Heath is staring up at the blue sky overhead, his face throbbing, as the gory sounds of Moosemon tearing at himself continues on and on and on, tears dripping down the ginger's face and making his injuries itch and burn. "Dammit," he breathes. "Moosemon, please, stop." Struggling, he sits up and inches towards his partner, ignoring any chance of Gatomon getting a second shot against him even as blood drips down his chin and stains his shirt, the ground, everything.

He's almost at Moosemon's side when Miz calls out over the battlefield, distracting him. He squints over at the Most Must See Superstar, watching as he walks resolutely over to Seth, ignoring everything going on around them. Heath can't focus, can barely see through the gash mark down his face so he turns his attention back to Moosemon, dragging himself back to his feet and trying once more to wrap his trembling arms around the Digimon and stop him from hurting himself further, a distressing amount of his data scattered on the ground.

He's just touched his flank when Wade appears out of nowhere and flicks Heath in the face, causing him to cry out as fresh waves of agony courses through his system, sending him flailing away from his partner yet again. "I'm afraid I've got some bad news," Wade tells him coldly. "Your partner is going to delete itself momentarily and there's nothing you can do to stop it."

Heath sobs bitterly and scrambles through the dirt, gripping Wade's pant legs as he tries again to get to his feet, succeeding at little more than to get to his knees. "Wade, please," he mumbles. "Fight this, help me... We useta be friends, remember?" He stares up at him beseechingly. "One hundred percent support and all'a that?" Wade's sneer doesn't lose any of its ugliness, Heath shivering as his last hope disappears.

Not far away, Dolph is still holding onto Zack, desperately hoping that this will fix things, when he hears Wizardmon scream out in fresh agony. He buries himself into his best friend, horrified at the sound and not wanting to see, but knowing that he has to, so he reluctantly pulls away from Zack and turns to stare as Darcmon's sword lances through Wizardmon's shoulder, tattering his clothes even worse and scattering data every which way.

He's agape when something rough digs into his ribs, the sharp ridges of Zack's Digivice imprinting in his flesh. "Let me take that guilt and pain away from you... Join the party, bro," he says darkly, black energy streaming out of the Digivice and cocooning Dolph from head to toe, almost immediately eating away at his sanity, his innate goodness that he pretends away with his HEEL act.

"DOLPH!" Wizardmon screams out through his own torture, trying to fight off Darcmon to rescue his partner. "No! Stop!" As the darkness begins to win, he glitches and shorts out, his body slowly turning grey. "No..."

Alicia listens to all of the screams, unable to look away from Kyubimon as she approaches her and Kiwimon, a hungry look in her eyes as her flames burn hotter. "Stop this, please," she pleads with the fox Digimon. "AJ, we were close friends, please- fight this! I know you, you would never-"

"I would never what?" the former diva's champion demands, standing over her. "Do what I want? Fight for more power, strength, influence? Yes, I would, and you know this better than most... Kyubimon, you know what to do."

Fresh flames begin to lick towards Kiwimon and Alicia, her scream joining in with all of the others.

Miz stands tall, stares at Seth. It's a risk, something that could get them all killed, but he knows he has to try as Cyberdramon and MegaSeadramon continue to war behind them. Seth's ugly laughter echoing in his mind, he walks closer and only stops when they're nose to nose, Seth's laughter eventually fading as he glares at Mike. Before Seth can say anything, Mike reaches out and grips his wrist, digging his nails into it tightly. Seth's voice drowned out by the rushing in Mike's ears, he only observes the man's determination to free himself, tugging back as hard as he can but failing at breaking Mike's hold on him. "You may be the Digidestined of Darkness right now," he tells him lowly, barely able to hear himself, "but I know what darkness' weakness is..." He lifts his Digivice and crest up and Seth abruptly cowers, shaking his head desperately.

When Mike presses the two items to Seth's chest, feeling them immediately react to the evil energy swirling within him, he doesn't expect the chain reaction it brings about- suddenly he can hear, Seth's desperate, throat-shredding screams stabbing through his eardrums like knives. At the same time, Zack's hands fall away from Dolph, AJ twists around to stare, and Wade looks up from Heath, all eyes on Mike and Seth as the pure energy of the Digivice shatters the darkness' control on him, data pouring out of Seth's body and scattering against the ground before reforming into a tall, thick Digimon with two beasts' heads on either side of his body, a truly demonic appearance only able to be held by one Digimon: Grand Dracumon.

Almost simultaneously, blinding white light pours from Alicia, Dolph and Heath's Digivices, freeing Dolph in a volley of raining data that makes Zack yell out in anger before it impacts with him, sending him down to one knee as he struggles to fight it, his fingers clenching against his shirt collar. AJ stumbles back upon getting struck as well, her hair whipping around from the pure force as Alicia struggles not to drop her Digivice, shaking so hard that she can barely stand, much less anything else. Heath is breathing heavily as Wade is engulfed in light from his, still gripping him as he tries to keep himself together. The three of them go through the same thing Seth had, the dark form of Lady Devimon getting ejected from AJ's body, Pipismon reforming at Zack's feet, and Arkadimon flying behind where Heath and Wade are crouched.

Heath is frozen as he clings to Wade, glancing over his shoulder at the monsterous creature with orange claws awkwardly getting up to his feet and clicking his fingers together, clearly preparing to attack as soon as he's fully oriented to the world he now finds himself in. "Crap," the ginger mumbles, too tired to drag Wade away to safety, stuck here, watching as Arkadimon holds his hand out towards them, claws extending... when everything stops. A horrible yell echoes down from the heavens, causing the four evil Digimon to freeze and clutch their ears in turmoil. Despite the volume, it does nothing to harm the Digidestined or their recovering partners, so they watch, stupefied but relieved, as all four Digimon abruptly explode in a sea of data that drift then fade, their evilness going with it.

Heath swallows hard, glancing over at Moosemon as he collapses, then dedigivolves back to an exhausted Lopmon, a fretful Gatomon, now free of all darkness, hovering over him. "Ha," he wheezes as Wade kneels down next to him, terror in his now clear blue eyes as he reaches out for Heath's face. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Wade looks stricken, his hands immediately retreating, and Heath smiles wearily. "Hurts like a bitch already without you pokin' and proddin'... I'm glad you're back to normal, and yeah, I won't complain too much about this even if it scars since it moved everything along."

Wade releases a bitter laugh, squeezing Heath's neck as he examines him. "Oh please, you'll be moaning as soon as we're back on earth to get attention from all of the divas..."

Heath grins a little, releasing a breath. "I missed ya, Brit." Wade would never verbalize it, but when he tugs Heath closer and hugs him, Heath knows it's his way of returning the sentiment. Once they pull away and look around, it's clear the others are still regrouping too, Dolph rubbing Zack's back as he struggles to breathe normally, Miz supporting Seth as they walk side by side back to the others, Alicia squeezing AJ's hand as she shakes and cries into her hands.

Heath sucks in a deep breath and touches his face, uncomfortable with the thought that some scars invisible to the naked eye will more than likely have longer lasting impact than any of the superficial ones they all will walk away with after this. Wade must notice because, as he's helping Heath to his feet, he locks eyes with him and forces a tired, pained smile. "We'll be alright, Heath. Come on, let's go join the others so we can go home."

Despite it all, Heath believes him.