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Chapter 2 The body
It was starting to get dark. The sun has set and stars started to shine bright. The moon was hiding behind some clouds that just rolled in from the east and headed its way to the west. The moon was full and it looked perfect weather outside. Artemis was in his study looking out into the distance of his window. His window was facing the direction of south; it was perfect place to see the direction of south east. Artemis waited for two men to come out from that direction.
As he waited, he saw something flying around in the air. Artemis got some binoculars and looked into them. There was someone attached to wings and it had a helmet on its head. The wings were mechanical and it glided perfectly. The person attached to the wings looked back and gave thumbs up. Then Artemis realized it was Holly leaving. It was a full moon, a perfect time for a fairy to do a ritual.
Artemis slumped back into his chair and looked in the direction of south east. He saw leaves on the trees move and flying in the air. There was a think bush in the direction of south east and wondered if that is where they have gone. Artemis was correct. Two men came out of the bush and they had expressions on their faces as if someone had just died. It was an odd expression that Artemis never seen before.
I have lost memories. I may have seen that expression before. He thought. Artemis was still looking into the binoculars. The path where Butler and his Father came out suddenly disappeared, in a field of green. What took them so long? Artemis thought to him. They were supposed to arrive back at the manor one hour ago. It was eccentric that they haven't come back until now. It was almost pitch black, with only the stars and moon lighting the night sky.
Artemis decided to wait for a while then try to sneak out of the house to see what was out there. It was going to be difficult, while his bodyguard was protecting him 24/7. He decided to go out while Butler was making his rounds. He would be 'asleep' while Butler was going around the manor. Artemis was curious about the location that Butler and his Father came out of. Now he needed to sneak out without the cameras catching him. It was typical for a teenager to sneak out of his or her own house, without their parents or anyone knowing about their where about, but Artemis was being controlled by curiosity. Then Artemis remembered something. He could control the cameras from a remote. He could easily turn the cameras off, so he could slip pass. Nothing got pass Artemis, unless it was a bullet then that was a totally different story. At least Artemis still had his intelligence.
11:50 P.M
Artemis these days usually went into his room to sleep at 11:00. Not today, he had a mission. Without his bodyguard by his side, it was a risk that Artemis was willing to take. Who knows what was inside the unknown. He suspected it was safe since his Father and Butler made it out alive. Who wouldn't make it out alive with Butler by their side? Artemis felt determined to find the information he seeks, after all, he was Artemis Fowl the second, either he had his memories or not.
Artemis thought of all the possibilities that came to his mind, but nothing made sense. He just wanted to get going, but he needed patience in order to make the plan perfect. The less Butler knew the better. Artemis thought and he waiting for the shadow underneath the doorway to move. Finally it was Butler's rounds. His shadow moved and Artemis heard the loud steps going down the hall. Artemis was in his suit and he quickly grabbed the remote that he kept.
It was 11:52 and Artemis wanted to complete his mission before mid-night. Holly would be back then to check up on him. She always does.
Artemis opened his door slightly and tried to spot for Butler and the cameras that were placed in the hall. Artemis looked at the remote then noticed at button that he never noticed before. The button said: turn off all. That was perfect. Instead of Artemis sneaking passed everything, it would be much easier. Artemis pressed the blue button and checked a small device he had on his wrist. There was a blank screen, which was good thing. Artemis quickly went towards the door and he saw Butler in the living room. He spied on Butler. He took out from a book shelf a book of some sort then Artemis read the title.
Romance stories. Artemis smirked; he could have a little fun with that little piece of information. He ignored Butler and opened the door softly and slipped pass the door. There was wind hitting his face when he got out the door. He hasn't been outside since he woke up from a long sleep. It felt good to be outside, but Artemis focused at the job at hand. He walked in the south east direction and he saw foot prints on the ground. He examined them.
"2 hours fresh." He murmured and started to walk towards the think green. It hasn't occurred to him that something might have been there. He pushed leaves out of the way and he made some sticks break into two. He tripped on a vine that was there and landed face first to the ground. To Artemis, it hurt a lot since Butler was always there to catch him. Dirt was on his pale face and his Armani suit. This made Artemis grumble. He ruined the suit with dirt, dirt that won't come off easily. Artemis sighed and got up, wiping the dust off his ruined suit. He straightened his tie and went onwards.
Artemis came up to some stairs that were leading down. It was an underground cellar. There was a title on the building: The Fowl cellar. He walked down the stairs slowly coming up to an old door. It looked about 3 decades old, hasn't been used for 2 decades. How come he never knew about this cellar? I lost my memory… the thought struck him. He opened the door slowly and it made a loud squeak, the hinges were rusted, it needed oil. He came up to a huge space. There were bars and a door that could be locked with a key. Luckily for Artemis, it was opened. He crept into the room, looking for anything that was odd. There was nothing, but bare rock solid walls. He noticed something at the end of the room. There was a rock table that had a brown coffin lying upon it. Artemis wondered if that was what Butler and his Father were seeing. What was in the coffin though? He walked up to the coffin without saying a word and touched it. The coffin looked like it was open and Artemis might be strong enough to actually open it. There was a long bar that were at a side of the coffin an Artemis put his hands on it, gripping it tightly. He lifted the coffin open and gasped. There was a boy in the coffin. Raven black hair and he was wearing a suit. He was ghost pale and his eyes were shut.
"Interesting…" Artemis said. This looked exactly like him, it was remarkable. Artemis was amazed, who was this exactly? He didn't know. All he knew was that he doesn't remember anything about his past. He examined it more and realized it was him. Everything was exactly the same, but he needed to know if the eyes were different or not. Why would there be another one of him and it died? It was confusing to process, but Artemis was that kind of person to get unusual things into his mind.
It was 11:59 and Artemis was trying to get his memories back so he would remember why there is a doppelganger of him in the cellar. Who cloned him? That was needed to be answered and questions would be asked after he finds the people who had done this to him. He couldn't help, but think why his own family would keep this away from him. There must be a very good reason since no one would tell him, not even Butler. This was a very important point to help his recover his memory, but also confuse it. Maybe his family thought about all the negative reasons why not to tell Artemis themselves.
It was now mid-night. 12:00. Artemis looked at his other body once last time before going back to the manor. He felt a cold chill run down his back, like someone else is present rather than himself. All of a sudden he felt sorrow and agony. This feeling was for a split second before it was gone, for that half second he felt whole again, and then the whole went into half. He felt like half of his spirit was sucked out of him, only leaving the joy and happiness. Not the sorrow and agony. It was a weird feeling that something was being sucked right out of you. Artemis looked at his clone and wondered if anything strange would happen. Artemis touched the clone and felt a shock of electricity run down his arm. He stepped back his eyes widened curious about the clone.
Then something did happen. Artemis saw green swirls of something, creating a vortex around his clone. The green surrendered to blackness that was trying to create another vortex, it blackness surrounded his clone and disappeared. He looked inside the coffin at a safe distance then Artemis saw the clone's eyes open wide and they were different colors. It was hazel, like Holly's and one of his original blue on the other. They were glowing brightly in the color that they were in. The clone sat up and quickly said something.
"Remember what I said!" Is what the other Artemis yelled. It looked around the room and then it realized that it was somewhere else. It looked at Artemis in confusion, it tilted its head examining Artemis and he opened his mouth.
"Well, what an interesting theory." The other Artemis smiled a vampire smile and Artemis took a small step back thinking that this was not yet the beginning.
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Okay his parents did keep his dead body. I will explain how this theory works in the next chapter. So if you wouldn't mind to REVIEW then I wouldn't mind to write another chapter. I bet you're confused by the fact there are 2 Artemis's now. Remember that Artemis only feels happiness and joy with his memories. Well, where did all that hate, agony and sorrow memories go?
