Cold Heart Chapter Six: Are We A Family Again?

Well here it is: The Final Chapter to Cold Heart. Again I just want to thank you guys for the positive output for the story. Honestly, I worked and worked on chapter one for three months and I was afraid it would be garbage. But again, I underestimated you guys. In this chapter, Felix takes Ralph, Calhoun and Vanellope to Sugar Rush to get them to sit down and talk things over. Guys, you'll love this little fact. Mindy Kaling, the woman who lent her voice to play Taffyta in Wreck-It Ralph, was at the NASCAR race today at Auto Club Speedway! AND she got to drive the Pace Car during the pace laps before the Green Flag. :) I thought that was fucking awesome!

"Fix-It," Tamora began as the Core Four began to leave Felix and Ralph's game. Ralph and Vanellope sat in the farthest back tram car while Felix and Calhuon were sitting in the front car. Felix's right gloved hand snapped up as he silenced his wife, not saying a word. Calhoun was absolutely stunned to say the least. In the past five minutes, Felix had shown more courage and balls to her than he had ever done since they had tied the knot. What actually frightened Calhoun was the angry aura stemming off of Felix. An aura she never felt before from her own husband.

"Now like I said before," Felix started, turning around to his family, "you all will sit down and talk about this and become a happy Family again if it kills me," he stated firmly and pointed a gloved finger towards everybody. "Oh, and just in case some of you refuse, I'm bringing a few special friends along to persuade you, people who also think this has gone way too far," he added. Vanellope was about to glitch forward and tap on Felix's blue-shirted shoulder before Ralph stopped her. He shook his head as if saying, 'Bad idea kid.' Instead of tapping on his shoulder, Vanellope cleared her throat.

"U-Uncle Felix," she began. Felix turned back to Vanellope, giving her a look that meant, 'I hope this is important.' Yet, Vanellope had to ask since it was most likely on everyone's mind but Felix's, "who are we meeting back in Sugar Rush?" She bravely asked. Felix sighed and took off his navy blue hat and ran a hand through his brunette hair.

"You'll see when we get there Vanilla," Felix replied in a mutter-like tone. He wasn't angry at Vanellope, just disappointed that she also took part in the feud by beating on his wife. The President of Sugar Rush cuddled up to Ralph, actually scared of the uncertainty that lay ahead for herself, Ralph and Calhoun. Ralph's giant right hand patted Vanellope's body and pulled her closer to him.

"It'll be fine Vanellope, I promise," Ralph said as he hugged Vanellope. A few blue sparks from the sides of the power cord that the tram traveled along ignited themselves and illuminated the tram even more. Nobody else on the ride said anything as they listened to the click-clack of the wheels on the tracks, taking them to Game Central Station. Felix stood up before anyone as the tram station approached and he hopped out to help his wife from the tram. It clattered to a stop and everyone allowed it to lurch them forward. Ralph picked up Vanellope and set her upon his shoulder so as she could ride through Game Central Station.

"Any particular reason you picked Sugar Rush of all places to host this 'intervention?'" Ralph air quoted to the carpenter. All Felix did was lead the group towards Vanellope's home. Since it was late, Game Central Station was nearly bare of character life, save for the few night life characters that had been around since the late 1980s.

"Patience brother, you'll thank me for this," Felix explained. Ralph rolled his eyes, nearly sick of Felix's riddles about his 'answer' that he supposedly had to fix the little family However, Ralph knew that no matter how creepy this different Felix sounded, he was still the same lovable carpenter that saw the best in everybody. And Felix knew that he was being rather harsh and strict with his wife, brother and close friend, but he also knew that if he wasn't harsh and strict on them, then they would never learn their lesson and become rehabilitated. And yet, as they passed through the gate to Sugar Rush, Felix came to a stop and turned around on his heels to face everyone.

"What's the big idea Felix?" Tamora demanded, "you say you're bringing us to the land of rampant cavities and diabetes and then you stop us at the gate?" She pointed out.

"Yeah, come on Uncle Felix," Vanellope piped up, "why were you even taking us to my game? Ralph and I literally just left," Vanellope said. The Carpenter was now rather nervous, and his family could tell.

"Felix, what's going on?" Ralph asked politely. The blue hatted man sniffled a little bit and wiped his mouth with his gloved hands.

"I'm sorry everyone, but this is for your own good," Felix said and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, all three characters were smacked on the back of the head and collapsed. They fell face first onto the floor, out cold and unresponsive. "I owe you guys big time," Felix said as the three bodies were drug into Sugar Rush by the three unknown assailants.

(About 20 minutes later)

"When do you think they'll wake up?" A faint british voice asked from what seemed like a mile away. Vanellope's hazel eyes cracked open as a blindingly yellow light pieced through her eyelids, forcing her to shut them back tight. She cracked them open again, only to see four silhouettes in front of the light. Two of them were big and tall while the third was short and the one talking. "I don't feel right about having to hurt any of them," the British voice continued, "couldn't we have put chloroform on a rag or something instead of hitting them in the head?" the voice asked.

"Sorry kid," the second voice replied. This one was scratchy and had a very serious tone to it, almost like Batman, "but Felix was right, there was no other way to get their attention," the second voice ceased. Vanellope's eyes finally became used to the light and she opened them up.

"Ugh, where am I?" She asked. Her head was throbbing to say the least. Vanellope got a weird wake-up call when she went to rub her throbbin' noggin' and found out that her hands were tied down to her chair!

"I was about to ask the same thing kid," Ralph replied from right next to her. Vanellope immediately tried to glitch out, but found out that her powers weren't working.

"I'm sorry Miss President," the British voice apologized. 'Rancis!' Vanellope thought. "But we have used glitch proof chains to keep you down," he explained and dabbed her head with a cold rag, soothing her pain. Vanellope's eyes finally adjusted to the bright light and she saw Rancis' worried expression as he once again dabbed the cloth and lightly rubbed her face. She prayed to Mod that he wouldn't notice the blush creeping up on her face.

"Soldiers, you have five seconds to untie me or I will make your life a living hell," Calhoun sneered when she came to. She was, of course, referring to none other than Kohut and Markowski. The darker skinned soldier held his ground as he crossed his arms over his tank top covered chest, sternly glaring at his CO. Markowski on the other hand, was standing next to Kohut, but his entire body was shaking like a nervous Chihuahua. He looked like he was about ready to pee in his pants he was so scared. Ralph on the other hand, was calmly sitting in his chair, waiting for Felix to say something.

"So Felix," Ralph calmly began, "this is your big idea to help us rehabilitate and become a family again?" The wrecker asked. The short little carpenter was sipping on a cup of coffee at a table while the three 'captive' characters were tied up. Felix's right hand reached up and clicked off the bright yellow lamp. Ceiling lights were on, and they flickered several times.

"Hey, this isn't Sugar Rush," Vanellope said as Rancis stood by her side, "where are we Rancis?" she questioned. The Peanut Butter themed boy politely tossed the rag behind the three.

"I believe we are in Hero's Duty Vanellope," he replied. Kohut, Markowski and Felix all nodded as the Carpenter set his blue coffee mug down onto he metallic table and stood up from his chair. His brown work boots scraped across the flooring as he walked in front of Ralph, Calhoun and Vanellope.

"Okay, over the last several hours, our happy little family has completely turned against each other, and it has broken my heart," Felix's voice cracked slightly. "If there is one thing I cannot stand in a family, it is a family that is quarreling," he continued. "Now, we are going to find out what exactly is our main problem and we will become a happy family," he swore.

"Look Fix-It," Calhoun began, "I think we all know that Wreck-It over here is the cause of all the problems," she interjected and cocked her head towards the giant wrecker. Ralph's face contorted into anger and he began to yell.

"Oh REALLY?!" He shouted, "says the woman who yelled at a little girl for no good reason!" he said. Felix had enough of the shouting and had Kohut shoot a few bullets from a pistol into the air.

"I don't think we understand each other enough," Felix said and paced in front of the captives, "what we are going to do is face each other and talk about what happened and then we will say sorry to each other and be a happy family again, does that sound good?" He asked with a twitchy eye and a creepy Joker-like smile.

"Do we have to Uncle Felix?" Vanellope asked.

"Yes, and you have no choice, and I have locked the door so no one can leave," Felix replied quickly. He walked up to his wife's chair and spun her sideways. Kohut grabbed Ralph's chair and spun him to face Calhoun. Rancis politely and gently spun Vanellope around to face both Ralph and Calhoun. The three were silent, having no clue what to do, they just stared at each other. A few tense moments of silence followed before Felix once again had to start things up to make them talk. "We can last all night if we have to," he warned. Ralph sighed before a thought crossed his mind.

"Hey Felix, since this is like therapy, can we say whatever is on our minds?" He asked.

"Ralph, at this point, I'm willing to try anything to get my family back," Felix replied. The wrecker turned his gaze back to Calhoun whom was still glaring at him. He looked back from Vanellope to Felix and back to Calhoun. Ralph then realized that what he had to say was only spawned by the anger that boiled within him. And that if he spoke with the anger controlling his very emotions, it would only set things back even further than now, if that was possible.

"Calhoun," Ralph began as kindly as possible. The wrecker had the decency to wait for her to respond. Yet, whether or not the Sarge wanted to listen, Ralph didn't care. And Felix didn't either. As long as all three were on the same page and truly apologetic with one another, then the Carpenter would have fixed probably the most important thing in his life. But, Calhoun too had almost her fill of this senseless fighting, so she agreed to let Ralph plead his case.

"Yes Wreck-It?" Calhoun asked. She was attempting her best at sounding polite, but given her harsh and cold personality that her game developers gave her, it didn't actually sound polite. Luckily for her though, Ralph accepted her reply and pleaded his case.

"I respect you," was all that came from Ralph's mouth. Silence hit the group. "I seriously think you are one of the greatest game characters ever made. You're fearless, strict, you get the job done and you are a great role model for kids who want to be the best at what they do by working hard," Ralph explained. Calhoun couldn't believe something like that came from Ralph. Someone she considered to be an uneducated and filthy piece of work.

"Well, thank you Wreck-It," Calhoun began.

"But you're a complete bitch," Ralph added. The wrecker had no other choice to call her that in front of Vanellope. The two young Sugar Rushers were shocked that they could listen to language like that. Calhoun's newfound respect just diminished to almost nothing at the last thing Ralph had said.

"Excuse me?" She asked.

"I said you are a complete bitch for acting how you did towards Vanellope," Ralph replied, "I mean, how could you go off like that on such a sweet little girl that looked up to you?" he asked. Felix, Kohut, Markowski and Rancis were all growing happy that three of the core four were finally getting somewhere. "But, I can understand where you're coming from," Ralph assured.

"What are you talking about Ralphie?" Vanellope piped up, "she blew up at me for no reason. How can you understand that?" She asked.

"Well, I can understand that she had a rough day during work and she didn't mean to take it all out on you," Ralph explained. Calhoun laid back in her chair and let her head flop backwards a bit. 'Finally,' she thought to herself, 'someone understands that it wasn't on purpose.'

"Look Wre-, I mean Ralph," Calhoun remarked, "I never meant to hurt the kid. And I'm sorry that I did; I know that it wasn't your fault Vanellope that the food landed on me," she admitted, "and I'm glad you look up to me," she looked at Vanellope. "I wanted to apologize, but my damned programming kept holding me back to show no mercy. But I know a true hero knows showing mercy is not a weakness, but a strength."

"And I'm sorry for annoying you Auntie Calhuon, I'm just still getting used to people being nice to me," Vanellope explained with Rancis holding her hand.

"Wait, if you wanted to apologize, then why did you just attack me back in my game?" Ralph wanted to know.

"I did want to apologize Ralph," Calhoun replied, "but I should have waited a little longer and not have surprised you like that. I should have known you would be protective of Vanellope," she admitted. "But, you are a great person Ralph. You're kind hearted, strong-willed, and a great father-figure with Vanellope," she said.

"Thank you Calhoun, that means a lot," Ralph smiled.

"YESS!" Felix shouted and jumped around, "MY FAMILY IS TOGETHER AGAIN!" He cheered and had the three untied. Vanellope, Ralph and Calhoun stood up and stretched at first for being tied down for so long. Vanellope hugged Calhoun's leg and Ralph and Calhoun shook hands.

"Congrats Sarge, we knew you had it in you," Kohut smirked. Calhoun smacked him and Markowski across their faces.

"Never, tie me up again," she threatened. "Oh and kid, I want to talk to you," Calhoun called to Vanellope. The little girl looked around curiously before going to the corner with Calhoun. "Look, I can tell you really like that Peanut Butter Cup over there, but here's a little advice little soldier," the Sarge smirked. Vanellope's eyes lit up and she was all ears, "YOU are the boss. You can allow him to pay for the meals or movies or whatever you do, but if you decide to become an 'item' as these prissy little teenagers do, he listens to you. Don't take any crap from him, and make sure he is happy," Calhoun explained.

"Thanks Auntie," Vanellope hugged Calhuon's legs once again. She then ran back to Rancis and held his hand.

"Hey Rancis, do you want to grab a bite or see a movie somewhere?" She asked.

"I would love to Miss President," Rancis bowed. Kohut and Markowski left to leave the family some quality spending time.

"So, would you guys like to try dinner again?" Ralph suggested, "I'm sure Tapper wouldn't mind whipping us up some burgers," he offered.

"I'd love to, Brother," Calhoun swallowed her pride with a grin. The family, including Rancis, left Hero's Duty to try a family dinner once again.

"I'm proud of you three," Felix hugged his wife, brother, and niece. And to this day, the family has NEVER been tighter.

The End

Sorry if it is a little rushed, but I think it was a good ending. Please review and tell me what you think!