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(Disclaimer) Do you think I own Artemis Fowl? Cause I guarantee you I don't.
A/n I'm just writing well I try to get around my writers block for my third Artemis Fowl in my Blue Moon Trilogy.
Of course Artemis had always expected it to happen. He had never quite trusted the people entirely, but even then he had never dreamed of something like this. Of course he had probably caused them plenty of trouble but, even then he had helped them too. It all started on that one night, that dark dreary night at the mansion.
Artemis had been typing on his computer when a message from Holly came. It was marked red for important. He opened it up quickly to see what was wrong, the message compromised of one word and one word only.
Run!
Suddenly the windows crashed open and a armed force of LEP flew in. All there neutrinos focused on Artemis. "Don't move mud boy." he froze immediately. The LEP were not ones to be trifled with.
"I don't understand what is all this for?" he yelled in gnommish.
"We are not permitted to answer questions." a fairy buzzed. They took hold of Artemis and dragged him into a shuttle.
"I demand to know what's going on!" he yelled again. One of the fairies shot him with sedative and knocked him out.
Artemis awoke in a LEP interrogation room. A faerie walked in "Artemis Fowl, so good to finally meet you," he said. Artemis glared at him trying to figure out what was going on, "Excuse my name is Commander Bark and today marks a new day for the people." said Bark. Artemis couldn't resist rising to the jibe
"What marks the day commander?" he asked, not certain that he wanted to know the answer.
"The day that the faeries can finally rebel and take back the surface." he said with triumph.
"No way that could never happen, the council would never approve. Lots of faeries wouldn't want it either." Artemis said.
"The council has come into a new age," said the commander "and any people that would disprove have been taken care of." he finished.
"Holly?" Artemis asked almost pleadingly, trying to stop the faerie plan.
"She been thrown in solitude, for disobeying the rules to many times." he said. A triumphant grin on his face.
"Foaly?" Artemis asked again.
"Removed from office." said Bark.
"Trouble." he asked desperately.
"Demoted." he said.
"Vinniya." he asked.
"Disapeared without a trace." answered the commander.
"Mulch?" he asked in a final attempt.
"Thrown in jail." finished Bark.
Artemis sighed "Then what is to become of me?" he asked.
"It is undecided, but for now you are to be separated from anyone. Below ground." spat Bark in disgust. Bark pulled out a strange looking collar out of his pocket and put it on Artemis's arm. "And this is so you don't try to escape." he said. The commander grabbed Artemis by the shirt collar and dragged him out of the room into the waiting arms of several LEP officers. "Take him now." barked Bark.
"Yes sir." one of the officers said trembling in fear.
They dragged him away into a waiting vehicle. They drove through the city streets until they reached a cold, dark, and desolate section of town. Two officers pulled him into a big building, a lone officer stood guard at a desk. The two LEP checked in with the pixie. Then they took Artemis down the hallway and shoved him in a white room, they locked the door. Artemis stood up and sat down in a corner, he hadn't been ready for this.
Never had it occurred to him that the faeries would take revenge on the humans. To make matters worst there was no one there to oppose them. Yes Bark had thought of everything. Suddenly it hit Artemis hard, there was no one to protect his family. He could picture the twins and his parents running in terror. While Butler would be firing in the background. His family would be dead, without Holly his family was the only other thing he lived for. He stood up and held onto the bars of the door.
"Let me out, I need to stop this madness." he hollered to no one in particular.
Artemis knew somewhere in his mind that Bark was trying to break his will power, but he wasn't going to give him that satisfaction. He sat back down in his corner thinking, there was nothing in the room except for a small bathroom in one corner. There was nothing he could work with to break the lock. His only question was why? Why had the faeries turned from peace to madness is such a short time. He wish one of his friends were here. Artemis felt more alone then he had ever before. All alone in a strange room, in a unfamiliar city, thousands of miles under earth.
Artemis felt uncontrollable guilt at what was about to happen, he was the only human that knew about this. But he could warn no one in his current conditions. Pull yourself together Artemis! he thought. He shook his head to clear out those thoughts. For now he had to keep it together and think of a plan. Artemis got up and paced back and forth humming Beethoven 5th. Maybe just maybe, someone else the LEP hadn't thought of could help him. But he needed some kind of faerie communicator to do this. Of course that is assuming that the person he sent it to would be smart enough to know what to do. He composed the message in a matter of seconds in his head.
Now he just needed something to communicate the message. He looked at his wrist, shining brightly was the collar. This was the chance he needed, all he had to do was disable the collar. Then he could use it to make a communicator and no one could punish him when he was bad. He looked at the collar if he could make a square hole in it, he could deactivate it. Artemis looked around for any thing he could use to scratch it open. All he found was a pebble, this was going to be a long day he thought.
After several hours he finally broke into the main circuit board. He sat in a position so no one who was watching could see what he was doing. He hacked into the computer code replacing it with his own codes. Quickly he sent the message, already he could hear LEP running down the hallway. Lastly Artemis deleted the computer trail, and turned around putting on a cold emotionless face for anyone who would arrive. Two LEP walked in by followed by Commander Bark, he looked incredibly mad Artemis thought snidely.
"What have you been doing Fowl?" he yelled, his face looked like a tomato.
Artemis decided that now was a good time to use his sarcasm. "Really Bark. In case you didn't notice there are no tools for me to do anything. Also I'm sure if you review your video tapes I've done nothing but think for the past few hours." he said smugly.
Of course this wasn't true, if you really thought a whole room could be full of tools. But if you never had the knowledge to use them there might as well be nothing he thought.
"But the collar's alarm, you di-" he yelled again.
Artemis held up the collar "I did nothing, your technology isn't all it's cracked up to be. Now if you had Foaly on the other hand maybe you wouldn't have this problem." he said, Artemis could barely hold back a sneer.
"I know your up to something Artemis, and I will find out. But no matter what you do you will NEVER be able to stop us." he said.
Artemis had formulated another plan in the last few seconds. "Will you win? Or have you already fallen into one of my traps. Did you already fall into my trap when you first put me in here Commander? Are you already in my hands? Hmm?" he asked.
A wicked grin spread on his face, that would unnerve the bravest man. Just to see a expression like that on a childs face was enough to scare most people. But to see Artemis's piercing eyes and the grin combined was just enough, to make the commander have doubts.
"Your w-wrong Fowl." Bark said, not quite entirely sure of the statement him self.
"Am I wrong Commander. Isn't the worst thing you could do is keep me under the surface. While my family is killed? Who do you think will still reign supreme when this is over Bark? You? Surely not. By destroying by family and friends, you destroy any thing that is suppose to keep me good. Let me tell you commander I am two sided man. The faeries should know this better than anyone. Do you want me to go back to that state? Even if you don't it's already to late, I've steeled my self for what is about to happen. Do you want to know the secret of my calmness, of my success, of my plans?" Artemis asked.
"What?" the commander asked not quite sure he wanted to know. When Artemis Fowl was twelve and cold hearted it was horrible for the people. But just the fact that he had went back to this stage when he was older and smarter, it was purely horrifying.
"Get rid of your emotions Bark. This is why I know I'll be able to pick up the pieces. I'm tired of being a friend of the people, and my people. Neither of them are different from each other they both will kill if need be. That is why I will take neither side, when ultimate pain and misery erupts. I, Artemis Fowl will be the one to put this world back together." he finished.
"Believe what you want Fowl but you will not win this war." said Bark, then he left Artemis in the cell.
Artemis breathed in he hadn't realized he wasn't breathing at all. But what was more terrifying was that he could still act like that. T-That cold emotionless person, who wouldn't care about killing anyone if he really had too. But on the other hand he had succeeded in making Bark have doubt's.
His heart raced in his chest. How was he suppose to survive this, would he really be able to pick up the pieces if worst really came to worst? It shouldn't come to that but he still should have a back up plan if it came to that. Of course there was still a 27% chance that his plan would fail. Personally he didn't like those odds at all.