(Well here is a little more. I am have a lot of fun writing this so I
hope you like it!) DivaLuna*
[Chapter 2]
When Mulch Diggums got home he dropped his keys on the counter and hit the flashing button on the answering machine. The first two messages were from his mother saying he was no son of hers , the third was a credit card company who got cut off the first time and called back to tell him about an amazing new financing plan. There was a pause before the last massage played and then a soft calculating voice spoke,
"I thought we had a deal Diggums, change your mind?" And that was it, the message ended. Mulch whispered darkly under his breath, "Dam Fowl kid," and tapped the computer mouse to check his e-mail, there was only one. After he had finished reading he stroked his chin in thought and then smiled. Picking up the phone, he make sure it was a clean line and dialed a number, listened as it rang and clicked. "Fowl, we still have a deal but I have some business to finish first."
*
Artemis Fowl gazed at his computer screen and thought over his conversation with Mulch Diggums. He couldn't help feeling he was being double crossed somehow. Mulch hadn't specified what the business was and even had the gaul to say he had never meet Shifter, the name of this online persona.
Artemis had never run into anyone named Shifter in his criminal career. When he had said so to Mulch, Mulch had laughed and told Artemis that Shifter was no common criminal. That had burned Artemis more than he cared to admit, when had he become a common criminal? At that moment his mother called his name from somewhere in the house and he bet this Shifter didn't have to deal with emptying the dishwasher or taking out the garbage. He would have to pay Diggums a little visit, Butler would come along or course, thing went so much easier when Butler was around.
*
Alexis glanced at herself in the mirror and nodded, she was satisfied with the result. She had put on baggy pants smeared with paint and an old t- shirt, she wasn't wearing any socks with her sneakers and she ahd made sure not to brush her hair. She thought she looked like the perfect girl who was not all there, just what would be expected. Tonight was the night and she had arranged everything, nothing could go wrong. The sun was setting and sister Katie would be making her rounds soon. Again she told herself that nothing could go wrong, that was not an option. All she had to do was wait so she sat by the window, drawing her knees up to her chin. She didn't have that long to wait. A figure dressed in black ran across the dark lawn. And she thought now 's the time! But as she turned a hand closed across her mouth, she struck out with her fists trying to get a hold of her attacker, but to no avail. She was slammed into the floor and her hands where painfully tied behind her. Something was stuffed into her mouth even though she had not once tried to cry out, her plans counted on continued silence. Twisting she tried to get a look at her attacker fighting the fear that was stabbing her in the stomach, but ropes tighten around her pinned feet, she soon lost feeling in both her legs. This was not supposed to happen, this was not part of the plan.
*
Mulch cast around in the darkness, raising a pair of FalconX to his face, magnifying in 10x. Shifter said he was expected, when he was satisfied that he was in the right place he unhinged his jaw and began a little excavation. He had planned perfectly where he would come out and he would not be disappointed. The plan was going very well even with the cemented floor which had been a little tricky, so his stomach was a little rumbly.
But as he came threw the floor into the right room he stopped dead, his mouth still open. A girl was tied up on the floor, his girl, the girl he was supposed to retrieve. And a masked figure stood over her, who didn't look to happy at being interrupted. At that moment he had a awful feeling that this job just got a lot more complicated.
"Move girl, get out of the way!" he shouted as her and turned as recently recycled cement blew open Mulche's back flap. At the same time the girl twisted and the masked attacker sprang, which Mulch later said he shouldn't have done.
*
After the dust settled Alexis looked up and breathed in a sigh of relief, or tried to, the gag in her mouth made it a little hard. She felt the ropes around her feet and hands and feet loosen. Spitting out the gag she looked around her,
"Thanks," she said to her rescuer and the man she had hired. He didn't answer but knelt and felt for the pulse of her attacker, she joined him and didn't have to hear his words to know he was dead. "We have to get out of here," he added.
She nodded remembering her roll, this guy didn't know she was Shifter, he didn't know she was the one who was paying him. He didn't know anything and she was planning to keep it that way. She glanced at the corpse on the floor, this would make it more complicated. Who in the world wanted her dead? Or at least wanted to kidnap her? No names came to mind, at least not those who she knew as Alexis Eriksson. As Shifter she had many enemies but no one knew who she really was, at least she had though so.
"Ok," she said slowly rocking back and forth, he looked at her strangely which was to be expected. "Get what you need," he said inching towards the gapping hole in the floor. She moved towards her bed, grabbing her computer and the bag she had packed. "Before we go let me do something," she said and he gave her a wary look. She ignored him and reached under her bed dragging out the paper bag as well as a set of keys and a dagger she kept under one of the floorboards. Slicing her arm she let the blood trickle to the floor, the guy stepped forwards and grabbed her other arm.
"What the hell are you doing?" He asked, alarmed. "For the police," she said and he nodded after a moment, dropped her wrist. She glanced over the room, "They will think I was kidnapped and harmed, my blood will prove that. And the horrible struggle will be evident by the corpse, that I lived will be highly unlikely and the case will be dropped in less than a week." He didn't say anything for a long time but as they both heard the footsteps of sister katie he did say under his breath, 'You are crazy, that's for sure," and practically pushed her down the hole, just as sister Katie walked into the room. Her screamed echoed down the tunnel.
(Thanks Thea the Elf and animefanatic07 for the review! A description of Alexis is coming up and so is what's in the paper bag.)
(And thanks to Lioness and Ghostdancer *Borp too* for your truly inspiring reviews! *she says sarcastically* My friends are so weird! *she adds in a truly martyred voice* O well if you can't beat'em, join'em * evil grin and an equally evil laugh that could match any of Borps*) DivaLuna*
[Chapter 2]
When Mulch Diggums got home he dropped his keys on the counter and hit the flashing button on the answering machine. The first two messages were from his mother saying he was no son of hers , the third was a credit card company who got cut off the first time and called back to tell him about an amazing new financing plan. There was a pause before the last massage played and then a soft calculating voice spoke,
"I thought we had a deal Diggums, change your mind?" And that was it, the message ended. Mulch whispered darkly under his breath, "Dam Fowl kid," and tapped the computer mouse to check his e-mail, there was only one. After he had finished reading he stroked his chin in thought and then smiled. Picking up the phone, he make sure it was a clean line and dialed a number, listened as it rang and clicked. "Fowl, we still have a deal but I have some business to finish first."
*
Artemis Fowl gazed at his computer screen and thought over his conversation with Mulch Diggums. He couldn't help feeling he was being double crossed somehow. Mulch hadn't specified what the business was and even had the gaul to say he had never meet Shifter, the name of this online persona.
Artemis had never run into anyone named Shifter in his criminal career. When he had said so to Mulch, Mulch had laughed and told Artemis that Shifter was no common criminal. That had burned Artemis more than he cared to admit, when had he become a common criminal? At that moment his mother called his name from somewhere in the house and he bet this Shifter didn't have to deal with emptying the dishwasher or taking out the garbage. He would have to pay Diggums a little visit, Butler would come along or course, thing went so much easier when Butler was around.
*
Alexis glanced at herself in the mirror and nodded, she was satisfied with the result. She had put on baggy pants smeared with paint and an old t- shirt, she wasn't wearing any socks with her sneakers and she ahd made sure not to brush her hair. She thought she looked like the perfect girl who was not all there, just what would be expected. Tonight was the night and she had arranged everything, nothing could go wrong. The sun was setting and sister Katie would be making her rounds soon. Again she told herself that nothing could go wrong, that was not an option. All she had to do was wait so she sat by the window, drawing her knees up to her chin. She didn't have that long to wait. A figure dressed in black ran across the dark lawn. And she thought now 's the time! But as she turned a hand closed across her mouth, she struck out with her fists trying to get a hold of her attacker, but to no avail. She was slammed into the floor and her hands where painfully tied behind her. Something was stuffed into her mouth even though she had not once tried to cry out, her plans counted on continued silence. Twisting she tried to get a look at her attacker fighting the fear that was stabbing her in the stomach, but ropes tighten around her pinned feet, she soon lost feeling in both her legs. This was not supposed to happen, this was not part of the plan.
*
Mulch cast around in the darkness, raising a pair of FalconX to his face, magnifying in 10x. Shifter said he was expected, when he was satisfied that he was in the right place he unhinged his jaw and began a little excavation. He had planned perfectly where he would come out and he would not be disappointed. The plan was going very well even with the cemented floor which had been a little tricky, so his stomach was a little rumbly.
But as he came threw the floor into the right room he stopped dead, his mouth still open. A girl was tied up on the floor, his girl, the girl he was supposed to retrieve. And a masked figure stood over her, who didn't look to happy at being interrupted. At that moment he had a awful feeling that this job just got a lot more complicated.
"Move girl, get out of the way!" he shouted as her and turned as recently recycled cement blew open Mulche's back flap. At the same time the girl twisted and the masked attacker sprang, which Mulch later said he shouldn't have done.
*
After the dust settled Alexis looked up and breathed in a sigh of relief, or tried to, the gag in her mouth made it a little hard. She felt the ropes around her feet and hands and feet loosen. Spitting out the gag she looked around her,
"Thanks," she said to her rescuer and the man she had hired. He didn't answer but knelt and felt for the pulse of her attacker, she joined him and didn't have to hear his words to know he was dead. "We have to get out of here," he added.
She nodded remembering her roll, this guy didn't know she was Shifter, he didn't know she was the one who was paying him. He didn't know anything and she was planning to keep it that way. She glanced at the corpse on the floor, this would make it more complicated. Who in the world wanted her dead? Or at least wanted to kidnap her? No names came to mind, at least not those who she knew as Alexis Eriksson. As Shifter she had many enemies but no one knew who she really was, at least she had though so.
"Ok," she said slowly rocking back and forth, he looked at her strangely which was to be expected. "Get what you need," he said inching towards the gapping hole in the floor. She moved towards her bed, grabbing her computer and the bag she had packed. "Before we go let me do something," she said and he gave her a wary look. She ignored him and reached under her bed dragging out the paper bag as well as a set of keys and a dagger she kept under one of the floorboards. Slicing her arm she let the blood trickle to the floor, the guy stepped forwards and grabbed her other arm.
"What the hell are you doing?" He asked, alarmed. "For the police," she said and he nodded after a moment, dropped her wrist. She glanced over the room, "They will think I was kidnapped and harmed, my blood will prove that. And the horrible struggle will be evident by the corpse, that I lived will be highly unlikely and the case will be dropped in less than a week." He didn't say anything for a long time but as they both heard the footsteps of sister katie he did say under his breath, 'You are crazy, that's for sure," and practically pushed her down the hole, just as sister Katie walked into the room. Her screamed echoed down the tunnel.
(Thanks Thea the Elf and animefanatic07 for the review! A description of Alexis is coming up and so is what's in the paper bag.)
(And thanks to Lioness and Ghostdancer *Borp too* for your truly inspiring reviews! *she says sarcastically* My friends are so weird! *she adds in a truly martyred voice* O well if you can't beat'em, join'em * evil grin and an equally evil laugh that could match any of Borps*) DivaLuna*