Umbromon's eyes flared yellow, but the look on his face was more stricken than it was enraged.... Umbromon: I never betrayed anyone! I was trying to help our people...I...I still am! I wanted us to be free.... You especially should know that...imouto.... Suddenly, he realized something in her words... Umbromon:...What...what blasphemy?! What are you planning to do to her?!?

Upon closer inspection, it was obvious she didn't get away from all of that excitement unscathed... but it wasn't affecting her at the moment. Luxos: Oh, come now, big brother... You cannot be free so long as someone hunts you. Especially Lord Sin. My brother the Heretic... Don't play stupid when you know full well what it is that you have done. What crimes you have committed against your own people. Say a prayer for the ExStragomon. Tell her good-bye... Perhaps you could get your Stragomon friend to help you pray for her soul. He put such effort into trying to stop us... but he too failed. Good-bye.... brother dear... She didn't allow him to reply. She then also joined the long-range teleport and left Thanatos alone.

Thanatos was left alone, his mouth trembling...images flashed inside his mind like unwelcome photographs, and the past came rushing back to the Umbromon's head. "There can be no greater heresy than this...to question the very will of the Gods themselves...!!!" Umbromon: No....no... "Master Sin, teach us. Master Sin, guide us. Master Sin, protect us..." The Shadow Digimon's claws clenched and unclenched, trembling, his entire body quivering with something beyond both anger and fear. "You're not evil if you can admit you're wrong...No one evil ever does that..." Umbromon: Not again...not again...I promised her...I...I promised her... "You should never have been born...." Umbromon: The people I believe in...the people...the people I love... "I love you, Umbie...I promise I always will..." "Love you too, Ex-chan..." Thanatos let out a shrieked howl...a keening sound that shattered the window behind him, and sent a tiny crystalline orb he'd kept on a nearby shelf to tumble to the floor and break as well... Umbromon: NO!!!!! NOT THIS TIME, DAMN YOU! NOT HER!!! Akurei Nagisa came upon the scene in utter bewilderment and his pajamas, blinking cobwebs out of his eyes as he looked at his partner, who seemed to be going out of his mind. Umbromon: *hissed* This time....This time, I fight..... ----------------------------- Pios, Davros, and the other Kshyatriya were waiting for her...they'd set up a small camp, complete with fire. Ex lay near it, still unconscious. The shovel-faced Umbromon was leering at the dragon. Davros: Tasty little whore...I can see why the bastard must like her... Pios: *shudders, looking to Luxos* Welcome back...he knows, then? As the Archcardinal intended?

Dagrus was in the back of his own D-Tank, shocked at the time it took Stragomon to grab his Digivice, his weapons, AND him without the boy waking up 'til just a few minutes ago. Dagrus: O_o; ANd WHAT'S happening again? Stragomon: No time for talk! Just move!!!! Call Ryota and Ryuuzamon, we're gonna need backup for this one!!

It took an equally short amount of time for Akurei to hear what was going on. Akurei:...So they have her. Umbromon didn't nod....the demon's face was too far gone for that. Umbromon: Yes. And I'm going to go get her back. Akurei: I'll call some of the others...Suki especially, and I-- Umbromon: *snarled* NO. There's no TIME. You know how fast and how hidden they move. I'm going. NOW. Akurei: You can't go out there alone. That's insane. They'll kill you before you've even started. They're-- Umbromon: That's why I assume you're coming with me, yes? Akurei: As part of a rescue mission, yes, but this--I can't-- Umbromon:...well I can. All my life I've been afraid of them, afraid of what they'll do to the people I care about. I'm not afraid anymore. I'm going to fight through every last fucking one of them if I have to. I'm going to that island. Akurei: *sharply* No, you aren't, because I'm not going to let you go out there and throw your life away! Don't you see that's what-- Umbromon: I DON'T CARE! The Digimon's eyes flared golden, and a hideous snarl broke from his throat. Umbromon: They have taken the only person who has ever loved me. They've taken away the one person who ever thought I was worth a damn. I'm going to go to Okaghe and tear through Sin myself to get her back, and to hell with anyone who tries to stop me. Now you can help me...or you can get the FUCK out of my way. Akurei:....What if I told you you would have to kill me before I let you leave on this goddamn fool's errand...? Umbromon: Then so help me God, Akurei, I will. I love her. Akurei sighed. Akurei:....Well, it won't be the first stupid, reckless thing I've ever done. Give me five seconds to change and we'll be on the move. Umbromon:...You have two. ----------------------- Kahlos:...Re'fatha Pios...they'll find us soon. What should we do with the dragon? We've bound her arms, but she's still unconscious... Davros: Then let's wake her. She can run, same as us. We're leaving. Kahlos:...Re'fatha? Pios: Do as he says. Luxos and I will finish our conversation momentarily. The two Kshyatriyai moved to the side of the dragon, Davros' claw the first to move...a harsh shake to the shoulder, repeated in a fashion that looked painful. Davros: ...Wakey, wakey....eggs and bakey....*grins*

Luxos: He knows. And I know he's coming for her. Don't worry. Everything is going according to plan this time. And I know they'll beg for backup. I do hope everyone is prepared to battle Tamers and other Digimon besides him. Even if he takes off alone, his Tamer will certainly call for assistance to come after him. If not him.... then that Stragomon... Vicious... ExStragomon: *groaned quietly, shifting just slightly* No more shrimp take-out before bed... ever.... again....

Ryota was on Hiryuumon's back, grumbling that he didn't have a D-Tank anymore. Ryota: *yawns* Ok, so what's happening now? Hiryuumon: Ex has been kidnapped. We're going to save her. Ryota: AGAIN?! What, does she owe the Umbromon money?! Hiryuumon: This is SERIOUS, Ryota! Once the Umbromon set a target they go after it until the job is completed! I rather not see what that entails!!!

Davros leered evilly at the dragon as she said this, claw slipping under her chin to grab it, hard, and pull it up to look at him. Davros: No. Probably not a good idea at all, my dear. But then again, I'm not your precious "Umbie." So I suppose I don't really know. The priest nodded grimly. Pios: We have the best of our whole Warforce backing us. They will die in battle with the infidels and their humans before they give them an inch. And once we have her on Okaghe, the Tamers'll lose her for good.... none of them know our sanctuary.