The Alliance Archive

The World Must Go On

HEYYYYYYYYY! I'm super happy for no reason. . . Well, Part of it is because Syd uploaded. . . But i'm just in a pretty good mood! Hope ya like the chapter, it might be all over b/c Syd and I haven't really gotten together to plan out some of this..... ANYWAYS! Like I said, enjoy!

I groaned and rubbed my eyes, a bright light blinding me. "So, you're awake." A gruff voice chuckled. "My employer might be a bit upset with me if you died, but I truly don't care." I looked up and into the eyes of a giant Eurasian man wearing a suit.

"B-Butler?" I tried to ask, but my throat was sore and my lips were cracked. When I coughed, my lip cracked further and started to ooze blood. With a sigh, Butler left the room. "Syd? Hello?" I called out weakly. "Help!" I coughed again, this time it was so painful, I fell out of the wooden chair I was seated on. As I hit the ground, pain shot through my leg. (No pun intend. . . ) I screamed out and the door that Butler left from flew open. Butler rushed to my side and picked me up, carrying me bridle style and I bit my lip to keep from crying. I can't show weakness around him.

Syd was right. I did rush into things without thinking first, without planning it out. And that is how I was in this situation right now. A bullet wound to the leg, tazor wound to the back and probably a concussion from when I passed out, twice. Now it was going to be ten times harder for Syd to rescue me because of my own stupidity. Butler set me on a bed, bringing me out of my thoughts. "Stay here, if you try to leave, I will just shoot you with a dart gun. There is water on the end table." Without another word, Butler stood and left.

~Third person POV~

Butler walked down the hall to Artemis' room. He knocked lightly, as to not wake the other residents in the house. After a moment of shuffling, the door opened. "Meet me in the library in 20." Artemis told him, shutting the door as quickly as it had opened. Butler sighed and walked to the library quickly, wanting to talk to his employer sooner.

Inside Artemis' room, it was hectic. "You have to!" Artemis ordered. "If Butler finds you, all Hell will break loose!" Birch shook her head.

"I am not hiding in your closet!" She argued back. Artemis groaned.

"Fine, then you can sit with your old body until I'm finished!" Birch paled at the idea.

"I'll be in your closet then." Artemis couldn't help but smirk. He always won. "But I'm taking your laptop." Before Artemis could say a word, Birch was gone. He sighed and shook his head, walking out of his room and locking it behind him. He slowly walked to the library, thoughts swirling in his head.

"Sir?" Butler asked, bringing him out of his thoughts. "Are you ready to talk?" Artemis nodded and sat down across from Butler. "Well, she tried to escape again. I had to take drastic measures to insure that she didn't."

"What did you do?!" Artemis snapped, worried as soon as the words left his bodyguards mouth.

"Settle down! You will wake someone! I had to damage her leg so she could not run."

"Damage?"

"I shot her."

"You what?!"

"Shh! She will make a full recovery. But she has a possibly serious concussion. But the worst of it all, she seems to be sick. I cannot tell what it is, but she's been coughing quiet a bit, she is very pale and extremely cold to the touch. I took her temp. and she was 103.8." Artemis gasped.

"She's running a very high fever. With the bullet wound and concussion. . .Well, let's just say that we have to be very careful to insure her survival." Butler nodded.

"Artemis, will you explain to me why I cannot show emotion around her? I feel terrible treating her like this! She is our friend for goodness sake!" Artemis shook his head.

"Butler, if we show emotion around her it has a high possibility of triggering unwanted memories and we cannot risk that. Now, take me to her, I want to see her." He ordered. Butler sighed and stood, taking a small piece of black cloth out of his pocket.

"Put this on. If Birch comes, I don't want her forcing you to take her to Stella." Artemis nodded and once they where out of the library, Artemis started memorizing.

20 steps forward, left turn. 10 steps, right turn. 3 steps, left turn into stairwell. 10 stairs down, right turn. 15 steps, left turn. 4 steps, left turn. Open door, enter. Arrived.

Artemis took off the blindfold and walked to Stella's bedside, placing a hand on her forehead. "Cold. She is running a normal fever, but with a bullet wound and concussion, her immune system wont be able to fight off an infection if the wound gets one. If it gets infected, she could loose her leg. We must keep it very sterile. Have Juliet come in and bathe her every day, taking extra care on the wound. Now, take me back to my room."

"Birch."

"Yeah?"

"I know how to get to Stella, but that will have to wait."

EEEEEPPPPPP SOOOOOOOO I was just so exited about Syd Uploading that I had to upload on the same day!!!! WOOT!