Holly was not in a good mood. She had been beaten by a troll and then some mysterious people had taken some of her hair. Now she had to go and arrest Artemis because he could keep his sticky fingers off fairy tech. She promised herself that she'd teach him a lesson.

As she flew toward the manor her temper began to cool, but only slightly. Her visor was cracked and that only reminded her of the awful night that she had had which now was turning in to an awful day. She was closing in on the manor she passed over the hedges into the property. She was flying about twelve feet from the ground when her wings gave a dying sputter and she fell all twelve feet to the hard ground below.

Once again her magic sparked to life and began healing her injuries. She guessed that if this streak of bad luck kept up for much longer she be out of magic again. As she struggled to get to her feet Artemis him self strode out of the manor to intercept her.

"I didn't take it," He said, offering a hand to her.

"Don't lie to me Atry, who else could have known about it?" she slapped his hand away as if it carried a dangerous electric charge. She got to her feet and brushed herself off. Then she grabbed Artemis by the arm and led him to the manor. "Show me where you hid it, Arty,"

"I told you, I didn't take it. If I must embarrass myself in order for you to believe me-"

"I'm not going to believe a word out of your villainous mouth," She interrupted.

"Did something happen to put you in a bad mood?" He asked with his usual tack, "and why is your visor cracked?"

"Bad luck," she said, gripping his arm even tighter and pulling him to the manor with resolve. Artemis went willingly, knowing that all would be explained in time. Butler watched Holly pull Artemis through the garden. He smiled.

As Holly and Artemis reached the front door butler held it open for them. He was still smiling as he strode in after the pair. Holly reached the kitchen table and pushed Artemis into a chair. Butler pulled up a chair beside his charge.

"Holly, we didn't take this weapon," Butler said, "If we had, do you think that we would simply let you in the manor?"

Holly replied with the simplest question, "Who else could have stolen it?" She paused, and looked between Artemis and Butler. "If you didn't steal it, how did you know I would come?"

"Holly, who else would they send?" He sighed, "And after reading that article in the fairy news I was sure that the LEP would send someone." Holy looked down to the floor, she was thinking.

"Are you sure that Opal koboi isn't behind this?" Butler asked

"She's in Atlantis, how could this have anything to do with her." She said. Frowning as the thought of Opal koboi passed through her head.

"What about the young one?" Artemis asked

Holly ignored that question, she should have thought of that. She was not at her best this week. After Trouble berated her for helping pixies settle a traffic dispute, and her neutrino almost blowing up in her hands she was ready for a relaxing weekend. Instead she had to arrest Artemis Fowl, the one person that could make things any worse than they already were.


The commando was dressed entirely in black. The elf wore a black shimmer suit and a black helmet. The clothing seemed to suck the light from the room. The lights went dark and a pair of glowing green eyes ignited on the elf's face. She drew a Neutrino and began to sweep the area. She was in the highest floor of the manor. She moved through the building checking each room as she progressed to the stairs. She moved with ease, almost gliding.


Holly, Artemis and Butler were plunged into darkness as the lights went out. Seconds passed silently, as Holly fumbled in the dark with her damaged helmet to turn on the lights. They were useless as well. Butler reached for a cupboard above Holly's head. He pulled out a single candle. Which they tried to light, the fire burned but no light was emitted by it.


The elf commando moved forward, down each step quietly, she paused and pricked her ears to any sounds to alert her. She heard nothing and continued on. When she was three steps from the bottom she pulled a small black canister from her belt and threw it. She crouched and turned her head away from the direction of the canister.

Flash, a pure white light lit the room for several seconds. Long enough for Artemis to glimpse and elf hiding at the bottom of the stairs but by the time the light was gone he was laying on the floor. Unconscious, unaware of anything even the elf. Holly and Butler lasted slightly longer. Holly managed to fire her neutrino in the general direction of the stairs. At least she thought she had. She had in fact shot Butler and he dropped to the floor stunned. Then Holly felt a slight shock as she was hit by a laser fired from the other side of the room, she fell, stunned.

The commando looked at her handiwork as she called his superior. The young human was drooling on the floor, the female elf was lying on top of the young human and the massive old man was slumped against the wall of the kitchen.

"I have all three, sir" She said, rolling Holly off of Artemis with her foot. "A young human male, a female elf and a bodyguard."

"Leave the bodyguard,"

"Yes, sir," she said

The commando then pulled another device from her belt. It was a portable hover trolley. She scooped Holly up and placed her gently on the trolley. Artemis was a struggle; he was a lot bigger and heavier than an elf like Holly.

The commando then threw what looked like a ball of jelly at the wall. It hit the wall and stuck there, emitted a shrill beep and a green light flashed. She marched to the front door with the hover trolley following her closely. Outside, in the garden sat a small shuttle. It was black, of course. She boarded and waited for the trolley to ascend the ramp.

The shuttle took off quickly becoming undetectable to both the human eye and the human ear.


Miles away in a tank full of fluid an elf floated. She was attached to various machines and medical instruments. She was a mirror image of Captain Holly Short, indistinguishable from her counterpart. Her eyes twitched slightly as if she was having a horrible dream. She was reliving every waking moment of the real Holly Short, reliving all of her near death experiences and every moment of fear that the elf had ever felt. The pain of losing her mother, the fear of fighting a troll in a human restaurant, the defiance and fear she felt when she had been kidnapped by Artemis Fowl. All the memories she lived showed pain and anguish all caused by one individual, Artemis Fowl.

The Clone's eyes opened suddenly as she woke screaming in the tank. She kicked and trashed and attacked the glass. It broke and she was free. Free to chase down the one who had caused her so much pain, determination was written all over her face as she struggled to walk on her still weak legs. She reached a glass display case which held a shimmer suit and a neutrino rifle.