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I forgot a disclaimer last time so...
Disclaimer: I own nothing, actually, I don't even own nothing; does the security guard count? No? oh well...
Holly had just returned to her case file when her computer announced that she had received an e-mail.
"New mail from Foaly" the computer chirped. Holly opened the e-mail, hoping that Foaly hadn't heard about her breakdown already.
Holly,
Hey! The entire force misses you, come by and visit. I wanted to talk to you about an incident that Mulch described, come by the Ops. Booth as soon as possible.
The technical genius, Foaly
P.S. I know you're at your office right now, so don't think you can get away with ignoring this.
Holly slammed her fist on the desk. "MULCH! YOU STUPID CONVICT!" she roared, then froze as she realized what she had just said. She put her head in her hands. Everything seemed to be reminding her of Root recently. Her head jerked back up as she heard the door to the office shut and the lock turn. Typical. Mulch didn't want to face her when she was angry. Nobody did. Holly took a deep breath, and headed out to go see Foaly. She might as well get it out of the way.
Foaly was waiting outside the LEP building for her when she got there.
"Hey Holly! I've missed seeing you everyday, how are you doing?" Foaly greeted her
"Shouldn't you be working Foaly? You wouldn't want to get on... Sool's bad side." Holly replied, avoiding saying 'commander'
"You know me, commanders can't stand me anyway. Besides, Sool sent orders that you weren't to be let into the building unless escorted"
"If you can call someone as incompetent as Sool 'commander'" Holly muttered under her breath "What does he think I'm going to do? Attack him or something because I can't work here anymore?"
"The attacking part doesn't sound that bad" Foaly chuckled "seeing Sool beaten by a girl would make my day"
"Keep on wishing Foaly" The receptionist gave Holly a nervous look as they passed, but Holly ignored him.
"Speaking of Sool, you know what he did now?" Foaly asked with a look on his face that suggested that he wouldn't mind being the one to beat the pitiful excuse of a commander himself,
"Did he get the entire LEP to quit?"
"Worse" Holly gulped at this answer "He felt that he wasn't earning enough money, so he confiscated all of Julius's old possessions, and sold them"
Holly looked enraged
"He what?" She burst out "Who does he think he is? That stuff should have gone to the Commander's family!"
"It wasn't just the stuff that was left at the office, he also took everything from Julius's home, and sold that too"
"He's going to get sued over this" Holly hissed
"Seems like you're a little more worked up than normal, Holly" Foaly commented looking concerned as they entered the Ops. Booth
"That's...well... Sool's an idiot" Holly finally stuttered, her cheeks reddening,
"Mulch and I are worried about you," Foaly began. Holly took a breath to argue, but Foaly held up a hand, "He says that you've been coming into work in a bad mood, and you don't seem to be sleeping much. He also said that you were yelling for Julius while having a nightmare. Please, Holly, what was the nightmare about?"
"It's just a nightmare," Holly muttered half-heartedly
"but 'just' that nightmare sent you to tears"
"Foaly..."
"Holly, I talked with the head of the security of your apartment building" Holly's mouth fell open with a look of betrayal "He says that there were three incidents where they had reports of loud screams coming from your apartment, and they say you claimed it 'was only a stupid nightmare'"
"You nosy little...!" Holly began angrily
"If you don't want to talk to me, you should really consider seeing a counselor. You need to talk to someone about this, it seems to be really bothering you."
"I... you…IT'S MY BUSINESS! STAY OUT OF IT!" Holly shouted and turned to leave. The door wouldn't open. Holly whirled around and glared daggers at Foaly, "If you don't mind, I'd like to get back home so I can get some work done and go to sleep," Holly hissed. Foaly seemed to catch the hint that he shouldn't press his luck and buzzed the door open.
An urgent beeping began to issue from Foaly's computer as Holly stormed out.
As Holly was unlocking the door to her apartment, she felt eyes on her. She looked up and saw a security officer watching her. He smiled nervously, and Holly gave him an evil smile that sent shudders down his back. Holly watched as the now jumpy guard walked around the corner. "Stupid guards can't mind their own business" Holly muttered angrily as she entered her apartment and got into bed.
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