Eden & Nicky finally make it back to camp, a little ruffled, but otherwise fine. They find Celina & Caitlyn sitting by the fire, Upamon & Leafmon eating some asparagus rolantina.
They look up at the noise & smile. "There you two are." Celina said, getting up. "We thought you got lost."
Eden coughed. "No. We're fine." She walks over to sit by Caitlyn. "You found Upamon." she points out.
Caitlyn nods, smiling. "Yeah." She looks at her eating Digimon. "Found him up in a tree."
Eden laughs. "OK." Her stomach growls. "I'm hungry. Is there anymore food?"
Celina & Nicky walked back. "No, sorry. That's the last of it." Celina points to the two Digimon.
Eden groans. "No way. I'm starving."
"Wait, I think I have something."Nicky walked over to his backpack & took out a pack of instant noodles.
"It isn't much, but you can have it." He hands it to Eden. She smiles, taking it. Then she looks at him & frowns. "Thank you, but I can't take it." She gives it back.
Nicky is surprised. "Why not? It's not poisonous."
"I know it's not." Eden sighs. "But it's yours. I can't take your food."
Nicky laughs. "Hey, whether you like it or not, we're a team. And teams share." He pushes the noodles into her hand. "So take it."
Eden looks at it, then sighs, nodding. "Fine, but I'm sharing."
"That's fine."
Eden smiles & walks over to start them. The other two girls watch this, smiling. "I don't think we'll have to worry about them anymore." Celina whispers.
Caitlyn nods. "I agree."
An hour later, everyone's full & happy. Eden & Caitlyn are tucked in Nicky's & Celina's sleeping bags & sleeping. The two preteens are sitting by the fire, talking.
"So, what do you think of them?" Celina motions to the two sleeping girls.
Nicky sighs. "I guess they're fine. But Eden attracts trouble, I can see that already."
Celina nods. "Well, as long as you're here, she'll be fine."
Nicky stared at her. "What are you talking about?"
Celina stares into the fire, dazed. "Well, you can take over as her big brother."
Nicky stares at her staring into the fire & sighs. "I guess I can." He stares into the fire as well. "She does need a lot of help."
Celina smiled at him & they sat in silence, enjoying the night air. Suddenly, we hear a tremendous roar! The two girls wake up, scared.
"What was that!" Caitlyn exclaims, looking around, her hair sticking every which way.
Celina & Nicky look at each other & nod. Celina begins to put out the fire & collect their stuff. Nicky walks over to Caitlyn & comforts her. "It's nothing, but we gotta go." He turns to the scared Eden & helps her up.
The girls roll up the sleeping bags & wake up their Digimon. The roar comes again & they take off running into the forest, blindly, Celina leading, the two girls in the middle, & Nicky in back.
They hear the sound of crushing trees & Eden looks up at a horrible sight: a big red insect Digimon was flying after them! "What is that?" she screams.
"Pay attention to where you're going!" Nicky comands, running behind her.
Eden glares at him, trips over a tree branch & takes down Caitlyn & Celina. All three girls begin rolling toward the cliff!
Nicky curses at Eden. "Great. This is going to be harder than I thought." He runs faster to catch the girls.
The girls, luckily, stop right at the tip. Celina, breathing hard, whispers. "Don't move."
The two girls listen & try to be as still as possible, but Caitlyn's shaking in fear. "Caitlyn, calm down." Eden whispers, barely controlling her shaking.
"I can't." Caitlyn whispers back, shaking harder. The cliff begins to shake & Caitlyn begins to softly cry. "Don't cry." Celina told her, praying.
Caitlyn shakes her head. "I can't." The roar of the beast comes again & Eden begins shaking also. The cliff begins shaking harder & they hear cracking.
Nicky runs up & gasps, seeing the predicament. But the red Digimon flew right above him, so he had no choice but to run toward the girls.
The moment he stepped on the cliff, it gave way & the 4 kids fell to the ocean, screaming.
"Eden!" Poromon squeaks out. She begins to glow pink as Eden's Digivice glowed pink also. Eden watched, eyes wide as Poromon digivolved to Hawkmon!
"Whoa…" Eden murmured out as Hawkmon flew toward her. "
"I got you, Eden…" Hawkmon groaned, trying to help slow her descend.
"Um…I don't think you're helping that much." Eden pointed out.
Hawkmon continued trying. "Shh, let me work!" But soon Hawkmon became tired & fell also. Eden reached for her & held her to her chest. "Don't worry. We'll be fine." She murmurs, but even she isn't sure if they'd survive this.
Cliffhanger! Mwahahahaha! Okay, I'm good. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.