December 24th, 2004, 11:59 PM: "Pass the eggnog would ya Frank?" Bill asks, adjusting his seat in the metal van.

"No problem here" Frank hands Bill some eggnog.

"56...57...58.....59...60! Merry Christmas guys!" Myles shouts holding up his cup.

"God, Myles, can you take it down like 80 notches," Lacey says, annoyed sipping her eggnog.

"How long until it opens?" Wheatley asks, adjusting his glasses.

"5 hours, strange you'd think they'd be closed on Christmas," Kevin says checking his watch.

"No rest for the wicked I guess?" Bill says

"No Kevin is right they should be closed like 100%," Lacey says

"Let's not look a gift horse in the ass," Franks says nodding

"That's not the expression you oaf," Wheatley says, shaking his head.

December 25th, 2004, 4:45 AM: "Alright 15 minutes, get the box Myles." Kevin says, looking at his watch.

"Okay, chief" Myles responds, leaving and returning with a box.

"So we have 6 masks, a Santa mask, a Rudolph mask, an Elf mask, a Snowman mask, a Krampus mask, and an Angel mask," Myles says

"Angel mask? Why isn't it Christmas-themed?" Franks asks

"Angels are connected to Christmas idiot," Lacey says "It's literally called Christ-Mas."

"The one that stands out is the Krampus mask, aren't these supposed to be for kids?" Bill asks

"It is strange but ultimately it doesn't matter," Wheatley says, grabbing the Krampus mask.

Suddenly the radio crackles to life as All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey starts playing as everyone looks up.

"Turn that down!" Kevin yells

"More like turn that off, ugh Christmas music is the worst" Lacey says rolling her eyes as she grabs the Snowman mask.

"I think this song is the best," Frank says laughing as he grabs the Rudolph mask.

"Out of all the Christmas music, I'd agree with that" Bill nods, grabbing the Santa mask.

"Kevin, do you want the Angel mask or the Elf mask?" Myles asks, looking at them both.

"I'll take the Angel mask," Kevin says, returning from the front after turning down the radio.

"Okay, I'm the Elf then" Myles nods, grabbing the Elf mask and handing Kevin the Angel mask.

"Alright, perfect Myles grab the equipment" Kevin nods towards the steamer trunk as Myles nods and walks over.

"Okay gang listen up, I don't want to repeat myself. When we're in there we will only refer to each other by the names of our masks. For example, I'm Angel and Myles is Elf. I want this clean, okay? No unnecessary blood spilled, I'm looking at you, Bill." Kevin talks sternly at the group and looks at Bill

"Hey that was one time I didn't know he had a gun it scared me, man," Bill says defensively as Myles starts passing out rifles and vests to everyone.

"Let's just go over our roles please," Lacey asks impatiently.

"Yes, everyone state your codename and then your role, for example, Angel: Heist planner," Kevin says

"Santa: Gunman," Bill says

"Rudolph: Gunman," Frank says

"Elf: Hacker," Myles says

"Snowman: Driver," Lacey says

"Krampus: Driller," Wheatley says

"Alright perfect from now on don't use real names, Elf how are the cameras?" Kevin asks.

"Almost... There we go, cameras are down, and we'll have 30 minutes, set your watches, everyone, also Krampus when you start drilling you'll have 15 minutes until the security kicks in. Can you finish before then?" Myles says.

"Should be fine" Wheatley responds

At this time the clock strikes 5:00 as All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey starts playing again and everyone puts their masks on and jumps out of the van, it begins.

December 25th, 2004, 5:00 AM: [Lacey]

"Ugh, this music" Lacey turns the music off and stares out the window looking at the group entering the bank as she repositions the van.

"Days like this make me wish I never quit smoking." Lacey sighs, pulling out a picture of her 11-year-old daughter, and smiles. "I do it all for you baby."

Suddenly a large thud hits the van as a snowman's head rolls off the top of the hood.
"Huh?" Lacey steps out of the van and looks at the head but doesn't see the body of the snowman anywhere. "Hello? Who's there?" She shouts raising her gun but ultimately decides to go back into the van after a while.

She hears another thud a few minutes later and steps out again seeing a snowman holding another snowman's head at the back of the van. She approaches carefully, looking around for anyone.

"Who could've done this?" she says quietly to nobody

Suddenly the snowman's head snaps to look at her.

December 25th, 2004, 5:00 AM: [Wheatley & Bill]

"Who's doing it this time, me or you Rudolph?" Bill asks Frank

"I did it last time Santa I don't wanna do it," Frank responds

"Guys just decide already," Wheatley says

"This never gets old" Kevin responds laughing

"We are on a time limit guys" Myles reminds them

"Fine, fine I'll do it" Bill sighs, raising his rifle as he barges into the bank and shoots in the air before shouting "EVERYONE GET DOWN THIS IS A ROBBERY!" Bill shouts as everyone gets down, immediately Frank runs over to the security and incapacitates them.

"Rudolph you take crowd control with me and Elf. Santa escorts Krampus to the vault." Kevin says

"Understood Angel" Bill responds walking with Wheatley down to the vault room.

"These damn masks are so uncomfortable," Bill says adjusting his mask "It's like the damn thing is attached.

"Like that Goosebumps book?" Wheatley asks

"Yeah exactly," Bill says removing the mask

"What are you doing? Put that back on!" Wheatley says hurriedly

"It's fine the cameras are off let's just get to business," Bill says

"Fine, pass me that oil and the drill," Wheatley says as he starts drilling into the safe.

"Hmm Santa pass me that drill head would you," Wheatley asks, holding his hand out.

"Sure here you go!" A feminine voice responds

Wheatley instantly turns and points his gun at the voice, as he sees a girl in a bikini, she has Krampus makeup on but the thing that caught his eye was that she had tattoos all over her body, tattoos that would move on her body. He saw a man's face on her thigh and it looked like he was screaming.

"What the hell," Wheatley says, backing up and looking for Bill but he's nowhere in sight.

"I'm guessing those tattoos aren't normal," Wheatley says aiming his gun at the girl

"Correct! Can you guess anything else about them?" she responds gingerly

"I'd assume you somehow can convert things into tattoos on your body, that's what I assume you did with my partner," Wheatley says adjusting his glasses through his mask

"Yes, you're correct! I wasn't the one who took your partner but my power is what you said." She responds smiling

"There's probably a limitation to it then, only things you can touch right?" Wheatley asks

"Correct again! Boy, you are clever! My name is Lilly by the way..Lilly Wuornos"

December 25th, 2004, 5:00 AM: [Frank, Myles, & Kevin]

"Alright boss all the hostages are in the offices phone lines are cut," Frank says adjusting the antlers on his mask

"Thanks Rudolph, Elf, how are we looking?" Kevin asks turning to Myles

"We still got time although there's some disturbance on the cameras in the second-floor offices," Myles responds

"I thought they were all off," Frank asks

"They are but I can still see them and for some reason that one cut-out might be worth checking out," Myles says sitting at a desk and typing away on his laptop trying to recover the camera

"Rudolph check it out I'll stay on hostage control, Elf you okay out here in the lobby?" Kevin says

"Roger that," Frank says walking upstairs and Myles just gives a thumbs up, Kevin nods and returns to crowd control in the first-floor office.

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Frank]

"Ugh why can't there be escalators, there's never escalators" Frank mumbles getting to the second floor.

Suddenly from the second office, he hears All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey playing like earlier.

"Yeah, yeah Mariah, and all I want is escalators in banks but I guess we'll both have to settle," Frank says as he busts the door open. And he suddenly steps into a forest instead of what by all means should be the second-floor offices.

"What the" Frank stumbles and turns around not seeing the doorway.

"Uhhh, hello? Is anyone out there?" Frank asks worriedly

Suddenly there's a snap of twigs and Frank swings and aims his rifle letting out a warning shot.

"Show yourself, coward!" Frank yells stepping back and stepping on a half-eaten corpse

"Holy!" Frank falls to the ground and sees a figure emerge: a woman with long green hair, a flowing blood-soaked wedding dress, and two grisly antlers approaches him, blood dripping from her mouth as she smiles.
"Who are you? Stop!" Frank fires a shot in her direction but she doesn't flinch

"I am, Mother" she responds

Frank steps back in fear, back into the mouth of a cave, a very warm cave.

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Myles]

"Hmm oh, the camera is back on I guess Frank fixed it but where did he go then," Myles says out loud scratching his head.

"Have you checked the hallway cameras?" An unfamiliar voice says

"Oh no I have n-" Myles suddenly looks up in fear seeing a man that defies all reason, he's dressed in elf clothing very tall, and has a divine aura around him but the strangest thing was this man is completely black, and white like an old film.

"Greetings human, I am Lalash." He leans in revealing a hideous grin.

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Kevin]

"Everyone calm down, we don't want to hurt anyone but we will" Kevin shouts addressing the crowd.

"Just let us walk right out of here with the money, nobody plays hero" he continues

At this point a bright flash of light floods through the room blinding everyone briefly, Kevin raises his gun expecting this to be a flashbang but a moment later he sees it, and he sees her. An angel, she was beautiful, she had wavy golden hair reaching down to her hips, smooth peach-colored skin, and two sparkling yellow eyes like gems, she had elegant robes on but was completely barefoot. She looked at the hostages with compassion and said;

"BE NOT AFRAID, FOR I AM AN ANGEL OF THE LORD. MY NAME IS AMMY AND I AM HERE TO WELCOME YOU INTO THE WARM EMBRACE OF GOD, NOW GET BEHIND ME." As she said this all the hostages fled behind her staring at me and her waiting for conflict.

"NOW YOU SWEET INNOCENT SOULS. TIME TO DIE," she says with the same loving smile.

Another bright flash of light in the room but this one more intense and cruel, all of the hostages reduced to ashes as she turns to me and drops the smile revealing her true sadistic features.

"NOW IT'S YOUR TURN"

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Bill]

In the blink of an eye, Bill is transported into another realm, this realm is dark and has no features. He seems to be standing in an inch of a warm fluid but it's completely pitch black aside from one figure, himself but not quite himself. This other version of himself has a full Santa suit equipped with a white beard and even a Christmas hat.

"Who are you" Bill tries to speak but all that comes out is a choked breath

"AH YES SORRY, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TALK IN THIS WORLD FOR IT DOES NOT EXIST I AM KNOWN AS THE SINGULARITY AND I KNOW THIS IS CONFUSING AND UNCOMFORTABLE BUT I WILL NEED YOUR BODY NOW......SORRY BILL."

[Bill's story ends]

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Lacey Pt.2]

Seeing the snowman's head snap towards her Lacey falls back on the snow staring at it in disbelief.

"Did that just happen?" she mumbles out loud.

"Why yes it just happened." A voice responds as a man emerges from the shadows and approaches her, this man is so remarkably plain she couldn't find the thoughts to describe him. It's like he shouldn't even be possible.

"Who are you and what are these things?" She asks standing up from the snow and slowly backing up to the van to grab her rifle.

"Looking for this?" He holds up the rifle and then slides it to her

"Shoot me if it makes you feel better but it won't affect me. I am Adam" he starts to monologue about something slowly approaching the van as she walks in the opposite direction so he's now in front of the side of the van and she is in the street. As Adam continues to talk she looks at the angle, nods to herself, and open fires on him and the van as he slumps to the ground.

"There," she says, breathing a sigh of relief and going to fish out something in her pocket.

"Little lady...what did I just tell you?" Adam slowly stands back up as his wounds heal themselves pushing the bullets lodged in him to the ground.

"What are you?" She asks fearfully as he suddenly moves with otherworldly speed grabs her by the throat and slams her against the side of the van.

"Human unlike you fakes, I am a real human and you Lacey you are out of time. Me and my snowman had our fun but we should get back to helping the others, not a single one of you can escape tonight." Adam says as his hand contorts into a blade and he drives it into her stomach and smiles.

Lacey suddenly reaches into her pocket and pulls out a zippo lighter as Adam laughs,

"Now, now Lacey I thought you quit smoking, are you asking me to let you have a quick cigarette before you go to Hell?" he asks tauntingly

"Nah, I'm asking you to join me in Hell" she responds smugly and drops the lighter onto the gasoline pooling out from the van from where she shot,

Adam for the first time in his entire existence... was afraid.

[Lacey's story ends]

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Frank Pt.2]

Backing into the cave Frank sees Mother smiling as the cave opening starts to close, Frank tucks and rolls out of the cave before it closes.

"Oh my, I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that before," She says approaching Frank as he points the gun at her head and unloads a whole magazine into her.

She hits the ground as blood pools out from her. Frank waits for a second and then stands up kicking the body but nothing happens.

"Stay dead." Frank says walking away as he looks up at the sun and looks in a direction "North it is"

After walking an unknown amount of time he sees Mother walk out from a nearby tree,

"You know...that really hurt," she says cracking her neck and rubbing her forehead

Frank runs at her with a karambit but ultimately is overpowered.

"Are you done kicking and screaming?" Mother asks as she drives her teeth into his neck.

[Frank's story ends]

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Myles Pt.2]

Myles tries to avoid Lalash's hand but he moves too quickly grabbing him by the neck and holding him in the air before snapping his neck.

But then Myles wakes back up and Lalash smiles again, grabbing him by his throat.

"How are you doing this?" Myles struggles to say while grasping at his grip

"It's simple, I just trapped you inside your mind, have fun dying over and over again. The mind is a powerful fortress but it's also quite an inescapable prison." Lalash responds inside his mind and laughs, continuing the torment.

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Kevin Pt.2]

Kevin fires above AMMY causing rubble to fall around her as she brings her wing over her face to block the onslaught. As he's shooting he jumps behind some of the office desks as the bright flash of light washes above him singeing his hair.

"That light better not give me cancer!" He yells at her trying to buy time with small talk.

"SHUT UP YOU SWINE" AMMY responds as she walks over to the desks and throws them to the side with her wing in an arcing move and uses her other wing to impale Kevin and lift him in the air as he tries to grab his gun off the floor.

December 25th, 2004, 5:08 AM: [Wheatley]

"Lilly huh well I would say nice to meet you but given the circumstances, I will not be introducing myself," he says making sure his mask is still on

"Oh we know who you are, Wheatley." she laughs

"We?" Wheatley asks taking off the mask and adjusting his glasses

"Oh yes, each one of your companions is in a fight with one of my companions," she responds and steps closer to him

Wheatley backs up

"Where are you going to go, no matter how fast you are, I'm blocking the only exit. Have you forgotten once touch turns you into one of my tattoos?" She asks walking closer

"Actually I have a counterargument," Wheatley says smirking as he raises his gun and fires at her. "I have a gun"

"Haha, did you really think that would work? I can just turn the bullets into tattoos." She says as the tattoo of a book is replaced by the bullets and the book falls out into the real world.

"Ah, so that's how it works well then." Wheatley throws a bottle of oil at her feet and shoots the bottle, although not flammable she absorbs enough that the tattoo can't be replaced and Wheatley shoots her feet as she cripples over in pain and he runs and jumps over her.

"Later!" he shouts running up the stairs as Lilly starts running after him.

December 25th, 2004, 5:09 AM: [Finale]

Wheatley's heart pounds as he's chased up the stairs and runs towards the offices,

"AMMY! Lalash! He's coming your way, kill him!" Lilly yells

AMMY peaks around the corner and smiles, "NOT SO FAST" She holds up her hand as the laser of light charges up before Kevin suddenly tackles her, taking the laser directly to the face.

"Run, Wheatley! Run!" Kevin yells his face melting

[Kevin's story ends]

Wheatley continues running as now Lilly and AMMY chase him,

Lalash looks over and runs towards him. "I've got you now," Lalash says, at this time Myles hears the screaming of Kevin and Wheatley and snaps back to reality. Seeing what's happening he shoots Lalash in the legs and jumps between AMMY and Wheatley,

"Run! Just Run!" he says as the beam of light hits him from the back.

[Myles's story ends]

Wheatley slams the doors open seeing the mangled remains of Adam regenerating as bones snap back into place but he has no time to dwell on that, he runs past the burning van into the night until AMMY lands right in front of him. "ALRIGHT YOU'VE HAD YOUR FUN" She immediately goes for the kill before Wheatley suddenly disappears.

"WHAT?" AMMY says

"What!" Lilly says now outside stopping in her tracks and looking around

"FUCKERS THEY ALL ARE FUCKERS" Adam yells standing up and snapping his limbs back in place.

Mother and The Singularity who now inhabit Bill's body step out from different worlds.

"What happened?" Mother asks

"MICHEAL HAPPENED" The Singularity responds

December 25th, 2024, 5:10 AM: [Epilogue]

"Are you okay? I am Micheal the archangel, I had to bring you 20 years into the future sorry for the confusion but there are only a few years we can be safe and this is one of them"

What do you want from me?" Wheatley asks

"I am sorry but I have work for you, we are going to end this madness for good."

End Chronicle-013