Chapter 7: Finding Help

Meanwhile, Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella got to the exit that led out of Sugar Rush. And since Licortwist thought that they were dead, Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella decided to bring their karts out of Sugar Rush and into Game Central Station. And even though Surge Protector would probably stop them since they were bringing their karts out of Sugar Rush, they would just tell him why. However, as they were driving through the outlet, Candi felt sick to her stomach because of what she had said to Candlehead back at Lemonade Lake because she regretted it. She put her hand over her green eyes and rubbed them vigorously until she saw blurs, and she resolved to apologize to Candlehead, once Licortwist was stopped.

After ten minutes, Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella reached Sugar Rush's game portal. As expected, the Tiramissle II, the Kernel, the Velociwrapper, and the Blueberriot alerted Surge Protector, and Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella got out of their karts.

"Names?" Surge Protector asked.

Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella sighed in annoyance.

"Princess Candi DiCaramello Owens of The Confederacy." Candi replied.

"Gloyd Orangeboar." Gloyd replied.

"Minty Zaki." Minty replied.

"And Citrusella Flugpucker." Citrusella replied.

"Where were you all coming from?" Surge Protector asked.

"Sugar Rush, which happens to be our game." Gloyd replied with annoyance.

"Where are you four heading?" Surge Protector asked.

"Anywhere but Sugar Rush." Minty replied.

"Bringing your karts out of Sugar Rush?" Surge Protector asked.

"Yes, we are. But, it's only for this time. That's it." Citrusella replied.

Surge Protector sighed.

"Okay, fine. Anything else to declare?" Surge Protector asked.

"No." Candi replied.

"Alright, then. Proceed." Surge Protector said.

Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella got back into their karts and drove away. The four racers drove around Game Central Station in order to look for Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo so they could get their help in fighting Licortwist and saving Sugar Rush. After a few moments, they found Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo. They had gathered outside of Turbotime in order to go over to Sugar Rush in order to visit the Sugar Rush racers and congratulate Candi for it being her birthday. However, they didn't know about Licortwist being activated and taking over Sugar Rush. Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella got out of their karts and ran over to Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo.

"Guys, we have to talk to you. Something bad happened!" Gloyd said.

"What? What's wrong?" Ralph asked.

Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella led Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo into Turbotime, and they went to Turbo's house, which was next to Jet and Set, the Turbotime twin's, houses and it was also by the racetrack. Once they were in Turbo's house, Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella told Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo about what happened in Sugar Rush.

"So now, Licortwist is ruling Sugar Rush, and he's probably done something horrible to the others by now. We need some way to fight back against him and save Sugar Rush." Minty finished explaining.

"Well, why don't we just take him on head first? I mean, we have Ralph who has superhuman strength, we have myself and my hammer, we have Tammy who has weaponry, we have Turbo who has his Turbug abilities, and then we have the four of you." Felix asked.

Gloyd thought about it.

"Alright, but we still won't be enough for Licortwist, even if the eight of us take him on all at once." Gloyd said.

Citrusella thought it over, and the she got an idea.

"Hey, guys, I have an idea." Citrusella said.

The others turned to her.

"Really? And what is that idea?" Turbo asked.


"Location: San Fransokyo, The World Of Disney, August 15th 2108"

"You have got to be kidding me!" Turbo exclaimed.

He, Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, Ralph, Felix, and Tamora had left the arcade and were now standing right outside of the Ito Ishioka Robotics Lab at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology in San Fransokyo.

"Turbo, this is the best chance we got at taking down Licortwist. We just need to make tech for myself, Candi, Minty, Gloyd, and Ralph that will make our chances at beating Licortwist improve." Citrusella said.

Turbo huffed and crossed his arms.

"Fine. But, I hope that you know what your doing." Turbo said.

Citrusella nodded, and she, Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo headed inside. They made their way to the lab area and found Hiro, who was busy upgrading the microbots that were in his super hero suit. Hiro looked up from what he was doing and he smiled upon seeing Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, Ralph, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo.

"Hey, guys. What are you doing here?" Hiro asked.

Ralph briefly explained to Hiro everything that Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella had told him, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo. Hiro took a moment to let the information sink in.

"So, let me get this straight. Someone with powers that are similar to the microbots took over Sugar Rush, and Candi, Gloyd, Minty, and Citrusella barely escaped Sugar Rush and told you about it, and now you want me to make you tech that will help your chances at taking down Licortwist?" Hiro asked.

"That's right. Can you help us?" Tamora asked.

Hiro thought about it, and then nodded.

"Sure. I mean, if I made suits for the team in order to take down the Professor back in 2014, then I can help make tech for you eight." Hiro replied.

The others sighed in relief. However, Felix looked over at Candi, and he noticed that she looked upset over something. He wanted to ask her what was wrong, so he excused himself and took Candi out of the lab and into the hallway. Once they were in the hallway, Felix looked at Candi.

"Is something wrong, Candi?" Felix asked.

Candi sighed and sat down on a bench. Felix sat down next to her in order to help cajole her into telling him what was the matter.

"What's wrong? I haven't seen anyone this down since Mr. Litwak got the flu a week ago." Felix asked.

Candi sighed and then spoke.

"Well, I did something horrible." Candi replied.

"What is it, Candi? Did you accidentally hurt someone?" Felix asked.

A deep breath followed by a sigh escaped from Candi's lips, giving Felix a good indication that he was right. Tears threatened to burst from Candi's bright green eyes as she was forced to remember the awful things that she had shouted at Candlehead.

"In a way, yes." Candi replied sadly.

Candi then covered her eyes. Felix immediately grabbed a hankie from his back pocket and soaked up the tears that were running down Candi's tanned cheeks.

"I yelled at Candlehead for being herself." Candi said.

"And what exactly did Candlehead do, Candi?" Felix asked.

A sniffle, followed by a whine, escaped past Candi's lips. She wanted it to be just a bad dream. A dream that could be laughing about with Candlehead over a cup of hot cocoa the next morning. But Candi had remembered that dreams cannot hurt someone, and she was hurting more than she could ever recall.

"Louis made me this ten foot tall birthday cake, and as Candlehead was lighting the candles, she accidentally knocked it over and covered me with frosting. I just lost it and started yelling at her without thinking. But before I could realize what I had said, Licortwist attacked." Candi replied as she continuously dried her eyes.

Felix understood that Candi did feel horrible for her actions, and being the ever so kind man that he was, he wrapped his arms around Candi in a warming, friendly hug.

"I know that you feel bad for your mistake, Candi, but if she really is your friend like you said, she'll forgive you. And since your also out trying to save her and the others, then I can't see any reason why she wouldn't forgive you." Felix said.

The Caramel racer looked up at the handyman and gave a weak, but effective smile, and she wiped her eyes.

"Thanks, Felix. I needed to hear that." Candi said.

Felix helped her up.

"I'm glad to help, Candi." Felix said.

Candi and Felix then walked back into the lab, and they made their way back over to Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, Ralph, Tamora, Turbo, and Hiro.

"Alright, let's do this." Candi said.


Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, Ralph, Felix, Tamora, Turbo, and Hiro started using the lab to get started preparing to take down Licortwist. Since the tech was going to be made for Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, and Ralph, the five arcade characters were with Hiro, while Felix, Tamora, and Turbo were to the side.

"Arms up." Hiro ordered Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, and Ralph so he could scan their bodies for their tech, which he had decided to make as suits, similar to the kind of suits that he made for Baymax, Honey Lemon, GoGo, Wasabi, and Fred when they were trying to fight Professor Callaghan back in 2014.

Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, and Ralph complied. When he was done scanning them, Hiro connected the scanner to a computer and quickly added some codes to it.

"Since Licortwist has natural control over the licorice pieces, it'll be harder to take him down, since there is no neurocranium transmitter that he would be wearing. However, if we can somehow tie him up in power-proof chains, kind of like glitch-proof chains for Vanellope, then he won't be able to control the licorice pieces anymore. Which means, in the terms of your world, game over for him." Hiro explained.

Hiro then got to work on the suits. He first worked on Gloyd's suit. Since Gloyd was a prankster, Hiro worked with Gloyd to make a suit that would include some of the items that Gloyd would use for pranks. Hiro got out a bag with a strap and he customized it, so that the bag was orange while the strap was green. He then constructed a miniature cork screw assembly line that could inject the prank objects into small ball containers, similar to the chem-ball's in Honey Lemon's purse, and fit into the bag. On the bag, there was a Kernel shaped emblem that had buttons that would allow Gloyd to chose whatever pranks he wanted.

Hiro then helped out Minty with her suit. Since she was the strongest and roughest of all of the Sugar Rush racers, Hiro decided to base her suit on strength. He made a green and yellow fitted suit with mint green and bright pink accents on the sides, and the suit enhanced Minty's strength, allowing her to lift at least a thousand pounds.

Hiro then worked on Ralph's suit. Since Ralph was nine feet tall and had superhuman strength, Hiro decided to make a suit that would help Ralph with his wrecking and would also allow him to fly with the aid of a jetpack and two foot-equipped rocket thrusters, but it took the combined forces of Hiro and Tamora to pull it off. Tamora took care of the jetpack and foot-equipped rocket thrusters, while Hiro worked in constructing the armor pieces for him. After the armor was printed, Hiro put up quite a struggle to fit the armor onto Ralph, but eventually, Hiro finally got the final piece on. Ralph's suit looked similar to the kind of suit that the Hero's Duty solders wore, except the armor was red and brown, and it fit Ralph comfortably.

Hiro then worked on Citrusella's suit. Hiro couldn't figure out what to base Citrusella's suit off of, but then he remembered watching an episode from the show Fullmetal Alchemist, so he based Citrusella's suit's abilities from that show. Citrusella's suit was made of dark blue armor with purple accents, with black clothing underneath that covered most of her body up to her knees, along with black shoes. Also on her suit were black gloves that had carbon fiber plates on each joint of the hand that contained the ability to change an object's structure.

Hiro then worked on Candi's suit. Candi's armor was a fitted brown jumpsuit with white on the sides, and a brown and white breastplate went over the jumpsuit along with black combat boots. There were also white gloves that had magnetic pads on them, allowing her to attach to metallic surfaces.

Once Hiro was done making Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, and Ralph's suits, he gave the suits to them. Candi, Gloyd, Minty, Citrusella, and Ralph thanked Hiro, and then they, Felix, Tamora, and Turbo left to head back to the arcade, in order to take on Licortwist.