Chapter 5 : The Pig Baby Car
After what happened to the old west car, They manage to sleep somewhere in a different car. Ryan and hazel was sleeping peacefully before he started waking up. He yawn as he rub his eyes before grabbing his glasses. That was then he look down and saw hazel smiling at him before she giggles. "You drooled on me in your sleep."
Ryan chuckles. "Well, good morning to you too, Sleepy head." Hazel started rolling forward off of Ryan's lap before starting up. " I see your number went down." Ryan said.
Hazel gasped before looking at her number saying 183. "It did went down." Hazel said as she smile at ryan. "Good job." Ryan try his best to smile at her but started thinking what lesson does it mean to him.
"Good morning you too." Min said with Kez on his shoulder walking towards them. Hazel rush to min hugging him. He stumble a bit but give her his fatherly smile.
"Morning, Did you sleep well?" Ryan asked as he put his arm around min.
Min laughs before pushing ryan away. "I should be asking you, Night owl." Min answered. His friend gasp pretending to feel drama with a cat grin smile. "Me, A night owl. I only did it once.
"Twice." Min responded pointing two fingers up. "Besides, you did it when we were having a sleepover back at your house."
"Oh dang" Kez said. "I didn't know you night owl?"
"I'm not!" Ryan said as his daughter and his friend started laughing. It was then it caught hazel attention on the two big notebook. Hazel rushed to one of the notebook. Ryan Min and Kez was confuse on what she's doing.
" Papa Ryan, Min! Put this on." Hazel said with the smile on her face. Ryan and min did so and put on both of the notebooks. "Oooooo, not bad." Kez replied.
"Huh, this look cool." Ryan said.
Min felt embarass which caught their attention. "I think I'm gonna take this off". Hazel smile fell as she did her cute aww voice. "I'm sorry hazel, but I think pa- I mean, I think this is kinda embarrassing to wear this.
"Well, I vote we keep them on. They're stylish, man." Ryan said.
"Yeah"
"Yours has cool doodles. Mine is apparently an old person's grocery list." Min replied before reading the list. "Fiber powder. Bunion pads. Mrs. Tinsley's Old Fashioned Butter Lozanges for Well Behaved Boys.
No, thanks."
Hazel giggle as Min hop on the dresser to get up top of the dresser. Min's notebook fell off before helping Hazel up. Min grab her with both of his hands as he pulled her up. Ryan got up top the dresser but the notebook fell down. Ryan was upset before catching up with the others. Up top, there were a toaster, plates and silverware floating around. While Kez was flying around catching a chef and going inside of it as Hazel giggles again.
"You look funny with the hat on ya." Hazel said as covers her month giggling.
"Hey like, wouldn't it be fun if I, like, wore this hat for the rest of the time we were here and you, like, called me Lorraine? Kez asked.
"Why?"
"I don't know. Why do you hate fun, Min?" Kez asked before flying around the three of them.
"I don't hate fun. I just..."Min hesitated before he started memorizing that Kez got another enemy. "Oh. Who in this car hates you?"
"Again, Kez?" Ryan asked with his expressionless face.
"Lorraine."
Ryan sighed before he started speaking again. "Fine. Lorraine, what did you do this time?" Ryan asked.
"Lorraine answers to no man."
Out in the distance, there was a big shaking like an earthquake Ryan immediately pulling Hazel close before the three falls down. It was then, a baby sit was pulling up with a big pig wearing a diaper, a blue trimmed bonnet and holds a blue and white rattle in one hand.
"Treats for Pig Baby! Have you brought something tasty for Pig Baby?" Pig baby asked.
Uh, I'm sorry, we didn't know we should bring food. We were just looking for the door. Ryan explained before Standing up.
"No treats?" The pig said as he started crying. It was then a sentient cream-holder in the shape of a cow appear angrily. "You upset pig baby." Cow creamer said before calming pig baby. "Oh, aww. Shh-shh-shh-shh-shh., Oh, shoosh. There, there. Who's a pretty baby, oh?
" I am." Pig baby answered after he sniffle.
"That's right. And what do pretty pigs say, ah?" Creamer asked again before pig baby did what pigs say. "Oink, oink, oink."
"Aww, that's our good boy."
Ryan and Min look at each other as they did a disgusting look on each other. Hazel did a confuse face as she doesn't know what was happening here. After all, She's still a kid.
"You must make Pig Baby a treat to make it up to him." Cow creamer said right before the pig baby became happy again while Ryan helped hazel up.
"Uh, look, Mrs. Cow Creamer we don't want to upset your, uh, son? But we have to be on our way." Min stated nervously not trying to make her son cry again.
"Yeah, man. We're supposed to meet up with my roommate." Kez said as Lorraine.
"Who's that you're with?" Cow creamer asked with the confusion look.
Just as Kez try to say something, Hazel step in and play along. "She's Lorraine. She's funny and very good as a chef. " Hazel answered.
"Y...yea, Kiss me, I'm a chef's hat." Cow creamer look at both at them for a few second thinking that somethings up with it but turn her head as she close her eyes. "No, thank you."
The pig baby hit his chair that made loud noises which made Kez inside a chef hat flew away. But luckily hazel catch her in time. "Whoa there, Lorraine." Ryan said with a relieve face.
"Dudes, just make the treat, and we'll look for the door later. We can't have Pig Baby knowing I'm here." Kez said as Min and Ryan look at each other. They knew they gotta get out of here eventually with Hazel. Though, they had no choice to make pig baby a treat.
Min went up to them and replied, "Okay, Mrs.Cow Creamer. We'll make something."
"Oh make it big. You'll find our kitchen fully stocked. Though I'm sorry there's not more butter. There was a bit of an incident."
Butter! Waaaah! My butter! Pig baby started whining again before cow creamer calming him down. "Oh, there, there, plumpkins. The cookbook is up there. Choose wisely, My little angel is very hard to impress." Miss cow creamer said.
Min look up and saw the cookbook but it was too high to get it before letting out a sigh. "How are we supposed to get up there?" Min asked.
"You just got to jump, man." Kez as Lorraine answered.
"No way, Lorraine."
Ryan crouch down to let hazel hop on his back. She hold tightly on Ryan's shoulder before jumping on the other side where the cook book is. Though, Hazel started giggling as they made it up there. "Look Papa Min, We made it!"
"Ryan, you can't just... ugh! You have to think before you do things. Plus, Hazel could've gotta hurt." Min angrily said.
"Lorraine said to jump, and now We're up here by the cookbook and you're down there like a chump without a cookbook." Ryan said.
Min let out a sigh, jumping up to catch up to them. As he made it, Ryan and Min pull the cook book out and open the book to look which food is better for pig baby.
Chicken liver anchovy toast? Wax beans O'Brian? Tomato frost? Ugh, it's American." Min replied with Disgusting look as it was very difficult to make.
"We can try brownies, I think it's easy." Hazel said.
"Hazel, sweetie." Ryan fatherly said. "The Creamer said to wow Pig Baby, It'll be awesome when she sees it. Here. *Putting at Brazil strawberry chiffon pie* This one actually sounds pretty good."
"It also looks pretty complicated." Min said before walking away as hazel follow him.
"We'll be fine, Go big or go home."
"If we can ever even get home." Min mumble thinking about getting home. That was then he felt a grip on his pants seeing hazel worry face. "Are....Are you okay?"
Min look at her nervously didn't want to upset her before gently putting his hand on head hair. "I'm alright, don't worry about it." Min said. " You should help Ryan out."
"But I wanna go with you." Hazel said with her determine face. "Maybe I can help out with you papa." Min let out a defeated sigh. "Okay, but just for you." Hazel let out a excitement squeal as she was ready to cook with her dads.
Min was stirring the bowl right before Ryan throw an egg inside a bowl. Hazel was watching Min cutting the butter but Ryan took some butter with. Min and hazel work together by using the spoon to cut a cracker in half. Ryan took a big swing with the bag of crackers which break into pieces. Few minutes later, They were done. "And the final touch." Ryan said. But wasn't good as they thought.
"If I was at Dumpty's right now, I would be ashamed to serve this." Min replied with his disappointment face.
"Puh-lease. It had tons of ingredients, so like, um, you know, confidence."
As Ryan thought, the pan of the pie fell by pig baby as Ryan, Min and hazel have stuff all over them. "Didn't puree the strawberries, over-whipped the egg whites, and you chose chiffon and even though it needs to be chilled overnight." Cow creamer angrily said as she bounce.
"But we took a pretty big swing, so points for that at least? Ryan explained as pig baby and cow creamer got nothing to say. Hazel felt sad that she didn't do it right correctly.
"We'll do better." Min said.
"It's fine. We'll find something." Ryan said before Min sigh. That was then hazel look up before did her disgusting look on her that got the boys attention. "Ew."
What's wrong? Min asked as hazel putting at the picture she saw on the cook book. "Ugh, Warm banana mayonnaise salad?"
"Ugh, Americans, man." Ryan said agreed. "Great music, disgusting post-war food."
"I say we try it. He's a pig, right? He probably loves gross American food. Why else would this be the only cookbook? Ryan asked.
Yea, Let's do it! Hazel said.
"Woah hazel, uh-" Ryan stopped her. "I think it's best if you let me and Min handle this. You're still a kid. Let us handle this."
Hazel did her pounding face as she folded her arms. Min look place his hand on her shoulder. "Hazel plz, We don't want you to get hurt back at the old west car, okay?" Hazel felt sad and just wanted to help her papa's out. "Okay." Hazel replied with her sad face.
Min starting cutting up a banana while Ryan grab some pieces out of the banana as they make the next dish. While Kez and Hazel was watching. But, the second failed too. Few minutes later, Min was having a hard time flying but Ryan was flying pretty well. Afterwards, the third dish failed which got stuff all over them. On the fourth dish, Ryan and Min was using bowl mixer which got them mess all over them before min turn off the mixer. But, it happens like the others, failed again. Ryan and Min had some fishes and yellow stuff all over them.
"Zippers are not a food."
You got to respect someone trying to innovate in their field. Lorraine said trying to earn respect for Ryan and Min.
"No, Lorraine, I don't. Cow creamer replied. "Try again, and perhaps try finding something simple that actually tastes good from that disgusting cookbook, which was the only one left after a tragic grease fire."
"Pig Baby doesn't like that food?" Ryan asked.
"Who in their right mind enjoys post-war American food?" Cow creamer angrily answered.
"I told you."
"I know. Okay? I know." Ryan replied before hearing hazel's voice calling their name." Papa Ryan, Min, Try brownies!" Hazel said.
Min cross his arms angrily at Ryan. "See, even hazel think we should try brownies. We should have done this earlier!
Okay! Whatever, We'll do brownies. Ryan said.
Fine!
Fine!
Ryan, Min, Kez, and Hazel made it to the refrigerator and open the door but there was no more butter to make brownies. "Well, this will come as a surprise to no one.We're out of butter."
"Aw, man. My butter. I hope it's okay." Kez said Suspiciously.
"Kez?" Min look at her about to yell at her before taking a taking a deep breath, Holding his face on the top of his nose."Were you the butter incident?"
"So, like, maybe when I was here last time, I put a bunch of butter in the microwave, set it for five minutes, forgot,and, like, maybe all the butter melted. Kez explained.
"And then you what, left?" Ryan asked as hazel had her confusion face.
"Or what? Stay in the kitchen forever? I am not about to turn the clock back on women's lib, man." Kez answered.
"Kez!" Ryan yelled.
"Ugh. It'll be fine. Follow me."
As they went to the microwave and open it, There was a lot of butter all melted. "I mean, at the end of the day, it's still butter, right? Kez asked as the boys let out a sigh before grabbing some butter to get started making the brownies.
Min crack an egg and hazel got the piece of the egg as it was about to fall. Ryan shake some sugar inside the bowl. They waited a few minutes to let the brownies get done. Few minutes later, It was done and was perfect as Ryan and Min place down the pan of brownies. As !in was about to cut it, Ryan stop him and grab a toothpick to see if its done. " Okay, they're done.
Can I try? Hazel asked. Min give him a proud smile. "Sure, since you been a good girl." Hazel was a excited and use her figure to pull out a piece of brownies out the pan. As she taste it, her eyes sparkles with stars on her with her sweet happy smile. "It's Super Yummy." Min didn't know what to say but to have a fatherly smile at his face.
"Btw, Shouldn't the toothpick be clean?" Kez asked.
"Nah, that would mean they're too dry." Ryan answered. "They need to be kind of fudgy in the middle. Because otherwise it'd just be cake." As both Ryan and Min finish the sentence.
"Look who's suddenly a brownie expert."
"It was in the recipe book." Ryan replied as he started blushing.
"Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, a humble brownie expert." Min said smug smile.
"Well, what can I say?"
"Your Honor, I am a simple man." Min acted out as Ryan that he did back at the old west car which made hazel giggle.
"Heh, Okay, okay." Ryan said embarass.
"A simple brownie man." Min said before started laughing with his friend and daughter as he felt enjoying himself being with his best friend once again in the old days as they started having a daughter who love their music and hoping playing everyday as rockstars. That was then, it was interrupted by flicking sound as the numbers started changing for Ryan and Min into "172". Hazel gasp as she felt surprise.
"Oh, your numbers went down. Um, cool." Kez said as she fits around while min was thinking of how did their numbers went down.
"You learned to slow down." Min said pointing at Ryan.
"What?" Ryan said confusing.
"We're here to learn lessons, right? That's the thing that just happened.
You took your time with something for once, and..."
"Hey"
"And if you're the one who learned something, then that means..." Min replied before Ryan could finish his sentence.
"I'm the one who made the numbers change." Ryan answered.
"Yes. Min quickly answered smiled crossed his face. "So you're the one who was meant to be on the train, not me or hazel."
"Oh. Ryan replied feeling bad that he made his friend and his adopted daughter coming along with them Into this mysterious train to learn some lessons. Ryan resting his hand on the back of his neck. I didn't know. I wouldn't have made you follow me if..."
Before Ryan could finish. He felt his hand holding by hazel giving him a smile and Min putting his hand on his shoulder. Though, He still feel bad about putting his new family in this.
"Ah, I forgive you. It was a freak accident, and I'll do everything I can to help you mature." Min said as he smile at him before his number flicking sound again. "Huh. Maybe the lesson didn't stick. Maybe you need to prove you learned it by doing it again in the future."
"I guess?" Ryan assured him.
"Ready to give a treat to a fussy baby?" Min asked
"Sure, man." Ryan asked as his smiled went down again. It was then Ryan stumbles before looking down seeing hazel hugging him. "It's okay to be sad. We're all here for you." Ryan look at her with the surprise look which turn into guilt. He let out a defeated sigh before giving her a thankful smile as he give her a hug.
Few minutes later, they brought the brownies to pig baby as he was ready to eat. "Yummers!" Pig Baby ate all the brownies out of the plate while the others watch. Hazel was horrified disgusting look on her.
"Ooh, excellent work. I've never seen Pig Baby so delighted by a treat." Cow creamer replied.
"More!" Pig Baby said.
"Mais oui. More." Cow creamer said smiling.
"What? No." Min quickly lifted hazel up keeping her close to him. "He's happy now, so we're gonna exit.
"No, no. You will keep cooking. Pig Baby must be kept happy. Until Pig Baby dies, and you'll be the new Pig Baby." Cow creamer said smiling putting at them as they'll be the new pig baby.
"No way, you creepy creamer." Ryan yelled as pig baby started. All of the sudden, Min started seeing the exit door in pig baby mouth who is trying to eat it. Min use his body to get Ryan attention. "Pig Baby ate the exit. We have to find a way in there." Min said.
Ryan started shaking as he feels disgusting about this car. "This car is messed, man. How are we supposed to get him to stop chewing? Ryan asked before coming up with a plan before pulling the chef hat off of Kez to reveal herself.
" Butter Kez!?"
All of the sudden, Pig baby started crying as he feels scared around Kez. "Kez melted all of Pig Baby's yummy butter."
Okay, Pig Baby, like, we're all just adults here, So let's just... Before Kez could finish. Pig baby still started crying as loud as he can. Mrs.Cow creamer try to calm him down. "Come now. Oh, be a brave.Oh, would you like some lard? Does a sweet widdle baby want some lard?
That was then, It was time for Ryan and Min to jump to make their escape. Before they could do that. Min hold hazel tight and told her to close her until their out the car. Hazel did and cover her face in Min's chest. They both jumped heading inside of pig baby mouth. As they made their way out, the door close before Ryan and Min started laughing.
"Aw, gross, man."
"Did we got out?" Hazel asked before opening her eyes seeing outside the train again.
"Yea, We did." Ryan smiled at her as she smile back.
"Here's hoping we don't have to cook again to get your number down." Min said before Ryan's smile fell. "Yeah. Right."
"Right, right, numbers." Kez responded talking about the lesson to all this. "But like we just learned, don't push yourself, man. Because it's not about the desti-something. It's about the whatever."
"Yeah. You can't help it if you have a lot to learn." Min said as he started walking holding his daughter before looking at her. He never felt really proud of his daughter who just became a chef like him. Though, Min felt pretty bad for Ryan and worry about how his parents were react to their granddaughter once the head back for university.
Ryan was enjoying min smiling and having fun with his daughter. But he still look frustrated before he look at his number and letting out a defeated sigh hoping to fix this.
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