Happy New Year, everyone! So, this is the first chapter of my The Bad Guys fanfic in 2023.

And for those who thought of suggestions and requests, I'm sorry to disappoint you all, but I don't take requests from anyone for this fanfic. Since last year, I have already planned my chapters, so I have to stick to my plans for this fanfic.

I hope you like this chapter for now.

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Intro

Mr. Wolf: Yeah! I'm bad!

Mr. Snake: You're bad!

Ms. Tarantula: He's bad!

Mr. Hornet: She's bad!

Mr. Piranha: We're bad!

Mr. Shark: Who's bad?

The Bad Guys: Yeah!
We're the Bad Guys!

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At noon, in the Bad Guys' hideout, the Bad Guys just finished eating a delicious and healthy lunch.

Snake wiped his mouth with a napkin, and declared, "Finally! Lunch is finished! You know what this means?"

"Dessert time!" He and Shark yelled in unison.

Around the kitchen set, Piranha just finished putting his dessert from the skillet to the tray,a nd poured some sweet powder all over them, "Be patient, chicos and chica! Dessert time is about to begin! You can't rush perfection, as my mama said."

"Sure you can, Piranha. Just stop goofing around and give us your today's dessert. I have room for one more food!" Shark said impatiently

"Si, si!" Piranha tried to hurry things up with his dessert as he put the last one onto the plate, "Uno," Then, sprinkled some sweet powder on it, "Dos...", and finally, placed a fork next to it, And there!" Piranha placed the plate with a dessert in front of Shark, "Here you go, Shark. Banana Fritter, today's dessert."

"Thanks, little guy," Shark said before stabbing the fritter with a fork, and eating it.

Piranha then served Snake some fritter. He stabbed it with a fork, and analyzed the fritter, "Hmm, well-cooked, smells good, good to eat."

"What about you, Webs? What do you say?" Piranha asked, but he didn't get an answer from the arachnid, "Webs?" He turned around with a plate, but found that there were only two of his friends on the table. Piranha approached Tarantula's tiny seat, which was empty, "Webs never missed my dessert time after lunch and dinner," He then glanced at Wolf's usual seat, "And where's Wolf?"

Just then, Piranha noticed Wolf and Tarantula coming as they talked about what they just ate.

"I never ate a dessert that delicious before," Tarantula commented.

"It's like a dessert party in my mouth," Wolf added.

As Wolf and Tarantula were headed to the dining table, Piranha landed right in front of them, and repeated what they were talking about, "Dessert?! What dessert are you talking about?"

"Uh, dessert? Who said anything about dessert?" Tarantula pretended she didn't discuss desserts with Wolf.

"You did!" Piranha recalled

"Uh, no, no, no, no. Uh, no, we said, uh, 'desert'," Wolf tried to cover up with the term

But Piranha pointed the pink frosting on top of his nose, "You even got frosting on you."

"That's, uh, desert frosting," Wolf was still trying to cover this up.

But since there's nothing to hide anymore because Piranha was obvious about it, Tarantula started to imagine about the dessert she and Wolf ate, "Anyway, I don't know what Hornet put on his desserts, but they're amazing!"

"A dash of cinnamon, I think," Wolf tried to recall one of the ingredients of the dessert he tasted.

But Piranha took this as a betrayal as he yelled, "You two are dessert traitors! Unlike the rest of my faithful amigos who..." When he turned around, he noticed Snake and Shark were gone now.

Seeing that Piranha was getting mad, Wolf and Tarantula glanced at each other as they wanted to leave.

"Well, I better get some more desserts," Wolf grinned nervously.

"Me too," Tarantula added as she and Wolf ran off to move to the other side of the room.

Just right in front of his door, Hornet had his own doll-sized kitchen where he made desserts. Even though his kitchen set was small, he managed to make his desserts bigger. His four friends were asking for more of his dessert as he kept stirring in a bowl.

"No pushy, guys. I've got plenty of desserts for everyone," Hornet said happily.

From his kitchen set, Piranha could see Hornet serving desserts for their friends.

"No, this can't be. My desserts are always the best," Piraha whimpered sadly before gasping, "He must be a witch all this time. Yes, that's it."

Then, Snake appeared in front of him, "Piranha, why don't you just ask Hornet what he put in his recipes of desserts?"

"No, I prefer my witch theory," Piranha said.

"He's not a witch, he's Hornet," Snake smiled while pointing his tail at Hornet, "I had doubts about him before, but I gave myself a chance to get to know him. And you should too. You guys were the ones who told me that."

Piranha rolled his eyes, and cried, "Snake, you don't get it. I can't ask him. Chefs never, ever, EVER, reveal their secret ingredients."

"Why not?"

"The chef's code of honor. So, I'll just have to steal his recipe."

He put his plan into action as Piranha hid behind one of the arms of the couch. He noticed Hornet cleaning his kitchen set.

"What am I worried about? He's got a tiny doll-sized little kitchen set. He won't keep this up for long," Piranha said quietly

Then, Tarantula came by, and pointed something on a space between Wolf and Shark's bedroom, "Ta-da!"

Piranha glanced in their direction, and saw a bigger doll-sized kitchen set that almost look similar to their original kitchen set, but a little smaller.

"Oh, thank you, Webs!" Hornet said as he flew to his new set.

"He has his very own medium-sized kitchen set? He's going for the big time!" Piranha said.

Wolf then approached Hornet in his new kitchen set, and asked, "Hey, Hornet, could you make me another dessert? Maybe a cupcake would do?"

"Sure thing, Wolf," Hornet answered.

Piranha was still watching as he stated, "A-ha! His secret must be in one of those jars. I've got to get up closer."

Wolf talked to Hornet while waiting for his cupcake, "I never thought I'd love anything more than dessert time, but dessert for snack time? Wow!"

Hornet just finished the cupcake, and gave Wolf a plate with a cupcake in the middle, winking at him, "Just wait 'till dessert for a midnight snack."

"Thanks, Hornet." Wolf said before sniffing on the cupcake, "So sweet," before he could take a bite, Wolf felt something bumping into him from behind. When he turned around, he only saw a trash bin. He shrugged, not minding about the trash bin, and walked back to the couch to watch TV.

The trash bin suddenly opened, and Piranha popped his head out, revealing to be him disguised as a trash bin. He hopped closer to Hornet's kitchen set, and hid back inside while making a fake voice so he wouldn't be recognized, "Trash bin hungry."

Hornet turned around, and was surprised that a trash bin can talk and ask for dessert. He was suspicious about the trash bin, but he was too nice to investigate a trash bin who asked for his dessert, "Hmm, I don't think trash bin can talk or eat, but I can't hide my kindness to anyone and anything anymore," he handed over a reserved cupcake, "One cupcake for you too, trash bin."

When the trash bin moved away, Shark was next to ask for a dessert.

While hiding in the trash bin, Piranha got to taste the cupcake, and analyzed it, "What is that I taste? Buttercream? Lemon zest? Apple slices?" but it wasn't enough to tell the difference between his and Hornet's cupcakes, "Ugh, not enough! I have to analyze his ingredients."

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Later at night, while everyone was asleep, Piranha woke up in the middle of the night, and snuck out of his room. He looked around if anyone was outside. Since the coast is clear, Piranha moved out, and acted like a ninja going in stealth mode while getting into Hornet's new kitchen set. When he made it there, he was about to take the lids of the jar where Hornet's cupcake batter was placed.

"Piranha?" He was interrupted when he heard someone calling him. He noticed Wolf, Snake, Shark, and Tarantula catching him in the act, feeling sleepy.

"What are you doing?" Wolf asked.

"I had had it of Hornet stealing my spotlight of being a dessert chef! If anyone's the best, it shall be me!" Piranha continued what he was doing as he opened the jar, swiped up his thumb on the batter, and sniffed it before giving it a taste. The other Bad Guys just watched as Piranha commented, "Nothing unusual there," Piranha then took out a magnifying glass to take a closer look at the batter, "A-ha, Hornet is using a mysterious ingredient."

"You can see that?" Tarantula questioned.

"Of course not! That's what makes it mysterious," Piranha said as the other Bad Guys were unsure of that theory, "What? It makes perfect sense. Every chef has their own mysterious ingredient that makes their food delicious. He's cheating to make better desserts than me. Just as the chef's code of honor requires."

"Gotta say this, that code of honor seems a little fuzzy," Snake complimented.

Then, Piranha took the jar with the batter in it, and threw it into the trash bag before wrapping the opening to close it, "I may not have known his secret, but I disposed of his batter for the cupcakes for tomorrow is perfect. Because what are cupcakes without batter!" Piranha smiled sinisterly before laughing evilly.

The other Bad Guy didn't like what was going with Piranha as they felt a little scared.

"Guys, Piranha's starting to creep me out," Shark whimpered as he and the other Bad Guys stared in concern.

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The next morning, Hornet decided to have dessert after breakfast, but because he found out his cupcake batter was missing, he decided to make something else.

"So, Hornet, what's, uh, your dessert for today?" Wolf asked, pretending he didn't know what happened last night.

"Well, since my cupcake batter is missing, I made a different dessert: Chocolate pudding," Hornet declared as he took out a cup of chocolate pudding.

Piranha was on the couch, peeking behind to see what Hornet was up to without his cupcake batter.

When Wolf ate the pudding and gave it a taste, he exclaimed delightfully, "Oh, this is still a good dessert," "Hey guys, Hornet made pudding."

Snake, Shark, and Tarantula gathered around to try Hornet's new dessert, but Piranha was devastated that his plan didn't work.

"No! No, no, no, no, no!" He cried as he jumped out off the couch, and ran tears them, "I've had it! Enough is enough!"

When he ran fast, he snatched the bowl with the pudding mix, and headed toward the elevator. The other Bad Guys felt the wind of Piranha's speed pass through them as they noticed him entering the elevator, and the doors closed.

The other Bad Guys didn't know what Piranha was planning, but Hornet flew towards the window, and noticed Piranha was already out of the area of the hideout.

Hornet opened the window a little, and squeezed his head out while calling to Piranha, "Piranha, have you lost your mind? What are you doing?"

"Something I should've done a long time ago!" Piranha shouted as he continued to run up the bridge, and through the streets.

Not wanting to lose him, Hornet squirmed out of the window, and followed his friend while the other Bad Guys watched the chase scene.

"Quick, let's take the car!" Wolf suggested as he and the other Bad Guys rush out to get to the car.

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While the chase continued, Piranha kept running with the pudding mix bowl in his hands and Hornet flew as fast as he could to follow him while pedestrians and cars were dodging out of the way to avoid colliding with the two Bad Guys.

Hornet was above Piranha, and yelled, "Piranha, you're acting insane!"

"No more cupcakes, no more pudding, no more other desserts, no one's competing with me anymore!" Piraha laughed maniacally.

Up ahead, there was a mother pushing a baby stroller with a baby inside. The mother and baby glanced at the two Bad Guys, and froze in panic.

"Watch out!" Hornet shouted.

Piranha looked ahead, and panicked as he turned to his right to avoid hitting the mother and the baby, and Hornet got lost in his trail.

Piranha turned around to see Hornet was way behind him, "Ha! Giving up already, Hornet? Haha!" Piraha chuckled without looking where he was going. When he looked ahead, he noticed he was heading to the edge of another bridge, "Aah!" He put the heels of his shoes to the ground to make him stop, but he slipped a little, and almost fell. He grabbed the edge with one hand, while carrying the bowl of pudding mix with the other.

Hornet made it to the edge of the bridge where Piranha was hanging, "Hold on, Piranha!" He turned around to see the rest of their friends were coming to the rescue, "We'll save you, but why did you steal my pudding?"

"Because your desserts are better than mine," Piranha admitted sadly.

"That's impossible, I used your recipe," Hornet confessed as the rest of the Bad Guys arrived, and heard their conversation

Piranha was surprised by what he just heard as he looked up at Hornet, "My recipe?"

Tarantula facepalmed for Piranha's idiotic jealousy with Hornet answered, "Dude, I won't change something that's already perfect, why didn't you just ask me?"

Piranha whimpered in guilt. He shouldn't have acted so jealous at Hornet like that. He was his friend, and it was okay that Piranha could ask him.

Because of the guilt that distracted him, Piranha's hand slipped, nearly falling down to his doom, but Wolf jumped down to grab his hand, then Snake tangled himself around Wolf's foot, and Shark grabbed Snake by his tail.

While Sharke was trying to pull his three friends up, Piranha's hand was slipping from Wolf's paw.

"Piranha, let go of the bowl," Hornet advised when he realized Wolf grabbing Piranha's hand won't support holding him up with the other hand.

"I could never let perfect pudding like this go," Piranha whined while holding the bowl.

While trying to hold tight, Shark felt that Snake was slipping from his grip, "I'm slipping here, guys."

Snake could feel himself slipping from Shark's hold as he yelled, "Hurry up!"

"Piranha, buddy, just let it go. You could always make more of the other desserts," Hornet said

"You think so? Alright," Piranha finally released the bowl, and held his other hand on Wolf's paw.

Shark then pulled Snake, Wolf, and Piranha up. When Snake made it back on the bridge, then Wolf, and finally, Piranha, who was reaching the edge, Hornet grabbed Piranha's free arm, and pulled him up from the edge.

"We'll make some desserts together from now on," Piranha said to Hornet as the other Bad Guys cheered in excitement.

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The next day, after eating lunch, it's time for both Piranha and Hornet to make desserts for their friends, just the way they like it. Today's dessert was oatmeal cookies.

"I still don't understand. If you used my recipes, why did everyone love your desserts more than mine?" Piranha asked.

Hornet explained as he put a silver plate with a lid, and pulled the lid up, revealing five oatmeal cookies shaped like the heads and faces of each of the Bad Guys, except Hornet. "Perhaps because I made the desserts shape just like my 5 best friends in the world."

The other Bad Guys gasped as they each took one cookie.

"Aw," Tarantula cooed, looking at her cookie that looked exactly like her.

"That's really beautiful, Hornet," Shark sniffed while taking his cookie.

"So thoughtful," Wolf commented, taking a bite from a cookie with his face on it.

Snake analyzed the cookie that looked like him, and pretended he wasn't impressed, "Eh, this doesn't look like me," he lied before munching on the cookie.

There was one cookie left on the plate, and it looked exactly like Piranha. Piranha took the cookie, and smiled. He then looked away from Hornet to cover the blush on his face.

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Credits:

Sam Rockwell - Mr. Wolf

Marc Maron - Mr. Snake

Craig Robinson - Mr. Shark

Anthony Ramos - Mr. Piranha

Awkwafina - Ms. Tarantula

Rhenzy Feliz - Mr. Hornet

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Author
I.M. Rally/Rally9933

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My new chapter was about Hornet's new hobby in culinary arts, but only desserts. Originally, I wanted to add marshmallows and gelatin to Hornet's baked goods, but I discovered that gelatin and marshmallow were made from animals, and since Hornet is a vegetarian, I removed these suggestions.

So, a lot of readers wrote requests and suggestions in my review feed, so, like I said earlier, I'm sorry that I won't take suggestions as I already planned for this season. If anything that is allowed in my review feed is real reviews and feedback of what you think of my chapters and this current chapter, so try that. And if you don't review your opinion of my chapters, it's alright.

This chapter is referenced by The Smurfs (2021): Waffle Wednesday. Like his book version, Piranha is still the team's chef.

I hope you like this chapter, please leave a comment!