Kris took a deep breath of the fresh cool Chicago air as he opened the patio doors of his temporary apartment. It was good to be back home he thought as he glanced around at the people beginning their morning routine down below on the street. He closed his eyes and they sprung open. He hadn't been able to really relax, not knowing his crazy ex wife was still out there loose. Especially not after what he had seen what happened at Maggie's just a few days earlier. 

His mind drifting a moment to recall the events of that day.

Kris was sitting in Maggie's kitchen going over the plans to track down and.. "deal" with his vicious ex wife. He still remembered the ring of the doorbell and the sound of some of Maggie's men screaming from the other room as they planned. Kris's ex wife had moved faster than they had anticipated. Within seconds more of Maggie's mend entered and rushed her and Kris out of the house as the screams continued accompanied by the sounds of furniture crashing and things being thrown as well as several shots from Maggie's men. 

Kris could see Maggie's face as she was carted away in a car. It was a combination of fear, shock, and disbelief. It was then that Kris realized that his life had traumatized and scarred another friend of his. He watched as Maggie was too disturbed to attempt any form of goodbye. Kris watched sadly as her car drove away until all he could see were tail lights. Suddenly a bone chilling scream brought him back to reality as he realized his ex wife was still in his house. He knew he couldn't stop her alone so he scurried off into the night deciding to make a move when his odds were better. 

Rrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnng!!!

Kris was startled back to the present as he turned to his ringing apartment phone. He walked over and lifted the handset to his ear, curious as to who would be calling him. He knew that quite a few people were aware of his return to Chicago though he had yet to actually reach out to anyone in particular since his return. 

"He.. Hello?"

He asked hesitantly, for a second thinking it might be best to just hang up. His life was still in turmoil with his ex wife on the loose. Constantly having to look over his back and those of his loved ones and friends was no way to live so he knew he had to get help from somewhere. He just didn't know where... yet. He listened to no answer and tried again, getting a little nervous.

"Hello? Who's this?"

Kris listens on the handset a moment as the silence breaks and he hears a woman quietly starting to laugh. Not just a normal ordinary laugh but a dark twisted.. evil laugh. Which turned into a cackle as it got louder.

"AAaahhahahaaahaaahhaahahaaaa!!"

Quickly Kris hung up the phone as his heart raced. How could she have found him here already. It had only been days since he was at Maggie's. How could she have gotten his number and did she know WHERE he was raced through his mind as he picked up the handset again and rang in the numbers to his cottage back outside Detroit where Bernard was still holding up until Kris could make arrangements to have everyone moved back to Chicago. He sat nervously waiting an answer as it rang. 

"Rrriiinnnnnngggg.......... Rrriiiinnnnnngggg......."

It rang for several minutes before someone on the other end answered. 

"Hello? Bernard?... Bernard?! Are you there?"

Kris panicked at the silence that answered him. After a moment the silence was broken again by none other than the same woman's voice. 

"I'm sorry... Bernard's can't come to the phone right now.. He's a little... well, he's kind of all over the place." 

She said ending her reply with another evil chuckle. 

"What have you done?! WHERE IS BERNARD?! And the..." 

Kris's heart sank as he thought about all the elves and his reindeer and quickly dropped the phone. He darted out the door, leaving the handset on the couch where he just sat, the evil cackling growing louder and louder out of the earpeice as Kris rushed to get back to his cottage in Detroit.. 

He had to see how far she had gone, knowing he had to put an end to her once and for all and fast as he only had a mere 6 months left to prepare for christmas this year. He had to end this now..