Love Beyond the Ashes

It's Christmas?

Kiara pov: "Mommy Kiwawa!" Kobo yelled

"What is it?" I asked

"Santa came!" Kobo said

"There is no fucking way..." I told Calli.

"Language, Kiara," Calli said in a teasing manner.

"If Santa is here, I'm about to throw hands!" Irys spoke with a shout.

"You are way too immature," Bae sighed with a pout.

"Shut up, rat, you don't know a damn thing!" Irys hissed

"I know a lot more than you, and I'm not even rich." Bae said

"What the fuck are you doing, Baelz?" I asked

"Rhyming," she said.

"That sucked, never do that again." I stated

"Wawa don't trample on her dreams!" Calli said

"Dreams she sucked, she isn't becoming a rapper any time soon," I said.

"Anyway, if Santa is really here, then we need to act!" Sister Reap said

"Be careful!" Mama Mori said she was not really caring about the situation.

"Daddy, he has reindeer!" Clara said in amazement.

Irys, Baelz, Sister Reap, Calli, and I got up to check on my and Calli's daughters. I was hoping they didn't actually see someone and this was all a game. They are children after all, so it isn't out of the question. However, I didn't know if they would lie to us this late in the game.

We entered the room where they were and looked around; we didn't see anyone.

"Did you just make this up?" I asked

"No, Mommy Kiwawa I didn't!" Kobo said

"Yeah, we saw it!" Clara said

To be honest, I trust Clara but not Kobo so much, but who knows whether they are telling a lie or the truth?

"What do you think, Sister Reap?" Calli asked

"Eh?" We said it in shock as we noticed Sister Reap was gone.

"Clara, Kobo "Did you two see where she went?" I asked

"Nope!" They both said

"Okay, you two come with us," Calli said.

They nodded and began to follow the four of us down the hall. I peeked into another room but didn't see anyone there, so maybe she went the other way.

"Where is Clara?" I asked as I looked back at everyone.

"Who knows?" Kobo said, "Maybe she ran." She continued to say:

"No, she wouldn't just run off without saying anything," I sighed.

"Whatever," I said.

"Really?" Kobo said.

"Yeah, we'll find her." "She can't be too far," Calli said.

We turned around and began to walk down the corridor again, looking into every door we came across.

"Hey Bae, what do you think we're looking for?" I questioned

"Bae?" I said I was confused.

"She's gone!" Irys said in shock

"Don't worry, she should be fine," I said.

"No, I'm not!" Bae said

"Eeeeeek!" We all shouted.

"What?" Bae asked

"Where the heck did you go?" We all asked.

"Vent," Bae said.

"Wait, you went into the vent?" We said confused.

"No, I was dragged into the vent and then climbed back up," Bae said.

"Did you see who did it?" I asked

"No," Bae said. "Well, he had a red outfit," Bae said.

"Shut up, Santa isn't real, I'm freaking out!" Irys said as she began to cower.

"Irys, you should be on the nice list," I said.

"No, I'm not! I did some messed up things!" Irys cried

"What did you do?" Calli asked

"It couldn't be that bad," Bae said.

"I left the toilet seat up, and I blamed Bae!" Irys shouted

"Is that it?" Bae asked

"No...." Irys said

"What else did you do?" I asked

"I chipped Ricky one time and blamed it on Bae!" Irys said

"What else did you do!?" Bae asked

"I framed you in a picture frame!" Irys said

"What!?" Bae said Irys was really confused.

"Doesn't matter," Irys said.

"You won't be hunted," Calli said.

"Yes, I will. It's only a matter of time before Santa will end us all!" Irys shouted

"Again, Santa isn't some sort of world-ending villain," I said.

"Yes, he is. He always is watching you. He's watching us as we speak. He knows our weaknesses. He knows what gets under his skin, which is what he's trying to do. He wants to wear out his skin. I know it. He's an insane bastard!" Irys yelled

"Uhm, she's insane..." Calli pointed out

"You know it's Christmas because we can hear sleigh bells; those are his war signals; that's how we know he's coming to attack; we'll all perish unless we go to the bunker; but I know how to get to the bunker safely!" Irys said frantically.

Okay, Bae, maybe you should make Irys lie down. I sighed

"You know I wasn't trying to make her freak out," Papa Mori said.

"Oh, so you're Santa!" Calli said

"Ah, that makes sense!" Iaughed

"Who is that?" Bae asked

"Are you joking me? This is your dad." I was confused by Baelz's confusion.

"Wait really!?" Bae said in shock

"Okay, then where is Clara?" Irys asked as she came out of her trance.

"I went to the bathroom," Clara said as she entered the room.

"Ah, so some of us were overreacting," I said while glaring at Irys.

"I've never overreacted. Santa is evil. He's going to attack today too since today is the day he spawns and is the most bloodthirsty. His bloodlust is comparable to some of the worst killers in history. He's awful!" Irys hissed

"You need therapy..." I said

"Not true!" Irys said

"So you're okay with Santa now?" I asked

"No....." Irys said

"But you want to dispose of him, so don't you have to interact with him more than you want to?" Calli asked

"No way," Irys stated.

I glared at Calli as she just gave Irys new material to hate Santa, for we are feeding her delusions. Santa never hurt anyone besides Grandma. She was run over by a reindeer and just ignored it. It was a hit and run, but who cares?

Irys probably doesn't know about that incident, but all we knew was that we'd have to listen to this as long as we were pretending it was Christmas.