Okay, here is the longly anticipated third chapter. Sorry it's been 5 days
since I last posted. I'm not allowed on the Internet on weekends, and there
was a thunderstorm one day, and I updated another story on another day. The
other day I forgot about it. And besides, I have to really get the plot
thickened before I post anything. I don't want to post crud.
And there is nothing inappropriate and there is no cussing and there is certainly no slash in my stories, so it's rated PG for violence and drama. I just wanted to tell you that in case you were wondering...
Oh and I just want to say to 'Aks', on a NORMAL BASIS I update this story 2- 3 times a week.
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It had been a short rest of the day. Artemis called his house to tell the Butlers that he was away. Luckily his parents were visiting their friends in Canada, so he had nothing to worry about in that situation.
Trouble had picked up Grub and gone home early and soon Holly was at her apartment and Artemis was at his rented dorm.
The next day however seemed to have never have ended.
OPERATIONS BOOTH
Trouble had been given a 10-day leave from Commander Joleson so he could help Holly. And with Artemis one of her trainers, they were going to need all of the help they could get.
"Where do we begin?" Holly asked Foaly. It was 8:00 in the morning. (A/N- in the first book, it says that a day begins underground when the moon comes up on the surface. But I'm not going to make it that way because it's too confusing, so lets just assume they have the same hours as us)
Foaly thought. "We will work on invulnerability today." He said simply. Holly gulped.
Artemis came in through the pneumatic double doors. "The traffic is murder out there." He grumbled.
"I have to go through it everyday!" snapped Holly, using the fairy gift of tongues to speak English. Artemis sighed and sat down beside her.
"Where is Trouble?" asked Holly.
Trouble walked through the doors. He scowled at the Artemis when he saw that the human was sitting by Holly. Artemis smirked.
"So pony-boy. What about invulnerability?" Holly asked.
"Oh, we'll just push you into some lava, shoot you with a flame-thrower, and then poke you with heat coils." Foaly responded. There was no sarcasm in his voice.
Holly stared at him, her jaw dropped. Artemis and Trouble looked the same. "You can't do that!" Trouble said in outrage. "She could get killed!"
Now it was Artemis's turn to scowl. Trouble was acting like Holly was a fragile piece of glass. "I think she can take care of her herself!" he said, standing up and rounding on Trouble. "You haven't seen her in action."
Oh Gods, thought Holly. If she didn't know better it sounded like they were.... no it couldn't be.... could it's? It sounded like they were fighting over her! Men, Holly thought, whoever understands them can give me a ring...
The fight was still on between Trouble and Artemis.
"The only reason she escaped from you was because she had help!" Trouble said but stopped because it was obvious he had touched a nerve.
"Uh oh." Holly said, not even realizing that Trouble had insulted her as well. This was about to get ugly.
Artemis stood with a grim stare. "I don't believe so." He growled, pointing a finger a Trouble.
Trouble grinned. "I do." He said forcing back his urge to double over in laughter.
Artemis put his hand down. "Well who helped, you?"
Holly took over before it got worse. "BOYS!" she screamed. Trouble and Artemis snapped their heads around to look at her. Captain Short's cheeks were as red as her hair and her eyes blazed with a temper.
"I think I can decided whether or not I want to try this out." She snapped. "It is my life you know, and I don't need you two fight over who to control it!"
The boys stood in silence for a minute or two. Foaly burst out laughing.
"What is it!" Artemis shouted.
Foaly laughed even harder. After a while, he managed to speak. "Man, Holly." He said. "I don't know what it is about you but you've got these two going head over heels for you!"
The three of them stood there watching Foaly laugh. Then they glanced at each other.
Foaly finally stopped laughing. Testing needed to begin.
LATER THAT DAY
Holly stood on the end of a wooden board, above a pool of lava. Foaly, Trouble, and Artemis were watching this back in Operations Booth. Trouble was covering his eyes.
"Come on Holly, hurry up." Said Foaly to her over the intercom.
"Holly, you don't have to do this!" groaned Trouble.
"Oh, shut up." Said Holly and Foaly.
"Here goes nothing." Said Holly and she dove into the magma.
Artemis inched closer to the screen.
"Don't worry." Foaly said gently. "She can't get hurt, I put protective gel on her." (A/N I don't know if it was rad gel that protected Artemis in the plasma or not... Oh, who cares!)
Holly was visable in the lava she was swimming above it.
"Come on Holly, that stuff won't hold out forever." Foaly said
Holly rolled her eyes. Personaly she thought the magma was too cold for her anyways...
AN HOUR LATER
Holly had come out of the magma and had gotten wiped off.
"Time for the flamethrower." Said Foaly cheerfully.
"NO!" the other three replied.
Foaly rolled his golden-brown eyes. "Okay, we'll work with the heat coils."
The centaur pulled out some metal rods and dipped the ends in some red goo. "Liquid heat." He explained. When he was satisfied, one of the metal rods was bright red at the end.
"Holly, roll up one of your sleeves."
Holly nodded and did so. Foaly blew on the end and pressed the red end on her forearm. Holly winced. When Foaly took it off, there was no scar or burn mark. Holly looked down in awe.
"Okay." She said. "So we know that."
Artemis nodded. "I believe it's because your skin is about as hot as that coil to begin with."
Foaly nodded. "Very good, Mud-Boy." Trouble sneered.
A FEW MINUITES BEFORE THEY WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE (Hehehe- that just cracks me up)
Trouble and Artemis had not talked since that morning. Holly could tell that they didn't like each other. It was pretty obvious after all. She had to do something. She walked over to Trouble and grabbed his arm and brought him over to Artemis.
"Listen, you two." She said strictly. "This is going to be very dangerous and as my co-workers I would prefer that you get along."
"Why, so Car'khl can kill us both?" Trouble snapped.
"No." Holly replied softly. "For my sake, at least."
Artemis, who was silent, decided to join in. "Fine. For your sake."
I know this is rushed but I really don't want to focus on her training, I want to focus on the Opal and Car'khl stuff.
Once I get them to the Rio Vanesco, it gets interesting and it will be easier to write since I have it planned out word by word.
Okay, I know Artemis was really out of character in this chapter but I will make him the 'Colfer' version in the next chapter. I just wanted get it across that Trouble and Artemis hate each other.
Oh and..
Disclaimer: I only own Car'khl and the Rio Vanesco.
And thanks to all of my reviewers for there support.
Um... I think thats all I have to say... next chapter will be up soon, but it might be 5 days AT THE MOST. I've started a summer camp so I only get an hour on the computer on weekdays. It would take a long time to explain my schedule and stuff, so I'll just say that I have 5 hours a week computer time to sum it all up. So I'm starting to write the story and copy it onto a floppy and then post it onto the Internet.
The computer I post on is not at my house.
Oh, and some people are begging me to put in some Holly/Artemis, and some people are begging me not to put some. Well I already have this story pretty much figured out and there will be a romance DEFINATLY and I think it will probably be Holly/Artemis, sorry but that's just how it works.
I AM going to put some Holly/Trouble in it too, so don't go insane.
And there will be Opal and Car'Khl in the next chapter.yea! Kind of..
Okay I'll shut up.
And there is nothing inappropriate and there is no cussing and there is certainly no slash in my stories, so it's rated PG for violence and drama. I just wanted to tell you that in case you were wondering...
Oh and I just want to say to 'Aks', on a NORMAL BASIS I update this story 2- 3 times a week.
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It had been a short rest of the day. Artemis called his house to tell the Butlers that he was away. Luckily his parents were visiting their friends in Canada, so he had nothing to worry about in that situation.
Trouble had picked up Grub and gone home early and soon Holly was at her apartment and Artemis was at his rented dorm.
The next day however seemed to have never have ended.
OPERATIONS BOOTH
Trouble had been given a 10-day leave from Commander Joleson so he could help Holly. And with Artemis one of her trainers, they were going to need all of the help they could get.
"Where do we begin?" Holly asked Foaly. It was 8:00 in the morning. (A/N- in the first book, it says that a day begins underground when the moon comes up on the surface. But I'm not going to make it that way because it's too confusing, so lets just assume they have the same hours as us)
Foaly thought. "We will work on invulnerability today." He said simply. Holly gulped.
Artemis came in through the pneumatic double doors. "The traffic is murder out there." He grumbled.
"I have to go through it everyday!" snapped Holly, using the fairy gift of tongues to speak English. Artemis sighed and sat down beside her.
"Where is Trouble?" asked Holly.
Trouble walked through the doors. He scowled at the Artemis when he saw that the human was sitting by Holly. Artemis smirked.
"So pony-boy. What about invulnerability?" Holly asked.
"Oh, we'll just push you into some lava, shoot you with a flame-thrower, and then poke you with heat coils." Foaly responded. There was no sarcasm in his voice.
Holly stared at him, her jaw dropped. Artemis and Trouble looked the same. "You can't do that!" Trouble said in outrage. "She could get killed!"
Now it was Artemis's turn to scowl. Trouble was acting like Holly was a fragile piece of glass. "I think she can take care of her herself!" he said, standing up and rounding on Trouble. "You haven't seen her in action."
Oh Gods, thought Holly. If she didn't know better it sounded like they were.... no it couldn't be.... could it's? It sounded like they were fighting over her! Men, Holly thought, whoever understands them can give me a ring...
The fight was still on between Trouble and Artemis.
"The only reason she escaped from you was because she had help!" Trouble said but stopped because it was obvious he had touched a nerve.
"Uh oh." Holly said, not even realizing that Trouble had insulted her as well. This was about to get ugly.
Artemis stood with a grim stare. "I don't believe so." He growled, pointing a finger a Trouble.
Trouble grinned. "I do." He said forcing back his urge to double over in laughter.
Artemis put his hand down. "Well who helped, you?"
Holly took over before it got worse. "BOYS!" she screamed. Trouble and Artemis snapped their heads around to look at her. Captain Short's cheeks were as red as her hair and her eyes blazed with a temper.
"I think I can decided whether or not I want to try this out." She snapped. "It is my life you know, and I don't need you two fight over who to control it!"
The boys stood in silence for a minute or two. Foaly burst out laughing.
"What is it!" Artemis shouted.
Foaly laughed even harder. After a while, he managed to speak. "Man, Holly." He said. "I don't know what it is about you but you've got these two going head over heels for you!"
The three of them stood there watching Foaly laugh. Then they glanced at each other.
Foaly finally stopped laughing. Testing needed to begin.
LATER THAT DAY
Holly stood on the end of a wooden board, above a pool of lava. Foaly, Trouble, and Artemis were watching this back in Operations Booth. Trouble was covering his eyes.
"Come on Holly, hurry up." Said Foaly to her over the intercom.
"Holly, you don't have to do this!" groaned Trouble.
"Oh, shut up." Said Holly and Foaly.
"Here goes nothing." Said Holly and she dove into the magma.
Artemis inched closer to the screen.
"Don't worry." Foaly said gently. "She can't get hurt, I put protective gel on her." (A/N I don't know if it was rad gel that protected Artemis in the plasma or not... Oh, who cares!)
Holly was visable in the lava she was swimming above it.
"Come on Holly, that stuff won't hold out forever." Foaly said
Holly rolled her eyes. Personaly she thought the magma was too cold for her anyways...
AN HOUR LATER
Holly had come out of the magma and had gotten wiped off.
"Time for the flamethrower." Said Foaly cheerfully.
"NO!" the other three replied.
Foaly rolled his golden-brown eyes. "Okay, we'll work with the heat coils."
The centaur pulled out some metal rods and dipped the ends in some red goo. "Liquid heat." He explained. When he was satisfied, one of the metal rods was bright red at the end.
"Holly, roll up one of your sleeves."
Holly nodded and did so. Foaly blew on the end and pressed the red end on her forearm. Holly winced. When Foaly took it off, there was no scar or burn mark. Holly looked down in awe.
"Okay." She said. "So we know that."
Artemis nodded. "I believe it's because your skin is about as hot as that coil to begin with."
Foaly nodded. "Very good, Mud-Boy." Trouble sneered.
A FEW MINUITES BEFORE THEY WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE (Hehehe- that just cracks me up)
Trouble and Artemis had not talked since that morning. Holly could tell that they didn't like each other. It was pretty obvious after all. She had to do something. She walked over to Trouble and grabbed his arm and brought him over to Artemis.
"Listen, you two." She said strictly. "This is going to be very dangerous and as my co-workers I would prefer that you get along."
"Why, so Car'khl can kill us both?" Trouble snapped.
"No." Holly replied softly. "For my sake, at least."
Artemis, who was silent, decided to join in. "Fine. For your sake."
I know this is rushed but I really don't want to focus on her training, I want to focus on the Opal and Car'khl stuff.
Once I get them to the Rio Vanesco, it gets interesting and it will be easier to write since I have it planned out word by word.
Okay, I know Artemis was really out of character in this chapter but I will make him the 'Colfer' version in the next chapter. I just wanted get it across that Trouble and Artemis hate each other.
Oh and..
Disclaimer: I only own Car'khl and the Rio Vanesco.
And thanks to all of my reviewers for there support.
Um... I think thats all I have to say... next chapter will be up soon, but it might be 5 days AT THE MOST. I've started a summer camp so I only get an hour on the computer on weekdays. It would take a long time to explain my schedule and stuff, so I'll just say that I have 5 hours a week computer time to sum it all up. So I'm starting to write the story and copy it onto a floppy and then post it onto the Internet.
The computer I post on is not at my house.
Oh, and some people are begging me to put in some Holly/Artemis, and some people are begging me not to put some. Well I already have this story pretty much figured out and there will be a romance DEFINATLY and I think it will probably be Holly/Artemis, sorry but that's just how it works.
I AM going to put some Holly/Trouble in it too, so don't go insane.
And there will be Opal and Car'Khl in the next chapter.yea! Kind of..
Okay I'll shut up.