A/N: Here it is!!! Chapter 1 of To Rule the World!!! Nothing big in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone!!! All the peoples in this chapter belong to Mr. C! Chapter 1: She's Gone
Major Trouble Kelp was sitting at his desk filling out the e-forms Sool had refused to sign. Trouble had been stuck with more paper work and less missions. The last real mission he had been on was the super sonic shuttle ride to find Holly Short. Trouble felt his stomach do a back flip. Holly had quit LEP three weeks ago and went into the PI business with Mulch Diggums. Trouble thought back to the last time he talked to Holly. Trouble had gone to Holly's cubical to talk to her but saw that everything had been taken out of it. He poked his head around to the cubical next to Holly's. "Hey Rick where is all of Holly's stuff?" The elf looked up from the report he was filling out. "You didn't hear?" Rick asked as he spun his chair around. Trouble was confused. "Hear what?"
"Holly quit. She was in here a few minutes ago and packed up all her things and left." Rick said. But Trouble had left when the words 'Holly quit' left Rick's mouth. Trouble ran down the hall and out of Police Plaza. He ran all the way to Holly's apartment. When he got there he sprinted up the stairs and knocked on the door. A minute later the door opened and a puffy eyed Holly was standing at the door. "Trouble? What are you doing here?" She asked as she opened the door more to let him in.
"I went by you're cubical to talk to you and you weren't there. I asked Rick what happened and he said you quit." Trouble said walking into the house. He turned around his Holly shut the door. "Is that true?" Holly looked up at Trouble.
"Yes. I did quit." Holly said quietly and walked past Trouble. She sat down in the couch and put her head in her hands. Trouble sat down next to her on the couch. "Why?"
"Sool accused me of killing Julius. I couldn't stay with him as commander." Holly said looking up at Trouble. There were tears in her eyes. "Holly, I know that he accused you for a murder that you would never commit and that he is going to be an awful commander but you shouldn't have quit because of that." Trouble said putting an arm around her shoulders.
"I got the promotion. Julius told me I got it before we went into the chute." Holly said quietly, "I was thinking about turning down the promotion but Julius said something that made me change my mind." Holly took a deep breath and looked Trouble in the eye. "He told me that the promotion wasn't for me, it was for the People." Trouble nodded his head and understood what she meant. "So you're going to help the People by sitting around doing nothing?"
"No. I'm starting my own business with Mulch Diggums." Holly said grinning. Trouble looked surprised at her.
"Mulch Diggums?" He said smiling. Holly nodded her head. Trouble laughed a little. "That I have to see." Holly chuckled and laid her head down on Trouble's shoulder. Trouble's heart jumped to his throat. "I never thanked you for not shooting us down back in the chute," Holly said after a minute.
"I knew that you would never betray the LEP or kill Julius." Trouble said quietly. Holly lifted her head up so she could see Trouble's face. "You may be a hot head at times and lose you're cool and not listen to orders sometimes. But you're no traitor." A tear slid down Holly's cheek. Trouble wiped it away with a finger.
There was a loud crash and Trouble was jerked back to the present. Trouble looked out of his cubical and saw his brother, Grub Kelp, running full speed towards him. "Corporal Kelp, slow down!" Trouble yelled as his brother came closer. Grub skidded to a halt two yards away from Trouble. Grub was holding his side and was breathing heavy. "I haven't seen you run that fast since Holly threatened to make you go in the cell with some goblins to break up a fight." Trouble said grinning.
"D-don't remind me," Grub gasped. "I just came from Howlers Peak."
"What? Did they threaten to make you break up another fight?" Trouble asked jokingly.
"No. Worse. Much worse," Grub said still trying to catch his breath. "Opal Koboi broke out a few minutes ago." Trouble jumped out of his chair. "WHAT?!" Trouble yelled at his brother. "Does Sool know?" Grub shook his head.
"I was running to tell him when you stopped me." Grub said. Trouble grabbed Grub and started sprinting down to the Commander's office. Trouble and Grub bursted through the door. "Commander Sool!" They yelled together. Sool looked up from what he was doing. "What is it?" He asked looking from Trouble to Grub.
"Opal Koboi broke out of prison a few minutes ago," Grub said.
"Is this true?" Sool asked looking at Trouble.
"I don't know sir. I stopped Corporal Kelp in the hallway and he told me that Koboi broke out." Trouble said.
"Then how do you know if Koboi is lose or not?"
"He is my brother." Trouble growled. "I trust him. He would never lie about something this serious." Grub beamed with appreciation at his brother. Sool stabbed a button on his desk.
"FOALY! GET UP HERE NOW!" He yelled causing both Kelp brothers to jump a foot in the air. A minute later Foaly clopped into the room. "You called?" Foaly said.
"Don't get smart with me pony boy," Sool growled. "Pull up Opal Koboi's cell camera. NOW!" Foaly went over to the screen hanging off the wall and pulled Opal's cell footage up. No one was in the room. "Where is Koboi?!" Foaly exclaimed.
"Rewind the footage back to ten minutes ago," Sool ordered. Foaly did as he was told. The screen showed Koboi sitting on her cot glaring around the room. Then she looked at the door and smiled. She slid to the floor and a snake came up to her and warped itself around her. Then there was a loud crack and they were gone. Trouble, Grub, Foaly, and Sool looked at each other and back at the screen. "Corporal Kelp, go and tell the council what happened. Foaly I want copies of this footage sent to all the council members. Major Kelp go and set up a retrieval team. NOW!" Sool yelled at them. Foaly and Grub ran out of the room. Trouble turned to leave when a thought accrued to him. "Commander Sool. Maybe I should get Captain Short to help us catch Koboi." Trouble said turning around to face Sool.
"And why would I let Miss. Short help us?" Sool hissed.
"Because she has more experience with Opal Koboi than most of the people here." Trouble snapped.
"Miss. Short quit the LEP three weeks ago Major Kelp," Sool said smiling. "She obviously doesn't want anything to do with the LEP anymore." Trouble turned to the door and stepped outside.
"Or maybe she doesn't want anything to do with you," he said quietly and slammed the door shut. Trouble ran down to Ops Booth and knocked on the door. "Foaly!" Trouble said. The door opened up and Trouble walked into the room. Foaly turned to Trouble. "We need to tell Holly and Artemis," Foaly said grimly. Trouble nodded his head.
"I asked Sool if we could bring Holly in to help us." Trouble said looking down at the ground.
"Let me guess what he said," Foaly said bitterly. "No." Trouble nodded his head grimly. He looked up at Foaly.
"Foaly can you do me a favor?" Trouble asked.
"Sure." Foaly said.
"I need you to get a Retrieval team and a copy of Koboi's break out." Foaly smiled at Trouble and handed him a disk.
"You're going to go behind Sool's back aren't you?" Foaly said as Trouble walked to the door. Trouble turned around to Foaly and smiled. "I'm going behind Sool's back," Trouble said and opened the door and walked out.
Holly Short walked up the stairs and into her apartment. She tossed her keys on to the coffee table and walked into the kitchen and grabbed a nettle smoothie from the fridge. She drank deeply from it and walked back into the living room and plopped down on the couch. There was an urgent knocking at her front door. Holly sighed and got up from the couch. I can't even sit down for five minutes anymore, she thought as she went to answer the door. Holly opened the door and was surprised to see Trouble Kelp standing outside. "Trouble?! What are you doing here?" Holly asked him.
"You need to see something. Now," Trouble said holding up the disk Foaly had given him. Holly stepped aside and let Trouble into the apartment. "What is it?" She asked him as she closed the door. She turned around to Trouble he was leaning against the wall running a hand through his hair. He looked over at Holly. "Trouble did something happen?" Holly asked walking over to him trying to ignore the fact that Trouble looked cute when he ran a hand through his hair. Trouble sighed and walked over to the couch and sat down. "Opal Koboi broke out of Howlers Peak about thirty minutes ago. This is the footage from her cell," Trouble said laying the disk down on the coffee table. Holly's face paled.
"But I thought you said she was on high security alert at all times! How could she have gotten out?!" Holly yelled in disbelief. Trouble nodded to the disk on the table. "It doesn't make any sense how she got out," Trouble said as Holly grabbed the disk and put it in her disk player next to her TV. They watched in silence as the disk showed Opal Koboi disappearing from her cell. "How in Fronds name did a snake get in there?" Holly asked quietly.
"I don't know." Trouble said. "But I do know that we need you're help catching Koboi." Holly jumped out of her seat and looked at Trouble. "What?! You mean come back to the LEP and work for Sool?!" Holly exclaimed. "No! No way am I going to work for that greasy haired freak!" Trouble stood up and looked at Holly.
"You won't be coming back to the LEP or working for that greasy haired freak." Trouble said quietly. "Sool put me in charge of catching Koboi, so you would be working for me. I'm going behind Sool's back and asking you to help me catch Koboi."
"Don't you have a Retrieval team helping you catch her?" Holly asked crossing her arms. Frond she is cute when she gets stubborn and crosses her arms like that. "Yes," Trouble said sitting back down on the couch. "I can't do this alone Holly. I need you're help." Holly wasn't sure of what to say to Trouble. She looked at Trouble; he was running a hand through his hair again. "Frond you're cute when you do that," Holly muttered under breath.
"Excuse me?" Trouble said not really listening.
"I said fine. I'll do it," Holly said quickly before Trouble could figure out what she had said. Trouble jumped off the couch and hugged Holly. "Thank you," he said. Holly blushed and returned the hug. They broke apart after a minute. "I should call Artemis and tell him about Koboi," Holly said pulling out a communicator from her pocket.
"You're not suppose to have that," Trouble pointed out grinning.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Holly said grinning and dialed Artemis up on the communicator. Artemis answered on the second ring. "Hello Holly. Two calls in one day? You must be having trouble finding that missing necklace." Artemis said jokingly. "I found the necklace thank you very much," Holly said matter of factly.
"Was it behind the sink?" Artemis asked smirking. Holly gave him a smile.
"No. Actually it was behind that painting of Tara," Holly said smirking.
"How did you figure that out?" Artemis asked.
"Holly," Trouble said threateningly. "Tell him."
"Yes sir Major," Holly said jokingly. "Artemis we have a serious problem."
"What is it?" Artemis said more seriously.
"Opal Koboi broke out of Howlers Peak almost an hour ago," Trouble said coming into view. (If it was possible) Artemis paled. "How-." He began to ask.
"We don't know," Holly and Trouble said together.
"Do you have any footage?" Artemis asked.
"Yes," Holly said and showed him the disk.
"Can you get topside?" Artemis asked. "I need to see that disk and it's more than likely that Opal will come up here." Holly and Trouble looked at each other. "Sool should be meeting with the council soon and knowing the council they will want put Haven on lock down with in the next hour," Trouble said looking at Holly. Holly smiled at him.
"Then we should get going then," Holly said and started walking to the door. "We'll call you when we get to Tara." Holly said and ended the call. Trouble smiled and followed her out the door. "I'll call Foaly and tell him to have a shuttle ready and a private line opened for us." Trouble said as they ran down the stairs. "And of course to have an LEP suit ready for you along with a Neutrino," Trouble said as he pulled a wafer thin phone out and pressed a button. Holly smiled at Trouble and they ran down the busy streets of Haven to the shuttle port.
A/N: Did you like it?!?!? Naruto and Harry will be in the next chapter. But until then
Much Love, Holly 25Trouble
