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Chapter 1
7:00 am - Pentagon, Room 14B
"Sir!! Sir! I found something!"
"Make sure the coffee contains exactly 2 miligrams of cream and sugar, no more no less--shut up Richards--and also stir it three times counter-clockwise. Can you bring me a French crueller while you're--I'm in the middle of something IMPORTANT Richards--at it? Pick the one with the least glaze. Thanks."
"SIR!! I found Artemis Fowl's location!"
Colonel Kendell E. Stokes pressed some buttons on his phone and began talking to his personal secretary. "Hello, Wilma? Yes, this is Kendell. Record, "Artemis Fowl is still at large. He is wanted for the theft of the Omni stone, and is potentially very dangerous while in possesion of it."
"SIR! PLEASE, I'm trying to--"
"Dammit Richards, what IS it?"
17-year-old Captain Katherine "Kitty" Richards brushed dark black curls behind her ear. "I found Artemis Fowl!"
The Colonel was on her in a second, his face rather resembling an overripe plum. "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?!?!"
Kitty took a deep breath. "I did. You were busy ordering your doughnut, a quite important matter apparently. And then you were reporting that Artemis hadn't been found. It's perfectly understandable that you didn't pay attention."
Stokes glared at Kitty. She had the inane ability to infuriate him, and despite all get away with it. "Well..." he said, after a pause.
"Colonel, your coffee is here." Stokes accepted his coffee and turned toward the computer screen.
"He's here."
"Richards don't be an idiot. Really, where is he?"
"Here. The U.S."
"That's outrageous. How could he get here without our detecting it? We're the United States military for God's sake."
"Well sir, there was one city we didn't check."
Stokes now looked more like and overripe peach. "You mean..."
"Yes sir. Artemis Fowl is right under our noses. Washington D.C."
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