(re)LIVE
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Name: re(live)
Summary: Artemis lost his childhood to his disappearance of his father. Now, he is given a second chance, but there's a mysterious group after his blood. Will he ever regain his heart again? (Minerva does not exist, but LC happened. Without her. heh heh…)
Ages:
Artemis: 16
Ame:15
Holly: who knows?
Butler: yet again, who knows?
Disclaimer: I do not Artemis Fowl or any of its series. If it were up to me, Minerva would have never EVER happened. Or dies a painful death.
Reviews:
Midori Blue: Thank you so much for the praise! That was exactly what I was aiming for in that scene!
fanXforever: Yeah, I noticed that pretty quickly afterwards, there's an apology forwarding the chapter.
Zephyr Zucchini: well, I warned ya
QueenofBookworms: There's a bit of it in this chapter, but next chapter, I definitely assure you, it will happen
Asianwannabe13131: hahah, thanks. that's what I was going for!
Rainbow crayon: And i wonder who you are. Heh. thanks for reviewing
5oclock.autumn: Yeah, poor kitty... he died for a good cause though
(author's) Apology
I'll start with an apology of how my previous chapter was. It was really, dramatic, maybe a bit too much.
It's because I was having a hard week, (even related to Artemis, which made it worse) so, I was getting a horrible craving for Artemis while mood swinging, and I decided that I would create my own fix-
-by writing the next chapter, and that's how it ended it up. Apologies to anyone that thought it was too over the top, and for the people that liked it the way it was, thanks a lot.
Now on to the story!
(Unique) Motivation
"What?!"
Artemis Fowl immediately began rubbing his ears, the scream was glass shattering. Ame Shiku was dancing around, clearly happy. Her eyes were gleaming with evil glee.
"I can leave? For real?" she threw up her hands, asking the same question for the fifth time.
The boy only mumbled back sarcastically, "I didn't know you were so happy to leave."
Her black hair swished around her as she pumped up her fist, "Hell yeah! I need the internet so bad!"
"You could have used the internet here."
"But you'd be tracking all I did, I didn't want you to be spying on me!"
"Were you afraid that I would think your 'fanfiction' websites were ridiculous?"
"Whaa- see! The one time I went on to check-!"
"Hate to cut into your lovely banter," Holly Short chuckled quietly, "But we've got something serious here. Foaly gave us the results from what we found last night. Artemis, turn on connections"
Hearing her command, he reached over and pressed a few keys. Keys so familiar he didn't even need to look to see what he was typing.
The previously black monitor switched on. Foaly was waving on the end, nodding at everyone until he reached Ame.
Her eyes grew big and round, "Freaking awesome! He's a centaur? And this gives you connections to underground? Sweet!"
"The expected uninvited guest. Nice to finally meet you." He snorted, "You gave him a great kick few weeks back."
The red head could only roll her eyes. At this point Foaly must have put up video proof of the kick on Youtube.
The Japanese girl only smiled, tilting her head sweetly, "The bastard deserved it."
Said "bastard" coughed in the background, urging them to move on. The half horse nodded and began his analysis, "It seems like it's uncannily similar to Opal's Blue bomb. We ran the chemicals through tests, it seems like the "Green" Bomb knocks out people almost immediately."
"That's the reason why Juliet went out like a light, otherwise she would have fought until the end…" Holly thought aloud.
But there was a mistake in that scenario, Ame noticed, "But how could they get past the surveillance cameras that the Fowls have? And even Butler?"
"That's where I think," Artemis joined in, "Someone definitely not human is involved with this. The design for the bomb is also too extremely similar to Opal Koboi's. But to get past my surveillance unnoticed…" His black eyebrows furrowed in frustration.
Foaly's face became blank, "Mud Boy, whoever is doing this… is maybe even more dangerous than section eight. Whoever these people are, they know their stuff. And you."
Silence reigned over the room before the genius answered, "I suspected it. The note that was left after the kidnapping, I deciphered it last night before retreating to my bed."
He pulled out a piece of paper before continuing, "Apparently the note was to taunt me mostly. The X and Y coordinates… they came from my Fox OS."
"Obviously none of you have heard of it. It is my personal computer operations system. Fowl Operations Xplorer. Whoever these people are… They tapped into Fox most likely, and using the coordinates designated on my personal map, they pointed out the location of Juliet's whereabouts through my map. Hacking into my operations system is one thing, but then getting as far as getting under my security…"
"It can't be Opal though, if it were her, she would have thought of a better way to announce her challenge. She's too vain to do all of this discreetly." Holly concluded.
"Could it be a copycat offender then? No… this person seems better than her." The black haired girl added.
Artemis sighed, "But the thing is, these coordinates lead us to Galway. More exactly, some hill lands north of the city. We'll have a few days to prepare before departing."
"Wait," Ame tried, "Am I coming with you guys?"
"At the moment, that doesn't matter. What I advise you to do at the moment is to return home." He answered quickly.
She crossed her arms, "Are you guys gonna just leave without me? I've already told you, Juliet's my-"
A hard look appeared on his face. A look similar to what he gave to Holly. But this was a guarded look of trust. Temporary. Confusion was lightly thinned over. He still didn't know what to really decide.
After a moment, she decided to give in, sighing, "Okay, I'm going to go now, then. But… trust me, you guys will bring me along. I know I can do something."
An anxious look appeared on her face as she walked out the room. The door shut quietly behind her.
"Artemis." Holly said, addressing him.
Rubbing the bridge of his nose, he turned to her, "Yes?"
"Ame… she's really worried about you. She might not look like it a lot, but, she does. It would be maybe a handicap to bring her along, but I think we should. Maybe so that that she at least know the other half of herself-"
Artemis only smirked in reply, "Who told you that I wasn't going to let her come?"
The mysterious factor has been finally accepted into the equation.
Her black eyes scanned the premises. Suddenly, an almost Artemis-like vein began pulsing on her forehead.
"What. The. Hell am I doing here just sitting?" Ame screeched at the open sky.
After returning home and grudgingly lying to her father about the fun time she had with Artemis' cousin, she left to the park to clear her head. Apparently it didn't have much affect. After a few minutes she began to become frustrated.
Juliet was missing, the other were working for a good plan of attack, while she had to sit uselessly here. It was infuriating, how worthless she seemed to them.
She could hear footsteps crunching behind her, turning around, she saw the person she least expected to see.
"Artemis? What the hell?" her eyes were wide, then angry, "Taking a break? What about Juliet, huh?"
He smirked, "We've planned everything out already. We're just waiting for Foaly to proceed the pre-plan directions."
The boy sat down next to her. His demeanor was... odd though.
"You sure?" She asked, "It's only been a few hours since you guys started plotting."
It was faint, but there. A quick look of shock spread on his face, to be covered up quickly, "Of course, I am Artemis Fowl after all."
A bland face greeted his words, "Yeah yeah, the smartest most awesome boy in the planet." Her voice dripped with sarcasm, but she was smiling.
Suddenly, but slowly, Artemis turned to her, a look on his face that she didn't think he was capable of. His blue and brown eyes connected with hers.
The rest was too quick for her to even remember.
Something soft and warm was pressing against her lips. An unknown feeling was spreading all over her. Artemis… Artemis was… kissing her?
She felt her body become light, yet heavy. Like she was sinking into the water, into an oblivion.
No…
No…something was off, something was right. No, Artemis, in a million years would never… then… who-
"-are you?! You're not the real bastard!" Grabbing hold of his face, nails digging in, Ame wrenched the boy's face off of hers.
Without leaving him a chance to even explain, she got up and ran off.
"Dad? Dad?" Ame's voice came across as urgent, afraid, "Has Artemis called me?"
He had been making dinner when she suddenly ran in, her face red.
"Yes, in fact he had called a couple minutes ago-"
"-Thanks!" she waved to him and ran out the door.
A shocked look spread across his face before he laughed quietly to himself.
That girl…
"ARTEMIS! OPEN UP! NOW!" she had been pounding on the door nonstop, just hoping that he would open if she hit it enough.
The entrance door finally swung open, Artemis clearly pissed, "I called you nearly four times, your father said you were out every time. Didn't I tell you to stay home?"
Instead of her normal explosion, she merely smiled, clearly relieved, "It wasn't you then, it wasn't! Thank God!"
The boy merely arched his right eyebrow.
Ame replied, her face dead serious, "I've got something super important to tell you guys…
After a few confused seconds, Foaly made an attempt, "So you're saying, that you saw Artemis at the park, but it wasn't Artemis because Artemis was here with us all along."
"…Yeah."
"How does that work again?" the centaur snorted.
The girl groaned in reply, "I don't know! He looked like Artemis, But he didn't act exactly like Artemis, and then he-"
Her faced turned red as she stopped midway through the sentence.
Holly, who had been sitting on the desk as Ame explained, was suddenly targeted. The younger girl's eyes locked on her as she said, "You're a girl, I'll tell you."
Pulling the elf aside, she whispered into her pointed ear, "That guy…"
"Yeah?"
"He…"
"Yeah?"
"Ki-ki… ki..."
"…"
"Weird Artemis kissed me…"
Just like that, the battle veteran was on the ground, laughing herself to a near death.
The taller just stood there, stock still, "Damnit… that was my first kiss too…"
"My supposed imposter kissed you?"
"GAH!" her face grew another shade of red, "You freaking eavesdropper! How could you hear that!"
Artemis felt the sudden urge to roll his eyes, "I can read lips."
A frenzied look appeared on her face, "That freaking sucks- BUT! Anyways!"
"If this guy kissed you, we can do a DNA scan, right?" Foaly asked.
Holly nodded, "That's true, I can swab your lips of saliva and see what if the DNA results match up with the real Artemis."
"In this current situation, though," the genius announced, "We must take this as a threat. The attacks are timed too perfectly. We must assume that this is by the same offender. Which forces me to do this: we have no more time. We must leave by tomorrow night, at latest."
"Tomorrow? How are we supposed to get everything ready by tomorrow?" The red head questioned.
"I have prepared valid excuses to miss school, it all depends on what Ame has in mind to tell her father."
Ame only smiled, "No problem! I can tell him I found out about a local comic-convention. I always throw a fit if I can't go, so he'll have to let me. I'll tell him you're coming with me too, and Holly, then everything will be set." She made a thumbs up.
Artemis nodded, "After the DNA scan, we'll be set to leave, and to find Juliet."
"What will happen to Butler? Will he be coming?" Foaly neighed.
"It's best that he doesn't," the boy answered, an almost sad look on his face, "He was most likely taught that personal affairs should not affect his charge. We will need to keep this a secret from him as long as possible and make this trip short."
Holly laughed, "But can ya handle it on your own, Mud Boy?"
He upturned his nose, "Of course I can handle it on my own, I am sixteen, after all."
"I doubt it…" Ame muttered. Her face was creased with worry.
Artemis turned around and smirked, seeing it as a challenge, "What do you mean?"
"I mean…" she looked a little startled, "I mean, I still can kick the crap out of you, how can you handle it on your own?" her tone was scoffing.
"She's got a point, kiddo." The half-horse neighed.
His eyebrow twitched. Crossing his arms, "It's pointless to talk about meaningless things. We have tonight to rest, tomorrow morning we begin."
Foaly nodded and closed connections, waving goodbye. Holly yawned a bit as Artemis walked towards the door.
As the boy was about to close the door, he noticed that the Japanese girl hadn't moved, "Are you going to call your father soon?"
"Yeah," she replied, faintly, "I'll stay in here for a bit."
"Of course, but don't break anything." He joked.
She stuck her tongue out at him as he walked away, leaving the door open for her.
Her black eyes watched him until he was out of hearing range.
"Goodbye…"
OKAY!
Whoever that weird Arty (evil twin brother? Hm….) is, he'll be needed, very very much later on. Don't worry about it. Things happen for a reason in this story
This was the last chapter folks, last chapter before the whole thing falls apart, revealing the inner workings of this story! Next time will be a bit of a shocker, maybe not as much, but as it digs in further, it'll be interesting.
I look forward to seeing you next chapter
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