Chapter 19: Rancis And Creamy's Personal Moment

After heading up the shaft, Licortwist, Creamy, Frostbite Willow, Frostbite Wynter, the Sugar Rush racers's Frostbites, Frostbite Rudolph, Frostbite Adolf, and Steven left the abandoned laboratory with the licorice pieces carrying the unfinished portal, headed out of Dead Space: Rise Of Evil, and made their way to Sugar Rush's game portal. However, once they reached it, Licortwist set Creamy down on the ground, while Licortwist had the licorice pieces still carry Frostbite Willow, Frostbite Wynter, the Sugar Rush racers's Frostbites, Frostbite Rudolph, Frostbite Adolf, Steven, and the portal. Creamy looked up at Licortwist with confusion.

"Licortwist, what are you doing?" Creamy asked.

Licortwist had the licorice pieces lower him, the others, and the portal to the ground.

"I'm leaving you here, Creamy. Your not needed anymore." Licortwist replied.

Creamy's jaws dropped open in surprise.

"Not needed anymore? What do you mean that I'm not needed anymore?" Creamy asked as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Licortwist pretended to look thoughtful.

"Uh, how else can I say it? Your being let go, your department's being downsized, your part of an outplacement, we're going in a different direction, we're not picking up your option." Licortwist replied. He then said "Take your pick. I've got more!".

Creamy started muttering.

"But... I... you... uh... but, Licortwist, I have been loyal to you all of this time. I did everything for you, and now you want to abandon me?" Creamy asked.

Licortwist smiled.

"Hey, everybody hits their stride. You just hit yours when you made your little mistake back in Dead Space: Rise Of Evil." Licortwist replied.

Steven snorted out loud.

"Ouch, its bad to be you!" Steven said.

Licortwist smirked at Steven's comment, while Creamy glared murderously at Steven. She then turned back to Licortwist and stomped towards him angrily. However, Frostbite Willow and Frostbite Wynter stood in between Creamy and Licortwist.

"You better listen to him, Creamy. Don't make us have to attack you." Frostbite Willow ordered.

Creamy reluctantly stepped back in response to Frostbite Willow's threat. Licortwist turned to Frostbite Willow, Frostbite Wynter, the Sugar Rush racers's Frostbites, Frostbite Rudolph, Frostbite Adolf, and Steven.

"Let's go." Licortwist ordered.

And with that, Licortwist turned his back on Creamy and left. Creamy watched as the licorice pieces picked up Frostbite Willow, Frostbite Wynter, the Sugar Rush racers's Frostbites, Frostbite Rudolph, Frostbite Adolf, Steven, and the portal, and brought them into Sugar Rush's game portal. Creamy was briefly acknowledged by a watery eyed Frostbite Citrusella, who was the nicest of the Frostbites, before she was quickly pushed along by the licorice pieces.

After what felt like days, Creamy rose to her feet. She couldn't believe that Licortwist had just abandoned her. She had been loyal to him ever since she freed him from the fungeon, but he treated her like trash and left her. She crumbled to the floor and started sobbing.

Back in the abandoned laboratory in Dead Space: Rise Of Evil, the Sugar Rush racers had found the elevator and used it to get back up to the surface. They ran out of the elevator and made their way out of the abandoned laboratory before running towards Game Central Station. They had to stop Licortwist, Creamy, Frostbite Willow, Frostbite Wynter, the Sugar Rush racers's Frostbites, Frostbite Rudolph, Frostbite Adolf, and Steven before they reached Horror Rush.

They reached Dead Space: Rise Of Evil's exit, and charged into Game Central Station. GCS was empty, since most of the game characters were locked up in Frosty Massif, so it was easier for the Sugar Rush racers to make their way to Sugar Rush's game portal. However, once they reached it, they found Creamy on the floor, sobbing. They stopped running and stood there, feeling a mixture of concern and anger. Rancis sighed and transformed back into his human form, told the Sugar Rush racers to stay where they were, and then walked up to Creamy.

"Creamy?" Rancis asked.

Creamy looked up and gasped upon seeing Rancis and the other Sugar Rush racers. She took out her chocolate knife and aimed it at Rancis, who held his hands up.

"Stay back, Rancy! I mean it!" Creamy ordered angrily.

Rancis looked at Creamy with concern.

"Creamy, what's wrong?" Rancis asked.

Creamy closed her eyes and put her knife away.

"Licortwist abandoned me. I was loyal to him ever since I freed him back in the fungeon, but yet, he left me for dead. I thought that he could help me get revenge on you and the other racers because you all locked me up back in 1998, but I was seriously wrong about him." Creamy replied.

Rancis sighed.

"Creamy, you need to stop this. You know what you are doing is wrong. Look at what you have become." Rancis said.

Creamy scoffed and pointed an accusing finger at Rancis.

"What have I become? What I have become is only a ghost of my former self because you all forced me to take drastic measures!" Creamy sneered.

Rancis gave Creamy a stern look and a serious tone.

"You are right, Creamy. You are only a shadow of what you used to be. But tell me something. Do you think that anyone would be proud of you if you got revenge on me and the others?" Rancis asked.

Creamy's gaze softened. She turned around and saw that the damage that she, Licortwist, and the Frostbites had inflicted on Game Central Station, and then she remembered all of the game characters that she, Licortwist, and the Frostbites had hurt.

"Your right. W-What have I done?" Creamy asked in sorrow.

Creamy's eyes were beginning to form tears again. She looked at Rancis and the other Sugar Rush racers, and then collapsed to her knees and began to cry into her hands, not caring who saw. The Sugar Rush racers looked at one another and then at Creamy. Creamy spoke under her hands as she sobbed.

"I'm a monster. I've been blaming everyone else for my problems, and the one that I should be blaming is myself." Creamy said.

Everyone looked at Creamy. They didn't want her to blame herself, and inside, they were all feeling the same sadness that Creamy was feeling. Rancis walked closer to Creamy.

"Creamy?" Rancis asked.

Creamy looked up at Rancis with the tears still in her eyes. It only lasted a moment before Creamy looked back down, but she didn't put her head in her hands. Rancis went down on his knees, and he put his left hand on Creamy's shoulder and used his other hand to lift her chin and make her look him in the eye.

"Don't say that, Creamy. You are a good person, but you just don't know that." Rancis said.

Creamy looked back down at the floor.

"That's no excuse for the things I did." Creamy said.

Creamy looked back up at Rancis with the same sad expression on her face. Rancis sighed.

"Yes, I know that. And I don't know what I can do about the people in this arcade once me and the other racers save it. What you have done here is very foolish. You threatened the lives of innocent people and we cannot let that go. But I don't want you to end up suffering once this is all over. You don't deserve that. But Creamy, it's never too late to make up for what you did." Rancis said.

Creamy stared at Rancis for a few moments, and then nodded her head in agreement. She then made a slight smile and Rancis did the same. Rancis then helped Creamy stand up.

"Thanks, Rancy." Creamy said.

Rancis smiled and nodded. But then Creamy pulled him into a hug. Rancis was surprised at first, but then he hugged her back tightly, leaning his head on her shoulder. Rancis and Creamy then looked at the awestruck expressions of the other Sugar Rush racers behind them, and Creamy immediately let go of Rancis and cleared her throat nervously.

"Well, um, I think that you should be going. Licortwist, the Frostbites, and Steven entered Sugar Rush and are heading to Horror Rush. If you leave now, you can still make it." Creamy said.

Rancis nodded.

"Alright." Rancis said.

Rancis then ran back over to the other Sugar Rush racers.

"Let's go, guys." Rancis ordered.

Nougetsia stepped up.

"But what about Creamy?" Nougetsia asked.

Rancis looked back at Creamy and smiled.

"She'll be fine." Rancis replied.

The other Sugar Rush racers nodded, and they and Rancis entered into Sugar Rush's game portal. Once they were gone, Creamy remembered the game characters that had gotten locked up in Frosty Massif. She looked at the Santa's Sled game portal and then remembered Rancis's words to her.

"Creamy, it's never too late to make up for what you did." Rancis said.

Creamy walked up to the Santa's Sled game portal and hesitated as she stared at the darkness of the outlet.

"Well, here goes nothing." Creamy muttered.

Creamy took out her chocolate knife and then entered the Santa's Sled game portal.