Vanellope was out of her mind with fear.
The good part was that kept her glitching and hard to get a hold of. The bad part was that it made her movements unpredictable. Even to herself. And the worst part… She was starting to stabilize again.
Something snared her hoodie, and she let out a whimpering yelp.
It had her.
The hand gripped her hoodie like a cold, metal vice, which technically speaking it was.
There was no real celebration, save a quiet, flanged grunt of triumph, and the rapidly-rising whir of the virus' wings as they blurred into streaks of colour, and her six legs tensed to spring up.
She could make it back to the Gate. If she hurried up.








