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Chapter Two; Busted

Downtown Haven

Holly Short crept quietly down a dark alley, careful not to step on anything that would make a sound. Her eyes were accustomed to the darkness and she could vaguely make out a figure at the end of the alley. This was it, the element of surprise. The guy would never see it coming, not unless….

Suddenly, Holly stumbled over a trash can lid and the noise alerted her prey of her presence. The elf swore under her breath. The guy at the end of the alley, who happened to be a sprite, looked in her direction.

"You here for the stuff?" he asked. Stupid criminal, Holly thought, he had just revealed that he was guilty of something. Quick thinking and the girl thought of Plan Two.

"Yeah, it's me," she said in as rough a tone as possible. Holly knew tonight would be the night she nabbed this guy. He had been selling fake aboveground visas and the LEP wanted him in jail. Of course they had bigger fish to fry. For a single moment Holly wished she were back with the LEP. Sool had been sacked as Commander and Trouble Kelp had taken his place. Holly smiled inwardly. Trouble would make an amazing Commander.

"Right, so where's the gold?" asked the sprite, clearly trying to sound tougher than Holly, and failing miserably. Holly rolled her eyes.

"Gold? I thought criminals ended up behind bars, not rich." The sprite paled significantly, especially after realizing he was trapped between Holly and the wall.

"Not always true," said a voice from behind Holly. The girl smiled devilishly. She had no reason to fear that voice. However, the sprite did.

"Evening Mulch," said Holly coolly, "Care to escort our prisoner to the van?"

"With pleasure," Mulch grinned. Mulch Diggums, quite the character. Holly was glad that the flatulent dwarf was one of her closest allies.

"You'll never take me alive!" the sprite screamed. Holly rolled her eyes again. This one was quite the drama-fairy. Then, the sprite pulled out a small gun, and things got a lot more complicated. Holly was not supposed to have a gun as she was no longer an officer, as far as the general public knew. But she did have one, what with her being a Captain for Section Eight. It was Holly's moment of indecision about whether or not to draw her weapon that gave the sprite a chance to fire and hit her directly in the stomach. She fell to the floor with a soft thud. Immediately, blue sparks targeted her area of injury.

As soon as the sprite had pulled the trigger, Mulch had leapt into action, almost swallowing the tiny creature, and spitting out the weapon. He picked up Holly and headed over to their company van, where Doodah Day was waiting to take them back to headquarters.

"Change of plans," Mulch muttered darkly, motioning at the semi-unconscious Holly. His speech was slightly slurred due to the creature in his mouth. "Take us to Section Eight HQ."

Doodah nodded, and got them there. Of course, he did so in record time.

AN: More to follow. You guys rock.