I DO NOT OWN JCA OR MHA OR ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

Jackie Chan Adventures is an American animated television series, created by John Rogers, Duane Capizzi and Jeff Kline, and produced by Sony Pictures Television.

My Hero Academia is written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi.

Arthur Christmas is directed by Sarah Smith who co-wrote it with Peter Baynham, and was produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Aardman Animations.


REPLIES TO REVIEWS:

Kamen Rider Sentry: I can't. Even if I knew what that was, I'm sticking to Christmas right now.

FieryMonarch: Not right now.

ultima-owner: My thoughts exactly, there are some hallmark movies I also enjoy. Although, thinking back on it, I'm starting to wonder if some of those were actually Hallmark movies.

kirito21naga:

Not right now.

Good suggestions, but I'm afraid it's not going to be that easy.

RedMist86025949: That's going to be tough.

Guest: Klaus is one of my favorite Christmas movies.

la gran diosa zorra fantasma: I'm glad to hear you say that, thank you for the support.

phamgiadai609: Thank you, I will.


Everyone took their seats, which were also Christmas decorated. As expected, a door appeared in front of all of them. This one was green with red candy canes on the outside and christmas bells on the inside. The door swung open and Ozzy stepped out and faced the audience, hands behind his back, kicking the door closed behind him.

"So, before we start. I have one question." Ozzy said, showing a half smile. "Does one matter?

Everyone looked at their host with confusion. Ozzy could tell that none of them understood, so he sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Guess I need to be more specific." Ozzy clasped his hands together. "So I will give the heroes a scenario to think about."

Ozzy looked in the general area where the majority of those of the hero side were sitting.

"Ok, let's say that you approach a crowd of adoring civilians that love all the hard work you do. That see you and think "man those guys are cool" or "we're lucky to have them." You know, people that acknowledge everything you've accomplished."

The heroes and heroes in training perked up, they were beginning to like where the host was going with this. After all, this type of support really motivated many of them to become heroes.

"Unfortunately, despite all the yea's, there is one nay. One person within this cheering crowd that thinks and speaks negatively about the heroes."

The excitement died down at this, some frowned while others were curious.

"Why?" Asked Midoriya.

"Who knows." Ozzy shrugged. "Maybe they failed to save someone they cared about. Maybe the hero destroyed something valuable to them. Maybe they witnessed a hero committing a crime like petty larceny and are taking it out on any hero they see. Point is, if that person wanted to complain about heroes, should they? Should the heroes at least hear what this naysayer has to say, or should they just ignore them because everyone else is happy?"

"Well, heroes shouldn't take criticism personally, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't consider it. Something can't be perfect if at least one person has a complaint. As heroes, it's our duty to reach out to everyone, even the ones who don't approve of our work should have a chance to speak their mind." All Might said.

Most of those on the heroes agreed with everything All Might said, but the villains pretty much scoffed at this argument. As if any of these heroes cared what they had to say or how they felt. No one ever took any of them seriously whenever they complained about the heroes.

"Well, heroes aren't perfect though. Even if we were there are still people who would complain no matter what we do. So should we really take the time to consider all criticism?" Asui asked.

"For once, I actually agree with Class A. It's one complaint, does it really matter?" Monoma asked.

Ozzy clapped his hands and pointed at Monoma with a smile.

"I'm very happy you asked that because that is what I would like to touch on." Ozzy put his hands behind his back and took a serious tone. "People always think that one mistake, one negative person, one error in judgment is no big deal. And yet there are all these sayings like "it only takes a spark to start a fire" or "whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.". This film is about the impact of just one. How just one can spread like a virus and infect anyone with things like doubt, happiness, sadness, laughter and more. That "just one" is something people can easily overlook but sometimes never realize the consequences of overlooking it. Well, hopefully all of you can apply something like this back in your world when you get back."

Ozzy rang his bell and the door opened up and he stepped through, closing it behind him. Ozzy appeared in his host chair and the door disappeared. The movie began to play when the lights dimmed.

00:00:00-00:00:40

The screen showcases the productions companies of Columbia, Sony Animation, and Aardman, then fades to black.

Even though this was completely not necessary, some of the audience couldn't help but think that that's a lot.

00:00:40-00:01:00

The screen fades back and this time, the film begins. The beginning showcases plains which are surrounding a small town. The outside of the town has a few rivers running out of it along with a few houses and stone linings. But the inside is a giant circle with multiple houses and buildings close to each other.

Zooming in, one could also see it had a church at the center of town, but the scene zoomed past that and showed one of the outer ends of the town. There were at least a dozen houses surrounding a traffic circle, all looking identical to each other. As the scene zooms in, there was something displayed on the left corner of the screen.

NOVEMBER 25th, 3:04 pm

MIMOSA AVENUE, TRELEW, CORNWALL, ENGLAND

"Trelew, I've never heard of Trelew." Iida said. He cupped his chin in thought. "Then again, I've never been to England so I'm not quite familiar with it."

"Well, I don't know about Trelew, but Cornwall is definitely real." Yaoyorozu said.

"You've been to England Yaomomo?" Hagakure asked.

"Indeed," Yaoyorozu nodded. "My father has business partners who live in multiple areas of England, such as Cornwall, with their families. Sometimes we'd get together with them and celebrate Thanksgiving or company anniversaries. It's actually quite nice, they'd share with us their financial accomplishment along with valuable possessions such as art they've collected, cars they've had for decades, and more."

Even though she said it so casually, many couldn't help but sweatdrop at everything Yaoyorozu said.

"So rich!" Uraraka thought with envy, stumbling in her chair. This time, she wasn't the only one envious of 1-A's vice.

"So does that mean Trelew only exists here?" Midoriya asked.

"That's right." Ozzy answered. "This is one of those Gulmira situations where a place only exists in a certain universe. This is just a random town that happens to only exist in this film."

Midoriya nodded, writing this information down.

00:01:00-00:01:18

The scene finally stops zooming to show a young girl in winter clothes walking across the street to a red post box. She makes it to the post box with a pink letter in her hand. Before she puts it in, she closes her eyes and holds the letter with both her hands as if she's wishing for something.

Once she's done, she approaches the post box to put the letter inside. Since she is smaller, she has to stand on her toes until finally, she pushes the letter in. Inside the post box, the front of the letter was shown on top of a bunch of other letters. It was addressed to Santa Claus, and the return address included the name of the girl, Gwen Hines.

"Aww, that's so sweet." Ashido said, both hands on her heart. "She's writing a letter to Santa."

"I remember when I used to do that, I had so much fun as well." Kendo said, smiling.

"Same, my mom would always try to help me with how I wanted to write my letters to Santa." Midoriya said, sharing Kendo's nostalgia.

"I stopped writing to Santa when he wouldn't give me what I wanted." Toga complained, giving a pouty face.

"Yeah, and what exactly would–" Uraraka was about to ask the psycho villain, but Asui put a hand on her shoulder.

"Do you really want to know?" Asui whispered.

Uraraka thought for a second and realized her friend was right. The less she knew about Himiko Toga, the better.

00:01:18-00:01:26

The scene fades to a winter landscape, showing a snowy hill with flags from other countries on top. There was also a description on the left corner once again.

DECEMBER 2, 4:09 PM

THE NORTH POLE

"Dear Santa, are you real?" Gwen said, voicing over the scene.

"Wait, is this one of those movies where Santa actually is real?" Kaminari asked.

"What do you mean actually?" Ozzy asked as if he were telling a joke. "Santa's real in every universe, everywhere."

"Yeah sure, but I mean–" Kaminari stopped since Jiro elbowed him on his side.

"Kaminari." Jiro scolded.

Kaminari was confused why she looked so annoyed, so she gestured her head to the left. He looked where she was directing him and saw the little kids looking at them. Some of the adults like the pussycats and Mr. Aizawa was glaring at him with a warning look and he finally realized where he screwed up. So he shook his head and rectified the situation.

"Right, yeah, Santa is real, really cool I mean. I look forward to seeing what this version of Santa is like." Kaminari said.

Ozzy nodded, glad that someone agreed. The jokes on the Fauns back home for doubting Ozzy's belief in Santa.

00:01:26-00:01:33

The description fades away and the scene moves down to show what's underneath the snow, more specifically, what's inside. Here we see a hallway with a similar setup to what you'd see in a corporate office. It has doors and openings to other hallways on each side, overhead lights hanging from the ceiling by a cord, security cameras, and even a sign that says MAIL DEPARTMENT with an arrow pointing to the left. What made this different though was that the entire hallway was made out of ice, from the floor to the ceiling.

"If you live at the north pole, how come I can't see your house when I look on Google Earth?"

Everyone was taking in the scene in front of them. They didn't expect the north pole to be so formal. Other than the solid ice hall, everything seemed so bland. Then again, it's just one hallway.

"Using Google Earth to find Santa," Pony chuckled. "I actually did that before I came to Japan, those were good memories."

"I've never done that myself." Melissa admitted. "You think kids back home do it?"

"Maybe, it's not something I would do, but it seems pretty fun." Kendo said.

00:01:33-00:02:13

The scene fades to what was one side of the hallway wall. Here, there are several portraits of different Santa Clauses, each with a start and end year at the bottom of their pictures. The camera pauses on the Santa that is currently active.

"Are you St. Nicholas, cause you'd be incredibly old." Gwen said jokingly. "How do you have time to read all the letters from all the children in the world? And how many cookies and mince pies have you eaten in all of history? How do you get all the presents in the sack, does the sack have to get bigger every year because of exponential population growth? And how do you get down the chimneys? I put my head in ours and it's really small. Even if you could squeeze through in one minute, there's nine houses on my road so that's nearly ten minutes. And there are millions of roads in the world. It must be so hard being Santa these days."

The entire audience was trying to process what this girl was saying while also paying attention to detail of the setting of this film. To say that this was a lot to take in was an understatement, and this girl hasn't even gotten to what she wants for Christmas. None of them had ever made this much fuss about Santa when they were kids. Even Izuku was thrown off by these questions, and that was saying something.

"Ugh, just shut up and get to the gift part you stupid brat." Bakugo complained. It hasn't even been three minutes and already he was bored. All these questions reminded him too much of Deku's mumbling.

"Bakugo, don't refer to this young girl that way!" Iida said, arm chopping like usual. "If she has questions regarding Santa then she has a right to ask them."

"Yeah, there's nothing wrong with wanting to learn more about Santa." Hagakure said. She herself used to ask questions about Santa when she was little, but not this many.

"For someone so young, she really is asking valid questions." Shoji commented. "You can really tell how much time and thought she put into this letter."

"She's also very sympathetic as well, it's nice that she's concerned about Santa." Mirio said with a smile.

"Well besides that, look at all those Santa's." Shinso said. "I guess this is one of those films where Santa isn't immortal and someone else takes the mantle after he retires. Just like how All Might retired and Endeavor took his number one spot later on, right?"

The Todoroki siblings flinched at the reminder, it only took a moment to dampen their Christmas spirit so quickly. Even Dabi's bored expression turned hateful, both at Shinso and at the reminder.

"Gotta keep watching to find out." Ozzy said, using a candy cane to stir his hot cocoa in a mug he suddenly had.

00:02:13-00:02:50

The end of the wall with the portraits on them led to a new hallway. Only this time, the first door to the left was open and the lights were on inside. The hallway fades away to show what was inside the open room. Inside was a cluster of Christmas decorations and letters. On one side of the room were giant piles of letters tied together, which showed that this was a mail room. On the other side of the wall, there was a young man sitting by a desk with an old computer and a large framed photo of Santa and himself as a little kid.

The young man looked to be in his early to mid twenties, wearing a blue sweater with snow covered design on it. He was a skinny man with short brown hair, brown eyes, and a large nose. He was sitting in the office reading the letter that Gwen had written, laughing at what was written and placing a photo attached to it on his wall.

"I mean, what if after all of that, I'm staying at Grandma's?" Gwen's voice continued. "Santa, how can you get around the whole world in just one night? My friend said that you'd have to go so fast, it would make you and the sleigh and the reindeer all burn up. I think you are real, but how do you do it? For Christmas, I would love a pink twinkle bike with stabilizers. But please don't bring it if it makes you and the reindeer burn. Love, Gwen Hines. 23 Mimosa Avenue, Trelew, Cornwall, England."

Once again, this little girl's letter caught everyone off guard. There was a mixture of surprise, horror, laughter, and in Bakugo's case, relief.

"Finally." He muttered.

"What the hell is up with this girl?" Mineta asked, disturbed by all this.

"For real, even I never have these dark thoughts about Santa." Kuroiro said.

"Oh I don't know, I don't really see the problem." Dabi said with a smirk. He couldn't help but find the burning Santa picture funny. He didn't really have anything against Santa, but something about watching that old red-dressed wearing fat ass burn was hilarious.

"At least we know what she wants for Christmas." Komori said, happily.

"Honestly, it sounds like something Uraraka and Hagakure would ask for since they are the biggest pink fans of our class." Sero said.

The two mentioned ladies blushed at this, they didn't want to admit that they actually did receive those gifts when they were little girls. Sure they both grew out of it, but they both could agree that you'll never forget your first bicycle.

"Um hello, pink skin here." Ashido said, raising her hand. "No one likes pink any more than me!"

"Oh, we'll see about that during the interlude." Hagakure challenged.

Ashido smirked and nodded at her classmate.

00:02:50-00:03:17

The young man grabbed a candy cane pen from his mug that was full of different writing utensils. He began to write a letter back.

"Dear Gwen, thank you for your letter and, heh, brilliant picture." The man said, looking back at the picture with a chuckle. "Your request for a pink twinkle bike will be passed on to Santa. And yes, do believe in Santa. He is real, he's the greatest man ever. And he can get around the world to every child without a single reindeer being roasted ali–"

The man pauses for a second, realizing that this might be too much for a child so young. He then smiles once he figures out how to resolve this.

"Hurt." He corrected himself.

"Good call." All Might said, glad whoever this was was considerate to the person they were writing to.

"Why bother though, the girl already talked about Santa and the reindeer burning? She even drew a picture of that." Dabi argued.

"It still doesn't hurt to give the girl reassurance." Nejire said.

"Especially if she goes psycho and starts to set things on fire." Yanagi muttered.

"Do Santa and the reindeer really burn up like that when they fly in their boat?" Eri asked Mirio.

"It's actually a flying sled, Eri." Mirio smiled down at her. "And no, then reindeer and Santa are just fine when they travel."

Eri nodded, excited to learn more about Christmas since the last Christmas she celebrated, she got things mixed up.

00:03:17-00:03:27

"By the time the sun comes up on Christmas Day, he'll get to you too." The man stops again, then grabs another pen. This was a larger highlighter and it actually wrote in special red glitter. "Using his special magic."

"Oooo, pretty." La Brava awed, she loved both the color and glitter mixed together rather than the idea of magic.

"So we'll get to see more magic again, like in Jackie Chan Adventures?" Mr. Compress said with interest.

"Eh, sort of." Ozzy said, waving his hand in the middle. Before anyone could ask, he put his other index finger to his lips. "Can't tell you though, you'll have to wait and see."

Some understood while a few others were disappointed.

"So, is this man Arthur Christmas? The one the movie is named after?" Midoriya asked.

"Yes, yes he is. Though you can just call him Arthur though." Ozzy said.

Midoriya added this information to his journal next to the notes he took of the Santa portraits earlier.

00:03:27-00:03:49

The scene zoom fades into the glittered word "magic" and shows the night sky full of stars. Then, it tilts down to show a snow covered city with a harbor, townhouses, and skyscrapers all lit up at night. The title of the film appears and then fades away.

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

The scene cuts to a random condo, then a Christmas sign with lights and Santa in his sled at the North Pole. The words "Glaedelig Jul" were shown over the sign. In the left corner appeared a new description.

DECEMBER 24, 11:59 PM

AARHUS, EASTERN DENMARK

"Denmark huh, that makes sense." Present Mic said.

"And why's that Mic?" Aizawa asked.

"That sign, Glaedelig Jul. That's Danish for Merry Christmas."

"You speak Danish Yamada?" Midnight asked, surprised.

"I speak a lot of languages." Present Mic shrugged. "What can I say, I like to talk."

"That's an understatement." Aizawa muttered under his breath. He just crossed his arms and leaned into his seat, trying to focus on the movie before Mic could retort.

00:03:49-00:04:25

The scene then fades into the clock tower in the background, the bells going off since it is now 12 AM, Christmas Day. At the docks, all the seagulls flew away from the water as if they were scared by something. Also, in town the wind began to pick up, affecting the outdoor decorations and a nearby playground.

Back at the docks, everything was calm until a cloud of mist moved in unexpectedly and with it came a rush of wind that tipped over the boats. From the skies, something very large casted a shadow over the city. Not only was ominous music playing during this, but whatever was above the city knocked out the power of all the Christmas lights. Some seagulls got spooked and flew out of the clock tower and into the sky. One seagull flew up to the point where it ended up impacting something, something invisible.

From a distance, the whole city was shown but this time the scene showed a different side of the city where snow had covered the woods. But that wasn't what was so capturing. Instead, shown hovering above the city was something massive and camouflaged so that it displayed the stars in the night sky. Whatever it was, it was big enough to cover the entire city. Suddenly, it lit up several spots of light.

The audience's eyes widened at seeing this. They haven't seen an aircraft that massive since witnessing the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier back in Avengers. However, they couldn't see the full craft since its underside covered a large portion of the screen.

"Ugh, what is that?" Rin asked. He was completely freaked out by this, but his expression was a look of shock like everyone else.

"Whatever it is, it seems to be using some kind of cloaking technology to blend into its environment." Melissa said, observing it with interest.

"It looks like an alien spaceship!" Tsuburaba said.

"Oh great, just what Christmas needs, an alien invasion." Aizawa said sarcastically. He was rubbing his eyes due to annoyance since he also doesn't enjoy watching pointless, love crazy, everything works out in the end holiday movies.

"Perhaps their friendly aliens, not like the Chitari from Avengers." Thirteen pointed out. She was really hoping for friendly aliens.

00:04:25-00:04:49

The ominous music changed to a faster espionage type theme because from each of the spots came out lines with elves on them. Each of the elves landed in groups across multiple roofs throughout the city. One group atop one of the townhouses landed on a roof with three other elves.

"First Field Elf Battalion, set." The lead elf said in his comm. Up close, the elves' appearances could be made out. Each of the elves were dressed in dark army green, full body jumpers with fingerless gloves, backpacks, night vision glasses, and winter caps. They were about two feet tall and had long pointed noses and pointed ears. However, there were still elves of different races and gender.

"Straighten that teddy bear, soldier." One of the elves told her associate.

The elf nodded, straightening the gift wrapped bear hanging behind him attached to the pack. Once he was finished, he turned back to her and saluted.

"Ma'am." He said, but she wasn't looking at him. In fact, all the elves were looking up towards the sky, and for good reason.

Exiting the biggest opening from the aircraft were a few more elves wearing red caps and a much larger man. The moment this man landed on the roof with the last elves, it was easy to tell who it was. The camera went from the black boots to the old, bearded face of Santa Claus himself. He adjusted his belt and then smiled.

"Ho, ho, ho." Santa said.

"That's a ho, ho, ho Aarhus. Field elves Jingle." The lead elf spoke over the comms. He activated his watch and all the other elves followed his lead. A new description appeared on the left corner then faded.

1st FIELD ELF BATTALION

AVG HT: 26 INCHES MAX LOAD: 4.6 PLAYSTATIONS

"Jingle, jingle! Drop time, 18.14 seconds per household." He finished, cueing all the elves to move. One of the elves in his group threw an ornament at a security camera, which exploded and covered the camera in ice.

"What the hell is going on here?!" Shigaraki asked, surprised. He, like everyone else, was completely caught off guard by this unusual Christmas method.

"I guess this is supposed to be Santa delivering presents to the children." Compress said, trying to understand this but was very confused.

"Since when do the elves go with Santa to deliver gifts?" Maharo asked.

"And since when can Santa's sleigh turn invisible?" Katsuma asked.

"I guess Santa Claus has found a way to modernize his routine. It's actually not a bad idea to bring the elves, after all, there's so many and it would make the job go by faster." Power Loader said, very interested in this method of delivery.

"Not to mention those amazing babies they're using!" Hatsume said, very excited. "What was that they used to disable the camera, some kind of compact ice grenade? Oh, what about that sleigh they were using? Does it have retro reflective panels like the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier?

"All your questions will be answered in due time." Ozzy said, taking a sip of his cocoa from his candy cane colored coffee mug. "For now, you have to wait until they finish in this city."

Hatsume pouted but nodded, so she just sat back in her seat.

00:04:49-00:05:22

One building showed three elves running down the glass windowed wall wearing suction cup shoes. The building next to them had three elves land on the snow covered slanted roof and moved down using skis. Another trio of elves were free falling and then shot out guns with suction cups on them to swing onto the side of a building.

"Left foot sir." The lead elf told Santa. Him and the trio of elves that were with Santa were helping him down a ladder, with the lead elf underneath Santa on the ladder and the other two on top. Santa slipped on a step but managed to steady himself. "That's it, that's it."

In a suburban area of the city, many elves landed on the street and one noticed the dog barking at them.

"Dog food is incoming." The elf said, throwing a can of dog food where the dog was. This did the trick because the dog stopped and followed where the can would land. "Meaty chunks in the hole."

The scene shows other elves doing different tasks such as one using a smart device to turn off a car alarm. There were also a few who lifted the logo of a BW and went inside. Then there were three elves who opened a sewer lid and crawled inside. Even ahead of all of them, a group of elves were removing the back door of a house to try and bring in a gift wrapped piano.

"Wow, a grand piano. This kid must have been good his whole life!" One of the elves said.

As he said that, more elves were making their way inside the houses using any means necessary. For instance, one elf had a cable attached to his back so when he jumped off the roof of a house, he swung inside a window opened by two other elves. He landed on the bathroom toilet legs held out so the other two elf could jump off and all three landed on the floor.

At this point, pretty much the entire audience was impressed by what was happening. These elves demonstrated great espionage and acrobatic skills that you'd see from stealth heroes or spy movies. Even the villains, who originally weren't thrilled about celebrating a holiday that didn't change how rough they had it, were getting into this .

"Are we sure this is a Christmas movie?" Hawks said. "This feels like something you'd see from underground hero work."

"Honestly, these elves are doing somewhat better than those heroes." Aizawa said. "They're all in sync with their devices and teamwork skills. They clearly know what they're doing."

"Except Santa apparently." Kurogiri said, questioning that brief moment with the man in red.

"Why would he need help going down a ladder, even I can go down a ladder by myself?" Kota asked, finding this moment ridiculous.

"Which is something I'm not letting you try, you're way too young." Mandalay told him. Kota in response just rolled his eyes at her.

"Ok is anyone else wondering how they managed to wrap up a 400 pound piano like that?" Jiro asked incredulously.

"Obviously, Christmas magic. Magic is totally fake though." Twice said, which didn't help at all.

00:05:22-00:05:44

The scene cuts to a tv in the wall that is showing a fireplace. Suddenly, the bolts on the corners of the tv come loose and an elf pops his head out from behind it. He gestures his hand out and two more elves follow out with the first one closing the opening behind them.

In another house, three elves enter through the kitchen without making a sound. One elf looks at a pot that is left on the stove, and sprinkles some seasoning into it. Another elf adjusts the temperature for the turkey in the oven. In the same house, someone is walking up the stairs. Unknown to them, the elves are quietly using suction cups to hide and move underneath the staircase. One elf is carrying a gift wrapped guitar on their back.

In the hospital, an orderly is walking into the childrens ward wearing a green hospital cap and gown. They looked back and forth to see if the coast was clear, once they were sure they removed their cap and gown. Turns out, the orderly was just three elves stacked on top of each other to look human, each of them heading into a different direction of the hospital. One of the elves used their suction cup shoes to run across the wall and in front of the entrance to the nursery. He opened the door to the crying babies and expertly threw pacifiers that landed in each of their mouths for them to suck on.

Back with Santa and his team of elves, one of the elves was using their device to unlock the front door of a new house. Once the door was open, two of the elves rushed in while the one who unlocked it saluted Santa, who was obviously impressed.

"Marvelous. Gets me every time."

"This is marvelous." Lunch Rush said. "Not only are these elves stealthy, but they must be really good cooks if they know the right temperature and seasoning for those meals."

"Not to mention, they're so sweet." Nejire cooed. "The way they knew what the dog and those babies wanted, that's so cute."

"Forget about those babies, I want to know about the other babies!" Hatsume said, excitedly. "They have a baby that lets the elves unlock doors, and those doors aren't smart locks that you use phones for!"

"It is impressive, in fact something like that could be useful not just for Christmas, but for any undercover work. It would be a lot faster and easier than lock picking." Power Loader said.

This caused a reaction on both the heroes and villains side. The heroes, or at least the underground ones, and the support specialist were thinking about how useful those would be if they had that in their phones. However, the villains were thinking about ways to use it to break into high security places and steal things. After all, if it can open a simple door lock, what else can it open?

"Is it just me, or does it seem like Santa has no idea what he's doing?" Yanagi asked.

"Not just you, I noticed it as well." Shishida said, rubbing his chin. "It's strange that Santa is surprised about the device, wasn't he the one to develop it?"

"Nope, that was someone else." Ozzy said.

"Who?"

Instead of saying anything, Ozzy held his hand out to Shishida as if expecting him to know the answer. Shishida was confused for a moment, then caught on.

"We'll find out soon?" Shishida guessed.

Ozzy gave him a thumbs up and leaned back into his chair.

00:05:44-00:06:25

In another house, two elves cartrolled and then stopped at the side of an open door. One elf noticed the tv on in the room and signaled to the other elf to stay quiet. The lead elf pulled out his device that had a cord with a camera attached to it. The device showed what the camera was seeing in the room, a husband asleep while the wife was watching tv. The lead elf used hand signals to gesture to the other elf what was going on, and the other elf nodded. The two of them ran up one side of the hallway walls and connected their hands so that they could stay above the door frame while moving quietly against the wall.

In another house, a parrot was in their cage and repeating the same line.

"Merry Christmas, merry Christmas." The parrot cawed.

An elf appeared next to the parrots cage. He slid across the carpet and pulled out a gun that was red with a knob on it. The elf turned the knob so that the arrow was on parrot. The elf pointed at the parrot and shot something at it. It was a peanut, which the parrot caught with its beak and made it quiet down.

In a kids bedroom, an elf was using their watch to scan a sleeping kid. While the scanner was running, the watch flickered between NAUGHTY and NICE. Once the scan was complete, the watch displayed that the kid was 73% NICE. The elf reached behind him and pulled out a gun labeled STOCK-ING. He touched the display on the gun and it went up to 73%. He pointed the barrel of the gun into the kids stocking on his bed, and it poured out candy.

In another room, an elf stopped at a table and pulled out a stick with a jaw on it. From his night vision glasses, one could see the carrot sitting on the table. The glasses showed words on the left side.

CARROT FOR

REINDEER

The elf used the jaw stick to take a bite out of the carrot, and the chewed off carrot went into a glass tube from the elf's back. He finishes by speaking in his comm

"Carrot chomped." He told his team over the comm.

In another house's living room, one elf was on another elf's shoulders and used a device to suck the milk out of a glass sitting on a table. They made their exit by placing a gift wrapped trampoline by the window, using it to bounce out of the house.

In another house's living room, an elf appeared out of the floorboard and quietly placed a gift by the tree. Before he left, he placed a gift wrapped bone next to the present.

Another living room showed an elf driving a gift wrapped toy car and parking it by an open space by the tree. The screen then quickly shifted to so many different houses and how the presents were being delivered. From two elves tossing it to each other, one dropping it over head, one letting a slinky go down the stairs, one placing a small bouncy house in the living room and then letting it grow larger with a push of a button as he left, one letting a toy robot walk next to a bed then throwing a gift wrapped controller next to it. Finally, there was an elf, who delivered a train set by placing the tracks one by one across the floor while the elf sat on top of the gift wrapped train. Once he was finished, one could clearly see how big it was by the Christmas tree.

"Holy shit, this is insane." Tetsutetsu said, very surprised and impressed. Just when they thought these elves couldn't be anymore amazing, here they go again.

"They're very well trained and they have gadgets for any scenario apparently." Todoroki said, observing them closely. "This is obviously not the first time they've done this."

"Weird though," Shoda said. "I always thought Santa delivered the presents by himself."

"Like I said, someone at the North Pole seems to have found a way to modernize Santa Claus." Power Loader said.

"Green hair boy, write down all the new babies!" Hatsume pointed at Midoriya.

"Already on it." He said quickly, both out of admiration of the elves and fear of Hatsume. He made sure to note down the apparent animal gun, the STOCK-ING, the jaw stick, and the remote inflation device.

00:06:25-00:06:42

In another bedroom, an elf was standing by an adjacent door looking at what was in front of him with a gasp. There were so many toys layed out over the floor that stepping on one could possibly make the kid wake up. His night vision glasses showed a description on the left.

NOISY TOYS:

/!\ 36 /!\

And so, the elf jumped using parkour to jump off the door, land on top of a dresser, leap to grab the overhead light, and used it to swing across the room. In slow motion, the elf spun his body in mid air so his front was facing the ceiling. He then grabbed onto a pole, used it to drop on the chest in front of the bed and quietly landed on the table where a lamp was next to the bed. The elf had to use his foot to make sure the lamp wouldn't fall off since it was hanging off the side. He then used his watch to scan the boy. When the scan was complete, it showed the boy as 56% NAUGHTY. This upset the elf, but then he had an idea. He used the scanner on himself and it read 82% NICE. He finally got to use his STOCK-ING to fill the boys stocking with candy.

"Hmm, not bad." Aizawa nodded. "I bet I could apply a similar method using my capture scarf. Let this be a reminder students, always be aware of your surroundings and alternatives around them when applying stealth."

"Yes sir." The students said in unison.

"You were right Nejire-chan, those elves are really sweet." Asui said, smiling. "They really care about these kids having a great Christmas."

"As they should for Santa's little helpers." Ragdoll said.

00:06:42-00:06:54

The scene cuts to three elves who originally entered the house through the bathroom exit out the same way, with one elf closing the toilet lid behind him.

In a different living room, one of the elves that was with Santa looked down at his watch and it went off for a second. This made the elf clear his throat and turn towards someone.

"Sir." The elf said.

The scene shows that the elf was talking to Santa, who was napping in an armchair facing the Christmas tree. What the elf said woke Santa up.

"Oh, goodness me." Santa said, chuckling to himself.

The three elves in front of Santa were helping him by using a flashlight and glowing batons to show him where to put the gift.

"Sorry." Santa said. He got up from the chair and placed the gift right where the elves wanted him to.

"I'm sorry, did Santa seriously fall asleep on the job?" Toga asked, bewildered.

"It would appear so." Gentle said. "Curious, this Santa appears to be out of his element despite this being his line of work. Perhaps he hasn't had a chance to get accustomed to all this technology."

"Yeah that or he just sucks at his job." Kamikiri said.

"Then it might be time for him to retire." Cementoss commented. "If all those portraits have shown us anything, then it might be time for his replacement to take over."

"We'll just have to wait and see. Hopefully, they can handle this kind of pressure." All Might said.

00:06:54-00:07:27

Outside, all the elves had assembled and were heading back to the lines that lowered them down earlier. Each line they grabbed onto pulled them back up to the camouflage aircraft.

"Drop complete. Stand by, S-1." The lead elf said. He himself was running towards his line, behind him were a couple of elves that actually received injuries. Two were carrying an elf with a stretcher while one was leaning on another's shoulder with a mouse trap stuck to his foot.

"You're going to make it, soldier." The supportive elf told the injured one.

"Aarhus is merry." The lead elf said, grabbing his line and heading up.

"Santa has left the building." An elf said over the comms.

All the elves were shown being brought up by the lines, including Santa himself. Once they all reached their destination and made it inside, the lights above from the aircraft went dark. Then scene cuts to show the full extent of what the aircraft was.

It was a giant, high tech, red Santa sleigh that stretched longer than the city itself. One of its wings, the title S-1 was labeled in white very largely. It hovered over the city for a few seconds and then took off in the sky.

"North Pole to S-1, you have weather fluctuation. Update camouflage." An authority figure told them over the radio since the night sky camouflage wasn't matching the cloudy sky.

"Roger that control." An elf answered them. "Hull projection optimized."

Just as he said that, the bottom of the S-1 changed to match the cloudy sky using the cameras on the side of the ship. Once that was complete, many other elves were speaking over the radio.

"Roger S-1."

"Denmark cleared."

"Next drop, Flensburg, minus 12.4 seconds." The same authority man told the elves over the radio.

The scene zooms inside the craft, showing the bridge of the ship. Inside were several elves at different stations, each controlling or monitoring a different part of the ship.

The entire audience was left speechless after seeing this sleigh. If it weren't for the Helicarrier, they would say this is the most impressive air ship they've ever seen. One person in particular was literally jumping for joy at the sight.

"HOLY MOTHER OF BABIES!" Hatsume squealed, forcing others to cover their ears. "Would you look at that thing! It's just like the Helicarrier, but way better."

"For sure, it moves much faster than the Helicarrier." Melissa said, equally impressed. "But I'm not sure how it flies though, I don't see any thrusters or turbines attached to it."

"It's obvious how it's flying, Christmas magic." Katsuma answered.

"Well kid, I don't think–" Hatsume was cut off by Melissa.

"Of course, you're right, Katsuma." Melissa said, hand on Hatsume's mouth. "Santa practically uses magic for everything, right Hatsume."

Even in her crazed state, Hatsume was able to be caught on. She just slumps her shoulders and looks at Katsuma, who is very curious.

"Yeah, you're right kid, magic is all over that thing." Hatsume told him with a bored expression.

Contrary to Hatsume, Katsuma was happy to know he was right.

00:07:27-00:08:00

"Flensburg weather" deep, crisp even." The S-1 computer announced.

"Making a list." An elf said at their station.

"Check it twice." Said the elf next to the previous one.

"That's a wrap for Denmark." Said an elf by a touch screen.

"Converting milk and cookies to biofuel." The computer announced again.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. This got a few elves attention, despite the busy environment happening on the bridge. This knock was then followed up by a voice.

"Hello?" Someone said from the other side.

An elf comes towards the keypad next to the door, entering in a code, and opening the door for Santa. The moment the door opens, a red carpet rolls out for him, and all the elves on the bridge salute him.

"Santa on bridge." The computer announced.

"Sorry. Forgot the PIN code." Santa said, laughing. All the elves return to their task, except for the one Santa was approaching.

"Just crossed into Germany, sir." The elf said.

"Germany." Santa yawned. "So many countries these days."

"It's a big night sir."

"My, uh, 70th mission. Yes." Santa belches. "Sorry, one too many mince pies."

"You looking forward to it? Retirement?"

"So Santa is retiring." Cementoss said.

"Probably for the best." Snipe said. "The guy doesn't even know the pin code for a door."

"Hey, hey, who's going to be the new Santa then?" Nejire asked excitedly.

"Probably the person that invented all these machines and gadgets for the elves." Melissa suggested.

"Oh, yes, definitely." Hatsume said, excitedly. "I would very much like to know who the baby maker is, I want to see if I can have one of his babies."

Everyone just stared at Hatsume. Some looked at her with wide eyes, some tried not to laugh, some were just weirded out. Apparently, for someone so smart, she doesn't seem to think before she speaks. They all decided not to correct her, way too awkward for them.

00:08:00-00:08:17

"Hm?" Santa didn't answer, instead he popped out a mint and ate it, yawning again.

"Ten seconds to Flensburg." The computer announced.

"Maintain current, um…" Santa lost his train of thought. So he just turned around and waved off, all elves saluting his exit. "Carry on."

"Update national protocol." The computer announced. To the side, a screen was showing a shoe labeled drop zone with the top saying PROTOCOL: GERMANY. "Delete rice pudding and carrot. German leave-out for Santa is shoe on front step. Repeat, shoe on step."

That announcement was carried out to another area of the S-1. This room had conveyor belts in all directions, some reaching towards the ceiling. Each of the conveyor belts was carrying a gift wrapped Christmas present, and to the side were elves directing the presents to different belts.

On the ground level, there were several elves by some machines helping the field elves get ready to leave the S-1. They stood by, helping them secure presents to their back, some readying to open the floor hatches to allow the elves to zip down to the surface.

"Woah, look at all this." Sato said, even more surprised. "It's like something out of a factory."

Everyone else shared his surprise face as well, they were not expecting all of this.

"Actually, I was going to say it looks more like something out of an airport." Power Loader said.

"OZZY!" Hatsume screamed at the top of her lungs, forcing many to cover their ears. "I need to know right now who invented this beautiful baby! I can't wait any longer! Please, please please."

Ozzy looked at the girl who was giving him puppy dog eyes. Normally, one would cave in to something like this, but because Hatsume is a teenager and Ozzy isn't exactly normal, he didn't budge.

"Sorry my pretty pink puppy." Ozzy said arms crossed. "But you're gonna have to hold out a little bit longer."

Hatsume just whimpered like a dog, and slumped back in her chair. This reaction caused Ozzy to smirk.

"So, uh, what was that thing about the shoe on the front step?" Bondo asked. "Is that real?"

"Actually, yes it is." Yaoyorozu said. "In Germany, they celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 5th. They do this to honor Nicholas of Myra, a Greek Christian bishop who died in 346. He was known for giving gifts secretly, selling his possessions to the poor, and leaving coins in people's shoes. Nowadays, the morning after the 5th, the children find their shoes filled with small gifts, candy, nuts, and other treats from St. Nicholas."

"So these shoes are like the stockings you hang on the mantle?" Ojiro asked.

"More or less." Yaoyorozu answered.

00:08:17-00:08:26

In the middle of all this was one elf, sitting on the floor, cleaning a jaw stick with a toothbrush. One of the elves coming down the stairs notices him and points at him.

"Oi, soldier." The elf said. "Get off your baubles."

"What happened to peace and goodwill to all men, sarge?" The other elf asked.

"It don't say nothing about elves, soldier. Go, go, go."

"Harsh, man." Fukidashi said.

"Yeah, not very manly at all." Kirishima said.

"Well he did say the rule didn't apply to elves." Todoroki said.

No one could argue with the always blunt and honest duel quirk classmate.

00:08:26-00:09:10

"Engage rooftops." The same authority figure said over the PA's. Just as he said that, the hatches on the floor opened up and the field elves grabbed their lines to drop down.

"It's snow time." One elf said.

The scene jumps to a monitor showing two elves being lowered to the surface, then moves down to show numbers counting down. Finally, it stops in a pure white room with multiple elves working at different stations. During this, a new man enters the scene followed by an elf that was close to his side.

"S-1, hold drop altitude. This is Germany, father." The man said, who happened to be the authority figure that spoke earlier. He turned to his right which had a giant monitor showing Santa being lower by a line. "Drive on the right. National dish: sausage."

"Okay, let's show them, people. Operation Santa Claus is coming to town." The man turned around and spoke to the entire room. From this perspective, there is a clearer view of this man. He was an older man, burly but not too muscular, with gray hair and a gray Christmas tree shaped chin strip. He was wearing a dark red and green army-like jumper with Christmas trees all over it, along with fingerless gloves, a belt with a tree on it, and black boots.

Next, the scene displays the entirety of the room they are in. It is a very large, dome shaped area made entirely of ice. All around the walls were multiple, giant screens showing the events happening in the S-1. The room itself was surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands of workstations with elves operating their own computers. The infrastructure was set up so that the room looked like the tip of an iceberg. All the stations were on this massive cone shaped ice with doors and guardrails surrounding it. At the top of all this was an ice sculpture of Santa Claus. A new description appeared at the bottom left of the screen.

12:04 AM NORTH POLE MISSION CONTROL.

Back on the floor of the room, there was a monitor showing specific details about Santa himself like pies he ate and hohoho's he's said.

"Drop complete, drop complete, drop complete." Repeated one elf after another. These were the elves with stations closest to the screens. Back at the top, there was a seal on the roof of the control room, it read IN SANTA WE BELIEVE.

"This is incredible!" Melissa said, eyes lighting up. She didn't ever think that the North Pole would have this much technology in accordance with Santa.

"I'll say, this is way better than gingerbread houses and candy canes." Hatsume said. To her, all this felt like Christmas came early, which for her it did.

"And the architecture is amazing as well." Fuyumi said. Her and her brothers were a little biased here, but they were very impressed with the ice made structure of the room. Who knows how long it took to create all this and put in all the metal afterwards.

"Moving on from that, who's the hunk?" Pixie-Bob asked. When she saw the man giving orders, she couldn't help but blush and lick her lips.

"Guess he's Santa's son since he called Santa, father." Iida said. "I must admit, he is quite professional. Being able to supervise all these elves and his father as they operate in their own capacity is admirable."

"Is handsome going to replace his father and become the new Santa?" Midnight asked.

"That's his plan." Ozzy said. The audience noticed that he was now wearing a Christmas tree hat on his head and both his horns had ornaments on the end. "That man behind the Santa Claus is none other than Steve Claus, Santa's eldest son himself. And yes Hatsume, he's the one who invented all those gadgets you love so much."

Hatsume squealed, then leaned forward towards the screen. She wanted to learn everything she could about Steve.

00:09:10-00:09:40

"Operational efficiency: 100%" The computer announced.

Just as the computer said that, a door from above opened to the left of the Santa ice sculpture. A closer look showed it was Arthur, carrying a handful of letters with both his arms.

"Wow." Arthur said, being impressed with the entire operation. He steps out and the automatic red door closes behind him. However, his foot got stuck in the closing doors, so he struggles to pull his foot out. Once he does, he stumbles around the walkway he's on and ends up dropping a couple of the letters. The elves walking nearby quickly pick up the letters and hand them to Arthur.

"Thanks, oh I'm so sorry." Arthur apologies to the elves, some more annoyed than others. "Brendan Doherty, Ruby Miller, and that's Grace Smith. She wants an elephant."

"What are you doing here, Arthur?" An elf asks.

"Well, I've got to get this letter from Maria Costa down to Steve." Arthur pulls out the letter and shows it to the elves crowded around him. Unfortunately, the letter slips from his hand and flies off the skywalk.

"Whoops. Bye-bye, Maria." An elf commented.

The moment he said that though, a square shaped walkway is carried up along the truss on the dome and comes in front of where Arthur is. As it came up, six elves were shown standing on the walkway pad, the one in front had the letter in his hand.

"Is this yours, Arthur?" The elf asked.

"Oh, thanks, Kenneth." Arthur sighed in relief. He takes the letter and stands aside as elves to get off and get on the pad. "Merry Christmas."

"Do you want a ride Arthur?" One elf asked, which was followed by laughter from the others.

"Doubt it." Another elf muttered.

"No, thanks." Arthur assured, moving backwards towards an elf size flight of stairs. "I'm not very good with heights, and speed, and–"

Arthur jumps as the pad takes off.

"Aghh, that thing!" He shouts with fear."

"Jeez, what a clutz." Monoma said.

"Hey, don't be so mean." Uraraka said. "At least he cares."

"The elves don't seem to see it that way, you hear how they're laughing at him." Tokoyami said.

"Guess they think he's a joke." Dark Shadow said, appearing out of Tokoyami's stomach.

Midoriya couldn't help but empathize with Arthur. After all, he knew a thing or two about being laughed at and being thought of as a joke.

"Why is he coming to show Steve the letters now though the elves have already left?" Shoda asked.

"Maybe their letters for next year." Sero guessed.

"But then shouldn't he be showing them to Santa, he's the one on the sled after all?" Hagakure asked.

"From what we've seen, it doesn't seem to be that simple." Nezu said, sipping hot cocoa. "His son Steve seems to be in charge of practically all operations while his father is just following along. It would appear that the man is lost in his role and just does as he's told."

"If that's the case, then the father will be fine when he retires." Recovery Girl said. "He'll have a capable and responsible young man like Steve delivering the presents for him. Also, his body will be healthier since being overworked and stressed at his age wouldn't be good for him. Steve will lighten the burden even more than now."

00:09:40-00:10:00

"Buckle down, people." Steve told the elves on the ground floor. He was walking past them with his arm held out.

"Buckle down." The elf following him copied. He not only copied the words, he also copied Steve's body language and gestures.

"Peter." Steve addressed the elf.

"Ready sir." Peter said, with excitement.

"SITREP on Special Forces, where are they?"

"America, sir. White House, sir." Peter moved towards an elf at their station and made them pull up the footage of the Special Forces. "Delivering to the president's children, sir."

"Okay team." Steve told the elves on the screen, who listened through their comms. "Left out of the Oval Office, right at the Cabinet Room, second floor via the air vents."

"You think of everything, sir." Peter told Steve, who followed him as he walked away.

"Thank you Peter. I'd love an espresso."

"Coming right up. Heh, heh." Peter turns around and does as he's told with glee.

"I'm sorry, did I just hear that right?" Tsukauchi asked in shock. "They broke into the White House?! THE White House, one of the most armed and protected places in the whole world? And they did it, just like that?"

"I mean, if they can break into houses, apartment buildings, and hospitals, then it's safe to say they can do it in secured places as well." Makoto answered her brother. Even though she didn't show it, she was just as surprised by this as he was. These elves were experts at espionage, it made her wonder how they'd fare against security in their world.

"I must admit, I'm starting to get jealous of these elves." Compress commented. It was obvious why, breaking into high profile places like the White House was on his bucket list. He could only imagine all the valuables he'd find if he were successful in that endeavor. Hearing that these tiny Christmas beings beat him to it made him very envious.

"Oh please, these midgets have nothing on us. We could wipe them out in an instant." Shigaraki said. Sure these elves were sneaky, but there's only so much you can do with that. He was not impressed.

"This is actually a little worrying." Snipe said. "If these little guys existed in our world, what if they decided to break into U.A.. Would any of our security measures be effective against them?"

Nezu wanted to say yes, but in all honesty, he wasn't sure. He thought about the extra security he had on standby in case the time came. A part of him was interested in how the elves would get past any of it, but another was worried that if they could then maybe he wasn't as prepared as he thought.

00:10:00-00:10:21

Right as Peter left, Steve's attention was drawn by someone making a commotion in the upper levels of the stations on the ice. He sighs and shakes his head in annoyance, due to knowing who it was. It was none other than Arthur, coming from where he was earlier.

"Oops, beg your pardon. Well done!" Arthur tells all the elves he passes. "Merry Christmas."

As he passes them, he ends up disrupting their work by invading their private spaces and bumping into them.

"Wow, brilliant." Arthur said, staring at another elf's screen. He moves pass them, but not before knocking into the elf's side a little.

"Ow, mind the glasses." The elf said in annoyance.

"Keep up everyone." Arthur cheered. That same elf looked flabbergasted, glassed crooked from Arthur's actions. Arthur approaches a new elf sitting at their station.

"Sorry, can I just…?" Arthur was at a loss of words. The elf he wanted to pass was an overweight elf leaving against his chair, which put his back against the wall. This made it much more difficult for Arthur since he didn't know how to get by.

"No nevermind." Arthur assures him. He exercises a new idea by stepping on the desks and walking down the iceberg. This only caused more disruption and annoyance towards the elves because Arthur ends up stepping on the keyboards and files on their desks. Despite apologizing, it does very little to improve the elves mood's.

"Arthur needs to be more mindful of his surroundings." Iida said, arm chopping. "He is clearly causing problems for the stationary elves who are hard at work. His clumsy nature is causing a problem for them."

"Plus, there's a door and stairs in the middle of all those workers." Kendo added. "He could've taken those to get to Steve."

"Instead, we're about to watch him go SPLAT on the icy floor." Fukidashi said.

"Hey now, you don't know that." Nejire said. "Just because someone stumbles, doesn't mean they'll trip. He might be fine."

"Nejire is right, we shouldn't assume the worst." Mirio agreed.

00:10:21-00:11:00

As Arthur was stalking down, Steve walked by one of the lobby's in the control room.

"What a night sir." Peter said. "Out with the old Santa, in with the new, eh?

"Well, let's focus on the now, eh, Peter?" Steve told him. He then points to another area of the room.

"Support teams prep Poland." Steve announced, speaking through the comms.

"Poland." The computer announced. Arthur perks up when he hears this.

"Poland. Do you know what they call Dad here?" Arthur asked the elves. They all turned from their computers and looked at Arthur, who was still standing on top of a workstation. Everything became silent as they waited to hear the answer.

Arthur speaks in Polish with excitement. He looked at all the elves and expected them to share his enthusiasm, but they held no reaction. This didn't bother Arthur though.

"Anyway." Arthur continues to walk down using the stations as walking platforms. He is still causing problems for the elves though, one of which is when he finally steps off the desks and gets behind an elf's chair. He runs along the row of chairs and in his sprinting, all the elves fall out of their seats.

"I'm terribly sorry, is that your leg?" Arthur asks, grabbing one elf by the leg. He pulls the elf out of the dog pile of fallen elves. In doing so, he falls on his but and slides down the flight of stairs and loses a couple of his letters. When he finally stopped in the lobby, he was sitting in front of Steve.

"I'm really sorry Steve." Arthur said. "It's my Christmas slippers on the ice."

Arthur holds up his feet to show the slippers to Steve. They were reindeer slippers with electronic eyes that flashes different colors. They were both playing an electronic instrumental version of "Silent Night".

"They're from China." He told Steve.

At this point, the entire audience was embarrassed for or annoyed by Arthur. They were surprised by how one ordinary man could cause such a disaster, despite how clumsy he obviously is.

"What were you two saying about not assuming the worst?" Amajiki asked, sarcastically.

"Well, it could've been worse." Mirio said, trying to defend Arthur.

"Yeah, instead of going SPLAT, he went WHOOSH!" Fukidashi said.

"Dude, you're not helping right now." Tetsutetsu told his classmate.

"I'm starting to think there's another good reason for putting Arthur into the mailroom." Vlad said.

"If you're having the same idea as me, then yeah there probably is." Aizawa said.

"Those slippers are kind of cool though, I should try and find a pair when we go home for Christmas." Koda said with a smile.

00:11:00-00:11:30

"Found it." Arthur holds up the letter to Steve.

"What?" Steve asked, in the opposite mood as Arthur.

"The letter, you know. The one I said." Arthur gets up and stands in front of Steve. "From Maria Costa. She asked for a Pocket-Puppy, but she really wants the blue one cause it looks like her auntie's dog, Biffo, that ran away. I remember because she sent a picture of Biffo. See?"

Arthur showed Steve the letter, the latter who still looked uncomfortable with Arthur around. He only had a few seconds to look at the letter until Peter snatched it and moved to a workstation computer.

"Child CG786K?" Peter read aloud, searching for the information in the computer. "This was Greece, sir. Five countries ago, sir."

"Oh, um…" For once, Arthur was at a loss for words. Steve just shakes his head and walks away. "I just want it to be perfect for every kid."

Arthur looks up to one of the bigger screens on the wall and sees Santa.

"Hey, there's Dad." Arthur moves closer to the monitor, dropping all the letters in the process. Some of the elves get up from their stations and help Arthur pick up the letters. "Santa! Maria Costa, dad. Did she get the blue one?!"

"Awww, he's so adorable." Komori gushed. "Look at how much effort he puts into helping out everyone."

"You mean when he knocked all those elves on their asses, or when he kept dropping the letters." Bakugo said, unimpressed by this lame guy.

Despite this, others disagreed with the blonde bomber. Even though he was a klutz, many smiled at how much Christmas spirit Arthur had. Many of the students would've loved to have him at their Christmas parties.

"I have a question." Everyone turned to All Might. "Why did they refer to this Maria Costa with that title? What was it, GF or CG something?"

"Child CG786K." Nezu said. "It must be how they organize the children into their computer. Seeing as they have to deliver to children around the world, it's similar to mail and shipping companies when they deliver packages. It keeps their files on record while searching for past activities to save on their servers."

"But isn't it a little insensitive?" Fuyumi asked. "Why not just use their names and organize by last name."

"Some people have the same first and last names." Makoto said. "It's not insensitive if it helps them with their work. Everyone just has a different way of organizing things."

00:11:30-00:12:05

"Little bro, it's great having you around." Steve said awkwardly. He placed his hands on Arthur's shoulders to help him so while the elves were picking up the letters, Steve moved Arthur away so they could have a talk face to face.

"You bring a genuine aura of seasonal positivity." Steve fake smiled at Arthur, who didn't pick up on it.

"Heh, thanks, Steve."

"But, could you not be in Mission Control? At all, for the rest of the night?"

Arthur finally picked up on what Steve was implying, he now shared the same awkward expression as Steve.

"Oh, um…, yeah." Arthur looks back from where he came from and sees elves on and by the staircase being helped up. Apparently, they still haven't recovered from Arthur's sudden interruption earlier. "Of course."

Arthur started walking backwards and all the elves stopped what they were doing to watch him leave.

"Right, sorry if I uh…" Arthur stops mid sentence, taking the letters that he dropped from an elf. He makes his way down a new flight of stairs and towards a door. "Brilliant."

"They should put him somewhere out of harm's way." One elf said to another, loud enough for even Arthur to hear.

"What, like the South Pole?" Another elf jokes, causing a few elves to laugh along with them.

"Hey, there's no need to be mean." Toga said, surprising a few people. Toga herself was surprised, but she just didn't like people being made fun of for things they can't control. Even though it wasn't the same, Arthur was just doing the best he could with what he had, the same way she was with her bloodlust.

"At least his brother isn't so mean about it." Fuyumi said. She would've never made fun of her brothers for being clumsy like this.

"As hard as it is to say, it's probably a good thing if Arthur isn't there bothering them." Shishida said. "After all, he almost hurt those elves on the way down. Who knows what will happen if he stuck around.

00:12:05-00:12:32

Suddenly, an alarm goes off and all the screens show either the face of a child or a pair of eyes with the word WAKER on top.

"Waker!" An elf said in panic, Steve leaning against the rails. "We have a waker!"

Steve's attention was on the monitor that showed the earlier information about Santa, which was now entirely red due to the alarm.

"And Santa's in there!" The elf finished.

Arthur gasped at this, wanting to take a step forward but the doors closed in front of him. All the other elves reacted the same way as Arthur throughout the control room.

"Code red." The computer announced. "Repeat: code red."

The entire focus shifted to the big screen where the kid was present, sitting up on his bed. It was being shown through a field elf's night vision glasses. The elves in the room quietly hid in their own spots. One hid behind a curtain and shut off a night light, one hid in a pile of stuffed animals and placed one on his head, there was even one who was standing on the wall, hanging onto the dangling cutouts on the ceiling.

"Santa? Are you here?" The boy said in a foreign accent.

Hiding behind the front of the bed was Santa, whose head was resting on a wrapped present.

"Oh, this is bad! Sucks to be Santa!" Twice said.

"Hey, he can get out of this." Ashido defended. "He's Santa after all."

"You mean the same Santa that couldn't remember a PIN code? The same Santa who couldn't walk down a ladder by himself? The same Santa that fell asleep on the job? That Santa?" Shigaraki asked sarcastically.

This got the defensive ones silent and more worried. As much as they hate to admit it, the villain was right. This Santa didn't seem like he was capable of handling high stress situations like this. Fortunately, there was someone in the audience who had experience in this.

"Yo, Erasure." Present Mic turned to his friend. "This is your area, what's the call here?"

Aizawa looked at the screen with concentration, not saying a word. After about a few minutes of thinking, he finally spoke.

"Since the kid's facing the same direction as where Santa is hiding, my first idea would be to have one of the elves blind him so the others can escape. Possibly the one on the ceiling, but it would be tricky since anything too drastic could alert the parents. Also, whatever they try might not give all of them enough time to escape so they'd have to be fast."

"Why not just let the kid see them?" Bakugo asked like it was obvious. "It's not like anyone's going to believe he actually saw Santa and his elves."

"Don't you think that's too risky?" Asui asked. "That would mean talking the boy down and what if the parents heard voices from his bedroom. Even if they didn't believe he was the real Santa, the elves are another story."

"Frog girl's right." Hawks pitched in. "For a lot of people, keeping a secret is just as important as life and death situations. Since this whole operation revolves around discrepancy, they're going to stick to it."

"Do you have any idea on how they can escape Hawks?" Tokoyami asked.

"A couple, if it were me I'd try using my feathers. But let's see what Steve has in mind."

00:12:32-00:13:11

One of the elves quietly crawled towards Santa, making sure that the boy didn't see him. When he finally reached Santa, he pulled out his device and showed Santa the screen. It said "WHAT SHOULD WE DO SIR?".

Santa doesn't say anything, either in fear of getting caught or just trying to think it was still unknown. This action caused the present to make a cow noise, which was stopped when Santa rested his head against the gift again.

"Steve." Whispered Santa.

"Hold on Father." Steve walked down the stairs and pointed at a random elf at their station. "Intel, get me intel!"

"Santa's head seems to be resting on some sort of "TRY ME" button, sir." Peter said by the Santa screen, now labeled as SANTA-1. All the other elves in the room gasped.

"It's the Quack Quack Moo Activity Farm, sir." Another elf said, pulling the information up on the big screen. "It features twelve separate animal sounds and sings "Old MacDonald Had A Farm.""

"The moment your father lifts his head, there'll be ten seconds of constant mooing." Peter said.

"Risk of mooing: 98%." The computer announced.

"Captain Marino," Steve told the elf next to Santa. "You're going to have to take the batteries out."

"But he'd have to get past the wrapping, the box, and fourteen twist ties anchoring it to the cardboard." The second elf from before said. She pulled the images of each on the big screen.

"It's too noisy." One elf said.

"It'll wake the boy!" Another elf said, panicked. "He'll see Santa!"

"Well, this just became more complicated." Nezu said. "Even if the boy doesn't see Santa or the elves, the noise will definitely alert the boy and his parents that there's an intruder."

"So they have to avoid being seen, prevent the toy from making noise, take the batteries out of a wrapped gift without making noise, and escape long enough not to be seen." Midoriya said, jotting down all this in his notebook. "This is going to take some serious coordination and teamwork."

"But even if they turn off the toy, how are they going to escape?" Shoji asked.

"Maybe they can wait for the kid to fall asleep. You know, let him think he was seeing things and then realize it wasn't Santa. Then he goes back to sleep and they escape." Pony suggested.

"Yeah, but who knows how long that'll take." Monoma shrugged. "If I were a kid, and I thought I saw Santa, I don't think I could ever fall back to sleep."

"Hopefully Steve's plan can work." Kendo said.

00:13:11-00:13:25

"Remember 1816." A Scottish voice cut through the room. Everyone looked and saw it was an elf dressed in old fashioned Scottish clothes. "When Santa was seen, they tracked him home. He had to go into hiding, no Christmas for six years. The elves all alone!"

"The elves alone." One elf whimpered. After the Scottish elf made his statement, the other elves were definitely not taking the news well. A couple of elves were now in fetal positions.

"Six years without Christmas?!" Ragdoll gasped. "That's terrible."

"Well, it's no wonder they're so serious about staying secret. Who knows what could happen if that occurs again." Natsuo said.

"It'd be much worse than 1816 I'm afraid." Vlad King said. "If this takes place in the 21st century, which I'm sure it does, then there are factors to consider. The population growth from 1816 to today, the gift request, and how kids will describe it on social media."

"He's right." Midnight said. "With Santa gone, a lot more kids around the world will be saddened and disappointed since they didn't get anything.

Everyone looked back at the screen, hoping Steve could deal with this.

00:13:25-00:13:46

"Calm, people." Steve said, getting their attention. "It's not 1816 now."

Steve put a hand to his comm.

"Marino, your HOHO is equipped with state of the art EMF sensor technology hacked directly from the military's missile program." Steve leaned into the screen showing Santa and Marino, from a guardrail.

"I want you to locate the batteries, and perform a level three giftwrap incision. Go in through the robin."

Marino grabbed his camera, used his HOHO to scan one of the robins on the present, and took out a small knife and tweezers to cut out the Robin.

"Incising Robin." The computer announced.

"Quite conveniently the batteries were on the robin facing the elf, am i right?" Gentle said.

Nobody answered him. Like the elves, the audience was leaning in anticipation to see what would happen next.

00:13:46-00:14:04

The footage of the elf making the incision to take out the batteries was being broadcasted not only at mission control, but in the S-1 as well. All the elves in the S-1 stopped what they were doing to watch the screens. Each of them glued in as the elf slowly used his tools to take out the batteries. One elf by the conveyor belts was watching from his seat, hot cocoa in his hand.

The scene cuts to a room with an old tv showing what was happening with Santa and the elf. Sitting in an armchair watching was a frail, elderly man with a no mustache beard wearing red pants, slippers, suspenders, and a button up shirt. Lying next to his chair was an elderly reindeer with only one antler and a cone around his head, playing with a red ball.

"Big girls blouse, lot of fuss." The old man said, he leaned towards the door on his left. "I did my seventy missions without any of this malarkey."

The old man looked down at the reindeer.

"Didn't we, lad? Ha, ha." The old man asked the reindeer, who just grunted.

"Hey that "malarkey" is probably way better than whatever you used, you old bastard." Hatsume said, glaring at the old man.

"Who is that anyway?" Ectoplasm asked. "I'm guessing he's the Santa that came before the current one."

"Indeed." Ozzy said, wearing a Santa hat that had the horn sticking out of it. "That is Santa's father, whom the family simply calls Grandsanta. He's currently retired along with that strong old reindeer by his side."

"Grandsanta, huh." Midnight muttered, putting a finger to her chin. "Has a nice ring to it, I like it."

"Seriously Midnight sensei?" Jrio asked. "He's not even a hero."

"I can't help it, I like being in charge of naming things."

"Pony!" Eri said excitedly.

"Actually Eri, that's a reindeer." Mirio said. "But you were pretty close."

"Not really, reindeer and ponies aren't directly related to each other, so–" Koda stopped when Midoriya interrupted him.

"Koda, maybe we should talk about this another time." Midoriya gave Koda a nervous smile.

Koda stopped himself, realizing what Midoriya meant by what he said and nodded. Before turning back to the screen, he looked at Eri and she seemed to have forgotten about what Koda had said, at least for a moment.

00:14:04-00:14:23

Suddenly, the other door in the room opened and Arthur stepped in, almost slipping.

"Twist ties clear." The computer said on tv.

"Can I watch with you, Grandsanta?"

"Shut the door!" Grandsanta complained, hugging himself. "Hell's berries, it's the North Pole!"

Arthur shuts the door behind him and takes a seat next to Grandsanta on the floor.

"Is the kid still asleep? He mustn't see Santa." Arthur said enthusiastically. He held his knees up and leaned into the tv. "Dad would rather die than spoil it."

"What if you wake the old nipper? A whack on the head with a sock of sand and a dab of whiskey on the lips, they don't remember in the morning." Grandsanta laughed.

While Grandsanta found it funny, Arthur looked unsettled. He doesn't answer his grandfather and looks back at the tv.

"Wait what?!" Mandalay asked, freaked out. "Is he actually admitting to dealing with wakers by blunt force trauma and alcohol?!"

"Hey if it works, it works." Dabi shrugged.

"No, not at all." Asui joined in. "It's one thing to do this on an adult, but to do this on a child. That is way too cruel."

Asui thought about her own younger siblings. She knew Santa wasn't real but if he or anyone else tried this with them, there would definitely be hell to pay.

00:14:23-00:14:50

Arthur gasped when he saw what was happening next on tv. An elf cartwheeled into the room and handed the other elf a screwdriver. The bottom of the screen displayed "/!\ SCREWDRIVER ELF /!\".

"Screwdriver elf." The computer announced.

"Yes!" Arthur cheered, fists pumped and laughing.

"What happened to going down the chimbley?" Grandsanta asked. "Never did me any har–"

Grandsanta couldn't finish his sentence because he started coughing. Then the elderly reindeer leaps onto Grandsanta and starts licking him.

"Get off me! You smell like a wet elf." Grandsanta told the reindeer. Arthur tried to help Grandsanta get the deer off, but someone beat him to it.

"Goodness, down boy. Basket?" An elderly woman told the reindeer coming out the other door and carrying a tray. This woman was plump, wearing all green clothing, pearls, and had an old fashioned hairstyle. What she said got the reindeer off and back on his bed.

"Here you are Grandsanta. I've made you a nice mince pie." She told him, setting the tray in front of him.

"I can't eat that, it gets in me teeth." He told her, showing his teeth to her.

"Oh dear." She exits towards the door she came from. "Now I've just got to visit the elf hospital, look over a treaty with Greenland and make the gravy. Then we'll finally have the whole family home for Christmas."

"Damn, that's impressive." Natsuo said, blown away.

"No kidding." Fuyumi said with admiration. "She cooks, she's good with animals, she negotiates with another nation, and visits injured elves. She's like a super mom."

"Well, she's their super mom." Ozzy told them. "That woman is none other than Margaret Claus, Santa Claus's wife."

"Does she do stuff like this all the time?" Tokage asked, taking an interest in the elderly badass woman.

Ozzy just shrugged as if he just answered.

00:14:50-00:15:03

Once Margaret left the room, Grandsanta took out his teeth and started eating the mince pie. Meanwhile, Arthur was now standing up and not taking his eyes off the tv.

"They're nearly done!" Arthur said excitedly.

"Battery clear." The computer announced. The screen showed the elf with the battery held by tweezers in his hands. The bottom of the screen displayed "/!\ BATTERY CLEAR /!\". Santa took this as his cue to lift his head off the present. However, their celebration was cut short when the screen started beeping and a hatch opened inside the wrapped gift.

"Oh no." Arthur said with worry.

Back in mission control, all the elves gasped at what was happening.

"It's the detachable milk maid!" One elf said.

"She's got her own power source!" A second elf said.

"They've got five seconds till she starts singing!" A third elf panicked. The screen showed the milk maid finally out of the gift on display and started turning to signal the countdown.

"Not good, the kid's going to see Santa!" Tetsutetsu exclaimed.

The others watched with worry and anticipation to see what came next. Hopefully, Steve can get his father and the elves out of this jam.

00:15:03-00:15:27

"Four!" An elf countdown, his voice going over the intercoms.

Back on the S-1, an elf was watching the scene from his work station by the conveyor belts with a cup of hot cocoa in his hand. He was so distracted by what was going on that he didn't pay attention to where he placed his mug. The mug was placed on a button, and by pushing down on this button, one of the swipe arms ended up pushing a gift wrapped bicycle off the conveyor belt and onto the ground. None of the other elves noticed this.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"Use your HOHO." Steve said, pointing at the screen. "Exit code twelve. Code twelve!"

Just as he said that, all the elves moved away from Santa and got into position. Then the gift started to moo.

"Old McDonald had a farm–" The toy singing was cut off by the elves. One elf used his HOHO to play the sound of a car passing by and honking "LA CUCARACHA". This woke up the boy again, but he was suddenly blinded by another elf flashing two flashlights in his eyes, making it look like car headlights. This distraction allowed Santa to get up and rush towards the window, the elf behind him rewrapping the gift. Santa tried to leave, but he was stuck in the window frame. With a big shove from the elves, he manages to get out and the elves follow behind him. The last one out closes the window.

Inside mission control, everyone sighs in relief of their success.

Over half the audience cheered for the job well done by everyone.

"That was amazing, and creative." Midoriya said. "By using that passing car approach, the kid wasn't able to see Santa and even awake, there'd be a reasonable explanation as to what woke him up!"

"It was indeed a simple and effective plan." Iida nodded. "Not to mention, the elves played their individual roles perfectly! The sound, the lights, and the quick escape all complemented each other in synchronicity."

"Let this be a lesson for you students." All Might said. "When working as a team, it's important to have a specific role in mind and how that role can impact the overall team. Even the smallest part can make the biggest difference."

"Yes sir." The U.A. students all answered at once.

"Hold on a second, what about that bike?" Shoda asked, concerned. "Are they just going to leave it there?"

"I'm sure one of the elves will notice it." Rin said. "All those workers running around and machines working, at least one of them is bound to find that bike."

00:15:27-00:15:54

"Okay. Go, go, go." Steve rushed everyone right after they caught their breath. The elves got back to work and were now working at a faster pace.

"Revise drop time to 14.13 seconds. Let's pick this up, people!"

"Drop time revised." The computer said as the S-1 zoomed off from a city. "Picking this up, people."

Things inside the S-1 became more hectic as the elves rushed to finish the final portion of the job. While all of this was going on, the wrapped bicycle was left alone and untouched by the elves.

From mission control, everyone watched the big monitor as the countdown finally reached to about a hundred. When the countdown was at four, that's when the whole room chanted.

"Three, two, one!" The last gift was left under the tree by Santa and the countdown was all green zeros. "Mission accomplished."

All the elves cheered and jumped with joy. Even Arthur cheered from Grandsanta's room, the latter who was napping in his chair. This lowered Arthur's enthusiasm, so he just sat and watched the tv.

"Yay, everyone is getting Christmas presents!" Eri said excitedly. This caused many in the audience to aww in her cuteness, even a few villains found it adorable.

"And they did it with skill, teamwork, stealth, and adaptability." Tiger said. "Perhaps we should do this with the next students who come to our summer training camp."

"I'm not really one for stealth, but the other things I don't mind teaching." Pixie-Bob said. "It would help the students directly overcome any quirk weaknesses."

"Before you get into that, I have one question." Amajiki spoke. "Since the countdown did reach zero, does that mean they were able to deliver the bike?"

"They must've yo!" Present Mic. "A missing toy would've been in their system if they hadn't."

"Mic's right." Snipe pitched in. "The computer said so earlier that their system is 100% perfect, it would've told them a drop wasn't complete.

00:15:54-00:16:17

The cheering and celebration was shown throughout mission control. The elves started passing out candy canes and every screen in the room was green and displayed "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" at the center.

"Oh, what a night that was." An elf passing out candy canes said.

"That detachable milk maid thing." Another elf commented.

"This is just the beginning, right, sir?" Peter asked. He followed Steve down the stairs and into the lobby of mission control.

"I got you a present, sir." Peter hands Steve a gift with a shy expression. Steve smiles and takes the present. "Not S for Steve, sir. S for Santa."

Steve held his gift by the end with both hands, it was safe to say he felt awkward about it. His gift was a pair of white Christmas underwear with trees and the letter S all over it. The top part was labeled "I BELIEVE" in red.

"Oh, I don't know about that, Peter."

The audience reactions were once again mixed. Some found it funny, some were just as weirded out as Steve, while others thought it was a nice gift.

"Jeez, what a kiss-ass." Mineta muttered.

"You're telling me." Kaminari said, trying not to laugh.

"Is it normal for a grown man to give another man underwear?" Kodai asked.

"No!" Many of the male audience members said at once.

"I mean, it's the thought that counts though." Thirteen defended. "After all, even the ones who are hard at work deserve a little compensation."

"Like how pros get money for doing hero work when the job itself should be the reward?" Spinner questioned in a hostile tone.

"Yes they should get paid." Vlad defended. "After all, it's only human nature to want to gain something out of doing something good, villain."

Some of the villains were getting pissed off at Vlad, but Spinner just glared and remained calm.

"Well, then I guess I'm glad Steve isn't asking for much out of all of this."

Vlad and Spinner just glared at each other, then broke the tension by facing the screen.

00:16:17-00:16:43

"Okay, let's bring them home." Steve announced, his voice echoing throughout mission control.

The scene cuts to the S-1 hovering above the ocean. When it reached the icebergs, it stopped in an open lake surrounded by small icebergs, a seal was barking in the background. It then moved down until it was underwater. A new description appeared at the bottom left corner of the screen.

CHRISTMAS DAY, 4:19 AM NORTH POLE

Once the S-1 was deep enough, it moved through a tunnel dug through the ice. It then resurfaced in an ice made chamber big enough to fit the entire ship. There were trusses with lights all directed to the S-1. To the side were a crowd of elves waiting to greet those inside.

"THAT BABY CAN GO UNDERWATER!?" Hatsume shouted, which freaked out a few others. "You know what, f*ck the Helicarrier, this baby is way better and faster. Whoever is my secret Santa, I'm letting you know now I either want this ship or something that'll help me build it. I don't care about anything else right now."

Said secret Santa went from being scared of Hatsume's outburst to now annoyed. She was starting to wonder if she should drop out of this secret Santa thing. As much as she liked her experience points, maybe not getting this crazy inventor girl a present would teach her some humility.

00:16:43-00:17:15

The side entrance to the S-1 opened up and everyone cheered for all the elves that stepped out of it. Arthur was watching his step as he tried to get closer through the crowd of elves that were colliding with the elves from the S-1.

"CCTV in every room!" One elf told another. "Had to go under the floor!"

"Sarah." Another elf said, kissing a female elf.

"Stand back, holly injury coming through!" Another elf shouted. He took the front of two elves that were carrying another elf on a stretcher. That elf gave a weak thumbs up.

When Arthur stopped in his tracks, he looked up at the S-1 with admiration. Unexpectedly, steam came out from the side where Arthur was standing, making him yelp and back up.

"Hey, fancy a trip on the S-1, Arthur?" One of the closest elf's asked him. "It only goes 150,000 miles an hour."

"No, no, thanks." Arthur told them. Behind him was an elf driving a zamboni, heading straight in Arthur's direction. He wasn't paying attention, even as it got closer. "I see a bit of the world in my office, you know. Some of the stamps I get are amazing."

Arthur couldn't continue because the elf behind him honked their horn and that's when Arthur finally noticed the zamboni. He jumps out of the way and some of the elves start laughing.

"Excuse me." The elf said, passing Arthur.

"150,000 MILES PER HOUR, THAT'S THE FASTEST BABY IN THE WORLD!" Hatsume jumped out of her seat, drooling like crazy. "NOT EVEN ALL MIGHT WAS THAT FAST! I MUST GET THE BLUEPRINTS FOR THAT AND I MUST GET THEM NOW!"

Even though she was screaming like crazy this time, there were some that were actually in a similar state as her, just not as loud. The smart members of the audience were blown away by the speed of that giant sled. Even All For One took an interest in this, which was saying something since he was content to sleep through this movie.

"Well, what did you expect?" Maharo said, her reaction was the opposite of Hatsume. "It's supposed to go around the world in one night, of course it'd be that fast."

"We are aware of that." Nezu told the girl. "Still, we can't help but admire the capabilities of this aircraft. If the heroes had something like this in our world, we'd be able to encounter and capture villains far easier than usual and report to disaster sites to save many more bystanders."

Those on the heroes side smiled at this, it would be nice to have this kind of support. However, one of the villains decided to rain on their parade.

"That may be true, but there are other ways this ship could be applied." Kurogiri countered. "If it were in the hands of villains, we'd be able to escape from heroes easily and overpower them if we were attacked by a group."

"Indeed, such technology would benefit the likes of myself." All For One grinned.

The hero side became wary because the villains were right, this ship could do just as much harm as good. Melissa and Power Loader especially thought more cautiously, they knew they had to be more careful if they wanted to pursue this. The only problem was obviously Hatsume. They both saw that the pink haired girl paid no attention to the conversation and stared slack jawed and drooling at the screen. Guess they had to talk about it with her later.

00:17:15-00:17:52

"SANTA!" The elves all cheered.

Arthur looked and saw it himself, Santa walking down the runway from the S-1, waving at all the cheering elves in front of him.

"Dad!" Arthur yelled, but Santa couldn't hear him over the crowd. Arthur walked forward, careful not to trip on any of the elves, though it took him a little long. "I'm sorry. So sorry. Dad!"

Santa still couldn't hear him, nor did he pay attention and turn in the direction Arthur was walking. He just kept waving and walking down the red carpet on the runway. Down below, his wife Margaret was waiting and waving at him. The elves jumped to the wrong conclusion though.

"Santa's waving!" One elf said.

"He's waving at me!" Another elf said. A couple more kept saying the same thing since they were standing so close to Mrs. Claus.

Arthur finally made it close enough so that Santa could see and hear him.

"Dad!" Arthur greeted, happy to see him.

"Arthur!" Santa said, equally as happy.

"Happy Christmas."

"You too."

"You were fantastic!" Arthur chuckled, then pulled up his leg to show off the slipper. "Look, Christmas slippers."

"Ha, well done. Yes." Santa smiled at him.

"Father?" Steve's voice got Santa's attention. He turned to see his eldest son approaching.

"Ah, there he is. Steve!" Santa greets Steve by shaking his hand with pride.

Arthur looks disappointed for a minute, but quickly recovers by joining in with the cheering.

"Awkward." Fukidashi sang.

"Yeah, looks like someone is the odd one out." Natsuo said, already relating to Arthur. His father may not have hurt him like Shoto and mom, but ignoring him and Fuyumi felt just as heartbreaking.

"Well at least he's happy for his father." Ojiro added. "So it must not be all that bad."

00:17:52-00:18:12

The elves were now gathered in front of Santa, who was standing in front of a microphone on a stand.

"Mission accomplished!" Santa cheered, arms held out. The other elves cheered as well and clapped for Santa on stage with Arthur, Margaret, Steve, and Grandsanta. Above them was a banner that said "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED", above that was a net holding red, green, and white balloons, and behind them was blue drape with "IN SANTA WE BELIEVE" on it.

"Tonight we delivered two billion presents! On this, my 70th mission!" The cheering continued, Arthur and Margaret clapped along with the elves, Steve pulled out some cards from his jumper, and Grandsanta was napping in a rocking chair.

Off the stage, Peter was crouched to the side with a radio in his hand.

"Stand by." He spoke into it.

Turns out, he was speaking to the elf that was on top of the banner. He was holding a rope that was ready to release the balloons.

"Seventy missions." Tsukauchi whistled with admiration. "That is something right there, that's even longer than the number of years All Might was in service."

"It's also concerning though," Recovery Girl added. "Why would he keep going for so long, he should know he can't do this forever. Especially at his age, he might not be able to handle the stress of it all."

"Maybe it's because he enjoys bringing joy to children." Koda guessed. "After all, heroes choose to keep going because they enjoy making people happy, maybe Santa is the same."

"Well either way, they mentioned something about retirement so it looks like he's known to step down now." Shoji said.

"And Steve will take over." Kodai said quietly.

"Let's just pray that Santa's eldest can spread the good faith of giving to these children the same way his father does." Shiozaki said

00:18:12-00:18:20

Back on the stage Steve taps on his fathers microphone because it begins to send feedback. Santa was caught off guard by this then smiled.

"Oh, thank you." Santa said to Steve. "You know I sometimes think I couldn't do this without you.

Santa chuckled while Steve gave his father a slowly raised eyebrow, not that he noticed.

"Yeah no shit." Kamikiri muttered.

"Just retire already, boy scout already does everything for you." Bakugo said to Santa.

"He really does." La Brava said. She was hoping Steve and Santa could be like her and Gentle, each bringing something of their own to the table. But Santa just didn't seem to bring anything and let Steve do all the work.

00:18:20-00:18:33

"And my splendid Margaret." Santa gestures his arm towards his wife who the elves cheer for. Margaret in return gave her husband a warm smile. "Who stood by me all these years, very ably doing all that, uh…, stuff, that women do when their husbands work. Marvelous

The crowd cheers again and Margaret stares at her husband mid sentence then returns to her normal demeanor.

What Santa said caused some confusion in the audience, and for many female members, annoyance.

"Ugh, what the f*ck is that supposed to mean." Kendo asked, annoyed.

"Does this old man not know what his wife actually does or is he too lazy to ask?" Jiro asked, equally annoyed.

"Maybe he doesn't care and he's a sexist pig." Toga said. She had what seemed like a creepy mixture of happiness and anger all over her face. "In that case, I wouldn't mind teaching him a lesson with a knife, or two."

For once, none of the female audience members disagreed with her. On the other hand, some of the male audience members looked at the girl with fear and worry.

00:18:33-00:18:49

"And, uh, Arthur, yes, doing vital work in maintenance, really vital." Santa said proudly.

"I, um, I work in letters dad." Arthur corrected, upset by it though.

"Letters, of course. I'm so sorry."

"You moved me after I tripped over that plug and melted down the elf barracks."

"I lost everything in that flood." A random elf said out loud, though he couldn't be seen. Everyone else just stared at him.

"Man, it really sucks to be him." Sero said.

"It's no wonder the elves make fun of him." Kuroiro added. "He not only caused problems, but he caused a huge problem for the elves that was severe."

"Then why let him work at all?" Todoroki asked. "Wouldn't the most logical approach be to just fire him?"

"My best guess is that they want him to have a role since this is sort of like a family business." Iida guessed. "Even if Steve's the one that is going to take over as Santa, Arthur has expectations just from the family name. For his family, it's important that he's included."

Iida thought about how important it was for his family to carry on the legacy of Ingenium. Even if he couldn't be as noble a hero as his brother, he will still honor his family and the legacy. Therefore, Iida will give Arthur the benefit of the doubt.

00:18:49-00:19:13

"Yes." Santa moved on. "Now, many years ago, my father told me."

Santa gestured to Grandsanta to finish the sentence, but the old man was still asleep in the rocking chair. So all Santa got was snoring from his father. Santa paused then faced the audience, continuing himself.

"That being Santa is the best job in the world. He was right, I've loved it."

Behind him Arthur and Margaret smiled at Santa's speech while Steve was readying his cards to prepare a speech himself. He was about to take a step forward until Santa finished the end of his speech.

"I can't wait for year seventy one!" That last part literally stopped Steve in his tracks and made him drop the cards. Even though Santa said it with such pride, his family just looked at Santa surprised. They definitely weren't expecting that.

The audience had the same reaction as Santa's family, they too were taken aback by this response.

"Pardon me, but I seem to be lost here." Gentle said, confused. "Was he never planning to retire? It seemed as though he was, given what the elves and Steve had prepared."

"If he wasn't then apparently he never discussed it with anyone." Kurogiri said.

"Why would he keep going though?" Kaibara asked. "It's not like he did much during the seventieth mission. In fact, it kind of looks like he has no idea what he's doing."

"I believe I know now, though it's just a guess." Recovery girl muttered, shaking her head. It wasn't just her though, a couple of the more observant ones in the audience had an idea why he didn't retire when he should.

"What is it?" Sato asked since the nurse didn't continue.

"Like I said, it's just a guess. I want to watch more of the film before I say anything."

00:19:13-00:19:48

The elf crowd was silent for a moment, then erupted in cheers. All of them were in the opposite mood as Santa's family, except for Peter of course. The elf sitting on top of the banner slipped and ended up swinging across the stage by the rope. This caused the net to release the balloons all saying "CONGRATULATIONS STEVE", which was also shown on the drape from green lights on the floor.

"Merry Christmas, everyone." Santa told the elves. On stage, Arthur was jumping with joy and following the same actions as the elves. Margaret was shaken out of her frozen state then smiled and clapped calmly for her husband. Santa caught one of the fallen balloons and handed it to Steve, who was in the worst state. He was too in shock to speak and just took the balloon, staring at it with sadness and a bit of disappointment. Just as Santa left the stage, Grandsanta woke up and Arthur settled down and clapped calmly.

In the crowd, Santa greeted the elves with a smile and the elves started chanting.

"He's red, he's white, he's worked all through the night! Santa!" The elves cheered.

The scene fades to show that time has passed and now the S-1 ice cavern is completely empty. The only elf left was one riding a sweeper to clean the snowy floor.

The scene then cuts to the inside of the S-1 where the gift wrapped bike was still laying on the floor with a bunch of other discarded wrapping paper.

"Oh man, they forgot about the bike!" Tsubaraba said, eyes widened. This actually worried and upset some of the audience.

"Ha, so much for that 100% perfect system huh?" Shigaraki said with a chuckle.

"They left a little girl without a bike!? Guess she can start learning how to drive." Twice said.

"Such shameful actions," Shiozaki scolded. "As those who vowed to bring joy to children, they should've been more aware of something such as a missing present."

"Not the exact words I'd use but you're right, they should have checked for something like this while on the job." Makoto said. "Let's just hope they can resolve this before Christmas is over."

00:19:49-00:20:11

The scene cuts to a reflection shown on a dish of the Claus family having dinner. Everyone except Mrs. Claus was sitting at the table, Santa was nodding off in his seat and Arthur was opening something in his. A new description appeared at the bottom of the screen.

4:43 AM RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS

Arthur was finally able to open one of the Christmas crackers, which dropped out a note. Arthur opens up the note that had a joke written on it.

"What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?" Arthur asked his family excitedly. "Tinselitis."

Arthur laughed and wheezed at the joke even though no one else did, he picked up the end of one Christmas cracker.

"Isn't this the best bit of Christmas?"

Arthur got no response from his family. Steve was on his HOHO, Santa was resting on his arm and falling asleep, and Grandsanta was trying and struggling to chew his food. Luckily, Arthur's mother responded to him.

"It certainly is Arthur, the whole family together." Margaret said, making her way around the table. Arthur placed a red crown on his head made out of paper.

"Haha, that's a pretty funny joke Arthur." Mirio said, chuckling.

"You do know that Arthur didn't come up with that joke right?" Amajiki asked him.

"I know, but it doesn't make it any less funny." Mirio said. After this, he was wondering if he could get those joke Christmas crackers. If not for himself, then maybe for Secret Santa.

00:20:11-00:20:53

"How about a toast, Malcolm?" Margaret asked Santa, now named Malcolm. He woke up from hearing his name just as Margaret was adjusting Grandsanta's bib.

"Oh!Um…" Malcolm raised his glass and toasted. "Well, uh, here's to me doing an even better job next year."

Everyone raised their glasses and talked over each other.

"But you're already perfect, dad." Arthur argued.

"Ha!" Grandsanta scoffed. "That turkey did more than him."

Grandsanta laughed at his own remark. In fact, he laughed so hard that his teeth fell into the gravy, a splash of it hitting Steve's face which diverted his attention from his HOHO. Despite the situation, he remained stoic if not frustrated and simply wiped the small splash of his face.

"You wouldn't understand, father." Malcolm told Grandsanta, who had his teeth put back in by Margaret. "I've rather moved things on since your day. Eh, Steve?"

Steve just raised an eyebrow, not taking his eyes off his HOHO.

"Forget Techno Tommy." Grandsanta made typing gestures. "He's texting on his calculator after another job."

"It's a Handheld Operational and Homing Organizer. The HOHO 3000." Steve explained while deleting multiple messages from Peter. "I'm enacting mission closure."

"Whoopee-doo, aren't you the fancy nancy?" Grandsanta mocked while Margaret placed a bowl in front of him. "Don't matter what you come up with, son. You may be the next in line, but you'll never get to be Santa unless you knock him off."

Steve, Malcolm, and Margaret all stopped what they were doing and froze, eyes widened. The three of them looked at each other, not knowing what to say or do.

"Wow, this old man really knows how to hit them where it hurts." Shinso said.

"Well what does that geezer know anyway." Hatsume said, annoyed. "Whether Steve is Santa or not doesn't change the fact that he has done an awesome Christmas with his equally awesome babies."

"Except when said babies forget to tell him about a gift that wasn't delivered." Honenuki reminded her. This upset a few people as they were wondering how long it would take Steve to find out about that bike.

00:20:53-00:21:06

"Um…" Arthur interrupted, breaking the tension and making everyone look at him. "I've got you all a present. After all the hard work, I wanted everyone to have some Christmas fun."

He reaches down next to him and pulls out something to show his family. It was a box with a game inside called "CHRISTMAS THE BOARD GAME: FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY!", and it obviously had a Christmas image on the front.

"Ta-da!" Arthur still held up the game, expecting a sound or reaction. When he got none, he lowered in order to see their faces. They all just looked unimpressed.

"Yeah, I'm not sure a board game is going to help this situation." Jiro said.

"You never know." Recovery Girl shrugged. "Board games are actually great ways to help relieve stress and anxiety. Though I would probably advise Santa against playing since he's barely able to stay awake. Some much needed rest should suffice."

"On the other hand, Steve is sitting with pride and barely shows any signs of exhaustion." Aoyama spoke.

"Which is actually weird, he did way more than Santa did." Yanagi said. "If anything, he should be more exhausted than Santa at the moment."

"I guess he's just full of energy. A lot of pent up energy." Pixie-Bob said, licking her lips at the hunky authoritative figure. She was already fantasizing what he'd look like in a Santa outfit, without the beard and fatness of course.

Some of the younger kids didn't understand what the Pussycat meant, but those that did scooched away from her and looked uncomfortable. With the exception of Midnight of course.

00:21:06-00:21:22

Back at the S-1, the same elf driving the sweeper was cleaning up inside the ship. A closer look showed that the machine was called the "WRAP CYCLE" and it was sucking up all the loose Christmas wrapping. It wasn't until it tried sucking up the bike but got stuck and stopped. The elf operating it, a female elf with a blonde mohawk, jumped out and went to take a look. She was confused because she wasn't sure what was inside so she reached in and started pulling out. With a grunt, she managed to get the bike out of the machine. When she realized what it was, she gasped.

"Thank the lord that someone finally found the present." Shiozaki said, clasping her hands together. "Now that young child can enjoy the spirit of Christmas and not feel left out."

"Question is, how long is it going to take them to get the gift there? Tokoyami asked.

"Well it shouldn't be that hard, the S-1 travels faster than anything I know of so they should be fine." Power Loader reassured. Even though he said it, he couldn't help but think it wasn't going to be that simple. Even a few pros were having the same dark thoughts.

00:21:22-00:21:37

Back in the recreational quarters, Grandsanta and Steve were fighting over the silver Santa piece. They were pulling at it over the board, trying to get it out of the other's hands.

"I'm Santa!" Grandsanta grunted.

"No, no, I'm Santa. It's ridiculous." Steve said. "You just took the piece out of my hand."

"Well, I am actually Santa so I rather think I should have it." Malcolm calmly snatches the Santa piece from the struggling duo without leaving his seat. Steve and Grandsanta sat back down.

"Yes, you're the nonexecutive figurehead." Steve said, rolling his eyes.

"Exactly, the figurehead." Santa smiled at that title.

"It means a fatty with a beard who fits the suit." Grandsanta pitched in.

The audience laughed at this comment, it described this Santa perfectly. It was also funny that the two who were arguing are now agreeing against the current Santa.

"I'm beginning to like this old man." Dabi said with a snicker.

"It's a shame that the grandfather and grandson are fighting on Christmas though." Shoda said with a sigh.

"Not for them," Shoji said. "Christmas is everyday for these people, they probably fight like this all the time."

"I fight with my old hag all the time, and it doesn't even need to be Christmas." Bakugo said.

Everyone looked at Bakugo confused, but some like Mineta were thinking more perverted and assumed he meant a babe.

"He means his mother." Midoriya answered.

They nodded but were still very confused. What kind of relationship did Bakugo have with his mother?

00:21:37-00:21:53

Arthur was frowning at this argument so he decided to help the three get along.

"The other pieces are good too." Arthur showed them a reindeer and a stocking piece. "Or I can make extra Santa's for everyone."

The trio just stared at Arthur, clearly none of them were on board with his ideas

"Why don't you be the candle, Steve?" Santa suggested, handing Steve the candle piece. "All those bright ideas, eh?"

"Fine, I'm the candle." Steve takes the candle from Santa and places it on the board. "Arthur's the turkey, and you father, are, of course."

Steve gave his father a hardened glare.

"Santa."

"Well, somebody is pissed." Ashido commented.

"What do you expect?" Kamikiri asked, crossing his arms. "Steve literally is in charge of everything and just when he was about to make it official, his dad screwed him over."

"Yeah, what he did was unmanly." Kirishima agreed. "But after the way you described it, it's so much worse than unmanly. It's stabbing someone in the back!"

00:21:53-00:22:09

"Grandsanta, you can be this charming relic." Steve handed Grandsanta a sleigh figure.

"Relic? Relic?" Grandsanta asked, offended. He turned to Arthur. "I did the whole of Christmas in one of these, Arthur."

Grandsanta turned back to Steve and Santa playing the game. In the background, Margaret was leading Grandsanta's reindeer somewhere else.

"Oh, yes. I didn't need a trillion elves in bleepy hats."

"We don't just fly about throwing lead-painted toys down chimneys anymore." Steve answered while reading the rule book.

"Ah, the age-old debate of tradition vs modernization." Nezu said. "It's an argument as old as time where both sides make valid points and are too stubborn to see the perspective from the other."

"But in this case, modernization is better." Power Loader said. "After all, all this technology allows Santa and his elves to spread more joy to children and create teamwork between the elves."

"I'd rather not get into that at the moment. I fear others will express dozens of opinions and we'll be here much longer than necessary."

Power Loader nodded in understanding.

00:22:09-00:22:25

"That space sends you back to Lapland." Steve smirked at Grandsanta, who banged his fist on the table.

"Malcolm, where did you get those?" Margaret said, walking to her seat. She was referring to the small golden Christmas presents from the game all gathered in front of her husband.

"Just moving things along, do I win?" Malcolm asked.

"Cheats, the pair of you!" Grandsanta exclaimed, pointing at Steve and Malcolm.

"Mum, are you ok?" Arthur asked concern, seeing the scratches on his mothers winter coat.

"Polar bear, dear." Margaret told her son, taking her seat. "Attacked me on the ice. Good job I did that online survival course or there'd be one less for turkey."

"Seriously, what could that class have taught her to survive a polar bear?" Mineta asked, stunned.

"Probably not much." Koda said, not as surprised as the rest. "Polar bears hardly ever attack humans. If she were to encounter one, all she'd have to do is make loud noises, stand tall and strong, and not run away. Running will trigger them."

"Still, this woman is kind of a badass." Tokage said, grinning.

00:22:25-00:22:49

"Christmas has gone right down the rodney hole." Grandsanta complained, he got out of his seat and pointed at Steve. "You're a postman with a spaceship."

"My S-1 festivized the world at 1860 times the speed of sound." Steve argued, getting out of his seat.

"Christmas 1941, World War II, I did the whole thing with six reindeer and a drunken elf!" Steve rolled his eyes at this and sat back down, while Malcolm just kept playing.

"I was shot at, Arthur." Grandsanta sat back down and turned to Arthur, putting a hand to his chest. "Took twelve direct hits, lost three reindeer."

"What happened to the elf?" Arthur asked, not noticing Steve's scoff.

"Fell out of the sleigh over Lake Geneva, never saw him again."

"Ok, I'm really beginning to question how competent Grandsanta was back when he was Santa?" Tsukauchi wondered, others finding this story unsettling.

"Letting an elf get drunk before going off in a sled then leaving that elf to fall to his death without returning to assist, even I think that's cold." Compress said, surprised how heartless a Santa can be.

"Those poor reindeer, that's so sad." Eri said, starting to cry. Midoriya and Mirio tried to comfort her."

"What concerns me is the fact that the man received so many gunshot wounds." Recovery Girl said with a mixture of concern and frustration. "How in the world is he still alive?!"

"Not sure, but you got to admit, it's pretty manly of him to fly into the night despite getting shot at." Kirishima said with a grin.

"He likely didn't have a choice, Christmas wasn't very festive during those times." Nezu said with a grim expression.

"Was it really that bad?" All Might asked.

"Unfortunately yes." Midnight said. "I don't know all the specifics but supplies were in short demand and some people had to ration food since they couldn't do much shopping. Also, gifts were homemade and Christmas trees were hard to come by since they used the lumber for the war. The worst of it was obviously in Europe, which ties in to Grandsanta's story. After all, lots of aerial combat from both sides so him getting shot was bound to happen."

The audience took a moment of silence on this, sad that a Christmas like this even existed. Many of them were now glad they never experienced this on the holidays.

00:22:49-00:23:02

"Goodness. Now," Margaret was concerned for a moment then picked up a card from the game. "Christmas crackers. Sing "Silent Night" backwards."

"Who would know tha–'' Santa was cut off when Arthur rang the bell on the board game.

Arthur was able to sing the song backwards which sounded like gibberish to his family. He finished the song with a proud smile and his family weirded out by this. Arthur just took the dice and moved on.

"Now that is awesome!" Fukidashi said.

"Memorizing and singing a song backwards, even I couldn't do that." Jiro was also impressed. Sure, she didn't know when she would need to do something like that, but it's still a big accomplishment. Especially since Arthur did it with the right rhythm and tempo.

00:23:02-00:23:23

"I went on alone." Grandsanta told them, turning back to the conversation at hand. "I could still do it now Arthur. Just give me a go!"

"In a heap of sticks." Steve joked, getting a laugh out of his father and himself. This angered Grandsanta.

"Heap of…? Let me up and at him." Grandsanta reached down for something by his seat, accidentally moving the game. He manages to grab it and hold up a walking stick, shaped like a reindeer's antler. "I'll show you, Robby the Robot!"

Grandsanta gets so worked up that his cane flips over the board game, the pieces flying all over the table.

"Oh dear." Margaret said, surprised.

"I'll have that back." Malcolm muttered, moving the golden Christmas gifts towards him.

"I would have won anyway." Grandsanta said.

Steve suddenly hears his HOHO go off. He looks down at it and is thrown into a panic.

"What?" Steve gasped. Steve got up from his seat and walked out the door. Arthur reaches down under the table to pick up the fallen pieces while Grandsanta stands out of his seat waving his cane.

"Oh yeah, run away now you're losing!" Grandsanta taunted him, even though Steve was already gone.

Arthur's head peaks up from under the table, watching the door closed behind Steve. He had a look of worry on his face.

"I guess the elf was able to alert someone about the missing gift." Ectoplasm said.

"Technically, she alerted an elf superior who alerted Steve but same difference I guess." Cementoss added in.

"Good timing as well." Asui said. "I don't want to imagine the disaster if Grandsanta took it a step further."

"That old geyser was speaking the truth." Bakugo shrugged. "His lazy kid and tight ass grandson had that coming."

"I'll kill whoever laughs at me!" Twice stands up, then waves it off. "Nah, JK, I'd laugh with them."

00:23:23-00:23:54

The scene cuts to the ice hallway from the beginning, showing Steve pushing the double doors open with a determined look on his face. A new description appeared on the bottom left of the screen.

5:10 AM OPERATIONAL AREA

As Steve was walking and checking his HOHO, Arthur was trying to catch up from behind.

"Steve!" Arthur called him, slipping on the ice and trying to catch his footing. He does so by slamming into the double doors behind Steve.

"Steve." Arthur pushed the doors open and they stayed wide open as Arthur clumsily slid to Steve. "Don't be upset, look."

Steve turns away from his HOHO, stopping in his tracks and faces Arthur, who showed him the Santa figure from the game

"You keep this." Arthur catches his breath. "Then you can be Santa next time."

Steve takes the Santa piece and just looks at it with a raised eyebrow.

"That'll be you there, Steve." Steve looks to where Arthur is pointing, it's the empty space on the wall next to his fathers portrait. "Next year, I bet. You'll be great."

Arthur smiles at his brother, thinking it would make him feel better. Instead, Steve still looked stoic and said something different.

"How many times, Arthur?" Steve complained, turning around and walking. "It's the North Pole, shut the doors."

Arthur looked upset, then turned back the way he came. Behind him, he could see that all the doors he opened had stayed opened. He looks back to Steve who was already gone, doors slamming behind him.

"Hey, he was just trying to cheer you up, you jerk." Ahsido said, angrily.

"While I'll admit, reminding him the importance of closing a door was necessary, he could've been calmer about it." Iida said.

"He's probably just under a lot of stress." Vlad defended. "Between his fathers surprise, his argument with Grandsanta, the emergency with the bike, and now Arthur's clumsiness, it's a lot for anyone."

"Which is why I would recommend Steve get some rest and leave the task of delivering the bike to someone else." Recovery Girl said.

"That's a good idea." Todoroki said. "It is just one gift, it should be easy enough to handle."

00:23:54-00:24:14

"I secured the gift, sir." The elf from the WRAP CYCLE told him, giving Steve a salute. "Gift secured!"

Right now her, Steve, and Peter were in the Mission Control room in the lobby, the cleaner elf holding the gift wrapped bike close to her.

"Just can't be." Steve said, confused. "The system is foolproof."

"It has to be an error, sir." Peter tells him, gesturing his thumb to the bike.

"Error?"

"I spotted the ribbon glinting in the shadows, sir." Steve just stared at her. "I am actually trained in wrapping. And I said to myself, "Bryony, the wrapping looks okay. Thank goodness.". But that present should not be lying in the–"

Before she could finish, Steve interrupted her.

"Yes, yes, thank you, soldier." Steve put his arms in front to stop her, not noticing Arthur sliding towards them.

"Jeez, this elf sounds like Hatsume, except with gift wrapping rather than hero support." Power Loader said, taken aback by Bryony.

"I can see that." Midoriya, Uraraka, and Iida thought at the same time. This elf seemed more concerned about the wrapping rather than the gift or the fact that it wasn't delivered. The same way Hatsume is more concerned about her "babies" rather than the heroes or anyone else.

00:24:14-00:24:55

Arthur gasped upon the site in front of him, drawing everyone's attention.

"Has someone got the wrong present?" Arthur asked, running beside Bryony. "That's awful. Whose is it?"

"No one gets the wrong present." Peter said, taking a seat and turning on one of the computers. Arthur walked over and leaned into the screen as Peter started typing. "47785BXK. Gift undelivered?"

"They got nothing?" Arthur asked Peter, who just shrugged even though the screen said "GIFT UNDELIVERED". "A child's been missed!"

"Not necessarily." Steve said.

His words were in vain as the countdown under the big screen was turned on and showed "0000000001". Arthur gasps at this, clutching his head.

"A child's been missed!" Arthur yelled out, throwing his arms out towards the countdown.

"Do you want to wake up the whole North Pole?" Steve asked sarcastically.

"Good idea." Arthur pointed at Steve, not catching his sarcasm. He started running in the opposite direction, throwing his hands in the air. "A CHILD'S BEEN MISSED!"

"Arthur!" Steve yelled.

Just then, Steve hears yawning and one of the doors to mission control opening. He closes his eyes in frustration as he already knows who it is.

"Everything all right?" Santa asked Steve, approaching him.

"There's been a glitch." Steve told him.

"A glitch?" Arthur repeats as if offended. He runs back next to Steve, taking the bike from Bryony, and holding it out for Santa to see. "We've missed a child!"

"Really? Dear, oh, dear. That's awful" Malcolm said with sadness. He moves closer to see the countdown on display, but Steve blocks his path.

"How did you let it happen, Steven?" Malcolm asked his son.

"How did I…?" Steve scoffed. "I thought it was your mission."

"No, no." Santa shakes his head. "This is your department."

"His department?" Aizawa asked, raising an eyebrow. "You mean the department where he tells everyone what to do, gives them important tasks, and you don't question him or pitch any ideas at all. While also taking all the credit."

"Also, what Steve said is true." Mandalay pitched in. "Santa was the one with the elves on the S-1, he did the field work like the rest of them. He could have easily spotted the gift on the ship but he didn't, and he said so himself that this was his 70th mission. If anything, he's as much to blame for this as Steve, maybe even more."

Many in the audience agreed with Mandalay, some were beginning to get annoyed with Malcolm.

00:24:55-00:25:22

"What are we going to do?" Arthur asked worriedly.

"We must, um…, we must, uh…" Malcolm couldn't come up with an answer, so he turned to Steve. "What must we do Steven?"

"There's nothing to do." Steve said. "The mission was a success."

"But we can't leave a child out of Christmas." Arthur spoke behind Santa.

Steve sighs, then gestured to Peter.

"Sunrise at destination is 7:39 am." Steve said, having Peter pull it up at his workstation. "There is no way to get there in time."

"No way." Peter repeated.

"Except of course, for the S-1."

"The S-1, right-o." Santa said, sharing a smile with Arthur, he started walking towards the door.

"No!" Steve's words stopped Santa in his tracks. "The S-1 has just traveled seven million miles. We could damage it."

"Oh dear, um…" Once again, Malcolm was a loss for words.

"And risk the lives of the elves."

"Oh my, no."

"I hate to say it, but Steve has some good points." Power Loader sighed. "Even an advanced aircraft such as this one has limits to the number of times it can take off or stay in the air a day. It's similar to what commercial airplanes experience. Even if the fuel is filled up and the cabin has been all cleaned, you'd be worried about metal fatigue from multiple flights. Also, if a pilot hits the brakes too hard when landing, they would overheat and need time to cool down before the plane can take off again. And even if that wasn't the problem, the turbine engines would need time to cool down because if they overheat, then you'd be dealing with cracks or warp surfaces."

"Oh I think I get it." Sero said, putting a hand to his chin. "It's also like how runners need a long time to rest. Since if they start running again right away, they might tear a muscle."

"Exactly, so Steve is being cautious and not pushing the S-1 to its breaking point." Melissa said.

"But if they can't use the S-1, then how are they going to get to the child's house on time?" Komori asked, worried.

"Hey, hey, let's not get so down yet." Nejire said. "I'm sure they're going to come up with a Plan B really soon."

00:25:22-00:25:42

While Peter was holding Steve's hand in appreciation, Bryony picked up the bike and walked towards Malcolm.

"I'll go, sir!" Arthur smiled at her response. "Bryony Shelfley, Wrapping Division, Grade 3, sir.

"Who asked you?" Peter asked the elf in a condescending tone. Bryony didn't react and just stood in front of Malcolm with a salute.

"I wasn't called up for field duty this year. I served out my mission in Gift Wrap Support." Bryony told Malcolm, who just looked at her. She also didn't notice Peter in the background mocking her. "I wrapped 264,000 presents in three days, sir. If you want that bike delivered in a perfect state of enwrapment, then I'm your elf."

"Hahaha, that's amazing." Mirio said with a smile, and he wasn't alone. Many in the audience were happy to hear that Bryony was willing to go this far to save this child's Christmas. "Also, love that pun at the end, cleverly putting it in at the right time, that makes it more funny."

"Yay, the elf is going to save Christmas!" Eri said, making the audience cooed at her response.

"Can we back up for a second, how many gifts did she say she wrapped?" Bondo asked.

"264,000 in three days." La Brava said. Her and everyone else was blown away by that number.

"That has to be an exaggeration right?" Kaibara asked.

"Given how thorough and efficient they are, I'd say probably not." Shoji commented.

"That's insane, I can barely wrap one Christmas present." Kaibara shakes his head. "That elf must've pulled all nighters in order to reach that record!"

"Also like someone we know." Power Loader thought, turning to Hatsume.

Meanwhile, Midoriya added Bryony Shelfley to his list of characters in his notebook.

00:25:42-00:26:04

"No one is going." Steve's voice cuts in, drawing everyone's attention. "It's impossible."

"But this child…" Malcolm tries to argue.

"Is a margin of error of 0.00000001514834%, sir." Peter finished by showing his HOHO on display.

"Wow, I mean, hello?" Steve said with a proud smile. "Where's the champagne? My department has delivered the most outstanding Christmas ever."

"Oh, well…, well done us." Malcolm said, convinced.

"Uh, no, not "well done us"." Kendo said, angrily. "This isn't something you should celebrate, this one kid proves that you're not as perfect as you think. You can't just abandon them because everyone else is happy."

"Yeah, she's right." Midoriya said. "That "margin of error" has a name, a face, and a letter she wrote to Santa expressing her dreams and wishes. Just because things look bad, doesn't mean there's no hope. You have to be willing to help everyone, whether you're a hero or simply Santa Claus. That's the true meaning of Christmas, to give everything you can!"

Everyone looked at Midoriya with admiration. His words were just as encouraging and cheerful as All Might, who was also looking at his successor with pride. Even some of the villains were touched by his speech. Toga and Uraraka blushed at their crush and how heroic he was being.

00:26:04-00:26:47

"But, there's a child, without a present." Arthur argued, sadly.

"Arthur," Steve turned to his brother. "Christmas is not a time for emotion. We will get 47785BXK a present within the window of Christmas. We'll messenger the item and it'll be there in five days."

"But that'll ruin the magic." This response made Steve scoff with humor. He walked up to Arthur's side and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"If there was any way at all to make the drop tonight. But it can't be done."

"Your brother knows about these things." Santa said with sadness. "I won't sleep easy after this, Arthur, but there it is. Can't be done."

"Merry Christmas." Steve said sternly.

Arthur watched Steve, Malcolm and Peter exit mission control with a look of defeat on his face. He was still in disbelief that they had decided to just give up.

He wasn't the only one distraught by this. The entire audience felt sadness and shame that the people who were supposed to be Santa, supposed to represent the good of Christmas, were going to do nothing. The youngest of the audience were in the most disbelief. They were taught that Santa was good and loved all, so hearing that they won't take a risk for just one child made no sense to them.

"So Santa and his son are too lazy to try and give someone a good Christmas." Kota said bitterly.

"Kota, it's more complicated than that." Ragdoll told him.

"Actually, it's not." Shigaraki said. "Uptight Steve and his bum of a dad have decided that since they've delivered everything else, there's no problem with missing one. I mean who cares about one child's miserable Christmas when there's a whole world devoted to Santa. Not that Santa means much to these two."

Nobody had an argument against that. What he is saying ties in to Ozzy's question at the beginning about if one person makes a difference. They listened to Steve's logic and most agreed that the task seemed impossible, they even heard him say that if there was another way, he would take it. Still, to give up like this, just didn't seem right on the heroes' side.

00:26:47-00:26:55

Arthur burst the doors open to the ice hallway leading out of mission control, clumsily sliding on the ice.

"Arthur!" Bryony called out to him from behind. "You're compromising the wrapping! That is not a toy! Well, it is, but, I mean, that's not…"

Bryony stopped talking when she saw Arthur accidentally tear the wrapping with the push bars from one of the double doors.

"Arthur!" Bryony scolded loudly.

"Uh, I don't see why she's making a big fuss about it." Kaminari said, confused. "They're going to deliver it in five days so shouldn't that be enough time to fix the wrapping."

"Some people like things to stay in perfect condition so it's easier to prepare for things like big events." Lunch Rush said. "For example, a lot of planning and caution is put into wedding cakes before the big day. If something were to get ruined before the wedding, depending on the condition of the cake, it could take a long time to get it back in perfect condition."

"Hey Mr. Lunch Rush sir." Sato asked his teacher. "Do you think you could make a Christmas themed cake after this?"

"I'll be sure to do so." This made many in the audience excited.

00:26:55-00:27:27

In one of the ice hallways, a door was open with the lights on. It was the door to the mailroom and Arthur was inside and it seemed Arthur was going through letters due to some being tossed out the door.

"Um… oh, come on, come on, come on." Arthur muttered. He was under a huge stack of letters that were being knocked over as he was searching for one. "Child 47785BXK, where are you?

Arthur turned around and looked at his desk, that's when he spotted something. He launches towards the desk and takes the letter from the beginning of the movie. He takes it in his hands and repeats the message along with the girl's name and address.

The scene fades to the neighborhood Gwen lives in, now covered in snow and late at night. Inside the house was Gwen, sound asleep in her bedroom with her stocking attached to one end of her bed.

"So the child that was missed was the girl from the beginning of the movie." Tsubaraba said grimly. "The one who drew Santa on fire."

"Only this time, it's her hopes and dreams that are going up in flames." Ojiro said. He along with others in the audience were sad for the girl. No young kid should have their Christmas ruined for something like this.

00:27:27-00:27:44

The scene fades back to the mailroom, showing Arthur sitting down in his chair in defeat. He banged his fist on the desk, causing the portrait of him and his father to become crooked. Then, mission control is shown, only this time all the lights start to go out and layer by layer the room becomes dark. Then, the lights in the tunnel with the S-1 go out as well and everything is dark. Then, we see Steve in his room zipping up a uniform with a tag saying versace in his closet. He turns back, staring at his room for a second, then turns off the lights in his room.

"Light's out." The computer spoke in his room.

While others were feeling down because of the looks of defeat on Arthur and Steve, and the lights going out to signal that it's over, Aoyama focused on something else. It wasn't enough to lift his spirits, but it was something he was intrigued by. The suit that Steve stashed away had said Versace, which Aoyoma knew about because anyone can tell you he knows his fashion. He was now in full support of Steve becoming Santa, at least for the sake of wanting to see him in that suit.

00:27:44-00:28:00

Inside Santa and his wife's room, Malcolm was hanging up his Santa coat on his wardrobe and zipped it up. Margaret was already in bed, sitting up with the pillows behind her.

"This figurehead thingy: I'm not just a fatty with a suit, am I?" Malcolm asked his wife, sitting down on the bed.

"Of course not, dear." Margaret told him.

"No, I'm Santa. Children," Malcolm reaches underneath him and now has several Christmas wrappings and gifts in his arms. "rely on me."

"They rely on a Santa that's willing to fight for them, which obviously isn't you." Spinner said annoyed. This Santa was probably worse than the false heroes he has to witness every day, at least those fakes have few good qualities whereas this oaf is completely incompetent. There was no argument from anyone else in the audience, even though "fight for" was putting it too boldly.

00:28:00-00:28:35

Santa started whining when he noticed he got tape stuck to his finger. He tried to get it off, but to no avail. Margaret sees his struggles and offers to help.

"Here." Malcolm turns to see Margaret holding out her arms to take the items off his chest, literally.

"Thank you. It's just checks for the boys and cash for Father." Malcolm handed her the Christmas supplies.

"Oh, Malcolm."

"It's the two billion other gifts, dear." Malcolm yawned, getting into bed. Margaret had already started working on wrapping the presents. "Christmas has become such a mad rush."

"Until you retire."

"Retire?" Malcolm looked scared at the idea. "Sit next to Father, watching Steve on TV?"

Suddenly, a HOHO started vibrating and Steve's voice spoke.

"You are sitting on a level one access HOHO, please state your identity." Malcolm was now struggling to try and find the HOHO, moving around in the bed. "State your identity."

When he finally found it, he shut it off. He then had a deep thought that left him perplexed.

"Who would I be?"

"You'd be my Malcolm, dear."

"Awww." Many of the female audience members gushed, loving how romantic that one response was. It was so obvious these two cared about each other, and many were in favor of Margaret. After all, despite her incompetent husband, she's willing to support him through and through. She even was kind enough to remind him that he mattered to someone, even if he couldn't be Santa. Hopefully, she can convince him to retire and do the right thing.

00:28:35-00:29:00

"And there's Arthur." Margaret continued.

"Dear Arthur." Malcolm laid back against his pillow. "What a puzzle."

"This one's for me, dear." Margaret handed her husband a gift that she finished wrapping. He sits back up and takes it, putting the wrapped checks in his other hand and giving the boxed one back to her.

"Happy Christmas, Margaret."

"Oh, thank you." Margaret takes the present.

"I'm still very much up to the job, you know. Ho, ho…" Malcolm let out a very big yawn before he could finish the last part. He fell down on his side and rested on the bed.

"Good night, dear."

"Good night, Malcolm."

With that final good night, Margaret turned off the lights and they both went to sleep.

Everyone looked at the blackened screen with disappointment. They knew this wasn't the end of things, but they still couldn't help but see how hopeless everything seemed. They had no way of getting to the girl, not enough time to get there, and everyone had gone to sleep and practically given up. This was honestly very weird, for a family friendly Christmas movie, this is surprisingly dark. They were really hoping things would get better.


AUTHORS NOTE:

Well, it has finally happened. After 1 month, 4 days, and 70 pages on Google docs, I have finally uploaded part 1 of MHA: Christmas Time. Before you ask, yes this will be a three part story with an interlude afterwards. I'm a little disappointed in myself because this took me longer than I wanted to. I can now understand the stress and grueling time it takes to write reactions to movies so to those that dedicate their time to writing those reactions, I salute you. Originally, I was planning to finish this story by Christmas day or at least by New Years. But I think we all know that's not going to happen, due to my work life and regular distractions in life. At this rate, I'll be lucky to finish this by the end of January. So I guess people won't be in the Christmas spirit once this story is complete. Which is why my new goal is to complete it by the end of winter, hopefully that's achievable. By the way, I just checked and saw that this chapter is the longest thing I have ever written since I started my own fanfiction. So apologies if people find it too long or too mouthy

So, there seems to be a misunderstanding about this story. It is not like Peacemakers multiple movie reaction fanfic, this fanfic is more seasonal. Originally, my idea was to do one Christmas movie and then complete the story with just five chapters. I had already selected the story in mind last year when I watched a bunch of Christmas movies. If this fanfic played out well enough, I was thinking of continuing it and not just ending it with one movie only. So while the suggestions for Christmas movies have been helpful, they would come with a big condition. If I were to have the audience react to them, I would do it around next Christmas. I know, I know, a very long wait, but it would help make things more magical for next year, give it that Christmas charm.

Once again, if you like this story, then check out the other ones I have written. All you need to do is go to my profile and see. I will also be uploading this to my Wattpad account in case you prefer that or, god forbid, if this story get taken down. Thank you all for your support and have a happy Nightmare Before Christmas,

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