Artemis Fowl: The LEP Hunt (Artemis/Holly)

Chapter II: Oh, boy, Koboi

Holly woke up, blinking blearily at the bright lights that shone in her eyes. She struggled for a moment, trying to remember everything that had happened when she was talking with Artemis.

"I'm sorry I lied to you." He said, before taking a needle and stabbing it into Holly's neck. Holly froze in shock, staring at the spot where Artemis was injecting something into her.

"Artemis.... how could you?" Holly whispered, her body failing. As her world collapsed around her, Holly managed to see none other than Opal Koboi step into the old shuttle and exchange a few friendly words with him. Finally, Holly's legs failed her and she crashed into Artemis for support, with only one thing swirling in her head. As her eyes started failing, Holly suddenly lost all connection to her body, floating out her her body like it was a shell.

Artemis....

"You are just a TRAITOR! Did you trick Butler, too, or was it just a lie like you tricked the People? The People who trusted you and believe you to be the nicest Mud Man anyone had every seen. Well, I'll tell them they were wrong! I can't believe they trusted you! How could you do that to them? To me?" Holly gasped, tears pooling at the bottom of her eyes as she screamed her pain and anguish towards the cameras she was sure were there.

"I thought I loved you...." She finally whispered, calming down slightly.

A few doors down, Artemis clenched his phone tightly. He had hardwired the computer room, changing the cameras in the room where Holly was to a video loop, with occasional changes. Meanwhile, everything Holly said went to his phone, where he could hear it.

Artemis heard every single word Holly Short said, and they caused him pain.

Pain like he'd never felt before.

"Holly!" Coughed a centaur who was nearby. Holly spun to find Foaly hogtied so he couldn't move an inch straining so he could talk to her.

"Foaly!" Holly shouted, straining to stand up. For some reason, she wasn't tied like Foaly, but she merely shrugged it off. Foaly, however, couldn't.

"Why aren't you tied?" He whined.

"Because, maybe Artemis thought I couldn't do anything. Because I am just a stupid elf who was tricked and deceived." Holly ranted, stumbling over to the centaur, pulling off the rope.

"Did you really love Artemis?" Foaly asked quietly, after a minute of rubbing his flank.

"I loved the Artemis Fowl I thought I knew." Holly replied, turning away so Foaly couldn't see her face. And see her lie.

"Okay. Well, let's go find Mulch-"

"You go ahead. I'll look for a way to escape." Holly said, well, shortly, finally looking the old centaur in the eye.

"Come here." Foaly opened his arms, enveloping the elf in a huge bear hug.

"It's going to be okay. Are you sure it was Artemis anyways?" Foaly asked.

"He did it on his own, with Opal Koboi posing as Butler. And no, she couldn't have used the mesmer on him. You can tell by the pupils." Holly spoke as Foaly opened his mouth to cut in.