Hello Readers!!
This chapter is going to be the answer to a lot of people's begging. Yes, there will be Artemis x Theresa, but I'm not sure about some JxT. I'm just letting my fingers do the work.
Thanks to all my reviewers, you know who you are. Don't forget, if you aren't already, become one of my faithful reviewers. I can't promise a meeting with Jay, but I can promise that I'll try to review your stories.
Chapter Nine
New Olympia Recreational Park, New Olympia
Artemis wanted nothing else but to find the nearest jet and fly back home to Fowl Manor in Dublin. He could finally have some peace from everything there. But there were still a few elements in his plan that had to be taken care of. Then he could go home.
Once he was out of the trap zone, he located the rest of the hiding teens in the trees. He ran over to them, panting slightly. He wasn't a very athletic person. Not that he cared. An ex-criminal teenage genius didn't need to run marathons.
The teens saw him and came out of their hiding spots. "Artemis," said one of them. "How's Theresa doing?"
Artemis pointed at her, still fighting Cronus. "She's fine," he said. "Just fine."
He pulled out a miniature dart gun from his pocket. It was a present from Cronus that could be disguised as a pencil. He shot a dart at each of the unsuspecting teens and gods that were surrounding him. One by one, they hit the floor, already asleep. They would be like that for the next few hours or so.
He retrieved a device that had fallen out of the hands of one of the group. It was the controller for all the traps. He pressed a couple of buttons, deactivating them, including the SPLIT.
Now that it was safe, he made his way back over to where Cronus and Theresa were battling. They were still both uninjured, but Theresa was tiring, and fast. Cronus now had the upper hand, and he knew it.
With a massive sweep of his scythes, he knocked the nun-chucks out of her hands and sent her sprawling. He raised the scythes above his head, about to deliver the fatal blow. Theresa saw it coming, and waited patiently for it to come. A true fighter, she did not fear death in a battle.
She heard a faint whirring sound. Perhaps that was the last thing you heard before you die? Or maybe it was just the sound of the scythes coming down.
But, to her surprise, they dropped out of Cronus' hands. They landed barely two centimetres from her head. She glanced at Cronus, who was sinking to his feet. And then she saw the reason for this.
It was a small dart, coated with poison, sticking out of his back.
She turned to see Artemis lowering a tiny dart gun. His face showed no emotion. She frowned. "Why?" She asked him. "Why would you save me? You could be gone by now. Jay and the others will be here in a minute or two."
Artemis shrugged. "Maybe a bit more than that. Cronus has disabled travel from here to the Caves. He closed it on his way here. We saw this coming."
"This would be your 'bigger picture' thing then?" She asked. "You had everything planned out."
Artemis nodded. "We saw everything. Even the death of one of the te-"
He stopped himself. Theresa didn't need to know that bit.
Theresa's eyes narrowed, and he knew he had said too much. "The death of one of the team? You mean, I was meant to die?"
Artemis looked down. He couldn't bear talking. He was ashamed of himself, for he himself had only just realised what he had done. He had broken his promise to his father. He said he was going straight. And what had he done the minute he'd left? He'd become a criminal again.
"So why did you save me?"
Artemis looked up. He had been expecting Theresa to go off her head at him. But now, the pretty redhead was smiling at him. She owed him her life.
He shrugged. "I don't like watching cold blood killing." He answered.
Theresa smiled. "You're a good person, Arty. Don't turn to your old ways again."
And, driven by the same impulse, they both leaned in for a kiss. Their lips met, and all thoughts were driven from Artemis' mind. There was only Theresa now.
Of course, Jay just had to arrive at this second. Odie had disabled the portal lock, and he had raced through space to get here. He arrived where his team and the gods had fallen unconscious, and saw his friend and his team mate, kissing at the other end of the park.
Now, he wished that he'd stayed at the caves.
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Artemis and Theresa broke apart, both unsure of why they had been kissing for the past minute. Artemis, his brain now working again, guessed it had something to do with 'shared danger'. They had been through a lot together in the last hour.
Theresa, on the other hand, was beating herself up mentally. "What have you done?" She asked herself. "He's Jay's best friend! He's your crush's best friend, and you've just kissed him!"
"Um," she said. "I… er…"
She didn't know what to say to him. She wasn't even sure if she liked him or not. So why had she kissed him? Didn't she like Jay? Why had she kissed Jay's best friend?
"I have to go," said Artemis. "Before Jay comes."
"Yeah," said Theresa. "There's an airport on the west side of the city. You can get a plane back to Ireland there."
Suddenly, Artemis grabbed her shoulders. "Come with me," he said.
Theresa's eyes widened. "Back to Ireland? But all my friends and family are here. And there's the tiny matter of me and the team trying to save the world."
"You can do that in Ireland." Answered Artemis. "I'm working on a project to reduce Global Warming. I need to visit the Amazon, and without Butler that could be difficult. You could help me."
She opened her mouth to reply, but Artemis cut her off. "And you could train with Madam Ko at her martial arts academy. She's possibly the best in the world at training martial artists. You could become one of the best Theresa."
"But what about the team?" She asked. "What if Cronus attacks and I'm not here to help them. Without seven, we're weak and normal teens. I have a duty to help them."
Artemis gestured towards Cronus, who was unconscious at their feet. "Do you think he's going away any time soon? He'll be in Tarturus by the end of the day. Face it, you've beaten him. It's over."
Theresa looked him in the eye. "Do you really think it's over?" She whispered.
"I don't think, I know."
Theresa thought about it for a minute. On one hand, she could stay here. But if Cronus was going back to Tarturus, there was no need for the teens. They had done their job. No doubt, the gods would move back to Mt Olympus and they would go back to their families. She would go back to her mansion home, bored out of her wits.
But, if she went to live with Artemis, she could train to become the martial artist that her mother wanted her to be. And she could still continue to save the world.
"Then I'll come to Ireland with you."
Her mind was made up. There was nothing left for her in New Olympia. Only Jay. But he was just a crush, and there were more important things to be done.
Artemis smiled at her. "So which way is the airport?"
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Hello Readers
This chapter is the last, but there's still the epilogue to come. That will technically be the last, but this is the last chapter.
I'm getting all sad now because the story is nearly finished, and half of me is glad while the other half is sad. Maybe when I finish the last chapter I'll decide on an emotion.
Lol, I'm so random (And proud of it)
Thanks for the reviews!!!
Little Miss Illusional
