In the factory, William Jr. was up on one of the support beams stretching across but below the ceiling with Antea Hopper in hand. He then placed her on the bottom of the beam so that she was facing the ground and tied her down.
"That should do it." William Jr. said. He then turned to the support beams on his left and right where Aelita and the younger Antea were tied in a similar fashion. "It's only a matter of time."
"Mom, I'm scared." The younger Antea said.
"Don't worry, Sweetie." Aelita said. "We'll get out of this."
"If we don't, I just want to say I'm sorry for everything I did."
"Don't worry about it now." Aelita said.
"Antea Hopper." XANA said looking up and meeting face to face with her. "At long last we finally meet. Franz Hopper has said so much about you."
"Whatever you're planning, XANA, you'll never get away with it." She said. "You will only fail again."
"Logically impossible, as I have a new ally with me." He then snapped his fingers and out of the shadows emerged a familiar face.
"Mr. Xavier?" The younger Antea asked.
"Not exactly." XANA said. "Surely you recognize your friend ANAX. I managed to reconfigure the bug inside of him so that he may serve me and only me."
"So what is this plan of yours, Willy?" ANAX asked.
"All in due time." William Jr. said. "XANA, is your part of the plan going well?"
"Yes." XANA said.
"What are you up to, XANA?" Aelita asked.
"As we speak, an innocent bystander under my possession is on his way to the airport with vials of my deadly virus." XANA said. "He'll be visiting every major country of the world, planting a vial in each. Once they're opened, the virus will spread and everyone will die. Only me, Willy, Russell and ANAX will be left to inhabit and rebuild this planet."
"All the warriors can do now is sit back and watch." William Jr. said.
"So what does this have to do with you kidnapping us?" Aelita asked.
"Wait for it…"
In the sewers, the gang was already running to the factory, hoping that Antea and the others would be alright.
"So Calvin, why didn't you tell us you were dying?" Sam said.
"I didn't even know." Calvin said. "And now he's planted a new strain inside of me. If I fight him, I'll lose strength."
"Then don't fight him." Dennis said. "Leave him to us for a change. It was your obsession for revenge that got you into this mess in the first place."
"I called Mom and Dad." Ami said. "They're also going to see if William will show up."
"Good call." Dennis said. "We're gonna need all the help we can get."
Eventually, the gang arrived at the factory. Near the bridge they saw two cars there, telling them that Ulrich, Yumi and William had arrived.
"Over here." Yumi shouted to them standing by Ulrich and William. The kids ran over to them. "So what's going on?"
"Willy's kidnapped Antea and her family." Dennis said. "He's holding them in the factory."
"What?" Ulrich asked.
"We need to go save them." Calvin said. "When I give the signal, you three go in and get to the lab. We need to get to Lyoko, stop Willy, save ANAX and ultimately defeat XANA in a final showdown."
"You certainly thought ahead." William said.
"If you have a better plan, I'd like to hear it." Calvin said.
"I'm just saying."
The kids then ran over to the bridge and came face to face with William Jr.
"Surprise, surprise." He said.
"Enough talk, Willy." Dennis said. "Now let them go."
"Why?" William Jr. asked. "So you guys can have me arrested and buy even more time? Well, you're too late."
"No." Calvin said approaching him. "So I can finish what I started."
"Calvin Stern." William Jr. said. "Just the person I wanted to see."
"Willy, you leave him out of this." Sam said.
"Calvin's in no condition to be fighting you." Ami said. "He's still recovering from the virus you planted inside of him as well as his burns."
"Exactly." William Jr. said with an evil grin.
"Is this how you get your kicks?" Dennis asked. "Watching your victims squirm and succumb to their own bloodlust and desire for vengeance?"
"What was your first clue?"
"If you're going to fight Calvin, at least have the courage to fight us as well." Rumiko said.
"Why should I? You already lost." William Jr. said. "Calvin will die, the whole world will fall to ruin and nothing will stand in our way."
"Alright, what do you want?" Calvin asked.
"Come with me." William Jr. said.
"Calvin, no." Rumiko said.
"If it's me he wants, it's me he gets." Calvin said. "He'll do anything to get that, even if it involves killing you all if you intervene."
"But if you fight him, you'll die no matter what." Ami said.
"Then I will have gotten what I deserved." Calvin said. "When the coast is clear you lead them to the laboratory and finish XANA."
"Good luck." Dennis said.
Calvin then walked inside the factory where he found William Jr. standing adjacent from him and with XANA and ANAX to his sides.
"So what do you want?" Calvin asked.
"First of all, look up." Calvin looked up and saw Aelita, Antea and Antea Hopper tied up to the support beams.
"Calvin, help!" Antea shouted.
"Antea!" Calvin said.
"Now that you see, I'll tell you why they're here." William Jr. said. "You and I are going to play a little game."
"What kind of game?" Calvin asked.
"If you look below the support beams, you'll see that each of us is guarding one."
Calvin looked and saw that, indeed, William Jr., ANAX and XANA were each standing below one of the beams that the victims were tied to.
"You have the option to save only one of these people." William Jr. said. "This is decided by whoever you attack first. Whoever you attack first, the victim above will be spared while the others will fall to their deaths. If you do not choose one within five minutes, all three will die."
"You wouldn't." Calvin said.
"I can and I will." William Jr. said. "Oh, and if your friends intervene, I kill all three and blow up the entire factory. So what do you say?"
Calvin thought about the situation.
"Does it matter if I win or lose?"
"Nope." William Jr. said. "Just whoever you attack first. You can attack me and finally get your revenge, but you'll lose both Anteas in the process and, given your condition, wouldn't be the best choice. You can fight ANAX and be one step closer to saving him, but you'll only be saving the girl who lied to you and set you up while letting the more powerful two be free. Finally, you can stop XANA once and for all, at the cost of your girl and her mother."
Calvin did nothing. He could only try to think of someway where he could win without a casualty. It seemed impossible, but he couldn't allow any of them to die.
"Think about it." William Jr. said. "You have five minutes."
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