 |
| art by Rebecca Fyfe |
A Superhero Christmas
by Rebecca Fyfe
Santa Claus shook his head at Dancer.
"I know you are anxious to get going, but the accident means we won't be able to deliver presents. Prancer and Blitzen both have broken legs, my back is out and the sleigh's landing gear got smashed. I'm afraid Christmas isn't going to happen this year." Santa sighed heavily.
Blitzen looked at Santa intently.
"Well, I suppose you're right," Santa said. "I could call the Superhero Official Force Task. SOFT might have a way to save Christmas."
Santa picked up the phone and made the call.
"Superhero Official Task Force here. How may we help?" The receptionist at SOFT rarely took any holiday time off.
 |
| art by Robert Fyfe |
"This is Santa Claus," Santa said into the phone. "I have an emergency. There's been an accident, and I'm afraid my sleigh and reindeer are out of commission. With my back out too, I'm afraid Christmas will have to be cancelled unless you have a superhero there who can save the day."
The members of the Superhero Official Task Force who were on duty all gathered in the SOFT conference room to discuss how they were going to save Christmas.
Sea Siren offered up her water creatures to traverse the sea, bringing gifts to far-off locations. She even had some waterproof storage for the gifts and toys.
 |
| art by Rebecca Fyfe |
Ink allowed her tattoo beasts to mist up off of her skin and form into living creatures. "My tiger, wolf and dragons will help," she said. Her tattoo wings burst forth into real ones on her back. "And I can take some gifts too."
 |
| art by Rebecca Fyfe |
Fire Angel let her huge feathered wings expand across the room. "I can deliver toys too."
Shadow smiled, pulling the shadows in the room around her. "I can form a shadow sleigh and reindeer and deliver gifts. I've been practising, so it shouldn't be too hard to hold the form through the night."
Demon Huntress pouted. "None of my special abilities will help deliver presents." She really wanted to help.
 |
| art by Rebecca Fyfe |
"Neither will mine," said Warrior Mom. "But I would hate any children to go without presents from Santa this Christmas."
"Well," Demon Huntress had an idea. "I know of a dragon nearby. It's been terrorizing a local neighbourhood and killing people. I was going to head out to fight and kill it, but if you fight with me, maybe we can tame it long enough to deliver some of the gifts."
 |
| art by Rebecca Fyfe |
"Let's go," Warrior Mom said, and the two of them suited up, grabbed their weapons and headed out.
All of the children with toys from Santa got their toys that Christmas. But for the few children who were naughty enough to try and sneak a peek to see if Santa was real, they got to see something else entirely. They either saw two women riding a dragon, dolphins and whales speeding across the ocean with giant red sacks on their backs, inky black tigers, wolves and dragons delivering their gifts along with a dark-looking fairy of some sort or a sleigh and reindeer made of shadows.
*****
The superheroes in this story were pulled from my creations for "SuperHERo Tales: A Collection of Female Superhero Stories" - Volume One and Volume Two. Volume One is out now and Volume Two will be out in January.
*****
Merry Christmas! I hope you have enjoyed all of the stories in this Story Advent Calendar!
*****
Tweet
No comments:
Post a Comment