(It does feel like we're just padding out time until Mike defeat the gym leader)<br/><br/>Mike flinched as Petra was knocked out but he praised her for a job well done, epically with the poison. Queen then went in and finished the fight and getting Mike his first badge of the Akota Region. He bowed and thanked Shadow for a great match before leaving.<br/><br/>He stood outside the gym, smiling at his badge before quickly running to the centre to heal his pokemon so they could celebrate the victory with them. Which he did, before calling it a night for him, it had been a long day after all.<br/>--<br/>Lauren looked at Toni as she said that before approaching her and hugging her as she said "That's exactly how I felt sometime again my dear Toni, I felt like I did not belong and everyone judged me for something I did, even though I was sure I had been with everyone since the start, but let me tell you this, you are a valuable member of this team and I'm sure when you discover the truth, you'll understand that you were always destined to join us".<br/><br/>Lauren was referencing her own experience, where everyone looked at her like she did not belong, something she still felt every now and then, though her digimon partners were always there to perk her up again. Once Toni left, Lauren yawned as she said "I'll probably call it a night too Joker, don't stay up too late OK?". She then left him on his own to head to bed.