Alice Lennox

Chapter 22: The Other Me Sets Things Right

"Where were you, Alice?" Frost asked her when she returned to him.

Alice paused for a moment, deciding if she should tell him she was with Scott. She thought what he had to say was crazy, but at the same time, he happened to know things she shouldn't have. Maybe he was serious.

"I got stopped by this little girl and her parents." Alice lied, "They really wanted a photo with me."

This seemed to satisfy Frost, and he didn't question her further. "Well, come, darling. We have a show to prepare for."

Alice nodded and changed into a shorter dress for the show, in which she always opened. As soon as she was called out, she went on stage and began her usual performance of singing various Christmas songs and ending with her personal favorite, Santa's Got a Brand New Bag. As she performed, she noticed Scott was watching her with a pleading look before getting up and making a comment to get the guards attention. This distracted her enough for Lucy to sneak on stage and go in the back room to get Frost's snow globe.

Once Alice was done, it was time for the main event, and she became Frost's lead dancer. She did her usual routine, and once that was done, she took a step back right before Scott swung in on a rope and into Frost.

"Scott? What are you doing?" She asked.

"Setting things right." Scott says before trying to convince the crowd of the truth. They didn't believe him, and Frost sent the guards on him. Scott then tore off a candy cane from the gingerbread house set and beat Frost and the guards with it before climbing on the house. However, it collapsed under him and he fell. Frost and the crowd started laughing while Alice tried to make sure he was okay, which he was. The guards then took hold of Scott and Frost approached him.

"Get this through your head." He tells Scott. "You're not Santa anymore. You're just a guy who smells like a cookie."

"You're right." Alice says, "He's not. But he should be."

"What?" Frost asked.

"He told me everything. I know the truth, and I can now see I've made a huge mistake."

"Alice, darling-"

"Don't call me that. I'm not yours. I've belonged to someone else."

During this, Lucy appeared with the snow globe.

"Hey, how about we just have a nice game of catch?" Scott asks. "Lucy, toss it."

She throws the snowglobe, which Frost catches. "Nice try, compadre." He says, realizing what Scott's trying to do, "And lovely teamwork, there's only one problem. You're never gonna get me to say-"

Scott clicked the pen as Frost's voice played back "I wish I had never been Santa at all."

"Now who said that? Rudolph? Rudolph's mama?" Scott remarked as magic started to come out of the snowglobe.

"Set things right, Scott." Alice says as a blinding light flashes.