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Session 39

Mourning Song

Gravity.

Of all the forces one could possibly face, it was the least threatening. After all, it was what kept most humans from floating off into space. But right now, it currently wasn't on our heroes side. Because you know, saving you from fall damage isn't his job. That was Magic, who was dealing with a bunch of other people at the moment.

"Thank you for that incredibly useless info." Joey announced and took a deep breath. Right now, they needed to slow their descent just enough to not cause certain death while being just enough to reduce the time having to climb back up the tower. "Got any ideas, anyone?"

Before anyone could even answer, Officer EMT pointed his bazooka towards the incoming ground and pulled everyone towards him.

"Ready to do this?" Officer EMT inquired and everyone nodded. The troll then fired his weapon off and took a deep breath. While not the safest way to prevent fall damage to oneself and their friends, they really didn't have a choice. It was this or death, which usually leads to the obvious choice to this question.

A few seconds later, the rocket collided with the ground and exploded, launching them right through the hole they had just had made mere minutes before.

"I guess that worked." Adarnamon announced and helped pull her friends up. She would have preferred to have gone with Elena and Lily but, something about this place was calling to her. Maybe it was the faint smell of poison or possibly her memories playing tricks on her. Even then, it could just be a complete mix of the two.

Nonetheless, she began to look through the files. At first it was your stand stuff. You know, baking soda volcanoes, potato batteries and taping two bottles together in order to create a water twister. Basic science experiments, one could say. Or would be, if everything wasn't supersized to the extreme.

Adarnamon quickly brisked through that section without giving it much thought. She then moved onto the next section, only to do a double take.

Carinamon & Letorramon-

A scorpion and a turtle. While the two don't seem to really like each other at all, that can be fixed eventually. For know, I must imprint the poison element into the scorpion. Nora has taken an interest towards the turtle, which is quite odd. Nonetheless, Carinamon is almost finished. All that's left is to complete her various forms.

The champion digimon took a deep breath. The next couple of passages were mostly ramblings from her creator, going into detail about her biology and all that truly useful information. Adarnamon then pushed that page away and looked towards the next one.

Unlike the page before it, this one displayed a crude illustration of her. It was just a simple black and white sketch that looked quite unfinished. It didn't help there was large blood splotch on the opposite page, hiding any possibly useful information written there. Adarnamon pushed the papers away and took a deep breath. While as cool as the info had been, it felt incomplete and useless.

"Find anything else?" she inquired and got a trio of sighs. Adarnamon wasn't entirely sure what she expected them to say, but that seemed to be about right. They were currently separated from the rest of their teammates, with no idea where they currently were at the moment.

"We could just head back to the digital world." Officer EMT suggested and their gazes focused on him. "Maybe someone will know how to find them."

Joey took a deep breath. The troll was absolutely right, even if he didn't want to admit it. For as much as the scientist wanted to stay and learn more about what was going on, he would have to draw the line eventually.

"Five more minutes." Joey answered and walked towards one of the darker areas in the lab. "There just has to be something that will lead us to our goal."

Even as he said it, Joey knew it wasn't true. The visit had been quite a bust and they had little to really sho-

Before the author could finish his sentence, the scientist tripped and landed on the ground. Once he had finished dusting himself off, he did a double take. Right before him was a small note, possibly written by his father. He quickly picked it up and looked it over.

Dear Joey,

If you're reading this, there is still time. I had hoped that one day I would see you again, maybe possibly apologize to you for abandoning you. Considering you're reading this, I doubt you even care. And I don't blame you. While we all make mistakes, some of us just make greater mistakes than others. At the very least, I'm very proud of you. To have made this far with your friends is quite impressive. Keep up the good work.

-Dad

Joey smiled and shoved the note into his pocket. He then made his way back over to the group, finding the trio standing there.

"Are you alright, Joey?" Issacmon inquired and Joey laughed.

"Alright? I'm feeling awesome!" Joey answered and headed towards the entrance of the lab. The other three followed right behind, only for a slow clap to fill the air.

"Good for you." a voice announced as a shadowy figure appeared the middle of the room. "Good for fucking you."

"Who the heck are you?" Officer EMT inquired and the figure laughed.

"You can call me Sir D-bag."

All four of them rolled their eyes and laughed. For some reason, they just could take this person for real. With that, something clicked within Joey.

"Goodbye then, Sir D-bag." the scientist explained as he pulled his staff out and charged towards their opponent.

Shadow Neko Scratch!

The pair of cat paws then appeared and smashed into their target.

"Pathetic." the figure answered as the paws disappeared. "Is that the best you got?"

Joey then laughed and muttered something under his breath, pain and power now surging through his body. He then pulled his staff back and swung it into his opponent, knocking the target to the ground.

"Let's go." Joey explained, motioning for the digimon to follow.

"Aren't you going to finish me off?" the figure inquired as the the four of them left the lab.

"You're not worth our time." Officer EMT announced as the group headed through the doorway and closed the door.

They quickly made their way over to the elevator and pressed the down button. Unlike the ride up, silence filled the vessel. For now, they just needed to decompress and move on.

"At least the angels are gone for now." Issacmon whispered as they passed through the lobby and into the stairway. There it was just a short walk back to their vehicle. With that done, the four entered the vehicle and headed off.

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Valia sighed.

Heck was currently in ruin and she hadn't even gotten to have a single drink yet. Which, she pretty sure was a law (it wasn't).

"Do I have to go?" she shouted and her rescuer sighed, pulling her claymore out. "You're truly a buzzkill, Chaos."

Chaos only rolled her eyes and laughed.

"Everyone is waiting for you." Chaos explained, leading the drunkard out of the room and into the hallway. There, Chibi awaited with six warriors. "You got this?"

The warriors nodded, watching as the trio teleported away.

"I guess this will be our final fight, Empress." warrior #1 announced and pulled a single katana out.

"I guess you're right, Phoenix." Empress answered and looked at the rest of the group. "Devi, Lucky, Reaper and Mage, ready to do this?"

Two girls and a boy nodded as Phoenix did the same.

"Good." Phoenix added as he motioned for his friends to follow. "By the end of this, they shall know our names."

Notes:

Sometimes, it can't all be blazing battles and heart-pounding drama. Sometimes, it good to slow down a little and expand upon said things. At the very least, Session will be coming out on May 1st with regular posting beginning again on May 20th.

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Next Time: One final hunt within these ruins. Only then, can we move on...