Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice
Chapter 16: The Sweet Treat Contest
It was the time when Isabelle confirmed from Jack, the czar of Halloween that they were planning to have the sweet treat contest at the town plaza. She was posting it on the bulletin board so that everybody would read it. According to the contest's information, it would be held at noon in the end of October.
Few days later, Isabelle, Jack, and the Resetti brothers were setting things up for the sweet treat contest. Vicki, Nick, and Serenity were very excited about this that they couldn't wait to enter. Robert, Lorelei, and Darren were very thrilled as the other three were.
"Wow, who would've thought that the sweet treat contest will be this amazing?" Vicki asked excitedly. "I've decided that I'm entering this contest! What about you, Serenity? Lorelei?"
"I'll enter the contest, too!" Serenity replied in confidence.
"Oh, for me, I'm not too sure..." Lorelei answered. "I'm not the type of person who is interested in contests."
"Oh, why is that, Lorelei?" Vicki asked curiously.
"Well, it's because I'm not very good at it, that's all...But instead, I would love to watch you both at the contest."
"Well, that's fine with me. I don't mind at all!"
"We'll all be watching you both at the contest!" Robert exclaimed. "We may never know which one of you will win."
Vicki chuckled lightly. "Actually, Robert, the sweet treat contest requires one pair for each entry, as in two participants in one pair."
"Do you mean in partners?" Nick asked, while Vicki nodded in response. "I didn't realize that..."
"Anyways, Serenity, how would you like to pair up with me?" Vicki asked.
"I will love to!" Serenity answered.
As soon as Vicki and Serenity signed up for the sweet treat contest, they ran into Sammy and Jimmy who were standing right behind them. They were not amazed that the twins were entering the contest, too.
"Hey Vicki, Serenity, entering the contest I assume?" said Sammy.
"Yes, Serenity and I are entering the contest," Vicki answered calmly. "And I'm guessing you two are entering the contest as well?"
"You're darn right we are!"
"Yeah, we're going to win this contest for sure!" said Jimmy in triumph.
"Well, I guess we'll have to wait and see about that..." said Serenity flatly.
"Oh, we shall wait and see alright!" said Sammy proudly. "Anyways, see you at the contest, ladies!"
"Yeah!" Jimmy agreed, as he started to laugh.
After Vicki and Serenity had a chat with the Slapjack brothers, they quickly walked away from them. They rolled their eyes and sighed at the same time. Vicki was looking at her smartphone to see what time it was right now. So, they decided that they should hang out at Vicki's house for a bit.
"We only have one hour left before the contest starts, Serenity," said Vicki. "But first, let's find something suitable to wear for the contest."
"Is that necessary?" Serenity asked.
"For me, it is! Come on, I'll show you the appropriate attire once we'll get to my house."
At the ship, Elly was very bored that she was staring at the ocean waves. She sighed heavily while she was playing around with her fingers. All of the sudden, Charlene ran to find her and gave her the news.
"Hey Elly, guess what I just heard in StarLily," said Charlene excitedly.
"So what?" Elly sighed. "Whatever that is, I am not interested at all!"
"Girl, it's about the sweet treat contest they're having today! And I really need your help right now!"
"Why not ask one of the animal slaves to help you?"
"Oh...about that, Allen got really pissed off that we're losing more than half of them! And this is all the Duo of Justice's fault!"
Elly sighed desperately. "Like, I have to complain about it? Okay! Fine, if you insist, then I might as well help you..."
"Great! Now, here's what we're going to do first..."
One hour later, everybody gathered up in their seats before the sweet treat contest began. The participants were in their positions, along with their partners. Each pair had the kitchen island, ingredients, and utensils for preparations. Finally, Isabelle had an announcement to make for everybody in town.
"Thank you all for coming!" Isabelle announced. "You are all about to see the sweet treat contest! Each participant and his/her partner will be making some sweet treats for Halloween; and they will only have two hours to do that. When the time is up, the judges, including myself, will be taste-testing on each treat. Whoever the pair's treat is the most delicious one, will become the winners!"
Everybody started to cheer and give a round of applause before Isabelle could finish up the announcement.
"Okay, participants, are you and your partner ready for this?" Isabelle continued. "Ready, set, and...let's get started!"
The sweet treat contest began as the participants were setting up the utensils and measured up the ingredients. Vicki added the flour into the mixing bowl along with the other dry ingredients before mixing them altogether. Serenity cracked some eggs and put them into the medium bowl. She mixed them well before adding some wet ingredients. Sammy measured the sugar and dumped it into the mixing bowl. When Jimmy turned on the mixer in high speed, the flour was spilled onto the counter and made a puff cloud in the air. As soon as the twins' faces were covered with flour, everyone, including the participants, began to laugh at them.
One hour later, some participants were just started baking and some were half way done baking. Vicki took out the baking sheet from the oven and placed it on the counter to cool down the treats for a few minutes. Serenity mixed the ingredients to make the frosting for the treats. Sammy and Jimmy were waiting for the treats to finish baking until they began to smell something. They suddenly smelled something burn from the oven so they quickly took out the baking sheet and saw the treats got burned. Some of them were black and some were no ligher than brown.
Less than half an hour away, some participants were decorating the treats and some just got started. When Serenity was done adding the frosting to the treats, Vicki began to decorate with some candies and a bit of icing for the finishing touch. Sammy began to spread the frosting to cover up the dark brown, flawless treats and Jimmy started to decorate them with sprinkles.
The baking has ended, which means it's time for the judges to give each treat a taste test. The participants put their finishing treats on the table and went to their positions. Sammy and Jimmy saw the two girls, who were also participating the contest, standing right next to them. One girl had short, wavy black hair and another had short, straight blonde hair. The boys were starting to wink and click their tongues at them, but the girls found that very bothersome so they grimaced and rolled their eyes. They started to pretend that they were not here at all.
While the judges were taste-testing on each treat, Robert was staring at one of the girls as if he knew her before. He found that very disturbing and felt that his flashback was coming back to him. Nick was looking at him right away and started to interrupt his thoughts.
"Hey Robert, is something the matter?" Nick asked. "Are you okay?"
"Oh yeah, I'm fine!" Robert answered, as he was pretending that nothing's bothering him. "I was just hoping that Vicki and Serenity will win! Um, which one of these treats is theirs again?"
"I think they made the cookies in different shapes, like the pumpkin and such, big brother," said Lorelei. "You know, the ones Vicki worked so hard to decorate them..."
"Oh, the ones with the cute shapes with decorations! Okay, thanks!"
After Robert completely forgot about his worries, he started to grin while watching the contest. Nick crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at him. Darren shrugged as if he didn't care anymore and Lorelei was still recording the video with her smartphone.
Once Isabelle and the other judges were on the female participants' treats, they each took a treat from the plate and took a bite out of it. After they ate it, they made a disgusted look on their faces and began to spit it out. They quickly took a sip of water and moved on to the Slapjacks' treats. As soon as they took a bite out of their treats, their faces suddenly turned blue. One of the judges threw up, another coughed after swallowing it, and the third spat out of it before drinking a water to clean out inside of the mouth.
"Hey, what's wrong with our treats we made?" Sammy asked arrogantly.
"Yeah, what's wrong with that?" Jimmy complained, as he and Sammy grabbed their own treats from the plate and took a bite out of it. Suddenly, they made a disgusted look as their treats didn't turn out right.
"Ugh, our treats are very bad!" Sammy moaned.
"Yeah, they tasted terrible!" Jimmy agreed.
The Slapjacks' faces were turning blue all of the sudden. They knelt down behind the table and began to throw up. The audience and participants began to laugh very lightly, but some would rather not see the nasty scene.
The judges moved on to the final treats, which they were made by Vicki and Serenity. They took a bite from their treats and their expressions became very joyful. They believed that those treats were perfect and delicious that their mouths began to water.
"Oh, these are amazing! said Isabelle happily.
"They are super delicious, shortcake!" said Merengue, the rhino.
"Yummy, I'm giving this sweet treat five stars, pumpkin!" said Jack.
After the taste test was over, it's time for the results from the judges. This time, Jack stepped in and began to reveal the results to the audience.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for waiting!" Jack announced. "Here are the results for the sweet treat contest! The winners of this contest are...Vicki and Serenity!"
Vicki and Serenity were very surprised that they actually won the contest. Everybody, including the participants, gave them a big cheer and a round of applause. Isabelle gave two girls the golden trophy so they could rise it up and showed it to the crowd. Sammy and Jimmy were very disappointed that they would never win. As for the two mysterious girls, one of them began to launch her lightning attack and struck them. When Vicki suddenly sensed the approaching attack, she shoved Isabelle and Jack right away and defended Serenity from getting the direct hit. The crowd was in a big shock that they had no idea of what's going on, but Robert knew that something's about to happen all too sudden.
Two mysterious participants revealed their identities in front of the crowd, participants, and judges. They were none other than Elly and Charlene in disguise. Everybody began to gasp in fear, except for Vicki and Robert who knew that those two girls were up to no good. Sammy and Jimmy were very speechless that their words began to tremble.
"B-B-But why?" Sammy sputtered. "Why would you both do this?"
"Y-Yeah, we're starting to fall in love with you at a very first sight..." Jimmy whimpered.
"You think we're interested to the losers, like yourselves?" Charlene laughed. "I call this a joke!"
"Yeah, you two are now rejected!" Elly exclaimed, as she threw the sparks at the Slapjack brothers.
While Sammy and Jimmy screamed and tried to avoid Elly's spark attack, the crowd and the participants began to scream and run away from the chaotic scene. Vicki quickly took the baking sheet and attached it with her star compact on the back. With Serenity behind her, they were reaching out to save the Slapjack brothers from the evil rockstar and the witch princess. Robert was trying to get the crowd away from danger while he was focusing on Vicki's movements and actions.
"I have to watch out for Vicki and the others..." said Robert softly. "Just in case if she or the others will get hurt, I'm right here for them."
When Elly and Charlene were still attacking Sammy and Jimmy, Vicki and Serenity were charging in and protecting the twins from harm. Vicki reflected Elly's attack with the baking sheet and it suddenly bounced back at the villains. They quickly avoided their own attack and got away from it. Sammy and Jimmy wouldn't believe their eyes that no one has ever done it before, especially Robert who was hiding behind the chairs.
"Serenity, get Sammy and Jimmy out of here as you can!" Vicki whispered. "I'll try to distract them while you're at it!"
"Right, and be careful!" Serenity whispered back, as she dragged Sammy and Jimmy by the arms and ran away as they could.
After Serenity took Sammy and Jimmy away from the town plaza, Vicki quickly removed the star compact from the baking sheet and put it in her pocket. Then, she threw the baking sheet at one of the female villains. When Elly got a direct hit, Charlene launched her attack right at Vicki. Before the mayor took a direct hit, she was suddenly saved by the certain person, Robert. Few seconds later, they felt something vibrating between those two while they were holding on to each other. Finally, they slowly looked at each other in a concern way.
"A-Are you alright?" Robert asked.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay," Vicki answered. "And thanks for saving me."
"N-No problem at all. A-And...can you please get off of me?"
Vicki realized that she was sitting on top of Robert. She blushed very slightly that she completely forgot about it. She quickly got off of him so he could finally stand up.
"Vicki, just run for your life now!" Robert exclaimed.
"But what about you?" Vicki asked.
"Don't worry about me! I'll be alright. Just go now!"
As soon as Vicki left town plaza for her safety, Robert used his wristband to transform into Masked Swordmaster. Charlene whistled to summon the henchmen, including the orange and black cat named Tabby. Masked Swordmaster started off with his fighting stance before he could begin to attack the henchmen.
Vicki had arrived at Main Street and hid behind the buildings so she could transform into Phantom Angel. Then, she flew away from the buildings and headed to the town plaza right away.
Masked Swordmaster was being outnumbered when he tried to fight off against the evil henchmen. Until the light appeared between them, Phantom Angel has finally arrived in order to help him.
"Thank goodness that you're here!" said Masked Swordmaster surprisingly.
"Well, I don't want to miss out all of the action, now do I?" said Phantom Angel.
"Enough talk!" Elly interrupted. "We're still here, you know!"
"Henchmen, attack the Duo of Justice now!" Charlene exclaimed.
Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster were teaming up and fought against the henchmen. Tabby took out the straw to shoot out the Duo of Justice behind with the tranquilizers, but someone quickly sprayed her with the sleepy formula. Darren caught her while she was asleep and Lorelei was filming the action scene. Both of them disguised themeselves as special agnets and quickly headed to the police station. When Charlene spotted them, she quickly stopped them with her dark magic attack.
"Hey you dirty rats, come back here at once!" Charlene exclaimed, as her attack was heading towards Lorelei and Darren. But Phantom Angel quickly countered it with her halo ring toss.
"Leave them alone, you sinister witch!" Phantom Angel shouted.
"Back off, you angel freak!"
As soon as Charlene attacked Phantom Angel with her dark magic once again, Masked Swordmaster saved the angel from getting the direct hit. They were on the ground and then, looked at each other.
"Are you alright?" Masked Swordmaster asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Phantom Angel answered. "And thanks for the save!"
"I hate to interrupt between the both of you," Elly interrupted, "but you two are about to get shock!"
When Elly was launching her electric attack at the Duo of Justice, Phantom Angel quickly used her star compact to reverse her attack. The electricity bounced right back at the female villains and got electrocuted.
"Face it, girls!" Masked Swordmaster exclaimed. "You just lost the battle, just like you lost the contest! So, leave this town at once!"
"Fine, we will have our revenge next time, lover boy!" Charlene exclaimed. "You and your beloved counterpart will face the ultimate doom that is!"
After Charlene and Elly disappeared, Phantom Angel has no idea of what the witch princess mean by that. But to put that aside, she touched her arm where Masked Swordmaster grabbed her when he saved her life. She suddenly realized that's the same area where Robert grabbed her, in her normal version, in order to save her life. Masked Swordmaster felt his hands and looked at them after he saved Phantom Angel. He remembered the time when he saved Vicki in his normal version and somehow felt the connection between them. Few moments later, the Duo of Justice were looking at each other with their sparkling eyes.
"Um...I have a feeling if you're going to ask the same thing, but who are you really?" Phantom Angel asked curiously.
"Oh, um...I knew you're going to read my mind, but I'm afraid I can't tell you of who I really am right now," Masked Swordmaster replied, without hesitation. "I mean, this is not the right time to do this if you know what I mean..."
"Oh yeah, you're probably right. I'm sorry! Perhaps, whenever the time is right for us then...?"
Masked Swordmaster nodded. "Yeah, that's exactly my point there..."
While the Duo of Justice were having a small chat, they didn't notice that Serena was on top of the town hall. She was watching them from atop, but she has no idea of what they were saying.
The night has come on Halloween, which it could only mean it's time for trick-or-treat or to start the Halloween party. Everyone, in town, wore the costumes for Halloween during nighttime. Vicki was dressing up as the black cat and was waiting for someone at the town plaza. Finally, she saw Robert who was dressing up as the werewolf and came to see her.
"Hi Vicki, sorry I'm late," said Robert. "Have you been waiting for me that long?"
"Hi Robert, I have been waiting for you five minutes now," Vicki replied. "I have something to give you. Here, you can have this."
Robert received the cookies that Vicki and Serenity made during the sweet treat contest. He was so surprised that Vicki gave him the special treats on Halloween.
"Are those for me?" Robert asked, as Vicki nodded in response. "Thank you, but you don't have to do this..."
"Well, think of it as your Halloween gift," said Vicki.
"Wow, that's very kind of you! You know, there's no other girls who are as generous as you..."
"Huh? Y-You really think so?" Vicki blushed slightly.
Robert nodded as he and Vicki were taking a stroll around the town for trick-or-treat. They didn't notice that Neon was on top of the town tree and watching over them.