Hold Me

Chapter 2- Suicide!

Holly: Okay, people. Listen up. Here's chapter 2 of Hold Me, which is :blushes: an Artemis x Holly fanfic. The authoress worked hard on it, so please review! She wants to know exactly how many people read her fanfics, so she can decide whether or not to continue them. So here's chapter 2 of Hold me: Suicide! Oh yeah, and the authoress doesn't own the Artemis Fowl characters, though she wishes she does. Enjoy!

As Holly stepped out of the shuttle arriving in Tara, she took a deep breath. Ah, she thought. Unfiltered air. It still smelled bad from all the pollutants Mud Men put in it but it was better than the stale air in Haven. Now, to get to Fowl Manor, she thought. She clicked her shield on and started flying.

As she arrived at the gates, she heard Foaly's voice in her ear. "Holly? Can you hear me?"

"Yes," Holly answered. "What's up?"

"I need to do a scan of Fowl Manor before you enter. I want you to fly over it."

"Got it," Holly said and immediately proceeded to fly over the immense mansion.

As Foaly watched his screen, he frowned. "That's funny..." he muttered.

"What?"

"Nobody's there except for one person and judging by the size, shape, and placement I'd say it was Artemis. The fact that only one person is there is very suspicious, considering a) Butler is usually hanging around Artemis unless he's at school(A/N: Artemis is at school) , and b) Mr and Ms. Fowl are usually home minding the house. You'd better check what's going on. I'll guide you through the manor."

Right," Holly said, and went inside, Foaly's voice in her ear telling her what to do.

When Holly entered the room Artemis was in, what she saw almost gave her a heart attack. She was so surprised she even stopped shielding.

Artemis as sitting in the middle of the room, unchecked tears pouring down his face. His hair was messed up, and his clothes were rumpled. His whole form was messy. But what scared Holly the most was the blood dripping down his arms and the dagger that was pointed at his chest. Wielded by his own hands. As he slowly turned to Holly he uttered one word, "Bye."

"NO!" Holly screamed, ripping the dagger from his grip. Her whole body shook as she stood there, yelling at Artemis. "D'ARVIT ARTEMIS WHAT THE FUCKING HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"

Artemis gazed at her with sad eyes. "They're dead, Holly. I killed them."

Holly stopped short and sat down in front of Artemis. She then asked gently, "What do you mean, you killed them?"

Fresh tears poured over Artemis' cheeks as he collapsed into Holly's lap. "I killed them, Holly." his muffled voice sobbed. "I was doing an experiment with some explosive substances. I had a special force field around me, but I never put one anywhere else, I thought that the explosion wouldn't be that big. But it was. I created a less potent bio-bomb, much like the fairies', except it could be resisted. It went through the mansion, killing everybody but me. Butler, Juliet, my mother, and my father. All dead! And because of me. I thought it might as well have killed me. I feel responsible. Who would have thought that the cold, gold hungry Artemis fowl would feel remorse? The old me, when I first kidnapped you, wouldn't have." He emitted a short barking laugh. "I've lost everything. Holly, just let me kill myself."

Holly was speechless for a few seconds at Artemis. Then it broke. "Artemis, don't you DARE ever think that again. You are going to live to a ripe old age. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO KILL YOURSELF! Yes, you made a stupid mistake, everybody does that, just most people don't have such serious repercussions. But even though it was your fault, I KNOW your family and the Butlers wouldn't want you to kill yourself for this. Do you think it would help if you died? NO! They would have wanted to stay alive, and that's what I plan for you to do. You are going to help their memories live on. You are a millionaire, build a memorial, hold a lavish funeral, but for god's sake, DON'T KILL YOURSELF!" Her voice softened. "And besides, you haven't lost everything. You still have me, we're friends, remember? "

Artemis looked up at Holly. "Thank you, Holly, for talking some sense into me. You're right. And-um, Holly?"

"Yeah, Mud Boy?"

"Did you really mean that? You know, the part where you said we were friends?"

"Yes, of course! Do you really think I'd leave you alone here to mope? At least, if you don't think we're friends, I'm still the closest thing you have to one now, so well, yeah. And if you're still dwelling on the part where you kidnapped me? Forget it. We're even. You know? I think I have some inspiration for you. There was one songI always loved, it was called Simple and Clean and it was by a Mud Girl, someone named Utada Hikaru. The last verse was my favorite, and it always held me up when I was down. It goes,

Hold me

Whatever lies beyond this morning

Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all

Nothing's like before

"Thank you Holly. So what can I do now? I mean, I know I have the funds and everything, but I'm an orphan. I'm a Ward of the State, or at least I'll probably become one soon. I'll be put in custody of some old lady who bakes cookies and I'll probably never have a free day again."

Holly thought about this for a moment. "I got it. You can come live in Haven, Foaly will somehow change all your funds into fairy gold or something. We could use you in the LEP, in the brains department with Foaly or something like that. You're 16, correct? Well, then in 2 years you'll become a legal adult and you can return. Until then, you can live in Haven as long as you don't plot against us or devise a plan to take over or the like. Foaly can make up an excuse for why you've disappeared. Okay plan?"

Artemis pondered for a moment, then smiled. "I say that's a great plan."

"Okay then!" Holly said with a bright smile. "what are we waiting for?"

"Maybe for my arms to stop bleeding?" Artemis suggested. "I feel sort of faint." And with that he did.

Holly gasped and quickly put her hands to the deep slashes on the unconscious boy's arms. Oooh. Yikes. He must've lost a lot of blood. "Foaly, are you getting this?' She quickly said into her mike.

"Yep," Foaly answered as he leaned closer to his plasma screen. "He's lost a lot of blood. Better heal him fast and get him over to our medi-warlocks."

"Okay." Holly placed her hands on Artemis' arms. "Heal." The blue sparks sensed her urgency and quickly spread in large amounts around Artemis' arms. In a few minutes, his arms were completely healed, except for two long crescent shaped scars, one on each arm. Hurriedly she wrapped him in cam-foil and sped off back toward Tara.

A/N: So, there's the second chapter! Kind of short, isn't it. Please review!