Shinsuke approaches Luke. "I will lead the Smackdown Digidestined," he says simply.
Luke isn't surprised by this. He offers Shinsuke a smile. "I expected as much. I trust in you to lead the group in this new chapter of the Digidestined's story. Thank you."
Shinsuke nods at him and turns to the others. "Let's go," he says, holding his digivice out towards the portal. As the others follow suit, he feels the old familiar tug as he's pulled in, transported away. The world they're teleported to is a desolate world, very little life visible around. Shinsuke frowns and turns in a slow circle, taking it all in.
Kevin Owens looks confused. "Wasn't this a vibrant looking place on the map? Like, trees and villages and stuff? What the hell happened?"
"Good question," Tommaso Ciampa says, frowning. "I've never seen a Digiport map be this wrong before."
"Me neither," Wade Barrett says, also casting a quick glance around. "We should probably look around, see if we can find anyone who can answer some of our questions."
"Yes," Shinsuke says, leading the way through the trees and sand as they keep an eye out for any sign of life. Anything that can help them figure out what's happened.
AJ Styles and Wade Barrett are lagging behind the rest of them, also keeping an eye out, when Shinsuke stops short, causing the digidestined behind him to stop short too. "What's going on?" AJ demands, already impatient with what's going on around them. "Why did we stop?"
Shinsuke lifts a hand, then points ahead and to the left, everyone looking in that direction to find a large digimon hovering in midair.
"Is that Greymon?" Wade asks, but Shinsuke shakes his head.
"Not in the way we know him," he says, eyes widening as the creature lifts his arms, roaring out into the distance. "I think I know what happened to the villages here."
"What?" Ciampa asks, already visibly dreading the answer.
Shinsuke looks over to him, then back up to the miscolored Greymon overhead. "Destruction," he says with no limit of unhappiness.
The digidestined murmur among themselves, also watching the digimon overhead. "Is that really possible? Why though?" Kevin mutters, the group of them abruptly falling quiet as the Greymon twists and stares towards them.
"Shit," Ciampa grunts, the entire group shocked at how quickly he moved and how fixed his gaze it.
Shinsuke steps forward, throwing an arm out in show for the others to remain behind him. He can tell already that things aren't going to go well, but he has to at least try his best to keep everyone protected. "Who are you?" he demands of the digimon overhead.
The Greymon stares down at them for a bit longer before laughing sarcastically, coming to a slow landing before them, clearly stalling before offering his response.