A/N: Hi guys just a reminder that this is my first fic so please cut me some slack. I would love to get some reviews, good or bad. And now without further ado here is the first chapter.
Chapter 1 Bad News
Wednesday, Holly hated Wednesdays. Half of the week had passed by with her stuck doing her stupid desk job and with no end to the mind numbing work in sight. The last thing she needed was any extra problems, but as she walked past Trouble's office his voice yelled out "Short! Get in here!"
He was sounding more and more like Root every day, maybe it was the job. The office was a maze of filling cabinets and disorganized papers, Trouble's desk was situated in the middle of the room. Recently Trouble had thrown himself into his work, there were rumors it was because he had just gotten out of a bad relationship, but whatever it was Holly felt rather bad for him. As she walked up to his desk Trouble looked up at her with weary eyes.
"What is it Commander?"
"I have a surface mission for you." Trouble tepidly replied.
Holly's eyes lit up, suddenly alert, she would take any mission that allowed her to go to the surface. She'd taken three days off this month already; she told her superior that she was completing the ritual. But in reality it had only taken ten minutes, when she wasn't back for three days Trouble decided to stop giving her the benefit of doubt.
"Where on the surface do I need to go?"
"Ireland"
Holly's heart skipped a beat and she froze. She was certain this had something to do with Artemis.
She hadn't talked to him in four months. She hadn't talked to him since they got back from the past. Not since he had tricked her, betrayed her trust and broke her heart.
She was brought back from her daze by Trouble's voice.
"I want you to check up on Fowl. I haven't had any news on him for two months and he hasn't made any calls in the same amount of time, I had Foaly look through his phone history. Head up to the surface and check up on him for us, will you."
Holly walked out of the office and quickly headed towards the Ops Booth. Artemis hadn't made any phone calls in two months? That was beyond odd, even for him, Holly got the feeling something was up, something big. And Holly hadn't been there to help him with whatever was going on.
"D'arvit, he must be angry with me." She mumbled as she entered the Ops Booth.
Foaly was standing there holding out her kit.
"Nothing new" he said, a little softer than usual. "Just find out what he's up to"
Holly grabbed her kit then turned and walked out of the booth.
Foaly shouted after her "Be careful up there, something is definitely wrong."
As Holly walked through LEP HQ she mused. "This day just got a lot worse."