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Holly kept jerking her hands apart to see if they cuffs would break. Even when she knew they wouldn't, she did it anyway to annoy Jason and anyone around him. He had an earpiece in and someone started to talk to him.
She clanged the chains against the floor as loudly as possible but he ignored her. She let out a loud sigh and he glanced at her. She rolled her eyes, 'Trying to ignore me now, huh?'
She hit the chains loudly on the wall and then smacked them forcefully as if to open them. Instead she bent it and a sharp piece stabbed into her wrist. Blood started flowing from the wound and evertime she moved it got bigger since the metal was stuck in place.
She bit her lip and tried to move her wrist away but it just made her bleed more. She couldn't heal either because the metal was in the way. She growled under her breath, not concerned with the fact that Jason was staring at her.
He undid the cage and fixed the piece of metal, trying to heal her afterwards. She pushed him away, so he locked the key and walked away. She didn't heal herself because she knew it would make him angry, "Besides it doesn't hurt now that there is no metal.'
She looked at the cage thoroughly, 'This thing is a piece of crap, as are these handcuffs.'
She heard Jason and listened, "Don't let anyone in or out. She locked up so all you have to do is keep this door locked. I'll be right back."
The door was shut and locked. This was her chance. She easily removed a hairpin from the layers of her hair and unlocked the cuffs. He was dumb not to look there, she may not be a girlie girl but at least she knew what she needed to escape.
Now for the fast part. She had to break out of the cage and get out the door before he came back or backup was alerted. She took a deep breath and kicked the cage door hard. It easily fell off its hinges, lock pad still attached to the other side.
She jumped out and slipped to the door. She heard to guard unlock it and it creaked open slowly. She laughed in her head, 'What an idiot! The one thing he told him not to do was to open the frickin door... so what does he do. OPEN THE DOOR!'
Once it was open enough she punched him in the face and ran out. His nose was bleeding but she just kept running. She got to the end of the hall and turned, smacking into someone.
He grabbed her arm and laughed, "Did you really think it would be that easy? There are plenty of people crawling down here. I can't believe you ran the wrong way to."
She tried to push away from him but he just shook his head, "I have something to show you anyways. Come with me."
He yet again forced her down some hallway and threw her to the floor in the next room. She growled angrily this time and shot up from the floor, "Why don't you just kill me and get it over with?"
"Holly?" Came a voice.
Holly's head wipped around so fast she swear she heard her neck pop. Artemis was sitting in a chair with his hands tied behind his back and his feet tied to the bottoms. Her mouth dropped open, "Artemis!"
Artemis awoke but his eyes just stayed closed, he didn't have the strength to open them. His face hurt and his head was pounding so hard he thought it could explode. He moved his hands but he could feel them tied behind his back, 'I must be tied to a chair since I'm sitting up.'
He bit his lip as it felt like an explosion really did go off in his head. Oh wait, that was just the door banging open. He could hear male voices whispering but it was to low to make out. Then they were gone. He opened his eyes and saw that he was alone.
'Well at least no one will punch me in the face this time for looking at them,' He thought to himself and moved his wrists to see if his bound hands would come undone. No luck at all. Finally he felt something on his head. He instantly knew it was blood, 'Oh great!'
He concentrated on the spot and whispered to himself, "Heal!" The spot on his head began to feel less exposed to the air and his explosion turned into an irritating once in a while pulse. He sighed with relief, 'At least I can use my magic easily.'
He closed his eyes when the door banged open again. Something hit the floor and growled, 'That isn't even sane if they feed me to something.'
"Why don't you just kill me and get it over with?" Growled an all to familiar voice of Holly Short.
"Holly?" He almost whispered, opening his eyes. She wipped around and gapped at him.
"Artemis!" She exclaimed back. She looked almost crushed to see him there, "Are you okay?"
She tried to bound towards him but Jason was behind her and grabbed her by the hair. Pulling her towards him instead, "Now I thought I warned you about this kid, Holly. He is trying to ruin what we have. I promised that I would kill him if I saw him."
"No! Let go of me!" She yelled angrily but he just yanked on her hair harder, making her yelp.
"LET HER GO!!" Yelled Artemis, trying to get out of his ropes, "LEAVE HER ALONE!"
"HA!" Jason yelled, throwing Holly easily to the side, "You think that she would want to be with you. That she loves you or something. I am the only person Holly really cares for, you can see it and you know it. She's mine and I'll kill anyone who tells me otherwise."
"Well then kill me," Artemis said calmly, glaring at him, "She doesn't care anymore. Your just jealous because she moved on to better things. Loves more important people. Your worth nothing, I'm a rich, handsome, and smart being, who gets what ever I want. I am someone of great importance and you are a nobody."
"SHUT UP!" Jason screamed at him.
"You can lie to yourself all you want but she wants someone who can get her through life not someone who just simply loves her," Artemis ranted on. Holly gave him a look and he smiled vampiricly.
"You know nothing of Holly and I'll kill you for even thinking about her like that!!" Jason screamed even louder.
"The only reason you're so jealous of us is because you know I'm right. Doesn't jealousy just kill you," Artemis finished.
"SHUT UP!!" Jason screamed again, pulling out a knife and stabbing Artemis deeply in the leg. Artemis yelped a little bit but not like he would have when he was younger, he was tougher now.
Jason was so angry now that he was blind with fury. So blind in fact he didn't notice Holly come up behind him. He turned around right as Holly's fist started to fly. He hit the floor and everything went black.
Holly jumped over him, ripping the knife out of Artemis's leg. He moaned in pain asking, "Couldn't you be more gentle?"
"No time," She replied, using the knife to cut the rope for his hands. Once it cut through he started to untie a leg while she cut the rope of the other one. He was out in under thirty seconds. They ran to the door and Holly kicked the guard in the stomach as they past.
Confused and not really knowing where they were supposed to go. They searched for up. They just found stairs when a hairy head poked up from the ground, "Jeez, I thought I'd never find you!"
"Mulch!" Holly squeeked in delight, "I am so glad to see you! Which way is out?"
"Up the stairs, take a left and than take a right, go through the first door to the right. Go through the room to the door, once out the door up the stairs, the door at the top of the stairs leads to the main entry door," Mulch nodded, "You got that?"
"Artemis you got that?" Holly asked not even remembering the first thing he said.
"Of course I do," Artemis replied, rolling his eyes, "Thanks Mulch!"
"Oh and take this," Mulch quickly said handing them a walkie talkie, "Trouble will explain on the way out."
With that he jumped into the dirt and was gone. Artemis turned on the radio and said, "This is Artemis and Holly over."
"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG I WAS GOING INSANE!!" Butler shouted though the walkie. There was a thump, a rustling noise, and a shout of, 'DON'T EVEN START WITH ME!!'
"Hey, are you two alright?" Juliet's voice came over the walkie.
"We're good," Artemis replied as they reached the door, it was locked, "Let us talk to Kelp!"
He handed the walkie to Holly and kicked the door in. Holly looked at him surprised, especially when he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the room, "I told you I trained with Domovoi and Juliet."
"A lot!" Holly murmured to herself as the next door was closed. This one was newer than the other one.
"Trouble here," Came a voice from the walkie. Artemis started kicking the door.
"What's our status?" Holly asked.
"We don't have anyone in the building besides you and Artemis. There are things in there that will really destroy people so we're blowing up the building and anyone in side...once you get out that is," Trouble started, "Where are you?"
Artemis started to ram the door and it gave way. They automatically made there way to the stairs, "Almost out!" Holly exclaimed into the walkie, "How long till it detonates?"
"When Domovoi hits the button cause he doesn't trust anyone else!" Mulch said sulkily from the other end. Holly and Artemis laughed in spite of themselves. Can the dwarf not be funny? No it was his nature.
"Where are you?" Butler's voice came back and Artemis took the walkie.
"We are at the stairs. So we will be out in a second," Artemis hurried, turning off the walkie.
"Butler is going to freak out on you!" Holly laughed as she opened the door and they ran out.
"Later, I don't want Jason to escape before..."
"You blow up my work," Jason sneered as he stood before them. The connection for the bomb was off. It couldn't be remote detonated, "I don't think so."
Holly went to grab her gun but it wasn't there, "Wha...?"
"I removed that remember," Jason laughed, walking backwards to the door. He pulled out a walkie of his own, "One word and my army comes. I suggest you stay put."
He walked out and Holly sighed, "He has his own bomb but he won't set it off not while all his men are here. He's going to get them inside. I want you to go outside."
"But Holly..." Artemis protested.
"No buts... just go," She urged him pushing him away. He grabbed her by the arm, kissing her passionetly on the lips.
"Don't make me wait to long," he muttered, turning and running out the door. She stood there for a moment and then went to find the bomb.
"What are you doing?" Yelled Jason, "Get back over there in the house. Or else I'll blow it with your precious girl in there."
"Oh I don't think you will," Artemis smirked, "I mean come on you are to obbsesed to kill her that easily."
"Don't tempt me MUD BOY!!!" Jason yelled angrily, Artemis just shook his head.
"Getting angry again. I see we still didn't teach you anything," Artemis came back easily and swift. Jason hadn't a chance to calm down at all.
"Why you?" He growled, unsheathing... a sword? Artemis gave him a look.
"You have to be kidding me?" Artemis murmured. When he looked back at Jason he was right in front of him, already swinging. Artemis just had time to duck out of the way and roll back up.
"I have something I can use better than anyone of our time," Jason smirked, "I'd like to see you dodge this blade forever."
With that he swung again.
It wasn't hard to find it. It lay right in the middle of the entire building. Never really the creative type was he. She looked around and found rope, she sighed, 'Good Enough!'
She took her extra bullets she still had, laying them around the bomb. She found papers and a wooden chair, putting them right before then end of the rope. She carefully started walking away, laying the rope down as she went, 'I hope this works.'
Artemis ducked for what seemed the fiftieth time. Then he saw Holly and said, "You can blow up your building now!"
Jason turned around to see Holly opening the main doors to come out. He went to say something in his walkie but Artemis kicked him square in the chest, "I don't think so."
As Jason started to get up from the ground he saw fire shooting from Holly's hands, 'What in Frond's name is she doing. Then the building exploded.
The end of the rope was right where the middle of the main entrance was. She set it down, staring at it, 'I can't do this.'
She plopped down on the floor in frustration, 'How? I mean I never tried it on my own before. It comes when I'm angry or upset.'
She looked around the room. She saw a sword..., 'How long ago was that? We only went to that place for a month. That's some kind of trick he would pull.'
She grabbed the sword and walked over to the rope, "This is all his fault. Everything was because of you."
She looked at her hands as flames burst out, "It's out of control now!"
She lit the end and walked out the door. As she walked out she saw Artemis kick Jason in the chest. The other sword was in his hands. She felt the building explode behind her but she just kept on walking, it didn't make a difference. She had a mission.
"YOU!!" Jason yelled getting up from the ground, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!"
She pulled out the other sword and pointed it towards him. The flames were gone, "You don't need any help. This is between me and you!"
"Let it be then," He quickly went to strike and she barely had time to move yet recover. On the third strike he sliced her side. It wasn't to deep but the blood came out quickly. He laughed, "Did you really think you could do it?"
She started at her blood and clenched her teeth, "Do you really think I'm stupid enough to fight you if I don't know what I'm doing."
Flames burst over and down her sword, covering her body. She moved foreward hitting his sword and then turned. She managed to cut him exactly the same way he had hit her. He smirked jumping up, she hit his sword down and they danced around, barely hitting eachother and blocking many blows.
"Give up," Jason laughed, "If you do I won't have to watch you kill your friends."
"You can't do anything anymore," Holly growled, "You have no power."
There swords hit and they were inches away from eachother, "Your power is all I need for you to kill them."
She was stunned and that was all it took for him. He pushed there swords away and stabbed her through the stomach, "I guess I could let you die knowing you weren't responsible. Though they'll see you soon."
He pulled the sword out and she fell to the ground. Artemis started, 'Not again! How could this happen!'
Everything from Hybras ran through his mind, though he wasn't the only one that didn't see Holly get up, "You don't get to gloat yet!"
She swiped up right to left, swiped down right to left, and spinning around stabbing behind her hitting him square in the chest. He fell to his knees as Holly staggered backwards, only to fall into Artemis's arms.
He easily laid her down with her head on his lap. She chuckled, "Falling for you all over again."
Her breathing was so shallow. He blinked and tears fell from his eyes. She wiped them away, "Don't."
"Oh please," Jason growled standing up, "You'll see her soon. As soon as I kill you."
Artemis's hair covered his eyes making him look dark, "No you won't."
"What? Like Holly's going to get up and fight me," Jason laughed heartlessly, "Or you? Can you even lift that sword?"
Artemis had laid Holly's head on the ground and stood up. He looked up at Jason with a mix of laughter and anger in his eyes. Jason took a step back confused, "I don't need to."
With that he raised the gun from under his shirt and with one fire Jason fell to the ground. With a single bullet in his forehead he lay still. Artemis kneeled back down to Holly as the rest of the group came over.
"Holly!" Artemis whispered.
"I'm fine," Holly groaned, even though that wasn't the truth. Tears flooded his eyes but neither of them noticed.
He leaned down to her ear so only she could hear, "I don't want to lose you again. I just can't."
What sounded like a small hum escaped her lips, "but you won't."