Voltobautamon bats away Lotusmon's every attempt at attack like it's nothing, and Seth thinks, he really considers sending as many Digimon as he has available against this monstrous creature to help Asuka out, but there's a look on Asuka's face, like she's determined to see this through on her own, and on some levels, Seth can understand it but pride cometh before the fall, and all that. He exhales and looks down to where Shinsuke is still struggling, clearly beaten up and bruised in the sand, and Seth closes his eyes, squeezing his shoulder as if trying to console him that he's not alone, that help has arrived. "We're here," he murmurs. "You're gonna be ok."
"LOTUSMON!" Asuka suddenly yells and all eyes are on the battle now as Voltobautamon pins her down close to the ocean, dark water lapping against her light purple flesh. If the water crests any higher, she is in serious danger of drowning, and Asuka seems uncomfortably aware of this as she lunges forward and lands a knee to the evil Digimon, baring her teeth at him as he looks up at her.
Voltobautamon begins to laugh, a deep, cruel sort of cackle coming from deep in his throat, and this sends a shudder down the spine of Seth, Heath and every other digidestined crowded around, watching, trying to think of a way to help. The foreboding darkness of this ocean weighs on all of them, makes any thought- any action- hard to decide on, as fear and self-destructive worries about their ability to be any sort of help leaves them unable to truly help either Asuka or Shinsuke right now.
So no one can move to help, just watch with mouths dropping in fresh horror, as Voltobautamon swipes out and sends Asuka flying into a pile of rocks a few feet away, as if she weighs absolutely nothing. "Please..." Seth mumbles, his hands trembling as he clenches them into fists at his side. He stares at the cascading pile of pebbles and stones still covering where Asuka had landed. Meanwhile, Voltobautamon continues laughing as if it's the funniest thing he's ever seen."SHUT UP!"
He's supposed to be the top guy in WWE, champion and guy that everyone looks up to. He's supposed to take care of his fellow Digidestined, get them home safely after every mission. Standing here, while Shinsuke suffers, and Asuka and Lotusmon get taken apart bit by bit isn't something Seth freakin' Rollins would do. So he finds his feet, he hoists Betamon up and presses his forehead to his partner's. "I know we've been through a lot, but I need a little more from you. Please? For me?"
Betamon nods at this, clearly still feeling the affects of everything else that's happened. "I will always be here to fight by your side," he promises.
Seth nods at him, holding out his digivice. "Digivolve!" he calls, and when the blinding light fades away, MetalSeadramon streaks forward and blasts Voltobautamon with as much electricity as he can, roaring in anger. His attack isn't as strong as it usually appears to be, but it's enough to hold the evil creature back.
Seth's head whips to the side as Asuka moans and stirs from the pile of rocks she'd landed in, and he scrambles over to her, tossing aside as many rocks as he can. "Do you need help?" Heath yells over to him, and oh God, it's tempting just to grab someone, get help, but they're all beat up, and scared, and it seems like just a good way to get more people hurt.
"No! Stay where you're at," he commands, breathing a little easier when he spots Asuka's multicolored hair, now stained a dark shade of red, tacky and viscous against her dyed strands. He swallows hard and continues pulling the rocks away from her, finally getting ahold of her and hoisting her away, out onto the ground. "Hang in there, Asuka," he mumbles, pressing a hand to her arm so she knows she's not alone. "We're gonna get you through this. I swear."
But first, first they have to defeat Voltobautamon...
