Old Ones Return (V)

Taiyo looks at her D-Power, seeing things through Renamon's eyes. She sees the cast.

*Waitin'*

A<Well, let's go then.>

*They cross the river.*

*Everyone crosses*

They all go and cross the river, Renamon lagging behind because sue still doesn't like water.

*Once on the other side of the stream, Thiera plugs a wire from Datamon's hand into her D-Power as planned. Datamon projects a hologram out of his eye Star Wars style.*

Datamon<Transmitting...connecting...awaiting response...operation timed out....>

E"If Kurata found them, they could be cut off from us. Or worse."

T"Well...keep trying. Maybe we'll get them before we have to go."

Datamon<Understood. Retransmitting...reconnecting...awaiting response....>

E"In the meantime, none of you have any updates?"

IceLeomon<Oh, we have plenty of updates. It's just that, legitimately, nothing is happening. This can only mean that Kurata's forces have withdrawn to your world. Of course, we've been using the opportunity to destroy as many of his abominations as possible. But I trust he'll be back, & with better weapons.>

Azuma: "Isn't there a way to keep them out of this world?"

Lunamon:<Like a giant fire wall?>

ML<If the Sovereigns worked together, maybe.>

Reg<Ha! Fat lot of chance of that happenin'!>

Datamon<...Connection successfully established! Commencing communication!>

*Riley, Yamaki, & Tally appear in the hologram, in similar positions to when they were last contacted. Even in the hologram, it can be seen that they all have heavy bags under their eyes.*

T"Are you alright?! What happened?!"

E"Doesn't really seem like anything. Did you even move?"

*Tally doesn't look at them. Riley bites her lip. Yamaki sighs & takes his glasses off.*

Riley<...It's not...I have some bad news...but I don't know quite how to....>

Yamaki<Kurata has taken all of your families into Hypnos custody.>

Lyra:<Oh shiiit. Do you know...if they are...doing anything to them?>

*Kylie looks at Cameron, who stares at the ground*

Taiyo: "What?"

Azuma: "He's trying to force us to come to him."

Yamaki<I can't really say.>

E"No. This is such an old trick that it'd be pathetic if it weren't so sick."

T"In other words, he wants to say that, if we try to move against him, he'll kill them."

*She steps forwards, balling her hands into fists.*

T"But he can't! Don't you see? Hypnos doesn't have that kind of authority!"

*Euryale crosses her arms.*

E"He can make it look like an accident. He's already gotten away with that once."

*The hope fades from Thiera's face as she stares at the ground & lets her arms drop.*

T"Oh...yeah...."

*Regulumon hefts his sword to his shoulder & stands up.*

Reg<What're you kids whinin' about? We just head to your world & bail them out. Couldn't be simpler.>

Ts"We can't do that! If we do, he'll--"

Reg<Do nothing. His threat only works if you know about it. And he doesn't know that you know yet.>

*Agumon tugs on Euryale's elbow. She looks down.*

A<Your parents are more like family to me than anyone in the Digital World. I'll go with whatever plan you think is right.>

D<Speak for yourself, I don't even know Thiera's family...but, if I meet them saving their lives, then they HAVE to like me. Silver lining.>

G<Of course I'll help!>

Azuma: "What's the plan?"

Lunamon:<LET'S RESCUE ALL THE PARENTS!>

*She hops up and down*

Biyomon:<Has Kurata moved to take over the government yet?>

Cameorn:<"Yet?"

<Well, yeah, world domination.>

Yamaki<He's still got a long way to go for that. He's just recently requested control of the JSDF. But, in all honesty, he'll probably get it soon, at which point I'm sure he'll move to have martial law declared.>

E"Whatever he can't get away with using politics, he still has an army of converted Digimon."

T"Regardless of what he's planning, I think it goes without saying that we have to stop him. Of course...I'm...saying it anyway...."

IL<If you can supply us with a map of Hypnos, we can get them inside.>

Yamaki<A map isn't the problem, you won't have any security clearance.>

Ts"Nobody can just...make us a keycard? Not you or R2D2, over here?"

Yamaki<Are you aware that I can't actually see what you are pointing at?>

Datamon<It is not a question of ability, however attempting to force access to what humans would consider a maximum security facility would have an estimated likelihood to trigger an alarm of 65-75%, which would have an estimated duration of-->

Ts"Okay, we get it, bad idea!"

*She throws up her hands in frustration.*

D<Then our only option is to steal what we need when we get there. But how are we going to stay hidden?>

Lunamon:<We jump some guards, steal their stuff, and shove them in a closet?>

Cameron:<This isn't a movie, Lunamon.>

*he pats her on the head, only to yank his hand back when she nips at him*

Azuma: "Discreet isn't exactly what any of us are capable of. Is there anything you can do from your end?"

E"That might be our only option."

Yamaki<What do you want us to do? Make you invisible?>

T"If we could increase her stamina, Wizardmon could probably do that, though I don't know how long that would last."

Azuma: "Doesn't have to be literal if they can do something about security. Even if it's just disabling cameras or something."

Cameron:<Even if we were invisible, we could still trigger alarms.>

E"Not if we steal someone's security clearance. It's not like there's lasers & motion detectors everywhere, or something."

Cameron:<It's possible they could have some though.>

Azuma: "There's also the possibility that person's clearance doesn't get us far."

Yamaki<Cameron...if the Hypnos building had unmarked motion detectors in the corridors, then no one would be able to get any work done.>

E"Right. And, if we need more clearance, then we take someone else's. Time is a factor, there's no use complaining about things like I can wave a magic wand & get us inside."

*She makes a gesture like she just waved a wand. Then everyone looks to DemiDevimon.*

D<Yeah, I have to know where they are first. I don't have endless magic, y'know.>

T"They have to keep a record of that on their computers...but we'd need the right passwords...no, even better, there should be video surveillance footage of when they were brought into the facility!"

*She pounds her fist into her hand.*

Azuma: "That's quite a bit of footage to go through. When were they taken?"