Alicia stares over the skies of the Digiworld, hugging Lillimon as they hover. "I don't feel so great," she admits to her partner. "I'm glad we were allowed to find a mission to deal with on our own."
"I'm sorry Noam hurt you," Lillimon tells her. "You deserved better." She flies a little higher, allowing the wind to play with Alicia's hair. "But he'll get his, I have no doubt." She hugs Alicia closer and then swoops down, smiling when Alicia lets out a small woop of surprise, squeezing her tighter. "I've got you," she says softly. "You're safe."
"I know," Alicia says, undisturbed when her partner starts flying in circles. She rests her head on Lillimon's shoulder and closes her eyes, enjoying the sensation of the wind in her hair, the weightlessness of it all. "This is nice."
"Yes, it is," Lillimon agrees, staring down at the village they're heading towards. "Hang on, I'm gonna land in a minute."
"Alright." Alicia tightens her grip a little more and peeks down as Lillimon eases down to the ground. She's just touched the pavement below when- an energy ball strikes Lillimon in the side and sends her flying to the side, Alicia landing hard and looking up in time to see Silphymon appear out of nowhere, laughing mockingly at them.
"Poor Digidestined, fall down, went boom," the creature says mockingly. "Yah!" Twisting his wrists around, he creates a tornado and sends it after them, Lillimon struggling to get to her feet and cringing against the pain spreading through out her body.
"Alicia!" she cries, finally diving forward and grabbing her partner, shielding her from as much of the tornado as possible. Alicia grips her and closes her eyes, trying not to cry at the intense pressure of the wind. Lillimon whimpers as they're buffeted around, the wind finally dying away and leaving them motionless against the ground.
"Lillimon!" Alicia cries, sitting up and grabbing her bloodied, battered partner. "No, no, no-"
"I'm ok, help me up," Lillimon grits out, struggling to her feet with some assistance from Alicia's shaking hands. She looks around and, upon spotting Silphymon, holds her hands out before her. "FLOWER CANNON!" Alicia has to hold her up as she aims and fires desperately, following Silphymon's rapid motions across the grass, trying to confuse them. "Left, Alicia, left!" Lillimon yells, finally getting a hit in and tripping Silphymon a few feet forward, sending him face first into a wall.
He grunts and tries to get up but is met with an impressive amount of vines protruding from Lillimon's skin, stabbing through his armor and searching for vulnerable flesh. He screams out as he's stabbed in multiple places by the sharp attack, little trickles of data pouring from his body. "No, not like this!" he screams, trying to attack again just to get met with another blast of energy from Lillimon's hands. Alicia watches in awe as he deletes, his body slowly crumbling in on itself.
"We should check on the village," Alicia says, not wanting to return to Luke's just yet. "Dedigivolve, I can walk us back."
"Are you sure?" Lillimon asks, not having much choice as her weakened body fades into the smaller form of Palmon, which Alicia picks up and hugs gently.
"Yes, I'm sure," she says, kissing the top of Palmon's head. "Get some rest. I'll take care of you like how you took care of me. We'll be back with the others before you know it."
Palmon smiles up at her. "You're the best partner I could've asked for, Alicia."
"I doubt that," she murmurs, watching the digimon fall asleep, almost midword. "But I know you most definitely are more than what I deserve when it comes to partners being incredible."
