Root stood, invisibly, on the dock of a British ferry port.

Before him, the ferry carrying his precious prisoner arrived in port. Bond carried the largest gun in the fairy arsenal between his hands ("In case they offer resistance." He had explained to the Council). Around him, blissfully unaware of his existence, were hundreds of SWAT officers, shields and guns raised. With a flick a switch, Root lifted off, his artificial wings bringing him onto the Ferry's surface before it even managed to dock. All the passengers had been taken off aboard lifeboats earlier, leaving only the captain and the two stowaways onboard.

Root searched the ship with amazing speed, not even bothering to turn off his wings and walk.

"Commander?" Came a hoarse voice in Root's ear.
"What is it, Foaly?" The mildly entertained captain asked, happy to have finally caught Fowl.

"Um… Artemis Fowl is on the line."

"Fine. Put him on. He probably wants to surrender peacefully…"

"One problem, sir."

"What?" Root barked. He didn't like problems.

"The phone trace is directly from Fowl Manor."


"Still wondering how I got off?"

Butler smiled as Artemis Fowl took the opportunity to taunt his foe.

"No fairy has permission to enter my house as of now."

There was a silence as Root responded.

"Go ahead. Blue rinse us. It won't work, and we both know it."

Again, Artemis waited, smiling slightly.

"There's no call for that sort of language. Give Holly my best regards. Oh, and congratulate Bond. He got the closest anyone has ever come to catching me. Goodbye, Commander." Artemis hung up the phone.

"It was a bit risky to jump out of the car at full speed." Butler commented.

"Yes, but Bond was hardly expecting us to be twenty feet from him."

"Are you done with the criminal life now?"

"Oh, be a sport, Butler. That was quite fun. I've never been in a car chase before. We'll need to acquire a car like that."

"And replace the old one."

"Yes, of course. Now then… back to business."

"What did you gain from all this?"

Artemis smiled, holding up Bond's information cards and a sheet of passwords to MI6 profiles he had obtained while Bond was in their custody.

"Nothing's enough for you, is it?"

"Orbis non Sufficit."

"What?"

"Bond's family motto. The World is not Enough. Well… except perhaps gold."

Butler smiled. "Aurum es Potestas."


M glared at Bond as he walked into her office.

"He got away?"

"I assume you already know. I'm just glad it's over. Between Butler and Trevelyan, I didn't think I'd make it out."

"It's not over. We'll finish this, sooner or later."

"Who else is there to send?"

"The specialists. You, Ethan Hunt, Jason Bourne, J and K…"

"Who?"

"Bond, you do realize that in the past few days, you gained knowledge that we weren't the only people on Earth… well, the world is a lot wider than you realized."

Bond sighed, preparing for another mission.