"Yi, er, san, si, wu, liu, qi. Wo de pengyou zai na li!" Two tiny tots sing as they dart around each other. One of them was a small four year old girl, and the other boy a few months older. In front of them is the small girl's mother who had been teaching them the song. Eventually the two children run off together, only to run into the boy's older brother.
"Hiro," the older boy shook his head with a smile, "What are you guys singing?"
"W-we learned a song!" Hiro stutters to find his words.
"My mom taught us a song in Chinese!" The girl says excitedly wobbling over to the oldest grabs her hand, and Hiro grabs his other.
"Why would she do a silly thing like that? Japanese I would understand, but not Chinese." The eldest boy shrugs.
"Come on, Tadashii!" Hiro calls dragging Tadashii and the little girl with him. They come to a stop a the playground and Hiro rushes off to the jungle gym. To his surprise, the little girl doesn't follow, but instead turns to Tadashii.
"Tadashii?" The little girl tugs on Tadashii so he can lean down to her level, "Do you think my daddy is a bad person too?"
"What? Of course I don't think that. Besides, what do I know? I'm just a kid like you." Tadashii shrugs again.
"I'm scared," the little girl frowns, "I don't want my daddy to be evil. Him and momma fight a lot."
"Hey kid," Tadashii holds the little girl's hands, "You've got more strength and courage than any person in the whole universe."
"Hey! That's what you said to me!" Hiro shouts and crosses his arms.
"Oh, shut up you scatterbrain," Tadashii laughs. He turns back towards the girl who had taken the time to laugh with him.
"Promise," the little girl says, "Promise me I'll be okay."
Tadashii smiles and holds out his pinkie, "Vanellope, I promise I won't let anything bad happen to you. If anybody tries to mess with you, they go through me!"
"Yeah, besides," Hiro interludes, resting a hand on Tedashii's shoulder, "We're gonna be the next einsteins! If anything happens to you, we'll sleuth out the bad guys with our brain power and laser cannons."
The trio laugh, resuming their play. They had all been unaware that the girl's father was standing nearby with his arms crossed.
"We can't stay here any longer," The man shakes his head, "Those two might pose a problem."
Hiro opens his eyes and pretty much bolts to his feet but about a dozen hands weigh him down. His breathe is rapid and it sounded like there were a million people speaking at once. As his vision clears, he is relieved that is only his pals.
"Hiro are you alright?" Honey Lemon says putting a hand on his forehead.
"Don't ever do that again! You scared the living daylights out of us," Gogo fumes.
"Oh, maybe we didn't need the paramedics after all," Wasabi lets out a breathe, "See I told you we didn't need to call 911."
"What are you talking about? You had your phone out before I could even say noodles," Gogo rolls her eyes.
"It's customary! If someone passes out like that without cause, YOU CALL AN AMBULANCE!"
"Guys!" Hiro shouts shrugging them off and standing to his feet, "I'm fine!"
He quickly takes in his surroundings, noticing that he had somehow made it back in Fred's hangout.
"What happened? You like freaked and then lost consciousness," Wasabi asks, sitting on the couch where Hiro had been.
"I don't know," Hiro shook his head, "I felt a sharp pain and then I blacked out. I remember having a dream of some sort. But I can't remember it anymore. It was weird. I could feel someone call my name."
"You can't feel when someone calls your name," Honey Lemon raises her eyebrow, "Maybe you just imagined it."
"Yeah," Hiro says even though he knows what he remembered, "maybe. Well now that that's over I say we split up. I think before we do anything we need to find that backup of Tron."
"How are we supposed to find it without Baymax?" Fred asks leaning on an irritated Wasabi's head.
"We have a lead. According to the stories I've read, they moved a little ways away from San Fransokyo. The woman Aunt Cass had me meet the other day was Ms. Schweetzeneger. I'm sure if I talked to Aunt Cass she would be willing to let me know where Mrs. Schweetzeneger lives. Then once I'm in, you guys can do some snooping."
"If she's rich, won't she have major security cameras? All rich people have security cameras. Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark, I mean the list goes on and on." Fred says.
"Not a problem. I'm sure if I break away for a second, I can find her security box and disable it within seconds." Hiro shugs.
"You don't know anything about her! And without a decoder or any form of tech, how are you supposed to disable it?" Gogo crosses her arms, "You may be a genius but you're not an all knowing god."
"That title only goes to one man," Honey Lemon interjects.
"Guys, come on! Have a little more faith in me would you?" Hiro says, "It'll be fine! Me, Honey Lemon and Fred will enter together. Wasabi and Gogo, you guys will enter through whichever way you can to snoop around. We have to assume this place is as big as the papers say it is. There will probably be a lot of rooms to go through."
"I hope you know what you're doing," Wasabi shakes his head.
"Come on! We fight bad guys almost three times a week, and we've put two super villains in the slammer. What could possibly happen?"
Seven hours before then….
"Citizens of Sugar Rush!" Vanellope emerges near their famous race track starting line. "Welcome to our daily racing challenge! The track will be randomly generated and will determine the roster for the next day of racing. Now I know it's been kind of weird lately with all the random glitches, the upgrade, and stuff happening at the arcade, but trust me. It's going to be fine! So who's ready to race?"
The crowd erupts in applause and cheers. Vanellope looks around for Sour Bill, but to her dismay, still can't find him. He hasn't been anywhere in sight. She figures he decided to take a couple days off. That's fine, but she wishes he would have told her. It had been odd not having anyone to confide in. He wasn't much company considering how unusually pessimistic he was, but it gave her two sides to every story she told.
"Alright racers, pull out your payment and toss!" One by one the racers tossed their previous coins onto the giant lollipop that sent them straight into a giant trophy. From there they turn to code and disappear, the racer's name appearing on the roster. From down below, all of her friends shoot her a thumbs up as they rush towards their bikes. Vanellope rolls back her arm and launches her coin.
She hops down from her spot as the timer begins to countdown. She waves to her adoring crowd, hopping on her bike just in time. The numbers count down from three… two… and then a loud buzz starts the race. Vanellope smiles reving her engine and taking off.
Back at the starting line, the Jumbotron had flashed to show the race at hand as well as everyone's placement. The crowd watches and cheers until a strange pixilated black and blue portal opens near the starting line. Four random coins project themselves through the portal and straight into the trophy. The crowd gasps as four names pop onto the screen that they had heard of, but never seen. They watch horrified as four high tech, orange bikes speed out of the portal at top speed. The leaderboard flashes, making room for Sticky Wipplesnet, Cirtusela Flugpucker, Torvald BatterButter, and Nougetsia Brumblestain.
The crowd is speechless for a while, with no one to warn the others of what's going on.
Back at the front of the track, Vanellope, Swizzle and Minty Zaki are head to head for first. Minty pulls ahead after receiving a candy boost. Vanellope glances over at Swizzle, who seems as if he is chillaxing on his bike without a care in the world. Up ahead the road splits in two and Vanellope turns left into Nesquik road. There are small pockets of Nesquik sand, but lucky for Vanellope, she knows the best way to dodge it. She swerves right and left, finding a speed bump that would propel her onto the wall to avoid the sand. Vanellope times it perfectly, inches away from the speed bump, but her bike swivels out of control as she is hit with a cherry bomb.
"Whoa!" Vanellope says stabilizing her bike. She sighs realizing she was now going to be forced to ride through the Nesquik sand. She is able to get to the other side, but not without stalling five seconds off of her race time. She hears sound behind her and in no time Snowana, Crumbelina, and Taffyta pull past her.
"See ya pretty princess!" Taffyta laughs.
"You haven't gotten rid of me yet!" Vanellope says, pushing her bike to it's top potential. In her rear view mirror she spots Rancis and Candlehead. Vanellope smiles, keeping her distance from them as they exit Nesquik road back into Brownie Town.
Vanellope is cruising along, spotting Taffyta up ahead when she hears Rancis scream behind her.
"What the, ah!" Rancis shouts.
"VANELLOPE!" Candlehead calls desperately speeding up to match Vanellope's speed, "It's the alternates! They're on some weird bikes you have to warn the others!"
They both scream as one of the bikes speed past them. A trail of orange is left behind. They spot Sticky Wipplesnit turn around on her bike and sticks out her tongue. She spins to the right and Candlehead runs straight into the leftover trail. She is thrown off her bike as her bike turns to code. Vanellope is going too fast but she can see a portal open up and grab Candlehead and Rancis. Vanellope's heart is racing as she sees three more high end bikes behind her. Citrusella, Nougetsia, and Torvald are in line right behind her. Vanellope gasps, shifting to run into a candy. The item she receives is an ice cream cannon.
"Sorry if it isn't drizzled with chocolate!" Vanellope says launching two scoops of ice cream. Unfortunately, they dodge them, but it does slow down Nougetsia and Torvald's bikes. Vanellope whips back to the front in just enough time to turn. They are past Brownie Town and are headed into SnowCone Ally. Vanellope can see Sticky's bike up ahead. Without being able to touch the odd light trailing behind Sticky, Vanellope can't get a clear shot. Suddenly, an idea comes to mind.
Vanellope drifts to the right, letting her back wheels turn out so she glides giving her the perfect shot. With another curve coming up, Vanellope has to fire now. Without hesitation, Vanellope fires, knocking Sticky off her bike. The bike glides and folds up into what looks like a stick. Vanellope marvels but knows she has no time to dwell on what she had just seen. Those bikes weren't even made up of candy!
Vanellope speeds to catch up to the others. She reaches Tafyta, Crumbelina and Snowanna just in time.
"Hey guys! Watch your back. The alternates are on a rampage!" Vanellope shouts.
"Where the heck did they get those bikes?" Crumbelina shouts at the top of her lungs.
"I don't know, but I feel like we don't wanna know! They just took Rancis and Candlehead." Vanellope explains as quickly as she can, "We have to catch up to the others to warn them!"
Without another word they all speed up, going at top speed. Without Candlehead, they can't ignite the cherry bombs. Vanellope can spot Jubileena and Adorabeezle racing side by side ahead of them, and Crumbelina takes the initiative to speed up. Vanellope looks back to see that the trio had disappeared.
"Wait a minute, where'd they go?" Vanellope asks. But as soon as she said that, she wished she hadn't Taffyta and Crumbelina scream as the alternatives seemingly pop out of nowhere landing in front of Vanellope and Taffyta. Vanellope swerves just in time to dodge the light trail, but Taffyta isn't as lucky. Taffyta screams as she is thrown off her bike and into another portal.
"Taffyta!" Vanellope calls. Without another word Vanellope speeds forward to catch up, but she can barely focus on catching the others when she is too busy dodging their light trails. She sees Adorabeezle and Jubileena flail and fall off their bikes, another portal opening to grab them. Vanellope's heart is racing as she desperately tries to find something she can do. They are coming up on the end of SnowCone Ally and into the last section before they cross the finish line. Vanellope takes a right and dives below the surface into the Underground, a peppermint tunnel. Vanellope had stumbled upon this part of the track a couple days ago and it had been a life saver. As Vanellope speeds through, she hopes to beat Torvald, Citrusella, and Nougetsia out. She doesn't even want to think about where Sticky could be.
By the time Vanellope reaches the top, it is too late. The finish line was less than a mile away, but Sticky, Torvald, Citrusela, and Nougetsia are already waiting for her with Gloyd, Minty Zaki, and Swizzle tied up. Vanellope pulls her bike to a stop and hops off. She takes a real hard look at the four alternates' outfits.
"What the hell do you guys think you're doing?" Vanellope fumes, "Adorabeezle was looking for you guys for HOURS! Where have you been? Why are you dressed like that? Whose bikes are those? I know they aren't from Sugar Rush because there isn't a lick of sugar on them."
"Good questions," Citrusella narrows her eyes, "Why don't you come with us and find out?"
"Vanellope!" Minty and Gloyd shout shaking their heads.
"Don't take the deal Van!" Swizzle calls. His usual calm demeanor has a slight hint of fear in it, "We'll be alright, don't worry about us."
Vanellope glitches her royal sword into her hand, "Let them go. I'm not sure where you took the others, but I'm going to want them back too!"
The girls laugh and a portal opens. They kick Gloyd, Minty, and Swizzle through.
"No!" Vanellope calls to them. Without being in Sugar Rush, they won't regenerate. Wherever they are, she hopes they're safe.
"Now you can either come with us the easy way, or you can come with us the hard way," Nougetsia says pulling out a pink disk from her suit.
"If you think I'm letting you take me from MY game, you're dead wrong!" Vanellope says putting her sword in a ready stance.
"Suit yourself," Nougetsia says before launching the disk at her. Before Vanellope can even blink, a portal opens and Glitch flies out, deflecting Nougetsia's disk with a disk of her own. Nougetsia catches her disk, as does Glitch as she does a dive roll to catch it.
"Get out of here Vanellope," Glitch demands.
"They have my friends!" Vanellope shouts, "I'm not going anywhere!"
Torvald laughs out loud and then takes a step forward, "Where do you think she can run to? Huh, Glitch? We know this place inside and out! We know every nook cranny, every hidden level, alternate and bonus level, every house, every citizen. No matter where she runs, we'll find her. And if we don't, we have people who will."
"Who gave you the suits?" Glitch demands.
"Your old pal. He is very persuasive," Citrusela purrs.
"Rinzler," Glitch glares, her white as snow hair swinging over her shoulder.
"Yes, so why don't you do us a favor and take her to Tron since she was so interested to find out more." Nougetsia crosses her arms.
"What? They're in Tron? Why would you guys take them out of their game?" Vanellope asks.
"Clue is lying to you guys." Glitch tries, "Whatever he told you was a lie. He is using you and once he's through, you'll be on your own. He's vicious, mean, and has no regard for anyone but himself."
"Like you can talk! You tried to go Turbo but then tried to call yourself the protector of Sugar rush!" Torvald glares, "And maybe you're right about Clue. But at least Clue knows we exist. Joining Rinzler and Clue was the best thing we've ever done. And ain't nothin' gonna stop us from getting what we came for."
Nougetsia tosses her disk again and this time both Glitch and Vanellope have to dodge. The citizens of Sugar Rush scatter, running in all different directions. Glitch rolls and pulls out her disk again, sending it flying towards Nougetsia's returning disk. She knocks it out of the way, but it isn't enough. Torvald, Citrusela, and Sticky each pull out a disk of their own, proving how outnumbered they are.
"Give it up Glitch," Citrusella crosses her arms, "If you knew what was best for you, you'd hand her over. Turning yourself in for treason would be a good idea as well."
"I saved my people!" Glitch shouts.
"No, you betrayed them. Washed yourself to protect those silly humans as if they meant something to you." Torvald turns up her nose.
"You are the ones who are brainwashed! Has he not told you who you are? Has he not told you where you come from?" Glitch raises her eyebrows.
"Not that it matters to you any. You're the product of blood and code itself. The perfect balance. Able to do what others can't! Travel between the worlds freely and assume a body in both states. Face it, you're a fake! Hated by everyone. You've been given a gift and you choose to use it like a villain."
"Everything I've done has been to protect you!" Glitch narrows her eyes.
"And you've failed," Torvald says. Citrusela pulls out a yoyo and launches it towards Vanellope. Vanellope screams as it wraps around her and pulls her towards them.
"Vanellope!" Glitch shouts.
"Nu, uh uh," Sticky shakes her head, "You know how these little babies work. The more she struggles, the more she hurts. You can't touch her and she can't glitch out. Don't think we didn't prepare for her little disappearing act. Come on guys. Glitch, be a dear and come home for a visit sometime. We've been dying to have you!"
With Vanellope's screams fading away, the group is whisked into Tron. Glitch glances around at Sugar Rush, her pulse racing.
"No!" Glitch shouts, gritting her teeth and knocking over one of the pillars near her. She takes her disk and tosses it, slicing all of the bleachers in half. She lets out a few more grunts of frustration.
"Doesn't feel so good does it?" A voice calls. Without hesitation, Glitch tosses the disk, not even needing to look at who it was to know it wasn't someone she wanted to talk to.
"Rinzler! Do you have any idea what you've done!" Glitch shouts.
"Find your champions Glitch." Rinzler says with a low chuckle.
"Oh I have my champions, buddy. I'm just not sure you can take it." Glitch huffs.
"We'll be waiting," Rinzler nods, "Game on."
