"Takeru-kun!"

His head aches. Someone is shaking his shoulder. He opens his eyes when he doesn't want to.

He sees dark sky, grey sand. The Digimon are little more than babies curled on the ground. He rolls over and sits up. Hikari looks into his face, holding a familiar striped egg. She holds it out to him and he takes it into trembling arms. It shocks him and he looks to see smoke coming from his Digivice. Then the screen turns red and it laughs.

'I suppose this round goes to you, Chosen Children.'

Takeru, feeling nauseous, looks around. This is only the beginning.

A/N: Apologies for the rushed ending, but here it is. The main plot has been resolved. Tune in to the sequel where everything gets hopefully unraveled. Look out for Whispering Crescendo!