My muse is back from running away, err, vacation! She really wanted to stay
at the hideout, um, hotel. I post more now!
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Artemis was at a lost for words. This was the fourth time since his fifth birthday. Spiro shouldn't be here. It was madness. Time to annoy people. "Spiro? I was under the impression you're crazy."
This touched a nerve. Spiro pulled a gun and pointed it at Artemis' head. "Give me a reason. Give me a reason not to kill you." Spiro carefully brought the gun down. He pulled a fairy Hardnose laser instead. "How about I give you brain damage and full paralysis?" Uh-oh. Artemis knew no fairies had been captured, so how? "Just in case your thinking about escaping, we have DNA cannons, goblins with these new 'Hardnose' nuclear lasers, shield- proof filters, and everything that I had in the Spiro needle. Want to try and escape?"
Artemis stuttered. If anyone he knew had heard, they'd declared a national holiday. "N-n-no." He stammered.
"Good. It was all provided by a fairy you know-" Artemis froze. Surely not? "-By the name of Opal Koboi." That hit hard. The humans had a taken away many advantages of the fairies.
"How do I know you're not bluffing?" Artemis said with slightly more confidence than he really had. This was very (x737) bad. Unfortunately, he knew Spiro was telling him the truth. And also he knew that grudges could distort a person's judgement. This could be used to his advantages. After all, it wasn't like the People were going to leave him here to die, right? Right?
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Miles below ground, Captain Holly Short was trying to avoid that particular scenario. "How can we let him die?" she asked. "He may not have been your best friend, commander, but he wasn't public enemy #1!"
Root was, remarkably, staying on what the officers called "blood purple mode". "What do you care? I'm not happy with it either, but this is the Council's decision."
"Then I'll change their minds. They can shove their ideas about Artemis being a threat up their" Holly was interrupted by a loud explosion from the firing range. She was on her way out the door.
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Truth be told, Holly wasn't sure why she was during this. Running into Council HQ was not in her normal to-do list. She might've been getting fond of the Mud Boy. Ew. ____________________________________________________________________________ __________
Next chapter: Mulch enters, and Holly faces the Council.
Do I detect a hint of A/H?
Artemis was at a lost for words. This was the fourth time since his fifth birthday. Spiro shouldn't be here. It was madness. Time to annoy people. "Spiro? I was under the impression you're crazy."
This touched a nerve. Spiro pulled a gun and pointed it at Artemis' head. "Give me a reason. Give me a reason not to kill you." Spiro carefully brought the gun down. He pulled a fairy Hardnose laser instead. "How about I give you brain damage and full paralysis?" Uh-oh. Artemis knew no fairies had been captured, so how? "Just in case your thinking about escaping, we have DNA cannons, goblins with these new 'Hardnose' nuclear lasers, shield- proof filters, and everything that I had in the Spiro needle. Want to try and escape?"
Artemis stuttered. If anyone he knew had heard, they'd declared a national holiday. "N-n-no." He stammered.
"Good. It was all provided by a fairy you know-" Artemis froze. Surely not? "-By the name of Opal Koboi." That hit hard. The humans had a taken away many advantages of the fairies.
"How do I know you're not bluffing?" Artemis said with slightly more confidence than he really had. This was very (x737) bad. Unfortunately, he knew Spiro was telling him the truth. And also he knew that grudges could distort a person's judgement. This could be used to his advantages. After all, it wasn't like the People were going to leave him here to die, right? Right?
* * *
Miles below ground, Captain Holly Short was trying to avoid that particular scenario. "How can we let him die?" she asked. "He may not have been your best friend, commander, but he wasn't public enemy #1!"
Root was, remarkably, staying on what the officers called "blood purple mode". "What do you care? I'm not happy with it either, but this is the Council's decision."
"Then I'll change their minds. They can shove their ideas about Artemis being a threat up their" Holly was interrupted by a loud explosion from the firing range. She was on her way out the door.
* * *
Truth be told, Holly wasn't sure why she was during this. Running into Council HQ was not in her normal to-do list. She might've been getting fond of the Mud Boy. Ew. ____________________________________________________________________________ __________
Next chapter: Mulch enters, and Holly faces the Council.
Do I detect a hint of A/H?