-==Chapter 19==-

Checkered Flag Chaos!

It was an early dawn in Sugar World, and Vanellope and Crumbelina are sleeping quietly and peacefully in Diet Cola Mountain. Vanellope was able to at least recover from the harassment Jackson, Norton and dAMagEd_gOodZ inflicted against her, but she knows the memories of being a glitch haunts her, but everyone has made sure to keep her safe and not become what she was previously infamous for. As the arcade opens and Arthur came first after coming home from school, he sat on Seat #1 and inserts his quarter and pulls out his Tobi-Save Card. Other kids who have registered for the World Championship also followed suit.

Announcer: "QUARTER ALERT! QUARTER ALERT! QUARTER ALERT!"

Vanellope and Crumbelina: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Vanellope and Crumbelina JUMPED off the bed, shocked from the loud sounding alarm, crashing their heads to the ceiling.

Vanellope: "OUCH! Oh dear SUGAR, Crumby we gotta go!"

Crumbelina: "VANNY Why did you install such a LOUD ALARM?!"

Vanellope and Crumbelina rushed into the Magic preparation room and ran wildly to the Fresh Mint Cruiser and the Tira Missile karts. In the Arcade, Arthur confirms to race with Vanellope, followed by other players choosing their respective racers. It's the Second Race Trials, and today, the top 6 winners will be invited to an advancing competition.

Vanellope: "Oh? (Jumps in excitement) Ha-HAAA!"

Mr. Dennis: "Alright it's time for the Second Race Trials. Racers, be sure to reach the finish line First, and the Top 6 fastest winners will be invited to a Surprise Competition!"

As the time goes by, the Top 36 fastest time winners have been revealed, and it turns ou Arthur is the 4th fastest. A few minutes later…

Mr. Dennis: "Alright everyone, with the Race Trials ended with our top 36 fastest time winners, the Top 6 are now invited to a Special Competition! Allow me to introduce everyone to the Top 6 Winners to fight for this Special Battle to the Limit! First we have new record holder Isaac Hughes with his speedy hot pink racer Taffyta Muttonfudge!"

Isaac waves to the crowd as he inserts his next quarter, taps his Tobi-Save card and confirms Taffyta to race with him.

Taffyta: "(Brushes her hair with one hand and pumps her other one up, carrying a LolliPop.)"

Mr. Hernandez: "Next we have now emerging second fastest, Molly McQueen with her Sophisticated Posh Tart girl Crumbelina Di-Caramello!"

Crumbelina: "(Twirls, bows, and pumps her right fist up, smiling)"

Mr. Dennis: "Hold your seatbelts tight because our Third fastest winner of this week, you know her, Nafisa Ferguson will Blow the competition with the Cheery-Cherry-Bombasti-Girl Jubileena Bing-Bing!"

Nafisa: "(Does a twirl jump and bows elegantly) Oh yeah!"

Jubileena: "(Jumps and points both fore-fingers up) Ha!"

Mr. Bernard: "Watch out everyone, because we got a Newcomer, the name's Arthur, having gone through a rough time but found paradise in Sugar Rush, he'll be rolling with, The one, AND ONLY, PRINCESS VANELLOPE VON SCHWEETZ! (Unaware that the Litwak's Vanellope was NOT a Princess but just backed out from the Presidential campaign)"

Arthur waves his hands to the crowd, well, nervously.

Vanellope: "Oh? (Jumps in excitement) Ha-HAAA!"

Mr. Dennis: "Uh-Oh, looks like the competition is going to be Really Frozen, Chill away for Nancy Watterson because she's looking forward to win with Adorabeezle Winterpop!"

Nancy pumps her right fist up, high spirits the people say for a young girl her age.

Adorabeezle: "(Makes a Roundhouse Kick and points her right hand's forefinger up)"

Mr. Bernard: "And last but not least is a Young boy from Taipei, he's a Sugar Rush Prodigy and he has moved here for Overseas Studies, but today he'll be competing with Torvald Batterbutter! Declare your Warm welcomes to Tengfei Jiao-Long!"

A Taiwanese boy is seen amongst the racers. He's a nerdy bookworm type of student who's a little bit younger than Nancy took his seat on Seat #6 and picks Torvald as his racer. This is Tengfei.

Torvald: "(Picks up a confetti launcher, pops it and sprinkles pop out of the launcher) Let's Go!"

Stan Litwak: "This is going to be one interesting race, don't you think, guys?"

The rest of the employees agreed.

To recap, Sugar Rush Superspeedway has 20 tracks:

There are the first 5 easy tracks mostly catered to beginners and/or speed based players: Sugar Speed Ring, Sweet Ride Circuit, Cakeway Town, Chocolate Coast and Diet Cola Mountain.

The 6th-10th normal tracks after the easy ones are for players who have basic experience: Candy Cane Forest, Caramel Abyss, Nougat Underground, Ice Cream Boulevard and Pumpkin Trench.

After the 10 relatively easy tracks came the 11th-15th hard tracks for advanced challenges: Frosty Heights, Soft Swerve Canyon, Lemonade Beach, Cereal Caves and Snow Cone District.

And finally, the last 5 Extreme tracks only for the Top Link Elite racers: Lollipop Battlefield, Sugar Dragon's Temple, Sugar City Highway, Cotton Candy Babylon and Royal Raceway.

Molly: "Well Arthur, this is going to be a Blast! It's your first taste of Intense Prize Chasing battle!"

Arthur: "Of course! This is gonna be great, i won't go easy on you Molly, not even on y'all others!"

Mr. Bernard: "And for today's Special occasion, We are giving out a Big Prize for the winner, a Super Mega Large Mammoth Sized Checkered Flag Tomato-Sauce'n Cheese Pizza, Courtesy of the Newly opened Starlight Pizza Palace restaurant Next to the arcade!"

The players saw what the prize is, and were so excited, ESPECIALLY Nancy, a Mega-Sized Pizza that has a pattern of a Red and Yellow Checkered Flag, the red being represented by Pepperoni and Tomato sauce, while the white is represented by the cheese. And as the players have confirmed their respective racers, the track they chose is Sugar Dragon's Temple, and they chose Casual Mode for the race. Waiting for the loading screen, the chosen racers' karts are set at the Starting/Finish Line of Sugar Dragon's Temple.

The Starting/Finish Line and the main straight are decorated with the grandstands and lots of ancient Japanese Red'n Black temple buildings. Taffyta, Crumbelina, Jubileena, Vanellope, Adorabeezle and Torvald are now at the Starting/Finish Line. In front of the 6 player assigned racers are Rancis, Snowanna, Gloyd and Swizzle.

Torvald: "First time racing here, eh, Van?"

Vanellope: "Y, yeah, I neverraced here before."

Taffyta: "If you believe Candlehead, she went on this track like 13 times."

Swizzle: "Man and I wish Sticky was here."

Torvald: "Ugh, typical Swizzle, always thinking about big sister Sticky."

Snowanna: "Tell me about it! At least Minty is fine with her sister being with Swizzle most of the time."

Rancis: "Come on, Swizz, You and Sticky had been dating here quite a lot ever since the game was plugged in, you guys gotta cool it down."

Arthur: "I've never been here before."

Molly: "Well, I've been here about 6 times at best."

Nancy: "Are you guys excited to win the Pizza, because you know I AM!"

Arthur: "Oh, just you wait, Nancy, I'll win that Pizza for sure!"

Arthur was unfamiliar with the place. When he first heard of Sugar Rush, he thought it's just going to be just another Candyland with Overglorified Speed Racing and that's it. But ever since he raced at Sugar City Highway, overtime he begins to have weird doubts over Sugar Rush as a whole. But he was startled as the Countdown is about to begin.

Mr. Bernard: "Alright, it's time for the race to begin, all players are now comfortably seated, the map has been showcased to all of you the crowd, you can see the cinematic screen on top of the racing cabinets and this will be the greatest race for the Checkered Flag Ultra Pizza! Sugar Rush Anouncer, you may start the countdown!"

Announcer: "Are you ready? 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! START!"

The 6 players then start accelerating as the race begins. As usual, the track begins with a long straight, still decorated with towering temples, and also an underpass section where the track is underneath the railway where the Sugar Rush Fas-Trains run on. The track goes to the first long left turn after the straight. The track ascends to a bridge over the railway where Arthur and Vanellope took the lead and drifted left as 2 trains flew by. Nancy and Adorabeezle are hanging at 6th place, waiting for an opportunity.

As the track went to a short ascending straight, entering a giant temple with a Chinese Dragon statue, Isaac and Taffyta are behind Arthur and Vanellope in 2nd place.

Arthur: "Looks like you're aiming for that Pizza."

Isaac: "Well, you got a problem with that?"

Arthur: "Oh, well that one's surely going to be mine!"

Mr. Dennis: "Arthur and Isaac are in the lead, battling for first place, but behind them are Molly and Nafisa. And what's this, Arthur and Isaac got themselves Power-Ups!"

Arthur and Isaac got Sugar Cubes, and without further ado, Vanellope and Taffyta sped away from the pack. Meanwhile, Molly and Nafisa are still battling for 3rd place. Nafisa got an Ice Cream cannon, and waiting for the right time, as Molly and Crumbelina sped away leaving Nafisa and Jubileena…

Jubileena: "Hey Crumbelina, EAT THIS!"

Nafisa and Jubileena shot the ice cream and…

Crumbelina: "OUCH!"

Nafisa: "Comin' through!"

Nafisa is now in 3rd place behind Arthur and Isaac. Meanwhile, Molly resets and she and Crumbelina are now behind Nancy and Adorabeezle who are now catching up to Arthur, Isaac and Nafisa as the track exits the temple and into a Right descending Helix into the tunnels of Candy Cane Caves.

Mr. Bernard: "So far, Nancy is in 4th place but no other racer is making any big move."

Nancy: "Come on, out of my way!"

After the helix, the track goes to a gentle right turn and on the sight of the track is a diet soda lake like in Diet Cola Mountain despite the place not being a Volcano. Drifting along the curve, Molly keeps blocking Tengfei, preventing Torvald from overtaking Crumbelina.

Molly: "You're gonna have to try harder if you wanna pass me."

Tengfei said nothing as he kept focusing on her and the track. Meanwhile at the front of the pack, Isaac and Taffyta just overtook Arthur and Vanellope while picking up a Power-Up which is a Candy Wrapper shield, although not as strong as M. Zaki/Emma's Candy Wrapper Shield. However, as all the racers are approaching a descending straight, after the last 4 racers exited the soda lake, that soda lake somehow EXPLODED!

Mr. Bernard: "Was that what I think it is?"

Mr. Dennis: "Hold on tight because there's a FLOODING DIE COLA BEHIND THE RACERS!"

Arthur: "HEEEERRRGH?!"

Isaac: "WHHAAAAAATT?!"

The racers are now being chased by a Diet Cola wave behind them, but then one of them went into a smaller tunnel, leaving only 9 racers on the main track! Meanwhile, Molly's racer's superpower bar is full, and so were Arthur's, Nancy's, Nafisa's and Isaac's!

Announcer: "LINEARITY MISSILE!"

Molly activates Crumbelina's Linearity Missile Skill, catching up to Arthur, Nafisa and Isaac!

Jubileena and Taffyta: "Uh-oh!"

Arthur: "Molly, I'm not letting you win that pizza! (Activates Vanellope's Sugar Nitro Skill)"

Vanellope: "(Glows in Light Blue and picking up speed) WHOOOAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Isaac: "Hey, get back here! (Activates Taffyta's Taffy Slingshot!)"

Taffyta gets shot forward, now matching the speed with Vanellope and Crumbelina while Jubileena and Adorabeezle are now battling for 4th place with Rancis, Swizzle, Gloyd and Snowanna right behind them and the wave closing in on them, but that leaves one question, and that's where Tengfei and Torvald are.

Nancy: "And where do you think YOU'RE going? (Referring to Rancis, Gloyd, Swizzle and Snowanna, and then activates Adorabeezle's skill.)"

Announcer: "FREEZE FORCE FIELD!"

Rancis, Gloyd, Swizzleand Snowanna: "Aaaagg…. (Frozen)"

Mr. Hernandez: "Nancy just froze the four opponent racers and OH NO; they are CAUGHT in the wave!"

Mr. Bernard: "And our finalists are coming out of the tunnel fast! Sucks to be Rancis, Gloyd, Swizzle and Snowanna for this race huh?"

Arthur, Isaac, Molly, Nafisa and Nancy then exit the cave with the wave crashing forward wile the 5 players and their racers drifted through a Right slalom and drove over a bridge with another Diet Cola lake only under the bridge, but then, as they left the bridge into a Left Helix…

Torvald: "OUT OF MY WAY!"

Tengfei and Torvald drove out from nowhere and overtook Molly, Crumbelina, Nafisa, Jubileena, Nancy and Adorabeezle!

Molly: "NO WAY, where'd he come from?!"

Mr. Hernandez: "Bernard and Dennis did you see? Tengfei seemed to have overtaken most of the pack and he is now going against Arthur and Isaac for first place! Today's race sure is interesting!"

Mr. Bernard: "Maybe I spoke too soon, and it's a Surprise because Tengfei is younger than Nancy and he's not even sweating or even nervous! Something tells me he's bringing in the Big Thrills!"

Tengfei smirked, and Arthur was now getting nervous as he is behind Isaac and Taffyta, while in front of Tengfei and Torvald. After the curve where an unknown track merges, the track leads to another temple with the Sugar Dragon statue, where Torvald picked up a Candy Wrapper Shield, and speaking of the shield, Isaac and Taffyta still kept theirs. Inside this second temple are bleachers where people are watching the race. And because all the other games are closed for the event, the other characters from the other games are also watching the race. Ralph, Felix and the Nicelanders are at the temple.

Ralph: "Racing for a Pizza huh?"

Felix: "Oh yes they do, Ralph."

Mary: "Still, that Mammoth Checkered Flag Pizza sure is tasty for the winner."

Deanna: "I think we should replicate that for tonight, don't we, Mary and Lucy?"

Lucy: "Deanna, you wouldn't…"

Deanna: "Oh yes I would!"

Meg: "Well, what do you think, ladies?"

Nel: "Great idea, Deanna, let's do that tonight!"

Gene: "Really? Making a giant Pizza for those little brats? How come we didn't get to eat them?"

Norwood: "Come on now, Mr. Mayor, we'll get ours too."

Other Nicelanders: "(Nonsensical arguing)"

Exiting the temple has the track turn right, where Arthur overtook his opponents to First Place. Arthur and Vanellope got themselves a power-up and it's Sprinkle Spikes, not as big as Torvald's though, but Tengfei doesn't seem to use Torvald's skill and uses his driving wits just to stay in the front lines. The track leads back to the main straight, where Isaac, Taffyta, Nancy and Adorabeezle drove next to Arthur and Vanellope. Advancing to Lap Two has Nancy and Arthur at each other.

Isaac: "Whoa, these two kids have this in the bag, but I won't lose to them!"

Mr. Dennis: "Arthur, Isaac and Nancy are in the front lines battling for first place, and they're not even breaking a single sweat!"

Mr. Bernard: "And as they traverse through the track, the other racers are still having a tough time against one another!"

In the long left turn to the ascending straight leading to the first temple, Nafisa and Jubileena butt in to the lead, and then they pull off something tricky.

Nafisa: "Hey you!"

This caught Arthur, Isaac and Nancy off guard when Nafisa suddenly activates Jubileena's fully charged skill.

Jubileena: "EAT CHERRY BOMBS, BRATS!"

Five Twin Cherry Bombs are thrown at the three racers, blowing them out, allowing Jubileena to pass them, followed by Molly and Crumbelina behind Nafisa and Jubileena. As Arthur, Vanellope, Isaac, Taffyta, Nancy and Adorabeezle reset, they are already behind the two, but Tengfei and Torvald came in closing on them from behind. Entering the cave again, with the same explosion, Arthur and Nancy observed if there IS a shortcut like what Tengfei took, and by a near-miss margin, they found it, and they took the tunnel with Tengfei following them.

Exiting the tunnels, Arthur, Vanellope, Nancy, Adorabeezle, Tengfei and Torvald are now directly behind Nafisa, Jubileena, Molly and Crumbelina. So far to Lap 3, no highlight as all the players kept their positions intact, didn't pick up any Power-Ups, and did not even use any Superpower. However, Nafisa and Jubileena only took notice to Nancy and Adorabeezle as the pack drove along the main straight to the long left turn. Nafisa thought Nancy is going to have Adorabeezle crash into Jubileena, or so she thought.

Nafisa: "*Sigh* It's the last lap, no much track left, I cannot risk any crashes or Power-Up intervention otherwise I won't be able to recover."

Nafisa and Jubileena swerved away from Nancy and Adorabeezle, unknowingly letting the latter two pass them, also with Arthur and Vanellope following the two.

Nancy: "Oh? Hahaha! See y'all at the Finish line, I'll be thinking of you when I'm eating that Mammoth Pizza in the Winner's Circle!"

Mr. Bernard: "What a display of speed, don't you think? Nancy just overtook Nafisa who somehow made way for the former, but this also means Arthur and Nancy are now Head to Head! Meanwhile the other racers are still battling for Third Place to attempt to overtake the two! However, we are ALREADY in the Final Lap of this competition, and with more parts of the track, we still have no clear idea of who's going to take home the DELICIOUS PRIZE!"

Arthur: "Alright, here goes nothing…."

However, upon entering the cave, Arthur and Vanellope accelerated and swerved onto the inside, overtaking Nancy and Adorabeezle.

Mr. Dennis: "But what's this?! Arthur just overtook Nancy through the inside without even slowing down! He's learned a lot over several weeks, and no sign of stopping, because he really wants to win, and when you put your mind into the goal, kids, you will triumph in the end like these amazing winners, but it also seems that the others are holding back while battling each other!"

Arthur and Nancy then reached the descending cola chase section.

Nancy: "This is my shot to take back the lead, YEAH, I'M WINNING THIS!"

Mr. Hernandez: "Now to the straight stretches and Speed is the key in these parts of race tracks, but with curves and other track elements, speed doesn't guarantee an automatic win, and as displayed by Arthur and Nancy's racers, Vanellope and Adorabeezle, the faster the racer is, the tougher they are to control, but because Vanellope is beginner friendly she's the easiest of the Speed Type, and it's clear why as Arthur manages to get to the shortcut without sweat, and look at this, Nancy also follows suit!"

Arthur and Nancy went into the shortcut again, and this time, Isaac and his racer Taffyta also follows suit, but so did Molly, Crumbelina, Nafisa, Jubileena, Tengfei and Torvald!

Vanellope: "You're not gonna pass me, Adora!"

Adorabeezle: "Don't underestimate me yet, Van!"

Taffyta: "Oh yeah, I'm gonna be on top today, not any of you!"

Jubileena: "Classic Taffyta, really classic!"

As all the racers exit the shortcut and jumped into the track that leads to the second temple however, Arthur swerves left and right to block Nancy who tries to overtake him.

Mr. Bernard: "Watch out everyone, Arthur is blocking Nancy in an attempt to hold his pole position, but it's starting to lose the effect!"

Nancy then went into the outside and finally overtook Arthur!

Mr. Dennis: "She's done it, Nancy is now in the lead and the track is about to conclude, just the right turn to the main straight! And this could be it, everyone!"

Nancy: "Hahahaha! See, I told you I'm gonna win this race!"

Nafisa: "NOOO! Anyone but HER!"

Arthur: "Man I shouldn't have focused too much on her."

Isaac: "This is my chance to overtake Arthur now!"

Isaac and Taffyta overtook Arthur and Vanellope now in 2nd place, and the others are still holding their positions, and surprisingly, Tengfei and Torvald are in 6th place, and with Rancis, Gloyd, Swizzle and Snowanna far behind, there's no way for them to catch up to Tngfei now.

Mr. Bernard: "It's the final right turn, and all the racers are stuck in their current positions, however Isaac managed to get into second place, Nafisa and Molly are in 4th and 5th place, and Tengfei is somehow behind all five in 6th place, but you will never know that in a race and with plenty of length before the finish line, strange things can and will happen!"

Nancy: "Hahaha, Just a little more distance to the finish line, Adorabeezle, and that Giant Mammoth Pizza is as good as OURS!"

Now it's the final stretch to the finish line, and Nancy, Isaac and Arthur are in the front, about to finish the race, and just as Arthur, Isaac, Nafisa and Molly are catching up to Nancy and are closing in on her, she ACTIVATES Adorabeezle's Skill, Freeze Force Field!

Announcer: "FREEZE FORCE FIELD!"

With that, Vanellope, Taffyta, Jubileena and Crumbelina are frozen and slowing down!

Mr. Dennis: "Nancy just pulled off Adorabeezle's freezing superpower, and it's already clear that Nancy will win this race, but OH NO, Tengfei is doing something drastic!"

And Mr. Dennis is right, as Tengfei starts to sverve and drift like crazy, and for some reason, Torvald is getting faster and faster, and to EVERYONE's surprise…

Tengfei: "FLASH DRAGON!"

Tengfei had PULLED a Driver Specific Technique, Flash Dragon, where he steers Torvald drifting sideways, picking up speed, overtaking Arthur, Vanellope, Isaac, Taffyta, Nafisa, Jubileena, Molly and Crumbelina, and now approaching Nancy and Adorabeezle!

Arthur, Isaac, Molly and Nafisa: "NO WAY WHERE DID HE COME FROM!"

Tengfei only smirked!

Nancy: "What?!"

Torvald: "Hey Freeze Girl, this win is mine!"

Adorabeezle: "NO YOU WON'T!"

Arthur, Vanellope, Isaac, Taffyta, Nafisa, Jubileena, Molly and Crumbelina just got recovered and had to catch up to Nancy and Tengfei if they want to win! And thus, Arthur activates Vanellope's Sugar Nitro, Isaac activates Taffyta's Taffy Slingshot and Molly activates Crumbelina's Linearity-Missile, leaving Nafisa and Jubileena behind because she doesn't have a Sugar Boost Cube Power-Up in her disposal!

Announcer: "LINEARITY MISSILE! TAFFY SLINGSHOT! SUGAR NITRO!"

Vanellope: "(Glows in Light Blue and picking up speed) WHOOOAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Mr. Bernard: "Oh no, looks like Five out of six players are going insane, and Tengfei is still doing his insane driving technique closing the gap of him and Nancy and this will not end well!"

Nancy: "Oh no, what's up with this kid? He's driving like crazy and I gotta do something!"

Tengfei is approaching Nancy but he also notices the three speeding racers behind him, and then he did something that causes Torvald to spin around while she's still going forward! Then a whirlwind is formed surrounding Torvald!

Arthur, Isaac and Molly: "WHAT THE HELL KIND OF MADNESS IS THAT?!"

Tengfei: "DRAGON HURRICANE!"

Arthur, Isaac, Molly and Nancy: "ARGH NO!"

Tengfei pulled out an Awesme whirlwind called the Dragon Hurricane, prompting Nancy and Adorabeezle to try and avoid the former two and not getting sucked into the whirlwind, but also causes Arthur, Vanellope, Isaac, Taffyta, Molly and Crumbelina to back out!

Crumbelina: "WHAT THE, Torvald how did you?!"

Torvald: "Sorry Crumbs, but Tengfei and I are gonna win!"

Mr. Hernandez: "And with that crazy stunt Tengfei is now in first place!"

And without sweat, Tengfei regained control with Torvald and is just yards away to the finish line!

Tengfei: "Hahahahaha!"

And with no shadow of a doubt, Torvald crossed the finish line FIRST, fllowed by Adorabeezle in Second and Taffyta in Third with Vanellope in 4th, Crumbelina in 5th and Jubileena in 6th!

Mr. Bernard: "AND TENGFEI WON THE CHECKERED FLAG MAMMOTH PIZZA RACE, AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A RECKLESS MOVE YET HE PULLED IT OFF WITHOUT A SWEAT!"

Everyone cheered for Tengfei's victory, and of course, the Sugar Rush racers praise and congratulate Torvald's victory.

Vanellope: "Congrats, Torvald!"

Taffyta: "Way to go! You really ROCK!"

Adorabeezle: "Couldn't have said it myself!"

Torvald: "Aww, Thanks!"

And because Arthur, Molly, Nafisa, Isaac and Nancy lost, they had to quit the race, and with that, they chose No in the continue screen, saving their Data, thus rendering Tengfei the only person playing the game, and as he picked Time Attack at Sugar Speed Ring, the crowd cheer for him, and with no surprise, he got 1st on Sugar Speed Ring's time record. After Tengfei finishes his game and quits to save his data, it's time for the ceremony.

Stan Litwak: "And with that, here's Mr. Tobias Wisconsin or Toby to present our champion his trophy!"

A man named Mr. Tobias "Toby" Wisconsin approaches Tengfei in the winner's circle, surrounded by cheering fans inside the arcade, handing Tengfei the trophy. Arthur and Nancy were awestruck by Tengfei's amazing exploit at the last second. Tengfei happily waves to everyone, while Isaac, Molly and Nafisa walked away sulking and even Jackson and Norton were baffled, and cross, that they didn't get to the finals and just got humiliated by a young boy from Taiwan they didn't know.

Stan Litwak: "And Tengfei, don't forget to collect your prize Pizza after the ceremony, and as for everyone else, all the other games are back open."

At Sugar World…

Arle: "Guys, quick, get back to al your games!"

Amitie: "The Arcade's Re-Open after this race!"

Felix: "Come on, people, Move it!"

Ralph: "These kids better get better am I right guys?"

Back at the arcade…

Isaac: "Well, I'll be playing Puyo Puyo over there, since lots of kids rushed into Sugar Rush."

Molly: "Yeah, me too, because honestly you and I have unfinished business."

Nafisa: "You seriously gonna leave me like that, no way! I'm gonna humiliate you both!"

Isaac: "Oh really? Are you that good at Puyo Puyo?"

Swati: "She is, and I'm backing her in this one!"

Molly: "Swati, since when did you…"

Swati: "I was amongst the crowd, don't you remember?"

Arthur and Nancy are left alone, and Tengfei approaches them.

Tengfei: "That was an awesome race, you two!"

Arthur: "You can say that again, uh…"

Tengfei: "Tengfei Jiaolong, that's my name, and I wanna win the Sugar Rush World Championship."

Nancy: "Same goes for me too. You must be lucky to have that Mammoth Pizza…"

Tengfei: "I also won a Year worth of Coupons for Free Pizzas as a result of the win. But, seeing you guys managed to put up a fight, I oughta share some to you."

Arthur: "Wait, are you sure?"

Tengfei: "The prize Pizza is an Extra Large pizza with 12 slices, so we can have 4 slices each."

Nancy: "Sure, that's a good idea. And I'm hungry anyway."

Arthur, Nancy and Tengfei went to the food court to eat the pizza. However, they have no idea that Jackson and Norton are eyeing on them. And if you look closely to their eyes, it means one thing. Jackson and Norton are on to Tengfei. Knowing that lately, Slaughter Race players are going hard on them in battle, Tengfei is now considered their next battle target, and it also means Tengfei's unusual skill poses… as a THREAT.

To be continued...

Author's Note: Sorry i've been out for too long, but here's chapter 19. After Vanellope resigned, the second Race Trials takes place, and there comes the Special Competition where the players race for a Pizza. Thanks to an old friend who i unfortunately cut ties with due to moving on from old habits but that's not important, i'll try having more players from different countries. Nancy was originally going to be a minor supporting character, but now i'm having other ideas where she'll also be part of the major cast. She and Tengfei will form a friendship from racing each other (Adorabeezle and Torvald as their racers respectively).

And since the story focuses more on the patrons, this story is, and will always be focusing on them more than the official characters. The official characters will have their spotlight but it's secondary, as their story is a B-Plot to the real thing. And also, Jackson and Norton are NOT going to back down from players who demonstrate superior skills which are PATRON INITIATED. As the last part stated, anyone who can demonstrate PLAYER INITIATED skills that NONE of the Sugar Rush racers (The characters) can perform on their own, is CONSIDERED a THREAT, and that's how i see it, but can also be used as a potential TOOL to victory.