Chapter 29
Root groaned in pain. He felt the burns that still covered much of his body when the magic ran dry. He was angry with himself for what had happened.
Haven had fallen to a horde of mudmen, the savages. It wasn't enough for them to have ruined the surface, why did they have to come to the lower elements to do the same thing.
At least he was still intact, for the most part anyway. It was something unexpected that had ended everything down below. The mudmen had control of nearly everything by this point anyway, though from the sounds of things, the LEP headquarters were still putting up a fight.
For a second, he wondered if Captain Kelp had taken over the defense and was living up to his name. Then he remembered that he, Holly, and Grub were still on the surface after the incident with that mudman.
A small part of his mind put the blame on Artemis Fowl, but then he dismissed it because it was an impossibility. Fowl was many things, most of them involving illegal activities, but this was beyond him. Artemis wanted gold or help, not world domination.
Suddenly he heard a sound outside of his cell. Julius turned to see one of the black armored figures standing there, this one with sunglasses and a helmet at her side rather than on her head.
"Just who do you people think you are!" he fumed at her as she pulled a key off her belt.
"Shut up if you don't want to be caught," she said with a flash of a smile, "I'm busting you out of here, I figure I have to get out before things get any worse."
"And you are?"
"Andrea Torch," she responded, "And I'm not really working for them, I work for Two."
"Two?"
"Look, I was spying on them and I was as blindsided by this takeover as you people seem to have been, so I'm getting you and everyone else I can out of here to take the city from these sociopaths."
Root was still trying to figure out where he had heard the name Two before as he followed her as she let him out.
"The other two are to badly injured to move, so they have to stay here," Andrea said as she passed him one of the fairy blasters, "But lets get our rears in gear and get out of dodge before we get shot."
Root followed her lead and they ran for it.
Root groaned in pain. He felt the burns that still covered much of his body when the magic ran dry. He was angry with himself for what had happened.
Haven had fallen to a horde of mudmen, the savages. It wasn't enough for them to have ruined the surface, why did they have to come to the lower elements to do the same thing.
At least he was still intact, for the most part anyway. It was something unexpected that had ended everything down below. The mudmen had control of nearly everything by this point anyway, though from the sounds of things, the LEP headquarters were still putting up a fight.
For a second, he wondered if Captain Kelp had taken over the defense and was living up to his name. Then he remembered that he, Holly, and Grub were still on the surface after the incident with that mudman.
A small part of his mind put the blame on Artemis Fowl, but then he dismissed it because it was an impossibility. Fowl was many things, most of them involving illegal activities, but this was beyond him. Artemis wanted gold or help, not world domination.
Suddenly he heard a sound outside of his cell. Julius turned to see one of the black armored figures standing there, this one with sunglasses and a helmet at her side rather than on her head.
"Just who do you people think you are!" he fumed at her as she pulled a key off her belt.
"Shut up if you don't want to be caught," she said with a flash of a smile, "I'm busting you out of here, I figure I have to get out before things get any worse."
"And you are?"
"Andrea Torch," she responded, "And I'm not really working for them, I work for Two."
"Two?"
"Look, I was spying on them and I was as blindsided by this takeover as you people seem to have been, so I'm getting you and everyone else I can out of here to take the city from these sociopaths."
Root was still trying to figure out where he had heard the name Two before as he followed her as she let him out.
"The other two are to badly injured to move, so they have to stay here," Andrea said as she passed him one of the fairy blasters, "But lets get our rears in gear and get out of dodge before we get shot."
Root followed her lead and they ran for it.