A/N:

Thank you guest! You made my day last night with that review! Trust me, "it's harder than it looks". Haha. Had to quote from Eric Church's "Hell on the Heart". Anyways, this chapter here is more of a combination of Alex Rider, Artemis Fowl, and The Suite Life on Deck, as we transition to part two of the story, starting with the next chapter after this one.

Holly's POV:

Butler and I were walking along the docks in Liverpool, England, searching everywhere for Artemis. Nothing. He puffed. Vanished. Without a trace.

We were walking past the S.S. Tipton, a huge cruise ship, when a mud boy collided with Butler. The boy hadn't been paying attention where he was going as he was staring open mouthed at the ship. He quickly came back to reality upon colliding with Butler, and quickly apologized. We quickly found out that his name was Alex Rider, and that not only were we looking for Artemis, but he was looking for several kids as well, including Artemis, which is how we found out that Alex is a secret agent working for M16, the agency that Butler notified when Artemis first went missing.

"Guys, let's board the ship. There are two people aboard who were eye witnesses to the kidnappings of four of the kids."

"Alright", Butler and I reply at the same time.

Alex's POV:

We walked up to the front desk with a long line and a short black man behind it. I said: "Excuse me Sir, sorry to interrupt you. I see that you are busy, but can you tell me where we can find Mrs. Emma Tutweiler and a Mr. Mariam Mosby?"

"I am Mr. Mosby, and Mrs. Tutweiler is the teacher. What do you need us for, kid?"

"I'm Alex Rider, M16, investigating an incident where four children, twin boys and two girls, were kidnapped off of this ship, which both you and Mrs. Tutweiler are eye witnesses to."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize they would send in a child to do the investigation."

"I was sent because there is a bigger picture to this incident. It's possibly connected to Itex, who is rumored to be experimenting with animal DNA, and using these kids as test subjects. That's why I'm here, because if we are to infiltrate Itex, they need me to do it, as I've had the most success lately out of all M16 agents, which it all started when my uncle was murdered, and he was an agent. I replaced him."

"Alright Mr. Rider. You guys go have a seat on the sky deck. I'll take care of these people here, then I'll get Mrs. Tutweiler."

"Thank you sir."

"You're welcome."

So we did what he said: We sat down at a table on the sky deck and waited for them to show up. The three of us decided to work together, as Artemis Fowl II was someone that we were all looking for.

I showed the the pictures of the other kids that we knew who have been kidnapped. This first picture is Amy Cahill, 14, from Attleboro, MA. The second picture was of her brother, 11 year old Dan Cahill. The third one is of Artemis Fowl II, who is 15. Then there is Zach Martin, 14 years old, and his twin brother Cody. Then 14 year old London Tipton, and 14 year old Bailey Pickett, who is Cody's girlfriend.

"Wow. I can't believe all of this is happening", Holly said.

Well, Butler described the kidnappers, and Mr. Mosby and Mrs. Tutweiler described them exactly how you did, and the Cahill children's neighbor's description matched as well, so it has to be the same person.

Just as Mr. Mosby and Mrs. Tutweiler were walking up the stairs, a helicopter landed on the sky deck and the door opened and a guy that looked like a male model stepped out. He started walking towards us and morphed into the thing that had been described so many times.

"My name is Ari, now don't move. The boy is first."

Butler's POV:

I did the exact opposite of what he said to do. I jumped in front of Alex, and even though he is a secret agent for M16, I was going to protect him from the same thing that kidnapped Artemis. I wasn't going to fail again. I reached for my gun, but he was quicker with his dart gun, hitting me in the shoulders with a couple darts. I went down, but wasn't out quite yet.

"I said to stay where you were big guy. Trying to protect him when you failed to protect Artemis Fowl II. Commendable. You weren't going to see him again, but now you will." Then I passed out after that.

Alex's POV:

Right after the thing knocked Butler out for trying to protect me, a couple darts hit me in the shoulders and I went down, passing out almost immediately, but I was awake to see him turn on Holly.

Holly's POV:

Immediately after Alex went down, the thing, Ari, came after me. I screamed, but I was too slow. He shot me a couple times in the shoulders, just like he did to Butler and Alex. I heard Mr. Mosby and Mrs. Tutweiler saying "NO! DON'T DO THAT TO THEM!" Over and over again. I screamed and cried like a little two year old girl, and just before I passed out, I heard Ari say: "Nighty night little girl. Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite! Then he laughed wickedly, and I was out cold.

Mrs. Tutweiler's POV:

After all three of them were out, the main guy said: "Alright guys! put them in crates! And the largest you have for the big guy! The little girl can have a small one! Good! Load them up now! Yes! We are finally heading home! Bye Europe! America is better!" Then they got inside the helicopter and headed west. Mr. Mosby and I were shocked and saddened, but we couldn't do anything. Yet.