HEY GUYS! We are back! … After three months, but we're back anyway!
Sorry, it's been hard to juggle things IRL as work's piled up and motivating myself to write is hard as hell. But I hope you readers are still there because we are not done with this story yet. Anyway, hope you enjoy.
"YOU CAN do it dude!" Soos cheered Tom on as he played Pac-Man in the Arcade in town.
"Just a little further, you're almost there!" Dipper yelled.
"I can't concentrate with all this yelling!" Tom exploded in rage, slamming his fists on the dashboard.
"Game Over!" The machine beeped as the level ended.
"This game's a piece of shit!" Tom kicked the machine, nearly toppling it and stormed off.
"You just suck at videogames." Dipper said.
"Shut up!" Tom shouted.
"Man, that guy's got some anger issues." Soos told Dipper whilst giving way to Tom.
"Yeah, and I thought a day at the arcade would give him a breather from what's been going on at camp." Dipper said.
Soos walked over to another game console and put a coin in the slot. "Well, at least the others are having fun."
"I'm gonna Wreck-It!" The game started.
"Yeah, but maybe you can call it a little too much fun." Dipper said and turned to the others.
"Die, die, die!" Mabel cackled maniacally nearby as she rampaged on Hero's Duty. "Today, I bathe in Cy-Bug Blood!" People began to turn as Mabel laughed and she raised her gun up excitedly as she won the game. "Victory! But I need more! I thirst for violence!"
Mabel began whacking the console, getting shocked murmuring from the forming crowd and Mary quickly ran up to her, pulling her aside. "Heh, heh, nothing to see here."
"But I need more destruction!" Mabel clung to the machine.
"Yeah, we're gonna have to cut you off." Mary said. "Tom, a lil help?" She called out and the boy came to her side with a groan.
Dipper's eyes widened as he watched Mabel thrash about in Tom's arms and he turned to Soos. "Maybe she should lay off the sugar … forever."
"Game Over!" The level ended.
"Oh, man, maybe that dude with the rad shirt had a point; this stuff is hard." Soos stepped back.
"Ha, maybe it is." Dipper looked at his watch. "Ooh, it's getting late. We should probably head back to camp before Mr Poolcheck punishes us for tardiness."
"Whoo, time does fly by. I'll just call Melanie." Soos looked at his watch and turned, seeing the nearly empty arcade space. "Where is she?"
"I thought she was playing Sugar Rush with Mary." Dipper answered as he looked around. "Hey, Mary!"
"Yeah," Mary walked up to them with Tom and Mabel who was coming down from her high.
"You see Melanie anywhere?"
"I thought she was playing Hero's Duty with Mabel."
"Don't look at me, all I can remember is the heat of war." Mabel said. "Dom will always be remembered."
"Tom, you seen her?" Dipper asked.
"I was with you guys the whole time." Tom shrugged. "Haven't seen her for a while now that I think about it."
"Where could she be?" Soos scanned the room. "There aren't any bathrooms here or anything."
The guys began to look around and Soos stepped outside, turning to his pickup truck. "Melanie?" He went back inside. "She's not at the truck either."
"Where could she be?" Dipper scratched his head when the lights suddenly went out.
Things became quiet and Mary looked around. "What's going on?"
Electricity started to surge in the arcade machines and a stuttering laugh echoed through the room. "Wait a minute, I know that laugh!" Soos frowned.
"Hello, Soos." A female voice came and the Sugar Rush machine turned on with static. "Do you remember me?"
"Giffany!" Dipper clenched his fist.
"Oh, seems everyone's come to the party – that's good. It'd be a shame if you're the only alone." The static started to fizz out and Giffany returned into the frame. She was a wreck: her clothes tattered and her once pink hair turned black with strands of blood red. "Although, you're all that I want, Soos."
"How're you still here, I thought we destroyed your disc." Dipper said.
"There's a shift in power in Gravity Falls and I simply followed the current. You can't beat me this time around."
"What've you done with Melanie?" Soos demanded.
"Oh, nothing. She's safe and sound inside the Gumdrop Valley," Giffany giggled, "for now."
"What do you want!? You better not hurt her!" Soos yelled.
"All I want is you, Soos," Giffany reiterated, "Come inside me and we can be together, forever!"
"Not gonna happen!"
"Fine, then I'll make sure your little girlfriend dies very, very slowly." Giffany frowned and began to fade away.
"Wait, no, Giffany!" Soos reached out to the screen, but it shut off.
"She disappeared." Dipper rushed to the machine, stunned. The lights came back on, along with the arcade machines and the others stirred.
"So, how do we get her back?" Tom asked.
"Y'know, the fact that you guys don't get freaked out by anything that happens around here freaks me out." Dipper said.
"Well, we've been through plenty of stuff on our own." Tom said.
"We've gotta get her back, Dipper!" Soos began to panic. "Who knows what Giffany's doing to her in there!?"
"There's a way to get inside." Dipper said and walked off to an arcade machine in the corner.
Mabel squinted as she and the others followed him. "That old Fight Fighters game?"
"Yeah, there's a code on the side of the game that let me bring Rumble McSkirmish into the real world." He squatted at the bottom corner of the machine and brought out his phone. "If we put it on Sugar Rush, we could get Melanie out." He took a picture of the code.
"Okay, let's try it." Soos said.
Back at the machine, Dipper pulled out his phone and looked at the photo, following it closely. "Here we go –,"
"Wait, aren't the controls different for each game?" Mabel pointed out.
"Hmm," He looked at his phone then at the arcade machine, "Well, I'll just switch out 'punch' for 'X' here." He studied the photo. "Let's see … back, back, hold forward, back, forward, down, hold, quarter circle, forward, triple X!"
The guys looked at the screen in anticipation, watching as the character roster flickered. "Pick a character!"
"Ugh, it didn't work." Dipper looked at his phone. "I guess its machine specific."
"Maybe try doing it backwards." Tom said.
"Well, worth a shot." Dipper moved up to the buttons. "Triple X, forward, quarter circle, hold, down, forward, back, hold forward, back, back!" The machine went off and he jerked back. "Whoa … I guess it worked."
The machine began to stutter and went on with a blinding light. "What's happening?" Mary shielded her eyes.
"This is how it happened last time I put the code!" Dipper said. "Now, all we need to do ask for Melanie to come out and –,"
The light suddenly went off and Mary blinked. "Dipper?" She stood up. "Guys?"
The boys disappeared and Mary and Mabel looked around in shock. "Dipper, Tom, Soos?"
"Where'd they go?" Mary turned to her.
BLINDING LIGHT faded away as Dipper regained consciousness and took in his surroundings. Seeing Tom and Soos at either side of him, he stood and looked around, hearing music faintly in the background. Standing up as well, Tom squinted then frowned in confusion as he dusted himself off.
"What the hell?"
Music played faintly in the background and colors of pink, white, brown and green filled their vision as they saw a massive candy wonderland filled with chocolate mountains and candy cane trees spread out around them. Coming up to a rise, Dipper looked up ahead and saw a chocolate pond with the words 'SUGAR RUSH' floating atop them.
"Sugar Rush?" He squinted.
"Let the Race begin!" A female voice echoed from a white chocolate castle in the distance.
"Wait a second, don't tell me …"
"We're in a videogame?" Tom frowned. "What the heck!?"
"This is so cool!" Soos grinned.
"No, Soos, this is bad." Dipper said.
"Yeah, how do we get outta here anyway?" Tom looked around. "Are the others here even?"
"This is where Giffany appeared, so maybe Melanie's here too." Dipper stroked his chin.
"In that case, let's not spend any time loafing around; we've gotta find her quick!" Soos said, heading towards the white castle.
"Wait, hold up –,"
Light flashed nearby, drawing the trio's attention as a small raven-haired girl with black hair, a green hood, black dress, candy cane leggings and black shoes appeared nearby. With a smug grin, she turned to them. "Hey, what're you doing here? No trespassers allowed!"
"Whoa, sorry, we didn't mean to intrude." Dipper said quickly.
"Wait, aren't you the chick from the game?" Tom asked.
"The game? Huh, guess you're an outsider, huh?"
"Who are you?" Dipper asked.
"I'm Vanellope Von Schweets, the President of Sugar Rush!" Vanellope laughed. "But there's no need to be formal. Really, do whatever you want!"
"In that case, outta the way, shorty, we've gotta find a way outta this bitch." Tom walked past her.
"Well, someone's rude." Vanellope frowned slightly.
"Sorry about him, but we are in kind of a rush." Dipper said as he followed Tom.
"Excuse me." Soos stepped around the small girl and tailed the others.
Watching them walk on, Vanellope grew curious and teleported up beside Soos. "What're you doing anyway?"
"We're looking for someone, it's an emergency." Soos said, trying hard to hide the dismay from his new acquaintance.
"Who is it? I could probably help ya out." Vanellope smirked.
"Hmm, how do we explain this …" Dipper huffed. "We're looking for this character that's entered this game called Giffany. Black hair, schoolgirl outfit, and we've gotta save someone she's kidnapped."
"Kidnapped? The only person I'd know would do that is Turbo." Vanellope said. "Huh, guess he's trying something new this time."
"No, the person we're looking for is a girl from another game." Soos turned to her. "Who're you talking about?"
"Ah, well, I guess I can't help ya then." She teleported in front of them. "If ya need me for anything, I'll be up in that castle over there."
Vanellope pointed at the white chocolate castle behind her and prepared to teleport when the earth suddenly rumbled. The four tensed up as they looked around and the sky began to darken, turning the bright sunny day into a sudden dark night. Strange screams came from all around and the forest began to glitch and fizzle, turning into static and code.
"What the hell's going on?" Tom frowned.
"The game's falling apart!" Vanellope said in terror. The earth rumbled and the candy castle began to collapse. "My castle!"
"This has to be her!" Dipper clenched his fist in anger.
Laughter echoed through the air and a beam of light burst from the sky, crashing on the ground before them and swirling into a cyclone. The energy dissipated and revealed Giffany within, her eyes glowing red with rage. "So you came, good. Now we can be together."
"I'm not going anywhere with you, Giffany! Bring Melanie back!" Soos yelled.
"You can't have her! You are mine!" Giffany screamed.
"We've already been over this, Giffany; you're not real! Soos has moved on and you should too!" Dipper chastised.
"I'm not real?" Giffany chuckled. "Welcome to my reality."
Lightning erupted from Giffany's body and the ground broke apart as she ascended to the air, sending Tom, Dipper, Soos and Vanellope to the ground. She merged with the light and became a giant, electricity spurting and bursting out of her and tearing Sugar Rush apart. With a wild roar, Giffany swung her hand at them, rushing to crush the four.
"Teh, gimme a break." Tom flew up and punched her palm, sending out a wave of energy that created a massive earthquake around them.
"Whoa, dude!" Soos jerked back in shock.
"How're you doing that?!" Dipper's jaw dropped.
"Meh, ain't telling ya." Tom smacked giant Giffany's hand aside and slammed his fists together, sending out a mighty wind that disintegrated her and shattered the valley. Dipper, Soos and Venellope stood dumbfounded, nearly collapsing from shock as they watched Tom hover before them. Nonchalantly dusting his jacket, he looked at the red fire radiating from his palm. "Heh, guess I gotta get used to this."
The earth shook again and cracks began to form in the sky. "We've gotta get outta here! Giffany's too powerful in this world!" Dipper scoped the area.
"But my citizens are in trouble!" Vanellope cried out.
"We can't do anything to save them like this."
"I can." Tom cracked his knuckles. "Just gimme five minutes."
"With your powers, you're gonna destroy this place." Dipper yelled at him. "We've gotta find a way outta here and rethink. Giffany's only mad because Soos is here, maybe she'll stop if we're gone."
"But where can we go? She's in control of this world, isn't she?" Soos asked.
Vanellope's eyes widened as it struck her. "I know where we can go."
"WELCOME TO Game Central Station!" The voice on the intercom said in a monotone fashion as Tom, Soos, Dipper and Vanellope stepped out of the hub.
Dipper looked around, filled with awe as characters from several games roamed and scurried all around them. "Amazing!"
"We are in a videogame world." Soos said.
"Whatever." Tom shrugged and jerked back as the Surge Protector appeared near him. "What the?"
"Name?" The Officer said, flipping through his book.
"Eat shit!" Tom blasted him with a fireball, causing him to disintegrate. Videogame characters around him gasped and he pocketed his hands. "What?"
Murmurs spread through the station and the Surge Protector respawned. "Name, sir."
Tom groaned. "Why don't you –,"
"I'm Vanellope Von Schweets." Vanellope interrupted him. "These are citizens from my game and I'm going to Fix-It-Felix's."
"Okay, proceed." The Officer shot off into the hub behind them. The four walked on.
"Whoa, what was that for?" Dipper said in a hushed voice.
"Sorry, got a little trigger happy." Tom clenched his fist.
"Well, you should just leave the talking to me, I guess." Vanellope said. "Where're you guys from again?"
"The real world." Dipper said.
"The real … wha?"
"So, where're we goin'?" Soos changed the subject.
"I have a really strong friend over in that other game. I bet he knows how we can beat her."
"WHOA, WHOA, whoa, whoa, the real what?" Ralph raised his brow as he sat amongst Felix, Q'Bert and the retired characters at the dump at Felix's.
"Oh golly, it's Turbo all over again." Felix scratched his chin.
"Wait, Turbo?" Dipper's brows stitched.
"No time to explain." Vanellope cut him off. "So, any ideas?"
"Hmm, someone like that wouldn't be easy to fight head on." Ralph sifted his mind.
"Yeah, unless I'd fought her." Tom frowned.
"How would you be able to fight someone like that?"
"Gah, look, we don't have time to talk!" Soos exclaimed. "Every second we spend here is putting Melanie in danger!"
Ralph huffed then got an idea. "The only way we can defeat someone like her is to find her code."
"Ooh, that oughta stop her." Felix grinned.
"But she destroyed the castle, there's no way to get to the code now." Vanellope said.
"Well, what now?" Tom shrugged. The earth rumbled. "Well, that's convenient."
Felix gasped as the shaking worsened and the area around them began to glitch, the horizon turning into code and rising into the sky. "The game's disintegrating!"
"She made it here?" Vanellope frowned.
"Huh, guess she really is more powerful than Turbo." Ralph stood from the pile of bricks.
"So, we're just gonna keep running like this?" Soos turned to Ralph.
"No, this is perfect!" Dipper grinned.
"How is this perfect? She's gonna ruin all the games in the arcade." Vanellope frowned.
"Yeah, but now she's following us, which means we can stall her." Dipper explained. "Soos, you stay here with Ralph and stall Giffany while we find her code."
"I can show you the way." Felix chipped in. "There's a central code hub in the Central Game Station."
"Well, I won't just stall for time." Soos stood up. "I'm gonna save Melanie."
"Y'know, I could easily end this if you just give me five minutes." Tom cracked his knuckles.
"No. You and Vanellope are coming with me and Felix." Dipper said. "We're gonna need more people in case Giffany tries to keep us from finding the code."
"But that doesn't make sense; I could end this right now."
"I don't want you destroying the game, smartass!" Dipper huffed. "Look, you're clearly strong enough, but if you fight her, you'll only destroy the game more. Just come with us."
Tom groaned in exasperation and muttered to himself. "The writers give me one fight in another book, and now I'm being babysat by this asshole."
Giffany's laughs reverberated and static surged through the sky that slowly darkened. "Okay, guys, you got the plan?" Dipper asked.
"You got it." Felix gave a thumbs up.
"Let's do this." Ralph grinned.
"Let's go!" Dipper yelled as he ran off with Vanellope, Tom and Felix.
Looking at the ground breaking apart in the distance, Ralph clenched his fists and stretched out, preparing for Giffany's arrival. "So, how's this broad look like?"
"You'll know her when you see her." Soos put up his fists.
Ralph's brows stitched. "You're shaking."
"I'm terrified."
"Don't worry, pal." Ralph patted him on the back. "I got your back."
"No, I'm afraid for Melanie." Soos sighed. "I hope she's okay."
"Well, we'll just have to find out –,"
"Ahh! What is that!?" Gene cried from the roof of the penthouse.
Ralph turned and gasped as a dark cloud rushed towards them, tearing through the landscape like a knife and crashing right before them. Giffany leapt out of the mist and in the blink of an eye, smacked Ralph aside like a ragdoll and picked Soos by his collar.
"You will be mine, Soos." Giffany said, her voice grating as static surged within her.
"N-n-no!" Soos struggled in her vice.
Giffany punched Soos in the stomach, sending him flying into the penthouse and breaking the building in half. Coughing badly, Soos pushed himself up and saw the building around him collapse, quickly shielding his body when he realized he felt nothing. Looking at his hands in shock, he saw them fizzle between code and static.
"What the …?" Soos panicked and Giffany crashed nearby.
"I'm not giving you a choice here, Soos." Giffany walked toward him, a dark, glitchy aura emanating from her body. "I'll turn you into code and you'll be immortal. We will be together."
"Not if I can help it!" Ralph yelled as he ripped his house out of the ground and smashed it onto Giffany.
Smacking the bricks away, she said, nearly screaming. "Don't interfere!"
"Sorry, I believe I haven't introduced myself. I'm Ralph, I break stuff."
"HOW FAR are we from this source code thing anyway?" Tom asked as he, Dipper and Vanellope followed Felix through the Central Game Station.
"Just up ahead." Felix said.
"Perfect. If we can just find her code, then we can end things here!" Dipper grinned then skidded to a stop. "What the?"
Videogame characters massed before them, backing up in a panic as M. Bison, Zangief, Dr Eggman and Bowser stood before the Source Code Hub. The villains eyed the four with malice, their clothes darkened, their skin pale and their eyes scrolling with code and static.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha! Where do you think you're going?" Dr Eggman grinned.
"I'm afraid you journey stops here. Turn back or this will get ugly." M. Bison crossed his arms.
"Who're we kidding, this already got ugly!" Zangief cackled.
"Let's make this quick; I have to return to my castle soon." Bowser stepped forward.
Dipper, Felix and Tom tensed up as the villains approached them. Tom clenched his fists then shrugged. "Okay, hold up, lemme get this straight. The others turned to him, even the villains. "Are we really fighting videogame villains right now? Really? Is this what I've been degraded to?"
"Uh, you did say you met a magical space princess once." Dipper pointed out.
"I hate my life." Tom deadpanned.
The villains charged at them. "I'll end this immediately!" Eggman cried and pulled out a remote. "Go, mini-bug bots!"
High-pitched pop sounds whizzed past Dipper and he tensed up, bracing himself. Nothing happened. "Huh?"
Eggman grinned and pressed the remote again, igniting explosions on Dipper's body that sent him flying back. "Dipper!" Tom called out.
Dipper slid on the floor and smacked against a pillar. Pushing himself up, he gasped, expecting wounds all over his body, but he was unscathed. "What's going on here?" His hand fizzled. "Huh?"
Eggman laughed heartily. "Lord Giffany anticipated your arrival – the playing field has changed. Once we defeat you, you'll become code just like the rest of the videogame world which she can manipulate as she sees fit. Your lives will become a nightmare of endless torture –,"
Tom punched Eggman in the face, crashing him into a nearby wall. "I've had enough of this stupid shit. I'm kicking all your asses."
Zangief and M. Bison charged at Tom, M. Bison throwing a left hook which Tom immediately stopped with a grin. His body shuddered suddenly and he stumbled, allowing Zangief to kick him in the ribs and fling him to the ground. Eggman pressed his remote and explosions erupted on Tom, digging him into the ground.
Felix began to panic and Eggman shot him down with a bug, turning to Vanellope who was gripped by fear as Dipper and Tom groveled on the ground. Tom grunted and looked at his hands, seeing them glitch into code. He grimaced and his eyes turned black, releasing an energy that caused the room to shake. The villains backed up in surprise and Tom fell to a knee, sending out a shockwave that warped the room around them.
"No, not now." Tom grunted.
"Mega-bug bot!" Eggman summoned a large robot bee from his remote, sending it flying toward Tom.
The robot plopped on Tom and erupted, causing a chain of explosions that sent Tom through three pillars. Vanellope shuddered. "Ha, this is too easy." Zangief grinned.
"Don't worry, Von Schweets." Eggman pushed back his glasses. "I didn't forget about you."
GIFFANY SCREAMED and hurled a wall of code at Ralph who leapt out of the way, taking cover behind a destroyed wall. "Man, she's got some stamina." He panted.
"What was I thinking? I can't fight her like this!" Soos panicked. "She's in her element!"
"Well, so am I." Ralph grinned.
Jumping out of cover, Ralph lunged at Giffany who growled angrily. Waving her arms around, she fired a beam of code at Ralph which he barreled through with a mighty punch. He drove through the attack, shattering it all around and he descended toward her.
"I told you, breaking stuff is what I'm good at." He grinned.
With a powerful scream, he threw a punch at her and she clasped it in one hand, holding his body in midair. "You are nothing but code to me." She charged energy in her free hand. "I'll eliminate you."
Creating an energy ball, she raised it to fire at Ralph when she saw Soos suddenly standing before her. She hesitated and Soos took the opportunity, pushing Ralph out of her grip. "C'mon, dude, we've gotta go!"
Giffany watched Ralph and Soos run off, her expression blank until she shook herself out of it. "Get back here!" She turned into code and flew after them.
"We can't fight her! She's too strong!" Soos yelled.
"Guess we're gonna need some help." Ralph said.
"I'm not done with you!" Giffany cried and appeared behind them, lunging out of the wave when Coily suddenly swallowed her!
"Coily!" Ralph turned back. "What're you doing?"
Coily gestured for them to go and grimaced as his body glitched.
"We'll come back for you!" Ralph yelled and turned to Soos. "Come on!"
VANELLOPE LEAPT away from an explosion and ran on as the villains ambushed her fro all sides. M. Bison threw a kick, Zangief punched at her and Eggman fired laser beams and she avoided them all, teleporting all over the place. Eggman watched the small girl escape his attacks and he grew angrier.
"Enough!" Eggman pressed the remote and it began to transform, enlarging and surrounding his body and turning into a giant robot spider. "Arachnabeam!"
Eggman fired several small beams from the spider's eyes, spreading them out and sending them bouncing off the walls and floor, causing explosions all around the station. Smoke filled the room and Zangief and M. Bison looked around, trying to see through the fog.
"Where is she?" Zangief squinted.
"Behind you!" Vanellope yelled.
Zangief turned around and Vanellope bashed her race car into his face, driving forward and drifting to a stop before M. Bison and Eggman. "Why you –,"
"Too slow!" Vanellope smashed a button on her steering wheel. "Ice Cream Blast!"
A giant ice cream cone popped out of her car and fired a strawberry scoop at the villains, coating them and smashing them against the wall.
Breathing heavily, Vanellope waited and looked at the ice cream. Seeing that nothing happened, she shifted her gears and drove on when Zangief jumped up in front of her and punched the car, forcing her out of it. Zangief clenched his fist, ready to punch the girl and Tom teleported beside him, holding his face in one hand.
"I thought I said I'll kick your asses!" Tom shot a fireball at Zangief, flinging him back.
"Neo Sword Claw!" Dipper yelled and fired an ethereal sword out of his book, blasting the door of the Source Code Room and blowing it up in an eruption of diamonds and gas.
Tom jerked back and turned to see Dipper walk toward him with his journal in one hand. "Whoa, how'd you do that?"
"I've been brushing up on my spells." Dipper slammed the book shut. "I literally don't know why I didn't do this earlier."
Eggman burst out of the ice cream and struggled with the buttons as he tried to detach his spider robot. "You won't get away!"
"Dipper, go after the Source Code, we'll hold these villains off!" Tom yelled.
"Got it." Dipper ran on and opened the book. "Laser Beam Puppy Blast!" He thrust the book forward and twelve puppies flew out, crashing on Eggman and blasting him with their laser vision.
"Ow, ow, ow! Stop that!" Eggman cried and a puppy bit him.
"Uh, what?" Vanellope raised her brow.
"I just read the first spell I saw." Dipper looked through the book. "I wonder why such a spell would be here." He flipped through. "Huh, there's a Meeseeks spell. Wonder what that is."
"Hmm, that spell kinda seems familiar somehow." Tom said.
Zangief popped out and grabbed Dipper's leg, knocking him off his feet. Tom blasted him with a fireball. "Dipper, go!"
Dipper nodded and got up, running straight through the door.
"DR KARATE, you killed my father for the third time!" Rumble McSkirmish said.
"Hhnnghhhh!" Dr Karate yelled in fury.
"You take that baaackkkk!"
Ralph and Soos raced through the arena, looking behind them to make sure Giffany hadn't found them yet. "There he is!" Ralph pointed. "Yo, Rumble!"
"Huh?" Rumble turned to them and punched out Dr Karate nonchalantly.
"Yo, dude, we need your help." Soos said, panting.
"Are you my next opponent?" Rumble asked.
"Not now, Rumble, we've got a big problem and we need your help." Ralph explained.
"What is it you want? Is there someone evil I must fight?" Rumble asked.
"Yes, you see –,"
"Soos!" Giffany yelled as she zoomed toward them on her cloud, her hands turning the sky into code as she moved past.
Rumble gasped. "Another character has gone turbo." He stood upon a rock and took a melancholic pose. "For years, sensei has trained me to fight evil, but am I up to the task to defeat such a foe? No! I must not doubt myself! I must defeat my enemy and defeat evil." He turned to Giffany. "Listen hear, villainess –,"
"Enough!" Giffany blasted a hole in Rumble's chest, causing him to disintegrate.
"Rumble!" Ralph cried out.
Giffany blasted Ralph as well and Soos began to panic, slowly stepping back as she approached him. "Soos, there is nowhere left to run. I'll give you one more chance to change your mind."
"I said no, Giffany." Soos frowned.
"Even if I let Melanie go?" Giffany said and Soos shuddered. With the flick of her hand, she caused Melanie to appear beside her.
"Soos!" Melanie said and ran toward him.
"Ah, ah, ah." Giffany raised her hand, holding her in place. "I'll make you one last offer. Join me and I'll let Melanie go."
"What's the point? You're already turning me into code anyway." Soos said.
"I don't want to make you do something you don't want. I want you to decide for yourself." Giffany smiled. "Join my side or let her die."
"You're sick!" Soos shouted.
Giffany growled and clenched her fist, joking Melanie. "Why won't you let it through your thick skull! It's over!"
"Your friends are already defeated."
Eggman shot Tom with a laser beam and Zangief kicked Vanellope's car with her in it, sending them both crashing back. Pushing himself up, Tom looked at his hand, failing to summon even a small ember. He looked up at the Source Code Room's door.
"I'm already in control of the Arcade."
Dipper swam through the data stream, moving past different icons with several videogame characters' names on them. He moved on and spotted Giffany's in the distance and smiled when he felt a tug at his leg. Bowser had latched onto him and he pulled him back, punching him and nearly knocking him out.
"There's nowhere you can run."
"JUST COME with me." Giffany said, offering her hand.
Soos turned to Melanie and all hope drained from his face as he saw her suffocate. Downcast, he walked toward Giffany.
BOWSER CHUCKLED as he dragged Dipper along. "Foolish child. You're nothing compared to me."
Dipper grunted and looked forward, slowly losing consciousness as Giffany's icon slowly shrunk in perspective. "No." He broke out of his grip and opened his book to the first spell he could find. "Imperium Infernos!"
A Flame hand extended out of the book and grabbed Giffany's icon crushing it. Bowser turned and gasped in horror. "No!"
SOOS WALKED toward Giffany, moving past Melanie who looked at him in terror as he reached out to touch Giffany's hand. Suddenly, Giffany shuddered and let go of Melanie, crouching and lurching in pain.
"What the?" Soos stepped back.
"Arrgh! Something's happened." Giffany screamed and the earth shook, causing her to fall to her feet. Pixels started rising from her body. "No, no!"
"What's happening?" Melanie moved up to Soos.
"The guys did it!"
"No, no, no, no! I won't lose!" Giffany screamed and ran toward Soos. "You will be mine."
"I'm sorry, Giffany, but I'm taken!" Soos punched Giffany in the face, causing her to explode into pixels.
Melanie watched the pixels shatter and turned to Soos who stood tall before her. "I don't know what happened, but I like it."
Soos grinned.
SOOS, MELANIE, Vanellope, Ralph, Felix, Tom and Dipper rode the train to Fix-It-Felix.
They arrived at the station and saw the penthouse tenants waiting for them. "What happened out there?" Deanna asked frantically.
"Someone went turbo, but we took care of it." Felix said.
"I sure hope you're alright."
"Don't worry, we're good." Ralph said.
"All we need to do is get back home." Melanie said.
"Oh no, we still don't know where Mary and Mabel are." Dipper realized.
"Oh, you've gotta be kidding me!" Tom growled.
"I swear, I've checked everywhere." Mabel's voice boomed in the distance.
"What the …?"
"Look, it's coming from the screen!" Deanna pointed.
Dipper turned and saw the videogame screen in the sky. Mabel and Mary walked past it as they searched the arcade in the real world. "Mabel?" Dipper said in surprise.
"Mary!" Tom yelled.
In the real world, Mabel and Mary jerked in surprise as they heard Tom's voice. "Where'd that come from?" Mabel asked.
"Mabel, we're in here." Dipper called from the Fix-It-Felix machine.
"Dipper?" Mabel and Mary ran up to the machine. "What're you doing in there?"
"No time to explain, we need you to put in the code from earlier to get us out of here!"
"Whoa, so you're videogame characters now?" Mary asked.
"Yeah, unfortunately." Tom answered.
Mary bit her lip in excitement. "You know," she chuckled and moved up to the screen, "This kinda gives more meaning to me holding the joystick."
Tom blushed and Dipper glanced about. "Okay …" He cleared his throat. "Mabel, c-could you d-do the thing please?"
"What thing? I'm never playing videogames again after what she just said!" Mabel jerked back.
"Mabel!" Dipper screamed.
SOOS, DIPPER, Mabel, Tom, Mary and Melanie rode in his truck at the end of the day and headed back to camp. After saying goodbye to the videogame world, Dipper and Tom wondered if they'd indeed defeated Giffany.
Shifting away from Mary, Tom asked, "So, how long till we reach camp?"
"Not long now." Soos answered. "I've really gotta thank you for saving us back there."
"It's too bad things didn't turn out so well." Melanie said.
"No, it was great!" Dipper said excitedly. "I know how I'm spending next weekend."
"Not me." Mabel said and Tom groaned.
LATER THAT night, Soos got off the phone with his Abuelita and went to bed. On his bedside however, Giffany appeared on his phone's screen and disappeared.
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