Chapter Seven! It's been real awesome being with you guys so far! Thank you! Here you go guys, Chapter Seven to "Rainbows after Rain"!

Rainbows after Rain

Chapter Seven


Time: 8:15 P.M. 45 minutes until the arcade closes.

Litwak's arcade; a place to hang out and have all the fun you want. Well, for some, anyway. Now, it was a place to panic and fear. A never-ending nightmare that you'd wish to wake up from. A storm you could not escape. That's how it was in Litwak's arcade, for now, anyway. It was up to four people to solve this once and for all. To make sure that something like this would never happen again, hopefully.

It was such a beautiful day. Was, a beautiful day. The only thing that made this day worse was the orange shade that covered the kingdom of Sugar Rush. Sugar Rush had been put out-of-order, so there wasn't much time left for everyone else in the game. That didn't stop two games from spending the last days of their code-encrypted lives together.

Ralph and Vanellope were walking down a cherry red trail that was covered with various trees of different colors, and flavors. Hands held, they looked around and enjoyed the time they were spending together. It's Ralph's and Vanellope's, as well as all the other games, last hours in the arcade, so they tried to spend it the best they could.

The two stopped at a river, not too far from the castle or the trolley platform. Chocolate was streaming down the river, gumdrop rocks laid on the edge of the banks, and Swedish fish swam downstream the river. Something you would find in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But the scenery was much more beautiful. Vanellope led Ralph to one of the gumdrop rocks and sat him down.

"Aren't you going to sit down too?" Ralph asked. Vanellope grinned and hopped onto Ralph's lap.

"Of course I am, Stinkbrain." She giggled. She closed her eyes and snuggled against Ralph.

"Glad to finally have some time to our selves, don't cha' think?" She asked. Ralph nodded in agreement.

"Pretty much. Too bad we may not have long to enjoy this." She placed a hand on Ralphs.

"Come on, you're Wreck-It Ralph! There's nothing you can't do. You helped me regain a normal life again, you saved my kingdom from Turbo, and you proved to everyone else that you're not just a bad guy. If you can do that, you can do anything." This made Ralph smile. He had a few people who actually believed in him; one of them was Vanellope. Her encouragement and enthusiasm is one of the reasons why Ralph doesn't want to give up. Ralph looked up at the screens that show the outside world from the game.

"Thank, I really appreciate that." He planted a small kiss on her head and Vanellope returned one on the cheek. They continued to enjoy the beautiful river that ran peacefully downstream. The first time they have gotten any alone time in a long time. So much to do, yet so little time.

"Should we really get them now? They look happy as it is." Calhoun whispered from behind a bush.

"We have to. I think I found the source of the problem and I need to tell Ralph about it." Felix replied.

"C'mon, they're having a moment here. Give them a little more time."

"But this is really important, and it could help their relationship a lot." Calhoun looked at Ralph with uncertainty and sighed.

"Fine, but at least give them a warning before we go up there."

"Okay, let's walk back to that tree over there, and call out their names."

"Sounds like a plan Captain Felix." Felix and Calhoun quietly walked back a few yards from where Ralph and Vanellope were.

"Alright, ready?" Felix asked.

"Ready." Calhoun replied. They cupped their hands together and started to call out their names.

"Ralph! Vanellope! Where are you guys?" Felix called out.

"RALPH! VANELLOPE! WHERE ARE YOU TWO LOVEBIRDS?" She yelled out even louder.

The couple quickly turned around to where the sources of the voices were.

"Great, it's Felix and Calhoun. Why did they have to come now?" Ralph grumbled. Vanellope hopped off Ralphs lap.

"If they saw us like this, then they'd know." Vanellope muttered. Ralph scratched his head and nodded.

"Let's just act normal and they wouldn't suspect anything. Agreed?" Vanellope nodded back.

"Agreed." Ralph stayed where he was and looked around. Vanellope ran a few feet away from Ralph to the bank of the river. Calhoun and Felix came up the hill a few seconds later, pretending to act surprised when they found them.

"There you are! Where have you guys been?" Felix exclaimed.

"Yeah, where were you two? We started to get worried." Calhoun said sarcastically. Ralph and Vanellope looked at each other nervously, averting their eyes from Felix and Calhoun.

"Uhh, we were just out for a walk. Nothing personal, just a walk between two good friends." Ralph replied.

"Um, yeah! A walk, between… two… friends." She said quietly. Calhoun and Felix raised an eyebrow at each other and one to Ralph and Vanellope.

"A walk? Why were you two having a walk? Don't you know we're in a middle of a crisis here?" Calhoun asked.

"Yeah, why? We're running out of time, and any time wasted would be bad." Felix added. The couple was at the brink of breaking. Sweat was running down Ralphs face and Vanellope tried to make her fake smile as convincing as possible. Felix and Calhoun just grinned at the two at an attempt to get something out of them.

"Could it be… that you two were spending time with each other? Sounds like something couples would do." Calhoun smirked.

"You guys act differently when we're not here. Why is that? Are you two in love? Felix sounded out the last word longer to make it sound like the two were a lovey dovey couple.

"What! That's ridiculous! What makes you say that?" Ralph chuckles nervously.

"Yeah, I mean, c'mon Ralph is waaaay older than me. It can't happen!" She said as nervously. Calhoun stepped a bit closer to both of them.

"Oh, but It can. Now that you're older, you're just about Ralph's age." Calhoun said.

"Are you guys hiding anything from us?" Felix asked. Ralph and Vanellope looked even more nervous. They had to think of something, and quick. Eventually, Ralph sighed and raised his hands in surrender.

"I think we should tell them." Ralph muttered. Vanellope looked uncertain about it, and nodded.

"Alright, fine. They would've found out sooner or later." Vanellope said. Ralph and Vanellope stepped up in front of Felix and Calhoun.

"Alright, we-" They started in unison.

"It's alright, we already knew. You two love each other very much and you guys don't want to lose each other. We saw you guys from the bottom of the hill." Calhoun interrupted. That shocked them.

"Wait, you guys- but you were- how did you? What?!" Vanellope stuttered.

"It was pretty obvious. We could see it on your faces. You guys were right, we would've found out sooner or later. All that matters now is that you two are happy to be together and we need to make sure that you two aren't separated." Felix said.

"Well, unless you found a solution to all of this, then you couldn't live up to that promise." Ralph grumbled. The handyman and sergeant looked at each other with grinned faces. They shot one back to the princess and the wrecker.

"Then do we have good news for you."

"What? That's the cause of all of this?" Ralph asked. They were in the princess's room, untouched from the last time they've been there.

"I'm guessing so. From the time I spent trying to figure this out on my own, I found out that no other game is causing this. Every game is being affected, and no one seems to be doing it. We know Turbo is dead, so he can't be doing this," Ralph, Felix, Calhoun, and Vanellope gave looks at each other.

", I've also concluded this. What causes the lights to go out? The wiring in a system. If the wiring were to be affected, then the lights would flicker. I never thought this would ever happen, but it looks like it did."

"A storm… who would've known? I never knew storms could affect games like this." Vanellope whispered to herself.

"So, what do we do about it? Tell the storm to stop? Send him away on a vacation?" Calhoun suggested. Felix took off his hat and sighed, a sign that something dangerous had to be done.

"We have to travel beyond Game Central Station." Ralph jumped out of his seat.

"What?! Are you crazy?! We wouldn't survive a single second out there! Who knows what could happen?" Ralph exclaimed.

"Then what are we supposed to do, Ralph? Do nothing? Be sitting ducks? We have to do something Ralph, even if it means sacrificing ourselves." A silence quickly grew in the room. Calhoun scooted a little closer to the group.

"I'd be happy to sacrifice myself trying to save you guys. Ralph and Vanellope need to be with each other, and I'd do anything to make that happen. Remember? You helped me destroy all those pesky Cybugs." Calhoun added.

"Same here. If Fix It Felix Jr. manages to get unplugged, then I want Ralph to go and live with Vanellope."

"But what about you, Felix?" Vanellope asked.

"I'll be okay. I'd be happy if I die knowing that you two are together." Another long silence followed after that. All four had a lot of things going in their heads.

They'd risk their lives, just for me and Vanellope.

They'd do this for us? For me and Ralph?

I'm not going to regret this, I just want the best for both of them. Felix would think so too.

We had a good run Ralph. Thank you. Me and Calhoun won't regret this.

Felix stood up and placed his cap back on his head.

"I'd better get going. I'll go and try to fix where the storm is affecting the wiring the most." He walked up to Ralph and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Ralph, I just wanted to let you know, thank you. Thirty one years, you've been my partner. We had a really good run. Just know that you will always be a hero to everyone. Be good, and take care of Vanellope at all costs, no matter if she's back to her normal self or not. Keep on wrecking Ralph." And with that said, Felix ran out of the room and headed downstairs to the exit.

"Felix, wait!" Ralph reached out his hand. He was gone. Calhoun stood up and walked over to Vanellope. She placed a hand on her shoulder, just as Felix did to Ralph.

"Vanellope, stay strong. It'll be hard without Felix and me around to be with you guys. But now you have each other, and that's all that matters. If you turn back into your normal age, don't let that affect you. Love knows no boundaries or limits. You guys are going to be really happy together, I just know it," She leaned in closer to her ear and began to whisper.

", and if he ever pops the question, you better say yes. Stay strong soldier."

"O-Okay…" Vanellope stuttered. Calhoun stood up, saluted Ralph and Vanellope, and headed out. Now there were two people left in the room. Ralph and Vanellope. Both of them were still shocked at what Felix and Calhoun had said to them.

Was this relationship that important? Do we love each other so much that they would risk their lives for each other?

Ralph and Vanellope were stuck looking at each other. It felt like Déjà vu all of a sudden. A scene they already knew happened.

"Do we really love each other that much? Is our love so great that we must be together?" Vanellope whispered to herself. Ralph stood up and sat next to her.

"Probably is. If they're doing this, they're doing this for us." He out an arm around her shoulder.

"But… they love each other too. Why would they risk it for us?" Vanellope leaned in closer to Ralph.

"If they happen to die, then… at least they died together." A tear rolled down the princess's cheek. Ralph wiped it off with his thumb and gave her a kiss for comfort.

"I just want this to end, Ralph." She quietly sobbed.

"Me too… me too…"

9:00 Arcade closes and reopens in 12 hours.


Thank you for reading "Rainbows after Rain" Chapter Seven, and I hope you enjoyed it! We're almost done, we're near the end. I feel so sad; it went by so fast. I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed, favorited, and followed me all the way. I appreciate this guys, thanks. Make sure to watch out for Chapter Eight!

Until then, see you later!