"It's COLD…" Mel stated, shivering.
"It's not that bad. If it was, our blood would be freezing."
Everyone stared at Jenny in shock, and she blinked before a sheepish grin crossed her face.
"Bad time?"
"VERY."
"Still, it would be fun if it started to snow. We could build snowmen and snow forts and have snowball fights!"
TJ grinned, looking excited.
"That would be fun! Wouldn't it, Pat?"
"What's all that stuff?"
"Things we do in the winter months." Meg explained.
"It's FUN." Mel added, smiling.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it started to snow now." Steph noted.
"Th-The drop of temperature and the moisture level make it highly plausible…"
"I'd whip all of you in a snowball fight, then." Tonya boasted.
"I highly doubt that." Meg replied, arms crossed and a small smirk on her features.
"I could defeat you easily."
"Oh REALLY, Ms Cocky-Pants? I'd like to see you try it!"
"I could get both of you with one hand tied behind my back. And my wings strapped together!"
"I could bury you guys so far under SO FAST, you won't even know HOW!"
"I-Isn't it all just strategy?"
"I could beat ALL of you guys! AT ONCE!"
Jenny grinned, seeing the group's spirits lift after their initial depression from the cold.
'Mission accomplished.'
With Gomamon on her head, she continued on, a skip in her step and a whistle on the air.
The pine trees were so thickly placed that she wouldn't have been surprised if snow had already been falling.
Statistics, diagnoses, memories, facts, rushed through her mind, and she tried to shake them away.
Frostbite, pneumonia, blood freezing a heart solid…
The others didn't need to know all the horrible things that could happen, might happen…
It was her burden to bear, a curse of the knowledge she had hidden from them…
"Jenny?"
Blinking, her eyes turned up to meet Gomamon's, and she shrugged.
"What?"
"You look upset…"
Smoothing her features, she smiled.
"Nah, I'm fine. Nothing's wrong!"
Gomamon wasn't convinced, since that flicker in her eyes was back.
It made her silver eyes look a dark, cloudy grey, and that alone made him want to make Jenny laugh.
"Why did the Kokatorimon cross the road?"
"…I don't know…why?"
"To get away from the Tyrannomon!"
Smiling a bit, she shook her head…
"It probably would've been funnier if I knew who they were, Goma-Goma."
"It's not MY fault you don't know who those Digimon are."
"Well, if you TOLD me, I'd know!"
This playful banter always lifted their spirits, managed to get their minds off what troubled them…
The trees broke away, and the group stopped in surprise to see the sudden tundra of snow.
The white crystals were hard and compact, but still freezing cold, and everyone turned their eyes on Tonya.
"What now?" Mel wondered.
"We can't walk across this without our feet going numb." Meg informed.
"W-We'd need boots and thick socks…"
"Don't forget that the Digimon don't HAVE shoes at all." Steph added.
"My fingers are starting to hurt…" TJ noted, rubbing her hands together as Patamon snuggled into her arms.
Jenny looked at her friends, trying to ignore the chill nipping at her skin, and cradled Gomamon to her chest.
What were they going to do?
It was too cold here for them to even hope to find fruit or berries, and there was no source of water for fish.
Not to mention the specialized Digimon that could ambush them if they made camp…
She may stay up later than any of the others, her overactive imagination giving so many possibilities that Jenny was becoming an insomniac, but it wasn't safe.
Gomamon didn't seem to have noticed, but the blonde had noticed him watching her more intently now.
Vision blurring a moment, she rubbed her eyes to clear it, feeling her mask cracking and her patience burning away…
"Hey, what's that?"
Looking up at Gomamon's voice and returning to reality, silver eyes scanned where her own partner's were pointed.
"Smoke again?" Patamon wondered.
"It doesn't look like it…" Lizzy admitted.
"It doesn't smell." Gabumon noted, looking up at Meg.
"He's right. Smoke would have an odor."
"What looks like smoke but doesn't have a smell?" Mel questioned.
"Steam." Steph answered.
"But what would be making steam all the way over there?" Tonya grumbled.
"Hot springs." Jenny realized, smiling.
"Hot springs? You mean we can take baths?" TJ wondered, eyes wide in awe.
That had everyone imagining warm baths and what it felt like to be CLEAN, and rushed towards the source.
Snow gave way to bare rock after a while, and they were faced with the boiling springs and warm rocks.
"I-It's too hot to go in…"
"We could still use the water to wash our clothes and bathe…" Tonya assured.
"We just need to find something to hold the water in as it cools a little, that's all."
"We still need food. Being clean and starved to death doesn't seem very appealing." Jenny reminded.
"Well, we could use that." Mel pointed out.
The group turned to see what the brunette had noticed, and stared at it in dumbfounded surprise…
"…I'm sorry, I think I've gone insane…Is that a fridge?"
"You're not crazy yet, Jen." Meg replied, and everyone began to move towards the refrigerator, curious as kittens.
Jenny hung back a bit, feeling her worry gnawing at her intestines like a hungry fox, begging for panic to feed it.
'Breathe, Jen…Breathe…'
Composing herself, she watched Tonya take hold of the handle, pulling the door open to reveal…
Eggs…
Lots and lots of eggs…
"That's strange…" Lizzy mumbled, tilting her head curiously.
"I know how to make eggs. We should cook them once we're all clean." Steph stated.
The others agreed, and decided that the younger members of the group should go first.
Finding bowl-like rocks, Tonya and Meg filled them with water to cool with their partners as Steph and Biyomon started a fire.
Positioning a large flat stone over it, she waited for it to heat up sufficiently as Mel and Lizzy hung up vines to help dry their clothes in a breeze.
Jenny went off on her own to find sticks to be made into 'forks', while TJ boiled some of the eggs with Patamon.
Just as the food was ready to be made, Jenny put up some broad leaves to make a section of close-knit trees a private place to bathe.
Going from oldest to youngest one at a time, they stripped, handed out their clothes, and used a bowl of warm water to wash off dirt and grime.
As they did that, someone else would wash their clothes and get them dry, the flying Digimon flapping their wings to dry them more quickly.
Once everyone had taken a turn, and warmed clothes on their backs, they settled around a large flat rock to eat.
Using the rock bowls they'd dried out, everyone piled different style eggs to eat for dinner as the sun long-passed its noontime mark.
TJ was happy enough to stuff her face, smiling as the nourishment was digested into her bloodstream.
Her and Mel were eager to fill themselves to the brim as quickly as possible, while their seniors ate at a slower pace.
Jenny barely ate a bite, looking around as if she was a nervous animal, finally managing to stare down at her food.
Gomamon paused, turning his gaze to his partner and growing more concerned.
She wasn't eating well, and he'd noticed her trouble sleeping, so he wanted to put some sort of stop to it.
"What's up, Jen?"
"Huh?"
Blinking, she locked eyes with Gomamon, and her mask slid back into place with unnerving ease, even for her.
"It's nothing to worry about, Goma-Goma. I'm fine."
Tonya looked up, having accidentally overheard the conversation, and felt a bit guilty.
Was something wrong with Jenny?
How had she not noticed?
Seeing the look cross her younger friend's face, Jenny faked a reassuring look.
"Nothing's wrong, Red. Trust me."
Relieved that the redhead seemed to buy it, she started eating as the knots began to loosen around her stomach.
Gomamon still didn't believe her, their bond made it impossible for her to hide such strong emotions, and he was just glad that they'd momentarily lessened.
There was slight conversation, but the warmth had slipped into their bones, making them tired and sated.
Everything was picked clean, and Steph leaned back on her arm, sighing, as Biyomon leaned against her.
"I wish we'd had some ham…" Tonya admitted.
"No use wishing for things we can't get." Meg replied.
"Then again, I miss ice cream…" Mel put in.
"You can't tell me you don't wish we had some ice cream."
"It doesn't mean we'll get any."
"You don't have to be so hard on them, Meg." Steph stated.
"It's not my fault that I'm the only one taking this whole thing seriously."
Jenny's eyes narrowed, staring at the fire they were surrounding, and didn't look up.
"Doesn't mean it's the right way to handle the situation."
"How would you know?"
Gazing up, the blonde sighed.
"Panicking and being paranoid isn't the way to handle this. We'll drive ourselves crazy that way."
"Being completely reckless or uncaring is going to get us KILLED."
"What makes you think that's what I'm suggesting?" Jenny demanded, starting to feel angry.
"It's the way you've always been. You're so immature."
Everyone was surprised when Jenny didn't shake off the barb, and instead took it to heart.
"Well, it's not my fault you're too busy growing up to realize where you are. Besides, I was thinking we should climb that mountain."
"Infinity Mountain?" Tentomon wondered.
"Yup."
"It's too dangerous."
"You're just saying that because YOU don't think we can make it."
"Because we can't. There are probably Digimon up there just waiting to ambush us."
"We can handle that sort of thing. I mean, you five can just Spirit Evolve and all that, and then everything's fine."
"It's not that simple."
"It's not that COMPLICATED, either."
"Just because you're older doesn't mean that you're ever right."
Jenny glared, standing, and Meg accepted the challenge, also rising.
"And what do you mean by that?" She seethed.
"You never think of the danger around us, never think to actually pay attention to our feelings, and all you ever do is tell jokes!"
Hurt flashed through her eyes, and Meg felt a stab of guilt before anger took over Jenny's features.
"You have NO FUCKING IDEA what I think about! You have NO FUCKING IDEA what I worry about! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME!!!"
Shock filled the air, and no one could move as tears almost fell from Jenny's lashes as she turned to run away.
TJ looked up at her surprised elders, hugging Patamon close as Gomamon went to follow his partner.
"Is Jen-Jen okay?"
"…I don't know…" Steph admitted.
"I've never seen her snap like that before…" Mel agreed, looking towards Lizzy.
"…I-I think she's just stressed…We all are…"
Tonya's eyes were thoughtful and guilty, glazed with memory, and she sighed.
"…She'll pull herself together…She always does…"
Meg looked down, feeling angry with herself for so callously judging her friend, as Gabumon tried to soothe her.
'I'm sorry, Jenny…'
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Glaring at the hot spring's bubbling surface, Jenny clenched her fist around a pebble before skipping it across the surface.
'Stupid Meg…Acts like she knows everything…'
Grumbling to herself at the unfairness of the accusations, and angry at herself for feeding the beliefs, she picked up a rock and chucked it.
"Whoa! I didn't think you were THAT unhappy…"
Her head snapped up to spot Gomamon, who was shaking the limb that had been burned by some scorching water.
"Goma-Goma!"
Anger evaporating instantly to be replaced with worry, she quickly pulled him towards her to inspect the damage.
"Are you alright? It doesn't hurt that much, right? Oh, if it gets infected, it'll be all my fault-!"
"JENNY!"
Blinking at Gomamon in surprise, he put a hand on her cheek.
"Don't beat yourself up about it, Jen. It's not that bad."
"But it could have been…"
Looking away, she dug her thumb into her own palm, biting her lip.
"I can't do anything right…"
"You CAN do things right. You just need to be yourself."
"…I don't even know who that is anymore…"
Gomamon sat on her lap, looking up at his partner and wondering what he could say to help…
"I don't know what you think you are or what you want to be, but I know something. You're smart and caring and a worrywart and sensitive…"
"Goma-Goma, you don't have to…I guess I'm still hiding…"
"Hiding from what?"
Her eyes glazed over in memory before Jenny tried to shake it off, standing up with her partner tucked under her arm.
"I guess I'm just suffering from Peter Pan Envy, that's all…"
"What's that?"
"…Not wanting to grow up…"
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Staring out the cave entrance, Jenny sighed, hand slowly moving over a sleeping Gomamon in her lap.
A dying fire dimly lit up the cave they'd found, a warm indent in a cliff for them to sleep in.
Jenny was the only one awake, watching them again after faking sleep.
Her talk with Gomamon had alleviated the slight pressure on her gut, but had not gotten rid of the problem.
Then again, the blonde hadn't expected a quick fix…
'I need to start the change myself…I know who I'm running from…Maybe I should just make myself over again…Face my fears…'
Carefully resting Gomamon on a warm rock, she pulled on her sneakers before standing, looking around at her sleeping friends.
'I can't bring them with…They'll get hurt…'
Deciding to head out on her own, she stepped outside, looking up at the large peek looming overhead.
'Infinity Mountain, here I come…'
Setting off up a cliff-made path, the blonde brushed her bangs out of her face, and sighed.
"Jen?"
Whipping around, she almost stumbled over her own two feet before stabilizing, staring at Gomamon.
"What are you doing out here?"
"I'm following you."
"Oh, no you're not!"
Looking stern, she pointed back to the cave a few yards back.
"You're going back in there and sleeping."
"I can't. We're bonded, remember?"
"So?"
"Wherever you go, I go. It's the way things work."
Clambering up to rest on her shoulder, Gomamon grinned.
"So why don't we do this together, huh?"
"…"
Smiling slightly at the unexpected reassurance of having someone eternally by her side, Jenny nodded, turning back around.
"Why not? This definitely won't be as boring."
The trip upwards was silent at first, but Gomamon was intent on dragging out whatever was bothering her.
"Jen, why do you pretend to be somebody else, anyway?"
"…My grandmother."
"Grandmother? What did she do?"
"She didn't do anything…Not on purpose…"
Jenny huffed, shaking her head.
"She just wanted me to be better than I think I can be…"
"Jenny…"
"I'm smart…My mind just works so fast it's like I'm never staying still…If anyone knew…They'd treat me differently…She'd…"
Releasing a breath, she climbed over a large boulder, feet slipping slightly on the surface.
"…She just wants me to be the best I can be…It's just that what I want to be and my level don't…click, you know?"
"What do you mean?"
"I want to be a doctor, but I want to help people who won't get that medical attention anywhere else. My grandmother…"
Jenny jumped, catching the edge of a jutting rock and pulling herself on top, looking up another path.
"She'd want me to be a surgeon or neurologist or something like that, want me to be famous and sought-after and rich…"
A sigh, and she started hiking upwards over rough terrain, Gomamon jumping from her shoulder to move ahead.
"I guess I decided to hide behind something else so that she'd never find out…It just stuck with me…"
"Didn't you enjoy who you were?"
"…Who I was, who I am…It's all starting to mix together, and it's making my gut hurt…"
Gomamon looked back at her, and she pulled herself over a particularly large boulder.
"I'm not sure what's me and what's part of a mask…"
"Maybe none of it is."
"That doesn't make any sense, Goma-Goma."
"It does. Maybe you're just trying to be simple, but nobody's simple. You have all these different things about you, and that's what makes you great."
"Not everyone is complex…"
"Gabumon says Meg is."
"…Everyone knows that." Jenny defended, looking away, because she HADN'T known…
"…Does everyone know you?"
"…I guess not…Maybe Red does, and Liz…But that's it…"
"I think it's time that changed."
"…You're smarter than you look, Goma-Goma." She teased, smiling as she scooped him up.
"So are you."
"Guess we're both more than we seem, huh?"
"At least I'm cute."
"And what am I? Chopped Shellmon?"
Gomamon chuckled, poking his partner in the nose.
"Now THAT is good!"
"Better than your 'Why did the Kokatorimon cross the road' joke."
"Is not!"
"Trust me, it is."
"Is NOT!"
"Is TOO!"
"NOT!"
"TOO!"
"NOT!"
"TOO!"
"NOT-!"
"Hey, we're here!"
"Really?"
"…Got ya."
"…You're good…REAL good…"
Jenny smiled cheekily, sitting down on a rock and looking up at Infinity Mountain, the peek still looming above them.
"We must be halfway there by now. Good job with the distraction, Goma-Goma."
"Hey, it worked."
"Yeah, yeah…"
Feeling lighter somehow, the blonde brushed her bangs out of her eyes, and stared up at the star-littered sky.
"…Why did you want to climb this mountain, anyway?"
"BECAUSE, silly, it's the best vantage point of the island. I'm sure the others could understand that, but they're just…concerned."
"About you and TJ."
"…Probably…We ARE the only ones that can't do that cool transformation thing…"
Jenny rubbed her forehead, loosening the furrows of worry and thought…
"If only things weren't so complicated after all…"
"Hey, what's that?"
Looking up curiously, silver eyes widened as cracks opened higher above them, making everything shake rather abruptly.
"Holy cheese dogs!"
Nearly falling over, Jenny caught herself and stared as the rock moved as if like a sliding door, releasing what looked like…
Black Gears…
"Oh no…Oh no-Oh no-Oh no!!!"
Gomamon clung to her side as the dark projectiles flew into the air, almost immediately invisible in the night sky, and Jenny shot to her feet.
"We need to check it out, Goma-Goma!"
"I say we go back and pretend we don't know anything about it!"
"Don't be such a coward."
"I admit it! I'm a coward! Can we go now!"
"I don't think so, you."
Picking up the struggling Digimon, she jogged up the path, eyes intent.
Climbing high with Gomamon perched on her shoulders and head, the blonde pulled herself up a good few yards before finding another a path carved into the mountainside.
Taking a moment to catch her breath, Jenny wished she'd taken all those sports like Steph had…
Managing to straighten as Gomamon's hind legs scrambled to help hold him up, she started running to her right, looking up.
The mountain wall they'd seen open…
Was closed.
It didn't even look like it had split apart at all, and that fact was irritating her as the teen skidded to a halt.
"Great! Just GREAT!"
"Can we go back now?"
"Goma-Goma, would you stop asking?!"
"…No."
Sighing, Jenny looked forward to see the sun beginning to rise, and looked back to see a small waterfall.
"We're too far up for that now. We should just…Holy butterscotch…"
Gomamon follows his partner's line of sight, eyes widening as something flies towards them, seeming to shield itself from sight with the rising sun.
"It's a Digimon!"
Pulling her partner into a large crack in the wall, Jenny held him to her chest as the Digimon and its Spirit Evolution landed.
As they walked by their little niche in the wall, Gomamon peered out to see who they were.
"It's Unimon and Baggie."
"Who?"
Peeking out, she spotted the large winged, helmet-wearing horse, his Spirit Evolution, a badger-man, riding on his back.
He had the sharp teeth of one, looking squat and strong.
"They're a wise old pair. They wouldn't hurt a fly!"
"Must I remind you of Andromon and Liztech? And Monzaemon and Whiteflash? HM?"
"…You've got a point…"
"You bet I do!"
"…You don't need to say it like that anymore, Jen."
"…Party pooper…"
Looking back out to see what the partners were doing, Jenny paused to see Unimon drinking from the small waterfall, Baggie keeping watch.
"This must be their watering hole…"
"Maybe we could ask them about the mountain. Then we can go back and tell the others!"
"Goma-Goma, don't you dare-! …Oh holy Jebus…"
Smacking her forehead as Gomamon walked out into the open, she scrambled to her feet, running towards him.
"Hey, Unimon! Baggie! It's me, Gomamon! It's been a while, hasn't it?"
Neither replied, looking up at the sky as if in intent search for something.
"What's up with them?"
"Something's coming."
Jenny tensed, looking around as she scooped up Gomamon…
"I don't think it's friendly, either…"
Something black caught her eye in the early morning light, and Jenny cringed, hunching over Gomamon as if to protect him.
"Goma-Goma-!"
Baggie hissed, moving as if to strike the Black Gear, but he missed.
The projectile struck Unimon in the back, causing him to rear in pain, and both cried out until Baggie's eyes turned red.
"UH OH…"
"We're in trouble, aren't we?"
"You have NO idea…"
The other pair turned on them, and Jenny backed up, eyes wide.
"Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to come up here alone…"
"I second that thought!"
Unimon took to the air, but Baggie stayed on their level, long claws escaping between his knuckles…
"…Run?"
"Run."
After a moment, both screamed and Jenny raced away, legs pumping.
A snarl of rage and flapping wings caused her to try and speed up, jumping over a mound of pebbles to avoid claws and slipping.
"Goma-Goma, tell me you have a plan!"
"How do you expect me to have a plan? You're the smart one!"
"I'm kinda busy here! Maybe YOU should help out a little, wise guy!"
"I'm working on it!"
Skidding to make a turn, Jenny barely ducked beneath Baggie's next swipe, almost falling forward on her face.
Managing to regain her footing, the blonde rushed ahead, adrenaline pounding through her veins.
"Ariel Attack!"
Crying out as the attack struck the ground at her heels, Jenny flipped head-over-heels from the force.
Landing flat on her back, the blonde struggled to breathe after the wind was so thoroughly knocked out her, and Gomamon sat up.
"Are you okay, Jen?"
"Just peachy…"
Managing to sit up, Jenny rubbed her head, looking back to see Baggie charging toward them and the broken pathway.
"Oh JEBUS…"
Scrambling to her feet, with Gomamon held tightly to her chest with one arm, she tried to keep running…
"Ariel Attack!"
Skidding to a halt to avoid being struck by the attack, she was pushed back by the force, stumbling.
"Where are you going, pipsqueak?" Baggie demanded in a gruff growl, and she whirled around to see him and Unimon.
"Well, if I had wings, I'd kinda be going over there right now…"
"I agree…"
"We can help you…"
Grey eyes widened as Unimon opened his mouth, the sphere of energy building…
"Ariel Attack-!"
A sudden red flash smashed the Digimon the mountainside, and another knocked Baggie clear off his feet.
It was Birdramon and Talon, the former carrying Tonya and Agumon with her.
The pair jumped to the ground, and the redhead checked out her friend before smacking her upside the head.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!"
"I DON'T KNOW!!"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'I DON'T KNOW'?!"
"I MEAN 'I DON'T KNOW'!! NOW STOP YELLING AT ME!!"
"HELP!!!"
Whirling around, their eyes widened as Birdramon was blasted away with an Ariel Attack, and Talon, feeling the pain, was kicked over the edge as well.
"TALON!"
"Tonya, let's do it!"
"Right!"
Putting a hand over her charm, Tonya closed her eyes…
"Tiger!"
As the energy built up, she couldn't help smiling…
"Tonya, Spirit Evolve into…TAWNY!"
"Agumon, Digivolve to…GREYMON!!"
Pouncing on Baggie, Tawny growled as they tussled, and Greymon tried to grab his own opponent.
Unimon evaded him, however, and then darted down to smash him into the rock, flying out of reach once more.
Gasping at the sudden pain, Tonya leapt away, trying to stay on her feet.
"You alright, Greymon?"
"I'm fine…"
"Ariel Attack!"
Both cried out as Greymon was struck, and Jenny's eyes widened.
"TAWNY! GREYMON!"
Talon was just rising from a jutting rock below, encouraging her partner up as well, when Unimon and Baggie descended upon them.
"Meteor Wing!"
Defending her face, Talon was tackled the same moment as Birdramon, and rock shattered beneath them.
Baggie jumped atop his partner's back, and they flew over the fallen winged partners.
Looking down, heart still racing, Jenny knew what she had to do…
Putting Gomamon down, she ignored his curious look as she straightened.
"Stay."
Green eyes widened as he anticipated her actions, but Jenny had already jumped before he could retort.
"JEN!"
Landing on Unimon's back, and nearly knocking a snarling Baggie off, she held onto the half-protruding gear in the horse Digimon's back.
Unimon began to rear and buck, and his partner rushed to try and claw her apart, though Jenny swung away, pulling on the Black Gear with all her strength.
A cry of pain echoed in two voices, and Jenny winced as her arm was slashed.
Gomamon cried out, looking on in worry and unable to jump to his partner's aid.
'Don't do something stupid, Jen…' He prayed.
Swinging around, Jenny kicked her opponent in the face, and straddled Unimon in order to tug on the Black Gear.
Unimon screeched as Baggie clung to his partner's leg, and Jenny closed her eyes, holding on tight.
'I can't let go! I need to save them!'
Silver light engulfed her vision, and her charm began to glow…
"Dolphin…"
As the cocoon surrounded her, lifting the blonde off of the Digimon's back as the Black Gear shuddered in pain, Jenny smiled…
"Jennifer, Spirit Evolve in…"
The light spread over her skin, and warmed her through to the bone…
"TRICKSTER!"
The light shattered, and Trickster was almost hovering in midair for a moment…
A silver one-sleeved shirt and ankle-length black split skirt covered her, with bangles on her left wrist and right ankle.
A dolphin's tail peeked out from beneath it, and she almost cried out as gravity took hold, strange device glowing...
"Gomamon, Digivolve to…IKKAKUMON!!"
Landing on the soft fur, Trickster straightened, patting her partner's head.
"Nice save."
"Maybe you should've thought that through, too."
"Oh, shut it…"
Both looked up at their very-angry opponents, and her tail raised itself as if it was also on-edge…
Propelling herself into the air the moment Baggie tried to literally get the drop on them, Trickster tensed a moment before impact…
"Harpoon Torpedo!"
Both initial strikes missed, but she twirled in midair, her hard tail coming down on his back as the explosives struck Unimon's back…
With the Black Gear destroyed, and the partners rushing off in the smoke, Trickster let herself fall onto the waiting back of Ikkakumon.
"Good aim."
"You, too."
Smiling as the light came over them once more, Jenny picked up her tired partner, looking up to see Tonya and Steph.
"Hey, guys."
Smiling sheepishly, she waves slightly…
"Um…You mind helping us get to the top? I didn't really expect the whole 'lets fight' thing…"
Tonya just smiled back, shaking her head in amusement.
"Glad to have you back, Jen."
Smile growing, Jenny began the climb up, ignoring her fear of heights for the moment…
"Glad to be back, Red…"
'Trust me…'