The main thing they noticed while the TV booted up once more is that Blake's Digiegg didn't start hatching.
Blake: "Well I guess this chapter isn't focused on me and Patamon."
Nora: "Anyone willing to bet it's focused on the big bad?"
Everyone: "No bet."
"Phooey."
Envoy of Darkness, Devimon!
Ironwood: "At least we have a name of them for now."
Yang: "Doesn't matter. Whoever they are, we'll kick their butt."
"Now that we're all the way up here...man, it really sinks in how we're on an island," Pierce mused as he looked over the edge.
"Still though...this island really is a nice place," Yang said as she sat down next to him.
Weiss: "It really does look beautiful," looking at the view. Atlas doesn't really have good views like this, given it's location in the snowy tundra of Solitas. Instead, it has these views...but with snow covering everything.
"Yeah, hard to believe the gears are causing so much trouble. You wouldn't know from way up here," Veemon nodded in agreement. Currently the six of them were waiting for the rest of their friends to make it up the mountain and join them.
"Hey, I think I see them down there," Jaune said from another part of the area they were in.
A few minutes later, and Jaune was rubbing his shoulder where Gyro had hit him.
"Never do that again, you had us all worried when we woke up." the goggle head said with a sigh.
Glynda: "I feel like you got let off just a bit too easy, Mr. Arc."
Ozpin: "Oh come now, Glynda. They're children, the most I could see them doing to Mr. Arc is not allowing him to eat food for quite some time."
The other 7 all brought their hands to their chins in thinking poses.
Jaune: "Oh come on, guys. I know what my other did was stupid."
But then they all giggled.
Pyrrha: "We know. We just wanted to mess with you."
Jaune just slumped at getting pranked so easily.
"Yeah, I know. Sorry…" Jaune said apologetically.
"Well, the most important thing is that you and Gomamon are okay...but Gyro's right. Please don't do that again," Pyrrha said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
And if one could see into Gyro's mind at the moment, a party was being celebrated at this little interaction between them. However, he quickly focused, since they had more important things to worry about. "Alright, now that everyone is here, let's go. And get ready guys, once we reach the top, there's no telling what might happen."
The Arkos pair blushed at the implication. Hedge frowned in the back given what he knows.
At the same time, in another section of the impossibly high mountain…
"These Black Gears are growing concerning, sending Digimon into a frenzy. I must find the cause of this." muttered a humanoid being, who had a lion's head instead of a normal human one, claws at the tip of his fingers and toes, wearing a pair of black pants with a sword hanging off the back of his waist, his mane was a shining yellow color.
Winter: "Oh? And who is this Digimon?" She was intrigued by his design.
Yang: "Whoever he is, he has an awesome mane of hair."
Digimon Analyzer: Leomon
Leomon. Vaccine Type. An Adult Level Beast Man Digimon. Known as the Noble Hero, Leomon is a true heroic warrior who fights for justice. He is a master of the blade with his sword, King of Lions. His special attack is Fist of the Beast King, launching a blast in the shape of a roaring lion's head from his fist.
Blake perked up at the "Noble Hero" part. "Why is he referred as that?"
Hedge: "Despite being a Beastkin (or Beast Man) Digimon, which are known for their animalistic traits, just as the Analyzer states, he fights for justice and has a strong will. He uses that to fight off fiendish Digimon."
Blake smiled. She felt connected to Leomon a lot now after that explanation. He fought for what was right, without having to resort to...unnecessary actions like how the current White Fang were doing.
Leomon continued on his path...until he tensed, sensing a familiar presence. One he knew wasn't friendly. True enough…
"I found you! Leomon!" shouted what could only be described as ogre as he jumped down from a higher area, white hair on his head with two long horns protruding out the side of his skull, his mouth was large and wide open, filled with quite a few large fangs. It seemed the only type of clothing he knew about was belts, as he was even wearing a kilt made of belts, while in his hand he wielded a large bone club.
Qrow raised an eyebrow. "And this is?"
Hedge: "Comic relief," he said in his thoughts with a snicker.
Digimon Analyzer: Ogremon
Ogremon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Ogre Digimon. Known as the Digimon Hunter, it's said his weapon is the femur of a Digimon he defeated in battle. For all intents and purposes, Ogremon is a bandit of the Digital World, and is surprisingly intelligent compared to what his appearance would make you believe. His special attack is Fist of the Supreme King, launching a shot of formless dark energy from his fist.
Weiss: "Forgive me, but I doubt the 'intelligent' part."
Ren shrugged. "They do say 'don't judge a book by its cover.'"
Weiss crossed her arms. "Well I am judging this one."
Leomon immediately drew his sword and blocked the club coming from Ogremon, before said ogre jumped away. "Leomon, today we finish this!"
"Stand aside, Ogremon. There are more important matters to attend to than our battle," Leomon growled, though he had no illusions they would be heard.
Ironwood: "What's his problem?" referring to Ogremon.
Hedge: "The two are rivals, but it's more so Ogreman sees it as such more than Leomon does."
"Not on your life! Fist of the Supreme King!" Ogremon shouted, launching his signature attack.
"Fist of the Beast King!" Leomon countered with his own move, the two attacks meeting and exploding. "Very well then, if you insist on fighting, I shall oblige!"
Ruby: "That was so cool!" referring to Leomon's attack. Out of the two battling Digimon, she was obviously rooting for Leomon the moment she heard about him being a hero.
However, before they could continue, a new voice entered the scene. "That's quite enough for now," came the smooth, almost gentlemanly voice, yet it carried an undertone of malice. "From now on you two need to cooperate with each other."
"That voice…!" Leomon blinked in alarm.
"Devimon?" Ogremon said, recognizing the owner of the voice.
Out of the shadows of a rock, Devimon emerged, and he was worthy of his name, his body clad in a dark black suit with several belts wrapped around one leg, his thighs, and one of his arms, both of which were rather long, actually reaching down to his ankles. Skulls were emblazoned on his outfit on both of his right knee and his left shoulder while an orange, bat shaped mark was on both his chest and his left foot. His wings were large and leathery, but riddles with tears and holes, two long horns sprouting out the side of his head as his red eyes stared at the two Digimon before him, his lips set in a thin line as his mouth, and grey skin, was exposed.
Everyone was offput by the no doubt evil Digimon that appeared on screen.
Jaune: "So the bad guy reveals himself."
Pyrrha: "And Leomon and Ogremon seem to know him."
Blake: "I think that's more so a mutual knowledge of him rather than actually being friends of Devimon." That'd be really bad if they were friends.
Digimon Analyzer: Devimon
Devimon. Virus Type. An Adult Level Fallen Angel Digimon. Rumored to have once been a shining angel Digimon, Devimon was tempted into the Dark Area, becoming what he is now, the Mark of Evil on his chest being proof of that. Known for his cunning and intelligence, Devimon is no easy adversary. His special attack is Death Claw, extending both of his hands to a higher reach to enforce his will upon those he clutches in them.
Ozpin was somewhat interested behind this so called "Dark Area" and Devimon's "fall from grace" as it were. To him, it reminded him of Salem's turn to what she was now back at the God of Darkness' home.
Neither combatant seemed particularly impressed by that statement. "Gimme a break, like I'm gonna work with him of all Digimon!" Ogremon snorted. "You better got a damn good reason for saying that."
So not friends. Good to know.
"The Chosen Children have arrived," Devimon said simply.
"The Chosen Children!" Leomon gasped in surprise, before his eyes narrowed at Devimon as he held up his blade to fight "Now I see, those Black Gears, you're the one behind them aren't you? You've been trying to use them to kill the children."
Glynda raised an eyebrow. "Chosen children?"
Hedge: "I can assure you all it is a major piece of information that will be explained down the line."
They really wanted to question more about it, the students more so than anyone. But they decided to continue along.
Devimon glanced at him, his lips almost quicking into a smirk "Was there ever any doubt? Those children WILL be destroyed if it's the last thing I do."
Yang: "Like hell we'd even give you the chance to try!"
Nora: "Yeah! All you've done so far is send out the Black Gears to infect defenseless Digimon to try and take us out. Instead, we've been able to utilize those fights to have our Digimon evolve to the Adult level. Minus Blake, but she and Patamon will get there eventually."
"No, they won't." Leomon growled "Because I'll destroy you first!" he shouted, before lunging at Devimon, bringing his sword down, only for the blade to cleave the stone Devimon had been in front of right in half. However, the demon was nowhere to be seen.
"Fool. Did you really think that would work?" Devimon chuckled, Leomon looking around almost frantically to find him, and didn't notice his hand sneaking out of his shadow. "Now then, Death Claw!" Devimon declared as he grabbed hold of Leomon, the lion roaring in agony as he felt Devimon's evil will seep into him, attempting to turn him into his puppet. His struggles lasted for a few minutes, before finally he slumped forward, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were blank and lifeless, Devimon smirking as he rose up from behind the once good Digimon.
As much as they admired Leomon fighting Devimon to stop him from going after them, it really showed how powerful Devimon was compared to Leomon. Adding on the fact that he could essentially take over any Digimon with his special attack without the need of the Black Gears too wasn't good either.
Winter: "A noble effort, but it seems Leomon was just outclassed from the get go."
Ruby: "It doesn't matter. We've beaten Devimon's influence out of the previous Digimon, we can do it again and save Leomon."
"This mountain really does earn its name," Gyro mused, overlooking the island from one of the higher points of the mountain, a pencil and clipboard in hand.
"What are you doing?" Agumon asked as he stood on the tip of his toes to try and get a look.
"Drawing a map of the island, as accurately as I can anyway, who knows, it might be helpful." Gyro said with a shrug.
Ren: "It depends if we need to travel back to any of the previous destinations we came across." In all honesty, he wouldn't mind going back to the FanBeemon Hive to see Waspmon again.
"That doesn't sound like too bad of an idea." Weiss said as she walked up behind him, looking over his shoulder to see that the map looked like a rough sketch at the moment, with several areas marked down as to what they are, which included sections they had yet to visit such as the canyon and the snow filled area of the island, which they had checked and saw it was north.
"Yeah, Gyro was the one who designed our weapons for the most part, Azure was the one who actually built them though." Pierce supplied as he walked up to them.
Hedge: "No, Ruby, I don't have access to those blueprints," knowing full well she'd ask for them.
Said red reaper snapped her fingers in annoyance.
"Still though…" Pyrrha frowned. "It doesn't really seem like there's anything as far as the eye can see. What do we do after we defeat whoever is creating the Black Gears?"
"Well...remember what Waspmon said, about the continents?" Ruby said. "Maybe...if we don't find anything here, we could...try to find something there?"
Weiss: "We definitely aren't going back to Remnant after defeating Devimon, are we?"
Qrow: "Nope."
"Hopefully we'll be ready for them, he did say the Digimon there were tough after all." Yang said with a frown.
"We'll keep you safe! We'll do our best and try to evolve even further so that you won't have to worry." Biyomon said in determination.
"Thanks everyone," Ruby said with a smile to all the Digimon.
However, before they could speak of it any further, they heard the sound of something breaking, and running to the source, they found that a part of the pathway had been destroyed.
Ironwood: "The work of Devimon I'm assuming."
Winter: "That, or Leomon."
"Anybody else not liking the look of this?" Gomamon asked, a grimace on his face.
"I think we all share the sentiment," Jaune sighed. It honestly wasn't a surprise to any of them at this point. However, when they looked to the other side, they noticed a figure walking towards them. A large humanoid lion-like Digimon.
"Oh hey, it's Leomon." Patamon realized with a smile.
"So cool! We finally get to meet him in person!" Palmon cheered.
Pyrrha: "Sorry you two, but while that is Leomon, that's not Leomon."
"So, is he some kind of celebrity or something?" Nora asked with a raised eyebrow.
"He's the greatest hero on File Island is what he is!" Salamon said with a grin.
"That sounds nice… but have you considered the Black Gear issue?" Blake asked with a raised eyebrow.
The Digimon all paused at that, staring more closely at Leomon to see his posture was more hostile than anything "Oh… right." all of them said together.
Jaune: "Only thing is, this isn't the Black Gears' doing. This is Devimon himself."
As if to confirm that… "Chosen Children...Destroy…" he said.
"Oooh, brainwashed sounding voice. NEVER a good sign," Pierce sighed. It was really telling how bad things were that they'd gotten used to attempts on their lives by now.
In retrospect, that was a big thing to point out about their others.
"Wait, did he say Chosen Children?" Ren pointed out in slight confusion.
"As much as I'd love to figure out what that's supposed to mean, I think we should run for now." Gyro said, the others agreeing before they all turned and ran down one of the many paths of the mountain. Though it was true they were aiming for the top of the mountain, it would be no good if they fought unnecessarily before the real enemy. However, they didn't get far before they were met with another problem.
"Welcome, Chosen Children!" came a new voice as they were met with a green skinned ogre-like Digimon wielding a spiked club and a face only a mother could love.
Some chuckled at that description of Ogremon.
Nora: "But wait, I thought Ogremon didn't want to work with Leomon, and by extension, Devimon?"
Ruby: "And it doesn't seem he's mind controlled like Leomon is," she pointed out.
Ozpin: "That may be, but Devimon may have just forced him to work for him." This felt way to close to how Salem worked.
"And this would be?" Pyrrha asked in a bit of annoyance.
"That's Ogremon, Leomon's rival, he's kind of a jerk." Gabumon answered, sharing the same sentiment as his partner.
"And of course, we're stuck between a rock and a hard place." Gyro said as he had turned behind, and saw Leomon had easily caught up to them.
"Guess we have no choice. We gotta fight them," Agumon frowned.
Yang smirked. "Like we weren't going to do so anyway."
Qrow: "One problem with that firecracker."
"Don't push yourselves too much," Ruby whispered.
"She's right. These guys aren't our real target. If needs be, we can run and try again another time," Jaune said as well.
Qrow nodded his head as his point was mentioned. They were right, their target foe was Devimon. Leomon and Ogremon were just in the way, either to exert them for him to pick them off, or just outright take them out without him needing to lift a finger.
"Right," the Digimon nodded. Any further discussion was cut short, when the two Digimon lunged for the group. At that moment, 9 Digivices glowed brightly.
(Play Brave Heart)
"Agumon, Evolution! Greymon!"
"Gabumon, Evolution! Garurumon!"
"Palmon, Evolution! Togemon!"
"Salamon, Evolution! Gatomon!"
"Wormmon, Evolution! Stingmon!"
Leomon who had been in mid lunge with his sword drawn was forced back as his sword collided with one of Greymon's horns. The brainwashed Digimon growled, leveling his sword at them, not even once backing down even when faced with 5 Adult Level Digimon.
The 5 student counterparts of their onscreen Digimon partners steeled their features. They would break Leomon from Devimon's clutches.
Likewise, on the other side of the path, Ogremon was also in mid lunge with 4 Child Level Digimon in his way, until…
"Biyomon, Evolution! Birdramon!"
"Tentomon, Evolution! Kabuterimon!"
"Gomamon, Evolution! Ikkakumon!"
"Veemon, Evolution! Veedramon!"
Same thing occurred with the other 4. While Ogremon didn't seem to be inherently...bad, he was still working for Devimon in a way. They wouldn't outright kill him, mind you.
Ogremon was knocked back when he collided against Ikkakumon's horn, causing him to hit the ground with a pained groan, but quickly got back on his feet. Up on a higher part of the mountain, overlooking the fight, Devimon watched the combatants, a slight frown on his face. "So 9 of them have gained the ability to evolve," he mused, before his eyes went to Patamon. "I'll have to deal with the last one before he does, it would be far too dangerous."
Blake didn't know how to feel about that. "What does he mean by that?" feeling quite worried for her other and Patamon.
Ozpin: "It must have something to do with his Adult Level."
Yang: "But they'd both be at the same level, wouldn't they? So if anything, it'd come down to skill."
Ironwood: "True, but I get the feeling it's more so the type of Adult Level Patamon's evolution would be."
Hedge smiled in the back. They were in a big reveal when Patamon evolved. And then later when Gatomon evolved to Perfect.
Back with the fight, things were going...very well for the partner Digimon. No matter how powerful their opponents were, the fact remained, they were all of the same level, and THEY had the number advantage, as they quickly put the two opposing Digimon on the defensive with a coordinated barrage of attacks, pinning both down or forcing them to dodge. Leomon was forced to block fireballs and needles, pushing him back, before Gatomon and Stingmon took advantage of this and landed a double kick on his chest, knocking him back. At the same time, Ogremon was...almost comically avoiding a rain of Harpoon Vulcans and Meteor Wings, and with Kabuterimon and Veedramon just waiting for an opening, needless to say he wasn't going to be making any progress anytime soon.
Ruby frowned. "I feel really bad for Leomon. He never wanted to fight us in the first place."
Jaune: "Yeah, but it's all because of Devimon that this fight is even happening."
Nora giggled. "I can't be the only one who thinks it's a little funny at how Ogremon is doing against us."
Pyrrha giggled too. "I won't lie, it is kind of funny."
However, before any significant blows could be struck...a portion of the mountain suddenly exploded, sending a small avalanche of rocks headed right for the group.
(Song end)
Thankfully, the Digimon were quick to react.
"Fox Fire!"
"Mega Blaster!"
"Mega Flame!"
"V-Breath Arrow!"
The four attacks all collided with the rocks, destroying them into nothing but sand that pelted the group.
They had to cover their eyes from the debris, before looking around when they found that the ledge had suddenly become quiet.
Glynda: "That had to have been Devimon's doing."
Qrow: "Yeah, though that does make him smart in a way to know when his goons are in a losing battle."
Ren: "You would think he'd do that with the Black Gear infected Digimon beforehand."
Ren had a point. If Devimon pulled them all back before their Digimon destroyed the gears, he'd have at least a big army for them to deal with.
"They're gone." Pierce said in surprise.
"Did they fall?" Veedramon wondered as he looked over the edge, before he and all the other Digimon reverted back to their Child forms.
"Doubt it. That was way too convenient. The rockslide happened when they were clearly losing," Yang frowned.
"So they must have someone else helping them," Ren nodded.
"Or someone is pulling their strings. Someone like say...whoever is making the Black Gears," Gyro said, eyeing the top of the mountain suspiciously.
Weiss: "At least we're able to come to that conclusion rather than walk around without really knowing what is going on."
Winter: "I'd say you still don't know what is truly going on, but you have somewhat of an understanding."
True, there was the whole "Chosen Children" thing to learn more about.
"In any case, we should probably retreat for now, we'll need a plan of attack before trying this again." Ruby pointed out.
"Hopefully we can find our weapons before trying again." Weiss agreed with a sigh.
Ruby: "Please."
"Let's start by getting down the mountain. There's another path this way," Nora said, as even she could tell how serious this was.
As the group made their escape, Devimon watched from his vantage point with a frown. "They are stronger than expected. Then again, I suppose it was my mistake thinking those two could win against them when they're all together," he mused. "No matter, now that they've tired themselves out a little, there will be many more chances to destroy them."
Nora: "How about you come fight us yourself?"
Qrow: "Careful what you ask for, Nora."
"I wonder what Leomon meant by Chosen Children?" Ren said as the group had gotten down from the mountain and were currently walking through the surrounding forest.
"I swear, if this is some kind of prophecy thing…" Pierce grumbled, a bit annoyed at the thought.
Winter: "It is starting to feel like that."
Jaune: "But why us 10 specifically? 2 twins from Earth and us 8 from Remnant. What's so special about us?"
That was the million lien question.
"Yeah, I mean, it would certainly be cool if we were destined to come here, but it would also be pretty annoying in a way." Gyro said with a sigh.
"Doubly so if that basically means we've had bull's-eyes on our backs the whole time," Jaune sighed. "Though, it was pretty cool how some of the Digimon evolved twice in a single day. They used to only be able to do it once."
Pyrrha: "They possibly have more energy to maintain the Adult Level."
Weiss: "Now if we could figure out how to reach Perfect," she mused.
"Yeah, it wasn't easy, but we managed," Veemon nodded.
"Guess that means we've gotten stronger," Gomamon said.
"That makes sense. I mean, they HAVE been fighting a lot since we came here," Blake nodded, seeing the logic.
"At any rate, we'd better be even more careful from now on," Pyrrha cautioned. "If we ARE part of some prophecy, there's always someone aiming to prevent it...and if movies are anything to go by, they'll aim to do it by removing us from the equation."
Ironwood: "Well that's a morbid thought, Miss Nikos."
Yang: "I thought that was Blake's thing?" she asked jokingly, which got her an elbow to the gut from the cat Faunus.
"I thought Blake was the morbid one?" Yang said in a half joking tone.
Blake huffed at the echo.
"I'd rather call it...genre savvy," Pyrrha chuckled at the light joke. But then she frowned as she looked towards the Digimon, all of them looking rather worn out. "But more importantly, we should find a place to rest. Everyone looks like they'd need it."
"You don't have to do anything special for us." Tentomon tried to wave off any concerns.
Weiss: "Don't even try to get out of this Tentomon. You saved our butts more than we'd like to count and admit. The least we can do until we find our weapons is let you guys regain your energy and strength."
"Nonsense, we'll try to find a nice place for the night, it's starting to get late anyway." and Weiss was having none of it.
"Well, don't look now, but I think we just did." Ruby pointed, and everyone looked past the trees, seeing a mansion within a clearing.
Qrow: "Okay, where the heck did that mansion come from? We'd have seen it from atop the mountain."
Ruby: "Think this is the work of Devimon?"
Ren: "Has to be. This is way too convenient."
"Well… that's pretty convenient." Jaune said with a blink.
"A little too convenient though." Gyro said, before pulling out his map "And I'm pretty sure I didn't see this place from up top."
"Maybe you just missed it, or thought it was some trees, I mean, the roof is green." Pierce said with a shrug as he indicated the roof.
Glynda: "I wouldn't say that's a good enough reason, Mr. Vermillion," she said with a sweat drop.
"...possibly," Gyro sighed.
"But Gyro's right though," Ren said. "It IS kinda too convenient."
"Then let's keep our guards up," Yang nodded.
"So… sleep with our clothes on then." Nora summed up.
"Basically." Blake shrugged.
Pyrrha: "I feel like that is a jab at our alternate counterparts, and by that I mean the original children that had gone through these events."
Hedge: "It is, and I'll give a breakdown as to why in a little bit."
With that said, the group went into the mansion, looking around warily in case of any traps within, so far the only thing of note was the painting of an angel hanging on the wall.
Ozpin: "That painting's a disguise for Devimon isn't it?"
Qrow: "It's a good asumption, given his profile."
"This place looks deserted." Jaune said as he looked around.
"Maybe it is? I have to admit, I've never heard of this place before, so maybe there isn't a Digimon here." Gomamon said with a shrug.
"The painting is rather beautiful though." Weiss commented as she went up and observed it.
"You know, it's got me curious, are there any angel like Digimon out there?" Gyro asked curiously.
Blake: "That's actually a good question." She was still trying to figure out what had Devimon so riled up about not letting Patamon evolve.
"What's an angel?" Patamon asked.
"Something you are going to evolve into, Patamon," thought Hedge with a smile.
"A holy being said to watch over people from heaven." Blake answered.
"Oh… maybe." Patamon shrugged, not too sure of the answer.
"Well...do you think that means this place is safe then?" Nora asked. "I mean, aren't angels supposed to be protection from evil and all that?"
"Normally yes, but see...not ALL angels are like that," Gyro frowned. "Still…"
Lucifer came to mind for Hedge.
However, before he could say anything else, he was interrupted when Gabumon suddenly spoke up. "Hey, I smell food! In fact...it smells like a feast!"
"Hey, I smell it too!" Agumon grinned.
"Smells really good too!" Wormmon added, and before any of the huntsmen could say anything, the Digimon had already ran to the source of the smell.
Pierce could feel his eyebrow twitch "We're going to have to teach them some self-restraint, aren't we?"
Students: "Yes." They had been feeding their Digimon for some time now, but they also knew not to over feed them.
"I believe we are." Pyrrha answered with a sigh as they followed after the Digimon.
When they came to the room their partners were in, they found the Digimon sitting before a banquet table...with a full spread of various foods before them...to which the Digimon were already eating their fill.
"Self-restraint lessons...pronto…" the hunters (save Nora) all muttered at the sight of their partners eating from food they didn't even know where it came from.
Glynda: "Do they even know if any of it is poisoned or not?"
Ironwood: "I think that's pretty much thrown out the window at this point, Glynda."
"This stuff is really good!" Agumon said through a mouthful.
Weiss: "Don't talk with your mouth full, Agumon," she chastised. "You're almost as bad as Ruby."
"Hey!"
"You should have some!" Veemon said as he held up a chicken leg before biting into it.
The hunters all looked between each other at that, honestly unsure, as this seemed too good to be true. Eventually though, the smells got to them, as well as the sight of the Digimon eating the admittedly good food, and figured if the Digimon were eating it so much and nothing was happening...it should be okay to eat.
"...well...okay, I guess I could eat," Pierce sighed.
"Same here," Jaune admitted as he took a seat.
"Let's dig in!" Nora cheered and took a bit out of some roasted meat. "It's good!"
The rest soon followed and all of them found the food to be...delicious. Dare say, it might have been the most delicious thing they'd ever tasted, and despite themselves, they all soon polished up the entire spread.
The students didn't know how to feel about their others also joining in eating, but at the same time, they couldn't exactly fault them. They probably hadn't eaten since the previous night after their time in the hot springs.
"I'll admit, this is a pretty sweet deal we got here," Yang admitted after polishing off her last plate.
"But still...it's really suspicious that we found this mansion, then all this food is just sitting here waiting for us like this…" Blake frowned.
Jaune: "No offense to everyone else, but we can't be that stupid and think this is all fine and dandy, right?"
Yang: "None taken, but I get the feeling we're somewhat playing along. Like, we know it's a trap, but we're going along until it actually is sprung on us."
Winter: "That begs the question then: when is Devimon planning to strike?"
Qrow: "My guess? When they're all asleep."
"But it wasn't poisoned or anything, and it tasted great," Ren mused.
"Yes...it's really hard to tell if this is a trap or if we're just that fortunate," Weiss agreed. Even if she had enjoyed the meal, this felt too...convenient.
"Well, now that we're full, let's take a look around, but be careful, we don't know what could be hiding in here." Gyro said, everyone nodding in agreement as they started exploring the mansion, trying to get a feel for it. So far it seemed...normal...save for the lack of life in it. They even found a good sized bedroom with enough beds for all of them, and a bathroom that had fully working toilets not far from said room.
Glynda: "This is too good to be real."
Ren started to catch on. "...What if that is Devimon's intention?"
Ruby: "What do you mean, Ren?"
Ren: "Think about it. Like Qrow said, none of us saw this mansion even when we were close to the top dealing with Leomon and Ogremon."
Blake: "So what are you saying then?"
"What if all of this," referring to what's on screen, "is an illusion?"
They thought real hard about what he said, and to be honest, it seemed to be that way in their minds.
"Okay...so far this place SEEMS normal," Ruby frowned. Honestly, for some reason all she was finding was only making her even MORE suspicious. An empty mansion in the middle of the woods, but nobody is here? Yet there was a full spread of food...even she knew that was WAY too good to be true, but at the same time, they just COULDN'T seem to find ANYTHING that implied there was foul play at work.
"Even though a bath would be great, I think we can go without it, we had one yesterday after all, so we're still good for now." Gyro said, and even though that meant they would have to endure the smell of sweat, it was tolerable, and much more safe than being literally caught with their pants down.
Weiss: "I think I'd die of embarrassment if that happened."
Something the rest of students agreed with.
"In that case, I suggest we do a perimeter check. Assuming this is real, all this and nobody living in it? I find it hard to believe," Pyrrha suggested. "There might be something else living nearby."
"Good point, if I were a local Digimon, I'd DEFINITELY wanna live here," Nora nodded in agreement.
"I'll do it," Ren volunteered.
Nora: "Not alone you ain't."
Jaune: "If this is the work of Devimon, there's no telling when he'll strike."
Winter: "You also have Leomon and Ogremon to deal with too. Or any other poor Digimon he may have control over thanks to the Black Gears."
"Not alone you're not. I'm coming along," Jaune said, earning a nod from Ren.
"Holler if anything happens. We'll come running," Yang said.
"Speaking of which...has anyone seen the Digimon? I haven't seen them since we split up to explore the mansion," Blake commented. As if to answer her question, one of the doors opened, and out came Patamon and Salamon...on a work chair with wheels, the two mon looking like they were having a ton of fun right now. "...guess that answers that question."
Some shook their head in amusement or chuckled at seeing the two Digimon having fun.
Turns out the Digimon had ended up finding a study and a living room that while cozy, also had a window looking to the outside, showing that night was falling. It didn't take long for Ren and Jaune to return, reporting no hostile Digimon in the area...in fact, they didn't find ANY Digimon...and that honestly worried them more. However, they didn't say a word of this to their partners, who seemed to obliviously be enjoying the mansion and its luxuries. Eventually, night fell and the 20 of them were gathered in the bedroom, each of them sharing a bed with their partners.
Once they were in there...Gyro immediately locked the door, while Weiss drew the curtains, but not before making sure there was nobody outside.
"So...I think we can all agree this is bull shit, right?" Pierce said bluntly.
"Swear!"
"Swear!" Ruby shouted, apparently on reflex as she then quickly put her hands over her mouth "Sorry. Force of habit."
"Yeah, you can blame our uncle for swearing so much she calls someone out on it each time." Yang said dryly.
The adults turned toward the drunk.
Ironwood: "You don't even have a filter in front of your own nieces?"
Yang: "Trust us, our dad has tried to fix that many times. He stopped trying once Ruby hit...," she looked to her sister, "10 years old?"
Ruby shrugged. "More or less."
Winter face palmed. "Why am I not surprised?"
Glynda: "Cause this is Qrow we're talking about?"
Ozpin: "That goes without saying, Glynda."
"What's an uncle?" Biyomon asked.
"It's a family member." Yang gave her the short answer, earning a nod from her partner.
"We're getting off topic," Jaune sighed. "I think we can all agree this mansion just screams 'trap', right?"
"What are you talking about? This place is great," Gomamon said. "I mean, the food is good, there's lots of fun stuff, and comfy beds too."
Jaune face palmed at the naivety of his partner.
Weiss: "I would've expected that from Ruby."
Ruby: "Ok, one: rude. Two: At least my other is seeing this as a possible trap too."
"Right...funny how there's such a convenient mansion...but literally nobody else," Blake pointed out.
"She's right. Jaune and I scouted the area earlier...and there are literally no Digimon living nearby here. You would think a mansion this nice would attract some of the local Digimon to live in it, but there's absolutely none," Ren agreed.
"That DOES sound rather odd." Wormmon hummed in thought.
"Now that you mention it, it's kind of weird how we couldn't smell anything before coming in here." Agumon realised.
"My roots do feel kind of odd on the floor now that I think about it." Palmon frowned in thought.
Ren: "Well at least they are starting to see reason."
Pyrrha: "But if Professor Ozpin's guess that the painting is Devimon's hiding spot, where are Leomon and Ogremon hiding?"
Nora: "It has to be somewhere else inside the mansion."
"But...if this place IS a trap...what do we do?" Patamon asked.
"At this point? Sleep with one eye open if you have to," Gyro sighed. "It'd be nice if we're just being paranoid and it turns out this place is legit...but it's just too perfect to be what it looks like. I've seen this in movies enough times to know how it works. Whoever set this up is waiting for us to be in a false sense of security, and right when we least expect it…" Gyro punctuated the rest by moving a finger across his neck.
Qrow: "Which falls in line with my initial guess of when Devimon would strike."
"Should we even actually sleep then?" Veemon asked with a slightly nervous look.
Yang: "It wouldn't be a good idea to not sleep. Devimon could just choose to wait a long time and we tire ourselves out regardless."
"We should, because if we just stay awake all night we'll be too tired in the morning to do anything." Pyrrha said simply.
"But just in case…" Weiss frowned. "Everyone should have their scrolls with them. If ANYONE sees or finds anything suspicious, send a mass call."
"And obviously, we're sleeping with our clothes and armor on like usual, even if they have bathrobes in the closets." Gyro pointed out, everyone nodding in agreement before they all turned in, but slept lightly.
They were really curious on why that same barb to the original children came back up, but Hedge did say he would explain.
At first things seemed peaceful...until Gyro was woken up by Agumon.
"Considering how much you all ate, I'm surprised you're the only one who needs to go," Gyro chuckled as he walked his partner to the bathroom, though he had his scroll at the ready. As they walked to the bathroom, the painting of the angel on the first floor rippled, before going dark, as Devimon emerged.
Blake: "Isn't Agumon the glutton of the group?"
Weiss: "He is, but I think the more obvious thing to point out is that Devimon is making his move."
"Hm...they're more cautious than I thought. No matter, they've still fallen for my trap," he said calmly with a slight smirk, knowing things were already in place.
Ironwood: "He seems very confident."
Qrow: "I would be too if I was able to get who I was aiming to kill all in one place."
But then they all remembered something they were all thinking about back when they first arrived in the dimension and turned to their host.
Hedge: "Need I remind you all that if I wanted you all dead, I would've done it already? You all know that I could've killed you when you all fought me. The Hyper form isn't even my full power."
Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Gyro was leaning against one of the sinks while Agumon was sitting in one of the stalls.
"You sure you need to go buddy?" Gyro couldn't help but ask as he listened to Agumon groan and try to… well, it doesn't need to be said.
Winter: "Yeah we don't need the extra descriptions."
"It's really weird, I ate so much, but nothing wants to happen." and then his groaning was cut off as Agumon started farting… a lot "Well, except for that."
"I can hear," Gyro chuckled, idly using his semblance to keep the gas away from him.
Pyrrha: "We wouldn't have such luck if it was anyone of us with Agumon," thankful they were all spared.
After a moment, Agumon sighed as he walked out of the stall "So we-" and he was quickly cut off as the stall next to his burst open.
"Dear lord you stink!" Ogremon shouted as he pointed at Agumon.
Yang: "Ok, I know we were all expecting to see Ogremon and/or Leomon too, but why was he hiding in the bathroom of all places?"
Glynda: "Ogremon's not really that smart, is he?" which was answered by a shake of Hedge's head.
"...exactly how long WERE you in that stall?" Gyro said. "Cause I have to admit, of all the ways I was expecting to run into you or Leomon again...this was actually not one of them."
"Uh… well about an hour or so I guess." Ogremon answered plainly.
Jaune: "Well he's certainly patient."
"Huh. You're surprisingly patient. Almost makes me feel bad for this next one," Gyro chuckled. "Science question: Ever heard of methane?"
"Meta-wha?" Ogremon blinked.
Ironwood was confused. "What does methane have anything to do with...?" Then realization. "...ohhhhh," he chuckled.
Winter: "Explanation, sir?"
Ironwood: "Just watch."
"It's the stuff that's in farts. And its flammable," Gyro said, before directing the wind he was controlling at Ogremon. "Light 'em up!"
"Baby Flame!" Agumon quickly complied as he shot a fireball at Ogremon, and as soon as it made contact with the gas, well…
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH! IT BURNS!" Ogremon shouted as he was rather easily set on fire… and the flame probably wasn't the only thing burning him.
Everyone laughed at the outcome of the small "bout."
Gyro and Agumon couldn't suppress the small bout of laughter as they ran out of the bathroom, while Gyro quickly hit the call button on his scroll as they ran. Good thing too, as they didn't get far before they were met with the imposing figure of Leomon. "Chosen Children...destroy…" Leomon said as he advanced towards them.
Ruby: "Well, where there is Ogremon, Leomon isn't that far behind." She desperately wanted to save Leomon from Devimon's clutches.
"You really need a dictionnary… well that or an exorcism." Gyro said, before looking over Leomon's shoulder "Also maybe you should be sure no one is following you."
Unsurprisingly, Leomon didn't pay his words any mind, clearly intending on doing exactly as he keeps threatening to do...only to stop as he promptly felt something hit the back of his head. Hard. And shatter like glass, the large Digimon soon slumping over and falling flat on his face, the broke remains of a vase around him.
"And that's why you should listen when Gyro gives you advice," Pierce chuckled as he and the other hunters and Digimon stepped around Leomon and regrouped with Gyro.
Nora: "Ok, does that actually work in real life?" really wanting to test that.
Ren: "No Nora. That's just something they use for comedic gags in movies and cartoons."
"Aw."
"Guess this place really was a trap," Veemon frowned.
"But if these two were clearly the puppets...who's the puppeteer?" Weiss frowned.
"I must admit...you all exceeded my expectations. I can see why it has been so hard to eliminate all of you," came a new voice, causing all of them to turn to the source, and when they did, all the Digimon froze in fear.
Blake: "Guess Devimon's reputation is well known if our Digimon are afraid of him too."
"...okay, you have GOT to be the most obvious bad guy I've ever seen," Gyro couldn't help but say as they beheld the devil-like creature standing on the opposite end of the mansion.
"And you're the biggest nuisances I've had the displeasure of meeting." Devimon said, a clear frown of annoyance on his face.
Weiss: "Ok, how can he be having such a casual conversation with him?!"
Ozpin: "I think that's just how the Vermillion brothers are," given Pierce would likely be the same way with Devimon.
"We'll take that as a compliment." Yang shot back.
Devimon's frown became more of a snarl "This farce has gone on long enough." he sneered, before snapping his fingers, the mansion shattering away and revealing it had been nothing but an illusion, now nothing more then ruins.
Yang: "So it was all an illusion."
Ruby thought a bit harder on that, but then she soon realized. "Wait, if it was all an illusion, then...!"
And as the illusion ended, the Digimon suddenly fell down.
"Guys?" Ruby said in worry as she checked on Palmon.
"So hungry… it's like we didn't eat anything all day." Palmon said with a groan.
"But you guys...son of a bitch!" Pierce's eyes widened in realization. "The food was an illusion too, wasn't it? That...okay, I gotta admit that's honestly pretty impressive considering how real it felt," he admitted begrudgingly.
Jaune: "Darn it, now they won't have energy to evolve."
"Why thank you. I had crafted this illusion just for all of you. You did well to not be taken in so easily," Devimon smirked. "But the time for games is over. Now begone!" with a wave of his hand, all of them save Gyro were blown away, and landed on their beds which had suddenly begun floating, and suddenly they were forced to hang on for dear life as the beds flew around the air over the mansion.
Pyrrha: "Oh I don't like how this can turnout."
Qrow: "The feeling's mutual."
Gyro felt a bit of confusion as he saw his friends all flying around on beds, looking back at the devil like Digimon "I'm not gonna like the answer, but why wasn't I sent on a magical bed ride?"
Devimon's smirk became, well, devilish "Because I had something special planned for the leader."
Winter: "Behind you, Vermillion!"
At that moment, Gyro's instincts screamed at him, and he ducked, Leomon's sword passing right over his head and cutting off a few strands of hair. Rolling out of the way, he looked up at the brainwashed Digimon and chuckled nervously. "I'd like to ride the bed of death now…" he managed to say before rolling out of the way of another sword strike. Too bad he wasn't looking where he was rolling, as he rolled right off an edge, causing him to fall to the first floor.
"Gyro!" Agumon said in alarm, and despite the utter exhaustion he was feeling, managed to jump down after his partner. "Are you okay?!"
"I'm fine. Gotta love Aura, huh?" Gyro reassured as he got to his feet...then Leomon jumped down after them. "Though I get the feeling he's about to make sure we're both not fine for much longer."
Glynda: "Aura is not infinite, Gyro."
Ozpin: "I'm pretty sure he's aware of that."
"I really wish I had more energy to evolve." Agumon frowned as he stepped away from the mind controlled hero.
"Yeah, well, not much time to eat." Gyro answered, before his foot brushed up against a pile of rubble, loosening it just enough for a few stones to move as he glanced at it… and grinned.
Blake used her enhanced vision to get a better look. "Are those...sword handles?"
Just as Leomon brought his sword down, it was blocked by a pair of curved blades.
Ruby gasped excitedly. "He found Ascalon!!"
Yang smacked her palm with her fist. "Now he can fight back too!"
"Back in action!" Gyro grinned as he used Ascalon to hold off Leomon's sword.
Although… his grin twitched a bit as he took a moment to look at his weapons, seeing that it was damaged in a few areas, specifically the ones that would allow it to enter its multiple modes. "Okay, not the best...but I can still kick your butt with this," he grimaced slightly, before turning to Agumon. "Agumon, stand back. I got this now," he said with a confident grin.
Ruby deflated at seeing the damaged swords. "No, who would do such a thing to such cool weapons?!"
Jaune: "I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't count."
(Play This Will Be The Day)
Everyone perked up at the new song playing.
Ironwood: "Well this is different."
Hedge: "Yes, this is the intro song for your webseries' first volume. While it is the first song in the album tied to that volume, it isn't the first song we fans were introduced to the webseries."
Nora: "Which song was that?"
Hedge gestured his hands to Ruby. "Why our very own little rose, her theme song to be exact."
Ruby was surprised. "I have a theme song?"
Some of their scrolls pinged of a new notification, this being of a few songs being added to their collection. Ruby: Red likes Roses (all three parts, but the third one was greyed out as it couldn't be listened to yet), Weiss: Mirror Mirror, Blake: From Shadows and Wings, and Yang: I Burn and Gold. As like with Ruby, a few of their songs were greyed out.
For the Arkos duo, they both received Forever Fall, but it too was greyed out. Though they also received Shine and Dream Come True, which they could listen to. The Renora duo couldn't listen to their songs just yet. Qrow received Bad Luck Charm and Ironwood received Hero, but Ironwood's was greyed out for now too.
Hedge: "The 'Red' trailer was our first introduction to Ruby, but we didn't end up learning her name until the very first episode of Volume 1, which was aptly called 'Ruby Rose.'"
Gyro shifted the weight a little, and disengaged his swords, allowing Leomon's sword to hit the ground, while he used the momentum to roll out of the way, but immediately he began his counter attack. Using his semblance, he darted forward carried by the wind, and swung his swords at Leomon, the Digimon blocking with his sword, but Gyro didn't lose any momentum, and flipped over him, and managed to land a strike to his back, causing him to growl in pain and stumble forward, though it seemed the attack was unable to do much damage. Leomon growled as he tried to strike again, but Gyro proved to be much more nimble than he was, especially using his semblance to help on that area, while regaining his weapons meant he could now fight in the way he'd been training for for the last few years.
Ozpin: "He may not be at all full fighting capability, but he is able to fight on par with Leomon with Ascalon in hand."
"Woah…" Agumon breathed in awe "Gyro's so cool!" he gushed, honestly impressed with how well his best friend was doing.
They had to agree with Agumon.
Back with the fight, Gyro was able to more than keep up with Leomon...the only problem was he didn't seem to be doing nearly as much damage as he wanted as things were, and Leomon was hardly slowing down. "As much as I'd like to do this all night, I got friends to save," Gyro smirked as he landed a strong kick to Leomon's face. "So do both of us a favor and stay down!"
Leomon growled, before his fist glowed. "Fist of the Beast King!" he roared as he fired the attack, but Gyro shot into the air using his semblance, and soon came down, swords at the ready.
"Good night!" he smirked as he brought the sword down, Leomon block it, but the force still generated a small shockwave. At that moment, as if in response to his determination, his Digivice began to glow, but instead of Agumon evolving, the light of the Digivice illuminated Leomon, the lion suddenly reeling, backing away. Realizing the light was doing that, Gyro disengaged, and grabbed his Digivice, before pointing it right at Leomon, the intensity growing and right before Gyro and Agumon's eyes, a black phantom of some kind was pushed out of Leomon, before burning away in the light.
(Song end)
Weiss: "What on Remnant was that?!"
Ruby: "Who cares?! I think Gyro just saved Leomon!"
Leomon groaned slightly, but when he opened his eyes, they were no longer blank, and now had actual life in them. "The evil has vanished," he said in realization.
"Huh, guess that's another thing we didn't know these things could do," Gyro blinked as he looked at his Digivice.
Nora: "What else could they do?"
At the same time, Devimon saw the whole thing and frowned. "This is bad," he growled, before willing the beds that by now had gotten high enough to start falling, intending to kill all the remaining hunters and their Digimon. However, Leomon acted quickly.
"Fist of the Beast King!" he called out, forcing Devimon to dodge, breaking his concentration, and accidentally sending the beds flying into multiple directions. "Devimon, your evil ends here!" Leomon declared.
Yang: "Well at least we didn't die," she said jokingly.
Blake: "But we still could upon landing," she retorted.
Devimon glared at them...before it turned into a smirk. "Do you really think that? No, this is just the beginning. For as we speak, my Black Gears have already taken over File Island!" he declared, and on cue, a violent tremor shook the island, and before the eyes of the hunters and Digimon on the beds, the island cracked, and actually broke apart into various sections, revealing countless Black Gears hidden in the ground itself.
"You have GOT to be kidding…!" Gyro couldn't help but say at the sight of the island literally splitting apart.
Glynda: "How in the world did he...? Wait, all those gears that shot out of Infinity Mountain!"
Ren: "The island...it's being ripped apart."
Devimon laughed "This island is only the beginning! Soon, the whole Digital World will be beneath my heel!"
"Not happening!" Gyro growled.
Yang: "Like hell we're going to stand around and let that happen!" her eyes turning red.
"Yeah, we won't let you do as you please!" Agumon agreed as both stepped forward...only for Leomon to stop them.
"No, you must find your comrades first," he said.
Ruby gasped. "Leomon...no..." Not liking what he was no doubt about to do.
Weiss: "Don't do anything that you'll regret, Leomon!"
"But…!" Gyro started, only for Ogremon to suddenly come out of seemingly nowhere, and attempt to strike them, if Leomon hadn't stopped him and pushed him away.
Nora: "Why is Ogremon attacking Leomon again? Leomon's no longer under Devimon's control."
Qrow: "That's exactly why. Their 'binding' contract as it were is null and void now, meaning Ogremon can resume their rivalry."
"The Chosen Children MUST be united to end the nightmare. Go!" Leomon roared as he used his sword to sever a section of the ground, dropping it and Gyro and Agumon to the ocean, leaving it to drift away on another section of land. "You all are this world's only hope!"
Gyro let out a grunt as he fell on his back, quickly getting back up as he saw Leomon fight against Ogremon, Devimon still present "Dammit! It's two against one for him!"
"What can we do?" Agumon asked with a frown.
Ozpin: "Unless Agumon can evolve, there isn't anything they can do," he stated grimly.
Gyro grit his teeth, his grip tightening on his blades, he hated feeling so utterly useless! Especially when things finally started to turn in their favor! "LEOMON!"
The last thing they heard before the section of land they'd been on was out of sight was Leomon roaring in pain...
With that final cry from Leomon, the TV shut off.
Ironwood: "Talk about a cliffhanger."
Ruby had tears in her eyes. "Leomon..."
Ren: "He fought back Ogremon and Devimon to allow Gyro and Agumon to escape."
Winter: "A valiant fighter to the end."
Hedge walked up to the front of the room. "I think that'll do for now. How about you all go and enjoy the hot springs, then we could all eat dinner, then head to bed?"
Blake: "Wait, what was the reasoning behind those jabs of the "keeping our clothes on" jokes?
Hedge: "Oh yeah. Well, the partners of Palmon and Biyomon had decided to actually wear the bathrobes that were available in the mansion over their underwear. And Agumon's partner also had a bathrobe on, but he at least had his underwear on underneath."
Nora: "But wouldn't they have been fine after taking the bath in the hot springs?"
Hedge: "That's the thing: they never found the hot springs. So they took a bath in the mansion."
They soon caught on what had probably happened once Devimon dispelled the illusion.
They all went to their rooms to gather their towels and change of clothes. As they walked into the changing rooms, they noticed the extra door that seemingly led to the springs area. They stripped down and wrapped themselves in their towels.
First with the guys
When the gentlemen entered their pool's area, they immediately took note of the decor of the area, looking just like that of a genuine Japanese onsen.
Ren: "This looks..."
Jaune: "Amazing."
Qrow: "Yeah, I have to agree."
Ironwood: "And the humidity is just right too."
Ozpin: "Well, no point in just standing around, we might as well enjoy the water," as he walked toward the steps and entered inside. "Well I'll be, that does feel nice."
The rest of them just shrugged as they entered the water as well.
Ironwood: "Wow, this does feel good."
Jaune: "I'm with your other, Ren. I really do wonder if a village could be built around something like this back on Remnant."
Ren: "The only possible location I can think of them being at is on Anima. Maybe on Solitas just outside Vale."
Qrow: "It would need to be protected from Grimm and bandits heavily, though."
Ironwood: "I wouldn't mind sending some soldiers to help with that."
Qrow: "That better be just soldiers and not your tin cans."
With the females
When they entered into their section, they were taken breathless at the scenery.
Ruby: "So pretty."
Weiss: "Beautiful."
Blake: "Reminds me a bit of home with the view."
Yang: "This looks amazing."
Winter: "I could just stay here all day lost in the scenery."
Glynda: "Same."
They all entered the water.
Weiss: "Oh my goodness," soothed by the feel of the water. "I could get used to this."
Blake: "I can probably read one of my books while relaxing in here."
Glynda: "A normal book, right Miss Belladonna?"
Blake blushed. "Y-yes."
Ruby started humming the same tune her other was in the previous chapter, content with the feel of the water.
Yang: "This feels amazing."
Both sides enjoyed the water a bit longer, before they decided to get out and not become prunes. They got dressed, ate dinner, then headed off to bed.
AN: Chapter done!
The main villian of the first arc has made his appearance now. We're almost done with the events of File Island.
Until next time, this is Shadow Drivver, signing out. Peace.