Artemis Fowl and the Other One
Artemis Fowl was no normal teenager – just mentioning his name could send a grown man scurrying in fear. He was a child prodigy not to mention worldwide criminal mastermind above land and below. However, you probably already know this. What you probably didn't know is that there is someone in the same boat, someone who has been keeping herself hidden for a very long time.
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Artemis' network of computers flashed red as he hurriedly put up wall after wall of code to prevent the hacker from breaking in. Beads of sweat trickled down his pale face as his fingers flew across the multiple keyboards in front of him. He had to give the other person credit though; no one else had been able to get past the first security wall, but there were still five left so it was unlikely that they would be able to breach his network and if they did it would be disastrous.
A message popped up on the screens, 'HELLO' it said in block capitals, making Artemis stare back in shock. When his system was being hacked it automatically blocked anything that was being sent to him, the only way that something could be is if the computers had been hacked and there was a very minimal chance of that happening. But it had happened. Tentatively, Artemis typed back a quick 'Who are you?'
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Not far away someone grinned happily. 'I finally found you,' were the first words to come out of her mouth that day. Stretching her arms above her she yawned and replied:
'You need my help,'
'I don't think I do, how did you break in anyway?'
'With a few tricks and don't change the subject, you know you need my help'
'Your help with what?'
'My help with the fairies.'
Back in the Fowl Manor, Artemis had visibly stiffened, every muscle contracted. 'This is bad. Very bad.' He thought. 'Butler!' he called as loudly as he could and waited for his manservant to come in before another message appeared and Butler entered:
'Don't bother coming to find me; I'm already at your front door.'
The doorbell rang. 'Butler, whatever you do, don't let that person come inside – at any cost.' Because someone hacking into his computer was beyond bad, and that same person arriving at his house was even worse. He checked the CCTV and what he saw was not what he had expected. What he was expecting was stereotypical i.e. a big man clothed in black carrying an over-sized gun. But what he saw was a petite girl with ebony hair and a smirk plastered on her face staring back at the camera. Artemis noticed she was saying something and automatically read, 'I have Holly Short.'
