Chapter 22: Freeing The Game Characters
Meanwhile, back in Santa's Sled, the game characters were still imprisoned in Frosty Massif. Coily was playing a harmonica in one of the cells that had him, Q*Bert, Slick, Sam, and Ugg, but he then had it snatched away by a Frostbite elf, who split it in two before giving it back.
"Quiet, snake." the Frostbite elf ordered angrily.
The Frostbite elf then walked away. In Sonic, Mario, Frogger, Clyde, Link, Satine, the Koopa, and Willow's cell, Willow was lying down on the ground, while her cellmates were trying to entertain themselves. She had begun to give up hope of the game prisoners being rescued. A single tear rolled down her pale cheeks, and her eyes closed and her head hang low as she drifted into unconsciousness. However, she and the other game characters jumped slightly when there was a bang outside of the hallway. The Frostbites that were guarding the hallway looked towards the sound of the noise.
"What was that?" a Frostbite elf asked.
"I don't know. Let's go check." a Frostbite yeti replied.
The Frostbites immediately ran out of the hallway. However, after a few seconds, there were the sounds of ice being cut and screams before there was silence. The game characters wondered what had happened. After ten seconds, Creamy showed up, the chocolate knife in her hand. The game characters groaned in annoyance.
"Oh, it's you. What do you want, Buttercap?" Knuckles the Echidna asked angrily.
Creamy sighed, walked over to the cell that had Chun-Li, a Pooka, Yuni, and Dirk the Daring, and used her knife to break open the lock of the cell door. She then started doing the same to the other cells.
"You guys won't be prisoners anymore. I'm busting you all out of here." Creamy replied.
Creamy's words struck everyone like they had been punched in the face.
"Your doing what?" Ken asked, shocked, as Creamy unlocked the cell that he, Ryu, Paperboy, Pino, and Acha were in.
"I'm getting you all out of here. We'll get rid of all of the Frostbites and take back the arcade." Creamy replied.
The arcade characters were still confused and suspicious.
"But why?" Kano asked.
"Because Licortwist has been a real jerk to me. He barely listens to me, is ungrateful towards me, and even slapped me upside the head today and abandoned me. And I've also seen how bad I was. So let's get you all out of here." Creamy replied.
Creamy reached Sonic, Mario, Frogger, Clyde, Link, Satine, the Koopa, and Willow's cell, and broke open the lock of the cell door.
"Thanks, Creamy." Sonic said.
"Don't mention it, Sonic." Creamy said.
Creamy eventually freed all of the game characters, and then she led them out of the hallway. They passed by the remains of the Frostbites, which Creamy had killed, and they started heading up Frosty Massif.