Duo Fowl
Chapter 1
Holly hurried down the tunnel, it had been a while since the whole kidnapping, actually enough to where Fowl was probably fifteen, sixteen by now. Holly tried to picture how that character could've grown to look. Well, she'd find out soon enough, because Root had approved a quick check of the Fowl Manor, just to make sure that Fowl wasn't up to any of his tricks. So, she was readying herself to once again take to the surface, to face Artemis....
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"What do you mean, he's family?", Artemis asked.
"Just what I said, Arty, he's family.", she answered her son.
The grin on Duo's face widened, it looked a hint devious to Artemis the way he grinned. Heero still hadn't put down the gun, though, Artemis did notice it had been lowered just a notch. "So, Mrs. Fowl, you mean he's actually....", Butler asked.
"Yes, Butler, he is.", she responded, "Artemis, honey, I'm sorry to keep all of this from you but, I thought it for the best."
"What did you keep from me, Mother?", Artemis questioned.
"I can explain everything.", Angeline said, calmly.
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Holly had made it to the surface perfectly, and very shortly would reach the Fowl home. She did actually make it with in a minute after that thought was thought. She scanned the perimeters with a new scanner, it could depict fairy life from mortal ones. It was it's first official field run, after the tests, anyway. She swept the house from above the roof.... There were six humans currently in the house.... No wait, she landed onto the roof above the room that all were in. It was detecting one as a fairy, but, that was impossible, if Fowl was up to something again.... He wouldn't do any of it in front of his Mother.... No, that was not possible. "Foaly, are you sure this thing is working right?", Holly asked.
"It's brand new of course it's working right, why?", Foaly answered her over the speaker.
"I think you should take a look at this....", Holly responded, and sent the images back to his screens.
"A fairy? There? How?", Foaly wondered out loud, "Give me a second, let me see if he's got any magic, or not.",
Foaly put up the second filter activated only by the main systems.... "Not a single ounce of it...", Foaly whispered in awe.
"For how long?", Holly asked.
"He's never had magic in him.", Foaly said, "At least not from what my sensors can tell.",
"Get Root, let him see this, and get him to approve letting me go in and check it out.", Holly instructed.
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"Artemis, I know you think you're an only child and all, but.... You're not, it's a long story to explain, but.", she paused, "You see, the hospital made a grave mistake, when I was to have my first child, one of the nurses lost his name tag. They didn't want to get into trouble for it, and so, she put another baby's tag on my baby, not only that, but another child was also switched that of Butler's third cousin.",
"So, what you're saying, Mother, is that he's that child?", Artemis asked.
"Yes, you see, it took years just to sort out who's name tag had been given to him... By then, the family he'd been given to had been killed, and he was suspected to have had gone onto the streets. After that, I never heard anything about him again.", she concluded, "Not until I got a call from the hospital he was born at, apparently a young boy, about seventeen had asked if they could look up any deaths, and if so, help him to find his family. They did finger printing, and came up with it matching my missing son.",
"It's true, I did ask, they did tell me the information needed.", Duo nodded, "As for Heero, I wouldn't know, he's still as much a mystery to me, as he'd be to you. Right, Heero?"
"Yes, that is true.", Heero paused, "I'm still not telling you my real name though, Maxwell.",
"... Darn it.", Duo said, "Is it Miky?",
"No, that's your guess for the day.", Heero reminded.
"He's obviously a Butler.", Artemis said.
"Yes, as a matter of a fact, I did find that out before ever meeting Duo.... When a phone call came saying I was switched at birth with some other kid. But, at the moment I was rather wrapped up in the war....", Heero mentioned.
"So, what now?", Duo asked.
"You can stay with us from now on, if you'd like.", Angelina suggested.
"Good idea.", Duo agreed.
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"Holly, he agreed.", Foaly told Holly.
"Right, I'll be careful.", Holly told him.
She carefully crept around to the back, and found a window that had been left open to let in fresh air, she buzzed over to it, seems no one was in that room, and crept in. It was dark, and she shielded herself from any human eyes. That's when the humans came walking in. "Do you think this one would suit you?", Angelina asked a young man, about seventeen, with chestnut hair, and cobalt blue eyes.
"No, all of this is too fancy, if you just had one room with hardwood floors, and wooden ceiling beams showing, maybe a little dusty, like an attic room, that would do.", the man explained, "It'd remind me of the church.",
He turned, so his face was visible, heart shaped, very childish, impish almost. Holly paused, he was the one that was fairy, but why so tall? She followed them as they went up to the attic room that had once been Angelina's room. "Perfect.", she heard the odd man whisper. "It's perfect.",
He took off a necklace, which had a human cross hanging from it's end, he hung it on a bare nail. He sat down on the bed, "And Heero's staying where?",
"Downstairs, actually, only one floor below, right under you.", Angelina replied.
"That's perfect.", he replied.
"I take it you can get along fine on your own?", she asked.
"Yup!", he said.
She gently shut the door and left. After which, the man pulled out a picture frame, and sat it on the dresser nearby. It was a picture with a blonde haired kid in it, and a brown haired one, his hair in an odd one banged style, and that man, one with messy brown hair, and another Chinese looking man. "Wow, I finally found my family....", he whispered.
He sat down on the chair, and then looked up at the ceiling, as though relaxed, but he was talking to himself. "Father Maxwell, and Sister Helen, please, if there really is a heaven, and you really are listening.... Let this all just not be some dream...", he muttered.
A knock on the door then, the same man with messy hair from the picture stepped in. "Duo? Are you all settled in yet? I was going to go ahead and see if I couldn't just fix us some dinner.", he said.
"Yes, Heero, I am.", Duo muttered.
"Good, I hope you don't make a huge mess of this room like you did at the apartment.", Heero mentioned.
"I won't I promise.", Duo swore.
"You are such a baka, I know you won't.", Heero muttered, "So why do I believe it anyway?",
"Because you know I really mean it this time.", Duo answered.
"That was rhetorical.", Heero muttered, leaving.
"Hey, wait for me!", Duo whined, jumping up, and heading out the door.
"Foaly did you get all of that?", Holly asked.
"Yes, as a matter of a fact, I did.", Foaly said, "Why?",
"Because, it's important to know about whom those two are.", she answered.
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Duo returned to his room later that night, he felt the casual depression starting to slip into his mind. 'Let's just hope these anti- depressant pills work.', he thought to himself, as he gulped down two of them.
Heero came in to check on Duo a couple minutes later. "Duo? It's back isn't it?", he asked, "Your depression.",
"Yes, Heero, it is.", Duo answered, "But, I took the medicines I should be fine.",
"Okay, but, please, no matter how bad it is, don't let it get to where you try to do.... What you did the last time.", Heero said.
"I'll try not to Heero, I'll try not to.", Duo muttered.
End Chapter