Cooking Up a Recipe for Success Chapter 4 Caught
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(Farmhouse Kitchen Minutes Later Patrat frets, looking nervously at the old lady, still fast asleep in front of the TV. As Rattata Rummages through her spices).
Rattata: Miracle Berry Sauce... Miracle Berry Sauce... hmn...
Patrat: Not good. Do Not like it. She is gonna wake up.
Rattata: I have been down here a million times. She turns on the cooking channel- boom. Never wakes up.
Patrat: You have been here a million times? (Rattata Resumés rooting).
Rattata: I am telling ya, Miracle Berry Sauce will be just the thing. Juan swears by it.
Patrat: Okay, who's Juan?
Rattata: Just the greatest chef in the world. Wrote this cookbook. (Rattata pushes aside a couple of Cookbooks, revealing a well-worn copy of "Juan's Anyone Can Cook!" on the shelf).
Patrat: Wait- you... read? (Rattata Says Guilty).
Rattata: Well, not... excessively.
Patrat: Oh, man. Does dad know?
Rattata: You could fill a book, a Bunch of books, with things dad does not know. And they have. Which is why I read. (Rattata Says Pointed). Which is also our secret. (Rattata Resumés rummaging through the spices. Patrat Frets).
Patrat: I Do Not like secrets. All this cooking and reading and TV watching while we read and cook. It is like you are trying to involve me in crime. And I let you. Why do I let you? (Meanwhile in the Farmhouse Attic. Pokémon stream in from a crack in the wall, throwing food from the compost pile on to a heap. Raticate is at the center, overseeing things. He turns away, distracted).
Raticate: What is taking those kids so long? (Back in the Kitchen. Rattata finds a tiny vial of Miracle Berry Sauce and holds it up).
Rattata: Ah. Aquila Miracle Berry Sauce. Galarian. Juan says it is excellent. Good thing the old lady is a food lov. (Something on the TV attracts Rattata's attention; the great Chef Juan is in an interview).Hey! That is Juan! Patrat, look- (Juan Says on the TV).
Juan: Great cooking is not for the faint of heart. You must be imaginative, strong-hearted, you must try things that may not work. And you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul. What I say is true, anyone can cook... but only the fearless can be great. (Rattata grins, nodding in agreement).
Rattata: Pure poetry.
TV Narrator: But it was not to last. Juan's restaurant lost one of its five stars after a scathing review by Kalos' top food critic Mr. Saridakis. (Rattata drifts closer to the TV, drawn to the shocking news). It was a severe blow to Juan, and the great Chef died shortly afterward, which, according to tradition, meant the loss of another star. (Rattata says stunned as he Moves to Stand on the Carpet Rug).
Rattata: Juan... is dead? (Suddenly the TV Snaps Off! Rattata and Patrat spin around to see the Old Lady is awake... and Wielding a Shot Blaster).Run! (Rattata and Patrat Scatter! Patrat panics, races toward the attic). No! You will lead her to the colony! (The Lady Blasts huge holes in the ceiling just behind the scrambling Patrat. He Leaps Clear and lands on the end of a Hanging Light Fixture. The old lady has him. She levels the gun barrel at the helplessly dangling Patrat. Rattata hides his Eyes. Patratbraces for the end. The Old Lady Hears a Click and realizes that the shotgun is Empty).
Old Lady: What? (Patrat thinks to himself).
Patrat: Huh? What I am not dead? (RattataLooks Up and thinks "I am still alive?" The Old Lady curses, ejecting the shells. PatratSees his opportunity, starts Scrambling to pull himself up onto the light. The Old Lady Sees This and rushes for more shells. Rattatasees an opening and takes off to help Patrat. Rifling through her desk drawers, the Old Lady Spies Rattatacoming out of hiding to help Patrat.The Old Lady Redoubles Her Efforts to find a box of shells. Patratstruggles his fat body up to the precarious Light Fixture).Help! Rattata! Help!
Rattata: Patrat, start swinging the light! And I will try to grab you! (The Old Lady hears Rattata calling for Patrat, but from her POV all we hear is a Squeaking Sound. The Old Lady finds a Shell Box: Empty. She Yanks Open another desk drawer. Rattataarrives at the light fixture, reaches out for Patrat).Patrat! Swing to me! (The Old Lady finds nothing in the drawer, she decides to look in the bookshelf, Looking Back to see if the Two Pokémon are still together and struggling, still sitting ducks. Upon Finding no shells in the desk, the Lady goes for the cabinet, Looking Back to the Two sitting duck Pokémon. The lady Finds a fresh box of Shells, spilling them in her excitement. RattataStrains to lift Patrat. The Lady drops to her knees, picks up a shell, loading it as Patrat's feet keep Swinging. The Lady chambers her Shell and Swings the Shotgun Around. The Pokémon scramble up into a new blast hole at the base of a hanging fixture. It Explodes in buckshot! There is Silence. The Old Lady says to Herself).
Old Lady: Oh. (Then a loud Crack- The lady Looks Up. a large Fissure snakes across the ceiling, connecting the wide circle of Shotgun Holes then a massive Chunk of Ceiling breaks free and comes crashing down. bringing with it the Floor of the Attic above, its furniture, and Hundreds of Surprised Pokémon. The Old Lady Freaks Screaming! She runs from the room. Then Raticate Shouts).
Raticate: Evacuate! Everyone To the Boats! (The Pokémon Clan grab assorted belongings as they make their escape).
(Fun Fact #1: Reviewers believe that Gusteau comes from by real-life chef Bernard Loiseau, who committed suicide after media speculation that his flagship restaurant, La Côte d'Or, was going to be lose one of his three Michelin stars to have only two stars. La Côte d'Or was one of the restaurants visited by Brad Bird and others in France).
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