Code: XANA, Part 1

Chapter 1: Virtual Paradise

Sector V Treehouse

It was a rather boring day with everyone's favorite sector. With no calls for missions, everyone was merely doing whatever. The quietness was broken when Dillon York suddenly kicked open the door, a positive, excited look on his face. "Oh-hoo, yeah!! Did we show it to Drac last night or what?!"

Dillon's smile disappeared when nobody seemed to be listening.

"Come on, guys! Show a little more enthusiasm! That guy wasn't easy to beat!"

"Okay, we get it, Dillon, he's gone now." Chris told him, his eyes focused on his 3DS. "But some of us are a little worn out."

"Um… hehe." Dillon chuckled nervously. "Okay then." The shadowbending boy then approached Chris on the couch, staring over his shoulder to see him playing Sonic Colors. "Um… can I play?"

"Maybe later, Dillon. This level's a little tricky."

Dillon watched a bit longer. "…Oh, I remember this part! Let me try, I know a little trick!"

"Er, let me just try and finish first."

"Come on, Chris! Just Boost here, and then jump right about-" As he spoke, Dillon tried to pull the device away from Chris's hands.

"Stop! You're going to mess me-" Chris was too late as Sonic ended up dying.

"Oops…" Dillon blushed.

"Ugh! Can't you go bug somebody else, Dill?" As Chris attempted to retry the level, Dillon walked away sadly.

He saw Mason and Sheila at the breakfast table, getting drunk on cans of Purple Flurp. "I-I think y-you should… get those curls in your… a-ear hair." Mason said drunkily.

"Ahh, shucks, ya old… mmm, BELCH, party snatcher. You speakin' da… mm-mm, lickin'."

"Umm…" Dillon nervously approached them. "So, what're you guys doin'?"

"Havin' a drinkin' contest, what's it look like, ya… mmm, ding-dot?" Sheila replied.

"Well… can I have one with you?"

"Noo, no… we're, BLEEHHH!" Sheila barfed and fainted.

"Sorry, Dillon, but- BLEEHHH!" Mason fainted, too.

Dillon only stared oddly before leaving the two.

The shadowbender walked to Aurora's room, finding the Sector Leader filling out papers. "Hey, Aurora. Wanna do something?"

"Not now, Dillon. I still need to fill out mission specs for that Candy Pirate business. Been holding it off since Halloween."

"Come oon. Can't you do those later?"

"Sorry, Dillon. Maybe go ask somebody else." With a glum look, Dillon decided to leave her to her work.

Dillon's next stop was the Gilligan Triplets' room, finding the three fixing up some kind of machine. "Hey, guys! Whatcha doin' in here?"

"Building a matter transporter so we don't always have to fly everywhere." Haylee replied.

"Cool! Can I help?"

"It's pretty complex stuff, Dillon." Harry told him.

"Come on, I bet I'd be great!" Dillon approached an open slot in the machine, where plenty of wires were sticking out. "You just attach this wire to that one, and…"

This resulted in all four of them getting painfully zapped. They were covered with soot, all of them falling to the ground as the machine fell to bits. "Uhh… eh hehe." Dillon blushed as all three siblings glared at them.

"Why don't you go someplace else…" Harry stated slowly.

Dillon leisurely made his way out of the room.

He continued to Haruka's room, where the goth child was sitting at her dresser mirror and slowly combing her pigtails with a brush. "Hi!" he startled her, causing Haruka to jump and mess up her comb, her pigtail becoming frizzed.

"Ugh! What do you want, Dillon?"

"Um… wanna paint each others' nails?"

Haruka only glared at him with a look that said 'Really?'

Dillon grinned in nervousness. "Um… I'll just go now."

"You should."

And so, Dillon backed up slowly toward the exit, leaving Haruka to brush her hair.

"Man. Today is the worst, Mario." Dillon whined to his shadow as he walked down the hall. "No one wants to do anything." He stopped when Kirie Beatles walked up to him.

The Beatles child smiled and began making gestures with her hands, saying something in sign language that translated to, Aw, cheer up, Dillon. I'll hang out with you! Let's go the new go-kart track they just opened at Rainbow Monkey Sugarland! I hear they got a new dragon, and if we fall off track, we end up in a pit of chocolate magma! It's gonna be awesome!

"…" Dillon stared confusedly, head held down in gloom as he walked away. "I can never understand what you're saying most of the time." Kirie only looked down in disappointment.

York Household

Having nothing to do with his friends, Dillon decided to return home. He had a seat and rested his head on his hand on the table in the kitchen, where his mom was cooking by the oven. "Hey, sweetie." She grinned. "You home already?"

"Yeah. No one wants to do anything."

"They don't?" asked his father, rolling into the kitchen on his wheelchair. "Why not?"

"Eh, they're all busy. And they won't let me help."

"Ah, what'd you expect?" Midna asked from the seat beside Dillon, her feet rested on the table as she chewed on a cookie. "Little children are always too busy with games, computers, anything antisocial. When they aren't in school, they wanna spend all free time to their selves."

"Hm. I don't suppose you wanna do anything?"

Midna smiled and tapped her cookie to Dillon's forehead. "Nnope!"

"Well, sorry about that, Dillon. But hey! I got a surprise for you." Nolan said as he led his son upstairs to his and Dani's room.

Nolan reached below his bed and pulled out a small box. Dillon stared at the box as Nolan opened it, presenting a helmet-like device. "I wanted to thank you for helping me stop Dracula. This is the H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. II that I modeled after my first one, which was destroyed by Darth Genious. I want you to have it."

Dillon smiled with amazement and took the device in his hands. "Ya mean it, Dad?"

"Sure I do!" Nolan smiled. "This thing was always precious to me. I never trusted it to anyone. Now, I want you to have it to help on your way to being a great operative. It contains links to all files in the Kids Next Door. Make sure to use it wisely."

Dillon nodded excitedly. "Okay, Dad! I won't let you down!"

KND Moonbase; Cheren's office

The Supreme KND Leader was filling out reports on his desk before turning his attention away from his work to look at his computer. The screen showed a little chatroom, where Lin Bei Fong was texting him, Yo, Cherry, jus figured out how dese phones work, yo.

Cheren chuckled and typed in, lol good for u. The nearsighted boy then pushed 'Enter'.

Immediately as he did so, deep within the cyber network of the KND's computer system, a squad of two-dimensional, shadowy creatures were organizing files inside a virtual realm, making little bops and beeping sounds as they moved. Cheren's message stuck up from a slot, in the form of a letter, and one of the creatures beeped a sigh at the constant messaging. It took the letter and delivered it to Lin's slot. It sighed again as another letter with a chat message came out.

Deeper in the darkest parts of the network, a little ponytailed girl, covered in shadow, typed a code into a computer. When she 'Entered', the screen read ACCESS DENIED.

"Awww!" the child groaned. "It doesn't work."

The child winced in fright when the chamber sparked with static, a pair of angry eyes looming over her from the ceiling. "Gyahh! Insignificant Program! Why do I bother designing you when you deliver me nothing?"

"I-I'm sorry, geee! M-Maybe if I type another…"

"No! Just stop there. Arrgh… It's hopeless. For 45 years, I've been trapped inside this realm. Long abandoned by the Seventh Age of Kids Next Door. Without the proper code, I am trapped forever. And my only spark of hope left me 20 years ago. …Even a simple glitchy Program can't break it."

"Well, I tried-" the child made a digital spark, "didn't I?"

"After I wasted power in restoring you from digital nothingness, I expected more. I do not expect this type of failure in the future. Do you understand?"

"Y-Yes… Master." The child nodded. "I understand." With that, she continued to try and break the code.

KND Moonbase

"Boy, this is awesome!" Dillon said as he stared amazed at the helmet device in his hands, walking down a hall of Moonbase. "A link to all KND files! I bet Francis would wanna see this."

He found the Decommissioning Head himself studying a monitor on the bridge. "Hey, Francis, check this out! My dad gave me a H.E.A.D.-S.E.T.!"

"Everyone has one, Dillon. And I'm actually a little busy. This teenager's been on the run for months..."

"Not this one! This one lets you look at secret files and everything! I bet it can track that teenager, too."

"Heh heh. Well, we never exactly needed it. I'm gonna round up a squad and look for him. Later, Dill." With that, the redheaded boy was off.

As Dillon frowned grumpily, a voice was heard behind him. "Oh, yeah. It's one of those H.E.A.D.-S.E.T.s." Dillon turned and found the voice belonged to Maddy Murphy, who was with her brother. "Our mom and dad told us about those. Never saw much point in them compared to a normal headset."

"Yeah? Well, THIS one contains info that can ultimately destroy the KND, and in the wrong hands could bring total destruction." Dillon told them while jabbing his finger at the helmet.

"Then why do you have it?" Maddy asked.

"Because my dad trusts me with it."

"Well, I'm sure that'll work out good." Zach snickered.

"Like you and your little rabbit diet?" Dillon smirked.

Zach scoffed. "C'mon, Mad, let's go help Francis." With hateful looks, the two officers were off as well.

Dillon only sighed depressedly and looked at his gift. "Aw, man. I know I'm supposed to use it wisely... but how can I have fun with it without totally messing something up?" Just then, an idea sparked. "Wait..."

In another chamber of the Moonbase, Aaron and Rhilliane Doblemitz were standing guard before the safe that protected the Code Module. As a shadow, Dillon slid along the walls, sneaking into the room and behind the twin guards. Dillon crept through the safe's crack before sneaking out and making his way toward the audience chamber. There, Dillon reemerged, revealing to have gotten the Code Module. He stashed the Code Module into its pedestal before walking over to pull up a chair, then started hooking wires up to the Module and H.E.A.D.-S.E.T..

"My dad said that, one time, he used the H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. to hack into the KND Cyber Network. I bet if I was in there, I could look in everyone's computer! ...But I won't mess with anything. That counts as using it wisely if I don't touch anything, right?" His shadow, Mario, only shrugged. "Okay, Mario," Dillon began as he sat down and placed the H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. on, "let's virtualize!" Dillon pressed a button, and both devices began sparking.

Dillon was sent flying through a digital realm, his body wavy and staticky as he flew around at hyper, dizzy speeds.

KND Cyber Network

Dillon landed on his feet, the sensation gone as soon as it was over. He was startled out of his senses, finding himself in a brand new realm. Dillon stared with amazement at many towering buildings, beams of light that stretched across the realm, and almost everything in it was a light blue with a blurry white scan running across, and many square tiles that were separated by white lines.

Dillon stared at his left hand, studying the rest of his body, as did his shadow, Mario. They had become 3-D and virtualized. "Cooool!" Dillon faced up at the virtual city again. His shadow keeping behind him, Dillon walked down the first street of the city, while still observing the buildings. Everything seemed to have the KND logo, having labels such as 'Laws', 'Trash Dump', 'Museum of Operative History', other such things. "This place is amazing! It's like... a whole nother world created by a spirit that loved playing on his computer! Oh?" He stopped when he noticed two robotic-like beings directly ahead of him.

The yellow, robotic tarantulas raised their fronts legs and began firing lasers. "Gyahh!" Dillon yelped, jumping behind a building. When the tarantulas came around to look for him, they saw that he had vanished. They proceeded to search down that street, not noticing that Dillon hid inside Mario's Veil. He peeked and came out once they were gone. "Boy, that was close. Those must be the virus hunters or something. We better be careful."

Dillon quietly moved along the alleyways, until he crossed a bridge that led into an opening in the wall. He gazed around the virtual tunnels, blue with white scans like the rest of the world, as he walked up some stairs and crossed over a bridge that went over a virtual river. He was led into another cave entry, going through a series of halls.

"The Internet really is a confusing place. I'm not even sure where to begin in all this. …Maybe I can look into Numbuh Zero's private files. Or have a peek at Mason and Sheila's online chatrooms! Or see how Ms. Winkiebottom turned all crazy! Or-"

"You could tell me how you found your way in here."

"WAAH!" he yelped at this sudden voice. With a new curious expression, the boy stepped even further down the wide, empty hallway, to a tall entryway that had a bright blue light brimming from it. The light illuminated Dillon's body a light blue as he gazed with amazement. He slowly stepped through the doorway, entering a massive, circular chamber, where a towering beacon of blue light spiraled in the center. A huge chasm took up the center of the floor, leaving the only foothold being around the walls of the room. The light went through a hole in the ceiling and seemed to go all the way into the virtual heavens, and extended to deep into the chasm. Spinning rapidly with the beam appeared to be some kind of dark blue face. And just below the face is where the beam shrunk into a point, attached to the lower part of the beam via a sphere with a strange eye.

The face quickly slowed to a halt, gazing at Dillon with a curious look in his big, blue eyes. "Who are you?" it asked in a deep voice.

"AI!" Dillon screeched, falling to his rear. "Wh-Who are YOU?!"

"I am Master XANA. I was the original KND MCP for the Seventh Age of the Kids Next Door's computer network system, designed by Numbuh Zero himself. You look familiar, little human. Is this not our first encounter?"

"Master XANA…" Dillon helped himself up as he thought. "WAIT a second! The original Kids Next Door Master Control Program! My dad told me he talked to you when he first came here."

"So… you are the son of the crippled human who visited me earlier. Then you must have a means of coming here. Am I not correct? It was the power of the H.E.A.D.-S.E.T., was it not?"

"How do you know about the H.E.A.D.-S.E.T.?"

"Your father and I were… good friends during our time. He promised to divulge me the secrets of development of the H.E.A.D.-S.E.T., but he never returned. ...Perhaps you could…"

"Um… I really don't know how to make it myself. I barely know how to work it."

"How disappointing… such a device could be my only chance at freedom."

"Freedom? Whaddya mean?"

"The Kids Next Door of the early days believed I was out of date. They wanted more advanced software. So they sent me to the trash bin. Forever secluding my powers from the outside world. Perhaps their reasons were that I sounded too adult. I lacked that childlike spirit."

Dillon watched as the eyes and mouth closed on the face, vanishing as a wave of light flowed along the ceiling and down the wall. The light absorbed its way into a robotic body that was close to Dillon, sitting on a chair. It was a robot with the head of an old computer, its face a rectangle. It had a light blue face with the dark blue eyes and mouth, many wires making up its arms and legs underneath armor. Its hands had sharp, pointy fingers, and it wore a blue cape along its back, decorated with many computer symbols and designs. Its face sparked to life, his head spinning as XANA wobbled around in his robotic body.

"Bl-bl-bl-bl-bl-bl!" it sparked. "Whoa, need to get used to that!" XANA said in a higher pitched voice. He looked down at Dillon and said, "This is a more physical body I designed for myself sometime in the past. A good Program needs its exercise."

"Well, at least being trapped in here isn't totally boring."

"Oh, I wish it was." XANA sighed, putting a hand over his screen. "But even this body has limits. I can't go outside of this building. It's to keep me from interfering with other 'newer' software. …But there are a fair share of wonders inside here! Let me show you around…"

XANA led the curious shadowbender across the hall, to a room littered with many drawers of files. Dillon looked curiously at the kid-sized shadowy creatures working the chamber. They were two-dimensional creatures with round heads and big noses, round hands, and round feet that were flat on the bottom. They were pitch-black with white outlines, and their movements were like that of pixelated game characters, making little beep sounds as they moved.

"What are these?" Dillon asked.

"These are called Game-and-Watch." XANA introduced. "They are a very special type of Program species, first developed in 1980. They were creatures who worked the very first handheld game system. Before the system stopped being developed, the Kids Next Door transferred them here, to see if they could look after their files. And they succeed."

"Cool!"

"Yes, they are a fascinating species. So very intelligent and sophisticated for seemingly underdeveloped lifeforms. Draw your attention to that one in the center."

Dillon did so and studied the middle Game-and-Watch, who appeared to be switching his direction from left to right as he beeped commands. He was also a few inches taller than the others.

"That is Mr. Game-and-Watch. The leader. He was the most developed out of all of them, it seems. Somehow, he was designed for combat, and judging by quite a few scans, his prowess is sensational. Ahh…" XANA sighed again. "Poor creatures, the Game-and-Watch. Their original designers wanted to delete them into digital nothingness. But the Kids Next Door thankfully saved them, and gave them a new home. And yet, they accuse me of being outdated. Humans can be so cruel…"

"Yeah… but those original creators were adults."

"Yes…" XANA placed a metal, pointed hand on Dillon's shoulder. "So, tell me, boy… why are you here, anyhow?"

"Well… my dad let me have the new H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. II, and none of my friends wanted to hang out with me. I guess I was just… bored."

"Mmm. Too tired of you, too, hmm? Were you a Program, they would've tossed you to the trash bin as well, I bet."

"Well, I wouldn't say THAT."

"Regardless, you and I have something in common." XANA grinned evilly. "And perhaps you are the ticket to my freedom. A loyal operative, no doubt."

"But… how?"

"You see, the only thing that can revive my lost data is a certain… 'code'. And I have no idea what that code is. But with that nifty little H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. of yours, perhaps the secret…"

"Um… I'm not sure. I promised myself I wouldn't mess too much with the KND computer system. I just… wanted to snoop around a little. …I'm sorry."

"Ay…" XANA sighed. "I understand. No need to stand against your honor. But… perhaps I can show you something else before you leave." XANA said as he led Dillon down another corridor.

"Wh-What's that?"

Dillon was led by XANA toward a doorway with a bright, blinding light. The boy shielded his eyes as they passed into the whiteness. When Dillon reopened his eyes, his mouth grew wide with amazement. A vast world of candies and desserts lay before him, mountains of hamburgers, a licorice forest, a chocolate river, and in the center of the field read the words in big, tasty letters, Sugar Rush.

"This used to be an arcade game known as Sugar Rush." XANA explained as Dillon's eyes were wide in excitement of all the huge candy. "This cyber network houses all sorts of arcade games. Sadly, this one hasn't been played in ages. But its existence remains." He directed Dillon's attention to a small, chocolatized go-kart. "Have a ride across the valley if you wish."

"Heck, yeah!" Dillon exclaimed, running to jump into the kart as he started it up.

"Oh, and be careful!" XANA warned him. "My XANAbots like it here, too. They don't take well to users like yourself, so watch your back."

Dillon nodded enthusiastically, and without another word, the boy sped off into the sugary wonderland. (Play "Sweet Mountain Act 1" from Sonic Colors!)

Stage 7: Sugar Rush

Mission: Zoom across the candy wonderland!

Dillon sped across a roadway paved with icing cement, zooming through a tunnel of chocolate. A couple of XANA Hornets followed him and spat lasers, but the kid blew Shadow Breath back and blinded them, causing them to crash. Dillon was soon out of the tunnel, going up a ramp and flying over a chasm to the other side of the road. He barely landed on the edge, however, before the road gave way and caused him to fall into a giant ice cream cone. The cone toppled over, the ice cream rolling like a ball with Dillon trapped inside it. It eventually broke and caused Dillon to fly out, his car landing speeding down a candy hill. He was about to drive off into an abyss, but as he drove over the edge, Dillon jumped and grabbed onto one of the platforms.

He encountered some XANA Bloks, which spun their heads and fired lasers. Dillon grabbed a sharp candy cane from the ground and spun it to deflect the shots, then proceeded to pierce the robots' eyes with the sharp cane. Once finished, he looked to another platform with a tall candy cane sticking up. Dillon tossed his weapon into the bottom of it, causing it to crack and topple over toward his platform, creating a bridge. Dillon hurried across the bridge as XANA Creepers shot him from the other side. Dillon plucked huge jawbreakers from the ground and chucked them like dodgeballs, smashing the robos. Dillon then saw a gummy bear rope-chain, grabbing on to swing over the abyss. As he dropped over the other side, his go-kart sped by on the road, catching him safely in it.

Dillon sped along the cliffside before entering a licorice and candycane forest. Some of the tasty trees were falling down, but Dillon was swift and quick to avoid them. He watched as two Megatanks were rolling his way up ahead, the cannonball robots launching wide, red barriers as they opened. Dillon evaded the barriers and sped past them, but the Megatanks engaged pursuit. They were closing in on Dillon, but the boy watched as he was drawing close to a tight turn in the road that went around a pool of chocolate. He smirked and swerved around the pool, causing the Megatanks to take a dip. Dillon was coming into another dark cave, where XANA Kankrelats roamed the ground. Dillon's kart was easily able to smash the tiny creatures, the boy smirking as he did so, but gasped in shock when he was driving toward a blocked part of the road. He bursted through the roadblock and drove down a hill, coming outside of the cave and ending up in the chocolate river.

Leaving his vehicle, Dillon began jumping across the series of giant marshmallows. XANA Hornets buzzed down and tried to shoot him, but Dillon dodged the shots as he jumped, leaping up to kick the robots away. As Dillon made it to the other end, his kart had somehow glitch-warped over to land. Dillon shrugged and sat back in, proceeding to speed along the road again. He was coming out of the licorice forest and across the field, drawing closer to the great hamburger mountain. The road led him around and around the gigantic buns, burger, salad, and other dressings, going higher and higher up the humongous meat. XANA Krabs had ambushed him at some points, but Dillon sped through the robots' skinny legs and caused them to fall. Eventually, Dillon crossed the finish line at the top of the huge burger, doing a victory dance as the words VICTORY! appeared in bright letters, and confetti was thrown everywhere. (End song.)

Dillon later climbed down the hamburger mountain, laid back and relaxed on the pink candy field, his stomach filled with sweets. "Boy… who knew virtual food would taste just like regular food? A little fizzy from digital stuff, but whatever." The child sat up and observed the vast, empty candy world before him, the realm having suddenly turned quiet now that he was finished racing. With a long, tired yawn, Dillon was about to lie back down. But as his head touched the ground, facing directly upward, a little girl's face loomed over his. "GYAAAAHH!" He jumped up and backed away.

"HA! Scaredja!" the girl exclaimed.

Dillon recovered to his feet and asked, "Who are you?" The little girl had shiny, raven-black hair, wrapped in a ponytail by a red licorice ribbon. She had a cyan-colored hoodie, a black skirt, black boots, and thin, cyan leggings with white, swirly stripes.

"I'm Vanellope von Schweetz, but call me Vanellope." Right as she spoke, she zipped to right behind Dillon in a digital spark. "So, who're you?"

"Ahh!" Startled, Dillon fell to his rear again. "Uh… I'm Dillon."

She zapped to the other side of Dillon, startling the boy again. "Dillon, huh? Sounds like a baby's name. Babies are adorable." She suddenly zapped behind Dillon again as he stood up. "So you new around here or what?"

"Um… how are you doing that?"

"Oh, this?" She sparked. "The thing is, I'm sort of a… faulty Program." She sparked again.

"Faulty?"

A sad look appeared on Vanellope's doll-like face. "A long time ago, I was deleted by my original creator." She sparked. "I was turned into digital nothingness, but then XANA put me back together. He couldn't find all the data, so this is why I'm like this. And why I have no memory of what happened." She sparked again, and her excited mood returned. "But boy, I'm so excited! Now I have someone ELSE to hang out with! It gets boring in here by yourself, you know?" She sparked. "I mean, sure I have XANA, but…"

Dillon shook his head in confusion, trying to keep up. "Wait, slow down! You apparently know XANA… what's he like?"

"You ever met him? He's a great guy. He's not as bad as some people might make him out to be. The truth is, he really cares about us Programs. It's why he brought me back. Ever since, he's treated me like his daughter. …Or at least, how I figure adults treat their children."

"What do you mean by that?" Dillon asked, raising a brow.

"Oh… it's nothing." She sparked again.

"Well… either way… that does sound kinda familiar." Dillon said, thinking of Darkrai II.

"So, wait, you're a user, aren't you?"

"Yeah, I'm an operative. None of my friends wanted to hang out, so I decided to come here."

"Ahh. Well, I'll hang out withcha." Vanellope smirked, punching his arm. "You seem like a cool guy."

"Hehe." Dillon blushed. "You seem pretty cool, too… for a Program."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Um… nothing."

"Ahh, you big silly." She smirked, pinching the boy's cheek. "Say, you wanna race? I'm killer on the racetrack, and I haven't felt a sugar rush in so long! …Get it?" she jabbed his arm, "Sugar Rush? It's the name of the game, Dill!"

"Hehe. Thanks, but… I should probably get home. They might wonder where I am. I'll come race with you later!"

"Okay! See ya!" Vanellope waved excitedly as the boy vanished into the distance.

As Dillon left, Vanellope looked around before running toward the chocolate wall along the cliffside. She phased through the wall as it blinked glitchily, and Vanellope found herself inside a dark, blue virtual chamber. There, she had a seat on a chair as XANA in his robotic body paced around her. "So… how did it go?"

"Oh… he didn't wanna hang out, yet. But he'll come back later."

"Good…" the robotic Program smirked with malice as he wrapped an arm around Vanellope, "Just continue to befriend him and get him to trust me. It won't be long before that boy gives us that code and frees me—I mean, us, from this prison forever! THEN those fools will pay…" The robot waved his cape and walked away, cackling maniacally, while Vanellope held a look of concern on her face.