The Undead That Saved Christmas Vol. 2 by Lyle Perez-Tinics

Author:Lyle Perez-Tinics [Perez-Tinics, Lyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781937758004
Publisher: Rainstorm Press
Published: 2011-09-27T07:00:00+00:00

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Over the next few months Barthy went through intense instruction with the other members of Santa’s SAC. He was given military style training, including physical and mental challenges. He was also given weapons training, surveillance schooling and learned hand-to-hand combat skills. Strangely enough, Nightshade, who Barthy believed was in command, was not around much during the training sessions.

Barthy was assigned to Eggnog Squad, one of six squads that made up Santa’s SAC. The others were Mistletoe, Stocking, Cookies, Gingerbread and Angels. Each of these squads received the same training and equipment and their job was to travel with Santa on his yearly rounds. The only squad exempt from this was the Angel squad. Made up of the senior elves in the SAC, their job was to watch over St. Nick all year around to make sure there were no issues around home base.

Around the North Pole there had not been any hatless moments. Santa was tightly controlled around the village and was never left to his own devices, thanks to the Angel squad. The big guy wasn’t too happy about this arrangement, but understood the reasons why. He had never forgotten the gift, and curse, that Pelham had granted him so he could continue his acts of kindness.

Each member of the Angel Squad had worked their way up from the standard squads. These were the best of the best in terms of protecting Santa. It was a special honor to be assigned to the Angel Squad.

The remaining squads trained all year for the one night when they would guard Santa out in the field. These squads rotated their watch of the jolly old elf, with three squads awake and two resting at all times to maximize coverage and alertness.

Other members of Barthy’s Eggnog Squad included the leader Nimar, a tough as nails elf whom you didn’t want to cross. Nimar’s toughness was forged by being the only woman in the squad and its leader. This toughness made her the best squad leader in the SAC. She had been a member of the team for fifteen years while most of the rest of the squad were considerably younger.

Another member of Eggnog was Vonsan, whom Barthy recognized as the elf who administered the knock out drugs to him after graduation. Vonsan was just slightly older than Barthy and had spent that last four Christmases in the SAC. He and Barthy became fast friends during the training and it was Vonsan who helped Barthy learn the ropes around the team.

Rounding out Eggnog was Malik, the team’s weapon expert and a cheat at reindeer games; Asathal, the team’s medic and the squad member with the best sense of humor; and Ervan the Large, the squad’s hand to hand combat expert and chess champion.

Outside of the team, Barthy was also introduced to The Toymaker, one of the oldest elves on Santa’s SAC and the one who designed and built most of the tools issued to the team. From the bladed candy cane boomerang to the glass ornament shrapnel grenade, The Toymaker’s devices were very deadly.

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