A.N. Sorry for the month long update, Nights of Lightning really needs more attention than A Sugar Coated Rivalry. But anyways, here is chapter 2!
Rancis threw away his bottle of root beer, set the case down, and dug out his phone from his pocket. He quickly punched in his best friends' number. The phone rang three times before there was an answer. "Ugh, hello?" Swizzle answered groggily.
"Swizz, it's Rancis, we have a problem. Meet me at Sugar Rush's gate within 10 minutes okay?" Rancis asked quickly. He heard Swizzle yawn loudly and Jubileena waking up in the background.
"Why exactly do I need to see you in front of the game right now Rancis?" Swizzle demanded. "It's only 7:00 in the morning," he concluded in a grumpy tone. Swizzle's daredevil/party lifestyle made him detest mornings.
"Just do it Swizz," Rancis replied, "Taffyta and her gang took a low blow toward Vanellope, and as her friends, we cannot stand for it," he finished crazily, catching a few weird stares from other game characters passing by. Rancis heard Swizzle sigh loudly at the other end of the line before answering.
"I'll be there in a few minutes alright?" Swizzle said before hanging up. Rancis put his phone back in his pocket and began pacing in front of the video monitor, which was playing Sonic's "Don't die outside your own game" ad. "This is not going to sit well with Nelly if she sees it," he muttered to himself. He suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at him. He looked up to see one of the players from NBA Jam holding a ball and staring at him with a cocked head. "What are you looking at Stretch? Can't a kid with a peanut butter cup hat walk around and talk to himself anymore?" He asked the player sternly. The basketball star put his hand up in defense and slowly backed away.
(With Swizzle)
Swizzle hung up his phone and put it on his night stand. He stood up, stretched, and yawned again. "What did Rancis want Swizzy?" Jubileena asked as she too yawned and rubbed her eyes. Swizzle scoffed and put on a t-shirt and then his racing jacket.
"He was going off on something about Taffyta pulling some low blow on Vanellope. I don't know what it is or why he needs me, but we're friends and he sounded desperate," Swizzle replied as he put his hat on and opened the door. "There's food and Pepsi in the fridge if you want any Jubee," he said as he hugged her and gave her a peck on her forehead. He left his house and started up the 'Swirl Surprise' and took off for Game Central Station. Unbeknownst to him, Gloyd was spying from a nearby tree. He clicked on his walkie-talkie.
"This is Gloyd to HQ, Elvis has left the building, I repeat: Elvis has left the building," he relayed to the ringleader's best friend.
"Who's Elvis Gloyd? I thought you were spying on Swizzle to see if he and Rancis would see the video we made last night?" Candlehead asked in a confused voice. Gloyd face palmed and groaned.
"Swizzle and Rancis are investigating what's going on Candlehead, we're in their heads for the time being," he replied in an annoyed tone," Gloyd replied. He heard Candlehead gasp on the other end.
"How did we get in their heads without hurting them?" She asked in a worried tone. Gloyd shrieked in frustration and threw the device down from the tree into a mud puddle. He jumped down from the tree and muttered, "How does she remember to breathe?"
(Game Central Station)
Swizzle parked his kart just outside the entrance to his game. He hopped out and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He spotted Rancis over by the ad player and approached him. "This better be good Rancis or I'll kick your molasses for waking me up so early," Swizzle threatened with a fist to Rancis' face. Rancis gestured over to the video monitor with his head.
"I think my molasses is safe for the time being Swizz," Rancis said, crossing his arms. Swizzle watched the video monitor and suddenly widened his eyes. His expression then went from surprise to seething anger as the ad finished playing.
"You've got to be fudging kidding me Rancis. There is no way they would have the gumballs to pull something as low as this," he said with clenched teeth. Rancis shook his head and responded, "Well they did, and they've sunk lower than I thought they would." Swizzle kicked the video monitor. How dare they do this to their President, to their friend?
"We have to keep this from Vanellope Swizzle. I love her to death, but we both know how quickly she can lose her temper," Rancis said with his hand on Swizzle's shoulder, "can you try to keep Vanellope busy while I talk to Ralph to see if we can get this ad taken down before Vanellope sees?" Rancis asked Swizzle. Swizzle nodded and looked over at Rancis.
"Sure thing Rancis, you get this crap taken down and I'll see if I can get Vanellope to stay in the garage area. Taffyta's gang might be there too, but at least she'll be away from this," Swizzle replied, pointing to the video screen. They fist bumped and head off in different directions. Swizzle jumped back in his 'Swirl Surprise' and Rancis ran off toward Fix-It Felix Jr. The kart started up and Swizzle took off to distract Vanellope. As he drove through the gate and the electrical cord, he allowed his eyebrows to furrow and he gripped the wheel hard. "They are gonna pay for this, somehow," he told himself.
For Swizzle, a rivalry was okay and a fundamental part of racing. However, a rivalry can spiral out of control, as he knew. They had to put an end to the tormenting, for it would only tear everyone apart. He approached the castle and rapped on the door loudly. Sour Bill opened up slowly.
"Miss Von Schweetz is asleep Mr. Malarkey, come back later," Bill exclaimed sourly and slowly. Swizzle scoffed and kicked him like a soccer ball.
"Fat chance Sunshine," Swizzle said as Sour Bill bounced off the wall and rolled around. Swizzle ran up the stairs to Vanellope's bed chambers and knocked like a crazy person. "Come on, come on, Vanellope," Swizzle said to himself. He could hear Vanellope groaning and muttering on the other side as she got out of the bed. She opened the door and Swizzle could see the dark bags under her eyes.
"You better have a cup on if this isn't important," Vanellope said groggily.
(With Rancis)
Rancis twiddled his thumbs as the train to Fix-It Felix Jr. made its way to the game. "I hope Ralph can help me, if Vanellope loses it, I know I might not be able to control her," he said to himself as he started biting his thumbnail. The soft clickity-clack of the wheels soothed his anxiousness. Rancis was taken by surprise when the train came to its sudden stop. He looked around in awe. "This is pretty cool," he said to himself. Having never been inside the 8-bit classic, Rancis looked around for any sign of where Ralph could be. He put his hand on his head to think when he heard the sound of footsteps scraping on concrete. Rancis looked over and saw the hero of the game, Felix.
"Well hello there friend, what brings you to my game?" He asked sweetly. Rancis breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank Tobikomi. Mr. Felix, I must have a word with Ralph, it's extremely urgent," Rancis explained to the carpenter.
"Of course, he lives over in that shack right there," Felix said, pointing his gloved finger over to Ralph's house. Rancis cocked his eyebrow and looked at Felix.
"That's his shack? I thought it was an old outhouse," Rancis said in shock. Felix chuckled to the peanut butter boy.
"Nope, he lives there. Now I have to get ready for the arcade to open Rancis, we only have an hour," Felix explained as he walked back toward the apartment complex.
"Of course Mr. Felix, thanks again!" Rancis called back. He turned and walked briskly over to Ralph's shack. He looked in the window and saw Ralph making breakfast in the kitchen. "Finally, someone who is actually awake to talk to," Rancis said as he knocked on the door. Ralph set down the waffle iron and walked toward the door.
"Oh hey Rancis, what's up?" Ralph asked when he opened the door, "would you like to come in?" Ralph offered.
"No thanks Ralph, but I must have a word with you about my Nelly," Rancis exclaimed nervously. Ralph had accepted the fact that Rancis and Vanellope were boyfriend/girlfriend, but he still didn't like the pet names they gave each other.
"What about Vanellope?" Ralph asked back, completely ignoring the pet name, "is something wrong with her?"
"No, not yet anyways," Rancis replied kicking a small rock, "I know how quickly she can lose her temper, and Taffyta and her gang are trying to do it Ralph. They've posted a video ad which is out of line and false in GCS. I'm afraid they're trying to get in Vanellope's head," Rancis finished, gasping for air.
"Oh great, what did it say?" Ralph asked, shutting the door. His concern for Vanellope grew and grew.
"Just come see for yourself Ralph. I'm hoping we can somehow get the ad pulled from the video monitors," Rancis said as they both boarded the train. When they arrived in GCS, Ralph saw the ad beginning to play. In no time at all, his face boiled with anger and started twitching. Ralph turned back to Rancis.
"If they weren't girls and only nine years old, I would beat the icing off them!" Ralph said angrily as he punched one of the benches, shattering it into a million tooth picks.
"I understand Ralph, but we need to get rid of this now. Swizzle is occupying Vanellope until the arcade opens, so we have a small window to get the ad taken down," Rancis explained the plan to Ralph.
"Well let's go pay the ad company a little visit," Ralph said, cracking his boulder sized knuckles. The two made their way to the advertising room. Ralph punched the door open and the guy inside shrieked. "We need to have a talk buddy," Ralph threatened.
(Back with Swizzle)
"It is important Vanellope," Swizzle said, "you know how much I hate mornings, so me being awake this early must mean I have a good reason," he finished. Vanellope shrugged slowly and yawned.
"Can't argue with that logic Swizz," she said, "so what do you want?" she asked, more awake now. Swizzle rubbed the back of his head trying to come up with an excuse.
"Well, you and I never hang out really Vanellope, except on double dates with Jubee and Rancis," Swizzle lied, "you want to hang out and work on our karts until the arcade opens in 45 minutes?" He asked.
"Sure Swizz, just let me get dressed," she replied as she shut the door. Swizzle waited outside the door for her to get dressed. Five minutes later, she had on her green hoodie and Reese's skirt, "let's go Swizz, onward to the garage of champions," she declared. They made their way down to the gate of the castle where Swizzle hopped in his kart and Vanellope hers. "Race ya there Evel Knievel," Vanellope joked as they zoomed toward the garage area.
(Rancis and Ralph)
The two had 'kindly' asked the advertising agent to take down the villainous ad, which he did. "That was close Rancis, too close," Ralph said as they stood back in front of FIFJ, "thanks for looking out for Vanellope," Ralph complemented.
"No problem Ralph, I love her too much to let her do something she'll regret," Rancis replied. They were sitting down on a bench next to Ralph's game. Ralph looked up at the giant clock on the wall.
"Well I have to get ready for the day Rancis, so I'll catch up with you and Vanellope later," Ralph said as he entered his game.
"Okay see ya Ralph," Rancis replied as he headed back to his game. As he was walking, his phone went off and he looked at the text from Swizzle.
'Vanellope pre-occupied for now.'
Rancis texted back, 'Good. On my way back.' He closed his phone and entered Sugar Rush.
(Swizzle, Vanellope and Jubileena)
Swizzle and Vanellope were working on their karts when Jubileena showed up. "Hey Vanellope, hey Swizzy," Jubileena said as she dug out her crescent wrench from her toolbox. Swizzle was under his kart on a creeper.
"Hey baby, how are you?" He asked from under the kart.
"I'm good, nice to see you again Vanellope," she replied as she opened up her kart's hood and began to work on it.
"Waddup Jubileena?" Vanellope replied as she wiped grease from her cheek. The three were having a great time hanging out and working on their karts. "You were right Swizz, hanging out and working on our karts is fun," she said as she went to work on her shoco-late absorbers. Swizzle nodded put away his wrench and turned on the garage radio.
"Oh I love this song," Vanellope complemented as the radio began playing Def Leppard's Rock of Ages.
Rise up, gather 'round. Rock this place to the ground
Burn it up, let's go for broke watch the night go up in smoke
Rock on, rock on. Drive me crazier!
No serenade no fire brigade just a PYROMANIA!
The three got so in tune with the music that they failed to notice Taffyta, Snowanna, and Gloyd enter the garage. Gloyd smirked and 'accidently' knocked over the radio, which smashed to the ground, ejecting the AA batteries.
"HEY! That was a good JAM!" Swizzle shouted as he pulled out from under his kart. Taffyta smirked and chuckled.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the crybaby gang," she mocked and kicked over Swizzle's tool box. This did not sit well with Jubileena.
"Hey Taffybitch, leave him alone! Save it for the Roster Race," Jubileena threatened as Rancis showed up. He saw Taffyta and her followers and frowned.
"Oh it's you," he said rudely, "did I miss anything new Nelly?" He asked Vanellope as he helped her up.
"No, just Taffyta and her gang tormenting the talent of Sugar Rush," Vanellope said to Rancis, "the loser's garage is over by the latrines," Vanellope joked. Snowanna gave Vanellope the finger in her face.
"Real mature Snowy," Swizzle said as he and Rancis snickered and fist bumped. Snowanna ran over and got in his face.
"Don't ever call me that you Fonzie-wannabe," she glared at him with malice. Jubileena having enough of these girls tormenting her Swizzy, stepped in.
"If you want to keep your face unbroken, I suggest you get out if his face," she threatened. Suddenly, everyone heard the jumbo-trons starting up.
"Hey, who turned those on? Those don't turn on until we're all ready at the starting grid," Vanellope questioned. She left the garage to investigate. Swizzle and Rancis thought nothing of it until they saw Candlehead behind a tree giving thumbs up to Taffyta. Then the music started and Rancis and Swizzle looked horribly at each other.
"NO VANELLOPE, DON'T WATCH IT!" They shouted and ran to Vanellope. But they were too late. They saw Vanellope trembling as she watched the video. Then, it was horrifying. Swizzle and Rancis swore the ground shook as Vanellope screeched.
"MUTTONFUDGE!"
Taffyta smirked to her minions, "I think somebody's mad."
End Chapter 2
A.N.
Me: So what did you guys think of chapter 2?
Vanellope: I think it's good, but you still didn't let your readers see what Taffyta did!
Me: They'll have to wait
Rancis: Oh well, it's good so far Mason. I think Chapter 3 will be epic
Gloyd: Come on, you're making us the bad guys?
Me: Yeah, a rivalry consists of good guys and bad guys
Taffyta: I think you're making us look too bad.
Me: Well that's such a darn shame. You guys, wreck Vanellope, drink Coca-Cola and you turned off Def Leppard.
Gloyd: You write us like that!
Me: So?
Taffyta: And we like Jimmie Johnson. He is so hot
Me: Aw hell no. Gloyd you're okay with that?
Gloyd: Yeah, she lets me think…
Me: You better not finish that
Gloyd: Danica Patrick is hot
Me: THAT'S IT! GET OUT BOTH OF YOU NOW! *Pulls out a shotgun*
Gloyd and Taffyta: AHHHHHHHHHHH
Me, Rancis and Vanellope: FOR JUSTICE!
Swizzle: You guys are nutjobs.