DISCLAIMER - I do not own the A-Team, or the characters.

Chapter 1

Murdock sat on his bed, eyes glued to the screen, watching what was obviously a Christmas movie on the television. The night nurse entered his room just as the end credits were finishing.

'Hey!' Murdock smiled; turning to face her, his smile quickly left his face as he started to have a coughing fit.

'Oh dear Mr Murdock' the nurse exclaimed as she began to make her way towards him, she stopped though as Murdock held out his arm, trying his best to smile.

'Darn cold' he said as the coughing stopped, 'I'm ok'

'That's some cough you have, you look tired, guess you've not been getting much sleep with that cold you have' the nurse assessed as she began to take some medicine out, 'Here Mr Murdock, take some of this, should help you sleep a bit better', she handed the medication to Murdock, who looked at it sceptically.

'What is it?' Murdock asked, 'I need to know, you know, cus of my allergies and stuff'

The nurse started to giggle, 'Don't worry Mr Murdock, the medicine doesn't contain any traces of microwaves, or space hamsters' she placed a hand on his shoulder, 'It's just something that'll stop your cold from keeping you up through the night'

'Oh, ok' Murdock shrugged, taking the medicine.

'Night' the nurse said as she began to leave the room.

'Night' Murdock replied as he got into bed, his eyes were beginning to feel heavy, and within minutes he was fast asleep.

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Murdock opened his eyes slightly, trying to make out what it was that had woken him up from the nice little sleep he was having.

'Who are you?' He asked groggily as he saw a small man wearing a red shirt, matching green jacket and pants, a green hat and the funniest looking green shoes, that were curled upwards at the top and had a little bell on each of the tips, stood at the end of his bed. The little man was holding a dimly lit lantern, which was just bright enough so for Murdock to see him.

'I'm Fidgely' the little man answered, 'I'm Santa Claus's Official Meet and Greet Elf, he needs your help'

'Whoa, you're one of Santa's Elves?' Murdock looked at him in awe, suddenly he was wide awake. 'Santa needs my help?'

'Yes, yours and your friends' Fidgely replied, 'Mr Claus wants to hire the A-Team'

'Trouble in Lapland?' Murdock questioned.

The Elf nodded, 'The workshop was attacked by a group of rival rogue elves, and almost all of the toys have been destroyed' Fidgely frowned.

'What happened?'

'It all started a few months ago, when a gang of my fellow elves decided to go against Santa, and the rest of us elves to try and prevent Christmas from happening' he sighed, 'You see, Porchly, Santa's Ex – Head of Correspondents Elf was getting more and more upset and annoyed by the increasing number of people that were starting to believe the myth that Santa isn't real.'

'What a silly myth, can't believe people believe that, of course he's real' Murdock interrupted.

'I know, So anyway, Porchly went to share his concerns with Santa, who understood why Porchly was upset, and agreed the something must be done, and well, lets just say Mr Claus wasn't expecting his idea' Fidgely shook his head, 'Porchly's proposal was the punish all the people, and to let them find out the hard way how wrong the myth was, by stopping Christmas altogether, and that Santa would not deliver a single present this Christmas and us Elves would not make a single toy'

'But the kids' Murdock gasped.

'I know' Fidgely nodded, 'Needless to say Santa completely rejected the idea, saying how preposterous it was. Sadly, Porchly just wouldn't let it go, he kept pleading and pleading Santa to accept his proposal, but when he realised that there was no way of changing Santa's mind, he decided that the only way was to force Mr Claus to do as he said. So he went to find as many of Santa's elves as he could that agreed with him, and started up a rival group'

'And they're the ones who destroyed the workshop' Murdock concluded.

'Yes, that's where you and your friends come in, you see, we haven't got much time left til Christmas, which means all the elves will have to work extra hard to make new toys, to replace the ones that were destroyed. It may be possibly to replace them in time, but we fear that if we try to make new toys, then Porchly and his elves will come back and destroy them too, and I'm afraid that anymore setbacks will mean that Porchly's plan will come true after all' Fidgely lowered his head. 'We really need you help.'

'Course I'll help you' Murdock told him.

'Thankyou, we knew we could count on you Murdock' Fidgely smiled slightly, 'Remember though, our workshop is invisible, and because we require the whole of the A-Team them I'm afraid that the only way you can get there to help us, is if all four of you agree to accept this mission'

'Don't worry, I'll get the guys to help' Murdock assured him, 'Just gotta break outta here first'

'Oh, I can help you with that' Fidgely got a small red cloth bag out of his jacket pocket and took out a handful of sparkling powder, 'This will take you straight to your friends' He said and he threw the powder up into the air.

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Murdock opened his eyes and found himself outside an unfamiliar apartment; he started to walk away but stopped and turned to face the door when he heard a familiar voice inside.

'Not bad Face, I'm impressed' He heard Hannibals voice say from inside, 'So tell me, what scam did you have to pull to get this place then?'

'Ah' Faces voice could now be heard, as the door started to open, 'Well you see, that's a long st-' Face stared at his friend in surprise, 'Murdock?'

'What are you doing out of the VA?' asked Hannibal, Murdock tried to answer but was stopped by another one of his coughing fits.

'You don't look too good' Face said when Murdock stopped coughing. Hannibal put his hand to Murdock head.

'You feel a little warm too' He added.

'I'm fine' Murdock told him, 'we gotta get BA Colonel, I need to tell you all about our new client!'