Here be Angst... sorry guys! Surprise I can get a chapter 2 in! Sorry if it seems rushed... this is an extreme side project. I hope you guys enjoy!

Oh and I don't own the iconic viral video icon in this story that makes it's appearance here.

New Territory is Sweet

"Where are we?" Ralph asked his buddy as they walked alongside the rushing river of data and files. Out of curiosity, Ralph pulled out one file from the stream and held it eye level. It looked like a white block with green edges that flashed every second. Felix scanned the area and took off his hat so he could look around better, holding it securely in both his hands.

"I don't know where we are…"

"Well we better find out or we'll get lost in here. Where's that I.P thingy?" Ralph lifted his hands over his eyes and leaned in to scan the area, but all he could see was a sea of blue and green that gave the tunnel-like area an eerie lighting.

"Up there," Felix yelled as he pointed at the floating neon green and black card. On one side of the card, the words Hero's Duty seemed carved in green. On the other side was a bunch of numbers.

"How are we going to remember that?"

"I don't know... lets keep walking in a direction till we can find some help. Can you jump up there and put this lollypop on that card? It's bright enough to be seen if we get lost in here."

Felix put back on his hat, patted his hammer for comfort and gave Ralph a thumbs up. "Can do."

Once the sugary treat was placed on card, they started their journey into the unknown, not looking back to see the card fall to the floor and bounce into the sea of files.

XXX

"Shh… I hear something," Ralph warned as he put a hand in front of Felix to prevent him from walking forward.

"Can't we defend ourselves?"

Ralph shook his head and looked down at his friend. "I don't know how this… this thing affects us. You could actually wreck something with you hammer, and I'm guessing I can sometimes fix things too."

"I guess your right… but that brick didn't get destroyed because of me right?"

The sounds grew louder until it started to be clearer. A bright multicolored light lit up the entire area, blinding the duo for a split second. When they opened their eyes, they saw a bizarre creature. It looked like a grey cat with a pastry for a body. Large beady orbs stared down at them, reflecting the red and blue from their outfits.

"Greetings, travelers of the internet. Are you lost? I will be your guide if you wish," the cat said in a deep rumbling voice that poured masculinity.

"I'm Fix-It-Felix Jr. sir, from the arcade game Fix-It-Felix Jr., and this is my pal Wreck-It-Ralph."

Said wrecker walked up to the giant cat and looked up at its beady eyes. "For a sugary snack your voice doesn't seem too sweet."

"Ralph!" Felix yelled in embarrassment and horror.

The cat only chuckled and waved it tail around in amusement. "It's fine young ones. I get that all the time. You both have strange unique codes… where are you heading?"

"We're looking for someone to fix our game. The codes for our game were scrambled, and now we just don't know what to do."

"I think I know just the human that can help you. But beware, he is a genius who has the ability to see the truth about us. Are you willing to risk it?"

"I'm up for it! What some adventure without a little risk?" Ralph asked with his fists bundled.

Felix shuffled a bit with unconformable. "I don't know Ralph… that's dangerous and almost unheard of."

"He is claimed to be a lunatic in the human world," the cat put in.

"I don't suppose you would know the fastest way to get there would you?" Felix asked as he put his hat back on and grinned, all hesitation gone.

"You can ride on my back. I'm an internet file, so I can move faster. Your codes are nearly incompatible with any digital data here."

Ralph climbed up the pastry using the sprinkles as steps while Felix hopped up in a single jump.

"What's your name friend?" Felix asked as they got comfortable on the nearly narrow back of the cat.

"I'm Ne'HiroMajen, or Nyan Cat the Fifth, but everyone calls me Cat instead to make it simpler."

"Everyone?" Ralph questioned.

"Yes, I'm taking you to my city. I have to get back to work, but you can find more help in my home town."

And with that, the trio flew away on the back of the cat, a rainbow leaving a trail that disappeared in seconds.

XXX

Once the lights stopped, Felix and Ralph slid down the pop-tart and gazed at the giant digital city around them. The sky looked like night except for the stars illuminating the tall buildings below. Cats with pop-tarts of all shapes and sizes wandered the streets. They had their own shops and system.

"You can settle down here for the night. I'll be taking my shift."

"What do you mean by shift exactly?" Ralph questioned as he opened a giant door Cat motioned towards.

"Do you have to ask him that way?" Felix mumbled as he tried to ignore Ralph's manners.

Cat noticed this and used his tail to pet Felix's head, causing Ralph to slightly glare from afar. "I told you it's quite alright. I love a person who is curious. I was uploaded from a twenty four hour loop that runs on a website called youtube. Once in a while, each Nyan Cat switches out to give the other a break. But I'm a professional so I can handle the whole run."

"Amazing! Golly Ralph, he works longer than we do!"

Ralph left the giant couch he had settled in during Cat's talk and walked over to them with a strained smile.

"That's pretty good," he started to say with a skeptic tone. "But Felix and I have been working in our arcade game for thirty years every morning."

Felix turned a small shade of red in anger, as he held his arms tight against him and his hands clenched so hard that they almost burned against his gloves. Surprisingly, Cat just chuckled again and started heading out the door.

"You guys settle in. You can ask my neighbor how to get to the guy I mentioned. Have a good night gentlemen."

"And to you," Felix replied after he calmed down.

The lights and music blinded them yet again, leaving an empty open door when they looked again. Ralph sighed and went to close the door, then turned to Felix and shrugged.

"He seemed like a nice… cat? Let's get some rest."

The handyman refused to reply, turning away and crossing his arms in a stubborn attempt to ignore his friend. Ralph walked away from the door and made his way to his buddy, running a hand through his wild hair.

"Come one Felix, Cat was cool with it."

"We were his guests and you just… run your mouth like that! What were you thinking?"

"Just because I was born around the same time you were doesn't mean I try to stay that way for thirty years! I branch out and explore. I'm not stuck in the past like you are!"

Felix's eyes widened for a bit before narrowing at the bigger man. "Stuck in the past? You were there with me since the beginning! I just want to…"

"Want to what Felix? Get on everyone's good side?" Ralph cut in, backing the smaller man into a wall, his patented Ralph Rage building. "We are not in our game anymore. We will probably run into things that could kill us for good, and you're worried about manners? I'm me, and I'm not going to start acting like you because of our codes."

"You don't know me Ralph," Felix rebuffed, his voice breaking slightly. A strange foreign anger started to well up in his chest, making his digital heart beat faster.

"Are you afraid of something?" Ralph guessed, eyes analyzing the smaller man.

The anger building in the smaller man suddenly overflowed. "I'm not afraid of boo, and I'm not going to tell you! No siree! So you forget it!"

Ralph didn't reply back for a long time, causing Felix to stop ranting and give a questioned glance at the wrecker. A cold shiver ran through him as Felix realized Ralph wasn't destroying things in his anger, just staring angrily at his colleague. Felix's code had given him some control. The opposite happened to the other. What he had said to Ralph had hate mixed in the anger. What was usually solely unhappiness became a brand of anger that Felix was never programmed to have, because Ralph needed that anger to wreck the building in their game.

"No… no… Oh my Land this can't be happening!" Felix screamed as he jumped away from the taller man and closed the door, propping giant chairs up against the handle with a burst of strength that wasn't his. After sinking down the wall facing the door, Felix bundled up his knees and put his head in his hands. The blue cap fell to the floor with an inaudible thud as he silently cried.

'I've never actually cried before… I wasn't programmed to cry, just be upset and scared… is this Ralphs code too? If I'm not me anymore… who am I?'

XXX

Ralph ran after Felix, only to find the door closed. He tried to pull the door open, but found it to be jammed from the other side.

'How did Felix block the door? Everything's too big for him to carry… oh… maybe my code….'

"Felix?" Ralph called close to the door.

A small sniffle was barely heard, but it was loud enough for the wrecker to hear. "Go away Ralph! I'm not myself. Forgive me and my horrible potty mouth earlier. I was actually angry at you Ralph! I've never felt it before, and by gosh I don't ever want to feel it again, so just leave please."

After a minute had passed Felix started to believe that Ralph had left him alone, but a smash against the door and a piece of wood by his feet signaled the return of his problems and inner turmoil. He was about to lift his head to yell at Ralph again, when suddenly he was wrapped tight in large arms. Ralph had bended down to hug him, with his head resting on his wrecker sighed before speaking, the weight of his fatigue plainly obvious.

"It took me three punches that can only fix things for me to break down the door. See Felix? This affects me too. This entire... mess... had to happen right after I figured out who I really am. We'll get our codes fixed okay Felix? When we get back we can do what we have always done: wrecking and fixing."

"W-who am I Ralph?"Felix stuttered, sounding more broken and defeated.

Ralph pulled him off the floor and held him tighter, with Felix settled in his lap and still encased in the hug.

"You're Fix-It-Felix Jr. The guy with the golden hammer who fixes anything I wreck. You enjoy partying and being social and having a great time. No matter what your code is, that's who you are."

With slow movement, Felix hesitantly lifted his arms and wrapped them as far around Ralph as he could.

"Thank you…" he whispered before he fell asleep.

Ralph got up and carried Felix to the giant bed he had found in the house earlier. Tucking him into the white sheets, he smoothed back the handyman's neat brown hair and left the room.

'No matter what I wish was reality, I can't ask him to… no I can't it would ruin his world. The sooner we can get back the better. I just hope Felix will be alright. I've had my happiness, so now I think it's time he found his.'

With those last thoughts, Ralph headed into the living room to sleep for tomorrow. Both arcade characters didn't dream.

Was this okay? I hope it's good! I'm trying to keep them in actual character, which means no cussing, and even if it gets to a rated M thing, it will be only suggested rated M that's not exactly mature but ratings are ratings right? I think this will stay in T for a long time, and there would only be one M chapter or 2 anyways. If anyone feels like they don't want it to be rated M I'll keep it T and leave out the other stuff. It would be good either way. Rate and Review! I also take suggestions on what they should encounter in the internet (within reason please) Until next time,

Chow! : )