A/N – As I said in the summary, this starts immediately after the last sentence of TAC. I thought it would be interesting to see how Angeline Fowl deals with the fairies. I do no own Artemis Fowl. Enjoy!
Butler started to follow Mulch to the gym, but stopped to reconsider his next move. Thinking about the phone call he just had, he realized that he needed to move quickly in order to arrange a shuttle that would bring Mrs. Fowl to the Nostremius.
"Juliet can take care of herself" he decided to himself, "I need to get Mrs. Fowl transport to see her son."
With that thought, the Eurasian changed direction, and headed towards Artemis' room.
Mulch, still dripping with viscous goop and with whole turnips peaking out from his beard called after Butler. "Hey mountain man, aren't you coming to watch your sister win me a big payoff? You can get in on the action too, you know." As he spoke, the dwarf reached into his beard and made short work of a turnip.
Butler winced inwardly at how Mulch's huge teeth shredded the vegetable. "You go, Mulch, and tell me about it. I need to talk to Holly. Need to make sure Artemis is getting all the care he needs."
Mulch shrugged, "Suit yourself. I need to hurry before your sister comes out of her shell and the odds go down." With that, the dwarf turned and trotted to the gym
As he spoke to Mulch, Butler was thinking and realized that he was going to have to convince Holly to help persuade Commander Kelp or whoever else to allow Artemis' mother to visit. He hated putting Holly on the spot to help make this happen, but he had no other one to whom he could turn. Then there was the matter of Artemis, himself.
"Should I tell him his mother is coming or let him be surprised by it?" He thought for just a second. "One thing at a time", he decided. "Let's make the shuttle arrangements first, and then see how the fairy doctors think we should proceed with Artemis."
"Are you two planning on building a bivouac anytime soon?"
Butler heard Artemis ask that just before entering the room. As he entered, he saw Artemis smirking with arched eye-brows. Holly was thinking about her answer when she saw Butler stride in. Holly looked relieved at his arrival. Then, remembering Artemis' stated desire to talk to Butler, she turned to the giant man and said, "Maybe you two want to talk alone, right now."
The smirk on Artemis's face went away immediately. "Yes, Butler, I would like to talk."
"OK, Arty", Holly said, "I'll be nearby for the next hour, if you need me, but I'll be needing to get back to Haven after that. Right now I want to see how bad Juliet is treating that over muscled pixie she challenged." Holly turned for the door.
As she began to walk out, Butler looked to Holly and said, "Uh Holly, save me a spot in the gym. I want to uh, watch that with you." Of course, he wanted to make sure he had the chance to speak with the LEP Captain about a shuttle for Mrs. Fowl, without tipping off Artemis.
Artemis rolled his eyes. "Not you, too, Butler. What ever do all of you see with that form of meaningless physical exertion? Butler, why don't you go watch your sister, then come back to talk."
Butler responded, "Thanks Artemis, this shouldn't be too long, Artemis. I doubt Juliet will take much more time to finish with the pixie"
Artemis shook his head, "I'm sure you are right, she is a Butler, after all"
Butler hurried to Holly's side. "Holly, I need to discuss an important matter with you," he said as he caught up to her. "It's about Artemis' mother"
Holly stopped, "Is she…" Holly searched for the right word, remembering Angeline's condition when she first met her.
Butler quickly interrupted, "No Holly, she's not having another breakdown. She's worried about her son. She's insisting on coming to visit him while he convalesces."
Holly looked sharply at Butler. She could only think that another visit with internal affairs was right around the corner.