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Ellie2498: You're Right! Look down below…

10:46 AM. Eight Hours and Fourteen Minutes before the Party…

With Big Al, Tony, and Big Al's thugs…

Big Al snarled. "It took ya long enough!" Tony hauled himself into a black limo at the very end of the mall parking lot.

"I apologize, sir. I accidently-"Tony started.

"Read my lips, Tony. I. DON'T. CARE!" Tony shrunk back in fear. "Just show me the codes you dumbass!"

Tony nodded and reached into the backpack and pulled out the iPad. He started to punch in the code. But, he frowned. "That's strange."

"What is strange, my scrawny friend?" Big Al asked angrily. Tony punched in the code two more times to be sure.

"My code won't work!" Tony said. Big Al looked slightly relieved.

"Hand it to Bugsy. He is a master of hacking into technology." Big Al said. Tony nodded and handed it to a blonde-haired thug with violet eyes. In a few minutes, the thug handed it back to Tony. Tony frowned. "Uh-oh…"

Big Al narrowed his eyes at the scrawny Italian. "I do not like the word 'Uh-oh', Mista Tony."

It was at that moment a light bulb went off in Tony's head. "The Purple Haired Girl!"

"What are ya talking about?" Big Al asked.

"Back in the parking lot, I crashed into this girl who had the same back-pack as me. She must have our bag!" Tony sighed in relief, but stopped when Big Al grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him close and snarled:

"YOU LOST THE BAG! YOU F*CKING DUMBASS! GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T KILL YOU RIGHT NOW AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SUICIDE!"

Tony looked out the window and saw the exact same girl he crashed into. Sitting in the back of a beat-up Vista Cruiser right by the window.

"Because that's her!" Tony pointed to the window behind Big Al. He turned just in time to get a good look at the car.

Big Al tossed Tony to his side of the car. "Driver, follow that Vista Cruiser! But don't let them know we're following them!"

"Yes sir." The driver waited until three cars were between them and the Cruiser before proceeding to follow them.

Big Al smirked "Let's hope ya are right Mista Tony. Or else-"Big Al nodded to his thugs who smiled wickedly and popped their knuckled. Tony gulped. "It won't be a White Christmas for ya."

11:01 AM. Seven Hours and Fifty-Nine Minutes Until the party…

"According to my Calculations, there are five malls in town. The one we were just at, Oak Hill Central, Pine Hill Central, Ontario City Mall, and the Rightswood Mall." Cody said looking at his phone.

"Thanks for the update, Captain Geek." Heather said. Receiving a glare from Cody and Sierra.

"Someone made Santa's Naughty List." Alejandro joked with Trent, who snickered at the joke.

"Ha-Ha-Ha! Very Funny!" Heather snapped smoothing out her dark hair.

"I figured we cross out the last one, since Courtney works there." Cody said still glaring at Heather.

"Smart," Alejandro remarked.

"Can we please focus! So how are we gonna do this?" Trent asked

Everyone thought about this. They never really figured this part out. Heather smiled and snapped her fingers. "I got it! Cody and Sierra, you two go off on one floor. Trent, you go off on another area. Alejandro and I- oh damn. I didn't think that through." Heather mentally slapped herself.

Alejandro sent her a charming smile. "Or maybe you did, and just don't want to admit it?"

Heather scoffed. "Save for a dumb blonde who actually wants to be under the mistletoe with you!" Trent started to pull into the parking lot

Alejandro glared. "Just dye your hair blonde! That should solve the problem.!"

That set them both off. And the two started to get in a heated argument.

"Yay Christmas!: Trent said sarcastically as he and everyone else filled out of the car.

Meanwhile, with Big Al…

Big Al watched with a conservator like eye. He watched the purple-haired girl sling a bubblegum pink backpack over her shoulder . He also noticed a raven haired girl and a Latino man arguing, a small brunette boy walk hand-in-hand with the purple haired girl, and a black haired man sighing in annoyance at something. Big Al smirked.

"So, she has friends…"

Tony chimed in. "Sir, what should we do?"

"You are coming with me! I don't want ya messin' up again!" Big Al snapped. He turned to hig thugs. "The rest of ya, go follow the girls friends and don't lose them!"