Title: Trojan

Genre: Action/Adventure

Spoilers: None really.

AU/Cannon: AU

Author: Seadragon

Dedicated to: The story I wrote, and lost in Europe.

Ship: Not telling!

Slash: None.

Summary: After a mission that claimed the lives of all her partners, Holly must face anger and hate at work. Tears fall in secret, where no one will see them. When the enemy from the first mission returns for revenge; no one believes her, to fight it; she'll need a little help.

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Chapter 5: Guess Who's Back?

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"Come on Laton! We've got to go to the OP booth." Holly smiled for the first time in a while, she was going to get a chance to show them what she could do, with or without her team.

She put the envelope into a desk drawer and step out into the corridor. As she and Laton walked purposely down the hallway towards the Operations Booth, several fairies stuck their heads out of their cubicles and watched them go by. Root just grinned.

When they got there, Foaly was waiting for them, holding a couple blasters, and some piece of technology, it was completely foreign to Holly, who didn't understand most of the stuff Foaly created.

She looked at it apprehensively, then at Foaly, silently demanding him to explain. Which he did.

"Water shield. A sort of suit I guess. Press this button while holding it to your chest, and you are covered in a shield of solid water. Not ice. It's water that holds its form and moves with you, it's to block fire balls, just in case it's goblins again."

She eyed it with distrust, but took one anyway. "How long does it last?"

"It's reusable, as many times as you like. To take it off just hold it back to your chest, and press the button again. It'll last as long as you leave it on." Foaly said with a smirk. "That way, you won't get hell from Root for wasting technology. Better put it on now, just in case." Holly complied, and was shrouded in a layer off water, which sunk into her LEP jumpsuit. Laton did the same. The only place you could see the water shield was anywhere not covered with cloth. So they both had water coating their hands and face like a second skin.

"Any thing else?" Holly asked, taking the blaster from Foaly. "Hey, what is this thing?"

"A Fissure 3.0. New model, made by me, thank you. Six settings, the three normal ones, one specially designed to cut holes in rock, or cement, one that allows you to shoot to kill." Hurriedly he added, "It's locked though. Only if it is Okayed by Root can it be unlocked with this key." He held up a small silver key, and pointed to a panel with 10 identical key holes, each with an ID number, and the name of whoever was using it. Above the first two (F30-1 and F30-2) the names Holly Short and Laton Rewmifs had blinked on. "And the last setting, taking into consideration the various operations you have had to do with your gun, is for surgery." Foaly grinned.

Holly just looked at the blaster. "Fancy."

"Of course. And in response to your 'anything else?', yes, there is one more thing. Well, two." He handed them both ear pieces.

"Uh, Foaly?" Holly asked. He looked at her. "We'll have our helmets."

"No you won't."

"Pardon?" Holly asked with incredulity.

"All the helmets are being updated, you won't have any." Foaly said plainly. "Therefore, you need an ear piece." He peered into both of their eyes. "Right, one set green, one set hazel."

[AN: I know I said Laton's eyes are black, but that has been changed. They are now green. Thank you.]

He grabbed two boxes off his numerous shelves and handed one to each of them. Holly opened hers.

"Foaly, why two iris cams?"

"Just a little experiment, nothing big." Foaly said nonchalantly.

Holly shrugged and expertly slid the iris cams in. Laton did the same, quite well actually. Too well for someone who had just joined the LEP. Holly shook her head. She was too accusatory. Maybe they had started teaching them how in the Academy, she wouldn't now, she hadn't been there in a while.

"Alright, are we all set now Foaly?" Holly asked exasperatedly.

"Hmm, well, there was one more thing I wanted to test."

Holly grabbed Laton with her good arm and ran.

"Why do people always do that?!"

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Thanking all the gods she had been too busy to turn around after she grabbed his arm and pulled him out of OPs with her, Laton shrugged out of her grip. He sighed with relief and continued to follow her.

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Holly, Laton still following, made her way to the entrance of Police Plaza, ignoring the whispers from other LEP members.

Once outside she spoke into the ear piece, which doubled as a mic. "Hey, Foaly, where too now?"

"Spider Alley, didn't you read what was in the folder?"

"Quiet donkey boy, I don't have the memory of a Sploogul." Holly said. Splooguls were another strange mutation. They were more of possessions though. You bought them at a store, and told them things you wanted to remember, sort of like a day planner, except day planners aren't hot pink with five legs and a light bulb with eyes for a head. Which reminded her, she needed to get one of those sometime soon. Oh well, maybe next time she had to go grocery shopping...

"Haven to Holly, are you there?"

Holly scowled. "Of course I'm here." She started walking towards Spider Alley, Laton behind her. "Is there any rush?"

"No Holly, the goblins will wait patiently for you to come before they kill anyone."

"One can always hope."

Holly started jogging towards the general direction of Spider Alley, which, thankfully wasn't to far away. She drew the Fissure 3.0, just in case, and put it on setting three.

There was smoke rising from Spider Alley. Holly could just make out roaring flames from where she was. She broke into a desperate run.

She stopped dead at the entrance to the alley. She stared in horror. There was an army of goblins marching towards her, setting fire to everything behind them. She looked to the sides, and saw gas tanks, lots of gas tanks.

"Oh shit..." That was all she managed to say, then there was a huge flash of light, and the sound of roaring flames.