Meanwhile, over in the Kadic Academy, a group of friends were discussing the events of the day, or rather, the lack thereof.

"There have been virtually no attacks by X.A.N.A in the last few days" Jeremie Belpois explained to his friends "this can't be good."

"I don't know, personally, I like not having to fight X.A.N.A all the time" Odd Della Robbia replied.

"No, I get what Jeremie's saying" Ulrich Stern chimed in "if X.A.N.A hasn't attacked, it's because he's planning something really big."

"But what?" Aelita Stones asked, concerned.

"I don't know, but we'd all better keep our guard up, and be on the lookout for anything suspicious" Yumi Ishiyama added.

"I'll tell you what's suspicious, that new Goth kid" Odd said.

"And what's wrong with Goths?" Yumi asked angrily.

"Nothing, it's just this kid" Odd replied "I think his name's Spicy, or Spices, or something like that."

"It's Spicer, Jack Spicer" Jeremie explained "I've met him, and I agree with Odd, he's definitely on the weird side."

"Jeremie agrees with Odd? Now I know something's up" Ulrich joked.

"It's true" Jeremie said "he always refers to himself as an 'evil boy genius' and claims to have invented robots of some kind."

"Having a robot would be cool" Odd said, "I could use it to clean up my room, or watch over Kiwi."

"Forget that for right now" Jeremie told him, "I think that we should keep an eye on this kid. If he is possessed by X.A.N.A, it will only mean bad news for everyone."

"Good idea" Yumi commented "we need to stop him before he does whatever it is he's planning."

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So throughout the next day, the five kids kept an eye on Jack, waiting for him to do anything suspicious. In fact, their attention was so focused on Jack, they neglected to bother the other collection of newcomers to the school.

"I have to give your grandpa credit, he works fast" Ron told Ben, as they made their way down the halls.

"I'll say" Ben replied "I'm not sure exactly what he did, but it worked."

"So, what exactly are we looking for?" Numbah One interrupted.

"Anything that seems suspicious or out of the ordinary" Danny explained "if your information was right, this school may be the key to this case."

"Yes indeed, excuse me, won't you" Numbah One said, as he headed off.

"Where's he going?" Rai asked "off to do more spy stuff?"

"Maybe he just had to use the bathroom" Danny suggested.

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Indeed, Numbah One did enter the boys' bathroom, but it wasn't for the purpose his teammates assumed. He made his way over to one of the stalls and tapped on the door.

"What's ze password?" asked a French voice.

"Candy is not just for dessert" Numbah One replied.

The door opened and behind it was a young kid with brown hair. He wore a blue vest and beret, white pants, and brown shoes.

"It was dangerous to meet here Numbah 34" Numbah One said "there's no telling who could be listening."

"I would not have chosen zis location if I didn't think it was safe" Numbah 34 replied.

"Never mind that, did you find Father's location? Or learn why he might be here?"

"We still have not located monsieur Father, but we may know what he is after" Numbah 34 answered "our operatives were doing a sweep of ze area and uncovered something most unusual."

He reached into his vest and produced a picture, which he handed to Numbah One. "We found zis supercomputer in an old warehouse not far from here" he explained "we think it may be what Father is seeking."

"With something like that in his hands, he could wreak all kinds of havoc on the KND" Numbah One replied "the question remains however, how is this school tied in to the computer?"

"I believe we have an answer for zat" Numbah 34 said, "we discovered a secret tunnel under ze school zat leads from here to ze warehouse. It is possible zat someone at zis school knows about ze computer."

"Good work Numbah 34" Numbah One replied "keep me posted on any further developments."

He left the restroom and headed back to his teammates. "You were sure in there a long time" Rai said.

"Sorry about that, I had something that disagreed with me" Numbah One explained.

"Dude, I so know what that's like" Ron replied.

"Okay everyone, start mingling" Danny ordered "if Spicer is around here, we need to catch him before he causes any trouble."

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Later, Danny & Ben attended science class, alongside the rest of the Lyoko gang.

"Have you noticed there's been a stranger than usual number of new students?" Jeremie asked the others.

"So? Students come to this school all the time" Odd protested.

"Jeremie may be on to something" Ulrich said, "maybe X.A.N.A is responsible for them coming here. Don't forget, he did take control of William, and he was a newcomer."

"That's entirely different" Odd replied "it only happened because we decided to let him in on the secret of Lyoko."

"Irregardless, something doesn't add up" Jeremie told the others, "I'd suggest keeping a constant vigil on the newcomers, but such a thing would be almost impossible."

"Maybe we should try to understand the new kids first" Yumi suggested "then we can decide if they're a threat or not."

"Good idea" Ulrich said "let's wait until the next period, however."

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The next period happened to be lunch, so the kids made their way over to the table where Danny and friends were sitting.

"Mind if we sit here?" Ulrich asked them.

"Sure, the more the merrier" Ron said.

"So, we haven't seen you around here before" Jeremie began "new transfers?"

"You could say that" Danny added "name's Danny Fenton. These are my friends, Ben Tennyson, Ron Stoppable, Raimundo Pedrosa and…" he noticed that Numbah One was missing again "where the heck is Nigel?"

"He went to the bathroom again" Rai replied, "I swear, I think that kid has a bladder problem or something."

"Nice to meet you" Jeremie said "I'm Jeremie, and these are my friends, Ulrich, Odd, Yumi, & Aelita."

"Odd is a cool name" Ben said, "I wish I had a cool name like that."

"Ben isn't too bad" Odd replied "it's short for Benjamin, like Benjamin Franklin, who I believe was a founder of your country."

"Odd remembered something from history?" Yumi replied mockingly "I'm impressed."

"Just 'cause I don't get good grades doesn't mean I don't remember things" Odd replied.

"So what brings you guys to Kadic?" Ulrich asked.

"Our families just moved here, and they wanted to make sure we got the finest education available" Danny explained.

Before anyone could ask another question, Numbah One made his way over to the table and took a seat.

"About time you showed up" Rai said "we were just meeting some of our fellow students."

"Nice to meet you" Numbah One said unenthusiastically, not even looking at the newcomers. He set his shoulders down on the table and put his head between his hands.

"Your friend doesn't seem very social" Yumi noted.

"He isn't" Rai replied "but at least you guys don't have to live with him."

"Since you're new, maybe we can give you a tour" Jeremie suggested and keep an eye on you he thought.

"Sounds good" Danny replied then maybe we can find Jack Spicer.

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Speaking of the pathetic boy genius, he was currently in his room, fiddling with his laptop.

"Once I hack into the school database, I can find all the kids that are skilled with computers. Then I just need to track 'em down and find out which ones we're looking for."

He typed furiously, but suddenly, his screen went blank.

"Aww man!" he whined "stupid school. How do they expect me to work with this limited power supply?"

He pulled the plug and examined the socket "doesn't look like a power surge" he said "so what caused my computer to go haywire?"

Before he could ponder that question further, something that resembled smoke emerged from the socket.

"What in the?" Jack asked, before the smoke became absorbed into his body. If somebody looked closely at him, they would've noticed a strange looking eye design in his pupils. After a few seconds, he found himself feeling different; stronger, faster, more confident.

And he knew exactly what needed to be done.

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Making sure he wasn't seen, Jack left his room, then snuck off the school grounds. After awhile, he arrived back at the villains secret base.

"It's about time you got back, you miserable human worm" Vexus scolded him, "what did you find out about the computer?"

Jack remained silent.

"Answer me, you accursed meat puppet!" Vexus said, but Jack still said nothing.

"No one disrespects me!" Vexus said, launching a powerful karate chop, which Jack blocked with ease.

Vexus stood stunned that the boy blocked her attack, and was even more stunned when he flipped her over as though she weighed nothing.

"Whoa, what got into you?" Father asked.

"Listen up!" Jack replied, his voice deeper than normal "I know how we can get the computer. But first, there's something we need to do."

Confused by his recent show of backbone, none of Jack's teammates noticed the eye insignia in his pupils flicker on and off like static.

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In the next chapter, Danny & friends encounter more of what Kadic has to offer, while E.V.I.L makes their move, which unfortunately means trouble for the Lyoko gang.