Artemis ran.

It wasn't the sprint of an olympic sportsman, or the run of a man on a mission. It was the kind of running that can be confused with stumbling. The kind that heartbroken people use, when escaping from the thing that has hurt them. He didn't know where he was going. Artemis didn't even know Haven that well, ask Artemis Fowl for directions, and you'd be sure to get lost. With tears streaming down his pallid face, and limbs moving in an uneven gait, not to mention the fact that he was several feet higher than the average citizen, Artemis was indeed a strange spectacle.

Holly on the other hand, moved like an athlete, with speed and strength that made up for moderately short legs. But she ran like she was underwater, or a heavy weight was pressing on her chest, slowing her down. As if the air resistance was too much. Holly Short ran like the woman who had just broken someone's heart, and everyone was accusing and pointing fingers at.

I hate myself. Thought Holly miserably as she jogged through the wide berth Artemis had made In the crowd. All the immediate young fairies whipped out their camera phones, and began filming and taking photos. Holly was suddenly angry,
"Leave him alone!" She bellowed, jogging through the maze of people. One particular distasteful pixie actually blocked Holly's path.
"Captain! What's wrong with Artemis? Did he..." she bared her minuscule pointy teeth, "kidnap someone?" Holly pushed the pixie over, making her fall into the crowd,
"Go away!" Holly yelled, "I swear I will take all of your surface visa's away for life!" The crowd quickly scatted, but another fairy pushed forward,
"That wouldn't affect me." he said cheerily, sucking on an unfortunate bug that was still feebly twitching it's legs.
"Mulch." Holly said weakly, "We need to talk."

The dwarf swallowed the insect, and looked around at the quickly diminishing crowd, "What about?" he said honestly, as Holly stared at the ground with a sinking heart, and a sudden feeling of nausea.

"I... I made a big mistake." Holly whispered.

As Grub Kelp lead his brother into the backstreets of Haven, he told Trouble to wait, and slid into a side street. Grub swallowed, and nervously opened the envelope Opal had given him with shaking hands. It contained a small dart. He wiped the sweat from his frowning brow, and read the small note attached, 'Hit him, and bring him to me.' was all it said. Grub was trembling, but still managed to aim, then throw the dart at the form of his brother, leaning on the wall around the corner. Grub may have been the baby Kelp, and the one who was helpless against some foes, but he was an LEP corporal, and the dart struck true, hitting Trouble in the arm. Grub watched his brother try to pull the dart out, but then suddenly slump against the wall.
He's dead! Grub thought with panic. He had come to a quick conclusion, he didn't know the dart had only contained sedative. I killed my brother!

Grub screamed.

Artemis closed his eyes and leaned against a wall in a cramped alley. Holly's previous words were like poison in his mind. Artemis may have been an expert in too many areas; heartbreak, though he may have read and written about it, was a foreign field.
Artemis hoped Holly had known his feelings, actually, the reality had been exposed already, through Orion. And Artemis may have resented his alter ego, but he had told Holly how Artemis felt, how he constantly thought about her. Artemis had hoped that Holly would have told Orion how she felt, if it was only Let's just be friends. so the heartbreak would've been kept to a minimum, with Artemis having a little room in his head so he could yell and take it all out on himself, with no witnesses.

The thoughts flashed through his mind, and suddenly, Artemis Fowl found himself looking through familiar eyes. He felt her breathing, and Artemis realised that he wasn't the criminal mastermind that he was seen as. His most precious possession had been stolen from him; his heart.
"I made a big mistake."

Artemis heard the words coming out of Holly's mouth. Is she speaking to me? he wondered with a heavy heart, all he could see through her eyes was the ground. Holly began to speak again, to whomever she was with, "Trouble,..."
And the vision retreated from Artemis, just as Holly managed to communicate with him, Artemis! He heard her seem to yell inside his head. Artemis felt his actual hit the ground in the dim alleyway. Holly, why? he thought with desperation. The young mastermind may have been in a bedraggled state, but he was still able to put together the fragments of information together.

Holly is apologising to Trouble.

Artemis groped his way out of the dim alley. He hit his head against an open door, and stumbled, falling on the organic concrete of the street.
A small pixie poked her head put of the door, black hair streaming from her narrow face.
She smiled.
"Well, well, well, Artemis Fowl. Welcome to the last day of your life."

Meanwhile, Holly was talking to Mulch. "Trouble,... fought with Artemis and I after I told him what happened in the gorilla cage." Holly felt a sudden sharp pain, and someone was in her head. She gasped and heard Mulch call her name from far away.
She's apologising to Trouble. Holly heard Artemis think, and she realised that it must be the bond working. Artemis! Holly called with all her heart. She got a slow confused response. Holly, why? and... nothing.

Holly cried out, "ARTEMIS!"

Mulch was groping through his beard for a snack. "What gorilla cage?" he said absentmindedly, then he looked up at Holly, "Everything alright?"
Holly mutely nodded. She tried to sit up, her head swam, and thoughts bubbled into one another in her brain. Mulch shook her. "Holly! What gorilla cage?"
Holly groaned, but managed to answer, "When you helped us eight years ago. Remember? Artemis and I went back in time!"

Mulch stared at Holly for a few seconds, then widened his eyes. His hands flew to his mouth, "I remember." He gasped, and for the first time ever, Holly saw Mulch be genuinely shocked. "You... kissed Artemis Fowl! And... Oh my gods. AND, you recently went on a date with Trouble! He'll..." this was another first for Holly. Mulch Diggums lost for words. "murder you!"

Holly was nodding along, until Mulch mentioned the date.
"How did you know that?" Holly gasped at Mulch.
The dwarf squinted, not wanting to mention , but still wanting to blame Foaly. "Foaly told me." he said, desperately avoiding Holly's eyes.
Holly waved her hand, "It doesn't matter. Look, Artemis is most probably lost. Can you help me find him? He went that way." Holly pointed at the path Artemis had taken.
Mulch nodded solemnly. "I saw."

Holly started to jog, but Mulch was still standing in the same place. She groaned and sprinted back to him. "Artemis is in danger!" she snapped, "You need to move!"
Mulch suddenly lost his serious note, "What an anomaly." he commented dryly. Holly shakily whipped an unsuspecting Mulch on the jaw. "Stop being so sarcastic!"
"Hey!" he called while massaging the sore part of his face, "I need that. Don't go ruining my career on account of your foolish boyfriend." This statement didn't help. Holly raised her fist and sent Mulch crashing into the ground, clutching his stomach.

"Artemis is neither of those things." Holly hissed. She stalked off, dimly aware of the fact that she had no plan, and how she had hurt all the people who would've helped her.

Opal smiled at herself in a recently broken mirror. Two major kidnaps in one day, a successful one really. "Grub!" She called as her latest recruit and her informer came through the door, hoisting his brother over one shoulder. "I have him Ms Koboi." The elf said, sounding pleased and worried at the same time.
Opal nodded. "Wonderful. I have Commander Kelp, and Artemis. Now all I need to do is lure in that vile Holly Short."
"Holly isn't vile." Grub piped in meekly, Opal glared at him and threw a cracked piece of mirror at the elf. Grub squawked and jumped out of the way. He hit the table and Trouble went sailing onto the floor.
Opal went up to Grub and helped him up, then shoved Grub roughly back onto the floor, snarling at him, like the mad pixie she was. "Holly Short is the most vile fairy in the world. She is evil, befriends humans, and I will brainwash her and make her my slave!"

Grub gulped, "Yes Miss Koboi." he said, genuinely terrified for his brother and himself. Opal nodded, "Good. Take Trouble to the cellar. I can't wait until he wakes up and finds himself in a small room with Artemis Fowl." She then frowned, "But I hope they don't kill each other, it's so much more fun when I do the slaughtering."

... And that ending really speaks for itself. Thanks again to everyone. :D I'll update soon!