//------------------------------// // Chapter 34: Cooking with a killer robot! (Plus Celestia) // Story: Little ray of sunshine // by KDS-Writingindustries //------------------------------// The polka dots lead to a new area, that was pitch black, Celestia couldn't see a thing. She used a light spell, but all she couldn't see more than 2 feet. 'This is ridiculous....maybe Alphys can help'. Celestia dug through her satchel to find her phone, once found, she gave Alphys a ring. "Alphys, can you see me? Because I can't see anything" "Well yes, I can see you, it is kinda dark in there. Don't worry! I'll hack into the light system and brighten it up!" Alphys reassured. *ping...* In a flash, the room went bright, a bit too bright for Celestia's standards, it took a few seconds for her eyes to adjust. When her vision was clear, she looked around the room. It appeared to be a...kitchen? "...what the...?" The filly mumbled in confusion. "Oh no" Suddenly Mettaton zoomed up from above a counter, with a chefs hat. "OHHH YES!!! WELCOME BEAUTIES, TO THE UNDERGROUND'S PREMIER COOKING SHOW!!!" The sound of sparkles filled the pony's ears. She stood there, still on the phone with Alphys, "....Alphys I'll call you later...I need to get through this first..." "Wait! don-" *click...* Mettaton seemingly ignored Celestia and continued to monologue, "PRE-HEAT YOUR OVENS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL RECIPE FOR YOU TODAY! WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING....A CAKE!" Celestia mentally gave out a sigh of relief 'At least this'll be easy to bake'. "MY LOVEY ASSISTANT HERE WILL GATHER THE INGREDIENTS. EVERYONE GIVE HER A BIG HAND!!!" Mettaton clapped as confetti spiralled down on the alicorn. "SO DARLING, DO YOU KNOW WHAT KEY INGREDIENTS WE NEED TO MAKE THIS DEEE-LICIOUS CAKE?" Mettaton dramatically asked. "Milk, eggs, and flour. Duh" Celestia said dryly. "MY MY, WHAT A SMART COOKIE YOU ARE" The robot complimented, "GO FOR IT, SWEETHEART!" Mettaton pointed to the ingredients on the other bench behind them. Celestia turned around and used her telekinesis to pick up all three items and place them in the middle of the counter. "Ok I did it" "WONDERFUL! SUCH MASTERFUL COOKING SKILLS MY DARLING ASSISTANT!" Mettaton complimented, "WE'VE GOT ALL THE INGREDIENTS WE NEED TO BAKE A CA-!" "No we don't" The filly interrupted. ".....PARDON?" "We still need; vanilla extract, baking powder, salt, butter, cre-" "LET ME REPHRASE THAT!!!" Mettaton interrupted, slightly ticked off, "WE HAVE ALL THE MAIN INGREDIENTS TO BAKE THE CAKE!!! ...WAIT A MINUTE, I THINK WE'VE MISSED THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT..." Mettaton revealed a chainsaw from out of nowhere. "A PONY SOUL!!!!" Mettaton laughed maniacally as he got slowly closer to the startled pony. *Ring...* "Wait a minute!" Celestia stopped the robot in his tracks, "I have an important call" Celestia answered the phone with a smirk, "Hello?" Mettaton appeared annoyed while stuck in the yellow aura, "CAN YOU HURRY IT UP? I'M KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING HERE" "W-wait a second!!!" Alphys spoke from the phone, "Couldn't you make a... Couldn't you use a... Couldn't you make a substitution in the recipe!?" The doctor frantically said, trying to save the pony's life. "A SUBSTITUTION? YOU MEAN, USE A DIFFERENT, NON-PONY INGREDIENT? ....WHY?" Mettaton questioned the doctor. "Uhh, what if someone's...what if...what if the pony's...! Uhh...... Vegan?" Celestia felt her chances of dying increase enormously. "VEGAN. YOU WANT ME TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTION, BECUASE THE PONY'S...VEGAN" Mettaton summarised with a disapproving tone. "Well, I mean-" "THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA, ALPHYS!" Mettaton cheered, dropping the chainsaw. 'Wait what!?' Celestia tried process what just happened, she failed. "ACTUALLY, I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE AN OPTION RIGHT HERE!!! MTT-BRAND ALWAYS-CONVENIENT PONY-SOUL-FLAVOUR-SUBSTITUTE! A CAN OF WHICH... IS JUST OVER ON THAT COUNTER!!!" Mettaton pointed to the other side of the room, there was a counter with a single can on top of it. "WELL, DARLING? WHY DON'T YOU GO GET IT?" 'I don't like this, I don't like this one bit' Celestia gave Mettaton a suspicious glare as she made her way to the counter. When she was just 2 feet away from the substitution, the counter suddenly vibrated, then rocketed up high, slowly becoming a giant tower of counters. Celestia's eye twitched as the tower kept going upwards, "Why? Why this of all things?" "BY THE WAY" Mettaton spoke up to get Celestia's attention, "OUR SHOW RUNS ON A STRICT SCHEDULE. SO IF YOU CAN'T GET THE IN THE NEXT ONE MINUTE... WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN!!!" Celestia shivered at the thought of doing the other plan. "SO...BETTER START FLYING, BEAUTIFUL!!!" "W-Wait! I DON'T KNOW-" Mettaton shot up before Celestia could finish her protest, "...how to fly..." *Ring...* "Alphys, what am I suppose to do!? I don't know how to fly! And there's no way I can climb up this in time!" Celestia exclaimed. "Well, f-f-fortunately, I might have a plan! When I was upgrading your phone, I added a few....features. L-look to the side of your phone. Do you see the button that says, "JETWINGS"?" Alphys explained. Celestia looked to the side of her phone to see said button, "Yep, I think I know where this is going...and I'm loving it!" She pressed the button. The phone suddenly zoomed out of Celestia's yellow aura, it had begun to transform. "S-spread your wings out! Quickly!" Celestial sprung her wings out just in time, it dropped down onto the alicorns wings, it attached itself to the wings and the jetwing's engines where ready to go. "There! You should have enough fuel to reach the top! Now, get up there!!!" "Wait, how are these suppose to go- UUUPPPP!!!" Celestia was caught off guard when the jetwings zoomed high above the ground. The alicorn balanced herself the best she could, she was breathing heavily, "Hehe....WWAAHHHOOOOO!!!! YEAH!!!" Celestia felt great as she zoomed up faster and faster to the top on the counters. It was like nothing could stop her. Well, one thing could stop her. Mettaton appeared next to her, arms behind his robotic body, "M'LADY" Mettaton quickly slapped her in the face with a handful of flour, completely catching Celestia off guard. Said pony coughed and hacked, rubbing her face trying to get all the flour out of her eyes, and noticeably slowing down. "*cough* *cough* METTATON!!! *hack* *cough* GET BACK HERE YOU CRAZY CALCULATOR!!!" Celestia got back to her normal speed, but Mettaton came back again, with a milk cartoon. "YOU LOOK THIRSTY DARLING, HAVE SOME MILK!!!" Mettaton dashed from one side of the filly to another, splashing pools of milk downwards to Celestia. Luckily the alicorn learn from her past mistake and dodge it all, with some close calls. "You're not going to fool me twice Mettaton!!!" Mettaton chuckled, "OH REALLY?? MABYE I SHOULD USE A MORE, DIFFICULT, INGREDIENT THEN" 'Oh no...' Mettaton once again zoomed side to side, instead of a milk carton, a basket of eggs was his ammo. He flung the eggs everywhere, making it almost impossible to dodge. Celestia got bombarded with eggs, she scowled, "Well, as long as we're playing FAIR!!!" Celestia's scowled turned into a smirk as she conjured a shield to protect her from the eggs. She soon realised that she couldn't see where she was going with eggs blocking her view. She quickly got an idea, the alicorn moved out from the old egg-splattered shield and created a new one, the old shield dissolved immediately. Celestia quickly saw the tower come to an end, she slowed down and saw the lone can on top of the tower of counters. "YES!! Take that you calculator! Who's the greatest?! I'm the greatest!! Yeah!" Celestia boasted to the robot. Mettaton quietly chucked "WELL AREN'T YOU FULL OF YOURSELF" "What was that?" "I SAID YOU ONLY WON BECAUSE OF THE HELP OF THE BRILLIANT DOCTOR ALPHYS! OH, I LOATHE TO THINK OF WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN TO YOU WITHOUT HER!!!" He said dramatically. Celestia wasn't convinced about what he said was true, "Weren't you the one who wanted to kill me in the first place?" "......TOODLES!!" Mettaton flew out of sight. "Huh... Wait! What about the cooking show!?!" Celestia yelled, trying to get Mettaton to answer the question. Mettaton luckily flew back into sight, "OH YES! ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTION... HAVEN'T YOU SEEN A COOKING SHOW BEFORE?" Celestia shook her head. Mettaton scoffed "I ALREADY BAKED THE CAKE AHEAD OF TIME!!!! SO FORGET IT!!!" Mettaton, again, flew out of sight. Celestia slowly drifted back down, 'Oh, guess the things out of fuel. Better not wait around until it stops' The alicorn teleported herself back to safely on the ground. The jetwings suddenly sprung off her back and changed into a regular phone. The filly caught the phone before it could hit the ground. *Ring...* "Wow! We...we did it!! We really did it!!! Great job out there, team!" Alphys said excitedly. Celestia giggled, "Well, yeah! But it was all thanks to you! Your the one who helped me with those awesome jetwings!" "W-What!? No... It...it was all y-you" Alphys said, sounding flustered, "W-well, uh, anyway, l-let's keep heading forward!!!" *Click...* Celestia moved on to the next area.