Artemis Fowl: Operation Rainbow
By Angelic Princess
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Chapter 4: A Day At The Beach
"NOW that we've finished all that tiring stuff, why don't we tour around Florence and have a little fun?" said Alicia.
R.C. glanced warningly at her, and she could just imagine what he was thinking. Not with them, I can't stand them.
"Whatever you want," said Artemis wearily, even though he actually would've preferred to do the transaction as fast as possible. But it was always safer to agree to the seller. Once he had what he wanted, then he could do as he liked.
They traveled on an air-conditioned bus to all the popular tourist destinations, (thanks to Artemis not wanting to ruin his skin) and ate at a fancy restaurant before returning to the hotel.
Alicia didn't have a lot of chances to have fun, since she was always getting sent everywhere to do her father's business. So she always used all the opportunities she got to have fun, even if it meant dragging along three reluctant men around with her. RC. didn't take his eyes off Artemis for a second, and they were practically glaring at each other the whole time. If looks could kill, to quote…but counting that out, it was pretty fun. (If you thought about it for a moment, it would have been pretty hilarious watching a teenage girl having the time of her life, while three young men followed her around doing almost whatever she told them to do.) But anyway, on with the story.
Before retiring to her rooms, Alicia said,
"Why don't we spend a day at the beach tomorrow? The more the merrier, and the faster we can do the deal." It was a very faint threat, but Artemis caught it anyhow.
Artemis stifled a groan and said, "I don't really like the beach." (Which was an enormous understatement.) R.C. was also giving his death glare at him.
"Please…" she 'wheedled'.
"Alright, alright, whatever." Artemis was too exhausted to argue. (It had been a pretty exhilarating day, by his standards.)
"But JUST an hour. You're the most infuriating girl I know. Jeez." Alicia went happily into her room.
"I don't understand her. One second she's treating me like a hostile enemy, the next like her best friend," He muttered. R.C, who had been looking very angry, suddenly said,
"Alicia just likes to have fun, but beware--she is on guard the whole time. You shouldn't have promised. You have no idea what she could do. She just invited you because she was feeling generous today," He smirked, "Don't be fooled by appearances." Then he grinned, so much like Alicia, only much more eviler.
Yes, Artemis thought sleepily, as he fell asleep, this was already much more unexpected then he had ever imagined.
The next morning, after breakfast, the four of them went down to the beach at Alicia's urging. Artemis had brought his laptop and had intended to spend only an hour there, but Alicia stole his laptop and he ended up spending almost two and a half hours there chasing her up and down the beach. R.C. was laughing so hard he couldn't see straight. Despite that he wished he could just order Butler to break her fingers, Artemis couldn't do that since it would probably cancel the deal, if he even survived after R.C. was through with him. Artemis didn't even know if Butler would break her fingers if he were ordered to. Butler had grown a lot softer since the Arctic Incident. Too soft, Artemis thought.
They had a brief lunch at a nearby café and Alicia casually mentioned that,
"At this rate, Master Fowl, you'll be as brown as a chicken in no time." Artemis had looked so horrified, as one might look at a giant cockroach, that everyone had burst out laughing. After that, they got into business mode again and Alicia got the precious artifact out of the bank. She let Artemis peek at to confirm that it was the right one. Artemis, in turn, gave her a huge briefcase full of money and R.C. did a brief count to make sure it was all there.
They parted shortly afterwards at the airport.
"Well. Master Fowl, it was nice doing business with you." She said formally.
"You too, Miss Angel, R.C."
"I'm sorry I can't say the same thing about you Fowl. Personally I hope we don't have anything to do with you ever again." Then he boarded their private concord. Alicia smiled prettily,
"I'll be checking up on you from time to time Fowl, so don't try any tricks. I know what you're up to." And with that, she was gone.
"She really loves to do that doesn't she, Butler?"
"Do what, Artemis?" Butler said, his face carefully blank.
"Ah, never mind. I'm anxious to jump to the next part of the plan."
They boarded their private jet for the return back to Fowl Manor.
Somewhere, deep inside a crystal cave that sparkled with all the colors of the rainbow, three ancient faery creatures, as old as time itself, stood around a misty crystal ball, gazing deeply into it.
"Fowl by name, foul by nature," chanted the first,
"And She who possesses the highest color," said the next,
"Fierce enemies, yet bound together," intoned the last,
"Aided by both worlds, will change the power of Destiny, where the world shall rest in their hands" they finished together.
Scurrying back to their own places, to await the time when each would be summoned.
Somewhere else, perhaps even farther, Captain Holly Short woke up suddenly, with a gut feeling that something big had just begun. She shook her head, muttering something about a nightmare and dropped back into an uneasy sleep. In the morning, she had completely forgotten about it all.
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Did you like this chapter? I knoe it was a bit long and lots of description, and speaking of that, do most of you like stories with a lot of description or what? Plz tell me in you reviews. I currently have heaps of assignments to do, so I can't write much longer. (I usually type up the story on weekdays and upload it on the weekends.)
Till next chap! ^.~