Hi, sorry for not updating. I will attempt to post a few chapters tommorrow. I am trying to get it to be Christmassy, although I am really not good at it.

The ground is cold. That was the first thing that came to Holly's mind when she woke up. She had no idea what ground it was, or why she was laying on it, but she would discover that later. Looking around, she appeared to be in a human truck. Bad news. Very bad news.

"well hello sleepyhead"

A voice came from the front seat of the truck. A strangely childish voice. With a sinking feeling, Holly sat up. Who did she know who hated her, and sounded childish. A grinning Opal Koboi spun around. No surprises there.

"Opal. What do you want?"

"A lot of things. But I'll settle for you dead."

"what about Artemis"

"All in good time"

"Why don't I just knock you out and walk away"

Holly was not feeling up to this threat. She highly doubted this would be possible, weak as Koboi was. Whatever had been used to knock her out was still not completely out of her system.

"It would be a shame for my friend to have to hurt your friend"

With a jolt, Holly remembered Trouble. Where was he? Looking around, Holly couldn't see him.

"to the left of the truck."

Holly glanced out the window and saw him. Tied to a tree, still unconscious. With an armed dwarf pointing a gun at his head.

"let him go"

"Why?"

"Don't play games Opal."

"I'm not playing games. This is very serious"

Despite her words, Opal was grinning like a little girl who had actually gotten the pony she wanted for her birthday. She appeared to be completely confident in her plan. That didn't help Holly's confidence.

"What are you going to do?"

"All I can say is you will be killed, along with Artemis, Butler, and your unconscious friend over there"

"Trouble? What has he done?"

"He should be more careful who he befriends."

Opal looked like she wanted to stay and attempt to lower Holly's morale further, but a small communicator in her ear demanded her attention.

"I DON'T CARE, JUST GET IT DONE"

Holly knew it wouldn't be smart to annoy her, but she couldn't resist.

"How's your blood pressure doing Opal?'

"I wouldn't be so cheeky if I were you, Short. You don't know what might happen."

Then without another word, Opal threw something at Holly. Holly fell asleep before it even hit her.

Sorry, but I think I'm gonna abandon the Christmas aspect of the story. I'm really not good at it. So please review! I will have a few more chapters up soon.