Ending 11 - Victory

You push open the door to the Artefacts room and step through. You find yourself in a large hall. Tall shelving units fill almost the entire space, each one holding row upon row of dusty snow globes just like the one you saw Shinny use on you, a long time ago... Each snow globe appears to be unique. You scan the rows of snow globes, looking for one that looks like your parents' house.

You finish examining the first set of shelves, and halfway through your search of the second set, you find what you're looking for: a snow globe with a red base, the flecks of snow inside settled around a miniature model of your parents' house. You pick it up and step back to take a closer look at it. That's when something else in the room catches your eye.

On a workbench, surrounded by metal tools and scraps and debris, is a slightly larger snow globe with a dull gold base. You venture closer. The surface of the snow globe is coated in grey dust, but you can see that underneath it is a model of a large red and white warehouse-like structure surrounded by a number of other smaller buildings. Could it be... the Workshop?

There's a noise behind you, but when you turn around, there's no-one there. Good thing you found all those pages to keep Alabaster busy, you think, although he could be back any minute. You turn your attention back to the gold snow globe, examining the details. There's a tiny sleigh parked outside one of the buildings. There's a building that looks a lot like a stable. Inside the warehouse, you can see tiny crates full of even smaller toys. It has to be the Workshop. If the snow globe is keeping the Workshop under Shinny's control, then maybe...

"What's going on here?" You turn around to see Alabaster, rushing towards you. It's now or never. You push the snow globe off the edge of the workbench. The heavy snow globe tips over, hitting the ground with a loud crack before the glass shatters into tiny pieces. There is a bright flash of light, and you collapse to the ground while the room seems to spin around you, a whirl of gold and silver. It almost feels like time itself is exploding out of the broken snow globe to fill the space around you. Your vision fades to a blinding white...

When you come to, you're in a cabin. There's a Christmas tree in the corner and a log fire burning merrily in the hearth. Outside, it's snowing, and you can just about make out the side of a large warehouse. This cabin must be one of the separate buildings from the main Workshop. You're in bed, under some red and green covers. You sit up, and notice that you're wearing a green tunic and shorts similar to the elves in the Workshop. {if Bondage level > 1}All the restraints you were wearing have been removed. {endif}{if Locked in chastity = 1}You notice that you're no longer wearing the chastity cage that Shinny put on you. {endif}

The door opens, and someone dressed in a red and white Santa suit steps into the room. It takes you a moment before you recognise him. "Louis, how are you? You were out for a while. Are you feeling better?"

"I'm fine," you reply. "Uh... you... you're..."

Nick removes his hat and smiles at you. "That's right."

"You're Santa?"

He chuckles. "Did you expect me to be some jolly, fat old man? I mean, I know I was at some point, but those elves really did a number on me with the regression thingamajig. Anyway, thank you so much for freeing everyone! I'd almost started to give up hope that someone would be able to stop Shinny and the others."

"What happens now?" you ask.

"Well, of course, there will have to be consequences for the elves who went along with Shinny's conspiracy. After I've dealt with them, I'll need to dispose of all those robots and reset the production lines, get new workers in, restart deliveries... It's going to be a lot of work." He sits down on the bed, next to you, and places his hand on your shoulder. "But none of that has to concern you. I can send you back home, and it'll be as if you were only gone for a few seconds." His hand moves down your chest, and lingers on your thigh. "Then again, as the saviour of Santa's Workshop, you could stay and help me rebuild, and I could show you my gratitude..."

You lean in and let him guide you into a deep kiss.

THE END