Penny's Christmas Adventure

Christmas Eve in Pontypandy

Pontypandy was covered in snow on the early Christmas eve Morning. It was very early and the sun was shining brightly in the sky. Penny was walking into the station after she got off Trevor's bus. Sam was waiting for her outside right by Jupiter. Ellie was decorating the station while on Jupiter's ladder. Elvis was helping her from the balcony with the garland. Station Officer Steele was checking his mailbox for postcards from all of Pontypandy in addition to Chief Fire Officer Boyce. While Sam was working with the tree, Penny walked up behind him. She shouted "BOO!"

Sam yelped in surprise and then slipped to a snowbank which caused him to get covered in snow. Ellie, Arnold, and Elvis were laughing at it and they saw it as hilarious. Sam laughed it off and pulled her into the snow as payback. "Morning, Penny. How did you like your fall to the snow?" Sam asked.

"I am gonna say. I love it... Unless it was you who pulled me in, then I say I am crazy about the holidays."

"Why? What's up?"

"You really seem to give me a hard landing. It's like an ice chest out here."

"Did I? Oops."

Sam laughed and then he left Penny as she got up herself. Penny went to her locker and stored her bag in there before she got her Station uniform on and helped everyone decorate the station. Ellie was just about to finish decorating the outside of the balcony with garland when Elvis was not even focused on the job. "Elvis. What are you doing?" She asked.

Elvis didn't pay attention to her. He seemed to be focused on his AirPods playing his music. "Elvis!" Ellie called again.

No answer from him. Ellie tried waving to him and he still didn't focus on her or the job. "ELVIS!!!" Ellie shouted louder. Elvis pulled the garland and he started playing it like a guitar which had Ellie reach for it. She tried reaching for it and then she lost balance. The garland dropped and then Ellie tried to catch it and then she clinged to it. She was now hanging for dear life. "HELP!!!!!" She shouted.

"Hang on, Ellie! I'm on my way!" Sam called.

Sam grabbed a short extension ladder and then placed it right under Ellie who was hanging onto the garland while hanging onto Jupiter's ladder. Sam had no time to waste. Arnold and Station Officer Steele heard her and they raced out to where Sam is and then Jupiter's ladder began to bend. The ladder then snapped and it caused her to fall halfway still hanging on and then it was no time to lose at the fire station. "Penny?! We're going to need you!!" Steele called.

"On my way, sir!"

Penny ran out with her turnout gear on and then she saw the state they were in with Ellie hanging onto Jupiter. Elvis had no idea that Ellie was hanging onto Jupiter with the garland. "The ladder's too short to get Ellie down from Jupiter's ladder." Remarked Sam.

"Then how do we get her down?" Penny asked.

"I don't know... Tom's out on a call for Dilys." Arnold added.

Sam had an idea how to get Ellie down. He grabbed the garland and then launched it to her. "I got it. If we get the garland right to her and we can use it with bungee cords to tie it down, she'll be able to get down with us catching her." added Sam as he threw the garland to the ladder.

Penny launched a bungee cord to the garland and it tied the garland down to Jupiter's ladder. "Firefighter Phillips!! Grab hold of the Garland and then carefully climb down to us. We'll catch you if anything happens." Steele called to her.

"Ok!" Ellie replied.

Ellie grabbed hold of the garland and then she carefully climbed down. She felt her wrist in between climbs down to them and then she was soon on the ground with Sam, Penny, Arnold, and Station Officer Steele around her. Ellie held her wrist and then Sam looked at the damage to Jupiter while Penny examined her friend's wrist. "Are you alright, Ellie?" Sam asked.