Author: This chapter's title is "Kill All Your Friends" by My Chemical Romance

Butler, Holly, Foaly, and Juliet were all gathered in Artemis's room at the J. Argon Clinic. They had been talking and trying to figure out what to do. So far, the group couldn't come up with anything.

"Artemis always used to make the plans…" Juliet sighed.

"Well Artemis isn't here." Foaly stated.

Holly punched the wall, "D'Arvit! We're wasting time just sitting here!"

"Holly, we'll figure this out. I-" Foaly began to say, but he was cut off by a sound coming from Holly's helmet.

She picked the helmet up off the dresser and placed it on her head to answer the incoming call. The voice of Trouble Kelp came through and she switched to speaker so everybody could hear, "Short! There's a situation in downtown Haven and I need you on it, fast."

"I'm already in the middle of something. My friend's been kidnapped." She replied.

Trouble's voice took on an angry tone, "That can wait! Right now we have a weapons storehouse being robbed and we need every man we got on the job, so get down there. That's an order!"

Trouble hung up without another word. Holly, frustrated, took off her helmet and threw it at the floor.

"Holly…" Foaly started, but this time Holly interrupted.

Picking up her helmet and walking out the door, the elf said, "I have to go."

When Holly got to the scene several other officers were there trying to keep people behind the yellow tape and a group was waiting to go inside. She deactivates her wings and set down. One of the officers snorted and said, "It's about time you got here. You're supposed to lead the team inside."

The auburn-haired elf pushed past him and said, "I'm not in the mood to deal with you. Let's just get this done."

Holly readied her gun and the rest of the team followed suit, then she opened the door and stepped into the building. They stealthily crept through the place, looking for the robber. She sent the others off to different areas of the storehouse to cover more ground. She slid between crates of weapons, careful not to be seen, and made her way toward the back room. Everything seemed quite right now, but she was sure something was about to happened.

She kicked open the back door and thrust her gun out in front of her, but she let it fall back to her side when she saw the person in the room. In the chair sat a teenager with his feet kicked up on the desk and his arms crossed. He was dressed entirely in black, apart from the red details on his coat, and had skin as white as snow. Holly stared at him in shock and mismatched eyes stared back at her like a mirror, but without emotion.

"I've been waiting for you, Holly." Artemis said as his got up and stood directly in front of her.

Her mind tried to create a response, but all she could come up with was, "Artemis… How?"

He smiled at her coldly but said nothing. After a few more minutes of staring at him, Holly recovered herself. She began questioning her friend, "Artemis, How are you here? Why? How did you escape Opal?"

"Does that really matter?" He asked her and she heard the venom in his words.

Tears welled up in her eyes and the elf became angry. When she spoke again she was shouting, "Of course it matters! We've all been worried to death about you! I've been worried to death about you!"

His smile became a cruel grin and he grabbed her by the neck, startling her.

Artemis's poisonous words dripped ice as he said, "Well isn't that sweet? But you don't look dead. Why don't I fix that for you?"

He tightened his grip on her throat and she coughed and spluttered, gripping at his hand to try to pry it off. It didn't budge.

Holly choked out, "W-Why… are you… d-doing this..?"

He chuckled softly and said, "Why? Because you're the only thing standing between the Mistress and world domination. With you out of the way they'll be nobody to stop our plans."

A voice called out from some place in the storehouse, someplace close, "Captain Short?"

It was followed by footsteps come toward them. Artemis narrowed his eyes at her and seethed, "It looks like our little chat will have to be cut short."

Holly heard him, but it seemed like an echo. Her vision had begun to blur and the world was losing its color. Suddenly, she felt something cold and metal jab into her stomach. He let her go and she fell forward and hit the ground, the impact forcing the object further in. She watched him quickly climb a stack of boxes and open the large warehouse window. He paused before going out and said, "Until next time, Captain Short."

Artemis jumped out the window and left her laying there. She rolled over to her side and fell her stomach. Bringing her hand to her face she saw it was covered in blood. Artemis had stabbed her. She heard a voice behind her and could barely make out the words, "Oh My Gods! Captain Short!"

Holly felt somebody touch her forearm and heard him speak into his radio, "I need the emergency team now! We have an officer down!"