Artemis stood. The room was completely dark.

"Butler?" he called into the silence. No reply.

"Juliet? Father?" Still silence.

Artemis tried to move. He found that he could not. "Holly?"

Artemis Fowl the Second suddenly felt a feeling he had seldom felt before. Loneliness. He was all alone in the world at last. He started to scream. But the worst part was that no one could hear him.

A/N Ooh! Cliffhanger…