Dane Monday Saves Christmas (With Help) by Liggio Dennis

Author:Liggio, Dennis [Liggio, Dennis]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Professor Honnenheim watched the displays. His Robot Santas were all in place. The sleigh was nearly loaded. Soon he would be able to start his assault. He knew it would go down in history as the Avalon Christmas Assault or the New Avalon Holiday Tragedy. It wouldn't get him any farther on his plan to take over the city, but it would put a big dent in this infernal holiday. Goodwill toward men indeed, he scoffed.

Suddenly all the screens popped up with the same message. It was echoed by the voices of the R-39 units all around him. "DANE MONDAY IDENTIFIED."

Honnenheim swung around in his chair to see the familiar form of Dane Monday in front of him - smug face, satchel, and today wearing an ugly Christmas Sweater under his coat. Dane stood only a few paces from the chair, the robots knowing Dane was a special case and waiting for Honnenheim's orders to fire. Dane held in his hands one of the Christmas present bombs.

"I expected I should have to deal with you," said Honnenheim tiredly. "When I received an identification signal from the Chinatown Santa right before it went offline, I knew you were catching on. I had hoped to take off before you arrived, but I see that luck has failed me. You always show up."

"Like a bad penny!" said Dane cheerfully.

"I suppose the bomb is so I do not have my R-39s kill you immediately?" said Honnenheim.

"Yes, I figured I'd want some insurance in case you didn't feel like monologuing."

"You do realize that all the bombs are remotely activated, right? From this very console, in fact," said the Professor, waving at his setup.

"You're welcome to try setting it off right now," said Dane, "though at this proximity I think we're both going to have a terrible Christmas. But I'll let you in on a secret: you can't set off or shut down this bomb. I changed the frequency before revealing myself. We've done this dance before, we both know how each other thinks." Truthfully, Dane hadn't had the time or tools to change the frequency. He had only jammed a screwdriver into the bomb and twisted it around, hoping that would deactivate it. Under no circumstances would he actually want it to explode in his hands.

"You have no idea how much the dance is beginning to bore me," said Honnenheim.

"Really? You're usually so excited for all this! Has the Holiday gotten you down? Where's your Christmas spirit?"

"Christmas is a holiday for fools," said Honnenheim. "So are Chanukah and Solstice gatherings! All the winter holidays are foolish traditions!"

"What about Kwanza?"

"Everyone thinks they are safe on Christmas," said Honnenheim. "They act like the world will just stop so they can take off a day to be with their families. They think goodwill and cheer will change everything when it won't change anything. Not this year. Avalon will know true terror. A burning terror." Honnenheim lapsed into a sullen look.

"Isn't this the part where you laugh maniacally?" said Dane.

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