Lord Maximus: I don't own Code: Lyoko.

Summary: What if Xana had managed to destroy Lyoko's Core while possessing Ulrich's body during Nobody in Particular? What if the battle was much harder than they would have guessed?

Yumi ran through the corridors of Sector 5 panting. At the same time she was deflecting lasers from incoming Creepers and slaying them with one hit from her fans. She ran around the corner and bumped in someone.

"Yumi!"

She looked to see Hiroki sitting on his back in front of her. She stood up and held out her hand. Hiroki took it and stood up.

"I guess you heard about what happened to Ulrich?" asked Hiroki,

"Yes. I hope Jeremy can find a way to save him."

"This is it, Xana! I am not about to let you win!" shouted Ulrich.

"Suicidal fool! Would you really doom us both?"

Ulrich jumped back as a giant fist came down on him. He looked to see the gigantic towering form of Xana look down at him like he was an insect.

"Oh, Ulrich . . . Would you really throw your life away like Franz Hopper did?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Ulrich,

"Your incompetent friends failed to stop me from destroying the core so they failed to reunite your mind with your body, remember? It was because of them that my creator was left to his doom."

Suddenly something appeared behind Ulrich. He looked to see the form of Franz Hopper floating without single sign of movement like he was being hung in the air without a rope.

"Hopper?" asked Ulrich.

Franz Hopper opened his eyes and looked down at Ulrich before he was engulfed in crimson electricity and faded into the storm. Ulrich looked on in horror and turned to see Xana's grinning face taunting him.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

"AAAAAAAAHHHH!"

Sissy who was keeping the clone of Ulrich pinned down was suddenly blasted by an endless wave of purple electricity. Jeremy looked back in horror to see Sissy hit the wall hard. The clone stood up and looked at Jeremy with its pupils being replaced by twin Eyes of Xana.

"Here's Xana!"

Jeremy jumped out of the chair as the clone released a stream of purple electricity which blasted the chair.

"So, Jeremy, how do you plan to survive this attack? A) Aelita deactivating the tower, you just told her not to, B) your friends, I already have them scattered across Lyoko, C) Ulrich, let's just say he's having a little nightmare or is it D) None of the above!"

Jeremy continued to run as the Xanafied clone fired wave after wave of purple electricity.

"Dance little monkey, dance! Come on! At least try to put up a decent struggle before the end! I want us all to enjoy the last moment! HA-HA-HA-HA!"

Jeremy ran into the elevator and looked back to see the clone's taunting smirk.

"Go ahead, I'll give you a head start."

Jeremy hit the button on the elevator and felt it begin to rise.

Aelita and Odd waited. Odd had finally disposed of all the monsters guarding it and he just sat on a rock and waited. They instantly moved when they heard a buzzing sound. They looked up to see a swarm of Hornets above them and jumped back to avoid barrage of lasers. Odd flipped back as a Hornet shot acid down and fired.

However the shot missed and the Hornet fired which did not miss. The laser hit Odd in the chest and sent him flying back. Aelita fired several energy spheres that hit a few Hornets which exploded into deletion. Odd prepared to fire again when a giant shadow eclipsed his own.

He turned around to face a metallic hand curled in a fist coming at his face. He ducked and flipped back. He looked up to see a Knight holding a sword similar to William's over its shoulder.

"Laser Arrow!"

The Knight knocked the three incoming arrows away with one swing. It held up its blade as it started to glow before swinging again and released familiar crescent shaped energy wave like William used. Odd jumped and side dodged the energy wave with it only leaving a small burn on the tip of his tail. Odd kept firing his arrows but the Knight only used its sword as a shield to block the incoming attacks.

"Energy Field!" shouted Aelita.

She fired a pink ball of energy that flew at the Knight but the monster sped away trailing a black comet tail with a tint of red and the attack flew harmlessly away.

"That's Ulrich's Super Sprint!" said Odd,

"Xana's still has Ulrich's body Odd. He might have access to Ulrich's other abilities and used them modify his monsters." said Aelita.

The Knight ran at them again with its sword raised high. Aelita and Odd managed to jump back in time as the sword collided with the ground and left a fair sized crater.

Jeremy ran through the factory. He now had a black eye, his clothes were ripped, and he was sure one of his ribs were about to crack. He was carrying a bucket of water as he waited at the assembly line for the clone. However the clone phased through the wall behind him.

"Peek-a-boo, I see you."

Jeremy turned around and sent the water in the bucket flying that successfully hit the clone leaving it drenched in water. The clone only smirked before grabbing Jeremy and slamming him onto the conveyor belt. Jeremy grunted in pain and crawled over to one of the machines.

"This was your last plan? A little bucket of water?"

"No this was!"

Jeremy grabbed two wires and held them up in front of the clone. Jeremy jumped and landed on the clone and placed the wires on the clone's torso. The clone's body lit up with electricity as it traveled through the clone's body.

"Yes! That's it, Jeremy! Go for it! Now it ends here!" said Ulrich.

"So we die for nothing. Or should I say you and this specter dies. I did not fully possess you so it does not matter. Even though you could kill me here in your mind Ulrich it does not apply to the clone.

I hope Yumi can manage when she finds out you literally faded out."

Xana laughed.

"I don't think so. You reminded me of something just now, Xana."

"Oh, and what's that?"

"My friends are always ready to help."

Suddenly Jeremy, Aelita, Odd, Hiroki, Sissy, even William appeared around him. However he was only looking at the one figure in front of him. Yumi smiled and he smiled back. They all started glowing and Ulrich started to grow until he was the same size as Xana.

The storm lit up as colors flashed all around Ulrich and Xana. The super program was suddenly being pushed back by a great force.

"What . . . What is happening? This . . . . Can't be!"

"It's time for you to get out of my mind and stay out, Xana. Be sure to take good care of my body because that's what I plan on getting next."

Xana yelled as he was sucked into a vortex and shot out of Ulrich's mind.

Aelita and Odd stepped back as the Knight prepared to attack again when they heard something yelling from inside the tower. They looked to see Xana thrown out of the tower as it turned white again. Ulrich stepped out of the tower and smiled.

"Super Flash!"

The Knight only had half a second to look before it was sliced in half. Xana got up on his legs and growled at the Lyoko Warrior.

"This isn't over, Ulrich. Even if you win today I will be back!"

Xana jumped over the edge and turned into a black cloud that vanished into the digital sea.

"And I'll be waiting." muttered Ulrich.

"Ulrich!"

He turned and something black tackled him and sent him flying onto the ground. He looked up to see Yumi smiling down at him.

"Is that your official greeting now?" asked Ulrich.

Yumi only giggled.

"Return to the past now!"

Everyone was in front of the computer as Jeremy typed.

"Okay everyone let's try it again." said Jeremy.

He pressed ENTER and a specter came out of the computer. It shifted into Ulrich's form and the specter looked around.

"Well is it you, Ulrich?" asked Jeremy,

"Say something." said Odd.

"Something." said Ulrich,

"It's him. He's the only one who would ever steal my jokes." said Odd.

Everyone laughed.