The next morning on Christmas Day, Everyone minus Calvin and Sam got up and started opening presents. After a while, Rumiko went up to Calvin and shook him until he woke up. Calvin then opened his eyes and turned around.

"What is it, Rumiko?" Calvin said drowsily.

"Come on. Don't you want to open your presents?" She asked. "We started half an hour ago."

"You started opening presents without me?" Calvin asked. "Why didn't you wake me up, then?"

"Because you look so cute when you're asleep." She said. "I tried waking up Sam, but he's a real heavy sleeper."

"Sam, Daft Punk's at the door!" Calvin shouted.

"He's not gonna fall for that." Rumiko said

"Must get autograph!" Sam said waking up and running to the front door.

"Sorry, they just left." Calvin said.

"Aww. Damn it!" Sam said.

"Come on, let's go open presents now." Calvin said.

"Not yet you don't." Yumi said coming down the stairs. "What did I tell you when you get up and we have guests with us?"

"'Put on a robe or anything that that doesn't make it look like you're running around in your underwear.'" Calvin said annoyed as he went upstairs.

"And don't you use that tone with me!" She shouted.

A short time later, Calvin came down and started opening his presents.

"Oh, open mine first." Dennis said. Calvin opened Dennis's gift to find a black and purple tuxedo suit.

"You got me a tuxedo?" Calvin said

"I found it on sale and I remembered how you said you didn't have any real fancy clothing." Dennis said. "So I decided to get this for you."

"That's great." Calvin said. "But you didn't have to…"

"Open ours next." Ulrich said

"Don't bother." Rumiko said to Calvin. "It's just another one of Mom's crummy sweaters."

"Rumiko, that's enough!" Ulrich said. "Your lucky your mom wasn't around to hear that!"

"Really, Rumiko!" Ami said. "That was mean!"

"Yeah, I actually like Mom's sweaters." Calvin said.

After Calvin and Sam finished opening their gifts, The Stern family was preparing to leave.

"Calvin!" Ulrich shouted. "We're leaving in a few minutes. If you want to say your last goodbyes, do it now."

"Alright, Dad." Calvin said as he grabbed his bag. As he grabbed it, something white and heavy fell out of it: Mr. Xavier's binder. Calvin had totally forgotten about it. He grabbed the binder and proceeded to find Jeremie. Dennis then came up behind him.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"To find Mr. Belpois." Calvin said. "I wanted to show him Mr. Xavier's files."

"Allow me to accompany you." Dennis said as they headed upstairs. After checking all the rooms, they came across a dimly lit room filled with all sorts of computers and other electronics. They then found Jeremie typing away at one of the computers.

"A moment of your time, Mr. Belpois?" Dennis asked.

"Huh?" Jeremie said noticing the two. "Oh yes. Please come in." They then went in and closed the door.

"So how can I help you?" He said

"We need your help deciphering some of these files." Calvin said

"And why are you coming to me for this?" Jeremie asked

"Because it talks about Lyoko." Dennis said. "And we know you know more about it than anyone else." Jeremie then froze.

"What do you know about Lyoko?" Jeremie asked.

"We know about how our parents and you rediscovered Lyoko three decades ago and how XANA tried to take over the world." Dennis said.

"Well guess what?" Calvin said. "XANA's alive and now he's going to enact another plan that will destroy all of humanity, and we don't know what."

"Impossible." Jeremie said.

"We've already found some crucial information in this binder and in the 'Julian Xavier', the house the Schaeffer family grew up in." Calvin said. "Like the origins of Project Carthage and another supercomputer project Franz Hopper helped create in between Carthage and Lyoko. He called it Project Scipio."

"Project Scipio?" Jeremie said. "Never heard of it. Franz Hopper never mentioned it in his diaries."

"He also had a brother named Anthony who was a crucial member of the project." Dennis said. "XANA was created from his subconscious and he was the one who told about the project and put Franz Hopper and Aelita's lives at risk."

"He wrote notes about it." Calvin said handing Jeremie the papers with the Slavic-like language on them. "XANA also wrote notes about his master plan in the same language. But neither of us can read it."

Jeremie looked at the notes and chuckled a bit to himself.

"This is actually written in a very interesting language." Jeremie said. "But I'm not surprised that you can't read it. It's Esperanto."

"Come again?" Dennis said

"Esperanto is an international auxiliary language that is spoken all around the world; it was never adopted as an official language." Jeremie said. "Whoever wrote this must have wanted this to be truly secret."

"But you can read it." Calvin said.

"Of course." He said. "You can't be fluent in all major languages without being fluent in Esperanto."

"Great that helps a lot." Calvin said. "How long should it take to translate?"

"All of this?" Jeremie said. "A few months, give or take."

"A few months?" Dennis said

"Hey. Translating a language which no one speaks regularly into a primary language is a highly complex procedure. It's not like translating an Italian novel into English. It takes time." Jeremie said. "Also, one thing I found peculiar in the Scipio notes was the word 'Zama' being repeated. Although, it shouldn't be too surprising, given the names of the other projects Franz Hopper was associated with."

"I don't follow." Calvin said. "What's Zama?"

"Zama was the city near Carthage where the Second Punic War came to an end." Dennis said. "But why name all this after the Punic Wars?"

"Well, Project Carthage was a vast network of computers all across Eastern Europe." Calvin said.

"Just as Carthage was a vast series of cities in Northern Africa." Jeremie said. "The Romans then conquered the Carthaginians, led by Hannibal, in Zama in 202 BC under the leadership of..."

"Publius Cornelius Scipio!" Dennis said.

"Or Scipio Africanus as he was later known." Jeremie said. "From what I understand, since Scipio also used a supercomputer, Zama could be the name of the Scipio supercomputer."

"So Project Scipio was the real starting ground for Project Carthage's destruction, if I'm getting what you're saying." Calvin said. "But if Scipio destroyed Carthage in the Second Punic War, why was Lyoko, which was created later, used to destroy Project Carthage?"

"Because, Calvin, Scipio Africanus didn't destroy Carthage, he only conquered it." Dennis said. "Carthage wasn't destroyed until 48 years later."

"That's right." Jeremie said. "In the Third Punic War, the Romans, led by Scipio's adoptive grandson, finally destroyed the city after urging from the Senate. Mostly by Cato the Elder who came up the famous line: 'Carthago Delenda Est'. Like the real Scipio, I don't think Project Scipio was meant to destroy Project Carthage, only to hinder it."

"Interesting." Calvin said. "Now I really want to know more about Roman history."

"Another thing I found interesting was the name of the Schaeffer house: 'Julian Xavier'."

"I know. It's also the name of our history teacher." Dennis said.

"How interesting." Jeremie said. "Maybe he's related more to Project Scipio than you think. In fact, I don't even think that's his real name."

"Oh come on." Calvin said. "It could just be a coincidence."

"I'm a scientist, Calvin." Jeremie said. "I don't believe in coincidence."

"Calvin! Time to go!" They heard Ulrich shout.

"Well, we'd better get going now." Calvin said

"See you." Jeremie said. "I promise I'll have the translations done as soon as possible." With that they left.

Well, it's that time again: The new school year. Because of this, my updates will come less often, but I'll still try to update as quickly as possible. Please Review.