/The gang met in the factory the next day/
"So we can't hit the FSB base? Why?" asked Chase
"XANA, he set up a trap so if we go then the FSB finds us" said Jeremie
"Huh, clever bastard now isn't he?" asked Dylan
"So, now what?" asked Yumi
"I just need some time to figure out how to fix this" said Jeremie
"How much?" asked Ulrich
"Maybe a week, two at the most" said Jeremie
"Damn, well alright I need to check the steam room back at the Hermitage" said Chase
"Oh yeah? What for?" asked Alexandr
"I found a fucking scorpion in my bed last night, I think there might be a nest or something in there" said Chase
"SCORPIONS?!" asked Rebecca
"Yeah, you have a fear of them?" asked Aelita
/The group looked at her with amusement/
"What? No!" said Rebecca
"Alright, sure" said Chase
"Its not like they are cute" said Rebecca
"Yep, gotcha" said Dylan
"You better watch it Dil!" said Rebecca
/They all started walking towards the Hermitage/
/They walked to the basement to see a big steam room/
"What is this room for?" asked Odd
"Its going to help with the fireplace or something" said Chase
/Chase, Jennifer, Yumi, and Ulrich walked inside. Suddenly the door closed behind them and locked!/
"What the hell?!" asked Rebecca
/She and Dylan ran and tried to open the door to no avail/
"We're locked in!" said Chase
"Oh you don't say?" asked Dylan
"Is this XANA?" asked Aelita
/Jeremie's laptop beeped/
"Yep" said Jeremie
"What about them?" asked Alexandr
/Steam started flooding the room, making the temperature rise slowly/
"I would guess that you leave us and go stop XANA before we die!" said Yumi
/The group ran up the stairs to run into Franz/
"What's going on?" asked Franz
"The steam room door locked with Chase Ulrich Yumi and Jennifer inside it!" said Aelita
"Steam's going in! We need to get to the factory!" said Dylan
/They kept running leaving a stunned Franz behind/
/In the steam room/
"This is a total chucklefuck situation" said Jennifer
"I gotten out of worse, we'll be fine" said Chase
"What can be worse than this?!" asked Ulrich
"I sorta had a run in with some rebels back in Somalia, it was a fun time" said Chase
/Yumi and Ulrich looked at him like he was crazy/
"Don't believe me?" asked Chase
"Nope" said Yumi and Ulrich
/Chase pulled out his wallet and took out a picture of him standing next to several Somali rebels/
"Okay I believe you, but why didn't they kill you?" asked Ulrich
"Oh they wanted to at first, then I got my charisma out and convinced them that American's aren't so bad" said Chase
"Well at least there was a happy ending" said Jennifer
"Until I sent a distress signal to the US Navy and they killed them all with snipers and ground troops. Yep, good times" said Chase
/Jennifer, Yumi, and Ulrich looked at him with wide eyes/
/At the factory/
"How long until they overheat?" asked Alexandr
"I'd say we got about an hour" said Dylan
"So we need to do this a little sharpish" said Rebecca
"It looks like it!" said Aelita
/They slid down the ropes and ran to the elevator/
/In the steam room/
"So, anybody want to play twenty questions?" asked Yumi
"No, no I just don't want to heat to death" said Jennifer
"I could tell you guys on when I went to Afghanistan the second time" said Chase
"What was that like?" asked Ulrich
"The same as when I left, IED's, Insurgents, RPG's exploding everywhere, you know the usual" said Chase
"Huh, you do anything interesting?" asked Jennifer
"I got to blow up a T-62 tank with an M72 LAW, that was fun" said Chase
"Cool" said Jennifer
"Then it got better when I found out there was some Taliban in it" said Chase
/At the factory/
/The group landed in the Mountain sector with a hard thud/
"You need to go east" said Jeremie
"Got it, lets move!" said Dylan
/They all got on their vehicles and started driving to the tower/
/In the steam room/
/They were starting to feel the effects of overheating up close, Yumi was taking it the worst though/
"Go ahead, I won't look" said Ulrich
/Yumi took off her shirt and sat back to back with Ulrich in an uncomfortable silence/
"This is the last time I check this goddamn room" said Chase
"I'm not arguing with you there" said Jennifer
/In the Mountain Sector/
"Alright how do we do this?" asked Rebecca
"There's only four of them, should be easy" said Dylan
"Easy? Yep, that's what you military guys say" said Alexandr
"Yep, because its true" said Dylan
"How so?" asked Odd
"Just watch me!" said Dylan
/He ran at the monsters, they noticed him and started shooting while Dylan got out his twin G18's, he fired back and ran into one of the Blocks, he threw a combat knife that hit it right in the center, he kept running and shooting until it was just him and a Krab/
"Alright, lets make this interesting" said Dylan
/He dropped his guns and grabbed the combat knife from the ground, the Krab started shooting while Dylan made a Banzai charge at the Krab, it succeeded/
"Alright we're clear" said Dylan
/Aelita started running towards the tower/
/In the steam room/
"So, I saw you talking to Theo" said Ulrich
"W- we're not doing anything Ulrich" said Yumi
"I be- believe you" said Ulrich
/They slumped to the ground at the same time as Jennifer/
"Guys? Aw fuck me" said Chase
/He slumped over as Aelita entered Code: LYOKO/
"Tower deactivated" said Aelita
/The white light engulfed the factory and everyone in the steam room/
/Back in the Hermitage/
"So, how was it?" asked Alexandr
"Not as bad as the time when I was in the Sahara" said Chase
"You were in the Sahara?" asked Aelita
"Yep, but that's a story for another day" said Chase
"Yeah, I think I had enough of your world travel stories for a while" said Ulrich
"Oh come on! You know you like them!" joked Chase
"I did, until you creeped me out about the tank with the Taliban" said Ulrich
"What's he talking about?" asked Alexandr
"You don't want to know" said Chase
"Is anything in your life normal?" asked Rebecca
"No" said Chase and Dylan
"That's what I thought" said Rebecca
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