Was that a cliffhanger? Hehe, I didn't know, sorry. Well, if that was a cliffhanger I suppose this ends in one too.

Thanks!

Artemis sat up, his face contorted into a furious expression. Of course, it wasn't really him. The force of the shot wasn't enough to knock Chrysanthene out of his head.

"You're right," he said. "I didn't like it."

Holly smirked. "You said you would like anything new."

Chrysanthene snarled and lunged, pinning her to the floor. Normally Artemis wouldn't be able to hold down a struggling Holly, but then again, normally he wouldn't even think of doing it. However, he was possessed by a crazy witch, so he wasn't normal anymore.

She was stronger, but he was taller and he wasn't himself. There was no doubt on who would come out the winner in this struggle.

He eventually was able to pin down her arms and legs, and he smirked at her. "Well, that event led to this one, so I guess I liked it."

Holly frowned. "Actually, it didn't. You were the one who made the choice to attack, so this is a whole new event."

"But I was provoked by that other event, so this is the same scene."

"Actually it's not. If this were a book, they would be in different chapters. If this were a movie, they would be in different scenes."

Inside, though, Holly completely agreed with Chrysanthene. She was just stalling so she could reach her Neutrino, which was right beside her but out of reach. It was a difficult task, and involved stretching her fingers to the limit.

"Really? I don't think so. They could be in different chapters, but they would be the same scene."

There! She was able to grab the handle of her weapon. She tried not to let the triumph show on her face, instead continuing to struggle uselessly.

But something in Artemis's face flickered. He stopped smirking and simply frowned. His eyebrows drew together in an expression that showed he was trying to figure something out. Then, to Holly's disadvantage, he did figure it out.

"You grabbed your little weapon, did you? Smart elf. You were distracting me with that pathetic excuse for an argument, I suppose." He put his weight on her arms, so she couldn't aim her weapon, much less fire it. Of course now her arms were very sore, not to mention rapidly losing circulation. She would have to get him off her fast, before her hands became completely useless.

She had always been a good actress, but she wasn't the best. This could give her a slight disadvantage, but she would have to try. She heard footsteps, and that gave her an idea.

"Chrysanthene!" she said. "Do you know what people would say if they saw us like this?"

"Like what? And besides, people won't-" the witch broke off, hearing the footsteps.

"Like this! You're a boy, and I'm a girl. This is really an indecent position. Someone might even mistake me for a human, and you don't want that, do you?"

Chrysanthene was panicking. Holly knew this would work. The witch was fun loving, insane and evil, but she seemed to be decent enough.

Finally she jumped off the elf. Holly smirked at her and triumphantly raised her weapon.

She fired, and that was the exact time the door opened. His parents looked, horrified, at what seemed to be an assassin trying to kill their son.