Note: I do not own Code Lyoko or any characters regarding it. I simply modify and add my own characters to the story. All original ideas regarding Code Lyoko thus belong to Moonscoop, Taffy Entertainment, France 3, and Canal J.

Chapter 11

The Final Fight

"The FTD program?!" everyone exclaimed.

"But that will kill you!" exclaimed Aelita.

"I'm willing to take that risk," said Ulysses.

"Wait, is that true?" asked Jeremie.

"Yes," said Ulysses as he handed him the note page with the decryption notes, "I have to use the FTD program or else HADES won't fight me and he will proceed with his plan to destroy humanity."

"And if you kill HADES," began Franz.

"He is completely deleted?" finished Anthea.

"Yes," said Ulysses.

"But if you die," began Odd.

"I won't take no for an answer," said Ulysses.

"What does that mean?" asked Ulrich and Yumi.

"I've programmed in a special surprise for HADES if he does kill me, resulting in the deletion of him as well," said Ulysses, "I won't go down in vain. Activate the synchronizer Jeremie."

"Are you sure of this?" asked Jeremie.

"I'm positive," said Ulysses.

Jeremie started up the synchronizer as Ulysses headed for the door. Before Ulysses entered however, Xana grabbed his shoulder and said, "Wait Ulysses."

"What is it Xana?" asked Ulysses.

"Take this with you so you know how I feel about you and for good luck," she said. She pulled herself to his face and kissed him. The whole room remained completely silent. When she pulled away from Ulysses' lips she said, "Now go in there and kick his ass."

Ulysses blushed before his face went into a deeper shade of red with anger for HADES and he said, "Thank you Xana. I will return victorious."

He got onto the first synchronizer and Jeremie activated the synchronization program. "Here we go," said Jeremie, "FTD program initiated! Transfer Ulysses! Scan Ulysses! Are you ready Ulysses?"

"I'm as ready as I'll ever be to beat HADES to a pulp!" said Ulysses.

"Alright then," said Jeremie, "Synchronization!"

Ulysses then knew what it was like to be synchronized with the FTD program activated as he felt as though he was sinking into a hot bath and not coming back out. "Alright Jeremie," he said, "Send me into Sector 8 by typing in Kaitain in the sector coordinates and enter password 10191." Jeremie did so and Ulysses appeared in the amphitheater of Sector 8. When the core zone opened, he made his way to the Pylon and said, "HADES! I'm here! Get ready to be sent to the recycle bin!" before he touched the Pylon and said, "Pylon Access Code: GAEA." The hole appeared in the Pylon and Ulysses went through.

He appeared on a dark street on a rainy day. HADES stood before him and Ulysses finally understood what it meant when programs take the appearance of their users; HADES looked almost exactly like Ulysses himself except he wore a black digital suit and his face had a look of deep evil etched on it. "Welcome home, user," said HADES.

"This ends tonight, HADES," said Ulysses, "I was the beginning of you, and I'll be the end of you!"

"You've got it backwards you amoeba-brained, brother-less, worthless human," said HADES.

Ulysses yelled with anger and ferocity as he charged at HADES. "THIS IS FOR MY BROTHER!" he roared as he punched HADES' face so hard he broke the glasses he was wearing.

HADES didn't need the glasses, but he wasn't happy when Ulysses did that. "I'm going to enjoy watching you die Ulysses," he said as he tossed the glasses to the side. They began a furious battle, each one using their most powerful abilities. Ulysses threw HADES into the air and they fought like a superhero versus a super villain until HADES hit Ulysses out of the sky. Fortunately Ulysses caught himself before he crashed on the floor and he flew into the subway station. HADES charged into Ulysses and knocked him backward. In the real world Ulysses was grunting and shaking in pain every time HADES hit him.

Xana ran into the room and sat by his side. "Don't give up Ulysses," she said as she held his hand, "Don't give up!" Ulysses dodged most of HADES' attacks and finally started hitting him five times faster than any human being. As he hit him, Ulysses yelled, "I CREATED YOU FOR LIFE! AND INSTEAD YOU BRING DEATH! THE DEATH OF MY LITTLE BROTHER!"

HADES countered Ulysses' final punch and hit him yelling, "Machine is superior over man! You die!" He then started punching Ulysses 25 times faster than any human being. In the real world, Ulysses was shaking and grunting madly with pain, and when HADES made one final punch into him, Ulysses coughed up a mouthful of blood, both on Virtual Earth and in the real world.

"Dear God, he's killing him!" exclaimed Xana as she cleaned the blood from Ulysses' mouth, "Hold on Ulysses! Hold on!"

Ulysses got up and charged into HADES' gut, launching him out of the subway station and into the air. Ulysses then started hitting HADES repeatedly. That was when HADES down-kicked Ulysses so hard he blasted a crater. His body screamed in pain.

"Jeremie!" yelled Xana, "You have to send me and Carly inside to help him!"

Carly didn't waste a second, rushing to the synchronizer next to Xana. "Alright girls!" said Jeremie, "Transfer, scan, synchronization!" They appeared in Sector 8 and rushed to the Pylon.

"PYLON ACCESS CODE: GAEA!" screamed Xana as she placed her hands on the Pylon surface. The hole opened and Xana and Carly rushed out into the street.

HADES was just about to strike Ulysses down when, WHAM! Carly hit HADES in the face with her staff, knocking him several yards away. While HADES and Carly got into a Kung Fu fight, Xana rushed over to Ulysses and tried to help him up, he was bleeding horribly.

"Ulysses! Are you alright?" asked Xana.

"No," wheezed Ulysses as he tried to breathe, "I'm very badly wounded."

"We have to get you out of here," said Xana.

"Oh, no you don't!" yelled HADES. Bolts of lightning shot from his hands and hit Carly and Xana, who were thrown several feet away and paralyzed. "I will not have been defeated by mere humans," he said, "The world is mine."

"I don't think so," said Ulysses as he placed his palm on the ground, "Wakusei voice command: bypass limitation grid, set life points to 100, disengage command link to HADES program!"

HADES himself flashed red and stared in shock at Ulysses who was surrounded by a green aura. "Impossible!" yelled HADES, "I was created to govern this world! I, alone, am its ruler!"

"True, I did create you to govern Wakusei," said Ulysses, "But I created you as well as Wakusei, meaning that I am its true ruler, just as I have total control over you."

"NO ONE CONTROLS ME!" HADES yelled in anger, "MACHINES ARE SUPERIOR!" HADES then tried to generate a weapon, but due to his command link being severed from the system, the sword he tried to create fizzled out and shattered.

"Machines may be superior over man in many ways, HADES," said Ulysses as he generated a sword for him, "But man is still superior over machine in one way: man is more unpredictable than machine, while machines are only approximate." He then threw the sword to HADES before he said, "Voice command: remove paralysis status on Xana and Carly, set life points to 100." HADES stood there staring in shock at Ulysses.

Jeremie had a sudden idea. "Aelita, Odd, Ulrich, Yumi, get to the synchronizers," he said, "We're going in."

Ulysses heard Jeremie, and right when he detected the signals of the others on the synchronizers, he said, "Voice command: activate synchronization procedure, activate emergency synchronization program, set coordinates for Virtual Earth, transfer, scan, synchronization." The rest of the group, including Jeremie appeared nearby. "Let's finish this together," said Ulysses, "Voice command: deactivate program Fight to the Death, combine codes of HADES program into Virtual Earth avatar."

HADES noticed just then what Ulysses did: he made himself invincible while at the same time made HADES a sitting duck. "WHAT?!" screamed HADES, "NO! I WILL NOT HAVE BEEN DEFEATED BY HUMANS!" He attempted to attack Ulysses, only to have Ulysses shatter the sword he was wielding and kick him to the ground.

Ulysses and the others then surrounded HADES in a circle. "Get ready to attack," said Ulysses. Flames burst up from all around HADES, followed by icy winds, Ulrich triangulated himself around HADES, Odd and Jeremie aimed their lasers, Yumi got ready to throw her discs, Xana generated her sword, and Carly and Aelita powered up their energy fields. HADES stared in terror at Ulysses who said, "Consider this a message from my little brother, Magnus: Game Over you murdering bastard." All at once, everyone attacked the screaming HADES. There was a flash of light, then a powerful explosion, and when the light faded, everyone found themselves back in the warehouse.

They all fell off their synchronizers, completely sore from the force of the explosion. "Ah, damn!" exclaimed Ulysses, "Is everyone alright?"

"Oh, man!" said Odd, "I feel like I was mauled by the monster Sissi from my movie."

"Same here," groaned Carly.

"What happened?" asked Ulrich as he strained to get up.

"Our life points were blasted out by the explosion, the pain managed to leech through," said Ulysses, "The soreness isn't long lasting, though, that's a plus."

"Did we win?" asked Yumi.

Her question was answered when Jeremie got on the com system and said, "Guys, I scanned the entire system, and there's absolutely no trace of HADES' program anywhere. We succeeded!"

Everyone was cheering, and Xana rushed over and hugged Ulysses tight. "Thank you, Xana," said Ulysses, "I would have not survived if you and Carly hadn't intervened."

"I couldn't let him kill you," said Xana, "I love you."

"I love you too, Xana," said Ulysses, and he pulled her face to his and kissed her. Everyone smiled at them, and Carly gave them a thumbs up.

After their rejoicing, they launched one more Retrotempus sequence to bring them back to the previous night, and they shut down both supercomputers. Everything after that day on... we'll save that for the last bit.

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