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Something Sinister

Holly watched, as Mr Freeman paced slowly up and down, giving them all instructions. Holly found herself beginning to drift slightly, as his speech sailed over her head. She couldn't seem to find the energy to listen to him.

She turned to look at Artemis, and was mildly surprised to see him twirling his pen lazily, his eyes drooping. If Artemis didn't pay any attention, then the speech was obviously not to important.

Suddenly, thoughts of Artemis pushed their way into her head, and she hurriedly turned away, not wanting to be caught staring.

But she couldn't deny the fact that she wanted him...very badly.

She bit her lower lip, and she jammed her knees together, feeling heat worm it's way up her body.

She fought back a moan, and took a shaky breath.

Then, unconsciously, she began to suck and chew on her pencil, not being able to keep still.

Artemis watched her out of the corner of his eye, quietly bemused by her sudden bizarre behavior. But once she started sucking on her pencil, his eyes widened to the size of golf balls, and the pen in his hand came to a abrupt halt, stopping in mid twirl.

He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The sight before him was mystifying, and his eyes couldn't seem to tear themselves away from the provocative image. He heart began to beat faster, and his cheeks went red with heat.

Holly continued to day dream, till her eyes wondered to the side, and she saw his stunned expression.

She stopped, and quickly removed the pencil, trying not to blush.

Suddenly, Mr Freeman clapped his hands together, causing both dreamers to jump in their seats.

"Right!" he barked, "I want you all to keep yourselves busy. Read, write, chat, I don't care. But please keep the noise level to a minimum. The last thing I want is to get a lecture on 'child behavioural patterns, and ways to give out punishments', like I did last year. I have a nasty suspicion that if I get called into the office again, I'll most likely be leaving with a tanned backside."

The class laughed at his dry sense of humor, then broke into moderately loud chatter.

Mr Freeman shook his head in defeat, then walked back to his desk, instantly disappearing behind the piles of papers and rubbish.

Holly shook herself, then turned to Artemis, smiling.

"Is it always like this?" she asked him curiously.

Artemis shrugged, "Pretty much."

She nodded, then went silent, thinking.

There was a long moment of silence.

"Holly?"

The elf was brought back to reality with a jolt.

"Yes?"

"Umm...how long do you plan to stay here?" he asked her, and was shocked to hear the obvious tremble in his voice.

Holly frowned, surprised by this question.

"For as long as it takes me to find the assassin. I can't leave till then. I can't risk leaving you unguarded. But...I think that this goes deeper than just a assassin. When we find this person, it will lead us to Opal. We can't rest till she's been sent back to her own time."

Artemis nodded, not saying anything.

"Why do you ask?"

"Nothing, Holly. That's all I need to know."

Holly opened he mouth to argue, but then closed it again.

The truth is, Artemis didn't want her to leave. Life just felt cold and boring with out her, and the thought of her leaving again was just too horrible. It was always like that. They'd get together, complete the mission, then go their separate ways.

And he hated it! He wished that for once, they could just be together. No fear, no hustle, no bullets raining down on them, no evil, insane pixies chasing them. He just wished that for once, they could hang out, like normal friends.

Yes, he enjoyed the thrill of a mission. But now he wasn't looking for a thrill. He was looking for a companion.

While all this was taking place, Holly was looking around, watching and examining each individual.

Everyone seemed happy, chatting with their friends, playing around, their faces lit up with happiness.

Holly's eyes fell upon the girl sitting next to Artemis, and frowned.

The girl had long, wavy dark brown hair, and her skin was fair and pale, almost as pale as Artemis. Her hair hung like a curtain at her sides, hiding her face from view. The girl had slim, white arms, and her legs where crossed. She was average height and slim, but her bust was fairly large, almost too big. Her frame was in a perfect hourglass shape. Holly had a sneaky suspicion that most of the girls in the school would be jealous of this beautiful young woman.

Holly looked down at her own ample chest, then back at the girl.

Both of them were living proof that slim and petite girls could have a large bust line.

But something else caught Holly's attention, and the sight made her blood run cold.

The girl was reading a thick, blue and black book. If Holly leaned the slightest bit forwards, she could just make out the title.

Flesh House.

On the cover was a picture of a dirty, blood stained tin bath, white against the moonlight. The sight was highly disturbing.

Suddenly, the girl covered her mouth with her manicured hand, and pushed the book away, her shoulders heaving. She lay down on her arms, trembling.

As Holly leaned forward to get a closer look, the words on one of the pages flashed up, burning into her eyes.

'...Heather fell back, crying into the bars of her cell. She didn't watch the man skin and gut her husband.'

Holly almost gagged, covering her own mouth. An image of a man skinning Artemis crashed into her mind. She pushed it away, horrified.

What type of person reads books like that!? She thought in disgust.

The girl was still huddling in her chair, in obvious distress. Holly wondered why the girl would have even started reading the book if it was going to distress her like this.

Suddenly, the girl sat up and turned, and Holly saw her face.

She had large, grey blue eyes with thick dark eyelashes, and she had full pale lips. Her face was beautiful, but very matured. Holly got the impression that the girl was matured beyond her age.

A adult-like child...strange.

The girl was staring straight back at Holly, her eyes suddenly curious.

Then a small, wane smile crossed her lips.

Holly turned away. Her instincts were screaming at her, telling her this girl ment trouble.

Artemis looked from the girl to Holly, and noticed that Holly was on edge, her fists clenching and unclenching.

"Holly, what's wrong?"

Holly whipped round to look at him, and Artemis sat back hard. Holly's eyes seemed worried and suspicious, and her eyes kept darting towards the door.

"I think I have a hunch...something doesn't feel right." she murmured quietly.

Artemis opened his mouth to say something, when suddenly a loud bell rang outside, signalling the end of the lesson.

Holly hurriedly packed her bags, while Mr Freeman stood up, just visible behind his piles of papers.

"Right, get out." he called to them in that same bored, dispassionate tone.

The elf shot out her seat and rushed out the class, looking around wildly.

She had felt something from inside the classroom. A cold sense of foreboding, and she had felt as if something inhuman was watching them.

Holly walked slowly down the corridor, the lack of other students making her nervous. Where was everybody?

She looked behind, looking out for any sign of Artemis. She thought he would of followed her.

Holly stopped in the middle of another corridor, freezing on the spot.

The corridor is dark and dingy, and she felt her heart begin to beat at a rate of knots. A primative fear clawed at her heart, as her eyes adjusted to the light.

Suddenly, she stepped back, her eyes falling upon something at the end of the corridor.

Someone tall and pale was standing at the end of the corridor, it's skin glowing in the gloom. The thing looked up, and Holly saw red glowing eyes. Long black hair flowed around it, framing it like it would in water. The thing gave a wicked grin, then charged at her, its claw like hands extended.

Holly let out a cry, then fumbled in her school bag, pulling out her Neutrino.

She cocked the gun, and aimed, her hand steady.

The monster was before her in a flash, and before she could pull the trigger, it swiped at her hand, breaking her hand and sending the gun flying.

Holly screamed in pain, holding her broken hand. Pain ripped through her, and she fought back angry tears. She looked up, and saw its face.

It wasn't a it, but more of a he. It was a man, but he was still terrifying. His teeth was bared in a horrific, blood thirsty grin. His eyes were insane and red, and they glowed in the half light. He was wearing a grey, tight suit, with belts running along the top. One could say that the creature looked handsome, but that insane smile took away all his beauty, and replaced it with something far more ugly and sinister.

Suddenly, he grabbed her chest, lifting her above the floor. His fingers and nails dug into her flesh, and she let out a scream as the pain burned beneath her skin.

She hung there for a full minute, gritting her teeth, screwing her eyes up from the pain. She felt her blazer leave her body as he ripped it off her. Then he suddenly threw her, and she flew back, letting out a startled cry.

She screamed as she crashed to the floor, hitting her head on the marble floor as she landed. There was a painful crack, and she felt the familiar feeling of one of her ribs breaking.

Light flashed across her vision, and she groaned, her head throbbing.

Magic burst into life on her body, healing her broken bones. Her eyes stung, and she felt her head become light and fussy, as she healed.

Suddenly, she felt someone touch her arm, and she shot up, her fists clenched, a startled cry escaping her throat.

Artemis jumped back, then grabbed her shoulders and shook her gently.

"Holly! It's alright! What happened?! I heard you screaming!"

She looked up, looking for the corridor and the monster with the glowing eyes.

But the corridor was empty, and fully lit. The creature was no where to be seen.

Holly shivered, and rubbed her arms, trying to compose herself.

Artemis was staring down the corridor, then looked back at her. He kneeled down next to her, and rubbed her arms, his face concerned.

"Holly, what did you see?" he murmured quietly, rubbing her arms gently, trying to calm her. He felt the goose bumps on her arms, and realised that her blazer was missing.

"W-where's your blazer?"

"I don't know..." she whispered, then looked around again. She spotted her missing blazer. It was in the middle of the corridor she'd just come from. Her bag was there to, its contents spilled out. She could see her Neutrino blaster laying not far from it.

Holly got shakily to her feet, then, with Artemis not far behind, she walked down the corridor till she reached her bag and blazer.

She got down on her knees, and hurriedly repacked her things, her hands still shaking. She had never been so scared of anything in her life. She was petrified of him!

She pulled on her blazer, then suddenly, she looked up slowly.

Then let out a startled gasp.

The monsters face was inches away from hers, his sick grin still pasted to his face. He opened his mouth, baring his sharp razor like teeth, and a low hiss escaped his lips.

Holly back peddled, trembling uncontrollably.

Artemis grabbed her Neutrino, then dropped down and grabbed her from behind, pulling her to him. He had no idea what was scaring her like this. Holly had never been this terrified of anything.

And the worst part was, that whatever it was, he couldn't see it.

Holly turned and buried her head in his shoulder, shaking like a leaf.

"Holly, it's alright. It's alright! It's gone now! You're safe!" he whispered soothingly, rubbing her back.

"Arty! Oh gods! Did you see him?" she whispered, pushing away from him, looking at him with wide eyes.

Artemis frowned, confused.

"See who? What did you see?"

Her jaw dropped, as she stared at him in disbelief.

"The man! There was a man! Or a monster! Didn't you see him?"

Artemis shook his head.

"Did you really see it? Maybe you just have a fever? Maybe No1 did something wrong in his spell?"

Holly stiffened, and gave him a sour look.

"I am not insane, Artemis. I saw him. He hurt me! And the proof is all around you. How could I have landed over there, while all my stuff is lying over here? Think about. You must believe me!"

Artemis took her face in his hands, his eyes softening.

"Of course I believe you. You're not insane, and you certainly wouldn't lie about something like this. I'm sorry for doubting you."

Holly closed her eyes, resting in his warm hands. It felt good.

"Thank you, Arty."

His frown disappeared, and he lifted her onto his lap, pulling her close. "Tell me what he looked like."

"He had long black hair, and very pale skin, paler than yours! And his eyes were red! Artemis, that man wasn't human! He kept grinning, and he had these sharp teeth! And he was tall." she told him, eager to tell him of her horrifying ordeal.

Artemis looked her up and down.

"What did he do to you?"

Holly explained, watching as his cheeks lost what blood they had.

When she was done, he shook his head.

"If Opal is as powerful as we think she is, a feat like this wouldn't be too hard to accomplish! She must of used her assassin to put you in that situation. And the fact that you actually received bodily harm makes things all the worse! But how? How could she accomplish something like this? It just isn't possible!"

Holly rolled her eyes, seeming to be slightly over her ordeal.

"Well, why don't you go tell him that? I'm sure our monster friend will be truly sorry! Who knows, maybe you two can go out and play chess together!"

Suddenly Artemis stiffened, and he pulled her tighter to him.

"Don't compare me to that monster, Holly. I would never have done something like that to you, even if I could."

He lifted her off his lap and handed her the gun, his face blank.

Holly got up hurriedly, and grabbed his arm.

"Arty I'm so sorry! I didn't mean it like that, I swear! That was a horible thing to say."

Artemis nodded, then touched her cheek.

"I don't want that thing to hurt you anymore..."

Holly tried to reply, when a loud screech echoed from the end of the corridor.

They both turned, and Holly stepped back, shaking her head in disbelief.

"No, no, no! Not her again, please not her again!" she pleaded.

Susannah, the girl from earlier was running down the hall towards them, her smile huge.

Oh hell no! Not Narcotics girl again!

The hyper active girl reached them, and she grabbed hold of Holly's arm, pumping it up and down as she continued to bounce on the spot.

Artemis stood to the side, completely shocked. He had never seen anything like this before in his entire life.

But he had to admit, the look on Holly's face was truly priceless!

As Holly tried to pry the babbling girl off her, Artemis thought about what had happened.

Opal wants to play dirty. She knows that Holly won't let anything happen to me. So what does she do? She sends out visions of a monster, which not only harms her emotionally and mentally, but physically as well! She's doing this to break her, and it won't end till Holly is nothing more than a shivering form, to petrified to even leave her room! I have to help her! I can't let this 'thing' hurt her!

Unaware of her friends inner struggle, Holly tried once again, in vain, to dodge Susannah, who seemed determined to gain Holly's full attention.

"I noticed we weren't in the same class together! That's a real shame! We could have had so much fun!"

"Ya, right! That was a real shame." muttered Holly, lying through her teeth.

"Ya! But you're in Mr Freeman's class! That is soooo awesome! You're so lucky!" she sang, saying the mans name as if she worshipped the very ground he stood on.

In her head, holly was mentally writing down ten successful ways to silence irritating, drug crazed teens.

Maybe that monster guy isn't so bad! I'd fight him any day! Just to get this insane girl away from me.

As if on queue, an image of his insane face flashed in her mind.

She had an instant change of heart.

On second thought, I change my mind! I love this girl!

"Hey, you're hanging out with Artemis! Are you two dating? Oh my soul, you two would be soooo cute together!"

Holly clenched her fists, and it took every ounce of self-control she had to stop herself from punching Susannah through her face. She was not in the mood for this!

Suddenly, she saw someone walking up to them. Holly leaned to the side, and recognised the girl from class.

She walked up to them slowly, a smile on her lips. As she reached them, she placed a hand lightly on Holly's shoulder, and turned to Susannah.

"Honestly, do you have to bounce up and down like that? Can't you see that this poor girl is irritated? I don't blame her! She's been listening to you for the last five minutes! I think the Pope would resort to drinking if he had to listen to you for that same period of time!" she said, a smirk on her lips.

Susannah stopped bouncing, and glared at the girl. She was actually standing still!

People, we have a breakthrough!

The girl seemed pleased with Susannah's reaction, and gave them all a dazzling smile.

"See? Not so bad is it? Now why don't you run along? I'm sure your little blond friends are waiting."

Susannah turned and looked down the corridor at a group of girls standing and gossiping by the window. One of them with long, blond curls stepped forward and beckoned for Susannah to join them.

Susannah turned back to Holly and smiled.

"That's my friends! The blond one over there is our group leader! Come talk to us some time! If you need me, just ask around for Sunny! That's what they call me!"

With that, she bounced off and joined the other girls.

But the blond leader still stood there, and she appeared to be glaring at someone.

Holly looked next to her, and saw that the girl was scowling, her eyes filled with hatred.

The two girl glared at one another, both of them trying to stare the other down. Finally, the blond gave in, and rejoined her friends.

The pale girl gave a huff, then turned back to Holly, all smiles.

"Wow you're lucky! That little stalker was probably planning on following you all day!" she said, smiling from ear to ear.

Holly stepped away from the girl, and tried to look natural.

"I guess so. Is she like that to everyone?"

"In general, yes. But it's worse for new people. She's always trying to get in peoples good books. But all she does is irritate people."

Holly nodded, then felt someone stop next to her.

Artemis smiled at her, then addressed the girl.

"Hello Eve. How are you? It's been a while." he greeted her, smiling.

Holly was shocked. They knew each other?

Eve smiled at him, " It has! I'm fine thanks! And you?"

"Doing moderately well."

Holly piped in.

"Sorry to interrupt this happy reunion, but do you to know each other?"

Eve nodded, "We're acquittance's. We meet at the end of last year."

Holly nodded. This information seemed to soothe her suspicions for the girl. If Artemis knew her personally, then surely she couldn't be this assassin. The assassin was supposed to be a new student.

"I'm Holly O'Connor." she said, putting on a friendly smile.

Eve gave a happy laugh, her eyes bright.

"You're the new girl! Mr Freeman named you Pixie! I think it suites you! My name is Evangeline Watson. I'm American. My name is pretty strange, so you can just call me Eve."

Holly smiled, suddenly warming up to this strange girl.

Artemis smiled at them, glad they were getting along.

"Eve, you seemed distressed in class. What was wrong?" he asked her, as they began to walk back down the corridor.

Her face contorted in disgust, and she shook her head.

"It's that dreadful book of mine! I have no idea why I started reading it! It's just disgusting! I love crime stories, don't get me wrong, but I'm never going to sink so low as to read a book about butchering people! I'm going to throw that book out first chance I get! Can you believe that I nearly got sick!?"

Artemis shook his head, "No. It really must have been bad. Books like those are quite unnerving. But then again, you do read very mature books for your age, Eve. I don't think there's a single student in this school who has read any of the books you read."

Eve shrugged, "It's who I am. I love crime fiction, and yes, the books are way to mature for my age. But can you say that I'm normal?" she asked him seriously.

Artemis chuckled.

"No, I guess you're right. You are truly one of a kind."

Eve smiled, "But you also read matured books. You read books that even some adults have trouble with."

Artemis smiled that vampire smile of his.

"True, but at least they aren't about men butchering people."

"Good point."

They were walking down a flight of stairs, and Holly stopped, frowning.

"Where on earth are we going?"

Artemis and Eve stopped, and turned to her.

"Maths class." said Artemis, then put on a sour expression. He turned round and walked a head of them, muttering to himself.

Holly frowned again, then whispered quietly to Eve.

"What's wrong with Arty? What's his problem with maths? He wouldn't have trouble with maths, would he?"

Eve looked down at her, her face serious.

"It's not maths that's the problem, Pixie. It's the teacher who teaches it. He's a full blown Evolutionary. Him and Artemis disagree on a lot. And Artemis takes a lot of personal pleasure in pointing out what he does wrong, and how ridiculous the theory is."

Holly fought back a chuckle.

"So maths class ends up being a debate class?" she asked.

Eve shook her head, smiling ruefully.

"You have no idea!"

OK, I know they seem ooc, but I'm going to make up an excuse and say that Holly acted different because she was in shock, and Artemis was worried.

Also for all you Hellsing fans (if there are any reading this story), the monster may sound VERY similar to the monster in Hellsing, but let me say this. IT IS NOT HIM! If it was, then Holly would have been dead before she hit the ground!

But, if you want to get a good idea about what he looks like, look up Bondagecard, and look for the picture with the name Hellsing on it. Theres a picture of someone similar to the monster there, but this one is wearing a red suit. I designed my monster after him. But my one is different, and most certainly not as cool!

I'll try to update soon! Bye bye! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!