AN: Hey everybody! Well, first off I'd like to say, I'm a little disappointed in all of you . Yes, you did succeed in reaching my 'goal' for the last chapter, but usually you can do better than 8 reviews per chapter. Anyways, thank you to those who did review. You're lucky you're even getting a chapter today. If I didn't check out early because I felt so crummy at school, you wouldn't have another chapter 'till possibly the weekend. Well, enough of that. I wanted to clear things up from the last chapter that I felt, was a little confusing. Here's how all the phone calls worked out. Jeremie called Odd, and when Odd came over to Jeremie's they called Ulrich. When Ulrich hung up, he told Yumi, and that's when they figured things out. During Ulrich and Yumi's discussion, Jeremie sent a message to Aelita and while they were waiting for her resonse, Ulrich called back. Okay, so I said it would get a little confusing, and I'll try not to do that anymore, but hopefully this cleared up any questions. Well, that should do it… for now!

Chapter 2: It's Only a Matter of Time

Things are looking up…

When Odd reached Jeremie's room, which was right next door, Jeremie showed him Aelita's message.

Odd got overly excited and Jeremie had to tell him to shut-up or the entire school would wake-up. In response, Odd shoved Jeremie's phone in his face and Jeremie took it, understanding what Odd was saying.

He dialed a familiar number and waited four rings until the person on the other end answered.

"Hey Ulrich! You won't believe this! Aelita has just sent me a message!" Jeremie practically shouted into the phone. There was silence for a moment, then pure joy out of the person on the other end.

Odd smiled hearing how ecstatic Ulrich was to hear the news. Jeremie said he had to go, so he could investigate more on the message. He had no clue on where or how Aelita sent the message.

Ulrich understood and hung up. Jeremie looked at Odd who smiled at him as he turned around to face the oh-so-familiar screen.

Odd watched with excitement as Jeremie sent out a message of his own. 'Aelita… Aelita! I'm here for you. Wherever you are.' Jeremie sent the message to where the message he received had been sent.

Jeremie waited and felt Odd's presence as he stepped closer to the small computer screen. It was only a matter of time now.

Back in the country where people who spoke English as their first language, sat two psyched teenagers who sat in front of a burning fire and awaited the answer of their friend as they put their phone on speaker.

They heard the dial of the phone and then the first ring. By the second ring, still no one answered. But as the third ring ended, a hyper pitched voice greeted the two with a pleasant "Hello!"

"Hey Odd! It's me, Ulrich." The first teen spoke. "Yo dude! How's it going? We just called you. Is anything wrong?" Odd asked a little concerned.

"No, no! In fact, I have something I'd love to tell you and Jeremie. When Jeremie called me, I was so wrapped up in his announcement, I forget to tell him mine!" Ulrich informed him.

"Oh, okay, well, hold on a second. Let me put the phone on earplugs so Jeremie and I can hear at the same time." There was a slight pause and a click, then another voice.

"Hey Ulrich, can you make this kinda quick? I've just sent a message to Aelita, and I'm waiting to hear from her." Jeremie told Ulrich. "Well, I think you'll be interested in what we have to say." Ulrich said.

"WE?" Odd and Jeremie asked in unison. On the other end, Ulrich gestured towards Yumi to tell her to speak up.

"Uh, hey guys! Remember me?" Yumi started. The only sound that could be heard was the gasps coming from Odd and Jeremie. "Y… Yumi?" Jeremie stuttered.

"Hiya!" Yumi said with a laugh. "Oh my gosh Yumi! I never thought I'd hear your voice again! This is amazing! But how did you get out of the digital void?" Odd and Jeremie exclaimed various things and shot out many questions at the same time.

Yumi and Ulrich smiled at each other. Just as Yumi was about to respond though, a little message box popped up on Jeremie's screen.

Jeremie and Odd heard the little beep that came from the computer. They both turned their heads towards the screen and yet another voice was heard.

This time, it was a soft, sweet, pleasant voice that said, "Hello? Are you really there Jeremie?"

A smile so wide, so full of pleasure, you'd think would just stretch one's face into that position forever, spread across Jeremie's face.

It only took a split second for the other three who were listening to recognize the girl's voice.

And all at once, each of the four's voices shouted out a name. "Aelita!"

AN: Okay, well, I know this chapter was both crappy and short, but just bare with me people. Anyways, I am going to put a note on my last story so people know that this story is up, so if you get a message that says there is a new chapter to Lost Forever in a Tragedy?, that's all it is. And another thing, I finally put up a little bit on my profile. So, if you're extremely bored and have nothing better to do, you could check it out. Well, I'm off to study for three exams I'm having tomorrow. I'm going to issue a challenge to my reviewers. Do you think you can break the record by giving me 17 more reviews? ( For those of you who can't do math, or are just too lazy to do it, like me, that means I'll have 36 reviews.) I bet you can't beat that within 3 days. But we'll see. Maybe you'll prove me wrong. Well, I'm out! tinkerbellbt

Question of the Day:

I'm going to make another story that continues more after this sequel. Which name seems most interesting?

Ulrich's Doing?

Ulrich's Fault?

Ulrich's Destiny

Or

The Defendant Ulrich Stern is Found…

So, tell me whatcha think!