"Jiminy jamminy," Felix stated after the arcade closed. "Take a look at this."
Half of the arcade characters in Game Central Station started to surround the opening to the Sugar Rush kingdom. A very large sign stood next to the entrance with large bolted words engraved on it:
WELCOME TO THE SUGAR RUSH KINGDOM. WATCH THE BEST RACING GAME OF YOUR LIFE FOR FREE.
"Free, eh," Gene mused. "I dig free. Come on Mary, we're going to be watching some free races." Taking Mary by the hand, the two blocky Nicelanders wadded into the game.
"Zangief likes this idea," Zangief stated and he, along with the other members of Bad Anon, stomped into the game as well.
Drinking a martini, Tapper followed them. Soon enough, half of the arcade characters were pouring into the game. Shrugging, Ralph said, "I guess I could see Baroness Booger-face Vanellope again." But the moment he stepped in front of the game, the Surge Protector beamed up in front of him.
"Name?" he asked. Ralph groaned loudly in response.
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Vanellope and Rancis went scurrying into the Candy-Tree Forest to meet with the other glitched racers. During the time the two had been separated from the others, Vanellope remembered something that could very well change their gloomy fates.
"Guys! Guys!" Rancis shouted to get the attention of the down-hearted glitches. None of them appeared to notice the two. They just sat down, scattered around in the forest, their heads lowered to the ground.
"I know a way for us to become racers!" Vanellope shouted. At that, a few of the racers looked up at the two, a glimmer of hope clear in their eyes. "You do?" Jubileena asked, nearly jumping with joy. "Yeah, but we're going to have to risk going back to the kingdom," Vanellope responded.
At that, Jubileena's face fell. "But Creamy said that we would face her wrath if we returned, and you know what Creamy is capable of," the cherry-themed girl reminded. Rancis ran into the center of the racers. "That's a risk we're going to have to take," he said firmly. "And besides, I want to find that Creamy and just..." He punched a candy tree so hard it cracked.
"Vanellope, what's the plan?" Taffyta asked. "Simple," Vanellope replied. "We just have to cross that finish line in a kart, and the game will reset."
"Then won't Creamy try to stop us?" Candlehead asked with worry, biting her nails. "She doesn't that," Vanellope said. "Only we know that. We just have to take that kart and cross the finish line, all fifteen of us, and we won't be glitches again."
At the mention of 'fifteen', Torvald felt the need to ask, "Wait, what about Sticky? We haven't seen her since we were banished."
Vanellope thought hard about that. She hadn't noticed Sticky's absence since their banishment until now. "I think she's still in the castle," Vanellope said simply, shrugging. "We'll have to go get her when we get to the castle so we can all cross the line."
"What about those scrapped racers?" Minty asked. "What do we do with them?" Vanellope shrugged as she tried to think of something. "I don't know," Vanellope finally admitted. "I guess we'll have to deal with them later on. But for now, we're just going to have to cross the finish line."
With that, the fourteen glitches marched to the stolen kingdom.
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"Welcome, out-of-this-game characters," Witchy moaned with disinterest clear in her voice when the other arcade characters arrived at the kingdom. The other characters looked at the vast candy-coated game.
"Mamma mia," Mario said, amazed. "It's like candy heaven here." Bowser nodded and picked up a candy-fan to eat it, unaware that it was alive. It screamed and squirmed loudly.
"Hey, we didn't invite you to start eating everybody," Witchy scolded and plucked the candy fan out of Bowser's grasp.
"Oh my land," Felix gasped when he noticed that the castle had been totally repainted to look chocolate. "W-Where's Vanellope?" Ralph asked no one in particular. He knew Vanellope wasn't that into chocolate.
"That's of no concern to you," Witchy responded with a sniff and turned to lead the other arcade characters to the racing stands. Creamy and the other scrapped racers were waiting for them there.
"Why hello," the chocolate-themed girl greeted, feigning kindness as not to arouse suspicion. "Welcome to Sugar Rush!" She started hugging random arcade characters, and then turned to face Ralph and Felix.
"Ah, you must be President Vanellope's friends," she assumed and shook the wrecker's giant hand and then picked Felix off the ground to hug him, despite the fact that she was smaller than him. Felix's wife Sergeant Calhoun was among the arcade characters in the area, and was standing next to Felix.
"Why hello, tall lady," Creamy greeted and stretched her arms out to hug her. "Don't even think about it," the sergeant warned and held her pocket-gun as a threat. Creamy giggled, trying to sound nervous, and took a few steps back.
"Hey, where's Vanellope?" Ralph asked, rubbing his forehead. "She wasn't able to see you," Creamy replied in disinterest. "Why's her castle chocolate?" Ralph stressed on. "I thought she didn't like that candy very much."
Creamy groaned lightly so no one could hear. "People change," she lied. "But that's not important, watching the race is." Darting away from the wrecker, she stood in front of the other game characters.
"Meet my fellow racers," Creamy said, introducing the scrapped racers. For a moment, the scrappies just stood there, oblivious to the presence of the other characters, then slowing turned to face them and started waving lightly, putting on fake smiles.
"Well, now that you've met them, let's get on with the race," Creamy said quickly and the racers walked over to the finish line. "Funny," Felix said, suspiciously. "I've never seen any of those racers before." Creamy happened to hear him and called out, "They got a redesign."
Ralph and Felix just stood there staring at the retreating scrappies when Gene called out, "Well, are you going to watch the race or not?" Reluctantly, Ralph and Felix joined Gene in sitting at the stands to watch the race. But no one was prepared for what was going to happen in the race that would follow.
"Let the entertainment race commence!" Creamy shouted and with that, all of the racers drove over the starting line and started racing over the track.
Licorice was the first to get a power-up, in this case, a cherry bomb. Staring at Candella, she chucked the cherry bomb at her. Unfortunately, her aim was incredibly off, and the cherry bomb spiraled past the candy apple-themed girl and struck the stands. The cherry bomb exploded on impact, destroying a vast amount of the stands. Candy fans and arcade characters went tumbling onto the track.
"Watch where you throw that!" M. Bison shouted over the sounds of the kart engines as he got off of the track.
Candella gained three Sweet Seekers and fired them all, totally obliterating Popsicella's kart. Kart parts and debris went flying in all directions, coating the other racers and the arcade characters sitting in the stands. Popsicella was propelled from her kart and went soaring into Zangief. The collision caused the stands to topple onto the ground.
"Oh my land!" Felix shouted as the stand next to his went crashing to the ground. "What kind of violent, aggressive, destructive game is this?" Ryu from Street Fighter II asked out loud.
Sorbet was neck-in-neck with Creamy. However, Creamy wasn't planning on possibly losing the race to his, and gained a Sweet Seeker. But instead of just firing it at him, she literally ripped the Sweet Seeker out of the cannon, jumped out of her kart and landed on Sorbet's. Before Sorbet could react, Creamy jammed the Sweet Seeker into his kart's motor engine, and leaped back into her kart as the Sweet Seeker lifted Sorbet's kart – and by extension, Sorbet – clean off the ground.
Everybody's eyes widened in shock as Sorbet's kart was sent rocketing towards the stands that Ralph and Felix were sitting in. "Take cover!" Ralph shouted, scooping Felix, Gene and Mary up in his big arms and leaping off the stands as Sorbet's kart collided with the stands.
The stands exploded on impact and it went toppling onto the track. Only Creamy, Licorice and Witchy got past in time. The rest of the racers stopped in their tracks, realizing they couldn't get past.
Ralph, Felix, Gene and Mary all went crashing to the ground. Felix was the first to get up. "Jiminy jamminy," Felix stated in awe as he gazed upon the ruined track.
Creamy, Witchy and Licorice simply went on driving as if nothing happened. In a few minutes, Creamy crossed the finish line, followed by Witchy and Licorice.
Creamy skipped towards the arcade characters. "Some race, huh?" She boasted triumphantly, expecting to be praised for her exceptional racing skills. Instead, Ralph just turned to face her, his mouth hanging open in shock.
"Y-You nearly got us killed," he said, trembling as he realized just how close him and countless other characters were to getting permanently terminated. Creamy just shrugged. "Yeah, so?" She replied, failing to grasp the danger she put everybody in. "Now, are you going to praise me or not?"
"Solider, you are more reckless and destructive than Markowski," Calhoun scolded. "Hey!" Markowski shouted from afar.
"Vanellope would never approve of what you did," Ralph continued. "Where is she, anyway?" Creamy looked up to stare at him. "I told you, she can't see you," she repeated. Ralph clenched his fists.
"No, I want to find to see her!" Ralph demanded, towering over Creamy. "I demand to see her!"
Creamy looked up at the giant, unafraid. She didn't know Ralph very well, but she was aware that he couldn't hurt her. "YOU. CAN'T. SEE. HER!" She shouted defiantly. Ralph was shaking with rage, but Creamy stood her ground, confidently.
However, the other scrapped racers didn't see it that way. "Oh crumb-babies, the president's in a jam," Candella said. "So go do something," The dark-skinned girl replied. "What can I do, Chocoletta Drizzlecap?"Candella asked. The other girl, identified as Chocoletta, shrugged.
"I have a plan," Witchy assured, and pulled Licorice towards her. "What do you want?" Licorice asked rudely. "Creamy's in trouble, but I have a plan to help her out," Witchy informed the other girl. "But it involves you." Leaning towards Licorice's ear, Witchy whispered something quietly to the other girl.
Licorice turned to stare at Witchy in complete disbelief. "You want me to what?" Licorice asked. "You already know what," Witchy replied. "But...that's disgusting!" Licorice protested.
"Do you want us to be found out?" Witchy asked. "No, but..." Licorice started but Witchy cut her off. "Then do it!" The witch-themed racer shouted and shoved Licorice towards Ralph and Felix. "You are a vile, disturbed one girl," Licorice stated. Witchy just stared at her, silently ordering her to listen to what she had to say.
Turning to glare at Witchy briefly, Licorice mustered up all the courage she had and strode over to Felix, secretly shuddering at what she was about to do.
"Mister," Licorice said, still unsure if she should do this. "Why hi, little girl," Felix greeted, totally unaware of what Licorice was planning to do.
"Well, I just wanted to tell you what..."Licorice trailed off, unsure of what to say. "...big muscles you have," she spat out at last, and shuddered.
"Um...thank you," Felix said, a little taken aback. Licorice turned to leave, but Witchy gestured for her to continue. Reluctantly turning to face the fixer, Licorice took a deep breath and continued, "And you have a really pretty...hammer."
Felix stared at Licorice in confusion. By now, even Ralph had stopped yelling at Creamy and turned to stare at the peculiar girl. Sergeant Calhoun was watching as well, and was thinking one thing: What is this girl doing?
"Well, Mr. Fixer, I was just thinking if I could come over one day and visit you..." Licorice turned to stare at Calhoun, and shuddered. But then she turned to look at Witchy, who glared at her harshly, daring her to do something else.
Witchy is so dead next time I see her, Licorice thought to herself and did the unthinkable: she jumped up and gave Felix a pick on the cheek.
Everybody gasped in shock, and Mario said something that summed up what everyone was thinking perfectly: "Mamma mia, thats-a screwed up!"