A/N: It's just me today. SF and I just got home from band practice and my head hurts. I don't feel like calling her. Sorry, SF if you are reading this, but I will try to remember what we discussed at school earlier.

Sorry about the cliffie, BTW. I just couldn't resist…

I hadn't been expecting this. Both of us hadn't, actually. I could tell by the way Artemis was frozen in shock.

Trouble looked as if it were the end of the world… which it could be if the right person got a hold of Holly, but that most likely wasn't his main concern. I thought back to when Diva, his cohorts, and I had walked in on them when they were sucking face in the back of a shuttle.

Trouble looked at us expectantly, as if he had wanted us to start freaking out. We were- well, I was- but not externally.

"Why aren't you guys saying anything? One of my best fr- officers has been reported MIA and all you two can do is gape?" Trouble yelled, sounding slightly insane. "What the hell is wrong with this picture?!"

I turned away from him to hide my grin. He was quite amusing when he was angry….

"Do we have any leads as to where she has been taken?" Asked Artemis.

Trouble looked down. "No, not really. Unless you count this note."

He held out a sheet of paper covered in blood red ink.

"Read it, please," I suggested as politely as possible.

Trouble cleared his throat and read:

Friends of Captain Holly Short of the LEP: I have taken your beloved Elf to India. You will have to guess the exact location from the clues provided. Good luck, my associates.

Clues:

Large mountains

Cold, obviously

Rivers and lakes

Valley of Dun

That should be plenty of clues. Hurry up- we don't want little Holly having any accidents, now would we?

"Opal!" I screamed. "I am going to kill her. I will thrust a rusty knife into her small, black heart! I will-"

"Sam, I know it seems likely, but it may not be Opal," Artemis put his hand on my shoulder. "There are other people that hate Holly."

"It is Opal," I said, quieter this time, so as not to disturb anyone downstairs. "I'd recognize one of her plans from a mile away."

"So, Artemis, Sam, when is a good time to leave?" Asked Trouble anxiously. "Soon?"

Artemis and I exchanged glances. Soon might not work, what with family over. We still had to unwrap the gifts and whatever else people do on Christmas.

"Well, we have guests right now. Can we leave tomorrow? I think that they are supposed to be leaving tomorrow." I said.

"No," Artemis added. "We can get out of this easily, but it would break Mother's heart…"

Artemis put on his thinking face and walked away from me and his phone.

"I guess we will call you later and tell you when we can leave." I said, almost asking it.

"Alright," mumbled Trouble, obviously forlorn.

I hung up the fairy phone and went over to Artemis. "What are you thinking?"

"I am thinking that Holly is somewhere in the Himalayas, and that we are going to find her. But first, we must escape this house." Artemis was grinning deviously.

This was going to be interesting….

A/N: Sorry that this was so short. I really didn't want to do anything major without SF. My mom is rushing me off of the computer again… so, bye! I will not be updating tomorrow… I have a band concert!!!! Oh, and so does SF….