Hearing Jordan's voice behind her, Zei barely turned to glance at him, but her reply made it clear that she was aware he was there and acknowledged his presence by gently tapping his hand.
"... Jordan," she said to him, "You should leave. It's too dangerous to stay here."
Zei's voice was uncannily hollow, almost broken in a way. Though there was still the calm tone and the concern for his well-being in her voice, it seemed to be devoid of the emotion she used to show until now. If Jordan were to try and look into her eyes, he would see a glazed pair of hazelnut brown eyes that seemed to be scattered all over the place, just like her currently non-existent sanity.
She walked towards the gaping maw on the wall, standing just close enough to the edge. Looking out of the open hole, Zei could see the emergence of the terror that was Millenniummon and Parasimon, the latter coming with a fanfare of loud tearing noise and a crackle of lightning. BanchoLeomon had engaged in a fight with the now unhinged Beelzemon while Nocturnomon and Dynasmon, along with Elle, were doing anything they could to try and stop Millenniummon. While the setting, time and the actors on the stage were completely different, it felt like the Royal Knight war all over again.
However, Zei wasn't going to play the role of a renegade Knight this time.
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"Ah, fuck," Was Dorugamon's response as things went from bad to worse, then from worse to worst-case-scenario in a moment's time. She barely had enough time to avoid the falling debris and glass shards after Millenniummon's grand appearance before spotting Zei standing too close to the open sky to her comfort. Her empty gaze and the fact that she was there in the first place confirmed Dorugamon's suspicion and, for once, she was unhappy about her guess being proven correct.
Her first priority would definitely be getting Zei and Ranamon to safety amidst the clusterfuck, but with her current form, she didn't think that she could carry both of them at the same time without sacrificing her aerial speed and that meant all three of them would become abomination food and consumable data packets.
The gears in her head running at full speed, Dorugamon turned to Mirage and, without warning, flung Ranamon off her back to the Knight, the latter screaming as she was thrown in the air and, hopefully, onto his arms. "Take her and get out of here! I'm going to go and get Zei!"
Not even waiting for a response from either Digimon, Dorugamon made a beeline for Zei, the human Tamer quickly catching sight of her partner as she shouted at the top of her lungs. "ZEI, JUMP, YOU FUCKER!!"
Zei didn't even bother thinking twice, or thinking about it in the first place, as, the next thing she knew, she found herself jumping off the ledge and free-falling down before landing with a loud "Ooof!" on Dorugamon's back. Not even wanting to spend more time being around the clusterfuck, she flew away with her Digidestined on her back holding onto the white scruff of her neck. She flew off just in time for Ulforce to vaporize the top chunk of the building in an attempt to halt Millenniummon's descent, Dorugamon silently cursing her luck as she carried her Tamer to safety and, hopefully, Biomerge to stop the monstrosity.