"Oh no no no no no… This is so bad.. What if the players see you?.." Toad trails off as he hops in his kart, and before the twins can protest, he starts his engine, and presses a button on the opposite side to the two slots. Out of the top of his steering wheel shows a projection of the player's screen. It just exited the starting screen of the game, and played the music that played when the game was first turned on quietly. As the players chose the cup they wanted to race, Toad was given the projection of the roster that the kids were now awkwardly staring at.

Toad's mouth dropped open a bit as he stared at the roster.

Walking behind Toad's kart, the twins stole a glance at the roster projection. What they saw shocked them just as much as it shocked Toad.

"You two.. Are on the roster…"

And Toad was right. The roster had shrunk itself to squeeze the twins in, but straying on the right, right next to one of the twins was an image that startled the twins more.

Turbo was on the roster. Right on the top row, very right. Unlike the other characters, he had no programmed racing partner below him, like the twins did, they had each other on the same column as if they were racing partners. Turbo was alone. It couldn't be possible, but there he was, the picture of Turbo's head with his name under it, same with the twins. White helmet, red "T". Blue square helmets, white stripe.

"H-how did we… How did he…" Ted stammered, awestruck by the projection,

A small voice, probably the youngest player asks, coming from the projection, "Hey, Kaleb, did you unlock these guys ever?"

The older voice replies, "I don't think so. How did those guys get there? They weren't there yesterday."

Kaleb eagerly says, "Well I don't care! New characters!"

Toad, without saying anything, points to the twin's kart and says blankly. "I'd get in that kart if I were you…" As if he were predicting the players to chose these sudden new roster members. The projection faded. The twins hopped back in their kart, exchanging anxious glances with each other. Why was Turbo there? Ted behind the wheel and Teddy in the back, they waited, starting to sweat with nervousness. How did they get on the roster?

Feeling a cold chill down their backs at the same time, Ted and Teddy froze. They felt as if something had just possessed them. Their eyes widened and their first instinct was to fight the thing that possessed them, but they found they couldn't. All they could do was move their eyes and make facial expressions and talk. The rest of their body felt as if it wasn't really theirs anymore, as if some other force controlled it.

Toad seemed to tell that they were panicking, and whispered to them, "The players CHOSE you two, relax!" When he found the twins not exactly relaxing, but seeming to get more freaked out at losing control of their bodies, they tried to fight it, and found they could break the possession for moments at a time if the players did nothing to control them. Ted flexed his fingers, not liking this alien feeling.

"Guys, let them control you. They left to get snacks from their mothers, just stay still until they come back to start their races."

"W-what is this, Toad?" Ted asked nervously, his eyes nearly bugged out from the shock and confusion.

"You know your old main character Turbo? He went through this every day, I bet! This is what it feels like to have a character play as you. I know you've never known what it felt like, being NPC's, but you have to RELAX."

The twins did, Teddy first was to allow his muscles to go slack. But the odd feeling still felt foreign to the both of them, and another chill went down their spine as the control took them over again.

"H-how did Turbo get on the roster, Teddy? He's dead!" Ted asked, his arm which he pulled a muscle on twitching involuntarily.

"M-maybe its because of the similarities in our code? I mean, our game was an old, simple game, this complex game probably recognized Turbo SOMEWHERE in our code… and maybe, a-accidentally put him on that roster…"

"That has to be the way.. He's dead… Right?.." Ted concluded, staring at his steering wheel awkwardly, half hoping what he said was wrong, but at the same time he was right.

To the shorter one who was late.

Turbo nearly jumped out of his moving car when the voice boomed over head. Turbo barely heard it clearly, but it said something about the game console being turned on? Did that mean the players were home? Oh no, where were those darn twins in this?

Ducking behind a stray tree in the green grass with his stolen kart, Turbo waits. Nothing else seems to happen, until another voice says a bit quieter, seemingly directed at him,

"Bringing to Mushroom Cup Grand Prix courses. Race starting momentarily."

Before Turbo could react, he was surrounded in blue light, and with a quick yell, he finds himself on a racetrack, in front of him, along with himself neatly in line for the race to start. He saw Peach and Daisy, Some Koopa Troopas, but one was red based and had wings in a shell kart, Mario and Luigi sharing a kart up front, Bowser and what seemed what could be his offspring, and Toad and Toadette in a replica of the kart he stole, but what he saw next freaked him out. Up in the first position is his twins, in their own seemingly custom made kart. They don't look back as I f they're being controlled by the players, their movements slow and smooth.

With a quick look around, Turbo realized he was in a place that he's looked before. It was Luigi Circuit. It wasn't incredibly complex, but it suited Turbo's tastes pretty well. Simple, like his old track. But still a bit of a challenge.

And the twins were right there. He had to contact them somehow. But, they were being played. He couldn't just ram their car and tell them he needed them in gameplay. Sighing with annoyance, he decided to just race this Grant Prix and get it over with, then explain himself later. Hopefully the kids wouldn't notice that he was the only one on the track without a partner at the back of his kart.

Lakitu appeared at the starting line, but he could tell he was holding up traffic lights which started the race as he counted down. Before Turbo knew it, everyone took off, and Turbo took off as well straight down the track. Unlike his previous time running this race, this one was packed with other racers, and the sound of roaring engines and spinning tires and yells and woops from the other racing pairs was heard. Turbo liked it somehow. But the twins up front seemed to know what to do. Probably the players thinking and doing for them.

But those players were particularly good and kept in front while Turbo stayed relatively near the back. Turbo did not like this, and pulling his expression in a scowl, he steps up his game and tries to get closer.

But the other pairs of racers around him were cutting him off, trying their best to pass him while giving him odd looks. Turbo knew well enough already that he wasn't supposed to be here, and he didn't need the others reminding him. Quickly swerving around Yoshi and Birdo, Turbo gains on the twins, who were far in front, with Toad and Toadette as a close second.

Driving through a power up box by accident, Turbo flinches, but looks down to see a spinning slot by his steering wheel. It lands on a green shell, and a green shell materializes itself out of pure code in Turbo's right hand. Keeping his kart going straight with his left hand, Turbo chucks the shell aside, and it bounces off the wall and slams into the Yoshi and Birdo's kart, making them spin out and yell.

Turbo chuckles. He liked this game. It had power ups like Sugar Rush, only he had a nagging feeling that this game would be more violent, considering this game didn't look like a pink girly wonderland.

But all of a sudden, Turbo, and assumingly the rest of the racers heard from beyond, probably the youngest brother playing as one of the twins,

"I'm tired of this circuit! Can we play Special Cup now?"

The older voice replies with an annoyed tone, "Cmon, little bro, we just started this cup!"

"Well I'm bored with it. I wanna play Rainbow Road."

Signing, the older boy grumbles, "Fine. You better not back out of that one too. I'll be the one driving, you suck at driving."

At that same moment, Ted and Teddy switch roles like they've done it for years. As soon as they have done it, Turbo felt time freeze for a split second, as if someone had clicked a pause button, and the next thing he knows he's at a raised starting line of a humongous colosseum. The dark skies darkened nothing as the bright lights around the track illuminated everything he needed to see. A sign above the starting line read "Mario Kart" as yellowish metal beams held it up, and stop lights hung out of the sides. Two boxes above the metal beams shown the letter "W" on the,. With a quick look around as the starting tune to the race played, Turbo saw that the entire track was raised off the ground in a colosseum, in the middle of which had a metal mesh ball surrounding the track, and rainbow colored boost pads and power up boxes every so often. This place was much more intense than that of Sugar Rush.

Turbo couldn't help but smile. The darkish atmosphere suited Turbo's likings at the moment. He needed an eternal break from candy roads and sweet atmosphere that nearly choked him during the first few weeks of his candied rule. Now this was more like it.

Turbo was at the back of everyone again, but Turbo didn't mind. This place looked exciting. Forget the twins and Sugar Rush, this was his perfect vacation! And what was this place called again? Wasn't it, 'Wario Colosseum'?

Lakitu held up the stop lights in front of the twins up front, as they were who the players were playing as.

Beep,

Turbo gripped the steering wheel of his kart harder.

Beep,

This was it.

Beep,

Turbo's mouth revealed his yellowed teeth as he anticipated the start of this race.

Beep!

The higher pitch beep and flash of green on Lakitu's stoplights signaled the start of the race, and everyone's kart's shot forward down the metal raised track, including Turbo's. The road remained straight, Turbo's excitement fueled by each roar of the engines around him as he accelerated. He ignored the looks and questioning comments of the other racers around him and he just kept his eyes on the road.

The road started to take a left turn and everyone went under the metal arches on the road. Up ahead Turbo saw the road tilting up and rainbow boost pads that would shoot everyone who drove over them through a ring of spinning fireballs onto the next part of the track.

Ohohoho, let's see those annoying candy kids race this track! Turbo shot forward into the air, his blood really starting to pump as the heat of the fireballs rushed over him as he flew to the next part of the track, him laughing like he's never laughed before. Landing on the road again with a loud thunk, Turbo kept his foot on the accelerator and started to catch up with everyone else. Going through a metal tunnel, Turbo spotted the twins up ahead. They seemed to be incredibly focused on the road ahead of them. Which couldn't be blamed, they were being played as, so their skills were automatically upgraded to perfect, even in a foreign game.

More boost pads. More rings of spinning fireballs. Wonderful.

Turbo shot forward again, the fire's glowing warmth fwooshing over him with the gust of wind he hit when he went airborne. A power up box was in the middle of the ring. Turbo grabbed it , the slot next to his steering wheel spun while it played its selecting tune, but turbo ignored it.

Only until he hit the next part of the track in front of him did a banana peel with a face materialize in his path. Scowling, Turbo tosses it aside at the road behind him. Useless.

Taking a sharp U-turn under more metal arches on the track, Turbo drifted and game himself boosts. He was pretty sure his old kart could do this, but he didn't quite remember doing it, ever. But boy, did Turbo like it.

Driving through more item boxes, the slots spun rapidly as Turbo looked up to see a massive up-going ramp with boost pads all over it. Looking around quickly, Turbo had a great view of the entire colosseum and that ramp packed with rows of boost pads would give him a better one.

Arriving on the boost pads, Turbo shot forward and the rush of the wind nearly deafened him but he could care less. The slot landed on a red shell, and one materialized in Turbo's hand. Turbo tossed I t behind him, needing to keep both hands on the steering wheel to keep it steady as he anticipated his kart going flying.

Shooting in the air, Turbo laughed loudly once more, not noticing the Twins giving each other confused looks in front of him. Turbo and the rest of the racers either far behind him or in front of him landed on a large pan of metal with a star on it, designed for the racers to land on that, and that was the next part of the track. Going downhill now, Turbo sped up a little under the sign that said "Super Wario" with Wario's head in the middle as he took a sharp left.

His sharp turn turned into a downward spiral in the track, making up for the height he had made as he drove down and down and down, too excited and laughing too hard to get dizzy at the slightest. This may not be his game, but by golly this was his CODE!

The track straightened out a bit to a bit of a wavy track that went up and took a left and went down again. Driving through the item box, Turbo's slot went wild again ad he turned right slightly and drove up, and drifted left with a big grin and shot down the track once more. Turbo nearly fell off the unrailed track, but managed to stay on board as the track turned left into another upwards ramp with boost pads. The boot pads shot him up with the small hill in the track and he landed back on the track, but the twins were still far ahead. The players were good.

Sharply turning right and driving through another item box, which was useless because he still had his which had landed on another banana peel, he grimly tossed the banana aside again and kept going.

The track took a sharp right and went up again, but with the strong right turn still going it suddenly ducked down and Turbo's stomach lurched in the sudden drop, but he enjoyed that. Something new, something unexpected, this was much more fun than Sugar Rush. No way he was going back now.

Driving under the sign that was just Wario's upper body pointing to the track, Turbo clearly saw another wide U turn to the right ahead of him. Driving through another singular item box, Turbo finally got his slot to land on a red shell, and he tossed it. It struck Toad and Toadette in their identical kart to Turbo's, causing them to spin out. As Turbo passed them, he saluted them and laughed maniacally. Behind him Turbo head Toad yell,

"H-hey, that's my kart!"

Turbo ignored them though. He kept gaining on the twins as he started the large U turn, but he was suddenly struck from behind, probably by a shell, and he spun out and smashed his face into the dashboard, causing his nose to bleed, and Toad and Toadette shot forward again.

Turbo growled, and drove forward again, wiping the blood off his upper lip with his sleeve, ignoring the pain. Those two little maggots were going to pay.

Turbo began to drift right as Toad and Toadette switched roles, as Toadette took the wheel amd Toad in the back, he pointed at Turbo,

"HEY! You're the one who stole my kart!"

Turbo ignored him and shot forward, wanting nothing more than to just knock them off the track.

The U turn ended and became a two way parted track, a large hole in the middle giving him two options on which way to go. There was a boost pad in the middle which Turbo could have used to fly over the hole, but Turbo took no chances. Turbo chose to go left around the circle and Toad and Toadette went right, but Turbo was too fast for them, his kart only holding him this bearing less weight, and he shot ahead of them when the road fused again.

Bright arrows on the track indicated where Turbo needed to go as the road went up again, and took another sharp left into a straight road with a concrete shade over it, darkening it. Turbo head Toad yelling at him far behind, but he was too far behind the white and red clad racer to catch his attention more than just a glance.

Driving through another item box, Turbo got another stupid banana. What did these things even do? Turbo tossed it behind him, and heard the sound of Toad and Toadette yelling and spinning out.

Oh. That's what it did.

The track opened up again and became metal again instead of brick, and went upwards slightly and a bit to the left. Another boost pad ramp was ahead, that would make the racers dive straight through floating item boxes. Up ahead, he had already seen the Twins do it, and he slammed his foot down harder, making the engine groan a bit as he sped up as fast as he could go.

WOOOSH, up he went and he drove through an item box and the slot span like crazy, until a green shell materialized in his hand. Turbo tossed it behind him so the Toads couldn't catch up with him, and he landed on the next part of the track. Taking another left, Turbo drifted and gave himself well named Turbo-boosts. Driving across the finish line, Turbo laughed as he still pursued the twins.

Last lap. There was only two laps in this race, considering its length. And Turbo loved it. He was eager to do this again, but he was unsure he'd be able to pass the twins. Winning would come later. Now was just to race.

Boy oh boy was this chapter torture to complete! Thank god I got a video of Wario Colosseum to be played to watch as a reference to write out the racing scenes. This took me two days to write because I was so bored of it at first. But Wario Colosseum saved the day, heh.

So how did I do with the racing scenes? ;v;

Up next might be a sour bill chapter, wondering where his king is because the arcade opened!