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The pack's secret is revealed to Foaly, as well as Artemis and Holly's relationship. Shane and Artemis reconcile. Holly, Mulch, N°1, and the pack take a shuttle to the surface and pick up Butler at Tara. They head to a power plant in Louisa, Virginia, where Foaly had tracked down the escaped Opal. Opal has a chat with Brody, but leaves him, taking Beckett with her. The heroes search the power plant in hopes of finding Brody and the twins. Opal drops Beckett off the roof, but Artemis jumps put the window and catches him, landing on a car parked below. Beckett seems relatively unharmed, but Artemis' condition looks bad. Mulch and Butler are appalled when Holly and the teenagers don't appear at all concerned for Artemis, until they see Artemis heal.
ChapterEleven: The Rescue
"Jesus Christ," Butler whispered in awe.
"Mulch! Come down here!" Artemis called up to the group.
Mulch staggered over his shock and he expanded his pores. They would act as suction cups and allow him to climb down the side of the building safely. It took about three minutes to get down. Mulch looked at Artemis nervously, noticing that Artemis had been tapping his foot impatiently while waiting for Mulch to join him.
"How did you survive that, Mud Boy?" Mulch asked.
"It's a relatively new development," the boy genius answered. "Now, I want you to take Beckett back to the shuttle and look after him." Mulch protested.
"I don't want to be stuck babysitting!" he complained.
"Look Mulch, we can't leave him alone and we can't take him with us. Butler wouldn't leave my side, N°1 needs to be able to send past-Opal back to her time, and Holly's magic is too useful. Besides, you're already down here," Artemis explained, smirking when he finished talking. Mulch sighed heavily but agreed. He took the toddler in his arms. Artemis began jogging away from the building.
"Where are you going?" Mulch shouted at him. Artemis ignored him and stopped a couple hundred feet away. He turned back to face the building and smirked at Mulch again. He crouched low to the ground.
The bodyguard, the warlock, and the dwarf were all yelling at him like he was crazy while his friends were encouraging him. Artemis exploded into wolf form and backed up a little more. Butler, Mulch, and N°1 gasped loudly.
Artemis sprinted so fast that he seemed to be a blur. He leapt onto the wall and grabbed a hold of a window sill on the fourth floor. He climbed using the window sills above him as a ladder. When he reached the window of the room that he had jumped out of, multiple hands grabbed at him. As his pack-mates patted him on the back for a job well done, he phased back into human form.
Artemis looked at the shocked faces of Butler and N°1. He didn't have time to explain in detail, so he went with the blunt way of explaining things.
"Yeah," Artemis said to the two, "I'm a werewolf."
"What?" Butler asked dumbly. Artemis sighed heavily.
"All of us are werewolves," Artemis explained, gesturing to his friends.
"Like changing-during-the-full-moon werewolf?" Butler was still in shock.
"We can change whenever we want actually," Caden said. "Clearly," he muttered, rolling his eyes.
"We also have advanced senses," Riley told him. "Artemis could smell Brody from outside."
"Don't forget the super-speed," Kyle pointed out. Artemis was next to Butler suddenly, even though the bodyguard had not seen him move.
"And the super-strength," Artemis added. He bent down and wrapped his arms around Butler's thighs. He picked the manservant up easily and slung him over his shoulder.
"Jesus!" Butler exclaimed. Artemis set him down.
"We can regenerate as well, but only if we're in human form," Riley stated. Butler's eyes went wide.
"Alright guys, we need to focus on what we came here to do," Holly interrupted.
"Holly's right," Artemis agreed. "We need to split up into two teams. Team A will deal with the two Opals and Team B will find Brody and Myles and get them out of here."
Everyone nodded, allowing Artemis to take command.
"Team A will be Riley, N°1, Kyle, Owen, and myself. Team B will be Butler, Shane, Holly, Shea, and Caden," Artemis said. "Does everyone know what to do?"
"Artemis, I cannot allow you to face off against Koboi without me," Butler insisted.
"Butler, you know Myles. He would never trust a group of people he doesn't know, not even if they claim they are rescuing him from kidnappers. You have to be there for him," Artemis reasoned. Butler reluctantly complied. Holly, however, still found fault with the teaming.
"Artemis, I can't not go with you to defeat the Kobois. This is an LEP mission," she said. Her face fell suddenly. "Besides, what if something happened to you," she said painfully.
Artemis cupped her face in her hands and smiled down at her.
"I'm going to be fine," he assured her. "I heal."
"You can't live through everything Artemis! There has to be something that you won't be able to walk away from." Her voice was shaky.
Artemis leaned down and kissed her lips. Another surprise that left Butler confused.
"Trust me, Holly," he told her. She nodded. Artemis turned to Shane. "Shane, I don't have to ask you to keep her safe."
Shane nodded and grinned.
"Team B, go now," Artemis instructed. Caden led the way out, followed by Shea, Butler, Holly, and Shane.
Artemis turned back to the rest of the group.
"Let's go."
After fifteen minutes of walking through hallways and checking doors, Holly's group stopped outside of a metal door.
There had been a few guards along the way, but Holly had stunned them with her Neutrino.
"There are two heartbeats through this door," Caden said, leaning his ear on the door. He sniffed at it. "Both human."
"Great! Let's get these two and get out of here," Shane said.
Caden backed up against the wall opposite of the door and kicked the door in with his foot. It swung open.
The small group entered the room and saw Shane and Myles tied up in chairs. Brody smiled, and Myles yelled for Butler when he saw him.
"Never fear! The cavalry is here!" exclaimed Shane as he untied Brody.
Somewhere between entering the room and leaving it, Holly noticed that Team A had turned their mics off.
Artemis and his four companions stalked through the hallways. Any guards they ran into were quickly knocked out by Kyle or Owen.
Artemis approached the stairway to the roof. They turned their mics off, not wanting to be overheard if things got out of control.
The four teens changed into their werewolf forms. N°1 knew that he was to remain outside the door until he was told otherwise.
'Kyle, stay with N°1 and make sure nothing happens to him,' Artemis told him. The wolf nodded.
Artemis, Riley, and Owen bounded up the stairs and burst through the door, sliding to a halt on the rooftop.
The humanoid Opal Koboi was standing there, not even attempting to hide her surprise.
Artemis phased back into a human and smirked at Opal.
"I saw you fall!" Opal shrieked. "You hit the car! You were dead!"
"Did you really think you could get rid of me that easily?" Artemis asked her coolly.
Opal looked ready to explode when a yelp was heard from the stairway. Kyle was hurt.
Past-Opal came up the stairs with N°1. One arm was wrapped around his front and she held a gun to his head.
"Put him down Opal," Artemis practically growled.
"Not until everyone you love is dead," she responded calmly.
A deep, throaty growl emitted from the three teenaged werewolves on the roof. Present-Opal faltered slightly and Artemis seized his opportunity. He grabbed her and held her much like the other Opal was holding N°1, except he wrapped his hand around her throat.
"I'll kill her, I swear to God," Artemis threatened.
"I don't believe you," Past-Opal said, still as calm as ever.
"Why not?" Artemis asked. "She's dumped me in the Eleven Wonders with a pack of trolls, kidnapped my brothers, and even threw Beckett off a roof. Why shouldn't I kill her?"
"He's a were-" Present-Opal tried yelling, but Artemis silenced her by tightening his grip around her throat.
"You won't do it. You don't have the balls," the other Opal insisted. She cocked the gun pointed at N°1.
Artemis gave her a challenging smirk. Artemis snapped her neck in one, swift movement.
Past-Opal's breath caught. "Oh God," she whispered before Owen grabbed her and Riley took N°1 from her arms. Owen wrenched the gun from her grasp and tossed it aside.
N°1 stared at Artemis in shock until Artemis yelled at him to pull up the time stream so they could send her back. The demon warlock started chanting.
Artemis turned his attention to the body of the pixie-turned-human that lay on the roof not too far away from him. What had he done? He took another life. Granted, she had attempted to take his on multiple occasions, but he was always supposed to be above murder.
"Artemis," Riley said, suddenly at his side. The pack leader put his hand on Artemis' shoulder, offering the younger boy some comfort. "Go make sure Kyle is alright."
Artemis nodded and fled down the stairway leading to the rooftop. At the bottom, Kyle was just gaining consciousness.
"Hey buddy," Artemis said, helping Kyle sit up, "how are you?"
"I feel like I just hit a tree going 65 mph," Kyle mumbled.
"She got you good, huh?"
Kyle nodded, then groaned. "That bitch."
I passed by the power plant in Louisa County that this part of the story takes place at a few weeks ago! It looks cool.
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