It seemed the job for announcing the dangers of game-jumping was cursed, cursed with irony. When the arcade first opened, Turbo was the spokesperson for them. But after the incident that made his name well-known, the public service announcement became nothing but a mockery. Surge Protector took it down, and started to look for someone who would serve as a new spokesperson.

This fresh new face didn't come to the arcade until ten years later, when Sonic the Fighters came to the arcade. The titular character was gaining fame and not unheard of; to some, he was just a myth. But there was one who knew of him, and envied him before his arrival at Game Central Station.

Bubsy the Bobcat was SEGA's original mascot, who was replaced Sonic too soon. Bubsy thought the hedgehog was a leech, stealing off the fame he did so much to gain. But in reality, it was a really bad jump to 3D that did him in. Despite all this, when Sonic the Fighters arrived at Litwak's, he had a plan.

Before the game was to be played tomorrow, the bobcat found his way into the source code. He used a thing called the Konami of Code to open into it; he picked it up from Tapper. Ah, Tapper; sometimes, the bartender was too generous for his own good. Not that Bubsy minded it…he jumped in, and found his own code in the "visiting characters" box. Pulling it out, he pushed it right next to Sonic's, and with all his strength, merged the two together. A shock was sent to his system, and he was knocked out.

When he awoke, he groaned, and put a hand to his throbbing head. Oddly, his hand was gloved. He looked fown to his body; there was no shirt with an exclamation point. Instead, it was blue. He laughed a bit psychotically; he was now the Blue Blur!

Life was good…for a while. "Sonic" had lots of friends; even Eggman got aquainted with him after-hours. He adopted Amy as a girlfriend, although she was admittedly….clingy. In the arcade, he had made an entourage of Tails, Amy, and Knuckles. But after the decade, the game was unplugged and sold to another arcade. After that, the little band of SEGA characters disbanded.

While Sonic was living the high life whilst game-jumping, his "friends" were not so lucky. Honey the Cat, as the famous glitch of the game, died when the game was unplugged. Unlike a few 90's games, however, the characters respected her and held a memorial for her. Amy and Knuckles got lost in Eons of Adventure. Tails accidentally killed himself after a nasty fall in a platformer. Considering his original incarnation, this didn't seem unusual. Espio just…vanished, true to the animal he was based off of. Dr. Eggman kept around, going to Bad Anon frequently. Metal Sonic became a sidekick to him, but characters didn't notice him after a while.

The characters had all fallen within the year. One day, after a long night, Sonic needed a place to stay. The hedgehog was a wanderer, and stayed at a different game every day the arcade was open. He saw it as better than spending 12 hours with Surge Protector. Many characters were already to thier games, but the hedgehog called out to one.

"Hey you!" he shouted to a short, balding man headed for Sugar Rush. The person turned and pointed to himself.

"Are ya talkin' to me?" Sonic nodded and got up from the bench he was on.

"Yeah! I promise I won't cause any trouble." He put a gloved hand on his chest and crossed his heart. The racer still wasn't sure.

"I don't trust you. I don't want another incident of 'Going Turbo' ta spread around the arcade."

"Heh, I knew Turbo. Believe me, I'm not some jerk like he was."

"Hey!" The king seemed to take offense to the word "jerk," but hid it by asking, "How'd you know Turbo?! His game got unplugged in the 80's. You're from the 90's. Unless…" something in the racer's eyes sparked, "he made it out alive."

"Well," Sonic scratched the back of his ear nervously. "If that were true, he wouldn't be the last. I've heard about Bubsy—!"

"Yeah," the king gave a pretty toothy grin. "he was small news compared to that great racer—!"

"Hey!" There was a spark in the hedgehog's eyes as well. "How do you know about him anyway?"

"Because….I know what's standing in front of me." His voice went from silly to a faint Jersey accent; still had the lisp, though. He took one of Sonic's hands and forced a red glitch up the hedgehog. Suddenly, he wasn't a hedgehog anymore. He was exposed, back to his original form as Bubsy. Angry, he glared at the king, only to see he wasn't himself either.

"Turbo-tastic!" the catchphrase came out in the same quality it had in the 80's. The bobcat stared in horror at the old racer. Turbo only smirked at his handywork.

"Yeah, yeah, I know; ya want yer skin back. Don't worry; this glitch'll turn you back in about…six hours."

"But…what until then?" The grayed racer sat down on a nearby bench and used his hand to indicate the spot next to him. It didn't take long for Bubsy to realize Turbo just wanted to chat with him. That figured out, the bobcat plopped right down next to the racer on the bench. "So…what have you been up to since….well, since the incident?"

"Eh, Tapper gave me a backroom ta stay in, and for eleven years, I learned about code by messing around with those Namco games. I tell ya, there code's all crud."

"Let me guess; Roadblasters was a Namco game?"

"Yep, and you've got me to thank that Q*bert got unplugged. Sure, Litwak keeps 'em past their primes, but I'm the cause of the tiles not bein' able to light up. I didn't have anything against them, I…was just screwin' around and….couldn't fix it back into place, no matter how hard I tried!"

"Wait, you're part of that Sugar Rush game now!" The bobcat poked a thumb over to the terminal. "And you've got a new skin, too….how'd you manage all of that?"

"Well, it was about a year after you took over that fightin' game. I mean, you were the Sonic from that one, right?" Bubsy nodded to confirm that. "Ah, good. I don't get outta there much, so I only see, like, one half of the arcade."

"Wait, why not?"

"Well, I'm rulin' a kingdom now, kid. I-I don't get out much; gotta keep the kids in line. I found this glitch, and turns out the skin I'm using was the planned ruler of Sugar Rush, and they replaced 'im with some pretty princess to get more child appeal! Pah! Those kids out there should respect their elders; like me!" Bubsy rolled his eyes as the racer ranted on about "glitches" and some girl named Vanellope. He knew they both needed the attention, which is why they resorted to messing with code in the first place. But he tried to get back to talking to him.

"Well, I mean you should be managing it now! Quarter alerts can happen any time, man!" Turbo looked at him in shock.

"Good gumballs, you're right!" He hopped off the bench and back into his King Candy disguise. He headed back to the game. In his silly voice, he called out to the bobcat, "This never happened, ya hear? And make sure no one sees you in your original skin, hoo!"

"Thure thing, old man!" Bubsy mocked the king's lisp. He got off the bench and figured maybe he'd be able to spy on another game without drawing the attention Sonic brought. He had six hours to kill, so…what could possibly go wrong?