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The town of Prosperityville was just having a normal day, people were baking cookies and feeding the birds and squirrels when a loud RUUUUUUUMMBBLLE came from the ground. From out of the sewer, came a behemeth of a monster alligator "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!" He was monstrous and green, with thousands of shiny scales. He was drippING with a grayish slime and wearing nothing but a pair of tattered black pants.
Felicia, daughter of Superintendent Felix, was just planting some flowers in the garden in front of the house shen shared with her father when the alligator snuck up behind her and grabbed her with his monstrous claws, "RAAAAAAAR! I am Sewer Sam, you send nothing but garbage down to where I live, I've become so hideous and deformed so I can't find anyone to love me! INSTEAD I'M TAKING YOUR DAUGHTER!" he yelled and threw the girl over his shoulder.
Fix-it Felix, town handyman, had just returned from work, he dropped his toolbox to the ground, and his mouth fell open in horror, he had lost his wife many years before, he didn't want to lose his only daughter too!
"IF YOU WANT HER BACK, AND YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD HANDYMAN, COME DOWN TO MY SEWER AND GET HER!" He threw Felicia over his shoulder and slithered back into the manhole in the ground.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLP! HELP ME DADDY!" Felicia shrieked.
At the very top of the screen where the placid down of Prosverityville resided, the lid of the sewered clattered back down on top of the hole with a hollow ringing sound.
DA DADA DA DA DADA DADA!
The horrified townspeople who all loved Felicia for she was the loveliest, kindest, sweetest, girl in the land started shrieking and crying. Who would ever harm Felicia? All the animals loved her, and she was great at tending all growing things. They looked at him and yelled in unison:
"FIX IT FELIX!"
Felix stood tall and proud, adjusted his cap and pulled out the mightiest tool in his box, HIS MAGIC SCREWDRIVER! He wrenched the manhole open and with a quick salute to the townspeople he lowered himself in to rescue his daughter.
The sewer took up the rest of the screen, like a maze leading him in so many different directions that he couldn't be sure where he was going or where he came from. What seemed like every few yards was a mammoth metal door whose lock and handle were irrevocably ruined. With his magic screwdriver he fixed them all and they came open like a dream. He jumped over the rats with beady red eyes swimming in the ankle deep water and dodged the bats that swooped down at him. Finally, there was a large door, much larger than any of the others he'd had to fix. He fixed it quickly and saw an alligator waiting for him on a wooden platform just above the water. It wasn't Sewer Sam, but it was a formidable looking foe and when he'd hit it enough times with blunt end of his magic screwdriver it wobbled on two legs, stars swirling around its head, "S-sorry..." said the alligator, "But your daughter is in another sewer..."
Another large pipe opening appeared at the far end of the wall and Felix jumped back into the water and walked through it to get to through the next sewer the screen flickering and making warping sounds, hoping to find his daughter there...
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"And so I was like JEREMY YOU CAN'T possibly skip Devon's party this weekend!"
Felicia held her hand out as Sewer Sam painted her fingernails for what seemed like the millionth time. This was a little routine they did every single day of the game. He would kidnap her and send her dad on a quest through 8 sewers to find her at the end of the very last one. While they waited they would paint each other's nails (and sometimes did makeup) and talk about all the latest sewer and Prosperityville gossip. As you can see, there was no way on earth that Sewer Sam was actually looking for a girl. He was not interested in women in the least, except as friends of course. And that's what he considered Felicia, his bestest girlfriend!
She sighed after Sewer Sam was finished his rant about his latest boyfriend that he'd met from another game and looked away.
"What's wrong Felicia?"
"I'm just not feeling it today, Sam. We've done this a million times. I'm sick of just sitting around waiting to be rescued..."
Just then her father burst through the final door, "FELICIA!" he cried out holding his arms open wide.
It was showtime.
She wiped away imaginary tears, "DADDY!" she cried and started running toward him.
Sam blocked her path and returned to his villainous facade, "OH NO YOU DON'T...YOU'LL HAVE TO GET THROUGH ME FIRST!"
The battle music started up and Felicia looked on in faux horror, eyes wide, holding her face in her hands as the player battled against Sam as her father.
Soon, Sewer Sam was prostrate on the platform, stars swirling in a halo around his monstrous green head and he lay still, mouth open wide with his tongue hanging out, defeated.
Felicia's final line was up, "DADDY!" she ran to him and kissed him on the cheek.
Then there was cheesy music as they warped upwards to the surface and returned to Prosperityville where the villagers held a parade in their honor and threw rose petals. Everything was perfect. Just like always.
Finally they got back to their home and walked into it side by side as the words "YOU WIN!" flashed on the screen behind them.
"So, your brother's getting married," Mr. Fix-It said casually.
Felicia's jaw nearly fell off, "WHAAAAAAAAAAT?"
"The wedding's in two days, pack your bags, we're going on a little trip!"
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Jeremiah Sanders from Terrytown was just finishing up making sure his Fix it Felix game strapped into the back of his pickup truck nice and tight. There was a gaming convention in the next town over where his good friend Mr. Larry Litwak lived and ran his own arcade including the retro game that had spawned from Fix-It Felix, Fix-It Felix Junior! Mr. Litwak was going to be closing the arcade for a few days in order to attend the convention and then there would be a special showing of the ultra retro Fix-It Felix games side by side at his arcade for the rest of the week. Mr. Sanders was sure that the young and old alike would be thrilled with this exhibition as he started up the pickup and sped on his way.
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Litwak's Arcade was in a tizzy of excitement at the coming of the Fix-It family and all the people who lived in Prosperityville. And the villains couldn't wait to meet the formidable reptile Bad Guy Sewer Sam.
When they arrived, it was afterhours, the screens of the arcade games were static or dark, and all the characters were waiting in Game Central Station for the new arrivals. Most nervous and excited of all was Fix-It Felix Junior himself. He couldn't believe he was about to see his Dad and his sister again! It seemed like forever since he'd last seen them. And not only that, but they were going to meet his beautiful bride-to-be Tamora Calhoun! He was bouncing with excitement while standing beside Tamora and she smiled down at him, palming his capped head, "Calm down Fix-it, or the surge protectors might think you're glitching."
"S-sorry my sweet, I'm just so dang excited to see my family again!"
There was an electric buzzing sound as the Fix-it Felix game was set up and plugged in with all the others at Litwak's and the two men grinned as the demo screen popped up and ran it's course.
"Well Larry, let's go get some drinks!" Jeremiah laughed and clapped the other man on the back.
"You said it, Jeremiah. I'm tuckered out, these kids who come in here though, they sure do keep me young." He smiled as he removed his quarter-dispensing belt and locked it up in the small safe on the counter, "Let's go!"
The two men left, locking the door behind them and all was silent for just a minute.
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Felcia came out of her room holding 2 pink suitcases to find her father outside with his screwdriver jumping up and down yelling "I CAN FIX IT!"
"Dad, the coast is clear..." she sighed.
The rest of Prosperityville cheered and they all emerged from their homes following Felicia and Felix to the game exit.
"Boy oh boy honey I sure am excited! We haven't seen your brother in years! And now he's getting himself hitched, why it brings a tear to my eye and a smile to my face! I'm so darned proud of that boy, pardon my French." he tipped his hat.
Felicia just nodded, her father's old-fashioned ways tended to get irritating after awhile and she was seriously looking forward to some time away from their game.
"Now buttercup," Mr. Fix-it began and Felicia groaned, she hated that cutesy nickname, "I know you're not used to being outside of our arcade so I just want to warn you, there'll be bad guys here, probably alot badder than the ones back home so be careful and try not to hang around any of them. I know my boy won't be trotting around with a bunch of no gooders so I think we'll be safe, but just in case I want you to be on alert."
"Yes dad..." Felicia said robotically, she was in fact HOPING to meet some bad guys. Some REAL Bad Guys since the one from her game was a total joke, despite his rugged and terrifying appearance, speaking of which...
"FELICIAAAAAAA!" Sewer Sam crooned as he ran up beside her and Mr. Fix-it, "I am SO SO SO SO excited to meet your brother, I bet he's a DOLL just like you and your father!"
Mr. Fix-it chuckled, "He's one hell of a superintendent, I'll give you that much! Nicest boy on the planet and I bet his bride-to-be is just as sweet and tender as a fresh-bloomed daisy." Mr. Fix-it sighed happily and ran his index finger and thumb absentmindedly over his mustache, "Makes me think of the days I was courting your mother, what a peach she was!"
"Dad, seriously, no one wants to hear that."
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The train rolled into Game Central Station and the Fix-It Felix characters hopped out, walking towards the entrance. Felicia had barely stepped out of the tunnel when she heard a loud yell of "SURPRISE!"
She clutched a hand to her heart and almost fell over. It was her brother with a crowd of other characters including a huge guy in red near the back, several short and rotund people, and one very tall, lithe, and beautiful blonde soldier. Felicia found herself having to look up to see her face, she was at least two feet taller than the Fix-Its, maybe more, "Those graphics..." she muttered, impressed, thinking this must be a character from a newer game.
Her dad picked himself up from where he'd landed on his bottom next to her and adjusted his cap, "Jiminy Jaminy, son, you almost gave me a heart attack!"
The Fix-Its grinned and started running for each other when an electric blue man with a clipboard stopped Felicia and Mr. Fix-It in their tracks, "Names...?"
"Gee wilickers, the security is pretty tight here! I'm Fix-It Felix, from the game Fix-It Felix, here on an extended stay."
"Did you bring any items with you?"
"Just my daughter, Fix-It Felicia and Sewer Sam, our villain."
The surge protector did a once over of the glittering green reptile.
Sam wiggled his fingers at him in a greeting.
"Don't worry," said Mr. Fix-It, "He doesn't bite. He's just a big old softie, our Sam, except in the game of course!"
"Don't forget us!" the citizens of Prosperityville piped up and started hanging flowers all over the surge protector who became flustered and waved them all foward, "Okay, okay you're cleared..."
The Fix-It family was finally reunited, with hugs all around, and the tall blonde edged closer at Felix's urging, "Pop, Felicia, this is my fiance, Tamora Calhoun."
Tamora bent down and thrust her hand out at the older handyman, "Nice to meetcha."
"By the mod..." he gasped, looking up, "Pardon my french! Good to meet you too Miss." he took the offered hand.
"That's Sergeant, Fix-It!" she stood back up to her full height and saluted him with a wink, "Yer son here's quite a catch." she slapped Felix on the bottom, which pushed him forward a bit.
He nearly died blushing, "Tamora..." then grinned sheepishly at her.
Felicia was surprised too but happy for her brother, he looked so happy, much more than when she'd seen him last as he left to forge ahead with his own game.
The ground shook slightly then and Felicia looked around in alarm, "What the...?"
Felix stopped blushing at his bride-to-be and turned to see the giant man in red walking towards him from the back of the group, "Oh you guys! This is Ralph."
So he'd been the source of the mini-earthquake it seemed, and it wasn't hard to see why, he had a hulking frame which made him tower over everyone else.
Mr. Fix-It quirked an eyebrow, taking a step back, "Wreck-It Ralph?" he questioned.
"Yeah!"
"'suse us," he said a bit curtly, pulling his son aside for a second and leaving Felicia and Ralph to look at each other awkwardly while Tamora smirked, "Isn't he..." his voice lowered even more as if he was about to say something forbidden, "The villain?"
Felix Jr. didn't see what the big deal was, why was his dad was making such a to-do out of this? "Sure Pop, Ralph's the Bad Guy, but that doesn't make him a bad guy!"
"Listen to yourself! I just want you to be careful...and look you left him with my daughter! She's so tender and fragile, I don't want him hanging around her! He could easily crush her by accident!"
Felix shook his head, his dad was letting old prejudices get the better of him. Why, wasn't he friends with the villain in his own game? Then again, that seemed to be quite a different story...despite his outward appearance, Sewer Sam seemed to have charmed all the Nicelanders in five minutes, something poor, awkward Ralph had taken 30 years to do. Felix sighed.
Tamora took it upon herself to introduce the two characters she'd be left with, "So princess, this here's old Wreck-It. I'd watch the hands if I were you, hah! So yer my fiance's sweet little sister, eh?"
"Actually, we're twins..." Felicia mumbled, Calhoun had already given her a cutesy nickname, she swore she was going to get out of this dress as soon as possible, then remembered that her wardobe was filled with nothing BUT pink poofy dresses. She'd have to do something about that.
"Uhhhh...hi." Ralph finally said, "So you're Felicia? Felix has been talking alot about you and your dad. So uhh...welcome to Litwak's! It's not much, but it's home. I guess Felix forgot to tell you, but I'm going to be his best man, and it looks like your dad might have a problem with that."
Felicia rolled her eyes, "Our old man can be old-fashioned alright, it's written in his program, but don't worry about it." Felicia was a little disappointed, Ralph didn't seem villainous at all. She thought he'd at least be loud and boisterous since he sure looked the part of a terrible villain. she found his size pretty intimdating, actually.
"STINK BRAIN!" a squeaky voice piped up from behind the group and Ralph's face instantly changed as he turned to greet the newcomer.
"HEY HEY you little pint-sized punk!" he scooped up a tiny little girl in a green hoodie who had bits of candy interwoven into her black hair.
The girl bounced up and down on his gigantic palm, "This stoooooopid meeting is taking forever Ralphie, I thought we were gonna go play!"
"Can it pipsqueak, you're late by the way, as the maid of honor and best man we have our duties to do afterall," he turned and put the girl down in front of Felicia, "This little tooth rotter is Vanellope."
"Vanellope von Schweetz," the little girl held out her hand and shook Felicia's so hard her whole body swayed.
"I guess you like candy..."
"SURE DO! Maybe you wanna hang out sometime, but not in that dress, YUCK!" she stuck her tongue out in disgust, "It's a pink monstrosity, reminds me of what they wanted me to wear in my game..." she shuddered.
Ralph chuckled, "Comes with being a princess, PRINCESS."
"AHHHHHHHH!" Vanellope yelled and fake beat on Ralph's legs with her tiny fists, "That's President to you, Jerk face!"
Ralph ruffled her hair and grinned, it was obvious he loved the kid like a sister or maybe even a daughter.
"OH JUST CAN IT OLD MAN!" Felix Jr.'s voice suddenly jerked them all out of what they were doing as they saw him storming away from his dad with pound signs and symbols roiling over his head.
Tamora quirked an eyebrow, "Never heard him raise his voice like that before..." she knelt down as her fiance approached and fiddled with the brim of his hat, pulling it down slightly, "Something got you down, soldier?"
Felicia looked at their tender exchange, then back at her old man, she wasn't sure which one she should go to. Then she looked over at Ralph, it was probably him that they were fighting about, knowing her paranoid old man.
"This was supposed to be a happy reunion..." Felix Jr. sighed, putting his gloved hands over his face, "I just can't believe he still hates villains! Can't even see past labels, that's some stubborn programming..."
Tamora rubbed his back gently, and Felicia knew what side she was on now, "Just...give him some time." she said, "New place and all that, I'm sure he'll come around."
"He better." Felix looked up with a frown, "The wedding's tomorrow night."
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TO BE CONTINUED!