Miz paces around as Alicia and Palmon watch him. "Can you believe we've been doing this for almost two years now?" she asks idly, not sure why he's so restless, but needing to do something to fill the silence.
He barely focuses on what she's saying, lost in thought. Shakamon had been around, he'd sensed him, sometimes even saw a flash of gold now and again. "I know you're there," he mumbles, glancing down when Monodramon peers up at him. "I know you're watching us. Why not show yourself, Shakamon?"
Time passes, seconds, minutes, what feels like hours and Alicia's about to suggest that they return to Luke's because, even though their digivices had led them to this area, it's peaceful and quiet. She's just opened her mouth when Mike freezes and turns to look behind her. She immediately pauses and turns as well, her lips parted in confusion as she peers at the elderly looking digimon who is walking towards them, his face barely visible through grey hair. A staff with what looks like a claw at the end is in his hand, helping him to walk a little more steadier.
"Who are you?" Mike wonders, suspicious when he doesn't attack, barely moves except to stare at them. "What do you want?"
"Shakamon wished to observe what you would do, but apparently you've been sensing him, so he sent me to talk to you."
Mike nods slowly. "Alright, so he has someone babysitting me, huh?" Alicia looks confused, he notices out of the corner of his eye, and he vows to explain to her, if for no other reason than the fact that they're partners, and she should know what's going on with him in case it should affect any future missions.
"Observing," the digimon corrects with a tense kind of patience. "My name is Jijimon. I am here to make sure that Shakamon's agenda is upheld."
"What is his agenda?" Mike has just demanded when Monodramon and Palmon freeze, their eyes focused somewhere in the distance. "Is something wrong?"
Jijimon is looking in the same direction, adding to the humans' discomfort, but before anything could be done or said, there's a shrill whistling sound, and then... then... the entire world blows up in front of Mike and he feels sharp pain, then nothing but darkness before him.
