Escapes:
Disclaimer: I hate this thing, because it reminds me that Eoin Colfer invented it all!
O.K. *appears on spot with an Emmy* First of all, I'd like to thank Kitty Rainbow, Jiana Weasley, Kyra of the Cupcake, Rose-of-Eternity and Stardust Firebolt.
To Kitty: No, my new fic won't be on for a while, because the stories characters escaped from my fanfiction prison, and I have to spend more time trying to get them back. o__0 And because I know a lot of people would kill me for leaving this at a cliffhanger. *glares pointedly at Stardust*
Jiana Weasley: Thank you, oh great newcomer for gracing my story with your reviews!!
Kyra: I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE EVILNESS OF THE FATHER!!! And besides, with no evilness, there would be no story. ^ ___ ^
Rose-of -Eternity: You do get around, don't you? What's with the peach flavored candy talk you gave my poems?!
As for Stardust: *grabs her, ties her up, and sets her near computer, where she can read every word that is typed.* *grins* Hope you like your new arrangements!
Someday, after I finish this, I'm gonna make this story longer. *grins* Then I can make you all feel pain of waiting AGAIN!
Lucy: OK. We know. Quit threatening the readers!
Selene: Where DOES she get all the Chocolate?!
Lucy: Look! Her Emmy is a chocolate wrapped in gold!
Selene: *rolls eyes*
Trapped: Somewhere in the LEP corridors:
The man with the iron leg (I hope all you people out there know by now that he's Artemis' father!!) stormed through the corridors. It was very frustrating for him to have gone through everything for two hours, and found no sign of Artemis anywhere. Juliet's mumblings had gotten on his nerves as well; though she was indubitably the prettiest sixteen year old he had ever seen.
When he got to Artemis, he would send the boy back to school, preferably in Timbuktu. The boy was too dangerous to keep around, and eventually he just might figure it out. Just barely. He quickly reassured himself. It had taken years to plan this, and he was one of the best. This could not happen. It simply couldn't.
Operations Booth:
Once again, Root switched the hallways around, sending them back near the entrance, and being very careful not to let them near Artemis' room. Watching him on the screen, Root could've almost pitied him. Almost. But the boy had originally been responsible for Holly- er, Commander Short's near demise. It was only poetic justice that he should be the one they extracted the memories from. And if he happened to run into a few childhood nightmares, well, that was his problem.
"Commander!" An exuberant yell from Foaly made Root glance up. "Shhhh!" he hissed. "We're under a shield, and that means no one can see us. They're going to be VERY suspicious if there are screams coming from nowhere!" "That was a yell, Julius." Said Foaly, unperturbed. "And don't call me Julius!" snapped the commander. "Now what was the news you couldn't wait to tell me about?"
"Well, at this stage of the regression period, his ultra-genetical radiation waves should-" "Leave the science to the scientists, Foaly, and just tell me the gist of it." Interrupted the commander. "We don't have much time left." "Yes, sir!" muttered the centaur, thinking longingly of the many sarcastic comments he'd've liked to retort with. Just as he opened his mouth, the door crashed down, and in swarmed many mercenaries.
Root was knocked unconscious immediately, caught without his Neutrino as he was. Foaly fought back for a while, stomping most of them into the ground. Then, he felt an ivory hunter's tranquilizer dart bite into his neck. A tiny sting, and it was over. Foaly slumped to the floor.
Somewhere near Artemis' room:
Artemis Senior sighed in relief as the corridors stopped moving. (What, you thought he was so stupid, he couldn't detect it?) Now, he had a good idea where Artemis was. After walking for five minutes, he turned towards a door marked "Mud Boy's Room, DO NOT DISTURB".
Inside, he found Artemis, lying on the floor, even paler than usual, paler than ice. Juliet, even though she was heavily drugged to be docile and silent, gave a cry and knelt down beside her brother's charge, where she spent five dangerous but silent seconds glaring at Artemis' father.
He merely snorted. "I always thought he was a bit weak." He said softly. "Must remember to be a little more careful with the next model." Juliet was still defiant. "Like, how? I'm going to, like, kill that, like, tacky lab that you always, like, talked about." Her chin was high and jutting. Artemis' father bent down, and flicked one of her pressure points. Her eyes rolled into her head and she fainted.
Then, he slung Artemis over his shoulder. Something jangled slightly, but just loud enough for Artemis Senior to notice. He picked up the coin cam delicately with two fingers. He smiled at it beatifically. Then his smile turned nasty. "As if I'd fall for that old trick." His experienced hands crushed it, leaving nothing but dust. Dust, and a tiny speck, that was a camera's remains.
Operations Booth:
"Nooooo!" Foaly had woken up, just in time to see the Mud Man destroy what he finally recognized as his first memoir of a victory against Opal Koboi. His beautiful coin cam. He broke down sobbing theatrically.
Howler's Peak:
Opal Koboi ignored the hoots and jeers of the goblins next door, and concentrated instead on the wall. Very boring, if they hadn't forgotten that the saying "a glare that could bore through a wall" originated from the pixies, who could glare through a wall. Opal Koboi's family line had been occasionally diluted with elf blood, and, once, the odd Mud Man. Ugh. It had taken her months to get this far, and she was so close, so close . . .
Slam! The wall fell, and smashed into tiny pieces. Opal stepped delicately out of her longtime prison, and mentally bid fare-badly to all of her unwanted goblin neighbors. Her wings, unused to such freedom, fluttered gently before humming strongly, back to normal. Opal jumped into the sky, searching for her first victim, Foaly.
Operations Booth:
The alarm sounded, breaking through Foaly's extremely fake sobs. Root was glad of it. What with all the whining, he had a major headache. Foaly stopped. "Computer, specify alarm." The computer ground for a while before responding in Opal Koboi's voice. "Opal Koboi released from prison. Heading towards Haven. Mulch Diggums, tunneling towards LEP treasure funds. Capture required. Set Capture in motion?"
"Yes." Said Foaly firmly. The computer whirred, and then said, "Capture set in motion. And," it added sweetly, "I love you, Foaly." Root, who had just set himself on a stool, immediately toppled off. There was a crash. "Foaly," he said shakily, when he had picked himself up. "Why did your computer say that?" Foaly mumbled several things, none of them intelligible. Then, "I programmed it."
Root was preparing to sing "Foaly has a crush on Koboi." when suddenly Foaly added slyly, "Now we're even. Or should I tell someone that a certain commander named Julius has a soft spot for another certain-" "O.K., Ok," said Root. "I don't think anyone needs to know that." "We need Opal Koboi anyway." Said Foaly, returning to serious. Then added smugly, "For something you wouldn't be able to understand."
Well! That was certainly interesting. If you like, you can review!
Disclaimer: I hate this thing, because it reminds me that Eoin Colfer invented it all!
O.K. *appears on spot with an Emmy* First of all, I'd like to thank Kitty Rainbow, Jiana Weasley, Kyra of the Cupcake, Rose-of-Eternity and Stardust Firebolt.
To Kitty: No, my new fic won't be on for a while, because the stories characters escaped from my fanfiction prison, and I have to spend more time trying to get them back. o__0 And because I know a lot of people would kill me for leaving this at a cliffhanger. *glares pointedly at Stardust*
Jiana Weasley: Thank you, oh great newcomer for gracing my story with your reviews!!
Kyra: I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE EVILNESS OF THE FATHER!!! And besides, with no evilness, there would be no story. ^ ___ ^
Rose-of -Eternity: You do get around, don't you? What's with the peach flavored candy talk you gave my poems?!
As for Stardust: *grabs her, ties her up, and sets her near computer, where she can read every word that is typed.* *grins* Hope you like your new arrangements!
Someday, after I finish this, I'm gonna make this story longer. *grins* Then I can make you all feel pain of waiting AGAIN!
Lucy: OK. We know. Quit threatening the readers!
Selene: Where DOES she get all the Chocolate?!
Lucy: Look! Her Emmy is a chocolate wrapped in gold!
Selene: *rolls eyes*
Trapped: Somewhere in the LEP corridors:
The man with the iron leg (I hope all you people out there know by now that he's Artemis' father!!) stormed through the corridors. It was very frustrating for him to have gone through everything for two hours, and found no sign of Artemis anywhere. Juliet's mumblings had gotten on his nerves as well; though she was indubitably the prettiest sixteen year old he had ever seen.
When he got to Artemis, he would send the boy back to school, preferably in Timbuktu. The boy was too dangerous to keep around, and eventually he just might figure it out. Just barely. He quickly reassured himself. It had taken years to plan this, and he was one of the best. This could not happen. It simply couldn't.
Operations Booth:
Once again, Root switched the hallways around, sending them back near the entrance, and being very careful not to let them near Artemis' room. Watching him on the screen, Root could've almost pitied him. Almost. But the boy had originally been responsible for Holly- er, Commander Short's near demise. It was only poetic justice that he should be the one they extracted the memories from. And if he happened to run into a few childhood nightmares, well, that was his problem.
"Commander!" An exuberant yell from Foaly made Root glance up. "Shhhh!" he hissed. "We're under a shield, and that means no one can see us. They're going to be VERY suspicious if there are screams coming from nowhere!" "That was a yell, Julius." Said Foaly, unperturbed. "And don't call me Julius!" snapped the commander. "Now what was the news you couldn't wait to tell me about?"
"Well, at this stage of the regression period, his ultra-genetical radiation waves should-" "Leave the science to the scientists, Foaly, and just tell me the gist of it." Interrupted the commander. "We don't have much time left." "Yes, sir!" muttered the centaur, thinking longingly of the many sarcastic comments he'd've liked to retort with. Just as he opened his mouth, the door crashed down, and in swarmed many mercenaries.
Root was knocked unconscious immediately, caught without his Neutrino as he was. Foaly fought back for a while, stomping most of them into the ground. Then, he felt an ivory hunter's tranquilizer dart bite into his neck. A tiny sting, and it was over. Foaly slumped to the floor.
Somewhere near Artemis' room:
Artemis Senior sighed in relief as the corridors stopped moving. (What, you thought he was so stupid, he couldn't detect it?) Now, he had a good idea where Artemis was. After walking for five minutes, he turned towards a door marked "Mud Boy's Room, DO NOT DISTURB".
Inside, he found Artemis, lying on the floor, even paler than usual, paler than ice. Juliet, even though she was heavily drugged to be docile and silent, gave a cry and knelt down beside her brother's charge, where she spent five dangerous but silent seconds glaring at Artemis' father.
He merely snorted. "I always thought he was a bit weak." He said softly. "Must remember to be a little more careful with the next model." Juliet was still defiant. "Like, how? I'm going to, like, kill that, like, tacky lab that you always, like, talked about." Her chin was high and jutting. Artemis' father bent down, and flicked one of her pressure points. Her eyes rolled into her head and she fainted.
Then, he slung Artemis over his shoulder. Something jangled slightly, but just loud enough for Artemis Senior to notice. He picked up the coin cam delicately with two fingers. He smiled at it beatifically. Then his smile turned nasty. "As if I'd fall for that old trick." His experienced hands crushed it, leaving nothing but dust. Dust, and a tiny speck, that was a camera's remains.
Operations Booth:
"Nooooo!" Foaly had woken up, just in time to see the Mud Man destroy what he finally recognized as his first memoir of a victory against Opal Koboi. His beautiful coin cam. He broke down sobbing theatrically.
Howler's Peak:
Opal Koboi ignored the hoots and jeers of the goblins next door, and concentrated instead on the wall. Very boring, if they hadn't forgotten that the saying "a glare that could bore through a wall" originated from the pixies, who could glare through a wall. Opal Koboi's family line had been occasionally diluted with elf blood, and, once, the odd Mud Man. Ugh. It had taken her months to get this far, and she was so close, so close . . .
Slam! The wall fell, and smashed into tiny pieces. Opal stepped delicately out of her longtime prison, and mentally bid fare-badly to all of her unwanted goblin neighbors. Her wings, unused to such freedom, fluttered gently before humming strongly, back to normal. Opal jumped into the sky, searching for her first victim, Foaly.
Operations Booth:
The alarm sounded, breaking through Foaly's extremely fake sobs. Root was glad of it. What with all the whining, he had a major headache. Foaly stopped. "Computer, specify alarm." The computer ground for a while before responding in Opal Koboi's voice. "Opal Koboi released from prison. Heading towards Haven. Mulch Diggums, tunneling towards LEP treasure funds. Capture required. Set Capture in motion?"
"Yes." Said Foaly firmly. The computer whirred, and then said, "Capture set in motion. And," it added sweetly, "I love you, Foaly." Root, who had just set himself on a stool, immediately toppled off. There was a crash. "Foaly," he said shakily, when he had picked himself up. "Why did your computer say that?" Foaly mumbled several things, none of them intelligible. Then, "I programmed it."
Root was preparing to sing "Foaly has a crush on Koboi." when suddenly Foaly added slyly, "Now we're even. Or should I tell someone that a certain commander named Julius has a soft spot for another certain-" "O.K., Ok," said Root. "I don't think anyone needs to know that." "We need Opal Koboi anyway." Said Foaly, returning to serious. Then added smugly, "For something you wouldn't be able to understand."
Well! That was certainly interesting. If you like, you can review!