Death To Santa
William Argo
- Christmas
- is
- dying!
- The
- Arctic
- ice
- is
- melting,
- and
- Santa's
- magic
- is
- failing.
- Are
- the
- two
- problems
- linked?
- With
- only
- a
- few
- days
- to
- go
- to
- Christmas
- Day,
- Santa
- sets
- off
- on
- a
- quest
- for
- answers.
- Having
- lost
- his
- elves
- to
- oblivion
- and
- most
- of
- his
- flying
- reindeer,
- Santa
- is
- in
- a
- race
- against
- time
- to
- find
- out
- what
- is
- going
- on
- and
- devise
- a
- solution.Seeking
- out
- the
- wisdom
- of
- mortal
- humans,
- Santa
- meets
- an
- interesting
- host
- of
- characters
- along
- the
- way.
- But
- his
- journey
- is
- far
- from
- easy.
- Attacked
- by
- a
- Polar
- Bear,
- punched
- in
- the
- face,
- arrested,
- and
- then
- on
- the
- run,
- he
- finds
- himself
- as
- Britain's
- most
- wanted
- criminal.
- As
- Father
- Christmas
- performers
- are
- rounded
- up
- by
- the
- police,
- he
- ends
- up
- wandering
- alone
- around
- London,
- bereft
- of
- his
- magic.
- His
- quest
- has
- led
- him
- to
- a
- shocking
- truth
- about
- the
- very
- nature
- of
- Christmas
- and
- what
- it
- has
- become.
- Worse
- still,
- he
- sees
- no
- way
- to
- fix
- the
- problem.Watching
- all
- this
- with
- interest
- is
- Death
- and
- his
- three
- brothers
- War,
- Pestilence
- and
- Famine.
- Long
- have
- they
- sought
- an
- end
- to
- the
- jolly
- old
- red
- and
- white
- fool.
- Now
- they
- sense
- their
- chance
- is
- at
- hand.
- But
- Death
- also
- senses
- something
- else
- -
- a
- new
- power
- rising
- as
- Santa's
- wanes.
- If
- he
- can
- ally
- himself
- with
- this
- new
- power,
- it
- would
- mean
- the
- complete
- destruction
- of
- Christmas
- and
- a
- new
- brother
- amongst
- their
- ranks.
- If
- Death
- gets
- his
- way,
- there
- will
- be
- no
- joy
- and
- goodwill
- to
- all
- men
- -
- just
- more
- famine,
- war,
- pestilence,
- and
- of
- course,
- death.Thrust
- into
- this
- mix
- is
- Joel
- -
- brought
- into
- existence
- by
- forces
- beyond
- his
- control.
- All
- he
- knows
- is
- he's
- on
- some
- sort
- of
- mission
- to
- save
- Christmas.
- He
- soon
- realises
- that
- he
- has
- three
- uncanny
- abilities
- -
- a
- winning
- personality,
- the
- ability
- to
- know
- things
- he
- should
- not,
- and
- the
- power
- to
- literally
- kick
- people
- into
- the
- future.
- With
- Josh
- his
- driver,
- and
- Holly
- the
- West
- Highland
- Terrier,
- he
- sets
- off
- on
- a
- road
- trip
- across
- the
- United
- Kingdom.Following
- in
- Santa's
- wake
- and
- the
- chaos
- caused
- of
- the
- Four
- Horsemen
- of
- the
- Apocalypse,
- Joel
- sets
- about
- to
- bring
- balance
- back
- to
- Christmas.
- But
- as
- Christmas
- Eve
- looms
- large,
- so
- does
- Joel's
- taste
- for
- power.
- The
- temptation
- of
- all
- that
- Christmas
- magic
- up
- for
- grabs,
- is
- overwhelming.
- Offered
- a
- deal
- by
- Death
- that
- he
- can't
- refuse,
- Joel
- holds
- Santa's
- very
- existence
- in
- the
- palm
- of
- his
- hand
- and
- the
- very
- future
- of
- Christmas
- itself.
- As
- Joel
- discovers
- his
- true
- purpose,
- he
- realizes
- that
- he
- may
- have
- to
- sacrifice
- Santa
- after
- all,
- if
- his
- own
- plans
- are
- to
- succeed.Approx
- 80
- 000 words.
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