Jenna—I love the Koopalings to death, but they have been driving me CRAZY. I keep doing my research on who is the oldest, who is the youngest, and all of that, but I keep getting confused. And…yeah…about that hand…you'll have to keep reading!
Raccon Girl—I'm glad you're enjoying this!
Alicia—Don't worry! Someone will save you…or not. LOL! Thanks for reviewing!
EpicDJKitty—Hey, you can't rush these things, you know! But in answer to your question, Bowser and Jenna have officially met each other, so they're on the way to falling in love. Alicia already has her crush on Knuckles, and she's off to rescue him. And then there's me…and I haven't met Turbo yet. (Don't spoil anything in any reviews because Jenna hasn't seen the movie yet! I'm not just talking to you…I'm talking to YOU, person who may be reading this!)
KylaSoulSongAlchemist-I'm glad you think so. (And on a sidenote, why doesn't the Sonic dot exe name show up in the original form on this site? It's driving me crazy!) And...yeah...those games are certainly interesting. I think that the idea that someone was sick enough to make them is enough to scare me. But yes, I agree with you! I hope you keep reading!
Dalek—To be honest, I'm surprised that you're a huge fan of Tails. And I'll be honest with you: I wasn't planning on having Tails survive this story. But after much deliberation…I have decided that he shall live. I really wish that you had an account so that I could tell you more of the details without spoiling too much. But I digress. And hey, I just updated! I update every day! Thanks for reading and reviewing.
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Ashuradehedgehog—I'm glad you noticed that…and the answers to your question shall be revealed in this chapter. ;)
Supersaiyan3goku—I'm assuming that's a good thing…? Why rainbow-colored hair?
Chapter Eleven
Jenna had lost the fight against MARIO, who had pulled her away from the Koopa family, dragged her to the nearest green pipe, forced her down it, and then all but dragged her to a part of the world that she hadn't seen in any of the video footage. MARIO had examined her for a very long time before speaking (in the form of a text box). "Can you understand me?"
"Yeah, I can read and write," Jenna snapped. "What I don't understand is why you are here…in this arcade. Litwak's Family Arcade…you are anything but family-friendly. Who are your victims? Tell me about them, and then I'll be on my merry way." She tried to lighten the situation by making everything better with dark humor, but it was not helping in the slightest.
"I'm a Trojan Horse. The resemblance to your precious plumber is remarkable, isn't it?" Jenna didn't answer. "I was hidden in the depths of this computer, waiting to be rediscovered by someone. Thanks to you crossing the border from my game to the outside world, the anti-virus software is no longer effective against me. As soon as the arcade opens, dozens of Mario fans will flock to the computer screens. That's when I'll pop up and ruin their gaming experiences. They will learn from your mistake. And they shall learn to fear me." He couldn't laugh inside of a text box, but his eyes shone with sick amusement. "And you want to see my victims? I'll show them to you." Jenna shook her head no, and was relieved when she saw a distraction.
A television screen was on the wall behind MARIO, not unlike the one that Jenna had viewed the footage of him and Corrupted Sonic on. It was now flickering with red static. MARIO heard the snowy hisses and walked over to the screen, leaving Jenna to contemplate her escape routes. There weren't very many. So she focused on the television monitor, and bit her lip when Corrupted Sonic showed his sick face.
"I was just about to call you," MARIO revealed with surprise.
"This couldn't wait," Corrupted Sonic interrupted. "But I'm guessing that you want to tell me about your new friend? I'll tell you about mine." With his usual evil grin, he moved away from the screen to reveal that Alicia was standing behind him, bound and gagged, looking scared to death. Her eyes widened when she saw Jenna, and she tried to say something, but Corrupted Sonic spoke over her. (Literally: a text box appeared over the place where she was standing.) "Should we tell Father Fame about this? He's the expert when it comes to Turbo and doing the Turbo."
"I think that's a Turbo-tastic idea," MARIO's text box joked. He pressed a few buttons and waited. A telephone ring was sounding, followed by the click you hear just before someone answers the phone.
"This had better be important. I have other matters on my hands! Three girls are driving me insane, and one of them I need to figure out how to impress before the roster race occurs."
In both games, the girls gasped, recognizing the voice coming from the machine. They weren't paying attention to the conversation, and in that moment, their fates were not important to them. When the captors stopped speaking to each other, the prisoners asked of them a similar question:
"That was King Candy from Sugar Rush, wasn't it?"
And the answer was in the affirmative. Jenna and Alicia, although they were scared for their own lives, began to pray that Lulu would be okay. If Corrupted Sonic and MARIO were taking orders from King Candy, then they were in deep trouble indeed.
Jenna hoped that Bowser and his children weren't too far away, and that they were still looking out for her…even if that meant that the kids would have to do a little bit more stalking.
Lulu had never felt this free in her whole life. She wished that Jenna and Alicia could be with her to enjoy the relaxing ride with Ralph and the two girl racers, but she knew that they were having fun of their own. But she had spent the whole ride listening to Black and Vanellope make fun of the game where Ralph had won his medal. ("You'd better watch where you step in a game called Hero's Duty!" "Why did the hero flush the toilet? It was his duty!") But they had parked the Galaxy Glazer and Swift Twist outside of a factory not too far away from the candy palace. The group of four had managed to sneak past the guard, who was sleeping on the job. But the entrance to the factory was a heavy door with a spray-painted image of Vanellope on it, reading NO GLITCHES. "What's this? You're a full-on criminal!" Ralph cried after seeing it.
"Hey, we shook on it," Vanellope pouted. "So break the door down." Ralph noticed that Lulu and Black were glaring at him, and he sighed and punched the door down. Vanellope thanked him before dashing inside with the other girls.
Black was explaining their current location and plan to Ralph. "This is a mini-game where you can build your own kart. We would have been in here sooner, but we couldn't figure out how to open the door. Also, I wouldn't have been allowed in unless something really bad happened to the Swift Twist. And we thought about breaking it…but we couldn't bring ourselves to let anything happen to my baby."
"Yeah, but I can't help you here. I'm a wrecker, not a builder," Ralph said firmly.
"Well, it looks like you're going to be stepping outside of your comfort zone for a while, GLaDOS. Oh, this is a good one!" Vanellope had been admiring the different kart styles, and she had made her final selection, entering another room.
"This is where the magic happens!" Black smiled. "I remember getting my first kart here…gosh, that was such a long time ago…"
"Less talking, more cooking!" Vanellope shouted. The first part of building a kart was to choose the best "ingredients" and put the "yummy" ones in one bowl and the "yucky" ones in another. It looked a lot trickier than it sounded, and Ralph stepped in to help. He also did most of the baking stage, and listened to Vanellope's directions during the decorating phase. "Add the wheels!"
"How many do you want?"
"Four wheels, duh," Lulu jabbed, and Ralph blushed a little before adding the tires. "Every kart has four wheels," she muttered as the car continued to be decorated.
"Now add frosting! I want a butt load of frosting!" Vanellope instructed.
"Got it!" Ralph replied with confidence. But in his eagerness to help, he sent the frosting bottles smashing into each other, spilling over the kart, and creating a gloopy mess of rainbow colors. The final product came forward, and it looked…not as fancy as the other racers' cars. "Look, kid," Ralph groaned. "I tried to warn you. I just can't make things."
"I love it," Vanellope whispered.
"What?" Ralph asked, stunned.
"I LOVE IT! Look at this! There's a real engine! And these tires are beautiful!" She was so happy that she covered the wheels with little pecks. "A work of art this great must be signed!" She grabbed some tubes of frosting off of a nearby shelf and began to write her name on the side of her new car. Lulu, Black, and Ralph did the same. "I shall call it…the Candy Kart!" Vanellope announced. "It's simple, but punchy!" She licked some frosting off of her fingers, and noticed that Ralph was grinning. "Hey, I didn't know you had teeth! I've never seen you smile before!" They were so busy rejoicing that they didn't notice King Candy enter the room, accompanied by his donut guards and Oreo soldiers.
"Hold it right there, GLITCH!" The king shouted, pointing his finger at her. Black responded by spraying him with a load of red frosting.
"Your Majesty, are you all right?" One of the donuts asked.
"Oh, I'm fine. It barely glazed me," the king responded. "GET THEM!" He shrieked, returning to his cruel mode.
"Let's get out of here NOW!" Lulu ordered, going into full panic mode. The Galaxy Glazer and Swift Twist were outside, and the guards were blocking the path to the karts. The Candy Kart was their only real way of escaping. She, Black, and Ralph turned to Vanellope, the newest driver, and watched her for a good few seconds before her confession.
"I, uh…don't know how to drive a real kart," Vanellope muttered.
"Oh, for crying out loud, Van, this is no time to be modest!" Black shouted, grabbing her friend and shaking her by the shoulders. "Of course you can drive! Pretend that it's the Swift Twist and we're back home, okay? It's not that different, I promise!" Vanellope nodded and started the car, slammed her foot on the accelerator, and drove through a wall as they made their escape.
"JUMP NOW!" Lulu screamed, throwing herself out of the Candy Kart, aiming for her own kart, hoping that they wouldn't drive past it. Black followed her lead and dashed for the Swift Twist, which she revved up and sent after her friend and the villain. But Lulu was not as quick. Her engine was stalling. "Oh, please, please, please," she begged, slamming a fist on the dashboard. "Aha! Here we go!" She said to herself when the car roared to life and almost flew after the Swift Twist.
"Stop in the name of the king!" King Candy's voice was heard for a brief moment.
"Go suck a popsicle!" She screamed over her shoulder. She laughed, admiring the scenery as she sped along, thinking that it would be smooth sailing for her, Black, and Vanellope from then on. What could go wrong now?
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