Escapes:
Bah. . Unlucky day! Unlucky chapter! It all comes together. A great many thanks to Da-xia Nariko, Isis, Hermione Weasley, Liviania, Artemis Fowl the Second, Stardust Firebolt, Illyeari 'Blue' Tempest, Blue Yeti, and Kitty Rainbow, who are my lovely reviewers. *muah muah*
OK, more Artemis bashing. This is not a chapter where Artemis gets to look dignified. This is a chapter where . . . *Listens to yelling coming from dungeons*. Never mind, you'll find out. Foaly gets bashed too, and Root gets more popcorn from his secret popcorn stash. Oh yeah, and Opal attempts to murder Foaly. Also, this is the first time Foaly comes up with a dumb idea.
Collaboration:
Never had Artemis Fowl ever been in a truly embarrassing situation. Well, actually, there was that one time when his mother had brought his baby pictures to school, but that was a different story. He had experience in many things, but one thing he never knew about was how painful it was to hang by your toes off the dungeon walls. He winced. His feet hurt, and he had been imprisoned for several hours now. He looked up. His toes were bound by metal cuffs, which, in turn, were connected to the metal chain that hung down to the floor, and was kept there by a switch.
And it was the first time he had ever been able to get to sleep without silk covered, swan down pillows. Of course, he hadn't been awake for a while, so it was merely an assumption. He sighed. It was probably the first time that Artemis Fowl had ever wanted company.
"Fowl." His head snapped up. Butler Senior would never call him Fowl. Idiot, naïve, perhaps, and he admitted to a very small extent that they might have been right, but never Fowl. And the voice was distinctly female, in a familiar way. He looked to his left, where the voice had come from.
Commander Holly Short emerged slowly from the shadows, Butler at her side. "Well, well, well, Fowl. Quite a change in situation, isn't it?" gloated a smirking Holly. Artemis was unamused. "Quite." He said, forcing a level of cheerfulness into his voice. It came out high and squeaky. He raised his head and met her eyes squarely. "You are in chains. Either that, or attached to a particularly flat board."
Holly's eyes didn't change, and gave away nothing of her expression. "How did you guess that?" she asked, eyebrows raised. Artemis yawned, but couldn't assume the usual careless expression, as he was hanging upside down, completely tied from head to toe. "The unnatural placement of your arms. The rigidity of which you moved with. Your lost Neutrino 3000." He said, looking bored. "And the fact that you blame me for all this, and weren't beating my head off." He added as an afterthought.
Holly shook her head. "Enough with the theatrics, Fowl." Her voice and face, normally pretty to an acceptable standard, hardened. "Tell us how to get out of the dungeon." Butler, who was used to being silent, as his job as Butler for Artemis had never really provided him with many conversation opportunities, interrupted. "He is hanging from the walls and you want him to tell you how to get out because you think he betrayed you?" asked the bodyguard incredulously, his first show of emotion since his long ago days of the Academy.
Holly ignored Butler. "Do you know what this is, Fowl?" she asked Artemis, and pulled on a long, slender coil of metal links. Artemis groaned in anticipation of the waiting pain that would come soon. He was not disappointed. Holly's foot came into contact with the switch, and it turned on. The pulley that kept Artemis suspended seven feet above the ground reversed, and sent the young criminal mastermind crashing to the floor.
He mumbled several things, all of them sounding incredibly obscene. Holly raised her eyebrows. "Really, Mu- I mean Artemis. Such language." She tutted at him, and he threw a freezing glare. "Come on." He gestured, and led the way out of the dungeon. "Ahem." She cleared her throat. He turned back, and finally noticed. "All right. We'll go find weapons first to cut you free from that ridiculous board." He raised his eyebrows disdainfully. "Don't know how you got yourself into such a situation."
When they stepped outside, the light struck their eyes hard, and for a moment, they couldn't see. A moment that was not easily wasted, as a guard immediately noticed them. "Prisoners out! Prisoners broke out!" he called. Immediately, he seemed to multiply forms, as ten more guard appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. "Run." Advised Butler. Artemis obeyed, quickly, rather unusual for him, as he obeyed usually only with great annoyance. But this time, it sounded like an incredibly good idea. Blindly, he ran, a firm hand unconsciously dragging an irritated Holly after him.
LEP HQ:
"Ok, so the plan is, blackout the area in the front of the building, so that the guards will remove their sunglasses, if they have them. We don't know if Fowl has given anything to them, so we have to act like he did. Blackout, so they'll remove the sunglasses, then use the mesmer. We'll have Opal- er, Criminal Koboi watch and scout for us. In return, she will be allowed to attempt to kill me. Is that clear?" Both Root, and Opal, both sitting on barrels, nodded.
"But, then, why didn't we simply get Diggums to scout it out for us?" demanded Root, setting his nickname to work again. Foaly shrugged. "I thought Koboi was, ah, more suitable." He coughed loudly, to hint that Root wasn't to ask any more question about that sensitive area. The commander seemed to understand, and nodded.
"Ok, if that's all," said Foaly, attempting to look heroic and grim. "Let's do it."
Ok I know that was a short chapter, Okies, ppl? I will make the next one longer, and I will begin revision of all the chapters, make them more interesting, maybe. Watch for that!
~Trisani
Bah. . Unlucky day! Unlucky chapter! It all comes together. A great many thanks to Da-xia Nariko, Isis, Hermione Weasley, Liviania, Artemis Fowl the Second, Stardust Firebolt, Illyeari 'Blue' Tempest, Blue Yeti, and Kitty Rainbow, who are my lovely reviewers. *muah muah*
OK, more Artemis bashing. This is not a chapter where Artemis gets to look dignified. This is a chapter where . . . *Listens to yelling coming from dungeons*. Never mind, you'll find out. Foaly gets bashed too, and Root gets more popcorn from his secret popcorn stash. Oh yeah, and Opal attempts to murder Foaly. Also, this is the first time Foaly comes up with a dumb idea.
Collaboration:
Never had Artemis Fowl ever been in a truly embarrassing situation. Well, actually, there was that one time when his mother had brought his baby pictures to school, but that was a different story. He had experience in many things, but one thing he never knew about was how painful it was to hang by your toes off the dungeon walls. He winced. His feet hurt, and he had been imprisoned for several hours now. He looked up. His toes were bound by metal cuffs, which, in turn, were connected to the metal chain that hung down to the floor, and was kept there by a switch.
And it was the first time he had ever been able to get to sleep without silk covered, swan down pillows. Of course, he hadn't been awake for a while, so it was merely an assumption. He sighed. It was probably the first time that Artemis Fowl had ever wanted company.
"Fowl." His head snapped up. Butler Senior would never call him Fowl. Idiot, naïve, perhaps, and he admitted to a very small extent that they might have been right, but never Fowl. And the voice was distinctly female, in a familiar way. He looked to his left, where the voice had come from.
Commander Holly Short emerged slowly from the shadows, Butler at her side. "Well, well, well, Fowl. Quite a change in situation, isn't it?" gloated a smirking Holly. Artemis was unamused. "Quite." He said, forcing a level of cheerfulness into his voice. It came out high and squeaky. He raised his head and met her eyes squarely. "You are in chains. Either that, or attached to a particularly flat board."
Holly's eyes didn't change, and gave away nothing of her expression. "How did you guess that?" she asked, eyebrows raised. Artemis yawned, but couldn't assume the usual careless expression, as he was hanging upside down, completely tied from head to toe. "The unnatural placement of your arms. The rigidity of which you moved with. Your lost Neutrino 3000." He said, looking bored. "And the fact that you blame me for all this, and weren't beating my head off." He added as an afterthought.
Holly shook her head. "Enough with the theatrics, Fowl." Her voice and face, normally pretty to an acceptable standard, hardened. "Tell us how to get out of the dungeon." Butler, who was used to being silent, as his job as Butler for Artemis had never really provided him with many conversation opportunities, interrupted. "He is hanging from the walls and you want him to tell you how to get out because you think he betrayed you?" asked the bodyguard incredulously, his first show of emotion since his long ago days of the Academy.
Holly ignored Butler. "Do you know what this is, Fowl?" she asked Artemis, and pulled on a long, slender coil of metal links. Artemis groaned in anticipation of the waiting pain that would come soon. He was not disappointed. Holly's foot came into contact with the switch, and it turned on. The pulley that kept Artemis suspended seven feet above the ground reversed, and sent the young criminal mastermind crashing to the floor.
He mumbled several things, all of them sounding incredibly obscene. Holly raised her eyebrows. "Really, Mu- I mean Artemis. Such language." She tutted at him, and he threw a freezing glare. "Come on." He gestured, and led the way out of the dungeon. "Ahem." She cleared her throat. He turned back, and finally noticed. "All right. We'll go find weapons first to cut you free from that ridiculous board." He raised his eyebrows disdainfully. "Don't know how you got yourself into such a situation."
When they stepped outside, the light struck their eyes hard, and for a moment, they couldn't see. A moment that was not easily wasted, as a guard immediately noticed them. "Prisoners out! Prisoners broke out!" he called. Immediately, he seemed to multiply forms, as ten more guard appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. "Run." Advised Butler. Artemis obeyed, quickly, rather unusual for him, as he obeyed usually only with great annoyance. But this time, it sounded like an incredibly good idea. Blindly, he ran, a firm hand unconsciously dragging an irritated Holly after him.
LEP HQ:
"Ok, so the plan is, blackout the area in the front of the building, so that the guards will remove their sunglasses, if they have them. We don't know if Fowl has given anything to them, so we have to act like he did. Blackout, so they'll remove the sunglasses, then use the mesmer. We'll have Opal- er, Criminal Koboi watch and scout for us. In return, she will be allowed to attempt to kill me. Is that clear?" Both Root, and Opal, both sitting on barrels, nodded.
"But, then, why didn't we simply get Diggums to scout it out for us?" demanded Root, setting his nickname to work again. Foaly shrugged. "I thought Koboi was, ah, more suitable." He coughed loudly, to hint that Root wasn't to ask any more question about that sensitive area. The commander seemed to understand, and nodded.
"Ok, if that's all," said Foaly, attempting to look heroic and grim. "Let's do it."
Ok I know that was a short chapter, Okies, ppl? I will make the next one longer, and I will begin revision of all the chapters, make them more interesting, maybe. Watch for that!
~Trisani