Endless blackness stared at Holly from all directions as she sat in her ship, silently pondering what to do. The black-caps were cunning; they'd find her eventually. A trail of stockings undulated some distance in front of her; evidently, they'd already found her scent. They'd close in on her soon, so she needed to act.
"Time to flee again" she said, and she ignited her Christmas boosters, spraying tinsel into space behind her and launching forward, past the trail of black-caps.
They sensed her immediately and turned and followed her.
"Only coal for you!" she could hear them chanting through her speakers.
Black lumps shot past her, and some clipped her wings, but still she flew at top speed. They were relentless though, and eventually one, then another lump hit her boosters dead in the center, blocking each of them from providing any thrust. Her acceleration stopped, and she continued on her last path, frustrated at having been caught again by these wretched creatures.
The stockings undulated next to her ship, and they "wrapped" her, and towed her all the way back underneath their capital tree to await prosecution. Completely blinded now, all she could hear was their awful cackling. They unwrapped her before the high judge. The "Big Man".
He "Ho ho ho'd" terrifyingly before her, and without giving her a chance to defend herself, bellowed "SLEIGH DUTY!" Then laughed a maniacal laugh as the black-caps towed her back to the sleigh. Holly was tossed a mop and bucket, and got back to work scrubbing the wretched vehicle, and began plotting her next escape.
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