Chapter 19 Special Part 1 Holiday

"He's been sulking around for quite some time now" Crowley spoke.

Gilan had to agree, ever since the extensive search for Alyss and Will's disappearance really stumped them. They couldn't find any trace of them leaving or killed at all. All points led to being vanished into thin air.

"Horace? The Princess?" Gilan asks.

Crowley shook his head, "Those two are the same. I mean they have been through a lot together so what'd you expect?"

"Will..."

Ooo

A technician ran down the halls and bursts into the office, "Sorry, but I think we missed something. There are some high residues back in the past. It's going to teleport something to here!"

Sarah slowly puts down the folder, "Look."

The guy swallowed nervously.

"There are 80 million people out there who want some special designs for this holiday season, I have a meeting with the world leaders in 57.86minutes, and 7 large corporations want some help with their funding. Do you honestly think, my coffee is worth delayed in a stupid traffic jam?" She spoke so fast the tech guy had to blink a few times before it all registered in his mind.

"Wait..what?"

Will laughs, giving them both a jolt. "I don't know what mumbo-designs or the beards of a Skandian. But a delayed coffee, I think that's a pretty serious problem right there."

"Since when did you get in here?" Sarah asked with surprise, she thought the security was really tight.

Will shrugged, "Wasn't hard with that guy stumbling in. All I had to do was follow right behind him and slip through the door."

Sarah turned to the guy in the suit, "How did YOU get in?"

"Um..." The guy stuttered whatever the reason. Will cringed inwardly; knowing Halt would have gave him such a cold stare that probably by now, the poor guy would be in a chunk of ice.

Will blinked with a face of not understanding any of the words he was saying. Words like Downloading, Shooting which Will thought arrow shooting but it didn't sound like it, Loading, cross-checking and transitioning.

"Here's a simple solution. Just get a hammer and some nails and fix it? I mean when something crashed why not just nail it back together? I'm sure it'll work again." Will just said with a snap of the fingers.

The technician looked at him and muttered, "How is this guy allowed to be here even though there are some...difference of intelligence ...be here?"

Sarah ignored the question, "I see. Keep a wide net of what's happening around. What's the range of spawning?"

Will spoke out loud slightly disconcerted. "Range of spawning?"

The technician did a quick look on the stats. "Should be this whole city."

"Well that's not bad... should be easy to get the cams...alright. Keep an up-to-date repair on that device. We need to be able to pick up where we started. Double time!" Sarah commanded.

He nodded and ran out the entrance. She sighed and pressed her hand on the table which revealed a coded pin. Will asks, "What's that for?"

Sarah sarcastically replies, "It's a piano for a Christmas song"

Will tilted his head to one side with a confused look. "Christmas song..? Wait what a piano?"

Sarah sighed, "Nevermind. We might need to call you in later, I mean I know it's Christmas Eve but..."

The young ranger shrugged, "Sure. I came by just to give you this wrapped up box. I'll leave it on the table."

The CEO eyed the box curiously and watched as Will left the office. "Wait...does he not know it's Christmas?"

Oh well. It was too late to explain it to him now.

Ooo

Alyss peered outside the window, "Wow, it's really snowing hard."

Daniela sat on the ledge, "Yeah. Hey do you want to have a snowball fight with Will later? I'll see if I can invite some of the others."

"Snow ball fight? What's that?" Alyss repeated liking the sound of it already.

Daniela who is used to the groundless questions answered, "I'll explain the game later."

"Game? A fight is a game?" The tall blonde repeats again with a wide eye.

The doored opened and the servants nearby greeted him.

"Will! My boy, did you manage to give it to her?" Daniela's father asked with a deep tone, whose face appeared at a big door.

Will spoke the half-truth, "Oh I passed it off to a secretary since she was busy." While taking off his jacket.

"Hmm...that's good. Thanks. Well that is over with I have to get back dealing with these business men." Before he could hear Will's reply, he shuts the door again.

Alyss waved from up the banisters, "Done your walk?"

Will shuddered, "Almost like back at Castle Macindaw. Cold, tons of snow. Except for the big fat guy who wears this red suit..."

Daniela shouted, "That's Santa Claus!"

Will gave a thin look, "Who's that?"

Shrugging, Alyss said in a monotone voice. "Dunno. Someone important apparently."

Daniela popped her head from a corner, "He gives presents to all the children in the world who are nice...well yeah. He has a list of who has been naughty or nice this year."

Will shook his head slowly, "The more of this world the more I don't understand their customs."

"It's not a custom, it's a traditional thing everyone loves at the end of the year!"

"Right...so is he some kind of Sorcerer or something? If my logic is right, there are a lot of children to give presents to, and is he even real? I never seen him before." Will said.

Alyss looked up from a book, "Apparently, he's fake. But lots children believe in him. It's called Christmas Spirit"

Daniela stares at the title of the book she was holding, "Where did you pull that from, wait. Why are you reading Christmas For Dummies 101?"

Will waved that aside, "Does that include the reason why there is a big tree in the middle of the front door which I thought the forest decided to invade this place?"

Alyss laughed, "Oh Will! No tree grows that fast, plus have you ever seen a tree with lights and stuff all over it?"

He mutters, "I think I've seen enough of everything to believe just about anything just about now...also nature does come in strong when she wants to."

They could hear the strong whistles of the wind outside blowing the snow around and around. Daniela looked outside, "Wow, it's like a blizzard out there."

Will jerked his thumb, "That's what the ...guy on television is saying"

There was a TV mounted up on a wall and the weatherman was reporting, "...folks, there are some good news and bad news. Ronnie? Let's hear it...Thanks Jen, so we have some strong winds with freezing cold temperatures over here. Expect heavy snowfall for the next 36 hours. There may be a chance of power outages so watch and prepare for that. Good news is... there is an absolute 100% chance it's a white Christmas!"

Will asked loudly, "What's a power outage?"

Cursed, suddenly the lights and electricity based things powered down. Everything was in the dark. Daniela spoke and even in the darkness he could tell she was staring him down. "Does that explain it wise-guy? You jinxed us to it!"

He replied, "At least we had a warning....."

Alyss said in a soft voice, "Well..18second warning... to be right...Will don't give me that raised eyebrow."

Will denied the fact, "I-I wasn't! You can't even see me!"

Ooo

"Everyone alright?" Daniela held up an oil lamp that partially illuminated the room.

The head servant nodded, "There were only a few of us that kept things running, since it's the holidays."

Will pointed at the back of the girl who walked away, "Who's that? I never noticed her before."

Biting into an apple, Alyss nodded too making the point she is curious too.

"That is the Head of our servants that maintain the house and all. If you see any today or tomorrow, you can trust them with a high regard...they are friends too." Daniela explained.

"Friends?" Alyss asked with a interested tone.

"Yeah, either friends from my dad or with me. We give them all chances to have a break, even send them on a vacation at a private island for a week. But the head of each ...sections? They usually like to stay." She said with a confused tone, "Wait did that make any sense?"

Will shrugged indifferently, "You can go ahead and speak some other language if you want. Most of the time I don't even know if I understand most of anyone."

Daniela laughs, "Right...Alyss?" Hoping for a more serious response.

Alyss stares at her but doesn't speak.

"..."

Seeing she's not getting much answer from there she suddenly remembered the guests that were still here.

"Fathe-!"

The noble opened the door and assures, "They were long gone, don't worry my child!"

Daniela puts a hand on her chest with a sigh. "That'll loosen up some work for the others.."

Suddenly there was blast of music which Will's cell phone lit up. He looked at it and began deciding if it was the green button or the red one. Daniela puts a hand on her face, "It's the green one."

"Oh. Thanks...Hello? Mhmm...wait...what? You mean this morning...now? Are you blind?! Do you see what it's like outside right now?...fine..." He ended the call and looked at the dim faces.

"I have to run a job. I'll be back..." With a small nod to Alyss he got his coat and opened the door. "...Wait hold on a minute Will! Outside is...."

The moment the door was free from resistance, the door swung open –nearly taking out Will's arm in the process- and a strong gust of wind blew in. He rushed to close the door and his face was red and snow was all over his face. What you could say, he just looked like a jolly old fellow.

Ooo

Will stared at the screen which had a bunch of officers surrounding two mottled cloaked figures. He looked at it for a long time, a really long time. Cortex and Tulip began feeling the impatience. Finally he spoke, "Why isn't this area affected by the snow?"

Sarah gritted her teeth with surprise, "That's the first thing he asks?!"

He continued to his next question, "Are these two ghosts?"

"No...wait don't ask me...are they?" Sarah asked doubly confused.

"Nope....okay...then why is Gilan and Halt here?"

"Who?"

"Two most famous Rangers of the Araluen Kingdom, one of them is a friend and the other is a grim bearded mentor." Will states. "DON'T TELL ME SANTA IS REAL!"

Both of them jumped at the sudden outburst.

The director looked at Sarah who shouted into the microphone. "Invite those guys here now before they shoot somebody!"

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Gilan jumped at the sight of the blinking lights dancing in a circle on a board. "What is that!?"

Will sighed, "That. Is a billboard. Now can we get a move on please?"

Halt grumbles, "You know Will. We've been searching for you and Alyss for quite some time now...nearly the whole kingdom misses you. And what do they find? You relaxing here like on some holiday. I'm willing to bet your accuracy dropped below Gorlong's toenails!"

Will smiles awkwardly, "Well. This is a different place you know Halt."

His former mentor gave his former apprentice a cold stare.

Gilan looked around obviously asking questions in his mind nearly unable to contain his curiosity. Not that surprising because even Halt is impressed and shocked at the advancements of the human society.

Will muttered, "I always knew it'd take a flying chicken to make Halt at least be amazed."

The old bearded ranger took no notice of his comment and continued looking out the window with his head moving back and forth. While Gilan has taken some ...no major interest with the window. Pressing the button that made the window of the car go up and down...

Will sighs as he sat in the middle. "So this is Christmas Eve? Great presents, good big old white-bearded guy...Merry Christmas...to me."

So she continued, "Well. This hunk of metal will be able to do just that." Tapping the large device, which to the comic books...

Hey! Merry Christmas to you all! Happy Holidays if you don't celebrate it!