I just recently got into the Big Bang Theory and thought I would try writing a fanfic about it. Shelly is my favorite character, and this is going to be a fic about him and Arty...

Artemis was finding himself more and more bored with his life. He wanted more adventure, and had gotten used to the excitement and adrenaline that one Holly Short brought to his life. He hadn't seen her in quite some time, and he wondered what sort of underworld adventure he was missing out on. Artemis knew that the happenings of the fairy community really weren't his responsibility to know, but he had kind of grown accustomed to it.

Artemis had slowly lost hope that he would get a call from Holly just to chat. He had known that he had frightened her when Orion had told her incessantly that he loved her, but he didn't realize it had scared her so much that she wouldn't contact him at all. He missed her voice, as loath as he was to admit it. He missed her face, and her quick humor. Each day he kept imagining her buzzing him on the communicator, a smile in her voice as she explained why she hadn't contacted him in months, and Artemis was sure those thoughts were definitely not good for his brain. He had one of the highest IQ's in Europe and he should not be wasting it by thing incessantly about a female.

Artemis was sitting at his computer in his study, trying to focus on a project that his dad had set him on. Artemis Fowl Senior had told him to help out on the planet-saving schemes that he was up to, and Artemis had no choice but to comply. When he had first started researching for his dad, it had been something that he had enjoyed. His dad had wanted his help, something that had not happened at all when he had been a child. His father had completely changed from his criminal enterprise to an environmental one, something that Artemis II was having trouble devoting so much time to. He still had a longing in his bones to do criminal work, it was what he had grown up on.

Just when he was about to give up for the day, he was completely startled by a buzz on his finger that caused him to jolt out of his stupor and fall out of his desk chair. He turned the ring around on his finger taking a deep breath before speaking.

"Holly?"

"Hello, Arty, how's it going?" responded Holly's voice from the other end. Artemis was amazed by how great it was to hear her voice again.

"Um," was all he was able to say. Was there something wrong with his brain?

"Oh, gods, Artemis, I know we haven't spoken in a really long time, and I really do have an explanation for all of that, but right now we have found ourselves with a bit of an emergency."

Artemis gained control over himself immediately and pulled himself back up into his desk chair. "What is this emergency?"

"Somebody in California in the United States has found out about us. He is extremely smart, and unlike you, is an adult, which means he tends to be a little more harsh and unyielding. Although you weren't really a cup of tea in the beginning…"

Artemis sighed. "Okay, yes, I used to be a bit of a brat. What has this guy done?"

"He got through our communication system when he was doing some sort of experiment, and now is on his way to uncracking our codes completely. We would totally send in a team to wipe him, but we need a human arm so that we can figure out just how much he knows and whether or not he could be of use to us."

Artemis nodded to himself. Here was the adventure that he had wanted so badly. "When do you need me?" he asked.

Holly chuckled. "Well, I would look out your window."

Artemis stood, and outside the window he could see a slight shimmer. He smiled as he pulled the window up, allowing a newly visible Holly to step inside.

"Hey, Mud Boy," she chirped, standing on her tiptoes waiting him to bend over so that she could kiss him on the cheek.

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Holly had been having a bad day. Well, it was more of a bad few months, but today was really taking the cake. They had been working so long on this case that she was really starting to wonder if the fairies really were going to be discovered and all die horrible deaths. Well, that was just her way of telling herself that she should keep working hard on this project or bad things would happen.

Communications had been completely shut down in Haven due to the breach in the lines. Nobody could chat, call, or engage in wireless communication of any sort, and that had been a rule for at least two months now. The civilian population was beginning to get a little rowdy, and Holly hated rowdy, and civilians, for that matter, just making rowdy civilians even worse.

She was trying to get through to the police station, but there were so many people crowded around that she could barely push herself through.

"I want to talk to my Grammy," cried a middle-aged elf, anger plastered on his face as he spotted Holly.

"Yeah, and I haven't spoken to my daughter in the longest time," rasped an old lady who was leaning on an old man who was frowning, either from also wanting to talk to their daughter, or the fact that the lady was yelling right next to his ear.

"And I would really like to buy pizza for delivery and not have to leave my house!" another man yelled.

Holly frowned. She hated when the civilians doubted the work of the police force. "Okay, everyone, please settle down. You all know that we have halted communications due to a breach in the lines, and if we do resume them there is the chance that we will be found and killed off by humans."

The area fell silent. Everyone looked a little shocked and a little ashamed. At least that was what Holly thought until they resumed their whining in full blast.

Holly ignored them and continued to the building. Commander Kelp was standing in the hallway looking back and forth as if he was trying to find something. His head jerked toward her as she entered the building.

"There you are!" he barked at Holly.

"What is it, Commander?"

"We have made a decision about this case."

Holly waited for him to tell her something that was not going to help the case and just make her angry.

"We have decided to bring in your little Mud Boy friend and his pet giant. We will be sending you to California to find the man that has breached our security and confront him directly. We need to figure out just how much he knows and how dangerous he is."

Holly was taken aback. "You actually want Artemis's help?"

"Yes."

"Oh, and he's not my boyfriend."

"I didn't say boyfriend, I said boy friend, you know like, friend that's boy?"

"Glad we cleared that up," grumbled Holly. "How am I going to get in contact with him?"

"Well, isn't the little communicator between you two kind of special? It runs on different signals, and if the call is extremely short, then we shouldn't arouse suspicions by using it."

Holly nodded, so excited to see the Irish boy that she hadn't talked to forever. She was going to actually be able to talk to him, and then she got to see him in person. Her horrible day took a swing for the better. She also was going to get to take a flight to the surface. This was actually turning out to be a great day.

"We'll set you up with a Visa and some wings, and you can call him while you are flying there. You and Fowl will have to figure out how to get to California, but sometimes Mud Man transportation is the best way to go about things."

"When do you need me to get him?" asked Holly, hoping that it would be soon.

Kelp frowned at her. "Immediately."

Well, there's the first chapter... Please review so that I will know whether or not to keep going on this fanfic... I tend to lose interest if my reviews stop... I know, horrible little me...