A/N: Short chapter, I just finished NaNo and had to write 16,000 words to accomplish it so... sorry. Longer next week, promise.

"This is pointless," Doloh grouses, reaching up to stroke Patamon's forehead as he travels with Dolph, still feeling cold easily after the terror of the week prior, when he'd been frozen to the floor and Zack had been abducted. "I need to find Zack, not travel to yet another zone..." He shakes his head, careful not to dislodge the Digimon.

"Stop moaning, Ziggler," Seth tells him coldly. "Ryder's all you've been complaining about since all of this happened. We're all keeping an eye out, and Luke's agreed to help as well, so what else do you want from us? We can't ignore the entire Digiworld's issues just because your best broski went and got himself snatched out of his bedroom."

"Who the hell asked you, Rollins?!" Dolph spits, ready to go resume what they'd begun the Sunday prior, the only thing keeping him back being Impmon's claws digging into his leg.

Seth looks smug but, before he can say or do anything, a roar echoes overhead, startling all of them. They've barely looked up, trying to find its origins, when multiple bright red rings of energy explode at their feet, sending them all diving for cover as the attack continues on.

Impmon glares up angrily, seeing something that Dolph's unsure of, lifting his hand. "Damn Aquilamon, had to be a flying Digimon..." It's then that Dolph spots it, a brown bodied eagle type Digimon with sharp, beady eyes and terrifying talons that gives him pause even from this distance. "BADA BOOM!" he yells, his fireballs shooting up into the air just to fizzle out when they miss their target. He hisses and grits his teeth, about to try again when Patamon flutters upwards. "Boom Bubble!" Patamon's attack is as about as effective, bursting apart not far from where Impmon's attack had failed.

"Crap!" they exclaim together before exchanging glances, an idea coming to them. "Hmm... what do you say?" the partner-less Digimon asks, his lips lifting into a happy smile when Impmon nods, his eyes gleaming as he considers whatever frightening brainstorm they're both considering.

Aquilamon releases another piercing roar before flying lower to get a closer shot with its energy attack, just for Impmon and Patamon to throw their attacks off at the same time. They combine into fiery balls of oxygen that crash into Aquilamon, sending it off-course and, as it struggles, the Digimon continue to mix their attacks, each fiery explosion causing Aquilamon's wings to sizzle and burn, a well-timed attack crashing into his talons and causing him to roar out in pain.

Dolph looks around to find the others, Digimon and partners alike, staring up in awe at his partner and Zack's, working together to weaken Aquilamon until another attack slams right into his almost weakened side and sends him crashing into the ground, leaving a crater large enough that it feels like an earthquake. Patamon and Impmon approach warily, clearly wondering if they need to try another attack, but they take one look at the Digimon and know: It's already fading, about to delete, so there's no need. It's a magestic Digimon, however, causing all of the Digidestined to feel sad as they think of it getting infected in whatever's been going around corrupting Digimon... "We gotta figure that out and put a stop to it," Seth mumbles, narrowing his eyes at Dolph as he walks past, squeezing Patamon and making him giggle.

"Look at you, learning combo attacks with Impmon! Zack's gonna be so impressed when we get him home safely!"

"We make a pretty good tag team," Patamon says, glancing down at Impmon. "I hope Zack's home soon..."

"He will be," Dolph promises. "I'll make sure of it."