Written for an Iron Chef titled " . . . and that's how your dad and I got together." Anything went as long as the story ended with that sentence.


The sewn-together monstrosity, wrought by an unholy mixture of mad science and dark magicks, leaned down over the abducted child. Each side of its face held a smile, but the smile was non-symmetrical and disturbing, causing the small boy to cringe in fear.

" . . . and that's how your dad and I got together," said the female side of the Ted/Stacy creature just before it began to feast on the child's soft flesh.