Little Eric peered inside of the store with wide eyes. Despite his mother being a semi-retired super hero, and all of the odd adventures he had ever had being raised on that train, this was the first time he had ever seen something remotely close to a super villain before. The little boy looked up at his Uncle and smiled. "I'm okay. Ally and me and Mommy are shopping. We're looking for more gifts and Santa. I seen people running from here and wanted to see what was going on." he said to the Blue Lantern.
As the guards began to arrive, and a crowd gather around the restaurant, the little boy moved close to the Blue Lantern's leg. Curious or not... he was still a shy boy around strangers. And there were... a lot now.
".... have you seen the real Santa anywhere?" Eric asked, watching all of "Santa's Helpers" look over the crowd with their bells and fuzzy white beards. And..... Power Rangers? What were those things behind the crowd?
Meanwhile, in another part of the large mall, a little girl was busy hunting for Santa Clause. The real one. The one that usually had a long line and sat in front of a big tree and had kids sit on their lap. Sure she wasn't supposed to leave the store... and if she did she was supposed to be just outside it so Mom could still see her. But this was SANTA we're talking about. Surely she was old enough to go look for Santa on her own in the big mall... and if she got lost, she'd just crawl up onto the ceiling. That always helped people find her. Lots of people paid attention to her then.
