Bruder and Barnsworth spent about 25 minutes discussing the clock, the crystal, and, oddly enough, the eggs. Liz and I just stood on the sidelines and didn't understand anything, only the elf sometimes talked about something very far from the topic, by the way, Felucia is her name. She is a pleasant conversationalist, does not interrupt, complements her own, and tells interesting things.
For example, did you know that there are several Santa clauses? It was already 10 o'clock on the clock, and the two continued to argue.
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Barnsworth sighed and spoke.
— Victor, come here, please.
Vic went up to the deputy, and he whispered.
— In short, we can't send you home right now.
— What's the problem?
— You see, because your friend didn't bring a part of the trusted mechanism, we don't have time to deliver the gifts on time...
— And Santa can't help?
— Absolutely not... He can't find out that we've lost the crystal.
— Don't you have another one?
— No...
— Trouble... Can't you just send us by snowball?
— In principle, we can, but consider that you are also a little involved in this.
— Can't you find the old one?
— We won't have time...
— Or maybe...
Before he could finish his sentence, Vic and the others felt a tremor and a loud sound.
They opened the door of the office and saw how the Christmas tree began to blink rapidly, and the toys were getting out of the boxes.
Vic asked.
— What's going on?!
— The end of the New Year...
Barnsworth went into his office, and Vasya began to question Felucia, she kept saying.
— With the help of the crystal, Santa could manage to travel to different parts of the world on New
Year's Eve and even return back in time, but since there is no crystal, people stop believing in a miracle.
Liz spoke up.
— Is there anything we can do to help?
— I don't know...
Bruder's face became serious.
— I know...
and grabbing his watch, he rushed down the stairs towards the exit. Vic shouted.
— Hey, wait up! Liz, let's run!
Vic took the girl by the hand and they ran after the elf.
The boys pushed through the swarming elves.
Dodging a flying toy train, ducking a pile of wrapping film and jumping over a huge green snake, they flew out into the corridor. They got up and continued their pursuit.
Bruder ran outside and started running around the building, the guys behind him. Vic shouted again.
— Stop!
— Don't try to stop me!
— Wait for us, you bugger!
The elf reached the hangar, entered it and ran to the very last compartment, where there were a large red sled and 9 deer.
Bruder jumped into the sleigh and put the watch in the right compartment.
After opening the gate, he took the reins and guided the deer to take off. The sleigh started moving.
At that time, Vic and Liz ran into the hangar, and when they saw the sled, they tried to jump in. Vic barely managed to fall into the snow, but Liz grabbed the seat.
Before they could figure out what to do, the sled sped forward. Liz tried to pull herself inside, but V looked back and, seeing the snowmobile, drove out of the hangar in pursuit.
They were driving through clear snow. Vic was getting closer and closer, and Liz was holding on with her last strength.
The bruder gave the command and, with the help of the reindeer, the sledge began to take off. Vic drove as fast as he could, but at one point.
The snowmobile slowed down for a moment, and several deer stopped flying, after a second everything returned to normal.
The bruder gave the command and a portal appeared right in front of the sled, into which they flew. The portal has closed.
Vic stopped and angrily slammed on the steering wheel of the snowmobile.
Holding his head, it seemed to hit him.
He turned around and drove back to the factory.
After going inside, he saw Felucia at the reception. She said.
— Back to us?
— I'm just asking.
The kid made his way through the orgy of toys, ran into the office to the deputy.
— Nick!
Barnsworth, who was on the phone, answered.
— What happened again?
— In order not to lose faith in Santa Claus, do you need to distribute gifts?
— Yes, but it's impossible without the crystal.
— And if we spread the gifts and find the crystal at the same time?
— Well, in principle it is possible, but only...
Without listening to the rest, Vic ran to the conveyor. After looking around, he asked the first elf he saw.
— Where does that pipe lead to?
— To Santa's bag.
— Thanks.
Vic began to help collect the gifts and immediately drop them on the packaging.
The elves immediately placed a layer of packaging right in front of the pipe.
The kid caught a teddy bear, dishes, a bicycle. He caught the electric guitar, strummed it, and threw it down the pipe. Grabbing onto a passing train, he steered it into the tube.
After that, he jumped into the pipe himself, flying through a winding tunnel, he almost ended up in a bag, but jumped out in time.
Vic found himself in one of the wooden houses in the hallway of which there was a bag, and above it a disk imitating a portal.
The kid pulled him out of the wall, and toys kept falling out of him. Vic tied him to a sack and ran out of the house.
Slipping on the ice near the gate, he ran past the mailbox on which it was written: "No. 25 S.Nicholas"
Vic ran through the village with a bag. A few old elves looked back at him.
Vic ran up to the snowmobile, threw his bag on the trunk and was about to leave, but then
Barnsworth ran out with the words.
— Vi-ic, wait!
Running up and catching his breath, the deputy said.
— Here you go...
Nick held out two boxes.
— One there, the other back. You already know how it works.
— Thanks.
— Well, go save the New Year
Vic started the snowmobile and, opening the box, whispered into the balloon. Inside the balloon was a familiar hypermarket. Vic threw it forward and the toy turned into a portal. Vic looked at Nick and then drove into the portal.
The portal has closed. Nick, the pack has spoken in the cold.
— We should feed the bear.
And he went into the building.
At this time in the town. Bruder and Lisa were driving around the town on a sleigh. The elf looked at all the streets, constantly saying.
— Where could he be?
Liz, barely holding on to the sled, shouted.
— Bruberus! Or what's your name?! Stop it!
The elf looked at the girl and pulled her onto the seat with one hand.
The girl, recovering, angrily hit the elf on the head. Bruder, holding his head, spoke.
— Hey! I actually saved you.
— It's your own fault!
— About what?
— Yes, in everything! If it wasn't for you, this mess wouldn't have happened.
— Oh, well, I'm sorry that I was in a hurry, and your friend was standing right in the road.
— The car!
Bruder looked at the road and, having rounded an oncoming car, exhaled. Liz hit the elf on the head once more.
— Watch the road, you idiot!
— It's better not to yell, but figure out how to find a taxi for us.
— It will be difficult, he's at home now. Celebrating...
— Oh! The Mon-key was calling him on the phone!
— Hmm... I'm going to try to dial him now, and I hope he gets it.
At that moment, Vic moved to the city. Once near the hypermarket, he began his movement.
As he drove through the streets, he threw gifts, sometimes up the chimney, sometimes out the window, and sometimes just under the door. While gifts were flying out of the small portal, Vic continued to scatter them at home.
Taking another gift in his hand, suddenly, the boy saw a light soaring into the sky. He looked at the gift again and opened it.
There was a small telescope inside. By pressing the button, it expanded to a large one.
Vic looked ahead and saw that the light turned out to be a sleigh with reindeer and Liz with a
Bruder on the seats.
Vic reduced the pipe, threw a ribbon and threw it into one of the houses.
Putting the mini portal in an upright position, the boy raced towards the sleigh.
At this time, Bruder was questioning Liz.
— Well?
— He's not answering.
— So what do we do now?" What time is it now?
— 25 minutes on the 12th.
— We have half an hour! Okay, let's keep flying, and you look, if you see a taxi or a Mon-key, tell me right away.
— I'll try.
They dropped lower and continued flying.
Vic continued the chase, he reached into his pocket to call Liz, but did not find him. Vic drove on.
After several turns, he finally found himself with the sledge in the same direction.
Vic pressed the gas to full, but at some point the snowmobile abruptly began to lose speed. The mini portal was throwing out gifts at a slower rate, and the sledge in the distance began to descend.
The kid panicked. At an intersection on a pedestrian crossing, a man suddenly appeared. Vasya managed to maneuver and drove straight to the sidewalk.
A moment later, Vic was lying in the snow, and next to him an overturned snowmobile with a bag.
Vic stared at the starry sky, almost closing his eyes.
Suddenly, a box rolled up to him. The kid could barely make out anything on the stamp: "From S*@#s, to V&*"
Vic opened the box and found his phone. He got up and sat down by the sack to keep warm. The
first thing he did was type.
— Hello? Vic!
— Yes!
I don't know, I'm lying at the intersection with a bag and a snowmobile.
Bruder reminded Liz.
— Ask about the taxi!
Liz delivered the message, and Vic spoke.
— Okay, I'll dial it now, I'll send you the address.
Vic finished the call and then found the taxi driver in the call list.
A tired man answered him.
— Hello? I'm not working today.
— Yes, I'm sorry, did you give a lowly man a lift today, I think to Rovaniemi railway station, did he leave a box in the car?
— I don't remember, maybe there was something.
— You can come pick it up now, it's just really necessary, the gift is special.
— Ehh, okay, 25 Wooden Street.
— Thanks, I'll be right there.
Vic sent the address to Liz, and he turned over the snowmobile, put down the bag and, sitting on the seat, tried to start the device, but it did not work.
"What should I do? And I don't have a Coke with me, maybe it will be a gift? Precisely! A gift!"
Vic, taking a large box, threw it into the first house he saw, hitting right through the window.
Suddenly, the headlights came on, the mini portal spun, and the snowmobile started up.
Vic went.
Driving along one of the streets, Vic did not even notice how he drove past Roman's house.
Standing on the street, Roman only saw off the snowmobile.
At this time, Liz, having received a letter from Vic, pointed her finger and said.
— Over there!
Bruder turned the sledge in the direction of the west.
A few minutes later, Vasya drove up to the specified house.
In the courtyard of which there were 3 cars. Vic opened the gate and went into the courtyard. The front door opened and a man came out, wearing a jacket.
Vic shouted.
— Hello, Happy Christmas...
— Yeah, Happy New Year...
The man held out his hand, and Vic shook it. The taxi driver went to the cars and opened the taxi with a key.
He took out an oblong box and held it out. Vic spoke.
— Careful, it's fragile...
Vic took the box.
— Thank you very much. And a second later...
Vic took the box to the snowmobile and took out four gifts from the bag. The man grinned and asked.
— Are you working as Santa Claus?
— Almost... To be honest, I'd rather stay at home.
The man took the gifts.
Suddenly, a sleigh with reindeer went down right to the gate. The man turned pale.
— What's this?
— Uh-uh... What are you talking about?
— Mmm... Okay, I'm going to go, otherwise I'm imagining things.
Vic ran up and handed the crystal to Bruder. The elf spoke.
— Finally, I'll put it on now and let's go on delivering gifts.
— No, no, no, no, we've had enough adventures, let's go home.
— Okay, let's at least give it one last ride, I don't think there will be another chance.
Vic looked at Liz, she smiled, and the boy sighed and said.
— Not for long. And by the way, how are we going to get the snowmobile?
— Here's how.
By pressing a button on the panel, the bruder reduced the size of the snowmobile to a disk.
After throwing the bag, they got into the sleigh themselves and took off.
Having gained a great height, they had a wonderful view of the city. Liz spoke up.
— Beauty...
— Yeah.
The elf laughed.
— It's a pity that it's the first and last time. As long as they didn't send him to the lower department...
Liz asked.
— And what will happen to us? Will the memory be erased?
Bruder laughed again.
— Who needs you, and no one will believe you. But we, on the contrary, need to be believed...
well, okay, we've looked and that's enough.
The bruder began to pick up speed.
But suddenly the deer started to lose height and they started to fall.
— Not now!
The elf tried to taxi, but the deer couldn't take off. Then Vasya remembered about the snow globe.
The kid took out the box, unwrapped it, and spoke.
— The North Pole!
And he threw the ball forward with all his might. A portal opened, into which the deer flew, but as soon as the sleigh entered the portal, it crashed. The elf shouted.
Before he could finish, a snowball flew into his mouth.
They were still falling down. Vic was sorting through the presents in a hurry. A parachute opened from one of the gifts and the sled slowed down a bit. The guys landed successfully on the mountain, but they still rolled downhill at high speed.
Vic continued to look for something useful. Taking out another box, he opened it and a large snake flew out. It didn't help at all.
The sled jumped on a stone ledge and flew straight to the ground. Vic fatally threw the gift and a huge bouncy castle appeared out of it, which cushioned the fall ...
Vic opened his eyes. In front of them was an overturned sleigh, an elf lying on a sack, and Lisa unconscious.
Vic hobbled over to the girl. Throwing his jacket over her, he took out his phone with shaking hands. After dialing a couple of numbers, his eyes closed, and he collapsed into the snow.
The last thing Vic saw and heard was how a portal opened from which a large silhouette appeared with a sound.
— Ho, Ho, Ho...
After a while. Lisa will be with you with words.
— Vic, Vic, Happy Christmas...
The boy gradually opened his eyes. It was half past 12 on the clock. Vшс spoke.
— Thank God, I had a dream.
— What did you dream about? We almost froze on these snowdrifts, fortunately one of the dwarfs came...
— So it was...
— Okay, okay, warm up for now, then you'll come, we've already covered everything.
Liz left. VIC sat down and looked out the window of his room.
***
That's what happens in life, if you're indifferent to something, it's bound to cost you. Eh, it won't be a bad fairy tale for the New Year.
Well, for this, allow me to deviate, and Happy Christmas – happiness, health, and then you know yourself... See you next year. I hope Liz likes the bear...
***
Vic took out a hidden package and left the room, closing the door behind him. The kid didn't even notice the envelope on his desk.
"With Thanks, Santa Claus(The north pole's)."..