As Anna shrank down into prepubescence, the eggs in her ovaries began to vanish, including the two that might have become Timmy and Jenny. Their existence was erased completely from the world, including the computer.
Timmy came awake in a soft blue and pink haze filled with glowing balls of light. He could not see or feel his body, or anything familiar to him. There was a ball of light next to him, floating so close that he decided they must be joined somehow. He had no mouth to speak with, and did not know how to communicate.
"Timmy?" He heard Jenny's voice in his head. "Is that you?"
"Yes!" He found he could think to her. "What happened to us? Where are we?"
"YOU HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM LIFE"
They were both startled by the powerful voice in their thoughts. "We're dead?" Timmy felt a touch of panic.
"NO. YOUR LIVES WERE ERASED. ONLY YOUR SOULS REMAIN. THEY MUST FIND A PLACE IN THE PATTERN OF LIFE."
"Can't we go back to our old lives?" Jenny wished she could cry. If only they hadn't played with that stupid computer program!
"YOUR LIVES DO NOT EXIST AND HAVE NEVER EXISTED. YOU WILL FIND NEW LIVES. YOU MIGHT BE HUMAN AGAIN, BUT IT IS FAR MORE LIKELY THAT YOU WILL ASSUME A LIFE OF ONE OF THE BILLIONS OF OTHER LIFE FORMS."
"You mean, we might end up as goats or chickens?" Timmy tried to imagine being a rooster. He did not like what came to his thoughts.
"OR FLIES, OR WHALES, OR PIGEONS, OR EARTHWORMS. ALL ARE EQUAL IN THE PATTERN OF LIFE."
"No! Jenny was horrified. "I don't want to be a worm! Can't we choose?"
"YOU CAN CHOOSE TO REJOIN LIFE TOGETHER OR INDIVIDUALLY. THAT IS YOUR ONLY CHOICE. YOU MUST MAKE IT NOW."
Timmy was scared. If they went together, they would be siblings. If they went apart, one might be a toad and the other a mosquito.
He tried to talk to Jenny, but could not feel her presence now.
"YOU MUST CHOOSE ON YOUR OWN. IF BOTH CHOOSE TOGETHERNESS, YOU WILL BE REUNITED IN YOUR NEW LIVES. IF EITHER OR BOTH CHOOSE SEPARATE, YOU WILL HAVE DIFFERENT FATES."
Timmy knew what he wanted, but before he could say anything, the voice took over.
"THE CHOICE IS MADE."
He was suddenly sucked into a whirlpool of colors and bright light that closed in around him, getting brighter, brighter... and went black.