"Captain Short! Get in here!!"
Holly groaned and walked into Root's office. "Yes, Commander?" she sighed, and saluted to him.
"There has been some silver and traces of gold missing from the mines, and we have the main suspect..."
"Don't tell me, Fowl, right?"
"Yes. And you are supposed to go check it out... Oh, and someone is going to go with you, too. It could be dangerous."
Holly desperately pleaded in her mind that it wasn't Chix Verbil or some other moron like him.
"Lt. Zane Sanders is to go with you, Captain."
Holly rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, Commander," and left to go find the lieutenant.
She arrived at the boy's house, and rapped on the door twice. "Huh? Who is it?"
Holly heard from inside as the door opened, revealing Lieutenant Zane Sanders, a boy around her age, with spiky blonde hair, and sharp, green eyes; wearing the green t-shirt and dark green cargo shorts he had to wear in the LEP. "Oh, uh, hi, Holly...hehe."
He turned a nice shade of pink, for he was extremely shy, especially around Holly (and girls in general, for that matter). "Listen, Sanders, we have to go investigate Fowl's house again."
"Oh joy," he replied sarcastically, even though he still was that shade of red when talking to Holly.
"C'mon, let's go."
They reached Fowl Manor in about forty-five minutes, and walked up to the door. Holly thumped the doorknocker, and Butler quickly answered.
"Oh, hello, Holly. I'll go get Master Artemis."
"Who's that?" Zane whispered when Butler had left.
"Oh, that's what Butler calls the annoying little MudBoy over there."
"What have you accused me of this time?" Artemis queried, striding up to the two fairies.
"Well, the LEP think you've been stealing silver and gold from our mines,"
Holly stated matter-of-factly to Artemis, who raised an eyebrow about half a centimeter.
"Oh, they do, do they? Well, yet another accusation of the innocent proved wrong."
Holly gave him a questioning look.
"Really? Do you know of anyone who might be a suspect then?" Artemis shook his head, saying,
"I did get this in the mail yesterday, however." He handed her a navy blue envelope with the initials T. S. in fancy silver letters on the front. She carefully opened it, revealing a letter of the same color paper, written in silver also. Holly read it aloud to the two:
Mr. Fowl,
I will pay you an exact sum of 1,000,000 dollars, no matter which currency, if you will join me in my quest in decimating the Lower Elements Police and all of Underground Haven.
You must collect me three items, however, before I will pay you. The first is simple to obtain: One diamond without any impurities.
The second is a bit more difficult: One vile of a fairy's magic. (Clue: Ask Foaly. He will know.)
And the third and final object, the hardest of all: A feather of a rare black golden eagle. You will not find one out in the wild, they are only bred in captivity, and they might just happen to have one at the laboratory, scientists are currently running tests on the uncommon eagle.
Best regards,
T. S.
"Well?" Zane asked, shattering the short silence that had blanketed the three after Holly had finished. Holly just stared ahead blankly, not breaking out of the dazed state she was in. "Captain? Hello?? Anyone home?" Zane asked, waving a hand in front of Holly's face. She instantly snapped back to reality, looking around surprised, asking, "Huh? Wha? What happened??"
"Um, Captain? Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"Alright then," Artemis nodded once, and continued, "You may take that down to Foaly and have him examine it, but please do not tear it or throw it away. Got it?"
Holly nodded, and Zane just stared at Artemis, thinking, 'Woah, he's weird...'
"Ok, Sanders, let's go now."
"'Kay, Captain."
So they left the manor.
Holly and Zane went straight to their Commander's office and showed him the letter when they arrived back at Haven's LEP office building. "Well, now what, sir?" Holly asked Root when he had sighed deeply upon finishing the letter. "I don't know, Captain. If Fowl accepts, then we're doomed. If - Wait a minute, Captain. Give me the letter again," he asked, and Holly gave it to him. "Look at these initials..." He rolled his eyes and glared at Sanders who wasn't paying attention whatsoever and was messing with the zipper on the front of his shirt. "PAY ATTENTION, SANDERS!!" Root roared, and Zane about jumped six feet in the air, and when he landed, immediately snapped to attention and saluted. Root huffed and, a bit more calmly, (if you could call that calm) said to Zane, "At ease, soldier." Zane relaxed as his Commander turned to Holly and said, "As I was saying, look at the initials, don't they look familiar, Short?" Holly nodded, and he continued. "Don't we know about the person those initials might belong to?" Holly gasped with a knowing look in her eyes, and Root nodded, saying approvingly, "Mm-hm. That's right, Captain Short."
Holly groaned and walked into Root's office. "Yes, Commander?" she sighed, and saluted to him.
"There has been some silver and traces of gold missing from the mines, and we have the main suspect..."
"Don't tell me, Fowl, right?"
"Yes. And you are supposed to go check it out... Oh, and someone is going to go with you, too. It could be dangerous."
Holly desperately pleaded in her mind that it wasn't Chix Verbil or some other moron like him.
"Lt. Zane Sanders is to go with you, Captain."
Holly rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, Commander," and left to go find the lieutenant.
She arrived at the boy's house, and rapped on the door twice. "Huh? Who is it?"
Holly heard from inside as the door opened, revealing Lieutenant Zane Sanders, a boy around her age, with spiky blonde hair, and sharp, green eyes; wearing the green t-shirt and dark green cargo shorts he had to wear in the LEP. "Oh, uh, hi, Holly...hehe."
He turned a nice shade of pink, for he was extremely shy, especially around Holly (and girls in general, for that matter). "Listen, Sanders, we have to go investigate Fowl's house again."
"Oh joy," he replied sarcastically, even though he still was that shade of red when talking to Holly.
"C'mon, let's go."
They reached Fowl Manor in about forty-five minutes, and walked up to the door. Holly thumped the doorknocker, and Butler quickly answered.
"Oh, hello, Holly. I'll go get Master Artemis."
"Who's that?" Zane whispered when Butler had left.
"Oh, that's what Butler calls the annoying little MudBoy over there."
"What have you accused me of this time?" Artemis queried, striding up to the two fairies.
"Well, the LEP think you've been stealing silver and gold from our mines,"
Holly stated matter-of-factly to Artemis, who raised an eyebrow about half a centimeter.
"Oh, they do, do they? Well, yet another accusation of the innocent proved wrong."
Holly gave him a questioning look.
"Really? Do you know of anyone who might be a suspect then?" Artemis shook his head, saying,
"I did get this in the mail yesterday, however." He handed her a navy blue envelope with the initials T. S. in fancy silver letters on the front. She carefully opened it, revealing a letter of the same color paper, written in silver also. Holly read it aloud to the two:
Mr. Fowl,
I will pay you an exact sum of 1,000,000 dollars, no matter which currency, if you will join me in my quest in decimating the Lower Elements Police and all of Underground Haven.
You must collect me three items, however, before I will pay you. The first is simple to obtain: One diamond without any impurities.
The second is a bit more difficult: One vile of a fairy's magic. (Clue: Ask Foaly. He will know.)
And the third and final object, the hardest of all: A feather of a rare black golden eagle. You will not find one out in the wild, they are only bred in captivity, and they might just happen to have one at the laboratory, scientists are currently running tests on the uncommon eagle.
Best regards,
T. S.
"Well?" Zane asked, shattering the short silence that had blanketed the three after Holly had finished. Holly just stared ahead blankly, not breaking out of the dazed state she was in. "Captain? Hello?? Anyone home?" Zane asked, waving a hand in front of Holly's face. She instantly snapped back to reality, looking around surprised, asking, "Huh? Wha? What happened??"
"Um, Captain? Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"Alright then," Artemis nodded once, and continued, "You may take that down to Foaly and have him examine it, but please do not tear it or throw it away. Got it?"
Holly nodded, and Zane just stared at Artemis, thinking, 'Woah, he's weird...'
"Ok, Sanders, let's go now."
"'Kay, Captain."
So they left the manor.
Holly and Zane went straight to their Commander's office and showed him the letter when they arrived back at Haven's LEP office building. "Well, now what, sir?" Holly asked Root when he had sighed deeply upon finishing the letter. "I don't know, Captain. If Fowl accepts, then we're doomed. If - Wait a minute, Captain. Give me the letter again," he asked, and Holly gave it to him. "Look at these initials..." He rolled his eyes and glared at Sanders who wasn't paying attention whatsoever and was messing with the zipper on the front of his shirt. "PAY ATTENTION, SANDERS!!" Root roared, and Zane about jumped six feet in the air, and when he landed, immediately snapped to attention and saluted. Root huffed and, a bit more calmly, (if you could call that calm) said to Zane, "At ease, soldier." Zane relaxed as his Commander turned to Holly and said, "As I was saying, look at the initials, don't they look familiar, Short?" Holly nodded, and he continued. "Don't we know about the person those initials might belong to?" Holly gasped with a knowing look in her eyes, and Root nodded, saying approvingly, "Mm-hm. That's right, Captain Short."