Authors Note: 4 chapters and still no reviews. All I can say has been said in the last chapter. Oh well, now on to business. If you even bothered to read this, you'll know that Xana is in the real world with all his powers. After a short chat with the team, you know he's gonna attack soon. Now then, let the REAL fun begin!

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5:00 AM The Old Factory

An eerie assembly of unknown creatures is taking place in the lobby of the factory.

These creature look a lot like they are metallic crabs with a red symbol and each has the same eye-shaped on its front. All are facing the elevator, which can be heard traveling up ward to the lobby.

As the elevator come to a stop, a figure dressed in black and has slightly spiked hair emerges with two cubes. This person is none other than Xana. Let us listen to what he has to say.

"My devoted followers. For many days we have been thwarted, defeated, and ultimately insulted by the five people we now know as our enemy!"

"But, that is about to change. We strike soon!"

"Now here is what we shall do: crabs, hide in the building, I will come back soon today. My cubes shall protect the entrance to the factory and kill all who dare to enter."

No sooner had those words been spoken before all crab like creatures began to hide from view and the two cubes taking positions near the entrance.

"Let the fun begin," Xana said as he left the building and off to the boarding school.

Yeah... Not the best, but it will do just fine for now ............................................................................................................

Lunch time 12:00 Noon.

Odd, Jeremy, Ulreck, and Yumi are eating and discussing the conversation the have had with Xana. Jeremy has his laptop with him just in case anything happens that is very unusual.

"So how come Xana was able to come back without tripping a tower?" Odd asks.

"I think I know. He used MY materialization program to come back." Jeremy replies with obvious regret.

"C'mon Jeremy! We'll end up defeating him as usual! I mean, now that he's real, he can be killed, right?" Says Ulreck.

"Well, yeah, but, he could have made backup copies of himself for just an occasion."

"By the way," Yumi chimes in, "Has anyone seen him?"

Jeremy is first to reply, "Yeah, he was in science class, but I haven't seen him since."

Odd, who has been fairly silent in the conversation suddenly begins to choke on his food.

"Odd! Odd! You ok?"

But he can only stare in horror out the window.

The others turn to look and see a nightmare come true: Xana leading over a hundred metal crabs yeah, you know what they are toward the cafeteria. Many of the students look in amazement at what is coming toward them and the teachers and principal are not quite sure what to make of the coming situation.

Xana snaps his fingers together and the door is blown off its hinges. He enters.

"Good afternoon everyone!" He says with glee, "Now, I know what you're thinking. 'What in gods name is he doing?!?'. Well, I am taking over this school and if my demands are not met, then, you all shall be vaporized."

"Wha- What in the hell do you think you're doing?!?" The principal sputters, "And what might you demands be??"

"Did I detect a hint of outrage, my dear principal?"

"Well! We're gonna have to fix that aren't we?"

"What do you want?"

"I want..." he puts up four fingers "Jeremy..." lowers a finger "Ulreck..." and another one "Yumi..." and another "and Odd." Lowers the last finger.

"And if I don't?"

"You are REALLY trying my patents, sir. To prove my point..."

He walks over to where Sissi is sitting and grabs her by the neck. Then, producing a knife, he holds it up to her neck.

"NO!!!"

"Now then, I think my point is proven. Tie up Jeremy, Ulreck, Odd, and Yumi's arms to their waist or Sissi here get a taste of chap plastic surgery!"

"O-Ok! Ok! You win! Jeremy, Ulreck, Odd, Yumi, I-I'm very sorry." What? The principal looks like a complete pussy anyway

"Its ok. You have no choice." Sighs Jeremy.

After everyone has been stuffed in to the cafeteria and the team has been tied up......

"Perfect! Now then, any one that so much as moves toward any of the doors will get pummeled 'till the back away! Have a good day now! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!!!!!"

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12:30 The Scanner room

As Xana opens each scanner, the team attempts to see what he is up to.

"Wha..."

"Don't bother even asking! For almost a year now I have put up with you and your meddling team! Every time I am defeated and my best plans laid to waste!"

"Yeah? Well you won't get away with this! We'll defeat you again!"

"You are very confident Odd! But I have learned from my mistakes! I have many backups for just in case..."

Stuffing each one into a scanner, he prepares to close them.

"What did you do with Jeremy?"

"Oh him? He is up in the control room out cold."

"WHAT?"

"I knocked him out! But don't worry! He'll be joining you soon!"

And with that, the scanners close.

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Author's Note: Remember what I said before? I just got a review! YAY! I would now like to take this moment to say thanks to that reviewer. To Megamickel: Thank you for your review! You ARE right about the foreshadowing! As I'm sure this chapter proves! Like you said, nobody's perfect. If you could, send me an e-mail to me (thesuperdotaol.com) with the errors I have made to all chapters and I will correct them.

Now, to the rest of you jokers: Coming up in the next chapter: What did Xana mean by "...he'll be joining you." Will Odd, Ulreck, and Yumi save the day and does Xana have anything else planned? Find out next!

Looking back on this chapter, and following a review, I realized, why in the hell did I make the team give up for Sissi? Any ideas on how to change this, I'm fresh out right now!