Hello. I wrote this chapter quickly, not because it was bad, but because it was so good. (At least, I think it is.) Anyway, I hope you guys like it. The next chapter will have some explanations, but I think you'll like what I did.

Artemis stood up slowly, carefully making sure the unconscious elf in his arms didn't fall over.

No.1 was the first to notice Holly had fainted.

"Holly! What happened? Is she okay? Of course she's not okay. She has the Atlantis Complex!" He was babbling, obviously worried.

"How did you figure it out?" Butler asked him.

"Well, I saw the paranoia in the way she was looking at us, and the way she jumped out at you. Also, she kept tapping a pattern with her fingers. A pattern of four. As a guess, I counted her words, and they were always multiple of fours. To her and gain her trust, I modeled my own speech that way as well. When I knelt down to comfort her, all I said was 'four', hoping that hearing the number would elicit calm. When it did, I knew I was right," Artemis explained, almost casually.

His bodyguard looked impresses.

"Come on," Foaly interrupted. "Let's get her over to the J. Argon clinic. And fast."

He turned on his hooves and unbolted the door.

The boy struggled to lift Holly, so Butler walked over and picked her up himself.

Maybe I should take Butler's strength training more seriously, he thought.

He took five large steps to the door, larger steps than he would usually take. He rationalized this by thinking, We need all the luck we can get.

Mulch was nowhere to be seen, and they all assumed he went to dig away his feelings somewhere.

Foaly led the others over to what looked like a human van, but a bit shorter. Artemis assumed there would be plenty of fairy tech inside, though.

The centaur scrambled into the specially designed seat in front, and Butler planted his massive frame next to him.

No.1 sat alone in the middle row of seats, and in the far back, Artemis sat next to the window with Holly laying beside him, her head on his lap.

He looked at her worriedly, his usually neutral expression beginning to falter.

"Go, Foaly. Drive," he ordered.

Normally, Foaly would joke that Artemis wasn't the boss of him, but this wasn't normal, so he drove.

Holly awoke a few minutes later, managing to stat completely silent thanks to her stealth training.

Without moving her head, she examined her surroundings.

It was kind of bumpy, so she guessed she was in a car. Where she was headed was another story.

She looked up to see the most beautiful person she had ever met staring out the window.

Artemis, she thought. I am lying on the lap of Artemis Fowl.

She felt elated, but continued to remain still.

Slowly, she lifted her arm towards his face.

As she place one finger over his lips, he turned his head in her direction. Before he could finish the action, she pulled her hand back down, using the tip of her finger to push down his chin so her was looking right at her. She put her finger to her own lips in a shushing sign, and he smiled a small confused smile.

She reached up and wrapped both arms around his neck and pulled herself up slowly so their faces almost met.

She whispered almost inaudibly, "I want you to myself for a bit."

Her voice was low and smooth, like the mesmer but with only one, almost erotic, layer.

And having said all she needed to say, she closed the remaining distance to his face and kissed him. Hard.

It only lasted a few seconds before Artemis pulled his face away and opened his mouth to say something, possibly to the others in the car, who weren't paying any attention to them.

She put her finger to her lips again, and whispered to him, "You talk to much. Stop." and kissed him again, just as passionately as before.

This time, the boy didn't pull away. In fact, he wrapped his own arms around her and let her lead.

They stayed like this, kissing in each other's embrace, for a good minute before Foaly glanced at his rear-view mirror. He saw the two of them kissing and shouted, "WHAT THE HELL?!" as he slammed the brakes, throwing the two in the back apart.

Artemis had a startled, almost scared, look on his face. Holly, however, still looked at him seductively and whispered, "Holly and I have been wanting to do that for the longest time."

By this point, everyone in the car was looking at them. Butler saw Holly's passion in her eyes, and Artemis's happy bewilderment in his, as well as the fact that their arms were wrapped around each other.

While they weren't kissing, Holly's fingers traced up and down Artemis's spine, sending wonderful little tremors.

Those kisses had been wonderful, and he wanted to do it again and again.

But he didn't let any of this come out in his voice as he said to Foaly, "Keep going."

The centaur shook his head, his mane flying everywhere. "No. I demand an explanation first," he said angrily.

No.1 nodded his head in agreement. Butler just stared, not sure how to react.

The boy spoke simply, "Stage two."

For the second time in the past ten minutes, Foaly started driving again as the result of a couple of well place words.

What do you think of Holly's alter? And how she acted towards Artemis? I am excited to write more. I hope you guys enjoy.