Disclaimer: See chapter 1.

'Thoughts'

"Speech"

Chapter 4: Dual Plots Unfold

"Foaly, what did you do me?" Artemis asked.

"Don't worry, I didn't do much. If it looked like it wasn't painful, then she wouldn't have believed that you had no memory in the first place."

"True, but did it have to hurt so much?"

"Yes it did."

"Alright, so what are we going to do about the lies we just created?"

"Well, I have been working on this one for quite some time if you can't tell. The only question is, have you truly predicted how she will react?"

"Only as good as I can predict. She may react differently then expected, you of course, should have realized that. Anyway, what are we supposed to do about Opal?"

"Don't worry about it, it's fake. What I did was take an old picture of Opal on the surface and altered it. As for about the orders, unfortunately, those are real."

"What!?"

"Don't worry, I sent an edited version to the guards when it was supposed to be given to them, only that one read that she is never to be allowed down here. Anyway, I have a body double of Opal running around somewhere."

"Hmmm…" Artemis said, thinking about his next move involving Holly.

"Before you say anything, don't worry, I got the governor of New Haven to approve of it, though it did take some time to persuade him. Now the rest is up to you."

"Alright, but I'll definitely need your help to set this up."

"Don't worry, I've already come this far, haven't I?"

"Well, yeah."

"Then let's get to work."

New Haven

'Damn it, why did he have to dress like that? It sure freaked me out when I first saw it, but having him wake me up and with him still wearing it, man that really freaked me out. I guess I should get back to searching for Koboi then.'

"Foaly" she said into her helmet mike. "Have you had any clues as to where she is?"

"Sorry Holly, not yet."

"Alright, I'll keep looking."

Holly did not like the situation very much, there was a dangerous Fairy on the loose, and she was the one that had to find said dangerous Fairy.

She had been searching for a couple hours by this point and didn't really like the fact that she was having no luck in finding even just a clue, but she knew she had to keep looking, because sooner or later, she would find Opal.

LEP Headquarters

"Alright, Foaly, where's your Opal double?"

"I don't know, she hasn't checked in yet, but I would imagine she should be checking in before too long. Anyway, you work out the last of the details yet?"

"Not quite, there's still a couple of touches I need to add in."

"Well, I suggest you hurry, because we still need to be able to prepare whatever you come up with as well as everything else."

"I'm aware of that. After all, I'm the one that came up with it in the first place."

"Only after I mentioned something to you."

"Actually I was thinking about it before you ever said anything."

"Really? And people say you're not evil anymore."

Artemis only made an evil smile after that, and combined with the clothes he was wearing, made him look like the devil incarnate.

"Okay, Mudboy, never do that again." Artemis didn't respond and only continued to think.

New Haven

"Holly"

"Yeah?"

"We finally found something. She should be in a red building down the street to your right. Hurry, it looks like she might leave soon."

"Roger" she said and took to the air and found said building.

"You sure this is it, Foaly?"

"Yeah, she should be inside still."

"Alright." and with that, she flew forward in a burst of speed, and crashed through the upper windows. She looked around and found a door and opened it and found a long hallway.

She stalked down it until she came upon some doors, but she didn't find anyone inside those doors. When she finally got to the end of the hall, she heard some voices, one of them was definitely Opal's.

"Hahahahaha, now I'll finally be able to exact revenge on that Mudboy and that meddling elf. It should serve them right."

"Are you sure you should be plotting evil right now?"

"Are you questioning me?" Opal asked

"No, ma'am, just concerned for your-"

"Shut up" Opal said darkly.

"Foaly, I found her" Holly whispered into her helmet mike.

"Good, be careful" Foaly said.

"Don't worry."

With that she started slowly creeping down the stairs.

LEP Headquarters

"Artemis" Foaly said.

"What is it?"

"There is a huge problem here. The Opal that Holly is going to try and take down is the real Opal."

"WHAT!?"

"Yeah, Holly might be in some big trouble now. The body double just checked in and said that she came across the real Opal and was almost discovered."

"Crap. That is not good, Foaly. Not good at all."

New Haven, Red Building/Warehouse

Holly carefully made her way down the stairs, and noticed that Opal had her back to the stairs that she was on, but it made little difference as Holly had her shield on. She quietly drew her Neutrino and set it to a setting that would only knock out Opal for several hours.

She took aim and pulled the trigger. Opal fell to the floor, and since no one else was around at the moment, Holly carefully picked up the unconscious Fairy, and went back up the stairs and flew out the window with Opal on her shoulder and flew towards LEP Headquarters.

LEP Headquarters

With the double of Opal long gone, and the real Opal in jail, there wasn't really much for them to do.

"Foaly, that was too easy, was that set up?" Holly asked, walking in the door to the tech lab, helmet in hand.

The centaur figured it was best to tell the truth, or at least as often as he could, and now was definitely one of those times. "No, that's the real Opal."

"Huh, I didn't expect it to be that easy."

"Well, you probably had luck on your side" Foaly said.

"There's no such thing as luck, it's all coincidence."

"Yeah, yeah, don't give me that" Holly said.

"Ahem, I believe we should be looking into how she got into New Haven, not bickering with each other."

"Shouldn't you be on that, Foaly?" they asked the half beast.

"Give me a little time and I'll probably have what we're looking for."

"Well, since we have some time, why don't I give you a tour of New Haven, I mean, after all, you've never really gotten a chance to look around the city, and almost no one is out right now." She said to Artemis.

"Have fun you two" Foaly said with a wink to the both of them.