The Code Isn't Who We Are

Written By:

Wreck-It Ralph, Sonic, and all characters owned by: DISNEY and SEGA.

Chapter 1

-Year: 1991, Litwak's Arcade. Sonic the Hedgehog is plugged in.-

I opened up my eyes and raised up looking at my surroundings. As I looked around, I noticed someone laying close by me. He slowly began to get up. Funny, I've never seen this guy before, but... I knew who he was. I got up and walked over to him and helped him get up.

"Nice to meet you!" I said. "I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog. You must be Dr. Robotnik."

"Yes." He said. "That's me. Nice to meet you as well." We shook hands. I knew he was the bad guy and he knew I was the good guy. And when that Quarter Alert sounded off...we knew what we had to do.

-Year: 1992. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is plugged in.-

I had defeated the evil Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik! And afterwards won my metal. It was a long hard day, but finally...

"All clear!" Someone shouted accross the arcade. YES! I mentally shouted. Finally...break. We heard grumbling and looked over in that direction. It was my arch-nemisis...Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. Robotnik got up and looked around, then saw us. He waved over at us. And I waved back. Tails nuged me and I looked at him.

"What?" I asked him.

"He's the bad guy!" Tails said. "Why are you waving at him?"

"Because," I said. "He's the bad guy IN THE GAME. That may not be how he really is."
"Whatever you say." Tails said, then grabbed my wrist and began dragging me. "Come on! Let's go meet all the other people!" I looked back at Robotnik. He had a look of sadness on his face, but turned and walked away, and never looked back. I wondered why he didn't come along with us...

-Couple Years Later. Shortly after the plug in of Sonic & Knuckles.-

Once again I defeated the evil Dr. Robotnik. This time along with the help of Tails and Knuckles. It had been 4 years since the plug in of my first game, Sonic the Hedgehog. Each time one of my games has been plugged in...I would merge with that Sonic, gaining all his memories, but still keeping the ones from my past games like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog CD, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. My current game is Sonic & Knuckles.

Since the beginning, I've made lots of new friends. Fix-It Felix, Jr. was the first person that I met as soon as I got out of my game and entered Game Central Station. His friend, Turbo, was also there. Man... Turbo and I were really good friends...always competed to see who was the fastest. Turbo, Tails, Felix, and I would always hang out at Tappers after the arcade closed. It was like the one place people loved to hang out at.

But whenever Sonic the Hedgehog CD got plugged in...he did something awful. I couldn't believe it...he abandoned his game and tried to take over another. It ended up getting both his game and theirs unplugged...for good. Then he was forced to reside in Game Central Station for awhile...nobody was ever the same way to him again...always treating him like he was nothing but a monster. But not with Felix and I. We talked to him some...but he was never really the same either. It's like he never cared anymore...then when a game called Sugar Rush was plugged in...he went inside and never came out. We all assumed he died outside his own game.

And since then... I have done Public Announcements for my fellow arcade comrades...reminding them about the dangers of dieing outside their own games. And to always be on alert when they decide to go into another game. Shortly after I won another medal for the day, my friends congratulate me, Amy wasn't in this game, so she normally hung out out of the screens view, so nobody would see her. And thats when I notice Robotnik. He got up, and brushed the dust off of him and then began walking away. With the same sad expression he had on his face all those years ago. I never did really talk to him...I only knew little about him. He goes to that Bad-Anon Meeting all the time, but that's mainly all I know about him. Thats when I moved past my friends and walked toward him.

"Hey, Robotnik!" I shouted at him, causing him to stop and turn in surprise. He looked down at me as I came up to him and stopped.

"Um...what is it Sonic?" He asked, stunned that I was even talking to him.

"I just wanted to say hi and that you did a good job today." I told him. " What've you been up to?"

"Just getting ready to head to the Bad-Anon Meeting." He replied. There was an awkward silence. I turned to my friends and they looked at me like I was mad. Then I turned back to Robotnik. Then I heard Robotnik's voice again. "Well, um... I guess I'll be heading to it now. Um... I'll see you later, Sonic." He began walking away, but I had an idea.

"Wait!" I said, stopping him once again. "We were just about to head to over to Tappers. Wanna come?" Robotnik looked at me stunned then looked over at my friends, who were shocked beyond belief.

"Um...I don't know if they really want me to come." Robotnik said, turning back towards me, I looked over at them and they were shaking their heads, then I turned back to Robotnik.

"Well, if they don't like it..." I said, "Then I guess it's just you and me. C'mon! It'll be fun!"

"Well...okay, then." Robotnik said, I saw him smile for the first time in a long time. We walked toward my friends who just looked at me in disbelieve.

. . .

"Hello, friend!" Felix says to me as I walk up to him, with my friends behind me and maybe future friend, Robotnik. Felix noticed Robotnik, and walked up to him and extended his hand. "And I believe you are the famous Dr. Robotnik. Nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you too," Robotnik said, shaking his hand. "And I believe you are Fix-It Felix, Jr."

"Sure am!" Felix says. "But you can just call me Felix. Well, let's go grab our normal seat guys!" Felix motioned for us to follow him. We did and all sat down.

"Well guys!" I said. "Felix and I are buying! Do you guys want your usuals?" They all nod. "What do you want Robotnik?" He thought for a second.

"I think I'll take a cheeseburger." He said. "But, you don't have to buy it. I have money, I can-"

"No, no." I said, cutting him off. "I'd be more than happy to get it! After all, I think this is a good way we should start off being friends."

"Um...okay." He said. "Thanks Sonic." I nodded and got up and began walking up to Tapper. Felix got up to go with me, leaving my friends and Robotnik alone. There was a long pause.

"U'm...so..." Robotnik began, trying to start a conversation. "H-how's everyone doing?" There was no reply. "Um...that's good. Had any good-"

"Why are you even here?" Knuckles said, cutting him off. " You're the bad guy. You shouldn't even be here hanging out with us." Robotnik looked at him stunned.

"I agree." Amy said, "Why don't you just go back to your base. Jerk!" Robotnik lowered his head down, preparing himself for what he knew would come.

"I don't know why Sonic invited you..." Tails said. "But just so you know...we don't want you here." That's when Felix and I came back and sat down with them. I could tell Robotnik was a little upset...just by the way he looks.

"Alright guys!" I said. "The food is almost here. Tapper already had it ready for us. He just has to make your cheeseburger, ok, Robotnik?" Robotnik nodded his head.

"Alright, guys!" Tapper said. "Here they are." He passed the Hamburgers to Felix, Tails, and Knuckles. The Salad to Amy. The Chili Dogs to me. And the Cheeseburgers to Robotnik. "Enjoy!" Tapper then left and I looked back at Robotnik.

"Is something wrong?" I asked him, he just looked up at me. Then he grabbed his burger and got up. I looked up at him confused. He pulled out some money and placed it on the table in my direction.

"Um...I have to go, Sonic." Robotnik said. "Here's the money for my cheeseburger... I'll see you later." Then Robotnik was off. I watched him walk out the door...I figured it had something to do with my friends.

"What did you guys say to him?" I asked, with an anger in my tone. They looked surprised at me.

"The truth." Knuckles said. "That we don't want him here."

"He's the bad guy." Amy said. "He doesn't belong here with us. All three of us agree." I looked at Tails, my best friend, who just shrugged it off. Then Felix and I exchanged looks. I got up and grabbed my chili dog.

"Were are you going?" Tails asked me. I just looked at him.

"I'm going to go find Robotnik." I told him, "And I'll just eat with him by myself. I expected better of you guys." Then I turned to Felix. "Thank you Felix. At least you treated him nice." He nodded and then I walked out.

. . .

I knocked on the door of Eggman's base. It opened slowly and I saw that it was a Metal Sonic.

"What do you want?" Metal Sonic asks me.

"Is Robotnik home?" I asked him. "I wish to speak to him." Metal Sonic stared at me for awhile, then motioned for me to follow him. I followed him into Robotnik's main chamber. It was surprisingly un-robotic. It had two chairs in it and a huge fireplace, kinda like a mansion would. Robotnik was sitting in one of them. Slowly eating his cheeseburger and watching the fire. I stared at him, then turned to Metal Sonic. "How long has he been like this?"

"All these years." Metal Sonic says, turning to me. "You or your friends never bothered to hang out with him. He's like this every night." I looked at Robotnik. Some hero I was.

"Well..." I began, turning back to Metal. "That changes now. Thank you." I walked up to Robotnik as Metal Sonic left the room. I sat in the other chair and took a bite of my chili dog. He never even looked at me, but I knew he knew I was here. "Listen...I'm sorry for earlier. I didn't think that would go like that."

"There is nothing to be sorry for." He finally said, after a long period of silence. "They are right. I am the bad guy. I shouldn't be hanging out with the good guys." I looked at him and we both took a bite of our food.

"Well if ya ask me..." I said. "I think you can. Before the Turbo incident, good guys were nice to bad guys. But after that...the good guys seemed a little weary of the bad guys. And didn't exactally treat them good. But I don't think that's right. And It took me this long to realize that. Now. Wether or not the others are your friends... I want you to know that Felix and I are. So anytime you wanna hang out...you know where I am." I got up and began walking to the door, eating the last bit of my chili dog. I was about to exit, when Robotnik's voice stopped me.

"Sonic..." He began, I stopped and turned for him, waiting for him to continue. "Thank you, but I do think I will still go to the Bad-Anon Meetings." I smiled.

"Alright, thats fine." I said. "Meet me at Tappers tomorrow night. You, Felix, and I will just hang out, just us, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday night. Sound good?"

"Sounds good." Robotnik said. "I'll see you tomorrow night." I smiled and walked out the door. I felt all good inside. I had a new friend. And his name was Dr. Ivo Robotnik.