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.:Chapter start:.
"Alister, Valon, with the groceries you just bought (and some other ingredients), I want you to…" began Dartz. Valon could feel his heart pounding. What was he going to make them do this time? It couldn't possibly be worse than grocery shopping. "…Bake a cake for me." Finished Dartz. Alister and Valon just stared at Dartz. "Excuse me?" said Alister, "You want us to do WHAT?" There was anger in Alister's voice. Dartz just smirked and said, "It's my birthday today, and I want a cake." He looked at them. "Is that a problem? Because if it is, you can always just ballroom dance for me instead."
"No, not a problem." Said Valon, a little too quickly. "We'll just ah, go home and make it…" "Not so fast", said Dartz, "You'll just go BUY a cake. I want you to MAKE a cake." Dartz snapped his fingers and a butler appeared at his side. "Alfred, can you show theses gentlemen to the new kitchen?" He asked. Valon and Alister followed the Butler out the door without a fuss. As soon as they were out of sight, Dartz used his foot to push a button on the floor under his desk. The back wall of the room lifted, and it revealed a large window that went across the entire length of a professional kitchen. Dartz grinned. "This is going to be interesting." He thought.
The butler led Dartz and Alister into the kitchen. He left without saying a word. Valon and Alister looked around. An enormous mirror covered one of the walls of the kitchen. (A/N: the window mentioned earlier.) A shelf of cookbooks lined the back wall. All the appliances in the kitchen were metal and expensive-looking. Alister and Valon stared at each other. "Valon, you go get the recipe for a simple cake out of one of the cookbooks, and I'll get everything set up." Said Alister.
Valon walked over to the shelf and began to look for a good cookbook. "You know Alister, the only reason I'm going to do what you say is because girls are much better at cooking than guys." He said as he flipped the pages of a cookbook, looking for an easy recipe. Alister gave Valon a dirty look, but Valon ignored him. " Nothing in this one." He said, tossing the cookbook over his shoulder. The book hit the back of Alister's head. "OWWW!" yelped Alister. " Watch where you're throwing those things!" He said, rubbing the place where the cookbook had hit him. "Sorry Shelia." Valon said, and he turned back to the cookbooks.
He turned and looked back at the cookbooks. "Hmmmm…." He thought, maybe this will help." He pulled a cookbook entitled: " The Moron's Guide to Cooking and Baking from A to Z." He flipped through and found a recipe for a simple cake. He read over it quickly. It seemed simple enough for a chimp to follow and produce a half-decent cake. "I've got a recipe." He said, walking over to Alister with the cookbook. "Let's get started then." Said Alister.