The castle ruins lay scattered all over the race track. Nothing had been spared from the collapse; racers, candy-fans, guards, even karts had all been buried underneath the gigantic castle.
For several minutes, there was a single movement, not even a tiny stir. Everything was quiet and motionless. The only sounds were the crackling of fire and wind blowing on the demolished castle.
Finally, however, a small hand burst out from underneath the rubble. Rancis struggled to pull himself out from underneath the sea of destroyed chocolate. Spluttering and coughing, he ripped his injured leg out from underneath the kart.
Rancis groaned in pain. His jacket had been ripped off, exposing scratched skin. His eye was heavily bruised, and his kart was nowhere to be found. He could find no sign of anybody else in the wrecked kingdom.
"How am I ever going to reset this game with nobody to help me or at least a stinking kart," He pondered out loud. As if on cue, Jubileena Cherriot tumbled down a mountain of broken karts and pieces of the former castle and clattered right at his feet. It was pretty beaten up, but it was still clearly operable.
Rancis turned and saw the finish line. The rubble that had hit it had only merely damaged it, so he could still cross it.
"This had better work," Rancis mumbled. Climbing into the Cherriot, Rancis glitched out of the ruins of the castle and started to drive slowly towards the finish line. In a few moments, he was inches in front of the finish line. Rancis managed to smile briefly, but just as he was a mere inch from crossing the finish line, he rolled right over an unexploded cherry bomb.
The cherry bomb exploded upon impact, sending the kart and Rancis hurtling into the air. Rancis landed head first on somebody else while the kart landed onto the castle ruins again.
"Are you serious?" Rancis complained just as he noticed who he was lying on. It was Witchy. Rancis gulped in horror as Witchy's eye opened. The two stared at each other in surprise before Witchy's eyes narrowed and she snarled, "You. You did this."
Witchy's cold arm gripped Rancis' shoulder, but suddenly, Vanellope burst out from underneath the rubble. "Get away from him, you whiny witch!" She shouted and threw a kart tire at her, hitting her square on the head. She crashed onto the ruins, unconscious.
Soon after, the glitched racers climbed out from underneath the rubble. "This really isn't my day," Taffyta whined when Nougetsia whacked her over the head with a steering wheel. "Enough whining, the finish line is right in front of us," She snapped.
Just then, the ground rumbled. Vanellope's eyes widened in horror. The weight of the castle had been too much for the ground. It cracked, then it started to break. Instinctively, Vanellope glitched next to Rancis, but the other racers still hadn't controlled their glitches yet and were stuck.
"Rancis!" Taffyta shouted as the ground started to crumble underneath her. Rancis rushed over to help her, but it was too late. The ground broke off and a deep chasm was created. The glitches, as well as their karts, all started plummeting into the gigantic hole underneath them.
"Hold on, Taffyta!" Vanellope shouted and dove into the chasm to rescue the racers. "Vanellope!" Rancis shouted. "Vanellope, wait!" He charged right past Creamy, who was beginning to regain consciousness.
Rancis dove to the edge of the chasm and extended his hand out to Vanellope. She was hanging on to the edge of the chasm for dear life, with Taffyta hanging onto her leg. The other racers were at various edges of the chasm. Several of them were hanging onto to tree roots to keep from falling.
"Vanellope, grab my hand!" Rancis shouted. Vanellope reached up to grab hold of his head, but Rancis was suddenly pulled away. Rancis turned around to see Creamy, tugging onto his collar.
"Look at the hero!" She taunted and tossed him away from the chasm. He banged his head on a broken kart. As he moaned, Creamy strode towards Vanellope and Taffyta. "Look at you," She said, turning to face Rancis for a moment. "You can't even save your friends." With that, she brought the heel of her foot right down on Vanellope's forehead. The force of the blow knocked her unconscious and caused her to let go of the chasm. She and Taffyta plummeted deep into the chasm.
"NO!" Rancis shouted. Creamy turned to face him. "That's not going to bring your friends back," She reminded. She briefly stopped to rub her aching forehead and then stomped towards him. "And now you shall die."
She reached into her jacket for her knife, but then her eyes widened in shock and horror. The knife was gone, lost deep in the rubble.
Just as Creamy turned back to face Rancis, he jumped up and delivered a left hook aimed at Creamy's eye. The force of the blow knocked her clean off her feet and caused her to land on the rubble. Rubbing the back of her head, she got up and punched Rancis in the face, knocking him backwards.
Rancis charged forwards to continue the fight. He delivered a straight right fist that connected into Creamy's nose, causing her to stumble backwards. Gritting her teeth, she charged at Rancis as the two continued to brawl.
At the same time, Licorice, her face covered in smoke soot, climbed out of the rubble and pulled out an injured Candlehead. "Cake-head, look, the finish line is right there," Licorice stated, grinning hugely despite her injuries. It was then that she noticed Candlehead was unconscious. "C-Cake-head?" Licorice asked, worry clear in her voice. It was then that she noticed that Candlehead's arm had been dislocated.
"Oh my mod!" Licorice shouted and she bent down to try and relocate her arm.
However, a golden object caught her attention. Spinning around, she saw Felix's hammer, barely visible in the mass ruins of the castle. "Uh, this better work," Licorice moaned and, taking the hammer in her trembling hand, she whacked Candlehead's arm. The cake-themed girl screamed for a moment, but then got up and rubbed her arm. It felt better than usual.
"Oh no, the racers!" Candlehead shouted when she noticed that they were beginning to fall into the chasm. "Quick, we have to help them!" Licorice stated and the two barrelled down the castle ruins and ran towards the chasm.
At that moment, Vanellope and Taffyta were still falling when they were caught by somebody. It was Ralph. "Hold on you two," He stated as he started to climb out of the chasm, the two glitches holding onto his massive shoulder.
It was then that Popsicella woke up, groaning. "Oh, mom, I don't want to go to racing academy," She moaned before noticing that she was sitting right at the edge of the chasm. Screaming in horror, she slipped and started to plummet off the side of the chasm and fell into it.
She happened to fall right past Swizzle. "Oh, swizz cakes, falling lady on the loose," He mumbled to himself and let go of the candy root he was clinging to. Falling next to a screaming Popsicella, he grabbed onto her and glitched her out of the chasm.
"Oh, thank you, whatever your name is," Popsicella said and hugged him. Swizzle chuckled nervously.
Rancis and Creamy were still fighting. Rancis landed an upper-cut that broke Creamy's nose and sent to crashing to the rubble. As she held onto her nose, her eyes landed on a sharp object. It was her chocolate knife.
Gripping the knife, she launched herself off the ground and lunged at Rancis, plunging the knife into his thigh. Rancis screamed in agony and landed on the ground. He lay, shivering in pain, as Creamy tip-toed towards him, a huge grin on her face and the knife in her hand.
As she raised the knife high above her head, ready to land the killing blow, Rancis turned and saw Licorice's taser, lying above the castle ruins. Quick as a flash, Rancis dodged out of the way of Creamy's knife and grabbed the taser.
Just as Creamy turned around, ready for another stab, Rancis pointed the taser at her and shot a volt of electricity from it, zapping Creamy's hand. Creamy instantly dropped the knife and groaned in pain, and Rancis used the opportunity to turn the taser on her and zapped her. Creamy screamed in agony, but Rancis kept on electrocuting her, showing no signs of stopping.
At the same moment, Licorice and Candlehead were pulling the racers out of the chasm. Suddenly, Witchy limped towards them and said, "Licorice, why are you helping the glitches?"
Licorice, without bothering to turn her head, said, "I'd rather be with them and help Creamy." Shockingly, Witchy didn't look angry, but simply baffled. "Why not?" She asked. "Creamy's our leader." By this time, the other scrapped racers had appeared as well.
"Think about it," Licorice said as she pulled Sticky out of the chasm. "What has Creamy done for us?"
"She unlocked our code," Witchy replied indignantly. "Sure, she may have done that, but she's just using us," Licorice exclaimed. "She doesn't care for us, she's just using us to further her own selfish goals. So why do you put up with it?"
Witchy opened her mouth to respond, but nothing came out. Finally, she finally muttered, "That's…an excellent question."
With that, she turned to the other scrapped racers and said, "Come on, pull these racers out of that chasm this instant." The scrapped racers obeyed and rushed over to drag out of the glitches.
The moment they were all out, Nougetsia shouted, "Look, the donut kart! Licorice can use the hammer to fix it!"
"Oh, sure thing, pink kid," Licorice said and slammed the kart with Felix's hammer, restoring it. "Hop in, everybody," Licorice said and all the glitched racers climbed inside of it. Nougetsia holding onto the steering wheel, all of the glitches, save for Vanellope and Taffyta, wheeled towards the finish line.
At that moment, Rancis finally stopped the taser and Creamy crumbled to the ground, still twitching. Just as the donut kart drove over the finish line, he leapt into it as well.
And the kart, with all the racers in it, crossed over the finish line.
Ralph pulled Vanellope and Taffyta out of the chasm just as a bright light flashed in their eyes. Vanellope shielded her eyes, but grinned brightly, fully aware of what was happening. The scrapped racers, on the other hand, stumbled backwards in shock. Popsicella tripped over Creamy and landed right on the ground, followed by Witchy.
"What's happening?" Crème asked Vanellope out loud. "It's a long story, but to make things short, their going to be able to race without dying now," Vanellope quickly explained.
Finally, after one minute, the racers strode over to Vanellope, Ralph and Taffyta. They looked different; their skin was no longer scratched and dirty, and their clothes looked brand new.
"Um, Vanellope, are we racers again?" Rancis asked uneasily. "I think I have an answer to that," Vanellope said calmly. With that, she picked up a spear and ran Rancis through with it. The racers gasped in horror, but Rancis just regenerated and scratched his head. "That was strange," He said. Suddenly, Vanellope hugged him. "Sweet mother of monkey milk, you're a real racer again!" She shouted cheerfully. Rancis half-heartedly hugged her back.
Suddenly, there was another blinding flash of light as another figure appeared next to them. It was Adorabeezle. "What an odd day," The frost-bitten racer yawned. "First, somebody tampered with my code, then I remember getting stabbed, and then everything went blank."
Suddenly, Nougetsia hugged her. "Adorabeezle, you're alive!" She shouted gleefully. "I am?" Adorabeezle asked, confused. All of the other racers practically crushed her with hugs. "Creamy killed you, but since I crossed that finish line with the other racers, you're back now," Nougetsia quickly explained.
"Creamy, eh," Adorabeezle mumbled before turning to stare at the treacherous racer, who was picking herself up after Rancis' taser terror. Adorabeezle lightly pushed the other racers away form her and stomped towards her murderer.
"Ahem, Buttercap," She said to get her attention. Creamy turned to glare at her, but her eyes widened in shock and she stumbled away in horror. "Beezy?" She choked out. "But…but you're dead. I killed you and glitches can't regenerate."
"Well I regenerated," Adorabeezle stated. "And the only one who's dead is you." Before Creamy could respond, Creamy punched her right in her already broken nose. Creamy flipped onto her back and landed on the ground, dazed.
Felix strode up to Licorice. "That was some work you did with my hammer," He stated. Licorice smiled just as Felix added, "Now give it back."
"Oh, this?" Licorice asked, holding up the hammer. "I was going to give it back to you anyways. Here you go." She placed the hammer in his hand.
"Uh, Felix, what do we do about the castle?" Ralph asked, staring at the ruins before me. "Don't worry, I can fix it," Felix said. "Even if it does take me all month."
Witchy stuck out her hand and shook Vanellope's hand. "Nice to meet you on good terms," She greeted. Vanellope stared at her. "Normally I would throw you in the fungeon, but I'm feeling generous today and I guess I can forgive every single one of your wrong doings."
"Well that's a relief," Witchy stated. "Unfortunately, I don't think she can," Vanellope added. Witchy turned around and saw Minty staring at her angrily. "Oh hi, mint gir-" Witchy started before being punched in the face. She lay on her back, dazed form the blow.
"Okay, that's settled," Minty said and turned to stare at Creamy, who was starting to get up. The Reese girl stared at everyone facing her for a moment and then shouted, "Scrappies, get them!"
However, none of the scrapped racers moved. Instead, Licorice cracked her knuckled. "Sorry, President, but consider yourself impeached."
Creamy stared at her in confusion, but her eyes widened in horror when the racers, the scrappies, Wynchel and Duncan and Sour Bill all advanced upon her, all carrying all sorts of make-shift weapons. "Uh, guys, what are you doing?" Creamy asked in fear as she was backed up against a wall of rubble. The mob of angry racers and officers surrounded her and closed in, menacing grins on their faces. Creamy gulped in fear.
"Uh, Felix, you think you'll be able to fix her after this?" Ralph asked.
"Honestly, Ralph, even I doubt it," Felix said, shaking his head.