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Chapter 2
Many clattering sounds filled the kitchen as the trio rushed about, getting the many supplies, ingredients, and hurrying to put it all together. The door to the refrigerator was wide open as Mega Man was digging through it, gathering the contents inside. Finally, he stood up with a jug of milk, carton of eggs, and butter in his arms. Using his foot to close the fridge, he made his way to the counter where Pit had placed a mixing bowl and a whisk.
"So what do we do?" Mega Man asked as he placed the wet ingredients down.
"Sonic wants us to mix all of this together." Pit replied.
"Okay, how much?" Mega Man questioned.
"Uh..." Pit mumbled as he tapped his chin. "I don't know, he didn't tell me. All he said was to put it all together."
"Well, if he says so..." Mega Man opened the milk and poured some of it in the bowl while Pit threw the whole stick of butter in.
"Hey, can you add the eggs and stir it?" The angel asked the blue bomber. "I gotta ask Sonic something real quick." Mega Man gave a nod to him as he walked off and opened the carton of eggs, taking two of them out.
Okay, cracking eggs. I can do this. He said to himself with a confident smile. He banged the eggs against the ridge of the mixing bowl, resulting in nothing but having them shatter right in his hands. Mega Man's eye widened in panic as he looked at the yolks and dripping egg whites in his palms. Ohh...This isn't good. Glancing around, making sure that the other two haven't seen, he hastily wiped the egg remains from his hands and into the bowl, along with many pieces of egg shells as well.
In another area of the kitchen, Pit approached the spot where Sonic stood on a stool beside the counter. The hedgehog had a large bag of flour, a box of baking soda, a box of salt, and a bag of sugar, and he was just pouring them all in, not measuring at all. Pit watched him do this for a few seconds then decided to speak.
"Hey, uh, Sonic?" He said.
"Yeah Pit?" Sonic replied.
"Are you sure that we don't have to be measuring this stuff?" Pit said with uncertainty.
"Don't worry, Pit, I've made these cookies like this plenty of times back home. I know exactly what I'm doing." Sonic said passively, mixing the dry ingredients together with a spoon. He then hopped off the stool and made his way over to where Mega Man had finished stirring the wet ingredients. He then dumped the dry ingredients with them and began to stir it until cookie dough had formed. However, Pit and Mega Man had noticed something a bit...off about the dough.
"Uh, is it supposed to be this...dark of a beige color?" The blue bomber questioned.
"Yeah. It's to show that the taste is gonna be awesome." Sonic then picked up a cookie dough scoop and began to scoop out little balls of the dough, placing them on a cookie tray.
Pit watched as he did this, starting to feel unsure now. "But, aren't you supposed to roll them out, and-"
"Hey, who's the one with experience here?" Sonic interrupted, opening the oven and throwing the tray inside. He pressed the temperature meter and made it rise, not even bothering to pay attention at how high it got. "You guys are worrying too much. Trust me, once these are done, they're gonna knock Palutenta's socks off!" Sonic stepped away from the oven and stood next to the still nervous Pit and Mega Man. The three looked to the oven while a triumphant smirk grew on the hedgehog's muzzle. "Now, just sit back and watch the magic happen."
About ten minutes later, out in the hallway, Mario was walking by, looking over a check list of things that needed to be done for the holidays. Heading in the opposite direction as him, Roy, Ike, and Lucario were carrying some boxes containing Christmas tree ornaments. As the four neared the door to the kitchen, a deafening boom sounded from inside it, causing the floor to shake. The four Smashers came to an abrupt halt as they heard this, eyes wide and startled. Once the noise died down, the hallway fell into an awkward silence. They then glanced at the kitchen where the boom came from, then Mario looked over at the other three. Roy's eyes then narrowed at the plumber.
"Hey, don't look at me. I didn't blow it up this time." He said indignantly as he, Ike, and Lucario carried on down the hall.
Back inside, large clouds of smoke plumed out from the open oven. Many fits of coughing could be heard as Mega Man activated his mini fan again, blowing it all away. Once the kitchen cleared, Pit got the last of his coughs out and turned his attention to the oven.
"A-Are the cookies okay?" He asked worriedly. Sonic quickly headed to it, put on some oven mitts, and reached in to take the tray out. He looked down at the cookies and instantly winced.
"Ehhh..." He muttered nervously and glanced back at the other two. "Uuumm, they're a bit on the...crispy side..." Pit and Mega Man approached him and looked at the tray. Small mounds of black soot were in the places the cookie dough once was. A small drafted drifted in from the air vents and blew the mounds away. However, one thing still remained on the sheet. It was a shriveled, burned cookie.
Pit picked it up and just stared at it, an upset glow in his eyes. "I..I can't give this to Lady Palutena. It's burned to a crisp!" After hearing this, Sonic and Mega Man looked at him with sympathetic looks.
"Hey, c'mon now Pit." The hedgehog said comfortingly. "It's not that bad. Here." He sped away to another part of the kitchen, then immediately came back, holding little bags of red, white, and green icing. "Just pretty it up with a bit of these, then she'll never tell."
Pit hesitantly took the icing bags in his hands. He slowly began to squeeze the contents onto the cookie. Soon, he put the bags down and showed the other two his work. "Like this?" He asked. Sonic and Mega Man inspected the cookie, but began to grow nervous by how it looked. It was covered sloppily with red icing and had a deformed-looking snowman drawn on with the white and green icing. The two remained silent for a few seconds.
"That's...great, Pit." Mega Man finally lied with a forced smile. Pit then heaved a sigh and lowered his head.
"I guess this is another addition to the pile of fails." He muttered and tossed the cookie to the other rejected desserts.
"Don't worry." Mega Man said, smiling to the angel. "That might've been a rough start, but we can just try again. Here, why don't I take charge of making the next dessert, and I'm sure we'll get it right this time."
"Whoa, whoa, wait a second!" Sonic interjected. "I thought you said you never baked before. Why do you wanna take charge all of a sudden?"
Mega Man didn't respond right away. He was quiet as he glanced away, avoiding eye contact. "No offense, Sonic, but it was kind your fault the sugar cookies were ruined. You didn't measure the ingredients and you didn't bake them at the right temperature. I think I should give this a try."
Sonic raised an eyebrow at his words, pretty offended. "What're you saying? That I can't bake? How many desserts have you made?"
"Well, seeing how the cookies turned out, I think you really don't have experience."
Pit started to feel the tension forming between the robot and the hedgehog. He stepped forward and stood between them. "Okay, guys." He said. "Yes, the cookies were a flop, but we can't start an argument. We have until this evening for the gift exchange." He then faced Sonic. "I think we should give Mega Man a turn. Nothing against you, but why don't we try to be fair and let him." Sonic looked at him, glanced at Mega Man, then back again. Finally, he crossed his arms and pointed his ears back.
"Fine..." He muttered.
Pit gave a smile. "Good!" He turned to Mega Man. "You think you can do this?"
"Yeah, I think I can give this a shot." The blue bomber replied with a confident grin.
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Twenty minutes passed. Mega Man had searched up dessert recipes and found a simple one for a fruit cake. Printing it out, they began to gather the ingredients and got to work, putting it together. As of now, the wet ingredients were mixed together and most of the dry ingredients were as well.
"Is the fruit almost done?" Mega Man called from one side of the kitchen.
"Almost!" Pit replied. On the other side, he and Sonic were dicing pineapples, cherries, and gathering raisins for the fruit cake.
"Alright, hurry it along." Mega Man faced the bowl with the dry ingredients. "Now what else did I need...? Oh yeah, the baking soda!" He went to the cabinets next to his spot and opened them, scanning the shelves for said ingredients. He soon spotted it on the top shelf, which towered right over him. Giving a pout, Mega Man searched the kitchen for a chair to stand on, and finally found one. Going to get it, he pushed it in front of the counter and hopped on, reaching up as far as he could to get the baking soda, which was still pretty far from him. As he did this, little did he know that a shelf under the cabinets had most of the cleaning products and chemicals. When he reached to get the ingredient, he had bumped against this shelf and accidentally knocked them down, having them fall into the wet ingredients. Mega Man stretched his arm up as far as he could, then finally snatched the box.
"Yes!" He said in accomplishment. Jumping down from the chair, he measured out the baking soda and put it with the dry ingredients. Mixing it up, he added it to the wet ingredients, still oblivious to the cleaning chemicals inside. Once the batter was combined, Pit and Sonic walked up with the fruits.
"Here, we got your fruit." The hedgehog said.
"Thanks." Mega Man took the diced fruit and mixed them into the batter. Once he did, he poured it into a cake pan and placed it in the oven. After setting the correct time and temperature, he rejoined the other two and stood with them.
"I have to admit, that went nicely." Pit smiled.
Sonic looked to Mega Man and crossed his arms again. "This better turn out okay." He said to him.
"Don't worry." The blue bomber reassured. "I'm pretty sure this cake will be fine."
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The loud 'ding' of the oven caught the trio's attention and they quickly made their way toward it. Putting on the oven mitts, Mega Man opened the oven and reached in to pull out the fruit cake. He placed the pan on the counter and he, Pit, and Sonic looked at it excitedly. Immediately, their smiles faded into confused frowns.
Instead of it being golden-brown, the cake was a dark, brownish-green color and was bubbling. A moment of silence passed between them until the angel blinked. "Is...Is it supposed to be that color?" He asked quietly.
Sonic's ears flicked when he heard hissing and growling coming from it. "Is is supposed to be making that noise?" He questioned.
"Uh..." Mega Man pulled the recipe out and started skimming it. "I don't...think so..."
Sonic picked up a fork and slowly reached to the fruit cake. After a moment of hesitation, he finally poked it. Suddenly, the cake gave a loud, angered screech and lunged out of the pan, latching itself to the hedgehog's face. Sonic have a muffled scream and started flailing his arms around in panic. As this happened, Pit have a squeal and Mega Man's eyes widen in fright.
"What in the-?!" The blue bomber shouted.
"I'll save you, Sonic!" Pit then came running, wielding a broom in his hands. He began to beat the blue hedgehog repeatedly in an attempt to hit the fruit cake...which wasn't working. Mega Man glanced over and spotted a frying pan on another counter. Quickly, he snatched it and ran to the other two. He gave a swing and smacked the fruit cake off, along with Sonic's face. Both cake and hedgehog lay on the floor until the former twitched then crawled away behind the refrigerator.
Pit and Mega Man were in a dead silence as they stood frozen like statues, trying to process what just happened. Sonic then groaned and shakily got back to his feet; throwing a glare at the robot.
"What the heck, dude?!" He snapped. "Your fruit cake tried to eat my face!"
"I-I-I don't know h-how that happened!" Mega Man stuttered.
"Yeah, sure you didn't." Sonic growled. "You said we'd have a better chance if you took charge, but look what happened. Your dessert attacked me! Great job for giving us a pointless attempt."
Mega Man's eyes now narrowed as he returned the glare. "It's not like what you did was any better. You blew up the sugar cookies!"
"Well, at least they didn't try to eat anyone's face!"
The two then fell into an argument, shouting accusations and insults at one another. Pit stood off to the side and watched as this happened, a worried look on his face. They had tried to make two Christmas desserts, and failed at both. They still didn't have anything to give to Palutena and now Sonic and Mega Man were fighting with each other. The angel had a sick feeling that this issue wasn't going to improve anytime soon...
Oooh, tension. This can only end in disaster. XD
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