Calhoun listened to both Thomas and Oner before she spoke herself. "Unfortunately the eggs of a Cy-Bug are protected with some kind of 'anti-virus program' if you can call it that way. Those things can't be destroyed before they hatch." she looked at Oner. "So your plan won't work." Calhoun then looked a Thomas. "But your idea would be the smartest right now. Split up, so that we can progress faster. This isn't one of those survival horror games, so it should be okay." she said. Calhoun recalled the question of Thomas concerning the Cy-Bugs. "The explosions could be caused by them. Cy-Bugs obtain the power of anything that they devour. So they might have devoured a machine gun, bomb thrower... although that would be unlikely in this game." she paused. "Since we are splitting up it may be useful to keep in touch." She threw an advanced communication radio into Thomas' hands. "Why don't you guys first try to find that Ralph guy Felix was talking about. Then ....Oner and I will go to check out that place." she said. "Thank you sergeant." Felix said. "Call me Calhoun." she answered with a wink. "Let's go Oner." she said and headed off. ---- While Gula was trying to taunt Belle to get out of her hiding spot, she didn't lose attention on things that were going on around her. It was very very quiet in these cake canyons, so Gula could hear some noises far in the background. She didn't pay too much attention to it, but kept her ears alert. When she heard someone land on the ground, although it just could be a feather, she quickly turned around, only to see a young boy speeding at her with his Keyblade pointed forwards. Gula quickly held her bubblegum gloves together to block the attack. She quickly jumped back while throwing two of her mint bombs on the ground. She recognized the boy as Ascot, one of the beans trying to stop the plan of the Six Senses. Ascot immediately cast Holy, a devastating spell. Luckily for Gula the build up to the spell took some second longer than other spells, so she quickly summoned one of her bubblegums away and made shield of salt, hard as metal like her blade, in front of her, covering most of her body. Of course her shield would deflect the following attacks of Ascot too. What she didn't expect was that she suddenly got blindfolded by... a living blindfold. "You little pepper!" she shouted out. Belle heard the explosions, and the attacks of someone else. She recognized it was light magic, so it had to be Ascot. Belle quickly jumped on top of one of the pies. Her leg stung when she landed. The cut of the metal blade earlier began to hurt. Luckily she had, like everyone else, enchanted durability, and maybe even better than the others, so this cut was nothing. She readied her keyblade, of which she still couldn't believe she had and jumped into battle. Belle landed not too far from Gula's back and used her Thunder Dash and went pass Gula. Metal directed lightning so it would be effective. After that she joined Ascot's side. "Hey friend. Check this out! I also have a keyblade!" Belle said cheerful. "Shut up you barnacles! I'll crack you two open like nuts!" she said as she had switched to her metal salt shield and blade. ---- Some time had passed after Ralph, Vanellope, Jake and Amaya had entered the diet cola volcano. Vanellope had made much progress in training for the race, she had gotten a lot better. But it was getting hot inside of the volcano. "I'm gonna go out for some time. You can join me if you want Jake." Ralph said to his fellow male. He headed out whether Jake went with him or not. Outside he waited if Jake joined him, when he suddenly heard someone honking who appeared to be King Candy. "Hey Ralph! There you are!" Ralph immediately got angry and smacked his fists together. "I mean you no harm. I just want to tell you something." he said. Ralph ignored King Candy and walked towards him to get him. King Candy tried to flee and suddenly put on some glasses. "You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, right?" he said. Ralph grabbed the glasses and smacked King Candy on his head with it. Candy chuckled because of the irony, but got grabbed by his collar by Ralph afterwards. "What do you want!" Ralph shouted. "Nothing you say interests me!" "Not even this?" Candy revealed the medallion of Ralph that Vanellope previously used to enter the race. Ralph released King Candy to his surprise. Candy smiled. "You see, I have something that interests you. Here take it. It's yours after all." Ralph admired the medal. "But you need to hear me out. Do you know what the hardest thing about being a king is? Doing the right thing." "What do you mean by that?" "It's hard for me. But Vanellope can't race." Ralph thought it was bullshit, but King Candy quickly continued. "She cannot race. She is a glitch, if she wins she'll be added to the race roster. The people who are playing it will see that she is a glitchy character, and if reported to the big guy, they will pull the plug out of the game. And that isn't the worst part. Because everyone can safely evacuate, except for Vanellope because she is a glitch. So please Ralph do not let Vanellope race, do it for her." King Candy pleaded. "Maybe the players will like her." Ralph said. "But what if they don't..." King Candy asked, causing Ralph to go silent and sit back. "Vanellope can't race, but she won't listen to me. Can you please talk some sense into her. That way she at least will survive." he said before stepping into his kart and driving away. Ralph sighed and looked at Jake. "What should I do?" ---- Meanwhile inside of the of the mountain Vanellope was alone with Amaya. "So you're a girl... that means you must have some more experience than me. So... do you have a boyfriend? Is it fun adventuring together? Do you worry about him alot?" the girl asked, maybe being a bit cheeky, but she meant it good.