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Artemis just hoped that Trouble didn't find out she was alive. At least for a little while.
Chapter 29: Finding Out-
Trouble was sitting at his desk, going through paperwork like a snail. He had been doing this for some time now, but his mind was completely elsewhere. It was with Holly. She was all he could think about. After finishing yet another stack of paperwork, he decided to get a visa to the surface. Fowl hadn't told him he couldn't look in the window to see her. He just wanted to see if she was doing any better. It had been months since the last time he saw her.
Thoughts circled Trouble's head as he flew to Fowl manor. What if Holly had died already and Fowl had already gotten rid of her? That was his main concern; he knew Holly wouldn't wake up, but he didn't want to explain to the council why she couldn't have a proper recycling ceremony.
Trouble circled the manor, looking in every window with caution. He didn't want to go up to a window and see Artemis, or worse Butler, staring back at him.
He did pass the mud boy, he was at his desk in his study. He was on his phone, talking to someone. Trouble shook his head, why was that mud boy accusing the people for not caring about Holly, yet he wasn't even paying attention to her body!
Eventually he did find Holly through the many windows of the manor. But he didn't expect to see what he saw.
He headed up to the window, and almost lost control of his wings. Holly was alive…and awake! She was sitting on the edge of the bed in the room, staring into space. Trouble stared at her through the window for what seemed like forever. Fowl probably didn't even know she was awake! Well, he wasn't going to let him know. Trouble opened the window, and flew in the room inconspicuously. He thanked No1 silently for taking down the "No entering without the owner's permission" law.
Holly didn't see him; she was in her own world. Wondering what had changed in Haven, where this relationship with Artemis was going. It couldn't go anywhere, she was almost a hundred. But to humans that was about his age. But he would grow old and die before her, leaving her in a tragic mess for another century.
When Holly finally snapped into the future, she rubbed the back of her neck and flopped down on the bed, staring at the ceiling now. She sighed and got up, starting to pace. When she looked up from the floor she gasped and stumbled back, hitting the wall behind her, Trouble had finally been caught.
Trouble stared at her incredulously, he started walking towards her, gaping. Before he could actually say something to her, Trouble was picked up by his collar. Looking up, he saw the huge manservant that flew him across the front yard of that same manor a few months ago.
Butler took Trouble out of Holly's room, and to the front door, kicking him out of the manor. Butler then went to go see if Holly was alright- a little shaken, but fine- and went to tell Artemis what had set off the window alarm in Holly's room. As if Artemis couldn't guess.
Trouble rushed down to Haven, to the council. Now that Holly was awake Artemis could be taken to blame for kidnapping Holly. He told the council the situation and got a retrieval team ready immediately.
Artemis nodded his head when Butler told him about Trouble. His worst fear had been confirmed, Trouble had seen Holly out of her coma. He had talked to Foaly about it, but asked to not tell the commander about it. The centaur had promised, so Trouble must have been on a "surprise visit." One thing ran through Artemis' head, Holly cannot let him know they are coming for him.
But that was the problem, she knew that once Trouble found out about her that the LEP would come up to his front door, ready to take him to LEP prison. Butler would freak out as well.
Of course, Artemis didn't want to go to LEP prison, but considering that if he didn't go, Holly would be forced to take his place. She wouldn't go to the jail, but she would be under constant surveillance, never seeing him again.
Then Artemis formed a plan, taking information of one and using it on the other, in other words, hitting two birds with one stone.
Artemis turned to Butler, who was awaiting his charges plan. "My main problem is Holly. She has been through so much in so little time. If she sees this fight that is forming go down, Im afraid that would be too much for her."
"So what do you suppose we should do?"
"Well, first go comfort her. Form a shield to block from her mind what is happening. Distract her, in other words. We can lock her in her room, as I am too cautious from recent events to use a tranquilizer."
Butler nodded, it made sense. If she saw the LEP barge into the manor, only to be taken down by him that would surely break her down even further. The two hurried to her room, to Artemis there wasn't much time left. They reached the room and Artemis acted like he had forgotten something in his study.
Butler knotted his brows, Artemis Fowl, forget something? Butler resisted the urge to roll his eyes; Artemis had been acting strange ever since Holly had woken up the day before. He shook his head and entered the room and smiled at Holly, who smiled back. She had spaced out again sitting at the edge of the bed as well, but was forced out of it when Butler entered.
Holly was about to ask what he was doing there, but suddenly the door swiftly closed.
Artemis turned around when he saw Butler enter the room, he turned around and closed the door, quickly locking the door from the outside.
The lock on the door was on the outside because when they brought Holly to the manor, Artemis was afraid that Trouble would enter the room and lock the door, so neither Artemis nor Butler could get in the room.
"What happened?" Holly asked.
Butler slammed on the door with his fist. "Artemis locked us in. He's going to give himself up to the people."
Holly's eyes widened, "Why would he do that?"
"I don't know, he must have a reason."
Butler pounded on the door, yelling at Artemis to open the door. Holly stared wide eyed at him, anger rising in her.
"Why can't you just kick the door down?" She asked.
Butler sighed, taking a break from yelling at a person who wouldn't listen to reason. He turned to Holly, "All of the doors in this house are indestructible. Even Madame Ko couldn't break this door down."
Holly looked out the window; she wished she had a pair of wings right now. They were on the third floor of the mansion, not even Butler could jump out of the window and land on the ground without breaking a bone.
"What do we do then?" Holly questioned.
Butler sighed again, sitting down beside her. "We wait, Juliet should be back from picking the rest of the Fowls at the airport soon. Artemis made their trip longer than expected after we brought you here. To not raise suspicion I will have Juliet sneak you out while explaining to Mr. and Mrs. Fowl that Artemis ran off somewhere. Not completely a lie."
Tears were stinging Holly's eyes, "This is all my fault." She whispered.
Butler sighed, both Artemis and Holly had been acting weird ever since she woke up. "No, it isn't. It's not anybody's fault. Artemis is just too blind by emotion, something that he has never experienced before, to make decent decisions right now. It is not your fault Holly."
Artemis walked down the stairs to the ground floor. He felt guilty about leaving Holly and Butler like that, but Juliet would be home soon. They would find a way to sneak Holly out without his parents noticing.
Artemis waited in the security room for what seemed like forever. He didn't know what else to do. So when the monitors detected something, he knew it was the people. He straightened the suit he was wearing when he stood up. He walked steadily to the front door, his heart rapidly beating.
He opened the door to find Trouble and his team in defense mode, neutrinos pointed at Artemis from all directions. Somehow, Trouble had gotten his hands on a megaphone.
"Artemis Fowl, you are hereby under arrest for the kidnapping of Captain Holly Short."
Artemis fought the urge to roll his eyes, "Commander Kelp, if you are afraid of Butler coming out, then I can assure you he is not. And I do plan on coming peacefully, under one condition."
Trouble came from the barrier of LEP officers, going up to Artemis, "And what would that be, Fowl."
"Leave Holly alone, she is 'safe' from me as long as I am with the LEP. She doesn't need to be in lockdown from Butler as well, I have left him a note telling him to stay away, from both me and her."
Trouble considered this, "Fine, Fowl. Where's Holly?"
"With Butler at the moment, she is fine. She will be going down to Haven shortly after the trial I know you have planned for me when I get there is done."
Trouble snorted, of course he knew about that. He looked to his men, "Well, what are you waiting for? Cuff him and lets go!"
They did as they were told, and went off, leading Artemis down to his doom.
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