A/N: WOW!!! Sorry its taken me so long to update this story. I haven't been having a life lately. Its been band this and band that and more band. Well this chapter was so long that i had to cut it in half. Well stop reading my A/N and read the story already!!!!!

Holly, Foaly, Mulch, Doodah, N1, and Qwan walked Butler and Artemis outside of the shuttle port. Artemis and Butler had to get back to Fowl Manor before dawn. Holly gave Artemis a hug. "It was nice seeing you," she said as they broke apart.

"Like wise," Artemis said grinning. Butler knelt down and gathered Holly up into a bear hug. Foaly shook Artemis's hand.

"If you ever need us," Foaly said handing Artemis a new communicator. Artemis gave Foaly a small smile. Mulch and Doodah walked over to him.

"Hey Mudboy," Mulch said pulling out an envelope. "We're stumped on a few things. Care to take a look at them?" Artemis smiled at them and took the envelope.

"Of course," he said stowing the envelope inside his jacket. Butler said goodbye to everyone and turned to Artemis.

"We need to get going." He said pulling out the keys to the car. Artemis sighed and turned to the small group of fairies.

"Until our next crises."

"What? We can't call just to say hi anymore?" Holly asked grinning.

"Like we ever did in the first place," Mulch muttered under his breath. Holly smacked him upside the head. Artemis chuckled.

"Or just to say hi," he said grinning slightly. He turned and walked back to the car with Butler. They both got into the car and drove away. Holly watched the car disappear into the distance. She sighed and followed Foaly, Mulch, Doodah, N1, and Qwan back inside.

"Hey Holly," Foaly said with a big grin on his face. "I have something to show you." He dug around in his pocket and pulled out a small white velvet box. Foaly opened it and handed it to Holly. Inside was a silver ring with a simple diamond on it. Holly looked up at Foaly, who was smiling from ear to ear.

"Foaly, I don't like you like that," Holly said handing him the small box back.

"It's not for you Holly." He said taking the box back. "It's for Caballine. I'm going to ask her to marry me tonight." Holly smiled at him.

"That's great!" She said and hugged him. "When are you going to pop the question?"

"Tonight after dinner," Foaly said blushing a little bit. "I'm taking her to the gallery where we met at. That's where I'm going to ask her."

"That's wonderful Foaly." Holly said smiling at him. "Who else knows that you're going to ask Caballine?"

"Mulch, Doodah, and now you, N1, and Qwan," he said running through a mental list.

"Does Trouble know?" Holly asked. Foaly chuckled.

"Does Trouble know? Trouble is the one who talked me into buying the ring! He even made the reservations for dinner tonight." He exclaimed.

"Really?" Holly asked. Foaly nodded his head.

"He said that he has never seen me happier."

"Or cleaner," Mulch added. Doodah smacked him upside the head. "OUCH!!! What is it with ya'll?! Is today smack Mulch upside the head day?!" Mulch complained rubbing the back of his head.

"No, that's next week," Doodah said grinning. Holly and Foaly laughed as Mulch glared daggers at Doodah.

"Back on topic," Foaly said whipping tears of laughter from his eyes. "Trouble said that he was amazed at how happy Caballine has made me and how happy I've made her. He said that if this is the happiest any girl has made me then maybe it was time I popped the question." He said as the group walked down the hall. He looked over at Holly. "Trouble also told me that if you don't hold onto that one person who makes you the happiest you've ever been, that one day they may disappear and you'll live the rest of your life regretting the fact that you never told them how you really felt about them." Holly looked over at Foaly.

"Did Trouble really say that?"

"Yep." Holly looked down at the ground. I wonder who Trouble was talking about, she thought as the group walked out into the main road.

Trouble stood outside the council's office, waiting for them to come to a decision about the demons, where they would live and where the imps would go to school. But Trouble wasn't thinking about the demon issue at hand. He was thinking of Holly. What was she hiding from me? Trouble thought as he sat down in a chair outside the door. What will the council say about me wanting Holly to come back to Recon? Will they let her? Will they let her come back? Will they make her Major? Will the council allow her to become my second in command? These questions chased each other around in Trouble's head. He knew what he wanted the answer to be to all of the questions; but there was no telling how the council would feel about this. Trouble was sure that Vinyaya would approve of his request and that Duffman would disapprove of it. But that was only 2 people. He had no idea how the other six would react to his proposal. Suddenly the door opened and an old gnome stuck his head outside the door. "You can come back in now Commander," he said in a raspy voice. Trouble got up from the chair. He smoothed out any wrinkles on his uniform and walked into the Council's conference room. He was standing in front of a long table with 8 people sitting at it. Wing Commander Vinyaya stood up from her chair.

"Commander Kelp, we have decided that the demons will have a 6 week trail period of which they will live in Haven or Atlantis during that time and oblige to all our laws. But we are only allowing fifty of the demons at a time for the six week trail. Every six weeks we get a new group of demons. Then after eighteen weeks the council will pick one hundred out of one hundred fifty demons and allow them to become citizens of Haven or Atlantis." Vinyaya said. "Do you understand this Commander?"

"Yes ma'am," Trouble said giving Vinyaya a salute.

"Very well then," Councilman Chartez said. "Is there anything else you would like to address Commander?" Trouble took a deep breath.

"Just one thing," he said.

"Yes Commander," Chartez said leaning forward in his seat a bit.

"It's about the promotions," Trouble said. "And my second in command."

"Yes, what about them Commander?" Duffman said irritably.

"I don't have a second in command and we don't need another B'wa Kell incident again." Trouble said hoping that the council will see it his way.

"That's true," Vinyaya said eyeing him suspiciously. "Do you have anyone in mind?"

"Yes."

"Well?" Councilman Lope asked. "Who?" Trouble took another deep breath. Holly is going to have to pay me back big time, he thought before speaking.

"The only other person to have beaten all of my records and save the people more than enough times. Someone who has deserved this promotion since they came to the LEP." Trouble saw Vinyaya smirk and mouth one word. "Holly." He gave her a small nod trying not to grin. "Captain Holly Short."

"And why," Councilman Duffman said coldly, "Should we allow her back into Recon? Let alone The LEP."

"Short is already in the LEP." Vinyaya said coolly to Duffman. "She was working for Section 8 when she disappeared. Plus, there won't be a Section 8 anymore. Short should be allowed back into Recon."

"What promotion are you talking about?" Chartez asked Trouble before Duffman could say something else.

"Captain Short got promoted to Major before she and Commander Root went into that chute. I think that she should still receive that promotion. If not for the People, then for Julius. He would have wanted her to become Major." That did it, Trouble thought to himself. Vinyaya looked at him, her eyes full of emotion.

"Yes," she whispered. "Julius would have wanted that." Councilman Duffman snorted.

"Did he ever say that?" He said to Vinyaya.

"DUFFMAN! If Julius didn't want Holly to become Major then why did he put her name in for the promotion four years ago?!" She snapped at him. "And for your information, yes Julius did say that. He told me himself." He glared back at her but didn't say anything.

"I think it's a good idea," Councilman Lope said breaking the tense silence. "Captain Short has been in more life or death situations than most of us in this room and hasn't come out with more than a scratch. The same can be said about Commander Kelp. Isn't that the reason we chose him for the position of commander in the first place?"

"Yes," Chartez said rubbing his forehead. "Captain Short does seem like the best person for the job. All in favor of Captain Short being promoted to Major and becoming Commander Kelp's second in command raise your hands." Vinyaya, Lope, Chartez and three other people raised their hands. Trouble bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself from smiling. Chartez looked around and put his hand down. "Very well, Captain Short will be reinstated to Recon as Major and you're second in command. But she will need to catch up on her training for three weeks, at the Academy. Just a little refresher course for her. Like what you did." Chartez said. Trouble nodded his head.

"Yes sir."

"We will have the ceremony next week," Vinyaya said looking down at some papers in front of her. "And she will have to leave for the Academy the next day." He nodded his head again.

"Yes ma'am. I will inform Captain Short the next time I see her." He said saluting the council. Vinyaya nodded her head.

"Very well, you may leave now Commander," Councilman Chartez said dismissing him. Trouble walked out of the room and down the hall before he allowed himself to break out smiling and punching the air. He was going to be working with Holly again! "Just like old times," Trouble said to himself and started to leave for the PI office.

A/N: Did ya like that chapter? I know all of you have been waiting for a long time for this chapter. Well, just so ya'll know, there are only 3 chapters after this. Then I'm going to work on my other storys before i put the sequil up. Review plz!!!!!

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