Chapter 11 - Want Some Fries With That?
Author's note: Hi everyone, I'm back with the next chapter! Even though it's on the short side, this chapter was by far my favorite one to write! First I gotta reply to a review I received for Chapter 10.
Ghost, I glad you enjoyed Chapter 10! To answer your question, Gt. Eyeball is short for Giant Eyeball. As for the area featured in this chapter, the Annoying Orange will not be featured because he didn't even exist at the time I originally write this story! The boss fight will be equally as ridiculous though. Now, on with the story!
"Welcome to Food World!" a young woman's voice spoke. "Take a look around, and see what kind of delightfully delicious dishes await you!"
I could not believe my eyes. We had entered a foodie's paradise! There was literally any kind of food you could think of, from any and all countries of the world. The floor that we were walking on was made of chocolate bricks, the walls were covered with gingerbread and so was the ceiling, and there were chandeliers made out of donuts! There were long tables with fruits, candy, baked foods, fried veggies, hamburgers, French fries, chili dogs (much to Sonic's delight), sushi, haggis, and even fried tarantulas! And that's only a few of them!
"Wow, I'm in heeeeaven!" I sang as I walked up and down these tables all piled high with food. I grabbed a tray from nearby and began loading it with a bite of everything I could want (except for sushi, which actually took up a good amount of the tray). Sonic gorged himself on chili dogs, Tails chomped on a turkey leg, Knuckles ate grapes and other kinds of fruit, SpongeBob and Patrick feasted on Krabby Patties (yes, those were there too!), and Sandy had acorns and Krabby Patties.
Once our stomachs were filled with yummy food, we continued our journey further into Food World. We reached a tall flight of stairs that were actually tiers of an enormous chocolate cake, and I couldn't help but take at least one bite out of each and every step! When we got to the top, we each grabbed an inner tube and zoomed down a long, steep slide made out of zucchini. There was a jump at the end, and we sailed through a cloud of icing sugar before landing on top of a hot fudge sundae! A secret compartment opened in each inner tube with a golden spoon, so we had to eat our way out of the sundae! And the best part was, my clothes and skin never got stained or sticky, so even as we continued to gobble up our sundae, I still felt clean as a whistle!
I was feeling more giddy than ever after all of this sugar, so much that when the path was clear for us to move on, I couldn't stop laughing, and neither could my teammates!
"That was so much fun!" Patrick said as he rubbed his stomach. "Let's do it again!"
Suddenly, a rumbling noise filled the air behind us, and we turned around. Something happened that none of us could have ever predicted. A gigantic red apple came rolling down the big zucchini slide straight for us like a bowling ball!
"RUUUUNNNN!" I hollered in fright as the giant apple continued to bear towards us. We scrambled out of the way just before it could run us over. The fruit then smashed into a chocolate brick wall and broke apart into smithereens. All fell silent.
"Who's hungry for an apple?" I asked eagerly.
"Me!" Knuckles said, and the red echidna began to chow down on as much of the fruit as he could. I joined in as well, and once we were done, I asked everyone, "Shall we roll on?"
"Let's go!" Sonic replied with his trademark grin, and we ran towards a nearby door. There was no key in front of it, and it swung open with the slightest turn of the door handle, revealing a very bizarre sight.
We went into a room where the floor and ceiling were made to look like the bottom and top buns of a hamburger, and the walls were painted to resemble the patty and all the condiments. That wasn't what was bizarre, though. What was bizarre, was the presence of a giant hamburger that had hands, arms, feet, and legs. It must have been at least ten feet in diameter. Alerted by our presence, the hamburger turned around to face us, with "eyes" made out of sesame seeds that were bigger than the others. The burger made a gurgling sound, and it squirted a jet of ketchup straight at me!
"Yikes!" I yelped. "A hamburger for a boss fight? What kind of weirdness is that?"
"Too bad it's not a giant chili dog," Sonic said, and he began to jump up and use his Homing Attack. However, the bun was so fresh and springy that he just bounced off as if it was a trampoline! Even Knuckles had a hard time trying to take it down with his punches.
Surprisingly, it was Patrick who gained the upper hand in this battle. Being the ever-hungry starfish he was, he jumped into the middle part of the hamburger where the giant patty was, and he began to chow down on it.
"Hey SpongeBobbb!" Patrick called out. "I found an opening!"
"Awesome, Patrick! You're the best buddy I know!" SpongeBob replied. "Hey kid, you come over too!"
"Me?" I asked as the sponge and starfish began to feast on the patty.
"Yes, you!" Sandy replied.
The burger started to shoot mustard and relish in my direction, ketchup in Sandy's direction, sesame seeds in Sonic's direction, pickles in Tails' direction, and onions in Knuckles' direction. For some reason it began to slow down a few seconds later, and SpongeBob had a lightbulb moment.
"Souls look like pickles!" SpongeBob realized. "That's why the burger's giving up; because it's losing its pickles, and its soul!"
"Sandwiches don't have souls," Sonic responded as he joined in on the feast. Eventually, the burger ceased its attacks and slumped to the ground, apparently dead (even though burgers aren't alive to begin with).
Several minutes later, we were all so full that our stomachs were inflated like balloons!
"Unngghhh..." I moaned. "That was delicious, but I gotta go poo!"
Everyone else nodded in agreement. Thankfully, there were several doors nearby that each led into a bathroom. After several minutes of groaning, grunting, farting and pooping, we all flushed our toilets, washed our hands, and reunited as a group with normal-size stomachs.
"Guess what I found in the bathroom I was in?" Tails said excitedly as he showed us an object in his right hand. "The key!"
"What did the voice tell you?" I asked, curious.
"It told me that this is the Cold Key!" Tails smiled.
I crossed my arms and said, "Well, I've had enough of those flaming hot rooms, so that'll be a nice change."
"We've been in plenty o' cold areas before, anyway," Sandy said.
"Hopefully this time we won't be chased by any deadly avalanches, whether white or brown!" I added.
"Brown?" SpongeBob questioned.
"Sonic rescued me from a crapalanche, aka an avalanche made of raw sewage," I told him.
"Well, as long as there are no avalanches or crapalanches," Patrick said, "I'll be okay. Besides, Sand Mountain is a cold place and we go there often."
"Let's go in," Tails said as he led us towards the next door, which had a handle shaped like a snowflake, "and see what this place is all about!" He inserted the Cold Key and rotated it, the door opened, and we prepared ourselves for what could possibly lie ahead.
Author's note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Again, I apologize that this chapter was on the shorter side, but I wanted to build up the suspense for the next area, where our heroes will conquer not one, but two boss battles! Please feel free to review, and stay tuned for the next chapter! :)