Rancis drives in front of Ralph, stopping him. Rancis jumps onto the hood of his kart, and crosses his arms.
"What did you do to Josh?" Rancis asks.
"Why do you care?" Ralph asks.
"Because if Josh is missing, Vanellope would be sad. Then she wouldn't want to go to the party."
"I didn't do anything. Last time I saw him he was leaving the castle."
"Where did you take him?"
"I didn't take him!" Ralph yells.
Rancis wipes some spit off his cheek. Then jumps back into the driver seat.
"We got our eyes on you Wreck-it." Rancis says.
"Lets go! We have a prince to find." Taffyta says, driving past Rancis.
Rancis follows her in his kart. Candlehead and Crumbelina are not too far behind the other two. Ralph rolls his eyes and heads for the train. He sits down in one of the seats and the train pulls away.
"I'm already regretting this whole thing." He mutters.
-Sugar Rush-
"Cheery bunch you got here." Chun Li says.
"I promise they're not usually like this. Unless Josh is involved. Well if its just Josh and Vanellope its fine. Unless Ralph is with them. But other than that its fine. Unless its just Josh and Calhoun. Then its not fine. Unless Felix is with them. You know what? Just stick with Vanellope and Josh. They're your best bet."
Chun Li laughs. Then follows 643 as he walks out of the door. 643 catches up to Calhoun and Vanellope just outside the castle.
"Why are you guys looking for Josh and Felix?" 643 asks.
"Calhoun wants to go home. And I want to see Josh." Vanellope says
"Doesn't Ralph want you to stay away from Josh?"
"I don't care. I want to see Josh. So I'm going to see Josh."
They all head towards diet cola mountain. They don't make it far, before Taffyta, Rancis, Crumbelina and Candlehead show up.
"Were going to help look for Josh." Taffyta says.
"Okay. Well. We're heading for diet cola mountain. Why don't you guys circle around the other way?" Vanellope says.
"Okay. Will do."
Taffyta turns around and head the other way, followed by Rancis, Crumbelina and Candlehead.
"Doesn't Josh have a kart?" Calhoun asks.
"Yeah. Why?" Vanellope says.
"Well. That's something of his. It's worth a shot."
Vanellope runs over to the garage. Followed by the other three. She opens the garage door and lets the others in. Calhoun walks over to the kart. She breaks a piece of the steering wheel off. Vanellope tries protesting, but Calhoun shushes her. Calhoun presses a button on her tracker, and slot on the side opens up. She places the steering wheel bit inside, and shuts it. Calhoun narrows her eyes.
"Weird. It says Josh is right behind me." Calhoun says.
Calhoun turns around towards Vanellope. She waves the tracker around the room. She points it at Vanellope, and it starts beeping.
"Was Josh the last one to use the kart?" Calhoun asks.
"No. I was. I used it to race." Vanellope says.
Calhoun sighs. Then puts the tracker back onto her belt.
"Well, this tracker isn't going to be any help then. Unless you have something that Josh has touched." Calhoun says.
"No. At least, I don't think so." Vanellope says.
"I guess we're going to have to do this the old fashioned way." 643 says.
"What do you mean old fashioned way?" Calhoun asks.
"Back in mine and Josh's game, Josh had a friend named Reginald. Nice guy. Native. He taught Josh how to shoot a bow and arrow, make a bow, set snares, traps and best of all, how to track animals." 643 says.
"So? Did he teach you too?" Vanellope asks.
"Yeah. I was trapped in Josh's head for ten years, remember? I was there for all the lessons. And Josh is Josh. So he shouldn't be too hard to find."
"Okay! Lets go find him then!"
They all exit the garage and head for diet cola mountain. Bill stands in one of the towers of the castle. Watching them walk towards the mountain. He turns to face Duncan and Winchell.
"Don't let them find Butterscotch. Get rid of the princess three friends. Set up the glitch proof chain in her room and lock her up until the roster race." Bill orders.
"Right away sir!" Both of the donuts say.
They run out of the tower and do what they are told.
-Candy forest-
Rancis dangles upside down tied to a tree. While the other three try and figure out how to get him down.
"Lets throw rocks at him until he falls down." Candlehead says.
"I like that idea. But I don't think that will work." Taffyta says.
"Please just get me down!" Rancis begs.
"Where the heck did that licorice rope come from anyways?" Crumbelina asks.
"Think about it. Who do we know that can do stuff like this." Taffyta says.
"Josh? Why would he do this?" Candlehead asks.
"Food probably. There are a lot of animals around her to eat."
"So. He makes a rope trap?"
"For food. This is good. He can't be far."
Taffyta, Candlehead and Crumbelina begin walking away. Deeper into the forest.
"Hey! What about me?" Rancis yells.
They all stop walking and turn around.
"Sorry. Forgot about you." Taffyta says.
They walk back over, and start thinking of a plan to get him down. Candlehead bends over and picks up a pop rock. She throws it at Rancis hitting him on the cheek.
"Ow! Hey! No!"
"We don't have any other plans." Taffyta says.
The three girls begin picking up pop rocks, and throwing them at Rancis. Hitting him, but not doing anything. Candlehead gets one good throw at the rope, making it break a bit.
"Guys! Throw at the rope! Not Rancis." Candlehead says.
They start aiming higher, and throwing harder. Finally the rope breaks, and Rancis falls to the ground. He screams as falls. He hits the ground hard. Candlehead walks over and helps him up.
"That really hurt!" Rancis says.
"Sorry. We got you down though." Candlehead says, cheerfully.
"Great. We got him down. Lets keep looking." Taffyta says.
They all agree and start walking, Rancis on the other hand is limping. Candlehead walks up next to him.
"Need a hand?" She asks.
"That would be great." Rancis says.
Rancis wraps his arm around her shoulders. She straightens him out. Then speeds up, to catch up with the other two.
-Somewhere else in candy forest-
"Did you hear that?" 643 asks.
"Hear what?" Vanellope asks.
"Sounded like a girl screaming."
"You don't think the others are getting attacked. Do you?"
"Probably. They're probably getting mauled by wolfs or bears right now."
Vanellope hugs herself, and looks down at the ground. Calhoun slaps 643 on the back of the head. He throws his arms up.
"Watch out for the hill." Chun Li says.
"What hill?" Vanellope asks.
Vanellope takes a step to the side and slides down the hill. No one notices. 643 looks back at the others.
"Did you guys know there are birds here? They look so cool." 643 says
Calhoun looks back at him. She narrows her eyes and looks around. She pulls out her assault rifle. 643 does the same.
"What is it?" 643 asks.
"Wheres short stack? Where is she?" Calhoun asks, angrily.
"I don't know. I looked away for literally one second, and she was go..." 643 begins.
He aims his guns into the trees. Calhoun sighs, and lowers her gun.
"You're looking for predator, aren't you?" Calhoun asks.
643 looks at her, for a second. Then goes back to the trees.
"Yes." He whispers.
"Even if he was in this game, he would be invisible." Calhoun says.
"Not entirely. He has a tell tale shimmer."
He hears a twig snap. He begins unloading his gun into the bush. After a couple seconds of shooting, he runs out of ammo. He lowers his gun. Calhoun walks over. She leans into the bush and pulls out a chocolate rabbit, filled with bullet holes. She drops the rabbit onto the ground.
"Well. At least you're a good shot." Calhoun says.
"That could have easily been predator. He hunts everything." 643 says.
"Why would he be in Sugar Rush?"
"Same reason most of are right now. Looking for Josh."
"Why would predator be looking for Josh?"
"The worlds deadliest animal. Man."
"Josh isn't a man. He's a boy."
"Male. Human. Whatever."
At the bottom of the hill Vanellope sits up and wipes herself off. She tries walking back up the hill, but the hill is too steep.
"Shoot. I'll have to find another way up."
She tries glitching up, but ends up sliding back down. She looks around. She looks behind her and sees a taffy river.
"I could go for a swim."
