Chapter 7 – Purpose
Josh walks outside of Tapper. He feels his necklace around his neck once again. Josh sighs in relief and looks around. In the distance, Calhoun talks to some game characters from other games. Josh heads her way. As Calhoun speaks to them, she peers over with her eye and sees Josh walking her way. She doesn't keep steady eye on him as he walks towards her, but she keeps a sense of him.
Josh puts his hands in his pockets and walks right past Calhoun right behind her back. Calhoun senses it and turns her head the other way and sees Josh walking to the ripped power cord entrance. She just watches him go there. Josh heads to the entrance and just stares at it. He slowly kneels down just staring at his only possible exit out of this place, but he feels a sense that the field that protects it will never shut down.
Josh sighs and slowly sits down on the ground staring at the entrance of the ripped power cord. Calhoun takes notice of Josh's concentration. Josh bites his lip remembering the first time he touched the field; he got electrocuted and was thrown back far. Josh looks at his right hand that he used when he touched the field. Calhoun just watches from behind him.
Josh looks serious at the field and stands up. Calhoun just watches as Josh heads back to the field and goes after him. Josh takes a few steps and suddenly Vanellope jumps and bumps into Josh.
"Hey Josh!"
Josh trips forward and looks back at Vanellope looking up at him.
"I was thinking, me and some of the other racers were wondering…', looks at Josh and sees how badly looking injured he is, 'Whoa! What happened to your face?"
Josh scratches his nose. He looks up and suddenly sees Calhoun looking at him from across the way. She overheard Vanellope ask him how his face got all messed up. Josh gulps and looks back down at Vanellope.
"Nothing happened to my face, it always looks like this', Josh peers over at Calhoun and sees her brushing her hair back seeing Josh didn't admit to Vanellope that it was her who did that to his face, 'Why, what's wrong with it?"
"Oh nothing…except the fact that…your nose is to pointy, your eyes are way too close together', Josh crosses his arms hearing these remarks coming from Vanellope, 'Do all gamers look like this?"
Josh slowly smiles and kneels down at Vanellope. Vanellope just looks funny back at Josh and suddenly Josh picks Vanellope up and toys around with her.
"I don't know, are all racers of Sugar Rush this cute and so annoying?!"
Josh begins to tickle Vanellope to death. He laughs as he has the upper hand here. Calhoun just watches and crosses her arms. She sees Josh acting hilarious with Vanellope. He sets her back down and pats her head.
"So easy…yet so hard to drive."
"Hey!"
Vanellope tries to hit Josh and Josh backs up. Suddenly Ralph and Felix walk by.
"Vanellope, did you tell him yet?" Ralph asks
"No. Not yet."
Josh narrows his eyes.
"Tell me what?"
Vanellope looks back up at Josh.
"Me, Ralph and Felix built this whole new area in Sugar Rush."
Josh scratches his head.
"Built a whole new area in Sugar Rush? What exactly did you do?"
"Come on! I'll show you."
Vanellope pulls Josh towards Sugar Rush. As she pulls Josh, she notices off to the side Calhoun watching.
"Calhoun! Hey Calhoun!" Vanellope yells
Josh throws his head up toward Calhoun. He looks the other way not to meet eyes with her. Vanellope runs over towards her.
"We built this new location inside Sugar Rush, everyone's coming to see it. Come too!"
"Uhh, maybe next time Vanellope, I…I got some bugs to kill."
"You always kill bugs, they'll always be there, this will take less then a few minutes, come on!"
"No, no…"
"Come on!"
Vanellope pulls Calhoun over to the group. Josh continues to look the other way.
"Uhh..uhh…Vanellope…" Calhoun says
"It will take a few seconds. This is so exciting! Let's go!"
Vanellope, Ralph and Felix move ahead. Josh sighs as he sees that it's just him and Calhoun. Josh, slowly turns and gives off a curious look at Calhoun. She turns and looks over at Josh as well.
"Well…this is strangely…awkward…"
Josh sighs and heads to Sugar Rush. Calhoun puts her hands down and goes there as well.
Sugar Rush…
Vanellope, Ralph, Felix, Calhoun and Josh all follow Vanellope to this 'new' part of Sugar Rush. Josh spins around looking for this new part.
"Are we almost there Vanellope? Things practically…', looking around and sees nothing but, candy, EVERY WHERE all around, 'Look the same."
"Were almost there."
Josh continues to look around and then, there brought to the new part. Josh's eyes drop as he sees a new extension of the racetrack.
"Whoa…" Josh says looking at it
It's a suspension bridge. A bridge that's literally made out of candy. The five slowly walk on it as they look around. Vanellope rushes ahead of everyone and looks back.
"What do you think?"
Josh just…looks at it. The pavement is made out of graham crackers. You literally see each rectangular one. The ropes that hold it up are out of Twizzlers. Josh rubs his face. And the structures in the middle that connects it all are out of rock candy. Josh just shakes his head.
"This is…quite something Vanellope…I'll give you that."
"Yeah, yeah. And?"
Josh gulps.
"Is it safe to drive on?"
Everyone turns around and looks at Josh.
"Why do you think it's not safe?" Felix asks
Josh spins.
"This whole thing is made out of Graham Crackers and Twizzlers.', looks up, 'Oh and rock candy. If construction workers saw this, they would laugh their butts off.
"Don't worry; it was made by the best." Vanellope explains
Josh narrows his eyes.
"The best?"
Vanellope walks between Ralph and Felix. Josh slowly smiles and realizes they are the ones who built the bridge.
"I should have guest. You had Ralph 'wreck' the materials…and Felix to 'fix' the way it should be."
"Exactly. These two are a whole construction crew. If I let the workers of Sugar Rush build it, they would still be on the first cracker."
"Uh-huh." Josh says looking around
"Were about to test drive this area in our next race. You want to join Josh?"
Josh looks back at Vanellope who has her arms crossed.
"You up for a challenge little princess?"
"President."
Josh points and smiles.
"Right. President', Josh points to the starting line, 'To the starting line!"
Everyone walks past Josh. He looks around one more time at the bridge. Josh sighs and walks off. But as he walks off, he feels a hard shake.
"Whoa…"
Josh slowly turns around and suddenly the bridge he was just on is now…gone.
"What the…?"
Josh blinks seeing the bridge is completely gone. Where did it go? Josh rubs his eyes and makes sure he's seeing things correctly. Vanellope looks back and sees Josh still at the bridge.
"Come on Josh!"
Josh looks back at Vanellope and back at the bridge, which is now back.
"What?"
Josh blinks and shakes his head. He looks down at the first couple feet of the bridge and sees lines of codes running through. Josh narrows his eyes and kneels down to get a better look at it. The lines of code disappear and Josh stands back up.
"What was that all about?"
"JOSH! Come on!" Vanellope yells
Josh spins around and catches up to everyone at the finish line. Ralph and Vanellope high five each other as Vanellope rushes to her car. Josh makes it to the scene and Vanellope sees.
"Come on Josh, you going to race like that or just run the whole time?"
Josh looks down.
"Oh yeah, hold on', Josh zips through his watch to find his avatar for Sugar Rush, he finds it and presses it, a flash goes off and everyone diverts their eyes, they all look back and see Josh's new getup, Josh pats himself down, 'I look good as new."
Josh runs to his car. He claps along the way patting the drivers head.
"Come on, this is a race, let's get those engines revving!"
The racers warm up their engines and push the gas pedals. They keep revving and wait for the race to start. Josh hops in his car and waits too. Ralph, Felix and Calhoun back up out of the racers way. The revving gets louder and the racers get ready. Josh holds the steering wheel firmly and waits as well. The racers look up and see the lights. RED, RED, RED, RED…and GREEN. The racers hit their gas pedals and speed off.
Ralph, Felix and Calhoun watch as the racers drive down the track and disappear in the distance. The drivers come up to the new bridge and pass it right up. Josh looks up, with the convertible top down and notices those same kind of code lines from before but this time appear on the rock candy skeleton of the bridge. He looks back up ahead and catches up to the drivers.
The drivers pass through Cookie Crumb Drive. All around, different types of cookies are dressed everywhere. Josh comes up from the last to second racer and passes her up. He swerves left and right passing each driver up in an instant. The racers exit Cookie Crumb Drive and into Chocolate Swamp.
As the racers make their way through Chocolate Swamp. Josh stops and looks around the place as they pass it. The swamp is literally made out of chocolate. But as Josh looks closer, the chocolate looks very bad and not very good looking. Josh shakes his head from the disgusting looking chocolate and floors it.
The racers make it around the corner and see the starting line. Josh looks and sees they have to race around again two more times. The racers cross the finish line indicating one lap is done, two more to go. Josh floors it and reaches the top three racers. And as they drive, Josh again notices on the Twizzler ropes, the line of codes appearing. He looks back just staring at them. Suddenly one of the racers honk at him to focus. Josh swerves and follows the track.
The last racer crosses the bridge. Underneath, the Graham Crackers start to crack, really slowly. The racers come around the corner again from the starting line. Josh swerves and gets right in front of Rancis. He crosses the finish line before him and gets right between Candlehead and Taffyta. The race comes to 1 lap left; indication 2/3 is over.
Ralph and Felix clap for Vanellope who's out in front. Calhoun just crosses her arms watching the race fly by. Back with Josh and Vanellope, Josh floors it and comes up right behind her in Cookie Crumb Drive. Vanellope looks to her side and sees Josh catching up. Josh just smiles as he gets alongside Vanellope.
"Hello little brat. Whatcha doin all the way out front?"
Vanellope turns her head.
"Brat?" Vanellope asks with a funny look on her face
"Well I got plenty of other names if you're willing to listen."
"How about this?!"
Vanellope swerves and Josh sees she's about to crash into him.
"HEY!"
But Vanellope glitches and appears on the other side of him. Josh wipes his head and takes off his hat.
"Very funny! My turn!"
Josh glitches ahead of Vanellope and the two have a 'glitching' spree jumping around towards the finish line. Around the corner, Ralph, Felix and Calhoun watch as the racers make it around the corner. Josh and Vanellope continue to glitch back and forth to the line. Ralph and Felix see what the two are doing.
"Is that legal?" Felix asks
"I can't keep up with who's first." Ralph says watching
Josh and Vanellope glitch back and forth in front of each other. The two cross the line and it indicates that this is the final lap. 3/3. The other racers cross the line as well. Josh and Vanellope continue to glitch at one another. Vanellope smiles and holds her steering wheel firmly.
"Watch this!"
Vanellope glitches and Josh looks around to where she's going to appear at. At the bridge, Vanellope appears several yards in the air and crashes down hard on the Graham Crackers making them crack even more. Josh swerves and comes up right behind her. The two make the turn into Cookie Crumb Drive. The other racers drive over the bridge as well, but their cars are so loud and heavy, the cracking becomes worse and it shoots out way across the bridge.
Vanellope and Josh are head to head with each other. They keep alongside each other until the turn to the finish line. They turn the sharp turn and are neck and neck with each other. Felix and Ralph get excited.
"Oh it's close!" Ralph shouts
"Who's going to win?" Felix asks jumping up to get a better look
Ralph and Felix look closer. Calhoun just watches. Back with Josh and Vanellope, they peer eyes at each other and Vanellope smiles.
"Not this time!"
Vanellope glitches ahead of Josh. Josh smiles as well.
"Too soon little lady!"
Josh hits his boosters and zings off after Vanellope. He comes up right behind her and pushes the button to jump up. He flies over Vanellope and Vanellope looks up. Josh lands back down on the ground in front of Vanellope. Josh puts his foot to the floor and gains several yards ahead of Vanellope. Josh looks and sees the finish line. He crosses it and the crowd goes wild. Josh throws up his hands.
"YES!"
Vanellope crosses second and comes up behind Josh. The rest of the racers cross the finish line and all of the racers head to the bridge. Josh grabs the steering wheel to slow down. He crosses the bridge with Vanellope in tow. At the other end of the bridge, the Graham Crackers crack really hard and suddenly fall down making a giant gap in the road. The other racers make it on the bridge too. The gap in the bridge breaks even more. Josh looks up ahead and sees it.
"What the?"
He sees the road is missing and slams on the brakes.
"WHOA!"
He slides on the Graham Crackers and spins around. Vanellope sees Josh stopping for some unknown reason and stops too.
"Hey!"
Josh slides all over the place and stops right at the edge of the cracked Graham Crackers. He quickly gets up and sees the giant gap made by the bridge.
"Whoa', whistles, hears revving and turns around, sees the other drives coming fast at him, waves hand, 'STOP! STOP THE CARS!"
The other racers see and slam on their brakes. They bump and slowly crash into each other. Ralph, Felix and Calhoun notice the pile up on the bridge. Josh gets out of his car and checks each driver out.
"You okay? Can you move? Everyone, get out of your cars!"
The kids slowly get out of their cars. Ralph, Felix and Calhoun run to the scene. Josh looks and counts all the racers present.
"Okay, your all here. The road ahead is gone, were going to walk back the opposite way. Stay together and don't get separated."
Josh walks back and the racers follow. And as they walk back, a loud cracking sound is heard. Josh slowly looks down and sees a crack in the Graham Cracker splitting.
"Oh no…"
The racers look down and see it. They freak out and jump out of the way. Josh looks up and sees the rock candy skeleton of the bridge breaking up. He backs up and suddenly a large section of it falls down. Josh looks back.
"MOVE!"
The kids move back and Josh jumps out of the way. He looks back and sees a giant hole in the Graham Crackers made by the rock candy. Back at the entrance of the bridge, Ralph, Felix and Calhoun see the bridge is literally falling apart. Ralph rushes on the bridge but Calhoun stops him.
"Stop! It's all coming down, as heavy as you are Ralph, your only going to make it come down faster!" Calhoun explains
"But what are we going to do?" Ralph asks
Calhoun looks back at Josh and the racers. Josh gets back up on his own two feet, looks back at the kids who are freaking out. He whistles and gets all of their attention.
"This way! Come on!"
Josh runs ahead and the kids follow. Josh zig-zags back and forth avoiding getting hit by the candy from all around. The kids follow as they start to get closer to the entrance. Ralph and Felix wave their hands.
"Come on, come on, come on! Your almost there!" Ralph yells
Josh and the drivers run fast towards the three but suddenly Josh notices at the entrance the Graham Crackers there are breaking as well. He slides to stop and looks back at all the kids.
"STOP!"
The Graham Crackers fall off and down into the pits below. The kids gang up and almost push Josh off and suddenly Candlehead gets pushed and falls.
"HEY!"
Josh jumps down and grabs Candlehead. He pulls her back up and everyone moves back. Josh looks across at the huge gap between them and Ralph, Felix and Calhoun.
"Now what do we do?!" Josh shouts
Calhoun almost says something and suddenly a LOUD cracking is heard. Josh slowly turns around and the kids look up too. Josh gulps and suddenly sees a HUGE section of the rock candy slowly cracking off.
"Go…', the kids look at Josh as the huge section begins to fall, 'Go, GO, GO!"
The kids scream and the rock candy falls off. Josh looks back at the exit of the bridge and slowly sees the cars are falling off. Josh realizes the Graham Crackers are giving away and slowly the entire bridge is going to fall into the water below. He looks down at Vanellope.
"Vanellope stop!"
Josh grabs hold of Vanellope and suddenly the giant rock falls right at them. They both look up and at the same time, they glitch together away from the candy. They both appear in front of the rock candy and can hear the other racers screaming on the other side.
"There still over there!" Vanellope yells
Josh looks down at Vanellope and climbs up the rock candy. He reaches the top and sees the other racers freaking out. Then all of a sudden, the road begins to crack hard and one by one, a section falls. Josh sees that the sections splitting apart are coming right at him and Vanellope. The racers see and run for it but as they reach the rock candy, there trapped. Josh jumps down and runs back to the gap.
"What about everyone else?!" Vanellope shouts
"The bridge is falling straight at us! We have to get off of it!"
Josh pulls Vanellope to the gap. He looks around and off to the left, he sees a Twizzler hanging out in the open. Josh points at it.
"Jump to that!"
"But-But!"
"Now!"
Vanellope backs up. She gets a running start and glitches towards the Twizzler. She holds onto it. Ralph, Felix and Calhoun just watch. Josh gets a running start and suddenly the Graham Crackers below him shake. He looses his balance and Vanellope looks back.
"Josh! Jump!"
Josh backs up and runs. At the same time he leaps, the bridge behind him falls and everything falls down into the water below. Josh grabs onto the Twizzler below Vanellope and the two look down. They breathe heavily as suddenly the Twizzler starts to give way.
"Go, go Vanellope!"
Vanellope gets ready to glitch but suddenly she slips and Josh catches her.
"WHOA!"
Josh grabs Vanellope with his right hand, but holds the Twizzler with his left. He hears a crack in his shoulder and holds it in.
"AHHH! NO!"
Vanellope looks up at Josh.
"Don't let go!"
"I'm trying!"
The Twizzler starts to slip out of Josh's hand. But Josh looks up and sees the weight of him and Vanellope are causing the Twizzler to rip.
"Oh no!"
"Josh! Grab my hand!" Ralph yells
Josh turns and looks at Ralph extending his long arm. He tries to throw Vanellope towards Ralph but his strength is getting weaker by the second.
"I, I can't!"
The Twizzler starts to rip more. Everyone sees. Josh looks down at Vanellope and suddenly Josh's soldier cracks hard and he strains.
"I can't hold it no more…', Vanellope sees, 'I'm sorry Vanellope…"
Vanellope breathes heavily, and suddenly the Twizzler breaks. The three watch as Josh and Vanellope are thrown down to the water below. Vanellope screams as Josh just watches. Then suddenly, the lines codes appear before Josh's eyes. And suddenly, Josh finds himself back in his car.
Josh looks around and the last of the codes disappear before him. He looks around and wonders what's going on. He finally gets a hold of himself and slams on the brakes. He skids forward as he stops an inch before the finish line. Ralph and Felix look closer.
"Huh?" Ralph asks
"Why did he stop?" Felix asks looking closer
Calhoun looks closer too. Josh slowly stands up and in the distance; he sees the bridge...completely intact.
"What the…?"
"LOOK OUT!" Vanellope screams
Josh looks back and Vanellope zip right past him. Josh falls over his seat and pushes himself up. Then suddenly the other racers drive past Josh as he waits. He quickly gets up and sees them all heading to the bridge again. Josh quickly gets out of the car and starts running at them.
"NO! STOP! DON'T DRIVE ON THE BRIDGE!"
Ralph, Felix and Calhoun get off the stands and run to Josh.
"The bridge is going to collapse! STOP!"
Josh throws his left arm at them and suddenly the codes from his mind appear in front of him commanding the cars to hit the brakes. At the other end of the bridge, the Graham Crackers fall and the racers cars stop. Josh feels his left arm and falls down.
"Awww man that hurt…"
Ralph, Felix and Calhoun approach Josh.
"What's the matter Josh?" Felix asks
Josh breathes heavily holding his left arm. Calhoun looks and sees Josh in a lot of pain. Josh shakes his head.
"The bridge is going to collapse. We have to get the kids off!" Josh says running to it
The three look at each other and catch up to Josh.
"Wait, how do you know this?" Ralph asks
"I just know! We have to hurry!', looks ahead and suddenly the entrance of the bridge falls down as well, Josh slides, 'STOP!"
The three stop and see that Josh's prediction comes true. The kids scream as they don't know where to go.
"Oh no! Vanellope!" Ralph yells
"What do we do? What do we do? Maybe I can fix it." Felix says grabbing his magic hammer
"This is bigger then your apartment building Felix, there's no way you can repair this kind of damage." Calhoun explains
"Well we have to do something!" Felix says
Josh looks at the gap and turns his head. In the distance he sees Candy Cane Forest. Josh looks back at the bridge and nods.
"Alright, listen up!', Ralph, Felix and Calhoun look at Josh, 'Ralph, head to Candy Cane Forest and find the biggest candy tree you can find. Wreck it and bring it back here. Felix, when Ralph gets back, hammer the candy cane so I can use it to cross on the bridge. In the meantime, fix me a way across so I can get the kids back here. Calhoun, go with Ralph to find a tree', Josh claps his hands, 'Go, go! Were running out of time!"
Ralph runs off and Felix goes to work for a way so Josh can get across. Calhoun looks back and forth and watches Josh. He looks over the edge and suddenly Calhoun grabs him. Josh looks back.
"Calhoun? What are you doing here? Go with Ralph to find a candy cane tree. We need it to get over there."
"What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to find a way across, go, now!"
"And then what? Get what you want?"
"What?', Josh blinks and realizes what Calhoun means, 'Oh I get it, in case you didn't notice this bridge is collapsing and is about to fall down with all the kids on it. So if you think for a moment that I'm going to put my selfish needs to the side for now and get these kids across. Go, now!"
Josh struggles and Calhoun continues to hold Josh by the arm.
"I can't take the risk."
Josh sighs hard and looks back at Calhoun.
"Then I guess your just going to have to trust me."
Calhoun just blinks. Josh finally gets out of Calhoun's grasp.
"Go, NOW!"
Calhoun blinks and runs to Candy Cane Forest. Josh runs back to Felix.
"Get me across Felix."
"I'm trying, but whatever I fix just breaks in a second."
"Then I guess your going to have to kick it up a notch."
Felix gets ready. He quickly hammers down his hammer and gets fixing on broken parts. Josh uses the several feet out Graham Crackers spread out and walks on them. Felix jumps back but as Josh stands on them, they begin to break again. Josh looks and jumps across the gap and onto the bridge. Josh makes it put tries to pull himself up off the edge of the Graham Crackers.
"Don't let go Josh!" Felix yells
Josh strains and rolls his eyes.
"I don't plan on letting go Felix."
Josh pushes himself up and looks back.
"Not going through that again…"
Josh looks ahead at the other end of the bridge. He sees the kids scattered around trying to get out. Josh looks serious and runs to them. He waves his hands at them.
"Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Over here', the kids look, 'This way, come on! Hurry!"
The kids scatter and run to Josh. Josh guides.
"Follow me!"
Josh guides the kids around, knowing when to avoid a fall or crack. They look at each other wondering how Josh knows this, but they continue to still follow him. Josh looks up ahead and sees Ralph and Calhoun back with a long candy cane tree. He smiles as Ralph, Felix and Calhoun put the tree down over the gap connecting them to the bridge.
"Come on!"
Josh and the kids hurry and suddenly Josh remembers, he looks up and stops the kids.
"Wait!"
The kids look up and suddenly the rock candy falls and cuts off their way to their exit. Josh runs up to it and finds no way to break it. The kids run up to it and try to climb over but the shaking is causing them to fall.
"Were going to die!" Taffyta yells
"I'm too young!" Candle head screams
"Someone do something!" Rancis shouts
Josh looks at all the kids. Vanellope looks up at Josh. Josh looks down at Vanellope as she's silent. Josh gulps and nods.
"Step back! Everyone get back!"
The kids move back and Josh looks at the wall. He looks at his watch and switches to his Wreck-It Ralph form. A bright light goes off; the kids look away and back at Josh. They see him in comparison to Ralph, with gigantic hands. Josh lifts his enormous hands up.
"I'm gonna wreck it!"
Josh throws his hands back and starts wrecking. The kids wait as the shaking gets worse. Josh manages to get a hole going and moves ahead. The kids follow Josh through the rock candy. On the other side, Ralph, Felix and Calhoun see Josh and the kids nowhere. Ralph gets anxious and shakes his head.
"I'm going over!" Ralph says climbing the candy cane
"Ralph, wait!" Felix says
Suddenly a loud bang is heard and the three look across. Josh smashes his way through the rock candy and appears with the kids on the other side. Felix rubs his eyes seeing what Josh, what he is now.
"I don't believe it…"
"Two Wreck-It Ralphs?" Calhoun asks
Ralph smiles and Josh turns back into his Sugar Rush form. Josh walks to the candy cane tree and stands next to it.
"Come on! We don't have much time!"
The kids gather around Josh and he lifts them up. Calhoun climbs on the other side of the candy cane tree and helps the kids down. Ralph carries them down. Josh gets to the last kid, Vanellope and lifts her up.
"You coming too Josh?"
Josh looks up.
"Of course, I'll be right behind you."
Vanellope runs across the candy cane and onto the other side. Josh climbs the candy cane and suddenly, where the part of the candy cane lies, the Graham Crackers break and throw Josh off the candy cane.
"Whoa!"
Josh feels the ground giving away and rolls off. Ralph tries to hold the candy cane up but it's too heavy to keep up. It falls down into the water below. Ralph, Felix, Calhoun, Vanellope and all the kids look down at the candy cane tree hit the water below; they all look back up and see Josh still on the other side.
"Jump Josh!" Vanellope screams
Josh looks and sees the gap far to long for him to jump. He shakes his head.
"I can't!"
Suddenly cracking is heard, Josh turns his head and sees the Twizzler's giving away. Josh moves back as the corner of the bridge falls down making a slope. Josh backs up, as suddenly he's hit by one of the racers cars.
"AH!"
Josh falls down and slips on the side. Josh rolls out of the way as the other cars move backwards and fall over the edge and into the water below. The other Twizzlers give away making a large slope of the Graham Crackers to fall down. Josh slips and rolls down.
(All at once)
"JOSH!"
Josh rolls and grabs hold of the ledge. The crowd gasps as Josh holds on. He looks up and sees that second of the rock candy falling over.
"Oh boy…"
The rock candy slides off and Josh hides behind the ledge. The rock candy falls and Josh begins to climb back up. But back over to the side of the entrance, a piece of Graham Crackers stick out far enough for Josh to possible jump it. Vanellope looks and sees it.
"Josh! JOSH!"
Josh turns back around.
"Jump to this!" Vanellope yells pointing
Josh looks and sees the Graham Crackers sticking out far enough for Josh to jump it. He nods.
"Okay, okay…"
Josh gets ready and runs at it, but the shake causes him to trip and loose balance. He now knows he's really running out of time.
"Come on! It's falling!" Vanellope yells
Josh gets back up and gets a running start. But Josh quickly looks at his watch and looks for an avatar to choose. Behind him, the bridge now starts to fall down and is coming right at him. Calhoun sees.
"It's coming down! Run and jump now Gamer!" Calhoun orders
Josh looks back and presses his watch. He turns into a taller looking Felix Jr. and runs. Calhoun pushes everyone back as the bridge now falls down.
"Back, everyone back!"
Josh runs and jumps as the bridge falls down right behind him. He lends out his arms to catch the Graham Crackers but they snap. Vanellope sees.
"JOSH!"
Josh is completely out of everyone's few. Everyone looks and sees the bridge completely gone. They all look down knowing that Josh saved them from the bridge collapse. Vanellope sniffs and Ralph puts his finger on her shoulder. Felix takes off his hat. Calhoun, slowly looks down and sees that Josh 'got' what he wanted. Then suddenly, Josh hops in front of everyone still wearing his Felix outfit.
Josh in his new get up, he wears a white T-shirt with his leather jacket, which is now blue. Blue jeans and Timberland shoes. He also wears a hat with his initials on it, T.G. with the letters crossing each other. And on his side in his workmen belt, a golden hammer. Everyone looks surprised, even Calhoun.
"He looks…" Calhoun begins
"Exactly like…" Ralph
"Felix." Vanellope says
Felix rubs his eyes. Josh looks back over the edge and back at everyone who's just staring at him. He shrugs.
"What? Felix is known for his jumping, you know…', Josh grabs his magic hammer and holds it the way Felix always does, he says it the same way as he does, 'I can fix it!"
Suddenly, everyone smiles and laughs. Josh just spins his hammer around, holsters it and turns back into his Sugar Rush form.
At Vanellope's castle…
Everyone's at Vanellope's castle, the kids, Ralph, Felix and Calhoun. They all stand on each side of Josh who's being presented as the center of attention. Vanellope, in her little red dress being presented as President of Sugar Rush, offers a special trophy to Josh.
"Josh Litwak, step forward." Vanellope says elegantly
Josh takes off his hat and just can't help but shake his head.
"Vanellope…is this all really necessary? I mean, you don't have too."
"Step forward." Vanellope says a little bit stricter
Josh nods and steps forward.
"Kneel please."
Josh kneels down.
"As president of Sugar Rush, I Vanellope Von Schweetz, hereby grant you this special trophy, made especially for you. Take."
Josh takes the trophy and stares at it. He sees a small inscription below on it.
"To 'The Gamer' who never looses, but acts like a showoff', looks at Vanellope, 'Gee thanks."
"Continue reading."
Josh sighs.
"But even though he's not part of our game, he is part of our lives. And he is welcomed to Sugar Rush at any time."
Josh blinks and looks up at Vanellope. He slowly nods and stands up.
"Thank you."
"No. Thank you. You saved our lives."
Josh stands back up.
"Next time, use better material."
Some of the kids, Ralph and Felix laugh.
"But now what are we going to do?" Taffyta asks
Everyone turns at Taffyta.
"What do you mean?" Vanellope asks glitching out of her dress and into her normal clothes
"Are karts are underwater. We can't just go to the factory and rebuild them all."
Some of the other kids agree. Josh blinks and looks at his watch. He sees the lines of code running by, and finds the code to which the cars are at.
"I think I can get them back."
Vanellope looks up at Josh.
"What?"
Josh smiles and walks to the exit.
"Everyone come, you all got to see this." Josh says reaching the exit
Everyone looks at each other and follow Josh outside.
Outside…
Josh warms up his hands and relaxes his left arm.
"Okay, I think I can do this…"
"What do you plan on doing?" Felix asks
Josh stops and looks back.
"Getting the karts back."
The kids look at one another and back at Josh. He takes a deep breath and gets ready.
"Okay…"
Josh lends out his left arm and closes his eyes. In his mind, millions of codes show up and Josh tries to find the right one. His face strains as he searches…
"Where are you?" Josh whispers to himself
Everyone watches, suddenly Josh finds the right codes and his arm lights up. Everyone backs up and suddenly out of nowhere; the cars slowly show up in computer codes and slowly transform themselves into 3-D objects. The kids look shocked as the codes disappear turning into their cars. Josh looks like he's in pain and sees that he's got the cars back. He lets go and holds his left arm.
"Phew…that could have gone better…"
"OUR CARS!" Taffyta yells
"There back!" Candlehead yells
The kids scream as they rush to their cars to see that there back. Josh just smiles and sees them getting in them and racing around. Vanellope hops back to Josh.
"This is so amazing! You brought back our cars!"
Josh shrugs.
"This is so exciting! We need to race now!"
"Maybe next time. I'm…really tired for some reason."
"Awww, next time then."
Josh smiles and nods.
"Absolutely."
Vanellope runs off and jumps in her car. Felix and Ralph walk and stand side by side next to Josh.
"Now that's something." Felix says
"Never seen anything like that before in my life." Ralph says
Josh smiles.
"There's a first time for everything isn't there guys?"
"Well, it's definitely a first time that I've seen anyone with another golden hammer like mine."
Josh rolls his eyes.
"And you think that's a surprise Felix? Josh here turned into me!" Ralph states
"I saw that, that's quite an amazing trick you got there Josh." Felix says
Josh rubs the back of his head.
"One of many."
"Especially since you got their cars back."
Josh shrugs.
"The point of Sugar Rush is the cars; you can't race without the cars."
"True. But how did you bring them back?" Ralph asks
Felix and Ralph wait for Josh's reply or answer. Calhoun crosses her arms and waits to hear that answer as well from a distance. Josh gulps.
"Let's save that story for another time shall we? But I promise I'll tell you both. I always keep my promises."
Ralph and Felix look at each other.
"Excuse me."
Josh starts to walk away. Calhoun narrows her eyes and decides to follow Josh back to Game Central Station.
Game Central Station…
Josh gets off the train and turns back into his normal self. He stares at the trophy as he walks the long hallway out of Sugar Rush. Calhoun gets off the train too and spots Josh in the distance.
"Gamer! Gamer!', Josh doesn't turn, 'Josh!"
Josh stops and looks up. He slowly turns around and sees Calhoun running at him.
"Calhoun', Calhoun stops in front of him, 'What's up?"
"Tell me, how did you get the cars back?"
"Excuse me?"
"You may postpone telling Ralph and Felix, but I want to know right now."
Josh rubs his hair back.
"I seriously don't know how to put it into words."
"Then take it slow', Calhoun crosses her arms, 'And I'm not leaving you alone until you tell me how you did it."
Josh sees and knows Calhoun's serious. He blinks and sighs.
"I think there the codes of the game."
Calhoun blinks.
"The codes?"
"Yeah…', Josh feels around his head, 'When I beat Bison and Kyo, it felt like something came out of them and into me. There the game's…codes. Everything inside them, everything that makes up Street Fighter and King of Fighters somehow…loaded up into my mind. And Sugar Rush's codes are in my head as well', Calhoun just listens, 'It feels like…I can control the games codes up in my head."
"How did you know the bridge was going to collapse?"
"I saw it', Calhoun just blinks, 'I saw it happen once, then the codes appeared and I was back in my car right before it happened."
Calhoun nods.
"There's just one more thing I need to know."
Josh narrows his eyes.
"What?"
Calhoun gets closer.
"Do you still want to die?"
Josh just blinks. He slowly forms a smile.
"Not anymore', Calhoun just blinks and Josh sees that she doesn't exactly believe it, 'I have a purpose now Calhoun.', Calhoun just lowers her arms, Josh looks down, 'After my brother died, I didn't see any reason why I should continue to live. And after my attempt, I remembered the promise I made to my brother. That promise gave me a reason to live.', Calhoun slowly nods, Josh sniffs, 'My brother died Calhoun…and I know that it wasn't my fault. But he was my responsibility. And I have to live with that. So please believe me when I say this…I, don't want to die.' Calhoun crosses her arms, 'The only time I ever lost was of Jason. And that's the last time, I EVER, loose. All right? There's a part of me in which I hate, so much…that I wish that part of me would die, but it can't. It's part of me. Alright?"
Calhoun blinks and sees Josh being serious. She nods.
"Alright then."
Josh and Calhoun blink at each other.
"You know something', Calhoun looks at Josh, Josh looks back at Calhoun, "I believe it's the first time you said my name instead of 'Gamer'.', Calhoun blinks realizes that, 'That's something that I've never expected to hear you say."
"Well you know…the right moments call in for the right things to say."
Josh nods.
"So is Tamora cool or?"
"It's still Calhoun to you."
Josh puts his hands up.
"Thought I just ask. Had to get that off my chest."
"Then keep it off."
Josh smiles.
"Were getting along Calhoun, don't ruin it."
Calhoun sighs.
"Well, at least now my perspective of you has changed', Calhoun takes notice of that, 'In a good way." Josh says walking away
Josh walks away and Calhoun watches. She crosses her arms and now sees for herself, a different perspective of Josh, with a little smile on her face.
That's the end of Chapter 7. Josh can use the codes of the games he's played and use them as his own will. If he can find any code in relation to the game he's played, then he can search his mind and 'activate' it before him. But he's only got three of them, Street Fighter, King of Fighters, and Sugar Rush. Maybe he should play more games to get their codes…
Preview of Chapter 8…
Something odd is happening in Hero's Duty. When the level ends, all Cy-Bugs fly up to the beam and get killed. It always happens and nothing ever changes. But one soldier spots a Cy-Bug hiding and decides to shoot it, but as he shoots it, it dies and he turns around. But for some reason, it glitches and comes back. The soldier looks back and notices the Cy-Bug back and alive. He shoots it again but then again, it glitches and returns to full strength. Hero's Duty seems to have a small problem which will turn ugly fast, next time on Wreck-It Ralph: The Gamer, Chapter 8 – The Glitching Cy-Bug Part 1
