Iris looked up sharply from where she stood on line to see Santa, "Wh-" She stopped, then looked around, narrowing her eyes, {Bomber where, Andy?}

{{The bomber and I are currently somewhere around forty thousand feet and falling fast.  The bomb itself is somewhere in there.  We find it, and I move it.}}

Icepick nodded and then turned to Iris.

Any idea what the bomb looks like, or anything that might be able to help us find it?

Since the bomber had been found, Painter was glad he hadn't yet tried to evacuate the store. However, he did want to get the civilians out once the bomber had been nabbed.

{{Good job, guys. Nab him, and then lets evacuate the store. Iris, Andy, you two are probably our best bets for finding this thing. Keep looking. Jeff, you think you can help me clear the crowd once we've bagged the bomber? I'd like to clear the area, just in case, and it doesn't look like anyone here's heard the news.}}

Sure thing, Ozzy. That would be good..and that way my friend can also get clear as well.

Iris looked incredulously towards where the others were, {Dude, this is the first I've heard of a bomb. I know what one looks like, sure, but this one in particular? Not a clue. In the store?} Turning to Chuck, she advised, "I... gotta pee. I'll be right back." She ran off.

"Iris! Iris, don't leave me by myself in this line! People will think-" But she was gone.

Iris ducked behind a display and changed into her outfit at superspeed - nothing to see here! She ran out, a blur of color, and swept around the store, single-handedly checking every nook and crany she could access for anything that looked like it might explode.

  It was hidden in the 'elf house' behind Santa.  And it was as big as a 55 gallon trash barrel.  Ticking.  There was no way she could haul that thing out by herself, but Andy had said something about moving it once it was located?

{Found it!} Iris sent a short time later, {Dude, it's huge! He's trying to take out Santa and, dependant on the explosives involved, either the rest of the store or the rest of the city. Don't cause a panic, but it's in the fake building situated behind the chair that Mr. Claus is sitting in. If he blows up Santa, that's going to make it very hard to have Christmas; there'll be noone to deliver presents!}

  Andy and a VERY terrified swarthy skinned fellow simply APPEARED next to Icepick.  He pushed the fellow toward Icepick, and said "Take him, he's too scared to fight."  Then over wormnet, Andy said {{I'll move it.  I'm a little bigger than I used to be.}}  And he blinked to the location Iris had given, taking the image out of her head.  He wrapped his arms around it, and blinked again.

Icepick grabbed a hold of Andy's prisoner.

"Gotcha covered, And..." and then Andy was gone, just like that.

Painter blinked, looking somewhat confused.

{{Soooo... crisis over? We win? Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0? Cool. I'mma call the cops, let 'em know that Andy and Iris got this already so they don't waste money sending the bomb squad.}}

With that, Painter did indeed go to call the cops, to let them know that the NADs had saved the day once again.

From above, what sounded like a stupendous thunder clap sounded.  The building shook a little, and then all was quiet.  And nobody knew where Andy was, or what he did with he bomb.

Icepick heard the ear shattering explosion that had just taken place.

Andy? Andy..please tell me that you weren't anywhere close to that?

  A strange sound from behind him, and he heard Andy's voice in his head.  {{Sorry, not going to lie.  That hurts like a bitch.}}  The crackle of SOMETHING behind him continued, and if he looked, it seemed that Andy, or something like him, was forming out of shadows and fog.  With sunglasses, black jeans, engineers boots, and a black muscle shirt.

Icepick looked around. His new form didn't have any facial features but if they did, his eyes would be wide and his face would have a shocked look on it.

"Damn dude...what did you do?"

Painter was on the phone with the police when the bomb went off, and clapped his other hand over his ear when the bomb went off.

"Oh wow. Yeah, did you hear that? That was the bomb going off. Everyone's fine, though that shook the building a bit. Damn, man. Well, good thing we were here, yeah? Anywho, just send someone down to pick up the bomber."

He then turned to where Andy was re-forming behind Icepick, and cringed.

"Ow, dude... man. Ow. That cannot be fun. You gonna be all right?"

  Andy finished forming, and then cracked his neck before he said "Fine.  Just hungry.  Takes energy to reform myself that way.  Hurts like a mad bastard too, but I'm still here."  He actually chuckled, and it was a very dark sound.  He took a deep breath, and added "I'm a little different than I used to be."

Icepick replied, "Well...I'm glad to see that you're OK."

He almost facepalmed himself.

"Hang on guys, I'll be right back..." He then went over to where Candy was.

"Are you all right, Cand....er....Ma'am?"

  Candy had been watching with wide eyes.  She asked him "What happened to that guy, and what did he do?"

"It's a long story," Icepick replied. "He's been through some...changes...like me. But rest assured he's one of the good guys."

"Cover for me so I can change back..."

  Candy grinned, and simply walled him in with a line of candy canes that were eight feet tall.

Icepick then shifted back to the human form of Jeff Yoshida. The change was becoming easier, it would just take more practice.

"Um...thanks...appreciate it...are you OK?"

  Candy nodded, and snagged a three foot candy cane for Andy.

"Arright. I'mma wait for the cops to get here. Gotta do that before I go grab my stuff."

And wait he did, watching the prisoner to make sure that he didn't try to escape in the confusion.

  Andy leaned against the wall, beside Ozzy.  The guy they'd taken prisoner kept giving Andy these really frightened looks as Andy devoured the candy cane that Jeff's girlfriend had handed him.  He told Ozzy "I'm certainly not looking forward to returning to Hell, but I learned a lot while I was there."