Traps

A/N and Disclaimer: I don't own Artemis Fowl. Yeah no duh. One, I'm not a guy. Two, I don't live in Ireland. And Three, as much as I want to be, I'm not a bestselling author.

A/N: I loved that cliffhanger. Didn't you? No, I thought not. Reviews:)

Holly looked Sool in the eyes. There was free will written all over them. His pupils were normal sized...and his bloodshot eyes screamed EVIL! That ruled out Mesmerizing.

Holly sat waiting for Sool to move. Butler was advancing from behind and Sool was waiting for it. What he didn't expect was for Holly to jump up and kick him right in between the rib cage, knocking the wind out of him and breaking some bones.

A long stream of curses erupted from Sool's mouth. (A/N: If I wrote them down, this would be rated M, and I if bleeped them out, it would take up three sheets of paper.) He decided to fire the rifle. The bullet zoomed forth, catching a certain unprepared female elf by surprise. Holly just smiled. She smiled a smile that said, "You fell for it, you moron." She dropped to the ground, the smile permanently frozen to her face.

Trouble and Root's image grew closer and closer. Butler and Sool fading, with Butler screaming, "Holly... Holly." With Butler grabbing Sool and beating the snot out of the gnome.

Trouble and Root were there, but when Holly reached out to touch them, to see if they were real, pain flooded her body jerking her back into reality. She wanted to see them, to stay there with them. Don't wake up. She wanted to talk with Trouble, speak with Root, and stay there with them.

Holly didn't want to wake up, but she couldn't leave Foaly, not without an explanation. She didn't want to be the next bad news. She struggled.

Sool was unconscious, but still alive. Butler stopped hurting him. There was something that had caught his eye. Blue sparks were playing around Holly's body. The wound was healing. Butler saw the bloodstained bullet. The magic had spat it out. Holly was alive! Butler ran over to her. She sat up, her eyes readjusting. Her face was changing towards the look of pain and surprise, then just surprised.

"Look." Holly pointed over Butler's shoulder toward the ceiling. The ceiling was...laughing? Butler walked up to a small grey disk resting on the ceiling.

Butler knew that laughter. It was Opal Koboi's. But how? HOW? She was in prison, no money, no magic.

"SOOL!" Butler screamed. "YOU MADE THE LAST MSITAKE! I WOULD KNOW THAT VOICE ANYWHERE!"

The disk exploded, vanishing. Sool disappeared, too. The doors locked and the rifle was being aimed, without a body to carry it.

It was a trap and they fell for it.

A/N: Short, I know, but Holly didn't die, in that chapter. I won't ruin it for you in the fifth one. Not EVERYBODY dies in the end. Reviews?