| Synopsis
| - A small-time crook named Cave receives a tip from Lacy’s Santa that Toulouse Lexington will be visiting the store and, as she has a rich father, Cave cooks up a kidnapping scam. On the day of the visit, Wolverine is shopping for presents when he accidentally knocks into Miss Lexington. Her bodyguards warn Logan off, and he departs without causing a scene. When Toulouse later visits Santa, an elf draws two weapons on them and shoots several of her bodyguards. One of them, Pinter, grabs the elf and takes him down a chute away from his charge. Cave has his men grab Toulouse and he forces her to wear a jacket filled with plastic explosive. He then explains his plot to extort money from her father. Pinter disposes of the elf and then, to his surprise, meets Wolverine, who has noticed what is going down. The two men then proceed to take down as many of the elves as they can, whilst noting that the bombs that have been placed around the place are just distractions. As they make their way to where Cave and his men are, a huge explosion rips the top floor off the store, causing Wolverine to reassess his tactics. As they stand there, Cave has the people trapped inside rush the doors in order to escape, and he takes Toulouse Lexington with him. Several of his men also escape in the confusion. Outside, Cave arrives at the meeting point with those that managed to get free, and he figures he’s pulled it off. Unfortunately, Wolverine and Pinter arrive, with Logan having followed Miss Lexington’s scent. Cave’s men give up, but Cave clicks a remote that activates the explosives around Toulouse. She has ten seconds to live, but Wolverine slashes the jacket from her and clutches it to his chest. It explodes, severely wounding him, but he survives and wishes them a merry Christmas as he lies bleeding.
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