"But, Dad." Dennis said on his cell phone.

"I don't want to hear it, Dennis! We're showing up to your school's soccer practice session and I expect to see you there!"

"Well, you won't. I have more important things to..."

"More important than your family?" His father interrupted.

"Well, no, but..."

"Then don't hang around with your rotten, good for nothing friends and actually do the more productive thing: your soccer practice. I especially don't want you hanging around with that Stern kid."

"How do you know about...?"

"Your brother told me. What did I tell you on your first day at this school? Tell me!"

"Well..."

"I told you to never, ever hang around with anyone related to Ulrich Stern. Ever! And if I ever hear that you're still hanging around with him, you'll be in more trouble then you've ever been. Do I make myself clear."

"Well..."

"DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"

"Yes." Dennis sighed "Don't worry, I'll be there."

"For your sake, you better!" His father said as he hung up the phone.

Meanwhile in the girls dorms, Ami and Rumiko were about to head into the showers, they had gotten up late, so they had decided to catch breakfast first.

"Are you sure you'll be okay by yourself?" Rumiko asked her little sister

"Yeah, I've gotten used to it." Ami said

"Aww... Damn it." Rumiko said

"What's the matter?" Ami asked

"I just realized I left my toiletries in my room, I'll be right back."

"Alright then." Ami said as she headed to the showers. Rumiko immediately walked to her room.

"Great," She said to herself "Why can't I ever remember to bring my stuff with me until the last minute? Hey is that outlet smoking?"

Meanwhile, after a quick shower, Ami put on her clothes and prepared herself. Just then she heard someone, or something, run past her.

"Umm... Rumiko? Was that you?" She asked frightened. When she turned around, she saw no one. sighing with relief, she turned back around only to be startled by a figure standing in front of her. She immediately recognized the figure

"R..Ru...Rumiko?" She said with her voice trembling. Indeed, it was Rumiko. Only she was different in two ways: Her eyes were a blank white, and she looked a lot meaner.

"WHERE'S THE PROGRAM?" The XANA-fied Rumiko asked pinning Ami to a wall.

"I... I don't know what you're talking about." Ami said now more frightened than ever. "Someone, HELP!"

Fortunately, Calvin and Antea were around when Ami was shouting.

"That sounded like Ami." Calvin said

"I'll go help her." Antea said

"Why you? She's my sister."

"Yes, but it's the girls showers."

Antea went into the showers to find the XANA-fied Rumiko still pinning Ami to the wall. When she noticed Antea, she jumped up on the ceiling and hid in one of the air ducts. (A/N: They're big ducts). She then ran up and helped Ami up.

"Are you all right?" She asked

"A little shaken, but nothing serious." Ami said

After a while, the gang went to Calvin and Sam's room to discuss their next mission, Ami was still shaken from her encounter, And Dennis was sitting on Calvin's bed sulking about his phone call from his father.

"So, it looks like XANA has possessed Rumiko." Calvin said "This means our next mission to Lyoko will happen right now. And we have to work fast, we don't want the teachers noticing a XANA possessed Rumiko roaming around the campus. Also, Dennis has chosen me to do a mission to Sector 5 in order to find an anti-virus for the scanners and a few other things. Now I need someone to come with..."

"I volunteer!" Sam shouted and raised his hand

"I meant someone with experience. Ami, you come with me. Sam, you have to protect Antea while she goes to deactivate the tower. I traced the tower that controls Rumiko to the Forest Sector. Also Dennis..."

"I'm not going." Dennis said quietly

"What?" Calvin said

"You heard me, count me out!" Dennis shouted as he stood up "I have a soccer practice session with the rest of the team and I'm not skipping out on that."

"So that's it?" Calvin shouted

"Umm... Cal?" Sam said

"You're just going to abandon us for some stupid practice session?"

"Some things are more important." Dennis said

"More important than your friends? More important than the safety of the world?" Calvin shouted "I'm sorry, but I don't understand how you can be so selfish!"

Dennis just clenched his fists and walked out the door. Calvin turned around to see that Sam and Antea were glaring at him angrily.

"You know, you're really clueless, aren't you?" Antea said

"What do you mean?" Calvin asked, still angry

"It's his dad." Sam told him "He shows up to all his practice sessions."

"And?"

"If you met his dad, you would know." Sam said "To him, if you're not in first place, you're better off in last place."

"He never appreciates his son for almost anything he does." Antea said this time "The only thing that makes him happy is either Dennis's grades or his performance in soccer. That's why he pushes himself so greatly."

"Wow. Sounds like Grandpa Johannes." Calvin said "But still, how was I supposed to know?"

"That's no excuse, Calvin." Ami said "You had no right to yell at him like that."

"You're right." Calvin said "Maybe I should apologize."

"Just leave him alone, Calvin." Antea said "He has enough to deal with already, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to listen to you right now."

"Right." Calvin said "Now come on, we have a mission to do."

And with that, they went right to the factory.