A Second Chance (Wreck it Ralph 1.5)(WIP)

Chapter 9 - The Decision

The Surge Protector had allowed Vanellope to set up a small candy podium, as everyone gathered around to vote on what to do with Turbo.

Vanellope walked behind it, silencing everyone, "Ladies and Gentleboogers..."

Ralph signaled for Vanellope to stop goofing around, as she laughed, turning back to the audience. "Nah, I'm just jokin' with ya!" she said in a lighthearted tone before clearing her throat, "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are gathered here today to talk about the Turbo dilemma. Now, you all probably already know about the incident that happened yesterday with Felix and all. Well, we have that all under control now, so don't worry, there's nothing to be afraid of. Turbo is currently locked up in the Fungeon, but today, we're gonna take that a step further, and everyone's going to vote on what we're going to do with him. Felix, can you do the honors?"

She motioned for her friend as she stepped off of the podium, inviting Felix to step up in her place.

The handyman set down his papers on the desk and looked up at the crowd, "I – uh – hello Game Central Station! Yes, like Vanellope just said, we are going to let you guys vote for what we're going to do with Turbo. But, before we get started, we're going to collect some suggestions to get some ideas for the choices we'll vote on. So, one at a time – "

Felix was cut off by everyone in the group shouting out suggestions.

"We should throw him off a cliff!"

"Kick him out of a blank plug!"

"CRUSH HIM!"

He was highly shocked and disturbed by what everyone was wanting to do to his friend. "Guys!" he shouted, trying to calm everyone down, "One at a time, please! We can't collect your suggestions like this! Please, calm down!"

Nobody bothered to head his advice, as the suggestions only got more brutal with time.

"I have an entire list of suggestions right here!" Scorpion shouted, holding a long list of every Mortal Kombat fatality ever programmed.

"Let's set him on fire!" someone shouted, pointing at a crazed man jumping around in a silly fashion with a flamethrower.

"We should crush his skull like sparrow's egg between thighs!" Zangief shouted triumphantly.

Vanellope pointed to him, "Hey, that's not a bad idea!"

Felix tried to silence everyone once more, but had no luck

Calhoun stood up, glaring at the audience, "EVERYONE BE QUIET!"

The rowdy audience almost immediately stopped, everyone staring at the angry Sargent, as she signaled for Felix to continue his speech.

He sighed, giving a concerned look, "Okay, now, you all have some......very colorful imaginations......especially you, over there with the flamethrower. We're not doing that.......sorry..."

The crazed man became upset, as he threw his flamethrower on the ground and gave an angry puff out of his nose.

Felix looked back at the audience, "Now, let's try this again; one at a time, who has any humane suggestions for Turbo?"

The whole audience was silent, exchanging disappointed looks and sighs.

Luigi raised his hand, "I was-a gonna suggest maybe talking to him, and-a maybe you can try to make him-a good again. Is-a that an ok answer?"

Felix nodded, "Good suggestion, Luigi. Anyone else?"

Johny Cage took the previously mentioned list from Scorpion's hands, "Are any of these considered 'humane'?"

Felix lifted an eyebrow, "Uh......yeah, no. None of those are considered humane."

Scorpion put a hand on his colleague's shoulder, "It's okay, man. You tried."

The handyman awkwardly smiled, trying to stay positive, "Anyone else?"

One character stood up with an upset look on their face, "What else can we do with him, Felix? The dude's a monster! If we let him go free, he's bound to just go into another game and hack it like what he did to Sugar Rush. It's not worth the risk!"

Someone else seconded their statement, "Yeah! You can't trust the guy! If you decided to take him into your game to talk to him, how do you know he's not gonna sneak out and try to get another game unplugged?"

Felix's smile died down as he looked down at the blank papers that were intended to have suggestions written on them. He knew that they were right, but something deep down inside told him that they were wrong. Turbo was still just a person who needed his help, but at the same time, he really couldn't be trusted – yet at the same time, Felix trusted him. Maybe it was because of their past friendship, pure mercy, or just his determination to redeem him. Whatever the reason, he couldn't get rid of the internal struggle between his kindness and his morality. Was it right to keep Turbo alive?

He turned to his friends, "This isn't going to work, guys. I can't do this; we have to call it off."

Vanellope gave a disappointed look, "Oh, come on Felix! Why not?" she motioned to Luigi, "I mean, you already got someone on your team!"

Ralph gave a concerned look, "You okay, Felix? Why are you calling it off?"

Felix motioned for everyone to leave as he stepped off of the podium to head towards his game, "You all can go home now. We'll settle this later."

"Fix-it!" Calhoun called, as the three started following their friend.

Felix turned around, "Guys, I get that you mean well, but I just need some time to think this through. Just, give me some time alone, please."

The three friends exchanged concerned looks as the handyman walked away. What was he going to do?