A Very Sticky Situation
It all started out wonderfully for Alfred Pennyworth, loyal manservant/butler for Bruce Wayne. The sun was shining, the air felt crisp and clean and after checking in on his friend, he saw that the Dark Knight had made it home safe and sound with little injury. All was well as Alfred made his way downstairs to start breakfast. Oh yes all was well indee….*CRASH!*
Alfred's eyes widened as he heard the crash and several yells coming from the kitchen, his beloved kitchen. Skidding to a halt, Alfred had no words as he looked at the chaos before him.
The kitchen was a complete disaster: dirty pots and pan covered the countertops along with what appeared to be egg shells and yolks and flour. The fridge was wide open with food tumbling out and food stains all over the stainless steel exterior. As the butler continued to look in horror, his gaze stopped on a quite interesting situation.
"Crap, it's all in my hair…"
"Can you shut it?! It's in all of our hairs!"
"You're the one who went overboard!"
"Don't blame this on me! Ah! This stuff is sticky!"
"Alfred is going to freak out so much when he sees this…"
"Ehem?"
"ALFRED!?" Alfred raised an eyebrow at the four young masters in front of him, who happened to be covered in…peanut butter?
"Heh, good morning Alfred…" Dick stated nervously. "Wonderful weather isn't it?"
"Indeed…now if I may inquire…What is going on in here?"
"Uh well you see…."
"It's all Damian's fault."
"WAIT WHAT!? What are you saying Drake!? If anything it's your fault! You were the one who wanted to have peanut butter with your pancakes!"
"I'm not the one who went crazy and started to throw the peanut butter!" Tim yelled back.
"That was an accident! I didn't know it would open and some with fly out at you! You're the one who couldn't be mature about it and threw some back! Not only that you missed too!"
"Shut up! You ducked out of the way!"
"Come on guys let's all calm down…"
"Jason should be blamed too! He made a mess about the pancakes!" Tim yelled.
"What was that?! You and the Demon were the ones who suddenly came at me while I was mixing the batter!" Jason yelled, pointing a fingering at his "brother". "I should have never come down to help you guys with this stupid idea."
"But Jason, what about family bonding?! We were having so much fun, weren't we guys?" Dick asked. His brothers gave him blank stares as they responded.
"I just wanted food."
"You were the one who blackmailed us into doing this "bonding"," Tim pointed out.
"I did not!"
"You threatened to tickle us till we peed out pants," Damian pointed out. "Even I am not that cruel in my torture."
"Same."
"Just plain evil."
"Oh come on guys!"
"Young Masters!" The four brothers stopped their arguing and slowly turned their heads to face an irritated, yet smiling butler. "It is truly wondrous that you are all trying to bond so I shall assist you."
"Uh really?" Alfred nodded before walking over towards the hallway closet and grabbing some brooms and mops. He handed them to the brothers and pointed to the mess in the kitchen.
"You all can bond while cleaning up you mess. And once that is done, I will prepare breakfast." After hearing Alfred's orders, the brothers nodded and quickly got to work, not wanting to test Alfred's patience. His tone was already serious enough. Plus it seemed as if they got off the hook easily. The boys finished their cleaning and got a nice pancake breakfast from Alfred. It seemed as if they got out easy until….
"Cookie privileges are revoked."
"NOOOOOO NOT THE COOKIES!"
~Fin~
Kaiser's Apprentice: Ummmmmm what did I just write? O.o Hope this meets everyone's standards. I'm a bit rusty so I was unsure what to do with the plot; by the end I was like "….hmmmm?"
Featured Recipe: Peanut Butter Pancakes
Ingredients:
1cup flour
2 1⁄2teaspoons baking powder
1⁄2teaspoon salt
1⁄2cup creamy peanut butter
2tablespoons sugar
2tablespoons vegetable oil
1large egg
1cup milk
2tablespoons milk
Directions:
In large bowl mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In small bowl, whisk together peanut butter, sugar and oil until smooth. Beat in egg, then milk.
Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture, stirring just until blended.
Lightly coat griddle or skillet with oil and heat it over medium-high heat.
Drop batter onto the griddle and cook until tiny bubbles appear on the surface of the pancake, then flip and cook a few minutes more.