Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Chapter 5
Flint had run to the end of one of the docks. At the end of one of the piers was a ladder. Flint was behind it, with his feet and head sticking out the spaces.
"I really messed up this time Steve. I ruined the only chance to get the town noticed, and now everyone hates me. And I have no idea what happened to the machine. He could have crashed into the ocean, or could still be flying away" said Flint.
"Steve" said Steve.
Flint sighed, but then he heard footsteps approaching. Flint hid himself away from sight, and looked up.
There, walking to the edge of the pier was Sam. She looked very sad, and looked down at the water. Then, she looked at her microphone, and then threw it into the ocean. Then, she sat down at the top of the pier and threw her legs down… right into Flint's eyes.
"AAAWWW" screamed Flint. Sam looked down and saw him.
"Oh my gosh, are you okay" she asked, getting up and looking down at him.
"It's okay, it's just pain" said Flint, rubbing his eyes.
"I'm sorry I'm not myself today. My whole carrier was ruined by some crazy jerk riding a homemade rocket" she said angrily.
Flint nervously looked away. But then Sam looked down at him "Wait a minute" she said. She got close to Flint's shoes. "What is going on with your feet" she asked.
"Uh, spray on shoes, they uh, don't come off" said Flint.
"COOL" said Sam, and she grabbed Flint's shoes and pulled them closer for a better look, but caused Flint to hit his head.
"This could solve the untied shoes epidemic. What are they made of: some kind of elastic biopolymer adhesive" she asked.
Flint looked at her with a strange face "Ya, exactly".
Then, Sam realized what she said "I mean, he he he, wow their shinning. Hm, I'm Sam" she said, letting go of the shoes.
This cause Flint to hit his head again "Flint" he said.
"STEVE" said Steve.
"OH, IS THAT A MONKEY THOUGHT TRANSLATOR" asked Sam excitedly.
"Steve" said Steve, rubbing his head.
"Incredible, did you make all this stuff" asked Sam. But then, she gasped and said "YOU HIT ME WITH A ROCKET"!
Flint snapped out of his thought and said "You kicked me in the face"!
"I said I was sorry" said Sam, and then she began to go into a rant. But Flint wasn't listening, because just as she started talking, some kind of yellow past hit the ladder. Steve licked it, and said "GOOD"!
Then, something shot passed Flint's face into the water. Flint looked down, and saw that it was a pickle.
"You get one shot at this show" said Sam, but then something shot past her, and into a nearby barrel.
"And if you don't, it's back to cleaning the barometers" she said, looking at the barrel. Flint climbed onto the pier, and walked towards the barrel.
When he looked inside, he was surprised/confused by what he saw. "Cheese" he said, going to grab it. But then, a rat bird grabbed it and flew out. Flint backed off.
"But, that could only mean" he said, but then he turned around and gasped. Sam saw this and looked back, and gasped too.
Flint, Sam, and Steve all gasped at the sky. Large, colorful clouds were heading towards Swallow Falls. They heard thunder, and saw something falling. But it wasn't rain, it was…CHEESEBURGERS! Hundreds and Hundreds of cheeseburgers were falling from the clouds.
"Excited, Excited" said Steve, and she jumped around the falling burgers.
Flint held a hand up and smiled "Ha, Ha, Ha" he said as a burger landed in his hand. He brought it down and took a bite. The flavor spread through him, making his mouth and stomach cry out with joy.
"The Machine works" he said looking at the clouds. "HE REALLY WORKS" he screamed.
"Machine, is that what that rocket was" asked Sam as a burger fell into her hands.
"Uh, ya, what do you think of him" Flint asked.
Sam bit into the burger, and lit up like a light bulb. "HE'S AWESOME" she said happily. Flint smiled happily. "This is just amazing, look at this. This is the greatest weather phenomenon in HISTORY" she said excitedly.
"Hey, aren't you a weather girl" asked Flint. Sam gasped, and then ran towards the town "MANNY, GET YOUR CAMERA" she screamed.
The people of the two were amazed by what was happening. Those who had sardine cans dropped them, and put their hands out to catch a burger.
"This just in, our humiliated weather intern is apparently back for more" said Patrick, and then the screen cut to Sam.
"Thanks Patrick, okay everybody you're not going to believe this but I am standing in the middle of a burger rain" she said, putting her hand out and catching a burger. "You may have seen a meteor shower but you've never seen a shower Meatier than this. For a town stuck eating sardines, this is totally salvation from heaven" said Sam.
Flint looked away from the broadcast to look at the town's people. They were all grabbing a burger and chowing down. "This tastes significantly better than sardines" said someone.
The mayor was also very happy about this food storm. He greedily grabbed three cheeseburgers "This is going to be BIG" he said, and ate the three burgers all at once.
"This food weather was created intentionally by Swallow Fall resident scientist Flint Lockwood" said Sam on TV. The people watching TV gasped and looked over at Flint.
"Hi" said Flint nervously. But then, Earl tackled him to the ground.
"You're under arrest for ruining sardine land" said Earl.
"Flint those burgers were AWESOME! The producer called and he was all like 'Everybody loves that food weather'" said Sam.
"Food Weather, it could be even bigger than Sardine Land" said the mayor, still eating cheeseburgers.
"Can you make it rain food again, please" asked Sam.
"Well, I don't really know if I" said Flint.
"You're going to do it again" asked Cal excitedly.
The whole town looked at Flint with eager eyes. Flint was silent for a moment, before saying "YES" confidently.
"No" said Tim.
"Dad just give me one more chance" pleaded Flint.
"We both know this was an accident. Cheeseburgers, from the sky, that's not natural" said Tim.
"The machine could save the whole town, and you will be so proud of me dad. Plus…there's a girl here" said Flint silently.
Tim sighed "Can you look me in the eye and tell me you've got this under control, and it's not going to end up in a disaster" he asked.
"Uh, yes" said Flint nervously.
Tim raised his eyebrows, showing his eyes. Flint tried hard to look straight, but one of his eyes would always look away. He concentrated hard, and then, just as his eyes looked forward, he quickly said "I'VE GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL AND IT'S NOT GOING TO END IN A DISASTER"! Flint then bent over, breathing heavily.
Tim lowered his eyebrows "Alright" he said.
"THANKS DAD" said Flint happily.
"Sure thing" said Tim, and he walked back towards the house.
Flint turned to Sam and Manny. "Okay, Sam, this is where the magic happens" said Flint, and he opened the Port-A-Potty entrance to his lab. Sam and Manny gave it a strange look.
Soon, Flint pulled back the curtain, letting Sam and Manny enter his lab. "Welcome Flint" said a female voice.
"Wow, you seriously spend a lot of time alone hu" said Sam.
"What, ha, ha, ha" laughed Flint weakly.
The three walked over to one of the screens on the wall. It showed a model of the machine. "So here's how he works. Water goes in the back, and food comes out the front" said Flint.
"So this machine looks, talks, and thinks like a human" asked Sam.
"Yes, and he makes the food" said Flint proudly.
"So when you shot him up into the stratosphere, you figured he would induce a phase change from the cumulonimbus layer" said Sam.
"That's actually a really smart observation" said Flint, a little confused on how she knew that.
"I mean, he he, the clouds probably have water in them. Which, I guess is why you shot him up there in the first place" said Sam with a nervous smile.
"Right, Right, that's why I did that. On purpose" said Flint.
"Right, Yeah" said Sam.
"Right" said Flint.
"Of course" said Sam.
"Okay" said Flint.
"The machine uses a principle of hydro-genetic mutation. Water molecules are bombarded with microwave radiation which mutates their genetic recipe into any kind of food you want" said Flint.
"So, Pizza" asked Sam.
"Yes" said Flint.
"Mashed potatoes" asked Sam.
"Yes" said Flint.
"Peas" asked Sam.
"Yes, that's also a food" said Flint.
"Steak, Apples" asked Sam.
"Yes" said Flint.
"Apple sauce, BLT" asked Sam.
"I'm pretty shure I said any kind of food" said Flint.
"Chicken wings" asked Sam.
"Think about what you're saying, and if it's a food, yes" said Flint.
"Baloney" asked Sam excitedly.
"Baloney that is a food" said Flint.
"How about Jell- O" asked Sam happily?
"Do you like Jell-O" asked Flint nervously.
"I love Jell- O" said Sam happily.
"I love Jell- O too. Oh, and peanut butter, right" asked Flint
"Oh, no, no, no, I am severely allergic to peanuts" said Sam cautiously.
"Hey, me too" said Flint, trying to sound normal.
"So what's the name" asked Sam.
"Peanut Allergy" said Flint.
"No of the machine" said Sam.
"Of course" said Flint. He ran over to his computer, which had a full view of himself and the machine. "He's called the Flint Lockwood, diatomic, super mutation dynamic, food replicator. Or for short…FLDSMDFR" said Flint.
"Fliminadifiser" asked Sam.
"FLDSMDFR" said Flint.
"Fliminubahdibferer" asked Sam.
"Fli, Suh, Fdiferf" said Flint, breaking the word down.
"Oh, Manny make shure you get this. He's going to make the food now" said Sam. Manny got his camera up close.
"Now, well, thing is I can't…Wait to show you this hilarious internet video" said Flint, and he opened a video file on his desk. On the screen appeared a kitten, playing a keyboard, and singing "Fight the Power".
"What? What is this? It's so cute" said Sam as she and Manny watched the video.
While this went on, Flint began working on a message device to send messages up to FLDSMDFR.
"Pushing, Folding, Connecting. Taping, Turning, Painting. Switching, Staring, Motivating, Placing button" he said while he built the device.
"I can't believe we've been watching this for three hours" said Sam.
"I know" said Flint as he placed the last part into place. Then he got off the video, and activated the device. It hummed to life, and a message appeared on screen saying "Place Order".
"It's working" said Flint.
"Great, so you can make the food now" said Sam.
"Yes, but before we do, let's see if we can communicate with FLDSMDFR" said Flint. He started typing codes, and turned on the microphone near him. "FLDSMDFR, can you hear me" asked Flint. For a moment, there was nothing, but then.
"Hello is anyone there" asked a voice.
"Hey FLDSMDFR, you're okay. How are you, what happened after the cables came off" asked Flint.
"Well, I kept flying upward, and soon I was able to shut off my shoes. But by then, I was so high up that couldn't come down. So now I'm just up here, looking down on the island" said FLDSMDFR.
"Alright, oh, and thanks for the burgers. I didn't expect it to rain food" said Flint.
"Oh, that, well thanks. I had plenty of water up here, and I still had the order in me. So, I thought I'd send down some burgers. How were they" asked FLDSMDFR.
"Everyone loved them, and they want more. So would it be alright if you stayed up there" asked Flint.
"Hey, I was built to make food. If people want it from the sky, I'll stay up here as long as necessary" said FLDSMDFR.
"Alright, we'll be sending an order up soon. Just be ready" said Flint.
"Alright then, talk later" said FLDSMDFR, and then the communication ended.
Flint looked at everyone and asked "What do you guys want for breakfast"?
"GUMMY BEARS" said Steve excitedly.
"WHOA, STEVE NO! We both know how you get around gummy bears" said Flint.
"How about, Eggs" said Sam?
"And Toast" said Flint.
"Orange Juice" said Sam.
"AND BACON" said the two together. Flint leaned in closer, closed his eyes and puckered up.
"What are you doing" asked Sam.
"Nothing…TO THE COMPUTER" said Flint.
So Flint began typing in the order, while Manny filmed it. "So, are you shure this is safe" asked Sam.
"Don't worry; I have two gauges to help me out. One is FLDSMDFR's mood gauge. Green means good, yellow means mild, and Red means angry. This way, I know if he's in the mood to make something. And I also have a Dangeometer that lets me know if the food is going to over-mutate" said Flint.
"What happens if the food over-mutates" asked Sam.
"I don't know, but that will never happen" said Flint. He finished placing the order, and turned to the large red button.
"Okay, this probably won't explode" said Flint, raising his hand.
"What" said Sam?
Flint pressed the button, and the order was sent through the transmitter up to FLDSMDFR.
Up in the sky, FLDSMDFR was lying in the air with his hands behind his head. Water from clouds was being sucked into his back, and his legs were crossed. "It's really peaceful up here, nothing to bother me and all the time in the world" he said.
Suddenly, he felt something approaching. Then, he felt a weird sensation as the order flew into his hard drive. The screen on his chest showed a picture of a strip of bacon.
"BACON" he said in his deep machine order voice. Then, he set to work on making the food.