Shinsuke is annoyed. "Why he would wander off," he mumbles, "I will never understand. Foolish man." Their digivices show nothing useful. Without Seth, things feel even less purposeful. Shinsuke turns in a slow circle, a frown on-his face, not understanding.
"What do we do now?" Carmella asks, her hands on her hips. "This is ridiculous."
Shinsuke agrees wholeheartedly with her.
-x
Elsewhere, deep in the forest, surrounded by trees, a simple yell echoes out, sounding panicked. "SETH NO!"
Betamon leans over his unconscious partner and tries shaking him awake, tears in his eyes. "Seth, please!" He doesn't know a lot about humans, even after spending years among them, but he knows Seth's stillness, his pallor, are all bad signs. "Please wake up! Please!"
He's still begging and pleading, trying futilely to revive the man, barely budging him, when a shadow falls over them and Betamon immediately falls silent, looking up with fear in-his wide, wet eyes of an entirely different origin than what he'd been feeling prior. "Oh no..."
Docmon looks down at them, a wide sneer the only thing visible on his pale face as he brandishes two massive syringes at them. "Oh, poor things. No worries," he says, his voice disturbingly cheerful in the face of Seth's condition. "I will have everything fixed up right quick."
All Betamon can do is watch on in horror as he leaps down to join them, gritting his teeth together as he tries to think of what to do to keep Seth safe. "I won't let him touch you," he promises his vulnerable partner, even though he's not sure where to begin.
