The gang had finally caught up to where they heard the screaming. There they found Sammy talking with two of her friends about what she saw.

"I'm telling you." She said "There were three monsters in the woods. I saw them myself."

"Sure, Sammy. We believe you." The first one said

"Yeah, I see monsters in the woods all the time." Said the other one. "Now come on. Let's get you to the infirmary so you can get some rest."

"You don't think…" Dennis said

"Well, XANA's done it before." Calvin said "Let's take a look."

They then headed into the woods. After a while, they reached the Hermitage and there they couldn't believe what they saw: Three giant monsters were walking towards the house. They were white, had six red eyes, and four long legs.

"What are those things, Calvin?" Antea said "And why are they at my house?"

"Tarantulas." Calvin said "One of the most dangerous of XANA's monsters. Why they are here? I don't…"

"Help!" They heard someone shout. Calvin looked around and saw Mr. Xavier being chased by one of the Tarantulas.

"Mr. Xavier?" Calvin asked when he caught up to him "What are you doing here?"

"I was looking in the woods for anything that might help me with my research." He said "But then these giant monsters came and started attacking me."

"Stand back." Calvin said grabbing a metal pole leaning on the side of the house "Sam. Ami. Get yourselves to safety. Dennis. Antea. Get Mr. Xavier. I'll take care of the Tarantulas."

The first Tarantula moved one of its forearms outward and fired a laser from it, but Calvin moved side to side, dodging the blasts. He then climbed up the side of the house with the pole still in one hand. He then jumped back and hit the Tarantula straight on the eye on its back. He then jumped off on to the other Tarantula and hit the eye on its back. Calvin then jumped off and was hit with the third Tarantula's laser, Calvin fell to the ground.

Unable to move, Calvin was an open target for the approaching Tarantula. The Tarantula got on its hind legs and began charging the lasers on its forearms. Just as it was about to fire, it blew up right in front of Calvin. Calvin looked up to see Antea with a nail gun in hand.

"You didn't think I was going to leave you alone, did you?" She said

"Well, no." Calvin said "Where did you get that?"

"Tool shed."

"Ahh…" Calvin said "Where's Mr. Xavier?"

"I don't know." Antea said "He disappeared when we brought him back."

"Well, at least he's safe." Calvin said "Hey, do you think you could help me up? I'm still hurt from the fall."

"Sure, Calvin." She said as she grabbed his hand and lifted him up. "Also, where did XANA get a scanner big enough to materialize something of that size?"

"I don't know, and I don't think I want to know." Calvin said "But that is one step closer to what XANA might be planning.

Meanwhile at the factory floor, XANA was conversing with his minions about his plan's next phase.

"Well that went well." Thomas said "Three of your best monsters were destroyed by that simpleton, Calvin. Just how badly do you want to destroy him?"

"They weren't destroyers." XANA said "They were test subjects, and the test is complete. Now I know for sure that even the elements of this planet can penetrate through them, which is why I created this new program. Follow me."

XANA then led them to a small room on the other end of the factory floor. In this room, the entire floor was turned into a giant scanner and in one corner, there was something draped under a sheet. XANA pulled the sheet off to reveal two cages, each containing a small cockroach like monster.

"In this cage is a Kankrelat that has been materialized without it being altered in any way." XANA said pointing to the cage on the left. "Go ahead. Shoot it."

Thomas shot the Kankrelat, which exploded when the bullet made contact.

"Easy." Thomas said

"Now the other one." XANA said gesturing to the cage on the right. Thomas fired, but the bullets bounced right off, one of them hitting Alain on the shoulder.

"What is this?" Thomas asked

"As you can see, this Kankrelat was imbued with a new program I created. It creates an invisible shield around it that makes it impervious to all of Earth's natural elements." XANA said "With this program, and with the success of this new scanner, our victory is closer to completion. Humanity stands no chance."