So, this is a random idea I had. It is actually inspired by an episode of Smallville that I particularly liked. It's called Labyrinth, so if you haven't seen it and you like Smallville, you should watch it. It is in Season 6, although which episode, I do not know. Anyway, I don't think that this is as good as some of my other stories, but read and review none the less please :)

Artemis closed his eyes and opened them again. No change. He repeated the action. Still no change. The gray concrete roof stared bleakly down at him. The light blue walls of the room threatened to enclose him. He didn't remember agreeing to come to this place. It certainly hadn't been his choice. Maybe it was Mother? Juliet and Butler? No, Butler would never send him to a place like this without his permission.

He got off the bed, bare feet cold on the floor. He examined the white uniform he was garbed it. When did he put this on? He shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair. This was definitely not somewhere he would have wanted to come willingly.

He walked swiftly over to the door. It appeared to be solid steel with a metal grate instead of a glass window. He glanced around, but no one was in sight. He was trapped. Was he dreaming? He wasn't sure, but if not, it was time to put his famed brain to work. Artemis sat once again on the cot, cross-legged and closed his eyes to meditate.

~*~

Butler returned to his post at Artemis's door after a quick coffee break. The staff wouldn't let him in the room, something about causing Artemis to begin freaking out that Butler was there to kill him or something to that effect. According to them, his charge had been diagnosed with paranoia, but Butler wasn't quite as sure. Artemis was rich and powerful. He had enemies and would be prone to take precautions against them. Surely that wasn't paranoia.

But it didn't matter. Artemis was locked up in here, against Butler's better judgement, in line for some treatment that would do who knows what to Artemis's IQ. Artemis's parents had the say here and they had agreed that something had to be done about the twenty-three year old's 'paranoia'. Butler, being from military background, suspected that something was afoot, but there wasn't much he could do about it.

~*~

Holly flew over the institute that was called Blue Hills Mental Rehabilitation Center. What a mouthful, she thought to herself. Mud Men and their fancy names. Make everything sound nicer than it really is.

Holly was on a search for Artemis Fowl. She had gone past the Manor a few days ago and staked out, waiting for him, but he didn't arrive at the house for forty-eight hours and Holly had begun to worry. The LEP needed his big brain for some plotting. A band of rogue dwarves had stormed Police Plaza a few days ago and stolen large amounts of weaponry. The LEP needed to get it back and apprehend the dwarves, but they needed a plan and Artemis was the best bet.

After she had spent two days at the Manor and he hadn't shown up, Holly had asked Foaly to locate the Mud Man. His computers had led him straight the place with the long name that Holly was now circling. The grounds were surrounded by barbed wire fencing and spotlights. No way for anyone to get in or out of the place. No one on foot that is.

Holly switched on her shield and descended into the belly of the flame, so to speak. She fervently hoped that Artemis was here. She had no time to go traipsing off along the countryside in search of him.

~*~

Artemis was roused from his meditation by the sound of a door opening. He opened his eyes as the metal scraped against the doorframe. A man in dark blue slacks and a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows stood there.

"It's time for you to take your medication Master Fowl."

Artemis frowned. "I need no medication. I demand you let me out of here or my lawyers will make sure that your job mysteriously disappears over night."

The man laughed. "Master Fowl, just come along."

Artemis shook his head and stepped off the cot. Where was Butler when he needed him? He exited the room and noticed, to his pleasure, that Butler stood beside the door.

"Butler, I need to get out of here," Artemis insisted as the man began to drag him down the corridor.

Butler shook his head. "Artemis, just go with the doctor."

Artemis frowned. "Butler, I need you to get on the phone with my lawyers."

"No can do Artemis," Butler said quietly. "I've been given strict orders to follow if I wish to stay here and guard you."

Artemis's forehead wrinkled as the doctor pulled him through another metal door. Why was Butler refusing to help him? Butler had always done everything Artemis needed, but the manservant was keeping him trapped in this infernal place for some reason. Artemis vowed to discover his purpose for being here, and soon.

Butler watched his charge be dragged down the hall. All of his senses screamed for him to follow Artemis, but he wasn't to get too near to Artemis. It was one of his rules. A rule that Butler detested.

He was about to enter the room and do another quick bomb check before Artemis returned when a slight heat haze caught his eye. He glared at it.

"Show yourself fairy," he hissed. If he was caught talking to invisible fairies in a place like this, he would have the room next to Artemis's.

Holly shimmered into view. "Keep your skin on Butler, it's just me."

Butler still glared. "What are you doing here?"

Holly frowned. "What's wrong big man?" Butler was generally very friendly to her. Something was certainly the matter when Butler acted this way.

"Artemis is in here because of you. You haven't been around for years and he started freaking out and..." Butler shook his head. "How come you never came back? Artemis has missed you so much. For the first two years you're all he talked about, all he thought of. Then he stared to become cold again, and the doctors are sure that he had a psychotic break and now he's in this horrid place. All because of you."

Holly was baffled. "I didn't know that Artemis wanted to talk to me still. I was busy and how the heck is any of this my fault?"

"It's your fault because after the first few years after we saved Jayjay, he started to think he was being watched by fairies. He wanted you to come back so badly that he started began about you to the general public. Of course, when someone says they've seen fairies, the general public thinks they're crazy. It was all over the news, 'The Infamous Artemis Fowl II Gone Crazy' and all sorts of things like that."

Holly frowned. "I didn't think that leaving would have such a profound effect on Artemis."

"Holly, he was in love with you. Couldn't you tell? I suppose that was a while ago, maybe all fairies are daft. How am I supposed to know? All I know is that he loved you, but it's all gone now. He's stuck in a mental hospital, being drugged every day and there isn't anything I can do about it because it was his parent's choice." Butler slumped down against the wall.

Holly shook her head. "Where is he right now?"

"I can't let you see him," Butler said dejectedly. "It will hurt him, and that isn't a good thing right now. It won't help his condition."

"What is his condition exactly?" Holly asked.

"He was diagnosed with paranoia, but I don't think so. If anything he should be diagnosed with heartbreak." The giant man glared at the diminutive elf flying in front of him.

Holly shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I really need to talk to him. We need his help."

"I'm sorry Holly, but he isn't allowed any visitors. I'm hardly allowed to talk to him." Butler exhaled with exhaustion. He'd been watching Artemis for a few years. He was really sick of this place by now.

Holly began to feel desperate. She had been sure that she would have been able to count on Artemis, no matter how long they hadn't seen each other for. She hadn't counted on him being in love with her though, and when Butler said that all that love was gone, Holly felt a slight ache in the pit of her stomach. She knew that somewhere inside of her, she had been in love with Artemis too, just unable to deal with the idea. And now it was too late.

"Please Butler," she begged. "We need him."

Butler climbed to his feet and drew himself up to full height. "Captain Short, if you don't stop this, I'm going to have to remove you from the premises with force."

Holly exhaled, her mouth turning down at the corners in a frown. "Fine," she hissed, shimmering out of view. Butler wasn't to know that she had no intention of leaving until she spoke with Artemis.