*Sorry for the EXTREMELY late chapter. I've been doing plenty of other things, Youtube and such. I'll try to do more of these.*
The trio arrived to the grocery store and found a parking spot near the entrance. They then got out of the truck and began walking towards the store. "So, again on the whole 'chef situation', are you sure you can't cook?" Courage asked Katz. "I've lost to... Muriel every time there's a competition for food," Katz answered hesitantly. "Besides, I've tried to kill you with all my attempts at it," he added. "And even that's a failure," Computer spat chuckling. "Does you have an idea of who we could get?" Katz questioned frustrated. The husky didn't give a response. "Well, there's-" Courage started before shivering at the idea of the person to be their chef. "Who is it?" the feline asked. "I actually don't know his name, but he's a Cajun Fox from what Computer told me," he answered. "No," Katz responded bluntly. "I know who you're talking about and we are not having him as our chef." They got to the entrance of the store and felt the cold breeze of the air conditioning. "W-Why is it always s-so cold in h-here?" Courage whined shivering. "Even I can feel this," Computer commented, shivering but not as much as Courage. Katz was probably cold too, but it was impossible to tell, since he was actually shivering like the other two.
"Let's just hurry and get what we need. I don't want to stay in here anymore than you two do," Katz ordered. "Really? With how you waited so long yesterday, I'd think otherwise," Computer said. The both of them started to argue. "Do you always have something to add?" "I don't see why you get angry with me. You could just ignore me." "That's quite hard, considering someone's always breathing down my neck." "Just keeping you in check." As the conversation dragged on, they were getting louder and louder with each statement. "I thought you said-" "Enough!" Courage shouted. The duo locked in verbal combat stopped talking and looked at Courage. He was annoyed and was glaring at both of them with his arms crossed. He sighed to calm himself down before speaking again. "...I know it's hard for you two to talk to each other, but I'd like it if you weren't to argue all the time. And if you are going to argue, can you do it at home, where no one can hear us?" he asked gently. He whispered that last part since some people had started paying attention to the noise they were making. "Please...?" "...S-sorry, Courage," Katz said. He couldn't look at Courage like this; Katz seemed like he was hating himself for what had happened. "Sorry," Computer also said. He opened his mouth to say something else, but refused to do so. The people who were observing continued with their own business and left Courage's party to themselves. "Now, let's get that shopping done and head home," Courage told them.
They went over to an area where they could get carts in silence. Katz pulled out one of the carts and watched Courage climb onto it. He got nice and comfy in the infant section of the cart. Katz and Computer looked at him confused. "What?" the pink dog asked. "Are you okay?" Katz asked. "Yeah, why do you ask?" "While..." Katz started not knowing how to explain. "You... do realize you're in the infant section of that cart... correct?" Computer said for him. "Yeah, so what?" Courage responded, crossing his arms and looking away from them. Despite how they always acted towards him, Computer and Katz always thought of Courage as someone who tended to be... well, someone who wouldn't want to sit in the infant section of a shopping cart. While Courage was shown to be smart, he always did have that child-like nature to him, or this could actually be his smart side and he's trying to be lazy and get a ride in the cart rather than walking. Intelligence or coincidence? Either way, Katz and Computer brushed it off, as best as they could, and they all began their shopping.
As they went through, they picked up a variety of foods; vegetables, fruits, dairy products, meats. Courage did try and get some snacks in as well. Katz allowed it; only after Courage begging for them. They were also talking about their chef situation again. "So..., is there no one that we can think of?" Courage asked. "Unless you want that fox," Katz said, picking up some packaged beef. "Then mayb-" Computer started before bumping into something large. After he looked up he saw a large pig. The pig then turned around and noticed them. "Hmm? Courage! I haven't seen you in a while. How are ya?" he asked. "D-Doing good," Courage answered with a worried grin. "That's good. That's good." The pig constantly had a grin on his face and it was kind of creepy. The evil stare worried Courage greatly. "And I didn't know you knew Katz," the pig answered. "Yes, we are... acquainted with one another," Katz told him.
Computer was holding his chin examining the large pig. "You seem familiar..." he said aloud. Finally, Computer accessed his memory and realized where he saw the pig from "Wait, aren't you Jean Bon?" he asked. "Yep, its French. I'm not but it surely sounds nice," the pig responded. "The same one who was accused of cannibalism a while ago?" the husky continued asking. "Yep, you can thank someone for that..." the pig responded. He was also hinting at Courage being the one who ratted him out. Courage let out a scared chuckle and was still grinning awkwardly. Some time back, Courage was brought to the pig's restaurant along with Eustace. It was... quite an experience to say the least. However, everything was cleared up when the pig was found innocent of being a cannibal. "Haven't gotten much business since then, granted I never had much to begin with." He laughed at his own... insult? Whatever it was, it confused everyone else, as neither side of that was actually good, whether it was on its own or paired up.
"Anyways..., we need to ask you of something," Computer spoke. Courage and Katz both widened their eyes at what Computer was going to ask. "What do you need?" Jean Bon asked. "It's nothing, we've got it handled," Courage told him quickly as he clamped Computer's mouth shut. He had jumped out of the cart to make sure Jean wasn't the one who had to stay in his house. "Y-Yes. We were just on our way..." Katz added. Jean Bon looked at all three of them and for the first time, his grin went away. Courage was still wearing that grin he had since they first ran into each other, Katz seemed to be a little flustered as well, and Computer was trying to yank Courage's hand off of his mouth, so he could speak, however, Courage had a tight grip on him. Another one of his talents being shown off; his sudden strength. Jean saw this, but didn't press on about it. "Well, maybe we'll see each other later then," he said. It was clear he wanted to say something else but chose not to.
"Yeah, see you around," Courage said to the dispersing pig. Computer finally managed to get Courage's hand off of him and practically yelled, before realizing where he was. He sighed and asked furiously, "What was that for? We could have had our chef." "Yes, one with an accusation of cannibalism and trust me, I've heard more cannibal jokes from him than I've seen Courage frightened," Katz stepped in. "Okay, I say that's an exaggeration, but, sorry, we can't have him there. I don't want to wake and find him measuring my limbs or something..." "Computer groaned before coming to terms with their decision. "...Fine. We will find someone else, but he's a last resort if we don't find anyone. We can't live on scraps for eternity." He quite frankly just wanted this to be over with, however, he needed to put Courage's needs first.
