CHAPTER 3
Despite the tension of the situation, Felix was able to say quite calmly,
"Well, you are taking this exceptionally well mister." He said to Victor while he quivered a wee bit.
Ralph interrupted.
"What's even going on here?" he said, waving his huge arms "Who is this guy? Calhoun, please put the gun down! I don't think this is completely necessary."
Continuing to hold her gun in position, she did not listen to Ralph's inquiry.
"I smell trouble all over this sucker" she responded "And I'm not going to put us at risk because we get all too friendly and warm-welcoming with every stranger!"
Victor turned around back at Calhoun and continued to keep his composure. His face did not even so much as to twitch slightly despite the amount audacity in the situation.
"I'll explain to them what I explained to you. You can continue holding the gun up to my face, I do not mind" Victor said smiling.
"Here's what I am here for." Victor continued, turning back from Calhoun to Felix and Ralph. "I made a mistake…"
"You sure as heck did." Calhoun snorted.
Victor did not acknowledge the remark as he kept explaining,
"I kept the Ayala Café clear and clean of viruses for the past six years. In my career, I had only let one virus escape my grasp. Unfortunately, he was, and is still, the most powerful virus I ever encountered. His name is Ranny Checkerman. His last name comes from the ridiculous checkered suit that he wears. He is corrupted, malicious, and extremely ambitious. He currently operates in the new and developing massively multiplayer online role-playing game called Realm of Adventures. I know I am asking for so much by asking you for your help, but this is your concern, at least it should be, as well."
"If Ranny takes over Realm of Adventures," Victor continued, sounding more concerned about the issue he's talking about than by being held at gunpoint "He, as all viruses do, will spread. He will be able to infect the Ayala Café because he would have control of an entire online domain, and that infection will spread here in one way or another. He will easily get the infection in our café through the internet. Our community will be turned to scrap and there will be an overflow of refugees from the Ayala Café into the next nearest place. Naturally, they will pour in Litwak's Arcade, and Ranny will definitely find a way to sneak into here one way or another. I need all of your help and I know that you all have the abilities to help me complete this unfinished task. I need to make up for the mistake I made years ago and eradicate this Ranny once and for all."
"This" Victor began to conclude "is not just about the Ayala Café or Litwak's Arcade, it's about all consoles and gaming locations everywhere. Ranny has the potential to wreck all of that, no pun intended, and we are the only ones who can stop him."
The group remained silent in thought just momentarily until Calhoun said sternly,
"Nice story, but first of all, I don't buy it and second of all even if it were true," she said, putting away her pistol after taking a deep breath "we aren't interested pal. I still suspect you have plans to attack us when we are least expecting, just like a cy-bug would"
Felix and Ralph were relieved to see Calhoun put down her weapon. The tension of the whole situation lightened up substantially for everyone except Victor, who sighed and for the first time in this whole encounter, had an expression of disappointment on his face.
"Fine" he answered "But know that it will reach here and if no one takes action soon enough, it will be impossible to stop."
Victor was about to continue with what he had to say until his lecture was interrupted by the sounds of a familiar, sugary engine sound.
"Vanellope!" Ralph exclaimed in excitement, almost forgetting about the whole ordeal that just took place.
She parked the car almost instantly by the train tracks and popped out of her vehicle which she used to win the decisive race in Sugar Rush over King Candy. She even named her kart the S.S Stinkbrain in honor of her friend, Wreck-it-Ralph.
"Didja miss me?" she said in her trademark raspy and youthful voice, suddenly realizing there was someone else that she didn't recognize "Wait, who is that?"
Victor glanced over at Vanellope and shrugged.
"You know what they say over in the Mushroom Kingdom" he said, preparing to leave the world of Fix-it-Felix Jr. "You can take a Yoshi to water but you can't make it drink. I can't make you guys do what's right; I can only show you what is right."
Before Victor boarded the next train to Game Central Station with expressions of defeat and loss clearly painted on his face, he turned around to reveal his anti-viral pistol and blade to the group.
"If I wanted to hurt any of you, I could have done it. Trust me"
Victor and the train that he boarded to Game Central Station was gone in a matter of seconds.
"What was that all about?" Vanellope asked as she took out a sugarless lollipop to chew on "Sounds like he's a bit confused about where his duty lies, AHAHA get it? Duty lies?"