Just came back from camp yesterday, filler chapter, sorry it's so short. I don't own AF.
Only it was Holly, not Artemis's mother, who was shouting at him. Artemis's mother had called to inform him and Butler that an old friend of Angeline's had invited them to dinner, and they were staying the night. Holy had managed to get the night off, and showed up on the doorstep moments after Artemis had hung up with his mother. After banging on the door for far longer than usual, Butler was preoccupied watching Jen, Holly was in a bad mood. Artemis opened the door, looking almost flustered.
"What took you so long Arty?" She asked, and gave him a friendly punch in the shoulder. He winced, but quickly shook it off and plastered on a pleasant smile.
"Make yourself at home Holly, you always do, i'll be with you in a few minutes." Artemis told her, and Holly raised an eyebrow.
"You've got to be doing something important to keep me waiting." Holly said. Artemis's smile became even more strained, and he nodded. Holly raised the other eyebrow. "Fowl, nod? I didn't think your head was capable of it. What are you doing?"
"Something important that requires my immediate attention." Holly laughed.
"So, you're either blowing something up, playing with magic, or questioning a kidnappee." She said jokingly. It wasn't that Artemis was a bad liar, he was amazing at it, but the Commander knew him so well, she could easily see the almost nonexistent twitch that came with that last suggestion.
"No." She shook her head. "You're straight now, no crimes, no thefts, no nothing. If you have that girl in one of your holding cells..." Holly let the threat hang, and when he said nothing she could help shouting,
"Artemis how could you!?" She was speechless, she had been so sure he had changed for good. She launched in to a lecture, not letting Artemis get a syllable in edgewise. She watched without realizing what she was seeing, his growing frustration. After a good five minutes he shouted,
"I was frustrated alright!" Holly looked shocked. "I should have been able to figure it out but I couldn't, okay?" She didn't speak for a while, slowly losing steam, but still extremely surprised at the show of emotion. Finally, she sighed,
"You better take me to this poor kid, and i'll attempt to to fix some of the phycological damage that you've inflicted." He consented and took her down to the cell.
"Stay here for a moment." Artemis told her, and went of to find the key or something like that. From the one way mirror in front of her, Holly got a good look at the kid. She was short, not People short, but short just the same. She had had pointed features and at first glance she appeared to be a sort of human, elf and pixie hybrid. But the way she slouched, and glared at the wall, was distinctly teenage human.
Artemis came back with a key, some high tech thing that Foaly would love and Holly would never understand. He led her to a plain wooden door and unlocked it. Holly prepared herself, and hoped the girl's mind wasn't too far gone.
Well it's there. It crud, but it's there. I've gotten several wonderful review over the past few weeks, and I want to thank you guys so much for your support, but I will say it again, I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS IS GOING. These are all just filler chapters until I figure something out. SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND IDEAS ARE VERY, VERY WELCOME! Thanks for reading!
Sam