 In the 5D series, Simonne works with Jean Rock-Roy who becomes a close friend. Michel gets politically involved with the FRAP, who opposes the mayor, Jean Drapeau. At the time of a strike in the sector of construction, Michel supports the FTQ, rival trade-union power station, and is excluded from the Confederacy Council of the CSN. Following removals, by the FLQ of the British diplomat James Richard Cross and the minister Pierre Laporte, the Law to the measures of war is proclaimed. In middle of the night, police officers come to arrest Michel, without mandate. The following day, Pierre Laporte is assassinated. Simonne continues to wait, it will be 21 days before she knows where her husband is held.