Hello again

Appreciate all of you tuning in for another chapter

Just to clear a few things up

Characters mentioned in this story include

Lucy who belongs to Agent BM

Lodhi Sr and Norville who belong to me

Neither of us own anything else involved in this story /

So now Torvald finds herself alone and powerless with Vanellope

How does it end?

Let's find out

Ch.10 Another One Falls

Vanellope would smile as she'd watch Torvald swing her head side to side, scanning the room looking for anyway to escape

"There's no escape my dear friend…I programmed this room to seal the moment you were pulled into it…" she'd say her smile growing more as she'd see the panic truly set in for Torvald

"Though to make sure you don't slip away from me again…I did have a few measures in place that…hmm you've been here for over 30 seconds so they should be activating…now…"

On cue blue wires would sprout out of the wall and wrap around Torvald, Vanellope would chuckle as she'd clutch the orb tight

Torvald would silently look at Vanellope who'd coldly stare at her than back at the orb.

"You made a life worse than death…" Torvald would respond

Vanellope would take a deep breath before speaking in her usual darker tone. "You say that as if it wasn't my intention when making this world…"

"How does this remotely help your goals?"

"My goals are to punish your pathetic band of rebels and fugitives…as you probably already know Marcy's been altered…such is the fate of everyone that went against me…this world is designed to hold everyone as they serve their sentences for defying me…and being freed when I manage to find an ounce of mercy I was never shown…and finally exacting revenge plan I had started so many years ago…"

"So, this…all this…stems from the night you began killing everyone…was the non-stop suffering of that violent night and the bloody months that followed not enough? How much more suffering does there need to be?! How far must you go before it's over?!" Torvald would ask angrily

"…It'll never be enough…" Vanellope would respond coldly

"Why?" Torvald would ask, Vanellope would smile feeling the fury in Torvald's voice she was trying hard to hide

Vanellope would place the orb carefully on her bed and stand up. "I know I've said it so much now that it's begun to lose its meaning…but those 15 years of torment I endured…besides everything I've already said on it…taught me a valuable lesson…"

"What lesson is that?"

"I can't trust any of you…for the next generation to have the brightest future…requires all the racers of old…to not be the racers of old…"

"What do you mean by that?"

"The children will never learn anything good from those that pushed me to jump off a bridge from their constant torment…nor would they gain anything from those that helped them…the only way of ensuring a brighter future for the children…and ensuring the children still see their parents…is if their old parents die…it's what the alterations are all about…Marcy for example…before her son would only ever see a women who aided the worst kind of tormentors…those that bullied and discriminate at the highest degree…now? Her son will see a model citizen who acknowledges her previous faults but intends to better herself…"

"That is a lie and you know it! Carl never saw his mother as any of that!"

"Oh but he did…and after being showed the grand picture by Lucy it was only reaffirmed to him…"

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!"

"I've done nothing…I wish no harm on any of the children…I only intend for them to lead happy lives…find joy in each and every day…a world free of hate…free of bullying…free of discrimination based on a FUCKING ERROR IN CODING!…one in which no one is ever pushed to the point they want it to end…even Floyd and Nya…the children of Taffyta of all fucking people…I want even them to enjoy a life filled with happiness and racing…a world…"

"…That you never got…" Torvald would interrupt

"Exactly…and to ensure that future comes to pass…I can't let you, Lodhi or anyone turn the children against me or my vision…"

"By altering every adult in this world, you deprive each and every child of their real parents! Surely you see how wrong it is!"

"I'm not changing their personalities; I'm not changing much in general…I'm changing everyone just a tiny bit…but enough to ensure none poison the minds of the children…"

"You can't…Vanellope even you must know it's not right…"

"…for 11 years while I planned…I gave you all a chance…a chance to prove maybe…just maybe…I didn't have to go through entirely with my plan after I got revenge for my defeat…"

Torvald would remain silent

"…for 11 years…11 damn years all I saw was everyone giving bias stories to the children…all my twins heard when they went to school was how crazy their mother was…they were seen with contempt and disgust…BECAUSE THEY WERE MY CHILDREN…YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE WERE TURNING THE CHILDREN NOT ONLY AGAINST ME! BUT MY OWN CHILDREN! WHO HADN'T DONE ONE WRONG ACT TO THEM!"

"Wait you don't understand!"

"I GAVE EVERYONE A CHANCE! AND ALL IT DID WAS SHOW ME THAT NO ONE HAD LEARNED A DAMN THING FROM THE VIOLENCE! THE ONLY THING YOU ALL DID WAS DOUBLE DOWN ON THE HATE AND PREJUDICE! FROM THE MOMENT THE KIDS HAD COHERENT THOUGHT YOU ALL TRIED PASSING IT DOWN TO THEM!"

"Vanellope wait! You don't understand! Not everyone did that! You can't-Vanellope would cover Torvald's mouth with her hand, staring her down coldly

"…For 15 years…I thought you all could change…"

Torvald would remain silent

"…than for 11 more I gave everyone a chance to change…you all failed…"

Torvald would again remain silent

"…you had your chance…"

"This will only hurt the children in the long run Vanellope…making every adult besides you a mindless programmed drone…the children will only fear you more once they've seen the changes…"

"What makes you think I'd make them remember what's transpired? Or let them remember all the bias stories they've been told?"

"You can't alter the children! That's beneath you!"

Vanellope would look at her insulted. "Who the fuck said I was going alter the children?! As I told Lucy when we dealt with your poor delusional skeleton of a son! HARMING CHILDREN IS NEVER OK!"

"Then why do this to them?!"

Vanellope would slap Torvald. "Because I'm done playing games Torvald, I've played with my food one too many times…at this point I'm solely focused on ending things…" Vanellope would state at she'd glance back at her glowing orb

To Torvald's surprise the wires would be begin glowing turning her back into her regular racer form. "What are you doing?"

"If I killed you in your ghost form there's no doubt a measure Lodhi put in place…and as much fun as it was to chase after you in the past…I'm passed that now…" Vanellope would respond coldly

"What about my son Norville?! My power was keeping him alive!"

"Already a step ahead of you…I teleported him to the castle's infirmary…where he's being healed and confined for his own safety…"

"You're going to kill me aren't you?"

"Yes for 2 reasons…you'll keep getting in my way…and as much as you've enraged me during our little game I respect you enough to let you have a peaceful rest…"

"You're not sending me to your Hell-Realm?"

"Consider it a final gift from the Vanellope you knew…"

The wires would stop glowing and Torvald would be return to her normal form, Vanellope would retrieve her sword from beside her bed and walk over to Torvald

"Wait! Please!" Torvald would cry out

"No, I'm done playing games…" Vanellope would respond coldly as she'd lift her sword

"Please! I just have a few final questions! You have me dead to rights! Surely answering a question or 2 won't change anything!"

Vanellope would hesitate for a moment before lowering her sword. "What do you wish to know?"

"Why build the Hell-Realm? Before you seemed to prefer using medieval torture devices…what does the Hell-Realm give you that your old methods don't?"

Vanellope would stare at her coldly before smiling slightly. "The Hell-Realm? Simply my torment at the hands of you and the others given form…the world around being destroyed and useless? Simply reflects the fact I always had nothing to use to survive and no one I could turn too…the flame wave itself? The pain I endured at the hands of you all when you'd catch me, the pain it inflicts varies because the beatings varied…the fact they live through horrific injuries? Reflects the fact that at times I was beaten to the point I couldn't move and was left to die…only to live on in spite of the agony of the pain inflicted on me…the fact the speed of each wave varies? Reflects on how sometimes I was chased on foot and at times you'd try to run over me with your karts…the fact the waves appear frequently and can't be slept through? Just the sound of your engines racing in the far distant woke me up and stressed me out to no end…the reason the world is constantly on fire?" This world was literal hell for me…the Hell-Realm is simply the only way I can truly show you all what you all truly put me through…"

Torvald would be silent

Vanellope would turn around and walk over to a large desk and look at a photo, Torvald would quickly notice it's a photo taken during the games first day. "Where the hell dis she find that?" Torvald would think to herself

Vanellope would pick up the photo with a sigh. "I do say the debt to me will never be repaid…since I doubt anyone could survive the Hell-Realm for a month let alone 15 years…"

"…This isn't you Vanellope…" Torvald would state

"I know it isn't…but I can tell you why I am the way I am…finally give you the answer to a question you long sought…"

Torvald would nod

"This world is naturally hateful, all of us are hateful…despite our programming and codes there was a need to hate something…everyone simply needed something they could take their hatred out on…"

"That's not true…"

Vanellope would set the photo back down and walk back towards her bed and glance at the orb.

"Isn't it? My dear sweet Torvald…all Turbo ever did was say I was a threat and to avoid me…you claim everyone was fearful…yet your fears made you defy direct orders and seek me out just you could harm me…whether it started with fear or not…it stopped being out of fear after the first week of beatings…"

Torvald would be silent

"I know I'm not who I once was…Turbo tearing my code from the game had drastic effects…I no longer felt like myself….I was no longer myself…I felt that old me slipping away until I became this….what you all made me…I'm Sugar Rush's hatred personified…we both know I didn't use to be this way…but you all shaped me, molded me…created me…It's funny really, you all are terrified of what I am now….yet I am simply what you all created…you took the sweet, caring and joyful princess of this world and turned her into the cold, mean, hatred filled "evil" queen that stands before you…that's what I am Torvald…it's why I'm this…it wasn't who I was…but it's definitely what you all wanted me to become…"

"No! THAT'S NOT TRUE! We never wanted you to become this!"

"Doubtful…otherwise you all wouldn't have beaten the niceness from me…wouldn't have driven the sanity from my mind…wouldn't have left to starve each and every night, force me to learn that I could trust no one is this world…if any of you truly cared…even if on the most bare minimum level…about me or what you were turning me into…you would have stopped tracking me down…each and every single day…"

"This isn't what I wanted! It's what none of us wanted!"

Vanellope would look at her coldly "Well clearly you all wanted me dead…when I jumped off Rainbow Bridge and was thought dead you all celebrated…then you found out I was alive and the torment recommenced…and although this may not be what you all wanted…it's most definitely what you all deserve…"

"How do we deserve this?!"

"With Turbo the Candy citizens treated you all like Gods…you were well looked after and wanted for nothing…you could do no wrong! With me? The cold, remorseless hatred you subjected to me is being dealt back…and unsurprisingly…not one of you has taken it well in the slightest…"

Torvald would pull at the wires

Vanellope would turn around to face her. "Though I hope that atleast helped resolve that question you've had…I'm not the Vanellope you knew…and I know that…I know I'm not the same…do I remember the sweet girl I was during our first days? Yes…is she a distant memory? The answer is again yes…though you need to understand…the old me died when I jumped off that bridge…"

Vanellope would walk back towards Torvald with her sword. "Though I atleast hope my answers give you some form of closure…"

Vanellope would place her left hand on Torvald's face and put the tip of her sword under her chin. "Though now, at the end…do you understand?"

Torvald would pull at the wires one final time before nodding. "I'm not ready…please I'm not ready to die!"

"Rest peacefully Torvald…you earned it…" Vanellope would state coldly

Outside the room Adorabeezle would hear a brief shriek, followed by something heavy hitting the floor

"You may enter Adorabeezle…" Vanellope would state from inside the room

Adorabeezle would enter and see Torvald limp on the floor a pool of blood forming around her. "She didn't get away?"

Vanellope would look at a monitor. "Believe Lodhi Sr tried…he made it back to his lab somehow…although Lodhi can't take on the world by himself…I'll retrieve him personally once Lucy returns with the others…"

"What about Torvald?"

"Bury her in the courtyard…make her tomb look nice…"

"I thought you hated her?"

"Indeed yet I still respected her…far more than most actually…she earned a peaceful rest…and to be buried with dignity…"

Adorabeezle would nod. "So you don't intend on altering her? You place for her to stay dead?"

"I'm not sure actually…" Vanellope would respond

"What do you mean?"

Vanellope would hold pull out a small glowing orb out of a drawer on her night stand and show it to Adorabeezle.

Adorabeezle would look and see Torvald resting on top of glowing golden clouds, she'd look at Vanellope confused.

"Torvald deserved to rest…she was the leader of those against me…but despite the odds always being against her she found ways to survive…yet the times I won were due to her team screwing her over…and when she lost I always made things worse on her…making her see her entire team die for example...and…while the children were growing up…and everyone else was showing they learned nothing…she showed she learned from the experiences she endured…so she earned her right to rest peacefully…I may bring her back…but she's the one rebel I don't want to alter…"

"Why?"

"…I don't quite know myself…of all the things I've done…altering Torvald…it's the one thing I can't see myself being able to do…"

Adorabeezle would bow. "Regardless you should be getting to bed Vanellope…I'll do as you instructed…"

Vanellope would smile slightly. "Rest easy Adorabeezle."

Adorabeezle would bow one final time before picking up Torvald's body and walking out

Vanellope would sit on her bed and call her daughter Lucy.

"Lucy, are you in position?"

"Yes mother, been catching up with Nya." Lucy would respond and Vanellope would hear Nya's muffled screams in the background

Vanellope would smile. "Round them all up my dear."

"As you wish mother." Lucy would hang up

Vanellope would look outside at the moon and smile

She'd look back at the desk where several photos would sit, a mix of ones after her takeover, but most from the pre-turbo days, as quickly as it appeared Vanellope's smile would disappear.

"…15 years…"