Chapter 10-No Help for Ralph

Ralph sat down holding pictures which documented his most interesting memories. Some of which were with Cassandra, but most of them were with Vanellope. Ralph became deeply focused into what he was looking at, which made him distracted to the fact where he was. Ralph didn't notice that he was at the "Bad Anon" meeting. Clyde from Pac-Man ended up calling his attention.

"Ralph!" Clyde shouted.

Ralph finally turned his eyes away from the pictures to realize where he was.

"What are we talking about?" Ralph asked clueless to the fact.

"You're up next, Ralph." Clyde answered.

"I'm sorry, everyone." Ralph apologized before explaining his reason "It's just that I'm kind of distraught because I'm failing at being a good friend to Vanellope."

"We're willing to help you out, since you've helped us." Clyde replied "Thanks to you, all the bad guys here have become socially adept, even though we are still struggling to grow out of the long-term isolation. Especially since we have new visitors, everyone I'd like to introduce Wolf O'Donnell, Shao Kahn, and Jet the Hawk."

"I'm not sure why I'm here at all." Jet interrupted "I'm not really a villain. I'm just a rival for Sonic."

"Back to you, Ralph, what's your problem?" Clyde asked.

"For the past few weeks, I've been in a relationship with Cassandra Kailas." Ralph explained "Cassandra's the first woman that I've been in love with, and honestly, it's one of the best moments I've had. However, Vanellope does not seem content with the way I've been handling it. We've been growing apart and all of a sudden we have lost connection. I guess you could say the whole 'relationship' thing has changed me. I don't know what to do."

Ralph's description had left the entire group silent. Some of them had a shocked expression on their face due to the fact that they have never heard of or experienced that kind of scenario.

"Are you following this?" Bowser whispered to Dr. Eggman.

"No, and I have an IQ of 313." Dr. Eggman whipsered to Bowser.

"Ralph, we're going to go on a limb and say we don't know what you are talking about at all." Neff replied to Ralph in a disappointing tone "We never have and never will amount to what you call 'being in love with someone'."

"Come on, there's no need to be harsh. I'll handle this! Ralph, have you heard that it is always the hero that gets the girlfriend…or boyfriend to avoid any accusations of sexist comments." Clyde explained "We're not capable of amounting to romantic relationships."

"Whoa! First I hear it from the mouths of people from my game, then in the central station, and now in here." Ralph reacted in response "When did villains become interested in idle gossip? It's hard enough having to be the subject of insult, but now you're all heading towards it."

"Ralph, as a former 'reliable' of yours, I actually support your decision to take this big step." Zangief responded, adding into the conversation "Scorpion and I had to keep our relationship secret for the first few moments because it's frowned upon where I come from. However, I realized that I could just knock out anyone who messes with me. So, I'm proud of what I am and what I can do."

"Finally, I'm now talking to someone who actually makes sense." Ralph responded loudly.

"Ralph, we're not trying to insult you, we're trying to inform you." Clyde explained even further.

"Then why don't I show you how valuable Wreck-It-Ralph can be." Ralph commented.

Moments later, Ralph had left the area along with everyone else feeling upset. He didn't shed any tears from eyes due to the fact that he couldn't be emotionally distraught that easily. Ralph began to imagine what others would say about him. Mayor Gene had popped up as a visual manifestation of his mind.

"Come on, Ralph, you're never going to be able to be the right man for Cassandra." Mayor Gene spoke out "You're not good enough, big guy."

Ralph continued to walk forward, but soon he accidentally shoved Sergeant Calhoun who was walking by on her way to see Felix. Calhoun had turned around and called out to Ralph in order to talk to him.

"What do you want?" Ralph angrily asked.

"Honestly, I don't know why." Calhoun replied in a sarcastic tone which was her usual tone that led to confusion.

"I don't need you to insult me like everyone else is." Ralph replied angrily "I can handle my business on my own."

"Well, I don't really care too much about what you do." Calhoun explained "In fact, honestly, we're not even really friends. I couldn't care less."

"I have the nerve to ask why you're so cold-hearted, but I guess it's in your programming." Ralph commented back "But at least you treat Felix right. I've noticed that when you two are together, you are more emotionally resonant. I'm not going to take your ridicule on my relationship with Cassandra."

"I don't need to. I can already tell it's not going to transition well." Calhoun replied "Look at you, Ralph, you're a 9 foot tall, 700 pound humanoid mutant whom I think is impossible to lifted up by 50 short townspeople. I've noticed that Cassandra is a woman who has a deceiving beautiful appearance that masks the way she is rude, violent, and can spit from 30 feet away, but only being accurate by 6 feet."

"What do you expect?" Ralph asked "She's from a fighting game."

"Nevertheless, it's no excuse." Calhoun commented "I have no idea what you see in her."

"Maybe it's the same way you see Felix." Ralph suggested "I've been supportive of your love life, maybe you could support mine."

"I'm sorry, Ralph, but given our history, we don't seem to be friends at all." Calhoun explained.

"Then maybe we should start being friends." Ralph suggested as he put his right hand in front of him.

Calhoun hesitated, but then shook Ralph's hand as they soon walked away from each other in different directions. Calhoun headed to the Fix-It-Felix Jr. game to see her husband, whilst Ralph still walked through Game Central Station feeling confused on whether to go from where he was at that point. Ralph stayed still at the moment silently.