In Ralph's apartment, later that day, he hid the toys he and Felix bought the kids in another room til the time was right to give them, and was now going through boxes of old belongings he saved. A knock at the door got his attention. Vanellope entered with a spare key, but she wasn't alone, she had Rancis with her.
"Vanellope, good to see you. See you brought one of the cavities with you" said Ralph
"Rancis doesn't know what he wants to do with his life now, so thought he could join us and maybe discover something new. What're you doing anyway?" Vanellope asked
"Oh, just going through memories and stuff" said Ralph
"Is that my old princess dress, you saved this thing?" Vanellope asked as she picked it up
"Yes, I don't know, thought maybe you'd find use for it somewhere around here, why I saved it" said Ralph
"It is a pretty dress, Vanellope" said Rancis
"Pretty, but lame. I hate this thing. It represents my lost childhood. Did it ever occur to anyone I have no memories of princess me before turbo took over? I've changed a lot" said Vanellope
"Fine, don't wear it. But it's a nice keepsake don't you think?" Ralph asked
"It is I guess, but I don't intend to wear this thing anytime soon" said Vanellope
"Whatever. So where are we going?" Ralph asked
"I don't know, anywhere I guess" said Vanellope
"Whole new world out there. Maybe I'll be better at something than racing" said Rancis
"Don't wanna be a racer anymore?" Ralph asked
"No, I don't wanna race again, I wasn't very good. This may come as a shock to you, wreck it, but most of my life I never came in first place. Wasn't until Vanellope came along and helped me that I finally won. She wasn't the only one bullied in sugar rush" said Rancis "Except I was bullied for different reasons"
"Guess that's something we all have in common, we were all outcasts" said Ralph
"But that time is over. But before we do anything, I want to go find those police officers who hurt me and Vanellope, give them a peace of my mind" said Rancis
Ralph placed the 2 kids on his shoulders.
"Ok, but not sure how this is gonna turn out" said Ralph
He took the kids to the game We Happy Few, which resembled a retro futuristic British town. All the citizens had smiles on their faces and wore white masks. Every single one of them was distracted watching tv screens hanging above the streets.
"Take it from Uncle Jack, never forget to take your joy, and I guarantee your day will go swimmingly" said a man on tv wearing a suit
"This place sure is creepy" said Rancis
"Don't forget you wanted to come here" said Ralph as he approached a distracted Bobby
"I take things back, I don't wanna do this" said Rancis
"Yeah Ralph, this place doesn't feel safe. And I'm saying that despite having lived in slaughter race" said Vanellope
"Ok, we'll leave" said Ralph
One of the townspeople got a look at Ralph, and noticed he wasn't joyful like they were.
"DOWNER!"
This got everyone's attention, including the bobbies.
"That doesn't sound good" said Ralph
"Are those, children?"
"Impossible, we sent them away, they never came back"
"The memories are coming back, where's my joy?"
A few bobbies and a joy doctor began menacingly approaching the 3. The joy doctor held up a syringe while the bobbies raised their batons.
"This won't hurt a bit" said the doctor
Ralph immediately bolted away from the doctor, not wanting to experience what Joy was like personally.
Not long later, the 3 found themselves in the campaign of EA's Star Wars battlefront 2, where Ralph watched Rancis and Vanellope fly x wing fighters over the desert world of Jakku. In the level, the dying galactic empire was waging a last ditch attempt to defeat the new republic, with massive ships on both sides fighting it out. Rancis and Vanellope were given brief tutorials on how to fly, basic for a game like the one they were in, but it was basic enough for everyone to enjoy the game. They were even told about special panic buttons in their cockpits that could get them out of the ship and to safety if they felt they were gonna die.
While Vanellope tried to see how fast her ship could go, Rancis actually tried taking down the tie fighters, and it felt exhilarating. He absolutely loved flying. However, eventually he got tailed by a tie interceptor who was too fast for him to fight.
"This is the end for you Iden. You, and your New republic"
"My names not iden" Rancis told the pilot, who clearly couldn't hear him
Rancis took a lot of fire, and was about to eject, when he saw Vanellope take out the fighter, saving his life.
"Thanks Vanellope, I owe you big time for this" said Rancis
"I'll keep that in mind" said Vanellope
Next the group went to a mobile game called Disney Magic kingdoms, a building game where one could build their own Disney theme park. Past the entrance was a big beautiful castle, there was also a white dome like building that looked futuristic, and a mountain that was rocky and an orange color. Also in sight was a building called The Hollywood Tower Hotel, with screams heard coming from it.
"This place reminds me of the Disney site" said Vanellope
"Looks like fun" said Rancis
"You can both enjoy it another day, this looks like a place we should take everyone else to" said Ralph
The group went to several more games like Angry Birds, Gran Turismo, Microsoft flight simulator, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, each one different than the last. Finally, the group decided to stop in Sonic Adventure DX, and had dinner at a burger restaurant in the games hub world, a city known as Station Square.
"Not bad, but nothing beats a good burger time burger, oh did I miss those" said Vanellope
"Soon you'll have one again" said Ralph
"Today has been exhilarating to say the least, but fun" said Rancis
Ralph felt a buzzing in his pocket, it was his buzzphone getting a call.
"I gotta take this, excuse me"
Ralph exited the restaurant to take the call, leaving Rancis and Vanellope alone.
"So, see anything that interests you?" Vanellope asked Rancis
"Saw some things, yes. Today was fun, thank you for having me" said Rancis
Rancis had never understood the appeal of game jumping til now. He had seen much more than he'd ever seen before, a galaxy at war, birds fighting pigs, beautiful cities, and now he was eating dinner in a game almost as old as sugar rush was, he was starting to see how much fun Vanellope could have. He also was starting to think it was cute how fast Vanellope was when she was trying to go fast.
But what was he thinking? They were only kids and there was nothing that could change that. No point wanting to start some kind of relationship, but he was glad to have her as a friend.
When Ralph came back inside, he ordered the 2 to finish up so they could go home, having arranged a breakfast early the next morning with Yesss, the head of Buzztube, who was also a friend of his and Vanellopes. Finish quickly they did, and off back home they went to tell the other racers the news.
(Early the next morning)
In the autobot city of New Iacon, the autobots were filling a large transport with energon cubes, the last in the game. Princess twilight from hasbro had set up the energon maker on the far end of the city, and was waiting to activate it. In the decepticon city of New Kaon, starscream watched the autobots load up the transport.
"There it is, the autobot transport about to cart away MY energon"
"Don't you mean OUR energon, Starscream?" A con asked him
"Oh, of course Onslaught, our energon. That idiot Shockwave allowed the autobots to steal every last drop. While lord Megatron is engaged in Hasbro on some kind of business, I have devised a plan to steal it back" said Starscream
"You mean WE?" Onslaught asked
"Very well, since you're so persistent, onslaught, you can explain the plan" said Starscream
Onslaught radioed all the cons in the city to explain the plan. Aerial forces and seekers would attack from the air while ground forces and combiners would try to slow the transport down, or better yet stop it. Boarding groups would then steal the energon from within.
"Remember, we have limited time and energon to pull this off, so let's make this count" said Onslaught
"Yes, make this count. If any cybertronians are to survive, it'll be us Decepticons. Everyone to positions and prepare for battle" said Starscream
