Ralph landed on Lyoko safe and sound. He was wearing a grey long sleeve top, red pants that started 3 inches below his waistline, black combat boots that looked like Happy's, some shuriken's on a black belt and a piece of cloth that was black tied behind his head and had a scorpion on the front.
"What is this thing?" Ralph wondered while looking at a Krab.
"Huh?" Ulrich wondered.
When he turned around, Ulrich was very shocked to see a Krab firing up a laser aimed at Ralph.
"Watch out Ralph! That's a Krab!" Ulrich exclaimed worriedly.
Ulrich pushed Ralph out of the Krab's way. Ulrich was braced for the Laser's impact but he didn't feel anything. When Ulrich looked, he saw the Krab didn't fire the laser. Instead, it offered a claw out. Ulrich put his right arm outstretched in front of Ralph while his left grabbed the katana from its sheath.
"I assure you children, this is merely an experiment." A male voice reassured.
Aelita looked at the tower, as did everyone else. Jeremy had the towers data on a side tab. Jeremy noticed the tower turned white.
"Daddy?" Aelita wondered.
"Yes Aelita, it's me." The man answered.
"Franz Hopper? But, but how?" Jeremy questioned.
"Well, it's a long story. You see, while Xana was busy searching for me in the Digital Sea, I took sanctuary in this tower. But when Xana returned to Lyoko, I returned to the Digital Sea. That way I could stay in contact with you all." Franz explained.
"I'm going to launch a return to the past. Get ready." Jeremy informed.
Soon enough, a white dome engulfed the Factory before the whole globe was covered in an iridescent white light.
Then Ralph was back at school writing down math equations that he made up.
'Wait, wasn't I doing this earlier?' Ralph wondered.
"Would you like to answer this question Ralph?" the math teacher asked.
"The answer is 64.59." Ralph answered.
"Yes, that is correct. Excellent work." The teacher spoke.
When school was over, Paige was in her car waiting to pick up Ralph. Ralph then got into the back of the car. However, when Paige tried to go onto LAX, the car went to Hawthorne Blvd. Suddenly, the car went from 30 mph to 50 mph.
"What is going on?" Paige wondered.
Ralph heard this and was instantly worried.
"Is something wrong mom?" Ralph questioned.
"It's alright, I'll ask Happy to look at it when we get back. She probably won't mind." Paige replied.
Ralph sat back and tried to keep calm. Meanwhile, the Lyoko Warriors were back at school.
"I'm glad we got rid of that government agent. Imagine if he found out Aelita wasn't from Canada and that her last name isn't Stones." Odd quipped.
"Yeah, then we'd all be interrogated or probably put in jail." Ulrich agreed.
Everyone then went to science. Soon, Paige's car sped up from 50 to 70 miles per hour. Paige then got out her phone and tried to call Walter, however it read 'no signal'. Paige then tried using her car's system.
But that didn't work either. Back at the garage, Walter and everyone else was back at the garage waiting for her to return with Ralph. What they didn't know however was that Paige's car was heading for an open manhole!
Suddenly, the car tires screeched to a halt as Paige stopped in front of two people carrying a glass window.
"This seems a little cartoon cliché." Ralph commented.
(*laughs* Sorry, couldn't help it but wanted to see what it felt like breaking the 4th wall.)
Immediately after, Xana stopped possessing the car because he got a wonderfully sinister idea. So, there was a nail that popped the back of the front right tire before the air pushed the car forward and the drivers front section fell into the hole.
So, Ralph got an idea. He was bringing pillows in the trunk while Walter watched him so he could build a Tetris themed pillow fort. Ralph then cut through the backseat of the car with the pocketknife Cabe gave him Christmas before last.
Next, the front left tire shred and blew against the metal rim of the manhole cover, along with her bottom left tire. As for her bottom right tire, it popped from the same nail as the first. This ultimately resulted in (you guessed it) the car falling into the hole.
As soon as the car fell, Paige was knocked unconscious due to defective air bags.
