AN: I do not own any of these characters, it all belongs to Eion Colfer. This is just for fun

Foaly gathered the equipment, getting ready for the others to arrive. He had laid most of it out on the table when Captain Holly Short came into his lab.

She looked at all the stuff on the table and then said, "What's that?"

"Stuff." Foaly replied, continuing to lay out the strange technology.

Holly rolled her eyes and then said, "More specifically?"

"You'll find out." Was all Foaly said.

Holly groaned and then sat down in the nearest chair. She studied all the stuff on the table and realized she'd never seen anything like most of the stuff before. She could tell what some of the stuff did, but others she had no idea.

Julius Root walked in next, fungus cigar lit and stuck in his mouth, he puffed on it happily. He looked at all the apparatus and groaned, Foaly was now going to lecture them on all this equipment.

Foaly looked up and saw Root's expression, "What, too complicated for you?"

"Don't annoy me Foaly, not today, not with the Fowl boy coming." Root commanded.

Foaly held up his hands innocently, but grinned just the same.

A moment later Artemis Fowl and his large bodyguard and friend Butler was escorted into the room by a terrified looking elf. Artemis smiled one of his vampire like smiles at the elf, who upon seeing this scampered off as fast as he could. Artemis chuckled and then came in and sat down.

Butler struggled to fit through the low doorway and then frowned when he saw the small chairs. He thus decided to sit on the floor.

Foaly continued to arrange the equipment without saying a word causing Commander Root to become redder and redder until he finally bellowed, "Foaly, damn it, why are we here!"

"Keep your wings on Commander; I was just getting to that." Foaly soothed.

"Yeah, taking a bloody good time getting to it." Commander Root commented.

Foaly rolled his eyes and then said, "Fine, I'll start. Alight, do you all see the apparatus before you?"

Root was about to yell something obscene when Holly stepped in, "Yes Foaly, we're not blind, we do see it."

Foaly frowned and said, "If I'm not going to get any respect, you might as well leave."

Commander Root stood up, "Alright then, let's go everyone."

Foaly knowing it was all a ploy, but couldn't stand it anyway said, "No, just sit down, I'll explain. I'm so underappreciated."

"Yes, yes, now let's get on with it." Commander Root said impatiently.

"Fine. The apparatus you see before you is, besides my own creations, top of the line." Foaly said.

"I assume these are some of the devices and what not that you retrieved after you searched Opal Koboi's labs, am I correct?" Artemis asked, though he pretty much new the answer.

Foaly pouted, "I was getting to that."

"Quit whining pony boy and get on with it." Commander Root said.

Foaly pouted even more and then continued, "Yes, Artemis, you are correct. This equipment was designed and built by Opal."

"So, why are we here?" Holly asked.

"I was going to brief you on the equipment I recovered." Foaly said, "Some of this stuff, I hate to say, and I do mean really hate, I've never seen before."

Holly saw a nasty looking gun, with a large barrel and many strange buttons on it, she pointed to it, "What's that?"

"A gun Holly." Foaly replied condescendingly.

Holly glared at him and then said, "I know that, I meant what does it do?"

"It shoots."
"Foaly." She growled.

"It shoots…stuff."

"You don't know what it does." Holly said.

"Sure I do." Foaly replied.

"Fine then, what does it do?" She asked.

"It…well…it fires a…the beam comes out…and….oh fine…I have no idea what it does. It seems to be a prototype, a prototype that doesn't work I might add." Foaly said.

Artemis studied the gun. He stood up and walked over and looked at the ripped open side of the weapon.

"It appears to me to have to do with brain and neurons. Perhaps a deneuronizer?" He said, smiling slightly.

"A what?" Commander Root asked.

"Deneuronizer, which isn't exactly a word, but more, describes what this device can do." Artemis explained.

"Which is?" Commander Root asked, turning redder.

"Kills the brain cells." Foaly finished and Artemis nodded.