Right after the science class incident, and after Calvin was sent home, school had gotten out and Sam met with his friends and told them about what happened.

"He what?" Rumiko almost exclaimed.

"My teacher gave me a bad grade so Calvin smart-mouthed her and he ended up getting suspended." Sam said.

"Wow." Dennis said surprised.

"I know. You should have seen it. It was cool." Sam said.

"No. It's not cool." Antea said. "How long was he suspended for?"

"Like a week."

"Great." Dennis said sarcastically. "One whole week with one less Lyoko Warrior. Who knows what XANA will do now?"

"I bet you even encouraged him to do this, Sam." Ami said.

"What? No." Sam said. "In fact, I told him not to."

"Really." Ami said seriously.

"I just can't believe my brother would do this." Rumiko said.

"Well, look on the bright side." Sam said.

"What's the bright side?" Rumiko asked.

"At least he'll be back by the time the play-offs kick off."

"No, he won't." Dennis said. Sam then began counting on his fingers.

"Oh wait, you're right." Sam said. "That arrogant punk!"

"Look, we're gonna be cool as long as XANA doesn't try to overwhelm us."

"Well even without Cal, it's still five of us." Antea said. "What could happen?"

Meanwhile in Japan, a top secret project was going on in an underground laboratory regarding new genetic research: The scientists were trying to figure out ways to speed up the process of immunization and other cellular behavior. They were beginning to make a breakthrough until the door burst open revealing William Jr., the Yamaguchi-gumi, and members of his previous crime syndicates.

"Seize the place." William Jr. said. "Nobody leaves until I get what I came here for."

Alarms sounded as the scientists ran for cover. Security came and began firing at the gang members.

"So that's how they want it to go down." William Jr. said to himself. He then turned to his minions. "Alright, men. Open fire!"

Back at Kadic, Dennis heard his phone go off and looked to see that XANA was on the offence.

"Looks like I spoke too soon." Dennis said. "We'd better get to the factory, now."

The five then headed out of the school and made their way to the park. As they began to climb into the sewers, Dennis pulled out his cell phone.

"What are you doing?" Antea asked.

"Seeing if Calvin can sneak out and letting Sven know." Dennis said as he dialed Calvin's number.

Back at the Stern household, Calvin heard his phone go off in one of the kitchen cabinets. He then climbed up on top of the counter, picked the lock on the cabinet and answered his phone. Unfortunately, Ulrich had heard the whole thing from upstairs.

"He didn't." He said through gritted teeth. He then ran downstairs.

"Ulrich, where are you going?" Yumi asked.

"I'm going to kill him." Ulrich said still heading down.

"Hello?" Calvin asked. "Really? Yes, I'll be right..." Calvin then felt his father's hand pull the phone away from him. Calvin then turned around and faced him as Ulrich hung up the phone.

"Oh, hi Dad." Calvin said.

"'Oh, hi' nothing." Ulrich said angrily. "You're already grounded for disobeying the school rules, but I guess you can't obey our rules either. No phone privileges!"

"But Dad, XANA's..."

"I don't care if your mother's in the hospital, you still broke a rule." Ulrich said. "Now go to your room."

"But I..."

"Now!"

With no other choice, Calvin just headed upstairs and sat in his room.

"Hello? Hello?" Dennis said through the phone.

"What happened?" Antea asked.

"We must've dropped the signal." Dennis said. "No matter. I'll give Sven a call, you just head to the factory with the rest."

"Got it." Antea said as she proceeded through the sewers and reached the factory with the rest.

"What took you?" Ami asked.

"Just seeing if Calvin could make it."

"Could he?" Rumiko asked.

"I'm afraid not." Antea said. "Dennis is up waiting for Sven to come."

"Well, while you're waiting, maybe you could send us." Ami said.

"I can try. I did read my father's notes about it." Antea said.

"So do it." Sam said. "We probably don't have much time as it is."

"Okay, just get to the scanners." The three others headed down Antea set up the procedure.

"Okay. I'm sending you to the forest sector." Antea said. "That's where the tower should be."

"You can do this, Antea. You can do this." She said to herself. She then began the procedure.

"Transfer Ami. Transfer Rumiko. Transfer Sam."

"Scanner Ami. Scanner Rumiko. Scanner Sam."

"Virtualization."

Antea's heart was racing as she saw her friends being virtualized on the screen under her command. As soon as she was sure that all of them were on Lyoko, she picked up the headset and spoke to them.

"Can you guys here me? Are you all right?" She asked.

"Aggh! You turned me into a garden gnome!" Sam shouted.

"What?" Antea exclaimed.

"Just kidding." Sam said.

"Don't worry. We all made it in one piece." Rumiko said.

"Phew." Antea said. Just then, Dennis came down with Sven-Søren and the made their way to the computer.

"Sorry it took so long." Dennis said as he took over.

"Never leave me with the computer again." Antea said.

"You sent them down already?" Dennis asked. Antea just nodded.

"Good for you." He said. "You catch on quickly. Now should I send you down?"

"Not yet." Antea said. "I wanna see what XANA's got up his sleeve before rushing into things."

"Agreed." Sven-Søren said. "Better safe than sorry."

Back on Lyoko, the trio was already making their way through the forest sector and to the tower. Within a few minutes, they were able to catch up to the tower.

"Wow, that was easy." Sam said. "And no monsters to stop us."

"Almost too easy." Ami said.

"Hey Dennis. We already found the tower."

"Already?" Dennis asked. "Okay, I guess I'll send Antea over to you."

"Wait, Dennis, it could be a trap." Sven-Søren said.

"The scanner's not picking up any other activated towers." Dennis said. "Best to send Antea."

"Got it." Antea said as she headed to the scanner room. Dennis then began the procedure and within a short time, she found herself virtualized in front of the tower.

"Alright, you're here." Ami said. "Now deactivate that tower so we can go home."

Antea then ran inside the tower. After advancing to the second floor, she began the procedure and deactivated the tower.

"Well, that was quick." Dennis said. Just then, an alarm on his screen went off. "Wait a minute. Antea, get out of there, now!"

Antea then felt the ground begin to shake as the tower disappeared from around her and she fell to the ground.

"What happened?" Sam asked.

"The tower was a trap!" Dennis said. "XANA's taking you guys with the sector."

"'With the sector'?" Antea asked.

"Um... guys?" Rumiko said pointing behind them. They then turned around to see the ground behind them collapse.

"Run!" Ami said as they ran as fast as they could.

To be continued...

Well, I'm starting volunteer work from tomorrow until the 15th. I don't know when exactly my hours are, but I'll still try to update whenever I can during that time.

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