Chapter 2: One, two..

Operations Booth

Foaly clicked away on the keyboard. He searched the Fort Knox security cameras. Not one bit of evidence. No goblin was seen and no shots of Artemis Fowl. The strangest thing was that nothing was stolen besides the Commander. It was a trap.

"You get anything?" Holly asked entering the highly protected room

"Only the fact that the Commander was the reason for this break in, but that's it." Foaly sighed

Holly bit her lip. Artemis had taken Root and no notice of ransom, so perhaps he was in it for only kidnapping. Not like the young Fowl.

Holly sighed and walked off to where Kelp was questioning Butler.

"You're not telling me that you, the head of his security, lost him?" Kelp asked

"He sent me out. When I returned he was gone." Butler replied

"You'd think he'd want some good protection, instead of dumb protection don't ya think?" Holly asked taking a seat beside Kelp

"Hey! Are we finished?" Butler asked sternly

"Yes. Yes." Kelp and Holly led Butler out making sure he didn't disturb the People.

Reaching the outside Butler raced towards his car and towards Fowl Manor. He hoped Artemis had an explanation for all this, but most of all he hoped Artemis was there.

He drove towards the hidden home to see the house as dark as he had left it. Butler sighed. Artemis isn't thinking right. Not at all. He kidnapped Commander Root, what was he thinking? Perhaps more fairy gold? That couldn't be it. He's learned from the first time. Then what?

Operations Booth

Foaly spun around in his chair. Bored as ever. Uploading the security tapes took so long. Soon a buzz on the computer signaled its finish. Now the 'fun' part. He got to watch every tape seeing if he could find Fowl or anyone else at the scene.

Foaly groaned at his disappointment. Only one shot of Artemis from his face. One! No fun in that. Luckily this was evidence enough so that Fowl Manor could be once again placed under surveillance. He zoomed on to Artemis's taped face. That's when Foaly noticed something. He wasn't 100% sure, so you could call it a hunch.

"Holly could you get in here?" Foaly asked over the intercom

"Foaly.." A voice said from behind.

"Yes?" Foaly turned around and everything went dark