"Help!" Gloyd screamed as he came crashing through the Castle doorways, he tumbled onto the floor as the doors sprang open and he had to quickly haul himself up and down the hallway to the throne room. "Guards, Guards!" he cried as he burst through the second pair of doors that lead to the main section of the castle, the throne room, where Sour Bill and several guards were busy talking about plans for their game.
Sour bill turned to see Gloyd, plus a few other guards who had caught up to the boy from the hallway and the castle entrance, looking like a complete mess. His orange pumpkin hat had fallen to the floor, tears were falling down his face mixed with sweat and it would be noted by everyone in attendance that he may or may not have had an accident.
"N-NELLY IS HERE!" he screamed and pointed towards the door, causing the guards to immediately tense and look towards the direction as well. Sour Bill gulped and walked over to the boy, following where he was pointing as well. The room remained silent, waiting to see if the boy was lying or not. A minute went by and another, Sour Bill didn't want to figure the boy was lying but he also wasn't sure what he was supposed to be seeing.
Then someone stepped into the door of the castle and began walking towards them, they hobbled a little causing the crew to wonder what was wrong with the person while Gloyd screamed. "There, get him!" he cried and scurried away behind the guards. The guards moved forward and took out their weapons; some had spears while others had swords that they all pointed at the intruder. They were nearly about to attack when Rancis stepped into the light and they all lowered their weapons.
Sour Bill was the first to be angry, "You two have gone far enough, making jokes of dire situations!" he yelled and turned towards Gloyd who was still putting on his frightened act, "You two should be punished immediately!" he yelled and the Oreo guards agreed. But when still Gloyd refused to move from his position even when they threatened that they would throw him in the fungeon, Sour Bill started to worry. "Rancis what is wrong with him?" he called to the boy, worried that Gloyd had turned crazy or was possibly ill. Rancis continued to stand there, unmoving, wearing a wicked smile on his face.
"Wha..?" Sour Bill began to say but was silenced when Rancis let out an inhuman scream that pierced all of their ears, the Oreo guards and Sour bill immediately dropped to the floor and covered their ears. The pain was severe and they knew immediately the noise couldn't have been from a normal racer. After that the throne room was lifted into chaos as several characters filled the room, all they had believed were deleted including the non-deleted ones such as Mark, Candlehead and now Rancis. When all had entered the room and circled the group of Oreo guards along with Sour Bill, Nelly took a step into the castle and smiled evilly at the group, at her side was Turbo.
Sour Bill's green face turned very pale as he watched the two slowly approach them, seeming in sync with every step they took. Turbo hissed and pointed to Sour Bill as they descended upon them, "Oh so this is your buddy huh?" Nelly asked as she as well pointed to Sour Bill. Sour Bill wanted to disappear somehow, to be rid of this moment between Nelly, Turbo and him. He remembered the days serving under the evil man, thinking he was actually ruler of Sugar Rush and King Candy for the matter. He had feared this moment would happen, that he would come back for him, he just never thought it would be so soon.
Nelly cleared her throat and looked around the room, smiling proudly, "It seems we clearly have you outnumbered…we've come to take over the castle, over Sugar Rush for that matter.." she stated loudly so the whole room could hear. The guards shook and fell to their knee's while Sour Bill tried to remain as calm as he could with the situation at hand, "Your choices are these, surrender and join us or be subject to our wrath!" Nelly finished off, laughing as she did.
The room was quiet than and it could be seen that a few were looking about to see if anyone would simply surrender. "Please have mercy!" Gloyd screamed and pushed through the Oreo guards to the front to bow in front of the evil Princess and Turbo, "Please spare me, I'll do whatever you want!" he cried and held his hands out to the tyrants. Nelly smiled and nodded to Turbo, who walked forward and grabbed Gloyd right over his face and shocked him. The crowd flinched as Gloyd screamed and was corrupted; some even took a step back and clutched at their weapons.
"Such a coward.." Nelly laughed and looked at the group again, "Anyone else?"
Vanellope and Marshmallow quickly made their way down the rainbow bridge that led into Sugar Rush, the two were very tired by this point and taking big gulps of air in as they made their way to the castle. They had almost made it past the peppermint forest when Vanellope stopped, looking out of the forest down the ways that led to the castle. Marshmallow hadn't seen her stop and was going a ways ahead of her before he turned around and noticed the girl had seemed stuck in place, he rushed back to her and pulled on her arm "Vanellope come on!" he urged, "We haven't got much time, we need to get to the castle to warn everyone!".
Vanellope shook her head no and pointed at the castle ahead of them, "Marsh, look.." she said simply and the Marshmallow followed where she was directing him to see. "I don't see.." Marshmallow began to say but then he indeed did see. Coming out of the castle was a group of deleted racers followed by Oreo guards and eventually Nelly came stepping out of the castle. Although they figured they were concealed by the peppermint tree's and a good distance away, Vanellope and Marshmallow still ducked behind one of the tree's and watched as Nelly gave orders to the gang. The group nodded and raced off in a hurry, Nelly looking pleased with herself.
As the evil Princess walked back inside and the guards took their post, Vanellope turned to Marshmallow saying "We need to follow those karts..". Marshmallow nodded but seemed a little confused, "Why are we following them, shouldn't we try and stop Nelly at the castle?" he asked as Vanellope started to walk out of the forest. "I have a bad feeling about that group..and even if we go crashing into the castle, we have no idea what we're going against!" she stated and Marshmallow figured that much was true. They could easily get into the castle to find a whole army against them, or they could find themselves ambushed around the castle area and become deleted.
"We need a kart though; we won't be able to follow them on foot!" Vanellope said as the two reached the outside of the peppermint forest and were descending very close to the castle. They slowed their steps as they did and they began to whisper, worrying that the guards might see them. "Vanellope how are we going to get a kart though..?" Marshmallow asked as the two began to sink behind a bushel of candy just before the giant castle, Vanellope's kart was locked away inside giant building and any other kart now belonged to Nelly or the deleted.
Before Vanellope could even begin to explain her plans for getting inside and stealing her kart from the inside of the castle, a sparkly light appeared next to them and the same red and white kart became visible to them. Vanellope gulped and she looked at her friend Marshmallow, the two knew the kart was there to help them but after the events from the last time Vanellope rode in it, they weren't sure if it was worth it. Vanellope stood up and took a final breath before walking over to it and climbing in, "Vanellope!" Marshmallow yelled, immediately holding a hand over his mouth and looking back at the castle. The guards shuffled their feet but overall didn't seem to notice Marshmallow's loud voice; Marshmallow sighed and climbed in after Vanellope.
"You do realize this kart nearly killed us last time, if it controls you again…Nelly might officially win!" Marshmallow argued. Vanellope nodded and looked at the little treat, "I understand..but right now we don't have any other options, we have to do this Marsh.." she said and the faithful friend sighed and agreed with her. Vanellope smiled at him and went to turn on the engine, as she did she held on to every inch of her original self and her plans for saving Sugar Rush, she remembered all her friends and every single citizen of Sugar Rush. She thought about Ran, Snowana, Candlehead, Mark, and especially Taffyta hoping it was enough to remember not to be corrupted so easily again.
As soon as the kart roared alive, Vanellope felt the same evil feelings flaring inside of her heart and mind. She felt the urge to win and race the kart right into the castle to challenge Nelly to a race, she felt she had to put the stupid girl in her place and knew that with this kart she could do so. But when Marshmallow placed a hand on her shoulders, having seen the girl's eyes flicker red and her typical smile fade to a scowl, Vanellope was brought back and she fought against the urges and hit the gas.
Marshmallow looked back at the castle as it started to go out of sight and worried for a moment that the guards would have seen them and sent racers after them, but after another minute or two they both relaxed and focused on the direction the deleted racers were going all while Vanellope continued to struggle with herself and not being overcome by evil.
The two of them had followed her through the tunnel leading out of their game; at first they were nervous to take that very first step out. But when they noticed she was getting away they overcame their fears and followed the girl, silently, through the lobby. The room had a few game characters wandering about and to the two it was almost enough to make them nervous. Still they followed the girl and her little Marshmallow friend until they disappeared through another game entryway.
"Sugar…Rush." One of them had read and looked at the other, who gave them an odd look. It was obvious neither one knew what to think about the game nor about why of all games 'He' had chosen this one. But they figured it didn't matter the why or how's of the situation and jumped through the portal, traveling straight to the entrance of the game. The two were almost blinded by the bright colors of the game as they walked out onto the rainbow bridge; their game was bright but had average colors like green or blue and not colors such as these. They spotted the little girl and the Marshmallow running into a red and white forest up ahead and they scurried along to catch up with her, she was quick on her feet and they had almost lost her a time or two.
Just when they caught up they found she was staring at something in the distance along with her friend, the girl and the companion talked for a moment and then creeped out of the forest. The two could only guess why the girl and her friend were afraid of walking around in her own game, if it was her own game, but they figured it had to do with 'Him' and were worried they had delayed too long. It made matters worse when they noticed the girl getting into a red and white kart and driving away.
"That's his kart!" the one yelled and started to rush after them, the other quickly grabbed him and yanked him back to where he was standing. "Wait.." the other one had commanded, the two waited a few moments observing to see if any of the guards were going to take chase after the girl. When no one seemed to notice her drive away, they rushed out of the forest and down the path leading past the castle and towards the direction where the girl and her friend were racing away. They would take much longer to catch up to her on foot, but they were determined to follow her regardless.