Unfortunately for American Alpha, the path back to Luke's isn't safe either. They're barely halfway across when there's a loud squeech and pillars of bedrock shoot up before them, blocking their path, tripping them up. They gape at it, turning to glance at each other in a Oh Hell, now what? kind of way. They're still sprawled there when a digimon appears, moving around them on its four legged body with an obvious cat-like grace. She laughs at them. "Ooh, fresh digidestined with their baby digimon partners... how precious." Licks at her paws and bares her teeth at them.

Jason can't help but stare at her tail, which ends in a bizarre yellow ball, or the purple spikes protruding out of her body. She has red claws and one white wing, one black wing. Poyomon keeps chattering anxiously and she scoffs, tapping it in the nose with her claw. "Shut up," she says coolly, smirking when Poyomon immediately falls still on Jason's shoulder. "Good, you're capable of understanding grown up speak." She smirks at Jason, at Chad. "Oh, silly humans. Don't look so concerned. I'm not here to fight you. Not yet at any rate. It's no fun at the moment. But trust me, the instant I think you're ready, Duftmon Leopard Mode will return. And then... the games will begin." She purrs at them before disappearing as quickly as she'd appeared.

Chad grimaces, looking over at Jason. "Why are we attracting so much weird attention right now?"

"Hell if I know, man," Jason grunts, patting Poyomon and helping it to relax. "Let's get back quick before something else happens." They resume walking, careful to avoid the pillars still stabbing out of the ground. After a few moments, Chad speaks again.

"Hey, JJ?"

"Yeah, Chad?"

"I think that other digimon was right- we really should never leave the group."

Jason barks out a pained kind of laugh. "Yeah, man. I think so too."