Luna felt a bit better the next day but she didn't feel like getting out of bed only to have Dudley burst in and jump on her bed like some child "come on Luna today's the day before Christmas eve! Let's do something awesome!" Luna sighed as she was bounced on the bed "let me sleep Dudley."
Somehow she had gotten used to Dudley breaking in and jumping on her "come on!" he was jumping so much that Luna fell off the bed which made her really angry "Leave me alone!" she said as she stood up and dusted herself off, and Dudley stopped surprised that Luna of all people actually yelled.
She lowered her head just enough to have the bangs of her hair cover her eyes, she hated raising her voice and felt bad as Dudley got down from her bed "But it's Christmas, nobody should be alone on Christmas, come on" he grabbed her by her hand and ran off with her "Dudley!" she tried to stop him but he was far stronger then her.
After a bit of being dragged around the city they finally stopped at the central park and Dudley saw people in a snowball fight "oh sweet! Hey let's play" she shook her head but then a snowball hit her in the face, and Dudley laughed as she wiped the snow off "I'm going home" she said annoyed.
As she walked away Dudley ran up in front of her "oh come on Luna lighten up a bit, it's just snow" he noticed that she was more frustrated then ever so he thought of a new plan "well how about we get some breakfast first, and then see how you feel about a snowball fight?" she crossed her arms and sighed.
"I guess" Dudley grabbed her and they went to some Christmas themed diner nearby and they found some seats "so can you tell me what's wrong, you've been really upset lately" Luna didn't respond to his question and Dudley's bone phone rang "hello?" Kitty was on the other line.
"Where the heck are you Dudley? The Tuff Christmas party is getting set up and we need you here, and have you heard from Luna she's not answering her cell?" Dudley smacked his forehead with his palm "I completely forgot about that!" he stood up and grabbed Luna before running out.
"Hey I didn't even get to order, what's going on?" Dudley quickly picked her up and held her in a bridal position to ran faster "we need to be at Tuff HQ right now setting up the Christmas party" it wasn't long before they got there and the whole place was busy with agents running around putting up decorations.
Dudley smiled as he put Luna down and she crossed her arms "I don't want to be here" they saw Kitty rappel down from the ceiling holding lights and a gun shaped launcher, she then put the lights in the launcher and started shooting around the room, Dudley jumped up and joined in the fun.
Luna sighed as People were having fun and mingling as Dudley laughed, Luna however wasn't having any fun and just walked away, Kitty looked down and saw her leave "hey Luna where are you going!" she just ignored her and she looked over at Dudley "Dudley can you keep an eye on her!"
Luna went off to the balcony and leaned forward against the railing and Keswick found her there first "Luna? W-what are you doing out here, shouldn't y-you be at the party?" Luna shook her head "I don't really feel like it, I'm not sure what Christmas is for" Keswick smiled knowing he could mess with her.
"Oh you didn't know? It's only the time where Santa C-Claus makes his move" Luna looked at him confused "his move?" Keswick nodded "of course, he p-pretends to be a great jolly old guy who cares about the children of t-the world and all that nice stuff, but it's not true."
Luna was even more confused now "then what is?" Keswick tried not to laugh "he's really a super villain that every C-Christmas, kids have to lay out cookies and milk as an o-offering so he doesn't consider them naughty, a-and those who are naughty he throws coal at them, and those h-helpful elves are actually slaves."
Luna was horrified she heard Santa Claus was a great jolly man who loved kids, but Keswick was always truthful so it must be true "oh my" Keswick nodded "yeah he's a real piece of w-work, and I hear he might even attack Tuff today" after he said that he left with a laugh.
She watched him leave and and started to worry "I need to set out those earth treats or he'll throw rocks at me...then again rocks aren't the worse thing that's been thrown at me" Dudley finally found her and walked up to her "there you are Luna, come on your missing the party, I hear there will even be a secret Santa."
He noticed she looked terrified "Santa is coming!" he shrugged "well I guess" she ran passed him and headed to the lab where she gathered her tools "he's already on the move...he was watching us wasn't he?" she realized that she needed to hurry and stop him, then she heard someone yell "hey look it's Santa Claus hahaha."
Meanwhile Kitty laughed as Agent Walrus was dressed up as Santa Claus and handing out different gifts "he makes a good secret Santa huh?" she said to Agent Scarecrow and he only nodded, Walrus laughed his Santa laugh and a boomerang shot through the glass nearby which made everyone look around confused.
"What in the world?" Kitty looked up and saw Luna holding a bag of tools "oh come on! How did I miss?" the Chief looked at her confused "Agent Luna what are you doing!" Luna pointed at Agent Walrus "Santa Claus is pure evil, so I'm taking him down" she pulled out another ball but it was green.
"Wait stop that's-!" Luna threw the green ball and it's sides opened two blades and spun around then the top opened and a small cannon came out ready to fire, and Kitty grabbed Luna and pulled her under a table as it fired on the other agents "Luna! Why did you activate a laser boomerang!"
Luna took out a remote that had a screen on it and she directed it at Walrus but Kitty smacked it out of her hands "stop that thing before it kills someone!" Luna shook her head "but if I do that who will stop Santa Claus from destroying us?" Kitty looked at her confused "say what?" Luna nodded.
"Yeah Keswick told me the truth about Santa Claus being evil and how he beats people with coal and such" Kitty took the remote and pushed the off button "Keswick again!" she got out for under the table and pulled her out, and they noticed the whole room was ruined, there were scorch marks everywhere and all the decorations were destroyed .
"Oh god...I'm so sorry" the other agents were really angry at her and Kitty sighed "it's not her fault guys it's a code 48A" they all stopped and nodded understanding the situation, this had not been the first time Keswick did something like this "but what about Santa Claus?" Kitty put an arm around her shoulders "Luna, let me tell you what Christmas is really about."
They left and the Chief hit a random button that changed the room they were in to it's backup Christmas party mode "alright, nobody's hurt right?" Kitty sat Luna down and spoke "okay so Christmas isn't about fear like Keswick said and it's not about expensive gifts ether."
Luna was only more confused "then what is it for?" Kitty sat down next to her and chuckled a bit "it's really not something I can explain, it's a time where family and friends gather and...well be together" Luna nodded but she was still confused "so then...I should go" she got up and tried leaving.
But Kitty grabbed her shoulder and stopped her "wait up, what do you mean you should go?" Luna sighed and turned back to face her "because I don't have a family, and after what I just did how could I have any friends?" Kitty was surprised that Luna felt that way.
"You know that's not true, no matter what happens Dudley and me will always be here for you" Luna hung her head "thanks Kitty, but you said so yourself Christmas is a time to spend with your family and friends, so go and fun I don't want to ruin anymore party's" with that said she walked off.
And Dudley came around the corner "hey Kitty, have you seen Luna?" she nodded "Keswick pulled a prank on her, telling her that Santa Claus was evil and she blew up the Christmas party, so I talked to her and now she's depressed." Dudley looked confused at first but quickly understood.
"Oh man Keswick did it again? Great and I thought we were making process." Kitty shrugged "she listens to you, maybe you should talk to her?" he nodded "yeah, I'll try" he walked off and found Luna outside "Luna where are you going the party's inside" he said with a bit of a laugh.
She stopped and shook her head "not now Dudley, I'm tired" she continued and Dudley walked next to her "why are you so depressed?" She sighed and looked up "could you be happy on a holiday that's meant for family's...when your family died years ago?" Dudley honestly couldn't imagine a Christmas with no one to share it with.
He knew he couldn't let her be alone on Christmas, it would be wrong "Come on Luna you need to go back and enjoy herself" she shook her head again "I'm okay by myself Dudley, you should go back though" he was never good at taking no for an answer however so he gently picked her up.
"Dudley!" she looked at him annoyed "I'm not going to enjoy myself, can't you see I'm sulking?" he smiled "that's why I can't let you leave until you smile" he walked back inside and Luna tried to get off of him but he was much stronger then her, and they got back to the party and the Chief smiled when he saw them.
"You two are just in time! Kitty's playing Christmas songs on her violin" Dudley put Luna down and smiled "awesome, I'm glad we got back in time" Luna crossed her arms and they watched Kitty as she readied her violin on a stage and started playing, people would say that her dancing was terrible.
But she had a way with the violin, Luna really enjoyed the sound and saw other agents slow dancing, then Dudley held out his hand to her "can I have this dance?" she cracked a smile and took his offer by taking his hand "I'd like that" Kitty felt a little annoyed when she saw them start to dance but she didn't stop playing.
They danced for what felt like hours and when the music slowed to a stop they noticed they were under a mistletoe and Luna looked at it confused "what's that?" Dudley blushed "oh boy, um that means we have to kiss" Luna suddenly got nervous "r-really?" they were both really nervous but started getting closer and just as they were about to kiss Kitty got in between them "whoa okay, that's enough."