Chapter 7: Fixing Memories
The next morning in Dance Off Tom woke up bright and early and made Carmen some breakfast. Since she was going to take him to this Fix-It Felix game the least he could do was give her a good breakfast. Carmen woke with red tears for she had been dreaming about Brad. That stupid no good idiotic, sweet, gentle, kind and great kisser, Muscle Headed jerk. How dare he come back asking for her help after pretty much throwing her away for some other girl? She wanted to scream, to throw things, to hate him forever. But part of her would always love him and that made her even madder. Still she remembered why she was waking up early.
Today Tom and her were going to this Fix-It Felix game and try to get Tom to remember who he was. She was hoping for as much as she liked having Tom around she couldn't take him from his true game. Maybe he had someone looking for him who was worried sick? She had to make sure he got safely back to his game. "Morning Tom," she greeted and saw some pancakes and hot coffee waiting for her.
"Hey Car, thought we could use a good meal before heading out," Tom said smiling up at her.
"Man you sure are sweet Tommy Boy," Carmen said as Tom pulled out a chair for her. They ate quickly and for Tom promised to help sell more CDs for Carmen. He got his regular clothes on but put on a gray hoodie and wore his shades his hat was turned frontward and covered up his eyes even more. "What is with the get up?" she asked.
"Well I remember in some games they have villains and some villains are not treated nicely so in case I am the villain in my game I don't want to cause trouble," Tom said firmly.
"Yeah right you be a villain that is laughable," Carmen said grinning. They went outside Game Central Station and took the trolley to the Fix-It Felix Game. Everyone was either inside or not there for the game looked deserted. "So, Tom this place ringing any bells?" she asked. Tom removed his shades and looked around and saw the penthouse and houses made out of brick by the dump. Soon another flashback came to him in full force making him hold his head.
He saw himself in a penthouse dancing at a party with a bunch of people that was his size. Dancing to a disco song as they kept chanting "Fix-It Felix" and he was wearing a blue handy man's outfit dancing to the music. Just then a mountain of a man with brown hair and massive hands crashed the party. There was a fight and the giant said something about winning a medal.
"Hey Tom are you okay?" Carmen asked leaning down to face him. He rubbed his head as another flash back came to him. He was at some game covered in sugar and was at some track with the giant man put also with a little girl. She had raven hair with candy in it and he was helping the giant push a candy go cart across the finish line. The little girl turned into a princess and learned she was the ruler of this land.
"Wow that was odd, I did remember something," Tom said.
"Okay good what is it?" Carmen asked.
"I am the hero and this is my game but my name is Felix, Fix-It Felix Jr." Tom said.
"What else did you remember?" she asked growing curious.
"A giant man with massive hands was at the same party I was and he wanted to earn a medal and then the next thing I know I am helping him push a candy go kart with a little girl in it and she turns into a princess and is the ruler of the game," Felix said.
"Well the only one I know with massive hands is a guy named Wreck-It Ralph," Carmen said.
"Yes, Ralph wanted to earn a medal for he was tired of being treated like a villain. Oh Carmen I was so mean to him but we became friends by helping this little girl but I can't remember how," Felix said.
"Easy Tom, I mean Felix it will come to you. The only game I know of where carts are made out of candy that have children in it is a game called Sugar Rush. It isn't too far from this game," Carmen said gently.
"Please can we go there please I am so close to remembering," Felix begged.
"Yeah come on I will take you there," Carmen said smiling knowing helping him regain his memory was worth more than selling a few CDs. They went across from the Fix-It Felix game and came to Sugar Rush. Carmen marveled over the candy and cookies that made up the hills and skies. "Wow talk about a sweet tooth," Carmen said smirking. She was about to take a step when Felix grabbed her arm.
"Careful you almost fell in NesQuik Sand," Felix warned than it happened again. He saw himself trapped in this NesQuik Sand with the same blonde woman from before. They couldn't get out but by allowing her to hit him in the face the Laffy Taffy drew closer where he grabbed onto the woman's waist and hung onto the Taffy. Then he saw himself with the same woman fighting off some Cy-Bugs and protecting the little girl. Ralph was dealing with a gray racer who kept switching to a King with a purple outfit that got changed into a Cy-Bug. Soon a beacon was made and all the bugs flew towards it and the gray racer was gone and everyone was safe. He remembered jumping up and kissing the blonde woman on the cheek. She looked mad and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and kissed him.
"Now I remember Ralph defeated Turbo and we saved Vanellope because Turbo made her into a glitch but it turns out it was her super power to being a great racer," Felix said happily.
"You mean you helped defeat Turbo, that was one bad dude from what I heard," Carmen said sounding impressed.
"Yeah but I keep seeing this blonde soldier woman that looks like she is high definition," Felix said. "I see her face but I still can't remember who she is," he said.
"I think I can help there is a soldier game that has characters like that woman it is in the game called Hero's Duty," Carmen said.
"That does sound familiar please can we go there?" he asked.
"Follow me," she said and they headed towards Hero's Duty. Back at Hero's Duty Tamora was looking at her wedding picture of her and Felix. It was the only picture she kept on her desk and it used to bring her joy but now it only brought her pain. It was going on three days and still no sign of Felix. The arcade was going to open up in two days' time. The reason why was because Mr. Litwik was taking some time off for a family reunion. Ralph said he had a plan that if they didn't find Felix soon that he and the new characters will make it look like you have to unlock Felix in the bonus round. And Ralph was going to make it hard where the kids' wouldn't be able to unlock Felix till they actually found him. Still Tamora was worried.
"Mind if I come in?" Brad asked knocking on her door.
"Sure," she said fighting a tear.
"Well we can cross off the Frogger Game and Pac-Man," Brad said. He saw her frowning and wished he could just rewind time and never regain his memory. His life was so much better when he was with Carmen. Now she hates his guts, Tamora his mad at him, and he is the reason her husband is missing, and the main reason a whole game will be unplugged if they couldn't find Felix in time.
"You seem upset too" Tamora stated.
"I went into a game to talk to an old friend but she was so mad at me I couldn't get a word in. But I deserve it I hurt her real bad and now I just keep hurting people," he said glaring at himself.
"Hey it is not all your fault you are trying to make amends," Tamora reminded.
"And what good has it done Tamora? I lost Carmen the woman I loved to regain a life that I wasn't even supposed to have. I cost you your husband and if he dies it will be my fault. I am endangering his friends by going off to find him and lastly I am the reason their game will be unplugged if we can't find him!" he snapped. He turned away from her and cried just to let it. "I wish I had died then none of this would have happened. I just had to remember my old life I had a good one with Carmen. She was so nice and kind to me. Gave me a home and new memories and soon we had a relationship and what did I do regain my memory of you and me Tamora and I had to see if I still loved you. I couldn't stay for I was afraid if I did love you I would have treated Carmen like a second choice and she deserved better than that but I lost her all the same," he said sadly. Tamora turned him around and hugged him trying to get him to see that everything will be fine and he responded by hugging her back.
Felix and Carmen snuck into Hero's Duty and most of the soldiers were gone but Carmen stood as the lookout. Felix made his way to a room for the way seemed familiar. Then he saw the blonde woman hugging a muscular man with brown hair. Then everything hit him like a tidal wave. The woman's name was Tamora Jean Calhoun. She was the main officer in the game and was married to Felix for a year. The man was Brad Scott, her dead finacee and then he remembered why he wound up in Dance Off. It was four maybe three days ago he wanted to surprise her with some roses and wine and found her kissing Brad. His tiny heart was shattered but he told Tammy that it was okay he understood and ran away from them. Last thing he remembered was getting hit by the trolley and everything going dark. He hid behind the wall as the tears stung his face. Leaving for he couldn't face her knowing during his absence she was still in love with Brad. His hat fell to the floor and when Carmen saw him crying she grew concerned.
"Hey what happened did you find out who the blonde chick was?" she asked.
"Yeah let's get back to Dance Off I will tell you everything but we need to leave quickly," Felix told her. She nodded and they returned to Dance Off. Tamora headed out the door along with Brad who felt better. When she stopped dead in her tracks as her face went pale, on the floor was a blue baseball cap.
She picked it up and said, "This is Felix' hat, he was here". Tamora began running down the hall with Brad in tow looking around to see if Felix was here. Yet once again no one saw anything.
"Wait remember those tracking devices we made to locate Cy-Bugs maybe we can reprogram one to track down Felix," Brad suggested.
"Great idea let's get to the lab," Tamora said growing excited for soon she would have Felix back in her arms safe and sound. Outside Game Central Station Ralph and Vanellope were continuing the search for Felix.
"Hey Ralphie let's check this game out," Vanellope said. Ralph looked at the game and read the words Dance Off.
"Okay, Felix did like to dance maybe he wound up here," Ralph said and took the little girl by the hand into the game of Dance Off.
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and please review.