A/N: Updated this chapter today too, so people didn't label me as a character Murderer So yeah... I REALLY appreciate reviews. If I can get at least two reviews on this chapter, I'll update another two within the week.

When Artemis fell, Athena turned pale, Holly screamed and felt tears in her eyes, and Butler charged. He charged the creatures, Athena right behind him, and Holly with them as well. She was with them, and she was alone. It was an odd feeling, this odd, detached way of fighting. She saw herself knock out one of the Aeri, and grab his gun, switching the setting to stun, even though she didn't know why. These people weren't technically part of the fairy families, but they probably had been at some point.

Part of her screamed to kill these beings, the beings who killed Artemis, but somehow, her mind was calm. When they had decimated most of the squadron and the rest had fled, Holly and Butler went to Artemis's side. Holly saw, to her astonishment and relief, that Artemis was not dead, though he was close. She bent to heal him, but Athena held her back.

"Watch," the girl said. Blue sparks traveled the length of Artemis's arm, and sunk into his wounded shoulder. The sparks seemed to be hesitant at first, but then they flowed more and more quickly. Color rushed back into Artemis's pale face, well, as much color as there ever was.

With a groan he sat up and pushed the hair away from his brow. "Wow, I forgot how good magic felt," he remarked, and Holly hugged him.

"HOLLY!" oops, Foaly. She had muted the annoying Centaur, in order to get some peace and to be able to concentrate on finding Artemis.

"Yeah Foaly?"

"Don't sound so innocent, Captain. You muted me. On purpose."

"Sorry, friend, what did you want to tell me that couldn't wait?"

"Mulch is flying the shuttle to your position." "Mulch!" spluttered Holly incredulously. "Mulch can't fly a shuttle!"

"Why not? He's actually doing very well."

"Well," said Holly, miffed, "I'll be sure to tell him you said that."

"Holly, no, please. Don't condemn me to listening to that dwarf gloating the next time we meet!" Holly rolled her eyes.

"Okay, Foaly just shut up."

"How did you know he had magic?" Holly asked Athena. The girl blushed slightly.

"I gave it to him. When I touched the back of the car, I sent the Sparks through the floor to him.

"You sent what to him?" asked Butler, raising his eyebrows.

"Sparks. You call it magic."

"Holly, tell that Mud girl, or whatever she is, that you CAN'T give humans magic!"

"Foaly," Holly said, "If that girl says that's what happened, I'm not going to argue with her."

"No, no, I mean, it goes against the book!"

"The book, in case you haven't made this observation yet, says nothing about Aeri."

"Alright alright," muttered the Centaur.

"You know, we should be getting out of here," stated Artemis as he got to his feet. He was still a little unsteady, and Butler reached out a hand to sturdy the boy. Artemis smiled at the bodyguard by way of thanks, and asked Holly to lead the way.

They stood outside now, the cold wind whipping their faces as they waited for Mulch to show up. "I can't wait to get clean of this anti- radiation gel," commented Butler dryly.

"And I can't wait to get warm," Artemis muttered. He was wearing one of the outfits that they had found in the crates, clearly for going out into the barren wastes of the arctic. He was still cold however, and Holly looked over at him. He was shivering, his teeth chattering.

"Same old Artemis Fowl," she said with a smile. Athena looked at her. "Actually, Aeri are good with cold temperatures, one thing that tells us apart from other fairies, even humans. So that jumpsuit probably isn't going to do much for him."

"Good thing Mulch is here then," commented Butler, and they looked up to see a square of light hovering in the air. "Finally," Artemis said, as they all hurried inside.