"I almost forgot about the Heavy Room," Figment said as he looked around. "This was one of my favorite spots in the whole house."

Pepper suddenly dropped his pen and turned around. "Please tell me that's not another ghost," he said. When he noticed Figment, Youngblood, and Revenge, he said, "Oh, it's just you again. What do you want from me this time?"

"Same thing as always," Figment said.

"Right. Frank's going to die in the future, and we need to go save him," Pepper said. "I have something I need to do first though."

"Something that's more important than saving Frank?" Youngblood said.

"I need to say goodbye to Mikey before he leaves," Pepper said. "I don't know if you guys heard, but he...he's leaving the band for a little while."

"He already left," Figment said.

"What do you mean 'he already left?'" Pepper said angrily.

"We ran into him on the way here," Figment said.

"He said something about putting a song called 'Disenchanted' on the album," Youngblood added. He still wasn't sure what Mikey was talking about, but running into him was far from the strangest thing that had happened during this adventure.

"He really won't shut up about 'Disenchanted,' will he?" Pepper said. "I've told him we're not putting that song on the album, but he just won't let it go."

"Why aren't you putting it on the album?" Youngblood asked.

"Because we have other songs that are better." Pepper sighed and then said, "I guess I'm just going to have to call Mikey later, but I wish I'd gotten to say goodbye to him in person. You guys should have told me he was leaving."

"I'm sorry," Figment said. "We weren't sure where you were."

Pepper stared into the distance, looking quite disenchanted, for lack of a better word. He then turned back to the others and said, "Anyways, I just have to be back by tonight. I told Frank I'd take him out for dinner, and then we're going to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I don't know why he wants to see that movie again - he's already seen it, and he said that the book was better - but I digress."

"Don't worry about it," Figment said. "We'll be back long before then."

"Great," Pepper said.

All of a sudden, Youngblood asked a very important question. "Where did you get the marching band jacket?"

"Oh, this?" Pepper asked as he gestured toward the jacket. "I just found it in my closet the other day. I think a ghost put it there."

"So the house really is haunted," Revenge said. "That's fucking awesome."

"Yes, the Paramour is haunted, and no, it's not 'fucking awesome,'" Pepper said. "We thought it would be fun to record here, but now Mikey's gone, and I haven't slept in, like, a week..."

"Why not?" Youngblood asked.

Pepper took a deep breath and said, "I've been having these night terrors. It's like someone's gripping my throat and squeezing, and I have these awful dreams, and...I don't want to talk about it anymore. This place is horrible, and we never should have come here."

"You really need to get out of the house," Figment said.

"Yeah, I do," Pepper said. "I feel like the Paramour's driving me insane."

"Why don't we all take a walk?" Figment suggested. "The weather's nice enough for it."

Pepper nodded, and all four of them left the Heavy Room and headed downstairs. However, just as they were about to leave, Frank, Ray, and Bob showed up. "I'll deal with this," Pepper said to the others quietly. "You three can go outside. I'll meet you there in a minute."

Youngblood and Revenge followed Figment outside, but they watched Pepper through the window, curious as to what their future self was up to. "What are you doing?" Figment asked.

"Spying on Pepper, obviously," Youngblood said.

"Trust me, there's nothing interesting going on in there," Figment said.

Youngblood begged to differ. There were plenty of interesting things going on inside. Apparently, Frank and Ray still hadn't quit arguing, because the first thing Frank did was ask, "Gerard, what do you think? Is the Paramour haunted?"

"Oh, definitely," Pepper said.

"See? I told you so!" Frank said.

"You guys are just paranoid," Ray said.

"I swear we're not," Frank said. "By the way, where did you get that jacket?"

"The ghosts gave it to me," Pepper said.

"Yeah, right," Ray said.

"I'm serious!" Pepper exclaimed.

"No matter where you got it, it looks great on you," Frank said.

"Thanks, Frank," Pepper said.

"No problem."

"Anyways, I should probably go," Pepper said.

"Where are you going?" Frank asked.

"I'm just going to take a walk to clear my mind," Pepper said. "This house is getting to me, and I miss Mikey already, and I think I just need some time alone."

"Okay," Frank said. "Love you, Gee." He then realized that Ray and Bob were there, and he quickly added, "In the most heterosexual way possible."

"You too, Frank," Pepper said as he went outside. He shut the door and then said, "That was close."

"Let's just go," Figment said. He started walking, and the other three followed him.

"Where are we going exactly?" Youngblood asked as they headed down the street. He couldn't stop staring at all of the other houses in the neighborhood: huge, fancy mansions that were far out of his price range. He still couldn't quite believe everything that had happened so far, that this would be his future. He'd only time traveled four years though. In the grand scheme of things, four years was no more than a speck of sand in the hourglass of time. There was more to come, and he couldn't even begin to imagine what might happen next.

"Can we go to the comic book shop?" Pepper asked. "It's just down the road."

"I wish we could," Figment said. "I love that place, but the owner might think it's a bit weird if all four of us show up."

"She didn't judge me when I asked for 52 copies of The Filth," Pepper said. "I think she can handle it."

"What's The Filth?" Youngblood asked.

"It's just a comic by Grant Morrison..." Pepper said.

"It's really good!" Revenge interjected.

"Shut up, I'm trying to talk," Pepper said. "I think you'll have to wait a little bit, Youngblood, but it's really good."

"Especially at the end, where we find out that The Hand..."

"Don't spoil it for him!" Pepper shouted.

"I think it's better if you know the twist," Revenge said.

"I'll read it for myself later," Youngblood said. Even though he wanted to read this mysterious comic as soon as possible, he would just have to wait until after he was back in 2002 and it was actually released. More than anything, he didn't want his future self to spoil the experience of reading a new Grant Morrison comic for him.

"So I guess we're not going to the comic book shop," Pepper said sadly.

"It can't be better than the one back home anyways," Revenge said.

"It's not better, but I'm probably only saying that because of nostalgia," Pepper said. "I have a lot of good memories there."

Both Revenge and Youngblood nodded. "Like that time Frank threw a surprise party there for my 26th birthday," Revenge said.

"Quit spoiling things for Youngblood!" Pepper exclaimed. "It won't be a surprise party if he knows it's going to happen!"

"I don't know. I remember being pretty surprised," Revenge said.

Pepper groaned. "Am I always this annoying?" he asked.

"Yes," Revenge and Youngblood answered simultaneously.

There was a moment of awkward silence, and then Youngblood said, "Can you guys tell me more about the future? I kind of want to know what happens."

"Sure," Pepper said. "What do you want to know?"

"What happens with the band?" Youngblood asked.

"I won't be too specific, since you'll experience everything for yourself, but other than Mikey leaving, My Chemical Romance is doing okay," Pepper said. "We're working on our third album, and it's coming along, I guess. I don't know what we'll do without Mikey though."

"I think you'll make it through," Youngblood said.

"Yeah, Figment told us that he comes back soon," Revenge added.

"That's good to hear," Pepper said. "I want my brother to get better, and I want everyone in my band to stay mentally healthy, but I also want to make art. I guess I'm still figuring out how to do all of that at the same time." Pepper paused for a moment, as if lost in thought. Then he said, "Wait a second. I've got an idea."

"What is it?" Youngblood asked.

"It's a line in a comic...no, it's a drawing...no wait, it's a song lyric!" Pepper exclaimed. "Mama, we all go to hell! But what comes after it?"

Revenge and Youngblood glanced at each other, both of them deeply confused by whatever was going on.

"I've got to write this down!" Pepper shouted. "We need to go back to the Paramour before I forget!"

Pepper turned around and started walking back to the mansion, and the others followed him. He muttered to himself, "Mama, we all go to hell, mama, we all go to hell, something about writing a letter...hey guys, what rhymes with hell?"

"Fell?" Youngblood suggested. "Yell? Cell?"

"No, none of those work..."

"How about blood?" Revenge said.

"That doesn't even rhyme!" Pepper exclaimed.

"Sell? Well? Dwell?" Youngblood said.

"Well might work," Pepper said. "I'm writing this letter and wishing you well...yeah, I like that. I'll write it down when we get inside."

Pepper opened the door and immediately ran into the Heavy Room while the others waited for him in the kitchen. When Pepper came back, he said, "You know what I need right now? Some coffee." He went to pour himself some coffee, but the pot was empty. "What the fuck?" he said. "Who drank all the coffee?"

"Figment did it," Revenge said.

"Seriously, Figment?!" Pepper shouted, but there was no response. All three of them looked around, but Figment wasn't even in the room. In fact, none of them had seen him since just after they'd left the Paramour Mansion.

"Where did Figment go?" Youngblood asked, but neither of his future selves seemed to have an answer.