Fight For The Code
A/N: Hey everyone! This is Alisi Thorndyke coming at you with my first ever Wreck It Ralph fanfic. I'm a bit nervous about how this will turn out so please, if I make any mistakes, point them out to me as I am no stranger to being corrected and I'll be sure to fix them right away with hopefully my strict time limit allowing me to jump right on it! The pairing is VanillaButter all the way and this fic takes place about a year after the reset with an upgrade, putting everyone at the age of 15 years. If nothing else, the disclaimer, summary and then the chapter!
Disclaimer: Like all of my fanfics, I don't own WIR. Quite frankly I wish I did, but sadly, Disney owns it.
Summary: After their game was unplugged fifteen years ago, nothing was heard of the Turbo Twins until their recent failed attempts to become apart of a new game. When the two stumble into Sugar Rush bringing with them two unwanted guests, an enemy from Vanellope's past plots to use that to his advantage so to obtain control of the game by accessing the game's code, forcing the Princess into a fight for the code!
Chapter 1: Surfaced
One year ago, the eruption of Diet Cola Mountain by the numerous mentos candies that created a beacon so to attract the deadly swarm of Cybugs to their death has left the once troubled sugar themed game in peace. It's been one year since the defeat of not only the swarm, but also the deadliest virus to ever spew from the bowls of the arcade, Turbo. While the cleanup of the game was nothing too taxing for the citizens, especially with everyone's favorite handyman, his magic hammer, and wrecker at the helm, the game was quickly restored to its once former sugary glory with the rightful ruler taking her place at the throne. Or oval office, you choose.
However, after being plugged in for fifteen years at the standard mode, Litwak decided to provide the popular racing game with an upgrade due to the high demand for the game daily, shutting it down for a few days so to allow the game to download it's new programs and character avatars along with an interesting new look that is sure to please the arcade participants that will swarm the new game as they did the former game. Sugar Rush has brought in the most revenue to the arcade since Turbo's downfall along with the most luck for the racing participants. The new upgrade is sure to continue the abundant revenue stream that has surely pleased the owner.
And speaking of gaming luck, not many games have had the luck that Sugar Rush and even Fix It Felix Jr. has gotten from the daily visitors of the arcade, especially one game that was unplugged fifteen years ago by the name of Turbotime due to Turbo's need to remain in the spotlight and getting his game unplugged along with Road Blasters. Numerous rumors spread throughout Game Central Station that the Twins of the game died once the unplug took place as nothing was heard of the characters that once occupied that game, that is until now….
From the Super Mario game tunnel, the Turbo twins were seen running from the tunnel with massive fire balls on their trails, one nearly hitting the twin on the right, Jet.
"And stay out!" The husky voice of Bowser yelled after the two as the horde of fireballs halted.
"Well that was a disaster and could have worked out better." Jet expressed as he dusted his already damaged and burned racing suit.
"I could have told you we weren't going to fit in there!" Set fumed to his twin. "Look at us and look at them! We stood out like a sore thumb and that overgrown lizard spotted us right away! And that green dinosaur, don't even get me started!"
"That was a dinosaur?" Jet dumbfoundly asked.
From that comment, a stray fireball flew from the tunnel and landed at the twins' feet, making the two jump.
"So now what are we going to do?" Jet questioned to his twin as the two looked around GCS at the numerous game portals that surrounded them. "We can't just stay out here again. We've done that enough."
"The streets are so cold." Set expressed as he too looked around at the different game portals while rubbing his right arm, trying to decide which they and their graphics would better fit in. "I guess we should try a game where we would better fit in, a racing game in particular."
"Well there is always Crusin'." Jet pointed out while pointing to that game portal. "We would fit in there and our graphics would fit in there too. Think about it Set, we can finally be real racers again!"
Seeing the opportunity in the game to once again race, Set nodded in agreement.
"Crusin' it is then." Set answered as the two set off towards the game portal, both excited to once again become racers and get out off the streets of Game Central Station.
Fifteen Minutes Later
A smoking tire along with a cloud of smoke spewing out from the tunnel of the game was seen along with Jet and Set hacking and coughing from the thick cloud of smoke. The dingy look of their suits have become even more dingy due to the five car pileup they created on the race way that later caused an explosion that they were barely able to escape.
"Well that happened." Set coughed as he leaned against the wall next to the portal while Jet collapsed at his feet.
"I was sure we'd fit in there." Jet expressed. "It's a racing game."
"With higher resolution graphics than us!" Set fussed as his temper began flaring. "If you were looking, you would have noticed that none of those cars were what we were use to driving in our own game!"
Jet gave no response, but instead rolled over on his face with a groan.
"We might as well face it." Jet mumbled. "We're stuck out here for life just like when our game was unplugged!"
"I'd still like to get my hands on Turbo for that!" Set groaned. "We wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for him and his ego!"
"I guess this is our fate." Jet spoke as he rolled over on his back. "We don't fit in anywhere in this arcade, not anymore and it's all thanks to Turbo."
Suddenly, a line of soldiers headed for the Hero's Duty game portal ran past the twins in formation from the train, catching the twins' attention. Watching as the soldiers ran into the portal dressed in their 'work' attire, an idea came to Set as he rushed over to his brother and snatched him off of the ground.
"I have an idea that just might work." Set spoke as he caught with his brother's gaze. "Just follow me."
"Ok, Set, what are you thinking?" Jet questioned as he noticed the look on his brother's face, the look that normally got the two in trouble when Set had an idea of any kind in mind. "I know that look and I don't like when you get that look."
"Don't ask questions and just come with me." Set simply replied.
Still concerned at his twin's idea, Jet didn't utter a response, but instead followed his brother into the Hero's Duty game portal. Upon entering the game as the soldiers ran ahead to get into formation, the two suddenly stopped in their tracks at noticing the scenery of the game, their eyes taking in the deep green and turquoise splashed with metallic black all mixed in with the high definition scenery of the game. While there weren't many new games plugged in when theirs got unplugged so many years ago, even they have to admit that this is one game that they will never forget.
Breaking his attention away from the high definition scenery of the game, Set turned to Jet and noticed how enthralled his brother was with what he was seeing, including the tower where the top hatch has been opened by a quarter alert.
"Come on Jet, we have to blend in." Set whispered to his brother as he grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the rest of the soldiers whom are lined up in rows of three.
"But it's all so beautiful." Jet dreamily replied to Set as he was drug out of sight and just in time as the leader of the game, Sgt. Tamora Jean Calhoun, stepped onto the scene.
"Alright soldiers, we are on a mission and that mission is to destroy as many cybugs as possible before they lay their filthy eggs to mass produce more and make it to the top of that tower." Sgt Calhoun informed her soldiers as she grabbed her gun and cocked it. "Just remember one thing, fear is a four letter word that I don't know the meaning of and neither do you! Soldiers don't show fear in the face of danger and you will give those cybugs a blastin' they will never forget! Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes Sergeant!" The soldiers shouted in unison.
"I can't hear you!" Sgt Calhoun voiced.
"YES SERGEANT!" The soldiers repeated.
Jet and Set, dressed like the rest of the soldiers and carrying the same weapon the others are holding, ran back to the formation and lined up. A motorized computer screen made its way through the crowd and to the front of the line of soldiers with the image of a boy with jet black hair appearing on the screen.
"Now I'm only going to say this once and I want you to repeat after me." Tamora continued. "The first rule of Hero's Duty is you never interfere with the first person shooter and show no fear!"
"Never interfere with the first person shooter and show no fear!" The soldiers repeated after their sergeant.
"Now let's move!" Tamora commanded as her helmet placed itself on and closed the visor as did the other soldiers' helmets. A swarm of cybugs rushed out of the top of the tower and towards the army as Jet and Set positioned their guns to blast at the horde headed right for them. The two noticed how big the bugs were as they neared them and fear immediately took them over.
"I don't think I can do this Set." Jet shouted to his brother through the communicator in his suit. "These things are bigger than I thought!"
"We have to blend in Jet so you have to try." Set voiced back to his brother while doing his best to hide the fear that rose in him. "Besides, they aren't that scary."
A cybug landed in front of Jet and roared as it advanced toward him. Sweat started pouring down Jet's face as he stared the bug directly in the eye. It took another step towards him as Jet took a step back.
"Nice cybug." Jet meekly spoke as he swallowed the rising lump in his throat. "Please don't eat me."
The bug slowly took another step towards Jet as it waited for the right time to pounce on him as it picked up the fear he emitted.
"I'll give you anything you want, just don't hurt me." Jet tried to reason with the bug as it continued to slowly advance towards him while hissing.
"Don't reason with the thing, just blast it!" Tamora's voice spoke through the communicator. "Soldiers show no fear!"
With fear eating him alive, Jet shakily rose his gun to the bug with the aim being right between the insect's eyes. A shaky finger placed itself on the trigger of the gun, but didn't remain steady due to how much fear Jet is experiencing.
"Blast it soldier!" Tamora commanded to Jet. "There is no time to waste and be careful as those things become what they eat!"
Seeing that it is being threatened, the bug released a roar as it rushed towards Jet and pounced on him, knocking his gun from his hands. Before the bug can latch onto his throat with its fangs, Jet quickly grabbed the bug's fangs to keep it from latching onto him.
"I offered you anything you wanted, but that didn't include eating me!" Jet choked as he continued to keep the bug at bay despite it trying to forcefully take a bite out of him. Roaring in the twin's face, the bug tried to break from his grip so to get at him, but the strength the twin mustered is what is keeping the bug away from its mark.
"I am not your dinner!" Jet's strained voice spoke to the bug as he felt his grip on the bug's fangs beginning to slip. "You can eat anyone around here, just not me!"
A shot from a laser gun suddenly slammed into the bug's side and knocked it off of Jet, ultimately killing it. A sigh of relief escaped his lips as Jet turned to see his brother approaching him.
"Man that was a close one!" Set expressed as he reached for Jet and helped him off of the ground. "If it weren't for me, you would have been a goner. Why didn't you just shoot it?"
"Did you see the size of that bug?!" Jet asked with a raised voice. "There was no way I was going to face off against something like that!"
"Well if we ever expect to fit into this game, you're going to have to fight and that includes fighting off a bug the size of a race car." Set reasoned with his brother. "I had to do it."
"Well I'm nothing like you and that thing really freaked me out!" Jet replied. "I have never seen anything that big before outside of a race car!"
"Look just stick closely by me and I'll take care of these things." Set expressed as he cocked his gun. "I wouldn't want you passing out on me."
Running back into the crowd of soldiers, the twins noticed a group of Cybugs attacking the first player's screen with the other soldiers blasting off the bugs one by one, despite more latching onto the screen when one was shot off. Grinning, Set raised his gun so to help shoot off the bugs when the announcement of "Return to start position" was heard overhead, indicating that the player has to start again due to gaming over. The beacon at the top of the tower lit up which attracted the cybugs towards the tower and away from the scene.
The motorized screen was then retracted as the other soldiers began moving back into formation, lining up in rows of three like before.
"Ok, what's going on and why are they lining back up?" Jet asked in confusion as he and Set watched the others line back up.
"I'm not sure, but let's go get those bugs!" Set spoke with determination as he positioned his gun in front of him and took off running towards the tower with Jet in tow.
The two continued to blindly run towards the tower when Tamora stepped in front of them so to stop them in their tracks, but with the two running at top speed, they instead ran into her. Falling backwards onto their backs, Tamora quickly snatched them up while fiercely glaring at the two.
"I don't remember training complete idiots in my army and you two have been acting like mindless campers with a broken compass!" Tamora sneered at the two. "Just what is your deal?!"
"Um, we're new to the army." Jet voiced in a nervous tone. "We are your new recruits."
"Yea, we were brought in this morning." Set confirmed.
"I would have gotten word if I got new men in my army and I didn't get not one mention of either of you!" Tamora continued scolding the two. "Now spill who you really are or I'll feed you to the cybugs myself!"
With the game having started over, Jet and Set's helmets disengaged which revealed to Tamora who they really were. The sergeant gasped which quickly changed to a low toned growl accompanied by her grinding her teeth. Noticing the look on the woman's face, Jet and Set began sweating slightly, unsure of what their fate was going to be.
"Am I correct in thinking that you two have gone Turbo?!" Tamora expressed her tone of voice a bit louder than before. "Need I remind you gentleman that game jumping is illegal and can get my game unplugged by having unauthorized players here?!"
"Can it be considered game jumping when we technically don't have a game we're jumping from?" Jet pondered.
"Now isn't the time to ask questions Jet!" Set whispered in a hiss to his brother.
"I won't stand for my players being homeless because you two felt the need to snake your way in here." Tamora spoke in a dangerously calm tone, which made the twins sweat that much more. "So allow me to show you two to the door!"
Rapid gun fire from a laser gun exited the portal right along with the twins as they ran as fast as they could so to avoid being hit by the gun shots. Leaning on opposite sides of the portal, both brothers began catching their breaths, having outran rapid fire machine gun blasts.
"That's it!" Jet managed to say between heavy pants. "I'm done! We're not going to fit in anywhere so we might as well face it! We're stuck out here for life!"
"So you're just going to give up like that?!" Set questioned, becoming aggravated by his brother's attitude. "Do you want to keep living out here?"
"What else do we have Set?" Jet snapped back. "We don't fit in anywhere! If you haven't noticed, we have been kicked out of every game we tried while nearly being killed in Hero's Duty! You can try as many games as you like from this point on, but I'm not following you anymore!"
"I refuse to let this be our fate Jet!" Set growled as he grabbed his brother by the collar of his suit of armor. "I'm not living out here another night and neither are you!"
"And I refuse to be kicked out of another game!" Jet argued back while trying to pry his brother's hands from his collar. "You can do whatever you want, I'm done following you! Now let go of me!"
"I'm not going to let go until you change that goner attitude of yours!" Set argued as he gripped tighter onto Jet's collar that much more. "We are the Turbo Twins which means we are in this together!"
"Says you!" Jet growled as he tried to once more unhook Set from his collar. "Thanks to you, we were almost killed! What kind of twin would be so desperate to fit in that he is willing to get himself and his brother killed?!"
"You know that wasn't my intention Jet!" Set continued. "I just want a better life for us! Is that too much to ask?!"
"When I'm being shot at and nearly eaten by a bug the size of a race car, yes it is!" Jet continued as he swung his brother around to where Set's back slammed against the wall while still trying to unhook him from his collar. "Now let go of me!"
"I'm not going back to the way things use to be!" Set growled. "And I don't think my wanting to change things is wrong!"
"There is another way to do it ya know!" Jet fought back as Set pushed his weight away from the wall and into his brother.
A brown cloaked figure rushing past the two slammed into Jet rather roughly, which caused both twins to hit the ground with Set landing on top of Jet. Not bothering to check what caused the two to fall, Jet continued trying to unhook Set from him.
"You can let go at anytime!" Jet fussed. "I told you I'm not following you anymore!"
"I'm not doing this without you Jet." Set calmly voiced. "I don't want to see anything happen to you out here."
"But I've seen what can happen to me while I'm with you so what's the difference?" Jet expressed with a heaving sigh.
Climbing to his feet, Jet successfully unhooked his brother from him and began walking ahead of him, un-benoticed that he just entered the Sugar Rush game portal. Watching as his brother walked ahead of him and removed his HD helmet, Set immediately noticed a bluish green bug crawl out of the neck of Jet's suit, the wings of the bug sprouting as it moved to the center of the twin's back.
Having removed his helmet that matches his suit of armor, Jet slammed it onto the ground as he continued walking further into the game portal while his brother called after him and running behind him. Set removed his helmet as well with that same bluish green bug crawling out of a pocket space on the right side of Set's suit while sprouting its wings and crawling to the back of the twin.
Taking a few more steps forward, Jet stepped into the game with the barrier moving around him as he entered. Set ran into the game behind Jet as the barrier formed around him as he entered and the cloaked figure that bumped into Jet in Game Central Station silently stepped in behind the two with a twinkle shining from under its hood. The bugs on the back of the twins noticed the shine and flew off of their backs and to the cloaked figure whom held out its hands so the bugs could land in the palms.
"I'm so glad to see you little beauties again." The figure spoke as he moved the bugs closer to his hood as if to get a better look at them. "And I know a certain princess would be happy to see you again as well. I can just imagine the look on her face right now."
With a chuckle, the hooded figure turned and disappeared into thin air.
So what did you think? As I said, this is my first story in this section so any help would be appreciate so to improve as I go along. I probably overdid it with Set being protective of his brother, but since neither has a set personality, then I did what I could. So if nothing else,
Review Please!