Ok y'all, thanks for patience and this chapter and the following ones have been a blast to write. I still have a fair bit of writing and editing to go but in the end I hope it will be worth it to you guys. So enjoy and everyone have a great new year.

Artemis, Holly, Minerva, and No.1 were seated in a black land rover just down the street from the skyscraper that was Silva Tech. They looked on at the people coming and going. Foaly had sent up some handy equipment along with a certain notable Dwarf to help with their investigation of Silva Tech

"Mulch," how are things below? Holly said through her com.

Clay is a bit dry but this stuff is a Dwarf's bread and butter. I can chew a mile through this faster than mudboy can come up with a plan to get inside the building.

Artemis rolled his eyes. He then picked up a pair of binoculars the LEP had developed. They had a 4-50x variable zoom and could see infrared, thermal, ultraviolet, and even EM fields. The final mode proved more useful.

"There is some sort of electronic field surrounding the entire building." Artemis commented, "Foaly, can you analyze what its purpose is?"

Standby Foaly replied. The waited for a couple minutes then Foaly answered, Negative, whatever the field does it also blocks any kind of scan the LEP possesses.

"I might have something that can." Artemis commented

He reached in the back of the Land Rover. He grabbed a black plastic box. He quickly opened it and pulled out a metallic box from the foam padding. To Holly the box seemed so familiar

"Is that your C Cube?"

"A prototype model but yes. Foaly had the original scrapped after my mind wipe." He said, "Foaly, are you ready for the scans?"

Send them when you're ready. Foaly replied

"Cube scan Silva Technologies. Transmit findings to Lower Elements Police Head Quarters."

The Cube quickly performed a complete scan of Silva Tech. It hacked into every satellite, internet connection, phone line, and service utility to gain the most knowledge about the company.

Good Frond! Foaly said, I've got more data than I can process. But from what I got so far the building is much more than it appears. There are several subterranean levels. The control network is protected behind a firewall of the like I've never seen before. I don't think I'll be able to crack it. I'll get my analysts going through it. I'll have something by tonight.

"Thanks Foaly, we'll talk to you later." Holly replied.

Butler and Emilie were scanning and observing from the top floor of another skyscraper across from Silva tech. They had the same binoculars that Artemis had so they had a great view of the building. But so far their observations proved fruitless.

"So you've been working for the Paradizos for how long?" Butler asked

"Couple years now." Emilie replied.

"And how long have you known about the People?"

"Minerva told me day one. She said I was specifically hired to protect her during operations in service to the People. So, it was necessary to inform me of everything."

"And you just accepted it?" Butler said with doubt.

"You seemed to have no trouble dealing with it." Emilie relied with a smile. "In all honesty it only surprised me a little. I always believed that there was a lot of things about the world humanity didn't know about. So, when I saw Minerva's files it was hard to be skeptical."

The two fell into silence when they started listening in on the comm traffic between Foaly and the others. It was a couple minutes before Emilie spoke.

"Butler, eighteenth floor. Moving West to East. What is that?"

Butler focused on where he had been directed. The tint on the window prevented him from seeing anything so he switched to a thermal view. What he saw made his heart skip a beat. The thermal view showed a bulky creature with large horns. There was a noticeable "cold" spot on the back of its head.

"Artemis, we got a problem. I'm transmitting an image to you." Butler said, "Is that what I think it is?"

After a brief moment, Artemis replied over the radio, No.1 just confirmed that it's a Demon. Holly says the device on the back of his head is similar to the transmitter that Gince had implanted in the trolls.

"What's our plan of action?"

Let's head back to the hotel. We can discuss there.

3 hours later

The team was situated around the center table in the living room of the suite. Foaly had really come through for them. His team had worked overtime effort to get as much data to them. What they found was the field around the building was dual purpose in that it blocked LEP scanning and it also disrupted wing technology and rendered them useless within the field. The underground levels were believed to be where Gince was assimilating the Demons.

With all the information at hand it didn't take long for Artemis, with Minerva's help, to come up with a plan to infiltrate Silva Tech, capture Gince, and shut down his operation.

"Minerva, Emilie, Butler will enter through the front door. Minerva, it will be your job to get Holly and No.1 permission to enter. Mulch, No.1, you will enter from bellow and access the assembly areas and do what you can to secure the captured Demons and keep them from being used against us. Holly and I will use the moon suits to scale up the building and insert on one of the upper floors. From there she and I will find Gince's control area and shut down his operation. It is imperative that Gince not be allowed to escape. If he does there is no telling when we can find him again and what else, he has planned."

"Any chance of LEP support?" Minerva asked.

"In the middle of Paris? Not a chance," Holly replied rudely and in a condescending tone.

"Holly!" Artemis said sternly. He was shocked by how rude she had been to Minerva it just seemed so out of her character. But before he could find out what was bugging her she took off for their room. She loudly slammed the door. Artemis was quick to follow her. He closed the door behind himself.

"What the hell was that all about Holly?" Artemis demanded.

"Oh I'm sorry I'm not a perfect well-mannered lady like Minerva." Holly said.

"What's that supposed to mean?

"It doesn't matter." Holly said. She folded her arms and turned her back to him.

"Are you jealous of her?"

Her silence confirmed his suspicion. In all honesty, it surprised him. He never thought Holly would be jealous of anyone. Didn't she know that she was the only one he felt anything for. He closed the distance between them and lovingly wrapped his arms around her. She gave a slight huff in anger.

"Look, during my recovery I tried to see if there was a possibility of a relationship with Minerva. But it never had what I wanted."

"What was that?" She snapped

"You."

Holly lightly punched him in the shoulder. Should couldn't stand his romantic side sometimes. He was her romantic so she had to put up with it. She turned around and looked him in the eyes.

He immediately seized the opportunity and kissed her. She fell into the kiss and softened in his arms. They quickly moved into making out. Artemis groped her breasts and ass. His hand traveled to her core and started to rub circles over her LEP jumpsuit. While Holly didn't break the kiss, she moaned into Artemis' mouth. His other hand stopped feeling her breast and started to slowly unzip her jumpsuit. He then reached inside her suit and kept messaging her. Artemis, found she was already wet and had soaked her one-piece suit. Artemis gently moved her back until she rested against the wall.

"You know I love you above all." Artemis whispered, "Desire no woman but you."

He then slipped his finger inside her. Feeling her warm wet flesh. Holly hummed at the penetration. Artemis slowly would remove his finger only to push it back in while rubbing her clitoris with his thumb.

Seeing that Holly was enjoying this he inserted second fingers. He then started to increase his motions. Holly bit her lip and let out several whimpers. She felt much tighter than the last time Artemis had fingered her. But given the fact that they hadn't made love in several days it made sense that she would have grown tighter. The more his fingers were lubricated in her juices the easier his motions became and the more aroused she became.

Holly muffled her moans into Artemis' chest. Even with his fingers he knew her favorite spots. Endorphins were flooding her mind and she hadn't even reached her climax yet. On impulse, she reached down and groped Artemis' crotch. She could feel his hard cock strain against his pants. The contact made Artemis stop.

"Can we?" Holly begged past her moans

Artemis smiled his vampire smile, "We'll have to be quick."

"Take your pants off"

He eagerly stepped back and started working at his pants. Holly likewise stripped off her jumpsuit down to her one piece. Artemis always found her so sexy in it. How it formed to her body. How it left her supple legs exposed and made her breasts perky.

He took Holly's face in his hand and locked lips with her again pushing his tongue into her mouth. While their tongues maneuvered around each other's mouths Artemis pressed his hips against Holly's. His hard member rubbed against her warm center. Artemis' hand moved and lowered his boxers to his knees. He rubbed is cock against the wet fabric of Holly's one piece and couldn't stand delaying being in her. He slipped the fabric aside and lifted Holly off the ground by her ass. He thrust up into her burying his full length inside her. Holly unleashed a moan into Artemis' shirt to muffle the sound. They didn't exactly wish to broadcast to the suite their activities.

But the pair were in nirvana. In the days in Haven they had withheld being genuinely intimate with each other. Granted, they had a few games and flings but they had both missed having this connection with each other. The bond that only genuine lovers may share.

Holly wrapped her legs behind Artemis' using her heels to push him deeper. He easily found her G-spot and would ram into her with force that she loved. It became all the more difficult to hold in her sounds of pleasure. Little gasp and mute moans quietly escaped her mouth. The waves of pleasure pored over her. She was unsure how much longer she could hold out.

Artemis could see her succumbing to the heat of passion; as was he. He slammed into her pressing her against the wall. The sounds of their flesh slapping together flooded his ears. Holly's moans we starting to grow loader. Now normally he got off on her moans or her crying out his name but there were too many ears in the next room. So, he pressed his lips to her to help muffle her sounds of pleasure. She moaned into his mouth with every pounding thrust. Then she bit his lip as he pushed her over the edge. Her walls tightened around him and she gushed all over his cock.

Holly wrapped her arms around Arty's neck and slumped against him. He gently carried her over and laid her down. She was surprised by how much their intimate session had drained from her. Artemis left a kiss on her temple.

"Sleep my love. Tomorrow is going to be a difficult day"