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Chapter 3
Loud shouting continued to sound through out the kitchen as Sonic and Mega Man were still locked in their argument. Pit remained to the side, glancing around as thoughts rapidly flew through his head. What do I do?! What do I do?! He asked himself. If those two don't stop fighting, we're never gonna get a dessert done. Then what will I give to Lady Palutena?! Pit's glancing eyes finally landed a wall clock and his heart nearly skipped a beat when he saw the time.
"Oh no!" He shouted loudly, getting Sonic's and Mega Man's attention. "It's already three-thirty?! The gift exchange starts at five! We gotta bake something now, and fast!" Sonic gave a smirk and approached the panicking angel.
"Hey, do ya remember who you're workin' with?" He told him. "Fast is my middle name! Don't sweat it, Pit. I'll find us another recipe, and I'll follow it this time, then we'll make the best dessert Palutena ever had!" He then shot a quick glare to where Mega Man still stood. "It also won't be an Iblis spawn, this time..." The robot returned his look and was about to open his mouth to say something, but Pit quickly interjected.
"Okay, but can we do this quickly?" He asked desperately.
"Of course." Sonic said confidently. "I got this."
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Twenty more minutes went by. Sonic had found a recipe for gingerbread men and he, Pit, and Mega Man got to work on making them. The trio worked around the kitchen, getting the ingredients together. However, the blue bomber and the hedgehog avoided each other, both still sour toward the other. Putting everything together went smoothly, so they were able to roll out the dough and cut out the gingerbread men shapes. Once they finished this, they put them on a baking tray and placed it in the oven.
Now, the trio stood next to the oven, waiting for their treats to finish. "Do you think it'll turn out good, this time?" Pit asked expectantly.
"Oh sure, these will be just fine!" Sonic replied proudly. "I'm sure of it, this time." Just then, the ding of the oven sounded.
"They're done!" Pit said excitedly.
"Now, to take out our masterpieces." Sonic said. He gripped the handle to the oven and pulled, but it didn't open. He put on a confused look as he started to tug harder, but the oven still wouldn't open. Now growing frustrated, Sonic started tugging on it over and over. Pit and Mega Man watched him do this, now getting concerned.
"Um, what's wrong?" The robot asked.
"The oven's jammed." Sonic replied through clenched teeth, still pulling. "It won't open."
"Why? What's wrong with it?" Mega Man continued to question.
"I don't know!"
An orange glow then caught their attention and the trio turned their gazes to the oven's window. The gingerbread men had burned completely then caught on fire for being inside too long; the bright flames growing larger in size quickly. Once seeing this, the trio's pupils dilated and Pit yelped in fright.
"Do something! Do something! Someone do something!" He shouted. Sonic gained a panicked gleam to his eyes as he ran away to the other side of the kitchen. He curled into a Spin Dash and came back, ramming right into the oven. This caused it to finally open and the tray of flaming gingerbread men to fly right out and across the kitchen toward the door.
Out in the hallway, Captain Falcon and Olimar were walking by, the racer holding a small mistletoe in his hand. "I can see it, now." He said with shining eyes. "This evening at the gift exchange, I'll offer Ms Aran this mistletoe. I'll hold it above both our heads, and we'll both share a loving kiss. That, will be my present to her."
Olimar was looking up at him with a worried expression. "Uh, Falcon, you've been trying to get with Samus the past year and a half now, and she still hasn't agreed." He told him. "I don't want to break this to you, but she's just not interested."
"I refuse to believe it!" Captain Falcon replied in determination. "No matter how hard it takes, I will keep trying. I will win Ms Aran's heart, or my name isn't-" He was interrupted when a flaming tray suddenly flew out of the door to the kitchen and headed toward the two captains. Without having enough time to react, the tray smashed into Captain Falcon's face and fell to the ground, leaving two burning gingerbread men stuck to his face. Smoke started to rise from them and let out a scream of pain.
"My face! It's hot! IT BUUUURNS!" Captain Falcon then took off down the hall, continuing to freak out. Olimar remained in his spot as he watched the racer go, then glanced at the other burning gingerbread men, not sure what to think.
Back in the kitchen, Sonic, Pit, and Mega Man stared at the door where the tray disappeared. After a moment of silence, the blue bomber turned to the hedgehog with a glare. "Yeah, 'the best dessert Palutena would ever have.'" He grumbled.
Sonic faced him, eyes narrowed as well. "Oh, ya wanna start again, huh? What're ya gonna do, make a killer sweet potato pie?"
"Guys!" The two looked away from each other and faced Pit, who was looking panicked again. "Please, don't start another argument. We still don't have anything for Lady Palutena and the gift exchange will be in an hour, now. We...We have to..." He then heaved a sigh in defeat and flopped down on one of the chairs there, his head lowered. "Oh, what's the point? No matter what we try, we can't get it right. We're never gonna get it done."
Sonic's ears lowered a little and he stepped forward with a small smile. "Hey, don't say that. I can still help you with-Ack!" He was suddenly knocked to the ground as Mega Man shoved him back and walked past him. The blue bomber approached the angel with an encouraging grin.
"Don't worry, Pit." He said. "I know I messed up with the fruit cake...somehow, and the sugar cookies and the gingerbread men were Sonic's fault. You don't have to blame yourself. We can give this one last chance; we'll whip up something quick and have it done by five for you to give to Palutena. That's a promise."
Pit looked back up at Mega Man and smiled back. "Okay. I guess we can try again." He turned his gaze to the rest of the kitchen and his smile went away. It was all in a bad condition. The counter's and floors were covered in the remains of the ingredients from all their previous desserts. "Man, this place is a mess." Pit continued and stood back up. "Peach is gonna flip if she saw this. I'm going to get something to clean this all up, real quick."
"You do that." Mega Man replied. The angel gave a nod and quickly headed out of the kitchen.
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Once Pit had left, Mega Man had decided to go ahead and look for another recipe and start on it. He soon found one for a cheesecake then printed it, immediately getting to work. As of now, he was putting cream cheese and sugar into a mixing bowl, getting the filling together. A little ways away, Sonic was leaning against the counter with his arms crossed, watching the blue bomber. His green eyes held a still-hostile glow.
"You're gonna screw it up again, I just know it." He muttered.
"Yeah, like you have a right to judge me, Mr. 'I know how to bake, then I go and blow the oven to smithereens.'" Mega Man replied coldly. The hedgehog only gave a huff and glanced away. Mega Man resumed to the ingredients and added vanilla extract to the mixture. He picked up a spoon to stir it, but saw that the cookie down from the sugar cookies was still on it and had hardened. He gave a quiet groan as he looked at this. "That's just great, now the stupid cookie dough is stuck to this. How can I stir the filling, then?"
"Well, since you can't figure it out, I'll take care of that." Sonic quickly sped away from the counter and soon came back with something in his hands. He held a rather large, pink mixer that had many buttons on it. Once Mega Man saw it, his eyes widen.
"W-Wait, that's that new advanced mixer. Only Peach knows how to work that; we're not supposed to even be touching it!"
"Ah, suck it up. I'll figure it out. Besides, Pit's hope is slowly deteriorating because of your slip ups, I don't want this to end in another disaster and completely crush his hopes. I'm using this thing."
Before Mega Man could object, Sonic nudged him out of the way and placed the mixer's beaters into the bowl. "No, we're not allowed to use that!"The blue bomber argued. "Don't you even dare to touch that." Sonic raised an eyebrow at him and smirked, raising his index finger toward the "ON" button. "Don't do it, Sonic!" The hedgehog moved his finger closer to the button. "Don't! I mean it! If you-" He then pressed the button and the mixer turned on, it's beaters starting to turn and mix the ingredients in the bowl.
"Sonic!" Mega Man shouted in annoyance as said hedgehog gave him a taunting look. "I just said not to-Oh jeez, why are you so stubborn?!"
"Well, maybe I would've listened to you if you haven't doubted my baking skills." Sonic replied with a scowl.
"What baking skills?! You blew up the cookies and set the gingerbread men on fire! You're just being egotistic when you don't know how to do jack nothing." Mega Man snapped, now starting to get fed up.
"Yeah, says the one who had his fruit cake eat my face."
"I told you, I don't even know how that happened! But at least I made an attempt to do things right on my first try, where as you only said to through things together. If you ask me, you're the one who sort of started to ruin things. Good job, you brought bad luck on all of us!"
"At least I didn't make killer desserts!"
"At least I'm not hardheaded and stubborn!"
"At least I have more games in my series!"
"At least my fan-base actually enjoys my games!"
"At least I didn't future games all cancelled in a row!"
Mega Man gave a loud, deep gasp after Sonic said this. He was now fuming with rage, but he didn't know what to say next as he gave the smirking hedgehog an enraged look. "I...eh...you...you little-" Just then, a whole bunch of cheesecake filling splashed right on them, causing them to jump and snap around to the mixing bowl.
It turns out that while the two were shouting at each other, the mixer had been spinning faster and faster without anyone setting it to the right speed. Now, it was rapidly spinning at a great speed and it was starting to vibrate from all the power going in it. The contents in the mixing bowl was being thrown all over the place and soon, cracks were starting to form in the bowl as the mixer kept going. Finally, the entire bowl broke to pieces as the mixer now got out of hand and started moving. Sonic and Mega Man looked at it in terror, slowly backing away from it and only two words coming to their minds.
Aw crap...
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Footsteps tapped on the wooden floor of the mansion's hallway as Pit made his way back to the kitchen. He had found a closet with a little kart that had a lot of cleaning supplies in it and he was now pushing it as he walked. I wonder how Sonic and Mega Man are doing. He said to himself in wonder. They're probably already starting on the next dessert. I hope their not having any trouble. Pit finally reached the door to the kitchen and opened it up. But as soon as he did, he froze on the spot and stared in shock at the scene inside.
The kitchen was destroyed even more, the desserts in their pile of fails were splattered all over the walls and floor. Most of the counters had missing chunks and many drill-like marks scared the ground. The sound of some sort of electrical thing going haywire filled the air along with many chorus of screaming. Soon, Mega Man came running by, a horrified look on his features.
"Run, Pit! Run while you can!" He shouted at the angel as he passed.
Sonic then followed immediately after. "IT'LL BLEND YOUR SOUL!" He exclaimed as well as he went by. As if on cue, the mixer finally revealed itself, moving all around the ground and it's beaters spinning out of control, destroying the floor and anything in it's way.
Pit's heart nearly stopped when he saw it. "Whoa!" He shouted and jumped out of the way to avoid it. He turned back and watched as it continued the score the kitchen. He looked around wildly and soon a pot laying against the wall. Quickly, he grabbed it and tossed it across the kitchen toward the mixer. The pot hit it, along with it's off button and it powered off. The mixer's beaters slowed down their spinning and soon, they stopped completely. Sonic and Mega Man watched it as it fell on it's side and they heaved sighs of relief.
"Now I know why we're not aloud to mess with it..." The hedgehog muttered. The two then turned back to the angel, but they remained silent as they watched him slowly walk farther into the kitchen.
Pit looked at the huge mess in despair, seeing that the only place where they can make their Christmas dessert was now completely destroyed. His eyes continued to scan it all until they finally landed on the mess that was the failed desserts. In the midst of all the splattered contents, one, small thing stood out from it all, looking to have been unharmed. Pit approached in and bent down to pick it up. It was the burned sugar cookie with the messed up icing. His breath was now coming in fast as he looked at it, tears now brimming his eyes. Sonic and Mega Man stayed where they were, worry now starting to edge on them.
"It's...It's ruined." Pit whispered, slowly starting to sob. "It's all ruined. The kitchen, the supplies, everything. We can't do anything now; we can't make anything now! I don't have anything to give to Lady Palutena. All I have left is...is this cookie. This burned, messed up cookie..." He closed his eyes and lowered his head, tears now starting to fall down his cheeks. Guilt now hit Sonic and Mega Man hard as they looked at the upset angel. They made their way toward him and stood next to him, not sure what to say.
"Pit, we..." The hedgehog told him quietly, but stopped. "We...We honestly didn't..." The loud speakers on the ceiling of the kitchen then buzzed on and Master Hand's voice spoke from it.
"Attention Smashers, it is now five o' clock." He said. "Please report to the living room for our annual Christmas Gift Exchange. Thank you." Dread fell over the trio as disbelief shone in their eyes. Sonic and Mega Man turned back to see Pit looking even more upset.
"Pit, we really didn't mean-" The blue bomber started, but was then cut off.
"No, it's okay, guys." Pit said quietly. "I know you two only wanted to help, and I'm grateful for that. But..." He then silently looked back down at the burned Christmas cookie in his hand. "I guess things just don't always go as planned, no matter what. Thank you guys for trying to help, I appreciate it." With that, he slowly turned and walked away, exiting the kitchen without another word.
Sonic and Mega Man remained to their spots, watching where their friend had disappeared. They then slowly turned and looked to each other in regret. They really messed up now, did they?
How yeah, they did. Oookay, long chapter! Poor Pit, though. I guess we'll see what will happen next for this trio.
Thank you guys for reading! The next chapter will be up soon! See ya!