He's Not Worth It – Chapter 6
Hey everyone! Here's chapter 6. Let's go!
Disclaimer: I do not own Wreck-It Ralph/Ralph Breaks the Internet, but I've learned to live with that.
Enjoy :)
The family hug lasted at least 2 minutes. After the group broke apart, Felix and Calhoun held Taffyta back for one more piece of advice.
"Losing builds personality."
"Everyone is a winner, Taffyta."
November 21st, 2018 marks the day that Taffyta Muttonfudge became a new person.
In the Internet,
Vanellope had just lashed out at Ralph for his wrongdoing. She walked as far as she could from him. She was currently walking alone in a part of the internet that looked abandoned, with her hoodie on her head and hands stuffed in pockets.
"Hey you."
Vanellope thought she was hearing things due to the voice being so faint, so she continued to walk to who knows where. She was taken aback when the voice called again, but it grew louder.
"HEY YOU!"
"I-is someone there?" she nervously asked.
A circular figure with a red cloak covering its whole body bounced out of a dark shadow. Vanellope figured it was a bird, since its yellow beak was the only thing exposed.
"Are you…are you Vanellope von Schweetz from that classic 1997 arcade game Sugar Rush?" the figure asked nonchalantly.
"Yup, that's me," she responded with a disappointed look. "Why do you ask?'
"Well, a guy like me is wondering what the heck you're doing in the internet!"
"You see, my game got unplugged recently because the steering wheel that controls me and the other racers broke, so me and my…friend, Wreck-it Ralph, came here to look for that steering wheel which is on eBay, and we just bought it and all, so… yeah."
"Where is your friend?" the figure's curiosity rose. Vanellope's eyebrows furrowed every time Ralph came to her mind. She sighed.
"We got into a huge fight, so I guess whichever way the wind blew him." She said while kicking a rock.
"At least you have a friend left."
Vanellope raised her eyebrow in confusion. "What do you mean? Who are you…?"
The round figure finally revealed itself, showing its large furrowed eyebrows with huge eyes, its full small red body with several dark spots, and its spiky black tail. "My name is Red. I'm from the game Angry Birds." Since Vanellope barely knew anything about the internet, she barely knew online games. She just nodded to acknowledge his response, but to Red, that wasn't the case.
"Ah, of course you forgot about me," he scoffed. "It all went down to nothing all those years ago."
"What happened all those years ago?" Vanellope asked.
-Flashback-
"Well, 8 years ago, Angry Birds use to be the most popular game on the internet!" Red explained. Red was in a slingshot, ready to be launched by a netuser standing behind. He got pulled back, was released, and charged for the green pigs. The netuser clapped their hands twice to make the Red speed up. He successfully hit the pigs and won the level.
"We got hundreds of thousands of gamers every day, people loved us, and we were living our best lives," Red continued.
Another level was shown with Red, 3 other similar looking birds, and one black bird bigger then him.
"I remember the good old days with Bomb. My best bud. He was the bomb. Literally!" A netuser launched Bomb into the air, aiming for the pigs. The netuser clapped twice, but instead of speeding up, he exploded pixel by pixel, killing all the pigs.
"Bomb was the strongest bird in all of Angry Birds," Red said, "he would explode and knock those pigs out within seconds! He regenerated, so it was all good." Vanellope let out a sigh of relief.
"Life was great and everything until we one day heard what happens to online games when it gradually decreases in popularity: it shuts down. Forever." Vanellope felt her heart sink. What if the same thing could happen to Slaughter Race? Sure, she knew nothing would last forever, and the same would eventually happen to Sugar Rush as well, but she didn't want to end like this guy!
"My other buddies, Chuck (a triangular yellow bird), Jay, Jake, Jim (triplet blue birds), Matilda (white bird), and the pigs were all confident our game would last for a long time since our game was really popular, but me and Bomb just weren't buying it! They weren't wrong at first, the game was still popular for a good 2 years, but then January 2013 hit, and suddenly people just… stopped playing. Me, the birds and the pigs noticed, but I was most alert of it. One midnight, everyone was sleeping, and I was collecting seeds for my dinner the next day, and I noticed something strange. I saw the ground miles away from me pixelating! Angry Birds was getting shut down and all my friends were still asleep! I made an exit for the game as fast as I could without even looking back to help my friends. And I feel horrible to this day." Red's friends were immediately woken up by the shaking of the ground underneath them. They ran as a group and made a beeline for the exit as fast as possible.
"Where's Red?!" Jake asked.
"He must've made it out the game already!" Chuck replied.
"We gotta get to the exit, and fast!" Bomb said.
But they ran out of time. The darkness had sucked all of them in. "RED!" was the last thing that came out of their mouths before they disappeared forever. Vanellope was speechless and was at a loss for words. She now wanted to go back to the arcade more than ever. She now realized what Ralph was trying to do, but she was still mad at him for ruining everything. He started the mess from the get-go! They wouldn't even be here if it weren't for him! She still felt bad for the homeless bird.
"I-I'm sorry," she only said.
"Sorry? For me?" the red bird retorted. "If it weren't for my selfishness, we'd all be here right now, figuring something out! Don't feel sorrow for me, feel sorrow for the others!" Before Vanellope could say anything else, the bird ran away legs moving quick.
"Wait!" she cried. Red didn't comply. He only moved faster than before, disappearing into the infinite world of the internet. Vanellope had so many emotions flowing through her head right now. She then realized how she was being selfish, just leaving her close friends behind without even letting them know or saying goodbye. She even thought, in a way, she was going Turbo, because of her want to have more out of life. She had been a glitch for 15 years. Her dream was to be a racer, and now she is the most professional 9-year-old racer there is! She had already fulfilled her dream! What more could she want than to be a racer? She was interrupted by a large 9-foot figure walking by. Anger overpowered all her emotions.
"Ralph, I told you not to follow me!" she hissed.
"FRIEND?" the mindless creature asked. Vanellope produced a dumbfounded look.
"…cut that out, you're scaring me…!" she said. 2 more Ralphs appeared from behind her.
"FRIIIEEEEEEEND?" they both moaned. Vanellope tried to escape, but she was met with thousands of Ralphs climbing internet buildings.
"Sweet mother of Ralph!"
That's all for now, folks! I'm pretty sure the rest of the story will take place in the internet, but if not then points of views will switch between the arcade and the internet. I'll most likely wrap this story up in 2 chapters :( but I gotta say, I enjoyed writing it. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Your reviews and feedback are appreciated! Thanks for reading! :)