Watching Ordinemon disappear while hearing Meiko sobbing on the background was making Taichi's head pulse even more. He could feel his heart beating faster than ever, could sense his friends standing nearby just absorbing everything, could hear Yamato's heavy breathing next to him.

He reached for Yamato's hand with the back of his. A simple touch. Just to remind himself that his best friend was there. That he was okay. That after everything that happened, everything that went wrong, they were still standing side by side, even in the middle of chaos.

"Onii-chan…" Takeru's voice broke the heavy silence around them. Made Yamato turn around to address his little brother.

Taichi could only imagine what was circling around Takeru's mind. If someone knew what losing your digimon felt like, that was Takeru. He took a deep breath and realized that everyone was in motion, even if he felt the world had stopped.

Sora and Mimi were helping Meiko. The girl was still sobbing and staring into space. Hikari was hugging Tailmon while the feline digimon whispered words to her. Takeru reached for his brother and Yamato hugged him, trying to be strong for both him and his little brother. Taichi often forgot that Takeru was only 14-years-old.

He started to look around for Koushirou and Jyou and found them to the side of the lake. He remembered then…

"Daisuke…" he whispered, making Takeru and Yamato turn to face him. "We need to help them"

He was about to run in that direction when Yamato's hand on his arm made him stop "What's going on, Taichi?"

"Gennai… he was… we have to help them!"

Yamato looked confused and Taichi was going to explain when Koushirou called for him. Knowing that both Yamato and Takeru would follow, he ran to where Koushirou and Jyou were trying to figure out what was wrong with the rest of the chosen.

Taichi still couldn't believe he forgot about them in the middle of all that mayhem that happened with Ordinemon. It was as if a fog forbade him from accessing those memories. Of course all that vanished when he saw their names in the freaky lab in the Digital World.

He could see Jyou crouched by Iori's side checking his vitals. Koushirou was trying to do something with Miyako's digivice and his laptop.

"You… found them" Yamato whispered by Taichi's side. The goggle-head looked at him, shocked.

"You remember them?" He asked and Yamato nodded with guilt marring his blue eyes. Takeru was by Daisuke's and Ken's capsules.

"Yeah… it was hard but I did. I asked Himekawa-san and she told me they were on a mission and that everything was okay. I trusted her… I fucked up, I would say…"

"At least you remembered them…" Taichi mumbled.

"Guys… they're waking up!" Takeru's claim made both Yamato and Taichi turn to him.

Both Daisuke and Ken were moving and making sounds full of pain. Ken was the one who opened his eyes. The normally violet eyes were bluer than their natural color and a lot duller. Taichi was pretty sure the kid could not see what was happening around him.

"Ken-kun?" Takeru's voice was soft as if he didn't want to scare a kid away.

"We need to get them to a hospital now" Jyou's voice was strong, and then he added "I'm calling an ambulance"

Ken was still with his eyes open without blinking and his breathing was faster than it was healthy. Daisuke was still moving around and moaning every little while.

"Ken-kun… can you hear us?" Taichi tried this time. Ken's head moved to the side where Taichi was.

"Taichi… sempai?"

"Yeah… it's me. You're okay, Ken-kun. We're gonna help you guys…"

"Sempai…?" Ken interrupted him and Taichi made a noise to let him know he was listening "Alphamon… tried to…"

"It's okay, Ken-kun. We'll have all the time in the world to talk about what happened, okay?"

"I… we tried to… stop him… Imperialdramon…" Ken coughed so hard that his minute frame shook badly. Taichi had always thought that Ken looked fragile but now he looked broken and even more fragile than ever.

Yamato looked around and asked "Where are their digimon?"

"Imperialdramon… Wormmon… I need…" Ken tried to get up but fell back down with a small cry of pain. There were tears running down his cheeks.

"Ken-kun… is Wormmon on Primary Village?" Takeru asked and Ken made a small sound of agreement before relaxing completely. The tears didn't stop though…

"Please… I need…" and Ken was unconscious once more. Jyou was on the phone probably trying to get some medical attention sooner. Taichi could agree with his sense of urgency.

Yamato put a hand on his shoulder, squeezing lightly. Taichi knew that, in Yamato's language, that meant he was there supporting him as long as he needed him. The sounds of the ambulance's sirens made him look around once more. The rest of the chosen children, even Meiko, stood around them and the second generation. Taichi watched as some paramedics began to pick up equipment and approached Iori, since he was the closest to them. He could also hear how they said more help was on the way. But a sudden cry startled everyone. Taichi went to Daisuke's side and tried to stop his squirming around, hoping he wouldn't hurt himself even more. Daisuke just kept screaming. Taichi thought that he was in so much pain that he couldn't help it. But then Yamato was by Daisuke's other side, taking directly into his ear with that smooth voice of his, and Taichi realized that Daisuke wasn't just screaming nonsense…

"Daisuke, you need to calm down. Ken, Iori, Miyako… they're all here. You guys will be okay. Calm down. We're all here" Yamato was saying over and over.

…Daisuke was screaming all their names. Over and over again.

Taichi…

Ken…

Yamato…

Iori…

Takeru…

Hikari…

Miyako…

Koushirou…

Mimi…

Sora…

Jyou…

Even when he was loaded into the ambulance – they had to put both him and Ken in one, while Miyako and Iori were in the other – he kept mumbling their names over and over again. Takeru and Koushirou went with Miyako and Iori, Takeru already fumbling with his phone, while Hikari and Jyou went with Ken and Daisuke.

Sora mumbled something about getting Meiko home, so she and Mimi helped the new girl to her feet and started to walk away with Tanemon and Pyocomon following them.

Taichi knew Yamato stayed with him. He could hear Koromon and Tsunomon speaking quietly to the side. He then remembered everything that happened with Nijishima-sensei in that lab and cringed away.

He was still sitting between Daisuke's and Ken's pods and suddenly he was filled with a red haze of anger that he started punching one of the pods over and over again. He could barely register a voice asking him to stop – probably Koromon – and felt a pair of arms around him making him stop.

"Baka… you want to end in the hospital too?" Yamato's voice sounded far away for Taichi. It was like he was underwater and couldn't even breathe properly. "Taichi, stop struggling! I'll let you go, as long as you don't hurt yourself anymore"

Right… he was still trying to break Yamato's hold on him. And now he also knew why he couldn't breathe "You're hurting me…"

Yamato let him go like the mere touch burned him. Taichi lifted his shirt and showed him the bruises and the little gashes – some of them still had glass in them – and winced. The pain was almost gone when he was fighting, probably a result from too much adrenaline on his veins but now he could feel all of it.

It sucked. Big time.

"Come on" Yamato stoop up and grabbed Tsunomon. Taichi stared at him in confusion. The blonde had his hand out, to help Taichi stand up.

"Where are we going?" the brunette asked when Yamato pulled him softly to his feet. He could see the motorcycle close by. He hated that thing.

"To the hospital after all. You need to get those checked" Taichi recoiled from his friend's touch making the other scowl even more "What?"

"I don't want to go to the hospital" Koromon hopped by his side, so he grabbed his partner and tried not to hurt himself even more.

"But Taichi…"

"I said no!" he yelled and saw both Koromon and Tsunomon flinch while Yamato's scowl was still in place.

"Let's go…" was the only thing the blonde said before continuing on his way to the motorcycle, Taichi following after him.

When they got there, Yamato passed him a helmet and hopped up, placing Tsunomon between his feet, the little digimon showing a lot of confidence on his partner to do that.

"Didn't you hear? I said I won't go to the hospital!"

"I heard you, Yagami. Are you planning on spending the night here?" Taichi didn't know how to answer that; he didn't like Yamato calling him 'Yagami' either "Come on. We'll go to my place. My dad won't say anything about it and I can patch you up a little there" the blonde arched an eyebrow when Taichi didn't move "Taichi, I promise. We are just going to my apartment. You can punch me in the face if I'm lying"

Taichi couldn't help but smile at that. He didn't want to punch Yamato and he certainly didn't want to be alone right now. So, risking getting into an argument with his best friend about hospitals again later, he got on the motorcycle and told Koromon "Hold on tight, buddy. We're riding with a crazy man"

Koromon had barely held onto him with his ears when Yamato revived the engine and sped up, almost making Taichi fall from the motorcycle. He punched the blonde lightly in the stomach and received a snicker in return.

"Don't fall, Taichi…"

He deserved that one, after all.