Its Christmas Time Again

Elijah did not particularly like Christmas.  That is not to say that he was a scrooge, but after a certain amount of time working at the mall, his Christmas cheer began to decline rapidly.  At the mall Christmas carried special significance, and the season began in late November and carried on throughout December into January.  Elijah felt that the best part of Christmas was the time off, although security had to be raised during the holiday months, as head of security, Elijah had privileges over the other security guards and was given far more time off during Christmas time. Elijah decided that he would begin his day visting, Casa de Waffles and ordering their Christmas brunch, that consisted of several seasonal breakfast items.  As Elijah emerged from Castle Apartments, he stopped to appreciate the beautiful winter morning, snow covered the streets and people were out everywhere enjoying the holiday season.  Then as Elijah turned to his destination a plaster Santa Claus crashed in front of him breaking into large solid chunks.  Elijah backed off, with the realisation that had he been a couple of steps in front of him, Santa would have exploded on his head.  Elijah looked up, but whoever or whatever had caused the suicidal Santa Claus did not reveal themselves.  Elijah took a couple cautious steps forward, then picked up his pace quickly as he dodged the pieces of Santa and proceeded to his breakfast.  Elijah trudged to the snow, thanking his luck that Christmas had not killed him.

Stormy Night

Elijah emerged from the underground tunnel to a whirlwind of wind and rain.  Elijah pulled his coat tight and set off into the cold, stormy night.  The wind whipped the rain in front of him blurring his vision, but he pressed on as lighting streaked across the sky in front of him.  Elijah had a long day of work today, several people were involved in a shoplifting heist, that would have succeeded without his clever observations. After acquiring all the members of the shoplifting gang, Elijah had to fill out paperwork on each of them for his security company, Allied Security.  Elijah picked up his pace, he was tired from his day at work, but hunger drove him forward through the storm towards his house.  Elijah watched as other people scurried around in the storm looking for some cover, from this brutal hurricane.  As Elijah neared his apartment he contemplated the seriousness of the storm, Elijah was born in Afganistan, but immigrated to America when he was young.  ELijah was not used to severe weather, and as the thunder crashed around him, he could not hide the fear welling up inside of him.  With a final burst of energy, he splashed into Castle Apartments comforted by the familiar smells and sounds of his home.  ELijah headed to his apartment, praying that the storm would pass soon.