Cherry and Jack were outside now in the realm that was called Wireland.
"Those guys broke a hole in my wall!" Jack complained before looking around and then saw cameras. "What're those cameras for? Where does the feed go? Does Wireland have security?"
"I dunno, Jack, if you don't like it, then go on the internet and complain." Cherry replied.
The two soon walked and ran into a white-shirted female with long brown hair with a rather disturbing smile on her face.
"Oh, great, it's EVIE..." Jack groaned. "Oh, no."
"Hello, Nick and Ben," Evie greeted the two. "I am Cleverbert."
Cherry cupped her mouth, expecting Jack to overreact and rant like in his older videos as those never failed to put a smile on her face, next to watching Happy Wheels on a bad day.
"Yes, I know who you are, unfortunately..." Jack groaned.
"Would you like a hint?" Evie asked.
Jack paused before rolling his eyes. "Sure, why not?"
"If you step on blue squares, you turn yellow," Evie advised. "But yellow does not make you turn blue."
"What does that mean in human?" Cherry deadpanned.
"I already told you." Evie replied.
"No, you didn't!" Jack glared, looking frustrated and annoyed.
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve?" Evie asked.
"Ugh, forget it..." Jack groaned.
"Who are you even?" Cherry asked, just as annoyed as Jack was.
"My name is Melissa, it's nice to meet you, Brittney." Evie replied.
Cherry and Jack looked to each other and soon walked away.
"Glad I'm not recording her anymore..." Jack mumbled.
"I liked how you tried to get Boibot and Evie together." Cherry snickered.
The two then continued to walk off together while Evie wandered around, almost like the mindless zombie she appeared to be online. They found a small staircase with ships beside a yellow pad.
"Hey, these look just like the ships that took me here from the Planet Bossatron!" Jack smiled.
"I have nothing to make of that." Cherry commented.
"Oh, see?" Jack then smiled to the green tubes. "I wish I could grow this kind of thing in a garden. Weird glowy septic plants sound AWESOME!"
"It must be Hell inside your head..." Cherry wearily commented.
Jack and Cherry went up the stairs, but were blocked by a barrier which led to the entrance of the store, so backed off. They would have to find a way to fix it, so they kept on walking until they found said way.
"I like this music," Jack smiled. "It's great!"
"I hope it's not copyrighted." Cherry smirked.
"Are you always this sarcastic?" Jack asked.
"Someone has to be the adult here." Cherry defended.
They soon seemed to end up in a bar.
"Is this our own Grillby's?" Jack wondered before recognizing a couple of characters.
"You played a Batman game?" Cherry asked.
"What? You didn't know that?" Jack teased.
"I don't just watch your videos all day..." Cherry replied. "Besides, I have Batman stories."
They kept walking and ended up on a blue pad which seemed to teleport them to a water cooler.
"Umm...?!" Jack asked at the sudden happening.
"Some kind of Star Trek stuff going on..." Cherry told him. "Besides, nothing special here, but an ordinary water cooler."
"Who are you calling ordinary?!" A voice snapped. "I am The Water Cooler of Doom!"
Cherry rolled her eyes to that.
"Oh, no, what are you going to do?" Jack played along. "Annoy us with the sound of the forever restarting refrigerator motor?"
"Yes, you will both be forever tormented by the thing that once gave you refreshment," The water cooler replied. "Now providing you with never ending pain!"
"You mean like high school?" Cherry asked.
"Where's a DUPA mug when you need one?" Jack sighed.
They were soon teleported once again, and then came into the bar.
"So, who's this?" Cherry asked about who was there with Batman.
"This is Mei from Overwatch," Jack told her. "She's a defense warrior. I played a round with Bob and Wade once."
"Gotta love Bob and Wade." Cherry commented.
"Hey, Mei." Jack smiled to the Chinese girl.
"I don't know everything that's going on, but hang in there!" Mei said to the two. "I know you can do this!"
"Um, Xièxiè." Cherry told Mei.
Mei smiled and bowed.
"I didn't know you spoke Chinese?" Jack asked.
"In many of my fan fictions, I can do anything! ...It helps to have Google Translate," Cherry proclaimed. "That, and when I roleplay with Atticus, it involves a lot of ass pulls and self-glorifying while he steals the show."
"He should know better than to take over your stories." Jack commented, even if he didn't know this Atticus well.
The two came to the next booth.
"Batman?" Cherry and Jack asked.
"So, the rumors are true," Batman said. "You both are here."
"Uh, yep, that's us, Jack and Cherry, in the flesh... Or files," Jack replied. "Or whatever we are in here."
"Nice to see you Batman, and we don't even have to save Gotham City to do it." Cherry replied.
Batman nodded before turning away.
"So, you have Batman stories?" Jack asked.
"Yes, apparently I'm his goddaughter, because I'd love to live in Gotham City." Cherry replied.
"I thought that tomboy in the sweats from the Cartoon Network was Batman's goddaughter in your fan fics?" Jack raised an eyebrow.
"Well, yeah, in the stories I do with Cathleen, but not in the stories I do with Katie and Atticus," Cherry replied before looking annoyed. "Sometimes those are the same universes... I specifically state in my author's notes that those are RPs with other people, and yet Atticus asks if he can be in the story."
"What a needy brat." Jack muttered.
"You or Atticus?" Cherry teased.
Jack hummed to her and soon came to the phone and there were three numbers available: the apartment, Jack's ma, and the puzzle helpline.
"We can call your mother?" Cherry glanced at Jack. "I don't think you do that much anymore."
"Feels like a joke just waiting to happen." Jack said before calling the apartment.
The phone rang a few times and soon came an answer.
"Hi, guys!" Undyne was heard huffing and puffing. "Uh... Didn't think we'd hear from you... Uh... So soon!"
"Why are you out of breath?" Cherry narrowed her eyes. "Do I even want to know what's happening over there? Are you all right?"
"Oh, yeah, just peachy!" Undyne replied. "Why?"
"You're breathing kinda heavy." Jack said.
"AIR!" Undyne replied. "What's with that stuff, amiright? Never understood it, bein' a fish and all..."
"Don't you have lungs?" Cherry asked.
"OMIGOSH, I JUST REMEMBERED!" Undyne panicked before hanging up. "Papyrus doesn't have any. Gotta go!"
"I wonder if my insurance covers digital property..." Jack groaned.
Cherry and Jack soon left the bar to continue exploring.
"I wonder if there's aliens here?" Jack wondered.
"We'll call my sister; she works for Men in Black." Cherry said.
"Really...?" Jack asked.
"Well, in my universe she does..." Cherry replied.
"Shouldn't you have one universe for your account?" Jack asked.
"I can't... People demand so much of me!" Cherry cried out. "I AM NOT AN ANIMAL! I AM A... Somewhat... Human... Being..."
Jack blinked at her and soon kept walking before she followed. The two kept walking and walking and walking, until the phone rang.
"Hello, Jack, I'm sure you're wondering how I got your number!" Papryus grinned.
"Dialed every number until you got this one?" Cherry deadpanned.
"What? Are you kidding?!" Papyrus replied. "That would take forever! I just glanced at Jack's personal information! I would've with yours too, but apparently you don't have your phone on you unlike most people your age. You have to give out your phone number for all kinds of things!"
"Stop talking over the conversation, Papyrus," Undyne interrupted. "So, guys: how would you feel about a nice pot of spaghetti for when you get back?"
"Undyne, no..." Jack refused.
"Wowee, he's so excited he doesn't know what he's saying, and Cherry is even speechless!" Papyrus beamed.
"Yeah, a whole bunch of people showed up," Undyne told Jack. "Turns out your house is great for parties, but all the food you have is cookies and cakes! I think Cherry brought over some boneless chicken wings and string cheese."
"We thought we'd be good hosts by making them something a bit more substantial." Papyrus informed.
"I mean, you did tell us to make ourselves at home!" Undyne added.
"I... Never said that..." Jack replied.
"It was implied," Undyne said. "Anyway, talk to ya later!"
"Wait, where's Katie, and why is she letting you guys do this?!" Cherry cried out only to get a dial tone. "Hello?!"
"Oh, boy, my house is going to be destroyed by video game characters..." Jack groaned. "This is like the start of Shrek with all those fairy tale creatures at the house..."
"Hey, you have a good point... I even have a story on Shrek..." Cherry replied.
"You have stories for every category, don'tcha?" Jack rolled his eyes.
"More or less..." Cherry shrugged.
Cherry and Jack soon came up to a control panel.
"Hmm... Which buttons to-JACK?!" Cherry pondered before yelping.
Jack pressed all of the buttons without a second thought. Luckily for them, this worked and closed one barrier.
"There is no way that would work in real life." Cherry narrowed her eyes.
"Says the girl who puts Equestria in a lot of her stories, talks to animals, and is apparently a vampire alien hybrid." Jack retorted.
Cherry narrowed her eyes, not saying anything. "Yeah... Well... You walk like a woman from behind!" she then said.
Jack rolled his eyes with a smirk and they soon walked past the barrier and found another control panel. Jack then pressed all of the buttons again, which, again, worked, and they could now go into the store.
"This is like Dark Souls." Jack said before they got to the other control panel.
"What's that?" Cherry asked.
"Ugh, I thought you knew all my videos!" Jack replied.
"I have a lot on my mind, Jack!" Cherry defended. "I'm only 23!"
"Really...?" Jack asked in surprise. "You look like a high schooler."
"I get that a lot..." Cherry replied.
"How old are you in your stories?" Jack asked.
"However old the plot demands." Cherry shrugged.
They came to another pad, passing by a tank filled with an eyeball that bounced up and down at them. Jack found it creepy, but Cherry rolled her eyes to that because that was basically what Sam was to him.
"This reminds me of Dino Crisis too." Jack said as he pushed the buttons for the next control panel.
Cherry blinked to Jack. "Uh, I totally know what that game is..." she then said.
"Take my advice, Cherry: play more video games... And SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!" Jack told her.
"I already sleep all day and stay awake all night..." Cherry smirked.
"Because you're a vampire?" Jack rolled his eyes.
"No, because, that's just how I've been all my life..." Cherry said.
The phone soon rang again.
"What?!" Jack complained.
"Hey, Jack... So, tell me..." Undyne said. "Just how attached were you to your oven?"
"Do I want to know?" Jack shut his eyes.
"Know what? There's nothing to know!" Undyne replied. "I just... Wanted to know more about you..."
"Undyne, have you two heard any loud beeping since you started cooking?" Cherry asked.
"Actually, yeah!" Undyne replied. "It was really annoying! How did you know?"
"That's a smoke detector, it lets you know about lots of smoke and fire IN THE HOUSE!" Cherry said, suddenly enraged.
"Oh! One second!" Undyne replied before whispering loudly. "Hey, Papyrus, it's supposed to do that! Yeah, turn it back on!" she then spoke up again. "So, tell me, Cindy-"
"Cherry." Cherry narrowed her eyes.
"Same difference," Undyne replied. "This isn't exactly related to anything specific, but by chance, are smoke detectors expensive to replace?"
Jack soon hung up for Cherry, not even wanting to know and shook his head. "These guys..."
Cherry pressed all of the buttons next since anyone could do it. Finally, the barrier for the store was free, so they could go there now. They went up the stairs and came up to the store.
"Bosco's Inconvenience Store," Jack observed before sighing. "That's comforting."
Cherry and Jack came into the store and explored.
"Nice guns, I guess..." Cherry commented.
"Nice..." Jack nodded before flexing his arms. "But not as nice as these guns!"
Cherry rolled her eyes to that.
They soon came into the back and found a familiar looking child.
"BILLY! I KNEW IT!" Jack yelled out.
"What?" The kid replied. "Hey, I'm not-"
The two were soon in a video game battle with each other. Jack soon began to attack right away.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Billy asked.
"You're always the villain in these things!" Jack glared as he continued to beat up Billy.
"What?!" Billy glared back. "No, I'm not!"
"You kinda are..." Cherry replied. "I mean, I have no grudge, but, I can't hear the name Billy without hearing the words 'screw you' in my head."
"You're making a mistake!" Billy cried out. "I'm not evil! I promise!"
"Like hell you're not!" Jack glared as he continued anyway.
"Stop beating me up!" Billy yelped. "I have some power regulators right here! Don't you need them?"
"That's... Convenient..." Cherry said before taking out random sunglasses and putting them on.
"YEEEEEEAAAAH!" A random voice shrieked like on CSI.
"Right, and you're just gonna hand 'em over, sure..." Jack rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, I am, I'm not here to hurt you." Billy defended.
"Uh... Okay... Thanks..." Jack said before collecting the power regulators. "You know when the safety's off on these things, that I can't control 'em. They can go off at any moment."
"So, Billy, what are you doing here?" Cherry asked.
"I dunno," Billy replied. "Maybe 'cuz I don't wanna die."
"Heh, I think that ship sailed a long time ago," Jack chuckled. "How many times have I killed you now?"
"Wow, you're pretty thick, Jack." Billy replied.
"You're pretty annoying, Billy." Jack retorted.
"It's 'Irresponsible Son', technically," Billy glared. "Now that you'd care."
"I cared enough to name you!" Jack bragged. "You were just 'Son' before!"
"Buuut, considering that the alternative to helping you is a painful and permanent death, I think I'm feeling generous right now." Billy then said.
"You're pretty articulate for a little kid." Jack commented.
"Well, you're pretty sadistic for a guy who promotes kindness and community values," Billy said. "I mean, technically what you just did was child abuse!"
"He's got you there, Jack~..." Cherry smirked.
"I thought you were on my side!" Jack glared.
"I'm on no one's side, it makes it more fun." Cherry shrugged.
"Is it really child abuse if the child is fictional?" Jack asked.
"Okay, I don't have the time or patience to explain what exactly I am, but listen, guys, I've been here for a long time," Billy said before rolling his eyes. "Dying to amuse Jack, mostly, and maybe even sometimes you, Cherry."
"So, you know me too?" Cherry asked.
"Is there Happy Wheels fan fiction?" Jack added.
"Not that I know of..." Cherry replied.
"Well, Cherry, I hear you like to pretend that the person who gave you a bad day is me whenever you watch Jack's videos to get more enjoyment out of them," Billy explained. "Also, sometimes my name comes up in your stories, but turns out that's either for IT or the Cartoon Network."
"Ah..." Cherry replied.
"Well, anyway, but I saw this huge surge in power a little while ago," Billy continued to the topic at hand. "Like, a ton of stuff got uploaded at once, and it was kinda scary. I think all the people who fell asleep out there got uploaded here."
"Oh, man, with all this..." Jack looked like he had a lot to handle. "Wireland and cough syrup crap, I completely forgot about that! ...Wait, how would you know about that if you didn't take them?" he then asked. "You don't live in the real world."
"Well, this computer's connected to the internet!" Billy replied. "I'm not stupid! And besides, I'm the one who called you here in the first place!"
"You?" Jack asked. "Who the hell is SCYOBI then?"
"It's 'Screw you, Billy' actually," Billy explained. "Get it? First two letters of each word? I thought it was clever. Must've been if you didn't figure it out."
"Well, now I get it." Jack replied.
"Congratulations, you're finally catching on." Billy smirked innocently.
"I can still kill you!" Jack warned.
"Well, sure, you could do that," Billy replied. "Once. But if one of us dies outside our game, it means that our files go missing. And missing files means a fatal error, and a fatal error means the game is unplayable corrupted."
"Doki Doki!" Jack gasped as that sounded familiar.
"Uh, I was gonna say like Wreck-it-Ralph, like I did earlier," Cherry replied. "God, I love that movie~"
"Unless, of course, we're being controlled by the player," Billy continued. "Then the Law of Permanence counteracts any permanent deaths."
"So, I have to let you live so I can keep killing you?" Jack asked.
"Yep!" Billy smiled.
Jack soon smirked, getting an idea. "How's about you and me head back to HAAAAAAAPPY WHEEEEELS for a bit?"
"Heh, not a chance, Jack," Billy smirked back. "And it's knowing little things like that that would make me a valuable asset to your journey. Because, I think the millions who disappeared were all your subscribers. Do you really want to leave them helplessly fending for themselves down here?"
"So, you're proposing an alliance?" Jack asked.
"That's the idea." Billy nodded.
"And if I refuse?" Jack asked.
"I mean, you could get lost or not know how something works," Billy replied. "Seriously, Jack, you and Cherry need a Wireland resident to show you around. This is all your subscribers who need saving. I don't want to see you or them get stuck in here forever. I wasn't programmed to be evil, you just made that up, like canon characters Cherry doesn't like. But there are a lot of people whose programming could put you in serious danger. Just give me a chance, I know my stuff, I promise."
"Fine..." Jack replied firmly. "I guess we'll have to work together."
"I guess I'll take a reluctant alliance over being beheaded again..." Billy rolled his eyes.
"So, does anyone know why I'm here?" Cherry asked.
"No one knows yet, but perhaps, time will tell." Billy replied mysteriously.