VampirePeaches- hehe, sorry. Nope this is and Artemis/OOC. But he and Holly become close friends. But if you wonderful reviewers want me to, I might put some H/T!

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Okie Dokie everyone, here goes my next chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything that Eoin Colfer owns. Duh.

Holly pushed her way through the thick crowd, swearing under her breath. Sweat trickled down her back. The days that the streets were packed the most, was always the days that she needed to get to Police Plaza the fastest. Mud Men has a saying for that. What was it? Murphy's Law, or something like that…

After she had slogged through billions of people, cursed out street venders that were, eh, 'obstructing a LEP officer', she finally made it to the office. She slammed the doors open, and they rang into an unnatural silence. Holly walked through the doors, and peered around at the absence of officers; at the absence of anybody at all. The whole LEP looked like it was completely deserted. Where was everybody? It was never this quiet at the LEP. Some officers had even bought earmuffs…a feeling of fear stole through her. What had happened?

She closed her eyes and listened. She finally heard a quiet murmur of voices coming from the direction of a large auditorium room. She could almost feel the tension and fear in the air. She broke into a run. Just as she neared the auditorium, the doors burst open, and all of the LEP officers poured out. Everyone had strange looks on their faces, varying from shock to horror, even tears. Holly gulped. What had happened?

She let her eyes drift over the crowd, searching for one of her friends, or someone she knew. Trouble Kelp! She wove through the milling masses toward him.

"Trouble!" she whispered harshly, and he whirled around.

"Holly!" he said in surprise. "Where were you?"

"Eh…it a long story involving evil street vendors and diamonds." She said, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms. "What happened?" Trouble winced, his face going pale, and his eyes darted around the room, as if looking for an escape route. When he didn't answer, she grabbed his arm. "Tell me!" she demanded.

"We have been discovered." He whispered hoarsely, staring at his feet. "The Mud Men are coming."

Ok, Ok, I know it was very very short, but I just HAD to end it there. You know what I mean. Please don't hurt me! Please!

(And check out my one-shot-maybe-two-shot fic called "Holly Knew"!)

I'll post ASAP!

Yours forever,

ReavanDawn

ARG! This sucks. (a lot) I tried to edit it as much as I could…but…I don't think that there is much hope for it…I'm gonna start another story, I think. Plot bunnies, anyone?

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