**Finally, I'm working on this story again. I'm so wrapped up with my other
ones.I want to write this one though..**
**Dun dun dun!!!! Well in this chapter, you figure out who is the head honcho of the "bad guys", though I think most people already get the idea who it is.. But we'll find out who Agent Z really is later on in the story. Much later on, I plan on it.**
**We also see.. Artemis!! And also some romance.oo la la.**
**Enjoy the chap anyway, I'm kind of improvising at this point**
**Kree**
Holly tried to lift up her head and look around but instantly, a shocking pain jolted up from her neck to the rest of her body. She cried out in pain and her head dropped to the ground with a soft thud. She put her trembling hand to her neck and felt a little hole in her skin. She remembered that that guy had injected some kind of sleeping potion into her. She groaned when she tried to lift her head up again and the pain jolted her again. She lay down on the ground, wondering if her magic was beginning to heal her soon and where she was.
It was a dungeon, that was for sure, and it was pretty obvious. It wasn't like the Fowl's prison for her: this one looked like the traditional prison, dark, cold, surrounded with bars, hay on one side, rats crawling from side to side, bugs scattering here and there.
That strange assistant of the caped fairy they saw at Kauai kidnapped her. So that was probably who had her kidnapped. But why would he want /her/? What importance did she hold to their plan? All these thought kept on pouring and pounding in Holly's mind.
The strange thing was that the assistant seemed to know Trouble Kelp very well for some reason. But how? Who was this fairy and why did he constantly go after Trouble?
But for once, she felt herself incredibly tired again. She closed her eyelids again. She knew she was losing conciseness again, but she couldn't fight back. She found that she didn't want to. So she fell asleep.
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"The potion worked well on her," the caped fairy circled around Holly. "Almost too well, let's hope it doesn't kill her."
"Yes, it would be a pity." Agent Z sniggered as he stood beside the caped fairy.
Holly's tipped ears perked up. She blinked her eyes a little, trying to look around as much as she could without letting whoever was talking hear her. She saw shadows over her, so she closed her eyes again, and began to listen to the voices.
"Besides ruining the plan..the Fowl boy wouldn't take her death too well." The caped fairy laughed.
At the sound of that name, Holly could no longer fake it. Fury burned in every muscle in her body and especially in her eyes. Instead of jolts of pain when she jumped up and grabbed the caped fairy, jolts of strength shot through her. "WHAT HAVE YOU DO WITH ARTEMIS??? WHERE IS HE?????" She roared furiously. He only grinned at her, only annoying her, so she wrung her arms around his neck and began to strangle him for his silence. "WHERE IS ARTEMIS?"
The caped fairy took his hands and just placed them on her arms. Right there, Holly felt as if her arms were being burned with scorches of electricity and she saw green sparks jolting out of his hands. She cried out in pain and fell to the ground. She looked up at the caped fairy trembling, not with fear, but with pain.
"Where.how.what kind of magic is this?" She stammered, shaking her head in amazement.
"I was quite fortunate to meet an amazing sprite who happened to be a descendant of the great Morgan Le Fay." He started.
"Morgan Le Fay?" Holly snickered. "Morgan Le Fay was a /human/. So what of her powers?"
"Maybe I need to prove to you my powers so you will believe me." He held his hands out again with green light gleaming from them. He aimed his hands straight at Holly and the light streamed out like lasers and struck Holly. Burning hot pain scorched her chest and she couldn't help but scream. He held the beams of light at her for a few seconds and then stopped. "Now, was that a convincing demonstration?"
Holly didn't want to admit it, so she didn't and she kept panting. "So . what happened with the sprite?"
"Well I simply lied to her. I said that I had many connections and armies to complete my mission. I asked for a bit of power and offered her a high position when I succeeded. Instead, I just drained her of all her powers and left her there to rot." He grinned maliciously.
" So, what's your mission? World domination?" She sneered at him.
"Precisely." He replied. "My, my, you seem to know your place as captured prisoner very well. I'm not surprised."
"Not to sound cliché or something, but that's just ridiculous and you're not gonna get away with it." Holly remembered Foaly telling her of his conversation with Cudgeon before. "Now I do believe, you haven't answered my question before, where is Artemis?" She asked flatly.
"The Fowl boy?" He scoffed. "You would like to see Mr. Fowl? Agent Z, bring him in!"
Agent Z nodded as he walked off to the left. After a few moments, he came back, dragging an eighteen year old she recognized by his legs. He had jet black hair and slightly darker skin than a pale color. He had dark eyes and ropes were tied around his mouth. In fact, his entire body was almost tied in ropes. His white shirt was torn and so was his black jacket. His black pants were almost shredded and his boots were worn, he looked up at Holly and his eyes widened and were blurring. He couldn't talk though.
"In fact, maybe Fowl and Short should stay together." The caped fairy sniggered. "Do tell us, Mr. Fowl, how much have you enjoyed your stay here?" He pointed a finger to his mouth and instantly, the ropes around his mouth disappeared.
"Holly!" He yelled, his voice sounded hoarse as if he hadn't used it for awhile. "Holly, God..it's so good to see you again." He smiled and then he glared at Agent Z and the caped fairy. "Both of you, I want you to-"
But he couldn't say any more. The caped fairy pointed a finger and the cordlike snakes flew out of his finger and around Artemis's mouth. "It's time that you learn to watch your mouth, Fowl!" The caped fairy yelled furiously. He held his palms out as Holly's eyes as she ran over to Artemis holding him close to her, as he trembled in her arms. She wiped away the blood that dripped down his face and ran her fingers through his soft hair. His shirt was torn even more, revealing a cut on his chest where the light hit him. She raised her hands above his chest and whispered, "heal." But nothing happened, no sparks or anything.
"I'm sorry, Miss Short, but I can't allow you to use your powers." The caped fairy smugly smiled.
She glared at them. "Who are you?"
The caped fairy laughed malevolently. "Well, I'm sure you've met my right hand, Agent Z." He motioned to his side. Agent Z bowed with a smirk on his face. "But I. you already know me, Holly Short. we used to work together at LEP. I was a lieutenant there. soon to be head of the council and much higher than your sad excuse for a Commander." He murmured. "Who am I, Captain Short? I am Briar Cudgeon, soon to be known as your ruler of the world, above and under."
Holly was flabbergasted. "Briar Cudgeon? Briar Cudgeon?" She looked confused. "But.. Briar Cudgeon is dead. the DNA cannons."
"You think that that would be enough to kill me?" An evil twinkle in his eye gleamed. "Well it is true, I was near death when the LEP troops scanned the area. But when they found me, much after you and your little group left, I still had a bit of life in me. Just enough so that the LEP hospital workers took me in and brought me back to perfect health. Of course, they were planning to place me back in jail after that, but I escaped. And then I restored my powers, got some fairies and Mud Men to follow me, and then met the sprite, and now here we are!"
"Well you obviously got a hold of the groce too." Holly observed.
"How could I not? Everyone else was getting it."
"But what about your face?" Holly started slowly. "It's.well.uh."
"You didn't think that I wouldn't use the power I drained out of the sprite for my own cosmetic purposes?" He derided. "Of course I had my face healed and restored to it's own perfect, handsome, normal self."
"As if it was perfect before." Holly lied. Okay, she knew it was a lie, but she thought she might as well attempt to piss him off.
"Why don't I leave you to smooch with your lover.I have other things to attend to." Briar retorted as he turned around. "Come on, Agent Z, let them have their privacy."
Agent Z smirked at them, and then turned around as well, and they both walked out of Holly's prison cell. [Look! I made a rhyme!!! Hehe..that was weird..]
Holly's eyes focused on Artemis now. She placed her fingers on the ropes around his mouth and took them off. She untied the rest of the ropes that were holding Artemis captive and threw them violently at the wall. "Artemis." She spoke his name softly. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine.I've almost gotten used to it now." His eyes seemed to be shaking as he gazed at her. "How about you?"
"Fine, I guess," and they both knew that they could hold it back no longer. They embraced, Artemis holding her close, wrapping his arms around her warmly, but tightly. For once, tears were streaming out of his eyes. This was an Artemis Holly had never seen before, but it didn't matter. She too, had tears running down her cheeks.
He took a glance at Holly who's face was buried in his shoulder. "Well, now you're almost as tall as me!" He exclaimed jokingly.
She smiled. "LEP wanted all it's agents to be the first to get their hands on the groce, and what do you know, I'm 5'6"."
"But I'm still taller, just know that."
"Maybe, but maybe I'll grow."
"And maybe we'll have snow in August."
"Oh, well you haven't changed."
"Never do. Good thing for you." Artemis grinned.
"Oh, I never said it wasn't a bad thing." Holly grinned back.
He lifted up a strand of her hair. "You grew your hair?"
She nodded. "I don't know, I just didn't cut it off in a while, I was so busy, and then it kind of looked nice, and I just got it trimmed. And you, still pale, and with your black hair, looks like you didn't do too much."
"Oh, I've been busy. Planning world domination, robbing the world of it's ancient treasures, sucking up the ocean, blowing up the moon. you know, my kind of stuff." He said sarcastically.
Holly changed the subject. "How long have you been here?"
Artemis shrugged. "A week, at least, maybe even more. I woke up after being unconscious for awhile, so I don't know the exact time."
"Where is Butler?" Holly suddenly asked.
Artemis looked away. "Butler. I don't know. I think he's." He couldn't bring himself up to say it.
Holly sighed. "Dead." She whispered to herself. "That bastard, Cudgeon." She mumbled. "What I'd do to wring my hands around his neck."
"I could make that possible." Artemis replied.
"What do you mean? With all his new power? We wouldn't get an inch away from Cudgeon without being blown away." She retorted.
"You're forgetting the rules, Holly. With a human in the game, there are rules."
Holly's eyes widened. "You mean-"
"Briar still has to play by the Book. He can't ignore the rules, he's still a fairy. That's why he's always shutting me up." Artemis grumbled. "He knows I can tell him to do whatever he wants so he keeps me quiet before I can say anything."
"So we just have to find some kind of way for you to order him around before he, well, does something?" Holly questioned.
"Yup."
"That's it? Wow, that's pretty simple."
"The rules make it simple. Like I can tell you to, um, stand up."
Holly rolled her eyes and she stood up, shaking her head at him, but with a smile. "Care to demonstrate more?"
"Sit down." Artemis continued, grinning. And she sat down. "Stay still." And he went over to her, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close, face to face. "I could get Cudgeon on the ground if I got the chance, just with this simple rule, like this." He started. "Kiss me." He whispered softly.
Holly looked surprised at first. She didn't know how she would respond to his order, but her lips sure did. She closed her eyes as she leaned in and kissed him. He returned the kiss and they held it for a long time. Artemis was definitely different, but she didn't care if it was for better or for worse. It was Artemis, and that's all that she really cared about.
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Trouble Kelp woke up in the LEP's Hospital Building in a white bed. He blinked a few times, looking around, trying to recognize his surroundings. He saw Chix Verbil, Commander Root, Mr. Fowl, Juliet, and Foaly at his side. They all looked worried.
"Agh," Trouble groaned. "Don't tell me I'm hurt again."
"Sorry to break the news, but you're hurt again." Foaly shrugged.
Trouble stared from face to face again and then realization hit him. "Holly. where is Holly?"
"Holly." Mr. Fowl started.
"WHERE IS HOLLY?" He demanded, trying to sit up, but an immediate pain in his chest shocked him.
"Lay down," Juliet said gently. "You've broken a few ribs."
"I broke some ribs? How?"
"I don't know. don't ask me, Agent Z had metal fists?" Juliet replied.
"Commander." Trouble glanced at Root. "What happened? What happened to Holly?"
Commander Root sighed. "Captain Kelp, Holly has been kidnapped by Agent Z. It happened right after you were hit."
"God no." Trouble gasped. "Where is she?"
"Well, if we knew where she was, I doubt that all of us would be here right now." Chix retorted.
"We're still looking, the Fowl boy hasn't sent us any messages, and even if he did, we'd have to hope that Holly doesn't have her cell phone thing or Fowl knows our address." Root explained. "We'll start once again when you've fully recovered."
"Okay, now I'm recovered." Trouble tried to sit up again but the pain shocked him once again.
"Lay down, Kelp, and that's an order!" Root shouted. "You are /not/ fully recovered and we will not start for at least until tomorrow."
Trouble sighed. "It's my fault, isn't it? Holly would have never been kidnapped if it wasn't for me."
"Trouble, stop being a dramatic." Foaly reassured him. "Maybe it's my fault. Maybe it's Juliet's fault. Maybe it's Mr. Fowl's fault. Maybe it's the commander's fault. Maybe it's Chix's fault. Maybe it's the whole damn world's fault!! It could have turned out differently, but it turned out as it is now. We'll just have to live with it. We will find Holly, that's all we know for sure."
"For once, I agree with the centaur." Root rolled his eyes. "Kelp, get some rest. We'll try to trace Holly and find her location at Operations Booth with Opal. (Foaly groaned at the sound of her name). We'll see you later, Trouble."
Trouble nodded as he watched them all walk out the door. He sighed again and closed his eyes. The magic was working and was healing him, but he could hardly feel it as he thought about Holly.
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"Miss Koboi, do you have any ideas how we can trace Holly?" Root questioned.
"I would expect her to have any, it's /my/ technology. It's probably too complicated for her to handle." Foaly scoffed.
Opal glared at him. "In fact, I do have an idea. Well, the guy that Trouble was fighting /is/ a fairy, right?"
Root nodded. 'That's right, go on."
"Well, I could track all the magical activity above ground. Sure, we'll pick up a lot of stuff we don't need, but sooner or later, something will come up." Opal explained.
"That sounds good," Root started and glanced at Foaly. "See, Donkey Boy, looks like Miss Koboi can handle your technology after all."
Foaly scowled and turned away with his arms crossed. Opal went on to annoy him. "I'll alert you if something suspicious turns up."
"All right, thank you, Miss Koboi." Root replied. "Well be sure to lighten your sentence when this is over."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." She turned the swivel chair around so that she was facing the computers.
"Come on." Root led. "Let's get some equipment ready."
**Well, I know it's shorter than the other chapters, maybe not even as good, but I have to end the chapter here. Writer's Attic is soooooo annoying.**
**Now for my comments to the reviewers for Chapter 5.**
**To Freaky Girl: Thank you soooo much for reviewing throughout the story!! I really appreciate your support. And yup, it seems like /everyone/ likes Holly, doesn't it?**
**To DragonQueen: Thanks for reviewing! I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!**
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**To Stuart: Well, here's your next chapter! Though it will be a looooong time from now before this story finishes.**
**Da-xia Nariko: No more cliffhanger!! Not in this chapter anyway. well here's what happens after the cliffhanger!**
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**Plz review!**
**Kree**
**Dun dun dun!!!! Well in this chapter, you figure out who is the head honcho of the "bad guys", though I think most people already get the idea who it is.. But we'll find out who Agent Z really is later on in the story. Much later on, I plan on it.**
**We also see.. Artemis!! And also some romance.oo la la.**
**Enjoy the chap anyway, I'm kind of improvising at this point**
**Kree**
Holly tried to lift up her head and look around but instantly, a shocking pain jolted up from her neck to the rest of her body. She cried out in pain and her head dropped to the ground with a soft thud. She put her trembling hand to her neck and felt a little hole in her skin. She remembered that that guy had injected some kind of sleeping potion into her. She groaned when she tried to lift her head up again and the pain jolted her again. She lay down on the ground, wondering if her magic was beginning to heal her soon and where she was.
It was a dungeon, that was for sure, and it was pretty obvious. It wasn't like the Fowl's prison for her: this one looked like the traditional prison, dark, cold, surrounded with bars, hay on one side, rats crawling from side to side, bugs scattering here and there.
That strange assistant of the caped fairy they saw at Kauai kidnapped her. So that was probably who had her kidnapped. But why would he want /her/? What importance did she hold to their plan? All these thought kept on pouring and pounding in Holly's mind.
The strange thing was that the assistant seemed to know Trouble Kelp very well for some reason. But how? Who was this fairy and why did he constantly go after Trouble?
But for once, she felt herself incredibly tired again. She closed her eyelids again. She knew she was losing conciseness again, but she couldn't fight back. She found that she didn't want to. So she fell asleep.
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"The potion worked well on her," the caped fairy circled around Holly. "Almost too well, let's hope it doesn't kill her."
"Yes, it would be a pity." Agent Z sniggered as he stood beside the caped fairy.
Holly's tipped ears perked up. She blinked her eyes a little, trying to look around as much as she could without letting whoever was talking hear her. She saw shadows over her, so she closed her eyes again, and began to listen to the voices.
"Besides ruining the plan..the Fowl boy wouldn't take her death too well." The caped fairy laughed.
At the sound of that name, Holly could no longer fake it. Fury burned in every muscle in her body and especially in her eyes. Instead of jolts of pain when she jumped up and grabbed the caped fairy, jolts of strength shot through her. "WHAT HAVE YOU DO WITH ARTEMIS??? WHERE IS HE?????" She roared furiously. He only grinned at her, only annoying her, so she wrung her arms around his neck and began to strangle him for his silence. "WHERE IS ARTEMIS?"
The caped fairy took his hands and just placed them on her arms. Right there, Holly felt as if her arms were being burned with scorches of electricity and she saw green sparks jolting out of his hands. She cried out in pain and fell to the ground. She looked up at the caped fairy trembling, not with fear, but with pain.
"Where.how.what kind of magic is this?" She stammered, shaking her head in amazement.
"I was quite fortunate to meet an amazing sprite who happened to be a descendant of the great Morgan Le Fay." He started.
"Morgan Le Fay?" Holly snickered. "Morgan Le Fay was a /human/. So what of her powers?"
"Maybe I need to prove to you my powers so you will believe me." He held his hands out again with green light gleaming from them. He aimed his hands straight at Holly and the light streamed out like lasers and struck Holly. Burning hot pain scorched her chest and she couldn't help but scream. He held the beams of light at her for a few seconds and then stopped. "Now, was that a convincing demonstration?"
Holly didn't want to admit it, so she didn't and she kept panting. "So . what happened with the sprite?"
"Well I simply lied to her. I said that I had many connections and armies to complete my mission. I asked for a bit of power and offered her a high position when I succeeded. Instead, I just drained her of all her powers and left her there to rot." He grinned maliciously.
" So, what's your mission? World domination?" She sneered at him.
"Precisely." He replied. "My, my, you seem to know your place as captured prisoner very well. I'm not surprised."
"Not to sound cliché or something, but that's just ridiculous and you're not gonna get away with it." Holly remembered Foaly telling her of his conversation with Cudgeon before. "Now I do believe, you haven't answered my question before, where is Artemis?" She asked flatly.
"The Fowl boy?" He scoffed. "You would like to see Mr. Fowl? Agent Z, bring him in!"
Agent Z nodded as he walked off to the left. After a few moments, he came back, dragging an eighteen year old she recognized by his legs. He had jet black hair and slightly darker skin than a pale color. He had dark eyes and ropes were tied around his mouth. In fact, his entire body was almost tied in ropes. His white shirt was torn and so was his black jacket. His black pants were almost shredded and his boots were worn, he looked up at Holly and his eyes widened and were blurring. He couldn't talk though.
"In fact, maybe Fowl and Short should stay together." The caped fairy sniggered. "Do tell us, Mr. Fowl, how much have you enjoyed your stay here?" He pointed a finger to his mouth and instantly, the ropes around his mouth disappeared.
"Holly!" He yelled, his voice sounded hoarse as if he hadn't used it for awhile. "Holly, God..it's so good to see you again." He smiled and then he glared at Agent Z and the caped fairy. "Both of you, I want you to-"
But he couldn't say any more. The caped fairy pointed a finger and the cordlike snakes flew out of his finger and around Artemis's mouth. "It's time that you learn to watch your mouth, Fowl!" The caped fairy yelled furiously. He held his palms out as Holly's eyes as she ran over to Artemis holding him close to her, as he trembled in her arms. She wiped away the blood that dripped down his face and ran her fingers through his soft hair. His shirt was torn even more, revealing a cut on his chest where the light hit him. She raised her hands above his chest and whispered, "heal." But nothing happened, no sparks or anything.
"I'm sorry, Miss Short, but I can't allow you to use your powers." The caped fairy smugly smiled.
She glared at them. "Who are you?"
The caped fairy laughed malevolently. "Well, I'm sure you've met my right hand, Agent Z." He motioned to his side. Agent Z bowed with a smirk on his face. "But I. you already know me, Holly Short. we used to work together at LEP. I was a lieutenant there. soon to be head of the council and much higher than your sad excuse for a Commander." He murmured. "Who am I, Captain Short? I am Briar Cudgeon, soon to be known as your ruler of the world, above and under."
Holly was flabbergasted. "Briar Cudgeon? Briar Cudgeon?" She looked confused. "But.. Briar Cudgeon is dead. the DNA cannons."
"You think that that would be enough to kill me?" An evil twinkle in his eye gleamed. "Well it is true, I was near death when the LEP troops scanned the area. But when they found me, much after you and your little group left, I still had a bit of life in me. Just enough so that the LEP hospital workers took me in and brought me back to perfect health. Of course, they were planning to place me back in jail after that, but I escaped. And then I restored my powers, got some fairies and Mud Men to follow me, and then met the sprite, and now here we are!"
"Well you obviously got a hold of the groce too." Holly observed.
"How could I not? Everyone else was getting it."
"But what about your face?" Holly started slowly. "It's.well.uh."
"You didn't think that I wouldn't use the power I drained out of the sprite for my own cosmetic purposes?" He derided. "Of course I had my face healed and restored to it's own perfect, handsome, normal self."
"As if it was perfect before." Holly lied. Okay, she knew it was a lie, but she thought she might as well attempt to piss him off.
"Why don't I leave you to smooch with your lover.I have other things to attend to." Briar retorted as he turned around. "Come on, Agent Z, let them have their privacy."
Agent Z smirked at them, and then turned around as well, and they both walked out of Holly's prison cell. [Look! I made a rhyme!!! Hehe..that was weird..]
Holly's eyes focused on Artemis now. She placed her fingers on the ropes around his mouth and took them off. She untied the rest of the ropes that were holding Artemis captive and threw them violently at the wall. "Artemis." She spoke his name softly. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine.I've almost gotten used to it now." His eyes seemed to be shaking as he gazed at her. "How about you?"
"Fine, I guess," and they both knew that they could hold it back no longer. They embraced, Artemis holding her close, wrapping his arms around her warmly, but tightly. For once, tears were streaming out of his eyes. This was an Artemis Holly had never seen before, but it didn't matter. She too, had tears running down her cheeks.
He took a glance at Holly who's face was buried in his shoulder. "Well, now you're almost as tall as me!" He exclaimed jokingly.
She smiled. "LEP wanted all it's agents to be the first to get their hands on the groce, and what do you know, I'm 5'6"."
"But I'm still taller, just know that."
"Maybe, but maybe I'll grow."
"And maybe we'll have snow in August."
"Oh, well you haven't changed."
"Never do. Good thing for you." Artemis grinned.
"Oh, I never said it wasn't a bad thing." Holly grinned back.
He lifted up a strand of her hair. "You grew your hair?"
She nodded. "I don't know, I just didn't cut it off in a while, I was so busy, and then it kind of looked nice, and I just got it trimmed. And you, still pale, and with your black hair, looks like you didn't do too much."
"Oh, I've been busy. Planning world domination, robbing the world of it's ancient treasures, sucking up the ocean, blowing up the moon. you know, my kind of stuff." He said sarcastically.
Holly changed the subject. "How long have you been here?"
Artemis shrugged. "A week, at least, maybe even more. I woke up after being unconscious for awhile, so I don't know the exact time."
"Where is Butler?" Holly suddenly asked.
Artemis looked away. "Butler. I don't know. I think he's." He couldn't bring himself up to say it.
Holly sighed. "Dead." She whispered to herself. "That bastard, Cudgeon." She mumbled. "What I'd do to wring my hands around his neck."
"I could make that possible." Artemis replied.
"What do you mean? With all his new power? We wouldn't get an inch away from Cudgeon without being blown away." She retorted.
"You're forgetting the rules, Holly. With a human in the game, there are rules."
Holly's eyes widened. "You mean-"
"Briar still has to play by the Book. He can't ignore the rules, he's still a fairy. That's why he's always shutting me up." Artemis grumbled. "He knows I can tell him to do whatever he wants so he keeps me quiet before I can say anything."
"So we just have to find some kind of way for you to order him around before he, well, does something?" Holly questioned.
"Yup."
"That's it? Wow, that's pretty simple."
"The rules make it simple. Like I can tell you to, um, stand up."
Holly rolled her eyes and she stood up, shaking her head at him, but with a smile. "Care to demonstrate more?"
"Sit down." Artemis continued, grinning. And she sat down. "Stay still." And he went over to her, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close, face to face. "I could get Cudgeon on the ground if I got the chance, just with this simple rule, like this." He started. "Kiss me." He whispered softly.
Holly looked surprised at first. She didn't know how she would respond to his order, but her lips sure did. She closed her eyes as she leaned in and kissed him. He returned the kiss and they held it for a long time. Artemis was definitely different, but she didn't care if it was for better or for worse. It was Artemis, and that's all that she really cared about.
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Trouble Kelp woke up in the LEP's Hospital Building in a white bed. He blinked a few times, looking around, trying to recognize his surroundings. He saw Chix Verbil, Commander Root, Mr. Fowl, Juliet, and Foaly at his side. They all looked worried.
"Agh," Trouble groaned. "Don't tell me I'm hurt again."
"Sorry to break the news, but you're hurt again." Foaly shrugged.
Trouble stared from face to face again and then realization hit him. "Holly. where is Holly?"
"Holly." Mr. Fowl started.
"WHERE IS HOLLY?" He demanded, trying to sit up, but an immediate pain in his chest shocked him.
"Lay down," Juliet said gently. "You've broken a few ribs."
"I broke some ribs? How?"
"I don't know. don't ask me, Agent Z had metal fists?" Juliet replied.
"Commander." Trouble glanced at Root. "What happened? What happened to Holly?"
Commander Root sighed. "Captain Kelp, Holly has been kidnapped by Agent Z. It happened right after you were hit."
"God no." Trouble gasped. "Where is she?"
"Well, if we knew where she was, I doubt that all of us would be here right now." Chix retorted.
"We're still looking, the Fowl boy hasn't sent us any messages, and even if he did, we'd have to hope that Holly doesn't have her cell phone thing or Fowl knows our address." Root explained. "We'll start once again when you've fully recovered."
"Okay, now I'm recovered." Trouble tried to sit up again but the pain shocked him once again.
"Lay down, Kelp, and that's an order!" Root shouted. "You are /not/ fully recovered and we will not start for at least until tomorrow."
Trouble sighed. "It's my fault, isn't it? Holly would have never been kidnapped if it wasn't for me."
"Trouble, stop being a dramatic." Foaly reassured him. "Maybe it's my fault. Maybe it's Juliet's fault. Maybe it's Mr. Fowl's fault. Maybe it's the commander's fault. Maybe it's Chix's fault. Maybe it's the whole damn world's fault!! It could have turned out differently, but it turned out as it is now. We'll just have to live with it. We will find Holly, that's all we know for sure."
"For once, I agree with the centaur." Root rolled his eyes. "Kelp, get some rest. We'll try to trace Holly and find her location at Operations Booth with Opal. (Foaly groaned at the sound of her name). We'll see you later, Trouble."
Trouble nodded as he watched them all walk out the door. He sighed again and closed his eyes. The magic was working and was healing him, but he could hardly feel it as he thought about Holly.
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"Miss Koboi, do you have any ideas how we can trace Holly?" Root questioned.
"I would expect her to have any, it's /my/ technology. It's probably too complicated for her to handle." Foaly scoffed.
Opal glared at him. "In fact, I do have an idea. Well, the guy that Trouble was fighting /is/ a fairy, right?"
Root nodded. 'That's right, go on."
"Well, I could track all the magical activity above ground. Sure, we'll pick up a lot of stuff we don't need, but sooner or later, something will come up." Opal explained.
"That sounds good," Root started and glanced at Foaly. "See, Donkey Boy, looks like Miss Koboi can handle your technology after all."
Foaly scowled and turned away with his arms crossed. Opal went on to annoy him. "I'll alert you if something suspicious turns up."
"All right, thank you, Miss Koboi." Root replied. "Well be sure to lighten your sentence when this is over."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." She turned the swivel chair around so that she was facing the computers.
"Come on." Root led. "Let's get some equipment ready."
**Well, I know it's shorter than the other chapters, maybe not even as good, but I have to end the chapter here. Writer's Attic is soooooo annoying.**
**Now for my comments to the reviewers for Chapter 5.**
**To Freaky Girl: Thank you soooo much for reviewing throughout the story!! I really appreciate your support. And yup, it seems like /everyone/ likes Holly, doesn't it?**
**To DragonQueen: Thanks for reviewing! I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!**
**To Say: Thank you for the wonderful comments! I like comments..hehe.well.I hope the rest of the story will meet your expectations!**
**To Stuart: Well, here's your next chapter! Though it will be a looooong time from now before this story finishes.**
**Da-xia Nariko: No more cliffhanger!! Not in this chapter anyway. well here's what happens after the cliffhanger!**
**Milo Thatch: Thanks for reviewing!**
**To: Haryl/Reiin: Here's the next chap!**
**To Ulita the Devine Authores: Yes! I have more!**
**Plz review!**
**Kree**