With so many of their numbers missing, and everyone in Chicago anyway for the holiday events, the Raw and Smackdown superstars group together for this week's journey to the Digiworld. Most don't like each other, but it's a necessary evil.
Seth oversees Alicia, Carmella, Jason, Miz, Chad, TJ and Tamina as they wander around, checking their digivices for the map of emergencies, and discuss amongst themselves what to do. "Guys," he calls out, his gravelly voice attracting their attention. "I know there are a lot of spots on the map that need assistance but we're not going to split up this time, alright? We need to stick together for each other's safety. So let's pick a spot and go for it."
After some discussion and a very minor bit of arguing when Chad wants to go to one place while the others disagree, they set off for a spot nearby, choosing to start there and then move on to other spots if everything goes smoothly. The destruction is obvious before they even arrive, a cloud of smoke and debris rising up before them. "Whoa," Tamina hisses out softly.
The closer they get, the more distressed their partners look. "I can't go any closer," Betamon finally says, breathing raspy, eyes wide with fright. "Seth, none of us can. It's... there's a vibe in the air... can't you feel it?"
He looks down. "Betamon, there are creatures there that need our help. We can't just... hide from whatever it is, besides it'll be eight of us to face whatever it is and a lot of you guys have evolved at a high level of power. We'll be fine. Come on, buddy. I need you." He looks hopefully down at Betamon, who swallows hard.
"F- fine, but... I don't think it's a good idea," Betamon breathes out. He trudges forward, aware that Seth is worried about his tag team partner, eager to check out anything just in case it leads them to finding the various digidestined missing.
The closer they get, the more pockets of data are floating around, showing where recently deleted digimon once were. Seth feels ill at the death and destruction around them, entire houses and stone buildings collapsed along the path. Then he sees it, just as Alicia cries out and runs forward despite Tamina and Carmella trying to stop her. "Alicia! No!" he barks out but it's too late, she touches the downed Chocomon, making soft, comforting noises when-
There's a blast of energy and Chocomon grows- grows- grows... into Mastemon, a half-angel, half-demon digimon who sneers at Alicia. One minute the group of them are standing there dumbly and the next, there's a blank, deep space before them, engulfing everything, as Mastemon raises her arms.
Seth doesn't even have time to yell before he's swallowed up by it as well.
