Sorry for the wait, and sorry about this chapter being on the short side. Been rather busy lately. Hope you enjoy it, though!

"I can't thank you enough for your help. If you hadn't come when you did, Devimon and I would've been killed."

The young woman bowed, attempting to show respect to the bipedal lion in front of her. Devimon, who stood beside her, had a distasteful expression on his face; he clearly wasn't happy about the young woman thanking Leomon, who stood in front of them. When he snorted, Angela rammed her elbow into his side as hard as she could. He grunted, closing his mouth and frowning. The duo had tried to kill Leomon and the DigiDestined just a few weeks ago, so the lion was having trouble processing what was happening.

"It was no trouble," Leomon answered hesitantly. "Why were you…?"

"It's a rather long story," Angela stated, straightening herself. "In short, Laylamon was using a Digimon named Hypnocomon to force me to fight for her. Devimon stopped Hypnocomon, and I decided to fight against Laylamon. Devimon chose to come with me."

The explanation made him hum thoughtfully, silently wondering if what she said was true. Hypnocomon were a more…rare species of Digimon—that was the best way to describe it—and the fact that Laylamon had one in her ranks was worrisome. "Laylamon had a Hypnocomon working for her?"

Devimon eyes the lion, aware of the fact that Leomon was skeptical. "Yep. Little ass ran off."

"Why is that?"

"I scared the shit out of him."

Leomon tapped his arm. "Hmm. How did you find yourself in that particular situation, completely surrounded?"

Realizing that he was referring to the fight that had taken place just a few short minutes ago, Angela spoke up. "I talked with the DigiDestined for a little too long."

"You were speaking with them?" He asked, suspicious. Worry took over his curiosity; the DigiDestined were his friends. If something had happened to them…

Devimon rolled his eyes. "We didn't do anything to them. We just told them who Laylamon was exactly and did our best to convince them to trust us. Can't do much to help people if the ones you're wanting to help don't trust you."

His partner chimed in with, "Which was much easier than I thought it'd be."

"I'm surprised that Daiki kid agreed to it."

"He did threaten me, though."

"Like he'd be able to do anything. I'd beat him if he touched you."

This earned a pleased expression from the blonde. "At least everyone said they'd trust me before they left."

"Left?" Leomon repeated. "Left to go where?"

Sneering, Devimon turned around. "Back to the human world. Look, can we talk about this later? I'm exhausted."

"More like lazy," Angela muttered quietly under her breath.

Letting out a loud breath, Leomon placed his paw against the side of his head and closed his eyes. He was getting a headache talking to the two, but there was still quite a bit he didn't understand due to the fact that they kept distracting each other. How in the world was he supposed to question them when they weren't taking it as seriously as they should be? How could they possibly be so relaxed now, even if the fight was over? The situation was strange, as he and the other Resistance members he was with just happened to stumble across Laylamon's forces. Leomon had been the one to find Angela and Devimon; he was beginning to regret it. Now that he thought about it, he wondered what the others were going to think once they found them. Most of them weren't going to happy. Actually, it was more likely that none of them would be happy.

"Leomon!"

He just had to think about it. He really should stop jinxing himself.

His compatriots made their way over to him slowly, except for Agunimon; the warrior ran towards the lion with a grin. However, once he came closer, he stopped. His eyes were squarely on Angela. As the remainder of their group joined them, their eyes landed on the duo that had caused them many problems over the past few months.

"What the hell are you doing with them?" Agunimon cried out unexpectedly, motioning with his hands.

"Agunimon—"

"They're the enemy! The ones we've been trying to get rid of for months!"

"Agunimon, please—"

"Why in the world are you just standing there like that?!"

The fighter was clearly flustered and exasperated by the sight. From where they stood, Angela and Devimon watched them. The blonde was quite understandably uncomfortable.

"That is enough, Agunimon!" Harpymon snapped, clearly annoyed. "Leomon! You have ten seconds to explain yourself."

Why me? The lion wondered. "They're not against us."

The harpy paused. "Come again?"

"We're not fighting against you, we're fighting with you!" Angela declared.

"I do not recall asking you, human," Harpymon snapped.

The blonde glanced at her partner with an expression of mild offense. "That was rude."

Her partner grunted loudly. "Very."

"I suggest you be quiet before I force you to be. Now, Leomon, continue."

"It seems these two are no longer fighting for Laylamon," the lion explained.

"Are you absolutely sure about that?"

"They were being attacked by Laylamon's forces earlier. I decided to help them. That is why I was talking to them."

"You should've just let them be attacked," Agunimon muttered under his breath. Lobomon elbowed him. "Well, how do we know this isn't a trap? Huh?"

"You mean besides the fact that they weren't holding back?"

"And how would you know that?"

"Because I jumped in front of one of the attacks, Agunimon. I know just how much power they were putting into their attacks."

"Knock it off, you two," Harpymon said, glaring at them. "Angela. Devimon."

The two partners turned to look at the harpy, who had placed her wings behind her back. "Are you two willing to accompany us to our headquarters?"

Before either of them could answer, Agunimon exclaimed, "What?!"

"Um…what?" Angela echoed.

"You heard me," Harpymon grunted. "Both of you are going to come with us. We're going to interrogate you. If what Leomon says is true, you won't hide any information from us."

Angela looked up at Devimon. The devil shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, making her quietly laugh. When she glanced back at Harpymon, the harpy was clearly annoyed. The blonde grinned slightly before taking in a deep breath to clear her mind.

"Fine by us," she said, nodding. "We'll answer whatever questions you ask."

"Call the others. We're heading back to HQ. Hope you don't mind blindfolds."

Angela's eye widened. "…What'd you say?"

"Good lord," Devimon groaned.

Already working on the next chapter, so I hope to have it posted about halfway through February!