This is completely unintentional, but this is the chapter with the Random Roster Race. Guess what Chapter 5 was about in Turbo Takes the Throne?
Chapter 5: A Truly Random Race
Finally, the arena at the main racetrack was in good order. The citizens filled the stands, the marshmallow things swept the track, and most important, his King Candy mosaic was perfect again. Oh yes, and Vanellope was nowhere near the scene.
"My sweet subjects!" Turbo called from atop his popcorn box as the young racers started their engines. He smiled at the "NO SHOW" flashing beside Vanellope's name on the board. "I can without a pinch of hesitation assure you that I have never been so happy in all my life to say the following words: Let the Random Roster Race commence!" He pulled on the cord and slid down the banner into his kart. "Woo-haa!" He laughed giddily as the traffic light went from red to yellow to green. Finish line, you're mine!
"GO!" flashed in front of everyone and Turbo shot ahead, taking an early lead. It didn't last long, however, as Taffyta overtook him on the left. Turbo raised his eyebrows in surprise, but then he smiled. He didn't mind Taffyta giving him a bit of a challenge every now and then, and it was always more fun to regain the lead later in the race.
In fact, he was in such a cheerful mood that he let a few other racers pass him, just to make them feel good. I'll cream them soon enough, he figured. Coming up was the Gumball Gorge. Turbo drove off the ramp and landed in the valley, narrowly missing a rolling gumball. He tried to stay in the middle as much as possible and continued to dodge obstacles. He'd gotten pretty used to all the gimmicks over the years.
While focusing on the road, he thought he heard the announcer shout "Power Up!", followed by the sound of something whistling through the air. Turbo glanced up just in time to see a giant ice cream scoop falling towards him. "Whoa!" He immediately banked to the left, leaving Jubileena to be the victim of the frozen treat.
Ha! A la mode… Turbo put himself back in the middle of the track and homed in on an item box.
"Sweet Seekers!" crowed the announcer.
Yes! My favourite! Turbo aimed the three rockets and fired in front of him. "Have some candy!" he taunted, though what he was really thinking was, Outta my way, losers!
The seekers took out Snowanna, Gloyd, and Adorabeezle, the latter being shot right through one of the gumball machines hard enough that the glass shattered.
"Ahahaha!" Turbo laughed as he drove out of the gorge, now in fourth place. "No kill like overkill!" he said, even though he knew she wasn't dead. He sped up as he came to the next part of the course, the giant chocolate cake.
Rancis was tailing Candlehead, who in turn was closely behind Taffyta. They had just started climbing the cake.
Turbo shifted gears and passed Rancis and Candlehead on the inside. "Make way for the king!" he chortled. The racer pulled up beside Taffyta and gave her a friendly smirk. "See you at the finish line, kiddo!"
Taffyta responded with a grin, "Not if I get there first!"
Aw, she thinks she can beat me. How cute! While he did allow her to win on occasion, now was not one of those times. Turbo accelerated and took the lead. He gained a lot of ground as he continued spiraling up the cake, and soon he was a couple of layers ahead of Taffyta and her friends. As he came to the top, he thought he heard some explosions far below. Hm. Candlehead must've gotten too close to those cherries again. What a ditz.
He shot out of the wafer straw, flew over the cupcakes, and landed on the next part of the track. Turbo liked to create a large gap between him and the other racers so he accelerated and drove toward the ice cream mountains. Since he was so far ahead, he decided to relax and hum the game's victory tune. It was times like this where he felt like everything was back to normal. And with the glitch finally locked up, he could at long last rule Sugar Rush in peace.
The roar of an engine slowly overtook his thoughts. Oh! Perhaps Taffyta is making good on her taunt to beat me. He turned his head with a smile as the kart came up beside him, expecting to see the pink racer.
Instead, he saw someone that he wished to never see on the track.
Vanellope—out of her glitch-proof chains, riding her fail-tastic kart that evidently wasn't destroyed anymore—gave him a mischievous smirk.
"Whaa…?" Turbo gaped at her, lifting his goggles to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
No. Nonononono! Lots of questions poured through his mind. How did she break out of the Fungeon? How is her kart back in one piece? When did she come into the race? How did she get past all those racers? Is she passing him?! Indeed Vanellope sped past Turbo and went ahead.
The veteran racer clenched his teeth and tried to get around Vanellope, but she wouldn't let him. FUDGE! He noticed something coming up a bit further up the track.
The shortcut—it was his only chance!
Turbo hardly ever used it anymore, mainly because by this point in the race he was always way ahead of everyone else. But now he needed it more than ever. Clutching the steering wheel and bracing himself, Turbo broke through the barrier and fell to the lower track.
He expertly followed the path that took him into the Nougat Mines, and soon he saw Vanellope's kart on the main track below. I'm gonna flatten her! With that in mind, he drove off the shortcut and rammed his kart into the side of hers, causing the front end to go up on his hood. Ok, so he didn't crush her, but he was sure he could still stop her.
"Get off of my track!" he barked.
"Hey! What are you, crazy?!" yelled Vanellope as she tried shifting to get free.
For some reason, her kart was incredibly strong and didn't budge. Stupid game-breaking kart… Seeing she was completely stuck, Turbo saw no other choice than to do what he did next. He dislodged his gear stick and pushed it into the gas pedal to keep it going, then grabbed the antenna off and began whacking at her head. "I forbid you to cross that finish line!"
"Aah!" Vanellope ducked and the antenna smashed her windshield. "Hey—Knock it off!"
I'm trying, you infidel! Turbo grunted as he continued swinging at the girl, but she kept avoiding his blows. If only I was taller, then I could reach her! he thought bitterly, leaning over his kart as far as he could go.
Eventually, Vanellope grabbed hold of the antenna and began wrestling with him.
Turbo tried wrenching it back from her, but she kept a firm grip on it. How the heck is she so strong? "Grrah! I'm not letting you undo all my hard work!" he snarled viciously. The freaking coding took hours! HOURS!
Vanellope started to glitch nervously, and Turbo thought he could feel his own pixels shifting. He was far too angry and focused to pay it much attention, though. He wasn't even checking the road. He had to kill the glitch or his life would be ruined.
I'm going to do what I should've done a long time ago, he vowed to himself. He continued to fight for control with Vanellope.
Then pixels speckled Turbo's vision and he noticed it this time. He glanced down at his hands, which were now a ghostly white. No, he thought worriedly with a quick gaze at Vanellope, it can't be… A ripple went through his code again and he looked at his body.
His eyes went wide with shock at seeing the bleached white jumpsuit. "AAH!" Turbo cried, letting the antenna fly out of his hands as he examined himself. No! What happened to my disguise? Horror settled into the pit of his stomach when he realized Vanellope's glitching caused "King Candy" to destabilize. And that meant…
His cover had been blown.
"What the…? Who are you?!" he heard Vanellope ask in fright.
Since she had already seen him, there was no point in continuing the charade. "I'm Turbo!" he leered in her face, briefly glitching to his thumbs-up sprite, his King Candy skin, then back to normal. "The greatest racer ever!" He frequently glitched between his two personas as he went on angrily, "And I did not reprogram this world to let you and that halitosis-riddled warthog TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME!"
He hopped back in his seat and floored the gas pedal, forcing Vanellope's kart onto its side as he continued to push it. "Turbo-tastic!" he cackled evilly. I've been dying to say that out loud again! Turbo saw a wall separating a fork in the road up ahead and decided he was going to ram Vanellope into it. "End of the line, glitch!" He couldn't wait to see her little body burst like a Gusher.
This was all her fault to begin with. If she had just left well enough alone, the whole kingdom would've been happy under his rule. Well now it was time to pay for her crimes. Turbo clenched the wheel tightly, heading right for the wall, knowing he would be impacted as well. But he didn't care.
He was mad. He was insane. He was going to kill that glitch.
That is, if she hadn't suddenly disappeared in a flash of blue light and reappeared to the left of the wall divider.
"No!" Turbo swerved to the right of the wall, bouncing off it. He furiously tried catching up. I knew she could control her glitch, but I didn't think SHE knew she could! This was the last stretch of the race, and Vanellope was nearly at the finish line. "NO!" he yelled again and sped up as fast as his kart could go. He was just about to exit the mines, thinking maybe he still had a chance to overtake her.
Then a giant bug dropped down in front of him with massive jaws wide open.
Sorry it's short, but the reveal is still my favourite part of the movie and I wanted to showcase it. Get ready for the action-packed climax with HOLY COW KING TURBUG! And please review.