Ok...let's repeat this...THIS STORY IS GOING TO GET OOC...VERY OOC! I AM TELLING YOU THIS MORE SO YOU DON'T GET ANGRY AT ME LATER!
Butler went up to the room where Holly was being kept in, and knocked on the door. When there was no answer, he knocked again before entering.
Butler looked around the room and found Captain Short scrunched in the corner. Butler shook his head and silently sat down next to her, his back against the wall like her.
She looked up, eyes wide and tear streaks running down her face, "What do you want?" She asked bitterly, head returning to her knees.
"Are you ok?"
"Why should I tell you? For all I know you just want information for Fowl."
"Well, for one, I'm the only reason your not dead, or bloody right now."
"What?!" She gasped without looking up.
"Are you ok?" He repeated persistently.
Holly sighed, "What do you think? Everyone thinks I'm dead."
"Well, if it means anything. Those people think I'm dead too." Butler said, smiling.
Holly lifted her head again, a small smile forming on her face, a breathy laugh escaping her lips. "That was kind of the point."
"Listen, Artemis is a-"
"Maniac, conceited jerk, annoying twit? Any of those work?" Holly interrupted.
"Well, I was going to say that he's a little rusty with trying to get people to trust him."
"Well, I could have figured that out."
"But he has been trying."
Holly looked at him, a confused look on her, "He was trying?! I don't think telling me to go rot in the basement is earning my trust that much."
"He has a very short temper, and making him mad isn't really helping your case." He snapped at her.
"And what is my case?! Can you please tell me?!" She said, standing shakely and backing away. "You don't know anything about me. You all ruined my life! You don't know anything, especially my case."
Butler got up and made his way to the door, "Why don't you try and listen to him next time, see if you trust him."
"I. Will. NEVER. trust him!" She exclaimed.
Butler shook his head, "Just don't make him mad next time. Or I won't stop him the next time he goes to get a sharp object."
And with that, Butler left. Leaving Holly more scared than ever.