Yay, I got another chappie down. I don't own Artemis Fowl or Disasteress Rage.
Artemis woke up to something small jumping onto his bed. What was it? He then heard a little boy's voice.
"Wake up new people. I want someone to play with me."
Artemis opened his eyes. A little boy was jumping on the bed.
Minerva dashed in. "I'm so sorry Artemis," she exclaimed. "Bobo, get out. What has Papa told you about bothering our guests?"
"He said not to," said Bobo, innocently.
"Beau Paradizo, leave my guests alone."
Bobo raced out of the room, making 'vroom, vroom, vroom' noises.
Minerva turned back to Artemis. "I am sorry, Artemis. I thought that Beau was downstairs getting breakfast. You and Holly aren't hurt, are you?"
Artemis checked. "No, I'm fine. But I can't really tell with Holly, she's already too beaten up to be able to discern whether or not your younger sibling might have harmed her in any way."
Minerva nodded, and left, smiling at him sympathetically.
Artemis tried to get Holly off, so that he could change. No such luck. It was worse than trying to take candy from a baby. At least the baby had an inclination of what was happening to itself, while Holly didn't have a clue.
Finally he had to give up, and headed down to the kitchen for some breakfast. It felt wrong, though. He was wearing the same clothes that he had worn yesterday, he hadn't taken a shower, and Holly had drooled on him in his sleep.
When he entered the kitchen, it was chaos. Butler and Juliet were trying to get the Paradizo's servants to let them cook breakfast, Doodah was sneaking food, Qwan was teaching No1 how to turn water into milk, Qweffor was changing a loaf of bread into a hunk of raw meat, Lili was demanding to be told when the coffee would be done, Beau was hitting Mulch, demanding chocolate, and Minerva and her father were trying to restore order.
Artemis was now pretty sure that Holly responded to noises. She was hugging him tighter, and she seemed to be trying to bury herself in Artemis' chest.
Artemis sighed. "Excuse me," he shouted.
Everyone turned to look at him, startled.
"Please be quiet," he exclaimed. "You are frightening Holly. So, the Butler siblings shall cook breakfast, Doodah, stop taking the food, Qwan and No1, it would be best if you did not do that right now, Qweffor, seeing as most humans find the gormadization of raw meat to be disgusting, please do that somewhere else, Lili, the coffee will be done soon, and Beau, Mulch won't give you chocolate when you are punching him, and I doubt that your father would allow you to have chocolate before breakfast anyway."
Everyone quieted down, ashamed. Artemis demanded that sort of respect. Artemis sat down in a chair.
Juliet and Lili exchanged knowing smiles, when Artemis began to stroke Holly's hair.
When breakfast was ready, Butler set some caviar down in front of Artemis. He also got a strawberry smoothie, in case she would eat. Nope, no such luck. She reacted the same way as the day before.
Butler sighed. "She's going to kill herself," he exclaimed. "This is the person who healed me, now she couldn't even mesmer, even if she wanted to."
"Hey," said No1. "She'll get better. Qwan and I will make sure of that. But if Holly isn't eating by tonight, we're going to have to force her to have Artemis put a tube into her stomach so we can get a little bit of food into her."
After breakfast, Artemis went to his room and meditated for a while. Then he worked on his laptop till lunchtime.
At lunch time, Artemis sat down, determined to get Holly to eat. His voice was as gentle and soothing as it could possibly be. He kept quietly talking to her, often saying her name. No1 and Qwan were doing something strange. They seemed to be meditating, chanting in their voices of power. Their runes glowed, swirling around their bodies.
"What are they doing?" Artemis asked Butler.
"They're searching for Holly's mind," he answered. "Apparently it's very difficult. Qwan says that it's like searching all of the oceans in the world for a certain fish. Also, the fish lives very deep, and is the smallest and shyest fish that there is. Apparently Holly's mind is too scared to want to be found."
Artemis looked down at Holly's thin body. "I'm not very surprised," he murmured. "She's going to have to go through physical therapy to get her strength back. She is unintentionally starving herself. She still won't eat. We're going to have to restrain her to her bed." He sighed. "Butler, I just want the old Holly back. Not this Disasteress Rage Gunner person. I want her to be my little Holly, the 'littlest LEPrecon.' Do you think that that is possible?"
Butler thought for a moment. "Yes," he finally said. "I do believe that with a lot of work, we can get her back to her normal self."
Sadly dinner had the same response as breakfast and lunch. Butler steeled his hard core, and pushed a sedative into Holly's arm. He then pulled her off of Artemis. One hand weakly grasped his shirt, but she got pulled away.
They gently restrained her to a bed, just in case. Then, with No1's, Qwan's, and Artemis' help, they got the tube into her. Also, they put an IV in her arm, to give her all of the fluids that she needed.
Artemis held her hand. He wished she'd react. Well, she did seem to be a little scared. Also, she seemed confused. She was trying to get into Artemis' lap, but couldn't mover her arms or legs. It seemed to be greatly upsetting her.
"Wow," said Juliet. "Who knew that fairies depended so much on their magic? I mean, a few months ago, Holly was assassinating people. Now, she can't even brush her teeth, and is being fed through a tube. I sure hope that we can get her magic back, 'cause if we can't, it won't matter if the GESF finds her or not, she's not going anywhere anytime soon."
Mulch turned to Butler. "You have a morbid sister," he exclaimed.
"No," said Butler. "Not morbid, she just enjoys making others pessimistic." H scowled at his sister. "Juliet, Holly's going to be fine. Once she is, we'll find out what to do about her being a refugee."
Artemis sighed. "Can you argue somewhere else? You're upsetting Holly."
Indeed, Holly was upset. Her body twisted, trying to be free of her bonds. Small sounds of distress were coming from her.
"Shhh," Artemis said gently. "Holly, it's Okay. I'm right here; you're going to be fine, alright?"
He gently stroked the side of her face, careful not to touch the scar that was still oozing slightly. He moved his thumb to stroke beneath her blue eye. Juliet clamped her hand over her mouth, to stop the laughter.
Lili giggled. "Oh my gosh. He's cooing to her. Artemis Fowl is cooing to Holly Short."
Artemis scowled at her. "It helps calm her down, can't you tell?" He was right; Holly did seem to be a bit calmer. He continued to gently stroke her, quietly "cooing" to her in Gnommish.
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