Not long after Zeta sent the first two texts, the track from The Glory of Death lit up again. This time a young man and woman were riding side-by-side down the track. As they exited the car and passed over the threshold, the loud buzz-beep sounded and stopped both twins in their tracks. Monique knew what was coming and was prepared, Matthew on the other hand, never took part in watching Disney movies with the others and so had no idea.

Right before their eyes appeared a surge protector, clipboard in hand, and a dull expression on his face. "You're from 'The Glory of Death', correct?" He questioned, daring to repeat history by glancing up at the two newcomers.

Raising a perfectly groomed eyebrow, Matthew answered before Monique could stop him. "Obviously."

Realizing right away that this interaction wasn't going to be any more pleasant than the one before it, the surge protector sighed. "I'm a surge protector and I keep track of all traffic between games. I'm going to need to ask you two a few questions before I can let you move on."

"Okie dokie." Monique cut in, stopping Matthew from replying. If he got them into trouble with his temper, Zeta would never trust her to go on a mission again so she needed to take the lead as much as possible.

"Names?".

"Monique and Matthew Rose." Monique replied cheerfully, hoping to win the surge protector over with her infectious happiness.

"Prince Matthew and Princess Monique." Matthew corrected, unable to keep himself from smirking. "Can't have them thinking we're part of the common rabble, Mon."

"Right." The surge protector muttered, bracing himself for the next question, which he predicted was going to be a pain. "Affiliation?"

At that, Matthew actually started laughing. Giggling nervously, Monique took over once more. "Villain and anti-hero." She said, smiling shyly and motioning with her thumb to Matthew and herself respectively for each affiliation title.

Not even bothering with correcting Monique's faux pas after the reaction he'd gotten from Zeta, the surge protector just marked down her answer and moved on. "By entering Game Central Station you hereby agree to submit to random security checks and agree to not cause trouble in any game you may enter. Understand?" He drawled, looking at Monique and the now calm Matthew.

"Yep."

The answer only cam from Monique, but the surge protector decided that was good enough. He spoke his parting "you may proceed" and zapped away.

Running a hand through his fiery red hair, Matthew looked down at his slightly shorter twin. "That sucked."

"It wasn't that bad." Monique argued, giving Matthew a cute smile that she knew he wouldn't be able to resist.

Indeed unable to resist his twin's cuteness, Matthew smiled despite himself and began to walk towards their destination. "You're too forgiving of annoying things." He accused, red two-pronged tail flicking lightly behind him with every step he took.

"Or you're too impatient." Monique countered, falling into step beside her brother and watching as the portal to Sugar Rush came into view. Once the platform also came into view, she ran over and got into a car on the empty train. "I can't wait to see if this game tastes as good as it looks!" She squee'd, practically bouncing in her seat.

"That's gross, Mon." Matthew sighed, sitting beside his over-enthusiastic twin and allowing a smile to play his lips when she hugged his arm tightly.

The train ride was fast and soon Matthew and Monique found themselves traversing the saccharine world of Sugar Rush. Matthew was calmly walking down the path his phone laid out for him, his other hand in his pocket and an apathetic expression on his face. Monique, meanwhile, was zipping all around and tasting just about everything, finding that the world really was flavored like the foods it was based on. Just as Zeta had instructed, they were headed for Diet Cola Mountain and the map she had given Matthew led them past several of the tracks that wound all through Sugar Rush. While Matthew focused on the path, Monique was busy taking pictures of the sugary landscape while also sampling anything she hadn't yet.

Crouching down to get a picture of a Twizzler caterpillar crawling across a mint leaf, Monique heard the sound of engines in the distance. When she looked up, three karts were whizzing past and heading straight towards Matthew. He had his eyes firmly focused on his phone and didn't seem to notice the karts as he stepped out onto the track. "Matt, look out!" Monique called, quickly taking to the air on her hot pink fairy wings and rushing towards her brother.

Without looking up, and before the first kart could screech to a stop, Matthew stuck his hand out and when it and the kart collided, the kart went flying over his head and landed upside-down on the track. The other two racers had the time to stop as they'd been further back and they immediately leapt out of their own karts to check on their downed comrade. Matthew continued on as though nothing had happened but Monique dared to look over at the toppled kart.

The kart itself was totaled but worse off was the driver. There was thick red blood that looked like cherry syrup oozing from under the kart and the blonde avatar who had been driving was very obviously dead. The other two avatars were crying and panicking and didn't even seem to notice as Monique hurried past to catch up with Matthew. "That didn't seem necessary." She said quietly, remaining aloft and fluttering beside him.

Shrugging nonchalantly, Matthew put his unmarred hand back in his pocket. "Mother won't be upset so what should I care?" He asked coldly, eyes still locked on his phone. "So long as we complete our mission, I doubt she cares what happens to this game."

"I still don't think that was necessary." Monique insisted, pouting a bit. "Taffyta was their friend."

"They'll probably all be dead soon anyway, Mon, you know how mother is when she wants something."

Sighing in resignation, Monique flew high enough up into the sky so that she could see well beyond the path they were currently on. "What are you doing up there?" Matthew asked, finally stopping to look up at his twin.

"I'm making sure there won't be anymore casualties."

Rolling his eyes, Matthew resumed walking. "You're such a bleeding heart, Mon. How did you end up so sweet?"

Flying down and landing beside her twin, Monique shrugged lightly. "I guess because you're so rotten."

Nodding in agreement, Matthew glanced up as the road changed from the hardened sugar of the tracks to the crunch of lollipop grass into chocolate powder dirt. "Looks like we're getting close." He said, very pointedly avoiding looking at his once-shiny black leather boots as they got chocolate dirt on them.

"Getting close to where?" A slightly scratchy voice asked from behind the Rose twins.

Turning around in unison, Matthew and Monique saw that standing just a bit behind them with her hands in her jacket pockets was the ruler of Sugar Rush, Vanellope Von Schweetz. "None of your business." Matthew said, eyes narrowing. As a heathen, his senses where very good and even over the disgusting sugary smell of the world, he should've been able to smell Vanellope coming but he hadn't; her scent had appeared as suddenly as her voice had.

"Oh, but I think it is my business." Vanellope countered, rocking back on her heels rather casually. "Since you guys are in my game and all."

Stepping in front of her brother before he could respond, Monique smiled kindly at the shorter avatar. "I'm sorry about my brother, he's always like that. We're headed to Diet Cola Mountain."

"Oh yeah? Why?"

"I wanted to see the place where the epic final showdown between Wreck-It Ralph and King Candybug took place." Monique lied easily, clasping her hands behind her back and swaying her hips side-to-side a bit in a way she hoped appeared shy. "I've always wanted to see it."

"Uh-huh." Vanellope replied, taking her hands from her pockets to place them on her hips. "How come your brother tried to kill someone?"

"Tried? You mean she didn't die?" Matthew cut in, moving Monique aside.

"No, she did. But she respawned."

"Oh, thank fun." Monique breathed, putting a hand to her chest. "I was so worried."

"Not worried enough to stick around and wait for help to come." Vanellope challenged, expression far from friendly now.

Before Monique could respond, Matthew was directly in front of Vanellope and staring down dangerously at her. "Nobody talks to my sister that way." He growled, picking Vanellope up by her ponytail. Before he could do anything to her, however, she glitched out of his grip and onto a nearby jawbreaker.

"I knew it." She growled, eyes narrowing at the two intruders. "You two are trouble."

"What are you gonna do about it?" Matthew asked mockingly, two-pronged tail flicking to and fro aggressively. "There isn't anyone around to help you and you're just a little brat."

"No, I'm a racer." Vanellope retorted, suddenly in her kart and speeding off towards Diet Cola Mountain.

"If she beats us there, she might find him first!" Monique yelled, taking to the sky in her panic.

"She won't beat us there." Matthew growled, shrugging off his suit jacket and tossing it along with his phone up to Monique. "Follow the path on the screen, I'll catch the candy brat." Matthew's eyes turned from mostly to all black and he took off running after Vanellope, his powerful legs allowing him to catch up to her quickly. Once her kart was in his sights, he leapt forward and latched onto the spoiler, the sudden extra weight making the kart jerk.

Looking back, Vanellope saw Matthew's elongated claws coming at her just in time to duck. "Get off my kart!" She screeched, swerving in an attempt to shake the heathen.

Digging the claws of his left hand into the nearest piece of the kart, which happened to be the seat's headrest, Matthew managed to keep his balance perched on the spoiler. "That was a neat trick back there. Let me show you one of mine." Matthew said, his voice much lower and so gravely it was almost hard to understand. He swung again with his claws and Vanellope ducked but this time Matthew grabbed hold of her steering wheel and ripped it clean off the kart easily.

"Hey!" Vanellope cried, hitting the brakes and watching as Matthew finally lost his balance and toppled over her, landing in the dirt in front of her kart. Vanellope quickly slammed back on the gas, hoping to run Matthew over, her kart staying on track remarkably well even without a steering wheel. As she neared the downed heathen, his hand shot up and caught her kart by the front bumper.

"You ripped my shirt." Matthew growled lowly, slowly turning his head up to meet Vanellope's gaze with his cold, black eyes. Stricken by his gaze, Vanellope was unable to react in time to activate her glitch as Matthew sunk his claws into her kart's hood and began to lift her and her kart off the ground. By the time she managed to pull herself from the trance Matthew's eyes had put her in, she was freezing cold and heading for the ground at a devastating height.

Catching up to her brother while he was still in what she called "bloodlust mode", Monique found that Matthew was examining the rip in his shirt. "Did she hurt you?" She asked in concern, landing beside Matthew and nudging his hands aside so she could inspect the tear.

"No." Matthew grumbled, watching his twin. "She threw me off her car."

Sighing, Monique hugged Matthew tightly. "You worried me." She huffed, voice pouty.

"You worry too much." Matthew replied, wrapping an arm around Monique and slowly coming out of his rage, his claws shrinking back down and his eyes regaining what little color they usually had. "Like some little brat could actually hurt me." Suddenly catching Vanellope's scent, Matthew moved Monique behind him just in time to get hit in the chest by the prongs of a taser gun. He convulsed as the current ran through him and dropped to one knee when it ended, panting softly.

Covering her mouth with both hands from shock, Monique looked up to see Vanellope was holding the other end of the taser gun, looking smug and triumphant. "You tased my brother." Monique said quietly, almost too quietly for Vanellope to catch it. "You BITCH!" She screamed, voice shrill with anger as she shot into the air and then darted at Vanellope.

Moving quickly, Vanellope took out the gun she'd "borrowed" from a doughnut police officer and fired it at Monique, the sharp piece of candy corn that acted as a bullet heading right for Monique's head. Before she could be hit, Monique put up a shield of swirling rainbow colors only long enough to deflect the bullet, sending it instead into Vanellope's shoulder. The shorter avatar screamed in pain and before she could fire again, Monique had reached her and backhanded her hard. Vanellope flew off the jawbreaker she had been standing on, landing in the dirt in a heap. As she sat up, her face dirty from the mix of chocolate powder and tears, she reached for her gun but found that it was no longer beside her.

"Looking for this?" Matthew asked, standing above her with the gun leveled at her head, his eyes black once more. Without waiting for a response, or giving Vanellope a chance to respond, he fired, watching as her brain scattered all over the ground, the pieces looking like chunks of pink gummy candy. Wrinkling his nose, Matthew kept firing until the gun was out of ammo. "Disgusting." He spat, tossing the gun aside and walking up to Monique. "You okay?"

"Yeah." Monique said softly, giving all of her attention to Matthew so her eyes wouldn't accidentally stray to Vanellope's corpse. "We should go before she respawns."

"Right." Matthew agreed, turning and doing his best to ignore the squelch as he stepped on one of Vanellope's eyes and the juices shot up his boot. "Are you okay to fly?" He managed to get out between clenched teeth.

"Yeah." Monique said again, lifting into the air and flying after Matthew as he started to run. She hated herself for losing her temper like she had but Vanellope had hurt Matthew. She knew that no other reaction would've been appropriate but she reminded herself too much of Zeta and Matthew when she got angry. The thought that she was anything like either of them, as much as she loved them both, especially Matthew, made her extremely upset.

Able to sense his twin's emotional distress but unsure how to console her, Matthew just kept running until they had arrived at their destination. He hated when Monique got upset, especially over things as silly as bloodshed, but he knew she was sensitive and so thought it best to stay quiet and let his twin work through her emotions on her own. If she needed him, she would say so, but until then, they had a mission to complete. Next to making sure Monique never got hurt, Matthew's number one priority was always to please his mother. He hated her for the sway she held over him due to how much he loved her; it often made their relationship complicated.

Both lost in their own minds, the Rose twins passed through the glitched wall between the two lollipops that created an arch and began to search the large cavern within Diet Cola Mountain. What used to function as Vanellope's old home was no longer there as it had disappeared when the game had reset but as the unfinished bonus level was part of the games original code, it remained. Matthew had just begun to search around the peanut brittle stalagmites when Monique's voice rang out.

"Found it!" She called, flying out over the lake of broiling Cola and gently taking a helmet from midair. Monique flew back over to Matthew and they shared a grin, both of their troubles forgotten in the wake of their success. The helmet was white with two purple lines going down the middle and a golden crown positioned crookedly to one side, kept in place by some unseen force. "This has to be it. It blends all three versions of him."

"If you say so." Matthew replied, hugging Monique with one arm. "If you're sure that's what we came for, let's get the fuck out of here."

Giving a nod, Monique opened the drawstring bag she'd brought and carefully slid the helmet into it, closing the bag and maneuvering it back around her wings expertly. "Let's." As they left the cavern, Matthew and Monique saw smoke on the horizon in the direction of the main entrance to Sugar Rush. "Uh-oh." Monique muttered, looking at Matthew worriedly.

"It's probably the rebellion." He informed her, smirking a bit. Zeta's ability to control people of lesser intellect never ceased to impress him. "We'll be able to avoid the other villains so long as you stay close to me."

Clinging to one of Matthew's arms, Monique gave a nod. "Okay, lead the way."

Fishing his phone out of Monique's bag, Matthew took them back through the sugary game, avoiding most of the carnage that was likely being inflicted on the game. It wasn't until they reached the main entrance that they even saw another villain. It was Robotnik; he was controlling a hoard of robots remotely from one of his airships and laughing madly from his perch as he watched the destruction they caused unfold on a few monitors. Matthew and Monique slipped past him unnoticed and made their way back to The Glory of Death.