She just stood there in disbelief. She was in a huge castle, but that's not what awed her. Rei looked over the edge of the castle and, instead of their being ground, there was clouds. She looked around at the sky in front of her. There were islands floating in the sky as well, but none with a huge castle on it. Birdmon was sitting against the wall of the castle by Rei's feet. She was still asleep from when they landed. Rei had seen Elie land somewhere else in the castle but she wasn't sure where. Birdmon stirred at her feet.
"Well, it's about time you woke up," Rei said sarcastic ally.
"Where are we?" Birdmon asked sleepily.
"On a flying castle," Rei replied.
"Am I still dreamin?" Birdmon asked.
"No, we really are on a flying castle," Rei told her.
Birdmon got up and looked about. She, too, was in awe of the beautiful sight in front of her.
"We need to find Elie and Gizamon," Rei said. Birdmon nodded in response.
Rei and Birdmon began to wander the halss of thecastle. They looked inside any room they came across, but it was always the same. Empty. Every single room was as bare and empty as the one before it and the one after it. They eventually reached some stairs and began to climb upwards. They climbed for about twenty minutes before they came to a door.
They slowly opened the door as it revealed a large flat area on the top of the castle. On the other side, there was another door similar to the one they had just come out of. In the middle of the platform, sitting next to each other were Elie and Gizamon.
"Elie!" Rei cried as she noticed them.
Elie turned around and got up. She and Gizamon ran over to Rei and Birdmon, but their reunion was cut short by a maniacal laugh. A giant digimon landed right behind Elie. The four of them turned to face the digimon.
"Who are you?" Elie aske.
"I am Dynasmon, Elemental Lord of wind. And it's time for you to be destroyed," Dynasmon said before attacking.
"Gizamon warp digivolve to Justimon." Justimon stopped Dynasmon's attack, but just barely.
While Dynasmon and Justimon fought, Rei stood there as if she was frozen.
"Rei? REI? REI!" Elie cried shaking her.
"I…I can't do it," Rei said softly. She just stood there stunned. It was only then that she realized that she was afraid to fight without Jason. She felt useless and abandoned.
Elie kept shaking her, trying to snap her out of it. She didn't know what to do.