Author's Note: Here's the sequel to Before the Game! This takes place after the events in the movie, so therefore contains spoilers. Not much of it will make sense if you didn't read the first story, but those are really the only warnings I have. Thank you for reading!

Video game characters were not supposed to feel a lot of pain. Of course, they weren't supposed to fly into a volcano of boiling diet cola, either. Therefore, Teddy was in far more pain then he knew was possible. Everything ached and burned, even though he figured that it had been at least a few days since the incident. He could barely even recall what happened, save the various flashbacks that came with every glitch, which were fairly frequent. The instant he thought about it, his body dissolved into a wave of pixels yet again, and he screamed as a memory came rushing back to him.

Turning a curve, he felt like the world was at his fingertips. The glitch was locked up and her kart was destroyed, Ralph had left, and he was so far ahead of the rest of the racers that he could relax a bit. Suddenly, he heard a familiar sound coming from behind him; the sound of a go-kart engine. That must be Taffyta. He thought. She had always been the one to give him a bit of a challenge. He turned to get a glimpse of his competitor, and was shocked to find that it was definitely not Taffyta. In fact, it almost looked like… no, it couldn't be. She was in the fungeon! He took off his goggles; sure they were distorting his vision.

"What?" he wondered out loud as the glitch zoomed in front of him. He didn't know how it was possible, but he knew one thing: she could not be allowed to cross the finish line! He saw a drop off with a sign labeled "Danger: Road Closed." But, being the king, he knew all about the little secrets hidden in the game, and this was one of them. He crashed through the sign and dropped down onto yet another path. He drove through a small cave onto a road that was almost completely concealed in darkness. And of course, that was when the glitch started to approach. He floored the gas and flew off the ledge, hitting Vanellope's kart at just the right angle to spin it around, planting the front wheels helplessly on the front of his kart.

"Get off of my track!" He shouted.

"Hey! What are you, crazy?"

"I forbid you…" He pulled a cane out of its holder in the kart and put it onto the gas pedal to keep it going. "To cross…" He climbed closer to the glitch's kart. "That finish line!" Grabbing the horn off of his hood, he started hitting Vanellope's windshield, cracking it.

"Hey! Knock it off!" she shouted, but he continued until the candy windshield was completely shattered. Now he could aim for his real target. He didn't want to kill Vanellope or anything, but a good bonk on the noggin would've rendered her unconscious for at least the rest of the race. But as he lowered the rod down, she grabbed it with her pudgy little fingers and tried to pull it away.

"No!" He groaned.

"Stop it!"

"Let it go!" He shouted, not noticing the familiar feeling of a glitch running through his body. "I'm not letting you undo all my hard work!" he continued to try to pull it away, but the little kid was surprisingly strong. Eventually, he realized that she was giving him a strange look. He looked down to see a wave of red binary flashing away his regal outfit, revealing a far more… familiar, retro-looking jumpsuit. He screamed and his eyes widened as his fears were confirmed; he no longer looked like a cheery, old king. His secret had been revealed. I should have known this would happen! He thought. Even after all this time, foreign anomalies still cause me to start glitching! His appearance continued to flicker back and forth between Turbo and King Candy.

"What the…? Who are you?" Vanellope asked fearfully. Realizing that there was no hiding the truth now, he figured that he might as well tell the little pest.

"I'm Turbo! The greatest racer ever! And I did not reprogram this world to let you and that halitosis riddled warthog TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME!" He sat back down and slammed on the gas, flipping Vanellope's kart on its side, and headed straight for a fork in the road. "Turbo-Tastic!" he shouted with a chuckle. "End of the line, GLITCH!"

Teddy gasped as he came back to the present.

"I'm a monster." He whispered to himself; he still wasn't well enough to full-on talk. His eyes blinked open, and he took in his surroundings. He was in what looked like a track, but he hadn't seen it before. After a bit of thinking, he realized that he was inside the volcano. He shrieked as the memory of the burning hot cola flashed through his mind. Even thinking about it was painful. I deserve it. He thought. I got two games unplugged, took over another one, and put that poor little girl through everything that Jack put me through. I am a horrible person. Wait a second… I knew all of this a few days ago, and I didn't care. Does this mean…

"I'm…back?" he wondered aloud. Utilizing all of his energy, he pushed himself into a sitting position. He looked down at his hands to find that they were no longer purely white, but a normal skin tone. He was still in the same red and white jumpsuit and sneakers, and thankfully, he was no longer a Cy-Bug, though he had figured that out already based on the fact that he actually had full control over his own mind. "I-I'm back! I'm actually back!" Then, the reality of the situation hit him and his excited tone of voice turned to a much more fearful one. "Oh my gosh, I'm back! What am I supposed to say? There's no way I can just go out there and be like: oh, hey there everybody. I know I'm the most hated person in the arcade and everyone thinks that I'm dead, but let's all catch up!" Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice coming from the entrance.

"Alright, Hammertime. If we're gonna find your sister, we need to look everywhere!" Vanellope. Teddy's eyes widened. I can't let her see me!

"Are you sure this is going to work, Vanny?" another voice asked. Felix? What's he doing here?

"Of course! We'll find Felicity eventually! We just gotta keep lookin'!" Wait, Felicity's missing? From where he was sitting, Teddy could see that Felix was looking sadly at the pool of cola. "What's wrong, Felix?"

"Nothing, little missy. It's just that this is where…you know…" He didn't need to say anything more.

"Oh. Right. But ya know, Teddy was beyond redemption when it happened! Even if he hadn't gotten burned up, he would have just kept being evil!" Wait, how does she know that my name is Teddy? She only knows me as Turbo!

"I know, but he was still my best friend. In a weird way, I actually miss him."

"Wait a second… What's that?" Vanellope asked. Teddy gulped. She had spotted him. She ran up closer to get a better look and gasped when she saw him. "I-is that w-who I think it is?" Felix sprinted up behind her. Teddy wanted to acknowledge them in some way, but he was in too much pain to move. He had even fallen back onto the ground.

"Turbo?" Felix asked.

"No." Teddy breathed. "Not anymore." Felix turned him over so he could get a look at his face. His eyes lit up and he smiled. "T-Teddy?"

"Long time no see, eh, brother?"

"Oh my land! I-I can't believe it! It's really you! I never thought I'd see you again!" He put his arms out and pulled his friend into a huge hug.

"Ow!" Teddy squeaked.

"Oh, sorry!" Felix said, lowering him back onto the ground. "I'm just so glad to see you! But how on earth did you…you know…come back?"

"I have no idea." Teddy replied, glancing at Vanellope who, to his surprise, was smiling at him. "H-hey, Vanellope. I am so sorry! I know there is absolutely no excuse for what I did, but I want you to know that I-"

"Relax, Teddy! I'm not mad at you! Felix told me everything!"

"Everything?"

"Pretty much."

"So you know what Jack did?"

"Yep. I know that none of this was your fault!"

"Well, technically…"

"No! I don't want to hear it! Everything that happened was because of Jack! Not you!"

"If you insist. Thanks for being so forgiving, Vanellope. I honestly don't think I deserve it."

"Well, I think you do!" Felix chimed. "You're a great guy, Teddy! Turbo…not so much. But you are one of the nicest people I've ever met. And that's coming from me."

"But what are we going to tell everyone?" Vanellope asked. "They all only know him as Turbo. How are we gonna convince them that he's not like that anymore?"

"Well, aside from the outfit, he doesn't really look like Turbo anymore."

"Good point, Hammertime!" Vanellope chimed. "What do ya say, Teddy? Wanna go say hi to everyone? I bet Stinkbrain'll be happy to see ya."

"Who's Stinkbrain?" Teddy asked.

"Ralph! G-doi!"

"Well, I'd love to, but I can't actually move at the moment."

"Oh, right!" Felix said. "Vanellope, go get an ambulance! He needs to be taken back to the castle for recovery!"

"I'm on it!" She said, running out of sight. Felix turned to face Teddy.

"I can't believe it. After all this time, you're actually back."

"I honestly can't believe it either." Teddy chuckled. "But I do have something to ask you."

"What?"

"When you and Vanellope walked in, you said you couldn't find Felicity."

"Yeah. She kind of…vanished fifteen years ago. I've been trying to search for her, but I haven't been able to find her anywhere. Luckily, Vanny and Ralph are helping me now, so it's that much more likely that we'll come across her."

"I really hope you do. When I'm in better condition, I'd love to help, too! I couldn't imagine life without her."

"The more the merrier!" Felix replied. That was when the ambulance showed up, and Teddy was driven back to the castle. But his poor condition was the last thing on his mind. All that he could think about was Felicity.