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Ice shavings immediately began to shoot out of the stand, blanketing everything nearby in a soft, fluffy, frozen white. People started to gather, curious about how this snow could possibly be falling in their usually hot city. As more and more people crowded the area, Tiffany Fluffit raced toward the shaved ice stand, microphone at the ready.

She grinned into the camera and said, "Tiffany Fluffit, reporting live from the scene of an unexpected winter wonderland. It may not be real, but what in this town is? In fact, it's never felt more like the holidays in the city. Christmas is officially back on!"

The camera panned over the crowd. Someone was making a snowball; others had their heads tipped to the sky to revel in the wintry weather and catch snowflakes on their tongues.

"We did it, Wolf mused, smiling as he took in the
scene.

"We really did it." Dragon said.

"It's beautiful,' Piranha muttered.

Even Snake seemed impressed.

"It makes me feel all warm inside. So merry and bright, like someone lit a candle in the cold cavern of my heart." He shook his head to clear away the annoyingly good mood.
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"Hey I already had one person lit a candle in the cold cavern in my heart." Hubert said.

"It sounded like you guys save Christmas" Mojo says.

"Well not exactly kid." Tara says as she turns to Wolf.
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"I mean, if you like that sort of thing. Which I don't. I do not" Snake said.

Suddenly, the vendor raced out of the shaved ice stand, screaming, "She's gonna blow!"

A second later, the stand began to shake and shudder, and ice began to shoot out of the stand like missiles" The air grew colder, and Webs noticed that she could now see her breath forming a cloud around her.

"That's not good." she mused.

"It's too cold!" Piranha wailed. All the nearby palm trees had started to freeze solid, and one near the shaved ice stand suddenly shattered like glass.
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"It had gone from cozy winter wonderland to bliz-hard in less than a minute!" Tara says.

"I thought it seems odd when the teachers at school said something about a blizzard in Los Angeles once." Drake said.
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For a brief moment, Tiffany Fluffit said, her teeth chattering as she tried to report on the scene, "it looked like the holidays were back on. But that moment has passed. A frozen vortex is spinning out of control downtown. Will it suck in all surrounding life?"

The Bad Guys weren't sure what to do. Things had gotten totally out of control. Had they really created a frozen vortex that could suck in all surrounding life? That was crazy talk.
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"And that is why Wolf is an idiot." Tara says.
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"That's not going to happen, Webs said confidently. "As long as you didn't turn the dial all the way up, Wolf.

Wolf looked left, then right, refusing to meet Webs's eyes. Finally, he shrugged and confessed.

"I figured a ten would be twice the holiday spirit?" Wolf said.
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"See what did I tell you, a complete idiot." Tara says.

"He always makes stupid mistakes." Hubert added and everyone agreed.

"Hey! I didn't think it would be that bad-" Tara said.

They all continue to argue when Pandora interrupts them.

"Ahem!"

"Right right." Wolf sits down as the others settle down.
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"Come on!" Webs wailed.

"You idiot!" Dragon growled freezing.

"You're lucky my fins are frozen." Piranha said as he wriggled.

"Why, I oughta-" Snake snarled.

"Crazy mutt!" Hyena said.

"I'm too talented to die!" Shark sobbed, cutting
Snake off.
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Then the kids started laughing and Shark feels embarrassed.

"Did you really hace to tell them that?" Lou said.

"Yes every detail counts." Tara says.

"As I was..." Mason said.
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"That vortex is about to suck in the whole city." Wolf told his pals. "We don't have time to be mad at me!"

"I'll make time," Snake said. "Everything was fine. But no, you had to go and push things too far! Like always!"
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"Like always." Hubert repeated himself.
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"I know! I'm sorry." Wolf said.
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"Wolf's guilt ate at him as the ice." Drago said.
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And snow continued to swirl around them.

"It's just ... stealing with you all on Christmas morning is the highlight of my year. I-I got so wrapped up in making sure our Holiday Heist-tacular happened, that I put you all at risk. And that's the last thing I'd ever want to do." Wolf said spilling his emotions to his friends.

The other Bad Guys wanted to hear him out, but it was hard to hear much of anything over the sound of their own chattering teeth.

"Uh.." Webs said, a small, frozen tear forming.

"That's gross." Hyena said.

"Whatever, bro." Dragon said.

"Get a life." Piranha muttered, trying to hide a smile.

"Those are theatrical tears," Shark said, trying to wave away Wolf's sweet words.

"Yeah, fine," Snake grumbled. "Whatever. But we better stop that machine, or it won't just be our Holiday Heist-tacular that's canceled. Webs, can't you, like, hack your device?"

Webs nodded slowly. "Oh, yeah, sure! Why didn't I think of that?" Then she narrowed her eyes and screamed, "Of course I can't hack it! You think I'd leave security loopholes in my own tech? The only way to stop it is to unplug it."

"Then that's what we do." Wolf shrugged.

All five of the Bad Guys tried to make their way toward the shaved ice stand to cut the power to Webs's machine. But the whipping winds sent them reeling backward instead of forward. Webs, Snake, and Piranha were all so light they were actually thrown through the air in the opposite direction. Even Wolf was no match for winds this strong and made no headway at all. Shark was the only one of them who could stand up to the powerful winter wind. Fighting against the force of the icy vortex, Shark took one slow step after another toward the shaved ice stand. But then, just as soon as he got within fin's reach of the stand, he was sucked into the polar vortex and disappeared.

"Fin Bro!" Piranha yelped.

Seconds later, Shark was shot back out. Though he looked unhurt and he wasn't frozen solid, the icy wind had stolen his shirt.

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"STOP!" Lou shouts, "They really don't need to hear this part."

"Of course they do." Hubert said.
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Embarrassed, Shark screamed out, "Cover your eyes. Don't look at me!"
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"Ah!" Shark groans and the kids laughed.

"If only you were there to see it kids, it was funny." Hubert snickered.

"Hey!" Lou said as he got furious.

"Heh. I even got a picture of it." Miguel said showing the kids the pic on his phone.

"Hey! Don't show them!" Lou said in a mixture of embarrassment and anger.
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"If Shark's not strong enough to get there,"
Piranha said, eyes wide, "who is?!"

"I know who." Webs grinned as she got a very good idea.
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"Who was it?" Gray asked confused.
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"The situation has worsen-" Tiffany Fluffit said, her words cut off as her microphone got sucked into the polar vortex.

She shivered, but gathered herself together to catch her cameraman's attention, when she noticed something huge lumbering toward them down the frozen street. "Are you seeing this?" she asked.

The camera zoomed in. It was Roboclaus! And settled in right behind the controls, in a seat where no one could see him operating the giant mechanical robot, was Wolf!
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"Roboclaus!" Moe says.

"Yeah, And the guys said it was a bad idea." Tara said.

"Because it's a danger hazard." Mason says.

"And a childless hazard." Hubert added.
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"No, not that way," Wolf yelped, desperately trying to get the hang of the controls as the mechanical Santa stepped from side to side, wobbling down the street.

"How do I-?" Wolf said struggling with the controls.

"You have to relax," Webs explained through her communications unit. "The suit is intuitive. Don't force it. Just walk."

Was she saying that whatever he did, Roboclaus would do, too?

It was starting to seem that way- because with each move Wolf made, Roboclaus followed suit.

"Folks," Tiffany Fluffit yelled into the camera.
"We're witnessing some sort of Christmas miracle! A Santa cyborg appears to be attempting to save the city!"

Wolf began to relax, taking one step after another-until he'd almost reached the shaved ice stand!

But as soon as he got almost close enough to touch it, the mechanical Santa's metal feet began to skid on the frozen ground. He hit the ground hard. And then again--and again-and again.

But Wolf wasn't about to give up. This was their only chance to make Christmas right again!
Suddenly, he looked down at the ground and noticed his friends were getting pulled closer and closer to the frozen vortex.

They were gripping each other to keep any one of them from getting sucked in, but it was clear they wouldn't be able to keep safe for long.

They needed Wolf! Now he was even more determined. His buddies were worth more than a million Holiday Heist-taculars! Wolf drew himself upright inside the giant mechanical suit and took another step forward.

Finally, he made it! He reached one long, metal arm forward-and grabbed Webs's tech device off the machine. The ice that had been whirling around them suddenly stopped, and the frigid vortex collapsed into nothingness.

The crowd around them roared with happiness.
Everyone rushed toward Roboclaus and Wolf, who was still hidden high above their heads inside the control center of the huge mechanical Santa. Shark slipped on a quick disguise that made it look like he was Roboclaus's handler, and attempted to control the crowd.

"One at a time, folks!" He cried out, trying to sound as in charge as possible. "Please form a line!"

While Shark distracted the crowd, the rest of the team worked quickly to get Wolf out of the suit before anyone figured out it was him who'd saved the day.

They had a reputation as Bad Guys to uphold, after all.
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"I still don't believe that anyone falls for your disguises." Shark said as the heard the kids laughs again.

"And yet they still do." Wolf says.
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From the scene of all the chaos and cheer, Tiffany Fluffit reported into the camera one last time.

"Balloon Santa may have gone up in flames, but the city has a new Santa mascot: that's right, Roboclaus is a huge mechanical robot that screams family fun!"

"See I told you it was a good idea" webs says.
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"So it that how you saved Christmas?" Pandora says.

"Well not yet sweetie." Mason says.