A bright flash of energy stops Velveteen Dream's forward momentum. All he can do is stand there, frozen in place, watching as Examon is engulfed in a blinding glow, everyone having to turn away to keep from losing their vision. Dream gasps and covers his own eyes, shaking and struggling. "Wh- what's happening?" he demands, relieved when the power seems to ease up some, Examon standing before him, looking down at his hands, his body, everything, in an attempt to make sure he's not slowly deleting.

"You pathetic human!" Examon roars. "I will not be defeated by such fools!" He lunges forward, claws extended towards Dream, who is once more paralyzed with fear and uncertainty, and-

"We will not allow you!" Drake informs him, shocking Dream when he appears by his side, a determined look on his pale face. "No one else will be hurt by you here!" Despite their size difference, he's standing in front of Dream, protectively, and Dream closes his eyes against the visual, his pride taking more and more of a hit the longer he's standing here, useless and weak. "Velveteen Dream," Drake calls his name, urgency in his voice. The command of a leader. Dream forces himself to look. "I understand this hurts, but I need you to move. Right now. Alright?"

Each step feels like he's wading through quicksand, but he manages it- one foot shuffling backwards before the other joins it, more and more distance coming between him and Examon. He doesn't even fight when someone plucks his sleeve and pulls him even further to safety, half-heartedly looking up to find Miz brushing past him. "Stay back here, stay safe," he barks at him before rushing forward, Monodramon already digivolving as they run.

Morrison offers him a vague smile before he rushes off too, flames dancing around FlaWizarmon's wrists as he follows.

Dream closes his eyes, clenching his digivice and trying not to curl in on himself as the sounds of fighting grows louder, harder to ignore as more time carries on. "Please, Bio Thunderbirmon," he whispers. "Please come back to me."