Bad Beginnings

Artemis glared out the minivan window, which she had tried four times to break. The T.P.A was nice enough to let her actually dress herself, she had chosen a shirt that she had made that said 'SCREW YOU!' in huge red letters on a black background, and baggy black cargo pants. The minivan eased its way up the hill slowly as if being pulled by an invisible force but the van trying to draw back.

"God, could you drive any slower? I mean my gramma could drive faster then you!" Artemis said staring out the window. Baxter rolled his eyes and stopped the van in front of the house.

"Alright Artemis are we going to have to drug you or are you going to be good?" Baxter said looking in the rear view mirror.

"Fine I'll be good." She mumbled as Baxter got out and opened her door. 'Show time' Artemis thought getting out of the van and walking towards the house. She smiled slowly and whipped around making a run for the woods. She was a pretty fast runner thanks to her insanity.

"SHE'S LOOSE! SOMEONE GET HER!" Baxter barked at everyone.

"CAN'T TOUCH THIS!" yelled Artemis looking over her shoulder smiling victoriously. She never saw him coming. A tall pale skinned boy stepped in front of her blocking her escape. She ran full speed into him and fell over only for him to scoop her up and sling her over his massive shoulder.

Artemis moaned her head hurt, she looked around groggily and realized she was being carried.

"PUT ME DOWN! ARE YOU FREAKING DEAF?! I SAID PUT ME DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!!!!" Artemis yelled in protest kicking and screaming.

"Alright you can put her down Drake." Baxter said sighing.

"Alright. It's your death vish." Drake said with a thick Transylvanian accent as he lowered a very angry Artemis to the ground. Artemis had her eyes closed and her arms crossed over her chest.

"It's about time." She mumbled opening her eyes and looked to where most guys' head would be but all she saw was his stomach.

"What the..." she said and looked even farther up. Drake was 7'5 without the 2-foot liberty spikes. Her mouth dropped her eyes bulged.

"Artemis meet, your new partner." Baxter said with a grin. "Hallo Artemis," Drake said with a half smile, his icy blue looked down at her. Artemis looked at him, 'MY GOSH HE'S CUTE! AND HE'S GOTHIC!' she thought looking at his black hair, black tank top and baggy black pants with about 400 chains on them, you could see his Spongebob boxers sticking up slightly.

"Uhhhmmmm... Durf?" she said her cheeks growing red. "Ummmrf durrr fuuuur jurr bur?" she said tongue tied and ran into the house embarrassed beyond reason.

"I believe she likes you. Now get in there and kick some but, we'll be back in about 4 days." Baxter said leading Drake towards the front step. Drake stepped in confused and walked into the house.

Meanwhile

"Guess who's BACK!" Ryan said smiling insanely.

"Who?" Royce said lifting weights.

"Our favorite play toy." Ryan said pointing to Artemis.

"It's been a long time Ryan, how about we go welcome her and her new friend." Royce said picking up his bat and walking down the stairs.

"No wait! I have a better idea. Lets wait until nightfall when she's asleep. That's when the most fun is." Ryan said smiling wickedly sitting down.