Special thanks to refloc, my first reviewer. Yeah, it was a little out of sequence. It was supposed to have dividers, but for some reason didn't put them in. So I just put in some words. And this chapter is much like the other one, only Holly knows something about her kidnapper now. (You know what, I was so happy when you reviewed. Check out my bio, and you'll find there an advertisement of your fic.) Oh yes, and can you tell me a nice vacation place in Europe which has a different time zone from Ireland? I was thinking Italy but I wasn't sure if it had a different time zone.
Chapter title: er... Chapter 2. How original.
Summary: Artemis wakes up again. Just as exhausted. The only reason he still didn't have bags under his eyes was because he had slept the whole afternoon yesterday. Meanwhile, Holly finds herself in a brightly lit room. Of course, she meets her kidnapper, who is...
Can't tell you. :D
Disclaimer: Yes I'm sure I own something here... Er, let me just look through the pile of things belonging to Eoin Colfer...
On with it!
Holly woke up. She tried to yawn, and found she couldn't. Was she even awake? She didn't know. All she could see was redness.
"Hello."
If she had been able to move, she would have jumped.
"Don't worry, the effects of the paralysis fluid will wear off in a matter of hours. 120 minutes,
to be precise."
Of course. It all came back to her now. The refrigerator, the paralysis. Who are you? she asked. Obviously it was only in her head because she couldn't speak.
"Now I'm sure you would be asking me who I am and what I've done. If you were able to talk.
Well, for the latter, I have obviously kidnapped you. As for who I am... I will not tell you just yet. And I am certain that you want to know, so I will take pity on you and tell you one thing.
It should be obvious, but at least I told you. I am a male."
Obviously! With that kind of voice, who could think he was female? Holly willed herself to be calm. She babbled nonsense when she panicked. She was panicking now.
"I suppose I must leave you now. Oh yes, and do not try to escape once the 120 minutes is done. There is a magnetic sphere around your bed. There is about one foot from the bed to the edge of the sphere, so you can walk, if careful."
The person left.
Strange, Holly thought. That voice sounded a bit familiar...
Mulch's point of view
Mulch woke up. He knew there was something he was supposed to do, but he couldn't quite remember it. He spotted the communicator on Holly's desk. Odd, he thought. I fell asleep at my desk, and now the communicator is on Holly's desk and she doesn't seem to be anywhere.
Then he remembered. Yes. It was odd.
So Holly must have been kidnapped. He whistled slightly. She was tough, and she wasn't easy to drag. Unless she couldn't move...
Mulch began to look frantically for any sign of where she was dragged.
Artemis's point of view
Artemis woke up. It was a glorious morning, like yesterday. But he was also exhausted, like yesterday. The only reason he didn't have dark circles and bags under his eyes was because he had slept in the afternoon.
Of course it was perfectly understandable that he was in a bad mood. After all, who wouldn't be if you were supposed to have a worry-free vacation and you were too exhausted to do anything but sleep?
He could have gone walking along the lagoon. He could have gone kayaking with his father on the lagoon, even if he did not know how and he was not the strongest person on earth.
He could have gone on the tour with his mother. But no. He had to sleep because he was tired.
The day went on without anything exciting. They were inside the house all the time, because it had started to rain hard. A nice, refreshing change from the heat of the summer.
As he got into bed and closed his eyes, he didn't notice a small black shadow on the window sill.
Author's Notes: So? Nice? Bad? Terrible? Sad? I might never know. Since I am a nice person I will not ask for you to review. I will just ask you to tell me what you think. No it is NOT the same thing.