Time reversed back to three hours ago before Xana attacked and now the gang was standing at their usual spot near the vending machines. Odd looked around and smiled, "Whew! We're back on Earth, good job, Einstein!" He said giving a thumbs-up. The genius smiled and went to say something but stopped when he noticed something was missing.

"Jeremie, what is it?" Aelita asked, noticing his abrupt stop. He looked over at her, eyes glittering in fear.

"W-Where's Ulrich?" Everybody's face twisted into confusion before realization hit them full force.

"J-Jer's right, Ulrich's supposed to be here with us," Yumi replied, her voice shaking.

"Hey, Jeremie… what's that?" Odd pointed to something in Jeremie's right hand. The genius looked down and his eyes widened. He was still holding the bandana he had used to try and stop the bleeding from the wound in Ulrich's chest.

"It's…" he swallowed, feeling his throat go dry. "It's Ulrich's bandana,"

"Why's there blood on it?" asked Aelita. Jeremie looked down again to see a large blob of dried blood in the center of the dark green fabric

"I… I grabbed it from Ulrich's pocket and pressed it against his chest so that I could try to stop the bleeding,"

"Did it work?" asked Yumi.

"Only for a moment until the Supercomputer signaled the deactivated tower then… that's when he… stopped breathing," Odd angrily hit the side of the vending machine.

"Damn it!" He hit the machine again. "That shouldn't have happened. He shouldn't have died. What the hell has he ever done to deserve this? That's not fair!"

"What's not fair?" The gang gasped and swiveled around. Ulrich was walking towards them, looking perfectly fine and well. Their eyes widened but they didn't answer. "What's not fair?" he echoed. "And why do you guys look so down? Who died?" Odd suddenly launched himself forward and tackled the brunette to the ground. "Oomph!"

"You're alive, you're alive!" He cried.

"Yes, I'm alive. Why wouldn't I be?" The blonde blinked.

"You mean… you don't remember what happened?" This time it was Ulrich's turn to blink, confusion swirling in his dark brown eyes.

"Uh… don't remember what?"

"He means you don't remember what happened before Jeremie activated the Return To The Past?" Aelita asked, kneeling down to the two boys' height. The brunette shook his head and pushed Odd off of him before sitting up.

"Sort of. I only remember fighting and destroying the one Krab that had gotten into the Factory. Everything else is a bit fuzzy. Why?" The pinkette shrugged, a smile spreading across her face.

"No reason,"

"Anyway, it's good to see that you're okay and not dead," Yumi said, kneeling down next to Aelita. Ulrich gave a small smile.

"Yeah, that is a good thing,"

"Uh, Ulrich?" The brunette looked up to see Jeremie standing in front of him. He cocked an eyebrow in confusion.

"Yeah,"

"I, um, think this belongs to you," The genius reached out his right hand and Ulrich's eyes widened. He slowly stood up and took the object from him.

"My bandana?" Jeremie nodded. "Where did you find it?"

"I actually, um, snatched it from your pocket earlier and tried to stop the bleeding from the wound in your chest," Ulrich smiled.

"Thanks," Jeremie gave a smile of his own.

"You're welcome,"

"Okay, now that we're all happy, hunky-dory again, let's go get something to eat!" said Odd. The others gave him a look of confusion before they busted out laughing. The girls shook their heads.

"Wow, what are we going to do with you, Odd?" asked Yumi. Ulrich snickered and wrapped his free arm around her shoulders.

"I don't think we'll ever know, Yumes," Everybody laughed again.

"We may never know about that Ulrich, but what I do know is that I'm goin' to die if I don't get something in my stomach pronto!" Odd then turned and raced off towards the lunchroom. His friends laughed again before racing after him.