Miraculous Hunters Rewritten: Book 1

Chapter 43: A Troll-Sized Predicament Part 2

While Maray was taking Ladybug out on the tour, the Gyre line was being occupied by a determined female Troll, who was hellbent on getting back to Stone Arc.

This female Troll had slightly thick light green hair that was pulled into a large low bun with the stray hairs held back by a blue bandana and held up by two sharp Chinese hair sticks. Keeping her bandana back from her face were medium length pointed ears that point out behind her, completely bare of any adornments. Her almond shaped eyes were a fierce brown, and her elongated diamond shaped face was devoid of any scars that could mare her white stone skin, save for scars of various sizes scattered around her slightly muscled hourglass figure. Alongside her muscles, her long legs allowed her to reach 2 meters/6.5 feet in height, with four lower jaw fangs; two on each side, poking out from her mouth. Coming out from her hair, was a set of medium sized dark green horns that pointed out behind her. The female's daily attire consisted of a dark blue loose fitting long-sleeved top with flowing sleeves, and tucked into baggy brown pants to her ankles with close fitting cuffs. To finish off the look, was a black leather belt wrapped around her waist, holding small pouches filled with magic powder mixes and/or potions to use on call.

The Troll just happened to be Artemis, who was currently under her Styx alias as she held the accelerator lever with an iron grip. As she did, Styx was also bent over the control panel in an effort to make herself more aerodynamic, and to also avoid hitting her head on the top of the inner cabin.

"That little brat is SO grounded when I get my hands on her!" Styx growled out before she pulled the lever down, causing the Gyre to speed up even more, sending her to her desired location all the more faster.

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(Flashback)

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'SHE'S GONE'!!" Styx yelled into her phone, keeping her angry stare onto the Troll in front of her as she held a sword to their throat.

To explain some things, when Artemis had to go out of town to meet up with her contact in Bavaria... she actually had to go first to the Trollmarket below the Black Forest. Once she arrived, she exited the market to take the human way to Bavaria in order to talk to her supplier of Wolpertinger horns. With the rarity of the mythical creature, her supplier was a little... stingy when it came to Artemis needing to pick up her usual shipment. This usually led to her needing to negotiate her way back to the actual price agreed upon by her and her supplier... which is what Elana had interrupted when she called Artemis to tell her Rayla had run off.

"Exactly as I've said, Ms. Queen. When I got up to check on her this morning, she was gone." Elana said through the other end of the phone, her voice filled with worry as she reported to Styx/Artemis.

"And how early did you go?" Styx asked, using all her will not to snap at the innocent teenager.

"6:00 am. Like you told me to." Elana almost whimpered "I'm sorry ma'am, I swear I was sure she couldn't leave. I know I should have checked more, but she seemed like such a nice kid and-" the poor girl sounded like she was on the verge of having a panic attack.

Styx sighed, far too exhausted to handle the distraught teenager "Look, I'm pretty sure I know where she is. You stay in the apartment in case she comes back." she instructed the girl. "Do not worry, you are not in trouble. In fact, you know what? You can use the money I had left to get something nice brought to you to eat. You will be paid as much as you were promised, and I won't give any indications to others that there was an issue. I know you need these jobs." Styx could hear the girl's breathing calm down, much to her relief, the last thing she wanted was to cause a normal person excessive stress.