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The AutoKnights VI.V: The Months In Between
Chapter 35: Holiday Cheer
(Earth; Thorndyke Mansion; December 25th; 6:30 AM)
The week after the whole false pregnancy fiasco went by a lot slower than everyone had anticipated. Whether it was anticipation for the big day to arrive or something else was beyond them. But finally, it arrived.
The night before, it was Christmas Eve. And every year, the Thorndykes put on a big Christmas Eve party similar to the Halloween party. But no Michael Jackson tribute concert this time around. It was just a bunch of people standing around drinking free booze.
Everyone was there. Freedom Fighters Chaotix, Chris' friends, and more. And with the whole pregnancy thing behind them for now, Patamon and Gatomon were able to enjoy themselves. But they still missed TK and Kari something fierce.
The party ended rather earlier than expected to. But everyone had other plans for the next day. Especially all the kids for they awaited the chance to fall asleep. Every Mobian and Digimon decided to just fall asleep anywhere they found comfortable. Sonic found his place on the roof. He believes in Santa the same as anyone. He wants to be there when he arrives. Everyone else was in the house. Takamon and Blaze were cozily dead to the world underneath a blanket on the couch with Cheese the Chao nuzzled in between them. GK and Mina were to the left of them and Bunnie and Antoine were on the right. Tails and Cosmo were also cuddled up in the big rocking chair. Cream, Amy, Vanilla, and Ella had all retired upstairs to all share the big bed in that room.
Sally had found a place on the floor and wrapped a blanket around herself. Vector had a snot bubble going while he lied on top of the grand piano like he was drunk. Espio was sleeping while standing up against the wall. Mighty had retreated his whole body into his shell. He looked like a big red dodge ball. Ray, Charmy, and Saffron all shared a spot near the Christmas tree. Knuckles and Julie-Su were cuddled together near the dying fire. Chris had gone up to his room same as his parents. And then, there was Patamon and Gatomon. Gatomon was curled up like the catlike creature she is. Patamon was on his back snoring up a storm.
Shadow and Rouge were even there to announce their official status as a couple. It went rather well. Rouge ended up sleeping with her feet hooked on to one of the blades of a ceiling fan. And Shadow just leaned up against the wall shutting his eyes.
It was truly a silent night. They all only wished the rest of the knights were there to enjoy it with them. And all over the world, the other friends and loved ones of all the knights were wishing the same as they awaited the next morning.
Out of all of them, Cream was the first to wake. It happened so early in the morning before the sun had breached the horizon. Knowing fully what day it was, she jumped out of bed.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!"
Vanilla had gone through this once before. And she knew there was no stopping Cream when she gets this excited.
Cream hopped out of bed and dashed downstairs. Once there, she literally jumped on top of Takamon and Blaze.
"Mr. Takamon! Mrs. Blaze! Wake up! It's your very first Christmas ever!" the little bunny shouted.
That definitely woke them up alright. Along with everyone else there.
"Yeah that's cool, Cream. But remember I have a baby in me and you're kind of on top of it." Blaze said.
That's when Cream looked down and realized her foot was on Blaze's stomach. Immediatley she got off of them and back on the ground.
"Sorry about that, Mrs. Blaze." Cream sweetly apologized.
It was easily accepted. Then Sonic jumped down from the roof and gave Amy a good morning kiss right before Chris came down and slid down to the ground right in front of the Christmas tree. That's when everyone looked at the tree and were all shocked to find that there were more presents under it than there were last night.
"No way." Takamon couldn't believe it. "The fat guy's real?"
"He sure is!" Cream shouted excitedly. "Santa Claus is the best!"
"Well how about that?" Mighty was stunned himself. "One guy puts out gifts for the whole world in one night. Looks like Sonic and Tak have some competition." He said jokingly.
Everyone chuckled at the armadillo's joke.
"Well kudos to the fat guy." Takamon added.
"Um, Tak? If you wanna stay on the nice list for next year, you might wanna stop calling him, the fat guy." Chris suggested.
"Eh. Whatever." Takamon shrugged.
Then they all began to dig into their loot. Everyone got great gifts from each other. Mina loved the necklace GK gave her. Rouge almost made a swipe for it but was held back by Shadow. And in return, Mina happened to get GK an Iphone. It would take some getting used to but he would do it. Sonic and Amy had also gotten pretty good gifts for each other for this being only their first Christmas as a couple. Amy had given Sonic a whole bottle of shoe polish. And Sonic loved it. He had been meaning to get some himself he just never found the time. At least that's what he said. The hedgehog loves to keep his favorite power red shoes as clean as can be. Sonic had gotten Amy a brilliant pair of silver rose shaped earrings. Amy immediately felt the need to glomp her blue boyfriend as soon as she saw them. And she did.
Cosmo had a little help getting a gift for Tails. She got him a new set of wrenches made of pure titanium and guaranteed to last a lifetime and beyond. Tails was ecstatic. He always had trouble with breaking wrenches. And then Tails presented Cosmo's gift. A flower pot with the seeds of a beautiful rose plant already inside. It was perfect for Cosmo. The two youngsters shared a light kiss with each other as thanks.
The gift that everyone wanted to see was the one Knuckles ended up getting Julie-Su. And it was a pretty big box. Julie-Su feared it. With enough encouragement from Knuckles himself, she braced herself and unwrapped it.
It turns out…..it was a personal standing punching bag.
"A punching bag?" Julie-Su thought it was just a last ditch effort.
"Open it up and see what it looks like." Knuckles insisted.
What it looks like? Oh boy. Now Julie-Su feared even more what this thing really was. But when he opened the box, for the first time, she smiled at a gift that Knuckles had gotten her.
It turns out Knuckles had found a place where you can make custom shaped punching bags. And this particular one happened to be in the bodily shape of someone Julie-Su tolerates but isn't very fond of. Vector.
"What the heck is that?" Vector asked not really liking it.
"IT'S PERFECT!"
That squeal came from Julie-Su much to everyone's surprise.
"Now I can kick Vector's annoying ass whenever I want to!" Julie-Su cried with glee. "Oh Knuckles, I love it!"
No one had any clue how happy Knuckles was to hear those words
"Hit it." Knuckles told her. "Hit him anywhere and see what happens."
She didn't think twice. Julie-Su balled up her fist and hit the Vector punching bag right in the stomach. And out of the bag came a loud groan that sounded a lot like Vector himself. With another glance at the box, Chuck read that the punching bag was a special electronic model that makes different sounds when hit in different places.
"Best. Gift. EVER!" Julie-Su was surely gonna have some fun with it.
After about nearly an hour of unwrapping gifts later, there was two more left to give. GK had gotten a present for both Takamon and Blaze. A big screen TV. And that left everyone extremely confused.
But then came Takamon's gift to Blaze. The last one. But what caught everyone off guard was the fact that his gift to her was in a small envelope. Sally thought she was gonna have to kick Takamon's ass for getting his wife a crappy gift card for their first Christmas.
The pink pyrokinetic Digimon slowly unsealed the envelope and let the contents fall loose into her hands. It was a simple photograph. And in that photo, was a house. One story but still rather big. But Blaze didn't get it at all. No one could.
"Tak it's a gorgeous house and all. But…whose it is?"
That's when Takamon gave his punch line.
"It's ours."
She had to wait a minute before her breath came back to her so she could respond to that. Everyone was a bit shocked by it.
"I'm sorry what now?" she muttered.
"This is a gift for both of us, honey. I bought us a house." He said it again.
She looked at the house photo one more time before coming to the only possible conclusion to how this was possible.
"Tak, who did you kill to get this house?"
He actually laughed at that.
"I didn't kill anyone, baby. GK was able to get me a pretty good deal. He's known about this little plan of mine ever since I first started working at MLB."
Yes it was true. GK was the only one out of all of them who knew about the house. That explained the giant TV. Then Blaze's pregnancy emotions completely overtook her because she just broke down crying uncontrollably.
Knowing what to do, Takamon got on his knees with his wife and cradled her in his arms gently until she calmed down enough to the point where she could speak. While they waited for that to happen, the photo of the house got passed around from one person to the next. They had to give their compliments. Takamon picked a good house.
"Tak, it's awesome." Mighty said.
"Yeah. It's really cool." Sonic agreed.
But as happy as everyone there was for the two Digimon getting their own place, there were two who seemed a bit sad about it.
"Aw are you sure y'all have to move out?" Bunnie sounded disappointed. "We love having you."
"Eet won't be ze same without you." Antoine added also a bit saddened.
After wiping her eyes dry, Blaze had to agree with her husband.
"We appreciate the hospitality you have us in your house, Bunnie. And you too, 'Twan. But….I'm gonna have a baby really soon. And as great as your house is, we need a place of our own. I hope you understand."
Bunnie thought that was just silly.
"Sugah, of course Ah understand. Ah just really love having you guys always around." The rabbot said.
"Even eef you are a leetle loud at night." Antoine added.
Blaze and Takamon bumped each other's fist showing no shame in their carnal volume. It passed as creepy to the rest of them. Well….except for GK and Mina with whom they were in competition with. And Antoine and Bunnie for that matter.
"It's been great living with you guys. But this is the right move for us. Come next month we'll be in our new house." Takamon said.
With a hug from the rabbot, she accepted their decision.
And then after that, they realized there were no more gifts. Everything had been opened up and the paper torn to shreds. Just when they were about to start cleaning it all up and prepare for the rest of they day trying out their new stuff, something happened.
Right in front of them, a large hole of green energy just popped open out of thin air. The Thorndykes immediately flipped out thinking it was something bad. But Takamon knew those holes. He had been through them before.
"It's a space bridge." He muttered.
And with that deciphered, he could only come up with one conclusion as to why there would be a space bridge in the middle of the mansion.
"No way. It's them! They're coming back!" Takamon said excited.
They all now looked at the space bridge smiling, expecting to see the rest of the AutoKnight team walk through it. Ten seconds later…
They were met with disappointment when they saw nothing but different sized boxes fall through the hole.
"Um….I don't think that's them." Vector said.
Takamon got up and approached the packages wondering what was going on. There was a space bridge right in front of him, and yet there was no living person coming out of it.
But then a second later, a small piece of paper flew out of the bridge right before it vanished. Takamon caught the paper and then looked at it. But he still had the same problem he's had for a long time.
"Uh….uuuuhhhhhh…...dammit. I still can't read English fully yet. Can someone please read this?"
He offered the note to anyone and Cream was the first one to it. She put her new doll down and read the note aloud.
"Dear Takamon and friends,
I apologize if seeing the space bridge brought you false hope. You see, it is still being repaired and it cannot sustain any living subject yet to pass through it. But it can allow packages to go through. And since it's the best day of the year, I thought I would send my gifts to you guys today. I hope you like them. I had to make them myself with scraps on Cybertron.
And Takamon, we hope you have a great first Christmas with your friends. And we're sorry we couldn't be there ourselves to share it with you. Just know not a day goes by when we don't drop you a line. Merry Christmas everyone.
Yours Truly,
Violet and the rest of the AutoKnights."
Takamon regained his smile after hearing the name spoken.
"Well that sure was nice of them." Sally commented.
Takamon nodded as he bent over the pile of boxes.
"Violet huh?" he muttered as he picked up the first box. "Well I guess we're not done unwrapping stuff yet."
They all smiled knowing they had friends on another planet thinking about all of them. Takamon looked at the name on the box he had and then presented it to who it was meant for.
"Antoine, you're up first." He tossed the box over to the Mobian coyote.
After opening up the box, he took out what was in the box. It was a sheathed sword.
"But…I already have a sabre. Vhy vould I need another?" he asked himself.
"If I know Violet, I think the real surprise is underneath that scabbard." Takamon said.
Now that got them all anxious to see the blade itself.
"Go on, sugah-Twan. Take it out." Bunnie said to her beloved husband.
Shrugging, Antoine put his right hand on the grip of the sword and drew it out of the scabbard. And he was met with a nice surprise.
The blade was shining with chrome detail along with batches of orange all over the front of the blade.
"Mon dieu." Antoine muttered.
"Hey. That kinda looks like one of the swords Optimus uses." Takamon pointed out.
Teletraan's portable form began to beep and Takamon pulled him.
"Let me see that thing closer." The AI asked.
Takamon tossed Teletraan over to Bunnie. And Bunnie caught him with her non-robotic hand and held him up in front of Antoine's new sword. He downloaded the design instantly.
"Very impressive." Teletraan said. "Blade is made of pure Cybertanium. There exists no stronger metal. And it looks like that thing comes packed with an energon charger."
"Energon?" Antoine repeated. "Vhat energon?"
"Press the button on the handle." Teletraan answered.
"Button?" Antoine examined the handle of the sword in his hands.
Where his thumb was, there was a small red button right above it. Curious, he pressed it not knowing what to expect. This is what he got.
The sword began to make a whirring sound as if it were a machine starting up. Then the patches of orange on the blade began to glow bright. Energon was pumping through that blade and making it stronger.
After a few seconds, Antoine took his thumb off the button and the energon stopped pumping through the sword.
"Mah stars." Bunnie murmured. "Who exactly is Violet again?"
"A naturally super-powered gun nut." Takamon put it simply. "Also the team's weapons expert."
"And…..she's a girl?" Chuck seemed a bit put off by that fact.
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" Takamon asked. "Yes. She's a girl and she loves guns. How come no one can take that?"
They all did find it a bit odd the weapon expert of the team was a fifteen year old. And a girl to boot. Then Takamon directed his attention back to Antoine.
"If that thing is powerful enough to cut through a Decepticon, I think you'll have no trouble slicing anything else. Treat that thing well Antoine."
Antoine nodded as he returned the sword to it's sheath. Then the rest of the gifts got passed out. Apparently Violet had hand made one gift for each person there. And most of them followed the line of them being weaponry. Amy had gotten a new transforming hammer that she could make vanish behind her back just like her Piko-Piko hammer. Shadow got a gun. And not just any gun. According to the not Violet left with it on how to work it, it was called an X2 Scrapmaker gatling gun. Shadow nearly drooled at the sight being big on guns.
Everyone else really enjoyed their Cybertronian gifts. Blaze's gift was a bit confusing at first. It was just a big jug of some unknown chemical. Tails picked up the note and read it.
"It says, "I heard about your new house from GK and I thought this might come in handy. This solution has been specially formulated to make everything it comes into contact with completely fireproof for a lifetime. Hope you both like it."
After the note was read, Tails put it down a bit surprised.
"But I thought you only told GK about the house." Tails said to Takamon.
"I did. I didn't say anything else to anyone." Takamon defended.
"I know you didn't buddy. I did." GK confessed. "You were so busy looking for a house to get a hold of I suspected you would be too caught up to even think about fireproofing the place. So I got in touch with your friends out on that other planet and asked for a little assistance. And viola."
Takamon and Blaze were touched by that. GK had thought of everything for them. That's why he's their best friend.
Blaze appreciated it so much he hugged the bird hard and good. And then there came the last present. A box wrapped up and marked for Tails. He opened it up and inside the box was a remote control airplane in the shape of an old friend.
"Hey! It kinda looks like Silverbolt!" Tails said.
"A remote controlled Silverbolt? How cool." Sonic commented.
Taking grip of the RC controller, Tails turned it on and so did the plane. The fox noticed there was also a small button in the shape of the Autobot symbol. Curious as to its function, he pressed it.
Then the miniature Silverbolt did what the real Silverbolt can do. It transformed from a plane, to a robot. It looked almost exactly like Silverbolt except for the size and a few minor paint misplacements.
"Oh WOW! It's awesome!" Tails kneeled down and looked at the little robot closer. "I still miss the real one though."
Cosmo rubbed his shoulders.
"He left a note for you." She said.
She handed Tails a small piece of paper. It was a note. From Silverbolt himself.
"Dear Tails,
I do hope you and your friends are having great adventures with each other. I have not forgotten the times you and I spent together talking mechanics while you did maintenance on me. Perhaps one day soon I will come back to Earth for a short visit.
But until I do, I hope this miniature version of me will let you know that I still carry your friendship in my spark. Have fun with it my little friend.
Your dear friend,
Silverbolt."
Tails read the letter out loud to everyone as they smiled. It was really thoughtful of Silverbolt to do something like that. He must have asked Trevor or someone else about Christmas or Silverbolt heard them talking about it.
"Thanks, Silverbolt." The kitsune muttered.
"That thing is awesome." Ray looked at the mini-Silverbolt closely.
"They really got the detail down on it, didn't they?" Chuck also examined the RC-Transformer interested in how it was designed.
"Well….that's everything. No more gifts." Takamon said.
There was a thorough cleaning of the front room after that. It took about a full hour but eventually, they got it done. And then the rest of the day went on with everyone enjoying each other's company more than ever before.
After the great turkey dinner they all shared, they were all ready to call it a night. But right before they did, Mr. Tanaka came in with Topaz.
"Hello everyone." He greeted them.
"What's up, Mr. Tanaka?" Chris asked his butler.
"I was hoping if I could borrow Master Takamon for a short while. And Master GK as well." Tanaka replied.
"What's goin' on, Tanaka?" GK asked him.
"Topaz and I have been taking dancing lessons for upcoming wedding. And we would like to test out some of our new moves. But we need some good music to dance to. So…."
"Say no more." To Takamon, the magic words were spoken. "Featherhead, Sonic, Vector, let's go."
After putting on warmer clothes, everyone proceeded outside where both Tanaka and Topaz were. GK readied his bass while Sonic grabbed a guitar and Vector sat behind a set of drums. And seeing on how what day it was, the four of them decided to go with something a little jolly. GK went first.
"One….two….three….and…"
(BGM: Jingle Bells; By the Glee Cast)
Tanaka and Topaz readied themselves for whatever beat the four creatures were going to throw at them. A few seconds later after the intro, it sped up and truly began.
Takamon:
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse sleigh
Sonic and Vector:
One horse open sleigh!
Tanaka and Topaz had both been taking dance lessons as they were demanded by Amy. And they had learned quite a lot. They were dancing at a fast pace and they seemed to know what they were doing.
GK:
Dashing through the snow
In a horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Sonic:
Bells on bobtails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight!
Tanaka and Topaz were dancing quite nicely for beginners. Feeling the groove themselves, Nelson took Lindsey's hand and lead her out to the dancing floor as well.
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
GK:
Jingle! Jingle!
Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh. HEY!
It went into an instrumental portion of the song now. That lasted for about twenty seconds top. At the end of it, Takamon was smiling greatly at his wife. With that look pasted on his face, Takamon jumped forward and gently took his wife's hands.
Sonic:
One! Two! One two three four!
Gently and not too quick, Takamon moved back and forth with Blaze softly so he wouldn't hurt his soon to be child.
Takamon:
Now the ground is white
So go ride it while we're young
Take the girls out tonight
And sing the sleighing song
Sonic dropped his guitar and took Amy's hands. Then he began to dance more quicker with her than Takamon was with Blaze.
Sonic:
Get a bobtail bay
Two-forty is his speed
GK:
So fast!
Sonic:
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And snap! You'll take the lead! Oh!
Mighty wanted to dance a little bit too. The mood of the day put it in him. He asked for Sally's hand and she gave it to him. They too began to dance while everyone else just watched from the sidelines.
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Jingle all the way!
GK & Vector:
Oh what fun it is to ride!
Sonic:
In a one horse open sleigh!
GK:
Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
Jingle jingle jingle all the way!
Everyone:
Oh what fun it is to ride
GK:
In a one horse…
Everyone:
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
GK:
Jingle Beeeeeeeeellllllllls!
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one!
Takamon:
Horse!
Sonic:
Oh!
Everyone:
One horse open sleigh!
Sonic:
Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
Jingle all the waaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Everyone:
Jingle BELLS!
The music abruptly ended and so did the dancing altogether. Tanaka and Topaz were greatly complimented on their dancing skills. They were ready for their wedding.
But while all this was happening, none of them were under the impression that they were being watched.
Lightyears away, the other ten AutoKnight's on Cybertron were watching everything thanks to Teletraan one. All of them huddled in the front command center and viewed Takamon's first Christmas. But as happy as they were for their friend, almost everyone there was very depressed.
This was the first Christmas they had ever spent away from their family and friends. This was when they all missed them the most. Trevor knew how they felt. He had gone through that kind of experience before losing his family. And Fry knew what it was like. He got transported a thousand years into the future. He too knew the feeling of missing your family on Christmas.
But they weren't sure how to handle the situation. Contacting their families might make them hurt more. This was one of the very rare occasions where Trevor couldn't think of anything to help them out. He did nothing.
Kari even started crying because she missed her family. Not even Tai could ease her little sister's sorrow. That made the leader feel even worse. He had led them through so much through these past few months. But something like this isn't so simple to quell.
Everyone else just left the room wanting to go sulk in peace. But Trevor stayed put watching Takamon and his friends go through the rest of Christmas night together. He thought he was gonna spend the time alone.
But then he was met with a surprise when Violet came in and joined him.
"I thought you might like it if you had someone to spend Christmas with." She said.
Trevor nodded.
"It would be a nice change of pace for me considering the last few years of my life."
Violet chuckled but she didn't think it was funny. How was he making a joke about having no family to spend the holidays with? Her conclusion was he compensates with humor. Or at least tries to.
As they watched the screen with all of Takamon's friends, they couldn't help but smile at them.
"That was a really cool thing you did, Violet." Trevor said.
"Well…there's still one more gift to give this year." Violet admitted.
Then she showed Trevor what she had in her hand. It looked like a staff about a yard long. There was also a small bow wrapped around the end of it.
"What is that?" he asked.
"It's…for you." She said. "I made these for all of us during the scraplet infestation last month. But you didn't take yours."
"You made tons of these. What's so special about this one?" he asked.
"No Trev. This is a very special one. I made this one just for you."
Those three words hooked him like a fish. She made a weapon designed specially for him and him alone. Knowing it was an AutoKnight weapon, Trevor became Optimus and grabbed the staff out of Violet's hands.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Press the button right there and see." Violet replied.
Spotting the button, Trevor pressed it down and then the staff transformed. Two giant round blades shined in brilliant orange energy. It was a giant energon battle axe.
"You made this especially for me?"
Violet nodded as Optimus took another light swing with the axe.
"Aw, Violet. This thing is excellent."
The axe was very light in the swing, but by Violet's explanation, it was one of the most powerful handheld weapons she had ever created. She poured her heart and soul into that axe just for him and no one else.
With one final swing, Optimus de-transformed the axe back into a staff and placed in the back robe of his suit. Then he powered down into Trevor again.
"I love it. Thank you." He honestly said.
Then Trevor went up to Violet and gave her a hug. Violet immediately blushed a hard shade of red as soon as his arms wrapped around her back. Then Trevor did the same thing when he realized what he was doing two seconds later.
Hoping they wouldn't notice each other, they both very slowly came apart. But it was the holiday season. The smiles were still there.
"Merry Christmas, Trevor." Violet softly said.
"Merry Christmas, Vi."
After they had gotten back to the way things were comfortable, the two of them went back to try and talk to their friends one more time to make them happy.
And that was it for the month of December. A few days later, the new year came around and thus began a whole new start.
Takamon and Blaze moved into their new house on the first of the year. Bunnie and Antoine were gonna miss them around their place, but Takamon and Blaze were right. They needed to start their family in a place of their own. But they did help them pick out furniture and whatnot. In fact, everyone did. Tails helped them pick out kitchen tools, Cosmo got them some household plants, and it turned out that fireproof spray from Violet came in quite handy in fireproofing the whole dang house. As for the big TV, Vector and Espio helped to hook that up. When the housewarming party was over, Takamon and Blaze did the very first thing that came to their minds.
Kinky sex in their new king sized bed.
After that, there was only one more small event that happened. Mr. Tanaka's wedding. But before that, a small poem.
We've been through a lot
But now it is time
I tell you the tale
Of Jetpower Prime.
XXX
I am so sorry this is late. But there's just one more arc left to go and then this story is done forever! Until then, peace bitches!