Chapter 2

"Tammy? Tamora, you there honey?"

He was in a dark room. No doors, no windows, no floors. He's standing. But his feet can feel no floor. Strange.

"Tammy, i'm scared! Where are you? I need you!" He shouted in his earnest.

Calhoun snapped her eyes open and quickly raised her head up, seeing her husband still blacked out. It was only the two of them in the room. Their room seems darker and her head is swimming. Her eyes see twos and her arms feel numb.

Did she just heard Felix called her?

Nah, maybe it's just her.

It's been a month since Felix was proven alive. Unfortunately, he still hasn't awaken yet. But according to Dr. Mario, everything is normal. They just have to be patient once more.

"Patient?! You want me to be patient?! I've done my waiting doc! I'm tired of these!" Calhoun shouted with tears brimming her eyes.

"I'm so sorry ma'am. That's everything we can do."

..

A week had passed. While Calhoun, Ralph and Vanellope waited for the handyman in distraught, they didn't have a single idea, that any minute now, Felix's eyes would flutter open.

It did.

"Sarge! Sarge, look!" Ralph exclaimed. As Calhoun raised her head, she saw his husband already sitting up. "Felix!" A little squeal was heard from the kid.

"Whe-where am I?" Was his first words.

"You're back, Felix! You're back!" Ignoring Felix's question, the three characters hugged the little handyman as though he wouldn't be able to breathe.

"E-excuse me." Felix stated, clearing his throat. The three pulled away and looked at him with a very noticeable enthusiasm and joy. Felix fixed his gazed towards the wrecker.

"Ralph? What are you doing here? Where are we? Who are those two?" He asked, his voice full of curiosity and weariness.

The beam on their faces slowly vanished and their gazes turned into a great shock and sorrow as the handyman slipped those words from his mouth.

This isn't happening.

"Felix? I'm Tamora! Don't you remember?" Tears again, filled her eyes. "And i'm Vanellope! Ralph what's happening?"

"I beg your pardon, miss. I don't remember anything."

"Felix.."

In that very moment, Dr. Mario, together with Kohut and the Surge Protector entered the room in a hurry. "Sarge! You've gotta hear thi-"

Everyone stared in confusion and amazement.

"Doc, he doesn't remember anything! How is that possible?" Calhoun asked in a panic manner as she grasped the doctor's shoulders tightly in her hands.

Surge Protector approached the sergeant and put a hand on her shoulder. "That's what i'm here to tell you, sarge."

"What is it? What happened?!"

"Felix has been rebooted."

"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted.

"He won't remember anything, but we're very certain that all he knows are his game mechanics, and his game's characters."

"How's that even possible?" Ralph asked, who, for the first time, said a word.

"I'm sorry I didn't see it earlier. You see, when Felix wasn't breathing, that was when the rebooting takes place. A character being rebooted is like a machine plugged in but is turned off. He or she would shut down for a couple of weeks. We were lucky it only took him 2 weeks, some says there are those who took longer than that."

"How come he just died like that while he's at Tapper's?"

"Rebooting doesn't choose a place or time. The only time that that wouldn't happen would be arcade hours since the characters have been played. And no one will know if they're gonna be rebooted. It will just happen quickly without anyone noticing. Typically, the game's protagonists or main characters are the ones being rebooted. And after that, they wouldn't remember a thing, just their game mechanics, and the characters of their game. But don't worry, some says the character will be able to remember a few things in a matter of time. Just a few though."

"I don't understand, why was he rebooted?" The 8-year-old president asked.

"Usually, the older the game character is, the higher the chance it would be rebooted. But these things happens rarely. And Felix are one of those."

"What happens when they're rebooted? Any changes?" Ralph asked.

"And why did it took you a month to figure it out?" Added Calhoun.

"No, no Ralph. There will be no changes. But being rebooted will be like being plugged in for the first time. Back to level one. It's very difficult to determine, Sarge. You'll be able to notice it once the character starts breathing. But in my case, I guess I've been too blanked. I'm truly sorry."

Felix, who's been listening all along, found the right time to show his point. "We-we-we-we-wait, so you're telling me, or them precisely, that i've been here for long?"

"Yeah, 32 years, to be exact." Ralph commented, a pinch of hope in his eyes.

"Really? Wow, that's really long... and old." Replied Felix, face full of bewilderment.

Calhoun faced Felix with a mark of easily distinguished sadness and distraught in her eyes as she kneeled down to his height. "I know you'll remember me, Felix. Please try."

The fixer nodded in reply, looking back at her with pity as everyone cleared the room.

Finally, Litwack's back from his game-hunting and boy, he really did good job. He ordered games not less than 30 and it made his arcade busier. With the handyman back on his feet, his game was surely missed.

With Felix having so much fun being played by the gamers, Calhoun, Ralph and Vanellope, on the other hand, are having such terrible days. Felix can't seem to remember things and until now, he hasn't recalled a single thing! Most importantly, his and Calhoun's marriage. And by that, it made Calhoun downright miserable.

The sergeant's nights have been a lot harder. With being unable to sleep with Felix, unless he remembered her, her nights have been the worst. Apparently, as always, her nights are always miserable. But she's used to it. And ever since she got married to the 8-bit handyman, she has also got used to his 8-bit body being in contact with her each and every night, wrapped around her arms. And without his cuddly, little husband, she barely survives the night.

Calhoun and the others haven't really mentioned to the good guy, that he is, as a matter of fact, married. From which he didn't know that he's married to a no-nonsense sergeant as well. Eventually, Felix may not remember their marriage, but like what happened, he fell for her as easy as his hammer fixes windows, and it really did.

One day, after some long day of gaming, Felix ran down the building and met up with Ralph by the mud puddle he was supposed to land to. "Ralph, can you tell me more about that Sergeant from Hero's Duty?" Was how he greeted the wrecker.

"Oh, sergeant Calhoun? Well, she's a very strong and sensible lady, Felix." Ralph answered as he stood up and remove the mud that covered his face and overalls.

"Really?" He replied, a lovestruck grin spread on his face. "Is she single?" He asked, innocently.

Suddenly, Ralph decided to play his game. "How about you figure that out yourself, buddy." He said, patting his back, lightly.

"Not fair, Ralph." He stated as he crossed his arms in disappointment.

"Ooh! Somebody's inlove!" Ralph teased. "What? No, she's just giving me the honeyglows, somethin' awful!" Felix, whose face is, unquestionably, lightening up with the red pigment he so-called honeyglows, showed a lovestruck grin as he shifted his left foot from side-to-side, not wanting the wrecker to see his now-red-as-a-tomato face.

The wrecker chuckled, seeing the fixer's honeyglows filling him up, "Classic Felix."

"Huh?"

"Nothing. I said you should ask her out."

"Ask her out? That's ridiculous, what if she'll reject me?" Felix said as he started to march with a displeasing look on his face. The wrecker followed him. "Did you see her high definition? It's amazing!" He spun around in a dreamy manner. "And then, did you really expected an 8-bit handyman like me would be able to ask her out? Nah." He continued.

"Yep! I'm certain." The handyman stopped walking as Ralph's words reached his ears. He turned to him. "You think so?"

Ralph sighed, "I know so brother."

Felix gulped as he took his cap from his head and wring it delicately. A sudden realization hit him, "Ralph, am... Am I.. In a relationship.. with her?"

"I don't know, bud. I don't know." Was all that Ralph said before walking away, smirking, and leaving the fixer in his thoughts.

Felix frowned sheepishly as he pulled off his glove and stared at something shimmering around his finger. Little did he know, that the golden metal he found he's wearing since he woke up.. Is a wedding ring.

And there goes Chapter 2! Sorry to keep you waiting guys. I've been very busy that I hardly had time for anything. Anyway, I just improvised everything I wrote here, the reboot, specifically. If you want to know more about my 'rebooting of Felix' thingy, just pm me! It's really hard to think about its perks, so please bare with me. Thanks for reading! Please review. Sorry for the short chapter, by the way.