
Looking at the movie now, Holly felt the same pang of loss as she always did. The People should be living above ground, instead they were stuck in this technologically advanced cave.
Holly watched the sweeping aerial views and slow-motion battles for forty minutes, then she moved into the aisle and threw off her hood. In her LEP days she would simply have come up behind the pixie and stuck her Neutrino 3000 in his back, but civilians were not allowed to carry weapons of any kind, and so a more subtle strategy would have to be employed.
She called the pixie from the aisle.
'Hey, you. Aren't you Doodah Day?'
The pixie jumped from his seat, which did not make him any taller. He fixed his fiercest scowl on his features and threw it Holly's way. 'Who wants to know?'
'The LEP,' replied Holly. Technically she had not identified herself as a member of the LEP, which would be impersonating a police officer.
Doodah squinted at her. 'I know you. You're that female elf. The one who tackled the goblins. I've seen you on digital. You're not LEP any more.'
Holly felt her heartbeat speed up. It was good to be back in action. Any kind of action.
'Maybe not, Doodah, but I'm still here to bring you in. Are you going to come quietly?'
'And spend a few centuries in the Atlantis pen? What do you think?' said Doodah Day, dropping to his knees.
The little pixie was gone like a stone from a sling, crawling under the seats, jinking left and right.
Holly pulled up her hood and ran towards the fire exit. That's where Doodah would be going. He went this way every day. Every good criminal checks the exit routes in whatever building he visits.
Doodah was at the exit before her, crashing through the door like a dog through a hatch. All Holly could see was the blue blur of his jumpsuit.
