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Revenge of a Racer

Chapter 8

"Tudyk should be nearby!" Sonia said. She and the others were in Game Central Station.

"That means we should find Turbo and Lucia too?" Vanellope asked.

"We should."

"Ralph! Help!" Felix's voice was heard.

"Felix?" the "villain" wondered, "Where are you?"

"No, Wreck-It! It's probably a trap!" Calhoun warned. "Turbo must be using his voice to call out to us."

"Vanellope! You gotta help me! Hurry!" Taffyta's voice was heard. "They're torturing me!"

"Don't worry, Taffyta! We're coming!" The princess assured her.

"Again, it's a trap!" Calhoun urged.

"How can you be sure, Sarge? I know Taffyta's voice."

"But she does she cry out for help like that?" Sonia interjected. "Calhoun's right. And it's coming from that alley." The slayer pointed at an alley near the Alex Kidd port.

"Ralph! Tammy! Hurry!" Felix called in a panicked voice.

"At least we know they're in there," said Ralph.

"Still, we have to be careful," Sonia started to approach the alley, sword at the ready. "There's darkness coming from that alley."

...

"They're coming, aren't they?" Turbo smirked, "Just as I knew they would. Let's speed this up, shall we?"

What is the meaning of this? Tudyk asked. He did not like to be kept waiting, especially when Lucia had called him, then went off with Turbo to collect more offerings. The demon scowled at the possessed Felix.

"Show him the sacrifice, Lulu."

"Here," Lucia held up the lantern of souls to the demon.

Very well. Tudyk absorbed the life force out of the lantern, making it a part of himself. Your powers are maintained, Turbo. Farewell until the next time.

Turbo laughed at this. "Not this time. You owe me more than that."

What is this nonsense? What more do you believe I owe you? The demon was growing more impatient now, already tired of the virus's wiles. What are you planning?

"Yeah, that's kinda what I want to know," Lucia added, staring at the possessed handyman intently. The necromancer was starting to have a bad feeling that Turbo was doing this more than just to have fun and revenge.

"Felix" snickered darkly, then looked up at the somewhat-agitated Tudyk (though he didn't seem to show it). He was going to enjoy this, and this demon was going to help him.

...

"It's gone!" Sonia realized, "Tudyk's energy...just faded."

"So that's good then?" Vanellope asked.

"I don't know." When the group reached the alley from where the darkness had come, they only found an unconscious Lucia.

"But they were just here, you said," Ralph said.

"Without his little witch friend, apparently," added Calhoun.

"Where's Taffyta?" Vanellope wondered.

"Only one way to find out, huh?" the commando kicked the unconscious Lucia. "Hey! Wake up!"

"Wh...what?" The necromancer slowly sat up, looking up at Sonia and the others. "You're too late, you know."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Calhoun grabbed Lucia by her dress collar. "Where's that asshole with my husband's body?"

"And Taffyta," added Vanellope, "What have you and Turbo done with her?"

"She's gone," said Lucia simply.

"He's killed her?" Calhoun raised a rifle to the now-scared necromancer's head.

"Not yet he didn't! He just took her! And I tried to stop him too! I thought he and I were just having fun. And I was helping him get revenge on you guys. But I never thought he would... That I was being..."

"Killing innocent characters was your idea of fun?" Ralph couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"And that asshole possessing my husband?" Calhoun added.

"And holding a dear friend of mine hostage?" Vanellope joined in.

"Not to mention bringing Turbo back in the first place," Sonia finally said, "I can't believe you, Lucia. I'd think, of all people, you'd be against siding with him. Considering how much you hated him when he and I were dating. And you were always warning me about him too. I don't get it."

"And you never believed me none of those times back then. You never listened to be about him. You loved him too much. Then that happened, and of course I was pissed at him for doing such a thing when I had overheard it from those Turbo Twins at Tapper the next day. Do you know how burned up I was? I wanted to kill him for hurting you like that. And then you came running to me."

"But you didn't care. You never wanted to talk to me again after that. You left me alone. Like you never wanted to be friends anymore. Because I didn't listen to you."

"I wasn't angry at you, okay? Okay, I was a little, because you never listen. And you probably thought I was acting like a true villain at the time. I was mostly angry at Turbo and what he did to you that night. I felt like destroying the entire arcade. And it had been eating away at me ever since, all the way through when he had that old man guise."

"And died," Vanellope added. "If you hated him, why did you bring him back?"

"Because I was alone. And I wanted to help someone in need with my powers. His soul was calling out to me. I knew he wanted revenge on you guys, and I wanted to help him. Because Sonia and I weren't friends anymore, I was basically a free agent. I knew he was just using me, though. And it's not just to kill you four (and me), he wants to take over the arcade. Now he wields Tudyk, and is more powerful than ever."

"I had no idea, Lucia," said Sonia, staring at her best friend. So she had cared. It just hadn't showed. When the slayer looked into Lucia's eyes, she saw that protective older sister from thirty years ago. The one that hated Turbo.

"You guys were friends?" Ralph asked.

"Of course we were," said Lucia, "Like you and that Fix-It guy?"

"Who would've guessed it?" Calhoun calmed down, putting the necromancer down. "But that still doesn't mean we outright trust you. And you need to tell us what we need to know. Where's Turbo and the brat? And he's using this Tudyk to kill her?"

"I don't know. But I'm sure Sonia's told you about him, right? And how he bargains. I've done it a lot of times during rounds of out game. Sacrifice the undead for him to give me power. We...I mean, Turbo's been doing the same thing, except he's been killing characters from other games. But he needed a physical body for it."

"Felix..." Ralph realized.

"And it gets worse. Much worse."

"How worse can it get?"

"Worse to the point where you might lose Felix. Two souls can't inhabit the same body. One will fade overtime. The inactive one, that is, which is him."

"If you're making this up, and is still helping that virus..." Calhoun was starting to lose her patience.

"Hey, if I've been making this up, I wouldn't be a necromancer. And Tudyk's only speeding up Felix's death."

"What?"

"Yeah, Turbo merged with him. Which explains my point of him being powerful now."

"And the excessive darkness inside Felix's heart...is eating away at his subconscious, which is entirely light." Sonia realized.

"Which means Fix-It doesn't have long," added Calhoun. "Do you know where he went?"

"And he still can kill Taffyta," said Vanellope.

"We were headed for Super Mario Bros.," Lucia replied. "And Sonia?"

"What is it now, Lucia?" the slayer sighed, "We already have to clean up your mess before another character dies (outside their game)."

"I just want to let you know that I'm sorry, Sonia. I should've never raised Turbo from death, especially when I hated him."

"Look, can we talk about it later? We got an arcade to save."

"And a husband," added Calhoun.

"And a fellow racer," Vanellope chimed in.

"And a close friend," Ralph said.

Lucia shrugged, then, smiling, she followed the group. She was going to make things right again. She had to prove it to Sonia. To renew their friendship. And this time, she wasn't letting someone like Turbo break them apart again.

...

"That fool..." Tudyk struggled upright, then glanced around at his surroundings. "Absorbing me into himself like that. Surely he does not understand the price of..." The demon's eyes fell on something nearby. He moved closer, until he he could make out the figure , who seemed to be in chains hanging above a wispy monitor. Turyk gasped, despite his emotionless appearance, upon realizing who the poor soul was.

"Fix-It Felix," he said. "The genuine one, that is." Then Tudyk noticed a leg becoming transparent. "Just as Lucia and I had feared." The demon's golden eyes then fell on the "screen," which showed Super Mario Bros. getting terrorized by the virus, who still had possession of the fragile handyman. Several of the game's residents, such as Koopas, Toads, Piantas, etc. made the mistake of fleeing the game. And Turbo took advantage of that opportunity, despite a pink-clad girl's unheard pleas and cries. He then made his way into Fix-It Felix Jr., which somewhat drew fear into Tudyk (which was a first). He'd never been against a crime his whole life, considering he was supposed to be an evil lord. But this went beyond a villain's role in a game. This was the entire arcade and more lives at risk. And there was nothing he could do.

Except one thing, and that started with the chained Felix, who was unconscious.

"I have never done a good intention before," said Tudyk, "And I am certain this may not be my last one."

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