Chapter 11 – A Shocking Story
Josh's Apartment…
Josh's Room…
Josh sits at the corner of his bed just looking down at his staff. He twirls it around and lets the bottom of it hit the floor. Josh picks it up slowly and drops it. He repeats this routine a few times…picking up the staff and dropping it. Josh just hears the sound of his staff hitting the floor several times…and finally, Josh feels his head from the hair cut he's recently given himself.
"Now I know how Cole McGrath feels…" Josh says rubbing his head
Josh looks at his Bedroom door and leaves.
Living Room…
Josh walks quietly out into the Living Room and sees everyone asleep. Ralph's just sleeping on the floor while Vanellope sleeps on his stomach. Josh looks over and sees Calhoun sleeping on the couch, while Felix sleeps on top of her. He shakes his head with a small smirk on his face and walks to the TV. Josh grabs a chair and quietly pulls it in front of the TV and sits down. Suddenly a machine turns on and sits straight up behind Josh's head. He closes his eyes and the machine moves forward, an exposed wire is shown and touches Josh's head. Josh flinches and he's sucked into his hard drive.
Hard Drive…
From the TV perspective, you can see everything Josh is doing. He's connected his hard drive to the TV so anyone from the outside can see Josh through the TV screen. Kind a like a video game. Back inside the Hard Drive. Josh walks around looking for E.D.I., he leans against his staff.
"E.D.I.?"
E.D.I. walks up behind Josh and he doesn't respond.
"Yes Josh?"
Josh finally spins his head around and sees E.D.I.
"Hi E.D.I., listen, I need you to do a couple things for me."
E.D.I. walks ahead and looks at her screens.
"Sure thing. What would you like for me to do first?"
Josh follows E.D.I.
"Well, first things first, I wanted to say, thank you."
E.D.I. stops and turns around. She stares at Josh with a lost expression.
"A gratitude. For me?"
Josh nods.
"Yes E.D.I."
"On occasion you say 'Thank you' to me, but analyzing your voice pattern, this 'Thank you' seems different."
Josh smiles and looks down.
"It is E.D.I."
"Why? I must ask."
Josh looks around the empty black space around him. He takes a deep breath through his nose and looks back at E.D.I.
"Because E.D.I., you had a choice to either leave me to rot in the state pen or bust me out. You chose to bust me out."
"Of course Josh, I had to."
Josh narrows his eyes.
"'You had to'? E.D.I., we've been over this. You make your own decisions."
"I know that. For the reason 'I had to', is because if you're not around, who else am I going to talk to? Your friends?"
Josh slowly starts to smile and E.D.I. just looks away at her screens. He starts to chuckle and walks up to E.D.I.
"E.D.I. take note that this is possibly your best joke I've ever heard from you ever."
"Noted. Logged.', Josh nods, 'What else is there?"
The two start to walk around the infinite space.
"I need you to find any records that you have of this placed that are connected to me."
"I will do as you ask, but why I must ask."
Josh sighs and rubs his face. He looks down with an annoyed look.
"Given my current situation, that F.B.I. guy is going to do everything he can to find me. I remember writing my name out to a lease of this place. I need you to erase it or put down a different name. It won't be long before the feds come ringing my doorbell."
"As you wish. Anything else?"
Josh eases up a bit and finally stops. E.D.I. continues to walk and finally takes notice that Josh has stopped. She turns around and sees Josh staring at the floor.
"Josh?"
Josh clenches his fist and looks at E.D.I. with a calm look.
"Can you find my parents?"
"Your parents?"
Josh walks to E.D.I.
"I…I saw them on TV…I saw how…', Josh pauses and grabs his throat, he loses the words to speak, E.D.I. takes notice, 'Can you find them for me?" Josh asks breaking up at the end
E.D.I. just nods.
"Of course Josh."
E.D.I. walks ahead and searches for Josh's parents. Josh takes a deep breath and looks around. He sniffs and without knowing, a tear comes out of his eye and it hurts him.
"Ow.', Josh touches his face and feels the tear on his face, he moves his hand back and sees the water coming out of his eye, the electricity from his body shoots around the water causing Josh to flick his hand and to dry the water off his finger and face, 'I can't even cry for crying out loud."
"I have found your parents Josh."
Josh looks at E.D.I. from behind and goes to her.
"Let me see. Let me see E.D.I."
E.D.I. stands aside and Josh pulls the screen right in front of him. On screen, he watches camera footage of both his parents inside an interrogation room being questioned by authority figures.
"I'm telling you, this is all a lie! I know my son; he's never done anything you showed me!" Mr. Litwak yells
Josh watches as the authority figure continues to press hard on his parents. Mrs. Litwak looks a little upset as Mr. Litwak is pushing hard to defend his son.
"Let me tell you something Mr. Litwak, your son has done a lot of things. Terrible things. The more you cooperate, the more it will be easier on you."
"For the hundredth time, my son hasn't done any of this! I think I would know, he would never do this!"
"Mr. Litwak…"
"Go to hell!"
"Mr. Litwak! Calm down!"
Josh pushes the screen away and rubs his face. E.D.I. just watches Josh's facial expressions of seeing his parents being put through such treatment.
"Where are they now?" Josh asks spinning around
"According to records, they were placed in holding cells."
"Together?"
"No. They are separate."
Josh sighs.
"Anything else E.D.I.?"
"I also found that the F.B.I. are searching through your parents' home."
Josh shakes his head with a complete lost look on his face.
"My-My-My parents' home?! Why?!"
"I believe it's to find some kind of connection to what has been done."
Josh starts to get a little pissed.
"Well there not going to find anything, make up some type of report to send them home! It's not my parents they want, it's me!"
Josh walks away walking in circles. E.D.I. just watches as Josh gets angrier, the more charge he sets off. As Josh walks around, the current from his body starts shooting out without his knowing.
"That F.B.I. guy, what-what was his name again? Spring something, no, no. Not Spring', Josh thinks for a moment and remembers, he snaps his thumb which shoots out a bolt, E.D.I. tilts to avoid it, 'Winter! Son of a bitch's name is Winter! If he wants to try and find me, he's welcomed to. But if he doesn't leave my parents alone, I'm going to shoot a lightning bolt so far up his ass he'll no longer need to pay an electric bill."
"Josh."
"The nerve of that guy, my parents are completely innocent. I'm also innocent but no one's going to believe me anyway."
E.D.I. clears her throat.
"Josh." E.D.I. says stricter
"Cyrus can push me around as much as he want, sending any type of law enforcement after me. But he goes after my family and friends; he's got another thing coming."
E.D.I. taps her foot calmly but the entire hard drive shakes. Josh looks around and stares at E.D.I.
"E.D.I.?"
"Look at what you're doing."
Josh blinks and looks down at his body. He's shooting off electricity from his body to the ground and he didn't even know it. Josh soon realizes what he's causing himself to do from just being a little bit angry.
"My God what am I doing?"
"It seems to be working."
Josh narrows his eyes and looks over at E.D.I. with a lost look on his face
"What seems to be working?"
"Cyrus himself must have falsified the reports of the crimes you've never committed."
Josh looks dumb at E.D.I.
"Gee E.D.I., thanks for pointing out the obvious."
"It also seems that Cyrus knows you will be getting angry about this. Every time you feel the slight feeling of anger, your body responds to it by shooting out electricity everywhere. Hurting others, and making things worse for yourself."
Josh gulps hearing E.D.I.'s explanation on that theory. And it's true, when Josh was fighting the prisoners in the pen, the 'brass' knuckles that were out of a form of electricity, Josh could feel the anger inside him ready to pop out.
"I got to learn how to control it better, huh?"
"That would be a safe assumption."
Josh takes a deep breath and finds his center. The current around Josh slowly starts to go back into him and Josh finally manages to calm down.
"I feel so pissed off', E.D.I. nods, 'But at the same time, I feel like the entire world is out to get me. And I'm…worried it might."
"The whole world is not after you Josh. Just cooperating law enforcement agencies because they see you as a threat."
Josh nods with a stupid look on his face looking at E.D.I.
"Thank you E.D.I. for reminding."
E.D.I. turns around and looks at her screens.
"Now that 'Thank you' isn't like the previous one you said to me."
Josh smiles.
"Again, thank you E.D.I. for noticing."
"I am to please.', Josh shakes his head, 'Is there anything else?"
Josh rubs his head and looks around the infinite space.
"Yes. Erase my history. Having a feeling about that F.B.I. Agent Winter, he'll search my history of my whole life. Take it all away and erase. I want to make his job more difficult for him to get me then its worth."
"Right away Josh."
Josh nods and walks away. E.D.I. turns back and looks at Josh.
"Josh.', Josh stops and turns around, 'I have sent out a report to move your parents to a more, suitable location.', Josh sort of smiles and looks away, 'You don't have to worry about them."
Josh nods and walks away out of the hard drive.
Following morning…
Ralph snores a little which wakes up Vanellope a bit. She yawns and rubs her face. Vanellope looks up and sees Ralph just snoring like crazy. She covers her hears to block it out but, it's pointless. Vanellope sighs hard.
"Ahhh! Shut you up loud mouth!"
Vanellope jumps up and down on Ralph's stomach like a trampoline. But as Vanellope does this, Ralph seems to be…enjoying it. Ralph smiles funny and continues to snore. Vanellope sighs and sees what she's doing is pointless.
"Really annoying…"
Vanellope looks back and looks directly at Josh's room. She hops off Ralph and walks to his room. Vanellope walks up to the door and reaches up for the knob and turns it.
"Josh?', the door creaks and Vanellope peaks her head inside the room, 'Josh, you awake?', opens door completely and sees Josh not in his room at all, 'Where'd you go?"
Vanellope walks back out into the Living Room and sees everyone still sleeping. She quietly makes her way across the room and up to E.D.I.
"Umm, hello? Ah, Eddy?"
E.D.I. appears on screen and Vanellope sees her.
"Hello Vanellope. I believe you said my name wrong, it's, 'E.D.I.'"
"That's what I said, Eddy."
"I believe your saying Eddy, spelled as E-D-D-Y. My names E.D.I. E-D-I."
Vanellope nods.
"Right, do you know where Josh went?"
"He's down in the Factory. He went there a couple hours ago."
Vanellope looks back at the elevator.
"The Factory?"
"Yes. I believe the words he used were, 'Let off some steam'."
"Huh. Thanks Eddy."
Vanellope walks to the elevator and boards it.
"You said my name wrong again Vanellope."
Vanellope hits the switch.
"But it sounds the same right?"
The elevator goes down and takes Vanellope to the Factory floor.
The Factory…
Vanellope arrives in the Factory and sees everything all quiet and motionless.
"Josh?" Vanellope asks looking around
As Vanellope walks further into the Factory, some of the lights in the Factory sputter on. She looks up and sees them flickering.
"Huh."
Vanellope puts her hands in her hoody and walks further in. As Vanellope goes further into the Factory, she hears the sound of Josh grunting and moving around fast.
"Ah! OH! COME ON!"
Vanellope looks up and sees Josh on the higher platform above her. She climbs up it and sees Josh doing some kind of work out. He generates up large quantities of bolts in his hands and holds them for a few seconds. After a few seconds, he lets them go and they shoot off across the Factory and hit some of the old machinery. Some of the machines sputter and start up from Josh's bolts for a few seconds. Then they just shut off and remain still. Josh breathes heavily seeing he's worked up quite a sweat.
"Oh crap…"
Little electrodes pop off Josh's head from the sweat and shock him.
"Ow!"
Vanellope just watches as Josh wipes his head from the sweat and grabs the Root Beer nearby. She steps forward and Josh isn't aware of her presence.
"Shocky."
Josh blinks and turns around. He sees Vanellope.
"Short round."
"Really?"
Josh shakes his head.
"Came off the top of my head.', Vanellope walks closer to Josh, 'What are you doing down here?"
"Everyone is asleep. I was wondering where you were at."
"Just down here Vanellope."
"Blowing off steam like Eddy said?"
Josh narrows his eyes and looks down at Vanellope.
"Eddy? You mean E.D.I.?"
"It's the same thing."
Josh shakes his head and smiles.
"Spelled the same but hardly sounds the same Vanellope."
Vanellope shrugs and climbs on the railings.
"How long have you been down here?"
"Couple hours."
"Just…throwing your bluish bolts around?"
Josh gulps and sets down his Root Beer.
"Kind of. I'm also practicing. Just seeing what else I can do you know?', Vanellope just listens in, 'I feel like I can do a lot and I've recently discovered that I can. I can…produce so much from this electricity moving around my body."
"Like what?"
Josh smiles and looks down at Vanellope.
"Like this for example…"
Josh points his hand up and Vanellope watches. He points his hand high up at the ceiling of the Factory. Vanellope watches and suddenly a small storm cloud appears inside the Factory. Vanellope's eyes open wider and see little lightning bolts shoot out. She looks up at Josh and sees him focusing hard. His eyes turn bright blue and suddenly, he throws his hand down and a lighting strike shoots all over the place in the Factory in the distance. Vanellope flinches and Josh shakes his head.
"Pretty cool right?"
"That was awesome!"
Josh laughs and Vanellope looks up at him.
"What else can you do?"
"Uhh…check this out…"
Vanellope watches as Josh picks up his staff and points it out before him like a rifle. Josh absorbs the energy in him and transfers it into his staff. Vanellope just watches as his staff begins to glow really bright. She covers her eyes and finally Josh lets it go. The bolt fires all the way across the room and hits a conveyer belt and it springs to life. Josh and Vanellope just watch and Josh just breathes heavily.
"Takes a lot out of me but pretty amazing right."
"That'll knock down a lot of Cyrus's husks."
"Yeah, if people don't assume I'm the cause of that either."
Josh leans forward on the railing and Vanellope looks at him.
"Everyone out there…people…my people of this world…they think I'm responsible for why lots of children are sick."
"But you're not."
"I know Vanellope. I know I'm not. But try convincing millions of people to believe me. Remember what I said to you in my hard drive…back at the Arcade?"
Vanellope thinks for a moment and remembers what Josh said about his world.
"It's not like Game Central Station isn't it?"
"No it is not Vanellope."
"Your world…it really stinks Josh."
Josh sort of smiles but drops it. He nods.
"It sure does Vanellope. It sure does."
Josh pats Vanellope's shoulder and the two head back to the Apartment. As they walk through the Factory, Vanellope takes notice of all the old toys just lying around in half opened boxes with shipping labels.
"Do you know what this place was like before it was opened?"
Josh shrugs.
"No clue Vanellope. This place went bankrupted a week that it started production."
"What exactly is 'production'?"
Josh sighs.
"The product is made here and it's shipped to the place where another business bought…"
Josh stops walking and Vanellope walks ahead. She turns around and sees Josh is standing perfectly still just…thinking.
"Josh?"
"Shipped…"
"What?"
"The game…Cyrus the Virus. It…It was shipped to the Arcade. Someone shipped it to the Arcade!"
Vanellope doesn't exactly get it and nods her head.
"Yeah? And?"
"It was sent off by someone! Why didn't I think of this before!?"
Josh runs ahead and Vanellope watches.
"Hey! Josh! Wait up!"
Vanellope catches up to Josh as he boards the elevator.
The Apartment…
Josh and Vanellope arrive in the Apartment and Josh runs to E.D.I.
"E.D.I. E.D.I.! Guys wake up!"
"Huh!?" Ralph yells jumping up
"Whoa!" Felix shouts
As Calhoun shoots up, she sends Felix flying across the couch. She has her gun drawn and everything.
"What?! What is going on!?" Calhoun says aiming her gun around
Josh walks directly to the TV.
"Relax Calhoun, just discovered something very important."
Calhoun rubs her eyes and looks a little annoyed.
"E.D.I. I need you to look up something for me."
"What is it Josh?"
"I need you to look up all shipping manifests to Litwak's Arcade in the past two weeks."
"As you wish."
E.D.I. goes to work looking up everything that's been shipped to the Arcade. Everyone finally fully wakes up and looks up at the TV screen to. Josh waits patiently rubbing his hands together. E.D.I. shows up a shipping manifest on screen of the game to the Arcade.
"I have found something Josh."
Josh nods.
"Show it to me E.D.I."
"It appears the game was shipped from a night club."
Josh narrows his eyes.
"A night club?"
"The club's called, The Good Time Club."
"Seriously? Who signed for it to be shipped?"
"The owner of the club, David Everett. Signed for the shipping of Cyrus the Virus."
Josh sighs.
"So, this guy David Everett signed for it to be shipped to the Arcade?"
"That is correct."
Josh nods.
"I think it's time that I pay this Mr. Everett a visit."
Josh turns around and walks away. Calhoun, Vanellope, Felix and Ralph look at Josh leaving.
"You think that's a good idea?" Felix asks
Josh stops and turns around.
"This Everett guy might have answers to what Cyrus is or something. I'm going to ask him some questions."
"And if he doesn't answer your questions?" Calhoun asks crossing her arms
Josh picks up his staff and twirls it around. The electricity in his body shoots out around the staff and the four see.
"Then I'll have to be pretty convincing."
"But should you go alone?', Vanellope asks and everyone, especially Josh looks at her, 'Maybe we should all go and watch your back." Vanellope explains
"Yeah, aren't you like, wanted?" Ralph asks
Josh rubs his chin and thinks about the idea.
"That, That might be a good idea…but I can't take you all with me. It'll look suspicious."
"Then who's going to go with you?" Calhoun asks
Josh looks at the four and diverts his eyes to Calhoun.
"Calhoun', Calhoun takes notice, 'How's your dancing?"
Calhoun narrows her eyes wondering what Josh means.
Later that night…
Good Time Club…
Josh and Calhoun arrive at the Good Time Club. Josh parks his bike and the two get off of it. They slowly approach the club and Calhoun shakes her head at it.
"This…is a club?"
"Yep. Looks nice huh?"
Calhoun snickers.
"If you're blind and stupid."
Josh shakes his head and looks at Calhoun.
"What's the problem now Calhoun?"
Josh and Calhoun stop right in front of the steps leading up to the Good Time Club.
"You do remember you're wanted right?"
Josh nods with a look on his face.
"Of course. It's not like my face isn't printed on every billboard from here to my Apartment."
"Just try and keep things calm and silent. We don't need any attention brought to us."
Josh then looks shocked.
"You're telling me to be 'calm' and 'silent'. You're Sergeant Calhoun from Hero's Duty; you shouldn't even say those words."
"Well given our circumstances, you are a walking time bomb ready to go off."
"I'm a time bomb?"
"Yes. Given how you showed off to all those people at the fair', Josh looks away and gets annoyed, 'Anyone can recognize you the second you shoot out a lightning bolt from your hands."
Josh sighs hard and looks back at Calhoun.
"Calhoun. According to E.D.I., the man who shipped the game works here. Let were standing out here arguing like an old married couple', Calhoun drops her mouth, 'Let me tell you something, you can do that stuff to Felix, but not with me. I'm not married to you."
Calhoun gets pissed and Josh walks up the steps.
"Just so you know, if you see Cyrus's husks, don't attack them. Just run."
"Just run? Are you kidding me? Those things get out they'll just multiply. I have to destroy them."
"You've destroyed enough. More than I can count even."
"That's probably difficult for you to handle."
Calhoun gets serious and spins Josh around.
"Hey!"
"Hey if you want to compare kill streaks, let's do it. How many Cy-Bugs have you killed? Let's see, one, two, uh, uh, uh, oh no. I'm out of fingers."
Calhoun gets more annoyed.
"JOSH."
"Let's get in here and find this David guy before you get on any more of my nerves."
Calhoun sighs hard and the two enter the club.
Good Time Club…
Josh and Calhoun enter the Club. People are dancing, listening to the loud music being played by the DJ. Colorful lights shoot everywhere. Josh stays focused until the moment he sees half naked girls dancing around the place in different sections of the club.
"Mm mm mm…"
Calhoun sees Josh getting distracted and rolls her eyes.
"Hey! HEY!"
Calhoun snaps Josh out of it by slapping him behind his head. He shakes it off.
"What? What?!"
"Look at you!"
Josh looks down at himself.
"What?"
"It's been ten seconds we've been in here and you're already distracted."
"By what?"
"By all these women in here."
"Calhoun…I was in jail, remember that?"
"Stay focused." Calhoun says walking ahead
"I AM focused!"
"Then stop staring at all these half naked girls. Were here for David."
"Well I'm not going to look at you that's for sure. You got Felix for that."
Calhoun turns her head back and looks hard at Josh. Josh examines Calhoun's armor and compares it to the girls around the club.
"Besides look at you, you look like you're from the future and dressed for battle."
Calhoun looks down at herself and Josh notices.
"Do you even know what's under that armor of yours?"
Calhoun looks back at Josh and narrows her eyes hard at him. Josh sees and puts his hands up.
"I'm just saying."
The two continue on. As the two look around the club, security spots Josh and Calhoun. One security guard calls on his radio to the others around the bar. Back with Josh and Calhoun, they continue to search and Josh shakes his head.
"This is stupid. Let's split up', Calhoun turns around, 'Will cover more ground that way. Meet me back at the bar in five?"
"Fine."
Josh watches Calhoun walk to the bathrooms.
"Where you going?"
Calhoun looks back.
"To the girls room, why?"
Josh points in the direction of the Men's.
"The Men's bathroom is that way?', Calhoun looks hard at Josh, 'Do you need help holding it Calhoun?" Josh says with a smile at the end
Calhoun heads to the restroom and two bouncers follow her inside.
Ladies Room…
Calhoun walks to the sink and stares at herself in the mirror. She looks down and turns on the sink. Calhoun splashes the water on her face. Behind her, the bouncers hide behind the wall and see Calhoun washing her face. One of the bouncers looks at the other and nods. He walks out quietly and up to Calhoun. Calhoun again splashes water on her face and looks up at the mirror, in the reflection, she sees the bouncer coming up right from behind her. As the bouncer gets close, Calhoun grabs her pistol and points it at the man.
"Don't even think about it!"
The other bouncer comes up from behind and pushes his friend into Calhoun. He goes and tackles Calhoun making her drop her gun. The bouncer gets up and grabs Calhoun from behind. She struggles to break free of his grasp.
"Man this chick is hard to handle! Help me out!"
Calhoun looks ahead and sees the other bouncer coming at her. She jumps up and kicks him away and he gets pushed right into the wall head first. Calhoun fights back with the bouncer who has his hands wrapped around her and slips out. She punches and kicks him away and Calhoun gets a second to breathe…
Outside the bathroom, Josh walks up to the bar and waits for Calhoun. Back inside the bathroom, Calhoun looks through a glass window and sees Josh just looking around. She waves to get his attention and suddenly Calhoun gets tackled by the other bouncer. She fights him off and looks at Josh through the window just watching a girl dance on the bar next to him. The bouncer throws Calhoun up against the glass window and bangs on the glass to get Josh's attention, but it doesn't work.
"JOSH!"
The bouncer throws Calhoun away. Back with Josh, he keeps a sharp eye on the girl dancing around his head.
"Hello, yes I would like you to dance more around me if you don't mind."
Back with Calhoun, the bouncer throws her away and he picks up her gun.
"DON'T MOVE!"
Calhoun spins around and washes the water off her face. The bouncer looks hard at Calhoun and pulls the trigger. But all it does is CLICK.
"Huh?"
Calhoun gets up and walks to the bouncer. He continues to try and shoot the gun and Calhoun grabs it and head-butts the guy.
"Don't!', watches guy fall down, 'EVER! Touch my gun!"
Calhoun looks through the glass window and sees Josh. She points her gun at the window and shoots. The bullets crack the glass into a million pieces and the bullets fly everywhere. Some customers hear the gun shots and Josh doesn't even flinch. He turns around, and as Josh looks through the glass, he sees Calhoun in the bathroom, breathing heavily showing that she was just in a fight.
"Uh oh!"
Josh quickly rushes to the bathroom and meets Calhoun there. As Josh runs there, he sees Calhoun all out of breath, drenched and completely tired. Josh crosses his arms.
"Boy…could I shake hands with the guy who decided to whoop your ass?"
Calhoun shakes her head grinding her teeth at Josh.
"Don't push me Josh…I'm in no mood. This isn't the time to annoy me right now." Calhoun says shaking her head back and forth
"Okay, okay. I won't. Well, at least we now were in the right place. Let's head up to David's office. Now he knows were here, let's meet and greet him kindly."
Josh leads while Calhoun follows with her gun in her hands firmly. The customers of the club quickly leave and Josh and Calhoun stay. As they make their way across the dance floor, they get surrounded by bouncers of the club. Josh and Calhoun look at each and every one of them and look back at each other. Josh grabs his staff and smiles at Calhoun.
"Do you mind if…go ahead?"
Calhoun waves her hand and Josh moves ahead.
"Gentlemen. My friend and I are on are way to see Mr. Everett. You can leave now and have a nice night somewhere else. But if you don't, you'll be spending a portion of that night in the hospital. What do you say?"
The bouncers look at each other and back at Josh. Josh blinks and they all laugh. Josh shakes his head and looks back at Calhoun.
"This won't count as my kill streak okay?"
"Fine by me."
Josh nods.
"Good."
The bouncers run at Josh and Josh points his staff at all of them. He shoots out a bolt at each one and they go flying across the dance floor. The music abrupts as the current hits it. Josh sighs and throws his staff over his shoulder.
"They just never learn…"
Josh and Calhoun move ahead and go up to David's office.
David's Office…
Josh and Calhoun make it up to David's Office. As they walk up to the door, they see a sign that says 'Do Not Disturb'.
"Really?" Josh asks
Josh looks down and sees the electronic key pad. He sighs and points his hand at it. Calhoun watches as Josh fries the machine and it short circuits. The door opens and Josh opens the door.
"Ladies first."
Calhoun enters and Josh follows. As Josh and Calhoun enter David's Office, they look across the room and see his chair facing the other way in front of a computer. Josh and Calhoun look at each other and Josh nods. Calhoun nods back and points her gun at David.
"Mr. Everett? David Everett? My name is Josh Litwak. You've probably heard of me. I just want to talk. Mr. Everett?" Josh asks approaching the desk
Josh looks back at Calhoun and sees her trained hard on at David. He looks back at David's chair and walks to it.
"David? David!"
As Josh approaches the chair, he spins it around and jumps back.
"No!"
Calhoun drops her gun and sees David's body infected with Cyrus's virus. He's infected and his whole body shows it. Josh shakes his head and rubs his face.
"And this must be David Everett."
Calhoun holsters her gun and walks to the desk.
"Cyrus?"
Josh looks back.
"Who else?"
Calhoun walks around the desk and examines the computer. Josh walks around David's lifeless body and just stares at him.
"I'm just going to take a shot in the dark here…David here signed the order to ship Cyrus the Virus to the Arcade. Cyrus breaks out and returns back to David here who signed off on shipping the game. Cyrus kills him and leaves him to tell no tale."
Calhoun nods.
"The best way I can figure it out."
Josh sighs.
"Best way I can figure it out."
"Dead end?"
Josh looks at the computer and walks to it.
"No. Maybe his computer can tell us a tale."
Josh reaches in his jacket pocket and pulls out his hard drive. Calhoun just watches.
"What are you doing?"
"E.D.I. can hack through anything. I'll have her take a copy of David's computer and analyze it back at the Apartment.', Josh's phone rings and he answers it, 'Hello?"
It's E.D.I. calling from the Apartment.
"Josh, I have traced calls stating police are on their way to the club right now."
Josh nods.
"Thanks E.D.I.', looks at Calhoun, 'We have to go."
Calhoun nods and Josh takes his hard drive out of the computer and leaves. Back with David's lifeless body on the other hand, his head slowly turns at his computer…
Josh's Apartment…
Josh and Calhoun arrive back at the Apartment.
"Tamora!" Felix says running toward Calhoun
Calhoun walks to the Kitchen and sits down on the stool. Felix jumps up on the counter and checks out Calhoun.
"Are you okay?" Felix says looking at Calhoun's face
Calhoun brushes her hair back and smirks.
"Yeah, I'm fine Felix. I just had to use the bathroom. That's all."
As Felix checks out Calhoun, Josh walks up to E.D.I. and plugs the hard drive in.
"Here E.D.I., analyze this data and tell me what you find."
"Right away Josh."
As E.D.I. analyzes the data, Josh goes to sit down on the couch and sighs.
"Oooh…what a night…"
Vanellope walks by with a Root Beer in hand.
"Here Josh, I got something for you."
Josh sees the Root Beer in Vanellope's hand and takes it.
"Thanks Vanellope, I could really use this right now."
Josh takes the Root Beer and gets ready to drink it. Vanellope smiles and slowly steps back. As Josh is about to open it, E.D.I. finishes analyzing the data.
"I have finished analyzing the data Josh."
Josh stops from opening the Root Beer and sets it down on the table. Vanellope just watches and looks annoyed.
"Great. Tell me what you found."
"I have uncovered plot details of the game Cyrus the Virus."
That catches, Josh and everyone's attention. Josh slowly blinks and stands up.
"You serious?"
"According to what I have read, yes."
Josh smiles and looks at everyone. This is what Josh wanted to know from the very beginning.
"Great, then let's have it out."
"I've only uncovered a certain amount of data; the rest of it is quite encrypted and will require time to analyze."
"That's fine E.D.I., that's fine. Just show us what you've uncovered."
"Very well."
E.D.I. shows the five what she's uncovered. Everyone watches, Calhoun and Felix still stay by the Kitchen. Ralph sits down behind the couch while Vanellope and Josh sit on the couch in front of him. E.D.I. shows images of the game world to Josh. Josh shakes his head seeing them.
"E.D.I. I've seen these images before. We all have when we entered the game."
"There is more, please be patient."
Josh sighs and waits. The images slowly convert to actual footage from the game. Everyone watches as news real show them the destruction of the world inside the game. People screaming, slowly dying and showing millions of people becoming infected by Cyrus's virus. Josh covers his mouth seeing the horror of the game.
"That's one hell of an intro…"
Vanellope sees the horror of the game and gets closer to Josh. The intro continues showing Cyrus going on a rampage, raising his army of infected husks and bending them to his will. He can see through the eyes of the once so called people, that's how he can control them. He can be in two different places, MANY different places all at once. Cyrus wants revenge of the world that made him into what he was.
Cyrus was an experiment. An experiment gone horrible wrong, trying to interface a human being with a deadly virus. A virus in which would be injected to the subject (Cyrus) and not feeling the effects of it, in which can control it and wipe out any other known viruses known demand. Also, using that virus on technology to wipe away anything and control from the mind. Josh shakes his head seeing this footage.
"Cyrus…I don't know whether to admire his ability or to feel sorry for him."
"Neither works." Vanellope states
"I know Vanellope."
But Cyrus went against it. Instead of using it, Cyrus found out what he can do and infected lots of people. Those people, who were once human, transformed into his husks which he return controlled and wiped out population all around the world. Josh watches the video and it goes into static which shows E.D.I. has to encrypt for it to continue. Josh shakes his head seeing what he just saw.
"I get it now…I get it and I finally understand." Josh says getting up
Everyone watches him walk to the window of the Apartment on the left side of the TV.
"What? I don't get it Josh." Ralph says
Josh sighs and finally Felix and Calhoun come over.
"What did you see that we didn't Josh." Calhoun states
Josh turns around and looks at his friend with a worried look.
"He's going to do it here."
"What?" Vanellope asks standing up
"Cyrus did what he wanted inside the game. With that done, he's got nothing left to do. But now that he's out of the game…he's going to do what he did inside the game to my world."
The four look at each other, Calhoun looks at the screen and sees the destruction of the game world and looks back at Josh.
"Wait, you mean to tell me, what Cyrus did in there, he's going to do here in your world?" Calhoun asks
Josh nods.
"Yes Calhoun."
"Why would he do such a thing?" Felix asks
"Because it wasn't enough for him. Since the game world isn't real enough for him, he's going to do it to my world. And it's already started."
The four look at each other and look back at Josh.
"What are we going to do now?" Vanellope asks
Josh sighs and reaches over for the Root Beer. Vanellope sees and covers her face.
"We have to stop Cyrus. Stop him from turning his game world into my real one.', as Josh opens his Root Beer, it explodes and everyone flinches, Josh on the other hand, keeps his eyes shut and holds the Root Beer firmly, Vanellope jumps up and climbs on Ralph's shoulder, he sighs hard and looks down at his drink, Josh then looks at his friends and lifts his Root Beer up, 'Cheers guys. To if we can stop Cyrus and beating him."
Josh drinks what's left of the Root Beer and sighs. He turns around and looks out the window, hoping he can stop Cyrus at all.
End of Chapter 11…
Preview of Chapter 12…
Discovering what Cyrus is planning on doing, Josh has to act fast. The reason Cyrus destroyed the world was because of his husks. So he has to make sure to stop the infection from spreading. But he can't go to the hospitals; he'll get caught in the matter of seconds. So the children will only get sicker. But news reports show the husks taking hostage of civilians and the police have no luck beating them. So Josh has to help but risk getting caught. And at the same time, a new player enters Josh's world. Friend or foe? Josh doesn't know. Next time on Wreck-It Ralph: Cyrus the Virus, Chapter 12 – A Hero and the Plague
Next chapter will come out next Monday, June 10th