Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl. I never have and I probably never
will *sigh*. A/N this story takes place after the end of the third book,
and, this is my first fanfic, so please be kind.
Chapter One: Mud Men
It had been two months sense she had erased Artemises memory. Holly knew she would never admit it, but she missed him. Without him messing with the fairies, life seemed pretty dull. Even with LEP duty there was never so interesting adventures as there has been. Foaly had a rather good idea of why Holly was in a grouchy mood lately, but he knew she would kill him if he said anything.
Holly was making her way through the line of leprechauns, fairies, dwarfs and other versions of The People outside the LEP office. She put her on helmet her to block out the voices of them all complaining about this and that. They were always there.
As she went through the doors she heard a familiar voice, "HOLLY GET IN HERE!" Ah well, so close, Holly thought to herself, Root would never change, he'll yell at me even if I were an hour early.
"Yes Commander Root," Holly said coming to attention.
"Do we have to go through this ever day! You should have been here two minutes ago!" Roots face was its usual magenta and in his rage he had forgotten to take his fungus sugar out of his mouth.
"I'm sorry Commander, I will do better tomorrow," Holly said that almost ever day and today was no different then any other in that Root made no further comment.
At that moment Foaly's face appeared on the plasma screen behind Root.
"Commander, you might want to have a look at this recording I was just sent from Trouble Kelp. Oh, Holly your there too, you should also come."
"What is it Foaly?" Root asked.
"Just come, all right?"
Root picked up his helmet and started to the door. When he reached it he paused, "If this is a joke your pay check will be cut in half, pony boy." Foaly wasn't listening because no reply came back.
Holly followed Root through the station, when they got to Foaly's lab they saw him seated on his swivel chair watching a recording. He turned around when he heard them come in. "O.K. Trouble was flying back from a mission when he saw some mud men fighting so he recorded it."
"FOALY! YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WATCH MUD MEN FIGHTING! THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME YOU SILLY PONY!"
"Just wait until you see this, Julius," Foaly replied, as if Root had never shouted.
"Don't you call me Julius..." but Root stopped as he saw what was on the screen. "Can you stop if right there?"
"Yep," Foaly stopped the recording right at the time when the three people fighting drew guns.
"Oh, of all the things to happen next, this must be near the worst," Holly said under her breath. The tallest of the three fighters held in his hand a Neutrino 2000.
"D'Arvit," Root swore.
"Who is it this time," Foaly groaned.
"Let's think, who could possibly get a hold of fairy technology and sell it for a profit," Root retorted. "Someone by the name of Artemis Fowl."
"We did erase his memory, so I think it would be rather hard for him to sell our technology," Foaly informed the Commander.
"And you really expect him to not have a way to get it back?"
"Why don't we look through the cams we have on his house?" Holly said, breaking up the argument that was taking place.
"O.K. just take a second here," Foaly said as he turned around in his swivel chair. He pushed a few buttons on the on the side of the screen and they were looking right into Artemises workroom. Through the screen they saw...
Artemis sat in front of one of his computers. Recently he had been researching fairies. He was determined that they existed and was going to prove it, but every time he sat down at his computer he had an odd sense of déjà vu. Somehow, no matter how strange it seemed, he was sure that the emptiness inside of him was related to fairies. That was partly why he was so determined to find them, no luck.
He knew Butler also felt empty and now it seemed the time to confront that feeling.
"Butler," he called over the intercom.
"Yes Artemis?"
"Could you come up here for a second?"
"I'll be right up."
When Butler entered he saw his young charge sitting by the computer looking up at him.
"There is something I think will help us on our goal to finding fairies." Artemis said with a grin.
Butler raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything. He knew Artemis would tell him when he was ready.
"Ever sense, oh, two months back we both have felt rather empty inside. Nether of us has said anything, but it as plane as can be. I have a feeling that this is somehow related to fairies."
"I have noticed that too. Like we have met them before."
Artemis smiled, that was exactly what he had been thinking.
... "D'Arvit." Root snarled. "Is there any way to stop this kid?"
Holly made sure not to seem like she was glad, she even told herself that she wasn't, but in her heart she was secretly pleased.
"You know Julius," Foaly said as he watched Roots face get redder. "It might be beast to remind Fowl that we are here."
"And why would we do such a thing? If I remember right we just tried to make him forget."
"Well you see..."
"No Foaly, I don't see."
Foaly tut tuted at Root as if he wee an impatient child. "If you'll let me finish, then I'll tell you what you don't see. Now, if you remember, last time Fowl learned about the fairies he wasn't very nice. When we erased his memory, maybe all we did was put him back to space one. How do we know that he won't try to steal our gold again?"
"True, said Holly, "it seems unavoidable that he messes with The People, so we might as well have the nicer Artemis then the mean one."
Root snorted; it seemed that even at the end of their last meeting, he would not have considered Artemis 'nice'. "All right, but if the Council gets world of this, we're dead."
A/N: I hope you liked it. Now please review.
Chapter One: Mud Men
It had been two months sense she had erased Artemises memory. Holly knew she would never admit it, but she missed him. Without him messing with the fairies, life seemed pretty dull. Even with LEP duty there was never so interesting adventures as there has been. Foaly had a rather good idea of why Holly was in a grouchy mood lately, but he knew she would kill him if he said anything.
Holly was making her way through the line of leprechauns, fairies, dwarfs and other versions of The People outside the LEP office. She put her on helmet her to block out the voices of them all complaining about this and that. They were always there.
As she went through the doors she heard a familiar voice, "HOLLY GET IN HERE!" Ah well, so close, Holly thought to herself, Root would never change, he'll yell at me even if I were an hour early.
"Yes Commander Root," Holly said coming to attention.
"Do we have to go through this ever day! You should have been here two minutes ago!" Roots face was its usual magenta and in his rage he had forgotten to take his fungus sugar out of his mouth.
"I'm sorry Commander, I will do better tomorrow," Holly said that almost ever day and today was no different then any other in that Root made no further comment.
At that moment Foaly's face appeared on the plasma screen behind Root.
"Commander, you might want to have a look at this recording I was just sent from Trouble Kelp. Oh, Holly your there too, you should also come."
"What is it Foaly?" Root asked.
"Just come, all right?"
Root picked up his helmet and started to the door. When he reached it he paused, "If this is a joke your pay check will be cut in half, pony boy." Foaly wasn't listening because no reply came back.
Holly followed Root through the station, when they got to Foaly's lab they saw him seated on his swivel chair watching a recording. He turned around when he heard them come in. "O.K. Trouble was flying back from a mission when he saw some mud men fighting so he recorded it."
"FOALY! YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WATCH MUD MEN FIGHTING! THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME YOU SILLY PONY!"
"Just wait until you see this, Julius," Foaly replied, as if Root had never shouted.
"Don't you call me Julius..." but Root stopped as he saw what was on the screen. "Can you stop if right there?"
"Yep," Foaly stopped the recording right at the time when the three people fighting drew guns.
"Oh, of all the things to happen next, this must be near the worst," Holly said under her breath. The tallest of the three fighters held in his hand a Neutrino 2000.
"D'Arvit," Root swore.
"Who is it this time," Foaly groaned.
"Let's think, who could possibly get a hold of fairy technology and sell it for a profit," Root retorted. "Someone by the name of Artemis Fowl."
"We did erase his memory, so I think it would be rather hard for him to sell our technology," Foaly informed the Commander.
"And you really expect him to not have a way to get it back?"
"Why don't we look through the cams we have on his house?" Holly said, breaking up the argument that was taking place.
"O.K. just take a second here," Foaly said as he turned around in his swivel chair. He pushed a few buttons on the on the side of the screen and they were looking right into Artemises workroom. Through the screen they saw...
Artemis sat in front of one of his computers. Recently he had been researching fairies. He was determined that they existed and was going to prove it, but every time he sat down at his computer he had an odd sense of déjà vu. Somehow, no matter how strange it seemed, he was sure that the emptiness inside of him was related to fairies. That was partly why he was so determined to find them, no luck.
He knew Butler also felt empty and now it seemed the time to confront that feeling.
"Butler," he called over the intercom.
"Yes Artemis?"
"Could you come up here for a second?"
"I'll be right up."
When Butler entered he saw his young charge sitting by the computer looking up at him.
"There is something I think will help us on our goal to finding fairies." Artemis said with a grin.
Butler raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything. He knew Artemis would tell him when he was ready.
"Ever sense, oh, two months back we both have felt rather empty inside. Nether of us has said anything, but it as plane as can be. I have a feeling that this is somehow related to fairies."
"I have noticed that too. Like we have met them before."
Artemis smiled, that was exactly what he had been thinking.
... "D'Arvit." Root snarled. "Is there any way to stop this kid?"
Holly made sure not to seem like she was glad, she even told herself that she wasn't, but in her heart she was secretly pleased.
"You know Julius," Foaly said as he watched Roots face get redder. "It might be beast to remind Fowl that we are here."
"And why would we do such a thing? If I remember right we just tried to make him forget."
"Well you see..."
"No Foaly, I don't see."
Foaly tut tuted at Root as if he wee an impatient child. "If you'll let me finish, then I'll tell you what you don't see. Now, if you remember, last time Fowl learned about the fairies he wasn't very nice. When we erased his memory, maybe all we did was put him back to space one. How do we know that he won't try to steal our gold again?"
"True, said Holly, "it seems unavoidable that he messes with The People, so we might as well have the nicer Artemis then the mean one."
Root snorted; it seemed that even at the end of their last meeting, he would not have considered Artemis 'nice'. "All right, but if the Council gets world of this, we're dead."
A/N: I hope you liked it. Now please review.