Hello Again
This chapter is being posted slightly later than I had hoped to but better late then never
I hope you all genuinely enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it
I really do appreciate each and every one of you who takes time out of their day to read my stories
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As usual the quick disclaimer
Herschel and Ella Nougatson belong to Captain Alaska
Lucy and Kevin Fluggerbutter belong to Agent BM
Kit Smoreline and Sebastian Buttercream belong to Mangle6
The following OCs belong to me
Marcy Mars, Annie Brownie, Phipps Twix, Akio Cookie Dough, Lodhi Crisp, Norville Crisp
Batterbutter, Lodhi Jr, Christie Batterbutter Crisp, Ricky Road, Ryan Sof Serve, Martin B. Brownie, Hope and Faith Buttercream Brownie, Vick Rainbeau Twix, Carl Brumblestain Mars, Olivia Cookie Dough, Sophie Flugpucker, Floyd Orangeboar, Nya Muttonfudge, Linder Winterpop, Linke Bing, Charles Malarkey, Nikki Zaki, Mercucio C DiCaramello
Now without further ado let's get into this chapter
Ch.11 The End Draws Near
(Where last chapter left off)
Lucy would put her phone away and look at Nya tied to a chair
"Now where we?" Lucy would walk over as Nya would try to scream only for the tape over her mouth to muffle her
"Nya I've told you screaming isn't going to help you in fact it will make things worse if you do attract someone's attention…"
Nya would keep trying to scream
Lucy would put her lightsaber hilt to Nya's neck. "I'm warning you…anyone comes in and it's a permanent end for you and them."
Nya would quiet down and Lucy would take the tape off.
"Let me go."
"Nya you know I can't…but don't worry I'm not going to send you to my mother…she isn't passing judgement on you."
"Than what's happening?"
"I'm taking you along with Nikki and Ella back to the others, like my text said our group was missing a few key pieces."
"I-I'm not going to help you…"
Lucy would grab her shoulder. "Really Nya?" Lucy would bring her face close to hers and they'd lock eyes. "Really?!"
Nya would shake nervously. "Y-yes."
"Than I guess my mother will pass judgement on you after all…I'll come fetch you later…I must collect everyone else now…"
"Y-y-you don't scare me."
"Oh I don't?" Lucy would walk over to her. "Here's a little sample of what I fed to your mother." Lucy would forcefully open Nya's mouth and place a small object inside before quickly taping her mouth shut.
Nya would stare at her horrified
"Now…there's a small button on that bomb that will trigger it, as long as you don't move it around in your mouth, you'll be fine, though if it triggers, well there goes your head…"
Tears would fall down Nya's face.
"I'll see you later…oh who am I kidding you'll be a headless corpse by then…" Lucy would walk out.
Lucy would sneak down the hallway. "Ok…mother wanted this to be done quick and quietly…game should only know I've been here after I've left…" She'd tell herself
She'd see one of the game's guards with his back to her. "Let's see what I can find out…" She'd sneak over to the guard and hit him on the back of the head with her lightsaber hilt, she'd drag him into an empty room and lock the door behind her, she'd tie him to a chair before dumping a cup of cold water on him.
The guard would look around as Lucy would stare at him coldly.
"This can go one of 2 ways…you tell me what I want to know…or I make this hurt…" She'd state
"Fuck you…you little bitch of a whore…"
Lucy would ignite her lightsaber and stab him through the knee. "I know half of your programmed vocabulary consists only of insults and rudeness…but I will not tolerate any of it…and I know if I kill you…you'll just regenerate…but trust me…I know how far I can cut and stab you without killing you…"
The guard would scream only for Lucy to cut his face.
"I had a drone check the floor…no one is going to hear you...now…we can either help each other…or I can make this worse…"
"I've seen alley trash look better than you…" The guard would state.
"Very well than…allow me to present some of my finest art work…" Lucy would reply coldly.
For our 5 minutes Lucy would cut and stab the guard with her lightsaber, none striking deep enough or hitting anything vital, each strike not causing death but immense pain, every now and again she'd bring the blade close enough to the guard's face to start burning it, and all the while Lucy would smile softly at the guard.
"Had enough yet?" Lucy would ask
"Tiring out already you dumb blond bitch?"
Lucy would stab her lightsaber through his other knee. "Atleast get creative with your insults…"
"You're not worth the effort…you really suppose to be an heir to that Queen bitch? Cause all I see is a little wh-" Lucy would cut his right arm off before he could finish and she stare at him coldly as he'd shriek in pain
"Want to play hardball? Let's play hard ball…" Lucy would stake a small glowing box out of her pocket, she'd toss it into the air and it'd form a small square like monitor infront of her.
The guard would look at her in a mix of confusion, rage and pain as the thing would scan him
"Ah…your name is Aaron Finkle…your roll is a hired guard for a mob boss the players interact with…your age is 36, you live with a wife named Lorraine…you actually live just down the street from here…" Lucy would state as she'd look at the monitor
"How the fuck do you?"
"You don't need to know...my ways on my own…oh what's this? You and your wife struggling to have a child?"
"FUCK OFF!"
"Oh what this? You succeeded…little Anthony was born just last month…after a decade of struggle…well I'll be…I think I should go give my congratulations to Lorraine personally…maybe even take little Anthony on a trip to Sugar Rush…"
"YOU STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM THEM!"
Lucy would chuckle. "103 Brown Steet…with 2 bribed police officers to watch over the place…I'll make it quick…" Lucy would turn and walk towards the door.
"I SAID LEAVE THEM ALONE!"
"You showed nothing but rudeness to me and said nothing but insults…maybe thi will teach you a lesson…" Lucy would walk out
10 minutes would pass and Lucy would walk back in holding a baby in her arms. "Your wife is nice…very polite…"
"WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
Lucy would take out a flip phone and call a number and put it to the guard's ear.
"AARON! AARON SHE TOOK ANTHONY! SHE KILLED MIKE AND CHARLIE BUT THEY'RE NOT REGENERATING! AARON GIVE HER WHAT SHE WANTS!"
"Where are you?!"
She'd tied one of my arms to the heater in the living room! AARON SHE LEFT A BOMB IN THE LIVING ROOM! OH GOD THERE'S A TIMER ON IT!"
He'd look at Lucy who'd stare at him coldly.
"Tick tock Aaron…tick tock…"
"HOW DID YOU?!
"I have my ways."
He'd look at Lucy horrified.
"That bomb goes off and she's gone forever...I've made sure of it…" Lucy would state
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"
"The exact location of every room being used to house the Sugar Rush Fugitives and how many guards are assigned to their protection."
"Kids are on floor 4 just below…12 guards patrol the hallway…adults are on the third floor with 8 guards…"
"Then why was Nya up here on the fifth floor?" Lucy would ask
"All I know was she wanted to be away from everyone."
"One guard clearly wasn't enough…" Lucy would state
"I was watching the elevator and staircase…the only 2 ways up here…how the fuck you get up here?"
"I have my methods…but thanks for the information…see? It wasn't hard…"
"Now leave my kid alone!"
Lucy would set the sleeping baby on the bed. "Though your wife will have to figure her situation out on her own…that bomb will go off the moment I step out of the game…I left a way for her…whether she figures it out is up to her…"
"WHAT?! YOU BITCH! I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING!"
"Yes but it took me going to extreme measures to get it out of you…consider this a lesson…" Lucy would set the phone on his lap and leave the room."
"12 guards? Shouldn't be a problem…" She'd tell herself as she'd get on the elevator.
As the elevator would descend, she'd put her lightsaber back in her purse and take a deep breath. "You've practiced this relentlessly…remember…focus…focus…"
The elevator doors would open and she'd see guards lining both sides of the hallway. "That looks a lot more than 12…" She'd state
"Enemy in the elevator! Open fire! Everyone shoot!" One would cry out as they'd all go to fire their weapons
Lucy would extend both arms out lifting the guards in the air and putting immense pressure on their necks, she'd than throw them down the hallway slamming them against the wall knocking them out
Lucy would take a deep breath and sigh and would start walking down the hallway. "Ok which rooms are theirs and which are empty?"
She'd stop when the door beside her would open and she'd see Charles stepping out rubbing his eyes. "What's all the shouting about?" He'd ask half asleep
"Hey Charles." Lucy would state
"Hey Lucy." Charles would reply as he'd yawn
Lucy would chuckle as Charles would stop rubbing his eyes and look at her terrified.
"Oh shit!" He'd try to back away only for Lucy to stop him.
"Hey Charles…I just got through traumatizing a guard and his wife upstairs…could you please just make this easy for me and tell me which rooms people are in?"
"Look I don't want any trouble, please just don't hurt me!"
"I don't intend to…don't intend on harming any child…just tell me where…"
"Ok…uh…um…Nikki's room is right beside us…Floyd's is just across from us…I don't know where Nya's is…um Ella's you walked passed it was the first one on the right…Hope and Faith are the last one on the left…if it helps Kit is in there aswell…he's been overly protective of them since we've been here…that's all I know I swear!"
Lucy would smile and pat his shoulder. "Thanks Charles, your cooperation has been noted, now I need you to listen to what I'm about to say really closely…"
"O-ok?" Charles would reply nervously
Lucy would take a glowing cube out of her left sweater pocket. "You're going to be pulled into this cube, it's painless and it won't hurt you, while in there you'll be asleep, I'm only placing you and the other kids in there as it's an easier, safer and quicker way for me to transport you all back to Sugar Rush…do you understand?"
Charles would nod. "Can I ask a question?" Charles would
"You get only one make it count…" Lucy would reply
"What do you and your family plan on doing to us? I-I-I've been told stories of what your mother was like and what might happen if we go back…I-I-I'm not trying to insult you or your family…but I'm genuinely terrified right now…"
Lucy would pat his shoulder. "Nothing bad will happen to you or the other kids…my mother wants us to grow up racing, having fun and all of us being friends…she wants us kids to live in a world she never got…her issue is with the adults…us kids deserve nothing more than to be happy…"
"How are we suppose to be happy if she gets rid of our parents?"
"You'll see in time Charles…now…close your eyes…when I activate this it will give off a blinding light…and I don't want to hurt your eyes…so please…close them…"
Charles would nod and close his eyes.
"Thank you Charles…you've genuinely made me happy, thank you…"
Charles would nod as the cube would flash brightly, when Lucy would open her eyes she'd look at the cube and see him in there. "Ah, works as intended…now for the others…"
She'd walk across the hallway and open the door to Floyd's room and find him fast to sleep. "I won't bother waking him…" Lucy would state to herself as she'd place the cube out in front of her and shield her eyes as it'd flash and pull Floyd in.
She'd walk over to Nikki's room and would have to duck as Nikki would throw a flower pot at her the moment Lucy would open the door.
"Nikki I'm not here to hurt you." Lucy would state calmly
"Your father killed mine! and I know you're going to kill me!" Nikki would shout
"That hurts Nikki, I've never intended to hurt you or any of the other kids, we're just kids."
"Then why did you kill Nya's mother?!"
"Her mother tormented mine for 15 years, she and the others must pay for what they did to her, us kids? my mother simply wants the best future for us, she doesn't intend for any of us to remember this violence, or what the adults have been telling us about the violence committed when she took over and justifiably exacted revenge."
"You can't erase the past! you can't force everyone into your mother's view of a perfect world!"
Lucy would laugh softly. "My dear sweet Nikki, my mother already has, all I'm doing here is bringing everyone back into a better future under my mother's vision, now please, don't make this hard, I don't want to hurt you, in fact I have great plans for you."
"What plans are that?!"
"You, Ella, Nya, Linke and Christie are all going to be my guards and enforcers, you're all perfect for the role."
"Screw that!"
Lucy would put the cube back in her pocket and pull out a small orb out of her purse and laugh softly. "Don't worry, this doesn't hurt, I'm just storing you away separately from the others, Ella and Nya will be joining you shortly."
"Don't you dare!"
"See you soon Nikki."
The orb would shine brightly, once it'd stop Lucy would look at it and see Nikki inside. "Now for Ella…"
She'd walk over to the door and would be surprised it's locked.
"I know you're there Lucy…" Ella would state from the other side
"You were awake?"
"Yes…Kevin sent me a text and I got so stressed out I couldn't sleep…"
"Ella please open the door, we both know how this ends…I don't mind talking for a bit but I'd rather not talk to a door."
"Can you promise me one thing first?" Ella would ask
"What would that be?" Lucy would reply
"…Don't alter me…if you want me to be one of your enforcers…atleast let be one willingly…I don't want to be forced to be anything…I want my decisions to be my decisions…my thoughts to be my thoughts…my feelings to be my feelings…"
"I wasn't going to alter you in any major way…I just needed to make sure you wouldn't turn on me while you all were being trained…"
"I don't want to be altered at all…you want me to trust you Lucy…I want you to atleast trust me…"
"Very well…I swear on my code I will not alter you…"
"I need more than that Lucy…"
"I figured…what I'm going to tell you is highly classified but will serve you well during your training…every unmodified cell in the Fungeon can be opened if you hit the cell bars, the left wall, the back wall, the right wall than the door in that order, you do that and the door opens the moment you hit it…"
"I doubt that…"
"Check you phone I just sent you something…"
Ella would check her phone and see a video Lucy sent her, it'd be a loop of Lucy standing in every regular cell doing the process and in each one the cell door opens.
"That's dangerous if someone knows it and tells everyone…"
"Why do you think my mother modified most of the cells? 85% of the cells in the Fungeon are modified to atleast not open when you do that combination…however the upper level where you all will be trained will be cells you can escape from using that method…"
"Why did you let me know that?"
"I trust you enough to keep it a secret…and trust you enough to not run away while going through your training…"
Ella would remain silent
"Now show you trust me…open the door please…"
Lucy would smile when after a few moments of silence, the door would unlock and swing open and Ella would be standing there.
"Why do you want us as enforcers?" Ella would ask
"You're my greatest friends, I trust you all with my life…and I hope the vice versa was always true too…I could think of no better people to have by my side…"
"…What do we get out of it?"
"Power…you'd all speak with my authority…plus access to anything your hearts desired…"
Ella would be silent
"I know this is a lot to take in…and I know this is all happening very fast, though you'll see in no time…everything will smooth out and we'll all be happy and racing in Sugar Rush…"
"…Anything we want?"
"Anything…"
Ella would hesitate for a moment. "…Then I want to be the leader of the enforcers…Like how Adorabeezle was and still is for your mother…"
Lucy's eyes would widen in surprise. "I didn't expect that out of you…may I ask why?"
"…There's no winning if I fight back…better to serve then be altered…and if I must put all my trust in you…you have to put all your trust in me…"
"You know as captain…I'll push you harder than the others…especially during your training…"
"I figured…and I understand…"
Lucy would smile. "I can see us accomplishing big things together…"
Ella would nod. "I'm glad to hear that…"
Lucy would take the orb back out of her purse. "One last hug before your training?"
"Save it for when it's finished…as a sign that you trust me as much as you want me to trust you…"
"Good idea…" Lucy would state as the orb would shine brightly and pull Ella into it.
Lucy would put it back into her purse. "Now Hope and Faith…"
She'd walk to the other end of the hall, she'd open a door to an empty room and put all the knocked-out guards in there, she'd then take a deep breath and head to Hope and Faith's room and open the door, Kit would wake and immediately start screaming as he'd go to attack Lucy. "HOPE! FAITH! WAKE UP AND RUN!" He'd cry out
Lucy would extend her arm out and begin choking him with the force, she'd back up into the hall way pulling him towards her. "Shut it. I didn't want to wake them." She'd whisper
"Whose screaming?" She'd hear Hope say with a yawn
"Kit? Where'd you go?" She'd hear Faith getting out of bed already
She'd glare at Kit. "Your lucky the others put me in a happy mood…" She'd take a glowing cube out of her right pocket. "Unlike the children the adults are getting judgement and punishment…and to make sorting all of you easier on myself I make a holding chamber specifically for you and the other adults…"
"You. can't. do. this!" Kit would state between gasps
"I can and I already have…now…I have 2 kids to calm down…" The cube would shine brightly and pull Kit in, Lucy would stuff it back into her right pocket as Faith would appear at the door.
"Princess Lucy?" Faith would ask half excitedly and half nervously. "Kit says you want to hurt us…"
Lucy would put her hands in front of her. "Oh no why would I want to hurt the 2 girls I always loved to babysit when auntie Candlehead wasn't around?" She'd state with a smile.
Faith would yawn. "Where did Kit go?"
"He went to get a drink, you look tired…let's get you back to bed…" Lucy would put her hand out.
Faith would yawn and take her hand, Lucy would smile and bring her back to bed and tuck her in, she'd glance over at Hope looking at her half asleep. "Wish to be tucked in to?"
"Yes please." Hope would reply
Lucy would smile as she'd tuck her in. "Want me to read you a bed time story?"
"Yes, Kit had many on the shelf there."
Lucy would smile and take one of the books and would place a chair in between the 2 beds and would read for a few minutes, she'd glance at both girls and see them both out like a light.
She'd smile and put the book away. "Ah sweet little mini me's…" She'd look at both of them as she'd take the cube out of her left pocket and both girls would be pulled into it.
She'd look at both of them floating it in. "Don't worry you 2…while your parents receive their punishments…older sister Lucy will take good care of you…" She'd smile
"Now for the adults…-she'd sigh-…hopefully Marcy did her job…"
She'd get on the elevator and go down a floor, when the doors would open, she'd be pleasantly surprised when she find all the adults tied up in the hallway, no sign of any guards and Marcy sitting at the end of the hallway waiting for her.
"Marcy…you exceeded my expectations…I thought you were only going to take care of the guards…"
"Gloyd was suspicious of me the moment my sister brought me here…he confronted me…ordered me to leave…one thing turned into another and to make a long story short everyone but my sister has been apprehended…"
Gloyd would be trying to scream only for the tape over his mouth to muffle everything.
Lucy would chuckle as she'd walk over to the adults, as she'd look at all of them her expression would go from cheerful and happy to cold and dark. "You all thought you could hide from my mother…which is foolish…you all may believe Marcy betrayed you since she's been altered…it's also false…she hasn't been altered…she's simply been to the Hell-Realm…a special punishment created by my mother…you may not believe me but it broke Marcy…"
Everyone would look at her shocked and terrified. "It broke her…rebuilt her, reforged her into the loyal citizen she is now…and that was done in a matter of days…but now consider that my mother only sent Marcy there to learn…what do you think going to happen to all of you since my mother doesn't want you to learn…she wants you to suffer first…"
Everyone would start screaming, Lucy would smile hearing the muffled screams as she'd take the cube out of her right pocket. "Next time we see each other it's going to be when I bring you before my mother…" The cube would shine brightly and pull all the adults in.
Lucy would turn to Marcy. "So, Annie is just asleep in that room…where is Akio?"
"Akio is at Tapper's…your mother said to leave him…he will come on his own…"
"Very well…though why is your sister not apprehended?"
"Your mother promised me she'd explain things to Annie…so I didn't let Annie see the reformed me…I only let her see the old misguided version."
"Very well."
Marcy would gently open the door to one of the rooms. "She's still asleep, please don't wake her…"
Lucy would nod and quietly enter the room and trap Annie within the cube, she'd walk out of the room and look at Marcy. "You've done well…I had my doubts but you put those to rest."
Marcy would bow. "Pleased to hear that."
"Though now it's time for you to be pulled in, I feel it'll be easier to get out if it's just me trying to sneak out." Lucy would state
"Very well."
Lucy would shield her eyes as the cube would pull Marcy in. "Time to go fetch Nya…"
She'd take the elevator back up to the fifth floor and would walk into the room, Nya would be frozen in place a constant stream of tears falling down her face.
Lucy would take the tape off her mouth and she'd spit the object out, then she'd scream and cry
"You said you wouldn't kill me!"
Lucy would pick up the object and show her it was only a piece of plastic. "You're chances of dying were absolute zero."
Nya would sob as Lucy would pat her shoulder. "That's enough now we're going home."
"Please I don't want to go back."
"Were going back…and like Nikki and Ella you'll be trained to be one of my enforcers just like Christie and Linke.
"…I don't want to…"
Lucy would stare at her coldly in the eyes. "Your choice…remain my friend and become an enforcer…suffer your mother's punishment…and be sent to the Hell-Realm…my mother's personally designed torture world that lives up to it's name…"
Nya would look at her horrified
"Choose now Nya…service or torment…" Lucy would state coldly
Nya would hesitate as Lucy would take an actual miniature bomb out of her purse. "I can always choose for you Nya, and my orders were seek and retrieve…and kill if necessary…"
She'd put a hand on Nya's shoulder. "Choose now…"
Fresh tears would stream down Nya's face. "…I…I…I'll serve! I'll serve!"
Lucy would pat her shoulder. "Good…" She'd put the bomb back in her purse and would untie Nya. "Stand up."
Nya would stand up
Lucy would take the glowing orb out of her purse. "You'll be pulled in here quickly and painlessly…making transporting you and the others easier on myself…once we are back home I shall bring you, Nikki and Ella to the Fungeon to train all 3 of you for your new roles."
Nya would sob and nod.
"Don't cry…we're going to bring about the best future possible for our world, and if it's any good, Ella is doing this willingly, and even wants to be captain, talk to her about it, maybe hearing it from her instead of me will help change your mind."
Nya would be shocked. "I definitely will ask her."
"I'll see you soon."
Nya would nod as the orb would shine brightly and pull her in.
Lucy would take a deep breath. "Now…to get out of here…"
She'd climb out of a window and glitch down to the street below, she'd slowly but surely glitch her way to the game's exit, avoid patrolling guards and random NPCs in the game, as she'd reach the game's exit she'd call her mother.
"Everyone has been acquired mother."
"Good Lucy, how did Marcy perform?" Vanellope would ask
"Astoundingly, full marks across the board, she impressed me, I'm surprised your Hell-Realm reformed her so thoroughly!"
"Good to hear, are you leaving the game now?"
"Indeed I am."
"Alright, I shall wait for you at the game's entrance."
"There's a bunch of soldiers from Hero's Duty ready to shoot anyone that appears, how will you do it?"
"Won't be a problem, I expect to see you soon."
"You shall."
"Good." Vanellope would hang up
Lucy would take a step towards the train the game used for travel to GCS and back when an explosion would rock the game
"Oh, I almost forgot about that…I hope she made it out…" She'd hop onto the train
(Meanwhile)
Ralph and Calhoun would stand outside of Sugar Rush neither saying a word as they'd stare at the closed gate of Ralph's game
The pain of it's lost still burning, knowing Vanellope had been responsible only worsening the feeling.
"…If I had known…" Ralph would state
"Known what?" Calhoun would ask
"…If I had known that was the real her...I never would've help her…if I knew what danger those racers were in…I…I…"
"Ralph…it's fine…I didn't see it either…even the racers said they couldn't see it or even had known what was going to happen until the blood started spilling…they only knew once the screaming started."
Ralph would sigh and Calhoun would pat his back. "Ralph you couldn't have known, we only found out when Akio told us shortly after he was added to the game…even during the worse of her rule none of the racers spoke out…you couldn't have known…"
Ralph would sigh as Calhoun would get a call from one of her troopers. "A-Rod? 2 things…1 where did you go while we were helping Marcy? 2 where are you know?"
"A-Rod got abducted by Adorabeezle while Marcy distracted you all…she is currently dangling him upside down over rainbow bridge to answer your second question…" Vanellope would reply
Ralph would look at Calhoun nervously. "Was does she mean by distracted?!"
"You really believed her story? Well, that's besides the point…I'm going to say this once and only once…I'm driving to the entrance of my game…you will not shoot at me nor anyone that follows me there…I shall give you A-Rod back…and restore Ralph's game…on the condition you back off…and never approach my game again…"
Ralph would look at Calhoun as she'd ponder. "You can't! the racers don't stand a chance if we do nothing!"
Calhoun would glare at him and he'd quiet down. "Vanellope that sounds tempting and all but I need proof."
"I figured…check his game now…the gate should be opening now…"
Calhoun would glance at the entrance to Wreck-It Ralph and would be surprised to see the gate opening back up
"That doesn't bring anyone back." She'd state
"One step at a time Calhoun…once I've reached the entrance and acquired what I need…restoration of the game will begin…"
"How soon are you getting here?"
"I'm on the way now with A-Rod in toe…along with my enforcers…we should be there in less than a minute…I see one laser trained on me or my citizens…you know what I'm capable of…"
"Indeed…"
"I'll see you soon…" Vanellope would end the call
Calhoun would march over towards the troopers guarding the entrance. "Everyone back off and weapons away!"
The troops would comply and move away from the entrance.
"Calhoun why are you listening to her?! She'll keep being a danger!"
Calhoun would grab him by the collar and bring him to eye level. "IT'S MY ONE CHANCE TO GET FELIX BACK! THOSE RACERS AREN'T WORTH IT TO ME! IT'S NOT OUR GAME RALPH! IT'S NOT OUR GAME!"
"You really should listen to the Sergeant…" Vanellope would state
The 2 would quickly look over and see Vanellope already standing there with the trooper laying tied up at her feet, she'd have Adorabeezle, Jubileena, Citrusella, Nougetsia and Snowanna on either side of her
"Vanellope." Calhoun would state calmly
"Sergeant…I'm going to make this simple…order your troops back to your game…I want it to be just us…send just one trooper to collect the one at my feet…let's keep this calm and polite…shall we?"
Calhoun would nod and motion for her troops to leave as one would cautiously approach Vanellope, take the captured trooper and carry him away
"What next? Calhoun would ask
Vanellope would glance to the right. "Stay right there…"
Calhoun and Ralph would glance to the right and see Lucy skipping towards them and through the gate.
"Got them all mother!"
"Good, head inside…-she'd turn to her enforcers-…you go aswell…I can handle things from here…"
They'd nod and follow Lucy into the game
Vanellope would take a deep breath before looking back at Calhoun and Ralph
"We did what you wanted…" Calhoun would state
"And I honor my word." Vanellope would state as she'd take a remote out of her sweater and hit a button
The gate of Ralph's game would shine brightly as a distant explosion could be heard, a few moments later Calhoun's phone would ring and she'd see it's from Felix, she'd answer immediately
"FELIX?!"
"Calhoun?! What happened?! The game disappeared around me than I blacked out! I woke up and everything's fine! What happened?!"
Calhoun would look at Vanellope and see her destroying the remote.
"Everything is fine dear. Stay right where you are I'm coming along with Ralph, we have a lot to talk about."
"Ok honey."
Calhoun would hang up and stare at Vanellope. "Why? Why do all this in the first place?"
"I got tired of the game, something about scheming the same damn things over again didn't appeal to me, I didn't care for the game that was the process leading to my victory, I only wanted the victory so it could be over and done with…it's why this time around I went with quick and brutal to achieve my goals and send messages that needed to be sent."
"Why are you still like this?! Why are you still doing this?! Ralph would ask
Vanellope would chuckle, it would than turn into a giggle, it'd than turn into a mad laughter.
Calhoun and Ralph would both take a step back nervously
Vanellope would quickly stop laughing and go back to her calm darker tone. "They didn't learn a thing…"
"What do you mean?!" Ralph would shout nervously
"For 11 years I gave them an opportunity to show they had learned anything…they didn't…"
"…I never should have helped you…" Ralph would state
"In hindsight you shouldn't have…though Ralph…you may not believe this and you probably never will…but I genuinely liked you…I knew, understood and even related to where you were coming from…"
"We're not the same!"
"I guess you can say that…your world only made you miserable…mine actively tried to kill me…get rid of me by any means necessary…though I didn't consider you a threat, I didn't mind your company in the times we did share…"
"Why are you even telling me all of this?! I already know this is the real you! I know everything was a lie!"
"To be honest with you…the day you landed in my world…was the first day in a decade I had told more truth than fiction…"
"What?"
"The girl you interacted with…while it was me…it wasn't who I was now…but who I used to be…I don't know why you had that effect on me…but the moment we met…you brought out a part of me that had died years prior…and hasn't been back since…for that 1 day you were here…you brought back the girl I use to be and to be honest? It felt good…it felt good being joyful again…my smile not being forced…my mind not being filled with anger, hatred and different ways to hurt someone…"
"Why are you even telling me this?! You're choosing to be this way!"
Vanellope would sigh. "Being honest? I didn't chose to be this way…I was made to be like this…between the sheer damage and trauma done to my code when Turbo violently and completely severed me from the games code, the racers beating me, insulting me, bullying me, nearly re-writing the way I thought, felt and saw the world while my code box was so vulnerable, weak and fragile…how violently by code box restored itself to the game's code…it changed me…I've heard the saying you can't go against your programming…I was programmed to be nice, merciful, joyful, and what not…do I really look like any of that to you?"
"You seem to get a kick out of the pain you inflict…" Calhoun would state
"Only adds to my point…"
"So your blaming turbo and your own code for your actions?" Ralph would ask
"I'm not blaming anything…cause even I don't know the real answer…I just want you to know, whether you believe it or not…every action, every word I said, everything we did together up until you left Sugar Rush after restoring my code…it wasn't a lie…it wasn't even me you were speaking to…it was the old me, the me I was before turbo's take over, the me everyone was hoping I'd be after I was restored…even though they all knew that me died…"
Vanellope would take a deep breath. "Aslong as you never bother me, I'll never bother either of you, the best way to move forward would be to simply avoid each other…I feel it's best if I simply fade away from your memory…so if this is the final time, we do actually speak…I wish both of your games well and hopefully you both stay plugged in for decades to come…it was nice knowing the 2 of you…" She'd turn around and begin walking back to Sugar Rush
"Wait one more thing…" Calhoun would state
Vanellope would stop but wouldn't face them. "What?"
"You mentioned this "old" you dying…what do you mean?"
"Going into the game's 5th year of existence the old me tried to get away…she had been pushed beyond her limit and felt if she spent one more second, she'd go mad…but you know the age-old rule…"
"Glitches can't leave their games…" Calhoun would respond
"She tried to get through the barrier but couldn't…it broke her…than when she saw guards and her tormentors already on the bridge cutting off her only escape route…she…she jumped…wanting it all to end…" Vanellope would end with a sob
"How did you come about?" Calhoun would ask
"When her body finally hit the cold hard ground…after hitting just about every branch she could on the way down…she took one last breath and one last sight of the unforgiving game that had finally killed her…she closed her eyes one final time sheading one final tear…and finally died…uncared for, unloved, and unmissed…-Vanellope would sob again-…as she left I came in…I opened my eyes, looked around, confused at first…but her memories became mine, at first I could hear her voice, telling me not to get revenge, tell me to stay in hiding, telling me there was no point in getting angry as lashing out would solve nothing…but as the daily beatings continued…and when the racers finally attempted to take my life…her voice…her presence…her very life…truly ended…and I was all that remained…"
Calhoun and Ralph would be silent.
"As I said…that girl you talked to when you stumbled in my game…that was the old me…it was the first time in years I had felt her presence, heard her voice…it was also the last time aswell…I want you to understand that who I was before and who I am now are 2 completely different people…they just so happen to have shared the same body, the current me simply taking over after the old me turned it into a corpse…" Vanellope would walk away
Ralph would go to speak only for Calhoun to stop him. "That's enough Ralph…she told us enough…let's go back to your game…"
Ralph would watch as Vanellope would slowly disappear into the shadows of the tunnel. "Fine…" He'd follow Calhoun as she'd lead him back to his game.
(A few minutes later)
Akio would drink at Tapper's as a few video game characters would come in and talk about what had transpired, all saying that the troops from Hero's Duty had back down and returned to their game, Vanellope had confronted Ralph and Calhoun, and apparently Ralph's game had been restored.
Akio would sigh and finish his drink. "One more for the road Tapper!" He'd shout as he'd place several coins on the table
Tapper would hand him a bottle. "You sure about this Akio?"
"Tapper? Best thing she can do is let me get drunk, the worse she can do is leaving me here to sense everything and be powerless to stop it…" Akio would get up and walk off and walk to the entrance of the game.
"Funny…never figured I'd be the last one…" He'd state and walk through the gate towards the game
When he'd finally get to the Rainbow Bridge, he's look around slightly horrified as the whole world would look much darker, it'd look and feel like night time even though the sun was high in the sky. "Bloody Hell…"
He'd take a few steps forward and it'd feel like a freight train hit him, he'd clutch his head sensing pain and torment unimageable being inflicted, he'd hear several cries of pain and agony, desperate pleas for mercy.
Akio would fall to his knees clutching his head in pain. "FUCK!"
Once the initial shock would subside, he'd sit on the edge of the bridge letting his legs dangle off the side as he'd rub his forehead. "Ow…I just followed them in no way she's gotten to work that quickly…" He'd open his bottle and take a swig
"I still haven't even judge them yet…I was waiting on you…"
Akio would look to his right and see Vanellope sitting beside him looking over the game in front of them
"Want a drink? Tapper's finest Scotch…" Akio would ask
Vanellope would hand him a large plastic cup. "Sure."
Akio would fill her glass and pass it to her. "So why haven't you killed me yet?"
"From a torment standpoint? You sensing everything did more of a number on you than I feel I could've, your senses being overwhelmed when you first came in range of the Hell-Realm told the whole story…"
"Hell-Realm? How were you so close to me without me seeing you?"
"The shadows are my friend…-Vanellope would take a sip from her cup-…the Hell-Realm is this…" She'd hold up the orb in front of Akio and he'd immediately clutch his head in pain again
"What the fuck is it and why did you make it?!"
"The ultimate punishment…a world design to reflect how my life felt each and every day…I explained it in detail to Torvald…it's essentially my torment given form…every aspect of it reflects how my life was for 15 years…"
"Why did you make it?" Akio would ask remaining calm despite the massive headache it was causing him
"The only way I could truly show everyone just how brutal their treatment of me felt like." Vanellope would state as she'd move the orb away from him and hide it away back in her sweater
"So, this is our fate? Everyone suffers in your little Hell-Realm?"
"No…for the most part most of them will only be there for varying periods of time…I know for a fact no one can endure it for more than a month let alone 15 years…while there I'll reform them, forge them into the perfect citizens…by the time I'm done they'll be no worry of rebellion…they'll be no one that wants to rebel…and the children will get a world of joy, happiness, a world free of bullying, free of discrimination, free to be themselves and race to their hearts content…the children will get the world I never got…the world I could only wish to have…"
"Why are you obsessed about the future for the children?"
"None of them deserve to suffer the way I suffered…to endure what I was forced to endure…I hate most of the adults and I know you can sense that's no lie but I also know you know that I haven't lied about a thing when it comes to the future…"
"You have an odd way of achieving it…most don't slaughter like you have…"
"As I told Torvald…to achieve the best future for the children…the racers of old…can't be the racers of old…"
"Then what's your plan for me?" Akio would ask
Vanellope would put her hand on his shoulder. "I don't want to kill you…but we both know you will rebel…it's in your very code…"
"Can I atleast finish my drink?"
"Yes."
Akio would take one final swig and set the bottle down. "One final question…"
"Yes?"
"It's in my code to rebel against injustice and wrong doing…and I can't go against my programming…at least without my code being altered…how do you go against yours 24/7? I know you could've easily altered yourself but it's been established you were like this before Turbo's demise before you even knew how the code worked let along manipulate it."
"Akio…this will sound weird...but harness your power and focus all that sensing solely on me and my code…it'll give you your answer…"
Akio would comply and close his eyes. "It's dark…can't see..."
"Focus Akio…"
Akio would put his hand on her shoulder and grip it tight, his eyes would stay closed but his expression would change to one showing ever more horror at what he was seeing.
Eventually he'd force his eyes open and would start looking at Vanellope horrified.
"Y-Y-YOU?! THAT?! WHAT?! HUH?!" He'd shout in horror
"I know Akio…" Vanellope would hit a pressure point on his neck and he'd fall limp into her arms.
She'd watch the sun setting. "I'm almost done."
End Ch.11
I hope you all enjoy that chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it
Though I'll leave you with a question
What did Akio see that sent the normally always calm racer into a panic like state?