Vanellope tried to stay covered in the crowd of video game characters in Game Central Station so there was no way Ralph could see her. As she went through the crowd, she noticed the stares she got.

She was confused at first until a Koopa Troopa asked her, "Are you okay?"

She had forgotten about her bruise, and when she thought of it, it stung. "No, no I'm okay." She said, although she was wincing.

The Koopa frowned. He put his arm around her. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." She replied, although her voice was strained. The Koopa was still uncertain, but he had a feeling she would keep going with her excuse. So, he nodded and went on with his business.

Vanellope was engulfed by many video game characters going back to their games. Her eyes quickly scanned the crowd to make sure Ralph wasn't there. If he saw her, well..he'd probably loose his temper. She'd known him for 30 years now and they've done family things together. During those years if anything happened to anyone in their family, he'd get mad. He has a temper, but it seemed more intense when some one in his family was in danger.

When she saw that the coast was clear she took a deep breath and walked through the crowd. She had learned her lesson with the Koopa and kept her eye covered with her hand. To make it not look so suspicious she looked at the ground as well.

She didn't notice the fault in her plan until she'd started; she'd bump into a lot of people.

"Hey!" Some one would yell at her.

"Sorry." She would reply.

"Watch it!" Some one would yell.

"You watch it..." She'd grumble in reply.

She bumped into some one else. To her surprise they didn't yell at her or tell her to watch where she was going.

"Sorry." Vanellope said, and looked up to see a yellow circle with a bow on her head. Along with her was a talk man with red hair and...

"Darn it! I got caught!" She thought to herself. She looked at the ground and twiddled her thumbs, waiting for the scolding to start.

"Are you okay?" The yellow circle asked. Vanellope looked at her and the man with red hair.

"Yeah. I-I'm fine." She murmured nervously.

"I'm ."

"And I'm Wreck it Ralph...well, not the original, the 50th anniversary edition."

"Oh. That's why. Thank goodness!" She thought in relief. "I'm Vanellope."

"What game are you from?" Upgraded Ralph asked.

"Su-" She started. Then she froze. They saw her bruised eye, and they'd probably take her back to Sugar Rush if she told them. Besides she could get a free, safe, escort to Hero's Duty if they were planning to bring her home. "-rly, you know I'm from Hero's Duty."

Ms. Pacman and Upgraded Ralph stared at each other unsure. They stared back at the little girl who tried to use her best smile to trick them.

"Hero's Duty?" Ms. Pacman asked. Vanellope tried to hold in her laughter and a "doody" joke. She breathed and cleared her throat.

"Yes..I am...Calhoun's daughter!" She lied. Well, it was a sort of lie. She'd seen Calhoun (And Mary too.) as a mother to her.

"Oh." Ms. Pacman said hesitantly. "I didn't know she had one."

"Um...yeah." She lied again

"Well we could take you there." Upgraded Ralph suggested. "I mean..we don't really know where we're going, but we have to start somewhere."

"Start somewhere?" Vanellope asked puzzled. "For what?"

"It...well..we don't want to worry you." Updated Ralph said.

"Yes...yes of course!" Ms. Pacman agreed. "But, if we tell you to run...run. Don't delay, just run!"

Vanellope gave them a blank stare.

"Something must be going on. Cy-bugs? It can't be! But, what could be worrying them? Why do they need to go from game to game?" She was thinking. Her thoughts were interrupted by Ms. Pacman.

"So are you coming?"

"Sure." Vanellope said with a small smile. She followed the two to her rescue mission.