By the time Jade was carried inside, she was awake.

"Sorry," she said. "Its just that I've never been separated from him that quickly. My body cant take it."

"But what are you talking about? How are you connected to my son?" Madame Fowl asked, clutching her husband.

"Its a really long story," Jade said. "I-"

"Tell us it! We've got plenty of time!"

"Fine. Artemis and I were on a mission, and I died. He gave up his life force to save me, because-"

"You died?" asked and amazed Foaly.

Jade glared at him. "Yes I did. So he gave up his life force for me, but Death took pity on him-"

"Death took pity on my son?" asked an amazed Timmy. "Why would he do that?"

"That's a whole other story, buddy... Anyway he tied us together, so I guess I'm like Artemis' other half."

"I'm sorry, you're his other half?" For the first time in his life, Foaly found he couldn't understand what was being said to him. He felt very strange and vulnerable. There was a whole lot more to the world than he had thought!

"Like..." Jade tried to remember what Artemis had told her. "Artemis said it was like for every action, there was an equal and opposite reaction. I'm his opposite reaction. That does make sense?" tried Jade.

Foaly considered it briefly. It made sense... Sort of. But he wasn't about to tell her that, so he simply nodded his head. Fowl had some serious explaining to do when he got back.

"But how does this affect Artemis? Will he faint like you?" Asked a terrified Madame Fowl.

Jade shook her head. "No it wont affect Artemis in any way. I'm the one tied to him. And each second I spend away from him, our connection grows weaker. " As ifbto prove her point, Jade gasped as her hair grew more white. It looked like she had dip dyed it. "If I die, Artemis won't feel anything. He can just continue as normal. But if he dies..." Jade didn't feel the need to finish that sentence. She preferred not to think about it.

Holly jumped up and clapped her hands. "Then lets get my boyfriend back here before both of them die. Root can you get the council to approve a sweep of Opals usual hiding places? OK good. Foaly I need you to trace Opals teleport signal. I'll grab a team and head down there once you're done."

Jade screamed as a huge cut was made down her arm. Mr and Mrs Fowl turned away, queasy looks on their faces.

The strangest thing was, though, that the cut was being made by no one. It had just appeared. Jade gasped and tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Artemis," she said weakly as an explanation. "Wow, that jewel girl must really hate him."

"Her names Opal," replied Holly, gritting her teeth. Nobody did that to her boyfriend on her watch. Koboi was going down.

On the other side of the world, Artemis gritted his teeth and tried not to cry. He could only imagine how Jade felt. He watched as the blood ran down his arm. But at least she had medical attention. He could see Opal watching him, waiting for a reaction. Well, she was going to be disappointed. He remained silent.

Opals eyes narrowed. "Not going to give in, Fowl? Well, lets see how many cuts it takes for you to break." She raised the knife and plunged it deep into his leg. He gasped. God, he hoped Jade was going to take painkillers soon. He had made her smart enough for that. Or maybe Butler would think of it. Whoever thought of it, he didn't care. He only hoped his twin wasn't suffering. He sent a mental message to the stars. Are you OK? Have you taken painkillers yet? He knew she would never get it, but it gave him comfort to think she could actually hear him.

Opal saw his consciousness slip away and he drifted into sleep. She screamed. GOD, why was he so resilient? Anyone else, and they would be at her feet, grovelling. She threw her knife down, deciding to torture him some more later. She had to deal with everyone else first.

"Watch out LEP, here I come," she muttered, smiling evilly. She threw back her head and fell over. "OOF! Why do I always do that?"

She hastily got to her feet and decided that she would be better off doing an evil giggle instead. "Heheheheheehhhee," she giggled. Then she leaned over and kissed Artemis on the head. "Bye bye Fowl. I'll be back later with some more torture devices, and possibly the body of you dear friend Holly."

Then she ran out and jumped off the building. Then flew back to get a parachute. Then jumped off again.

Jade woke up in a strange place. That must mean Arty's awake too. Thank God we're not dead. She observed her surroundings. The room was fuzzy, and she could just make out someone on a bed. Other than that, it seemed to be bare. Funny. Artemis must have suffered severe blood loss for my vision to be fuzzy. She grinned. Aha, see, I have been listening Artemis! She got to her feet, and the whole world went crazy. She stumbled a little. What was happening?

And then she was hovering, hovering over the bed. By the seven Gods! Its Artemis! She bit her lip. Did that mean they were both dead, or both dreaming? Suddenly Artemis' voice rang out. She strained her ears, trying to hear what he was saying, but there was commotion in the background. She was waking up!

Are you...

What? What was that?

OK? Have... you... taken... pai-

Jade felt herself being shaken awake. She felt anger wash over her, and punched the person standing over her.

There was a loud, girly shriek, and Juliet moved out of her fist range, glaring at her. "Hey! What was that for?"

Anger shot through her. "I was talking to Artemis, you idiots! He was gonna gimme some advice!" she yelled angrily.

Butler looked confused. "Artemis isn't here, Jade... Are you sure you haven't gone delirious?"

"NO! I HAVENT!" she screamed. For some reason, a huge panic had overtaken her body. "SOMETHING BAD IS GONNA HAPPEN! EVERYONE GET OUT OF THE HOUSE- NOW!"

She swung herself off the bed, and her leg almost crumpled beneath her. She shouted out in pain. "Quick! Everyone out, now!"

Butler picked Juliet and Jade up, much to their protests, and ran. Mr and Mrs Fowl were outside, helping Foaly.

That's when they saw it.

Coming at them was a huge bio bomb. It was travelling so fast that when Butler blinked, it seemed to have moved 2 metres away from the house. He jumped out of the window-just as the bomb landed in the house. His foot caught the egde, but he was already safe.

"What is going on here?" cried Mrs Fowl.

"Bio Bomb," said Jade, helping a groaning Juliet up. "Juliet, can you head down to the store real quick with me?"

"Dinner is the last thing on my mind," she said instantly.

Jade grinned. "We'll pick up dinner on the way back. But right now, I need your help."

"What are we going to do?"

Jade looked around at the group, and an exceptionally curious Foaly. "Magic."

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