Angel: Yellowdrake26 from Deviantart has struck again with her 8th drawing of Amy! She drew Nomi-Amy, and you can find that drawing on her page! When are we gonna get a Ninja and Kunoichi drawing? Come onnnn XD
Grave Puncher: Holiday Edition, Season's Beatings starts off with the main character appearing on screen, punching his fists together.
"Ho ho, no you di'n't!"
"You'll never guess what my parents gave me for Hanukkah last night!" Howard starts complaining to his friends who are playing together.
Amy is wearing a light blue fur coat with two big white buttons at the front holding it closed. She has white fluff at the ends of her wrists, collar, and at the bottom of the coat. Two pom-poms are hanging from the front of her collar. Her pants are black and she has ankle-length white snow boots. A purple scarf is around her neck. Her hair is tied into a side ponytail that rests over her left shoulder, stopping just above her waist. This time her bangs are curled to rest on her cheeks and she's wearing white gloves.
Howard holds up a sock and they briefly look at them. "Uh, socks?" Randy asks, turning back to the game. "How are you so good at Grave Puncher?!"
"Practice," Amy smiles smugly.
"Socks are not a gift!" Howard starts ranting. "A McFistPad is a gift. A McFistBox is a gift."
"I think you're missing the meaning of Hanukkah," Randy states teasingly, glancing to his coat pocket.
Randy looked at the small pink box in his hands, about to meet up with Howard and Amy at the Game Hole. Since they hadn't been dating for long, he wasn't sure if she'd want a gift from him. But he did put a lot of thought into it to make it special. He had to save up a LOT of money that went into making it, mainly from doing chores, but hopefully she'd like it...
"Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, has significant culture ties, Howard. Not really something you should complain about."
"Yeah," Randy agrees with her. "Eight nights celebrating the old-"
Howard puts a hand over his mouth. "Spare me the 'special holiday episode' talk. You don't understand with your one day of a million presents."
"Hey, I get socks for Christmas. And Ames celebrates both Kwanzaa and Christmas."
"You celebrate Kwanzaa?" Howard asks the brunette incredibly.
"Technically speaking, my dad's side of the family do, but I always come over to my grandma's house to celebrate it with them. And then I would spend Christmas with my mom and dad."
"How are they doing, anyway?" Randy smiles at her and she returns it.
"Better because of what you did for me on winter break. They've already come in for the holidays," She turns around to the game again. "And besides, that means I get double the socks."
"Yeah. And then you hang them by the chimney with care and when you wake up they're stuffed with more presents! Mine are stuffed with feet!" He takes off his shoe, showing his dirty sock. The two gag by the smell AND the sight of it.
"You got that sock last night?" Randy questions incredibly as they wave a hand in front of their faces.
"I know, right?" Howard chuckles with a shrug. "I'm as disgusted as you."
"But you're still wearing it!" Amy gags again, covering her mouth with her hands. Randy turns to her, hands behind his back.
"Um, Ames, I know we haven't been boyfriend and girlfriend for long, but-"
Rumbling occurs within the Game Hole and suddenly a robot crashes through the window. The people scream as they run away and it starts smashing up the place.
"What the juice? That thing's trashing our Game Hole!" Randy exclaims at it.
"But why?" Amy asks him in confusion. The robot starts smashing up games in sight.
"You two gotta stop it!" Howard hits his fists against his chest and her stomach. He then grabs the two. "If you don't, we'll have nowhere to spend our holidays! And weekends! And most afternoons."
"Oh, it is on-anukkah like Hanukkah!" Randy states, Amy facepalming as he backs away. She reluctantly follows after him.
"No offense, but you just wounded me with that..."
"But that was for you, buddy," Randy grins as he points at Howard, who groans at this.
The robot smashes two games. "That thing's wreckin' my Game Hole!" Greg calls out in dismay.
"Smokebomb!" Ninja and Kunoichi appear in front of him. "Ninja Rings!" He tosses one at the glass, but it doesn't work as they clink against it, falling in front of the robot.
"Ooh, reinforced glass. That's a first for a robot," Kunoichi comments, Ninja getting hit by a mace hand. He crashes into the skeeball game, earning some tickets, but breaking it in the process.
"Aw, skee, not my bowl-in-fun game!" Greg complains, Ninja getting out and taking off one of the rings off his head. He watches Kunoichi throw her hair, but the robot holds up a hand so that her hair gets tangled in it.
"Hey! Hands off!" She grunts, pulling back to try and get herself free. Ninja throws and kicks some skee balls that were on him, landing on one of the games. The robot knocks them away like it was nothing, bringing Kunoichi up and down with his movements.
"Watch it!" She calls out, seeing the robot raise his right arm above her. She gasps, trying once more to get her hair free. Kunoichi yelps as he gets close, but Ninja jumps, landing on the ground. He sprints towards her, sliding to them with his sword out. He passes underneath the left arm as he slices off her hair and grabs her arm in one swift motion. Her hair grows back in an instant. The robot fires lasers at them and she hugs his neck instinctively as he holds her bridal style, the robot destroying two games in the process.
Kunoichi jumps out of his arms and they slide to a stop. "Ninja Electro Balls!"
"Tengu Lightning Strike!" Kunoichi presses her fists together, firing an electric blast of her own. This causes the robot to short out, knocking into every single game except one. Then it falls in front of the only game, an arm falling to destroy it. "Oh boy," She murmurs, glancing around the place.
"My Hole!" Greg cries out sadly. "It's skee...skee..."
"Gone, man," Howard places a sympathetic hand on his back. "Skee-gone." He tears up at all of the destruction.
"What kind of heartless maniac sends a robot to destroy an innocent Game Hole?" Ninja asks dejectedly, and McFist enters the place, followed by Viceroy and a city official.
"Cash register will go there. Display racks there. Oooh, and we'll need recessed ceiling lights," He points to the ceiling.
"And a ceiling," Viceroy adds in as there's a hole in the roof letting in some snow.
"There goes your heartless maniac!" Kunoichi accuses as she clenches her fists, the trio glaring at them. Of course that thing was built by Viceroy just so they could swoop in here. Too bad they can't prove that they sent the robot to destroy it in the first place...she would LOVE to do that, but they weren't going to have a repeat of when Ninja outed McFist as a villain.
"Sorry folks, Game Hole's closed for remodeling," Greg explains to the men. "But don't worry, a little pain, she'll be as good as new," He gestures to the destroyed Food Hole.
"More like, good as shoe," McFist jokes, him and Viceroy laughing. Greg glances away awkwardly. Then they stop as he realizes that he didn't tell him yet. "Oh, it got ahead of you there. I'm buyin' this join and turning it into a shoe store for the missus. I'm callin' it...Shoe-Mert!" Viceroy pulls up a holographic logo of Marci holding a shoe along with the name. "Shoe-Mert? Wait, that can't be right. Shoe-Mert. Eh, it's kinda growing on me."
"You can't buy the Game Hole!" Greg protests to him.
"I don't see a Game Hole," McFist replies smugly. "I see a pile of rubble. What do you see, Mr. City of Norrisville Building Inspector?"
He holds up a book. "City Ordinance AA-23, 'To maintain arcade status, a gaming establishment must have at least one game in operation at all times or it shall be instantly condemned and sold'," He explains to everyone.
"No games! No Hole!" McFist declares instantly. "Okay, I'm thinking we do high heels here, boots here, and seasonal stuff over here by the Ninja and Kunoichi." He's only now just noticing them as he does a double. "Ninja and Kunoichi?!"
"You can't do this, McFist!" Ninja protests to him.
"This Game Hole belongs to everyone, not you!" Kunoichi glares as she points at the businessman.
McFist grits his teeth as the city inspector shrugs. "Sorry, Ninja and Kunoichi. Rules are rules. Without a game being played, there's nothing anyone can do." McFist looks at them with a smug smile.
"Ahh, if only we had a working game!" Ninja groans as they look around.
"In this mess? How are we gonna find one-"
"Found one!" Howard interrupts Kunoichi as he points up ahead to the only game that somehow didn't get destroyed in all the fighting, which is Fight Knight.
"Huh," She comments in shock. "Didn't see that."
"But nobody's playing it! Somebody has to be playing it, right?" McFist asks the inspector with a big smile.
"Those are the rules," The inspector states again.
"Young boy! Get thee to that game!" Ninja declares dramatically, pointing forward. Howard runs down the pile of rubble he was standing on, skidding to a stop. He turns around to them, bouncing up and down as he's itching to reach the game.
"But good Ninja and Kunoichi, I haven't any token."
"Gah!" Ninja digs into his suit for one. "You always haven't any token!" He finds one and holds it out. Howard snatches it and inserts it into the token slot.
"Fight Knight! Lord Mac, Earl of the Hive, must to defeat all the knights!"
"Someone's still playing," Ninja points at the obese boy.
"But the book said it can still be sold!"
"Ahh, but in that same notation, it also states that 'If arcade status is maintained by having a game in operation at all times, then it is deemed not for sale.' HA!" Kunoichi points at the two villains boastfully. "That's right, I memorized the city rules!"
He growls at her, clenching his fists.
"Alright! Your smarts are finally doing something useful for me," Howard calls out and she glares at him in annoyance.
"Don't worry about him, you're saving this place," Ninja places a hand on her shoulder. "Things like this make me like you even more."
"Okay, let's not go around saying stuff like that out loud..." She blushes behind her mask, stepping back a bit. But the grateful look in her eyes silently tells him that she's flattered by the compliment, he just has to remember that McFist is right there!
"Don't worry," Viceroy waves it off. "We just have to wait until the boy loses. He's playing the only working game."
"Greg," Ninja places a hand on his shoulder, concerned for the Game Hole. "Tell us you have other games."
"I have other games," He assures them and Ninja pumps a fist, causing his partner to giggle.
"Yes! Wait, are you telling me that because I told you to tell me that or..."
"He means it," Kunoichi reaffirms for him before he could give himself a brain fart.
"They're at my Storage Hole across town," Greg jerks a thumb behind him, and she's sensing a Hole theme here.
"To the Storage Hole!" Ninja declares, running forward with Kunoichi in tow. They stop near Howard still playing. "Keep playing 'til we get back or the Game Hole's gone forever!"
"And I definitely don't want a world in which McFist gets his way and wins!" Kunoichi narrows her eyes in anger, still cheesed off that he sent a robot to destroy the place, just so he can sneak in and buy it for himself.
"Yeah, no problem, guys," Howard assures them, but he looks away and loses the game. They turn around upon hearing this, groaning. Kunoichi shakes out her hair as a token falls from it. "Wait, you keep things in your hair?!"
"He asked me to hold it for him once and forgot about it afterwards," She shrugs at him. "But my hair is supposed to be a weapon, not storage," She has a deadpan look as she glances at her sheepish-looking partner.
"And it's the last one!" Ninja announces as he takes it, holding it up in the air.
"Nooooo!" McFist tries to stop them, standing in their way and waving his arms.
"Ninja Last Token Fling!" Ninja tosses it and it rolls underneath McFist. It hits a destroyed game, the back of Viceroy's McFist Pad, and Howard's forehead before flying into the token slot.
"Fight Knight! Lord Mac, Earl of the Hive, must to defeat all the knights!"
"You got nothing to worry about, guys," Howard steps up to the game with a smile. "I got this."
"Every time you say that, I get worried," Kunoichi has a blank look on her face. "But I guess I don't have a choice than to have...some faith in you. And nice shot," She turns to Ninja with a small smile behind the mask.
"To the Storage Hole!" They declare in unison, dropping one smokebomb each. Then the two and Greg are gone.
"I need this Shoe-Mert, Viceroy!" McFist has a scared and worried look on his face. "Remember last Christmas?"
Last Christmas
A disappointed Marci looked at a scooter that also acted as a lawnmower. "It's a rider," McFist smiled happily. "Now you don't have to push anymore!"
"Ooh!" She directed her look at him.
Bash laughed as he jumped onto it, riding the thing around. He knocked down and cut the Christmas tree. "Whoo-hoo!" The tree stood up with half its leaves and ornaments...
"Really need this Shoe-Mert!" McFist panics a little, eyes wide.
"Don't worry. They'll never make it back with those games," Viceroy lets out a maniacal laugh as he has an idea.
"Less cackling, more swiping!" His boss snaps at him.
"Hmm," Viceroy huffs, swiping to the right.
Ninja and Kunoichi carry the last game that was in the Storage Hole, with noticeably no help from Greg whatsoever. He's sipping on hot cocoa, leaning against the truck.
"Last...one...Games...so...heavy..." Ninja wheezes out; even Kunoichi's hair couldn't help with this one.
"I'd help you Ninja and Kunoichi, but someone's gotta hold this bag of tokens," He holds up the bag full of coins.
"Oh, that's great. Yeah, real helpful," Kunoichi looks annoyed with him as she sags her arms as they felt like jelly.
"Um, Kuno, I have something to-"
"We have to save the Game Hole, can it wait?" She asks awkwardly.
"Maybe a little bit..."
They close the doors, he enters the truck, start it up, but Greg gasps while he's taking a sip. He pulls his rearview mirror away from him to see two robo-apes coming in fast on snowmobiles. Both of them look pretty determined in their coats.
"Get those games to the Hole! We'll meet you there!" Ninja calls out as he takes out his sai, and she takes out her bo staff. They look over their shoulders to see the truck already driving away. "Oh, you left already?"
She rolls her eyes as he looks away. "Okay, that's cool. Whatever."
"Let's just focus on stopping these robo-apes," She speaks up, gripping her weapon. He spins his sais next to her.
"Let's do this!"
The two wait as the robots get closer, narrowing their eyes and waiting to make a move. But they drive right past the two, covering them in snow. They come out of the pile running side by-side.
"Gah! Thought they would stop!"
"They're after the truck, we gotta make sure Greg isn't in danger!" She states, turning to him. He glances at her suit, and then at the snow.
"Quick question: how white is your suit?"
Her eyes widen at him and she grins behind her mask. "That just gave me an idea!"
The robo-apes approach the truck on its right side. One of them takes out a weapon, only to have it snatched by a red scarf. He looks at his empty hand.
"Watch your back!" He gets stabbed from behind by Ninja and thrown off the snowmobile. "Okay," He stabs the ice in front of him, turning the vehicle around. The robo-ape swerves out of the way when Ninja jumps, but then Kunoichi pops out of the snow in front of him. He lets out a scream, loses control of the vehicle, and spins right into a pole, causing an explosion. Ninja lands on top of the truck while Kunoichi throws her hair, capturing the back of the vehicle. She skids along the ice as if she's skiing, letting out a laugh.
"That was great!" She looks up at her partner.
"Why didn't we think of that before?"
"I don't know, but at least it worked!" She exclaims proudly. Ninja then looks behind her.
"Huh? No! Kuno, behind you!"
She glances around her and gasps sharply to see more robo-apes on snowmobiles surrounding her since she's still makeshift skiing. Somehow, she's in the middle of it all, AND she never noticed it!
"How the juice did they get here so fast without me seeing it?!"
"For real? Okay..." Ninja pulls out his sword while Kunoichi pulls out her fan. "Stab!" He stabs one in front of the back of the truck, moving onto another. "Ninja Head Slice!" He jumps onto an empty snowmobile, looking up ahead as he can't really see her anymore since the robots are blocking her. He leaps and slices one in half. "Hello!" He jumps forward and stabs one right through the head, pulling out his sword. He takes the head along with it and it flies off. "And...wha?"
The head makes another robot trip and his body goes flying until it lands in front of the truck. Greg runs right over it.
"Skee-whoa, man!" He takes another sip of his cocoa.
"Kuno!" Ninja cries out in concern, landing in front of a robo-ape that's blocking her. "Alright, let her go before I-" The robo-ape falls in front of him in pieces. "Huh?"
A whistle is heard and he looks up to see more robo-apes, but they've already been defeated as Kunoichi catches her flying fan.
"Worried about little ol' me?" She winks in amusement and his eyes widen.
"Look out!" He thrusts two chains forward and she ducks. She looks behind her to see two more enemies. Ninja captures their snowmobiles, flinging his arms back. "Ninja Double Snatch!" He throws them in front of the truck and makes them collide so that they explode. Kunoichi leaps forward and Ninja holds out his hands.
"Kuno!" He yells in relief as she lands in his arms, both of them laughing. He spins her around happily in a hug, pulling back to look at her. "Don't ever scare me like that again."
"If anything, it's McFist who should be scared after this," Kunoichi comments with a smug smile behind her mask. Ninja boops her nose with his.
"If I wasn't wearing my mask, I'd kiss you right now, but we have to settle for this."
"Aww, Ninj. With you around, I'll always be okay," She replies, knowing that he was worried. They let go of each other and reach Greg. She reaches behind her hair and starts to braid it back.
"Saved my butt, Ninja and Kunoichi. Here," Greg digs into his shirt and gives them a card.
"Ten percent off at the Food Hole?" He moves away the bottom right to reveal that it's not good anymore. "This expired yesterday!"
"That card probably isn't redeemable anyway since there's no expiration date! No card says expired yesterday, come on," Kunoichi states to him, looking a bit skeptical of that.
"Oh yeah, it's the thought that counts," Greg defends, causing them both to groan. They jump and land behind the speakers.
"McFist is pulling out all the stops. We gotta warn Howard," Ninja pulls out his phone to call him.
Meanwhile, a small crowd has gathered around Howard, all of them hoping that they'll get the Game Hole back.
"Robo-Apes? That's nothing! You should see the looks McFist is giving me!" He looks over his shoulder briefly this time to see an irritated McFist, eye twitching.
"Ooh, I so wanna see that. Dang it, and you can't take a picture," Kunoichi replies from the phone.
"Look at us. Working together. Me, saving the Game Hole. You...doing whatever it is you sidekicks do."
"Uh, sidekick?" Ninja asks in defense.
"Since when are we the sidekicks?" Kunoichi gestures to herself. Even if she could call Howard one, he's definitely not a good sidekick.
"Uh, listen, gotta jump. Fighting for my life here." He drops the phone by shoving it off his ear.
"Sidekick, I'll show you sidekick," Kunoichi grumbles loud enough for Ninja to hear.
"Relax, you fight way too good to be a sidekick," Ninja places a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Howard's not the one with hair that's a weapon."
"And he's also not the one who shows more loyalty, so thank you," She compliments him right back and he hugs her.
"He's gonna choke. He's gonna choke," McFist whispers to Viceroy and the inspector. He then stands behind Howard. "Eh, word on the street is you're gonna choke."
The inspector laughs behind the glaring man. "Mr. McFist, my boy is playing the recorder in his holiday recital tonight, so I'm just gonna..."
He's about to leave when McFist pulls him back. "You're not going anywhere!"
A noise from the game is heard and they look to see Howard defeating another opponent. "Oh, Knight Number Four is of the defeated. Lord Mac is now to level five!"
"I've never raised to level five before!" Howard smiles happily, earning cheers from the crowd. McFist grips Viceroy's collar, bringing him forward.
"You'd better stop those games from getting here or it's going to be worse than two Christmases ago!"
Two Christmases ago
Marci was standing in front of a lawnmower... "It's a pusher. Now you don't have to cut it by hand anymore!"
"Ooh," She complained as Bash ran past them with a laugh. He pushed the lawnmower into the tree, leaving half the leaves once again.
"Then consider this your 8th night of Hanukkah present," Viceroy shows his McFist Pad to his boss.
"Is it a yeti?" McFist asks with a wide grin.
"It's a yeti," Viceroy grins back at him.
"Is that a yeti?" Ninja points up ahead while Greg is still driving.
"It's a yeti," Greg answers him as a large yeti robot stands in their path. The truck tries to pass, but the robot grabs it, and it skids to a stop. This sends the two flying into a pile of snow. The yeti holds up the truck, turning on the radio to play some funk music. He dances along to it while walking towards McFist Industries.
Ninja and Kunoichi land behind it. "Hey! Let go of that truck!" Ninja demands him heroically.
"Don't make us ask twice!" Kunoichi spins around her hair. The yeti then holds it over them and they look at him wide-eyed.
"Ah! Not what I meant!"
He lets go and the two flip over the falling truck, landing behind it. They throw their scarves, capturing the back. However, the truck is too heavy for either of them to stop it as they skid forward.
"Can't stop truck with feet! Which, when said out loud, seems very obvious."
"My hair will probably have the same result, no matter how strong it looks," Kunoichi tells him. They skid to the front on opposite sides, leaping to the front.
"Ninja Air Fist!" They fire one at the same time, trying to stop the truck that way, but it keeps going. They roll out of the way, watching it crash into a pile of snow. They jump and land near the truck.
"Gotta dig you out of there," He digs into his suit. "Surely one of us has a Ninja Shovel or Ninja Road Salt..."
"All good," Greg simply smiles with a thumbs up. "Skee-plow, man, skee-plow." The front gains a bumper to spread out snow.
"Huh, convenient and practical," Kunoichi replies with a small smile. Ninja grabs her bridal style and jumps onto the truck. He puts her down as they continue moving forward and Ninja turns to her.
"So, Kuno, about earlier..."
Kunoichi glances behind her, her eyes going wide.
"Oh boy..."
Ninja follows her gaze to see the yeti running towards them. They flip and land at the back. "Look, we could keep fighting here, but seeing as it's the holidays and all, how 'bout you just give up?" Ninja calls out to him.
He just roars in response, slamming a hand towards them. The duo backflip, landing safely. "No? Not doing that? Okay, fighting it is."
Ninja pulls out a few red balls and spins around, throwing them. However, they have no effect on him. Kunoichi pulls out a tessen from her wrist and throws it onto the road. It skids in a straight line before hitting his leg, but he just keeps running. She had been hoping to trip him...
"Gotta slow him down!" Ninja glances around and then sees a sign, warning of icy roads up ahead. "Icy roads, we need icy roads." He pulls out his Nomicon.
"You go, I'll distract that thing in case it gets any closer," Kunoichi informs him. He opens up the book and shloomps himself inside. She cracks her hair like a whip, but the yeti just growls at her as he ducks. Ninja stands up abruptly, surprising her.
"Ninja Hydro-Hand? Nomicon, you're a genius!"
"Thankfully we already learned this over Thanksgiving break!" Kunoichi smiles a bit and they point their hands to the road.
"Ninja Hydro-Hand!"
They create an icy puddle that the yeti slips on. "Aw yeah!" Ninja pumps a fist, but then sees the yeti getting closer. "Aw no! No, no, no, no, no, no!"
The yeti falls on its back, sliding over to a lamp post and then hitting it between his legs. He whimpers in pain and then explodes, sending the truck into a wall. It crashes and the two land next to the driver door.
Ninja opens up to reveal that the airbag deployed.
"You okay, Greg?" Kunoichi asks and he moves his face away from the wheel.
"Skee-ow, man," He simply replies.
"Aw! The Game Hole's only a block away!" Ninja turns to his partner in dismay.
"Now what are we gonna do?" She frowns with a sad look.
"Aw, man, we were so close," Greg closes his eyes, also feeling dejected. The two hear something, turning around to see the yeti head sliding past them on ice.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Kunoichi asks Ninja with a sly look.
"Oh, I KNOW I'm thinking what you're thinking!" He points at her, turning to Greg. "Greg, I think we have an idea..."
"You think you have an idea or you have an idea-"
"We have an idea! Sheesh," Ninja rolls his eyes.
"Let's just start doing the idea," Kunoichi places a hand on her head wearily.
Howard chuckles as he's still playing, the crowd chanting his name.
"Howard! Howard! Howard!"
"Come on, come on, come on, Eighth Knight! I am so good at this game!" He exclaims, very focused now.
"Howard!" The city inspector cheers, clearing his throat as McFist pops up next to him.
"They aren't going to make it," McFist tries to psych Howard so that he can lose focus. "And you know what I'm gonna do when this place is mine? Smash that game!"
"Ninja Hydro Hand! Ninja Air Fist!" They hear voices outside as the two are making an icy road to slide down with two games in tow. Unfortunately, they couldn't take all of them, so they had to settle for two. "Ninja Hydro Hand! Ninja Air Fist!" They use Hydro Hand up front, and Air Fist in the back. "Ninja Hydro Hand! Ninja Air Fist! Ninja Hydro Hand! Ninja Air Fist! Ninja Hydro Hand!" They come to a stop in the Game Hole.
"Hey Ninja, Kunoichi, I would'a helped ya but the cold weather tightens up the back," He either feigns the pain or exaggerates it, annoying them. "Aw. Enjoy these years, man."
"Ninja and Kunoichi?" Viceroy questions in shock as everyone turns to them.
"Ninja! Kunoichi!" Howard looks at them. "Thank cheese!"
Unfortunately, he loses the game since he's no longer using the controls. "The Knight Number 8 is victorious! Mac the Bee is of the losing!"
Howard turns around in shock. "Wait...I lost?" Game over appears on the screen. "No!" He falls onto his knees. "Noooooooo!"
"Shoe-Mert! Shoe-Mert!" McFist cheers in victory as he holds up some shoes. "Really glad this worked out. I did not need a repeat of three Christmases ago."
Three Christmases ago
"It's grass seed!" A bag of grass seed was in front of a not-so-pleased Marci. "So you can grow that lawn you always wanted!"
"Ooh."
Bash laughed, grabbed the grass seed, and knocked down the tree with it. "Yeah!" The tree came back up and smacked him across the face.
McFist snatches the clipboard. "Okay, where do I sign?"
"Here, here, here, and-"
"Get ready for to play Quack Man!" They look to see that Bash has put in a token for the other game. "You are hungry for many dots!"
"Where'd you come from?!" McFist demands him, since he wasn't in the arcade when people were cheering for Howard.
"I'm eatin' dots!" Bash chuckles as he plays, controlling the duck. Greg tosses some customers a few tokens.
"He ruins it every year!" McFist complains, gesturing to him. "Every year!"
"Sorry about your Shoe-Mert, Mr. McFist," The city inspector steps up to him. "But with another game in operation, this place is once again recognized by the city as a Game Hole."
Everyone cheers as the sign falls.
Ninja, Kunoichi, and Howard all laugh. "The Game Hole is saved!" Howard hugs his best friend as they both jump for joy. Kunoichi just giggles at the two.
"We did it!"
"We?" Howard laughs as he pulls back. "Sure, if that's what you need to call it, then we."
The two groan softly as they remember their last conversation with him, deciding not to divulge in it again.
"Smokebomb..."
They throw their smokebombs and disappear.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go hear the world's worst recorder solo," The inspector walks past a disappointed McFist. He rips the clipboard in half.
"How am I gonna tell Marci?"
"Tell me what, Hannibal?" She just happens to appear and he smiles nervously. He turns around to see her with her arms crossed, raising a brow.
"Hey, Candy Cane, I was going to say-"
She gasps sharply at the shoes nearby. "You got me all these wonderful shoes as a Hanukkah gift? Oh, Hannie, oh I can't wait to see what you do for Christmas." She hugs him happily.
"I can't either," Viceroy teases his boss, who groans.
"I hate the holidays."
The robo-apes unload the games after Greg got his truck back. He's sitting on top of it, watching them. "I would help you, fellas, but...I don't want to." This time he means it since McFist tried to steal it from him.
"Howard, you made one token last 8 knights. On Hanukkah! How crazy is that?" Randy states as the trio leave.
"Why's that crazy?"
"It's almost exactly the story of Hanukkah!" Randy exclaims and Amy smiles in amusement. "It's a Hanukkah miracle!"
"He's exactly right! Guess you're embracing it after all," Amy plays along with him.
"No, a Hanukkah miracle would be if I get home and there's a McFist Pad Slim under the menorah!" Howard argues back.
"I'm starting to think you don't know the first thing about Hanukkah," The tall boy states skeptically.
"And a merry dreidel to you, Cunningham and Smith."
"Ooh, you don't. You don't know anything," Randy replies and the brunette groans slightly.
"Should've expected that..."
The yeti head spins around like a dreidel, falling down. He winks before his head explodes, sending some fireworks into the air.
"Anyway Ran, what were you trying to tell me?" Amy turns to him curiously and he suddenly gets anxious, laughing.
"Tell you anything? I don't think I have anything—that is, I don't have anything to give you, I mean tell you-"
"Um, okay, never mind," She replies, walking up ahead. "Weird..."
"Why didn't you give it to her?!" Howard whispers to Randy.
"I can't now! It's too soon!" Randy whispers back. "It's just gonna have to wait."
"Shoob," Howard mutters, sagging his arms out of exasperation.
