Disclaimer: I do not own Wreck-It Ralph! All characters belong to their respective owners! Only Sonia, the demon Tudyk, and Lucia are mine.

Revenge of a Racer

Chapter 5

"So? Um...well..." Taffyta was stammering (which was a first for her), finding it hard to get anything out. She'd been spending time with Vyse, game-jumping(it was still after hours). They were now in Super Mario Kart, watching the sun set over Koopa Beach. "You...like doing this? Game-jumping, I mean?"

"Yep," the air pirate smiled his cocky smile. It was obvious that he was (sometimes stealing along the way), and he could see that Taffyta was also enjoying herself. They'd been hanging out for a week and already Vyse and Taffyta were friends. The difference was that Vyse only seemed to consider her more like a little sister (the only family were his two companions Aika and Fina), while Taffyta was hoping for something more.

"Nice...sunset, huh?" the pink-clad racer was blushing, looking away. Taffyta, pull yourself together!

"It's something alright," Vyse agreed, "Though I prefer the one in my game or probably Alex Kidd. Speaking of Kidd, I was supposed to meet him in a few in Dance Dance Revolution. Maybe he wouldn't mind me bringing some company along. And I wouldn't blame him, seeing as he lost his best friend Hatcher earlier." The air pirate gave Taffyta that smile again.

"You're...inviting me along?" the racer was taken aback. Wow, he just...he just...

"So is that a yes?"

"Yes!"

"Hey, and if we see that Penelope or whoever friend of yours in GCS, invite her along too."

"You mean Vanellope," corrected Taffyta. "She's probably busy with her friends. Besides, I don't think she'll be interested in Alex Kidd or whoever he is."

"Are you kidding? Kidd's her biggest fan. Ever since that Turbo crap, she and Wreck-It Ralph's been pretty popular. Even I respect the big guy."

"Taffyta!"

The racer and Vyse turned to see Candlehead and Rancis running up to them. Both looked panicked.

"Guys! What's wrong?"

"We were passing through Game Central Station toward you guys, and we saw..." Rancis trailed off, too scared to finish his sentence.

"Saw what?" Taffyta inquired. Vyse was also curious.

"Crumbelina! She just got killed, along with someone near Banjo-Kazooie! Some skull-faced guy I saw. But you're so not gonna believe who killed them!" Candlehead was in tears.

Taffyta felt dread in her stomach. One of her best friends. Dead. Crumbelina was like a sister to the pink-clad racer. Crumbelina was too sweet to have..But the question of who did it still lingered in Taffyta's mind. "Who? Who killed her, Candlehead?"

Candlehead sniffed, trying to hold back more cries but failing. "It was Ralph's friend Fix-It Felix. He was with some blonde too."

"Yeah," Rancis added, "Someone named Lucinda or Lucy or something."

"Lucia?" Vyse inquired. "From that unplugged game Spirits of Darkness?"

"You know about her?"

"Yeah. She's not someone you want to be around. But I've been seeing Eggman having eyes for her. Anyway, Fix-It Felix killing someone? That's...kinda...hard to believe, seeing as he's the sweetest guy around. Got quite the woman too. And why would he want to hang around with someone like Lucia?"

"I have no idea, but I know we'd better warn Vanellope and her friends," said Taffyta, "They definitely have got to hear about this."

...

"I wish there was something I could do," Felix said, staring at the two dead bodies in Banjo-Kazooie's port. "Poor kid from Sugar Rush. I don't know who the skull-faced guy was, though. But this has to stop before Ralph, Vanellope, or Tammy is next. There has to be some way for me to contact them and warn them about Turbo taking over me. I can't let him have his way with my body. Half of everybody in Game Central Station already thinks I'm a murderer, and it's only going to get worse if I don't do something." Felix watched as a crowd was already starting to form around the two bodies, just like there had been in Tapper.

"Damn, whoever this guy is, they're killing kids," said a Hammer Bro.

"Uh, man? Isn't the 'whoever' Fix-It Felix?" a Fire Bro. asked. "I mean, we heard he was the one who killed that blue hedgehog and chicken boy in Tapper."

"No! That was Turbo taking over me!" Felix yelled, but remembered nobody could hear him.

"And he just saw him go into B-K a half hour ago," added a Boomerang Bro. "Damn, this guy works fast. Looks like good guys have a dark side too."

"Fix-It struck again, huh?" Bowser pushed through the crowd, taking a look at the two bodies. "That's that Mumbo clown, but who's the kid?"

"Crumbelina!" A pink-clad girl with a peanut butter cup boy and candle-topped girl fought through the crowd, at a loss for words at the sight of friend's body. "No!" The girl crouched down to Crumbelina, starting to sob. "How could Felix..." Why would he...?"

"We don't know, Taffyta," said the boy, "And we saw him with a blonde too."

"I don't see Lucia anywhere," said Vyse, finally catching up to the trio. "Or Felix. They must've gotten away. But that can't be like Felix. It doesn't make sense."

"Leave it to a Skies of Arcadia resident to figure that one out," said Felix sarcastically, still watching the scene.

"What's going on here?"

"Wreck-It Ralph! Vanellope!" Taffyta turned to see the wrecker, the princess, Sergeant Calhoun, and Sonia made it through the crowd. "Look at this!"

"You seriously need to find a new friend, man," suggested the Fire Bro., patting Ralph on the shoulder as he left with his friends.

"What?" the "villain" gasped, then noticed the two dead bodies, specifically the Sugar Rush resident. "No way..."

"Crumbelina!" Vanellope couldn't believe it either. "Who could've..."

"That's the weird part," said Candlehead, "It was Fix-It Felix."

"Him and some blonde named Lucia," Rancis added.

"Wait, Fix-It?" Calhoun was confused. "Why would my husband want to kill a kid and a skull-faced freak?"

"Did you say Lucia was here?" Sonia asked.

"Yeah, but we didn't know where they were headed next because we ran so we wouldn't be next." Candlehead said.

"Then the crowd was here when we got here," added Vyse. "And I'm telling you, these people are starting to believe Fix-It's going Turbo. I don't believe Felix is a killer, though, so you can trust me. I think it's all Lucia."

"As do I," agreed Sonia. This is why I can't shake the feeling that there's something up with Fix-It Felix. I mean, Lucia doesn't have the power to kill, so she had to have needed something to do it for her. But Felix is alive. She can only bring back the dead. This is getting confusing. But then there's the detail of her bringing back Turbo...and where is he in all this?

"And where's Felix?" Ralph wondered.

"Lucia still has him probably," Vanellope guessed. "And I'm sure Sonny can sense her."

"Let's get out of this crowd first," the slayer said.

The group pushed out of the crowd, which allowed Sonia to easily sense Lucia again.

"Where are they now, Sonny?" Vanellope asked.

"Hey, um, Vanellope?"

Everyone turned to see that Taffyta, Rancis, Candlehead, and Vyse were joining up with them.

"What's up?"

"We were wondering if...we could come with you?" Taffyta asked. "I mean, you might need some help."

"You guys need to go back to Sugar Rush," Ralph suggested, "Someone's gotta warn everyone there not to leave." Then he turned to Vyse. "You too, kid. Clearly not Sugar Rush, though."

"I was headed back to Skies of Arcadia anyway to warn Aika and Fina." The air pirate turned to go back to his game. "Anyway, sorry we didn't get to go to DDR, Taffyta."

"Hey, that's okay. We got plenty of time for that after we take care of that Lucia lady. Besides, I'm still...trying to get through what happened to Crumbelina." the pink-clad racer waved to Vyse, then turned back to the group. "And that's why I want to help you guys kick that Lucia's butt. For Crumbelina's sake. And I find it hard to believe that Felix would kill her."

"Yeah," agreed Rancis, "Him being a nice guy and all."

"It's too dangerous for you three," said Calhoun, "I'm telling you, Lucia's probably using my husband to kill, and it may not be long before one of you are next."

"But..." Candlehead started to protest.

"Go back to Sugar Rush, guys." Vanellope cut her off. "Please. I don't want anyone else getting hurt or killed, and someone's gotta warn Sour Bill and the others."

"Come on, Vanellope," Taffyta pleaded, "Crumbelina was my...our friend, and I want to avenge her."

"And you're gonna do just that, Taffyta. Just please, by going back to the game. And Lucia's not the only one out here, either."

"She's right, you know? And I knew another death would lure you guys out of your games. I just needed Ralph to leave his. Now I have all of you right where I want you."

"Felix?" Ralph recognized the voice, glancing around Game Central Station for his friend. So it was true then? Felix was actually going Turbo and killed those characters? No, that can't be true. There's got to be another explanation for this. The wrecker failed to believe that his friend was responsible for those deaths. Ralph and everyone else felt a chill in the air.

"It got cold all of a sudden," said Rancis, shivering.

"And where the heck is Felix?" Candlehead wondered.

"Right here, little candy-coated brat."

Darkness started to surround the group, moving past them to formi into a familiar figure. Everyone was surprised to see Felix, namely his twisted smile.

"Fix-It?" Calhoun was taken aback by her husband's shadowy appearance. "W-What the...? What's with...?"

"Turbo! You left me back there!"

"Now what?" Vanellope wondered as a blonde, young woman materialized beside Felix. "And 'Turbo?' What's going on?"

"Hello, Sonia," the blonde waved, "Glad to see me?"

"Lucia," said Sonia with disgust. "What have you done this time?"

"Not what I did, but what he did," the necromancer gestured to Felix, who sneered. "Or shall I say, an old...friend of yours. And theirs, apparently." Lucia glanced over at Ralph and friends. "Hey, I'm just the assist to his plans."

"I hope you're not talking about who I think you're talking about, Lucy or whoever you are!" Vanellope's fists were clenched, as well as dread started to fill her stomach.

"I'm afraid she is, glitch," "Felix" chuckled darkly, darkness starting to form around him. "And this time, you and that ape of a friend Ralph will be the ones taking the fall!" Then he glanced at Sonia, who still retained that hard look on her face. "And you, my dear Sonia, will follow."

My suspicions were right, but how did Lucia... Then the slayer spoke aloud, "But Lucia doesn't have that power. Not the power to transfer a spirit of the dead to a living body."

"Oh, Sonia. There's been a lot of things you don't know about that I've been doing," said Lucia, "This just happens to be one of the powers I've learned during after hours. When we still had a game and you and Speed Demon here were still...an item." The necromancer motioned to the possessed Felix.

"An item?" Taffyta repeated. "You mean..."

"Go ahead, tell them, Sonia," "Felix" smirked. "Tell them all about us from thirty years ago."

"Are you kidding? We never happened, Turbo!"

"Again, why are you calling Felix..." Then Vanellope was starting to figure out what was going on, as she stared into the red-rimmed eyes of the handyman, whose face was twisted into an evil grimace. "No...way..."

"So you've finally figured it out, huh, princess?" He moved closer to Vanellope, the dark aura trailing behind him. "Though you figured it out just as I'm about to kill you." A tendril of dark energy started to wrap itself around her neck.

"Get your viral hands off of her!" Ralph growled. "And get out of Felix's body!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that, Wreck-It Ralph," Turbo smirked. "Especially when I have the perfect opportunity to get my revenge on you all!"

"What? By killing other characters?" Calhoun questioned, "And why use my husband as a vessel?"

"Fix-It Felix is weak-willed," explained Lucia, "In order for my spirit transfer magic to work, the vessel of choice can't have a strong will. Otherwise, the spirit will be driven out. And as for the many deaths we've caused so far, it was payment."

"For what?" Vanellope demanded.

"No..." Sonia was at a loss for any further words as she was hearing everything. "You two didn't..."

"Oh yes, love," Turbo sneered. "Sonic, that chicken brat, the skull-faced moron..." Then his gaze fell on Taffyta and friends. "...and that bratty friend of yours, Taffyta. All of them, they were sacrifices."

"To the demon Tudyk," added Lucia, "He gave my little friend here some of his dark magic, which makes him stronger than he was before. For a fee, of course."

"In sacrificing key characters in games?" Sonia was angry now.

"Hey, they were the ones in wrong place at the wrong time," said Turbo, "Besides, killing main characters are more fun, 'cause that means their games get unplugged the next morning. Oh, and I'll be adding more games on that list beforehand, starting with Sugar Rush." The possessed Felix proceeded to strangling Vanellope with the shadowy tendril.

"No!" the princess pushed him away, causing him to stumble backward.

"Stubborn, are we, Vanellope?"

"Leave her alone!" Sonia demanded, "If you want to fight someone, fight me!"

"Don't worry, Sonia." Turbo assured the slayer with amusement. "You'll be next. After all, you'll have to pay too." Then he moved up to her, lips meeting hers, causing Sonia to stumble backward, frozen in shock. "Everything I did after that time had been for you, after all. Where's my thanks?"

"You... monster!" Taffyta charged at the virus. "You killed Crumbelina!" But she was quickly caught in the clutches of the darkness growing at her feet. The pink-clad racer tried to run, but the shadows were starting to close in on her, creating a cage.

"Taffyta!" Rancis started toward them, but was stopped by Lucia.

"I wouldn't try if I were you," the necromancer said.

"Let go of the kid!" Calhoun demanded, gun aimed at Turbo.

"I wouldn't do that, either. Not if you don't want to risk hurting poor Felix," the virus smirked, then vanished, with Lucia following suit.

"That...viral piece of..." Calhoun was at the end of her rope.

"Calm down, Sarge," Vanellope placed a hand on her shoulder. "We'll get Felix back."

"And Taffyta too," added Candlehead.

"Now you guys really have to go back to Sugar Rush," the princess said.

"But they got..." Rancis started.

"No, you gotta warn the others. Tell them not to leave." Vanellope was leaving no room for arguements.

"Okay." Candlehead sighed. "And you're right. We'll just get in the way."

"Besides, someone's gotta warn everyone," Rancis added.

"Good luck. And you'd better promise Taffyta will be safe." With that, the two racers headed back to Sugar Rush's port, boarding the train back into the game.

"We need to stop this before any more games risk getting unplugged," Ralph said.

"But Turbo could be anywhere," Vanellope replied.

"Good thing zombie slayer can..." Suddenly Calhoun froze mid-sentence when she noticed Sonia on her knees, frozen and tears in her eyes. "What's up with you? Did that asshole rattle you that much with that kiss? Come to think of it, he seems to know you, maybe even have been in love with you. Seriously, from how he kissed you, it looked that way. But that can't be true, can it? No way would you have been in love with Turbo and being an actual couple."

Sonia looked up at the commando, still sobbing and all traces of her hard exterior gone, leaving a broken young woman.

"What that Lucia was saying," Vanellope guessed, "...can't be true, right? It's not, right?"

Sighing and wiping away tears, Sonia finally said, "It's all true."

A lot has happened in this chapter! And talk about some suspense here! Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it! Read and review and tell me your thoughts! I love hearing them!