Creddie Cailey Holiday Collection

Chapter 2: Christmas Hero

The S.S. Tipton was docked in New York City for the Christmas Holidays. Zack and Cody and their friends were both walking throughout the busy city. It was December 23rd and everyone was doing their last minute Christmas Shopping. For the group of friends it was noting different.

"Man how many bags does one girl need?' Woody complained as he carried all of London's parcels behind the group. Zack and Cody couldn't help but laugh.

"hey you owe me a huge favor because of what I did for you and Addison." London said.

"And what exactly did you do for them?" Bailey asked as the group walked into the local gap store.

"Well… thanks to me… I got them two together…" London said, while everyone gasped.

"How on earth did you pull that off?" Maya asked stunned.

"I can be helpful sometimes…" London commented.

"O.k. now come on you guys we…"

"EVERYONE FREEZE!" A robber with a mask suddenly burst into the busy store. The friends and everyone in the store all ran in terror.

"I SAID FREEZE!" The man shot the gun in the air.

"Oh my god…this is how we're going to die…" Zack whispered.

"NOW GIVE ME ALL OF THE MONEY BEHIND THE COUNTER!" The robber demanded.

The cash register began to pile the brown sack with as much money as it could hold. As the man turned around, he noticed the rich London Tipton the hotel heiress behind him.

"Give me all of your money…" The robber said.

"Hey now…" Zack said defending himself.

"Excuse me…" The robber said.

"How dare you treat my friend like that…" Zack said defending the hotel heiress.

"Excuse me…I would appreciate it if you kept your trap shut…" The robber stated.

"Look…Take all of the money you want from the store…but no one is going to treat her like dirt…" Zack said defending her once again.

"Zack I really think you should shut it…" Cody whispered.

"Codes…No one is allowed to treat my friend like that…It's just not right…" Zack explained.

"Zack please…" Maya pleaded with him.

"Look kid I am going to give you one last shot…If you dare talk out of hand once again, then we are going to have a serious problem here…" The robber said once again.

""Zack please…" Cody said as tears made his way down his face.

"Cody…If I have a feeling that someone is treating one of my friends with disrespect…then I'm sorry…I need to stand up for what is right and prevent the wrong from happening…"

"I told you there would be consequences if you talked out of hand again…" The robber said.

"Oh what you gonna shoot?" Zack laughed.

The robber slowly reloaded his gun. And the dreaded sound of the click was heard throughout the store. Zack gulped while Cody's eyes were on the edge of unleashing the waterfalls.

"Rest in peace…"

"DON'T!" Cody yelled as the robber shot. Zack was pushed towards the clothing rack. Bailey could only yell in terror as the gun shot was heard once again. And three more times. The rest of the people in the store immediately hid behind the counter. As Zack slowly sat up, he noticed that there was a ton of blood on the floor. But he was fine. As he stood up, he found almost everyone in the store crowding around an injured someone on the ground.

"What's going on?" Zack wondered.

"Cody…" Maya managed to whisper.

"Oh my gosh where is he? Cody! Cody buddy you can come out now!" Zack yelled. But he got no response.

"Zack…" Bailey said. The group of friends slowly made their way away from the crowd until there was no one else but Bailey who was holding Cody.

"Oh my god…" Zack said as he knelt down beside Cody and held his hand. "Buddy… I'm here…"

"Zack…your alive…I saved you…" Cody said as he grinned.

"Of course you did…but your such an idiot Cody…I was expecting to die not you…" Zack said. "Why am I even talking like this? Your going to be fine…" Zack laughed.

"Zack…" Cody said as he took in a sharp painful breath.

"Cody please…You can't leave me…" Zack said as tears began to spring to life on the floor. "We were going to graduate this year… You and Bailey were supposed to go to Yale…" Zack was greeted by the loud sound of Bailey blowing her nose.

"I don't think I can…Hold on…" Cody said weakly.

"Yes you can…You have to…" Zack said. "I can't lose you right now…You're my best friend…and we were supposed to be in each others lives until the end…" Zack said.

"Zack…Promise me…That…you…will…move..on…" Cody said as he slowly began to close his eyes.

"Cody please…You can't leave me…" Zack said.

"I love you man…" Cody said as he pulled Zack in for one last hug.

"I love you too…" Zack said as the tears fell down.

"I love you Cody…" Bailey said as she kissed his cheek.

"I love you too my little hay bail…" Cody said.

"Hey buddy…if you see mom and dad up there can you say hi for me…" Zack said as he let the tears fall down. He didn't feel this abandoned since both him and Cody were orphans three months ago. But then again, he wasn't abandoned because he had Cody there to be there for him. But now that Cody was about to die in front of him…there was no doubt that he was definitely going to be alone this time. He was losing a huge part of his life if he left.

"I think I see the light…" Cody said weakly as Zack held onto him tightly.

"Go towards it…Your I pain…You deserve to be happy…" Zack said through a fir of tears.

Cody let out his last breath and his head slowly went limp against Zack's chest. The group of friends were all in tears now. They didn't care that the ambulance was now in front of the store. The robber was seen taken out of the store. But Zack felt like he needed proper punishment for what he did to his twin.

"Wait…" Zack said.

"What the hell?" The robber said.

Zack angrily turned the robber around, and punched him as hard as he could. Everyone clearly understood his actions when they noticed the sticking resemblance between the two boys.

"What was that for?" The robber asked.

"For killing the other half of me…" Zack said as he went towards his twin once again and held onto him.

"Cody…I love you…" Zack said as he held onto Cody tightly. You're my Christmas miracle…" Zack smiled. "You always will be…"