Time Force: The Great Christmas Caper

Chapter 11: Margo, Sherman, and the Snowy Tornado

It had been snowing for four days and four nights in New York City. Everywhere was snowy all over the city. Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny were in the Time Force Headquarters, sitting on the couch and realizing that they were safe with each other. It was a snowy night in the Time Force Headquarters, and the four of them were trying to warm each other up by using a big blanket in the colors of red, blue, purple, and pink. The snow was falling during the whole night.

Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny sat on the couch, feeling cold as their legs were shivering a lot. The fireplace in the living quarters was nice and warm, and it felt much hotter than the Time Force thought it would feel. But that evening, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny were relaxing on the couch, trying to warm each other up, when Hiro, Baymax, GoGo Tomago, Honey Lemon, Fred, and Wasabi shuffled in with some candles to light up the dark rooms. The Time Force was surprised to see them. "What are you doing here, Hiro? You should be warming us up, by now," said Penny. "I know," sighed Hiro. "These blackout generators have been trapping the entire world all along!" "That's no excuse, Hiro! Nothing should stop us," said Sherman. "Mr. Peabody relies on us to be getting the lights turned on to prevent Darkness from throwing us into eternal darkness!" And the Time Force members warmed themselves up.

"Bossy agents," muttered Hiro. And he went off to find Mr. Peabody. "Those four humans are SO unreliable," he added. Mr. Peabody was fixing the WABAC when Hiro showed up to see him. "Well done, Hiro," said Mr. Peabody, "you've been quick. Listen: the Time Force members are feeling cross. They say they want light everywhere. So I have found a resource of light for you to deliver. And I want you to get the lights made for a while." "Lights for the Time Force Headquarters, indeed," chuckled Hiro, "we'll show them!" "And Baymax will help, too," said Mr. Peabody. "Oh, sir! Yes, sir! Please, sir!" answered Baymax.

Hiro, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, GoGo Tomago, and Fred worked on getting the lights set up around the Time Force Headquarters, greeting each other as they passed by each other. Baymax turned up the lights on the exterior of the Headquarters. Hiro was anxious about Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny, but Baymax promised to give them lights in their headquarters. There were fewer blackouts, but the Time Force members didn't mind. They knew that they were getting more lights around the city without hesitation. After all the lights went up, the Time Force got some extra light inside the Time Force Headquarters.

Meanwhile, the Grinch and the Who kids were having doubts about Pitch Black bringing eternal darkness to the world. "I hope that Darkness doesn't destroy our world with eternal blackout," said Cindy-Lou Who. "He's bound to have trouble dealing with light." "You're probably right, Cindy," said Ozzy. "We must make sure we bring the light to the darkness of the eyes of the blind so we can deal with Darkness using his blackout generator." And the Who kids were right.

Back at the Grinch's mansion in New York City, the Who kids were trying to think of a plan to save the world. "If anyone's going to save us, it's us," said Cindy-Lou Who. "But, Cindy," said Axl, "we have to be five miles across the streets of the city. That pretty much limits our options." Cindy-Lou Who, Axl, Izzy, Ozzy, and Groopert had to get on with their A-Game while the Grinch was reading the newspaper in his office. He hoped that this mission would be the way to approach the dark villain from his evil scheme. "Due to a snow tornado approaching the city," he said, "no one would be safe without shelter." And he was right.

That night, a big storm raged across the city, sending tons of snow to the city. Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny were feeling their legs shivering all night when they heard a tornado warning from the Grinch. "We're sure to be safe in this spot," said Antonio. "We'd better be," Penny replied. Just then, they heard the sound of strong winds blowing through the big snowstorm. Pitch Black was riding on his snowy tornado, trying to get to the Time Force Headquarters in time. Inside the headquarters, Edith and Agnes were running towards the others, to tell them what they heard on the Grinch's warning. "That's what he said," said Edith. "The sooner the snowy tornado comes, the more dangerous it gets." "Darkness must be approaching our location! He wants to activate his blackout generators!" added Agnes. "Settle down, you two," Antonio said, soothingly. "It's just that Darkness wants to engage in his stormy nights." And he was right.

Edith and Agnes jumped into Margo's arms, and she tried to soothe them both without hesitation. But suddenly, disaster struck as Pitch Black sent his snowy tornado to attack the Time Force Headquarters. SLAM! CRASH! BANG! POW! The Time Force Headquarters got damaged by the snowy tornado that Pitch Black was riding on. "Cinders and ashes!" exclaimed Sherman. "It's Darkness!" "Darkness?! Oh, no!" shouted Edith. Pitch Black laughed evilly and loudly as he could, and this made everyone in the room very cross. At last, Luca, Alberto, Giulia, Mei, Miriam, Priya, and Abby arrived, and they were very cross, indeed.

At last, Riley arrived on the scene to see what was going on here. "Raging red pandas!" exclaimed Mei. "Was that meant to happen, boss?" "No, it was not," answered Riley. Riley was cross. "Pitch Black, you must turn yourself in immediately!" "I must turn myself IN immediately?" Pitch Black said, confused. "Then... why did I break into your headquarters? Weird. Oh! Maybe it was to show you what I have!" And he showed them all the blackout generators that he was planting. All over the world. Then, a gasp arose from everyone in the room. "That is a lot of blackout generators, for FOUR humans!" said Antonio. "Oh, you thought this was just about you four?" Pitch Black said to Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny. "No, no-no-no-no-no. We're just getting started. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go do some shopping...for REVENGE!" And he got away with his snowy tornado, damaging more of the Time Force Headquarters.

"Cinders and ashes!" exclaimed Sherman. "Did he intentionally damage our headquarters, boss?" "No, he didn't!" Riley answered, crossly. "He is the one who is causing confusion and delay, he really is a scary dude that can creep on us at night." Edith and Agnes felt shocked to hear this from Riley, but they didn't know what to say. At last, the members of Big Hero 6 came to see what was going on. "What on Earth is going on?" demanded Hiro. "That was trouble for Darkness," answered Margo. "Just wait and see." "This outrage that Darkness caused on his snowy tornado sent shivers down my butt," said Sherman. "It sent shivers down my butt, too," agreed Penny. "Turns out we have been cast at long lost memory of our headquarters." "That was not meant to happen," replied Hiro. "Has anyone seen this snowy tornado?" "I have, and it scared the crap out of me," said Mei. "It scared me, too," replied Luca. "That was a lot of wind," said Wasabi.

"What was all that about?" gasped Edith and Agnes. "That was trouble, trouble for Darkness," Margo told her younger sisters. "Just wait and see." Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny set off that night to see what the trouble for Pitch Black was all about. They had to be on the lookout for danger to see where the snowy tornado was headed. But then, Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps had bad news. "What's happened?" asked Sherman. "The snowy tornado had damaged the Time Force Headquarters," said Judy Hopps. "We need the construction crew to repair the headquarters building." The Time Force set off to the rescue.

Next morning, the Time Force Headquarters was repaired in time, and the elite officers were delighted to see that. "Looks like the construction crew helped the Time Force members with the repairs on the Time Force Headquarters," said Nick Wilde. "I hope so, sweetheart," replied Judy Hopps. "It seems to me that we have been getting the construction crew to help us with the repairs on the Time Force Headquarters." And she was right, the repairs on the headquarters took not longer than expected. Then, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny got back to their couch, sitting down next to each other, like they became best friends.

At the end of the day, Mr. Peabody gathered all the humans together at the Time Force Headquarters command center. "Hiro, you're here," said Margo. "Of course I am, Margo," replied Hiro, "I just needed some work to do." "Quiet, everyone, please," announced Mr. Peabody. "I just want to say, absolutely and categorically, that the Time Force Headquarters is NOT going to be taken down." "Hurray! Hurray!" the humans whistled and cheered. "The Time Force Headquarters is still a hardworking and really useful headquarters," added Mr. Peabody. "And, whoever spread the rumor that the Time Force Headquarters is going to be taken down caused a lot of confusion and probably even some delay." Margo and Hiro chuckled. Sherman just beamed!