Bite Me

[chapter four]

[Hol • ly]

Holly allowed herself to be carried off by this man, she was tired from struggling now. She wasn't physically tired, if she wasn't tied up she would be fighting up a storm but she was over thinking everything. Especially how Root was going to react to Holly-- the only female captain of the LEP-- being kidnapped, her record would seriously be tarnished. To all the people who were sexist of a female soldier would laugh in her face, saying that "a male captain wouldn't have been kidnapped," or something along those lines. Holly sighed through the gag and looked at the male carrying her.

He noticed her gaze before looking ahead again, "there something on your mind?" The man asked Holly Short, who was unable to respond verbally so she just nodded in response. Perhaps she could convince him verbally to let her go, but she had no idea if he was stubborn or not. "Well, too bad. I have no intention to take off your gag anytime soon, so you're going to keep all your thoughts to yourself."

Jerk, thought Holly as she looked ahead at the big, brown door that-- of course-- only a rich family would own for a bedroom door. The man knocked on the door, and waited for his charge from inside to respond. Holly bit the lip and the gag, her heart suddenly pacing with anxiety. What did he really mean by that Holly was going to be used to "fed" him? Please don't be a family of cannibals, I still have much more to experience in life.

"Come in, Dom!" Yelled a voice from inside, it sounded like a male's voice with a hint of an accent. It was Ireland, though, Holly knew everyone here had an Irish accent. I get to met Dom's charge, and then I'm going to be used to feed him. Holly thought bitterly as Dom gripped her arm and opened the door, pulling her inside with a lack of care if he was hurting her or not.

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Inside the room appeared to be a young male with slicked back hair, pale skin, and a pristine suit. He looked up at Dom and then his eyes lingered to Holly, sending a shiver down her spine. Whatever was going to happen next, she was definitely not going to enjoy it at all. If my arms were untied, I would punch you in the throat so fast. Holly thought, glaring at the young male.

"Honestly Dom, why must you gag them? Once they are inside the manor's walls, no one will be able to hear anything they say. Sound proof walls, remember?" He told Dom, as he untied Holly's gag.

"Don't you dare touch me!" Holly yelled as her gag was off, she thrashed against Dom but couldn't break his grip which only got tighter at this outburst. "You are making a huge mistake, I hope you know, I'm with the LEP--"

He gave her a bored glance and waved his hand, "I'm aware of who the LEP are and since you are working with them, you must be the only female captain that's so popular. Your name is Holly Short, you are nineteen years old, and you are also the best shuttle captain they have." He said nonchalant as Holly's eyes were wide with surprise.

She gritted her teeth and glared at him, twisting her wrists against the rope enough to get blood to drip into again. "Well-- since you know so much about me-- you must be aware of how serious kidnapping a member of the LEP is. I won't tell them of this incident if you let me go right now."

He sighed and looked at Dom, "she is rather bold, isn't she? You can excuse yourself now, Dom, I'll take what I need from her and send her on her way." Dom nodded and exited the room without another word, shutting the door behind him. Now it was just Holly and him.

Holly glared daggers at him as she felt the pain in her wrists get worse, since she couldn't use her arms and she wasn't very good with her feet, she was defenseless. I hate this place so much, I wish I was able to kick some ass right now... give them a taste of their own medicine.

"Ms. Short, do you know why you are here?" He asked, interrupting her thoughts.

"You're going to fed on me, that's all the behemoth told me." Holly said dryly, before swallowing hard to regain her composure. "You're not some cannibalistic child, are you? I have no desire to be eaten today by some little kid."

"For your information, I'm not a cannibal but some might consider what I'm doing that. I'm also not some kid, as you said, I'm actually much older than I appear. But I suppose I do look rather young, it runs in my bloodline."

She scoffed and got into his face, surprising him slightly but he hid his shock to keep his calm personality. "How old are you than, boy? Fifteen? Fourteen?" Holly snickered, "no, you must be thirteen."

He cleared his throat and adjusted his tie. "First of all, my name is Artemis Fowl the II and I'm much older than that. A word of advice for you, Holly, insulting me isn't very wise. As I don't really care, Dom might get mad at this and when he's doing his own thing, well... he's then out of my control." Artemis told her calmly, studying her features. Her eyes don't share any fear, there is some uncertainty but that isn't stopping her... curious.

"What are you?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Holly narrowed her eyes, annoyed that Artemis didn't answer her properly. "You heard me, what are you? There's something... different about you, there's no way you're human. So, what. Are. You?"

"I suppose you would have already suspected everything so I'll just tell you, I suppose you're familiar with the Fowl legacy?" He asked her, standing up straight as the captain struggled with the rope. Dom took all her weapons, so she couldn't use the knife she always had to cut herself free.

"Yes, yes, everyone is. Doesn't change how much I hate you at the moment or not, even if you are Artemis Fowl the II. Why is that important?" Holly asked, snapping at him.

Artemis sighed, wondering to himself if this conservation was going to be civil for much longer or not. "I suppose that you haven't read up on much of the lore, have you? You don't look like the type of person to pay attention to details you don't care for. So you wouldn't be aware of the Fowl family secrets."

"What secrets?" Holly asked, before scoffing slightly. "Actually, don't tell me, every family has secrets-- even the rich asshole families have secrets."

"Are you saying that the Short family had the secret of immortality?" He said inquisitively.

"Immortality...? You're bluffing, no one can be immortality. That's a fairy tale story, Fowl, it's not real. I thought you would at least be smart enough for that." She said as Artemis mouth twitched with slight annoyance.

"Do not doubt my intelligence, Holly Short, or you may come to regret it."

[Short]