Miz sighs as he stares around at the others. They're back in the Digiworld, waiting for Luke's next announcement. Recovery is slow, but he thinks they're starting to get over it. Personally, he doesn't feel as much fear being here in the Digiworld as he had immediately after everything went down. Even so, he finds himself keeping a closer eye on everything and everyone. Just in case.
Luke doesn't even get an opportunity to tell them what's going on when there's an explosion that sends them all off balance. They gape as rocks and dirt rain down upon them, Luke's homebase effectively destroyed. "Holy hell," Seth mumbles as they stagger backwards, the Digidestined's vision blocked by something dark and large that had landed with a crashing thud.
Mike stares up, his vision finally clearing enough to realize it's a large, black dragon creature with golden claws and orange wings that fade into a blood red, adding to his menacing. "Oh God," he breathes as Monodramon digs his claws into his shirt sleeve.
"It's Black Imperialdramon," he hisses desperately. "He's the highest evolution! We can't beat him... Mike-!"
Miz bites his lip and looks around at the others, who are standing, frozen, as they stare at the terrifying beast before them. "We need to do something," he tells Monodramon. "We survived four of our fellow teammates getting kidnapped and forced to attack us, we can survive... whatever this is."
Monodramon stares up at him, swallowing. "Alright, Mike. I'll... try..." Even after digivolving to Cyberdramon and leering down at Black Imperialdramon, it's clear he's not comfortable with the situation.
"Positron laser," the large beast yells, reacting to Cyberdramon's evolution with the same attack that had destroyed Luke's area. As a dark beam blasts from a cannon on his back that had been barely visible from where Mike's standing, Cyberdramon only has time to fly up and avoid most of it, though it explodes against his legs and sends him off-course.
When he lands, he immediately collapses, Mike stepping forward but having no choice other than to stop short when Black Imperialdramon looks towards him, his claws digging into the ground. "Hey, um, we can be friends, right?" he asks, lifting his hands in supplication.
Black Imperialdramon stomps towards him and he swallows, stumbling backwards and shaking his head. "Mega Death," he roars, lowering his head and opening his mouth. The beam that blasts out of it is frightening, overwhelming while still feet away, and Mike's life flashes before his eyes as Cyberdramon struggles to move, the others try to do something and-
There's a gold flash of light. Time seems to slow as an unmeasurable amount of gold spheres appear between Mike and Black Imperialdramon, the evil Digimon squinting against the brightness. As it intensifies, he roars out in pain and struggles to attack again and again, but his beams stop short of Mike and the others, exploding against something invisible. "Um..."
It takes what feels like a long time, Cyberdramon painfully crawling over to Mike, but finally Black Imperialdramon exhausts himself until his data fragments and begins to pour away from his body, leaving him unable to do anything before he finally deletes completely.
As soon as he's gone, it's like a switch has flipped for Mike. He can see. A golden light is streaming down upon himself and the others, coming from a golden creature hovering in the sky above them. Their eyes are locked, Mike holding his breath as the massive creature examines him.
The other Digidestined are shifting, mumbling to themselves about him, but it's barely audible to him, his entire focus on this strange Digimon. Finally it fades into nothing and he swallows, reality returning to him as he stares back around at the others.
"What were you looking at, Mike?" Monodramon asks, his legs still seeming weak as he struggles to stand.
"You couldn't see it?" he asks, glancing around as everyone shakes their heads, looking confused and- some of them, anyway- worried. "... Well, that's comforting." He sighs.
