Bah Humbug. [A Jeannie and Dire christmas story]

Dire smiled at the whole "marriage" thing they had.
It seemed like every time he was around her, his adventures got crazier and crazier.
His short attention span kicked in as he saw something out of the corner of his eye.
He went over fixing a few things that would make it look better.

As he was fiddling with things, he came across the outfits they were going to wear.
The Santa suit [of course!]
The Mrs Claus suit [for Jeannie's mom]
A rather cute looking elf costume [for Jeannie!]
Aaaand... That was it.
Him and Mr. Cuddle traded looks.
He forgot that the two were newcomers to this.
"Holy shit, I forgot! We need to get me and Mr. Cuddles outfits for the workshop!"
He got down like Mr. Cuddles to make puppy dog eyes for Jeannie.

When they finally found a 24 hour costume store, they were greeted by a cute girl with black hair that looked really tired and bored.
He blew a kiss to her and she just rolled her eyes.

He found a little doggie outfit that looked like a bright red present, and a red and black elf costume.
"Oh, how does this look?" He did a sexy Overwatch Tracer pose.

oh yeah that's great you guys look ready for Christmas! She helps Mr. cuddles into his doggy costume.

you are the cutest little present She pets her doggy and he likes her face.

she then sees dire and giggles amused by his tracer impressionthey had something in your favorite colors that's nice. not sure if I'll be able to play overwatch without laughing for awhile now.

huh, I thought you'd be more a reaper guy. tracer is awesome though I like being her.

Dire did a very bad Reaper impression, saying "Death comes." In a raspy voice.
"I normally play as Reaper but I can get Tracer in quite a bit."

He made it to the front and started getting his flirt on.
"Hey, babe. You think it looks good?"

"No, but you should totally buy it."

that funny, huh ok lets by our stuff and get going Christmas party time Jeannie follows him to the front.

she has her arms full with random costume stuff she decided to get while they were there. she tends to find it hard to go to a store and not buy something.

she finds the sales ladies pitch somewhat confusing. well I guess it's nice, to be honest, but fibbing and saying it looked good would make more sense if you want him to buy it.

The girl kept a disinterested lookk about her as she said, "Yeah, but you two look like you're dead-set on getting costume stuff."

"You're right!" He said as he paid.

When they got back to the castle, it was 2:27 A.M.
Dire flopped down on the couch, exausted.
"What a day, Jeannie... By far our craziest adventure." He chuckled.

Dire looked at his customized pistols. He put the Dire pistol away and looked at his pink Jeannie one.
"You remember the first time we met?"

Jeannie decided to put her elf costume on she then finds dire on the couch and hopes on with him.

she watches him play with one of their shiny guns the pink ones that match her costume. huh, she wonders if Santa knew that was her favorite color probably Santa knows everything.

oh yeah when we climb the mountain to get the snowball and we met the dr.who guy! that was fun

Dire smiled as the feeling of deja vu hit him.
"Yeah, it was fun..."

He looked over to his super pal and curled up like a cat on her lap due to how tired he was.
"Did you know that was the first time I helped any type of superhuman?"

really I was your first super buddy team up neat. Jeannie smiles huh wonder if the doctor who guy likes Christmas? do time lords celebrate Christmas? they probably do.

so know what should we do

Dire thought back to the first time they met in Tibet.
He remembered making Jeannie shoot him through the hand to get away from... Someone...
He then had a wonderful idea.
"Remember the first sleepover we had?! When we made the forts? We should sleep in one again!" He said with fatigue induced excitement.
"Mr. Cuddles can join us too!"

yeah that sounds great! building a fort sounds fun. you can be the dragon that's in the castles fort Mr. cuddles.

the puppy barks happily and follows Jeannie and helps her bring pillows to build the fort with.

After finishing the fort, Dire smiled at their masterpiece.
"This is better than the last one!" He exclaimed joy.

He looked towards the clock to see it was 3:56 by now.
"We should probably get some sleep..." He said as he nodded off inside.
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When Dire awoke, there was no snow on the ground. He looked up to the sky through the window to see it was orange-ish red.
The air felt as if he were breathing in smoke, his lungs burned, his eyes were too dry to water up.
He then heard an explosion from the front courtyard.
He pressed deploy on his watch so the costume would appear on his body and he rushed to the commotion.

When he got to the fight, he was horrifyed.
There was Errtu.
Except he finally saw him in full height for the first time.
The big, grey demon was a good 50-60 feet with a ripped upper body and goat legs.
He saw anyone and everyone.
Friends, foes, and stranger alike.
He saw Jeannie shooting with a rocket launcher aimlessly at the demon, seemingly not hindering him.
He saw Rozmer trying to phase inside of the demon but the demon anticipated every move.
He snatched him up, crushing his lighter.
"Dammit!" He yelled as the demon slammed him into the ground.
He saw others too.
Nadia, Maura, some girl named Chelle Takeiro that he'd never met, Martyr, Knightfall, Dusker, Ronin, Medicine Woman, Humanity, a girl named Bliss and another named Elena Vexus...
The list could go on.
It seemed like every hero, villain, or in between in the universe was there.
Then he saw it.
The copy of him.
It was a girl with bright blonde hair, wearing all white with a blue cape.
Her katanas were ablaze with red flames.
She began tearing through everyone.
People with healing factors didn't heal, speedsters weren't fast enough, super strength wasn't strong enough.
She even killed the demon.
Dire took the woman head-on and was destroyed.
She then said with thousands of voices, "You had better come find me, before I find you." Her blue eyes piercing through him.
He knew from the beginning what she was.
She was a manifestation of the fear he brought upon everyone he had ever killed.
"Merry Christmas..."

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Dire awoke with a cold sweat at around 5:45.
He changed into a Christmas sweater that said "Good Tidings" with a picture of the Titanic on it.
He then went down to the kitchen so he could cook his fear away.

so after they built the fort dire feel asleep. Jeannie decided to it was nap time too. she has a dream about her helping Santa Claus deliver presents.

flying around in his sleigh. huh, all the sudden she feels something wet on her face? but there in the sky, there's no water there. well, could be snow.

no so slimy for snow she opens her eyes and see Mr. cuddles, the little puppy was sitting on her chest and licking her face. good morning little buddy she sits up and pets him on the head.

yay it's Christmas!!!!!! time for presents, huh wheres dire? she looks around but can't find him in the pillow fort.
she and Mr. cuddles decided to look for him following their noses.

they crawl around on the floor looking for his scent and follow it to the kitchen. she looks up when she finds himgood morning merry christmas

When Jeannie came down the stairs with Mr. Cuddles, he had just connected his phone to the television so he could listen to music while he cooked.
He smiled wide, despite the fact he was still shaken to the core from the vivid dream echoing through his mind.
He hugged them both.
After letting go he sarcastically stated, "After today, you've officially had more hugs than I've had unsuccessful relationships..."

When he finished hooking up the phone, it started playing the song from Christmas Vacation.
He slid into the kitchen and began making various Christmas shaped pancakes.

yay hugs I love hugs Jeannie smiles happily, she then smells the pancakes and I love pancakes! I didn't know you could cook she gets excited watching the pancakes cook.