"This is it! The end of the world!" Odd cried out.
"What, did the cafeteria run outta Spaghetti and Meatballs?" Ulrich asked.
"The evil space mutants have come!" Ed called out. "The war for Earth begins!"
"No! I ran into Jim and Delmas and they're doing a surprise inspection." Odd said. "They're looking for appliances that might be fire hazards."
"But we don't have anything dangerous. Not even an electric kettle." Pit said.
"I know, but what do we do about Kiwi?" Odd asked.
"Ah, right. That's almost as bad." David said. "Well, that's simple. He'll have to stay with someone until inspections are cleared."
"Do you know any places?" Jesse asked.
"Well, there is the Galaxy King, but… Nah, bad idea, considering the characteristics of some of the members." David said. "Only option is Yumi's house."
"Hold on, no way." Yumi spoke up. "My father can't stand dogs."
"Come on, Yumi, it's just one day." Mark pointed out.
"Please." Odd said as he begged.
"Fine, you win this time." Yumi said.
"Oh, Yumi, there's nothing to stop me from kissing you." Odd said, before Yumi stopped him.
"Whoa, I can!" Yumi said.
"Uh-oh, dynamic duo at 3 o'clock." Eddy said, peaking out the door.
Odd and Yumi quickly put Kiwi in Yumi's backpack, zipping it shut just as Jim and Delmas opened the door.
"Well, looks like everyone is in the same dorm. They don't seem to be in a hurry to get to class." Jim said.
"Well, I better be going." Yumi said as she slipped right out.
"See you later." Shantae said.
Yumi soon was able to drop Kiwi off at her house, though she received an earful of care instructions from Odd.
After morning classes had ended a while later, everyone met up near the vending machines, Odd especially hurrying to get a report in from Yumi.
"There you are, Yumi! Well?" Odd asked.
"No sweat, Hiroki's watching him." Yumi said.
"Hiroki?! Are you nuts? Did you forget what happened to poor Jean Pierre?" Odd asked.
"How…did you know about that, by the way?" Petra asked.
"He must've found out one way or the other." Hope said.
"Yeah, it's sad. We're still in mourning." Ulrich teased as everyone chuckled.
"I don't see what's so funny." Odd said, calling Hiroki up.
"Glad to know you trust me, Odd." Yumi snarked as Odd was on the phone before the call ended.
"You don't understand, Kiwi is a very sensitive dog!" Odd said.
Just then a beep went off as Mari looked at her Syega communicator. "Another Replika's been discovered." Mari said.
"Well, looks like we're all missing class now." Mark said.
"I'm sure Betty won't mind us missing afternoon classes." Ash said, looking at his fingernails.
"You guys won't be missing much later, other than a good nap." Odd said.
"Oh, Monsieur Robbia, always a sleepy head." Ash teased as he twirled his bang. "Shall we, Madamoiselles and Monsieurs?"
"Well, you all know where to go!" Jeremie said as the group started on their way to their respective entryways.
"The Skid has reached its destination…What the?" Hermit said. "It's…a Replika of Sector 5."
"Why would XANA create a Replika of the Center of Lyoko?" Shantae asked.
"It really doesn't matter so long as we take it down. The more supercomputers we destroy, the more XANA gets weakened." Adora mentioned.
"Right, so let's get to it." Jeremie said as the Skid docked at a nearby tower.
"Destination of Supercomputer registered. The Digimon Storage portal is ready for entry." Hermit said.
The group soon entered the portal…
"Okay so where do you think we're-whoa oa oa oa oa!" Shantae said before she began spinning around in place midair.
"Hey, we're on a space station!" Ethox realized, looking out a window and seeing the Earth.
"Just like Robot Rebel Ranch 2: The Reckoning!" Ed said happily. "An invasion force from the evil robot planet uses a space station like this as a base for their invasion of Earth. The three space outlaws, leading a group of intergalactic rangers, board the station to destroy the Master Invasion Program, which will shut down the evil robot army on the planet's surface."
"So…this means we'll meet some real live astronauts?" Connie asked.
"'Fraid not. According to the logs, the crew isn't to arrive for another few weeks." Tails said on the comm.
"That's plenty of time for us to destroy the Supercomputer on the station." Yumi said.
2B and 9S were silent as they looked down in thought.
"Being here…brings back memories of the Bunker." 2B said.
"That's in the past now." 9S said. "Don't think about what we went through."
"I know." 2B said.
The group proceeded to make their way through the station in zero gravity.
"Being here on the ISS after its official launch is so surreal for me." Connie said. "Did you guys know I'm studying to become an astronaut?"
"Really? That sounds exciting." Leviathan said over the comm.
"I'll say. Aiming for the same goal as another teammate is pretty cool." Ethox said.
"You got that right." Kaito said, taking in the sights.
"I'm glad you're enjoying this too, Kaito. I still feel bad about how James just programmed all that Ultimate Astronaut stuff into you when it's not even your real identity." Connie said.
"Well, it did have one perk, at least." Kaito said.
"What's that?" Shantae asked.
"I got to meet everyone here and all the others as well." Kaito said.
"Yep. Hope you see more sights like this, Kaito." Mayumi said.
The group continued through the station to see a factory production of strange metal balls.
"Huh. What do you think XANA's making these for?" Grantz asked.
"In the movie, the Master Invasion Program has mini-robot sentries that protect it." Ed said. "They are commanded by the evil robot invaders' second-in-command, the Robot General. They destroy all organic beings that dare to set foot on their station."
"Well, that's a cheery thought." Kazuma quipped.
"Hey, maybe it isn't as bad as Ed puts it out to be. XANA's probably taking up Bocce Ball." Odd suggested.
"Well… XANA sure has a long list of hobbies if his attacks so far are any indication." Sachiko said.
"Well…there's the Supercomputer. So…what's the plan to, you know…take it out?" Izuku asked.
"We'll we can't just actively up and smash it." Connie pointed out. "This is an international space station. They'll figure it out that enemies tampered with it."
"What about a short circuit?" Subaru asked.
"To do that, we'd need water…" Connie said before snapping her fingers. "I've got it! Look at these pipes!" She said, gesturing around the room. "If one of these holds water, we can use it to short-circuit the Supercomputer!"
"Perfect…now we can…" Subaru said before they heard a bang. "What was that?"
"The mini-robot sentries." Ed said. "The Robot General has activated them, and now they're coming to destroy us, and harvest our brainwaves to make more robot soldiers."
"C'mon Lumpy, that's…" Eddy started before the group saw the metal balls from before float into the room. "...actually right!"
"XANA must've caught onto us. Which means he also must be after the Skid too." Adora said as she was with a team in the Sector 5 Replika.
"Jeez!" Subaru said as one flew at the group before growing out spikes as it hit the wall.
"They really are dangerous!" Ethox said.
"The sentries attack!" Ed declared. "We must regroup!"
"Second time today I'm agreeing with Ed, the world's gone topsy-turvy!" Eddy said as the group made a hasty exit from the room, pursued by the metal spheres.
Connie thought of an idea. "Hey, guys. I've got a really crazy and dangerous idea on how to get rid of these things."
"Any ideas are good ideas. Whadda got?" ZS asked.
"Well…" Connie said as they were chased right to the airlock, Connie spying the release lever. "You guys might wanna hold on to something."
"Wait, Connie, hold on just a-!" Grantz started.
Too late, as Connie grabbed and pulled the lever, opening the airlock behind them. The group held on for dear life while the spheres were sucked into space.
"Just like the movie!" Ed laughed. "The space outlaws and intergalactic rangers open a dimensional time portal, which sucks up the sentries and Robot General and sends them across space-time!"
"Huh…you know, we never did see the first one." Eddy remarked.
After about a minute, the spheres were sucked out of the station as Connie closed the airlock.
"Has anyone told you that you've got a secret daredevil streak?" Grantz asked Connie.
"It's come up once or twice, but no one's actually said it." Connie replied. "That being said, hopefully I'll never have to do that again."
"Now…let's short out that super computer and be…" Subaru said as one orb came at them. "Ah crap."
"Arsene!" a voice called out as a familiar Persona appeared as it crushed the orb.
"Arsene? But…how did…" Kaito said before the door soon opened as two certain groups floated there.
"Well…seems this isn't a coincidence after all." Jack said.
"Like a big reunion." Connor said.
"Connor! Jack!" Connie said.
"So Team Revival and the Phantom Thieves. Seems like we've almost got everyone who's ever been to Lyoko." Spectra said on the comm.
"You have a lot to explain about this." Skull said.
"And why do WE have to be the ones to explain?" Jesse asked.
"Cause almost 99% of the time, YOU GUYS cause it." Skull said.
"Yeah, yeah, how about just waiting a damn bit after we're done here?" A2 said.
"We're assuming you came here the same way everyone else did." David said.
"Yeah…some weird girl came into our office in Wyndon and sent us into space." Connor said.
"For me, it was during a theft." Jack said.
"Reality Check again." Shantae said.
"Wait, did you just say Reality Check?" Connor asked.
"Yeah. We'll explain what's going on after we're not in space." Ethox said.
"For now…" Subaru said as he bent the broken pipe as water floated out of it. "Let it rain!" he said as the bubbles floated to the computer and shorted it out.
Later on the Galaxy King…
"So that's what's going on." Connor said as the teams were together, briefing the new arrivals on the situation. "Reality Check is bringing us all here one by one to initiate some kinda big finale, and you guys still have no idea why she's doing all this."
"That's it in a nutshell." Ace said.
"Uh, I think you just explained it right there, Connor." David said.
"Still…the girl was waiting at the hideout. There's no way she could have known that." Jack said.
"Actually, she's pretty thorough enough to know everything about people shes got her eyes on." Connor said. "She's very studious. And she also uses her powers to know where and when people will be at any time."
"She's a reality warper, basically." ZS said. "She could just say 'I follow the Phantom Thieves to their hideout', and she could totally do it."
"I don't think she needed to do all of that when it comes to the Phantom Thieves." David said.
"True. We were stealing a well known treasure from a museum." Joker said.
"We still don't know why she's planning this." Jexi said. "Hmm…I don't see Lan anywhere."
Outside, the girl in question looked from a hiding spot as she smiled. "This is getting so exciting."
"Having fun?" a voice asked as she saw Lan standing there.
"Oh, you found me, Lan." she said.
"Yeah. You're a fan. You like to watch from the same screen sometimes." Lan said. "That's how you know all this…cause you've seen a number of it happen before."
"You've figured it out, huh? That I'm from where you're from?" Reality Check asked.
"Yeah…You're from the real world like me and Jade." Lan said.
"Wow! Amazing job! Having my place of origin revealed at this point in time will crank up the excitement even more!" she said.
"To be honest, I had a feeling this was the truth the moment when the Neo Dimensional Heroes showed up." Lan said. "Though…you're playing with fire, girl. If you keep up stunts like this, you're gonna get burned."
"Oh, don't be such a worrywort." Reality Check said. "I'm almost done adding the stars of the show. There's just one more group in the alliance that's been here before. Once they're here, everything else will fall into place since I've already set it up."
"You really are crazy." Lan said.
"Yeah. Flux said the same thing when he found me." she said.
"Wait, what?" Lan asked.
"Uh…" Reality Check said as she created a rift and jumped through before it vanished.
"Whatever she's trying to do, its gonna be something crazy dangerous." Lan said as he headed back.