Artemis raises Hell

Artemis was wandering around the snow covered garden of Fowl manor. He looked up at the star filled sky. He decided to wander around to see if anyone from The Haven was out. Butler, of course was at his charges heels.

After finally finding the tree near the creek, Butler and Artemis finally rested. "How do you know she'll come here?" Butler asked. "I gave her a message." Artemis stated simply.

After about an hour of sitting, the sound of crunching snow showed she has came. Holly finally arrived to the tree. "This better be good Mud boy, I could get in serious trouble for being above ground right now."

Artemis then said, "Holly, remember this morning?"

Flashback:

Artemis was taking a walk in the forest, since he can't find anything to do, no problems with the Haven or on the surface. During his walk, he stumbled upon Holly, crouched o the ground, looking for something.

"Holly?" Artemis asked. Holly jumped a little, not expecting Artemis to be there.

"What are you doing on the surface?" "Looking for my Neutrino 3000, I'll be killed if a human gets it, and I mean literally, kill me."

Artemis smirked. "You mean this?" Holly looked incredibly angry. "Cowpog! Don't you know how much trouble I could have gotten in?"

Artemis was about to respond, but they heard a scream of effort. The two crept over toward the sound. They saw a young man about twenty years of age standing on a cliff.

"GOD! FORGIVE ME!" he cried as he jumped off the ledge. The elf and human turned away from him until they heard a sickening crunch.

Artemis called the police not as calm as he would normally talk, "Hello! Officer! A man just committed suicide! He jumped off a cliff in the forest near Fowl manor!"

Holly looked around the body, also panicking.

End Flashback

"Yeah, so?" Holly asked, shrugging her shoulders. "I think it might be fairy technology and he managed to mess his life up with it." Artemis said, thinking aloud.

"If that's the case then the Haven is in danger of discovery." Holly said, nervous. With that said a vortex opened.

Meanwhile, Opal Koboi has finally escaped prison. She somehow regained her magic.

Getting out of jail was not an easy task, it involved a make-shift crowbar, a empty bottle of beer, a subatomic particle accelerator, and a spoon.

She found her way to Fairy Port E1 where she crept to the surface.

Opal is still thinking about a Mud man who killed himself. All she knows is that he threw a puzzle box before he jumped.

When she saw him jump, she quickly ran and picked up the box. As soon as she saw a LEP, she stormed back into the forest.

Opal managed to get the Brill Brothers and Mesmer a human into hiding them. "Miss Koboi, is this a good idea?" asked Merv. "Yeah, didn't a Mud man kill himself because of this thing?" asked Scant. "You idiots, it's just a puzzle box, nothing more or less!"

The box was bronze with golden trimming, making symbols that didn't belong to any language.

After about a minute, she finally moved one part of the box open, she clicked the circle in the center of box, moved another part so it looked like four conjoined towers. There was a simple tune playing as Opal opened it.

There was only one more piece to go there was a bell chime. There was an eerie light coming from below the door and the cube when she opened the last piece.

Electricity surged from the cube causing Opal to drop it. The door behind them was kicked down.

"What the hell?" Opal muttered looking behind her.

There were humanoids clad in leather. They were all pale. One was female. She had several wire in her neck, showing the inside of her throat. Another had its face by hooks stretched back, so it's chattering teeth were showing.

The last being wore leather and had multiple pins protruding from his head.

Hooks came from nowhere and caught the Brills and it dug deep into the thin skull plates.

The chains tore the skulls apart, leaving the floor and walls with blood. Opal then said, her voice heavy with the Mesmer, "You will let me go."

The Leader just smirk and said, "Your magic has no effects on us." The female said in a whispery voice, "What should we do to her?"

The one with his teeth bared just chattered. "Allow me to do this my Cenobites." the Lead Cenobite stated in his flat deep voice. The last thing Opal saw and heard was the chains as they wrapped around her body. The Lead Cenobite closed the box as he and the other Cenobites vanished with a crackle of energy.