Zachlor16: Happy holidays everyone! Now an early Christmas gift: a holiday themed L-Crew that doesn't effect the main story. Yay! Enjoy the L-Crew Save Christmas!
Smoke: Side note, this will be its own story. We don't want to confuse our readers. Enjoy.
North Pole
In the cold land of the North Pole, in it's center stood a large colorful workshop. Inside there were hundred of workers working at work benches and machines creating toys. The workers were all average height and wore all green outfits. Most notably they all had pointed ears. Up on the walkway overlooking the production stood a burly man with a white beard wearing red pants with suspenders holding them up. On his feet he wore black boots. In his hand he held a clipboard as he watched his workers work.
"The elves are producing a head of schedule this year." The man said with a smile. "I'll have to remember to send them somewhere nice during the off-season.
"Santa sir." An elf called out. Santa turned and saw an elf wearing am army uniform approaching him. The elf saluted and stood at attention.
"At ease General Jangle." Santa told his elf who relaxed. "What's the status on my sleigh?
"Your sleigh is up to date on everything from the reindeer to the sack." Jangle stated.
"Excellent. What's the status on the weather?" Santa asked.
"Nothing but clear skies on Christmas Eve."'an elf said.
"Wonderful." Santa replied with a smile. "This could shape up to be one of the best Christmases yet. Hohoho!" Suddenly an alarm goes off surprising everyone. "What is this? Commander Jingles! What is this?" Another elf ran in, also wearing a army uniform and was pale as a ghost.
"Sir! We have a horrible problem!" Jingles shouted. "Krampus escaped!"
"How did that goat man escape? That cell was fully secured!" Jangle questioned.
"We need to find him and capture him before he can cause any damage." Santa said.
"Yes sir!" Jingles said with a salute before running off with Santa and Jangles following. They head outside and head to a cave. When they arrive they see several dead elves and the cell open.
"How did this happen?" Santa growled. "How did he escape?" He walked into the cell toward the chains that held his enemy. He looked on the ground and saw a wind-up toy soldier with a blade. Santa picked up the toy and examined it. "I see. He used this wind-up soldier to pick the lock on his chains. That means he's long gone now." With a sigh he steps out of the cell where he saw his elves taking care of the dead bodies. "Jangles, did you find anything else?" Jangles walked up with a snow globe in his hand.
"Just this sir." Jangles replied as he handed over the snow globe.
"A snow globe?" Santa questioned asked as he looked at it.
He shakes it and a half-man half-goat creature appears inside. "Hello Clause." The creature said with a cruel smile.
"Krampus." Santa growled. "You monster."
"I see you found the gifts I left you." Krampus said with a sneer. "I mean it is the season for giving."
"You won't get away with this you demon!" Santa shouted.
"Oh I think I will." Krampus says. "I've already assembled my army as well as taken control of the Spirits of Past, Present and Future. So I'm basically unstoppable now." Santa let out a growl.
"You will not harm any of the children!" Santa told him. Krampus however just smiled.
"For once I agree with you." Krampus told him. "As of now all of this preparation means nothing if I can't get through the portal but once midnight hits the portal will be fully open and anyone will be able to pass through not just you. So for now I will wait but soon all the children will be at my mercy." He then let's out an evil laugh. As he's laughing, Santa let's out a growl and crushes the snow globe in his hand.
"That monster." He growled. "But he is right. He can't get through the portal yet." He looks at his watch and sees that it's three o'clock. "But we don't have much time."
"What do we do sir?" Jangles asked. Santa sighed and turned to the elf.
"Get me the Nice List." Santa ordered.
"You're going to let children in on this!?" Jangles asked.
"Not just kids." Santa said. "A group of special kids."
Jingles walks in holding a scroll. "The Nice List sir." He said presenting the lost to Santa to grabs it.
"Times have changed Jangles." Santa said as he looked at the list. "Let's just say that the kids at the top of my Nice List are our key to victory. General Jangles. Prepare our armies and call our allies. I'm going to get reinforcements."
Royal Woods
Snow fell over Royal Woods as the citizens raced to get the last of their shopping done before the holiday. One such individual was a familiar white haired boy carrying a stack of presents. He stopped and turned to the readers.
"Wait. Are we doing a non-canon Christmas story?" Lincoln asked. "Well so be it. Anyways, it's Christmas in Royal Woods and as usual it's hectic. Last minute shopping, last minute travel plans and whole bunch of craziness. However this year it's even crazier because now we got more people celebrating with us. This year Soothsayer, Mr. Cuddles, Petty, Tongri and Ryker are celebrating their first Christmas in Royal Woods so we're heading there later to celebrate with them."
"Hey easy with those presents Lincoln." Lori said. "We don't want our gang to have broken gifts for Christmas."
"Yeah, I know Lori." Lincoln said.
The rest of the Loud sisters joined the two with Lynn carrying a large amount of presents in her hands.
"Are you sure they need this many gifts Lori?" Lynn asked.
"Of course they do Lynn." Lola answered before Lori had a chance. "Soothsayer never celebrated Christmas because it didn't technically exist yet as a national holiday, Mr. Cuddles spent decades buried in a box, Tongri spent Christmas as a slave, Ryker never really cared for Christmas so he never celebrated and this is Petty's very first Christmas in general. So we need to make it memorable."
"Wait is that why Luna has been going crazy with her shopping for Petty?" Lana asked. They all turn to see Luna going over her list.
"Ok I got him a new scarf for winter, a new batch of t-shirts with various bands on them. Did I remember to get him that book he wanted?" Luna questioned with a gasp. She immediately starts going through the presents until she found what she was looking for. She let's out a sigh of relief. "Thank God. He really wanted this book."
"Luna is an acting like a mom." Lincoln said.
"Kind of like Ronnie Anne, when Lyle showed up." Lynn said.
"DID ANYONE GET TONGRI'S NEW CHEW TOY?!" Luna shouted.
"Uh it's right here." Leni said holding up a steak squeaky toy.
"Oh thank God." Luna says with relief. "Man this holiday is crazy dudes."
"No kidding." Luan agreed. "With everything that's happened lately it's hard to believe that Christmas is more stressful than fighting the Terror Crew."
"Especially with last minute shopping." Lisa stated.
"Don't forget the sales." Lola added.
"Um, do you guys think Ryker will like what we got him?" Leni asked. "I know he said that he didn't really care for Christmas but do you think he'll like what we got him?" The Louds go quiet as they thought about their cowboy friend. Weeks prior when discussing the holiday, Ryker straight up revealed that he didn't really care for the holiday mostly because he chose to ignore it and hunt down bounties during it. But despite that they decided to get him a gift anyway.
"I think he will Leni." Lori assured her. "I know he said he didn't want anything but I think he'll like what we got him. Now c'mon. Let's head to base before it snows again."
At the base it was decorated heavily in Christmas decorations and in the center was a rather large tree that Petty found near the base. Mr. Cuddles, who was wearing a Santa hat, was shaking with excitement as he worked on their Christmas dinner.
"I'm so excited for tomorrow!" The bear shouted as he stirred a mixing bowl. "It's been decades since I celebrated this holiday. And the first one I get to celebrate is with my friends! I'm so happy!" He tasted his mixture. "Needs more salt. Hey Soothsayer! You get the presents for the kids ready?" Soothsayer who also wore a Santa hat was placing several presents under the tree.
"Indeed my friend." Soothsayer answered. "Each of them neatly wrapped and under the tree. I too am excited for this holiday. Before I was sealed away, Christmas wasn't as big of a holiday back then so it wasn't heavily celebrated as it is now. I know that it's going to be amazing."
Ryker was sitting back on the couch with a glass of whisky in his hands as he drinks it. "It's just going to be an overhype holiday." Ryker said as he gets back and refills his glass with whiskey.
"C'mon Ryker don't be like that." Mr. Cuddles told him. "Christmas brings families together where they exchange gifts and spend time together."
"Well I don't about this holiday or that snow." Ryker said.
"Someone is grouchy." Mr. Cuddles muttered. "Look Ryker, you don't have to like the holiday but can you at least pretend you do?"
"Not a chance in hell." Ryker said as he drank his whiskey.
"Someone's a grouch." Mr. Cuddles muttered. He's about to say something when they hear something driving towards the base. They look outside and see Vanzilla pulling into the base.
The Louds all entered the base holding presents. "Merry Christmas!" The Louds all said.
"Merry Christmas guys." Mr. Cuddles said.
"Yeah yeah Merry Christmas." Ryker grumbled.
"Greetings children." Soothsayer greeted. "Happy you made it. Should I have Petty help unload?"
"No we got it." Lynn said as the Loud siblings placed the presents under the tree.
Leni looked up from where she was placing presents under the tree and sees Ryker in the kitchen area with his glass of whiskey. She grabs one of the presents and carries it over to him.
"We got you a present." Leni told him. Ryker looks up from his drink and stares at the present. He sighs and takes a drink.
"I told you I didn't want a gift." Ryker growled. Leni just smiles.
"Too bad." She says. "We got you one anyways because that's what you do on the holidays." She hands him the present and walks away towards her siblings. After she walks away he glances down at the present. He let's out a sigh and places his drink down on the counter before opening the gift. Once her gets the paper off he opens the box to reveal a blank flask with his name written on it in gold letters. He examines it and a small smile forms on his face.
"They actually remembered that I've trying to get one of these." Ryker whispered. "Ever since I lost mine in the past but could never get one. Damn kids." He let's out a sigh. "Well I think I know what I gotta do." He pockets the flask and walks towards his bike. "Soothsayer, sorry to drink and run but I got some things I gotta take care of. I'll be back by tonight." Without waiting for a response he drives off.
"See you soon." Soothsayer said but Ryker didn't hear him.
"We didn't see his reaction for the gift we all got him." Leni said.
"No worries my dear." Soothsayer assured her. "I'm sure he liked it. Now then I'll call Petty." He turns towards the other part of the base. "Petty! Tongri! We have guests!"
Petty and Tongri enter the living room part of HQ. "Mama!" Petty cheered as he ran in and hugged Luna.
"Merry Christmas dude." Luna groaned in pain.
"Merry Christmas mama!" Petty said as he gently placed Luna back on the ground. He then pulled out a fruitcake. "Mama want piece?" Luna shakes her head.
"No thanks big guy. It's all yours." Luna replied. She turns to Lori. "Are Sam and the others on their way?"
"They're on their way right now." Soothsayer said.
"Ok good." Lori said.
Meanwhile in the city Ryker was driving down the street trying to find an open store.
"C'mon damn it." He growled. "Is nothing opened right now? This is what I get for not going earlier. Maybe this is a waste of time." He then remembers the flask in his pocket. "No. Nothing is a waste of time. Those kids gave me a gift that I didn't deserve. Now I gotta return the favor." Suddenly he sees something flying overhead. It was large and red and was being pulled by four animals. "Is that a sleigh being pulled by four flying deer?" The object keeps flying and Ryker realizes what direction it's flying. "Damn it. It's heading towards the base!" He immediately does a u-turn and drives back to the base.
Ronnie Anne, Bobby and Sam have just arrived at the base and placed their presents under the tree. "Merry Christmas y'all!" Ronnie Anne said.
"Just in time." Mr. Cuddles said.
"Where's cowboy Scrooge?" Sam asked.
"Went out into the city to handle some business." Soothsayer replied as he checked the ham.
"Figures." Sam said with an eye roll. "He's been grumpy all week." Her eyes light up when she sees Luna with Petty and Tongri by the fireplace. "Oh Moon. Guess what I got?" Luna looks up and sees Sam holding a mistletoe over her head.
"Aw mistletoe. You shouldn't have." Luna blushed as she and Sam both kissed,
"Aw that was so sweet." Lori replied,
"Honestly surprised you didn't do that." Lynn said to her older sister. "Thought you'd be right on that."
"Who says I'm not?" Lori says with a sly smirk.
"What about Lincoln? Did you get something for Ronnie Anne?" Lola asked which got the girls' attention.
"Um, yeah of course I did." Lincoln answered. "But I'm not saying what it is till she opens it later."
"I can guarantee you sisters that before you get your hopes up, it isn't romantic in any shape or form." Lisa said before the girls could get excited. "I read his mind when we went shopping."
"LISA!" Everyone shouted.
"I was trying to get a hint at what he got me for Christmas. Surprisingly his mind was like a fortress when it came to the gifts for us." Lisa told them.
"Yeah because I don't want any snooping. Even from a mind reading little sister." Lincoln said. "But do that again and I'm not getting you a birthday gift."
Lisa's eyes widen. "Please no. That's even worse then all my stuff being burned!"
"Glad you understand." Lincoln said.
"So are you guys okay with spending the holidays here instead of your families?" Mr. Cuddles asked.
"Well we're celebrating Christmas Eve here." Lori answered. "Tomorrow we'll be celebrating at home. We figured today we could celebrate with you guys."
"Very kind of you Lori." Soothsayer says. "The three of us and Ryker appreciate it even if Ryker doesn't show it."
Just then they hear Ryker's motorcycle outside of the base and Ryker enters the base. "Something's coming towards the base!" Ryker said.
"Ryker what are you talking about?" Mr. Cuddles asked.
Before he can answer they hear a thud on the roof as if something landed on it.
"What the hell was that?" Lynn asked.
"Are we under attack?" Lucy questioned.
"They're on the roof." Ryker said as he took out his guns. "You kids suit up."
Ryker runs outside while the kids suit up. They're about to follow him when Lori stops.
"Wait. Christmas Eve, person on the roof." Lori muttered. "Hold on, this might not be an intruder." Everyone looks at surprised when they hear gunshots outside. "We gotta stop Ryker quickly!"
Ryker is outside of the base aiming his pistols at the figure on the roof. "Gotcha." Ryker said as he squinted to get a good shot.
"Dude don't shoot!" Luna cried out but Ryker shot one of his pistols and hits the figure right in the arm.
"Damn it. Only got his arm." Ryker growled. He turns to Luna. "Why the hell did you try to stop me? He's an intruder!"
"No he isn't." Lori told him before turning to Luan. "Head to the roof with Lisa and make sure our guest is ok."
"Got it." Luan said with a nod. She and Lisa then head to the roof. Ryker shoots a glare at Lori.
"Man lands on your roof and you immediately think guest." He scowled. "Are you nuts?"
"Ryker just trust me." Lori told him. "I'm positive he's not an enemy."
"He?" Ryker questioned. "You know this guy or something?"
"Well just to be sure." Lori said,
Luan and Lisa then lower themselves back to the ground with Luan having the intruder sitting on her hoverboard. Once back on the ground Lori approaches him and looks him over.
"Are you ok sir?" Lori asked. The intruder lifted his head and Lori saw his face clearly. "Or should I say Santa Clause."
"He's real!?" Ryker questioned. "How is that possible!?"
"I knew he was real!" Lana cheered.
"How is this possible?" Ryker growled.
"Are you hurt?" Lucy asked as Santa stood up. He glanced down at her a flashed a friendly smile before patting her head.
"No worries Lucy." Santa assured her. "It's just a scratch." He looks back at Ryker. "That's quite the shot you have there son."
"No. I actually missed." Ryker replied. "I was aiming for your head." He placed a hand on one of his guns something that didn't go unnoticed.
"Ryker relax." Luna told him but she was ignored. Santa sighed.
"You believe I'm him do you?" Santa says with sigh. "Figured that much. You're not very trusting people as you've been lied to before. How can I prove I'm really him?" Ryker thinks about it before replying.
"My name." Ryker says. "My real name. You know everyone by name because it's part of the job. So if you're really you'll know my real name."
"Wait. Ryker isn't you're actual name?" Ronnie Anne exclaimed.
"Bogus!" Luna shouted. Santa doesn't respond. He approaches Ryker until he's directly in front him. He then leans in and whispered in Ryker's ear causing the gunslinger's eyes widen before narrowing them.
"That's right but that stays between us." Ryker tells him.
"My lips are sealed." Santa promised as he took a step back. Ryker turns to the L-Crew while removing his hand from his gun.
"Yeah, he's the real deal." Ryker said.
"So you really are real." Lisa gasped. "Now I owe Lincoln ten bucks."
"I see we have a special visitor." Everyone turns and sees Soothsayer walking over. Then to everyone's surprise, Santa bowed to the old wizard.
"Hello Master. It's good to see you again." Santa said while bowing.
"Wait you trained Santa Claus?" Lola asked.
"Of course I have. I taught him everything he needed to know. Even delivering presents in a single night with a special spell." Soothsayer said.
"You trained Santa to fight?" Lynn asked in disbelief. "Is that why he's so jacked?" Santa let's out a laugh.
"Hohoho! Well Lynn, when you're lugging around a large sack of toys, you need a little extra muscle." Santa said while flexing.
"Repect." Lynn said. Santa then got serious turning to Soothsayer.
"Master, I've come here because I need assistance to save Christmas." Santa said. "I'm afraid that he has escaped." Soothsayer's eyes widen.
"Krampus." He gasped. "This is not good. Not good at all." Bobby raises his hand.
"Um, who's Krampus?" Bobby asked.
"A monster and a former student of mine." Soothsayer said.
"Wow you have the worst of luck when it comes to former students of your man." Lincoln said.
"But more importantly Bobby, while I give gifts to all of the good boys and girls. Krampus captures children punishes and even kill naughty children." Santa explained.
"Kills naughty children?" Lola gasped as a chill went down her spine.
"Yes. I met Krampus centuries ago in my early travels." Santa explained. "He was terrorizing a village and killing the children he deemed naughty. From then on I knew I had to stop him."
"That's what brought him to the temple." Soothsayer continued. "Santa wanted me to train him so he'd be able to stop Krampus."
"So how did you stop him?" Sam asked, "Did you imprison him in a present or snow globe?"
"Sadly I did not." Santa admitted. "I chained him in a cell where he would not escape and didn't for centuries. Until today. Normally I would be able to stop him on my own but he took control of the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future." He lifted his head. "That's why I came here. L-Crew, I need you to help me save Christmas before it's too late."
"You want us to save Christmas from Krampus?" Lincoln asked,
"Yes. I can't do it alone." Santa tells them. "Please, help me." The L-Crew exchange a glance when Petty walks out with a fruitcake. He then noticed Santa.
"Who old guy?" Petty asked. Luna chuckled and walked over to him.
"Petty, remember what told you about Christmas?" Luna asked and Petty nodded. "Do you remember who comes to town on Christmas?" Petty thinks about it before nodding.
"Santa." Petty answers. He tilts his head. "He Santa?" Luna nods. Petty then gasps and throws his fruitcake in the air before running inside while the fruitcake landed on Bobby's head.
"Ow." Bobby groaned. Petty comes back out with a plate of cookies and a glass of milk.
"Petty bring milk and cookies." Petty said.
"Ooh. Don't mind if I do." Santa says with no hesitation as he grabs a cookie. "Please children, help me save Christmas. You're my only hope! Mmm. These are delicious."
The Louds, Santiagos and Sam each looked at each other with concern looks on their faces. "We'll help you Santa." Lori said,
"We help Santa?" Petty asked while eating a cookie.
"Yeah." Lori answered. "We help Santa." Everyone forms smirks on their faces as Ryker lights a cigar. Santa looks at them and smiles.
"Thank you." Santa says. "You've all earned a permanent spot on my nice list." He then gets serious. "Time to prepare. Donner! Dasher! Prancer! Comet!" Seconds later four reindeer fly off the the roof of the base with a sleigh.
"We're here sir." The lead reindeer said.
"Wonderful Donner." Santa tells him. Meanwhile, Lana was fangirling.
"Oh my gosh!" Lana squealed. "The Reindeer!"
"Well half of them." Lola said.
"The rest of the crew are back at the North Pole, even Rudolph." Dasher said.
"Sir we might have a issue." Prancer informs Santa. "The four of us won't be able to carry everyone here. We would need at least two more of us to pull." Santa let out a hum as he thought about their predicament. As he thought he heard a light squeal. He looked down and saw Lana about to explode from excitement.
"Lana, would you like to help pull my sleigh?" Santa asked.
"YES!" Lana screamed before immediately turning into a reindeer. "Dream unlocked."
"That's all fine and dandy sir but we still need one more." Comet reminded Santa.
"That's true." Santa said as he stroked his beard. "They'd have to be strong."
"Fast." Lincoln added.
"Have strong endurance." Luan says.
"And be able to handle anything." Lucy finished. They all think about it before slowly turning to the resident tiger. Tongri's eyes widen before immediately shaking his head no.
"Come on Tongri. We need your help to save Christmas." Lori said.
"We need you Tongri." Luan said.
Tongri still shakes his head no.
"Ok. If you do it, we'll give you any treat you want." Lori tells him.
Tongri thinks about and looks down in defeat. "Ok he's in." Lincoln said.
"Excellent." Santa says. "Let's get them hooked up."
Lori and Luna got Lana and Tongri hooked up to the front of the sleigh while Lana was full of giddiness. "This is so exciting!" Lana exclaimed.
Tongri rolls his eyes. "C-mon Tongri." Luna whispered as she hooked him up. "Let Lana have this." Tongri sighs before nodding. Everyone then climbs into the sleigh apart from Soothsayer and Mr. Cuddles.
"We shall remain here as a precaution." Soothsayer says.
"Good call Soothsayer." Lori said before realizing something. "Wait, Tongri and Lana aren't magic. How are they supposed to fly?" Santa smirks.
"With some magic." He replied. Santa pulls out some dust and blows it out of his hand. It flies around Lana and Tongri causing Lana to sneeze.
"Bless you." Tongri says.
"Thanks." Lana said. However everyone else was shocked.
"TONGRI CAN TALK!?" Everyone shouted.
"Side effect of the flight dust." Santa told them.
The L-Crew and Santa all loaded up in the sleigh. "This going to find a lot different without the L-Jet." Lynn said.
"I bet it will be." Lola replied,
"Everyone ready?" Santa asked. Everyone nods. "Alright. On Donner, on Dasher, on Prancer, on Comet. On Lana and Tongri! Now time to take off!"
The reindeer, Lana and Tongri took off as they drag the sleigh into the air while Soothsayer and Mr. Cuddles watched. "God speed L-Crew save this holiday from Krampus." Soothsayer said.
"Hey you want to check out the Home Alone movies?" Mr. Cuddles said.
"Absolutely." Soothsayer replied. "Then let's watch Die Hard afterwards."
In the North Pole in a cave, a talk goat-man sat on a throne made of ice. In front of him stood three figures. One figure was completely made of energy and looked like he was wearing a gown. Another figure towered over the rest. He had fair skin and a red beard. He wore a green robe and on his head he had a Christmas wreath for a hat. The final figure wore a black hooded cloak that covered his face. He also had a scythe in his hand. A Yeti then walked into the cave and dropped to a knee.
"Lord Krampus, it seems that Santa has left the North Pole." The Yeti reported. Krampus let out a growl.
"So the fool has gone to get assistance then." He growled. "It doesn't matter. This time he will not save the brats he cares so much for."
"Do we go after him?" The Yeti asked. Krampus shakes his head.
"No living creature other than Santa can go through the portal before Midnight." Krampus told him. Then an idea comes to mind. "Send one of the wind-up soldiers."
"Which one master?" Yeti asked. Krampus just smiles.
The sleigh is still flying through the air on their journey to the North Pole. "Ok we need to think of a game plan to take down Krampus." Lori said.
"He probably made some weaponized toys and some scary looking ones." Lincoln said.
"Not to mention the Spirits of Past, Present and Future." Lucy added. "I'm sure they're powerful."
"Krampus will not be easy to defeat." Santa told them. "We must be careful." Up front Tongri was pulling the sleigh along with Lana and the reindeer when he sees something flying towards them.
"We got incoming!" Tongri shouted. They all fly towards the left avoiding the thing flying towards them. As it flew past them, they saw what it was.
"Is that a wyvern?" Luan asked
"I believe so." Santa said.
"Don't you mean a dragon?" Leni asked.
"Well it's actually a two legged dragon." Lucy said.
"A wyvern is similar to dragon just smaller and as Lucy said, they only have two legs." Lisa explained. The wyvern flies back around to try and attack again shooting fire at them.
"Lincoln!" Lori shouted.
"On it!" Lincoln shouts back shooting his own fire to cancel it out. "I'll handle this." He jumps out of the sleigh and flies towards the wyvern.
The Wyven roars but Lincoln shoot two fireballs towards the monster, the wyven dodged the fireballs and attempted to snatched the pyro Loud in its jaws.
"I'm not going through that again." Lincoln said as he dodged the monster's jaws. Then Lincoln hits the wyven's back with a fire stream causing it roar in pain.
The wyvern flies up towards Lincoln with a roar. "This thing is relentless." He says as he flies around building trying to avoid the creature.
"Lincoln, the wyvern isn't real." Santa told him over the comms. "It's a life-size wind-up toy created by Krampus!" Lincoln avoids another fire breath as he flies around the building.
"How does that help me?" Lincoln asked as he shot fire at the wyvern.
"Look for a wind-up key." Lisa told him.
"Wind-up key." Lincoln said as he began to look for it, he then he spots the wind-up key on the left side of its body, Lincoln threw a dodgeball sized fireball at the wind-up key melting it down. The wyren stopped moved and fell down on top of a building. "That's the end of this Toy Story."
The sleigh then lands on building next to him.
"Good work Linc." Lori tells him. "We should get out of here before we draw unwanted attention."
"Awe why's that blondie? Didn't want to come say hi?" Before Lincoln could react, he's slammed face first into the roof with Johnny Speed holding him down.
"Johnny." Speed Queen growls. "What are you doing here?" Johnny just scoffs.
"I should be asking you that." Johnny retorted. "You are in our territory." Speed Queen let's out a growl. "Now what's this about Speed Queen? A few days ago you call us out for a truce through the holiday season. We don't cause trouble and you leave us alone. That was the deal right? So what I don't comprehend is why you're here in our territory risking our little truce which is already fragile enough?"
"Johnny, we're not here to cause trouble." Speed Queen tried to reason.
"Sorry to say but I don't believe you." Johnny told her. He snaps his fingers and seconds later is joined by Squatch, Nuke and Candyman.
"Damn it." Speed Queen muttered.
"We're trying to save Christmas!" Multiple Girl Said.
"With a mall Santa?" Nuke asked.
"No it's the real Santa!" Ms. Appear exclaimed,
"I highly doubt that." Squatch growled. "Santa ain't real."
"He is too you big hairy jerk!" Parkour argued.
"Now now everyone." Santa said getting between the two arguing parties. "Let's not argue on Christmas." He turns to Johnny who was still holding down a struggling Firecracker. "Johnny, let the boy up and I can prove to you that I'm the real Santa." Johnny hesitates before getting off of Firecracker. However he still kicks him sending him flying into the sleigh.
"Alright old man, prove to us you're the real deal." Johnny ordered. "But I doubt you can. Our faith was broken years ago."
"Ah yes." Santa says. "Because you wanted something very specific, something that I couldn't give you because it went against everything I stood for."
"Let me guess? Robbing a bank?" Surge scoffed.
"Murder." Santa said surprising everyone. "Johnny, your one Christmas wish was for you father to die. However I could not and would not grant that wish and that caused you to hate Christmas." Johnny looks at him shocked. Santa then turned to Squatch. "Michael, your wish was that you wanted a six decker meatball sub. I did technically have that but the elves accidentally ate it."
"You made me the six decker meatball sandwich?" Squatch asked.
"So you are the real deal?" Johnny said.
"Indeed I am Johnny." Santa tells him while Johnny stares at him in shock.
"So you're the real deal." Nuke scowled. "Big whoop. Still doesn't explain why you're here."
"Like we said, we're saving Christmas you jerk!" Surge shouted. "Christmas is in trouble because Santa's oldest enemy wants to destroy it by destroying the one thing Santa loves most. The children."
"Yeah." Nuke said. "And why should i believe you second rate?" Surge glares at him but Candyman steps in.
"Nuke, if she's telling the truth, that means innocent children will be in danger." Candyman tells him. "All children. Including Zoya."
"Zoya?" Nuke said.
"I don't anything bad to happen to her." Squatch said. "Even when it's her first Christmas with us."
This gives Santa an idea.
"How about a deal?" Santa suggests. "Zoya is currently on the Naughty list. If you help us save Christmas, I'll ignore her Naughtiness for just this year and give her some presents. Do we have a deal?"
The Terror crew all huddled together and mumbled some words. They then turned towards Santa to give him their answer. "We're in." Johnny said. "But we're only doing this for Zoya."
"Yeah and we sure as hell aren't doing it for them." Squatch told him as he gestured to the L-Crew.
"I completely understand." Santa assured them. "Pile into the sleigh." He climbs into the front where Speed Queen leans in.
"Are you sure we can trust them?" Speed Queen whispered. "We've teamed up with them a few times and it always leads to us arguing with each other and them letting us take dangerous hits or them willing to hit us."
"I know Speed Queen. But we don't have much of a choice. We're going to need all the help we need to defeat Krampus." Santa said.
"Ok I trust you." Speed Queen says.
"I mean if you can't trust Santa, who can you trust?" Ms. Appear said appearing between the two.
"You're right." Speed Queen said.
"Now come on we need to get back to the North Pole." Santa sad as he got back on lot the sleigh.
"Hey is Squatch gonna fit on here?" Surge asked.
"He'll fit. This sleigh is designed to deliver all the presents to all boys and girls in one night." Santa replied.
Squatch then climbed into the back of the sleigh next to Petty. The two monsters then stared each other down before turning away from each other.
"Alright Santa, let's get back to moving dude." Amplifier said.
"Last I checked weren't we on a time limit right now?" Ryker added.
"Right. Let's go everyone!" Santa commanded as the Reindeer, Tongri and Wildgirl took off. "Next stop the North Pole."
"Question. How exactly do we get to the North Pole?" Prodigy asked. Santa points ahead.
"You see that ripple in the sky?" Santa asked. Prodigy looked at where he was pointing and saw what looked like the sky rippling.
"I do. What is it?" Prodigy asked.
"The portal to the North Pole." Santa answered.
"Huh? I thought it was going to be the Northern lights." Ms. Appear said,
"As would I." Prodigy agreed.
"Hohoho." Santa laughed. "Cleary Soothsayer hasn't told you about what he taught me. The portal was created by me centuries ago with the magic he taught me. The portal helps me get around the world in one night.
"That makes perfect sense." Speed Queen said.
"Now hang on tight everyone." Santa said as they flew into the portal.
They flew through the portal and are amazed by the fluent colors around them.
"Wow. So pretty!" Crystal Princess gasped.
"I'm getting so much inspiration for my art right now." Firecracker said.
"I guess it's kinda pretty." Nuke admitted begrudgingly.
"The Colors Nuke! The Colors!" Candyman exclaimed.
"So this is how you deliver gifts all in one night." Armor said. "I thought it was time travel,"
"I swear Willy is acting like that time he tried that new blend of weed out drug dealers gave him.
"Trust me, this is better than time travel." Santa told Armor. "Now hang on everyone! We're about to exit at the North Pole!" Squatch said.
A portal opens up and the sleigh is now surrounded in snow, mountains and northern lights. "This must be the North Pole." Nuke said.
"It is Nuke." Santa said. "Welcome to the North Pole!" Everyone looks around in wonder until Multiple Girl looks over the edge of the sleigh and sees a lot of green.
"Hey Santa, like what's all the green down there?" She asked.
"Those are the elves." Santa explained. "They must be ready for battle if they're all gathered." Suddenly five reindeer fly up to them and fly alongside them. One had a familiar red nose. "Ah, Vixen, Cupid, Dancer, Blitzen and Rudolph."
"Rudolph is real?!" Everyone exclaimed.
"Of course he's real." Santa said, "He's pretty useful for deliveries in heavy snowstorms."
"I always thought he was made up." Firecracker said.
Santa the Elves are ready." Rudolph told him. He turned to Donner. "Welcome back dad." Donner simply nods.
"Excellent." Santa says. "Take us down." The reindeer, Wildgirl and Tongri fly downwards towards the ground and land next to the Elves who unharness them which allows Wildgirl to morph back to normal.
"Jingle!" Jangle chanted.
"Bells!" The rest of the Elves chanted.
"Jingle!"
"Bells!"
"Some battle chant." Parkour comments. They feel a rumbling on the ground and see a bunch of polar bears running towards them.
"More reinforcements." Santa says as the polar bears stop in front him. The lead polar bear stands up on his hind legs.
"Santa." The polar bear greeted.
"Santa has polar bears as friends?" Crystal Princess asked.
"General Polaro. It's good to see you again old friend." Santa greeted. "It's an honor to fight alongside you again."
"As soon as I heard we were fighting against Krampus, I sprung into action and assembled my soldiers." Polaro said.
"I'm glad you did." Santa says. "We need your strength." Polaro nods. They then see more figures sliding on their bellies towards them and they noticed that they were penguins. The lead penguin to everyone's surprise wore a General's uniform and surprisingly had a Grey mustache. The penguin general got to his feet and approached Santa before saluting.
"General Mungles at your service." The penguin introduced. Santa smiled at the penguin.
"Greetings old friend." Santa said. "You've come a long way to get here."
"We swam as fast as we can for this battle." Mungles said.
"What are you going to do tap dance Krampus to death?" Johnny snickered.
"Don't insult the penguins Johnny." Squatch muttered. "There's a reason these guys are here." If in cue on the penguins jumps up and dropkicks Johnny in the stomach.
"Whoa! They just took down Johnny within seconds." Parkour said.
"Anyone else wants to insult my soldiers?" Mungles asked.
"Surge said she hates penguins!" Nuke said quickly.
"Wait what?" Surge shouted before getting kicked by another penguin.
"Ha! That was funny." Nuke said while laughing.
"Screw you Nuke!" Surge growled.
"Alright that's enough. We need to focus our battle plan before Krampus and his army attack the children." Santa said.
"Won't he have an army of evil toys and elves?" Genarocker asked.
"Yes to the first, no to the second." Santa answered. "Krampus will have a large army of life-size wind-ups like the wyvern that Firecracker fought. He'll also have the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future as well as a Yeti."
"A yeti?" Parkour asked.
"So evil life sized toys, ghosts and a yeti. Well that's just great." said Nuke.
They hear marching in distance and they all look to see a large army approaching.
"We have company." Tongri growled. Wildgirl goes falcon and takes off to get a better look.
"Santa is right!" Wildgirl told them. "We got a large army of life-size wind-up toys that are different varieties like animals and soldiers." The army stops and five figures step up to the front. "We also got something made of energy, a giant man and the grim reaper."
"The Spirits of Christmas." Santa growled. "Damn it."
"And there's also something that looks like he could be Squatch's cousin." Wildgirl continued.
It was a hairy monster about the same size as Sqautch but with white fur, dark icy blue face and palms and red eyes. "That's a yeti!" Santa exclaimed.
"Didn't think you had a cousin living this far north Squatch." Ms. Appear jokes. However she noticed that Squatch seemed to be growling. "What's up with him?"
"Guys a goat-man just walked out to the front of the army." Wildgirl reported.
"Krampus." Santa spat.
"Huh, he's nothing like the one from the Krampus movie." Armor said.
"Hello Santa." Krampus said. "I see you brought your army."
"Krapus you monster!" Santa shouted. "I suggest you surrender now! There doesn't need to be bloodshed on this day."
"Oh that's where you're wrong Santa. I'm gonna go the other countries and punish the naughty children." Krampus said. "Now more or there will be blood in the snow."
"I refuse to let you harm any children you monster." Santa growled as he pulled out an axe. "General Jangles, make the call!"
"Yes sir!" Jangles said with a salute. "Prepare the Peppermint Cannons!"
The elves ran up with cannon with red and white stripes and aimed them towards Krampus' army. "Fire!" Jangles commanded.
"Sir!" The elves said before firing off the cannons that hit several of the wind-up army.
"Direct hit." Jangles confirmed.
"Soldiers you may fire when ready!" Krampus commanded.
The wind-up soldiers step up and aim their rifled.
"Fire!" The yeti ordered. The soldiers did as ordered and fired their rifles.
"Ms. Appear!" Speed Queen called.
"On it!" Ms. Appear said before creating a large forcefield to block the shots.
"Cease fire!" Krampus commanded as the soldiers stopped shooting at the forcefield.
"Well done." Santa says. He aims his axe forward. "Charge!"
"FOR CHRISTMAS!" Jangles shouted before he and the elves ran forward along with penguins and polar bears with Black Ice jumping onto the back of one of them.
Krampus pointed at the opposing force and rest of Krampus' army charged towards the charging force. Firecracker, Surge, Amplifier and Nuke flew up in the air and fired their first attacks on the winded up toy soldiers.
Speed Queen and Johnny sped through the wind-up soldiers sending several of them flying where they're then shot by Ryker and Candyman who stood back to back. Black Ice forms an ice lance as she rides one of the polar bears impaling several of them.
Crystal Princess forms two crystal swords and sliced two soldiers' winded up keys. Parkour tackles a robot down and rips the wind up key out of the body, and throws it at the yeti.
Yeti catches it with one hand and crushes it before Parkour is tackled by a wind-up gorilla.
Wildgirl morphs into a rhino and rams the winded up gorilla holding down Parkour. Squatch tackled the yeti down and began to beat him up.
The Yeti catches Squatch's fist before punching him with his own forcing the hairy meta off of him. The two stand up and glare at each other growling. The two take steps towards each other before they both throw a punch at the same time causing the fists to collide and form a shockwave.
The shockwave blasted everyone back as the fight went on. Some Penguins took down a winded up Minotaur and Genorocker smashed it with her giant mech fists.
"Damn." Genarocker thought. "The fight between the Yeti and Squatch is intense. But something seems off about Squatch. He seems more animalistic."
"I'm starting to notice that too." Prodigy said. "Either a side effect or something else."
"Prodigy stop reading my thoughts!" Genarocker shouted before punching a wind-up soldier.
"Very well." Prodigy said as she lift up a toy soldier and ripped it apart with her telekinesis.
"Prodigy we talked about this." Speed Queen says as she kicked a soldier. "No reading minds without permission."
"I'm aware of that Speed Queen!" Prodigy shouted.
"WILL YOU ALL SHUT THE HELL UP!" Johnny shouted as he destroyed a wind-up wolf. "WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT HERE!" He then turns back to Squatch who was still in a brutal battle with the Yeti. "But still, I've never seen Mike like this before."
"Really? You guys are always together and you never noticed him like this?" Parkour asked.
"Never like this." Johnny said. "He's been brutal but never this animalistic or feral." He watched while dodging a wind-up up samurai as Squatch slammed his fist into the Yeti's face who countered with a punch of his own.
"Stay down you walking rug!" Squatch shouted as he countered back with another punch. The yeti placed his hands all over Squatch's neck and began to choke the life out of him.
"Not till you die!" Yeti growled. Squatch with whatever strength he can muster punches Yeti in the stomach forcing him to release him. Squatch and Yeti then both throw right hands but they each catch them. They then repeat the process with their left hands but they catch them leaving them in a struggle. The two then proceeded to repeatedly headbutt each other.
"We need to step in and help him." Speed Queen Said,
"No this is his fight not ours!" Johnny shouted.
"Why should Mike get all the fun?" Nuke grumbled. He then sees the Spirit of Christmas Past take out several Elves. "Now THAT looks like fun." He then flies towards the spirit.
"Nuke you dumbass!" Surge growled. "Why do you get him?" She then flies after him. The Spirit of Christmas Past hears the shouting and turns just in time to see Nuke closing in on him only to effortly dodge it.
"Too slow." Past says. Nuke smirks and turns back to the Spirit.
"I'm gonna blast you back to the past you damn spirit." Nuke told him. Past then moves out of the way of Surge who tried to strike him.
"Not fast enough." Past says again.
"Any ideas?" Surge asked.
"You worry about yourself. I got this!" Nuke shouted as he shot an energy blast towards Past, but he dodged it.
"Missed again." Past says. "Here. Take it back." He points at the energy and stops it in it's tracks. He flicks his fingers back where it goes back to Nuke. However instead of hitting him, it goes back into his hands.
"The hell?" Nuke questioned. "It doesn't even feel like I fired anything. Like I reset." Surge's eyes widen as she glances at Past.
"Just what are we fighting right now?" Surge asked.
"You don't remember don't you?" Past asked.
Holy crap." Surge said with realization. "This dude rewinded your attack and on top of that took away some of our memories of what happened. I think." Nuke's eyes widen and scowls.
"Damn bastard." Nuke growled. "I put out your light with my bare hands!" He rushes towards Past and tries to hit him with an energy punch but Past dodges with ease.
"Too slow." Past tells him. Nuke scowls again.
"Quit mocking me!" Nuke shouted. He goes for another punch but Past dodges again.
"When will they learn?" Past said with a sigh. He then dodges a punch from Surge. "Not soon enough sadly."
"Damn this guy's annoying." Surge says. She turns to Nuke. "Everything we do he dodges or reflects. What if we try attacking together?" Nuke hesitate before sighing.
"Fine." He says before turning to Past. "Word of advice Second-Rate, build up your energy then release it before you hit him. Trust me." Surge looks at him confused before looking at her fist.
"If you say so." Surge said.
"I'll keep him busy." Nuke said as he flew towards past.
"The sooner to get this team up over with." Surge said with a deadpan look as she began to charge her energy.
Nuke swings at him with his energy fist but Past keeps dodging. However on the last swing he unleashes the energy before hitting him creating a pulse stunning Past for a few seconds allowing Nuke to land punch to the torso.
"Whoa." Surge gasped. "That's why he said to release the energy before hitting him." She then flies at Past with her fist ready. Once she's close enough she throws her fist forward but like Nuke unleashes a pulse again stunning Past allowing Surge to land a strong kick. "That actually worked." Past looks at them with the same emotionless look.
"Impressive." Past says. "But no more." He holds his hand summoning a large candle stuffer. He swings it around several times creating a small vortex around the three. Everyone watching looks on in shock.
"What the hell is happening?" Armor asked as punched a wind-up soldier.
"He's transporting them." Santa answered in realization. "To Christmas Past."
"Let's go somewhere familiar." Past says. Once the vortex disappeared, the three are nowhere to be seen.
"They're gone." Armor gasped. Santa clutched his fist in anger.
"Jingle Bells." Santa cursed. "They're on their own now. Hopefully they can defeat him before Past damages one of their pasts.
"For now we got work to do." Speed Queen said. "We just gotta trust that Surge and Nuke can handle it." Armor nods and sighs before focusing on the battle.
Meanwhile Spirit of Christmas Present rampage through the elves, penguins and polar bears with relative ease and dominance. He let's out a hearty laugh.
"Come and get to know me better." Present shouted while laughing. Parkour looks up and sees the carnage this giant is creating.
"This guy is gonna be an issue if he's not taken down." Parkour says. She looks around and sees Petty taking out several wind-up toys. "Hey Big Guy!" Petty looks up at her. "Give me a hand with this one." Petty looks at their opponent and a smile forms on his face.
"Petty help fight giant man." Petty said. Parkour smiles.
"Nice. Now, Fastball Special." Parkour tells him. Petty nods and picks up Parkour and prepares to throw her. "Fire!" Petty then throws Parkour towards Present who took out more elves. "Hey Big Dummy! Heads up!" Present turns towards the voice only to receive a punch to the head from a flying Parkour knocking him down.
Present began to laugh as he got back up. "You call that a punch little girl?" Present asked.
"We got more where that came from." Parkour smirked right when Petty joins her.
"Petty beat big man good." Petty says as he slams his fists together. However Parkour felt a little uneasy.
"Despite hitting him dead on, it didn't look like I did any real damage." Parkour thought. "Petty's arm in the past has launched me like a rocket so that punch should've done damage. This might be tougher than I thought." Present threw a right hand at the two but Petty catches it with both hands before shoving it away causing Present to stumble and allowing Petty to leap up and hit him square in the stomach.
"Come on bug buddy! Hit me with everything you got!" Present said.
"Petty wants you down!" Petty shouted,
Petty then proceeded to punch him in his shin causing the large man to stumble but still seemed uninjured.
"Hahaha! What ferocity!" Present said with a laugh.
"What is up with this guy?" Parkour questioned. She then watched as Petty punched Present in the stomach but again did no damage. "That Spirit of Christmas Past had that weird power to send long range attacks back where they started, like they never happened." She watched as Petty punched the large man in the face. "Maybe this guy has something similar. Perhaps he negate attacks and while they still hit, they don't do damage. This could be tougher than I thought."
Black Ice formed two ice blades as the ghost of Christmas approached her. "If it's a fight you want? You got one." Black Ice said and attacked Future, but he dodged the attacks before Black Ice can land a hit.
"I missed." Black Ice growled. She turns back to Future. "I won't lose." She rushes Future again but once he dodges. However when she lands Future rushes her with a scythe at shocking speed. "Can't dodge." She puts her blades up to block and barely does so. "He's so fast." Future pushes her back causing her to slide. He swings his scythe around and launches a wave of flames at her. She shoots ice to try to counter the flames keep pushing through. "Damn it. I can't stop it. I'm finished!" However once the flames reach her she doesn't feel any heat. She looks up confused to see that someone blocked the flames wearing a familiar Australian outfit.
"That was a close call their Sheila." The newcomer said. "Don't want your future going up in smokes now do we."
"Jack!" Black Ice gasped.
"Nice to meet you again Black Ice." Jack said.
"I'm dealing with the Ghost of Christmas Future, but he's dodging my attacks." Black Ice said.
"Not dodging." Jack corrected. "Predicting. Future can see well the future which includes attacks. Makes it almost impossible to land a hit on him."
"So what do I do?" Black Ice asked.
"Simple, be so unpredictable that not even a future seer can predict it." Jack replied.
"Sounds simple. I can do this." Black ice said.
"Don't you mean we Shelia?" Jack asked.
"No I got this." Black Ice said as she prepared her ice blades. "You just make sure I don't die."
"You got it Shelia." Jack nodded as Black Ice walks up the Ghost of Christmas Present and readied her blades to fight.
Future tilts his head but prepares his scythe. He twirls it around and slams it down to the ground surrounding the three of them in red flames. Black Ice drops down to knee and Jack stands over her to try and shield her from the heat.
"What's happening?" Black Ice asked.
"We're about to go for a ride Sheila!" Jack answers. Outside the flames Speed Queen watches in shock.
"Is Future doing the same thing that Past did?" Speed Queen asked Santa as she took out a wind-up cheetah. Santa nods as he slams his axe into a soldier.
"Indeed. He's taking them to Christmas Yet to Come or Christmas Future." Santa answered.
"Is there a way to save them?" Speed Queen asked.
"No. Only they get themselves out of this predicament." Santa said.
"Then hopefully they can handle it." Speed Queen says. "Perhaps we should go after Krampus."
"Agreed." Santa agreed.
Speed Queen and Santa both ran towards Krampus who was beating up some elves and Polar Bears. "We meet against Santa." Krampus said. "You brought a friends as well."
"This is where it ends Krampus!" Santa shouted as he prepared his axe. Krampus sneers and prepares his chain.
"For once I agree." Kramps said as the two charged at each other.
Speed Queen gets into position just to wait for the right time to strike. Krampus swings his chain towards Santa, but he dodged the attack and swung his axe at Krampus, but he dodged the attack. But Speed Queen shoulder tackles Krampus at full speed, knocking him down.
"You're fast girl but you're no match for me!" Krampus says. He whips his chain at Speed Queen which wraps around her leg where he then swings her around in circles.
Firecracker sees this and flies towards Krampus at full speed and attacking him with a head butt to the chest. This attack caused Krampus to release his grip on the chain and Speed Queen fell face first in the snow. "Literally." She groaned,
"You good sis?" Firecracker asked. Speed Queen got up rubbing her head.
"Yeah I'm fine." Speed Queen answered. "Go help with the battle. Santa and I will handle this."
Firecracker nodded and flew back to the battle. "That was unnecessary." Krampus said as he grabbed his chain from the snow.
"When it comes to my brother, it was very necessary." Speed Queen says as she cracked her knuckles. "As for you, every hit I land on will also be a hundred percent necessary."
"We'll see about that." Krampus said as he readied his chain.
Santa twirled his axe around before holding it in both hands.
"You cannot win Krampus." Santa told him. "Just surrender." Krampus just laughed.
"Never." Krampus replied with a sneer. He slams his hand into the ground and pulls out some black rocks.
"What are those?" Speed Queen asked.
"Coal." Santa answered before gasping. "Oh no!" Krampus sneers as he glares at the two.
"Oh yes!" Krampus says. "Behold my power!" He crushes the coal in his hand and suddenly flames erupt from his body. "Face your doom Claus!"
"Now I wish Black Ice or Firecracker was with us." Speed Queen said. "But we can managed without them."
"I agree." Santa said as he readied his axe.
Krampus whips his chain at the two which Speed Queen avoids and Santa hits with his axe.
"That axe won't save you fool!" Krampus roared before trying to hit him a flame claw that Santa barely dodges. As he dodges he hits Krampus in the side with his axe causing the monster to wince in pain.
Then Speed Queen runs in and gives Krampus a bicycle kick to the face like Liu Kang from Mortal Kombat, but Krampus grabs Speed Queen by the leg and slammed her to the ground. Speed Queen gets back up from the to see Santa about to strike again until Krampus blocks the attack.
Krampus backhands Santa sending him stumbling back before placing a hand on Speed Queen's head picking her up off the ground.
"Prepare to meet your end girl." Krampus growled. Has he raised his free hand to strike her down, Krampus is suddenly kicked in the side of the head with such force he let's go of Speed Queen and sent crashing several feet away. When Speed Queen regains her barings she sees Johnny standing over her where he grabs her by her costume and gets in her face.
"Listen here and listen good." Johnny growled. "Nobody and I mean nobody kills you but me. You got that?"
"Yeah I got that." Speed Queen grunted in pain.
"But this doesn't change anything between us. We need to take down goat boy once and for all." Johnny said as he let go of Speed Queen.
"For once we agree." Speed Queen says. Santa steps between them.
"Then shall we save Christmas then?" Santa asked.
"Yeah, but I'm doing this for Zoya. That's it." Johnny said.
"Yeah of course." Speed Queen said,
"Then shall we?" Santa asked. Krampus let's out a roar as the three rushed him.
Squatch let out a roar as he punched the Yeti in the jaw causing the snow covered ape to stumble back.
The yeti recovers and shoulder tackles Squatch to the ground l. But he gets up and gives the yeti an uppercut to the face. "Time to end this!" Squatch shouted.
He then grabs the Yeti by his face and slams him head first to the ground. He then repeated starts slamming his fist down on him mercilessly. After several slams he stop and stares at the bloodied Yeti. With a grunt he slams his fists down one more time, finishing him off. Squatch then let's out a roar of victory.
"I see you had your fun." Candyman said as he looked disturbed by Squatch's fight.
Squatch stands there breathing heavy before crouching down to stare at the destroyed Yeti.
"Crazy thing is, I don't even know what came over me." Squatch told him.
"Try to explain." Candyman requested as he shot a wind-up bear. Squatch hesitates before sighing.
"It felt like a primal instinct took over and I was fighting a creature that looked like me for the role as Alpha." Squatch growled. "But it was a hell of a rush."
"Well at least you got that out of your system." Candyman said. "Now let's help the others!"
"Right." Squatch growled before he and Candyman rushed into the battle.
When the vortex stopped, Nuke and Surge saw that they were no longer in the North Pole.
"Damn it. The Spirit took us out of the North Pole." Surge growled. "Where are we though?" She looked around and saw Nuke also looking.
"I think the better question is when are we?" Nuke said. Surge glared at him. "Think about it Second Rate. He's the Spirit of Christmas Past which means he can teleport us anywhere in the past. Specifically Christmas Past."
"Which means he took us to one of our crappy Christmases." Surge finished. "Question is who's past?" They look around and Nuke's eyes widen. Surge follows his gaze and sees what he's looking at. "Flint Orphanage? I was never in an Orphanage so that means."
"We're in my crappy past." Nuke growled. The two approach the window and see a kid version of Nuke sitting in his room. They then see the door open and see one of the caretakers walk in.
"Kyle. Why don't you come down and join the other kids for Christmas?" She said. Young Nuke just scoffs.
"Not interested. Christmas sucks and I want nothing to do with it." Young Nuke tells her. "As for those other kids, I don't give a damn about them so get lost!" The caretaker sighs and walks out.
"You remember this?" The two turn and see Past standing behind them.
"Yeah what about it? You're not giving me a change my ways?" Nuke asked.
"You were left abandoned. So you abandoned everyone around you." Past said.
"Yeah so what!? Why should i care!" Nuke exclaimed.
"Because now, your past will die." Past tell them. Nuke's eyes widen as Past prepares he Candle Snuffer to rip through the the Orphanage.
"No!" Nuke shouted before punching the Candle Snuffer to prevent it from connecting with the Orphanage. Nuke then turns to Surge. "Why you standing around? If past me is destroyed I'll cease to exist!"
"I mean would that be such a bad thing?" Surge asked. Nuke glares at her. "I'm joking! Maybe. Ok fine. I'm coming." She flies towards Past and tries to blast him point blank in his face. "Eat this!" She fires the blast at his face but Past puts up two fingers and redirects the blast at her.
"Dang it." Surge said as she dodged the blast.
"He can redirect our attacks!" Nuke reminded Surge with a groan.
"Yeah but I don't feel different." Surge said. "Because the attack didn't return to me."
"Well that's new." Nuke said surprised.
"No. I dodged it which means he couldn't cancel it out!" Surge said. Nuke's eyes widen in realization before smirking.
"I see it now." He says. He uses his free hand and blasts Past in the torso sending him sliding back.
"Hey it worked." said Nuke.
"Good now let's finish this ghost!" Surge said.
"Most likely he can't redirect two attacks so, and I can't believe I'm saying this, let's work together to take him down." Nuke says.
Both Nuke and Surge both charged an energy blast and fired their energy blasts at Past, knocking him down and area around them returned to the battlefield. "We're back!" Surge exclaimed,
Parkour and Petty are still battling against Present, the two couldn't take the ghost down. "He's tough." Petty said.
"Yeah no kidding." Parkour agreed. "Every time we hit him he cancels out damage we would be dealing."
"Come on! Know me better you two." Present said.
"Petty hates Present." Petty said.
Present just laughs. "Don't be like that." He says. He throws a right hand at Petty who catches it with both hands. He then yanks Present down allowing Parkour to hit him with an uppercut.
Present recovered from the attack and then Petty shoulder tackles Present and gives a right hook at Present's face. Present attempts choke slam Parkour and Petty, they both dodged the grab and both punched Present in the face, knocking him out.
"Heh. He could only cancel out so much." Parkour says. She looks around. "Hey, where's Black Ice?"
The flames disappear and Black Ice notices that they're back in Royal Woods.
"We aren't in the North Pole anymore." Black Ice said. "We're back in Royal Woods but something feels different."
"Probably because it is different." Jack tells her. "Future teleported us to Christmas Yet To Come or Christmas Future. And seeing that we're in Royal Woods, this is no doubt you're Future."
"Something tells me I'm not going to like this future." Black ice said.
"We need to find Future." Jack said.
A fog surrounded them and Future appears in front of them. Without saying a word, he points at a nearby house. Slowly, Black Ice approached the house and saw that all the lights were off and the only light in the house was from the fireplace. She looked around and saw a Christmas tree in the corner.
"I don't understand." Black Ice says. "I don't see anything bad here." She sees movement in the house and to her surprise sees an older version of herself walk into the room. She watched as her older self tossed another log on the fire with a loud sigh.
"Another year. Another Christmas alone." Older Lucy said. "I guess once again they forgot about me. At this point, I'm not surprised. Some things never change."
"This is my future." Black Ice gasped. "This can't be real! This can't happened!"
"You can never be too certain Shelia." Jack replied.
"But it can't." Black Ice says as she dropped to her knees. "This can't happen." Future appears in front of her and raises his scythe to strike her before bringing it down.
"Look out!" Jack shouted. Black Ice looked up to see the scythe coming down only to be blocked by Jack's staff. "Get yourself together Sheila!"
"How can I?" Black Ice lamented. "You saw it. I end up alone on Christmas. How can I keep going after seeing that?"
"Because it's not your future." Jack grunted. "Your future is what you choose it to be. Future's ability shows you a possible future, not a definitive one. That's how he makes people change their ways. By showing their worst possible future which encourages them to change." Black Ice looks back at the house.
"So that future isn't definitive?" Black Ice asks. Future shoves forward forcing Jack to slide back.
"Exactly. Listen we all have different futures but it's our choice to decide how we get there." Jack tells her. "So Black Ice, you gonna let some spirit decide your life?" Black Ice stares at the God before getting back to her feet. She then turns to Future forming two Ice Blades.
"No." Black Ice answers. "Vile Spirit, go back to hell!" Future doesn't respond and prepares his scythe. "So be it."
Right when Future swings down his scythe, Black Ice dodged the attack and counters with her two ice blades in. The Ghost bursts into a puff of smoke and everything around them disappeared returning both Jack and Black Ice to the battle.
"We're back." Jack said.
"Do you think the Spirits are down?" Black Ice asked.
"I mean ours is knocked out." Parkour said as she and Petty took out wind-up soldiers.
"Same with ours." Nuke said as he and Surge blasted wind-up dragons. They feel a rumbling on the ground and see Present back on his feet.
"But he was knocked out!" Parkour shouted. They see a light and Surge sees Past back up.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Surge shouted. Black Ice then noticed Future wasn't down yet.
"This is ridiculous." Black Ice says. "How do we beat them?" Santa looked up from where his axe clashed with Krampus's chain.
"They have wind-up keys somewhere on their bodies!" Santa called. "If you destroy them, they'll stop attacking!"
"They have wind-up keys too!" Parkour groaned.
"We need to find those keys and make it quick!" Firecracker said as he flew off.
"I've had enough of this shit!" Nuke shouted. "You energy bastard! I'm gonna blast you to hell!"
"Welp. He's pissed." Candyman said.
"We need to find those keys and fast!" Surge said.
"Ok. So Past is made of pure energy." Prodigy says. "Which means that the key can only be in one place."
"Inside his body." Surge finished. "Nuke! We think the key is inside his body! Let's knock it out of him!" Nuke smirked.
"Now you're speaking my language." Nuke says before preparing to rush him but Surge stops him.
"Hold. Let me give you some extra juice." Surge said shocking Nuke. "I admit it. You're stronger than me, but that doesn't mean that my power can't help give you enough power to force that key out of him."
"Whatever you say second rate." Nuke said. "Ready to take this ghost down?"
"Yeah of course." Surge said as she and Nuke both shot energy blasts at the Ghost of Christmas past, they continued their blasts until they see a wind up key. "There it is!"
"Alright runt, go knock it out!" Nuke orders. Surge nods and flies at Past as fast as she can. Past sees her coming can't stop her allowing Surge to hit him in the torso knocking the key out. Surge then quickly destroys. Nuke stops his attack and Past drops to his knees.
"What happened?" Past wondered.
"It's a long story." Surge said.
Parkour and Petty both look and see Present charging towards them. Petty took a closer look at Present's Back and sees the wind up key on his back. "Key in back!" Petty said.
"I see it too big guy." Parkour nodded.
"What we do?" Petty asked. Parkour thinks before getting an idea.
"Hold him down and I'll get the key." Parkour told him. Petty nods and the two rush the large man.
"Come get to know me better!" Present said with a laugh. He throws a right hand that Petty catches. He then yanks Present down forcing him to a crouch.
"GO!" Petty shouted as he struggled to keep Present from moving. Parkour nods and runs up the outstretched arm. Present goes to try and swat her off when suddenly Squatch appears out of nowhere knocks the arm away before grabbing it.
"Hurry Runt!" Squatch grunted still feeling the effects of his fight with the Yeti. "This giant still has some fight left!"
Parkour jumps onto Present's back and yanks the wind up key out of Present's back and tossed it towards a nutcracker. "What just happened?" Present groaned in pain.
"It's a long story." Parkour said as she hopped off of Present's back.
Present just straightened out a let's out a hardy laugh. "Well you'll have to tell me sometime!"
Black Ice prepares her blades as she faced off with Future.
"I have an idea on where your key is." Black Ice says. "And all I'll need is one hit to destroy it."
Future swings his scythe down on Black Ice, but she rolled out of the way and slashed Future's right side, then blinded him with an icy blast.
Future tried to get rid of the ice not seeing Black Ice rush him with both blades where she slashes his body. Black Ice then hears something break inside the cloak. Once Future can see he gets back up and Black Ice prepares to fight again. However Future puts one hand on his chest and bows to her.
"Wow the Ghost of Christmas future is bowing to me." Black Ice said.
"Now we need to stop Krampus!" Parkour said.
"We got Krampus!" Speed Queen shouted as she dodges a chain whip. "Keep his army off us!"
"Yeah what she said!" Johnny added as he kicked Krampus in the back.
The rest of the team run off to fight against the other soldiers. Santa attacked Krampus with his axe attacking his side. Krampus groans in pain, but shakes it off and wraps his chain around Johnny's leg, then slams him into a rock.
"Your time is over Santa." Krampus said.
"Never." Santa says as he stood back up. "As long as people believe in Christmas spirit and me, Christmas will never die and neither will I. I will not rest until you fall!"
"That's right." Speed Queen said holding her shoulder. "If Santa is still fighting to save Christmas then so are we!" She turns to Johnny who was trying to regain his bearings. "Get up Johnny! You gonna let some Goat man beat you?"
"No way in hell." Johnny said as he gets back up and speeds together Krampus and punches him straight in the face.
Speed Queen circles around Krampus and then delivered a series of punches and kicks on Krampus. Krampus quickly recovered from the attacks and sees Santa running towards him.
Santa swings his axe wildly at Krampus who catches the axe on the last swing. However Santa used his free hand and punched Krampus right in the nose causing the monster to stumble back and release the axe. Johnny then rushes in and knees him in the face.
"Take that you Goat faced asshole!" Johnny taunted as he landed.
"Fools." Krampus growled as he punched the ground sending Speed Queen and Johnny flying back and Santa sliding. "You can't stop me! Hell you won't even kill me because of your moral code!" Santa let's out a growl.
"You're right. I won't kill you." Santa then smirks but there's fates worse then death." He then starts waving his hands in circles causing Krampus to tilt his head in confusion. Krampus then looked around and saw the snow start swirling around him.
"No. No! NO!" Krampus shouted as snow surrounded him. "Damn you Claus!" His shouts then go silent and when the snow stops swirling Krampus is nowhere to be seen. In his place is a snow globe. Speed Queen walks up to it and picks up to look at it. When she looks at it she sees Krampus completely still inside it.
"Trapped in a snow globe? That's a new one." Speed Queen said as everyone else looked at the snow globe.
"So you placed Goat boy in a snow globe?" Johnny asked.
"It's against my moral code not to kill anyone." Santa said.
"So you trapped him in something he couldn't escape." Speed Queen finished. "A fate worse then death." They hear clanking and see the wind-up army collapse. Once the army collapsed the elves, polar bears and penguins let out a cheer.
"Christmas is saved!" Santa cheered.
"I never thought we would save Christmas." Genarocker said.
"Cross that off the bucket list." Amplifier says.
"You all have my thanks." Santa tells them. "But there's no time to waste. Christmas is nearly here and nothing is ready! We must prepare everything! We gotta finish wrapping the presents, load them on the sleigh, prepare the reindeer. We don't have a lot of time."
"We have about thirty minutes." Prodigy told him.
"Crap!" One of the elves shouted. "We were so focused on Krampus that we never finished preparing for Christmas!"
"We'll never get everything ready in time!" Another shouted.
"Or maybe you can with our help." Ryker said with everyone looking at Ryker in confusion. "Look I may not care about Christmas, but I'm not going to let those kids going to be disappoint when they wake up."
"Well what do you know?" Ms. Appear teased. "Cowboy Scrooge has a heart."
"Yeah yeah." Ryker says with an eye roll. He turns to Speed Queen. "So, what do you say?" Speed Queen smiles and nods.
"I don't see why not." Speed Queen answered. She turns to Johnny. "Truce is still happening and we still have an agreement because this is part of saving Christmas. You think you can be selfless for a while longer?"
The Terror Crew each looked each and Johnny sighed. "Fine, but this is just between us."
"We're only doing this for Zoya." Squatch said.
"Whatever." Nuke grumbled.
"Wonderful." Candyman says with glee. "Prepare the montage!"
(Insert Jingle Bell rock)
In the workshop everyone immediately got to work preparing for Christmas. Speed Queen, Johnny Speed, Multiple Girl and her clones assisted with wrapping the gifts with Speed Queen and Johnny wrapping the gifts with their super speed and Multiple Girl and her clones doing it normally but quickly.
Amplifier used her power to charge up the electronic toys, while Prodigy and Genarocker were working programming the video game gifts. Parkour, Squatch and Petty were carrying large piles of wrapped presents to the sleigh and loaded them in the sack.
Armor and Candyman pushed the sleigh to the front of the workshop while Crystal Princess, Ms. Appear, Firecracker, Black Ice, Surge, Nuke, Ryker and Greenthumb hooked up the reindeer as well as Wildgirl and Tongri who still looked annoyed at having to pull the sleigh again.
The ghosts, penguins and polar bears are clearing the runway from snow and the remains of Krampus' army. "Runway is clear!" Mungles stated.
"Sky is all clear!" Jangle reported.
Jack appeared behind them. "Snowstorms are all stopped." He says with a twirl of his staff. "It'll be safe travels." Santa comes our of his workshop greeted by the L-Crew and Terror Crew.
"Thank you all for your help in saving Christmas." Santa tells them. "You're all on my Nice List. This year." He turns to Squatch. "I believe this is long overdue." He holds out a wrapped gift and hands it to Squatch. He opens it to reveal a large sub.
"A six-decker meatball sub." Squatch says as he held the sandwich. "I've waited years for this. This could make a grown man cry."
"I'm actually jealous of Squatch now." Parkour said to herself.
"And Zoya is off the naughty list for this year. Like I said before." Santa said.
"Then it looks like our business is done." Johnny says. "Now get us the hell out of this place! It's freezing!" The Terror Crew start heading to the sleigh. Santa turns to the L-Crew.
"Thanks again for saving Christmas." Santa says.
"Santa, it was our pleasure." Speed Queen said with everyone else voicing their opinions. "But I gotta voice my agreement with Johnny because it is freezing out here." The L-Crew head towards the sleigh with Ryker stopping in front of Santa.
"Sorry again for trying to shoot ya." Ryker said with a nervous chuckle.
"No worries Ryker." Santa assures him. "No harm done. One more thing. Don't worry about giving them gifts. You just being with them and enjoying the holidays is enough for them. Besides, some of the gifts I changed last minute to make them from you." Ryker looks at him with a chuckle.
"You're one crazy old man you know that?" Ryker said. "Alright let's get out of here." The two climb into the sleigh.
"On Dasher, on Dancer. On Prancer and Vixen. On Comet, on Cupid. On Donner and Blitzen. On Rudolph, Wildgirl and Tongri. Take to the sky on this Christmas day!"
The reindeer and tiger took off into the sky with the sleigh with its cargo and passengers into the night sky.
Santa managed to drop the Terror Crew off at their base. The four members all got off of the sleigh as Squatch finished his sub. "Here is Zoya's gift." Santa said as he handed Johnny her gift. "Remember, she can't open this gift until Christmas."
"We make no promises." Johnny said.
"Very well. Merry Christmas." Santa sighed as the sleigh took off.
"Guys?" The Four Terror members turned around and they see Zoya in her pyjamas which is a pair of grey sweat pants and black t shirt. "What are you doing out on the roof? Did you hear a noise?"
"Naw don't worry about it kid." Johnny assures her. He looks at the gift and hands it to Zoya. "Looks like you were on Santa's Nice List this year." Zoya takes the gift and is about to open it when Johnny stops her. "Gotta wait till morning. It's the rule." Zoya tilts her head.
"But since when we do we follow rules?" Zoya asked. The Terror Crew just chuckle as Squatch picks Zoya up and places her on his shoulder.
"We're making an exception this year." Squatch replied. "Merry Christmas runt."
"Merry Christmas Uncles." Zoya says back. "And thanks for giving me a real family."
"No problem kid." Nuke said. "Now c'mon. We still got time to put shaving cream in Virus's hand."
"I'm in." Zoya smiled as the Terror Crew walked back inside their base.
The L-Crew have arrived back at the base, the heroes all exited Santa's sleigh and Lori detached Lana and Tongri from the sleigh, while Tongri was relieved that he doesn't have to pull the sleigh, Lana sighs in sadness. "Tell you what Lana, we'll make you an honorary member of the reindeer time." Rudolph said.
"Aw thanks Rudolph." Lana replied.
Soothsayer and Mr. Cuddles come of the base to greet them.
"Well done everyone." Soothsayer says. "You've saved Christmas. This is quite the feat." He turns to Santa. "I assume Krampus is dealt with?"
"He is Master." Santa replied. "Sealed away where he can never escape."
"That's excellent to hear." Soothsayer said,
"But it wasn't easy. We had to team up with the Terror Crew." said Lincoln.
"I bet it wasn't easy. But that's what the holidays are about peace on Earth even heroes and villains have to put aside their differences." Soothsayer said.
"Right you are master. I need to get back to my deliveries." Santa said as he got onto his sleigh, but before he left, he each gave the L-Crew a present. "Here are you gifts, don't open them until tomorrow. Merry Christmas L-Crew." Santa said as the reindeer began to pull the sleigh and took off into the night sky. While the L-Crew all waved good bye to Santa.
"Wow. I can't believe we saved Christmas." Lola says.
"Same." Lynn said. "It was one hell of an adventure too. Especially fighting the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. That was crazy."
"Indeed. On top of finding out that every story about Christmas was actually true." Lisa added. "I still can't believe it."
"Not to mention we got to help Santa prepare for his delivery." Ronnie Anne said.
"I even got to be part of the reindeer team!" Lana squealed in excitement.
"I even fought against Krampus." Lori said.
"You think we would save Halloween or Thanksgiving next year?" Leni asked.
"I doubt that would happen Leni. I think this might be a one time thing." Lincoln said.
"Anyway, shall we continue our celebration?" Soothsayer asked.
"Yeah. For a little while at least." Lori replied. "We owe you guys that much. Everyone let's celebrate Christmas before we gotta head home."
"Yeah!" Everyone cheered before heading into the base. However Lincoln stopped before heading inside to talk to the readers.
"Thanks for joining us on this Christmas journey." Lincoln says. "It got crazy at times but it was fine. Now I'm gonna go celebrate Christmas with my sisters and friends so I'll let the Authors take it from here. Merry Christmas everyone!" Lincoln walks off and in the sky Santa flies by the moon and as he flies by he let's out a shout.
"Merry Christmas!" Santa shouted.
Zachlor16: Thanks for joining us on this Christmas journey. Not sure if this will be posted on time but still, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year and we'll see y'all in 2024.
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