. "Ahh...Cas...." Cole said in worry and warning. The trees made it impossible to see what was coming, but it was clearly getting close and was big...

Cole would feel her nudge him and nod, following the woman to take over. As they did Cole would position himself between the possible oncoming threat and the three others with him, making sure to keep them all hidden within the lush bushes that lined the treeline. Cole peeked out, eyes narrowed. The sound was crashing loudly and closed in fast--and finally Cole could spot something in the treeline. It was down the river about 100 feet, on the opposite bank. A shadowed figure skillfully ducked and dodged through the dense trees, quickly moving in and out between the trees as it sprinting--finally exiting the Treeline the shadowed figure went right off the shore and straight into the water with a splash. This clearly was not what made the noise, no...something else came behind it.

Literally pushing through the trees was something else, unlike the nimble one that this seems to be chasing, this thing just shoved aside and crashed through every tree within its way. Finally it emerged from the treeline. Cole's eyes was wide as he seen a large T-Rex looking thing...but even worse, it was dark--markings all over its body, bared large claws that could easily turn a human into a shish kabob. Cole really wanted to say something but he didn't wanna attract its attention. Cole would sink back and turn to Cas, motioning for her to try to get even further back. He'd turn back to look and as he did the BlackGrowmon roared loudly at the shoreline of the river. 

Shooting up suddenly from the water was the original shadowed figure--now clearly visible. It almost looked like a cross between a lizard and a 4 armed wolf, fur black with white stripes. The BlackGabumon had burst up from the water in front of the BlackGrowmon. Condensed in the mouth of the BlackGabumon--known as Tsukihikari--was a ball of blue fire, and just as the surprise burst from the river came, Tsuki released this Azure Fire attack right into the face of BlackGrowmon. But this was literally brushed off with a swipe of its massive paw, swatting the attack and Tsuki away in one move--sending the BlackGabumon crashing into the treeline across the river--the same side the group of four hid on.

"What...is...going on..." Cole questioned quietly, as to not draw any attention. As he asked this Tsuki was getting up from the ground after being slammed away, the BlackGabumon breathing heavily as she eye'd down her opponent...this BlackGrowmon had threatened getting near the Village of Beginnings, and Tsuki couldn't let it get any closer then it already had.  Tsuki begun charging up another Azure Flame, but before she even could the BlackGrowmon upon the opposite riverbank would retort with a stream of black flames from its mouth, ('Black Exhaust Flame'--wikimon), firing across the River. Tsuki quickly jumped back into the water to protect herself from the flames. Cole watched this unfold before his eyes in a state of shock--but...something drew his attention. His Digivice...it was screaming, beeping like crazy.


He pulled it out to try to shut it up but it wouldn't, even started to glow like it had when it appeared. "Come on damnit shut up shut up shut up." he pleaded as he stuffed it into his shirt to muffle the sound and light, turning away from the battle and towards Cas. "We need to get out of here." he said to her sternly. But before they'd even have time to attempt this, Tsuki had popped back out the water only to be swatted again, this time sending the Rookie-level Digimon tumbling down the riverbank, landing right in front of their hiding spot...and with a thunderous leap the BlackGrowmon was now on this side of the river and approaching, each step rumbling the ground below them.

Cole could feel Cas's presence disappear from behind him as she backpeddled, which was fine. His Digivice luckily had shut up and he pocketed it. He looked back at her, hearing the woman call for him to flee. He wanted to...but...his eyes looked back to Tsuki...she was only about 8 feet in front of their hiding spot....Cole looked back to Cas, then Tsuki--and his teeth gritted. He couldn't just leave the Digimon there...even without knowing a thing about it. He looked back at Cas one more time and quickly motioned for her to go. "Go, get you and the twins out of here now." He said, and before she could argue or try to get him to come--the man turned and stood up. In a full sprint he bolted out of cover, drawing the attention of BlackGrowmon who narrowed its eyes and let out a roar upon sight of the human man.

Cole had zero intentions to stick around though, plucking BlackGabumon from the ground--giving her a reassuring "I got you" as he did. The man picked up the child-sized Digimon and ran as fast as he could--which...with long legs like his was luckily rather fast--cutting through the brush and into the treeline, following the he could see Cas ahead of him taking. He'd be catching up and the sound of crashing trees behind them echoed through the forest. "Go go go go!!!" shouted Cole as he kept up a full sprint with the Digimon in his hands.

He made sure to stay between Cas and the pursuing Digimon, which despite its late start was catching quicker then he'd hoped. Suddenly they'd break out into a clearing, an open meadow lined with colorful--albeit strange--flowers. Cole kept running as Tsuki looked up to Cole, eyes full of question as to why the human even helped her. "W-why..?" "Don't talk we gotta get out of here" Cole quickly retorted as he grit his teeth, legs burning from the full blown sprint.

But...they was trapped. On the other side of this field was simply a sharp cliffside, too tall for them to scale quickly enough to get away, and as Cole seen this his eyes filled with fear. No where else to go, left--right, they was too far, they'd get cut off...and straight ahead was a dead end. He'd stop and turn around, seeing the BlackGrowlmon stomping across the field quickly at them, slowing once it knew its pray was cornered. Cole grit his teeth and backed up, putting Tsuki down and she ran up next to Cas, looking back as Cole would push his group of Cas--Cloak--Dagger--and Tsuki back with his arms spread, glaring at the BlackGrowmon, standing in front of them to try to be a last line of defense. Cas likely could feel the fact Cole while being brave was shaking, it could be felt through his arms as he pushed them back--keeping them behind him. "...Cas....I...I want you to make a break for it...I'm gonna draw its attention and you need to get out of here as fast as you can...okay...?" Cole said, voice shaky but oddly soft and content in tone.

"But....You'll die!" cried Tsuki as she huddled close to Cas behind Cole. Cole didn't respond, he was focused forward as the BlackGrowmon stepped closer and closer, each step rumbling the ground.

To say that others in the forest had noticed this fight would be putting it lightly. Those that made their homes in the areas had to leave quickly without grabbing the few things they considered their own and those that didn't own anything were quick to leave. The few birds that had roosted near a particular overgrown tree squawked loudly in surprise as they not only heard but felt the state of the forest deteriorating. Too many trees getting ripped up would upset quite a few individuals here as the trees were their home! One of the birds leaned out of the tree and called down to a stark white digimon meditating under it. She was quick to respond which made the bird blink.

"Miss! Miss!"

"Hmm? Yes?"

"There's a commotion over there, You're strong right? You should go stop this rampage!"

"Rampage? Oh. That. A mere child's tantrum but I suppose I can't let it slide."

"I think there's some humans over there, smells sort of wierd."

The digimon furrowed it's brow and frowned before standing up brushing off her clothing and switching it's forearm blades forward. She didn't like getting into disputes in the middle of no where without some real reason but if humans were threatened she had to respond. Even if her true jurisdiction of AEGIS ended where the digital world started it wouldn't stop her from helping a group of them that was in dire need.

"Any idea who it is?"

"What? Well uh.. I think it'd be that BlackGrowlmon from the other day."

"Of course it is. Feh, he really needs to learn his place..."

The stark white digimon stretched a bit before suddenly taking off from the ground her cloak billowing behind her. There was a moment where she had to re-orientate herself before moving towards the commotion. It was maybe a minute or two of flight time and she was greeted with quite an odd sight.

One human seemed to be blocking the the BlackGrowlmon from another human and a few digimon. She'd rub her muzzle softly for a moment and shake her head. This wasn't right; people shouldn't have to deal with digimon like this. They deserved to have a safe encounter in the digital world. But alas, it was a dangerous place and there were digimon that cared very little for humans or their partners.

She contimplated what to do for maybe a moment before simply shrugging, she'd position herself above and forward from the human in the front gauging the distance between the Blackgrowlmon for a moment before cutting her flight ability from her cloak for a moment. There was a brief pause before she started to fall and the digimon flipped itself over kicking at the air so that she would suddenly shift locations from up in the sky down to the ground.

There was a moment where she figured she had over estimated her leg power and with a grunt she'd land explosively on the ground sending a thick cloud of dirt out from her arrival. She'd stand up slowly brushing off her fur for a moment, cloak billowing behind her either from the wind or her sheer desire for it to do so. Entry was an artform after all.

She didn't give the BlackGrowlmon time to react to her arrival and immediately followed suit with a call out of her attack. She despised doing this sort of thing but she imagined that the humans behind her would appreciate the gesture.

"Buster-beam!"

The stark white digimon would gather energy into their gullet and after a moment would spit out a composite energy beam. It'd land fairly behind the BlackGrowlmon but the intent was clear, it wasn't aiming for them. It didn't need to as the degree of the explosion would likely cover into the BlackGrowlmon's position.

There was a moment or two before the 'dirt cloud' subsided and left the digimon bare to the world. She'd drag a finger along one of her forearm blades and gaze back at the group.

"I heard you might need a little bit of assistance."

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Battle log:

Attack used:
Buster beam: This digimon may shoot a beam from it's mouth, which upon contact of a solid surface explode, showering down several smaller beams in a small ring around it. The initial explosion is fifty feet in radius, while the smaller ones are ten feet in radius. This main explosion is much stronger than the smaller ones, while trivial to some can quickly add up if not careful. This move may be used every three posts

Passives:
Bound: Using it's powerful legs, this digimon may treat even air as solid ground. Allowing it to basically "fly".

Crimson Mantle: Jesmon's signature cape; adjusted for size for each Digivolution. This cape has a few soft abilities each that scales with the level given. It may provide flight [if the wearer already can fly their movement is increased by one step] and it can block a single attack relevant to the power of the level of the host digimon before implementing a cool down of two posts for the block itself. This mantle may be passed to others but it's effectiveness for others is generally halved.

Cool downs:
Buster beam - [0/3]

??? - A strange digimon has appeared!

Cas would stiffen at the appearance of this new digimon. Fearing the worst she half turned trying to shield the twins with her body as she grit her teeth for the possible attacks that might come and they certainly did. Only it wasn't against them, but the BlackGrowlmon as the Dino finally turned tail and ran leaving Cas sighing in relief. The feeling though would be short lived as the BlackGabumon dropped prompting Cas to set Cloak and Dagger lightly on the ground as she knelt to inspect the digimon. 

"Help prop her up will you Cole I need to asses her." The Doctor spoke her tone no nonsense as she nodded to the digimon looking her over for any visible wounds before reaching out to feel for any breaks along her arms and body.

"You got tossed around pretty hard back there." She murmured as Cloak and Dagger crowded about Cas's knees where she'd knelt alternating between watching her and eyeing K warily. 

Cole just did as Cas asked and helped prop up Tsukihikari, gently doing so. Tsuki grunted a little, if she was to be looked over she had a number of scrapes from sliding across the ground, and likely some bruising across the whole of her back from the initial slam that landed her against a tree. Lucky part about the 2nd hit was she skid, it wasn't as hard of an impact and only left the scrapes. She wasn't good, but she wasn't in too bad of shape either. Tsuki shut her eyes. "I'm sorry...I shouldn't have gotten anyone else dragged into this..." she said quietly, but still loud enough even K sitting a bit away could hear. "That BlackGrowmon has been getting dangerously close to the Village of Beginning and I was trying to lead it away...but it was more determined then I thought he'd be." she explained as her bright blue hues opened back up, looking up to the humans surrounding her. "I'm sorry."

"Its fine Tsukihikari--my dumb ass is the one who jumped out and grabbed you. Its my fault we got involved, not yours. Now let Cas take care of you..." Cole would said, admitting his fault in this ordeal. The young man sighed softly. It was always hard to admit when you was wrong, but was he all that wrong--it did save her after all. Cole's eyes would shift over to the Digimon sitting near them...she was clearly respecting boundaries--much nicer then the other Digimon they encountered. "...Thank you for intervening when you did...I'm Cole..." he said, greeting their 'Hero' in this situation, K.