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Chapter 3: Trapped

Fowl Manor, 2:45 pm

The phone rang. Artemis hurried to pick it up. There was a fairy. It zapped him. He fell down. The phone still rang.

LEP headquarters, 2:45 pm

I sighed in relief as the 2 fairies walked out of my sight, deep in conversation. I knew I must get out of here now. Artemis was safe. That was the important fact. But I must warn him, I thought.

I spotted a phone looking object. Wonderful, I thought as I punched in the Fowl Manor telephone number. It rang once. Twice. Thrice. A mechanical voice interrupted the beeps.

"You have reached a human number. A LEP has been dispatched there now. Thank you."

I had to think for a second before I could comprehend. NO! I dropped the phone in panic. It made a huge clatter, but I didn't care. I had made a huge mistake, and because of my blunder, Artemis would have to suffer. I fell back on the bed.

A bed immediately appeared next to mine, as Commander Root and Captain Short came hurrying in. They were smiling, but it was not a kind smile. Wincing, I picked up the phone and handed it to them. They eyed it curiously, and Artemis appeared out of thin air on the bed. His eyes were closed. He looked very peaceful, and I gave a strangled cough. The fairies knew my mistake now, and Artemis and I would have to pay.

Commander Root took a patch from his pocket, and put it on Artemis's forehead. I unconsciously felt my forehead too, and found the same patch. I ripped it off, and searing pain shot through my forehead. I slapped it back on again, just as Artemis whispered,

"Hello Root, Short…"

"What is that patch?" I questioned to the three. As soon as I spoke that, the door opened and a centaur looking creature stepped in. Foaly, I remembered; the clever one.

"Hey Juliet, you'll never believe this… this is a poison stealing patch. The poison, (Root mumbled "It's not a poison, it's a sedative…") that made you and Artemis fall asleep is sucked up by this little baby. If you take it off, the poison, ok fine… the SEDATIVE will act, and you will experience PAIN, then you will fall asleep again! This patch is applied so you can answer our questions… But now we don't have need of you so adios Juliet!" he said enthusiastically, and ripped off my patch once again.

Again, I experienced pain, but it didn't go away. I fell back on the bed, writhing, before I fell into darkness. While I was slowly going away, I heard a conversation.

"Why am I here Commander Root?"

"You know Mud Boy. You aren't supposed to know us, but Mulch is there."

"Oh, it's nothing. He was just visiting me about some gold…"

"What? Gold? You already have enough gold. You want fairy power."

"No….."

and that was all I heard.

LEP prison cell, 4:01pm

I woke up crying. Artemis would never be able to endure their questions. The Fowls were done. The LEPs would be there any minute, destroying everything… including my brother! I immediately shot up, but bounced my head on the ceiling.

"Ow…." I said rubbing my head, hearing my voice echo around me. I looked around me, and was surprised.

It was a cold cell with a bed, a table, a hole, and a cat-flap. When I rolled out of bed, the ceiling grew to my height, and it immediately got warm. Clever, I thought. It was fairy technology. No wonder Artemis wants it, I thought as I made a mental note again. I saw a hole in the wall, and examining it further, it looked like a communication hole with a magic mirror.

"Testing, testing, 1,2,3," I said to test it out.

I heard a cool female robot voice saying, "Please refrain from saying things that are not urgent to us. Thank you."

I groaned slightly as I next examined the cat-flap. Even though I knew I could not get through, I tried squirming through. But as soon as I fell on the floor, the cat-flap closed, and Foaly's voice was saying, "Invention #109832765 Closing Cat-Flap. You can't escape….hahaha."

I sighed and kicked the wall. It made a dent, and I was slightly surprised. I kicked again. And again. It made a deeper dent. Knowing this was a chance for escape, I summoned my deepest strength and kicked the wall. It made a crack.

"Cool," I whispered as I put my hands in the crack and pried it open. I continued to kick and pry until it made a hole that I could climb through. Looking for guards, I carefully got out. But as soon as I stepped out, the wall disappeared behind me, and appeared right in front of me again, new and sturdy.

"Foaly's stupid technology…" I mumbled as I sat down. Hot tears were welling up in my eyes, but I held it back. A chair appeared out of nowhere, but I didn't notice, for my stomach was growling with hunger now.

"Do you feed prisoners?" I said into the communication hole.

Like on cue, a tray appeared in front of me, along with Commander Root. I staggered back, but tripped on the chair and fell.

"We have no more need of you, so you are in here for now. We can't risk you speaking about us and destroying us," Commander said. "Just in case you were wondering what this is, it's fairy cuisine. Enjoy," he said, as he showed signs of disappearing.

"WAIT!" I said, making him turn around.

"What?" he said impatiently.

I bit my lips and said, "What about Master Artemis?"

He chuckled. "He's a master now?" he said, but I interrupted with a whispered, "His father died." His face fell a little bit, and I could see a sliver of sympathy. I immediately took advantage of that.

"He's so young, and Butler's dying. He doesn't have anything, and he can't work yet. You must help us," I said, with hope. I could see in his face the memories. Holly saving his father and Artemis helping them destroy Koboi Laboratories. But he knew he must keep with his plan, and I saw on his face that it was torturing him.

"No, I'm sorry, but we can't risk it anymore. He seems to have ties everywhere," he said and disappeared. I didn't lose hope though, since I knew there was a spark of sympathy in Root, and that would help me convince him to save us.

I shoveled the fairy cuisine into my mouth. It was not pleasant, but not disgusting. Having filled myself up, I thought of escaping. I would need some ties myself if I was to help everyone. I fell asleep thinking of plans.