It had started off like any other trip to the Digiworld. The group of them slowly splitting up to handle business, Cass and Enzo talking like they always do, leaving their partners on edge... just for a sword to come out of nowhere and embed itself in the rock just above where Enzo is standing. He yelps and Cass immediately spins around, his heated gaze going left to right, trying to spot who it is- when another sword embeds at the sand in front of him.

So they're here, now, in this bizarre stand-still, Enzo breathing loudly while Cass tries not to think about the status of his pants. Their partners are trying to spot the culprit, do something, when he shows himself without encouragement- spinning directly into Buraimon and slicing him up so drastically that he immediately dedigivolves, Magnamon quickly following suit when the same thing happens to him. They lay limp and helpless on the ground when Enzo hisses out, "Cass! Hey, Cass, I think-"

"Enzo, don't move," Cass interrupts him with a grimace. "Just... stay still a minute." He doesn't like being gruff with his best friend, even when he's at his worst, but sometimes he just needs Enzo to chill out, pay attention to something other than the words racing through his mind. For once, Enzo listens with only a bit of a sputter. It doesn't matter though, as Gladimon lunges at them, his swords flashing this way and that, risking cutting Cass to pieces before stopping short just shy of his chest.

Enzo lets out a faint hiss behind Cass, as if he'd felt the slight pressure and chill of the blade as well, but Cass is frozen, shocked speechless as he stares into the lifeless eyes of the creature before him who, for whatever reason, seems intent on having his blood on his hands. "Why- what-"

"Because you are a digidestined, what other reason do I need?" he demands before slicing his sword down, leaving small cuts in Cass' chest, blood welling up quickly and staining the ground below him.

All Enzo can do is watch, mouth agape, as his best friend falls back, unconscious. Despite his size, the digimon holds some impressive strength because the next moment, Enzo is looking up in time to see Cass taken away, just like that. Leaving him and their unconscious partners behind. "No, no," he mumbles, shock slowly melting into horrified anger.

"CASS!"