Lucy awoke a couple hours later in a hospital bed in the castle, she felt a little dizzy and light headed. Several doctors were around her, writing on clipboards and checking monitors. She looked at her hands, she was slightly pale colored. A doctor noticed she was awake.
"Hello princess Lucy, good to see you're awake, how're you feeling?" One of the doctors asked
"I feel weak, and I'm so thirsty" Said Lucy
"Charlie, please fetch the princess some water" a lollipop Asked
"Right away" Said a gumdrop
"What's wrong with me?" Lucy asked
"We ran some tests on you, and you have been infected with a virus somehow. But not to worry, we're preparing the best anti virus medicine we can get, it's on it's way right now, courtesy of some friends of your parents on the internet"
The gumdrop doctor known as Charlie rushed back into the room with a bottle of water. Lucy grabbed the bottle, closed her eyes, and gulped the entire bottle down in a couple minutes without stopping.
"It's gonna be at least another hour til the medicine arrives princess, why don't you change into your pajamas and get some rest, you are going to be in bed for a while"
"That sounds like a good idea" Said Lucy
With the doctors help, Lucy changed into her pajamas before being put back into bed. She felt so sleepy all of a sudden again.
"Princess, you have a visitor"
Lucy turned her head to the door and saw mocho walk in with a brown backpack on his back.
"Mocho" Lucy Said weakly
"Hi Lucy, feeling ok?" Asked Mocho
Lucy shook her head.
"Sorry I'm here so late, security to get to you's tight. I got you a little get well gift, was saving it for our anniversary we became racing buddies, but figured now might be good" Said Mocho
Mocho reached into his backpack, and pulled out a plush toy of himself.
"You found one? How?" Asked Lucy
"Fresh new stock, got to the shopping site extra early. Can't believe my plush is still so popular. This is so I can be with you when I'm not around" Said Mocho
"That's really sweet of you mocho" Lucy said before breaking down coughing
"I also wanted to read to you, help you get some sleep" Said Mocho
"That would be nice" Said Lucy
"You're gonna get better Lucy, just you wait. And we'll be racing buddies again in no time" Said Mocho as he sat in a chair next to the bed Lucy lied in
Within time, the medicine came, and Lucy was given it. The doctors waited for it to take effect, but it never did. Lucys skin started becoming paler and a little gray, she was getting worse. Several more medicines were given, but all of them failed. The virus was too strong. The doctors gave Vanellope the bad news, Lucy was dying, she only had a few days left til she would pass on. The news was heartbreaking. News spread to the citizens, and many came to give their respects to the dying princess. By the 4th day, lucys skin was grayish in color, she puked more, her coughs grew worse, but she tried to be positive making her goodbyes. She was now talking to mocho in private.
"Lucy, you can't die, I need you" mocho Said with tears in his eyes
"I'm afraid nothing can be done to save me mocho. But I want you to know, you were one of the bestest friends I've ever had, you helped me live my dream of being loved by the players. I want you to promise me something, when I'm gone, you'll remember everything I taught you over these last few years, and you'll make new friends, friends who will be just as good as me. And no matter what, you won't ever forget about me" Said Lucy
Mocho cried harder hearing that, that would be hard for him, finding new friends, but he nodded, he had to respect lucys wishes.
"Before you go mocho, I want to leave you some stuff to remember me. I trust you the most to take care of these when I'm gone" Said Lucy
Lucy broke down coughing and looked to her stuffed pony toy she had lying next to her.
"I want you to take Fluttershy Mocho, I know you still like her. I trust that you'll take care of her" Lucy said before coughing some more "You can't have her til after I'm gone mocho but I do want you to have her"
"I'll put her someplace special for you" Said Mocho
"One last thing, since you helped me fulfill my dream, I trust you with my most prized possession" said Lucy
Lucy put her hands behind her neck and unclipped her necklace, which surprised mocho, she never took it off, only rarely. Now she was giving it to him.
"I want you to have this. I won't need it where I'm going, I can't take it with me. I don't expect you to wear it or anything because it's girl jewelry, but it's something to remember me. Put it on a shelf or something, hang it somewhere, do whatever you want with it" Said Lucy
"I can't accept this" Said Mocho
"I trust you mocho, you got me through some tough times, you deserve it. Now take the necklace mocho, please" Said Lucy weakly
Mocho hesitantly took lucys necklace and stuffed it in the pocket of the hoodie he was wearing. He hugged Lucy, tears dripping from his eyes.
"You don't deserve to die" mocho cried
"Soon I'll be at peace. While this isn't how I wanted to die, I have come to terms with this. Soon I'll be one with the games coding" Said Lucy
Mocho couldn't believe Lucy was coming to terms with her death, but he didn't say anything about it. He left the room, still crying. On his way out of the castle, he passed Kevin's room, and he heard him crying. The door was open, and he could see Kevin sitting in his bed, looking at pictures of him and Lucy together.
"Oh hi mocho, just looking at some pictures" Said Kevin
"I'm gonna miss her too" Said Mocho
"It's not fair, Lucy doesn't deserve to die, not like this" Said Kevin
"I have to agree with that. She's such a nice person" Said Mocho
Kevin continued looking at the pictures, his happy memories with Lucy kept flooding into his mind. His tears continued. He got up and knocked down a shelf full of Star Wars action figures in frustration.
"It's just not fair, I don't want to lose my sister, she doesn't deserve this fate. I just wish I could do something to help her" Said Kevin sadly
"I wish I could to, but not like we can just go into her code and kill the virus from there" Said Mocho
Kevin thought about what mocho just said, that was actually a good idea, and he knew just where to get a device capable of going into lucys code.
"Nice seeing you mocho but I gotta go I'll see you later" Kevin said quickly before rushing out of his room
"Uh ok, bye" Said Mocho
(The next day)
Mocho was walking down sugar rush's Main Street, hood over his head, walking sadly, wanting to clear his mind of lucy dying. He saw Kevin running up to him.
"Hey Kevin" Said Mocho
"Mocho, how would you like to help save Lucy?" Asked Kevin
He removed his hood and raised his eyebrow in confusion.
"I had candlehead modify my game jumper to be able to go into lucys code box. It could be dangerous, I don't know what's in-
"Stop right there, I'm in" Said Mocho
"Really? You are? Just like that? Wow that was surprisingly easy considering who you are" Said Kevin
"Lucys my best friend, I don't want her to die. I'd gladly give my life to see her live. I'll do whatever I can, you know how my powers work, they might come in handy" Said Mocho
"So this makes 4 volunteers now" Said Kevin
"Who else is going?" Asked Mocho
"My best friend Lodhi, his little sister, and sadly his brother Norville. I don't know why he volunteered since he hates me and Lucy like nothing else, but he could come in handy, I don't know how this virus works, but if it's anything like Drew was, I may have some ideas" Said Kevin
(Back at the castle, code room entrance)
Kevin was busy tying licorice ropes to his friends waists.
"We must work quickly. In my backpack I got everything that could come in handy, for the virus, or anything dangerous that could be living in lucys code, such as her worst fears or whatever. Never done this exactly, don't know if this'll work. Now norville remind me again why you agreed to this? You don't even like us" Said Kevin
"I don't vont to see Lucy dead" Said Norville "I may not like either of you, but zat doesn't mean I vish both of you to die just like that"
"Fair enough. Let's get this over with, Lucy only has so much time left, she's starting to look like a zombie" Said Kevin
Kevin entered the secret code to the code room and the 5 teens jumped inside and floated towards Lucys code box with half of it colored red, not a good sign. Kevin stuck the game jumper onto the box and pushed a button, and in a flash of light, the group was sent inside, to different places in lucys box.
(Kevin and mocho)
The 2 found themselves in a hallway with doors marked for fears, dreams, interests, memories, and more. Jr and Christie walked out of a door marked interests with ice cream cones in their hands.
"Vell, looks like zat vorked" Said Christie
"Do you all talk funny like that?" Asked Mocho
The 2 nodded.
"Hey, vere's Norville?" Asked Jr
(With Norville)
Norville found himself in a room filled with video screens playing different things from Lucys perspective. A neon sign hung high over the room marked 'Memories'. This made Norville smile, he wondered what could Lucy have seen in her life that he could guilt her with if she survived, or possibly with Kevin?
"Zis is going to be juicy" Said Norville to himself