Artemis walked back to where Diana was sitting and to his surprise, he saw mackerel a la carte on the table.

"You got mackerel a la carte?"

"Why don't you like fish?"

"I like it it's just that..."

"You didn't think that I would even know what 'a la carte' means right?"

"Uhhh..."

"I accept your apology Artemis; now hurry up and sit down! I'm staving!"

As Artemis sat down in front of Diana, he chuckled at how quickly she could change the subject.

"Diana, did you happen to save a friend of mine named Holly?"

Immediately she dropped her fork along with the mackerel on it.

"Maybe...where are you going with this?"

"You know that she's not human right?"

"Yes. Is this going to be a game of 20 Questions or are you going to get to the point?"

He licked his lips, "The point is, you're not to know about them. Unless Holly trusts you of course."

"I saved her decaying inside a cage for the rest of her fairy life. I think she might trust me." Diana said bluntly.

Artemis closed his eyes and sighed, when he got home, he would figure out how Diana could something so simple, so complex. He opened his mouth to say something, but Diana beat him to it.

"So what you're trying to tell me is that I need to explain some things about me huh?"

"Exactly."

For the first time since they arrived in London, she smiled. Artemis almost smiled but he caught himself.

"Maybe I can meet the rest of your fairy friends and I can tell all of you about myself?"

"That will be fine. Shall we head back to Fowl Manor?"

"That would be nice." Diana called for the waiter, Artemis payed while Diana called Rhodes to tell Butler to come and pick them up from En Fin.

5:00 pm, Dublin, Almost to Fowl Manor

In the Fowl Bentley, Rhodes was driving this time since Butler didn't really want to drive this time and their charges were in the back and Diana was just about to tell the two, minus Rhodes, about her life.

"So Artemis told me that you know about the People."

"Hey B-Man, I do too."

"And you Rhodes."

"But what I am really interested in Diana, is the fact that Holly told me that you are a secret agent of some sort." Artemis said.

Rhodes couldn't help but laugh, "Tell them how we got recruited for GUN. I think it was on one of your heists."

Butler and Artemis had an intrigued look on their faces and they spoke simultaneously. "Heists?"

"Yes, boys, heists."

"As in thieving heists?"

"Yes Artemis."

Rhodes added, "And believe it or not, but Lady D was exactly like you when she 12 Artemis. Except that she liked to use a more 'hands-on' approach."

"Yes, well, anyway, it all started like this."

12:00 am, the Rooftop Dunsworth Museum of Fine Arts, Ireland, 2 years ago

"Now, did you attach my suspension cable?" A little 12 year-old Diana asked.

"Yep. Do you have your mini-mike on?" A 35 year-old Rhodes asked back.

"Check. Now don't forget the signal."

"Don't worry, I won't Lady Diana."

The little Diana sighed and said,"I told you, call me Lady D. It sounds a whole lot cooler."

"Right." "

All right, lower me down."

She had heard of a rare, Egyptian necklace that had once belonged to the imfamous Queen Cleopatra of the Nile being on display here at the Dunsworth Museum. But what she didn't know was that someone–or some people–were after it as well. Anyway, when Diana hit the floor, she unattached herself from the cable and made a sort of loopy thing that she could have stuck her foot in if she needed to make a quick getaway.

In the mini-mike she reported to the two-year-younger Rhodes, "I'm in."

"Alright, do you have the blueprints memorized?"

"Who do you think you're talking to?"

He chuckled, "Sorry. I just want you to not spring any booby traps; you remember what happended last time don't you?"

She rolled her green eyes. "I remember. Anyway, I'll check back once I get to the room."

"Copy that."

When she got to the hallway where the room was, she made the criss-crossing green lasers appear by using a can of trapped cigarette smoke. Quickly, Diana formulated a way to get through. Heh-heh. Too easy. And with cat-like quickness and agility, she got to the display room. She repeated the process and got to the necklace with ease. Since Rhodes graduated from Madame Ko's and is giving her lessons, she just sliced the glass open with a little help from a blade hidden in her glove. She's wearing a full-body black cat suit, with gloves, black boots, along with a beautiful black masquerade mask and her hair, which reached to her mid-back, is tied up in a tight, high bun.

"Hello!"

Then all of a sudden, she heard a male voice.

"Hold it right there, Masqueraine."

Then a boy who looked no older than 15 stepped out of the shadows and he had copper bronze colored hair and he had the same colored eyes.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Jetix and I work for GUN."

"You're not gonna arrest me are you?"

"Actually my dear, quite the contrary, I would like to recruit you for GUN."

"That secret government military organization? Why?"

"And how do you know it's a military organization?"

The little thief shrrugged, "I like to keep a tab on people like you, Mr. Jetix."

"Why? And Jetix is just fine. Anyway, we need you're abilities to do undercover work and maybe then you could start working in the field."

"And if I say no?"

"You say no and I'll exposed you to your family."

"Hmmmm. All right, whatever."

"Great. Let's–"

"Not so fast." The little thief smiled slyly at recruiter, "I want this necklace as payment for my services."

"No, no, no, no, no. You don't understand. I want to recruit you as a special agent permanently, not just for one time."

"Oh, I totally understand that. But I want this necklace. I am not going to let all this hard work go to waste."

He sighed, "All right. You can keep the necklace."

"Yay!"

"Lady D. What's going on down there?"

"Who's that?" a confused Jetix asked.

"My bodyguard, Rhodes. Rhodes say 'hi.'"

"Uh, hi?"

"Hey. I'm Jetix." Now turning his attention to the thief, "Uhhhhh–"

"Diana."

"Diana, how did you get here anyway?"

"I would like to ask you that same question."

"That's a secret."

"Fine."

"Hey, how old did you say you were?"

"I didn't. I'm 12 turning 13 on January 9th."

"I knew you were young, but not that young."

"Thank you. Now we can go."

When they got to the escape rope, he went on first and he held her (not that way!) while she yanked the rope, signaling Rhodes to pull both of them up. Jetix explained every to him.

"I don't know. What will her parents say? They don't even know that she's Masqueraine, let alone a secret agent." Rhodes said hesitantly.

"Don't worry, I have the perfect cover."

So, to make this short sweet and to the point, Jetix went back with her and Rhodes back home to Chase Manor. Diana introduced him to her loving parents (she took of the cat suit of course) and he took them into a separate room. When they came out, her parents bade their good byes and Diana showed him out.

"Here are the directions, show up tomorrow at 10:30 sharp."

"Got it. Can Rhodes come too?"

"Of course. Your parents told me that he's never been far from you since birth."

"You're right about that."

They both laughed.

"See you tomorrow." Jetix said.

"Yeah, see you." She responded.

"So, how did you become an agent exactly?" Artemis asked, obviously interested.

"That dear Artemis stays a secret. But not for long." Diana quietly added this last part to herself.

"Well, that took up almost 15 minutes and we still have another half-hour to go!" Rhodes said cheerfully

Everybody groaned.

He rolled his eyes, "Well, you guys get to sleep for awhile."

His charge sighed, "I guess that's true, but I don't have anything comfy to lean on."

Butler mouth something to Artemis and he turned red, again, but nodded and he kept his cool exterior, but he was a nervous wreck on the inside.

"You can lean on my shoulder if you want Diana."

"R-Really?" She let out a big yawn which Artemis found quite appealing and she continued. "I don't want to be a burden--"

"Really, it's fine."

"Well, if you insist."

So she leaned her head upon his shoulder with a little pink tinge on her face and closed her eyes. Artemis without looking at them, pressed the button to put the screen up. The last he saw of his bodyguard was a sly smirk, the same kind he did when he first met Diana. Hesitantly, he rested his head on top of her head and he sniffed the aroma wafting from her long raven tresses. Lavender, so soothing...so calming...it...fits...her. That was his last thought before he was lost in a sea of traquility.