A/N: The reviews I have gotten have finally convinced me that my story actually is some good. Since I have all my documents loaded on, I decided to put this one on. Thanks to PinkAngel30 and Susie for reviewing. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. This has a little more Foaly than usual. Enjoy!

Labinki was scared. After all it was not everyday, Butler stood over you asking you questions. After Butler could not get anything out of Labinski, Holly used her mesmer on him. She managed to get out that he had dropped Artemis off in Paris, France. He didn't know anything else. Holly let Foaly work his magic.

"Labinski was seen talking to a man named Daniel Lador. He's an American living in France for now. He was a corrupt official in America, and he gave favors for bribes. The police were on to him, but his house burned down. He denied doing it himself. So, he moved to Paris. That's where he is now. He transports stolen goods. The term stolen goods is pretty general, so I guess the Mud Boy does count as stolen goods. He is planning to transport him somewhere. Somewhere I don't know about yet. What I do know is that this is not the last drop. No, Labinski, Furges, and Lador are all working for someone; someone who is being very careful to erase all evidence that could be traced back to him. I doubt that any of them knows who the boss is. It's no use capturing the men; they only know who they have to give the Mud Boy to. If you want to discover the mastermind of this operation you have to wait until he's dropped off at his doorstep. A risk, but then you have a chance of shutting down this whole operation. Your other option is to intercept one of the transactions and risk Artemis being kidnapped again," Foaly told them.

Butler didn't like it, but Foaly was right.

"Fine, we'll wait," Butler announced.

"Good, you won't be waiting for long. I think Lador is planning to put Artemis on a boat tomorrow," Foaly told them.

-- -- -- --

Daniel Lador had a kid in his backseat. A kid who he was very scared of. He's just a kid!, Lador thought. But, the kid continued to frighten him.

Finally, Lador proceeded to threaten him.

"Shut up, kid!" Lador shouted, waving his gun around.

"A gun won't solve society's problems," Artemis said.

"But it'll solve mine!" Lador screamed

Artemis shut up.

-- -- -- --

Butler set up on the roof. He had prepared a number of guns if they were needed. Butler saw Lador and told Holly where he was.

"I don't see Artemis," Butler told her.

"I'll fly around, maybe he's nearby," Holly said.

Lador reached into his pocket and picked it up. Butler tensed thinking it was another detonator. It wasn't, it was a regular cell phone. Lador was nodding and hung up. A boat on the dock lowered its gangplank. Artemis walked on.

"He's there!" Butler told Holly.

-- -- -- --

Holly was flying around looking for Artemis when Butler spoke into her earpiece.

"He's there!"

Holly looked at the boat and sure enough Artemis was walking up to the boat.

"What's the boat called?" Foaly asked her.

"It's called 'The Boat'" Holly told him.

Mulch heard and told Butler.

"Did you hear that, Mud Man? 'The Boat'? You see, this is why we think so highly of Mud Men," Mulch chuckled.

Lador was still talking when a gunshot rang. Lador fell to his knees and dropped the phone. Butler rushed down to Lador through the screaming throng of people. The phone rang. Butler picked it up and looked at it. He answered the phone.

"Leave. Stop following us. My business is my own," the man on the line said.

Butler's eyes narrowed and said, "I will never stop until I am either dead or I have rescued Artemis."

"Then you will die," the man said.

"I will find you, and when I do, I will personally drag you to a prison," Butler said.

The line went dead.

"Foaly, can you trace that call," Butler asked.

"Can I? Of course I can. It came from the boat Artemis is on. And I'm guessing, our kidnapper is on that boat. The boat's headed to Russia. Just follow the boat and you'll find out where," Foaly said. "I believe that they are headed to Moscow, but their coordinates have not been set yet."

Butler's heart was hurting him. He couldn't do this much longer. This had to end, and soon too. Butler was going to make sure it did.

-- -- -- --

Foaly was quite pleased with himself. He was about to be a hero. He was the one doing all the work to find Artemis. He was silently gloating when Sool walked in.

"Stand up, Pony Boy. I want you to meet your replacement," Sool laughed.

"Has the council approved this?" Foaly asked shocked.

"No, but they will," Sool growled.

"Then I'm not leaving yet," Foaly pouted.

"I am going to make your life miserable! You are going to wish you never crossed paths with Short!" Sool screamed.

"So this is about Holly."

"I will give you a chance, find Short. Bring her in. I will find her guilty for some kind of transgression, and then I'll have her thrown in Howler's Peak! You do that, or I'll have you and Short thrown in Howler's Peak! Not just you, the rest of your family! Everyone you know! I'll also fire Captain Kelp and inform him that it was your entire fault. He will find you, and try to kill you and then he'll be thrown in Howler's Peak! Your life will be ruined, Pony Boy! Unless you help me ruin Short's life!" Sool shouted.

"I will never do that!" Foaly shouted.

Sool was shocked.

"Then say goodbye to your cozy life!" Sool shouted as he walked out of the center.

Foaly pressed stop on the recording device.

"Wrong. I'm going to ruin your life, Commander Sool," Foaly grinned. Foaly called up Holly. Time to tell her the good news.

-- -- -- --

Holly's communicator rang. It was Foaly. She picked up.

"Foaly?"

"Yes, it's me. I have some good news!"

As Foaly told her what just happened, and how Foaly had managed to record it a smile spread over her face. After she hung up, she was greeted with some bad news. Some very bad news.

-- -- -- --

Mulch Diggums was listening to news on Holly's helmet when he heard the anchorwoman gasp.

"Breaking news! Opal Koboi has escaped from her prison! Repeat: Opal Koboi has escaped from her prison!" the woman said.

Mulch's eyes widened and he threw off the helmet and raced toward Holly. She wasn't going to like this.

-- -- -- --

Sool walked toward his office and before opening the door, he looked around. He opened the door and walked in.

He walked toward his desk and pulled out a phone.

"Hello? I'm going to need some help. I have a plan," Sool said into the phone. "Oh yes, this will ruin Pony Boy's life."

A/N: Thoughts? Please review! Did you like the cliffhanger at the end? Anything I should change? Thanks to all reviewers ahead of time! The next chapter has more Sool. Please R&R! If you guys have any thoughts on how I should proceed with my story please send me a message! Thanks!