...Sorry about the last chapter. It was more of a filler/explanation chappie...Anyways hope you like this one!

As soon as Artemis left the room, Holly questioned Sier about the one thought that had been lingering in her mind.

"Does your emotional state count too?" She looked around for a camera in the room but found none. She turned back to the speaker; at least it would talk back to her.

"Yes." The devious smile could be practically heard through the crackling amp. Holly shook her head. She had been feeling unusually depressed lately; that explained it.

"Why? What did I ever do to you? What did he ever do to you?" She hoped Artemis had been as legal as he had promised her in the past few years. The last thing they needed was someone trying to get revenge on the mastermind, and including her in the madness of it all.

"Oh, my darling, it's not just you and him. It's everyone; the whole population of fairies, and the humans that support them. Do you think I wanted to be half? Do you think I wanted to be exiled by my only people? The fairies wouldn't take me. The humans wouldn't accept me. What was I left to do?" Holly tapped her foot as she waited for him to answer his rhetorical question. 3, 2, 1…"Nothing. I was left with nothing. They took my parents away. Mind wiped them, and suddenly I'm alone. Nowhere to go and I had to fend for myself. Now you and the mud boy will have to experience the same. I can't take much of your family away, except that great aunt of yours. It's a shame really. She seemed like she would have had another fifty years or so."

She narrowed her eyes. "You didn't."

"But I did."

Holly threw her head into her hands as the truth sunk in. She knew that one day she would be left with no living relatives; she had even admitted to Artemis that her aunt wouldn't live much longer. But somehow, it was just such a shock. No one was ever really ready to let someone go. No one really got over it. Holly was close with her great aunt though, closer than most people would be. Having no other living 'descendants' did that to her aunt. She tried to spoil Holly when she had enough money, and when she didn't she would grace her with her presence. Such an amazing aura was brought by her aunt. She had seen so much. She had taught Holly much. She was a role model to her. And to lose all that in what seemed like a flash was terrifying. She silently sobbed, while Sier did his best to conduct a clichéd maniacal laugh at her vulnerable pain.

As Artemis was walking back to his cell, he tried to take in his surroundings, attempting to look for a way out. He rubbed his eyes in frustration. Thinking had been hard lately. It was as if things were blurred in his mind; as if Sier had put something in the drug he had been forced to take. He probably did. There it was, his only asset, gone. Or so it seemed. It was as if he knew the answer, the perfect plan, however his vision couldn't quite reach it. He knew it was there, but what was there he was not unaware of.

Artemis was pulled from his thoughts as a strike of pain went dumbly through his body. He sent an accusing glare at the guard, but he looked as shocked as Artemis was as he watched the young man roll over in agony. Holly…Holly…Holly! As Artemis remembered the bonding solution, he mentally scolded himself for forgetting something so important. This meant that Holly was experiencing pain, and judging by the throbbing that kept moving through his body, quite a lot of pain. The guard hesitantly picked Artemis up, and carried/dragged him back to the cell.

A few minutes after Artemis hit the floor, he felt numb. He attempted to look up at the guard, though he couldn't feel his neck. When he saw his escort pull a needle out of Holly's arm, he understood why he was feeling numb. But by the time the guard had closed the door, he could only feel relaxed; artificially relaxed. In no part of his mind was he truthfully relaxed.

This meant that the bond between Holly and him went deeper than just physical pain. He was starting to be affected by her emotions. He could sense her fear, but also her determination. He could almost see her respect for certain people; him being one of them. He had a consciousness of Butler being one of them too, but sense that he was rubbing away. He could feel her jealousy of people, her hate. He could see her admiration of others, and her passion for her job. The longer he looked into her mind, the more doors opened for him. He started to see into her imagination, into her thoughts. This scared Artemis, but also excited him. He could see into her thoughts, but didn't that mean that she could see into his? He wasn't sure that he wanted that. What if Holly could see what plans his mind was making, but he couldn't? That felt like a violation of his genius abilities. And maybe, just maybe, it could be an advantage to them. They thought of Artemis as the brains, and Holly as the brawn. But now, that might be able to switch.

For the first time in a while, Artemis felt he knew something that no one else did…It felt good.

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