Howdy, y'all! Guess what; I HAVE STABLE WIFI! It is wonderful. Now I can read and upload and write and EVERYTHING! I'm sorry if this chapter is short. I didn't want it to be mega-long, and besides, I'm pretty sure this is the second one today. I decided to just upload when the next chapter is written, maybe a day after. Also, sorry this one took a while. Although I'm sure someone is going to tell me that it hasn't been a while. It just feels like a while. Anyway, it will keep me on my toes.

Also, I keep forgetting this, and since I don't want lawsuits...Disclaimer: IDOAF (I don't own Artemis Fowl)

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[b]J. Argon Clinic, Holly/Rose's room[/b]
"First Mud Boy here gets Atlantis. And now Holly Short? This is ridiculous!" Dr. Argon said quietly.
He was preparing for some electroshock therapy already, wanting to speak to Holly herself first, not her alter, Rose.
Holly was sitting up in bed, trying to conceal her nervousness. Except that it wasn't her nervousness. Artemis knew that she was displaying her alter's personality, but it seemed like more than that. The facial expression was not one he'd ever seen on Holly before. He'd seen Holly nervous, he'd seen her scared, but he'd never seen this. This was someone else. This was [i]Rose[/i]. And that somehow troubled him even more.
But whoever she was, Artemis saw the way she gripped the bedsheets so hard her knuckles turned white, and he felt bad for her.
She gazed lovingly at him as he sat down on the bed next to her, putting his arm around her shoulders.
"I'm scared, Arty," she whispered in his ear.
He looked up at her in surprise and saw, for the first time, fear in her eyes, instead of playfulness. "I know," he mumbled back.
"Will it hurt?" she asked meekly.
Artemis considered for a moment before finally saying, "No. It won't hurt, Rose."
If he had told her the truth, she might not cooperate.
"You're lying," she said as Argon placed the nodes on her temples.
The last thing she heard before the pain hit was Artemis whispering, "I'm sorry."

Artemis stayed sitting on the bed next to the unconscious Rose for a few moments before excusing himself from the room.
Once alone in the hallway, he leaned against the smooth wall and slid down it onto the floor.
He took a deep breath and released it slowly.
[i]Calm down, Artemis. Calm down. You're okay. This is nothing. You're better than this.[/i]
As he tried to relax, he ran the fingers of his left hand through his raven hair while pressing the thumb and index finger of his right hand together.
[i]One, two, three, four, five,[/i] he thought. [i]I'm fine.[/i]
This was how Butler found him when he exited Holly's room.
"Is something wrong, Artemis?" he asked worriedly.
Artemis managed to not flinch.
The boy knew he couldn't let Butler, let anyone, know about his suspicions. So he lied.
"I am alright, Butler. I am just...anxious, what with Holly being sick like this."
A slight frown crossed the large Eurasian man's features.
"We all are. Don't let it get to your head."
[i]Too late.[/i]
"Of course," he told his bodyguard. "If you came out here to check on me, you may go back inside. I will only be here a few more minutes."
Satisfied, though barely so, Butler returned to the room.
[i]That went better than expected,[/i] Artemis thought.
He sat there, almost completely motionless for a few more minutes before he stood up.
As he did, the door opened before him and Butler, Foaly, and No.1 all filed out dejectedly.
Foaly tried to smile. "Good thing we got out of there. I don't want to see paranoid Holly. Frond knows she might kill us,"
Artemis mumbled back, "The compulsions and paranoia don't return immediately after consciousness returns."
"Er, right. Anyway, Mud Boy, Dr. Argon said he'll be done in an hour or so. We are going to the café. Would you like to join us, or are you going to wait all by yourself in the hallway for an hour?"
"I will wait out here," he said, as confidently as he could.
"I was being rhetorical. Oh well. Whatever floats your boat," Foaly replied, chuckling at his horrible pun on the "Atlantis" part of the name.
Needless to say, Artemis was not amused by this.
"Are you sure you want to be here alone?" his bodyguard asked. "I should stay here, with you. It is my job, after all."
"I want to be alone," Artemis said forcefully. If he was alone, he would be less likely to reveal himself.
"Very well, Artemis. Be safe."
Artemis almost laughed. [i]It might be too late.[/i]

Again, sorry it's so short. And, just between you and me, it feels really weird writing a note at the end. Oh well.

Also, this thing HAS NO SPELL CHECK! GAAAAAH!

Special shout-out to my editor, though. She's wonderful.