Finding the leaves for the raft wasn't too hard of a task. It turned out, Andy had brought some glue and packed it in his suitcase. It wasn't exactly waterproof but hopefully with enough of it, it would be able to patch up the hole and get them going for long enough to find land.

Land with actual human beings, that is.

They let the glue dry for three hours. It seemed sticky enough to keep the leaf secure on the raft. It may have been a foolish idea but it seemed doable. They played some more card games until it seemed safe enough to blow air back into the raft and put all their luggage back on.

Once again, two people (this time Ray and Dallon) pushed the raft out into the water while everybody climbed on.

"IT'S WORKING!" Gerard shrieked, hurting everyone's ears.

The leaves seemed to be working. Everybody was exhausted from a whole night of no sleep, so as soon as they had the chance, they slowly drifted off to sleep.

Until of course, Mikey woke everybody up.

"GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS WAKE UP, PLEASE!" he shouted.

Everybody woke up groggily, wiping their eyes and looking seriously annoyed. Ray apologized to Patrick, realizing he had slept on his fedora all night. Patrick was not happy.

"What is so important, Mikey?" Andy asked.

"The uh... I don't know how to tell you this but the raft is sinking. Again. Apparently gluing a leaf onto a life raft was not a good idea."

It was true. The raft was once again, deflating. They were no longer near the island. They were completly surrounded by the sea everywhere they looked. How long had they been sleeping? One hour? Three? Five? It was starting to get dark again. This time, they really were doomed. Nobody could save them now. They were going down.

Or maybe somebody could...

As if on cue, the distant sound of rumbling filled everyone's ears.

"What is that?" Brendon asked, waking up. Somehow, he slept through Mikey's announcement.

"It sounds like a... a plane!"

"It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's... a helicopter?!"

Sure enough, a beige helicopter was flying overhead.

"What does it say?" Mikey asked, squinting at the sky.

They all studied the blue font on the side. It read "T&J's Helicopter Compamy"

"IT'S TYLER AND JOSH! THEY HAVE COME TO SAVE US!" 

Yep, Tyler and Josh. Was the last time we saw them really for Helena? Ahem, sorry. Let's continue.

Where were we? Oh yes, the helicopter hovered above the raft, causing the water to become rough and choppy. Nobody could hear each other and the wind was so strong. A small ladder came flying out of the open helicopter.

"I HATE YOU ALL AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU DIE SO YOU BETTER BET I'M GETTING ON FIRST!" Gerard yelled, taking off running.

"KNOWING TYLER AND JOSH THERE IS PROBABLY ROOM FOR LESS THAN HALF OF US SO I'M NEXT!" shouted Ryan who was catching up quickly to Gerard. After all, Ryan was very good at running for all the times he had to chase a drunk Brendon through crowded streets to avoid embarrassment.

Slowly, one by one, everybody climbed up the shaky ladder and into the spacious helicopter. Andy came last while carrying every single suitcase with his big CrossFit muscles.

"Josh? Tyler? How did you get here?" Ryan asked, moving over to hug them. Clearly, their faults in the past had been forgiven and they were able to be somewhat-friends.

Somewhat.

"We were the ones that got you into this mess and we will definitely be the ones to get you out. In the time that you were doing challenges with Billie Joe on the island, we were adding another branch to our company, a helicopter company!" Josh explained.

"So, you manufacture helicopters?"

"Nope. We just get paid to fly them around with passengers inside." Tyler explained.

"Mostly for rich kid's birthday parties..." Josh admitted.

"Or saving castaways!" Tyler exclaimed.

"But it's time we face our bad past with you guys. We don't know how to fully apologize to you all. What we did was so wrong." Josh said.

"We abandoned you." Tyler said.

 "We laughed at you." Josh said.

"We told jokes about you." Tyler said.

"We didn't care if you died." Josh said.

"We made voodoo dolls of you and stabbed them." Tyler said.

"Okay okay that's enough details." Pete said. "We get it, you were horrible people."

"Right." said Josh. "So we want to refund you all and give you free tickets to our brand new cruise ship!"

Everyone looked around at each other uncomfortably. They mumbled some thank you's as they accepted their tickets nervously. Nobody was mean enough to toss the tickets out of the helicopter. Many considered doing so. Nobody was willing to repeat the whole cruise nightmare on a helicopter.

"And now we will take you all back home." Tyler promised.

That's when the lightning struck. It was accompanied by a clamorous roar of thunder.

"Oh god. We've never flown this thing during a thunderstorm. We just have to pray we don't get struck."

A second bolt was heard followed by a quieter crack of thunder.

"Hi!" said a voice behind them. They'd know that voice anywhere.

"It's not a thunderstorm, it's Billie Joe!" they cheered, seeing him with little Helena in his arms.

"I just had to come back. I hated seeing you stranded on that stupid island again. I brought Helena too. We both want to wish you luck on the next part of your adventure. Going home." He took Helena's little hand and waved it at the group.

They hurried over to Helena who was glad to see them. Everybody got a few minutes to hold her and say goodbye to her, hoping they would see her again soon.

"Great work. I know the challenges were not easy. But nobody gave up. You worked hard, and now you can go home." Billie Joe said.

"Can you just explain to us why we had to do all those pointless things?" Joe asked.

"They weren't pointless!" Billie Joe scoffed. "There are some things only an emo god would understand." Billie Joe replied mysteriously.

"Were you really going to let us die out there? After we failed the last challenge?" Brendon asked.

"Why, of course not! I was going to let you stew in your own failure for a few more hours and then I would come and get you all. But Tyler and Josh got to you first."

"Where will Helena go?" Mikey asked.

"Don't you worry about her. She has me to look after her. And Hayley. Helena has been calling Hayley "Mama" lately. It's adorable. But the other day she called me "Dada" which got awkward because Hayley and I... we're not... it's just not..."

"We get it." said Ray.

"Does our failure mean we have to die and go to emo heaven?" Gerard asked, nervously.

"Not sure where you got that stupid idea but no. Emo heaven is reserved for those who actually prove themselves worthy and pass challenges, unlike you guys who completely failed miserably. But don't worry, you will make it there someday."

"Thank goodness." Frank said.

"Well you four..." Billie Joe said, motioning to Gerard, Frank, Ray, and Mikey. "Will not be getting into emo heaven unless you finally get your butts on a reunion tour.

"We're trying!" Mikey whined.

"Anymore questions?" Billie Joe asked, not truly believing Mikey.

"What do you have planned after this? Will you stay in emo heaven or live on Earth?" Ryan asked.

"I do both, I hang out in emo heaven and manage and supervise the emo community from above. Then I fly back down to earth to live my life. Green Day is touring right now so I have a lot on my plate. Speaking of, I really have to get back to band rehearsal. If you two don't mind, I'm going to fly this helicopter back to drop everybody home. No offense to Tyler and Josh but you guys suck at flying helicopters. I'm shocked they gave you your helicopter license."

Tyler and Josh turned pale.

"W-we needed a license?" Josh choked out.

"Umm..." Billie Joe tried to speak. "Let me ah... let me take the controls please!"

Tyler and Josh stepped away and let Billie Joe do his thing.

"So are you guys ready to go home?" He asked.

"Yes. But I'll really miss everyone else. You guys are truly my friends now. We definitely didn't have the fun cruise we expected." Dallon said.

Tyler and Josh blushed and looked away, staring down at their shoes.

"And we all had our fair share of low moments and times we wanted to give up. But I would do it again and again to be with you all." He finished.

"I wouldn't! Gerard shouted. "To be honest I'm sick of you all. All I wanted was a nice cruise. You all suck."

"Yikes." Billie Joe muttered under his breath. "On that note, let me take you all home. First stop, Fall Out Boy Mansion!"