The judges went from looking at each other to looking at Jack, their faces completely void of any emotion.

"Well, how is it?" asked the announcer, frowning as well. "Um, guys?" he asked, starting to get a little creeped out by their silence. The judges ignored him. They just kept on staring at Jack with deadpan faces.

"Um, Manna...? Are you okay...?" asked Sasha, worried about her best friend. Sasha looked back at Anna, silently commanding her to do something about this.

When Manna didn't answer Sasha, Anna tried getting her to respond. "Manna sweetie, are you okay?"

"...Dad?" questioned Ann, walking beside him and placing a hand on Doug's shoulder. "Are you alright?" His father didn't answer her, he just kept on staring at Jack.

"Uh..." Thomas looked over at Mary, Kai, Carter, Popuri, and Lillia. They all looked creeped out. He then looked over at Jack, who also looked creeped out. The farmer's eyes were wide and he was shaking in fear. "Err, yeah... We'll be back right after the commercial break..." Thomas said slowly, taking a few steps back from them all.


With the search team


"Hoggy, come out come out wherever you are!" yelled out Aqua, walking down the streets of Mineral Town.

Nappy yawned and rubbed both his eyes. "Yeah... come out, come out... wherever you are... guy?" he asked, forgetting his brother's name in his tiredness. "I.. I don't know anymore..."

Bold dropped down on his knees and began looking under a bench. "Hoggy!? Where are you!?"

"Where are you bro?" Timid asked softly and slowly, wringing his hands.


Meanwhile with Hoggy in a store outside of Mineral Town


Hoggy is watching a weight loss commercial on a TV in an electronics section of the store.

A man looking about twenty-seven years old with extremely tanned skin, bulging muscles, bleach blond hair, and dark green eyes wearing a black wife beater is on the screen. With his voice full of passion, he says with an American accent, "Hi, I'm health and fitness instructor Jim Garlin, and I'm here to talk about my newest weight loss pill, it's called Life Saver, and it will change your life forever! Just listen to what our customers have to say about my product!"

The screen goes to a thin man with tanned skin (not nearly as tanned as Jim Garlin, though), brown eyes, and brown hair wearing a gray short sleeved shirt. He was outside, sitting on a green and white striped lawn chair. Across the street little boys and little girls were playing with a slip and slid. The bottom of the screen listed his name, which was Ian MacKenzie. "Thanks to Life Saver the neighborhood kids don't call me Fatty McFatfat!" said Ian with a slight Scottish accent. He was beaming with joy. "It's so great not having to live with that name anymore..."

A small boy with ebony hair and red swim trunks from across the street points at him. "Hey look! It's Fatty McFatfat!" yelled the little boy. Him and his friends start laughing, making Ian start sobbing uncontrollably.

A black man with brunette hair and brown eyes wearing a red shirt appeared on the screen. He had a seven foot green snake resting on his shoulder and an eight foot yellow snake on his lap, the latter of which he was petting. On the bottom of the screen was his name, which was William Hunter. "Thanks to Life Saver, I'm not afraid of snakes anymore. I still wonder how such a small pill can do so much!" said William with a British accent, still petting the snake.

The commercial goes back to Jim Garlin. Showing off those pearly whites of his, he said, "If you call within the next ten minutes, you'll get one bottle of Life Saver free! It's only $19.99! What are you waiting for? Call now!"

Hoggy squeezed his fat belly, a frown forming on his face. "Hmmm..." He looks outside a window and notices a telephone booth. "Ah-ha!" He runs out the building and over to the telephone booth. Digging in his pockets for a few moments, he finally pulls out a dirty quarter with used gum on it. His face was filled with disgust as he pulled the gum off of it and put the quarter in the booth, dialing the number.

"Can I help you?" asked a lady with a high pitched voice on the other line.

Clearing his throat, Hoggy began, "Yes, I'd like to order Life Saver..."


Meanwhile with Jack


"And we're back everyone!" announced Thomas, fixing his bow tie. "Now tell me judges, what did you think of the drink?" he queried, speaking a little more lowly into the microphone. They kept on staring at the door of Doug's bathroom. Why? Because Jack was using that bathroom.

Jack started humming in the bathroom.

"...Guys?" Thomas tried again.

Their gaze never left that door as the sound of the toilet flushing filled the room.

"...You guys are really starting to scare me..." said the announcer.

Jack got out the bathroom, zipping up his pants. Walking over to them, he asked, "...So...what are we doing here?"

"What the crap was that?" asked Manna slowly and softly.

Doug and Zack looked at Manna, surprised by her language.

"I'm sorry, but, what did you say?" asked the announcer.

"What are you, deaf? I asked what the crap that was."

"...Chocolate milk..." said Jack, taking a step back slowly.

Manna bit the inside of her mouth harshly, tasting a familiar metallic flavor in her mouth as she stared at Jack. "That was chocolate milk?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

Jack let out a loud gulp. "Yeah..."

The enraged woman cocked one of her eyebrows. "Really now?"

Jack looked around a bit. "Uh.. yes?"

Lillia moves away from Manna, a little scared herself.

" ...Get out of here," said Manna, trembling slightly.

"But-"

"NOW!" screamed Manna, slamming her fist on the table.

"But I-"

"No! No, no, no, no, no! There is no excuse for... for.." she trailed off, pointing at the glass in anger. "..this thing," she finished, hissing as she threw the glass across the room, shattering it. Popuri and Mary yelped at the sound, the former hiding behind Kai for protection while the latter hid behind Carter.

"Hey! That was mine!" shouted Doug, shocked by her behavior. Manna ignored him, seething as she grinded her teeth together.

"It's not that bad," Jack breathed.

"Not that bad?" she asked, still trembling. When Jack gave a small nod, she screamed out, "NOT BAD!?" before lunging forward to attack Jack. Luckily Zack and Doug caught her in time.

"Whoa! Manna, calm down!" shouts Zack, holding her back.

"How dare you soil this show with that abomination!" she shrieked, her face was bright red and her eyes were filled with animosity. "I'll kill you for this, I swear!" she roared.

"MANNA!" Doug yelled, appalled by her behavior. Mary began to cry, wiping her eyes

Looking at his feet, Jack sighed and walked out the building.

Thomas let out a loud cough. "Okay then... Lillia, you are still the Iron Chef! Congratulations!"

Lillia smiled, obviously pleased with the outcome of the competition.

"Yay!" Popuri said, jumping for joy a little at the news before hugging Kai. Kai returned the hug and smiled at his fiance's happiness.


With Jack


Jack, who was walking back home, was staring at the ground. With a loud sigh, he said to himself, "Well, that could have gone a lot worse... Oh, who am I kidding? It couldn't have gone any worse..." He looked up at the sky and noticed that Hoggy was wearing a tux and riding an eagle while pouring a-bunch of blue pills down his mouth. The rest of the Harvest Sprites were riding kites, trying to catch him. "...Huh... I wonder what's going on..."

"Get back here, Hoggy!" cried Bold, he was riding a maroon kite.

"Come on, Hoggy! You're being ridiculous!" yelled Staid, he was riding a magenta kite.

"You'll never catch me! You hear me!? Never! Nobody can stop me in this tux! Nobody!" screamed Hoggy before letting out a loud laugh. "With these pills, I'll be lighter and faster than ever!" he cried, shoving more pills down his throat.

Sighing, he looked back at the ground and kicked a pebble. "...Or maybe not..." he muttered.