Author's Note: Before deciding on whether or not to read this story, please read chapter 2 as I'm very proud of how it turned out. This is sort of a fast chapter to set things up. I also have two other stories which take place at the same time. If you haven't already, I strongly suggest reading them :). The stories will connect and diverge on occasion. The two stories I speak of are "A Sudden Surge" and its sequel "The Honeyglow Surge".
"A Sudden Surge" is about Mr. Litwak getting a new game, Sugar Rush 2. It's set 10 years after the first Sugar Rush. The characters would be 19 years old in this game in other words. Felix and Ralph lose their memory because they alone were still in their games when Mr. Litwak replaced the surge protector with two separate ones. The others took refuge in Sugar Rush and another game since in those games their highscores and memories are saved. The main focus of the story is Felix and Ralph struggling to regain their memories, and saving two games from a hidden threat. As well there is the very slowly budding romance between Ralph and the Vanellope of Sugar Rush 2 (nonexistent until the later chapters).
"The Honeyglow Surge" is the direct sequel to "A Sudden Surge", being more romance oriented.
Okay, so that's enough explanations, the story starts below this line!
The members of Bad Anon are having a race in Sugar Rush to pass the time. There wasn't much for them to do as the arcade was closed and some of their games were plugged into Game Station West anyways. There was currently no means of travel to Game Station East, but there was no rush as the arcade will have opened long after the cross-station monorail was complete.
"Zombie not know so much fun existed!" Zombie said aloud, as he haphazardly drove the 'Smartie Kart', a go-kart he baked with the help of Zangief. It was decorated with Smarties to look as close to a brain as possible.. His only regret was that he couldn't carry his hatchets as he drove. His hands were surprisingly steady despite his head flailing around occasionally. There wasn't much for him to do, as his game was plugged into Game Station West, and besides, the arcade was closed.
"Zangief passed you by!" Zangief yelled, as he passed Zombie in the 'Skull Breaker'. Which was decorated with broken bits of jawbreakers with a design similar to a skull.
"Zombie see about that!" Zombie screamed happily, activating his power-up which took the form of a giant ice cream cone that shoots a single giant glob of ice cream.
"Oh! Brain Freeze!" the announcer declared as Zangief's kart was hit. Zombie was in 3rd place. Ahead of him was M. Bison in the 'Lemonhead Stomp' which was decorated in all yellow with red interior and red frosting dripped all over it, and Cyborg in the 'Cy-kart' which was decorated to look like random karts were pieced together.
M. Bison used his Sweet Seekers power-up on Cyborg, bringing Zombie one limp closer to victory. Zombie had no other power-ups available, how would he catch up, he wondered. He noticed a poorly blocked off side road and used it as a shortcut. He emerged in the tunnel just a second ahead of M. Bison.
"A formidable opponent," M. Bison said calmly, "Super Turbo!". He slowly inched up next to Zombie's kart. Zombie was having none of that.
"Sorry!" he said as he bumped his kart into M. Bison's, knocking it into the wall in the middle of the tunnel. Without further incident he'd won the race. He got out of his kart and let out a loud groan, holding up his hatchets in a victory pose.
"Nice race, eh Zombie?" Zangief said with a smile, "Your driving, very good."
"Yes!" Zombie agreed, "Zangief helped!"
"It was least I could do," Zangief replied, "Minigame complicated at first glance."
"Zombie wants to see where Ralph made beacon!" Zombie said, "Zangief coming?" Diet Cola Mountain had become a tourist attraction of sorts, especially among the Bad Anons. Though no one was allowed inside, as it was 'dangerous'. The truth is that there were rumors that it was haunted, making it seem more like a grave than anything.
"Polite pass," Zangief said, "I have prior engagement with Tapper's. Take care friend."
"Okay!" Zombie said, getting back into his kart and driving off to Diet Cola Mountain.
It was even more impressive up close. He parked his kart right next to it and got out, reaching a hand out to touch it. He fell through the non-solid wall and ended up inside. "RAAAGH!" he groaned, getting to his feet.
A mentos fell into the boiling pool of diet cola, causing a small tremor. Zombie couldn't help but take interest in the unfinished track made of strawberry creme wafers. He squinted his eyes at a figure at the top. "Was the place truly haunted," he wondered. He made his way toward the figure slowly, hatchets in hand. It didn't seem to notice his approach.
"RAAGH, not ghost. Zombie disappointed!" Zombie said as he stood before him.
"Ahhh!" King Candy screamed, nearly falling into the springs down below. He no longer had a crown, and his clothes were ragged.
Author's Note: One more thing, you'll notice that later I refer to King Candy as 'Candy Kane'. That's his character's actual name in this story and I use that name because he doesn't consider himself a king anymore after everything that happened.