It happens before they get their heads around what they're seeing. Before their partners can digivolve, before they can figure out what to attack with. Just a cascade of power that washes over them and leaves them flattened on the ground, Seth and Shinsuke both struggling just to regain their footing. "Betamon!" Seth cries out, relieved when his partner responds, warp digivolving to MegaSeadramon.
Likewise, Shinsuke holds his digivice out and looks pointedly at Coronamon who digivolves directly into Apollomon, standing side by side with MegaSeadramon. Kinkakumon laughs when she sees them, seeming undisturbed with their power levels as they approach the line of evil digimon. "You truly think you have a choice against us," she belittles them, aiming her spiked club at them. "This should be disappointingly easy."
Seth looks over quickly, sees that most of the others have moved or sat up, all looking dazed and not entirely with it. He breathes in and out before directing MegaSeadramon. "Go!"
He nods and whips forward, lightning blasting from his horn, Kinkakumon reflecting it easily with her club before lunging forward and batting at him with it. MegaSeadramon moves away just in time and Apollomon blasts fire at her, just for the other Digimon to lunge forward, their attacks once more going every which way. James dives forward and covers Carmella's body with his own when she screams, flame and electricity mixing in a really frightening way right in front of her face. "CHOROMON!" he calls out, his partner hopping forward and glowing in a bright light as James' digivice activates.
Chattering, the baby digimon grows rapidly, warp digivolving through his baby forms up through Rookie straight to champion level. "YAH! Goatmon!" he declares, stomping on the ground and shooting out supersonic waves at Kinkakumon, who hisses and drops to one knee, MegaSeadramon shooting electricity at her once more. Apollomon holds the others at bay with fresh flames, no one watching too closely as Shinsuke slips away.
Seth rushes over to the remaining digidestined. "Anyone whose digimon can help, do so now!" he demands, relieved when Rusev and Dolph get up, their partners joining in after digivolving. Bakemon and Beelzebumon split up to support MegaSeadramon and Apollomon, Beelzebumon sending waves of darkness towards Kinkakumon while Bakemon enforces Apollomon's fire attack with spells that threaten to hypnotize the creatures attempting to defend themselves.
There's a harsh laugh that distracts everyone, Seth looking up to find Shinsuke lurking behind the cowed line of evil Digimon, his slender fingers digging into a small Digimon's forehead where a green triangle resides. "Call off your attacks or the Digi-Entelechy will die," he informs them coldly, Calumon's cries and pleas falling on deaf ears as Shinsuke merely applies more pressure to his source of energy.
"Kinkakumon!" the little creature wails, paws flailing as the battle field freezes, all eyes on Shinsuke and Calumon.
To be continued...
