That’s the last attack he manages to get off. He’s been weakened sufficiently by the Rookies, and the addition of your tools has left him unable to recover. Porcupamon stomps on his neck, then belly-flops forward to impale him with his full array of frontal spikes. One more Madness Broach later, Pteramon number two is defeated as well.

DELETED

You’re all left panting with exertion in the aftermath of the fight. Two Champions down. Elecmon stands on his hind legs and looks down at his arms.

“What’s up?” Liza asks.

”I feel… Better. Stronger! All that data is racking up all of a sudden.”

”Does it feel like it’s about to burst out? Like you can’t contain it?”

”Not exactly. Just that it could shoot out sometime.”

“Congrats, Liza.” You say. “I think you’re getting close to Digivolution too.”

“Really?! Sick! I wonder what form you’ll get.”

”Me too! I want something super fast. Super mobile. Something with even stronger electricity.”

You pick up a ladder and toss it onto the bridge. Nothing shows up to blow it up, so you take it as a success. No more aerial backup. While the four of them excitedly discuss Digivolution, you radio in.

[Wind, come in.]

[Marnie, how’s it going?]

[Entrance to the scanner secured. As soon as you guys get here, we can start.]

[Perfect! With all that time shaved off, we should be able to make it before the VPNs run low. We’re on the way.]

[Hurry up, please. More could show up any time.]