Duskynite: Just finished reading' The Eternity Code'. Does anyone know if
there's another coming out? Oh yes, this is my first Artemis Fowl fic.
SIDE NOTE! I said in the beginning that Demeter had black eyes, then said
later that her eyes were gray! Sorry! They are supposed to be black! If I
made any other typos, I apologize. My bad.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Artemis Fowl or any of the characters. I do own Aunt Katherine, Uncle Joseph, Ryu Koanoshi, and Demeter.
Ice Raider: Thanks for the review!! Yes, it is a little unbelievable that Artemis would let his computer be hackable-but remember, Demeter is his cousin. If anyone can figure out how to hack him, it's her.
Chapter Two: LEP
Artemis sat in a state of complete shock as Demeter tapped away on his computer. His computer. The one she hacked.
"I'm getting sloppy," he said finally, looking up at Butler. "She HACKED my COMPUTER!"
"It wasn't easy, if that's any consolation to you," Demeter replied, clicking on some files. "I've been working on hacking this place for years."
Artemis grunted.
"Ah, here we go!" Demeter sat up straight and pulled her cousin's chair over to the screen. "Observe. All of these files were created by you. Read."
Artemis gazed over the screen, gaping at the files of strange language that scrolled down the glowing monitor. Demeter continued to open new files, showing more and more of the strange symbols and some of Artemis's own work. She stopped, finally, on his diary.
"Preposterous," Artemis snorted. "I have these dates already!"
"Of course you do, they had to fill the gaps," Demeter replied lightly. "Read."
Artemis did as he was told-and all hell broke loose inside his brain.
'i LEP..the People..the Haven..Captain Julius Root...Mulch...Mulch Diggums...Short...Foaly...Short, CAPTAIN Short, CAPTAIN HOLLY SHORT!/i'
"HOLLY!" Artemis shouted, making everyone in the room jump. He leaned closer to the monitor, reading everything frantically. Demeter stared at her cousin and his body guard-who was staring over his Principal's shoulder in sheet amazement-and then grinned at her own bodyguard.
"Ryu, I think you can go get her, now."
"Who?" Artemis asked in a remotely stoic voice as Ryu left the room. Demeter leaned back in the chair and laced her fingers together.
"I've been doing my own research on the People, cousin. I may not be a super genius like yourself, but I'm smart and resourceful. I've been monitoring their actions for a while."
"How?" Artemis stared at her blankly. "Foaly's technology surpassed even my own intelligence! He would have caught yours in a heartbeat!"
"Hence the reason I didn't bother with technology," Demeter replied, waving her hand dismissively. "I sent spies."
"What kind of spies," Artemis's fists clenched. If this little brat hurt ANY-
"Mice."
"...Mice?" Artemis raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. Mice," came a new voice from the door. Ryu strode back in, a brown bundle in his arms. He set it down gently, closed and locked the door. Artemis goggled at the bundle for a minute. It wriggled, then unrolled, and Captain Holly Short sat up, looking around.
"I thought I was finished with this place, to," she groaned, rubbing her temples. She glared at Demeter.
"Well, do they know?"
"Of course, Short," was Demeter's reply. "You heard us yourself."
"Mice?!" Artemis repeated. "How do MICE serve as spies?"
"By running around the Haven, being chased back up aboveground, and then having their brainwaves scanned to form pictures and conversation," replied Demeter with a shrug. "It wasn't too complicated."
Artemis stared at Holly for a minute, eyes wide.
"I'm not supposed to remember you," He finally stated.
"No, you're not," Holly replied wearily, "but in this case, we have to make an exception. We need your help."
Artemis glanced at Butler, then back at the elf cop.
"With what?" He asked, all business immediately.
"The Haven got ransacked," Holly replied, bowing her head. "We got trashed, invaded, whatever you want to call it. The power has been shut down, some were kidnapped, others killed. The LEP headquarters burned to the ground."
"Along with just about half the rest of the place," Demeter muttered. Artemis glared at her and she shut her mouth.
"What action has been taken?" He asked, swiveling back to his computer and reopening files he never knew had existed till now.
"Everything we can think of. The city is in lockdown, those without homes have been moved to the Rec Center. We've set up the best defense we've got. But it's not easy, there's not much leadership."
Artemis turned slowly back around, his face growing ashen.
"Where's Julius?"
Holly shook her head, blinking rapidly.
"He's dead."
Artemis gawked at the elf for a minute, thinking back over the times he had seen the indestructible-looking, red-faced leader. This was just scary-to think of him dead?!
"What do you need Artemis's help with?" Demeter asked, breaking the heavy silence.
"He's got the brains and the technology to help us out. Foaly can't seem to get a peg on these guys, so two heads are better than one."
"Well, then, cousin. What do you say, will you help?" Demeter looked over at him, curious.
Artemis stared at the floor, his normally lightning-fast mind taking the recent information in like sludge. He looked up at Butler.
"What do you think, my friend?"
Butler did not reply, but the look on his face was enough. Artemis turned back to Holly.
"What do you need us to do?"
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Artemis Fowl or any of the characters. I do own Aunt Katherine, Uncle Joseph, Ryu Koanoshi, and Demeter.
Ice Raider: Thanks for the review!! Yes, it is a little unbelievable that Artemis would let his computer be hackable-but remember, Demeter is his cousin. If anyone can figure out how to hack him, it's her.
Chapter Two: LEP
Artemis sat in a state of complete shock as Demeter tapped away on his computer. His computer. The one she hacked.
"I'm getting sloppy," he said finally, looking up at Butler. "She HACKED my COMPUTER!"
"It wasn't easy, if that's any consolation to you," Demeter replied, clicking on some files. "I've been working on hacking this place for years."
Artemis grunted.
"Ah, here we go!" Demeter sat up straight and pulled her cousin's chair over to the screen. "Observe. All of these files were created by you. Read."
Artemis gazed over the screen, gaping at the files of strange language that scrolled down the glowing monitor. Demeter continued to open new files, showing more and more of the strange symbols and some of Artemis's own work. She stopped, finally, on his diary.
"Preposterous," Artemis snorted. "I have these dates already!"
"Of course you do, they had to fill the gaps," Demeter replied lightly. "Read."
Artemis did as he was told-and all hell broke loose inside his brain.
'i LEP..the People..the Haven..Captain Julius Root...Mulch...Mulch Diggums...Short...Foaly...Short, CAPTAIN Short, CAPTAIN HOLLY SHORT!/i'
"HOLLY!" Artemis shouted, making everyone in the room jump. He leaned closer to the monitor, reading everything frantically. Demeter stared at her cousin and his body guard-who was staring over his Principal's shoulder in sheet amazement-and then grinned at her own bodyguard.
"Ryu, I think you can go get her, now."
"Who?" Artemis asked in a remotely stoic voice as Ryu left the room. Demeter leaned back in the chair and laced her fingers together.
"I've been doing my own research on the People, cousin. I may not be a super genius like yourself, but I'm smart and resourceful. I've been monitoring their actions for a while."
"How?" Artemis stared at her blankly. "Foaly's technology surpassed even my own intelligence! He would have caught yours in a heartbeat!"
"Hence the reason I didn't bother with technology," Demeter replied, waving her hand dismissively. "I sent spies."
"What kind of spies," Artemis's fists clenched. If this little brat hurt ANY-
"Mice."
"...Mice?" Artemis raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. Mice," came a new voice from the door. Ryu strode back in, a brown bundle in his arms. He set it down gently, closed and locked the door. Artemis goggled at the bundle for a minute. It wriggled, then unrolled, and Captain Holly Short sat up, looking around.
"I thought I was finished with this place, to," she groaned, rubbing her temples. She glared at Demeter.
"Well, do they know?"
"Of course, Short," was Demeter's reply. "You heard us yourself."
"Mice?!" Artemis repeated. "How do MICE serve as spies?"
"By running around the Haven, being chased back up aboveground, and then having their brainwaves scanned to form pictures and conversation," replied Demeter with a shrug. "It wasn't too complicated."
Artemis stared at Holly for a minute, eyes wide.
"I'm not supposed to remember you," He finally stated.
"No, you're not," Holly replied wearily, "but in this case, we have to make an exception. We need your help."
Artemis glanced at Butler, then back at the elf cop.
"With what?" He asked, all business immediately.
"The Haven got ransacked," Holly replied, bowing her head. "We got trashed, invaded, whatever you want to call it. The power has been shut down, some were kidnapped, others killed. The LEP headquarters burned to the ground."
"Along with just about half the rest of the place," Demeter muttered. Artemis glared at her and she shut her mouth.
"What action has been taken?" He asked, swiveling back to his computer and reopening files he never knew had existed till now.
"Everything we can think of. The city is in lockdown, those without homes have been moved to the Rec Center. We've set up the best defense we've got. But it's not easy, there's not much leadership."
Artemis turned slowly back around, his face growing ashen.
"Where's Julius?"
Holly shook her head, blinking rapidly.
"He's dead."
Artemis gawked at the elf for a minute, thinking back over the times he had seen the indestructible-looking, red-faced leader. This was just scary-to think of him dead?!
"What do you need Artemis's help with?" Demeter asked, breaking the heavy silence.
"He's got the brains and the technology to help us out. Foaly can't seem to get a peg on these guys, so two heads are better than one."
"Well, then, cousin. What do you say, will you help?" Demeter looked over at him, curious.
Artemis stared at the floor, his normally lightning-fast mind taking the recent information in like sludge. He looked up at Butler.
"What do you think, my friend?"
Butler did not reply, but the look on his face was enough. Artemis turned back to Holly.
"What do you need us to do?"
