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Ralph's head snapped to the direction of the scream.
"RALPH! WHERE ARE YOU!?" it was Vanellope's voice.
Immediately he ran towards the sound, his feet pounding hard against the cold ground. He reached a clearing not to far from where he was to see young Vanellope on the ground her hands covering her soft sobs.
He smiled scooping her into his arms and hugging her close, "Vanellope! Thank mod you're safe…" he sighed in relief.
"Ralph! Felix and Tammy…" she sniffled, "They- they're…."
She was in tears again.
"Whoa- whoa calm down, tell me…. What happened to Felix and Calhoun?" his face was twisted in concern and slight fear for his friends.
"They…. They got wrapped up in this darkness stuff and… I… I don't know if they're still alive…" she hiccupped.
Lucky reached the area where the two were to see Ralph cradling Vanellope in his arms, rocking her back and forth like a father would. Her soft sobs were getting quieter and quieter with each rocking motion.
"Won't you play the music so the cradle can rock, to a lullaby in ragtime…" he sang, keeping her close to his chest, "Sleepy hands are creeping to the end of the clock, play a lullaby in ragtime,"
Ralph finished the song, Vanellope's sobs coming to a halt, and the young girl was now asleep. He had to finish this. Whatever was going on had to be stopped.
"We still gonna head to the tower?" asked Lucky, "Maybe Calhoun and Felix will-"
"I'm gonna go look for em', maybe that friend of yours can help…" he growled before, he handed Vanellope to Lucky, "Take care of Vanellope while I'm gone alright?"
She gave a soft smile, "Promise I will…"
Lucky held her close, stroking the black licorice colored hair out of Vanellope's hair while watching as Ralph trudged off ahead, "Be careful,"
**
Ralph watched as the atmosphere around him began to darken. He didn't know exactly what it meant… if this was anything like the new videogames as of late… it wasn't a good sign…He looked to the large tower and reached out to it to grab it.
But it made waves where his hand had touched it. Soon after the whole area went dark, green lines going long ways and short ways around him. He braced himself as the scenery turned into something similar to that of a volcano scenario.
"What the-?" he asked as a young woman jumped down from the top ledge of it and next to Ralph.
"Finally…" she chuckled, "I meet…. The infamous… Wreck-It Ralph…"
"You're that friend of Luckys!" he stated, as the other circled him.
"You could say that…" she scoffed, "But you see…. If's… complicated,"
"Well, I'm looking for two characters, one's about-" he was cut off.
"You mean Felix and the Calhoun woman correct…?" she smirked.
"Y-yeah!" he smiled, "Where are they!?"
"Right behind you," she snapped her fingers.
Turning around, Ralph saw Felix was standing next to Calhoun, both with a blank looks on their faces. Ralph couldn't help but show a smiled, "Felix! Calhoun you're-"
Calhoun kicked Ralph right in the gut, knocking him back. Felix held a normal hammer in his hand turning it over his fingers.
"Stay down soldier," Calhoun stated coldly.
"Huh?" replied Ralph confused.
"Jimminy… looks like that wasn't enough to get the point across," Felix snorted, both approaching the other.
"Oh, this is precious…" the woman in the checkered shirt smirked.
"Who are you… and what did you do to them," growled Ralph.
"Checker… and I didn't do anything…. It's in their programming…" she glanced at her nails.
"You-" a hammer smacked Ralph in the face, a bright bruise forming.
"This will be fun…." Checker smiled extending her arms and letting the shadows overflow the room.
**
Lucky furrowed her brows as she glanced over to the area Ralph had disappeared to the area changing completely. She felt her heart speed up and she swallowed hard.
"Ungh…" Vanellope groaned, sitting up, "Wha…? Wh- Where's Ralph!?"
"He went to look for Calhoun and Felix, he'll be back," she reassured her.
"N-NO!" she began to panic, "You don't understand! This lady… her names Checker… she wants Ralph dead! Deleted! Gone!"
Lucky's heart skipped a beat, "W-What!?"
"We have to go get him! If the shadows consume him then it's game over!" she cried.
Lucky shot up from the ground, "Take me to the tower Vanellope!"
Vanellope nodded, running through the old land and into the newly added one, thick muddy forest being transformed into a volcano.
"What's happening…?" Lucky asked, very confused.
"Checker… she's…. she's a virus…" Vanellope looked ahead.
"A virus? How? She looks like a character," Lucky frowned.
"I- I found out when she wrapped me up in that darkness stuff… when she kidnapped me," Vanellope shook her head as if it were a bad memory, "Turbo… an old character from the arcade… he made her…"
"Made her!? That's impossible," Lucky's eyes grew wide.
"No… he's gotten into the code of games before… with a few tweeks to the system… it's not hard at all," Vanellope stopped at the base of the volcano, "Turbo wanted to use Checker to take over the arcade!"
Lucky felt her head spin, "S-so she's a virus…"
"Lucky…. Please… help me save Ralph," Vanellope's eyes started to water but she held back the tears, "If she gets a hold of Ralph… he'll…."
"I won't let that happen," smiled Lucky, before looking up at the volcano, "Stay here…. See if you can find Felix or Calhoun,"
Vanellope nodded, "Alright,"
Lucky continued up the mountain getting to the clearing atop it. She panted, it was very hot…
"Nice of you to drop in," smiled checker from behind Lucky.
"Checker!" she spun around, "How…. How could you!?"
"Oh please, you act like we've been friends for years," she waved away the shock, "Listen… the only reason I went into that little knock off game of yours was to see if you were as special as your programmers said… but all I see is a horrible excuse for an arcade game,"
"Where's Ralph!? Where's Calhoun and Felix!?" growled Lucky.
"Oh… them…?" she snapped her fingers, Calhoun and Felix appeared with the same expression, Ralph however, was badly hurt, the darkness Vanellope had warned about consuming him.
"What!?" she panicked, having no way to fight.
"Kill er'," smirked Checker letting her two new goons chase after the character.
**
Vanellope crawled into the space beneath the volcano, "Geez' someone really needs to clean this space out!"
She fell through the small tunnel winding up in a small cellar, a few cells around her. She felt her glitch ricocheted through her body.
"Vanellope!?" a familiar voice called.
"Huh?" she turned to see Felix and Calhoun locked up in a cell.
"Huh!? What're you two doing down here!?" Vanellope smiled, relieved to see them.
"No time short stuff! We've got two clones upstairs that need to be terminated," Calhoun barked.
"Clones?" asked Vanellope.
"Yeah, and we need to get rid of them before they do something horrible! Oh, bless my knickers if I do something horrible…" Felix trailed off.
"Honey bunches, it wouldn't be your fault," she stopped, looking around the room, "How're we gonna get outta here…"
Vanellope smiled, "Just leave it to me!" she said before letting her glitch flicker.

Description
Ralph's head snapped to the direction of the scream.
"RALPH! WHERE ARE YOU!?" it was Vanellope's voice.
Immediately he ran towards the sound, his feet pounding hard against the cold ground. He reached a clearing not to far from where he was to see young Vanellope on the ground her hands covering her soft sobs.
He smiled scooping her into his arms and hugging her close, "Vanellope! Thank mod you're safe…" he sighed in relief.
"Ralph! Felix and Tammy…" she sniffled, "They- they're…."
She was in tears again.
"Whoa- whoa calm down, tell me…. What happened to Felix and Calhoun?" his face was twisted in concern and slight fear for his friends.
"They…. They got wrapped up in this darkness stuff and… I… I don't know if they're still alive…" she hiccupped.
Lucky reached the area where the two were to see Ralph cradling Vanellope in his arms, rocking her back and forth like a father would. Her soft sobs were getting quieter and quieter with each rocking motion.
"Won't you play the music so the cradle can rock, to a lullaby in ragtime…" he sang, keeping her close to his chest, "Sleepy hands are creeping to the end of the clock, play a lullaby in ragtime,"
Ralph finished the song, Vanellope's sobs coming to a halt, and the young girl was now asleep. He had to finish this. Whatever was going on had to be stopped.
"We still gonna head to the tower?" asked Lucky, "Maybe Calhoun and Felix will-"
"I'm gonna go look for em', maybe that friend of yours can help…" he growled before, he handed Vanellope to Lucky, "Take care of Vanellope while I'm gone alright?"
She gave a soft smile, "Promise I will…"
Lucky held her close, stroking the black licorice colored hair out of Vanellope's hair while watching as Ralph trudged off ahead, "Be careful,"
**
Ralph watched as the atmosphere around him began to darken. He didn't know exactly what it meant… if this was anything like the new videogames as of late… it wasn't a good sign…He looked to the large tower and reached out to it to grab it.
But it made waves where his hand had touched it. Soon after the whole area went dark, green lines going long ways and short ways around him. He braced himself as the scenery turned into something similar to that of a volcano scenario.
"What the-?" he asked as a young woman jumped down from the top ledge of it and next to Ralph.
"Finally…" she chuckled, "I meet…. The infamous… Wreck-It Ralph…"
"You're that friend of Luckys!" he stated, as the other circled him.
"You could say that…" she scoffed, "But you see…. If's… complicated,"
"Well, I'm looking for two characters, one's about-" he was cut off.
"You mean Felix and the Calhoun woman correct…?" she smirked.
"Y-yeah!" he smiled, "Where are they!?"
"Right behind you," she snapped her fingers.
Turning around, Ralph saw Felix was standing next to Calhoun, both with a blank looks on their faces. Ralph couldn't help but show a smiled, "Felix! Calhoun you're-"
Calhoun kicked Ralph right in the gut, knocking him back. Felix held a normal hammer in his hand turning it over his fingers.
"Stay down soldier," Calhoun stated coldly.
"Huh?" replied Ralph confused.
"Jimminy… looks like that wasn't enough to get the point across," Felix snorted, both approaching the other.
"Oh, this is precious…" the woman in the checkered shirt smirked.
"Who are you… and what did you do to them," growled Ralph.
"Checker… and I didn't do anything…. It's in their programming…" she glanced at her nails.
"You-" a hammer smacked Ralph in the face, a bright bruise forming.
"This will be fun…." Checker smiled extending her arms and letting the shadows overflow the room.
**
Lucky furrowed her brows as she glanced over to the area Ralph had disappeared to the area changing completely. She felt her heart speed up and she swallowed hard.
"Ungh…" Vanellope groaned, sitting up, "Wha…? Wh- Where's Ralph!?"
"He went to look for Calhoun and Felix, he'll be back," she reassured her.
"N-NO!" she began to panic, "You don't understand! This lady… her names Checker… she wants Ralph dead! Deleted! Gone!"
Lucky's heart skipped a beat, "W-What!?"
"We have to go get him! If the shadows consume him then it's game over!" she cried.
Lucky shot up from the ground, "Take me to the tower Vanellope!"
Vanellope nodded, running through the old land and into the newly added one, thick muddy forest being transformed into a volcano.
"What's happening…?" Lucky asked, very confused.
"Checker… she's…. she's a virus…" Vanellope looked ahead.
"A virus? How? She looks like a character," Lucky frowned.
"I- I found out when she wrapped me up in that darkness stuff… when she kidnapped me," Vanellope shook her head as if it were a bad memory, "Turbo… an old character from the arcade… he made her…"
"Made her!? That's impossible," Lucky's eyes grew wide.
"No… he's gotten into the code of games before… with a few tweeks to the system… it's not hard at all," Vanellope stopped at the base of the volcano, "Turbo wanted to use Checker to take over the arcade!"
Lucky felt her head spin, "S-so she's a virus…"
"Lucky…. Please… help me save Ralph," Vanellope's eyes started to water but she held back the tears, "If she gets a hold of Ralph… he'll…."
"I won't let that happen," smiled Lucky, before looking up at the volcano, "Stay here…. See if you can find Felix or Calhoun,"
Vanellope nodded, "Alright,"
Lucky continued up the mountain getting to the clearing atop it. She panted, it was very hot…
"Nice of you to drop in," smiled checker from behind Lucky.
"Checker!" she spun around, "How…. How could you!?"
"Oh please, you act like we've been friends for years," she waved away the shock, "Listen… the only reason I went into that little knock off game of yours was to see if you were as special as your programmers said… but all I see is a horrible excuse for an arcade game,"
"Where's Ralph!? Where's Calhoun and Felix!?" growled Lucky.
"Oh… them…?" she snapped her fingers, Calhoun and Felix appeared with the same expression, Ralph however, was badly hurt, the darkness Vanellope had warned about consuming him.
"What!?" she panicked, having no way to fight.
"Kill er'," smirked Checker letting her two new goons chase after the character.
**
Vanellope crawled into the space beneath the volcano, "Geez' someone really needs to clean this space out!"
She fell through the small tunnel winding up in a small cellar, a few cells around her. She felt her glitch ricocheted through her body.
"Vanellope!?" a familiar voice called.
"Huh?" she turned to see Felix and Calhoun locked up in a cell.
"Huh!? What're you two doing down here!?" Vanellope smiled, relieved to see them.
"No time short stuff! We've got two clones upstairs that need to be terminated," Calhoun barked.
"Clones?" asked Vanellope.
"Yeah, and we need to get rid of them before they do something horrible! Oh, bless my knickers if I do something horrible…" Felix trailed off.
"Honey bunches, it wouldn't be your fault," she stopped, looking around the room, "How're we gonna get outta here…"
Vanellope smiled, "Just leave it to me!" she said before letting her glitch flicker.