When Youngblood opened his eyes, he was surprised to find that the world hadn't ended yet. It was late at night, and thankfully, Revenge and Pepper were still by his side, taking it all in with him. They were at a music venue of some sort, but judging by the thousands of people filing out of the amphitheater, the show was already over. He tried to eavesdrop on a few of their conversations, and he heard a lot about Linkin Park, but there were also some people talking about My Chemical Romance.

"I guess we're still touring, even in the apocalypse," Pepper said.

"Maybe this isn't the apocalypse," Youngblood said.

"That would be lame," Revenge said. "Wasn't that the whole reason we came here?"

All of a sudden, a fan walked up to them. "You guys dressed up as Gerard Way?" she said. "That's so cool! Like, where did you get that Black Parade jacket? It looks so real!"

All three of them ignored her and walked away. Once they were far enough away from the fans not to attract any attention, they started talking again. "We've got to figure out what's going on," Pepper said to his younger selves. "It doesn't seem like the Watch stopped us from coming here, and there doesn't seem to be anything obviously wrong with this time. Maybe we got the year wrong or something."

"Yeah, maybe," Revenge said. "It's cool that MCR is playing Projekt Revolution though."

Youngblood hadn't thought about Projekt Revolution, but it made a lot of sense. It seemed like whenever he time traveled, he found his band getting bigger and bigger. He had never set out to be famous - in fact, he was always surprised that people wanted to listen to My Chemical Romance at all - and he wasn't sure how he felt about where his band was going in the future. He loved making art, but he didn't think that he ever wanted to be a star.

"Maybe we could find the version of me from this era," Pepper suggested. "He'll know what to do."

"Or we could do something that's actually fun," Revenge said. "Like setting this stage on fire or killing all our friends."

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Pepper asked. When Revenge didn't respond, he said, "Come on, guys. Let's see if we can get some answers."

Revenge and Youngblood followed Pepper as he headed toward the stage. By that point, most of the fans had left, so it wasn't too hard for them to get backstage. Even the security guards were gone, so all Pepper had to do was open the door and make sure that nobody saw them.

There were maybe thirty or forty people gathered backstage, and thankfully, none of them seemed to notice Youngblood, Revenge, or Pepper as they walked in. Youngblood quickly spotted Ray, Bob, and Mikey, all sitting together in the same row, but Frank was mysteriously absent.

Pepper smiled and whispered, "At least Mikey's doing better. It's weird seeing him without his glasses though. I wonder what happened to them."

"Yeah, but where's Frank?" Revenge asked.

"I don't know," Pepper said fearfully. The world may not have ended yet, but Frank's absence was definitely a bad sign. All three of them stayed back as they assessed the situation, hoping that nobody would notice them in the meantime.

It didn't take them long to figure out what was going on. One of the touring staff members said, "Dearly beloved and honored guests, we are here to celebrate the marriage of Gerard Way and..."

"Did we accidentally crash our own wedding?" Pepper whispered.

"I think so," Youngblood responded.

"Weddings are the worst," Revenge complained. "We should crash our own funeral instead."

"That would be fun," Youngblood said.

"Alright, all in favor of leaving the wedding and attending our own funeral instead, raise your hands!"

All three Gerards raised their hands. However, Pepper said, "I want to see what happens after we die, but Figment might kill us, and we have no idea what year we would need to go to anyways."

"What if we jump around in the future until we figure it out?" Revenge suggested.

"Maybe, but what if the time machine stops working?" Pepper said. "Then we'll be stuck in the future with no way out."

They kept bickering, but Youngblood stopped listening to his older selves. As much as he would have rather been at his own funeral, he watched the wedding. He glanced toward the front of the room, where there was the staff member who was acting as the officiant, his future self, and a woman that he didn't recognize. "Gerard, do you take Lindsey Ballato to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

The Gerard from 2007 didn't look too different from Pepper, but he had grown out his hair and dyed it black again. "I do," he said, without a second thought.

"Lindsey, do you take Gerard Way to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

Youngblood glanced at his future wife. She was ridiculously hot, but beyond that, he couldn't make any judgments. He didn't know her, and it didn't look like Revenge or Pepper knew her either. "I do," she said.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife," the officiant said. "You may kiss the bride."

2007 Gerard passionately kissed Lindsey, and everyone applauded. Youngblood found it all a bit surreal, watching his future self kiss this mysterious woman, just like Youngblood had kissed Frank right before Figment found him. As strange as it all was, he decided that he was lucky. In five years, he would be the lead singer of a successful rock band, he would have a great group of friends, and he would be married to one of the most beautiful women he'd ever seen. He would truly have it all.

Then, he wondered where Frank was, and he asked himself whether having it all was worth losing him.

"I can't watch this anymore," Pepper whispered. As he started to walk away, Revenge and Youngblood ran after him.

"Are you okay?" Revenge asked.

"What do you think?" Pepper said. "Of course I'm not okay!"

"I don't see what the problem is," Youngblood said. "Let's be honest - Lindsey is pretty damn sexy."

"Yes, but that's not the point," Pepper said. "I love Frank. He and I have been together for three and a half years, and he's the best thing that's ever happened to me. I wouldn't trade him for the world, but by next year, I'm going to abandon him for some girl named Lindsey."

"Maybe he breaks up with you," Revenge said.

"That seems unlike him," Pepper said.

All of them went outside, and as Youngblood breathed in the fresh air, he looked around the venue. It was completely empty now, but he could still hear some people cheering and partying backstage, and in the distance, he heard someone sobbing.

The backstage door opened, and Ray suddenly walked outside. Pepper, Youngblood, and Revenge hid underneath a row of chairs. Thankfully, he didn't see any of them. Youngblood watched him carefully, wondering where he could possibly be going at this time of night. He watched Ray slowly walk along the edge of the lawn until he came to a bench. Frank was there, crying, and Ray sat down next to him.

"Hey Frank," he said. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just very happy for Gerard," Frank said in between sobs. "You know, getting married and all that."

Mentioning Gerard's marriage only made him cry more, so Ray passed him a tissue. "Listen Frank, I understand if you're upset," he said. "You have every reason to be."

"I'm not in love with Gerard," he insisted as he tried to dry his eyes. "I know everyone thinks that, but we're just friends."

"Sure, whatever you say," Ray said. "I know the wedding was sudden for all of us - Gerard didn't even tell me he was getting married until an hour before it happened - and I don't think you should deny whatever feelings you have about it."

"I'm only crying because I'm happy for him," Frank said, but he then went back to bawling his eyes out.

"Frank, listen to me," Ray said. "Whatever happened between you and Gerard is your business, but I want you to know that I'm here for you. If you need anything, just let me know."

Frank paused and then quietly said, "I need Gerard to come back."

He started crying again, and Ray gave him a hug. "It's going to be okay, Frank," he said as he embraced his heartbroken bandmate. "Trust me."

"I miss him so much," Frank said.

"I know you do," Ray said as he let go of Frank and gave him another tissue. "I think I'm going to go back to the wedding, but take care of yourself, okay?"

Frank nodded and dried his eyes, but he still looked miserable. As Ray walked away, he sat on the bench, all alone. Youngblood felt terrible as he watched Frank stare into the distance, lonely and unloved, grieving for his broken relationship. He wished that he could walk up to him and make all of his worries go away, but that would blow his cover.

The sobbing started again, but this time, it was Pepper who was crying. "What's wrong?" Youngblood asked his future self.

"I can't believe that I did that to him!" Pepper exclaimed, trying to stifle his tears. "I'm going to break Frank's heart next year. I'm going to make him cry, and there's nothing I can do about it."

"Maybe we had a good reason for it?" Revenge suggested.

"But why would I ever dump Frank?" Pepper asked. "He's perfect for me, and I love him. I would never leave him, no matter what."

"What if he stole your comic books?" Revenge said.

"Okay, I might leave him if that happened," Pepper admitted. "But Frank wouldn't do that."

"You're right. He wouldn't," Revenge said.

"He's too nice for that," Youngblood added.

Pepper paused and then said, "Even if I did have a good reason for it, I can't imagine leaving Frank and then marrying someone else right away. I can't believe I have it in me to do something like that, to hurt Frank that badly." He looked around to make sure that nobody else could see them, and when he was sure that there was no one there, he said, "Let's go home. I swear, when I get back to 2006, I'm going to buy Frank a new puppy or something..."

"I think he'd like that a lot," Youngblood said.

"But does he really need another dog?" Revenge said. "He already has too many."

"This is Frank we're talking about," Pepper said. "I'd give him anything if it would make him happy." The three of them started walking as Pepper started to type into his wristwatch. "Maybe Figment was right," he said, mostly to himself. "We shouldn't have come here."

"Yeah, I think I was better off not knowing how my relationship with Frank was going to end," Revenge said.

Youngblood followed his future selves, but he couldn't ignore the sinking feeling in his stomach. His wedding day was supposed to be the happiest day of his life, but how could it be when he'd wrecked his relationship with Frank? Out of all of his friends, Frank was the only one who understood him, who cared about the same things he did, who loved him unconditionally. He wanted to do the same for him. He wanted to have a real relationship with him, to make beautiful music, see the world, and fall in love. His future selves had given him hope, made him believe that such a thing was possible, but here, he was just the only friend who made him cry.

All of a sudden, Youngblood bumped into someone. He looked up, and he saw the version of him from 2007. "Sorry," he said to his future self. "I didn't mean to bump into you."

"I don't remember inviting you to the wedding," 2007 Gerard said.

"Youngblood, come on!" Pepper shouted. Youngblood ran over to Revenge and Pepper, and Pepper quickly finished typing into the watch. Suddenly, they all vanished into thin air, leaving behind the future that none of them wanted.