Extreme Rules had been brutal. But with the two brands together, it makes it somewhat easier for the Digidestined to group together, move as one. Counting those not at the show, and those injured, there are nine of them preparing to go to the Digiworld to sort things out. Seth and Dolph on Raw's side- Kevin was at the arena, but he was too injured after flying off of the steel cage into the commentary table to be of any assistance- and Nakamura, Carmella, Rusev, James, Aiden, AJ and Xavier from the Smackdown side.
Nine people. Seth glances over at Shinsuke, purposely ignoring Ziggler as he tries to focus on what's ahead. "You said there are nine."
"Yes," Nakamura says. "Eight powerful Digimon and one that seems to make the others able to digivolve faster. Culumon." They exchange glances. It hadn't been that long ago that the Smackdown digimon had been attacked and left weakened to the point of deletion. They'd regained their strength slowly but haven't had any serious fights in awhile to really see if they can hold their own against stronger digimon like what they'll likely face at any time.
"Think we have any kind of a chance here?" Seth wonders and Shinsuke shrugs, somewhere between nonchalant and disinterested. Seth exhales, not liking how this night is going in the slightest. "Well, come on then," he says, holding his digivice out. The others follow suit and they all find themselves in the Digiworld, Seth quickly looking around. Things are quiet, almost too quiet, and he exhales, swiping a thumb over his digivice. The map shows nothing and he shakes his head, not liking any of this. They're just about to walk over to Luke's compound and figure things out when the map lights up.
Seth freezes, glances over at Nakamura once more. "Here we go," the Japanese man mumbles, urging Coronamon onwards in the direction the map is guiding them. Nothing feels right about this, but they have a responsibility as Digidestined, so...
Seth remains towards the back, both to avoid Ziggler and to keep an eye on things from behind while Shinsuke focuses towards the front. He watches Carmella and James walk side by side, James limping a little after his botched jump from the shark cage earlier. When she looks over, Seth does see some concern on her face, but she doesn't say anything and neither does he. Rusev and Aiden look about as happy about things, and Seth exhales. Shinsuke, AJ and Ziggler are the only ones who seem perfectly happy in the group, and that just doesn't seem fair either way you look at it.
Xavier falls back and half-heartedly smiles at him, the two of them walking in comfortable silence for awhile until he finally speaks. "Rough night, huh?"
"Yeah," Seth sighs. "I was just thinking about that." They exchange glances and Xavier sighs, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "Hopefully it's not a sign of things to come tonight."
Xavier claps him on the back. "Let's not think like that. Power of positivity and all, right?"
Seth smirks a little. "Whatever you say, man." They continue walking until Shinsuke says something lowly, everyone coming to a slow stop. Seth looks at his digivice to find that they've reached the red dot dictating where they're supposed to go.
"Help me," they hear from a few feet away and Seth grimaces, liking this less and less. "Please help me!" The voice is weak, clearly female, and they venture closer, spotting a struggling creature on the ground.
The closer they get, the more obvious it becomes just how weak she is. Data is already pouring from her wings and body, and Seth doubts they can really do anything for her, but he kneels down anyway, trying to figure out who attacked her- when fire rains down upon her, just missing him, and deletes her immediately, leaving them all shocked and frozen as shadows surround them. "They're here," Shinsuke says, his voice quiet and dark.
Seth stands up straight and looks around at the nine digimon surrounding them. "Shit," he exhales.
