The cave is dark. Enzo is limp. Kevin comes to and isn't sure what to do, where to turn. He breathes in deeply and listens to Cupimon chattering to itself somewhere in the darkness. He holds onto Enzo's arm and tries not to lose his mind while he waits. The others have to come, he thinks, but they're not. And he's not sure what to do. "Please," he mumbles. "Please..." Everything hurts. He wishes Jericho was nearby, if only to keep him conscious with his ramblings.

It's obvious when the ground shifts and a digimon approaches. He's tall, he's dangerous. Owens can barely breathe through the heat that he is bringing with him. The cave is still dark, impossible to see through. He holds onto Enzo and struggles to locate Veemon before more flames wash over near them, melting some of the rocks and leaving Owens struggling not to scream as his arm burns, the hair singing off of it. "Please, please, please-" he mumbles, and then Cupimon appears.

It glows brightly, encompassing the darkness and- well, yeah, blinding Owens in the process, but still. Once he blinks it away, he can see, he can understand what's going on around him, can see the blisters forming on his arm and make sure to avoid the heat from now on. He groans and pokes at Enzo, trying to get him to stir, to do anything, but there's nothing. The guy is out. He's about to really panic about that when there's an explosion and yelling, the digimon distracted first by Cupimon's attack, and next by what's going on behind him. But there's nothing for it- Cupimon hits him again and again with blasts of light, and then-

"LIghtning Javelin!" More light, sizzling through the darkness, impacting with the creature and sending him diving away from Owens and Enzo. They lay there, Owens trying to shield the smaller man from debris and the heat, when Cass drops down next to them, the battle ongoing behind them. "Enzo," he breathes out, tears dripping down his face. He pulls his partner away from Owens and cradles him, nuzzling into his shorn, dyed hair.

"He, uh," Owens begins awkwardly, "He was talkin' a little bit but then this place caved in and he's been quiet ever since."

Cass is clearly worried, the battle ongoing behind them, but he hoists Enzo up a little higher and murmurs to him until finally, finally, Enzo's voice crackles out, causing both of them to sag in relief. "Don't scare me like that, Zo," Cass mumbles, MetalSeadramon and Algomon Ultimate continuing to war on behind them, flashes and roars of anger issuing from the two creatures until finally MetalSeadramon breaks through distortion caused by his attacks and lunges through Algomon, sending electicity pulsing through him and causing him to scream out in agony... before shattering into pieces of data.

"Ay, what's that light?" Enzo slurs, his eyes still closed as he leans against Cass.

"That's our ticket home," Cass chuckles, stroking Enzo's hair.

"...I missed home," Enzo admits, leaning against him.

"Well, that's fix that."

Veemon is awake and with it by the time they return to earth, Enzo also regrouping well enough. "Thanks for comin' to find me, Big Cass," Enzo says while sprawled out on the couch at home. "I missed ya'."

"I missed you too, man," Cass says, leaning against the back of the couch to stroke Enzo's hair. "Next time, never ever do something like that me again, alright?"

Enzo chuckles. Nods. "Yessir, Big Cass, sir!"