 Scully decides to join Mulder in the game , and the two fight Maitreya together . Maitreya begins to duplicate herself , making the task of killing her more difficult . Finally , Maitreya sits atop a virtual tank and aims it at the agents . Phoebe admits there is one way to stop the game , but doing so will erase the entire program . Despite protests from Ivan , Phoebe gives Byers the kill command , effectively destroying Maitreya along with the game while saving Mulder and Scully . During Mulder 's narration , we see that in the control room one of the monitors is still active . There , Ivan sees Maitreya 's avatar , but with Scully 's face . 
