Meanwhile, Lee, Randy, and the group follow Mort to PJ McFlubbusters. It's not very crowded in that restaurant, since not many survivors live in the safety zone, so it might have a lot of seats for the group. As the group goes inside the restaurant, Mort talks to the receptionist.

Mort: Tables for umm...

Mort then looks at the group to count them, and math is hard for him. Then Bucky said:

Bucky: Tables for 24 people...

Kenny: And including 8 kids...

Bucky then interrupted Kenny.

Bucky: You mean 7 kids, Kenny? Ben isn't a kid anymore. He's 18.

Kenny glared at Bucky, making him back away from him.

Kenny: Don't make me look like an idiot, Bucky! I didn't know he was 18!

Bucky: Alright, you don't have to yell at me like that.

Then Bucky's parents defended their son.

Mrs. Hensletter: Mister, don't you dare yell at our son like that!

Kenny then scoffs, then just walks away from Hensletter's family.

Mr. Hensletter: Jeez, what the juice is this guy's problem?

Bucky: It's a long story, mom, dad. Let him go.

Then Lee witnessed everything, thinking about Kenny's well-being.

Lee: Is Kenny still pissed at Bucky? Despite his forgiveness to Ben.

Then the receptionist, who has already checked which tables are available for the group, talks to the group.

Receptionist: Okay, then. Four tables are available, and I hope you all don't mind.

Omid: Of course, we don't mind at all.

Receptionist: Okay, follow me then.

Then the group follows the receptionist to make their way to their tables, and Lee talks to Mort about the money.

Lee: Mort, is it okay for us to eat here? We don't have any money or a credit card to pay for the food.

Mort: Oh, don't worry about that one. We don't use money here since money is incredibly useless in this plague. But, however, there's a new rule for this restaurant. One customer only ordered one food and drink to prevent a supply shortage.

Kenny: I thought you said this restaurant had unlimited supplies.

Mort: They do, but the founder made these rules for that reason, even if it never happened. He's incredibly smart and wealthy, you know.

Kenny: That's why I hate rich people.

The receptionist finally reached the empty seats for the group. The place seems not to be very crowded, which is very surprising, and the group separated and took their seats. The first table is Lee, and Randy with his mom, Rena, Howard, Clementine, and Ben. The second table is Mort and his wife, Omid, Christa, Kenny, and Molly. The third table is Theresa and her parents and Debbie and her parents. The fourth table is Douglas(rc9gn), Doug(twdg), Carley, Bucky, and his parents. Then the waiter came to their table to give them a menu on each table. As they looked at the menu, most of the newcomers, like Lee, Ben, and others, struggled to choose which food to order. First table:- (I don't want to go into detail about the other survivors)

Rena: Okay, everyone wanted to choose which food they wanted to eat.

Rena, Randy, and Howard had already decided, while Lee, Ben, and Clementine struggled to choose which one.

Lee: Man, this menu seems a bit different than most restaurant menus.

Ben: Yeah, there's a food with an odd name. Especially this one, "The SeaGriddle Double Stack Squid Bomb". What's that?

Randy explained this to Ben.

Randy: It's a large burger with five slices of cheese and ten squid tentacles. And this burger also has two special condiments.

Ben: What is the special condiment inside the burger?

Randy: Habanero peppers and a chocolate milkshake.

Howard: The heat and the sweetness, I tell you.

This caused Lee and Ben to groan a bit at the details of the special condiment, while Clementine was curious.

Randy: And if one of you orders that burger, I hope you don't find a chicken beak after you take a bite.

This also caused Lee and Ben to gag, covering their mouths while Clementine was still curious about the SeaGriddle.

Rena: Do you guys want the SeaGriddle?

Lee: No, I'm good.

Ben: I'll pass.

Clementine: I don't know what it is, but I wanted to try that burger.

Lee then looked at Clementine in shock.

Lee: Clem, there's a habanero pepper inside the burger. It's too spicy for you.

Clementine: Ohh… Okay. I won't take the burger.

Randy: There's also a kiddie meal for Clem. You should turn a few pages

Then Lee turned a few menu pages and found kiddie menus for kids.

Lee: Oh, there it is.

Then Lee looked at Clementine. Show her the kiddie menu section.

Lee: Clem, honey, which one do you want?

Then Clementine looked at the kiddie menu and pointed at the one with apple juice.

Clementine: I wanted this one.

Lee: Okay.

Then Lee looked at Ben.

Lee: What about you, Ben?

Ben then looks at the menu and finds out which one he should order.

Ben: I'll go with Buffalo Wings with Cola.

Lee: Okay, then.

Randy: I wanted a Cola too.

Rena: Okay then. You already decided how to order, Lee?

Lee then looked at the menu, and upon seeing them, Lee decided to go with, um, Torfurkey with Iced Coffee, I guess.

Rena: Oh, a vegetarian menu. Okay then. We've already decided.

Lee: And we're also needing to get free birthday sundae cakes for Clem and Ben as well. But I heard they only serve on their birthdays.

Then Rena said:

Rena: Is their birthday today?

Lee: No, their birthday has already passed.

Rena: Then we shouldn't get them a free birthday sundae cake.

Clementine: But I wanted a sundae.

Howard: Oh, don't worry, I know how to get a birthday sundae cake for these two. Let me handle it.

Rena: Really, Howard? Don't tell me you are planning to lie to the coworkers about their birthday being today.

Howard: Umm, yeah.

Then Rena agrees with Howard's plan.

Rena: And then go for it.

Howard: Really?! Okay!

Lee, Randy, and Ben were surprised by Rena's agreement with Howard's plan. Randy never thought his mom would be by Howard's side. Rena calls for a waiter. Meanwhile, the second table, third table, and fourth table also finished their orders.

After the waiter took their orders, the group decided to wait while chatting. The scene shows Randy looking at Ben, the purple stank still inside him. Randy then took something inside his jacket; it was a tiny ancient bottle with a red liquid. Randy planned to add the elixir to Ben's drink. Randy talks to the first ninja in his mind.

Randy: First Ninja, are you sure this will work?

First Ninja: It will work. All you had to do was make him drink the elixir.

Randy: Okay.

Then Randy talks to Howard.

Randy: Hey, Big H,

Howard: What now, Cunningham?

Randy: I need your help, but we need to go to the men's washroom to talk.

Howard: Okay.

Then Randy and Howard make an excuse to go to the bathroom.

Randy: Me and Howard need to use the bathroom.

Rena: Okay, you two. Don't take too long.

Then Randy and Howard go to the men's washroom. Upon Lee's suspicion about them going to the bathroom together, he decided to follow them. Lee excuses himself from going to the bathroom.

Lee: I'm going to the washroom.

Rena: Okay.

As he reached the men's washroom door, he decided to eavesdrop on the two bros by opening the door a bit, and luckily the door didn't make any noise, so Randy and Howard didn't notice him. The scene shows Randy checking in at each stall to make sure nobody was there. The stall was clear. Randy discussed his plan with Howard.

Howard: So what do you want to talk about, Cunningham?

Randy: It's about Ben. I need Ben to drink this elixir.

In Lee's point of view, Randy shows Howard the small bottle of elixir with red liquid.

Lee: Elixir? Why did Randy want Ben to drink that? And how did he get the elixir?

Howard: Why do you want to give elixir to Ben? He's not bitten.

Randy: Ben actually still has stank inside him, and he will turn into a monster every time he triggers a strong negative emotion or gets stabbed in the abdomen. And most of all, the group didn't know that except for me and you.

Lee: Ben can still turn into a monster?! Shit!

Howard: Wait, so Ben still stanked? I thought he'd already de-stanked.

Randy: But not completely.

Howard: But I saw the stanked come out of Ben's body.

Randy: But a few of them still attach themselves to him. The sorceress actually stanked Ben to reproduce more stanked to make her more powerful.

Lee: Holy fuck…

Howard: How does a sorceress gain more power?

Randy: By de-stank, of course. After de-stanking him, the few purple stanks are released from his body, and they will reach the sorceress to make her gain more power.

Howard: So Ben is a Stank Breeder? That's Shnasty.

Lee: That sorceress used Ben to gain more power. I need more information about this.

Randy: Yes. It is. That's why I need to use this Elixir on Ben.

Howard: Why can't you give him Elixir instead?

Randy: But I can't just straight-up give Ben the elixir. I need to pour it into Ben's drink.

Howard: Why can't you just go ninja instead?

Randy: I can't just go to Ninja and go straight up and tell him to drink the elixir.

Lee was shocked and, at the same time, confirmed his theory. Randy has been the ninja all along.

Lee: So Randy is the Yellow Ninja all along?!

Howard: But you did give me the elixir for Everett when he was dying.

Lee: And Randy is the one who gave me an elixir to keep me alive.

Randy: That was different, Howard.

Howard: Okay, what's your plan?

Randy: Well, did you notice me and Ben ordered the same drink?

Howard: Yeah, a cola, and what's something to do with that?

Randy: Well, my plan is to make it switcharoo. I want you to distract Ben and the others while I pour the elixir into my cola and then switch it to Ben's cola.

Lee: So that's Randy's plan.

Howard: Okay, all I need is to distract them. Okay, I'm in.

Just as the two bros are about to leave the washroom, Lee quickly goes to his seat before the two see him. Then Randy and Howard get out of the washroom and go to their table, where Rena, Lee, Clementine, and Ben are sitting. As the two bros sit at their table, the waiter appears with the drinks. As the waiter put the drinks on their table, Howard distracted Lee, Clementine, Rena, and Ben by talking about what they planned to do in the future during the plague. As they were talking, Randy poured Elixir into his cola, and once he finished pouring it, he made a switch to Ben's cola.

Randy: Ninja Cola Switcharoo.

Randy managed to switch from his cola to Ben's cola in a second. A little did Randy and Howard know; Lee saw everything. Lee is pretending to get distracted by Howard.

Lee: Randy, Howard. Why did you hide this from us?

Then Ben drinks his cola, and Randy thinks his small task is complete, even though he will have to wait until the elixir works on Ben. First Ninja mentions that the elixir needs more time to work after the person drinks it. Then the waiter brought their food.

Waiter: Here's your food.

Howard: Finally! Real food!

Ben: It's been a long time since we've had real food.

Before the waiter could leave, Howard wanted two birthday sundae cakes for Clem and Ben.

Howard: Excuse me, Mr. Waiter. I want two birthday sundae cakes for Clem and Ben here because it's their birthday today. Coincidence, right?

Then the waiter wondered if he was lying or not, but then he said

Waiter: Okay. I'll get the two birthday sundae cakes ASAP.

As the waiter leaves, Lee looks at Howard and says,

Lee: That was easy.

Howard: Yeah, most of the staff here are too gullible to know that people like me exploit this perk by lying about birthdays.

Clementine: So that's how you should get a birthday sundae cake?

Howard: Yup, all you have to do is ask them about the cake without making it sound shabby.

Clementine: I see...

Rena: Okay, but let's eat.

As they ate their food, Howard ate like a pig, much to Randy, Rena, Ben, Lee, and Clementine's disgust. Lee then tells Howard.

Lee: Where are your manners, Howard?

Howard looked at Lee for a second and then kept eating like a pig, much to Lee's annoyance.

As they were finishing their food, the waiter brought two birthday sundae cakes for Clementine and Ben, along with other PJ McFlubbusters coworkers with him. As the waiter lights up the birthday candles, the coworkers are singing to Clementine and Ben, which makes Clementine smile happily while Ben smiles awkwardly.

You did it; you birthdayed.

You've aged another year.

Happy birthday, Sunday cake!

It's the end!

Clementine and Ben blow out the candles from their big sundae, and the coworkers leave their tables. As they both take a bite of the sundae cake, their eyes widen as it is delicious.

Clementine: Wow, it was delicious.

Ben: I like it with the ice cream.

Clementine looks at Ben while munching her sundae cake.

Clementine: Ben, I'm glad that we're friends.

Ben looks at Clementine and agrees.

Ben: Yeah. We're still friends, but...

Clementine: But what, Ben?

Ben: But I still feel guilty about the fact that I left you back in Savannah.

Clementine: I forgive you, Ben, but please don't do that again.

Ben: I won't, and I promise I'll do the right thing this time.

Clementine: Yeah, and better keep that promise.

Ben smiled and nodded as he and Clementine ate their sundae cake. While Lee, who heard their conversation, smiled as he was glad that Clementine forgave Ben for what he did, he looked at Randy and Howard, who were still eating their food.

Lee: I had to look more into "Randy being a ninja".

To be continued...