A/N: Well, this is the start of Chapter 9. Thanks to reviewers Pirates For Life and Mia. Please read and enjoy. Thanks! This one is pretty long. So I hope you enjoy! I will try to put more scenes with Artemis in the next chapter.
Holly hung up the phone.
"Opal's escaped," Holly told Butler.
"I know, Mulch told me," Butler said. "Is it Sool?"
"No, I think it is but, Foaly is determined to prove that Sool is a good person. Despite what he said the other day," Holly said.
"I think it's Sool," Butler said.
"I do too," Holly said.
Holly, Butler, and Mulch were on another plane to Moscow, Russia. They had last heard that Artemis was on a ship to Russia. There was a long ride ahead. And she was wearing Mud Girl clothes. Holly sighed.
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Foaly sat back and watched the screen. Sool walked into the office with "Lapo". He turned around and whispered to her. Foaly was recording the video. When Sool finished talking, he stood up. He beckoned to Opal and they left the office. Foaly pressed stop. He rewinded to the beginning and amplified the volume.
"Opal, Foaly's onto us. In fact, he's listening right now. We're going to lock him into his center, and make sure he doesn't get out. We'll do something that'll make him lose his job, and it'll be great. Oh, and Foaly, when you finish listening to this, you'll be locked in." Foaly's eyes widened and he galloped toward the door. He was almost there when he attempted to jump through the doors. The doors slammed on one of his hooves. Foaly shouted. No one responded. He needed to call Trouble.
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Opal had already hacked into Foaly's center. She was in the buiding, so it proved no problem. She pulled up the program labeled "LEP Defense". They were the guns protecting Police Plaza. She turned them around and began to fire on Police Plaza. Sool ran to the council room and shouted, "Foaly's turned on us! He's firing our own defense at us!"
"A similar occurrence happened last time Opal Koboi was out. We will go check on Foaly ourselves," an elf said.
"But he's the only one who has control of the guns!" Sool shouted.
"Pardon us if we will actually give Foaly the benefit of the doubt, Commander."
Sool turned around and said, "Opal, close the council doors and lock them."
The doors closed locking in both the council members and Sool.
"You see! Foaly has declared a lockdown! He's behind this! He's teamed up with Opal!" Sool shouted, a vein bulging out of his neck.
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Trouble's communicator on his desk rang.
"Foaly? Everyone's saying that you've teamed up with Opal!" Trouble accused.
"Just come over to my center! Hurry!" Foaly said.
It sounded as if he was in pain. Trouble ran to Foaly's center. Trouble looked down and saw a hoof sticking out. Trouble pried the doors open and Foaly collapsed with pain onto the floor.
"What's going on? Why are the guns firing at Police Plaza?" Trouble asked.
"It's Sool! He's teamed up with Opal! Opal is Lapo!" Foaly screamed.
"Lapo?" Trouble pieced together the name. It was Opal spelled backward.
"Grab the CD that's sticking out of my computer. Grab it and we have to get out of Haven," Foaly said.
"To the surface? Where will we go?" Trouble asked.
"We're going to Holly."
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Holly's communicator rang. It was Foaly… again.
"Foaly! Stop calling!" Holly said exasperated.
Foaly told her the situation.
"You're going to meet me in Moscow? Where?" Holly asked.
Foaly told her and Holly nodded.
"Gotcha" Holly said and hung up.
Holly explained to Butler what was happening. All he did was nod. He also grabbed his heart, but he acted like nothing was wrong.
When they landed in Moscow, Butler got a car and they drove over to where Trouble and Foaly has landed. The shuttle was there and Trouble was standing beside it.
"Foaly's hoof was slammed by a door. He can't walk. When we're done with this mission, we have to do something about Opal and Sool," Trouble said. "We have to hurry this mission up. Haven's in danger. Sool is going to put Opal as Foaly's replacement."
"This will be over soon," Butler said.
"I hope so," Trouble said.
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Butler was sitting in the shuttle while Foaly found the number that the man had used when he called Butler. He found out where the man was. The cell phone wasn't registered to anyone. But, Foaly had found the location and Trouble, Holly, Mulch and Butler were going to get Artemis back. Butler didn't feel up to it. His heart was hurting him more and more everyday. When he got home, Juliet would have to replace him. He couldn't handle the bodyguard business anymore.
"Let's move out," Butler said. He had his Sig Sauer and some other guns with him as well. He was quite prepared to end this. And he would do so, at any cost.
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Sool was out of the council room, and he was quite happy. Opal had been made Foaly's replacement, the council was in debt, and Foaly was being hunted. He would be brought to Howler's Peak. And anyone harboring him would also be sentenced, and Sool was quite sure that Foaly was on the surface with Short.
He walked in to visit Opal. She was changing the programs on Foaly's computers. He thought he saw a program named "LEP's Destruction" but he wasn't sure. He gave Opal the benefit of the doubt. He walked toward Captain Kelp's office and discovered he was gone. He eyes narrowed and he walked toward the council room again.
"I believe Captain Kelp has willingly gone with the fugitive, Foaly. I see no signs of a firefight, so it must have been willingly," Sool said.
"We can track LEP helmets! Tell Lapo to get on it right away, Commander!" an elderly elf said. Sool smiled and walked toward Lapo's Center.
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Foaly stared at the screen. He was watching Sool through the cameras he had personally installed. He was a paranoid centaur, so he had taken some security measures after Opal had escaped from her "coma". Only he could access them, and he had made sure that they were hack proof. Only he could log in to it and only on his laptop. It was a Mud Man laptop that Foaly had improved. Sool walked into Opal's Center and said, "Opal, I need you to find Captain Kelp."
"Captain Kelp? Isn't he Major Kelp? I heard he was promoted when he," Opal paused. "-assisted in capturing me."
"He was too close to Foaly for comfort. I demoted him back to Captain after 3 days," Sool said.
"So what do you want me to do?" Opal asked.
"Chances are Kelp knows I am doing this to ruin Foaly's life. I want you to blow his helmet and kill him. I will tell the council that Kelp was killed by Foaly. That'll give Pony Boy a longer sentence!"
Foaly's eyes widened and he screamed into the microphone to Trouble's helmet, "Take off the helmet, Trouble!"
Trouble threw off the helmet just as it was exploding. The blast knocked Trouble off his feet.
"That blast was stronger than usual!" Trouble exclaimed.
"You helped capture Opal," Foaly stated.
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Artemis was tied to a chair in a comfortable room. He has demanded an audience with his captor, but he never saw his captor. So, Artemis waited and waited. Three days into the journey, his captor had finally come.
"What do you have against me?" Artemis asked with an ice cold glare.
"I owe you everything, Fowl," the man spat out. "You ruined my life!"
"Who are you?" Artemis inquired.
"You don't know me?" the man's eye's narrowed. "I am Mikhael Vassikin!"
A/N: For those who don't know who Mikhael Vassikin is, please go and read the beginning chapter of Artemis Fowl and the Artic Incident. Thank for those who have reviewed. If you guys have any ideas on how I can improve the story please send me a message. Thanks! Please R&R!
