Hmm… there have been a lot of interesting guesses as to what will happen next. To be completely honest, I'm not too sure if I still want to do what I had originally planned. Especially after reading the manga comic (Instant Teen – Just Add Nuts). That had some pretty good ideas for what I could do with a cliffy like that. Sorry for all those who didn't like the fact that I'd done one, but I didn't know what I wanted to do now. I don't know if I've said this for a while, but I own none of the characters in this fanfic, just their OOC-ishness and what they do. And did.
Shuffling as Artemis moves closer "Yes Holly?"
THWACK "That's all Fowl."
"OUCH! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"
"For your stupidity, Fowl. How dumb are you anyway?"
"It's not my fault that the cupboard door jumped out and hurt my nose. It wasn't a good enough reason for you too hit me on the head like that."
"Meh. If it makes the little baby and better, Aunty Holly hurt her head too."
O,o "riiiggghht…" Sniffs
"Ok, Fowl. Come here again."
"No! You'll probably just try to hit me on my head again."
"No, no. I swear I won't."
"Oo kaaay…" Shuffling noises
Meanwhile, with Butler and Foaly (sequel will help for this to make more sense)
"Thank the Gods we finally got out of there."
"I agree, Butler."
"Tell me, Foaly, is it normal for that room not to be visited at all in one day?"
"I don't really know."
"I wonder how Artemis has been doing without me today."
"I expect he'll have survived. It's not like he's stupid or anything!"
"True."
"Hmmm… I wonder why he wasn't in the toilets while you were watching them. Unless…"
"He went the wrong way, didn't he?"
"More than likely. Come on, I think that room's a janitors closet?"
Back to Artemis and Holly…
The next few seconds happened in a slight wee blur for all the participants, but seemed to last an age. Sadly, there was no dialogue for that period of time, so it will have to be told like this:
Holly closed her eyes, to avoid grimacing at what she was about to do. One thought ran through her head; what the fuck are you doing, you eejit?
Artemis on the other hand, did grimace, and flinched as he saw Holly's eyes close, heard her take a breath…
Butler and Foaly…"I think this it the door he would've taken."
"Well done, Butler. Apart from the fact that that door is the last one to try, I have no idea how you could've possibly figured it out!"
Hmmm… I think I'll leave it there for today. Sadly, the end is near, but I really don't want it to be! But there are only so many things you can make Holly and Artemis do in a janitor's closet (without slash, people. Any idiot could write something like that.) And I'm sorry I'm leaving this chapter in more or less the same way as last time. And for any confusion. It will make sense when the sequel or whatever is posted. Any ideas for the next title?