Chapter Two: A Visit From The Past

Lower Elements, Haven

Nearly a week after Holly had dispatched her friendship with Artemis and returned below the surface the dwarf-gnome war had begun to flare up again and so Mulch was seeking protection with Foaly in the ops booth. It was nearly mid-day when Holly was escorted in to see them, Trouble was already there.

"Hello Foaly,Trouble, what's up?" She asked

"Hello Holly. Foaly was just about to begin explaining why we are here. Foaly please begin." Trouble responded

"Thank you comander. Now, moments ago I was running my scanners, and I didn't find too much out of the ordinary, but, someone managed to get into the system... someone above ground. I managed to send them to an alternate system, I have a location pinpointed, and a program running through the users files but code says we have to send someone above ground." Foaly paused "Most of the best officers are preocupied at the moment, so I recomend one of you two go."

"Sounds like mud-boy is looking for attention. Holly, you should go. Besides, I have too much paper work to be dealing with this. Foaly, get her suited up." Trouble responded before briskly heading towards the door

"Wait! Trouble, Why wouldn't Artemis just contact us on his fairy comunicator? Do you really think it's him?" Holly asked

"Holly, it reaks of Fowl." He said with no hesitation and continued towards the doorway and down the hall until he was no longer in sight

Holly sighed and turned to Foaly, "Alright, might as well get going. Where am I headed"

"In the northern part of Ireland, it probabally is Fowl but we need to check nonetheless. I'll keep the comunications line in case you need back up. Good luck." Foaly said before printing off a surface pass

"Right." she said grabbing a nutrino 3000 off the rack and giving a slight grin "This will be easy."

Happy Playtime Daycare, Northern Ireland

At about 8:00 the morning before Angeline Fowl had brought her son Beckett to his first day of daycare so that she, and her husband Artemis Fowl the first, could enjoy a few hours at a local spa together since his nanny was off sick. Beckett`s brother Miles had neglected to go calling them all a bunch of simpletoons, and decided upon staying home with his older brother Artemis the second.

Beckett entered the room at a slow pace not quite sure what he was to do, so he hung his jacket up with the other children`s and found an empty seat at a table. After a few moments a boy came over and pushed Becket off the chair.

"Thats my chair stu-pid." the boy called "See! Gor-do, that me."

"Me Beckett" He replied getting up from the floor

The other boy laughed in return "Your name is stu-pid" he called cruelly

After that Beckett moved the the far end of the room and kept to himself for quite a long while.

"Gor-doo stu-pid." he wispered to himself

" Indeed he is." a beutiful enchanting voice called

Beckett turned towards the source of the voice and saw a small female figure coming out of the dark shadows in the daycare`s secondary office.

"My name is Belinda." The girl called "Won't you please be my friend?"

"Yes." he said following the Belinda into the office "Me Beckett."

"Well Beckett, I wonder if you can help me with a slight problem I'm having. I'm trying to contact a friend and I need passwords to get into a fairy computer network..." she smiled at the young boy

"Artemis has them!" Beckett called excitedly "I seen them! I can get them!"

"That would be fantastic." she smiled evily and began to plot the rest of her plan while the small boy talked on, That Gordo was right, she thought, you are stupid Beckett, stupid but necesary...