Rika and Melissa had sat dormant most of the day up in the bedroom. Everything was silent except for the occasional chatter of IceDevimon. Whoever he was talking to never gave a response. Maybe he was talking to himself, but Rika didn't care to know. Not like she could find out on her anyways. Melissa wasn't planning on moving. Eventually, Rika's spirit grew tired from lack of movement. Without meaning to, she slipped into slumber.

"About damn time," Melissa groaned and stood up. Rika's body was much easier to control when Rika wasn't constantly fighting back. If she had another host body that was better than Rika, Melissa would jump ship. It was a shame none of the tamers were suitable at the moment. Sighing at the thought, she called out, "IceDevimon!"

The demon appeared before her at the sound of his name. He knelt on a knee to be more level with Melissa. The virus rolled her host's eyes and tossed a D-Power at the digimon. IceDevimon quickly caught it and saved it from shattering on the ground. The champion level digimon growled at her, "Why are you throwing this around? It's not yours to play with."

"I don't need it anymore," she chuckled and leaned against the wall. Rika was well aware that she was possessed. Only reason Melissa kept that D-Power around was to convince her hosts that they were just tamers, not part of a much bigger picture that would likely end in their death. IceDevimon was gravely silent which caused a scoff from Melissa. "What? Are you still holding on to Hayden?"

"He was my partner and this was his D-Power. Excuse me for having a bit of sadness for the dead." IceDevimon stared at the D-Power. It felt like it was just yesterday that Hayden was running around with a smile on his face. The demon was fully committed to Melissa, but Hayden showed him kindness during their short time together.

Melissa snatched the D-Power away from IceDevimon's hand. She slammed it onto the floor and stomped until the Digivice was destroyed. IceDevimon didn't move or react. He just watched. When she was pleased, Melissa told him, "Must I remind you that you can't hold onto his memory? Sadness makes you weak. Sadness opens the gate for viruses like me. We cause sadness, not create our own."

"So you are Project MEL, huh? I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't an actual human," a voice laughed. A rooster waddled into the room, which caused an eruption of laughter from Melissa. Sinduramon glared at the virus and hissed, "What are you laughing at? I should be laughing at you, human."

"I'm laughing at the fact that you seem to think you'd intimidate me. You are nothing but a stupid rooster that can play with electricity," Melissa started with laughter in her tone. She paced a circle around Sinduramon as she spoke. Sinduramon followed her with his eyes, but did not move from his spot. Melissa could feel his nervousness flow from him. If only the Deva knew that such feelings helped fuel her. "What makes you so special, hmmm? What makes you have the audacity to come talk down to me?"

"I am a Deva. I am one of the strongest digimon in the digital world," Sinduramon's voice almost cracked. Melissa bopped the rooster on the beak as she continued to circle him. Sinduramon added with more conviction, "You won't harm me. The Sovereign won't allow it!"

"Do you think he gives two shits about you?" Melissa almost laughed again. She exchanged a glance with IceDevimon, so the demon would prepare for the jump. Whenever she already had a host and she was able to touch the next host, she didn't need his help, but she wanted him to know what was about to happen. Melissa stopped her circling to look Sinduramon dead in the eye. "You are the weakest of the Deva. Don't you doubt it for two seconds."

"You speak lies!"

"Then why would the Sovereign not send you after the tamers, hmmm? Every single Deva has a mission now… Except for you. The Sovereign won't miss you."

Melissa grasped Sinduramon's head. The rooster tried to pull away, but it was too late. The virus left Rika's body and seeped into Sinduramon. The rooster screamed as he was being destroyed from the inside out. What feathers he had began to fall out. He shrieked for Melissa to leave him be, but she was not very gracious. She snickered in a mix of her own voice and Sinduramon's, "Shouldn't have come up here."

Pieces of Sinduramon's body fell off and burst into data. Sinduramon fell silent when his beak shattered to the floor. The rooster's data began to expand and contrast, so IceDevimon grabbed both Sinduramon and Rika's sleeping body. The demon helped Melissa make the jump back into Rika's body just in time for Sinduramon's data to explode apart. IceDevimon absorbed the data before sighing, "Was that really necessary?"

"No." Melissa smirked and shrugged. It had been awhile since she last killed someone or something. Killing helped make her stronger. The power she had over humans and data was a great feeling. She turned to IceDevimon. "If the Sovereign even bothers to ask, we'll say he attacked and we retaliated."

"You still shouldn't have done that," IceDevimon warned. He liked the new power flowing through him, but that might have caused them to gain an enemy in the Sovereign. Melissa never thought of such consequences.

"I had to get a kill in before I…" Her voice trailed off. Rika was about to wake back up sometime in the next hour or so. Melissa had to tell IceDevimon her plan quickly. Clearing her throat, she continued, "I'm going to jump soon. I heard you and the Sovereign talking about a new servant coming to the digital world. I want control of him. Can you make that happen?"

"I will speak to the Sovereign of this immediately."

"So, you have an offer to make me, huh?" Impmon questioned as he followed the dog. Caturamon brought him to the digital world without even asking. It wasn't like Impmon had anything else to do anyways. He had no friends in the human world and he didn't want to stay after his embarrassing defeat against Indramon. After making the trip to the digital world did Caturamon tell him why he was there.

"You want to be strong, yes?" Caturamon hinted at their future deal. The dog didn't even look at Impmon. He continued to stride through the desert and didn't doubt that the imp would be close behind. Impmon wasn't his choice of experiment, but he did the Sovereign's biding.

"Hmph, what's it to you? Why do you care?" Impmon grunted his response. He crossed his arms and stomped after the dog. Impmon didn't know why he bothered following anymore. Caturamon was probably going to kill and absorb his data. The dog was scamming him.

"I care because I know what kind of power you're capable of. I know someone that is willing to help you."

"I don't need help! Go to hell!" Impmon shouted before turning away. Caturamon picked up the rookie with his massive jaw. Impmon hung from Caturamon's mouth as the dog took off running. He yelled, "What the hell are you doing? Let me go and fight me like a real digimon! I'll show you that I have enough power to kick your ass!"

Caturamon blocked out whatever else Impmon had to say. He ran until IceDevimon and Melissa were in sight. The Deva skidded to a stop and spat out Impmon. The imp turned to say something to the Deva, but Caturamon cut up, "Damn, shut up! Just listen for once, you insufferable imp."

"You want to change forms and be stronger. I can make it happen," Melissa started off with. She smirked and waited for a response from the digimon.

"Ha! How? By becoming partners with the Digimon Queen? Sorry, toots, but I've had partners before," Impmon told her. He was the smug one after that. He had two partners instead of the typical one. Impmon then recalled how she and IceDevimon had treated him. "Plus, why would I team up with you? I'm a waste of your time remember."

"I'm not a human, you twit," Melissa snapped back at the digimon. She took a moment to center her emotions. The virus hated that was a part of her humanization. Emotions were the one trait she could do without. "I am a virus that has been given the power to possess not only data, but humans as well. I currently possess this human. But it doesn't have to be possession. We can live together and become stronger. This human refused, so now I possess her. I can give you a form you can only dream of!"

"Prove it," Impmon scoffed. He crossed his arms. "Show me this form of which you speak."

"Only if you make a promise first," Caturamon jumped in. The dog sat down in the warm sand before he continued. "After you and Melissa become one, you will destroy any human you see in the digital world."

"Psh, that's a pretty simple agreement. And if she's a fake, what happens?"

Melissa grabbed Impmon's face before anyone answered. Rika's body fell to the ground as Melissa made the transition to Impmon's body. The imp started screaming as his data began to move around. IceDevimon picked up Rika's sleeping body and said, "I'll take care of her. I'll be back soon."

Rika kept going in and out of consciousness. Why was she so tired? She felt so weak and wasn't sure why. Wind was blowing through her hair at one point. The tamer could recall asking and actually saying, "What's… Happening?"

"You're free," she heard, but wasn't sure who was speaking. A hand tightened around her as she was lowered to the warm sand. The voice spoke again before she fell asleep again, "This is the one time I'm going to help. They think I left to kill you."

The sand was so warm… Rika liked the warmth. It made her even sleepier than she was before. In her deliriousness, she imagined her mother trying to wake her up for school, so she whispered, "Five more minutes."

A new voice woke her up. She was being carried again, but the person or digimon carrying her that time was different. Still too tired and weak to open her eyes, she listened. Her carrier was growling, so she identified it as digimon. The new voice said, "What is it?"

"A powerful enemy has left her here. We must track it," the digimon's voice was rough. It sent fear in Rika. She was kind of glad she couldn't open her eyes. Rika was afraid of what digimon was carrying her.

The digimon started to run, but after being snapped with a whip, the digimon stopped. The digimon growled, but the other person or digimon spoke again. "We can't just run off blind. Let's get her to safety first."

Rika tried to say something, but sleep overcame her again. Before falling asleep, she found herself thinking, please don't be enemies…