Author's Note: Yes, I understand that Artemis hasn't shown up lately, but he will appear, do not worry. In fact, the first word of the chapter is his name!
Can you guys believe that I'm already on CHAPTER TEN? It feels like just yesterday I had an idea and decided to write it as my first official fanfic. Now look where I'm at: CHAPTER TEN! I really owe it to my reviewers for getting me through things though. I have to give a special thanks to ArtyIsMine for being my first ever reviewer and to RAHbooks for giving great advice. Thanks guys!
I took a little longer on the chapter because I wanted to mention everyone (except Opal, she took up the entire last chapter!), and I wanted to make an extra special CHAPTER TEN for you guys! ENJOY!
Disclaimer: Okay, even on the TENTH chapter of my story, this website still does not know that I, Captain Holly Short 16, do not own Artemis Fowl? Really?
Chapter Ten
The Hospital; outside of Troubles room Third Person POV
Artemis sat in one of the undersized chairs trying to send a text message to Holly. He had never really texted before; only if the situation was desperate. And instead of using text talk like Holly had taught him to do, he tended to spell the full word. So even a simple text saying 'Opal is awake', took him almost twenty minutes to type out.
Once the text message was finally sent, Artemis decided to make sure Trouble was okay too. He got up from his chair and opened the door. Trouble was still asleep. Artemis checked all the monitors and everything seemed okay. So Artemis grabbed his laptop that he had left on the chair, sat down, and started doing some research of his own.
Artemis decided to do some research on some of the rare fairy diseases. The only one he was familiar with was Spellotrophy. He remembered when his mother had gotten it and how he and Holly had to go to the past to get the Silky Sifaka Lemur. And he remembered the moment in Rathdown…
Focus on the situation at hand; there is no time to think of the past. Artemis thought to himself. It was hard to concentrate from there. The memory of Holly kissing him was now replying itself inside of his mind. And he was now mentally kicking himself for even thinking of the memory in the first place. FOCUS! He screamed in his head.
He turned to his computer and got on the Ethernet. The fairy Internet was similar to the human version. The only difference was that everything was in Gnommish. He typed Wicci-pedia into the URL bar. Once on the website, he typed this into the URL bar:
Symptoms of Spellotrophy.
Artemis read the article to himself.
Symptoms of Spellotrophy are easy to spot, if you know what you're looking for. Symptoms include fainting, fever, and in serious cases, the patient might develop the flu. For most fairies, Spellotrophy is undetectable by any tests. So it is hard to tell is a fairy has Spellotrophy or not; you can only tell by the symptoms. The only cure for Spellotrophy is the brain fluid of the Silky Sifaka Lemur.Artemis shut his laptop and thought for a moment. Trouble had experienced fainting, and a fever. And if Artemis was correct, Trouble had developed the flu once while he was here. And all of Troubles tests came back negative for everything. Why didn't they see this before?
Artemis took out his phone and sent a quick text (if that was possible) to No1 and Holly.
I know what he has.
LEP interrogation room; A few minutes before Holly's POV
I felt my phone vibrate in my suit pocket. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone.
1 text from Arty. The front screen said.
I turned from my phone to Venus. Her mouth was hanging open slightly in surprise.
"What did you just say?"
"Give me a second." I said calmly. I flipped open my phone and read the text.
Opal is awake.
Okay, good. Opal was awake and No1 would be in her room right now explaining to her what was going on. And hopefully she would explain I little bit to us too.
"Okay, where were we?" I said, looking up at Venus again. Her eyes were wide open.
"You just said that LEP could always use another officer. You want me, a theft, to join the LEP?"
I thought for a moment. "Sure. It would keep you out of jail, and here's a bonus: you get a job too!" Venus just stared at me in shock. "But again, we will need the Council's approval first."
"You know my father will convince them that I will just make trouble and won't be of any help."
I took that into consideration. If Venus's father was as cold hearted as she said he was, then he would find a way to convince the Council of that. He was a smart guy, but I had my ways too.
"You just let me handle everything."
"And how are you going to do that?" Venus asked.
"Well, I cou..." I was cut off by the vibration of my phone on the table. Another text? What could it be this time?
I know what he has.
I stared at the phone in utter shock. Had Artemis really figured out what Trouble had? And that quickly? Well, he is a genius. I thought. We knew he was going to figure it out at one point.
"What is it?" Venus asked.
"Something very important. I need to go." I said, I got up from my chair and slipped my phone into my pocket.
"Whoa wait, you just can't leave me here. Their gonna throw me in a holding cell for the night. I'm not spending the night in jail." Venus got up.
"Fine, you can come with me. We still need to talk anyway."
"How are you going to make them let me come with you?" Venus asked.
"I have permission to do whatever I want with the suspect. I am a LEP officer, remember?"
We walked out of the interrogation room and into the corridor. Two officers were waiting for us.
"So, are we keeping her overnight?" One asked, glaring at Venus. She gave him a mean look.
"No. I need to go somewhere, but we're not through with our interrogation. I have the right to take her with me."
The officers looked at Venus one more time, obviously taking their sweet time to think, and then they let us pass.
"Okay, just keep an eye on her. We can't lose her again."
I nodded and began to walk down the corridor, Venus at my side.
"So, where are we going?" She asked. She sounded a little happy, probably because we were finally out of that small interrogation room.
"The hospital."
"The hospital? Why?"
"It's a long story."
Op's Booth; Police Plaza; a few minutes later Third Person POV
Foaly had received a text message from Holly saying that Artemis had found out what kind of disease Trouble had. And now it was all up to Foaly to make sure the cure got to him as quick as possible.
Once Foaly had gotten the text, he was very confused at first. First of all, the text didn't say what Trouble actually had. Then after ten minutes of precious time wasted on texting, Foaly finally got a reply message. He was shocked at what it said. Trouble had Spellotrophy? Foaly was surprised, but wasn't entirely full of surprise. The disease hadn't exactly died, just died down. There was a two in one chance that a fairy could get Spellotrophy. They just didn't expect it to happen to Trouble. He had always been healthy.
Now Foaly was walking down the hall, heading toward the Animal Room. The fairies always kept a few animals, mostly for medical purposes, others for training purposes.
He walked into the room and clip-clopped over to JayJay's cage (For those who don't remember, JayJay is the lemur from the Time Paradox). He opened the cage, and JayJay rushed toward Foaly. He leaped from the cage and onto Foaly's shoulder. He scratched JayJay on the head.
"Hey little buddy," Foaly said. "Ready to save a life?" He walked over to the lab table and placed JayJay on the cold metal. JayJay flinched when his paw (should I call it a paw?) touched the table, but got used to it quickly. Foaly left JayJay on the table and walked over to the lab equipment. He grabbed the brain drain (Also from the time paradox) and an anesthetic tab from a small box on the table, and then he walked back over to JayJay.
"You won't feel a thing." Foaly told JayJay, rubbing the anesthetic tab on the little creature's head. He then put the brain drain on the lemur's head and pressed the green button. "It will all be over soon."
A/N: Well? Did you like it? Huh? Huh? Review please, it makes my day that much better :).
One thing before I let you guys go here, for all of you who are reading A Psychic Love, I am re-writing chapter three. It was short and too simple. I will make it better. You can expect the replacement by the end of this week or Monday. I am also working on chapter two for Burning Love. That will also be out this week.
And guess what happened in this chapter? I told you guys what Trouble has! I remember in chapter two or three I said I would tell you guys what's wrong with Trouble, and it took me till chapter ten to get it out! I hope you guys are happy, and expect more soon! Peace!
~~Captain Holly Short 16~~
