Ami and Antea got up after being knocked back several feet. In front of them was a giant humanoid-shaped monster. Its body was made of what appeared to be solid rock with three Eyes of XANA lined up along the center, it had long, ice-covered arms and its head was covered in sand and plants with an Eye of XANA in the center. The monster was visible from the waist up, being that the rest was still submerged in the ice. (A/N: From the waist up, it's approximately as tall as the Kolossus). On both its sides were two four-legged monsters made entirely of ice. They immediately ran to the other tower.

"What is that?" Antea said almost speechless.

"I don't know." Ami said. "But I'm taking care of those two first."

She then ran up to the tower that was being attacked by the ice monsters only for the larger monster to rise up a giant sheet of ice and block her path.

"Great! How am I supposed to get through this?" She said punching the ice. To her surprise, her fist went right through it as is it was water. She then ran right through the wall and right to the tower.

"Dennis, how did I do that?" Ami asked

"Well aside from your weapons, you each have a unique power that can be used." He said "For example, Calvin has that high jump thing."

"I see. Well what's Antea's power?"

Meanwhile, Antea was trying to fend of the giant with her energy blasts, but to no avail. She then jumped out of the way as the monster slammed down one of its arms intending to crush her. As she got up she found herself face to face with a Krabe. Antea then extended her hand trying to shoot a blast of energy, but she looked and saw a pinkish aura around the Krabe. The Krabe then kneeled down as if Antea were its master.

"Wow." She said. "I can control monsters' minds?" She then jumped on the Krabe and they headed off to where Ami was. Ami on the other hand was struggling to fend off the ice monsters as they were coating the tower with ice that they were breathing out.

Back on Earth, the possessed Sam was already getting weaker due to the damage that the tower was receiving. The XANA-fied Calvin then picked up Sam and threw him into the wall. The XANA-fied Calvin then walked up and prepared to deliver the final blow. However, Rumiko came and delivered a straight kick to him, knocking him to the floor.

"I've always wanted to do this." She said. She then turned to the possessed Sam. "Alright, Della Robbia. What the hell's going on here? What is all this?"

"I'll explain soon enough." He said obviously weak from the battle damage both on Earth and Lyoko. "No go help…"

But he was interrupted by a blast of lightning from the XANA-fied Calvin. The possessed Sam just got up and fired blast after blast of whatever energy he had left. Rumiko then ran up to them.

Meanwhile, back on Lyoko, Ami was continuing to hold off the ice monsters. As the first one used its ice breath on her, she jumped back and threw a knife at the eye on its head, causing it to shatter. However, the second one was already continuing to coat the tower with ice. Just then, Antea showed up riding the possessed Krabe. Ami just jumped back startled.

"Don't worry." Antea said. "He's on our side."

"But how?" Ami asked

"My power allows me to control the minds of monsters." She said. "Now let's go."

However, just as they were about to attack, the ice monster had completely encased the tower in ice; it then ran off. They then turned to see that the giant monster stopped in place.

"That can't be good." Antea said.

True to her instinct, the monster's eye on its head began glowing red. It then fired a giant laser at the tower and it shattered in a tremendous explosion. Ami and the Krabe were devirtualized immediately, but Antea, who used her energy fields to protect herself, was left unharmed.

On Earth, the exhausted Sam had collapsed. The spirit had left his body due to the lack of a tower. The XANA-fied Calvin, along with XANA's thugs, came up to him. The XANA-fied Calvin then grabbed Sam by the collar of his shirt.

"EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NO LONGER UNDER CONTROL." He said. "XANA DID SAY HE WANTED YOU DEAD, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU."

Suddenly, the elevator came up and Ami, who was inside, literately jumped out and delivered a flying kick to his side.

"Ami?" Rumiko said.

"Rumiko?"

"Don't tell me you're part of this too."

"Yep. So are Dennis and Antea." Ami said

"Ugh… What's going on?" Sam said regaining consciousness.

"Nothing." Ami said. "Now head to Lyoko, the others are waiting."

"Roger that." Sam said heading to the elevator.

"Wait." Rumiko said. "What's going on? What's this 'Lyoko'?"

"We'll explain later. Right now, let's focus on these guys." Ami said referring to the XANA-fied Calvin and the three thugs.

Back in the lab, Sam went up to Dennis and went to see what was happening.

"Alright, so fill me in." Sam said.

"You were possessed by Franz Hopper, XANA's monsters destroyed the tower he used to possess you and now Antea's about to be devirtualized because her last line of defense is gone." Dennis said.

"Alright." Sam said. "Send me in."

Back on Lyoko, Antea was having problems of her own: The ice monster plus another were firing at her and the giant monster was continuing to attack her with whatever it could throw at her. Just then, Sam dropped down next to her and jabbed the first ice monster with his claws, killing it.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but good to see you." Antea said.

"Thank you." Sam said as he turned around and saw the giant monster. "Whoa, what is that?"

"I don't know." Antea said. "But I don't want to stick around long enough to find out."

Antea then went up and fired a blast of energy at the second ice monster, killing it.

"Alright." Sam said. "Now get to the tower, I'll hold off this guy."

Back on Earth, Rumiko was already landing blow after blow on each of the thugs. Thomas ran up to her, but Rumiko just flipped him over and pinned him to the ground on his back. She then slammed his head multiple times to the ground. Ami then ran up to her.

"Alright Rumiko, that's enough!" She said. "You've made your point. You don't have to kill the guy."

"Sorry." She said. "Hey what's Calvin doing?"

Ami turned around and noticed the XANA-fied Calvin jumping down the elevator shaft. They then began to follow him using the elevator. The XANA-fied Calvin then grabbed on to the wall when he reached his destination: The Scanner Room. He then walked through the door and walked up to the first scanner. He then placed his hand to it as a stream of red lightning wrapped around it.

"Oh no." Dennis said

"Problem, Dennis?" Antea asked

"XANA's gotten to the scanners." Dennis said. "He seems to be infecting it with some kind of virus. You need to get to the tower immediately if you want to save Sam and yourself."

"Okay, got it." She said.

Back in the scanner room, the XANA-fied Calvin was about to infect the next scanner, but Ami and Rumiko showed up and pinned him to the ground. But he just threw them off as he infected the next scanner. Just then, the last uninfected scanner's doors opened.

"NO!" Dennis said. "XANA's infected two scanners now. And with two of you on Lyoko, it'll be impossible to bring you both in safe…"

"Calm down, Dennis." He heard Sam say. He had contacted Dennis via the computer's telephone program. "I'm alright. No damage."

"But how did…? I mean…"

"Oh that? XANA's Wrath devirtualized me like thirty seconds ago. What's this about the scanners being infected?"

"Well, you see… XANA's Wrath?" Dennis said.

"Yeah. Like God's Wrath from 'Age of War 2'" Sam said

"I'll have time to question the absurdity of that later. Right now, try and stop XANA from infecting the last scanner."

"On it." Sam said. He then ran up to the XANA-fied Calvin and held him against the wall. Ami and Rumiko helped. On Lyoko, Antea had already made it to the tower. Just as the ice monsters caught up to her she went up to the tower and deactivated it. Calvin then fell to the ground as the virus wore off. Antea stepped out of the scanner and they all went up to the lab.

In the lab, Dennis and everyone else was telling Rumiko everything about Lyoko and XANA and their parents.

"So let me get this straight. You're fighting in this virtual world called Lyoko against this creep called XANA and he activates towers and has monsters?" She asked. "And this XANA is going to take over the world in like a few months?"

"Pretty much." Antea said. "Dennis, how's the status on the scanners?"

"Two are completely infected and the remaining one is in bad condition but is good for one more scan, which will be used on Rumiko."

"Wait, what?" Calvin said.

"You're asking me to help fight with you?" Rumiko said.

"Get into the uninfected scanner." Dennis said. "If everyone votes 'yes', you're in the group. If there's at least one 'no', we'll erase your memory with a new program I dug up."

Rumiko nodded as she headed into the elevator and went to the scanner room. Everyone then wrote their votes on little slips of paper, Dennis then counted the votes.

"'Yes.'"

"'Yes.'"

"'Yes.'"

"'Yes.'"

"'No.'" Dennis said reading the last strip. "Well, now we know where we stand."

He then activated the mind wipe program and the last thing Rumiko remembered was a blinding white light. Sam then walked up to Calvin.

"You know, you're really something." He said. "She tries to help you and you vote her out."

"What makes you think I did it?" Calvin asked.

"Aside from Rumiko, you're the most cynical, Dennis is her boyfriend, Antea's to nice, and we all know that Ami would never…"

"Calvin didn't vote differently, I did." Ami said.

"What?" Sam said.

"Ami. Why would you do that?" Calvin asked.

"I'm sorry, guys. I just have my doubts."

"Well." Dennis said. "I'll get to work on fixing the scanners. Again. It's a shame we couldn't find out what Franz Hopper was trying to tell us."

"I know. Hey Sam, what's that?" Calvin said pointing to a piece of paper that was sticking out of Sam's pocket; he then pulled it out and began skimming the paper.

"German." Calvin said.

"Franz Hopper must have wrote it while he was possessing Sam." Antea said. "What does it say?"

"You guy's are not going to believe this." Calvin said. He then read the note:

To Calvin, et al.

If you are reading this, it means that I've been able to master the art of contacting you from the computer realm. I've been observing you all for quite a while. I've even saved Calvin's life during his first fight with XANA. Long ago, I was part of a huge project that threatened the safety of our world, Project Scipio. When XANA was created, the virtual conscious of his host, Anthony Schaeffer, was split into two distinct personalities: His dark side ended up inhabiting the XANA Creator Program as well as Anthony Schaeffer's virtual avatar, which ended up being the cause of its megalomaniac behavior, the good side, however, went into hiding, trying to find a way to regain his virtual avatar. On Earth, however, Anthony Schaeffer is alive, trying to correct the mistakes he made long ago. Here I am urging you to do one mission for me: Find Anthony Schaeffer on Earth, convince him join your side and put an end to XANA's reign on Lyoko once and for all. Also Dennis, if you're hearing this, Anthony Schaeffer is the key to the ANAX Program. Once you bring Anthony Schaeffer to Lyoko, his conscious, free from all the darkness that had plagued his mind, will be the conscious of your creator program and he will be powerful enough to destroy what remains of his corrupted mind and XANA will be no more. This is the key.

Warm Regards,

Anthony Schaeffer.

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