He's Not Worth It – Chapter 2

I'm back guys! I'll be posting chapters daily, and if not, every other day if I have time, but since I'm on my winter break (11 days) I should be able to update daily since I don't think this story will exceed 11 chapters. Welp, on with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Wreck-It Ralph/Ralph Breaks the Internet D:

Enjoy :)

All Sugar Rush racers and NPCs were heading to their start positions. Taffyta was over by the rainbow bridge, putting the finishing touches to her kart, Pink Lightning. All of a sudden, she felt the ground shaking underneath her feet. She grunted. She knew this meant one thing – no, person.

Wreck-it Ralph.

Has Ralph lost his mind?

"RALPH!" Taffyta shouted. Ralph stopped in his tracks and turned his attention to her. "What the fudge are you doing here? The arcade is OPEN!"

"Sorry, Taff!" Ralph responded. "I gotta be the hero Vanellope knows and loves! She said the game is-"

"-in danger because of you?" Taffyta retorted. "Have you learned NOTHING from your last 'adventure?'" Ralph furrowed his eyebrows.

"…what?"

"You bring nothing but trouble to Sugar Rush! And your game! But Vanellope is blind as a bat to see that because she's under some spell with you!" Ralph blushed at that thought and immediately tried to shoo it away. "Hey that is not-"

"Have you gotten so close to Vanellope at this point, you're too stupid to realize you're putting not only our game, but YOUR game at risk?" Taffyta asked rhetorically. "Vanny needs a friend, not a hero. It's way better than kissing her a-"

"Listen here, ya cavity, I'm doing this for Vanellope's happiness and there is nothing you can do to make me decide against it!" Ralph interrupted before she could finish off that word. "I gotta run!" With that, Ralph was off.

Ugh, why bother. Taffyta thought as she drove to the start line.

Two kids, Swati and Nafisa, went to play Sugar Rush, with Nafisa spectating. They chose Vanellope as their racer. Of course, most of the racers thought as rolling their eyes. No, it wasn't of jealousy, but this was becoming a normal thing. If it wasn't for Vanellope, no one would be playing their game. Sugar Rush was the most popular game at Litwak's 6 years in a row. King Candy was history.

"You're not winning this time, princess." Taffyta said to Vanellope while giving her a competitive look. Vanellope smirked. "While I am technically a princess, Taffyta, I'd rather you think of me as plain old Vanellope: the racer who's about the kick your butt." The announcer counted down, and the racers zoomed off.

Ralph was nearby, about to begin his heroine work for Vanellope. The thought of Taffyta even being in the same game with her made him scowl. "That Taffyta," he said aloud to himself, "if I could give her a piece of her mind then I would. She understands by helping Vanellope I'm helping her, the other racers, and the game too. She knows I don't wreck things on purpose, unless it's during arcade hours. If only…"

Ralph then had a flashback of his life before he met Vanellope. How every day of his life he was rejected. How he was mistreated by his fellow NPC characters, as well as avatars outside his game. How the nicest guy in the game, heck, the arcade, didn't do anything to prevent it. How he was the Bad Guy.

Ralph sighed.

…if only she could give me a chance.

Ralph was brought back into reality with the booming voice of the announcer in the air.

"Vanellope takes a huge lead! No one is gonna beat her now!"

Ralph had realized he was subconsciously making/breaking the track while he was in his deep train of thought, but he regained his full focus and made the finishing touches. "Ah, she's gonna love this."

Meanwhile on the racetrack,

Vanellope had just passed Taffyta. Taffyta let out a wail of defeat and rage. Candlehead and Rancis caught up with her.

"You know, as much as I lo- LIKE Vanellope," Rancis quickly corrected himself as he blushed, "she can seem to be a bit, I dunno, cocky, y'know?" "It's her and that glitch!" Taffyta shouted over the rushing winds and tires screeching on the racetrack. "It's gives us an unfair advantage! It's the only reason why people pick her!" "Hey, as long as our game is being played, that's all that matters," Candlehead added herself in to the conversation. As right as she was, Taffyta didn't want to admit it. "Whatever. I'm not gonna let it distract me from the fact that I'm the best racer in Sugar Rush. NATURALLY." Taffyta, Candlehead and Rancis were approaching the finish line. They took their attention off the road when they saw a random flying object in the sky. Time seemed to slow down for them to identify what that object was.

"Look, it's a bird!" Candlehead shouted.

"It's a plane!" Rancis shot back.

"No, it's-"

They immediately recognized the shrill screaming voice of the character, and time went back to normal.

"Vanellope?!" they all said in unison.

Taffyta felt the ground shaking again. She saw Ralph running over to the side Vanellope had landed.

"Hey, what's Ralph doing here?!" Candlehead asked. "Shouldn't he be in Fix-it Felix Jr.?" "That's exactly what I'm thinking!" Rancis said. Taffyta didn't acknowledge any of their questions. She was livid. Of all the years she knew Ralph, when she suggested something, it never went through to him in his 8-bit brain. This was the last straw.

"Taffyta look!"

Candlehead called her back into reality when she set her gaze on the jumbotron, which separated them from their game and the human world. What they saw and heard made their hearts drop. The girl, Swati, was holding the detached steering wheel in shame, and called Mr. Litwak. Things never turned out well if Mr. Litwak was called. They ran over to Vanellope to see if she was okay.

"Vanellope! Get up here now! We got a situation!"

Vanellope's usually happy-go-lucky, joyful, and mischievous face turned into a worried expression.

"Mr. Litwak, The Vanellope racer wasn't working and I think maybe I turned the wheel too hard?" Swati confessed.

"What did you do, Ralph?!" Taffyta whispered with anger in her voice. "And why are you here, they'll see you and get suspicious!"

"Nothing!" he whispered back with the same tone in his voice.

"He was just trying to make the game more fun and exciting!" Vanellope added as an attempt to defend him.

"Yeah! Why don't you relax, Taffyta? Litwak will fix this!"

But that's where Ralph was wrong. Litwak made matters worse, by breaking the steering wheel in half. Vanellope and the 3 racers gave Ralph a skeptical look.

"Okay… still not a problem. He'll just order a new part!" Candlehead and Vanellope looked like they had some form of hope, but Taffyta and Rancis weren't buying it.

"I'd order a new part," Litwak continued which took Ralph by surprise, "but the company that made Sugar Rush went out of business years ago." Ralph's mouth was agape, while the racers' grimaced.

"I can try to find one on the internet," one of the kids suggested. "Ooh, me too," the rest of the kids surrounding Sugar Rush said, searching for the steering wheel like it was their job.

"Ha, that'll be like finding a needle on a hayst-"

"I found one! On eBay!" Swati said with a shocked Litwak in front of her.

"See, the kids got it under control," Ralph assured. "They'll just order a new part from eBoy." The racers still weren't convinced.

"Are you kidding me, how much?!" Litwak exclaimed. Swati's confidence dropped. "That's more than this game makes in a year! I hate to say this, but I'll have the maintenance guy come on Monday and it may be time to… sell Sugar Rush for parts."

"Aww…"

"Where's he…" Ralph tried to figure out the next action Litwak would take. Once he figured out, his heart skipped a beat. "Litwak's gonna unplug your game! Run!" Ralph and the Sugar Rush characters scrambled for the exit.

Everyone was running for their lives. They didn't have a chance to lake one last glance of their sugary home, pixelating, and certain areas already being sucked into oblivion. By now, all the characters have reached the halfway point of the cord. One little candy corn character tripped and fell, which did minor damage to its leg, but prevented it from walking any further.

"Vanellope, help!"

Vanellope looked back to see some racers and the other candy NPCs running past the poor candy character. Ugh, inconsiderate freaks. She thought.

Without thinking twice, she jumped off Ralph's shoulder and made a sprint for the fallen character.

"Kid?! What're you doing?"

"I gotta save a citizen!"

"No Kid, I can't lose you! Get back here!"

"Ralph, I'm not just some helpless baby, I can handle this on my own! Go help the other characters!"

Ralph frowned at her response. "I'm just trying to be the hero no one can be for you," he muttered. Taffyta, who was nearby, smirked at the outcome of their short conversation. None of this would be happening if you hadn't come in the first place, Ralph, she though. At this point, the characters have reached Game Central Station. With Wynchel and Duncan in the front, they ran over the Surge Protector, and the rest stampeded him.

"What the heck are you all doing outside your game?! The arcade is open!"

"Sugar Rush is getting unplugged!" Ralph responded. Before anyone could speak any further, everyone looked up to see the plug that lead to Sugar Rush was now completely out. There was nothing but darkness ahead of them.

"We're homeless!" Wynchel and Duncan cried in unison.

"Oh no, I'm freaking out hard," Sour Bill cried but still in his bored, monotone voice.

"Yeah, what are we gonna do?!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Taffyta screamed, revealing the super sensitive side of her. It wasn't just any scream, but a scream of anger, fear, worry, and hate.

"Calm down, calm down, get a hold of yourselves!" the Surge said, but no one paid him any mind.

Things were looking hopeless. Ralph and Vanellope stood in the middle of it all, worried, but remaining calm.

"Wh…Where are we gonna live?" Vanellope asked.

"I uh... I've never seen this many gameless characters since Space Invaders." Surge admitted. "You all can stay here 'til the arcade closes, I guess, and we'll figure out where the heck we're gonna put you all."

All the Sugar Rush characters walked to a nearby bench in dismay. Ralph blamed himself for the loss, but as he tried to apologize, each character either ignored him, give him a sad look, a disappointed look, or a mad look. Finally, Vanellope passed by.

"Vanellope, please, I'm so sorry! I was just trying to make you happy and now the whole game hates me! And I- I-" Ralph's voice broke and he felt a lump in his throat. Vanellope only looked back and gave him a look of disappointment. Ralph took out his cookie medal that Vanellope has made for him all those years ago. He showed it to her. She knew it meant Ralph was being her hero. But she didn't agree. She turned back around and found a seat between Taffyta and Rancis.

Ralph could never forgive himself for what he did.

That's all for now, folks! Sorry I didn't publish yesterday, I was out Christmas shopping all day and once I got home (around midnight) I was knocked out! But there will be more coming tomorrow! Your reviews and feedback are appreciated! Thanks for reading! Happy Holidays! :)