(Finished.) Ax said. He stood triumphantly in front of a burnt, twisted, hacked together sleigh.
"Is it safe?" Rachel asked, walking appraisingly around it.
(As safe as I could make it under the circumstances.) Ax said.
Jake jumped up and down on it. It shook alarmingly, but held together.
"Fine." Jake sighed. "Ax, you control the sleigh, since you can't fly. Everybody else, reindeer."
Ax tied them onto the sleigh after they were morphed, and soon they were on their way again.
"Does the radio work?" Marco asked.
(Marco!) Ax said in an offended voice. (I believe that I can construct a simple human radio!)
"Okay then." Jake said. "Ask the Chee what house is next."
Ax turned on the radio. (We need the toys for the next house.)
Greg's voice came out mingled with static. "Thank goodness! We heard the explosions and thought you didn't make it!"
"Yeah, well we're pretty hard to kill." Jake said with a grin. "We're finally on the move again. What's next?"
"78 Elm road." Greg said. "This person is on the nice list, but didn't ask for anything."
"Just give them a doll or action figure." Marco shivered. "I'm freezing, all you people with warm fur and feathers. In case you care."
Ax grabbed a doll and slid painfully down the chimney. (Huh?)
The room was bare. (Where is the tree? Where are the decorations?)
He ran into the dining room and looked around. (Prince Jake! There is no tree!)
(What do you mean, no tree?) Jake demanded. (What kind of family doesn't put up a tree?)
(Maybe they celebrate Kwanza.) Marco said.
(There are no decorations at all!) Ax cried. (The house is obviously inhabited. What is the matter?)
(Oh no.) Rachel groaned. (I didn't recognize the address at first. I know who lives here.)
Ax ran up the steps and checked the rooms. There were two people in the master bedroom, sleeping peacefully.
(I believe that it is Chapman!) Ax said, peering closely at the male. Balding head, pointy nose. Chapman. (It is!)
(Aw, Man.) Marco said sadly. (They forgot Christmas? Yeerks make the worse parents in history.)
(Put the doll on her bed and get out.) Jake said sternly. (We don't want controllers seeing an Andalite running around their house.)
(No.) Rachel said slowly. (I'm so sick of this crap.)
(No what?) Jake said.
(No, as in I'm not going to let this happen.) Rachel said. (We are going to put up decorations, we are going to put up a tree, And we are going to give Melissa a happy Christmas.)
(Rachel-) Jake began.
(I'm with her.) Marco said, surprising everybody. (I know that it's totally risky and stupid, but that in there is just wrong. No kid should have Christmas just forgotten.)
(I'm going to feel like the Grinch if I say no.) Jake sighed.
Rachel grinned. (Let's do it!)
"Ah!" Cassie yelped, hopping up and down and sucking her thumb.
"I told you to be careful!" Jake said, skillfully knocking in a nail. He hung a wreath from it. "That's the fifth time you hit yourself."
(Perhaps you should assist Marco and Rachel with the tree.) Ax suggested.
(Uh-uh!) Marco said. (Don't try to make us deal with her.)
(Yeah.) Rachel took a bite out of the tree trunk. (She'd probably just mess us up.)
They were both in beaver morph, trying to chew their way through a thick evergreen trunk.
(Hey, isn't this sort of like when couples drink from the same soda glass?) Marco said. (We're both eating from the same tree, Xena baby. Ahh!)
He yelled because Rachel had just bit into his tail.
Jake shook his head. "Okay, I think it's loose enough. Rachel-"
(Finally.) Rachel said, and started growing and shifting. She spat out Marco's tail.
(Is it time to trim the tree?) Ax asked eagerly.
"Yeah, just about." Jake said. "Thanks for donating your decorations."
Ax had brought the decorations that he was going to use for his scoop earlier. (It is nothing, Prince Jake.)
"HARRUUH!" Came a loud cry from outside.
CRUNCH!
Jake looked outside and saw an elephant knock the evergreen tree over.
(Aww.) Marco, now gorilla, said in mock disappointment. (I didn't get to say timber!)
"Bring it in!" Jake said. Rachel rammed her trunks underneath the tree, and with an effort lifted it off the ground.
(Clear!) Rachel said, and pushed the tree inside. Marco ran in behind it.
(And now, I, Marco the magnificent, will attempt to lift this tree... With one hand!) Marco said. He grabbed the tree with one arm and stood it up. (And he does it! The audience goes wild!)
"Stop showing off." Cassie said, and started decorating the tree.
Everyone began hanging decorations off the tree. Pretty soon it was complete, except for the star.
(May I, Prince Jake? Like in the movie A Christmas story?) Ax said eagerly. He had the star and a bunch of lights.
"I am totally going to turn off your TV." Marco muttered.
"Will the tree light up when time is frozen?" Rachel wondered.
Ax started connecting the lights and wires. (We will soon find out.)