The last thing any of them expected is to find a tall, red and white armored digimon named Suijinmon blasting a village full of Terriermon, leaving little piles of data every where he stomps. Digivolution attempts are thwarted by a swipe of the creature's arm, sending Otamamon and Gabumon far away, landing uncomfortably against some rocks. As Dean and Del Rio run to check on their partners, Zack and Dolph exchange uncomfortable glances.

There's only really one way to make this work, the two men using their bodies to shield their partners as they attempt to digivolve. Suijinmon pauses mid-attack to stare at the two men, standing with their arms spread out, trying to protect their partners so that they can end Suijinmon. He makes a strange laughing noise before swiping out once more, Zack gasping as he just grazes him, the full force of the blow hitting Dolph. "BRO!" he cries out, turning sharply to watch his best friend get swatted away as if nothing more than a fly. He wants to run to him, to check, but Impmon and Patamon are still vulnerable so he waits, biting his lip and seething in anger at how helpless they really are against these evil digimon.

Finally, HippoGriffomon and Wisemon rushes forward and targets Suijinmon, leaving Zack free to run to the side and scramble to Dolph's side, dropping to his knees next to him and cupping his face in an eerie recreation of Raw the week prior. "Bro," he hisses. "Bro! C'mon, look at me." Dolph is covered in dirt and scratches, and he looks pale. Thankfully there's no blood that Zack can see, not that that means anything. Zack only knows a little medical how-to, so he's careful and uncertain as he runs his fingers down Dolph's chest and stomach, gingerly checking his head as best as he can without jostling him.

The flashes and yells from the battle behind barely registers with Zack, choosing to trust in the combined abilities of their partners as he searches for some sign of recognition in Dolph. He cups his face again, runs his hand through his brown hair, tries to revive him without moving his neck too much... just in case. "Come on!" he hisses out, gritting his teeth. "You helped me last week and I can't do a damn thing for you, come on!" He only realizes tears are hindering his vision when he struggles to make sense of the blue mixed in with the orange that he's looking at, finally gasping when fingers reach out and brush away the trails of wetness.

"You're doing plenty," Dolph rasps out, smirking a little as Zack gapes at him. "The digimon..." He tries to look around Zack but fails when he throws his arms around Dolph, hugging him tightly.

"Don't ever scare me like that again," he mumbles into Dolph's neck, feeling as he chuckles weakly. "Idiot. What are you laughing about?"

"Just thinking what the fangirls would be thinking about all of this," Dolph sighs. Zack pulls away at this and makes a face at him before turning to watch as the battle winds down, HippoGriffomon hitting the final blow that shatters Suijinmon into hundreds of little pieces of data that soon drifts away on the wind.

Del Rio and Dean join them a moment later, their partners held protectively in their arms, looking a little battered but conscious. "Help me up," Dolph tells Zack, holding a hand out and, although Zack hesitates, he eventually goes along with it, deciding to get Dolph checked out properly later on once they're back on earth. This is reinforced when Dolph staggers, clearly dizzy, and Zack grabs him, keeping him upright. "I'm ok," he insists as Impmon frowns at him.

"Well, you will be," Zack sighs, stroking his neck. "C'mon, let's go home, bros." He drapes Dolph's arm over his shoulder and drags him up to his full height, giving it a minute. "Alright?"

"Yeah. Let's go." Checking to make sure that Del Rio and Dean are close behind, looking displeased and worried for their partners, Dolph and Zack trudge back towards the portal, relieved that, despite everything, they had stopped Suijinmon from destroying the rest of the village and they're all still relatively healthy.

They exchange quick grins before holding their digivices out to open the portal to go home.