After Australia, things start to slowly click again. The Raw Digidestined all walk quietly through the digiworld, Seth listening as the group behind him whisper and mumble amongst themselves. He looks around, thoughtful and careful as he picks around a crater from a previous battle that he vaguely remembers. He's approaching one of the flashing red lights on the digivice when Dean walks up alongside him, Seth glancing over at him with a small smile. "Hey."

"Hey." Betamon and Otamamon are at their feet, exchanging glances, when Dean locks eyes with Seth. "You alright?"

"Yeah, I'm good," he says. He's sore, he'd been pretty battered by Strowman, Drew and Ziggler, not to mention jetlag and the general grind wearing him down, but he feels a little better as Dean examines him closely. Something changed in Australia, Dean had been distant, angry after his injury and Seth thinks Dolph and Drew were nearly correct in their accessment of the Shield drama, or at least Dean's POV and it eats at him so badly to think Dean really, truly felt so alone and thrown aside during his injury. But between Roman taking all of Braun's weight on in a spear through the barricade, and Seth crawling towards Dean, screaming for him, things had changed. Dean had begun to react again, helping Roman out of the reckage, and initializing a hug with Seth, lightly kissing the top of his forehead before letting him go for the three of them to hold their fists out to confirm their brotherhood.

"You sure?" Dean asks.

"Yep." Seth won't be running any races, or doing any high intensity crossfit work outs for a couple days, but it's a start. They walk on silently, side by side, Seth feeling Dean's fingers brushing against his with each step taken. They're just about to walk forward through the gate into the village, when something flashes before them and SEth moves quickly, pushing Dean to the side and down. He blinks hard when he feels a faint thread of pain down his side and forces his eyes open. He's held to the ground by a blade, the fabric of his shirt held to the snagged by the blade, blood trickling down his ribs. Whenever he tries to move, more pain shoots through his already taxed body and he whimpers.

"SETH!" Dean yells, the other digidestined behind him gasping. All eyes shift slowly from Seth to rest on a creature that seems to be formed by nothing but swords. Ouryumon. Betamon rushes to his partner while Dean grits his teeth and holds his digivice out to Otamamon. "Go!"

After digivolving to Plesiomon, he turns his attention to Ouryumon, a mournful cry coming from deep in his diaphram and Ouryumon grits his teeth, wavering where he stands before shaking his head roughly and sending more swords out, Dean instinctively shielding Seth's body with his own as he waits for the attack to land- but Betamon is there, Betamon digivolves to Seadramon and blasts the swords away with ice, freezing them and causing them to crash to the ground. Pleasiomon lands heavily in front of Ouryumon and tries again, sending stronger shockwaves out at him and feeling as his very digicore rattles. It's not enough, however, Ouryumon at a level so beyond most others that it's intimidating.

Seadramon joins him and they continue to work together, just for swords to slice through the air and only just miss where they're standing, Seth staring up at Dean as he gingerly feels around Seth's side to figure out how bad the damage is. Meanwhile, back at the fight, Gaogamon and Beelzebumon join them. Dolph nor Owens are thrilled to be helping the Shield brothers and their partners, but they seem to realize it's necessary after everything that the groups have experienced together.

"Is it serious?" Owens asks grimly, kneeling down close to Seth and Dean.

"I don't think so," Dean says, gritting his teeth and glaring distrustfully from Owens to Dolph as they hover nearby, watching the battle carry on. "Seth, what do you think?"

"I think I'm fine," he says, voice shaking a little. "Get me free."

Owens and Dean exchange glances before Owens grips the hilt of the sword and pulls it out of the ground, freeing Seth. Dean immediately moves, pressing down on the bloody portion of Seth's shirt, holding his breath when no serious amount of blood starts pouring out between his fingers. He gingerly pulls back and looks at the wound, exhaling softly when he sees that it's very minor. "I'm ok," Seth mumbles, closing his eyes and leaning against Dean as he tugs him up gingerly. He takes a minute before turning back to the fight, holding his digivice out. "SEADRAMON!"

MegaSeadramon appears a moment later and arches his nose at the digimon. "THUNDER JAVELIN!" Mixing with Gaogamon's wind attacks and Plesiomon's soundwaves, the strong amount of energy slams into Ouryumon, leaving him weakened and struggling to attack again with his swords. Before he can make a desperate move, however, Beelzebumon aims his gun and shoots wildly at Ouryumon, the various projectiles from his attack slicing through what remains of Ouryumon's strength, finally causing it to shatter in half, the digimon quickly deleting before their very eyes.

Seth exhales, relaxing a little bit, and Plesiomon says something about the digital ocean, Dolph frowning as he stares up at Plesiomon, lost in thought. He's heard a lot about the digital ocean, especially in connection with the sea of data in the middle of the ocean, growing in size and depth every time they delete a digimon. As he joins the others, a hesitant plan begins to form to bring him some badly needed answers.