Almost to the climax of the arc people!

Hope you're ready for it!


Foggy Days! Search through the City!


Taiyang sighed as he sat on the bed in the small Motel around the outskirts of Vale he'd rented a room in. To say the day had been stressful...would be a colossal understatement. Heck, when he was on the way here, he saw a bunch of families going for the nearest airship or vessel out of Vale...and he honestly couldn't blame them. It didn't help he knew a bit more than them about the situation, thanks to his long lost wife who'd suddenly turned up again, and the story she told him...it was honestly...insanely hard to believe…

She'd been stuck in another world for 14 years when it was only 11 years out here, so now she was a bit older than him, she had a student who was stuck in there for 10 years but was somehow pulled into the world only 6 months ago, his own daughters were also pulled into said world just a week ago with their friends, and spent a whole 2 months there trying to survive, while only 2 hours had passed outside.

He wasn't too keen on the fact that both of them had boyfriends, but he supposed it made sense that feelings might start to grow when spending so much time with someone.

At least the boys didn't seem so bad once he'd been able to talk to them a bit… with their older brother and his wife standing very close in case he tried anything.

...now if only that was the worst of the information. No, the worst had to be the part where apparently a terrorist/conqueror from that world found a way to get into this world, and was intend on taking over...oh and apparently his wife, his daughters, and all their friends had made friends with some of the monsters living in that world and brought them over too…

At least the ones they had made friends with were nice. Yang's partner was even quite the hugger when she stopped pretending to be a plush toy. Still...it didn't change the fact that the world just got a lot more dangerous if what he'd heard was true. That was probably why he'd decided to stay here for the time being...though he was a little disappointed when Summer said she couldn't afford to be out in the open just yet. Turns out basically being the leader of a Rebellion Group painted quite a target on your back…

Sighing, he decided to just lie down for now. Maybe this would all be clearer once he'd had a good night's sleep. Heck, if anyone had it worse, it would be Qrow. He had to explain this to Ozpin, though Summer had insisted, and he'd seconded her insistence, that the part where the kids were also partnered with Digimon be kept a secret for now. Too many might want to take advantage of that…


Meanwhile, up in his office, Ozpin frowned as he went over the bit of information that he'd just received from Qrow. Honestly, while he did trust Qrow, some of what he'd said sounded...outlandish...especially the supposed source. Not saying he thought Qrow was lying, he did want to believe it too...but it seemed more than a little too…

"Good evening, Oz. I see you haven't changed a bit," came a new voice...one he hadn't heard in over a decade.

"I suppose that confirms that Qrow wasn't drunk when he told me what he did," Ozpin mused, earning a chuckle from the figure. "You'll excuse me for my skepticism, but for all its worth...its good to see you again, Summer," he said, turning around to see the long thought dead Huntress...and she wasn't alone. "And I see what he said about a 'Partner Digimon' was true as well."

"Good evening. It's nice to finally meet the great Professor Ozpin. Summer has told me much about you," Renamon said with a polite bow.

"It's nice to meet you as well, Renamon, I believe Qrow said?" he asked, receiving a nod from the fox Digimon.

"So, you have the gist of things understood, right?" Summer asked him.

"I'd like to think so, but it's still somewhat baffling. After all, I heard about this Myotismon on the news today, but hearing it from someone who's been fighting him for even longer, it really puts into perspective how dangerous he is." Ozpin admitted.

"Make no mistake, that vampire may have his sights set on domination rather than destruction, but he's just as dangerous as 'her'," Summer said.

"That is indeed worrying. But from what I heard, it seems like once he's been dealt with, it would be possible to restore peace to the….Digital World?" Ozpin said.

"I wish…" Summer snorted under her breath, but Ozpin noticed it.

"There's something else?" Ozpin asked.

"Myotismon is just the tip of the iceberg compared to THEM. Their not as sneaky as Salem is… but they don't need to be, with just the four of them, they can tear an entire kingdom apart in a few hours." Summer said seriously.

Ozpin's eyes actually widened in shock at that. Certainly...entire cities disappearing within a single night wasn't anything new...but the idea that just FOUR individuals could tear apart an entire kingdom in hours...that was worrying. "...should we be worried that they will be coming soon after?"

"...not for now...before I started the Rebellion, I was working with another group for a while...it costs most of them their lives, but they managed to seal them away for now...no idea how long the seal will last though…" she admitted.

"I see…" Ozpin mused. "Well...I certainly hope the seal on them stays shut...I'd rather not wish for something that powerful to be free to terrorize the people of any world."

"That makes three of us," Renamon said, remembering the last time she'd fought them...the end result was her degenerating to her current form.

"So what happens now?" Ozpin asked.

"For now? We'll keep trying to locate Myotismon and end this. But until then, all we can do is subvert his plans as much as we can," Summer sighed. "I've had Keenan and Falcomon scout out every now and then, but even they've been unable to find anything."

"Ah yes...your student. I must say I'm surprised that such incidents had happened more than once…" Ozpin mused. "I must admit though...the Digimon's ability to form a symbiotic relationship with a human or faunus is certainly intriguing."

"It has its benefits," Summer nodded. "At any rate, we'd better return to the others for now. We'll be formulating a new strategy soon enough."

"If you'll excuse us," Renamon nodded, before grabbing hold of Summer and the two of them vanished.

Ozpin blinked for a moment, before shaking his head in amusement "I feel this is going to be a recurring thing."


"Well...today's been...eventful…" Weiss sighed as once more the groups were gathered, discussing the day they'd had...and the plans for the next day…

"That's a very nice way of putting it," Gyro and Pierce deadpanned.

"I'm still impressed you two were so concentrated on that game you missed the fight with Myotismon… which was just a few blocks away." Azure deadpanned to his brothers, having clipped his D-Core to a pocket on the front of his shirt.

"Hey, we were focused on keeping each other alive against that horde of Grimm and Zombies," Veemon defended.

"Can't believe Remnant has its own version of Left 4 Dead," Pierce chuckled.

"But calling it 'Dust 4 Dead'...eh, still was really fun," Agumon shrugged.

"Well… that's a cheap pun." Wizardmon said dryly.

"So, hey, question, how does going from having no partner to suddenly having one feel with how long you've been solo?" Gomamon couldn't help but ask, and all the Digimon turned to Wizardmon, all very much curious as well.

"Well… it's different, that much is for sure, I can't describe it easily, but I CAN say however, that I actually feel stronger to a degree. I suppose that us partnered Digimon are somewhat stronger than others." Wizardmon explained with a small laugh.

"Huh, that's interesting," Weiss mused. "But more importantly, we should make plans on what to do next," she said.

"Pumpmon and Gotsumon are well hidden with Summer's group in the Emerald Forest, so they should be safe for now. They may act like kids but they get that if Myotismon finds them...they're toast," Azure said.

"Glad to hear that," Pyrrha sighed in relief. The last thing any of them wanted was for those two to meet their end at hands of the evil Digimon. They were still a little uncomfortable at the memory of what happened to DemiDevimon...and they all didn't like him one bit.

"So what should our next move be?" Blake asked.

"For now...I think we can only keep going with what we've been doing so far. From what we found out, Myotismon's base should be out at sea somewhere," Ruby mused.

"Doesn't that seem kinda...hard to search?" Nora pointed out.

"Not if we assume that they can't be too far out at sea. Not to mention transporting large forces would be hard to do if they were somewhere too far away," Ren said.

"Then...should we look for an island just off the coast or something?" Biyomon asked.

"That's a good as any place to start," Yang nodded, pulling out her scroll and with it, a map of Vale and the surrounding area.

"Well...we can probably rule out anywhere as far as Patch," Jaune mused as they looked over the map.

"And considering they can't be too far…" Tentomon mused...before pointing at a few small islands that would fall into the range. "Would these places be good possible hideouts?"

"Actually...can we get a map that includes Grimm infested areas too?" Gyro mused.

"Why Grimm infested areas?" Agumon asked.

"Because there's no way a few Grimm are gonna be able to do anything against Myotismon's army," Pierce nodded in agreement with his brother.

"Oh yeah, that's a good point." Veemon said in realisation as Yang updated the map, and there were now a few more island added, one being even closer than the rest.

"I think that's the most likely one." Ruby said as she pointed at said small island, probably big enough for a pack of Beowolves or two to make their home. "And the topology seems to be perfect for a hideout too...and it even says there was an attempt to set up an outpost on the island...too bad it didn't work out so well…"

"So its close, the threat can be neutralized easily, and it even has infrastructure...I think we found the perfect spot," Azure nodded.

"I'll be sure to inform Summer of this news immediately. Let's regroup and make our plans in the morning," Wizardmon nodded and suggested.

"Good call. It's been a LONG day," Gabumon agreed, yawning tiredly.

The sound of tired agreement rang through the room as the group went their separate ways for the night.

As Team JNPPR entered their dorm, Pyrrha stopped when her scroll started ringing, drawing it out and blinking in surprise at the number before she looked at her teammates "You can all head to bed, I need to take this. I shouldn't be too long." she said quickly as she walked away from the room and around a corner.

She stopped walking at that point and looked back at her scroll, the person still attempting to reach her, before she took a deep breath and accepted the call, the screen going to video, showing a young woman with short maroon hair and red eyes, having a similar face to Pyrrha, but a few years older.

"Hello Yoshino." Pyrrha greeted her politely.

"Hey lil sis." Yoshino said, sounding a bit awkward as she bit her lip and looked away "Hey, listen, I know we left each other on the wrong foot the other day, but, I have to know, are you ok? I saw the news, and Vale is looking pretty dangerous right now."

"I'm alright Yoshino, don't worry." Pyrrha reassured her older sister with a smile "And, about the other day…" she sighed then, still remembering the horrible things they'd said to one another "I'm sorry about everything I said, I had no right to say that."

Yoshino blinked in surprise, before smiling warmly "Thanks Pyrrha, and, I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have called you a glory hound and all of that."

Pyrrha chuckled a bit "It's fine Yoshino. And before you say it, don't worry, I'll be careful."

Yoshino laughed a bit "Yeah. Well, I'll talk to you again soon lil sis. Have to get up early tomorrow, rise and shine with the training and all that, makes me wonder why I chose to go to Atlas sometimes. See you another time." Yoshino said, before ending the call.

Pyrrha smiled, before sighing in relief as she pocketed her scroll, happy her relationship with her sister was just fine, before heading back to the dorm.


As all of this was happening however, something else was happening in Vale.

Myotismon stood on top of the Vale News Network (VNN) building, a pentagram underneath his feet, Witchmon standing a few feet behind him.

"Everything is ready?" he asked her.

"Yes, my lord. Your forces simply await your signal to begin." Witchmon said as she bowed.

"Excellent," Myotismon smirked, as he bit into his own wrist, and let a few drops of...blood? Data? It was hard to say WHAT the liquid was, but suffice to say, the moment it made contact with the pentagram, it began to light up. "Let us begin!" he declared, his cape spreading out. "The beginning of my Kingdom of Darkness!"

The moment he did, a mist began to descend on the city of Vale, barely noticeable at first, but as it spread, it became thicker and thicker till a fog covered the area. At first people didn't notice, but by the time they did, the city was now being covered in a thick fog.

"Weird weather tonight," a random security guard mused.

"Eh, compared to the snowfall this is nothing," his partner commented, taking a bite of his hot dog. Glancing out at the mist, he blinked when he noticed what looked like a bunch of monsters walking through the streets. Rubbing his eyes, when he looked again, they were gone. "Did you see that?" he asked his partner.

"Nope," the first security guard said...looking at his scroll.

The second then looked at him...then to the hot dog in his hand, before promptly throwing it away. "No more late night hot dogs for me…" he muttered. "Makes me see things."


Meanwhile, in the VNN building, a team of reporters was busy at work, going over some footage they'd happened to get earlier. It depicted another monster battle, but this time...it was different. Depicted on the footage was what appeared to be a human child riding the large black bird...and not some bystander, the child was clearly fighting alongside the bird.

"What does this mean? They're far too coordinated to be some random team up...but would a child really be able to work with a monster so well that they'd fight this well?" Lisa Lavender mused as she went over the footage again. Normally she'd have been elated that one of her off duty crew members happened to be close enough to get this sort of footage...but now she was...confused.

Suddenly she felt like things were MUCH deeper than she thought...and she thought they were deep to begin with...however, before she could ponder further, that's when she noticed the fog rolling in.

"Huh? Was there a fog warning in the weather forecast?" one of her crew members asked.

"No...no there wasn't," Lisa frowned as she tried to call the other division, but… "Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

"My scrolls getting a wonky signal...could the fog be getting in the way?" she frowned.

"Uh… how does that make sense?" another member of her crew asked.

"The signal was fine before the fog rolled in...so I guess it'd make sense…" she said, though not sounding very convinced herself. 'This fog...why does it feel...unnatural?' she mentally frowned as she looked out the window, at the city she could barely see now.


Gyro was starting to drift off, the exhaustion from the day melting away as he drifted off into dreamland. Then it was promptly shattered.

"WAKE UP!" came Pierce's loud voice, waking up the entirety of team RWGBY.

Gyro groaned as he looked at the clock. It was still 10 PM. "Pierce...I swear to god...you'd better have a good reason for this…" he growled.

"I think we're all in agreement of that," Weiss said as all the occupants of the room were glaring at him.

"Look out the window," Pierce said simply.

They looked at him in confusion for a moment, before doing as told, looking out the window and trying to see what was so important they had to wake up.

They didn't see anything though, they saw the courtyard, the emerald forest off to the far right, Vale covered in fog-

Wait what was that last one?

"That's… that can't be normal… right?" Ruby asked hesitantly.

"Probably not, the forecast didn't mention anything about fog today, even at night." Blake noted.

"And fog rarely just come by so suddenly, there's usually signs in the atmosphere that shows the temperature is right for it several minutes before it happens." Weiss added with a frown.

"Translation, something else is causing the fog," Veemon deadpanned.

"Well, get ready guys...we got another thing coming our way...was it too much to ask for a good night's sleep first?" Yang sighed as they all got out of bed.

Pulling on their normal clothes, they were soon out of the Dorms and headed towards the fog covered city.


Meanwhile, Ozpin frowned as he tried to patch in a call to the other members of his faction. What had started as another late night had become another incident when he saw the unnatural bank of fog roll in. However…

"Strange…"Ozpin frowned. So far all his attempts to contact his allies were met with static, as if something was blocking the signal. Looking out the window again, he noted how the fog seemed to be covering Vale and Vale alone, while not actually reaching Beacon.

He narrowed his eyes at that fog, it had rolled in far too quickly for his liking, and it was utterly impossible to make out Vale within, as even the tallest buildings were covered all the way to the top.

"This doesn't bode well." he said, knowing something BAD was going to happen. The worst part however...was that he had no idea how or WHAT to do in regards to this.


"Perfect timing," Summer said as the Chosen Children and their partners reached the outskirts of Vale, to find the Rebellion group waiting for them.

"So what are we dealing with here?" Jaune asked.

"While this appears to be an abnormally thick fog, it is in fact a barrier of some kind," Wizardmon said. "From what I can tell, while it doesn't stop anything from coming in...its intended to stop anything from getting out."

"So, once we're in, no coming out till we deal with Myotismon then." Gyro said with a frown.

"We're not getting any sleep tonight are we?" Nora asked tiredly.

Salamon yawned from atop her partner's head "Probably not."

Gyro moved his hand around a bit, everyone feeling the wind shift around "Well… guess we'll have to go in and hope for the best." he grumbled, annoyed they couldn't get an idea of what it was like on the inside.

"We'll want to be careful, Myotismon is at his strongest in the night, and the fog will help him once morning hits and protect him from the sun." Renamon advised.

"Then get ready everyone, we'll need to be on our toes," Agumon said.

"About that...Gennai sent over something earlier," Summer said, before transfering an app to all their scrolls.

"A Digital Barrier?" Pyrrha asked, looking at the title.

"It's a little something we can use to lighten the load for us," Summer explained. "If we apply this app in a building or room, that area gains what we like to call 'the wallflower effect'."

"Wait, so you mean they won't see us or that building?" Ruby asked.

"That's exactly correct," Summer nodded. "With this, we could probably set up a safe house inside enemy lines...but the thing is...it takes a few minutes to set up...so we'll need to find a secure location to use it."

"Well, hopefully we find a good place then." Yang said with a sigh, before they all started going through the thick fog, making sure they weren't too far apart and that they were all going in the same direction.

Eventually they got through the thick of the fog, and found that inside the barrier the city was covered in a mist that obscured vision, but not so much that seeing around was impossible.

"Well hello there Silent Hill." Azure said dryly.

"Oh dear god if I see some nightmare fuel, I'm hiding." Pierce said in response, shivering as he was reminded of the psychological horror series.

"So far it doesn't look like Myotismon's forces have hit this area," Blake mused.

"They're probably focusing on the inner parts of the city, where more people are around," Wormmon said.

"Not the most comforting of news, but useful for us," Falcomon sighed.

"Right, we'd better find somewhere to use as a base as soon as we can," Gabumon said, earning nods of agreement.

The ensuing journey was...tense...everyone was tired from the long day, and the eerie atmosphere wasn't helping at all. Honestly, Vale was quiet enough in these outskirts normally, but with the fog...it was practically dead. The only bits of life they sometimes noticed was the occasional shape of Bakemon floating about in the distance every now and then.

"Over there." Wormmon pointed out towards a motel, some lights on inside of it.

"Good find." Ren said with a nod as they headed towards it silently.

When they got there, they started discreetly checking every room, until eventually…

"Is that dad?" Yang blinked in surprise as she looked through a window, seeing her father asleep on the bed in the room.

"Wow, talk about sleeping through the apocalypse...or something like it," Pierce couldn't help but say in amusement.

"To be fair, I doubt the fog barrier was loud," Ren commented a little dryly.

"Wait, where's Zwei?" Ruby asked, to which a familiar corgi was suddenly at the window, barking excitedly at seeing them.

"There he is," Palmon said.

"I think it's safe to say we found our first potential base," Veemon chuckled.

"A motel's a pretty good base too. It's got rooms, can be hidden, and it even might have a kitchen if needs be," Gyro nodded in approval.

"Let's go then," Nora said.

"Yeah, let's not stay out here more than necessary," Biyomon nodded in agreement.

Quickly making their way to the motel...they found the door locked.

"I got this," Keenan sighed, before sinking into the shadows, and a few moments later, the door was opened, Keenan having unlocked it from inside. "Get in."

They did as they were told to which Keenan quickly locked the doors again. No point making it easier for any of Myotismon's forces to get in.

"Excuse us," Jaune said….but nobody responded.

"...aren't there usually supposed to be people in these places?" Gomamon asked.

Out of curiosity, Patamon flew over the counter and well… "I found someone," he said, to which they found who was no doubt the owner of the motel...curled up in a fetal position, wrapped in a blanket, and sucking his thumb in a fearful breakdown.

"...Okay, probably best if we leave him alone for now…" Wizardmon said, earning nods of agreement.

"Let's just grab some keys and check for empty rooms." Biyomon suggested, everyone doing just that.

They thankfully found plenty of empty rooms, but also rooms that had people sleeping in them… or doing other things.

"Oh jeez, uh, sorry, just, emergency problem, big monsters in Vale, we're setting up this motel as a safe house." Pierce said, covering his eyes when he walked in on a couple that quickly covered themselves with the blanket of the bed.

"Um… thanks for the warning." the first woman said awkwardly, before Pierce closed the door back up, making sure it was locked again.

Silence in the room for a few moments "That kind of killed the mood babe." the second woman said, making the first sigh, but agree with her.

"Okay...note to selves...knock on the doors before opening them," Pierce said to the others, who nodded in agreement. They may not have had THAT happen to them, but there was bound to be one or two more like that…

Fortunately the rest of the process went without issue, until they found the room they were looking for.

"...think he could sleep through an entire city wide battle?" Keenan deadpanned.

"...can't say Taiyang wasn't always a heavy sleeper," Summer admitted.

"We should probably wake him," Renamon said.

"I'll handle that," Yang said, as she walked over to him, clearing her throat, and then "Dad! Help!"

"Who's hurting my daughters?!" Taiyang shouted as he jumped out of bed.

"That was fast," Palmon blinked.

It took a few seconds of wildly looking around before Taiyang realised there was no actual danger, and that Yang had simply wanted him awake… and then a few more seconds to realise just how many people where in the room "Uh… what's going on?"

"The end of the world happened, we're one of the few survivors, and you slept through it," Gomamon snickered.

"Wait, what?!" Taiyang blinked.

"Gomamon…" Jaune sighed at his partner's antics. "Well...not really the end of the world, but the city's been attacked," he clarified.

"Myotismon has made his move," Summer said. "We came here aiming to set up a frontal base of sorts for now, and well...seeing as we saw you through the window, we decided here was a good a place as any," she chuckled at the end. Some things never changed it seems.

"Oh… that sounds bad yeah." Taiyang said after a moment.

"So far it's not too bad...yet…" Gyro sighed, before turning to Weiss. "How's the barrier coming along?"

"I managed to set it up to cover the entire building, so as long as we don't leave it, we SHOULD be safe," she answered. "I should get it up and running about...now," she said, as a hum filled the air, and a small gust blew through, probably the barrier expanding.

"So...did it work?" Nora asked.

"Seems like it," Veemon said...from the window...where he was making faces at a Bakemon who clearly didn't see them.

"Stop that." Pierce said in slight annoyance as he pulled his partner away from the window.

"At least we know it works," Agumon sighed.

"We should gather everyone and explain the situation," Pyrrha mused.


"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!" the manager babbled as he was currently clinging on to Azure.

"You're welcome. Now off off off!" he grunted, pushing the overly happy man off of him. "Now then, as we explained, as long as you all stay in this building, you SHOULD be safe from the monsters outside. However, in the event for whatever reason the building is compromised, be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice," he said.

"But for now we're safe, right?" one of the people asked, earning a nod.

"I say we all get some rest then. We're gonna need all our energy to survive through this," Gyro added, gaining more sounds of approval.

"Right, but we should have some people stay as lookouts in case any of the monsters get in or the barrier fails," Ruby added.

"You can use the fire alarm to signal a building wide alert," the manager supplied helpfully.

"I'll stay up, I got plenty of sleep already honestly, went to bed early because of everything you all told me earlier." Taiyang told them, earning grateful nods.

"So we can finally sleep now, right?" Patamon asked, hiding a yawn behind his hand.

"Yes, yes we can." Blake said with a relieved sigh as everyone went off into rooms the manager had lent them for the night, though Summer stayed in Taiyang's room with Renamon deciding to stand outside of the room, deciding to give the two some alone time to talk.


The next morning saw everyone in the building seated at the dining room, as this motel was one of the types that served breakfast too. Despite the initial scare some guest had at the small monsters eating with them, they were assured that they were harmless...so they decided to just roll with it…

"So what do we do now?" Ren asked.

"For starters, we need to find out where the fog is coming from," Summer said. "It's a good bet Myotismon is there."

"So we'll need to be careful when moving through the city. No doubt the closer to the source we get, the more heavily guarded it will be," Renamon mused.

"In that case… moving as one large group would be a bad idea, we'd be easier to spot, it would be a whole lot better if we split into smaller groups to try to find what we're looking for." Gyro said.

"That can work, but we'd better not split into more than 2 or 3 groups," Jaune mused.

"I think we may want to stick to 2 groups. It may be easier to spot, but with Myotismon...we'd want to keep our fighting forces strong," Blake suggested.

"Well, we'll split into our teams then, simple as that." Nora said with a shrug.

"I'm going with the girls, and I don't care about me not having a Digimon partner, I'm going to help." Taiyang said, before a bark was heard from below the table "And so is Zwei."

"In that case, that's where I'm going as well, someone needs to stop you from being reckless." Summer said as shoved her husband's shoulder a bit.

"In that case I'll be going with Jaune's team then," Azure mused.

"I'll come along too. It should balance it out well enough," Keenan said.

"And of course we'll follow," Wizardmon chuckled while Falcomon simply nodded in agreement.

"So now that we're agree...when do we move out?" Wormmon asked.

"As soon as we're done eating seems like a good answer." Pyrrha said in amusement, before everyone returned to their breakfast.


"Okay, everyone ready?" Gyro said, taking a deep breath.

"Yes," came a chorus of responses.

"Okay, as agreed, we should go down two separate paths through the city. We'll meet up at the Vale City Mall. In the event of anything happening...send up some kind of signal. The fog is thick, but not so thick we can't see something like a flare or if needs be, one of our partners," Summer nodded.

"Then let's get going," Yang grinned.

"And don't worry about the barrier. Even without the scroll that started it, it'll last a few days," Weiss said to the people in the motel. "You should be safe here for long enough."

"But what if it doesn't last for that long?" one of the people asked.

"Then get ready to run," Ren said bluntly before they were out the doors. Fact were facts after all.


"Hm...so far it looks like the Bakemon are mainly focused on more crowded areas of the city," Jaune said from their current position.

"Not surprising. It's a pretty standard practice to try and keep the population in check as soon as possible," Azure mused.

"Why do you know that?" Wizardmon asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Lots of movies growing up." was the simple answer.

"Still...for now that means we have the element of surprise," Falcomon mused.

"The question is, how best to use it," Keenan frowned.

"For now, all we can do is get closer till we know what's going on," Pyrrha sighed.

"So we'd better stay out of sight then," Salamon nodded.

"Well, if the Bakemon DO spot us, at least they aren't very strong… or smart." Gabumon noted.

"So, sack of bricks for brains then, noted." Veemon said with a chuckle.

"I think we all know by now that the brunt of his army are idiots who are just cannon fodder to make way for the actual fighters," Wormmon deadpanned, getting a few laughs.

"Come on, let's get closer. We might as well get as much info as-" Pierce started, but didn't get to finish, as suddenly they heard the sound of the screeching of tires.

"Ok, who's got hell on their heels?" Gomamon asked with a raised eyebrow as they all peered around a corner.

"So… we're all seeing a news truck being chased by a black tyrannosaurus, right?" Nora asked, making sure the fog wasn't messing with her vision.

"That is exactly what we're seeing." Pierce answered.

"Who pissed off a DarkTyrannomon?" Salamon asked as she looked at the large Digimon.

Digimon Analyzer: DarkTyrannomon

DarkTyrannomon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Dinosaur Digimon. A Tyrannomon that was infected by a vicious computer bug, turning it into a frenzied Digimon that acts completely on instinct. It identifies anything that moves within it's line of sight as an enemy and attacks it wildly. It's special attack is Fire Blast, launching a burst of flames from its mouth that can potentially turn the surrounding area into a sea of flames.

"Well, reasons aside, we need to help them," Wizardmon said.

"Right, first we need to get that DarkTyrannomon's attention," Veemon said. "But...which way do we want to do it?"

"The easy one." Pierce said as he held up his D-Core, which quickly glowed along with his Crest.

(Play Brave Heart)

"Veemon, Evolution! Veedramon! Super Evolution! AeroVeedramon!"

"Hey sunburn!" Aeroveedramon shouted, catching the DarkTyrannomon's attention before ramming him into a nearby street. "Stay down if you know what's good for you!"

DarkTyrannomon roared in response, getting right back up and countering with his Fire Blast, only for AeroVeedramon to swat it aside.

"Hard way it is," AeroVeedramon nodded, before ramming into his opponent again, pushing him to somewhere that there were less buildings, knowing he should end it quickly.

DarkTyrannomon didn't feel like being cooperative and began thrashing around, firing his attacks wildly and generally being as frenzied as his kind usually is.

"Can't let you damage the city more than this," AeroVeedramon frowned, charging up his attack, before grabbing hold and taking DarkTyrannomon into the sky. "Dragon Impulse!" he called out, firing the attack point blank, sending DarkTyrannomon into the air where he was overwhelmed and deleted by the attack.

(Song end)

Once the smoke cleared, AeroVeedramon flew back down, the fog helping to keep him hidden despite the explosion from his point blank attack, quickly landing down and reverting to Veemon.

"Good job." Pierce said as he came up to him and fist bumped his partner with a grin.

"Well, that's the Digimon taken care of, but what about the person driving?" Jaune wondered, not being able to see into the truck because of how dark the windows were.

After a few moments, the engine was cut off, as the driver side door was opened, and shakily stepping out of it was Lisa Lavender "Dear Monty in heaven that was terrifying!" she said nervously as she held onto the door.

"So, what's a reporter like you doing being chased by a huge dinosaur?" Azure asked as the Digimon were hiding on the other side of the van for the moment so she wouldn't over react.

Lisa looked at him "Well, when the fog rolled in last night, all communications were brought down, can't even call each other inside of it. I've been running all night, both surviving and trying to figure out what's going on."

"What about your crew?" Ren asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We split up a while back while we were being chased by these weird frog shaped things with iron fins on their backs, hopefully their fine." Lisa said, worried a bit for the members of her crew.

"Well, we're going to try and fix the problems going on as best we can, there's a motel not far from here we set up as a safe house that the bad Digimon can't get inside of, so you might want to get there." Keenan suggested, with Lisa blinking in surprise as she recognised him.

Despite her surprise though, she quickly shook her head "No, I can help. I've been trying to look into this myself while running all night, and I may have some leads. I'll be willing to give them to you if you let me come along so I can cover this."

Azure sighed at that "Just… alright, fine, but you have to do exactly what we say, ok?"

"Understood." Lisa nodded.

"Now then, hope you're awake and ready enough for this next bit." Pierce said, before motioning to the Digimon to come out from hiding on the other side of the van.

Lisa blinked, once, twice, and then rubbed her eyes before blinking again "Well… if they're with you, then it's fine with me."

"Don't worry, these ones are our friends." Pyrrha reassured the woman, who nodded, before everyone piled into the news truck, which soon drove off towards one of Lisa leads, the ones inside hoping it would help them.


And there's the chapter!

That's right, Pyrrha's sister is Yoshino from Savers.

And yes, she's a member of the Atlas military at the moment.

Don't worry, we'll see more of her eventually.

And yeah, Lisa Lavender is not only gaining more personality, but she's a supporting character rather than just a background character.

Don't worry, we'll see even more of those two women, but for now...

The Adventure Evolves.