Cailleach raised her hammer, pointed it toward Mrs. Claus and said, “Don’t make this the last move you are ever going to make. Skye and Ailsa may be susceptible to silver weapons but I can’t be killed by a mortal. Now if you don’t mind I have a video to edit and release.”
“No more of that sexually explicit crap with my husband,” said Mrs. Claus.
“It’s either sex or violence. Your choice,” said Cailleach.
“It’s not going to happen. Your little game has run its course,” said Mrs. Claus.
“Meaning what?” asked Cailleach.
“We have turned the tables on you,” said Mrs. Claus with a smile.
“What do you mean? Enough is out there now to make sure that Santa is being cancelled as we speak,” said Cailleach.
“Are you sure about that?” asked William.
“Positive. We are at the height of cancel culture,” said Cailleach.
“So you haven’t seen the internet today?” said Mrs. Claus.
“Too much garbage. I try to avoid it at all costs unless it serves a practical purpose for me,” said Cailleach.
“I get that. It’s not quite like reading the Sunday paper. But fire up that computer or a phone and type in naughty and Cailleach,” said Mrs. Claus.
“What did you do?” asked Cailleach sounding worried for the first time.
“See for yourself,” said Mrs. Claus.
Cailleach took a phone out of her pocket and did a search. Her eyes opened wide as she looked at the screen.
“What? How?” said Cailleach as she stared at the screen in disbelief.
“We are not mere mortals either, remember. Plus J.J. has a dude that is world-class in making deep fake videos. We simply asked him to make a video of you in place of Mr. Claus with Skye and Ailsa. It’s apparently a piece of cake these days,” said Mrs. Claus.
Cailleach shook her head.
Mrs. Claus continued, “He is apparently so good that he took the original video and made it look like it was a bad fake and released it together with the video you just saw. Now the internet is on fire and you are the center of all controversy.”
Cailleach burst out laughing and said, “You guys are not just red velvet and Hallmark specials. Next time I’ll target the church instead.”
