Daichi: T.K. knows about Control Spire Digimon earlier now, so there could be a few extra rifts in the team.

Verity: We don't really own this thing.

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He hadn't realized that there was danger until it was too late to do anything. He'd realized that Angemon wasn't an option at the moment, but not why. In hindsight, maybe taking down all of the towers when he could would have been a good idea. Still, he hadn't expected too much trouble that day and that may have had something to do with it.

The explosion clued him in on the fact that there was a hostile, but he figured that the others could handle it. The other... five.

"I didn't know he was planning on showing up today."

"That could be literally anyone else with a Digivice."

"In this area? This quickly? Everyone else is busy today. You know that." Either way, they decided to return to the others, just in case.

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Thunderballmon was not a common type of Digimon, not by a long shot. T.K. couldn't honestly say that he had seen one before, but he wasn't even certain if it was a real Digimon. After what had happened the day before, he couldn't say that he'd ever really be certain of that fact again.

Armadimon had Digivolved, that was a good sign. Still, he realized that, somewhere along the line, they had forgotten to tell the new kids something.

Davis, Yolei, and Cody had never battled a truly evil Digimon before. While having a good impression of the denizens of the Digital World was a good thing for a DigiDestined to have, they would end up putting themselves in danger before long. He certainly couldn't remember ever being like that.

Then again, his first day in the Digital World was basically getting constantly attacked by territorial Digimon, or those that were just aggressive. Digimon controlled by others had only been encountered after the ones that thought for themselves. From the beginning, he had dealt with the worst that the Digital World had to offer, and didn't exactly come out unscathed.

Thunderballmon had been knocked away, but as a Digimon that wasn't protecting territory or similar, it likely would not stop attacking until either it or the DigiDestined were dead. He couldn't intervene, either. There was a distance, and he couldn't close it in.

Stingmon could, though.

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"He... he killed it!"

"Yes, Cody, we know." This was what he had arrived to see. In hindsight, he should have seen this coming. "We all saw it."

"Why is he even back in the Digital World, though?" Davis asked. "Last I saw him, he could barely stand up."

"That doesn't matter! What matters is the fact that he just killed a Digimon!"

He wanted to spring to Ken's defense, but that would bring up several things he'd rather stay buried. Fortunately, Kari handled that without even being asked.

"That Thunderballmon wasn't being controlled by anything, was it?" She mused.

The conversation didn't continue.

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The next day, Davis brought up the idea of Ken joining the group. Yolei and Cody were firmly against it, on the basis that Ken had had Stingmon kill the Thunderballmon that had attacked them. Kari was on the fence about it. Hearing this, Davis seemed to give up.

"I think it's a good idea," T.K. stated.

"Why?"

"Didn't you see him yesterday? He killed somebody!"

"Devimon." The others looked at him in confusion. "Phantomon. More Vilemon than I can count. Piedmon." At the final name, Kari's eyes widened in realization.

"What are those names?" Yolei asked.

"Patamon's kill list."

"Patamon's... kill list? He's killed before?"

"There wasn't really a choice. Devimon would have killed me. Phantomon, most likely, given the chance, but he was collateral. The Vilemon were actively attempting it. Piedmon's continued existence was a threat to the entire Digital World."

"The whole world? But, he lived there, didn't he?"

"Do you know what Digimon is short for?" Gatomon asked. "Digital Monsters. Some of us... choose to live up to that name more fully. The Vilemon were among that group. And Piedmon... if it weren't for MagnaAngemon, none of us would be here today."

Cody shook his head. "There's no way a Digimon could be that bad."

"And a human could? There's something strange going on in the Digital World, and it's not just some kid this time."

"What makes you think that?" Yolei asked. "I mean, we haven't seen much going on, but it seems to be peaceful."

"File Island seemed peaceful, and half of it's inhabitants were being controlled by Black Gears to serve a powerful demon Digimon," Patamon pointed out.

Davis blinked a few times. "You have to tell us more of your old stories."

"Maybe once you can reliably get my name right."

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Daichi: As you can see, both T.K. and Ken have issues. Also, the new kids seem to have been somewhat locked out of the loop.