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A path stretches across the digital world. So long it is said that those who walk upon it are drifters who have lost their way. The path is bordered on both sides by dense forest. An eerie music plays, loud enough to be noticed by the tamers, but soft enough that those travelers are unable to pick out the melody.

Rebecca sunk deeper and deeper into somber melancholy. "How strange, I barely remember how we came upon this trail. And yet, I cannot imagine any way to escape this place," words she would have normally proclaimed in grand fashion were muttered so lowly not even Riku could make out them in their entirety. The digimon seemed unaffected by his tamer's mood, still walking ahead. Too far ahead, he did not even notice the familiar one approaching. Perhaps he could not hear it, the music that rambled within the back of her mind. Though unable to distinguish what kind of sound she heard, it still had a significant effect on her state of mind. "Somebody turn off that damn music," she mouthed, dropping her normally poetic way of speaking for commoner talk. A rustle disturbed the note's progression within her mind. It was enough to make her glance upward's and glance the familiar face now lunging towards her. Rebecca's body moved instinctively, reacting with swiftness uncharacteristic of her mood. She drew from her belt, not a weapon but a Yo-yo. Leaning far enough to the right for Toan's blow to miss, she let the Yo-yo swing outward until it ran out of string. At that moment a switch clicked, releasing a cloud of purple smoke. The distraction was enough to obscure Toan's field of vision while Rebecca regrouped with her digimon. "I do not know why you attack with such malice, but do not think for a second I will just sit here and let it occur," she said, with a bit more spirit in her speech than before. If anything this conflict distracted her from the music. Riku had just realized what had unfolded, and rushed to his partner's side. It was just in time for Rebecca to draw her digivice and activate warp digivolution. The agumon before her quickly digivolved into a wargreymon X, ready to defend his partner and friend. "Now tell me, when faced with unknowable evil how should one who defends justice react?"

"Charge ahead without bothering to answer my question, how rude of you," Rebecca commented drily. The Yo-yo recoiled into her palm as she watched the boy charge at her blindly once more. She threw the Yo-yo once more, the string wrapping itself around a high tree branch. Just as Toan swung Rebecca jumped into the air, causing the Yo-yo to pull the branch down upon the unsuspecting toan. Rebecca herself had already stepped behind Wargreymon X, and was now observing the digimon which had accompanied toan. "Something seems peculiar about this, oh whatever," Had Rebecca not been in such a desolate mood she might have noticed that neither of their digimon seemed to be emulating the moods of their tamers.

"Drive City, that was when we last met right? As for how we ended up at this particular place I am not sure, something has tainted my memory," Looking back she could not recollect why she had taken this particular trail. Following the directions the barkeep had given her? No there was something else. The further she pushed the memory, the harder it became to recollect. It was better to figure out the situation now, let the answer come later. No sooner had she made that decision then the music began to play once more, stronger. This time Rebecca could definitely make out the finer details. It was a harmonica, playing. . . music . . . sad music. Her eyes grew heavy and apathy welled within her. She was tempted to lay down and never move again. That was easier then dealing with the dark thoughts which pricked her mind. Yet being with Wargreymon gave her a bit of resolve, enough to at least continue talking to toan. "The melodies, roaring in the back of our heads. It seems to be provoking our greatest flaw, my apathy and your anger. That's the only thing I can make out from your shouts of shutting off music," Rebecca explained to the best of her ability, but a lack of enthusiasm was apparent in her voice. Recognizing Toan only seemed to worsen her mood, it reminded her of that miserable time in Drive City.

"The only example I can draw from past experiences was once being caught up in a video game glitch," The memory brought frustration to her mind as she recollected having to restart the entire game to bypass the glitch. However one could not reset the digital world, as far as Rebecca knew. They needed another plan. Despite her efforts to remain calm and think out a plan, the music continued to crash her every train of thought. The frustration was beginning to show on her brow, a strange occurence for the girl who hid her true face behind a mask of arrogance."My suggestion is this, whatever is toying with us must have created this forest to entrap us Yes? So if we cause enough destruction it might be enough to determine the source of the music. . ." Her last words petered off as she began to dramatically stare off at the sun.
"Careful Rebecca, you'll probably hurt your eyes,"

Immediately after the destruction of the barrier the music shut off. Rebecca froze, helpless but to watch as the sky fell around them. Of course this was merely an illusion, it still unnerved her greatly. Both digimon and tamers found themselves unable to move. Behind the barrier there was only darkness. The darkess which had been leaking from the cracks in the sky now flooded, covering everything. In the darkness only one thing could be heard, a soft clapping of hands. "TOAN!" Rebecca shouted, her words muffled by the surrounding blackness. The apathy drained away from her, only to be replaced by panic. It felt as if she was going to be swallowed by such gripping blackness. Am I really going to die like this, without ever seeing him again? a last regret, the first time she had even thought of missing the human world. The digital world had been more of a home to her than her world ever was, yet there was some sadness at the thought of never being able to see it again. "How regrettable," She mouthed. Suddenly from above three lights shown, revealing Toan, Rebecca and a pale boy standing in the darkness. Instead of looking for Wargreymon Rebecca was only staring incredulously at the boy, who was holding a harmonica in his hands.