Well, this is my first Artemis fic on Fanfiction.Net, and…I really don't
have anything to say. Heh. I'll write more if you like it enough.
1 Chapter One
"Alright, Julius, don't lose it now!"
"Why do I have to keep telling you! The Iris-cam doesn't hurt, it just startles me, that's all!…and don't call me Julius, civilian!"
Foaly chuckled silently. He loved playing games with the commander, and he didn't worry about his being fired, either. After the loss of Koboi, Commander Root didn't have anyone else to replace Foaly with.
"Sure, commander…"
"You got a visual on this car yet?" Foaly sighed, watching a map right beside the monitor.
"No. It's like this guy knows exactly how far away he needs to be to not be seen."
"Plus, the car is lined with lead. Not even our x-ray filters can get through that. You should know about that, considering the fact that you built them…"
Foaly pretended he didn't hear the last remark. "Any license plate number?"
"Negative."
"It's odd. How does the Mud Man know so much? If I didn't know any better, I'd say - "
A popping sound came through Foaly's speakers, interrupting him.
"Don't even go there, centaur." Foaly smiled.
"Captain Short, how did you get this frequency?" Root demanded.
"Simple. Saw it on the computer in ops." Foaly interjected before the commander could say anything.
"Hmm. I should know better. I was hoping for something more scientific…but this is Holly we're talking about."
"Hey, stop talking about me like I'm not here!"
"I hope that was directed towards the civilian, Captain." Root said, an audible edge to his voice. Holly shut up. After a long pause, Foaly spoke.
"As I was saying, If I didn't know any better, I'd say that Artemis Fowl had something to do with this. Of course, judging by the growling on the line, I believe Captain Short disagrees." Foaly leaned back in his chair, still smiling.
"Do I have permission to speak, commander?"
"Well, you didn't have permission to connect to this frequency, but I appreciate your input. Go ahead."
"Sir, you know how much Artemis and Butler helped us before. If it wasn't for them, Haven would be completely controlled by a madman with a melting face. Why would they bother to help us if they were going to plot against us in the long run?"
"Simple. It benefited him. We scratched his back, he scratched ours." Root said calmly.
"And another thing. If it wasn't for us, he would be dead. He owes us."
"Perhaps. However, I have never known Artemis Fowl to be a moral person. And he's a teenager. Mud Man teenagers' minds change quite quickly." At this point, Foaly interrupted once again.
"Sir, I also believe that it was not Artemis. This does not seem like his style. Artemis would want everyone to, basically, bring him the gold, not barge straight into Haven and steal it. No, I think we weren't the only ones being infiltrated recently."
"What do you mean, civilian?"
"I think that maybe someone stole one of his copies of the Book, and/or his notes on the fairy civilization." There was a pause.
"That could very well be. We can't know unless we have more information. Holly, if you would be so kind as to - "
"I've got a visual! This guy must not be as slippery as we thought him to be." Foaly clapped his hands. A limousine was on the view screen, and he could also see members of the LEPrecon, hovering close by. "What, no shields?" Foaly said, noticing that the shield filter of Root's helmet was not turned on.
"It's a country area. Waste of magic if there's no one here to see you in the first place." Holly said promptly. Root didn't even try to tell her to get off this time, because his attention, and the attention of his LEP comrades, were diverted elsewhere. Foaly suddenly noticed as well. The car was speeding up, and they were coming up on a city.
"Shields up!" Root yelled. They did so, but in order to keep their bodies streamlined so as to keep up with the car, they didn't have time to turn on their anti-shield filters.
Bad mistake.
The car raced into the city, and promptly disappeared.
"WHAT?" Foaly yelled. "Jul – er – Commander, get your anti-shield filters on NOW!"
As prompt as his suggestion was, the stunned LEPrecon members didn't quite get it up in time. By the time they had switched it on, the car was nowhere in sight. However, the tracking beacon was right underneath them.
"D'Arvit!" Root shouted.
"What the heck was that?" Holly yelled, instinctively pulling out her Neutrino 2000. Foaly activated the zoom in Root's Iris-cam, and looked down. There, next to a fire hydrant, was the tracking beacon.
"D'Arvit!!" Root shouted again. He swooped down and grabbed it, then returned to the rest of the recon group. "How do you think they did it? You can't shield a whole car, can you, Foaly?"
In light of the situation, Foaly didn't bother to point out the fact that he was showing respect for his tech skills, and just answered the question. "No. No way at all. Unless it really IS Artemis behind this. He's probably the only Mud Man with the technological know-how to do something like that, but it's highly unlikely. I mean, not even I can do that!" Root snorted. Suddenly, Foaly noticed something on his computer.
"You know what? I wasn't tracking this frequency before, or else I would have known that Holly was listening in, but it looks as if we might have someone else listening in as well."
"Right you are, Foaly." Said Artemis Fowl.
1 Chapter One
"Alright, Julius, don't lose it now!"
"Why do I have to keep telling you! The Iris-cam doesn't hurt, it just startles me, that's all!…and don't call me Julius, civilian!"
Foaly chuckled silently. He loved playing games with the commander, and he didn't worry about his being fired, either. After the loss of Koboi, Commander Root didn't have anyone else to replace Foaly with.
"Sure, commander…"
"You got a visual on this car yet?" Foaly sighed, watching a map right beside the monitor.
"No. It's like this guy knows exactly how far away he needs to be to not be seen."
"Plus, the car is lined with lead. Not even our x-ray filters can get through that. You should know about that, considering the fact that you built them…"
Foaly pretended he didn't hear the last remark. "Any license plate number?"
"Negative."
"It's odd. How does the Mud Man know so much? If I didn't know any better, I'd say - "
A popping sound came through Foaly's speakers, interrupting him.
"Don't even go there, centaur." Foaly smiled.
"Captain Short, how did you get this frequency?" Root demanded.
"Simple. Saw it on the computer in ops." Foaly interjected before the commander could say anything.
"Hmm. I should know better. I was hoping for something more scientific…but this is Holly we're talking about."
"Hey, stop talking about me like I'm not here!"
"I hope that was directed towards the civilian, Captain." Root said, an audible edge to his voice. Holly shut up. After a long pause, Foaly spoke.
"As I was saying, If I didn't know any better, I'd say that Artemis Fowl had something to do with this. Of course, judging by the growling on the line, I believe Captain Short disagrees." Foaly leaned back in his chair, still smiling.
"Do I have permission to speak, commander?"
"Well, you didn't have permission to connect to this frequency, but I appreciate your input. Go ahead."
"Sir, you know how much Artemis and Butler helped us before. If it wasn't for them, Haven would be completely controlled by a madman with a melting face. Why would they bother to help us if they were going to plot against us in the long run?"
"Simple. It benefited him. We scratched his back, he scratched ours." Root said calmly.
"And another thing. If it wasn't for us, he would be dead. He owes us."
"Perhaps. However, I have never known Artemis Fowl to be a moral person. And he's a teenager. Mud Man teenagers' minds change quite quickly." At this point, Foaly interrupted once again.
"Sir, I also believe that it was not Artemis. This does not seem like his style. Artemis would want everyone to, basically, bring him the gold, not barge straight into Haven and steal it. No, I think we weren't the only ones being infiltrated recently."
"What do you mean, civilian?"
"I think that maybe someone stole one of his copies of the Book, and/or his notes on the fairy civilization." There was a pause.
"That could very well be. We can't know unless we have more information. Holly, if you would be so kind as to - "
"I've got a visual! This guy must not be as slippery as we thought him to be." Foaly clapped his hands. A limousine was on the view screen, and he could also see members of the LEPrecon, hovering close by. "What, no shields?" Foaly said, noticing that the shield filter of Root's helmet was not turned on.
"It's a country area. Waste of magic if there's no one here to see you in the first place." Holly said promptly. Root didn't even try to tell her to get off this time, because his attention, and the attention of his LEP comrades, were diverted elsewhere. Foaly suddenly noticed as well. The car was speeding up, and they were coming up on a city.
"Shields up!" Root yelled. They did so, but in order to keep their bodies streamlined so as to keep up with the car, they didn't have time to turn on their anti-shield filters.
Bad mistake.
The car raced into the city, and promptly disappeared.
"WHAT?" Foaly yelled. "Jul – er – Commander, get your anti-shield filters on NOW!"
As prompt as his suggestion was, the stunned LEPrecon members didn't quite get it up in time. By the time they had switched it on, the car was nowhere in sight. However, the tracking beacon was right underneath them.
"D'Arvit!" Root shouted.
"What the heck was that?" Holly yelled, instinctively pulling out her Neutrino 2000. Foaly activated the zoom in Root's Iris-cam, and looked down. There, next to a fire hydrant, was the tracking beacon.
"D'Arvit!!" Root shouted again. He swooped down and grabbed it, then returned to the rest of the recon group. "How do you think they did it? You can't shield a whole car, can you, Foaly?"
In light of the situation, Foaly didn't bother to point out the fact that he was showing respect for his tech skills, and just answered the question. "No. No way at all. Unless it really IS Artemis behind this. He's probably the only Mud Man with the technological know-how to do something like that, but it's highly unlikely. I mean, not even I can do that!" Root snorted. Suddenly, Foaly noticed something on his computer.
"You know what? I wasn't tracking this frequency before, or else I would have known that Holly was listening in, but it looks as if we might have someone else listening in as well."
"Right you are, Foaly." Said Artemis Fowl.
