A/N: In the last update, Kevin was being a huge jerk and Sherman stood up to him, only for him and the other kids to be attacked by an army of evil living gingerbread men, after the army is defeated, Peabody decides it's time to no longer leave the kids in the dark about what's really going on and that it's time to tell them the cause of everything. So, this is where we left off. Enjoy!

Charlie and Tim were sweeping up the remains of the killer cookies while Katie was placing some more wood in the fire. The kids, including Sherman were now sitting in front of the recliner that Mr. Peabody was sitting on, waiting to hear what he had to say.

"I'm afraid Santa Claus will now be coming this year..." the beagle began, which somewhat scared Toby and Leah because they loved Santa.

"... But instead, a darker, much more evil spirit who doesn't come to reward, but to punish, not to give, but to take. He's the shadow of Santa Claus himself" Peabody continued to speak, Sherman was now getting the idea of what was happening, remembering what he and his dad read in that graphic novel.

"His name... is Krampus" Peabody said.

"Krampus? Isn't he like the Anti-Santa Claus?" asked Katie who now stood by the recliner.

"Yes, exactly" Peabody said confirming what Katie said.

"Oh come on, you cannot be serious. I'm sure the tooth fairy is evil too" Kevin said with a voice that showed he wasn't scared at all when told Krampus was coming to claim their souls.

"Kevin, that's enough" Katie scolded with an angry glare.

"Trust me, Kevin. I know it's all hard to believe, but Krampus exists. I saw his hoof-prints on the roof, the presents are totally destroyed, the blizzard, the blackout, those little gingerbread men attacking you guys... that's all Krampus' doing" Peabody said trying to get Kevin to listen to him.

"Oh shut up, I know you're the world's smartest dog and everything but this is some twisted fairy tale brothers Grimm garbage" snapped Kevin back at the beagle.

"You just saw a chained hook with a barbie doll attached to it take Avery, you think that was just a coincidence?" Sherman asked standing up to face Kevin.

"He's right, only Krampus could do that" Jacob piped into the conversation.

"Don't tell me you believe in this too" said Kevin even more annoyed than he was before.

"Please don't let Krampus take us, Mr. Peabody" Toby said running to the recliner and hiding behind it. Tim then went behind the recliner and brought Toby into a hug.

"Don't worry buddy, it's Christmas. Nothing bad's gonna happen on Christmas" Tim said rubbing his son's back and keeping him close as well.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that" Sherman said in his mind watching Toby being comforted.

"So, this 'Krampus', what does he look like?" Leah asked. Peabody looked to Sherman and pointed to the table. Sherman then got the graphic novel and handed it to his dad who showed the cover to the kids, pointing to Krampus himself.

"Ahh!" Leah screamed as she ran under the table to hide from the terrifying image of the Krampus.

"He looks big and scary" Jacob said looking closely at the cover of the book.

"Nothing but some nonsense" Kevin said turning away and crossing his arms. Soon, he felt something touch his feet and looked down to see Transformers action figures with actual weapons attached to their arms, like little swords, guns, and miniature chainsaws and buzz-saws as well.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Kevin screamed as he looked down at the action figures swinging the swords at his legs. All the others were watching in absolute horror as the toys did this to the boy. The action figures who had the saws attached turned on and let out tiny chipmunk-like screams as they lashed their running saws at Kevin's feet and ankles, cutting through skin and fabric, leaving tiny cuts and blood running down them all.

"Kevin!" Katie shouted trying to run to her son and help him, but she felt something go right through her leg, causing her to scream and fall down. She looked behind her to see a scorpion made of mechanical parts, and it's shell was made out of the same type of glass that smart-phone touchscreens are made of, this scorpion was a possessed version of the phone that Tim was going to give to him for Christmas. The scorpion then hissed at Katie, which made her scream in fear.

"Mr. Peabody, we have to help her!" shouted Sherman as he ran over to kick the evil machine off of Katie's leg. Just as Sherman got close, he felt Peabody grab him and jump out of the way of another attacking object that looked like a dragonfly made of machine parts, along with wings that were made of touchscreen glass as well, it was Katie's iPad that was meant to be a gift to Kevin.

"That was close" Peabody said looking at the sinister contraption that attacked them. Kevin then found himself being tied up by cables that came out from the action figures' palms like grappling hooks and fell down to the hard floor and hitting his head.

"Kevin!" Toby screamed trying to get out of his father's arms to help him, but Tim ran to the fireplace, far from where Kevin was being attacked and kept a tighter grip on his son's small waist to prevent him from suffering the same fate.

"Help me! Please!" Kevin begged, only for an action figure of Bumblebee to walk up onto Kevin's chest and gag him with a sticker that read 'Do not open until X-Mas', leaving his pleas and cries for help muffled and untranslatable.

"Mmmmmppppphhh!" Kevin cried as he felt the action figures carry him outside the living room, the scorpion and dragonfly followed them. Everyone else tried to run out to help him, but a large teddy bear with sharp knives sticking out of it's stuffed fingers, bloodshot bulging plastic eyes, and sharp silver fangs in it's mouth jumped out from the ceiling and roared in their faces.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" all the kids screamed in fright, clinging to their parents. Sherman then got an idea and ran towards the fireplace and grabbed a piece of lit wood from the end that wasn't on fire and charged at the bear with it.

"I liked it better when you gave out hugs!" Sherman shouted jabbing the stomach of the bear, causing it to release a savage roar like a real life bear would and smacked Sherman away from it, landing him on the coffee table, which broke right in the middle the minute Sherman landed on it.

"Sherman!" Peabody exclaimed running to Sherman and helping him off the now shattered table. The beagle got an angry glare and picked up the fireplace poker from the rack and snarled and growled in anger.

"Hey, smokey!" Peabody called out, which made the bear look and growl at him.

"Nobody hurts my son!" Peabody said screaming and running towards the bear with the poker and jumped. The bear looked up at Peabody as he jumped towards him, and it's eyes went wide the minute it saw Peabody was getting ready to stab it. Once the beagle got close to the bear, he jabbed that fireplace poker right through it's head.

"Woah!" Sherman said as he saw Peabody kill an evil teddy bear with sharp claws and teeth and watched it's body fall to the floor with a small fire in it's chest.

"That was so awesome! I didn't even know you could do that!" Sherman said running to his dad and hugging him.

"One thing you should know about me, Sherman, is that I am a dog of many talents" Peabody said hugging the redheaded boy back. A loud muffled scream got everybody's attention now.

"KEVIN!" everybody screamed at once and ran down the hall to try and find him, Caleb served as Katie's crutch since the scorpion's stinger had gone right through her leg and causing it to go limp and numb.

"Give me back my son!" Katie shouted as she was guided by Caleb down the halls. The muffled cries for help lead them to turn a corner to reveal Kevin still tied up but he was inside a dumbwaiter with the Optimus Prime action figure cutting the rope with it's sword and just as Peabody ran to stop the dumbwaiter from going down, the Galvatron action figure took out it's gun and shot a real bullet at the rope, causing the entire dumbwaiter to go down the passage and the toys ran away right after.

"Kevin!" Peabody shouted down the vent.

The dumbwaiter landed in the basement and Kevin felt stinging pain from falling surge throughout his body, he almost let out tears of pain leak from his eyes. He called out to try and get some help, but nobody could hear him from all the way down. The room became illuminated with several candles and the light revealed a darkened corner that was not lit at all.

"Mmph?" asked Kevin. Snarling came from the corner and a pair of menacing glowing red eyes opened as well as a sinister smile with sharp white teeth that could be visible through the shadows as well. Kevin now found himself shaking, wondering who owned those eyes. Out of the corner came out Krampus himself, he snarled and cackled evilly as he approached Kevin, the sound of rattling chains was made with each step he took towards the tied up boy.

"Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe" Krampus chuckled as he was now close enough to Kevin inside the broken dumbwaiter. He extended his clawed hands out to grab Kevin, which resulted in the boy to let out a terrified muffled scream as he felt Krampus claws touch his skin.

A/N: Yep, the second appearance of the shadow of Saint Nicholas has made his second appearance after a while now, and he took Kevin with the help of some evil little Transformers toys, and some evil technology turned into insects made of the parts they were made from. But now we're gonna get a little more action up ahead now that Krampus has claimed another victim. More to come in the next update. Please review, thanks!