It was currently breakfast time in Cafeteria as some of the school group were sitting down waiting for Jeremie's big news just as he and Aelita approached after getting their breakfast.

"What's the big news? We can't wait to hear it." Odd said.

"I found it at last!" Jeremie said.

"So you found a way to bring us from the Network to Earth, right?" Mari asked.

"Yes, it was actually much easier than I thought it would be. I applied the "synchronicity" principle to the Supercomputer's apparatus, and then I used it to develop a kind of energizing projection." Jeremie explained.

"In other words, as long as there's a Supercomputer copy around, we can go there through the network." Double D summarized. "Also, once we send people there, we can have the others on the Galaxy King lock onto the coordinates and establish a teleportation grid there."

"That seems really sweet." Mayumi said.

"Yeah, makes things easy for us." Al said.

They soon headed out of the mess hall.

"We can test it out later tonight." Jeremie said as they saw Yumi approach. "Hey, Yumi."

"Hey." Yumi said to the group before staying silent towards Ulrich as she walked off.

"Whoa…what did you do to her?" Rainbow asked.

"No idea. Cold shoulder started day before yesterday." Ulrich said.

"That is so weird. Her birthday was the day before yesterday." Pinkie said.

"What?!" Ulrich said.

"What? Don't tell me you forgot." David said.

"Odd, did you forget to tell him?" Saki asked.

"Why would I remind him?" Odd asked.

"Ugh…she's gonna hate me for weeks." Ulrich groaned.

"You can always make up for it with a nice gift." Ochako said.

"Well, I would. But…" Ulrich started.

"What did you do?" Saki asked.

"I didn't do anything. A flounder hit Jim and I got 4 hours of detention for something I didn't do. Then we have classes and…" Ulrich said.

"No sweat. I gotta pick up a few things for Kiwi so I'll pick up something. Besides, I owe ya." Odd said.

"Why?" Izuku asked.

"In case you guys didn't know, the flying fish thing was me." Odd said.

*Clonk*

Mari held a book as smoke emitted from the spine.

"Ow…geez." Odd groaned.

"Why didn't you fess up?" Subaru asked.

"I would have told Jim but I was too busy laughing. I swear I would have." Odd said.

"I have half a mind to…" Ulrich said as the bell rang as Odd slipped by.

"Eh, worry about it later. The least he's doing is getting you a gift to give Yumi." Simon said. "And besides, we need to save our energy for tonight."

Later that night, the group entered the factory as they went onto Lyoko, entered the Skid and went towards the Forest Sector Replika.

"Once they appear on Earth, we'll lock onto their location to create the teleportation point." Hermit said.

The Skid flew across the Replika before it approached a tower.

"Ready to moar." Aelita said as the Skid was anchored to the tower. "Skid secured."

"Okay…preparing to teleport." Jeremie said as he activated the procedure as both Aelita and Odd vanished from the Skid.

"So…where'd they go?" Kaminari asked.

"Triangulating…ah. They're in the heart of the Amazon. Right in South America." Hermit said.

"I suppose it makes sense for the Forest Replika to have a supercomputer in the middle of a jungle." Sectonia said.

"Aren't forests and jungles two completely different environments, though?" Mayumi asked.

"Well yes, but maybe it's because they're full of greenery." Mari said.

"Eh, XANA probably thinks it's close enough." Eddy agreed. "So, we going to join them now?"

"Coordinates locked in. We are free for teleportation." Hermit said.

It didn't take long before some of the group joined the two.

"Well…fancy meeting you guys here." Odd said.

"Yep. Pretty neat, huh?" David asked.

"Shh…I see the facility." Izuku said as they saw a laboratory standing in the middle of the jungle.

"Let's go." Phantom said.

They entered the building as they saw some scientists at work, some of them bearing the Eye of XANA in their eyes.

"Yep. Looks like we are in the right place." Mayumi said.

"Watch yourselves." Phantom said.

They moved through the facility before seeing a large terrarium full of giant spiders with cybernetic enhancements.

"Ugh… Spiders. Always so creepy." Mayumi said.

"Jungle spiders can grow to incredible sizes. XANA's hoping to make use of that by enhancing them with cybernetics." Twilight said.

"They'd overrun South America in a matter of days, and the world." Phantom said before turning to the door. "Someone is approaching."

"Right idea…wrong place however." a figure said as ShadeMan stood on the ceiling above them.

"ShadeMan. There you are." David said.

"So you're acting as this place's guardian." Phantom said.

"Indeed. I knew you all would come eventually." ShadeMan said. "Seems you've gotten a glimpse at our little…experiment." he said tapping on the glass.

"How could we not? There are like…thousands of those things." Mayumi said.

"Well…then why not greet them personally?" ShadeMan asked before he shattered the glass.

"Here they come!" David said as he got his guns ready.

"Oh…that's not going to work." ShadeMan smirked as bullets were fired at the spiders. "We've crafted highly durable exoskeletons to resist firearms and other projectiles."

"Durable is an understatement. My bullets aren't making a dent in them." David said.

"(Slice!)" Phantom called, slicing through a spider before more jumped on him.

"It doesn't matter how many you slay…we still have much more ready to take their place." ShadeMan said as he laughed.

"(You fell for it!)" Phantom said as it was revealed to be a spider the other spiders jumped on.

"Ah…I see now…" ShadeMan said before he went and grabbed the air before Phantom was shown. "I was made to have enhanced hearing. Not easy to hide metal feet on metal floors."

"Grr…" Phantom growled.

"You know…I've never had the chance to see if my virus can take hold of a so-called Reploid. Why don't we find out?" ShadeMan said as his fangs grew out.

"Heads up, Vlad!" a voice behind ShadeMan said before the Robot Master felt the sensation of a Ki Blade running through his mouth.

"Ah…!" ShadeMan said as he dropped Phantom. "How dare you."

"If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, I'd have never needed to pull scams in the first place." Eddy smirked. "Magnamon may have dibs, but that doesn't mean I can't give you a couple of tooth extractions."

"Tooth extractions…?" ShadeMan said before he looked down, seeing his fangs lying there. "You rotten…"

"We know all about how you transmit your control virus. It can only be done by biting." Double D said.

"No teeth, no mind control." David said.

"Yeah. Not so hot now are-" Odd began before he and Aelita vanished.

"What the…You were a distraction!" Izuku asked.

"Yes. While we fought, young William has already taken away control of the tower you were using." ShadeMan said.

"Guess Ulrich and Yumi are down. This mission is a failure. We gotta get out of here." David said.

"Get out? Oh…I'm afraid that is a rather…difficult situation all together." ShadeMan said as the spiders began to swarm.

The group prepared to fight before they heard a voice.

"Ultimate Color Rush!" a voice called out as they saw a young figure burst through. "Wow…so many creepy spider guys." they said as the smoke showed Zexi.

"Zexi! Aren't you a sight for sore-eyes?" David asked.

"We can talk more later." Harumi said, appearing with the rest of the Neo Dimensional Heroes. "We need to go." she said tossing down some smoke bombs as the groups disappeared into them.

"Hmm…run all you like…so long as this computer is running…you cannot defeat me or XANA!" ShadeMan called out as they ran off.

"I don't believe it!" Mark exclaimed as the groups were gathered on the Galaxy King, now including the Neo Dimensional Heroes. "How and when did you guys get here?"

"Well, all was fine on New World until this crazy lady started running around." Tulip said. "She said she needed to set up the additional pieces."

"After that, we ended up in the middle of that jungle." Abby said.

"Reality Check." Ace said.

"No other explanation. Guess she's becoming aware of what we're doing at this point. Well, no complaints about having backup, though." David said. "After all, taking down the Replikas is a pretty serious mission. We're going to need everybody available."

"This must be the surprise she mentioned when we saw her when we first entered the Replika." Mark said. "And she said it in plural tense. Meaning that other teams might be waiting for us at the other Supercomputer locations."

"All the more reason to go and shut them down." Double D spoke up. "In addition, we still are unaware of the specific purpose of those mechanical spiders. Are they simply a means to overrun the continent, or does XANA have a more subtle purpose in mind?"

"Guess we'll have to find out when we go over again." Frisk said. "Hopefully it'll be soon."

"Until then, rejoice as we have united in an act of chivalry!" Heart said as he posed.

"Here we go again…" Harumi sighed with a slight smile on her face.

"Flashy as always." Kagura added.

"Well, guess that wraps everything up for the day." Kazuma said, before his phone rang. "Nevermind, that's Odd." he said as he picked up the call. "Yes, I'm Kazuma, go ahead…uh-huh… Oh no."

"What was that about?" Rimuru asked.

"Apparently, Odd needs us to go by Yumi's." Kazuma said.

"He accidently switched her and Kiwi's gifts, didn't he?" David asked.

"Yep." Kazuma said flatly. "Man, we are in for some fireworks at school tomorrow…"

With Yumi, she just continued to look curiously as she held a rubber dog bone as she squeaked it.