Sorry, guys. This is going to be a really, really, really short chapter.
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Artemis slowly became aware of the dull throbbing in his head. It came and went. Sometimes it became so loud it filled his whole head and other times it seemed only a faint throb at the back of his head.
Now, however, it was as loud as ever. Ohhh. Go away! He groaned, but the throbbing persisted. After a while, the throbbing formed itself into words. Artemis....Artemis....ARTEMIS!
The last word was so loud it echoed back and forth across his head. Who was speaking? No, not speaking. Something else.
What's going on? Artemis spoke inside his head, hoping the voice would respond.
Artemis! The voice said, sounding relieved. I've been waiting for ages for you to wake up!
Artemis thought hard. The voice was so familiar.
Artemis, I need your help. You have to think of a convincing story to fool Butler and Juliet. They were in here earlier. They think you're getting fairy help from somewhere.
Suddenly, all the memories of the past few days came rushing back to Artemis.
Ajay?! What are you talking about?
Ajay sighed with frustration. It's Butler and Juliet. When you passed out I heard them talking.
They're planning on asking you some questions concerning me when you wake up.
They know who you are? How did they find out?
No! They don't know about me. Yet. They think you're getting help from a fairy.
Are they in here now?
No, they left about twenty minutes ago.
Good. We have to think something convincing up now. Or we're in serious trouble.
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Butler stepped onto the landing outside Artemis' room. It was half an hour since he and Juliet had left Artemis alone in his room. Butler had decided to check on him every half hour to see if he was awake.
Butler entered to room and jumped in surprise. Artemis was sitting up in bed and seemed perfectly fine despite the fact that he seemed to be in mortal agony barely an hour ago.
"Artemis!" he cried stepping forward into the room.
"Hello, Butler. I seemed to have passed out. I believe it happened while I was experimenting with some old LEP equipment. I was trying to take apart the components of an old LEP model when some of the electricity wires became entangled with my fingers. I must have passed out from the sheer pain of the electricity passing through my body."
Butler looked doubtful. The story itself sounded authentic, but something still didn't seem right. When he looked around, he could see all of the LEP equipment he had stolen from a fairy SWAT team two years ago spread out on the desk. Strange. He didn't remember seeing it when he first came into the room.
Artemis was cradling his head in his hands.
"I have a slight headache, Butler. Could you please leave me alone for a while."
Butler could see Artemis really was in pain, so he decided not to argue.
"Do you want a Panadol or something?" he said walking towards the door.
"No...I'll be right."
As soon as Butler had shut the door after him, Artemis slumped back on his pillows.
I hate it when you use magic.
I had too, Artemis. I knew he would look for the LEP stuff so I used the magic to put it on the desk while you were talking to him.
Well I knew that, obviously. You think I can't tell when you use magic?
Silence, then,
This has to stop.
What?
You. I mean, I can't handle it, Ajay. It hurts me too much when you use magic and you can't not use magic for the rest of your life. It isn't natural.
So...So what are you going to do?
Me? I'm not going to do anything. You are going to do something. You're coming out.
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Alright. I've got a question for you. Should Artemis tell Holly about Ajay? I'm going to leave the answer up to you because I can't decide. Write your answer in your reviews and I'll count the votes and see what the majority want. Ok? So, R&R!
-Spinnika