Reconnecting: Faith Edition [OPEN 2/3]

"Not on my watch you don't!" Dagger snarled out as the gleaming Duramon launched himself forward slashing his swords down at the blast aimed at them. The motion sending a barrier of light rocketing towards the blast. The two colliding in a brilliant flash that left Cas half turning as she lifted her arm to shield her eyes. 

"Dagger!" She yelled out in concern, but the Duramon was unscathed. The same could not be said of the lion like wireframe digimon however, as Cloak taking advantage of the distraction the two colliding attacks had caused turned on their opponent. The Dark Knightmon leveled his twin spear at the enemy as a massive charge of dark energy built upon it's tip before it released with a crackle of power and the burn of ozone launching a beam of piercing energy that eviscerated everything in it's path in a single deadly attack aimed to destroy the threat permanently and utterly...or devastate it so badly their opponent wished they had been destroyed. 

"I'm fine Cas." The Duramon reassured his Tamer with a jaunty salute which the Doctor returned with a grim, but relieved nod as she kept half an eye on the other Tamer's fight lest they need additional backup as well as her own.

"While our opponents are certainly dangerous they seem to lack any real sentience." Dagger observed the usually chipper Digimon rather grim in the face of such mindless relentlessness. 

"Then we need not expect mercy nor are obligated to give it in turn." Cloak rumbled out with a dark and thoughtful hum as he spun his spear in one hand. Movement however, out of the corner of his eyes caught the Digimon's attention briefly and garnering his Tamer's before the Dark Knight Digimon was drawn back into the fight. 

"What on earth..." Cas murmured her eyes following the same path as Yuuki's as she snarled the predatory stance the man took raising every hackle the woman had.

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Dagger The Duramon Uses: 
- Catch The Light: Duramon slashes both of his swords down in front of him launching a barrier of light forward to stop a single ultimate level attack or two champion level attacks. Mitigating damage from a Mega level attack. Cooldown two turns.

Cloak The Dark Knightmon Uses: 
- Night Lance: Dark Knightmon launches a piercing beam of energy at it's opponent eviscerating everything in it's path leaving nothing, but ash, dust, and destroyed data. Cooldown two turns.

"WAIT, NO!" Yuuki suddenly shouted at the Dark Knightmon's attempt. But it was too late. This is not the minion that they thought it was anymore. The attack was met with strong reflective barrier. But it's clear that it's pretty much a one kind of attack thing. The moment it hit the barrier, the circular wall disperses it toward the two Digimons, raining on them. The reflective attack was only targeting Cloak and Dagger, but at the same time the explosion still would rain around the humans.

"Kh... they sure know how to counter at time like this..." Something on the back of his mind seem to notice that he knew something more than he remembered, but why? He have no idea about any of this monsters, but if he was right, then...

He was about to muse more when suddenly he was pulled by Ayumi and is shielded from the massive man that's following the little girl. They're far enough from their spot, but... something felt different. Something... something felt absurdly wrong. The girl did not show any panic. If anything, she felt like a puppet. And that's when the man looked at their direction, metal mask showed dreadful face of Death Meramon.

"...That... that might be our culprit! That might be the one that trapped us here!"

Right at that time, Ayumi's Digivice would have intense feedback that all leads to one conclusion. Too much data overload, like something forcibly covering her Digivice's power to scan it. One thing for sure, though, the Death Meramon isn't normal. It turned around the corner and vanished to the next room most likely.

By that time, Solomon managed to destroy his opponent. The Arkadimon shattered into data, never to return. With that, only the Loader Liomon wireframe is what left covering their way.

After deleting the Arkadimon, Solomon still took a second to lower his head, mourning about the poor data that never had gotten to enjoy the sensation of proper existence. Then, he went back to Ayumi, figuring the two Champion types could take care of that giant lion better than he could.
"Is everything alright here?"
Ayumi was still staring at where the DeathMeramon has looked at them, putting her shaking, overloaded Digivice back into her pocket. She was still holding Yuuki, and did not feel it was safe to let go of him just yet.
"I am, but I worry we won't be for much longer. That Digimon...something feels wrong about it..."
Solomon seemed confused, but then just nodded. He then turned towards Cass.
"A trap? Sounds likely. But there have to be ways to spring a trap from afar."

"Ah...well I suppose the short and long of it as that my companions here are known as Digital monster or Digimon for short. However, not all of the are actual monsters anymore then all humans are. They often partner with humans known as Tamer in symbiotic relationships to encourage growth in both parties." Cas explained with a gentle smile and a light chuckle at Yuuki's comment. "And no offense taken Yuuki I get that surprisingly often of late." She added glancing over her shoulder with an arched brow at the two Digimon looming close by, the pair having the audacity to look away and act as if they didn't cling to her side as close as her own shadow at time. 

"Given past circumstances I feel our concern is warranted." Cloak rumbled out less trying to justify his actions so much as stating a fact. 

"Sides you know you love us." Dagger teased with a grin earning a soft smile from his Tamer as she motioned for the group to follow her a she headed for the door. 

"Well either way trap or no I don't see a way to manually spring it from here. More importantly I'm fairly certain that Digimon was not that little girls partner and I'm more concerned that she might be on the menu if we don't hurry up." The Doctor stated once more falling back into her no nonsense person as she soldiered on.

It was strange to have this... er, reptile? creature bowing to him, but because Yuuki's Japanese, when someone bowed to him he obviously reflexively bowed in return. "A-ah, yeah, nice to meet you then... uh, Solomon." he's not sure what to address him with what honorific, but at the very least he know that they're very sentient.  Something... repulses him at the term "tamer" though. Are these... beings... wild? Sure that they're very destructive, he have seen that head on, but he never thought them as 'wild' at all. Perhaps it's something subconscious. However, he seem to take it better with Solomon's explanation.

"Oya--" Yuuki was taken aback by Ayumi's nickname to Cas, and he can't help but to chortle at them. "I-I did said that she looked like a yakuza boss, but to outright call her Oyabun...pfft... hahaha!"

But they're true... they need to get hurry. The moment they reached at the end of the corridor, suddenly the pathway behind them now closed. They ended up in circular room that seem to divided into three paths. Obviously, Yuuki know that to separate at this moment is unwise, but... if Cas is right, then without doubt the kid could be food for the Digimon.

"...I wonder if there are some clue somehow..." Yuuki muttered.

On the center of the room is lava lamp-like structure, but instead with oil bubble floating inside, it's seem that it's consisted of Digimoji.

"...That might be our clue, but... what do you guys think?"

Ayumi jumped a bit when the attention was turned to her.
"Me? Oh, sure, I could decyphering this! Maybe I have some form of gadget in my bag..."
She rummaged around in her backpack, pulling out various doodahs and a book, but she did not seem to be successful in her search.
"Ah, my automatic decypherer must be at home. No matter! I've seen these glyphs before! I'll take a crack ad decyphering them on my own!"
She approached the Digimoji, and copied them into her notebook. She tried hard to remember what she had learned about them, and tried to see if there was a code behind it.

As the words left the boys lips the Doctor stiffened her breathing hitching with the sharp sound of panic and her eyes distant and unseeing. The fact that Yuuki could read the script went unquestioned in the face of the barely perceptive tremble that shook the woman's limbs the Dark Knightmon that accompanied her likewise whirling on the boy in alarm. 

"What did you just say?" He demanded voice rough and harsh with emotion though it was clear he had hear Yuuki loud and clear. Only his twin reaching out to block the armored Digimon's path with one of his blades stopping Cloak from storming towards the lamp even as Cas seemed to slowly get a grip over her own emotions. Her eyes turning furious and fierce as her lips curled back into a snarl showing off sharp fangs for the first time making the woman's expression turn positively feral. 

"Fuck you Baalmon. Fuck you~" She spat in her fury her gloved hands tightening into a white knuckle grip clearly already knowing the price the lamp demanded of her. The question was though whether she was willing to pay it weighing the cost against the safety of the child somewhere within the depths of this maze like hellhole. In the end though it despite her fury it was clear what choice the woman would make.