Sorry this is so short! I just had to catch you up on the Artemis end. I don't own Artemis.
When Artemis had woken up that morning, he had an idea. Not a very good one, but he couldn't take not knowing any longer. He sent Butler to bring the girl back to the manor with as little fuss as possible. Yes, it was illegal, yes, he would feel bad if he had put a simple human through the unpleasantries of kidnapping, was he going to change his mind? No, certainly not. He needed something to tell Holly that evening, if this was a natural mutation, it had to be explored. If one of his enemies controlled this new ability, they had to be stopped.
Artemis paced his office for the majority of the day. He had convinced his parents to take the twins pumpkin picking without him. They would be gone for most of the afternoon, enough time to get the girl into the house. If Butler shows up soon, Artemis thought, glancing at his watch for the third time that minute. A beep from his security system sent his gaze to the monitors.
Butler had just entered the manor, with the girl. A frown appeared on the young man's face. He sense of morality was alive and flourishing. His conscious was begging the girl to be one of the people so it could justify doing this. Artemis watched Butler's progress on the monitors, the girl was placed in one of the nicer holding cell, there were quite a few, and soon the bodyguard was knocking on his office door.
"Come in Butler." Artemis said.
"I've never seen anything like her." Butler said after a minute of silence.
"What do you mean?" Artemis asked, intrigued.
"She caught me tailing her not once, but twice! And she managed to shake me for a few minutes the first time!" Butler exclaimed. Artemis smiled.
"I do hope you're not getting too old for this business Butler."
"She's far too observant for a normal teenage." Butler told his charge. The bodyguard was still rather upset that the girl had noticed him at all. They settled into a silence. Artemis thinking, and Butler watching the monitors.
"She should stir soon." He said a few minutes later. "I gave her the lowest dose I had." True to his statement, the teenager began to stir soon after. Artemis made his way down to the cell, he let her wake up and collect her bearings, before he walked in.
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry! I'm sorry it was so short! I was working on this one-shot that didn't turn out right and was a total waste of four hours, but anyway, I had to end it there because the confrontation has to be from Jen's point of view, well I want it to be, it doesn't have to. Jeez, i'm just ranting! Ideas, suggestions, comments? Oh and guess what? This story is one short of 100 reads! Super happy!
Sam