Everyone, now equipt with their very own stocking, sat on the floor and began looking through the boxes.
"Hmmm, let's see what we got in here... Sparkles, felt, more sparkles, cloth markers, beads, and even more sparkles!" Jeice read out the contents of the box closest to him.
"This is ridiculous! First we get a gaint sock, and now we have to put sparkly, colourful shit on it?!" Vegeta yelled, in a mix of confusion, frustration, and disgust.
"Well, yeah, I guess that's what stocking decorating is!" Raditz answered, already with a hand full of markers.
"You know, I think you're enjoying this too much! Saiyan warriors aren't supposed to do these kinds of things, much less enjoy them!"
"C'mon, Vegeta, lighten up! It's not that bad, and it's not like you have a choice!"
"Yeah, who knows, you could end up liking this!" Nappa added, grabbing stuff for his stocking.
"Hmph, I doubt that! I, being the Saiyan Prince, would never enjoy doing such trivial activities!"
You know Dasher, and Dancer, and Prancer, and Vixen... Comet, and Cupid, and Donner, and Blitzen. But do you recall, the most famous reindeer of all...?
"Damn, they put these songs on again?!" Cell yelled, as the carol began to play.
"I'm glad, they get me in the holiday spirit!" Kold chirped, already decorating his stocking.
"Well, go some where else if you want to get even fruitier than you are now!" the android snapped back.
"Awww, Cellie's missing his Christmas spirit! I think I know what you need... A hug!"
Just as Kold was about to get up, Cell grabbed a bunch of materials, and fake smiled.
"No! No, that's not necessary, I have my spirit with me!"
"Yay, but that still leaves you, Veggie!" the Icejin turned to the prince.
"Hmph, don't even think about trying to give me a hug! Not if you value your after-life!"
"But I really think you need a hug, Veggie!"
"Dammit, stop calling me 'Veggie' already! To the likes of you, I'm known as Prince Vegeta-sama! I am not warning you again!"
Kold began pouting. "Fine, but if you don't start decorating your stocking, I'm gonna tell Goz and Mez, and King Yemma's gonna yell at you!"
Vegeta blinked, surprised. Did he just get threatened by Kold?
"Yeah, so get started, Vegeta!" Recoome laughed, "You don't want to get more community service!"
"Dammit!" the Saiyan swore, and grabbed some random stuff from the boxes.
The next little while was spent on the hell mates working on their stockings, until Goz and Mez came back.
"Okay, I hope you guys had fun!" Mez chirped.
"Now, we're going to collect them..."
"But don't worry, we'll give 'em back later!"
With that, the ogre duo grabbed the stockings from each of the hell mates, and looked at them.
It was pretty easy to tell which stocking belonged to which person.
One said 'Kold x Veggie x Cellie' in sparkles, which they assumed was King Kold's.
The next one said 'KAKAROT', in various colour felts, which seemed like the work of Broly.
Another said 'Mr. Cuddles' in brown marker, with a childish looking drawing of a plushie. That had to be Cell's, he was the only known hell mate with a teddy bear.
Four stockings, when put next to eachother read 'We are the Ginyu Force... Masters of Posing'. Hmmm, who could that possibly be?
'Hail the Prince of Saiyans' was written in neat cursive, using blue and black markers. Obviously Vegeta's.
The next one had two poor looking monkeys, with wild hair on them, being attacked by... a reindeer? They assumed that one was Frieza's, the only one that had anything against the Saiyan 'monkeys'.
The second last one had a pretty well drawn picture of a snowman, with the words 'Thumpety Thump Thump' written along the side. Well, this one was either Raditz's or Nappa's, and they were gonna go with Raditz. He seemed to be enjoying the holidays more.
And last, but not least, the stocking that belonged to Nappa, which simply said 'No more carols!' Both ogres chuckled at that, they thought the hell mates would like the holly jolly Christmas songs... or atleast that was their excuse to play them.
"Uh, very creative job on the stockings, to say the least!" Mez smiled, and let his partner continue the speaking.
"For the next activity you will --" Goz cut himself off, upon seeing one of the hell mates raise their hands. "Yes, have a question, Nappa?"
The Saiyan nodded, "What the hell are those?" Nappa pointed to what appeared to be some small piece of greenery hanging from the ceiling.
"Those are mistletoe!" the ogre answered.
"What are they for? Decoration?"
"No, silly!" Kold took over, "If two people get caught under one together, they have to kiss!"
About half of the hell mates, the one's that Kold had called 'hot' or 'cute' paled. Now they knew not to get anywhere near one of those!
"Anyone want to do a demonstration?" the Icejin asked eagerly, but got no response.
"Moving on... Next, you guys will just try some of the holiday food, while we take care of something." Mez explained, pointing to the previously discovered food table.
"Enjoy!" the guards said, walking away. "By the way, we'll turn the music up for y'all!"
Before anyone could protest, both ogres were gone, and the music was already turned up... loudly.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas... Just like the ones I used to know.
The trio of Christmas likers, Raditz, Kold, and Frieza all sang along with the next verse, despite the annoyance of the others.
"Why aren't you singing, Cell?" Frieza asked, snickering. "I know you know the words... Afterall, that information is in my cells."
The green one 'hmphed', Vegeta style, before answering. "True, that information, along with the information for various other celebrations are in my data banks... I just don't bother delving into those parts. Who knows how that could affect me..."
The Icejin glared, before looking over at his father, who was still singing. His glare quickly vanished. "I guess I see what you mean."
"Why the hell are you guys still talking? We're allowed to eat!" Nappa called, already at the table, with the rest of the Saiyans.
"You know, I'm so happy that I didn't get the Saiyan's appetite." Cell sweatdropped, as he and his partner went to join them.
When they got there, the rest of the hell mates were already stuffing their faces, and almost everything had been eaten. It didn't take along before everything was gone, that is, except for one thing.
"It looks like a brick." Jeice simply stated, poking the food looking thing.
"And tastes like one too." Raditz added, getting the other's attention.
"You mean, you've eaten one of these things?"
The Saiyan nodded, "Yeah, it's called a fruitcake..."
"Heh, must be named after Kold!" Recoome commented, causing a bunch of giggles.
"Well, it can't be that bad, besides, I'm still hungry!" Nappa grabbed a piece of the cake and ate it... or atleast, tried to. "What the fuck?! I can't bite it!"
"Told ya, it's like a brick!"
The bald Saiyan formed a small ball of ki, and fired it at the fruitcake, but nothing happened. "Maybe it's immortal..."
Vegeta cocked an eyebrow, "How can food be immortal?"
"Try and destroy it, I bet you won't be able to!"
"Just watch me." the prince formed his own blast and shot it, leaving the cake unharmed. "Maybe it really is immortal."
While the little fruitcake thing had been going on, Frieza and Cell wandered off, looking at the few remaining things on the table.
"Egg nog, huh?" the Icejin noticed a carton.
"Ugh, I hate that stuff!" Cell spat in disgust.
"You mean you've tried it?"
"...Unfortunatly."
"Hmm, this give me an idea..."
"You're not going to try to get me to drink that stuff, are you?!"
Frieza chuckled, "Don't worry, it's a plan to get back at the monkey prince."
The sound of yet another of Frieza's plans got Cell intrigued. Very intrigued. "Go on."
"Heheheh, so how do you think they're liking their little holiday experience?" Mez asked, grabbing a bag.
"They hate it, so, it's doing it's purpose." Goz grabbed the other bag.
"Well, if they think that's bad, just wait until they see the presents they get..."
To Be Continued...
A/N: Sorry for the lateness, but I made it alittle longer to make up for it. I was in a very weird mood, and I think this chapter reflects that. Hmm, what's Frieza's plan? And what presents are the hell mates gonna get? Find out next time, which will hopefully be the last chapter.
Please review, and thanks to those who have!