"That was awesome! Right, Arty?" Holly exclaimed as Artemis, Butler and her headed towards the car. Holly was eating ice cream and was absolutely ecstatic. Artemis, on the other hand, had a green face and Butler just had a shocked look on his face. Here may be the time for some backup information.

They just went on a ride named Up, Down, Down. It consisted of a hill, 2800 feet up and 3200 feet down, and many sharp turns close to the ground and many loop de loops. Holly ALMOST didn't go on, but then she threatened to bash the head of the guy manning the machine into the pavement. When that didn't work, she threatened to drag him up the maintenance stairs to the top of the hill and drop him headfirst down from there. Apparently, the guy thought she was serious because she got on. Isn't she a bucket of sunshine? At the end of the ride, Holly wanted to go on again, Artemis was about to throw up everywhere, and Butler was actually AFRAID of the ride! Yeah, BUTLER was AFRAID of it. Needless to say, they didn't go on again. Holly was a little sad but understood.

Artemis didn't answer straight away, afraid that he would vomit all over himself. Holly let him have the front seat, so that he didn't throw up all over himself even though she thought that would be hilarious. Finally after 15 minutes, he responded.

"No, Holly, that was NOT awesome. And more importantly, don't call me Arty."

"How is not calling you Arty more important-" Artemis was glad she didn't say Arty and let out a breath of relief. "-Arty?" Holly smiled deviously as Artemis sighed. This would be a fight for another day. But first-

"I'm hungry." Okay, not his best sentence.

"Arty, I'm not sure that's a proper sentence." Holly said jokingly. The Arty in question just sighed.

"It contains a subject, I'm, and a predicate, hungry, so therefore it is a proper sentence."

"Gods, Mr. Can't Take A Joke. Anyway, I heard Mcdonalds is good and cheap."

"No way in Haven."

"Why not?"

"Because it is a fast food joint so of course it's food will be horrible and greasy."

"Have you even ever been there?"

"No, and I would like to keep it like that."

"Come on! For me, Artemis?"

"No."

"Pleaseeee?" Artemis looked back to tell her no to her face and sighed. She had a puppy dog face.

"Fineeee. One time though. Butler head towards the nearest Mcdonalds." Butler looked shocked, again.

"I never thought I would hear those words come out of your mouth, sir."

"Me neither, old friend."


15 minutes later, Holly was happily munching on fries, Artemis was looking at a chicken nugget in disgust, and Butler was still shocked.

"This is horrible. I bet it isn't real chicken!" Artemis exclaimed in disgust, never breaking his stare at the chicken nugget.

"Of course it isn't, Arty!" Holly exclaimed joyfully. "But these fries are awesome!" That's when the beeping started. Artemis looked at his seatbelt in comfusion.

"Weird." He stated.

"Not really." Butler replied. The other two occupants of the car stared at him weirdly. "The car overheated." Holly gasped and Artemis handed out commands. Well, ONE command that is.

"Get to the gas station." Butler immediately pulled over to the gas station across the street. Artemis and Butler both got out and started examining the engine. Holly just shrugged, finished her fries and got out.

"What do you two know about cars?" She inquired. Artemis shrugged.

"Not much? How about you Butler?"

"They didn't teach us much about cars in Madame Ko's Academy." Artemis looked confused.

"Really?"

"They figured we could call a guy. We focused more on disabling the guy if he or she showed a threat not figure out how he's fixing it."

"Ah." They studied the engine.

"Do you need help?" All three of them turned around, and Butler jumped in front of Artemis. There was an old guy standing in front of them. Artemis was first to gather his composure.

"Yes, thank you sir." The guy walked over to the car and started examining it. Butler and Holly watched his actions carefully. Artemis was focused on figuring out how he asserted what was wrong. After tinkering around, he made a verdict.

"You're water is frozen. You'll need antifreeze and some more water."

"Why?" Artemis asked, shocking the old guy. Needless to say, Artemis wasn't exactly happy at his verdict and showed it.

"The antifreeze to unfreeze the current water and the added water will help the anti freezer's effect go faster. Do you want me to check the oil as well?"

"You might as well." Artemis accepted with a huff. The man tinkered a little more. He came back with a shocking verdict.

"You're out of oil."

"What!" Artemis half asked, half exclaimed.

"You're out of-"

"I heard you! Completely out?"

"Not a drip left." Artemis sighed.

"How many quarts?"

"4." Artemis groaned. He started out towards the store with Butler following. Holly shrugged again and followed.


"13 dollars!" Artemis exclaimed when he say the price for the antifreeze.

"No, it's 13 cents." Holly said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Artemis glared at her.

"OK, not the time." She muttered and looked at the antifreeze.

"It is a big bottle." Holly added. Artemis glared at her again.

"OK, I'll shut up." Artemis nodded and looked back at the bottle.

"I can't afford that." Both Holly and Butler looked at him weirdly. "I don't have it on me." He explained further. Holly and Butler nodded in understanding, well sort of.

"You don't have a credit card on you?" Holly asked.

"No."

"Oh."

"And we have to buy 4 quarts of oil too."

"I wonder..." Artemis started.


"Why not!" Artemis demanded. He was fighting with the cashier about whether he could just give him the credit card number.

"I could, but it's against policy!" The cashier squealed. Artemis rubbed his temples.

"Holly." He said and Holly smiled. She clearly understood what Holly. meant. She pushed Artemis aside and stood on her tippy toes so that the cashier could see her.

"Listen Mr. whatever you're name is, if you don't take this credit card number I will pull you out by your ear and bash your head into the gas pump, do you understand me." Even though she had a serious look on her face, the cashier laughed. You had to feel bad. For the cashier.


So now, Holly was holding the cashier's head to the gas pump. She had just dragged him out by the ear to the gas pump.

"You got one more chance, mister!" She exclaimed. The cashier shrieked a very girly shriek.

"OK, OK! You win!" The cashier squealed and Holly let go of him. Then they all headed towards the cash register.


"So... how was your day above ground?" Trouble asked when Holly arrived underground.

"Well, Butler missed the exit, we had to make an illegal U-Turn, Artemis almost threw up, I threatened 2 Mud Men, and the car broke down." Holly said and left Trouble in the dust with a confused look on his face.

"You threatened 2 Mud Men and Artemis almost threw up?" He muttered under his breath. "She'll talk about it when she feels like it." He concluded and walked away.


Hehe. I had fun writing that!