Chapter 2: The Attack
Meanwhile, in the main hall, where the party was set up, the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Toxika, Creamy, Captain Kaiser, the other game characters, the Disney Characters, and the Nickelodeon Characters had showed up and were waiting for the party to start. However, Litwak wasn't there because he had to oversee the upgrade, but he had wished the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Toxika, Creamy, Captain Kaiser, and the other Sugar Rush characters good luck.
As the guests arrived, Captain Hook walked into the main hall through one of the doors.
"Ah, the upgrade of the century!" Hook exclaimed, walking in with his hands raised and breathing in all of the finery of the room.
Jafar walked in after him.
"More like the first party that we've been allowed back into since the Boat Incident." Jafar replied, dusting off his robe with a contemptuous sweep of his hand. He then looked around and said "I think all of this glitter is a little obnoxious.".
"It's Sugar Rush's first upgrade. What more do you expect?" Hook asked. He strolled over to the banquet, where Taffyta, Swizzle, Timothy, and Crumbelina were, poured himself a glass of wine, and said "Anyway, enjoy it! This might be more fun then you think!".
Jafar sighed and joined Hook over at the banquet, pouring himself a glass of wine. Meanwhile, Taffyta was talking to Swizzle, Timothy, and Crumbelina a few feet away from where Hook and Jafar were.
"What are we waiting for?" Taffyta asked impatiently.
"Vanellope. She is the host after all." Swizzle replied.
Taffyta sighed.
"Yeah, but not even I take this long to get ready for special events. What is taking her so long?" Taffyta asked.
"That's why." a voice replied.
Taffyta, Swizzle, Timothy, and Crumbelina turned to face Ginger Foultey, who was looking up the stairs. They looked up and saw Vanellope walking down the stairs, with Rancis escorting her.
"Is Rancis escorting Vanellope?" Timothy asked in shock.
Crumbelina smiled.
"Yeah, he asked her to be his date for the party." Crumbelina replied.
Jubileena walked over to Taffyta, Swizzle, Timothy, Crumbelina, and Ginger.
"It's about time too. He's had a thing for Vanellope ever since we defeated Akari, Calamitous, Crocker, Plankton, and Vlad." Jubileena said.
Rancis walked Vanellope to the front of the crowd. She climbed up onto a table and faced the crowd.
"Well, everyone, the moment that we have been waiting for is almost here. The upgrade is tonight. I don't know what exactly will happen after the upgrade, but whatever happens, we will get through it together. Before we get started, I just want to say thank you to everyone. Ever since either the reset or whenever I've met all of you, you have all been good friends to me and I appreciate everything that you guys have done." Vanellope announced.
The crowd smiled and applauded her for her speech. Vanellope smiled and looked at all of her friends.
"Lets get this party started!" Vanellope ordered as she got down off the table.
The crowd began to disperse so they could mingle, and the DJ, who happened to be Skrillex, started to play music. As that happened, Frollo smiled thinly at Vanellope.
"She looks so happy. I'm glad Licortwist wasn't invited, or he would be steaming right now." Frollo thought.
Just then, an Oreo guard ran into the main hall.
"Attackers!" the Oreo guard yelled.
Suddenly, out from the windows came bandits, muggers, and thieves of all sorts, landing upon the crowd with weapons drawn. Minty screamed, Vanellope gasped, Adorabeezle panicked, and Candlehead waved hello. Sweeping into the crowd, they attacked and overcame the Oreo guards that had showed up in a matter of seconds before charging at their target... Vanellope. The first to react was Ralph, who started to use his fists in order to fight back against the bandits, muggers, and thieves. However, as he fought, a club came down upon his head from behind and he was out cold.
The Sugar Rush citizens and other NPCs that couldn't fight fled the main hall, while the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Toxika, the Disney Characters, and the Nickelodeon Characters prepared to fight the attackers.
"Swords drawn, everyone! Sugar Rush needs our help!" Hook cried, producing his sword.
"What? Why should I..." Frank the Lizard started to ask.
"Well, it's fight now and get rewarded later, or run and get nothing." Facilier replied, taking out a machete and conjuring a fireball in his free hand before running off into the fray, Kocoum, Shang, Clayton, Denahi, Buzz Lightyear, and Merida close behind him.
Doug Funnie looked around to see the area that he was standing in was abandoned, and that he was alone in the midst of the fighting.
"Well, there goes another event." Doug thought.
Doug then stood up, transformed into Quailman, and then ran off to join the fight.
The main hall was a mess from the start. The Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, and Toxika used their powers to take on bandits. Ken and Ryu were street fighting a couple of muggers. Jimmy, Timmy, SpongeBob, Danny, and Tak were fighting off thieves. All of the Disney Characters that had magic used their abilities on the attackers. Mario and Luigi used a Fire Flower power up to launch fireballs at the attackers, while Bowser breathed fire. And everyone else used their own abilities on the attackers.
Hook went in like a cannonball, clearing the way. He noticed Vanellope, who had gotten separated from the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, and Toxika, and was fighting off attackers by shooting blasts of pixels at them. He turned to Rancis, who was in his toxic sugar mutant form and had burned through a thief with one of his tentacles.
"Think fast, Rancis! We have to go save Vanellope!" Hook shouted.
Rancis nodded, and the two of them charged to where Vanellope was. An arrow came flying to her, but Vanellope shot a blast of pixels at it, and the arrow fell onto the ground. She then noticed Rancis.
"Rancis!" Vanellope cried, running to him.
Two bandits leaped in the way of Vanellope and attempted to kill her. However, before they could attack her, Professor Callaghan showed up, grabbed the bandits with the microbots, and threw them into a wall.
"Thank you, Callaghan!" Vanellope said.
Vanellope then made her way over to Rancis and Hook. On the other side of the main hall, Frollo, Jafar, Radcliffe, Lotso, and Charles Muntz charged to save Ralph, but they were slowed down by a squad of attackers.
"We have to reach Ralph before the heroes do, or we won't be called the heroes of the day!" Lotso said between ducking and dodging blades.
To only add to his point, it seemed that Mulan, Merida, and Elsa were gaining ground on them, the first with her sword, the second with her trusty bow, and the third with her ice powers.
"Why is it always personal gain with you?" Frollo asked. He then got an idea and ordered "Leap on the chairs!".
Frollo jumped up and stepped over chairs that had been set up for the party as quickly as he could, and Jafar, Radcliffe, and Lotso quickly followed him.
'Wait, what?" Muntz asked.
Muntz then realized that he was now alone, and he quickly leaped up and followed Frollo, Jafar, Radcliffe, and Lotso, ducking and dodging blade after blade with arrows in between.
"Oi! What are you five doin'?" Merida asked.
Radcliffe turned his head and looked at Mulan, Merida, and Elsa.
"What, you don't want us to help?" Radcliffe asked.
Mulan looked at Merida and Elsa.
"He has a point." Mulan replied.
Leaping off of the chairs, Frollo charged to Ralph's fallen side, taking on foe after foe with his sword.
"A little assistance here, Jafar!" Frollo shouted.
"I'm working on it!" Jafar snapped.
Conjuring a fireball in his hand, Jafar set forth a wave of flame, burning and casting down any attackers that were before them.
"We need proof that we made it first! People might think that we're trying to falsely credit ourselves with something that we actually did!" Radcliffe said.
Muntz gave him a curious glance.
"Like what?" Muntz asked.
"Quick! Before Mulan, Merida, and Elsa make it over here, take a selfie!" Lotso replied.
Muntz nodded, took out a camera, and did so. And thus, The Official Disney Villains Facebook Page would forever have a picture of Frollo, Jafar, Radcliffe, Lotso, and Muntz with Ralph's fallen body in the background as proof that they got there first. Jafar then used his magic to heal Ralph's injuries, and Ralph woke up and rejoined the fight.
Eventually, the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Toxika, the other game characters that had stayed to fight, the Disney Characters, and the Nickelodeon Characters had finished fending off all of the attackers, and they regrouped.
"Is that it?" Rudy Tabootie asked.
Vanellope nodded.
"I hope so." Vanellope replied.
Suddenly, the roof of the main hall collapsed. They all looked up to see what was happening and saw Licortwist descending down to the ground while on the licorice pieces. The whole room went silent, and eventually, the licorice pieces finished descending to the ground and Licortwist stepped off.
"Grr, you should know better then to hold a party and not invite me!" Licortwist said angrily.
Nobody spoke, but Jubileena prepared to generate a cherry bomb, just in case if another fight brewed up. Licortwist laughed and looked at everybody.
"Scared to speak?" Licortwist asked.
Finally, Citrusella spoke.
"You weren't invited, Licortwist. Why did you come?" Citrusella asked.
"I'll give you two guesses." Licortwist replied.
That was all Vanellope needed to know.
"You were the one that send in those bandits, muggers, and thieves." Vanellope said in realization.
Licortwist smirked.
"Yep, that was me. I figured that if I couldn't be invited to this party, then I might as well crash it. So I had the bandits, muggers, and thieves attack and try to kill all of you, but that didn't work out very well." Licortwist explained. He then turned around and said "This time, all of you were lucky. But I will return someday with a bigger plan. Enjoy the peacefulness while you can.".
Licortwist then ran forward before having the licorice pieces lift him high into the air and out where the ceiling used to be. After Licortwist was gone, Felix fixed everyone's injuries and then fixed everything that had gotten damaged. The people that had fled then returned to the main hall, and everyone resumed the party.
Four hours later, everyone got a notification from Litwak that it was time for the upgrade. The game characters that were from different games, the Disney Characters, and the Nickelodeon Characters said goodbye and then left for their homes. Once they were gone, the Sugar Rush racers, Cinndon, Candace, Creamy, Captain Kaiser, and the other Sugar Rush characters left for their homes. And as soon as they arrived at their destinations, they all collapsed as a bright white light enveloped the entire game.