Sorry this chap took so long. RL has been in the way full force for the past few weeks. Also, this one was supposed to be longer, but like chapter 28, this one has to be broken into two separate chapters. I'll have the second half done soon, and then afterward I have to do some outlining for the next and last 10+ chapters. Yep, I'm about 10 to 15 chapters away from the end of this fic, so it's not too long a wait for the conclusion. Thanks to each and every last one of you who's followed, faved, and reviewed. I'm glad you're all enjoying it so far and are anxious for more. Things will be revealed within the last few chapters, but I'll not spoil them. You gotta keep reading to find out more.
Chapter 30
"What's the matter, Ralph? You don't remember me?" T.K. left her position against the wall and slowly approached the Bad Guy, a sultry tone to her voice. Her green eyes still held a somewhat hungry gaze on him. She swayed her hips slowly on the way to his bed. "Or did I intimidate you?"
Yeah, Ralph thought, but he refused to admit that, as the succubus character climbed onto the bed, her knees on either side of his hips and her hands pinning his arms, leaving Ralph even more immobilized and defenseless than before. He tried to break free from her grip, but couldn't.
"Don't fight, honey," she coaxed, her voice retaining that seductive tone. "Just relax."
Relax... Ralph repeated in his head, finding of all of the tension in his body slacken, but then he blinked once and shook his head, remembering that T.K.'s sudden appearance in Sugar Rush raised questions in his mind.
"What are you doing in here, Takeru?" he asked, looking away from the creature on top of him. "And where have you been all of these years? I haven't seen you since that incident in 1997 after we broke up." With good reason. The Bad Guy dared a glimpse at Takeru's voluptuous figure, taking care not to linger too long. Her breasts hung front and center, threatening to entice Ralph, but the latter wouldn't allow it, as he lowered his gaze to her waist.
"I came to see you..." T.K. replied, then noticed Ralph's eyes pointing downward. She lifted his chin so the two character once again faced each other, then added, "And to see if you've changed your mind."
"About what?" The wrecker raised an eyebrow.
"About me. And if you still love me," said the blonde, still holding Ralph's gaze.
"What?" the wrecker exclaimed as he jerked away. What the hell?
"You heard me correctly, Ralph. I want to know if you still love me." T.K. caressed his chin.
The Bad Guy's resistance started to fade, his body slumping into a relaxed state once again. For some reason, he felt calm, all tension and anger dissipating. However, the wrecker refused to give up.
"I...don't..." he managed, though his words came out slurred.
You do, Ralph," T.K. continued to press on. "I can see it in your eyes. You want me. And I can give it to you."
No, you can't! Ralph's subconscious mind shouted, but another part of the Bad Guy's mind rebutted that claim. Yes, you can, Ralph. She's offering it to you. She's offering you a fine deal here as an apology for what she did. And you remember that part well. The rational part of him fought back. No! I don't love her anymore. I've moved on. I'm done with her. But then he looked down at a bulge protruding from between his legs.
"No..." Ralph said, feeling faint under Takeru's strengthening grip.
"Looks like you do still want me." T.K. noticed the bulge, then moved her hand to grip it firmly. "So hard, just like I remember." She stroked the bulge harder. "You haven't changed a bit, Ralph."
The Bad Guy moaned under her massaging of his enlarged sack, feeling relaxed and at ease. All memories of Vanellope, Felix, and everything else going on in the arcade vanished from his mind. The wrecker's anxiety and fear decreased as he found himself lost in T.K.'s emerald eyes, feeling entranced by their gaze. The warning bells in Ralph's mind chimed faintly, warning him to consider and escape, but T.K.'s charm didn't relent as she leaned forward to pull the Bad Guy into a deep, hard kiss. Her lips collided with Ralph's with an indescribable passion, causing the wrecker to melt like a Freezie placed in Bowser's Castle. The sound of the warning bells in the Bad Guy's head grew into nothing more than a whisper.
Only the woman on top of him mattered, as Ralph and T.K. soon parted from their kiss once oxygen proved itself vital again. The wrecker stared into the eyes of the succubus he had once dated. He felt the love he once felt for her rekindle again as he stared up and down at her curvy figure.
"T.K..." Ralph breathed, wrapping his arms around her hips, and completely enthralled in the blonde's spell.
Takeru chuckled wickedly at her handiwork, as she asked, "Now do you still love me, Ralph?"
The Bad Guy didn't answer right away, for in the corner of his eye, Ralph noticed two silhouettes in the window, both of which looked familiar. He couldn't put his finger on it, but he couldn't help but wonder if an audience decided to drop by. The Bad Guy attempted to turn his head for a clear view of the two people at the window.
However, Ralph didn't get a chance to find out, as T.K. turned his head so his attention returned to her.
"You should be paying attention to me, Wreck-It," Takeru reminded, then glanced over at the window to see that the subjects of the Bad Guy's distraction disappeared. "I don't know what you were looking at over there, but whatever it was, I will deal with it if it comes back. Yes, I promise you that." T.K. then moved to Ralph's ear and whispered, "Understand?"
"Yes..." the wrecker replied dreamily.
"Now, I will ask you one more time: do you still love me?"
Ralph mindlessly nodded, smiling as his eyes scanned the blonde one last time.
"Good," Takeru continued. "Now, fuck me, Ralph."
…
"Oh. My. God." Jubileena was hugging the wall next to the window she and Crumbs were peeking through, trying to stay out of the sight of the two characters in the room.
She and Crumbelina had been watching the bizarre scene between the bat creature and Ralph through the window. They were disgusted and confused as to who the woman was, not to mention what she wanted with Ralph.
"You said it, Jub," Crumbelina agreed. "I don't know who that woman is, but she's doing some not-so-kosher things to Wreck-It." The posh racer dared another small glance at the window, where the woman advanced on top of Ralph, hunger written all over her face. They couldn't hear what they were saying, but the two racers were certain that she couldn't be good news.
"Looks like she's going to do it to Ralph, isn't she?" Jubileena asked. "She's seriously on top of him."
"Yeah, but what's she doing here?" wondered Crumbs. "It can't be anything positive, I'm sure. Too bad we can't hear what they're saying."
"We gotta sneak outta here and warn someone," the cherry racer said, keeping her back as firmly pressed against the wall as possible.
"Yeah, but how?" Crumbs inquired. "This game's crawling with guards now."
"Let's get down from here first and talk it out with Swizz," Jubileena suggested.
"Hey, what the hell are you two doing?" A serpentine voice roared.
Jubileena and Crumbs turned to notice a pair of large, dragon-like creatures made of dark chocolate and marshmallow scales flying toward them. They remembered such creatures as some of Sugar Rush's protectors, except right now they were protecting the game for the wrong side.
"We gotta go!" Crumbs urged. "Jub, hang on to me; it's a long way down!"
The cherry racer hopped in the petite racer's arms, as the latter commanded desperately, "Platform, get lost! Go!" Crumbs snapped her fingers frantically, willing for the platform they were standing on to oblige. After a few crawling moments, it vanished, resulting in a long free fall to the bottom.
Jubileena clung to Crumbs' neck like a kid clutching a teddy bear at night, refusing to die in the fall. Then again, the cherry racer would rather have preferred suffering a game over versus turning into reptile food for their supposed bodyguards of Sugar Rush.
Luckily, Crumbelina thought ahead, as she used the last ounce of her strength to conjure a caramel platform just inches from the ground and seconds before they met the hard, salmon-colored pavement.
"Guys!" Swizzle hurried to the girls once they landed safely and harmlessly to the ground. "What happened?"
"Later, Swizz!" Jubileena urged. "We need to get out of here first!"
"Chocolate dragons are on our butts!" Crumbs pointed at the sky, and when the unicorn pop racer glanced in that direction, he understood. His eyes widened at the sight of the homing reptiles.
The trio hurried for the hedges, with Jubileena hurling a cherry bomb at the cotton candy barriers and creating a passageway. Crumbs and Swizzle followed, with the dragons zooming in on their tails as the trio made a beeline for the Rainbow Bridge.
Unfortunately, they didn't count on Oreo guards surrounding the hedges, as Jubileena, Crumbs, and Swizz ran smack into one, immobilizing it but also raised awareness from the other guards.
"Hey!" A guard called from their left.
"Aw, man," Swizz groaned as he noticed two Oreo guards approaching.
"Double man," added Crumbs, catching sight of three guards heading from the right.
"Wh-What...hit me?" the guard that the trio pinned down moaned as he recovered to see the escaped racers. "What the hell are you three doing out?"
"Go back!" Jubileena urged, scrambling to her feet to turn the other way to the courtyard, but the dragons that had spotted the cherry racer and Crumbs during their eavesdropping session descended, landing in the entrance to prevent escape.
"Well, so much for getting out of here," sighed the posh racer as she glanced from the chocolate-coated reptiles to the dozen corrupt guards surrounding them.
"Don't lose hope yet," Swizz said as he clapped his hands and thrust them forward to attempt to conjure a tornado; however, after a few seconds, nothing happened. No gust of wind, no breeze.
Jubileena and Crumbs tried to follow suit, but no results came. Neither a cherry bomb nor a hint of caramel generated.
"Damn," Swizz swore, raising his hands in surrender. Jubileena and Crumbs did the same.
"And just to make it easy for you guys..." Jubileena suggested, "you can kill us right here if you want. Or let the Hot Springs do it for you. Makes no difference to us."
One of the Oreo guards chuckled. "Let's let His Majesty decide that one, though I appreciate your suggestions on punishment." He regarded the other men. "Lock them up, boys!"
"Shit..." Swizz muttered under his breath.
…
"What the hell is with this firewall?" Koji wondered. She, Snow, Takuya, and Iggy were in the port of Super Mario Bros., where Koji was banging on a firewall that blocked entry into the game. She stopped after a few seconds, panting in exhaustion as she regarded the others.
"You got me," Snow shrugged, approaching the invisible firewall to tap on it. "Why's it here?"
"Your guess is as good as ours there," Iggy said, then regarded Koji. "Right, my lady?"
The blue-haired siren smiled and nodded, pleased to hear the Koopaling address his mistress.
However, when Snow made contact with the firewall, she felt a nasty shock course through her, lighting up every part of her code. The sherbet racer shrieked in pain as every jolt from the firewall flared within her as if she'd just put her hand in a socket.
"Rainbow Girl!" Koji hurried to the racer, who collapsed and was smoking from head to toe.
"Well, she's probably dead," Takuya guessed cynically.
"Taky!" Koji shot her twin a glare. She knelt to Snow's side, carefully shaking her to try to rouse her awake. "Hey, are you okay?"
"Seriously, Koji. Leave her there." More ice tainted Takuya's voice. "I don't know why you invited her along, anyway."
"Maybe just to annoy the hell out of you?" Koji remarked sarcastically as she helped the sherbet racer to a sitting position.
"Wh-What...in the hell...was that?" Snow mumbled, stirring to see Koji, then glanced at the firewall.
"Good question, Rainbow Head." Takuya folded her arms, snorting. "Of course, we were hoping that you'd answer that."
"Girl..." Snow was ready to struggle out of Koji's hold to knock the redhead's lights out, but the blue-haired woman held her firmly.
"Don't mind her," she assured Snow. "Just tell us what the idea is with that firewall. I touched it with no damage, but you got shocked by it."
"Yeah, tell us," Iggy chimed in.
"I said I don't know," Snowanna repeated. "If I did, I'd tell you." She examined the firewall, taking care not to touch it. "But I do know that these things repel viruses." The sherbet racer then froze at the sound of the last word, a possibility coming to mind. She regarded the sirens and the Koopaling. "You don't think..."
"What? That shock getting to your brain?" Takuya inquired.
"No, bitch," Snow rebutted, narrowing her eyes at the redhead. "I'm thinking that the virus has something to do with my getting shocked by the firewall."
"How?" Iggy wondered, interested.
"Remember when I told you that Fix-It infected me? Well, that's probably why I'm kissing a thousand volts trying to get in the game." Snow pointed to the invisible barrier.
"I'm still lost here," said Koji.
"Fix-It infected me, right?" Snow tried to break it down for Koji. "That means the virus is in me and is reacting not-so-well to the firewall."
"I understand," Iggy piped up, then regarded the two sirens. "She means she's basically considered a virus, too, so the firewall's treating her like one."
"I see." Koji nodded.
"But why would a firewall block Super Mario Bros.?" Takuya wondered. "There are rarely any viruses in that game, so..."
"Judging from all the shit going on around here, though, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised," Snow cut in. "Mr. Candy must've hit this game, too."
"Who?" Koji and Takuya squeaked in unison, but before Snow could delve any further into that subject...
"What are you four doing in this port? And is that Lord Iggy?"
The girls and Iggy turned to notice a Hammer Bro. step into the Super Mario Bros. port, none too pleased at their presence.
"Busted," Takuya sighed.
"Fuck that. Did he just call my pet 'Lord?'" Koji questioned as the hammer-wielding Koopa approached them, nearly tripping over his feet but regained his bearings.
"Simon?" Iggy approached the Hammer Bro. "What's up?"
"Yeah, what's your story?" the blue-haired siren added.
"'What's up' is that you four aren't supposed to be in this area," Simon explained, assuming a professional air to his voice. "It's off limits."
"Says who?" Takuya retorted.
"You guarding this game?" Snow asked, more out of curiosity than defiance.
"No, but we Mario Bros. natives have to stick together to make sure no person or Cy-Bug breaks out or in," the Hammer Bro. continued, then noticed Iggy."And you should be doing the same instead of hanging around with girls older than you."
"I resent that," Koji countered. "And just to be clear, we're trying to bag a Koopaling for Taky in this game, but this firewall's kinda in the way. So unless you're here to help us out, you should leave before you get hurt." The blue-haired woman's fangs bared.
"Out of the question." Simon folded his arms in refusal. "Besides, I don't even know how to remove the firewall."
"Something tells me you do," the blue-haired woman rebutted, starting to move closer to the Hammer Bro. "So please enlighten us and tell us how to tear down this annoying firewall. You see my twin over there?" She nodded to Takuya, whose green eyes pierced into Simon's and threatened to rip his head off. "She gets pissed when she's hungry, and you don't want to suffer when she's like that. I'd do it if I were you."
"Guys?" Snow tried to cut in. "Do you really think we should try to break into a game that's been blocked off?"
"You're questioning us, now?" Takuya directed her emerald glare at Snow. "Last I checked, we didn't ask for you to tag along."
"No, you didn't, bitch!" the sherbet racer reminded, beyond pissed off with the redhead's cold demeanor. "And for your information, I'm trying to save your asses, okay? If this game's shielded by a firewall, there's probably shit going on inside. And I'd rather not be a part of it or see anyone else get involved."
"Well, maybe we'll just take our chances, won't we?" Takuya spat, fangs baring angrily.
"Yeah, the chances for suicide. Seriously, this screams bad idea!"
"What the hell's going on?" Koji demanded, turning to the two bickering women. "Why in the fuck are you fighting? I can't even convince this guy with you two going at it like a married couple!" Then she regarded Snow. "And you, why are you having second thoughts about this all of a sudden?"
"I never had thoughts about breaking into an off-limits game in the first place!" the sherbet racer said. "I'm serious, we step in there, we might not come back!"
"And how do you know that?" Koji countered.
Snow flinched at that question. She really didn't have a clue what awaited them beyond the firewall, but she was certain that it was nothing short of bad news. Snow didn't want to find out in detail, but convincing the two sirens was like talking to Whomps, especially when Snow's silence solidified Koji's claim.
"I thought not. We've wasted enough time." The blue-haired siren smirked, then turned her attention to Simon, who looked ready to bolt. "Lovely..." Koji's voice dropped to a sweet, silky tone as her azure gaze fixed itself into the Hammer Bro's.
"Y-Yes..." he stammered, his face turning crimson as his full attention was on Koji. Simon reeled backward, feeling his will slip away. He couldn't take his eyes off of the woman who was inches away from him, draining all of his former authority.
"You're going to deactivate that firewall," the blue-haired siren sang, her tone soothing like the sound of a soft bell. "And I know you know, so do not lie."
Snow noticed the Hammer Bro's blue eyes glaze over, indicating that he was under Koji's spell like Iggy. "Dude! Are you seriously gonna let...?"
"Just shut up and watch." Takuya cut her off. "It's not like he can hear you." She let out a cynical laugh.
"Why are you so... cold?" Snow shook her head at the redhead.
"Just shut up and enjoy." Takuya rolled her eyes and focused once more on the show before them, leaving no more room for debates.
"You can shut her up if you'd like," Koji stopped her melody briefly, then regarded Iggy. "You, use your magic and zip her trap before she starts objecting again."
"Yes, my lady." The Koopaling complied, then conjured up his silver, purple-tipped wand. Swinging it in circles, he pointed it at Snow, emitting a green wisp in her direction.
"What the he..." The sherbet racer was cut off when the wisp smacked her square in the face, entering her mouth. When she opened her mouth again, no sound came out. Snow tried to yell her protest, but was completely mute.
"That's better." Takuya nodded with triumph. "Now you can't protest."
The sherbet racer glared at the siren, her rage boiling over as the urge to clock her started to overcome her. But she resisted, for the virus still disadvantaged her.
"Now, where were we?" Koji continued her song, regarding Simon once more. The Hammer Bro. looked ready to fold under the pressure.
"I...was...going to...deactivate the firewall," he replied, which posed music to the blue-haired woman's ears.
"Good boy." She smiled in satisfaction. She and Taky could hardly wait to see what guys they could bag in Super Mario Bros. Koji then turned to Snow, who was still mute. "And we're going in with or without you. I thought you'd be interested in seeing us in action at first, but now...I'm not so sure."
Damn right you're not so sure, the sherbet racer thought. I was trying to save your asses here. She sighed. I just can't believe they'd be this...naive. Well, they say that seeing is believing, and they'll have to believe me when or if we get in there.