Fear of the Dark Descent Chapter 9: Sugar Rush Showdown

SwizzleMalarkeyFan: Thank You! You're a really great author with your Racing Academy story.

Mallory Shadowielder: No, Fear of the Dark Descent has NO connection with Nights of Lightning.

Dark Demon122: Keep calm and move on. Favorite characters die in movies all the time! Goose had to die in Top Gun, 'Ol Yeller had to die in 'Ol Yeller, Obi-Wan Kenobi had to die in Star Wars Episode IV etc.

LordCandyCane: People never make the conscious decisions in horror movies, especially Teens. And, you'll find out what takes this fucker down SOON.

Dixie Darlin': We all lose people in movies we hold dear. But, don't give up hope just yet….

Thank you Dixie Darlin' for the title of the Chapta!


"Oh Mod," Vanellope whined and dug her face into Ralph's stomach. The giant wrecker rubbed his hand all over Vanellope's hair, comforting her. Felix, of course, was the most upset. He threw his hammer to the floor, collapsed and started crying for his fallen wife.

"T-T-Tammy! Please let this be a nightmare! PLEASE!" Felix wailed and covered his eyes with his gloved hands. Rancis kneeled down and patted Felix's shoulder. The carpenter sniffled, wiped his eyes and looked up at who was comforting him.

"I'm so sorry Mr. Felix, Calhoun was an amazing Sergeant," Rancis apologized and helped Felix up.

"Thank you Rancis," Felix replied and hugged the taller man. Out of all of this, Taffyta was the most quiet. She narrowed her eyes and stared down at the killer who was lying prostrate near the entrance of the tall skyscraper sized building.

"Guys, we're not out of this yet," she said grimly as the killer picked itself up, grabbed its axe and started slowly walking towards the entrance. Ralph set Vanellope aside and along with Felix, peered over the edge.

"It's gonna take him all day to walk up the stairs," Ralph commented, "we just have to find a way to get out, but how?" he scratched his head. Everyone looked around for ways to get out of the building and game. Luckily, the rest of the soldiers and racers were tucked safely away in the emergency underground bunkers and the killer was primarily focused on the current group. Vanellope scanned her Hazel eyes around the top floor until they landed on the perfect getaway vehicle.

"Ralph!" She exclaimed, causing the wrecker to snap his head to look at his daughter.

"What is it Vanellope?" He asked.

"I've got the perfect getaway vehicle and she pointed to one of the numerous escape shuttles surrounding the complex. Ralph's mouth twisted up into a grin and he grabbed Vanellope and hugged her tightly.

"That's my girl!" He complimented her and kissed her cheek.

"Alright, we have a plan, now let's get out of here," Felix declared. They all slowly tip-toed around the sleeping Cybug eggs and Rancis opened the door to a shuttle. However, upon entering the shuttle, everyone found that it wasn't big enough for all five of them, and Ralph being as big as he was didn't help.

"We're going to have to take two shuttles, just like in Armageddon," Rancis said as everyone squeezed in and out of the shuttle.

"Is that safe? How many of us know how to fly these fucking things?" Vanellope asked. Ralph lightly slapped Vanellope's head for her swearing. "Ow!" Vanellope whined and rubbed her head. Felix took off his hat and scratched his head, thinking of what to do.

"Well, I've personally seen Tammy pilot these things a lot, so I can fly one with Taffyta," Felix gestured to the Strawberry Shortcake rip off, "and Ralph flew one once, so he can fly one with Rancis and Vanilla," he gestured to the last three game characters.

"It's all we've got, I'm in sir," Rancis replied to Felix. But, just as everyone was climbing into their respective shuttles, a quiet hiss of a jetpack was heard. The five pairs of eyes glanced over to the ledge outside and looked in horror as the killer landed a jetpack onto the ledge and raised its axe.

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!" Ralph yelled, "INTO THE SHUTTLES NOW!" He exclaimed and shoved everybody into their two shuttles. The killer threw the jetpack off, where it exploded on impact of the ground several hundred feet below. But, Taffyta had an idea, opened the shuttle door, and shot about three Cybug eggs with her pistol.

"What are you doing Taffyta?" Felix demanded as the two shuttles took off.

"Just buying us some time Mr. Felix!" Taffyta replied and fired several shots at the killer. The killer looked on as the shuttles departed from the tower just as the three Cybug eggs hatched and the viruses mutated into their huge forms. They screeched at the killer and lunged at them.

"YESS! GREAT THINKING TAFFYTA!" Vanellope radioed from her shuttle. The two vehicles circled the tower before Felix asked, "Where are we going?" to Vanellope.

"Nelly had this idea where we go back to Sugar Rush and try to kill the killer in the volcano! It's the only thing powerful enough to permanently kill something!" Rancis replied for his girlfriend.

"Good enough for me, what do you think Ralph?" Felix asked.

"It's the best idea we have, I'm game," Ralph replied. Back with the killer, the killer had already disposed of two of the Cybugs by slicing straight through their heads and had hopped onto the third Cybug. He grunted as he thrust his axe down into the CPU of the Cybug, gaining complete control over. The Cybug lifted off the ground and started flying towards the shuttles.

"Hey, what's that Ralph?" Rancis asked the wrecker. Ralph peered out the left side window of the cock pit and gasped with horror as he saw the killer flying up towards them on a Cybug!

"Good sweet Mod, he's got a Cybug helping him! Let's make like hockey players and get the Puck outta here!" Ralph screamed. The two shuttles flew for the exit of the game with the killer in hot pursuit. Felix's shuttle flew out first with Ralph's shuttle right on his tail. The three flying mechanisms flew out of Hero's Duty and right back into Sugar Rush. The killer was closing in with every second and as the group entered Sugar Rush, the killer grabbed their axe and jumped onto Ralph's shuttle.

"FELIX, HE'S ON US!" Ralph radioed and started to do barrel rolls to get the psycho off. The carpenter looked behind him and his jaw dropped.

"FElix, we have to help them!" Taffyta yelled and grabbed a pair of parachutes. Determined to avenge his beloved wife, Felix turned his hat backwards, clenched his teeth and flipped the shuttle around.

"You're Terminated Fucker," Felix said and he started to fire upon the killer that was on Ralph's shuttle. Luckily, he was shooting with such precision, that he was missing the shuttle. The killer swung his axe and cracked open the cockpit. Vanellope screamed and Rancis shoved her aside.

"COVER YOUR EARS NELLY!" He yelled and pulled out his .44 magnum pistol and started to fire like a madman at the killer. The force of the bullets did make the killer flail around, but he hung on with determination. Suddenly, a few of the plasma bolts from Felix's shuttle hit the killer who groaned in pain. The cracked visor looked behind him and back at people in the shuttle. Felix flew closer and rammed Ralph's shuttle.

"Hang on buddy!" Felix radioed. The killer fell off Ralph's shuttle but landed on Felix's right wing. Pissed off as all hell, the killer stood up and swung his axe down, demolishing the cockpit window. The fixer screamed as the killer grabbed him by the scruff of his collar and flung him out of the shuttle. Fortunately, Taffyta handed Felix a parachute and he floated down to safety. The killer then fixed its gaze upon Taffyta and grabbed at her as the Shuttle started to fly out of control. Taffyta screamed as she struggled to fly the shuttle as her shirt was ripped up from the killer's grip.

"I'M NOT GOING DOWN THAT EASY ASSHOLE!" Taffyta yelled and started to do barrel rolls to get the killer off.

"TAFFYTA WATCH OUT!" Vanellope radioed. The strawberry lollipop racer was not paying attention and accidentally rammed the side of Ralph's shuttle, sending it into a flat spin. Taffyta then knew that the killer wasn't going away easy and hit the ejector button. She flew straight out of the shuttle which crashed into the ground with a deafening roar. Taffyta pulled the parachute cords and the parachute opened up. She floated gently down next to the candy cane forest. Felix was nearby and ran to Taffyta's side. Meanwhile, Ralph somehow piloted the damaged shuttle down to the ground without crashing it and opened up the shuttle.

"You guys okay?" Ralph asked as he helped his friends out.

"We're fine, no thanks to Taffyta's shitty flying," Vanellope replied. Ralph luckily landed about a mile from the volcano, and the group started off. Rancis reloaded his pistol and held it out in front of him. Then, from out of the forest, came Taffyta and Felix.

"You guys are okay!" Rancis ran up and hugged them.

"Yeah, nice flying Taffyta," Ralph commented, causing the girl to flip him off.

"I got you guys out of there didn't I?" Taffyta angrily replied. Trying to keep everyone on the same page and not against each other, Vanellope got in between Taffyta and Ralph and asked Taffyta a question.

"So, did you guys get to land or didja crash your ship?" She asked curiously.

"The killer ripped me out, but luckily Taffyta handed me a parachute just as I was ripped out and she saved me," Felix said, "but as to the whereabouts of our Shuttle, I heard an explosion, but I don't know where it landed," Felix admitted. Ralph looked up into the dusky sky and squinted his eyes.

"Maybe if we follow that column of smoke, we'll find the shuttle if that's where the killer is," Ralph piped up.

"Good idea Mr. Wreck-It," Rancis replied. After about 10 minutes of walking with their guards kept up, the group found the wreckage of the shuttle.

"Wow, there's no way anything would've survived that crash!" Taffyta exclaimed and whistled.

"Well, just in case we need a quick getaway," Felix commented and pulled out his Golden Hammer. He tapped the shuttle about 20 times and it was good as new. Then, Vanellope found a clue and called out for everybody.

"GUYS COME HERE!" She screamed. Taffyta and Rancis pulled out their pistols, holding them out in front of them as they rounded the shuttle. Vanellope was kneeling down next to the ground, pointing at the deep impression of a body that used to be their. The outline of an axe lay next to it.

"How in the holy mother of fuck are we going to take this son of a bitch down!?" Ralph yelled and punched a tree.

"At least it landed near the volcano, so if the bastard comes back, we can kill him," Taffyta replied and re-holstered her pistol. Then suddenly, from a tree top, the killer jumped down and landed on top of Taffyta, breaking her left leg. "AHHHHHH!" She screamed as the killer stepped off of her. Rancis fired his gun empty at the killer as did Taffyta, but the killer didn't budge until the guns clicked empty.

"TAKE THIS MOTHERFUCKER!" Ralph screamed as he broke off a candy cane branch and whacked the killer across the face with it. They flew backward into the base of the volcano and dropped their axe. The visor wouldn't hold up much longer, and the clip holding the helmet on their head was weakening from all the blows it had taken. Ralph grabbed the killer by the throat and chucked them high in the air. At the same time, he threw a huge fifty pound boulder at the killer, knocking them onto the top of the volcano. "It's now or never guys, let's hurry!" Ralph yelled. He picked up Taffyta and set her in the pilot's seat of the shuttle. "You stay here okay?" He asked the girl. Taffyta seethed her teeth at her broken leg.

"Can't Felix fix it for me?" Taffyta asked. Felix quickly hopped over and fixed it for her. Then, the remaining four avatars rushed up the side of the volcano to fight the killer. Once they got up there, the killer was standing right in the middle Mento's blocking the hole of the volcano.

"You two stay here," Felix told Vanellope and Rancis, "Ralph and I have this fucker," Felix said and took his hat and hammer off, cracking his knuckles. Ralph ran up to the killer and punched their chest, sending them flying backwards. Felix hopped as fast as he could to the killer and hopped circles, distracting them. The axe swung left and right as the killer attempted to kill Felix.

"Nice going Felix," Ralph complimented his best friend. Ralph used his window of opportunity and tackled the killer, sending the axe flying away towards Rancis and Vanellope, which landed right in front of them. Ralph and the killer wrestled around, trying to kill one another. Ralph rolled on top of the killer and tried to punch him in the face, but he ducked and instead Ralph's fist hit the Mentos, causing the top to sink slightly.

"RALPH BE CAREFUL!" Vanellope shouted, "YOU DON'T WANT TO FALL IN!" She warned.

"I GOT THIS KID!" Ralph shouted back. The wrecker grabbed the shoulders of the killer and slammed his head down repeatedly, loosening the helmet even more. Then, the killer grabbed Ralph's neck and squeezed as hard as he could. Ralph felt his neck weakening and his face turned blue. Vanellope glitched over and kicked the killer repeatedly in the head, making them let go.

"NELLY, BE CAREFUL!" Rancis pleaded to his girlfriend. While Vanellope was tending to Ralph's neck, the killer stood up and grabbed her.

"NO YOU DON'T!" Ralph yelled and ripped the two apart. He threw the killer away and held Vanellope close to him. The force of the killer slamming onto the Mentos caused them to shake violently.

"It's collapsing!" Vanellope screeched, "let's get out of here!" She yelled. As the three started to run away, the killer grabbed onto Felix's leg and yanked him down.

"RALPH HELP!" Felix begged, "HE'S GOT ME!" he yelled.

"FELIX!" Ralph exclaimed and stopped, "Vanellope, go back to Rancis and get out of here!" He yelled as the volcano started to rock and roll.

"No not without you dad!" Vanellope yelled back with tears welling up in her eyes.

"AS YOUR FATHER I'M TELLING YOU TO GO!" Ralph screamed over the roars, "we'll be fine! Go be safe please!" Ralph kissed the top of her head. Vanellope reluctantly ran away back to Rancis who in turn started to run with her down the slope of the volcano. They tripped and fell off the side, and screamed for dear life. However, before they smacked into the ground, they found themselves land on something soft. Their eyes slowly opened and they saw the cockpit of the shuttle! Taffyta had flown up and caught them just in time.

"TAFFYTA YOU SAVED US!" Rancis exclaimed.

"Yeah, this fucker is done killing, now it's getting a taste of its own medicine," Taffyta growled and flew up higher. Back up on the volcano, the Mentos were still weakening as Ralph tried to pull Felix away from the killer's grip. Ralph balled up his fist and slammed it onto the killer's arm, snapping it. Groaning in pain, the killer let go of Felix, and the two flew back to the edge of the volcano. "GET IN!" Taffyta yelled to them. Without hesitation, Ralph and Felix jumped into the cockpit as the killer stood up in the middle of the volcano as the Mentos started to collapse.

"Get out of here!" Ralph ordered Taffyta. However, the girl put the shuttle in hover mode and ran to the back and picked up two RPG-7 plasma rocker launchers.

"Here, take one," Taffyta told Felix. The two loaded up their plasma rocket launchers and aimed them at the killer. "This is for my Gloyd!" Taffyta screamed as she fired a rocket at the killer.

"FOR TAMMY!" Felix shouted and fired at the same time. With the helmet cracked and falling apart, the killer held his axe and stared at the two rockets heading straight for him. The rockets collided with the ground around him, causing the remaining Mentos to collapse, along with the killer, into the Diet Cola Hot Springs Below.

"PUNCH IT!" Ralph yelled. Taffyta jumped back into the seat and hit full throttle reverse on the shuttle as the volcano erupted violently. As the eruption ceased several minutes later, the shuttle landed inside by flying through the exposed top. The only thing they found was the axe that fell to the side of the diet cola lake.

"It's over," Rancis said and breathed heavily.

"Yeah, but look at how much we lost tonight," Ralph said sadly. Then, Vanellope's phone alarm went off as it hit midnight, signaling the start of Halloween.

"Happy Fucking Halloween guys," she said and kicked the axe into the lake. The five turned to walk out when they heard splashing from the lake.

"GIVE US A DAMNED BREAK ALREADY!" Taffyta shouted as the killer struggled to make it out of the lava. The killer reached the shore, and collapsed as they crawled from the lake. Clothes burned up and skin melted, the killer was dead at last.

"Ralph, see if it is dead," Felix said. Ralph went up and kicked the body, but the killer never responded.

"Yeah, he's dead," Ralph stated. Taffyta walked up the corpse, bent down and reached for the helmet.

"Let's see who it is," she stated flatly. She flicked the mask off which clattered on the hard ground.

"No," Rancis said.

"Fucking," Vanellope continued.

"Way," Felix put his hand over his mouth.

"N-n-n-n-NOOOOOOOO!" Taffyta screamed and backed away…..

End Chapter 9


Chapter 10: The reveal!