Mordecai awoke in a grey three wall room with red and white stripped bars blocking the exit. Rigby was also in the cell sitting on the floor against the wall. He had a candy cane held in his mouth which he moved left and right and back again repeatedly while emitting tooting noises.
"What are you doing?" Mordecai asked.
"Playing a harmonica like all prisoners do when they're doing time." Rigby said.
"That's a candy cane."
"Shows how much imagination you have."
"Let me see that thing." A voice said from outside the cell.
They could see an arm extend through the cell bar. Rigby walked over and gave the candy cane to the mysterious person. Rigby looked at Mordecai who raised his eye brow. Rigby shrugged.
"Here." The mysterious voice said while handing Rigby the candy cane.
It had four unique and perfectly shaped holes carved into it. Rigby blew on it and it sounded like an actual harmonica.
"Wow! Thanks!" Rigby said.
"No worries." The mysterious person said. "I was tired of you making fart noises anyway."
"How did you do that?" Mordecai asked.
"I'm an elf, I make nick knacks and do dads for a living."
"An elf? You gotta be joking." Mordecai said.
The self-proclaimed elf faced them so he could be seen. He looked similar to the creatures that where chasing them throughout the park.
"Come on buddy." The elf said. "You saw the flying reindeer. We elves exist."
"Does that mean Santa exists too?" Rigby asked.
"Dang, you catch on fast." The elf said in a sarcastic tone. "Yes. Ol' Saint Nick is real."
"Awesome!" Rigby said.
"Well besides that rad news about Santa existing, can you tell us why we're here?" Mordecai asked.
"You're here for the theft of a star from the sky." The elf said.
"Why is that so bad? There are lots of stars in the sky." Mordecai said.
"The thing is pal, Santa long ago mapped out a path way based on how the stars where align and how they would align in the future. Following this path using the stars was crucial so Santa could deliver presents efficiently and quickly enough so that everyone would get their presents before Christmas."
"Well we didn't know that!" Rigby said.
"Wait a minute," Mordecai said. "a friend of ours back home caught a star a while back and no elves came and threw him in here."
"Oh really? Then I better send them after him."
"I uhh…"
"I'm just stuffing your stocking. He probably got the star in advance so another star could take its place. Even if he didn't do that, we wouldn't take him and stuff him in a cell. Santa would already know about it, and he is very forgiving, but unfortunately, Chip is the head elf, and we have to listen to what he says or he'll find some way to convince Santa we were naughty."
"Who's Chip?" Mordecai asked.
"That elf who wears black that put you in here." The elf said.
"Oh him. Yeah what's with him? He's not as nice as an actual Christmas elf."
"Two years ago, some grouch, who was mad that he kept getting coal in his stocking, did some star catching of his own, but he didn't just get one star, he got a whole bunch of them! It threw Santa off so much during take-off that he had to cancel Christmas for that year. We elves worked our butt off trying to get next year's batch of presents done extra early since Santa needed to deliver not only this year's presents, but last years too to make up for the Christmas cancelation. That somehow made Chip snap and he vowed to not allow such a catastrophe to happen again, but really, in your case, it was just an accident you didn't really mean any harm, plus I bet a new star took the old stars place already."
"Well I guess we're stuck here." Rigby said. "I'm sure Santa would think we deserve it."
"Do you really think this ugly old prison cell was Kris Kringle's idea? The one who's really forgiving? Yeah right."
"Then let us talk to Santa." Mordecai said. "We'll tell him what happened and he'll let us go! Hey may probably let me keep the star!"
"Sorry pal." The elf said. "Santa has already begun delivering the presents. I guess Chip was smart enough to anticipate that."
"Great." Mordecai said while sulking.
The elf than reached into his pocket, took out and shook three keys bounded to a ring.
"…But not that smart since he put me in charge of the keys to the cell."
The elf inserted one of the keys into a lock on the cell door and opened it. Mordecai and Rigby walked out.
"Thanks a lot man!" Mordecai said.
"Yeah! We totally owe you one!"
"Don't mention it." The elf said. "Now listen. Through that door is where the presents waiting for inspection. That is where I saw Chip put the star. Find it, and through another door in that room is the exit. There should be a flock of reindeer nearby which you can use to fly home."
"Sweet! Our very own reindeer!" Rigby said.
"Sorry bud, I'm expecting you to tug on its tail three times which will signal it to go straight to the North Pole." The elf said. "Now hurry before Chip gets suspicious!"
"Right." Mordecai said. "Let's go Rigby."
"Oh one more thing fellas." The elf said. "Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas to you to man." Mordecai said.
"What he said!" Rigby said.
Mordecai and Rigby went into the room the elf directed them to go. The room contained a high and steep pile of presents.
"Aw crap!" Rigby said while looking up at the large mountain of presents. "It'll take us forever to find the present!"
"No it won't." Mordecai said while pointing upwards. "I it's at the top of the pile. I recognize the wrapping on the present. Start climbing!"
Mordecai and Rigby began climbing the present pile. Meanwhile, in the previous room, Chip approached the elf guarding the cell with three other elves following him.
"May I ask why the dang cell is open?!" Chip said.
"I let them go." The elf said.
"You what?!"
"Did I stutter? I said I let them go. Santa doesn't cage people like animals!"
"I can guarantee that Santa will be happy to cage you once I have a word about you to him! Come on elves let's get them!"
Mordecai and Rigby where already half way up the mountain when Chip and the three other elves busted through the door.
"I will not let you two cancel Christmas!" Chip said while beginning his climb up the presents with the other elves following behind him.
Chip and the other elves began throwing presents at Mordecai and Rigby as they climbed higher. Rigby took a present and was about to throw it, but instead opened it and pulled out a metallic sling shot with a laser pointer attached to where the stems meet.
"The Super Sling?!" Rigby said. "I wanted one of these for a while when I was a kid! Too bad it was taken down for being kind of over powered."
"Now would be a good time to use it man!" Mordecai said.
"But I have nothing to use for ammo!"
Mordecai shuffled through the presents, and opened one up which contained Christmas ornaments.
"Here! Use these!" Mordecai said while shoving the box over to Rigby.
Rigby put the ornaments in his jacket and hopped into the back of Mordecai's jacket. As Mordecai continued to climb Rigby started shooting at the elves that were perusing them. Rigby managed to hit every elf except Chip. Chip grabbed and opened a lengthy present which contained a Water Rifle. He grabbed another one which contained a bottle of shampoo and loaded the Water Rifle with it. Chip shot the rifle and hit Mordecai's feet causing him to slip downward.
"Rigby! Bail! Get the present!" Mordecai said.
"But…but I suck at climbing!" Rigby said.
"We don't have a choice! Just do it!" Mordecai said.
Rigby dropped the sling shot, jumped out of Mordecai's jacket and latched onto the mountain pile. Mordecai turned around and jumped downward while taking chip with him by tackling him. Rigby struggled climbing to the top, but eventually made it, pulled out the present from the pile and held it in the air.
"I did it! I climbed to the top! I'm-" Rigby interrupted himself.
The pile began to shake violently.
"Preasent-lanche!" Rigby shouted
Mordecai pushed chip aside and ran for the exit while Rigby found a large present near the top of the hill that contained a sleigh and used it to ride down the hill.
"Freedom!" Rigby shouted as he broke down the exit door with Mordecai following behind him.
Rigby got of the sleigh when it came to a complete stop.
"There's the reindeer!" Mordecai said.
Mordecai and Rigby got on their own reindeer and took off into the sky.
"Man, I never knew riding reindeer would be so easy." Rigby said.
"I know, you just kind of steer with the antlers and boom, reindeer steering." Mordecai said.
"I hope we find out how to make them go faster," Rigby said, "'cause we got company!"
Chip and the other three elves caught up with Mordecai and Rigby on their own reindeer.
"Burry those Christmas wreckers into the snow!" Chip shouted.
The elves in green began bumping Rigby around causing the reindeer he was riding on to whine, while Chip bumped Mordecai's Reindeer.
"I have you now!" Chip said.
"Oh no you don't!" A voice said in the distance.
The elf that was guarding the prison cell came riding on a reindeer holding a large candy cane. He knocked two of the elves that where knowing Rigby back and forth.
"What are you doing man?!" The remaining elf said.
"Sorry my brother, but I'm doing what Santa would want! Mordecai catch!"
The elf threw his large candy cane towards Mordecai. He caught it and pointed it towards Chip.
"Back off, you elf wanna-be!" Mordecai said.
"You wanna tango?" Chip said while standing up on the reindeer and taking out a large candy cane from his coat. "Let's dance, Birdy."
Mordecai and Chip began parrying each other's swings with their candy canes. Mordecai eventually was able to knock chip over, but he managed to grab onto the reindeer's leg. Chip then placed the loop of the candy cane around Mordecai's body and pulled him forward causing him to fall of the Reindeer.
"Mordecai!" Rigby shouted.
"Oh no!" The prison guard elf said.
The other elf that was with chip pushed them both of their reindeer.