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He searched and searched as he entered the dark room that housed the code of his world. It amazed him how eerily beautiful the bluish-purple glow contrasted with the darkness. It also made him happy to see that everything in his world was connected to something else and that nothing was ever alone.

Tears welled up in his eyes as he found what he was looking for and carried a brown, treasure-like chest towards it. "I wish I could always be there for you..."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a heart-shaped necklace. The constant reminder of what meant the most precious to him in the whole wide world. He remembered how furious he was when he walked in on the enormous mess she had made in the kitchen, but when she showed him the fruits of her mischief, with her large, beaming eyes, outstretched arms, and ridiculous smile... it all melted away. He couldn't help but start laughing at all the icing smeared on her clothes and the candy sprinkles in her hair. Man, those candy sprinkles... it seemed no matter how many times he tried to clean them out, they would always end up back in her hair!

A surge of pain snapped him out of his memory when a red glow started resonating from his chest as his code began to glitch. The virus was burning him from the inside. He didn't have much time.

Another surge of pain, more twisting than the last, gripped his infected heart, making him drop his most cherished possession.

His arms began to tremble as he raised the chest to what he was searching for. The chest wide open, its mouth ready to devour whatever it was in front, did not shut, but shook. His arms were trembling uncontrollably, silent tears fell down his features. "Please stay safe… I love you… Vanellope."

In one fell swoop, the chest shut, imprisoning everything that he was in his world. The program in the chest began its execution. His spirit left him. He had nothing left. He could feel the change update in the game. And when the program terminated, he was gone.

The candy necklace slowly drifted away from the warmth of the light and into the darkness. Sugar Rush never knew it once had a king.