Shinsuke holds Coronamon close, keeping a watchful eye on everything- the ocean raging just a few feet away, on Voltobautamon, on his partner's soft breathing. He forces himself to breathe steadily as well, teeth gritted as he waits for something- anything to happen, to make things change. He sees so many Digimon in the water, in the air, on the ground. They all seem focused on him, smug and evil and waiting for an opportunity to do something. He blinks quickly and turns his glance back to his partner, relieved when he stirs and looks around in fear before turning his attention back to Shinsuke. "Where are we?"
"The Darkness Ocean," Nakamura explains in a low, numb voice, squeezing his partner and directing his gaze across to where Voltobautamon is standing, listening to all of this with a faint smirk on his face.
Coronamon follows his gaze and flinches, recognizing both the digimon and the situation they're in. "Oh no."
Shinsuke inclines his head, feeling much the same. "Hai, I agree."
Coronamon presses his face into Shinsuke's chest and Shinsuke holds onto him tighter, comforted by his partner's presence now that he's awake and talking to him.
-x
Chad paces around, tugging at his hair, clearly missing it being longer so he'd have something to really hold onto right now. "Dammit," he groans. "This is so bad, how can we try to find Shinsuke when we don't even know where he went? And I can't remember which way we went to get to the Digiport..." He buries his face in his hands. "Jason was always so much better at this than I am..."
Aiden pats him on the back and looks around as Pekomon pokes him and points, Aiden glancing at him for a moment before turning to Chad. "Let's try this way," he says simply, urging the upset man on. They follow Pekomon's directions and sure enough, within five minutes, they're back at the Digiport.
Chad lights up like it's Christmas three months early and grabs Aiden's partner, hugging him tightly. "Oh my God, you saved the day, Pekomon!" he cries out, Aiden smothering his laughter at how uncomfortable his partner looks right now, before rescuing him with a gentle tug to get him out of Chad's grasp.
"No point in standing around gawking at it," Aiden says. "Let's go save Shinsuke. Digiport, activated!" Chad joins him and together, their devices light up and beams rove together enough to send them through, back to Luke's hideout, hopefully where they'll get help and some answers in figuring out where Shinsuke's disappeared to.
