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This Ain't the Golden Years
Chapter 30
In the last chapter:
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Location: Z'onn Z'orr
Date: December 24, 2058
Mission: Where is J'onn?
Kai-ro: (Peeks around a corner. Hears a strange voice.)
J'onn: Kai-ro, we know you're here.
Kai-ro: Who's we?
Unidentified voice: Ho Ho Ho!
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Now:
Location: Z'onn Z'orr
Date: December 24, 2058
Mission: Where is J'onn?
Kairo: …!
Kairo: Santa?
J'onn: Yes, he is a friend of mine.
Kairo: We thought you were Santa.
Santa: Not quite, young man. However, he does help me every year.
J'onn: I get his cookies.
Kairo: I knew it!
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Excerpt from Terry McGinnis's cell phone Conversation with Rex Stewart:
Date: December 24, 2058
Terry: Okay, so we were kinda off. J'onn isn't really Santa.
Rex: Close enough.
Terry: Maybe he's an elf?
Rex: I dunno, I guess we'll have to….hold on…
Terry:…?
Rex: My dad says it's time for us to eat. I've got to go.
Terry: Damn. I really want to go to Z'onn Z'orr.
Rex: Are you still in lockdown?
Terry: Yeah. I'm thinking about putting something in Mom's drink so she goes to sleep sooner.
Rex: McGinnis! You're going to drug your mom?
Terry: Uh…
Rex: Is Bruce still there?
Terry: No, he left…
Rex: What're you going to use?
Terry: Why? You going to sabotage your family dinner?
Rex: …Maybe…
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Twenty minutes later:
Location: The Stewart family home
John: Zzzzzz…..
Shayera: (Yawns) Why am I so tired all of a sudden?
Rex: Er….(fakes a yawn)….
Rex: Must have been the turkey.
Shayera: (Raises a suspicious eyebrow.)
Shayera: (Yawns again).
John: Zzzz…….
Rex: I think Dad had too much eggnog.
Shayera: He only drank one glass.
Rex:……..
Shayera: Rex…what did you….zzzzzzzzz……..
Rex: (Tiptoes out of the room).
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Twenty minutes later:
Location: The McGinnis family home
Matt: Why did Mom fall asleep all of a sudden?
Terry: It was the turkey.
Matt: We didn't have turkey.
Terry: …Then it was the ham.
Matt: (Glare.)
Terry: (Glare.)
Matt: You drugged Mom, didn't you?
Terry: I didn't drug her!
Matt: (Suspicious glare.)
Terry: (warns) If you tell her….
Matt: Is this because of the Santa thing?
Terry: Maybe….
Matt: Can I come?
Terry: No!
Matt: I'll tell Mom.
Terry:….
Terry:….
Terry: I hate you.
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Location: Z'onn Z'orr
Kairo: You two got here fast.
Terry and Rex: Uh……
J'onn: They drugged their parents.
Terry: We didn't drug them!
Matt: Yeah you did.
Santa: Oh dear. That just may put you on my naughty list.
Rex: What?
Terry: That's bull!
Santa: (Makes another scratch on his naughty list.)
Terry: Hey! I saw that!
Rex: Shut up McGinnis! Every time you open your mouth you get yourself in trouble!
Terry: How the hell am I on the 'Bad List'?
Santa: (Makes another check mark.)
Rex: Shut up Terry!
Matt: Terry doesn't know how to shut up.
Terry: Matt!
Kairo: I don't know them.
J'onn: We had a difficult time with you, Terry. Between your good deeds and your…pranks…
Santa: I'm afraid you're borderline.
Terry:...That's bull!
Rex: Shut up McGinnis!
Kairo: Like I said, I don't know who these two idiots are.
Rex: Shut up Kairo!
Santa: (Makes another check mark.)
Terry: Hah! Now you got the bad mark!
Rex: What the..! Kairo said…!
Santa: (Sighs) Now I understand what Superman has to put up with.
J'onn: At least their marks are better than Wally's.
Matt: Am I on the good list?
Santa: Yes, but barely.
Matt: Barely?
J'onn: Remember the time that you and your friends knocked Hal Jordon unconscious?
Matt: It was an accident!
Santa: And what about when you three attacked Orion with plastic lightsabers?
Matt: It was his fault!
Rex: Jeez Batman, he's almost as bad as you!
Kairo: Clark will have a heart attack if he ever joins the League.
Terry: Hey Matt, you want to be Robin?
Matt: Really?
J'onn: Shouldn't you consult Bruce?
Kairo: Who? Terry? Consult Bruce?
Kairo and Rex: Never!
Santa: Oh dear.
Terry: Think about it. We can have a McGinnis in the Justice League and a McGinnis in the Teen Titans!
Kairo: Shall I forewarn the Council now?
Santa: As interesting as this is, there still is the matter of your bad behavior.
Everyone else besides J'onn:……
J'onn: However, there may be a solution that will put you on the 'Good List'.
Rex: I've got a bad feeling about this.
Terry: What do we have to do?
Santa: You have to help me deliver presents.
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Location: The Watchtower
Diana: I suddenly have a bad feeling.
Dr. Fate: As do I.
To be continued: