Chapter 11: Darkness

The Man in the Black Suit crossed his arms, gazing calmly at the intruders.

"Ah, Miss Von Schweetz. Back from intruding in my home?" the Man in the Black Suit asked.

"Yeah, and now I'm going to kick you out of mine." Vanellope replied angrily.

"And how exactly do you intend to do that? I am an all powerful force of nature, while you are a small girl with blue pixels and teleportation." the Man in the Black Suit sneered. He then said "But if you so want to fight me, I shall oblige.". He turned to Swizzle and Jubileena and ordered "Mr. Malarkey, Mrs. Malarkey, deal with Miss Von Schweetz's companions, but leave her to me.".

Swizzle nodded. He began to run, leaping at Jeremy and tackling him out of the window. Before Candi and Sticky could react, Jubileena leaped at them, grabbing both by one hand before leaping after Swizzle. As she did so, Vanellope caught a glimpse of an amulet on her neck.

"That'll keep them occupied. Now, I believe you said you were going to kick me out of here?" the Man in the Black Suit asked. His eyes flared red and he said sarcastically "By all means, kick me out.".


Dr. McFlambe watched from the roof of a tall building as five figures tumbled down from the top of the Chrysler Building. One figure shifted into a large reptilian creature and pulled up, two of the other figures clinging to it's neck. The other two shot off into the sky, exchanging green rays and rockets.

"A dragon. I have now seen everything." Dr. McFlambe whispered.

He looked up to the sky, where dark clouds loomed overheard, occasionally lit up by lightning. It made a strange contrast against the darkened buildings of Manhattan.

"Wait a minute." Dr. McFlambe said.

He pressed a button on the new-fangled 'portal key' that Vanellope had given him.


Jeremy weaved through the buildings as he dodged energy blasts and rays. Swizzle was close behind and gaining on him, and the ability to phase through buildings seemed to be helping him quite a lot.

"Jeremy! I have an idea!" Dr. McFlambe's voice said.

Jeremy winced as he received a radio transmission.

"I'm kind of busy. What is it?" Jeremy asked.

"I think I can supercharge the Tesla Coil!" Dr. McFlambe replied.

"Really? How?" Jeremy asked, ducking through an alleyway.

"The building that I'm standing on still has lights, while the rest of Manhattan seems to be suffering from a brownout. It must have it's own power source. I think we can siphon energy from both it and the storm to increase the Tesla Coil by about a thousandfold!" Dr. McFlambe replied.

"Great, what do I need to do?" Jeremy asked.

"Make your way over here. I think we can use your body as a conductor." Dr. McFlambe replied.

He hung up.

"Well, that sounds fun." Jeremy muttered dryly.

He turned towards the distant tower, with Swizzle close behind.


Vanellope ducked as a ray of pure darkness struck the wall behind her, causing a gooey black substance to spread across the wall.

"Oh come on! Is that all you have?" the Man in the Black Suit asked, his hands pulsing with darkness.

Vanellope hastily fired a blast of pixels at him. The Man in the Black Suit swatted the blast away and laughed.

"Your doing a fine job, Miss Schweetz, a fine job!" the Man in the Black Suit sneered.

He shot another beam, Vanellope just barely rolling out of the way.


Sticky held on for dear life as Jubileena roared through the clouds, the deafening wind buffeting her and threatening to throw her off.

"Sticky, I got an idea! Climb up to her head!" Candi yelled.

"Are you crazy?" Sticky asked.

"Just trust me! Now go!" Candi replied.

Sticky gulped as she began to climb up Jubileena's neck, her eyes tightly shut. Eventually, she reached what she thought was the cherry themed girl's head.

"Alright! Now what?" Sticky asked.

"Pour some marshmallow goo on her eyes!" Candi replied.

"But..." Sticky started to say.

"Now!" Candi shouted.

Sticky formed a marshmallow orb and opened her eyes. She was looking directly down as Jubileena swooped towards the Hudson River. Sticky yelped, and in her panic, she dropped the marshmallow orb. The sticky food item got into Jubileena's eyes, and she roared, reared up, and began to plummet towards a street in the city below.

"Yeah!" Candi cheered.

There was a brief pause before she and Sticky screamed. Jubileena hit the ground with a mighty crash, skidding several meters down the road before coming to rest in front of a van, setting off the car alarm in the process. Candi and Sticky fell off of her back and landed on the pavement as the unconscious Jubileena turned back into human form.

"Ow." Sticky muttered.

"We're never doing that again." Candi said.


Vanellope ducked behind the throne, barely avoiding yet another blast. The Man in the Black Suit laughed cruelly.

"I'm not even trying! I'm toying with you, Miss Schweetz, and your still squirming for your life!" the Man in the Black Suit exclaimed.

Vanellope looked out from behind the throne, but pulled her head back in to avoid another blast.

"If you can't fight me, then what chance do you think you have against the Nightmare King?" the Man in the Black Suit asked.

He sneered as dark energy pulsed in his arms.

"Enough games! This ends now!" the Man in the Black Suit shouted.


Jeremy roared towards the tower, Swizzle hot on his heels.

"Why can't I can't shake him?" Jeremy wondered angrily.

He looked ahead. Dr. McFlambe was standing on the roof, next to a ugly metal thing that he seemed to have built himself and was pulsing with electricity. He looked behind him and saw that Swizzle was gaining on him, almost able to grab his ankle. But suddenly, there was a blast of ice, and Swizzle was sent flying to the right. Jeremy looked to his left down at the ground, where Nougetsia and Elsa were standing, the latter's hand glowing blue.

"We'll handle this! Now go!" Elsa shouted.

Jeremy nodded and zoomed towards the metal thing. He reached out and grabbed it, and all of the sudden, it felt like he had been supercharged. Words streamed across his vision.

POWER LEVELS: 432%. DIVERT TO TESLA COIL? Y/N

"Divert it, divert it!" Jeremy ordered.

The Tesla Coil emerged from his arm, and Dr. McFlambe blinked.

"How does that fit?" Dr. McFlambe asked.

"Nanites. Bye!" Jeremy replied.

Jeremy shot into the air.

"Right, of course." Dr. McFlambe muttered.


Vanellope was backed against a wall, the Man in the Black Suit advancing on her.

"It's a shame that you won't live to see my victory, Miss Schweetz. I'm sure it will be a glorious thing." the Man in the Black Suit said.

"Vanellope, get out of there!" Jeremy's voice said.

Vanellope's eyes glanced towards her skirt's pocket, where she kept her portal key.

"Take their advice while you still can, girl. Run." the Man in the Black Suit snarled.

"Vanellope, we've got a plan, but you need to get out of the building!" Jeremy said.

Vanellope looked up at the Man in the Black Suit and smirked.

"I'm not running. I'm just getting some help." Vanellope said.

Vanellope hovered in the air and soared towards the window.

"Do it now!" Vanellope yelled.


High above New York City, Jeremy aimed the Tesla Coil at the spire of the Chrysler Building. His body was pulsing with thousands and thousands of volts of electricity, and it was made of metal, which made it a natural conductor of lighting.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning hit his body. His power levels spiked, and he sent that energy into the Tesla Coil and then fired.


Vanellope lost her balance as a massive crack filled the air and the Chrysler Building was illuminated by lightning. She regained her balance and grinned.

"Time to finish this!" Vanellope shouted.

She rocketed back through the window. The Man in the Black Suit was doubled over in the corner, wincing in pain. Vanellope walked over to him, opened his jacket, and reached into his pocket. She grinned as she felt the cool metal key in her hand.

"Do you know what you've done?" the Man in the Black Suit asked in a whisper.

Vanellope reached into her hoodie pocket and pulled out the box, paying the Man in the Black Suit no attention.

"The Nightmare King is coming, and you've just doomed all of humanity." the Man in the Black Suit said.

Vanellope looked back at the Man in the Black Suit as she put the key into the hole.

"At least I still have my humanity." Vanellope said.

She turned the key and opened the box. A grey powder wafted out of the box and into the wind. The Man in the Black Suit's body was engulfed in dark energy, but for a few seconds, Vanellope could see not a conqueror, but a sad defeated old man. Then there was a flash of darkness, and he was gone.


Modesto, London, Moscow, Tokyo, New York, Cairo, Sydney, Brasilia, Leeds.

Toontown, Fantasyland, London (the Peter Pan and Mary Poppins versions), New York and Devil's Bayou and Australia, Arendelle, San Fransokyo, Corona, France (the Beauty and the Beast version and the Ratatouille version), Prydain.

Bikini Bottom, Amity Park, Dimmsdale, Retroville, The ChalkZone, Hillwood, Africa.

Everywhere in the universe, legions of ordinary people stopped what they were doing and looked around, scratching their heads in confusion. The skies turned blue, the buildings repaired themselves, trees revived, water became a clear blue, and the worlds were changed in an instant. Then, as one, they began to talk, a melody of confused voices and of people trying to work out how they had gotten to where they were. However, it didn't matter, because before long, a wave of euphoria washed over them.

They were free.