A posse ed esse
'From possibility to actuality'
A Plea for Help
"Rosalin?"
"Yes?"
"I need your help. It's my father."
Artemis always has my full attention, but now even more so. "Wha- What is it?"
"I've found him. He's alive."
I shared the joy and relief I heard in Arty's voice. Thank goodness he never gave up. I mean, I never believed that Artemis Senior was dead, but I certainly haven't been searching for him these past few years. This was all just so incredible. It took me a moment to find my voice again. "Where?"
At this my dear cousin's tone hardened. "Murmansk. The Russian Mafia is holding him hostage. Also, they expect us to pay a ransom to get him back."
The Russian Mafia! Ransom! Now I was angry. "They've made a grave mistake kidnapping a Fowl," I said with a dangerous edge to my voice. "I assume we're going to teach them that the Fowls are not to be trifled with."
"You assume correctly. Now, if you would, take the next flight back to Ireland. I have a few new… comrades for you to be acquainted with." I didn't miss the pause as he was looking for the right word to describe these 'comrades', but I didn't question it.
"Of course, Arty. I'll be there in two hours."
I put away my phone and rushed into my bedroom. I packed in record time, and was out the door on my way to the airport hangar with my private jet, I am a Fowl, before you could say arum es potestas. Well, that is if you could pronounce it at all.
Only once I was on the jet and in the air did I stop to see if I looked presentable. My long black hair was naturally curly, thankfully not frizzy, and fell a few inches past my shoulders. My lashes were full around my dark blue eyes. My nose was a bit too small and my eyebrows a bit too thick, but there wasn't time to worry about that now. I brought along my "work" suits because unlike my little cousin I liked to be a part of my own plans, or in this case, his plans. At the moment I had on a dark purple sundress. Casual, like a normal visit back home. Since I'd been living in Greece near the Mediterranean my skin had gotten a light tan to it. I wasn't ghostly pale like the rest of my family anymore, and it went well with this shade of purple.
I decided it would be best to get some sleep while I could. When Arty and I got going on something we were generally pretty lacking in that area until everything was said and done.
Just a short introduction for you, and don't worry the next chapter gets right into things
Thanks for giving my story a chance. Make sure to let me know what you think!
~Jellic0
