Pfeiffer squealed loudly just barely dodging Artemis's grasp. He ran
around the gunman and skidded behind his mother.
Artemis chased him around a stately pillar and into a carpeted room.
The man shouted after them, "Hey!" and followed them at his top speed.
Artemis was starting to catch up with Pfeiffer when he ran smack into a pine table, bruising his delicate skin.
Pfeiffer giggled thinking that this was all some wonderful game not once suspecting that the man could be dangerous.
Danny came around the opposite corner catching Pfeiffer as he looked over his shoulder. She ran back to Eva and Rod and set him down within his mother's grasp.
Rod slunk away quietly to hide behind a balboa tree. He crouched there motionless as the man slid around the corner. Suddenly, he leapt out and brought his fists clasped together, crashing down on the man's vulnerable back, rendering him unconscious.
The gun clattered to the ground and Eva picked it up shakily as the short millionaire came downstairs aroused by all the noise.
The midget stopped dead in his tracks as he recognized Artemis, "Fowl."
It was more of a statement rather than a question, needing no affirmation.
Artemis nodded, "Diggums. I did not think that you would be so stupid as to exhibit your stolen awards."
Mulch froze, his eyes frozen on Artemis, "I'm not showing them to anyone.Who are they?" he asked indicating the others.
. "No one that concerns you Diggums." Artemis replied curtly, "However, the man that is lying on the ground tried to attack us. I trust that you had nothing to do with this?"
Mulch shook his head furiously, "No way! I know better than to cross you. Or that Butler person."
"Good. I wonder.Are the LEP still after you, Mulch?"
Mulch's eyes narrowed craftily, "I've got a deal for you, Fowl. You keep your yap shut about where I am, and I'll be quiet about this little mishap."
Artemis smiled, satisfied, "Deal."
Artemis chased him around a stately pillar and into a carpeted room.
The man shouted after them, "Hey!" and followed them at his top speed.
Artemis was starting to catch up with Pfeiffer when he ran smack into a pine table, bruising his delicate skin.
Pfeiffer giggled thinking that this was all some wonderful game not once suspecting that the man could be dangerous.
Danny came around the opposite corner catching Pfeiffer as he looked over his shoulder. She ran back to Eva and Rod and set him down within his mother's grasp.
Rod slunk away quietly to hide behind a balboa tree. He crouched there motionless as the man slid around the corner. Suddenly, he leapt out and brought his fists clasped together, crashing down on the man's vulnerable back, rendering him unconscious.
The gun clattered to the ground and Eva picked it up shakily as the short millionaire came downstairs aroused by all the noise.
The midget stopped dead in his tracks as he recognized Artemis, "Fowl."
It was more of a statement rather than a question, needing no affirmation.
Artemis nodded, "Diggums. I did not think that you would be so stupid as to exhibit your stolen awards."
Mulch froze, his eyes frozen on Artemis, "I'm not showing them to anyone.Who are they?" he asked indicating the others.
. "No one that concerns you Diggums." Artemis replied curtly, "However, the man that is lying on the ground tried to attack us. I trust that you had nothing to do with this?"
Mulch shook his head furiously, "No way! I know better than to cross you. Or that Butler person."
"Good. I wonder.Are the LEP still after you, Mulch?"
Mulch's eyes narrowed craftily, "I've got a deal for you, Fowl. You keep your yap shut about where I am, and I'll be quiet about this little mishap."
Artemis smiled, satisfied, "Deal."
