The One

Images swarmed in front of Artemis as he let himself be carried away, irrelevant images of his childhood flashed quickly before him, all the while he was sinking deeper and deeper, he felt like his ears had been clogged with cotton wool. The world seemed to have faded away, but then he saw a image that changed everything.

His first kiss. The kiss Holly had given him. He felt it all over again, the surge of warm emotions he had felt at the time came back again, stronger. This was what he was losing, every second he stopped fighting and allowed himself to be dragged away he was further from Holly.

He seemed to be burning, all those memories of their encounters and when the memory of her making love to him in the tent came to him a whole new energy awoke in him. He felt like he was on fire, this new energy was consuming him, burning him up, refusing him to allow himself to fade away.

Artemis began to fight with vengeance, Holly was about to send the blade through his heart when Artemis moved to his side, she saw his hand clawing at the stone and she knew Artemis was fighting again. She watched in awe as his eyes began to flash from bright blue to his black blue then back again.

His whole body shook and Artemis hands continued to claw against the stone.

" Please... You can do this Artemis ( she saw Artemis screw his face shut as he struggled to win complete control.) I love you."

Artemis let out a battle cry as he threw all his energy into one last attempt and suddenly slumped.

Holly gently turned Artemis onto his back.

" Artemis ? Are you with me ?"

Artemis stirred and slowly he opened his eyes to reveal beautiful black blue eyes.

" I did it."

Artemis rasped in his disbelief.

Holly swept a lock of black hair behind his ear.

" You did it."

Can't stand unhappy endings so this fic was not going to be a exception. But I confess at one point I really couldn't see how Artemis was going to survive. Hope you liked the chapter, Please review and I'll submit my last chapter soon !