Again, the chapter is shared between us. Sticky did all the Niceland part, Lily did Calhoun ad Phoenix's one and I did Ralph's. We still own nothing, but you already know this. And sorry if I take so long, cellphone problems.
The boy who had just plaied Hero's Duty carried the rest of his money to find another game to play. He looked at one sugary pink game where two older girls were playing.
"New racers daily." He read. "Sweet... I got next game."
He put a quarter on the console, but one of the girls slides his quarter off with a whole roll of quarters.
"Go away, moppet. We're gonna play all nine racers." She said.
"Sorry." The boy muttered, taking back his quarter and walking away, to play Fix-It Phoenix Jr. instead.
The intro music plays as usual. Nicelanders take their positions. But where Rhonda should be a quote bubble pops up where he should be, reading: I'M GONNA WRECK IT!, but the wrecker herself wasn't any place in sign.
Moppet Boy looks confused.
"Where's the wrecking girl?"
The Nicelanders start to panic.
"Where's Rhonda? She should be wrecking the building." Marian asked.
"Shhh. Stick with the program." Genevive warned.
FIX IT, PHOENIX! Nicelanders shout in unison, continuing the game like nothing was wrong.
Phoenix jumps on screen
I CAN FIX IT!
But she gasped in shock as she saw there was no Rhonda and nothing to fix. Or not. She thought nervous. But quickly recovered herself and smiled for the gamer.
"Rhonda. Quarter alert. Game on." She called through gritted teeth.
The Moppet Boy makes Phoenix bounce up the building and attempt to fix the already fixed windows.
"Do something, Phoenix." Marian asked.
"Just act natural. I'll fix it." The girl assured him, but in fact, she just doubted she could do that this time.
Moppet boy freaked as the joystick began to move on its own as Phoenix climbed down the building and walked off screen.
As she saw herself out of sign of the player Phoenix run to Rhonda's bricks pile and climbed it in a few jumps just to find Rhonda wasn't there too.
"Oh my land. Where is she?" The young handy girl asked herself worried.
Confuse, Moppet Boy thought just one thing he could do.
"Mrs. Litwalk!"
"What's the trouble, sweetheart?" The ower asked him.
"The game's busted." He pointed out.
Mrs. Litwalk took a look. She could see the Nicelanders and Phoenix running around the screen and she could hear nonsensical computer chatter.
"Whoa boy, looks like the game's gone cuckoo... like my Nana. Sorry, sweetie. Here's your quarter back."
She gave the boy back a quarter.
"But what about the game?" The boy asked.
"I'll have someone look at it tomorrow. But if she can't fix it, it might be time to put Rhonda and Phoenix out to pasture... like my Nana."
The Nicelanders run out of the building and watched in horror as an OUT OF ORDER sign eclipsed the arcade light.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are out of order!" Genevive announced.
"Sweet Mercy! Without Rhonda, we're doomed." Marian said worried.
"They're gonna pull our plug!" Rita yelled and all the Nicelanders began to run around screaming in panic.
"Guys!" Phoenix called, but no one payd attention on her, so she let out a long and loud whistle making everyone look at her. "Guys, calm down. Rhonda probably fell asleep in the washroom of Tipper's again." She tried to assure them, but for a strange reason she just felt their problem was something bigger than that.
Just then, a light approaches through the cord.
"See? There she is now." Phoenix smiled, letting out a relieved sigh.
But as the train arrived Niceland, there was no sign of Rhonda inside it. When it cranked by Q*Betti jumped out of it.
"Why it's Q*Betti. What brings you here, neighbor?" Phoenix gentle asked.
"#$^&#$#( !* !" Q*Betti said.
"What's she saying, Phoenix?" Genevive asked.
"Stand by, my Q*Bettiese is a little rusty." The girl replied. "#$* )^#(? #" She asked Q*Betti.
Q*Betti shooked her head.
"$^& #$* )#! !&!" She replied.
"!*$&) #?" The young handy girl asked.
"&#$#$&*)) !*$&"
Phoenix gasped.
"*%$~?" She asked worried.
"&~$*%!" Q*Betti said.
This time Phoenix exclaimed in her own language.
"Rhonda's gone Turbo?"
The Nicelanders all gasped in panic.
While it in Hero's Duty...
Rhonda had took off the armor and was climbing the building by outside, something she knew very well how to do. She finally reached the top and saw through a window a sea of eggs leading to a chamber in the middle of the room. Inside the chamber was the Medal of Heroes.
"Oooh, shiny." She exclaimed happily.
While it, the Arcade had just closed. Mostly of the soldiers had already left Hero's Duty, but the commander and two other soldiers were preparing for a security cheek. The boy was sat down near, lost in his own thoughts. Something strange was going on, he felt that the instant the first game started, and if he had learned something was in trust that feelings.
He finally took a big decision and approached the Commander.
"Let it with me. I will do the cheek today."
The only reply he received was a deeply sign.
"Good see you're getting responsibility. But if I find any Cy-Bug lost in there..."
The boy just nodded. He was used to the Commander's behavior. He himself acted a lot like that too.
But the perimeter cheek passed normally. No Cy-Bug, nothing out of place, maybe he had just imagined something wrong.
"Did you get a load of Markowski?" One of the soldiers asked the other.
The two laughed, he just rolled his blue eyes. But she was right. The mentioned soldier was acting a lot crazy than was her normal, and it was the only strange thing had left after the cheek.
Except for that noise. He raised his hand, quieting his troops.
"Shut your chew holes." He waited for a moment. "Cy-bug." He warned, loading his gun. The soldiers did the same.
They heard a hopping noise from the entrance, they pointed their guns.
"Taste it!" He shouted and him and the soldiers open fire on Felix, who screamed and bounced everywhere, dodging the bullets and laser beams.
She finally attempted to jump over the shooters, but the boy noticed and threw her at the ground, pointing his gun at her.
So he noticed the 'enemy' was just a girl, around his age and a little short than him. He stepped back and hold a hand to help her back on her feet.
"Sorry for it pint-size. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, thank you." Phoenix muttered.
"You shouldn't be here." The boy warned her seriously. "Who are you."
He kept his gun loaded and pointed in her direction, what let the girl a little nervous. She gulped and replied:
"I'm Fix-It Phoenix Jr., sir. From the game Fix-It Phoenix Jr." It was when she looked up at him, but as she did it she blushed hard and looked back at the ground.
"Jiminy-jaminy!" She let the exclamation out with a goofy smile.
A weakly smile appeared in the boy's face for a moment and he pointed his gun down, but them his expression turned serious again.
"All right, state your business."
The boy's behavior surprised Phoenix a little.
"Oh. I'm looking for my colleague, Wreck-It Rhonda."
"So that was Rhonda." He muttered to himself. So it was why Markowsky was acting so strange... but why had this Wreck-It girl abandoned her game and come to there?
"So you saw her!" Phoenix exclaimed hopeful. "Where is she?"
"I dunno. I don't see her since the first quarter alert today." He saw Phoenix disappointed look and couldn't help but said. "But we can take a new look around."
Phoenix's smile back.
"Thank you sir. What's your name?"
"Calhoun. Thomas Calhoun."
"It's a pleasure."
So they heard a crushing sound far away.
"It come from the tower." One of the soldiers said.
"Let's take a look." Calhoun commanded.
It was Rhonda breaking the big glass windows. She stepped inside the room and carefully tip-toed across the sea of eggs.
"Nice little eggs... excuse me..." She muttered. "Well, that was easy." She sai as reached the other side.
She climbed the steps up to the chamber, triggering a giant hologram head to appear.
"Congratulations soldier. It is my honor to give upon you the Medal of Heroes." The hologram announced.
"Wow!" The girl exclaimed, looking at the medal in awe.
The medal floated down to her. Rhonda closed her eyes, imagining she arriving back to her game.
Rhonda is on the dance floor surrounded by Nicelanders doing the Wreck-it Rhonda dance. Marian wheels out a cake with a handsome Rhonda on top, wearing her Medal of Heroes and being hugged by the Nicelander figurines. Genevive is outside in the brick pile looking longingly up at the party through binoculars. She cries.
The medal lands around Rhonda's neck.
"Yeah, I got it!" She exclaimed happily. "I have to remember to thanks Robin later."
"Ten hut! History will long revere your courage and sacrifice." The hologram of the female general continue her discuss. More holograms of space Colonels and Generals surround her. Heroic music plays. Rhonda back down the steps, smiling and waving to the holograms. She was so happy she was having a hard time to not just ran back home right now. "You have etched in the rock of virtue, a legacy beyond compare."
"Thank you. Thanks guys. At ease!" The girl joked, laughing with herself. Can't wait to see Phoenix's face when I come back. She thought.
"You are the universe's greatest hero."
CRACK! Rhonda was so deeply in her thoughts she stepped on an egg and it shattered.
"Oops. Aye-yai-yai." She leaned in for a closer look. The baby bug opened it's eyes cutely. "Awwww... It's so..." Before she could finish the cy-bug attacked her. It attached itself to Rhonda's face.
"...The living embodiment of all that this corps represents: Bravery, integrity, grace under pressure, and above all, dignity." the discuss continued, but curiously Rhonda haven't showed nothing of that while trying to get ride of the bug.
She stumbled around, flies back and into one of the space pods. A harness immediately locks her in place. The door slamed shut.
ESCAPE POD ACTIVATED.
The engine fired and then the space pod busted out of the top of the building. Rhoda wasn't even noticing all that, her worry that moment was just get that bug off her face. The ship began to fly all around, totally out of control. It barreled down on Calhoun and Phoenix.
"Incoming!" One of the soldiers shouted.
The pod passed by Calhoun and Phoenix.
"Rhonda!" Phoenix exclaimed worried.
"Cy-bug." Calhoun muttered, also worried. "Commander Robinson will kill me."