Chapter 2: The Gifter
In the castle, Genworth went to the briefing room to know how his plans for Christmas day were going. "How is my army doing to the cities." he asked.
"As of now, nothing. They reported that none of the people there aren't giving gifts or having secret Christmas feast." one of the advisers said.
"Excellent. Seems to me that the Lacassian people are starting to lose interest in Christmas and other holidays."
"But there are still a few gift givers here in the capital. One of it's agents have managed to escape the guards downtown."
"The agent's not of our concerns. In the mean time, it's time that our long-awaited operation to start."
"Erm, Lord Genworth." the adviser called him and Genworth recognized him as the one who questioned his ban on Christmas.
"Yes, adviser Lennar, if that's your real name, do you have anything else about my ban on Christmas?" Genworth said in a sarcastic tone.
"Erm… Uh… Nothing. I just wanted to say good luck on your operation." Lennar stammered.
"Hmm, just as I thought. Remember what I said earlier or else."
"Yes, Lord Genworth." Lennar said and everyone left the briefing room.
In the streets as the four moons of Lacassa rose up, the Doctor was still walking around the capital as he is trying to get to Genworth's castle. When he walked into an alley, the Doctor found a present that was perfectly laid on the ground. The Doctor picked it up and read what the tagline to the present aloud.
"To anyone who find this present, Have Yourself a Merry Christmas. Maybe one day, Christmas will come back to our world." the Doctor said as read it.
Suddenly he heard a noise near him which made the Doctor cautious. The Doctor looked at his left and saw a shadow figure peeking between the corners of a building. The figure noticed the Doctor saw him and he quickly ran for his life.
"Hey! Stop! I need to talk to you!" the Doctor shouted before he started to chase the figure. The figure and the Doctor continued to run around the city until the figure tripped over near the clock tower. The Doctor caught and took out the figure's hood which was revealed to be a woman with a long brown hair and looked like in her mid-twenties
"Please, don't try to turn me in to Genworth's watchdogs! I swear I never hurt anyone." the woman pleaded.
Just then, they heard voices coming and the Doctor helped pick up the woman and hid in the clock tower while using the Sonic Screwdriver to open it and close the door again. The voices were revealed to be two policemen who were still hunting the mysterious gift giver.
"Did you hear voices?" one policemen said.
"Of course I heard voices. I heard someone pleading outside the clock tower moments ago." the other policemen said.
"Do you think it's the gift giver?"
"It might be. There's no way someone would pleading during this time of year."
"We should check the clock tower just in case she's here." One of them tried to open the clock tower but it was shut tight.
"Don't you remember? Lord Genworth closed it because he thinks ringing the bells is connected to Christmas?"
"Oh right. I forgot about that. Let's just head back to headquarters and have a drink."
"Now I like the sound of that." the policemen told his partner and both of them left the clock tower. The Doctor looked down through the window and found no one policemen or citizens near the clock tower.
"Geez, these Lord Genworth really sure hates Christmas." the Doctor remarked and the woman laughed.
"I always asked that question whenever his annual eradication of Christmas arrives." the woman said.
"By the way, what's your name?"
"Silaliz Murrow. But everyone calls me Sila." she replied.
"Say Sila, what were you doing earlier out there with that gift?"
"It's what I do during Christmas. I work with an underground group that gives out gifts in secret in responded to Lord Genworth's Christmas policies. Unfortunately, I'm the only one left since my teammates were captured earlier. I survived because I'm the one who makes the tech they need to escape and fight off Genworth's policemen. My parents were imprisoned by Genworth when I was young and the organization took me in. And you are?"
"Oh I'm the Doctor by the way. Nice to meet you Sila Murrow." the Doctor said as he shook hands with Sila.
"Doctor? Doctor of what?"
"Oh everything. Medical, history, science, jelly babies. I know about everything in existence."
"And I thought I was the weird smart person in this room." Sila laughed.
"I get that a lot. But the important is this, I'm going to help you, Sila."
"And how exactly?"
"I'm just gonna talk him over and explain why Christmas is important."
"I don't know, I heard that Genworth isn't the type of leader that won't chnage through nice thing.
"Or we could steal some of his tech and we could give gifts faster."
"Now that's what I call a plan." Sila said and she and the Doctor went to Genworth's castle.
In the castle, Genworth looked through the city peacefully until he was interrupted by the same two policemen that the Doctor and Sila were hiding from. "Lord Genworth, we captured every of the rogue gift givers in the city." one of the policemen said.
"Excellent. Now there's no one who could stop me." Genworth said.
"But there's only one who escaped. And this one is the most dangerous out of the whole gift givers in the city."
"Then find her or else I will-" Genworth stopped when he saw the Doctor and Sila entering the castle and he recognized Sila due to her uniform. "Actually, you two head downstairs and wait for my orders."
"Yes, Lord Genworth." the policemen said and they left the room.
Genworth continued to look at the Doctor and Sila and he seems to be interested about the Doctor. "You maybe a legend in the universe. But in here, I'm the legend." Genworth said.