"We have to get Wayne back." Lanny sobbed. "He's wrong, he does deserve us. He does deserve to be a Prep and Landing elf too."
"You're right, and we are going to get him back." Noel frowned determinedly. "Come on!"
Magee and Lanny followed Noel to his Natale snowmobile, the one Wayne had wanted too. They then left, following the tracks Wayne's snowmobile had made. Fortunately it hadn't snowed the previous night, so they were able to follow the tracks out of the North Pole despite a few other tracks showing up.
Meanwhile, Wayne woke up. He had slept inside a cave during the night and was now preparing to continue his journey...but then he discovered that he had been snowed in. There must've been an avalanche or something the previous night.
"Oh frostbite...literally." Wayne quickly went to the entrance and started to dig himself out...
Noel, Lanny, and Magee continued their search, calling Wayne's name. Finally the tracks stopped near the cave. However they didn't know that there was a cave nearby, the avalanche had covered it up that well. All they knew was that Wayne's snowmobile - which was parked a few feet away from the cave and had just missed the avalanche - had been abandoned. They roamed around the mountain the cave was part of, still calling for Wayne.
Wayne couldn't hear them at first, but when he was at the last few layers of snow he did slightly hear them. However, he thought he was just hallucinating from the cold. Yes, by this point the cold was starting to get to him. He was weakening and feeling sleepy. He knew the dangers though, and so was trying his hardest to stay awake and escape. Finally he managed to make a hole in the wall, and that was when he found out that he wasn't hallucinating. He didn't have the strength to call to them, so he picked up a nearby piece of ice and tossed it through the hole. Fortunately it hit Noel's snowmobile and got his, Magee's, and Lanny's attention. Lanny, who was closest, went to the hole first.
"Wayne?" He said, looking through the hole. "Wayne! I found him, he's trapped!"
Noel and Magee rushed over and looked through the hole as well.
"Bro!" Noel said. "Are you okay?"
"Y-yes, I'm just really c-cold." Wayne shivered.
"Stand back, I'm gonna axe you out." Noel raised his pick-axe. "Pick-axe you out that is."
Getting the snowdrift, Wayne stepped back. Noel mined out the snow until he was able to make it inside and help Wayne out.
"Th-thank you." Wayne said weakly. "I'm gl-glad you..."
"*Shh*, you shouldn't talk you're in bad shape." Noel noticed how cold Wayne looked. "Come on, we're taking you to the hospital to warm up."
Wayne didn't protest as Noel helped him into the Turbo snowmobile. Lanny used his Candy Cane Grappling Hook to attach Wayne's snowmobile to Noel's, he and Magee hopped into Noel's snowmobile, and Noel drove back to the North Pole. Lanny had also taken off his jacket and covered Wayne with it to keep him warm.