Chapter Six: Open Book
~LEP Plaza, Haven City~
Holly, Artemis and Butler opened the doors to the LEP Plaza; they were confronted by a mass of Goblin parents demanding for the release of their unruly offspring. Holly tried to push past them but they blocked her path. Butler grunted and pushed through the crowd, leaving a wake of Goblins lying on the floor groaning. Holly giggled and followed him, Artemis just shrugged. Holly buzzed them through the 'restricted' door and Artemis went through quickly as butler held the doors open for him. Holly entered Root's office, Root looked up at her with wide surprised eyes. 'Where have you been Captain?' he asked, standing up as she entered. 'In the tunnels, hiding from the mob,' he laughed, 'I guess I would have been done for if Artemis and butler hadn't come so bravely to my rescue!' she joked, she was in a strangely good mood for an elf, who weren't noted for their good moods. 'Yes, we found her quite deep in the tunnels below the city.. it was getting rather hot down there but.' Artemis stopped, looking at the map on his screen, 'we found Holly, unconscious, directly below the old Koboi Laboratories building.' Root nodded, 'I want you to go back down there, maybe there's a subterranean entrance or something..' he said, turning away and taking three bulk guns from a tray behind him. 'Here, these are new prototypes, they work fine on old Neutrino charges, they're portable DNA cannons,' Root smiled, 'Foaly chucked 'em out a while ago.' Butler grinned widely. Fairy technology and the word 'cannon' mixed together evilly well. They took their new weapons, Holly hesitated. 'but I like my Neutrino.' she said grudgingly, 'but I guess I'll take one, Trolls are resistant to the new Neutrino model' she aimed this at Root, compelling him to make changed to the gun. Artemis wasn't struggling to carry the gun but it was uncomfortably heavy. 'I think I'll stick with the Neutrino too. its. umm. lighter' he said, putting the new weapon on Root's desk. 'I'm against giving you mud-people new fairy technology but its crucial that you can defend yourselves from these bloody Goblins. I don't want Mud- Man deaths on my hands.' Butler and Artemis curtly nodded and left the room, Holly wanted to talk to Root alone. 'After this, I'm pulling in all my sick leave,' she said, she knew she didn't have to ask; she'd never even taken a day off since she stated in the LEP, she had at least four weeks of sick time. 'I want to take a break, a long one, on the surface.' she said. 'Holly. now you know time on the surface is restricted to one week.' Root replied, calmly, 'but you also know I'll pull some strings for you.' He smiled, 'any where in particular you plan on going?' 'Dublin' holly said and walked out to follow Butler and Artemis. The car Artemis and butler had originally taken to the tunnels was now in front of the LEP Plaza, muddy, beaten and burnt. Holly passed this vehicle and made for an empty LEP wagon that had enough room for Butler to sit straight in. Artemis followed Holly quickly, he sided with her and spoke. 'So, what did Julius have to say?' he asked quietly. 'I have a lot of free time coming up, I can spend it all on the surface.' She replied, smiling as she opened the vehicle door. 'Where do you plan on going? My father owns real estate all over the world, I'm sure I can give you one for a while.' He said, sitting next to Holy in the front seat, butler was once again silent and sitting in the back seat massaging his neck. 'I plan on going to Dublin and staying in Fowl Manor for a while.' She grinned, looking at Artemis who was blinking. 'This is your chance, Arty, your one and only chance. show me you've changed and I'm yours.' Artemis was completely speechless, this had to be magic.
~Disused Koboi Laboratories, Haven City~
Agamemnon's troops ran around like crazy preparing his shuttle for launch. The new chute was badly made and erratic but Agamemnon's magic should be enough to sustain the ascent up to the surface, or so they thought. 'Get this ready NOW!' Agamemnon's dark voice sounded through the building, the goblins going as fast as they could yet it would still be a while before it was ready for launch. An old chute shuttle had been salvaged from incineration and Goblin technicians (the goblins who's IQ was over thirty) were busy tuning it up and fixing huge cracks and bumps. 'I need to get to the surface as soon as possible, the Time stop will not last much longer and I need to escape just as it collapses because,' he took a deep rattling breath, 'because as soon as one troop of Warlocks grow weak, another will take its place and create a new time stop, trapping the LEP and the People below ground!' he forced a laugh, a loud cackling, evil drawl which made some Goblins cringe. Agamemnon's plan was sound, there weren't many cracks in the idea. The LEP had no idea who was behind the attacks and they weren't one hundred percent sure where their foe was but Agamemnon didn't plan on the keen intellect of Artemis Fowl and his dangerous bodyguard, Butler. Holly Short was one concern, from a long line of daring elves that had been direct foes of the Dyxs Elves for a long time. She was a strong one but Agamemnon wasn't worried as much. He should be worried, the approaching trio had taken down Opal Koboi and Cudgeon and the multimillionaire Jon Spiro AND the elusive bodyguard Arno Blunt. There didn't seem to be much in the stopping of Holly, Artemis and Butler.
~Howler's Peak Prison, Haven City~
Over four hundred Goblins had been apprehended and locked up. Some were new culprits but most were the old felons out for revenge. Anthony had subdued a lot of Goblins this night, there was a LEPrecon pool as to who could catch the most Goblins and Trouble was beating Claws by the hair on a dwarf's chin. 'Alright, the night's still young TROUBLE,' he grinned, 'I'll beat you yet.' 'Yeah, right. you're too you, I'm surprised you even got one!' Trouble Kelp grinned back, 'Little kid Claws' Grub stepped in to defend his friend, 'He may be a kid but he's beating you, bro! The numbers just came in, Claws 83, Trouble 79!' Grub said, the LEP officers in the room fell around laughing, Trouble stood shocked. 'Yeah, well. we got time to go still, I'll win yet!' he stormed from the room. Claws grinned and eyed up the pile of gold that had grown over the night in the LEP wagon
So, Artemis and Holly were developing their newfound relationship and Holly planned on spending some extra time with Artemis in the Manor. Butler had found new things to be silent about since Holly and Artemis started having conversations he hand no part in.
Meanwhile, back at Fowl Manor, Juliet was having a heart attack over the whereabouts of her brother just as a loud knock sounded on the large oak door.
~LEP Plaza, Haven City~
Holly, Artemis and Butler opened the doors to the LEP Plaza; they were confronted by a mass of Goblin parents demanding for the release of their unruly offspring. Holly tried to push past them but they blocked her path. Butler grunted and pushed through the crowd, leaving a wake of Goblins lying on the floor groaning. Holly giggled and followed him, Artemis just shrugged. Holly buzzed them through the 'restricted' door and Artemis went through quickly as butler held the doors open for him. Holly entered Root's office, Root looked up at her with wide surprised eyes. 'Where have you been Captain?' he asked, standing up as she entered. 'In the tunnels, hiding from the mob,' he laughed, 'I guess I would have been done for if Artemis and butler hadn't come so bravely to my rescue!' she joked, she was in a strangely good mood for an elf, who weren't noted for their good moods. 'Yes, we found her quite deep in the tunnels below the city.. it was getting rather hot down there but.' Artemis stopped, looking at the map on his screen, 'we found Holly, unconscious, directly below the old Koboi Laboratories building.' Root nodded, 'I want you to go back down there, maybe there's a subterranean entrance or something..' he said, turning away and taking three bulk guns from a tray behind him. 'Here, these are new prototypes, they work fine on old Neutrino charges, they're portable DNA cannons,' Root smiled, 'Foaly chucked 'em out a while ago.' Butler grinned widely. Fairy technology and the word 'cannon' mixed together evilly well. They took their new weapons, Holly hesitated. 'but I like my Neutrino.' she said grudgingly, 'but I guess I'll take one, Trolls are resistant to the new Neutrino model' she aimed this at Root, compelling him to make changed to the gun. Artemis wasn't struggling to carry the gun but it was uncomfortably heavy. 'I think I'll stick with the Neutrino too. its. umm. lighter' he said, putting the new weapon on Root's desk. 'I'm against giving you mud-people new fairy technology but its crucial that you can defend yourselves from these bloody Goblins. I don't want Mud- Man deaths on my hands.' Butler and Artemis curtly nodded and left the room, Holly wanted to talk to Root alone. 'After this, I'm pulling in all my sick leave,' she said, she knew she didn't have to ask; she'd never even taken a day off since she stated in the LEP, she had at least four weeks of sick time. 'I want to take a break, a long one, on the surface.' she said. 'Holly. now you know time on the surface is restricted to one week.' Root replied, calmly, 'but you also know I'll pull some strings for you.' He smiled, 'any where in particular you plan on going?' 'Dublin' holly said and walked out to follow Butler and Artemis. The car Artemis and butler had originally taken to the tunnels was now in front of the LEP Plaza, muddy, beaten and burnt. Holly passed this vehicle and made for an empty LEP wagon that had enough room for Butler to sit straight in. Artemis followed Holly quickly, he sided with her and spoke. 'So, what did Julius have to say?' he asked quietly. 'I have a lot of free time coming up, I can spend it all on the surface.' She replied, smiling as she opened the vehicle door. 'Where do you plan on going? My father owns real estate all over the world, I'm sure I can give you one for a while.' He said, sitting next to Holy in the front seat, butler was once again silent and sitting in the back seat massaging his neck. 'I plan on going to Dublin and staying in Fowl Manor for a while.' She grinned, looking at Artemis who was blinking. 'This is your chance, Arty, your one and only chance. show me you've changed and I'm yours.' Artemis was completely speechless, this had to be magic.
~Disused Koboi Laboratories, Haven City~
Agamemnon's troops ran around like crazy preparing his shuttle for launch. The new chute was badly made and erratic but Agamemnon's magic should be enough to sustain the ascent up to the surface, or so they thought. 'Get this ready NOW!' Agamemnon's dark voice sounded through the building, the goblins going as fast as they could yet it would still be a while before it was ready for launch. An old chute shuttle had been salvaged from incineration and Goblin technicians (the goblins who's IQ was over thirty) were busy tuning it up and fixing huge cracks and bumps. 'I need to get to the surface as soon as possible, the Time stop will not last much longer and I need to escape just as it collapses because,' he took a deep rattling breath, 'because as soon as one troop of Warlocks grow weak, another will take its place and create a new time stop, trapping the LEP and the People below ground!' he forced a laugh, a loud cackling, evil drawl which made some Goblins cringe. Agamemnon's plan was sound, there weren't many cracks in the idea. The LEP had no idea who was behind the attacks and they weren't one hundred percent sure where their foe was but Agamemnon didn't plan on the keen intellect of Artemis Fowl and his dangerous bodyguard, Butler. Holly Short was one concern, from a long line of daring elves that had been direct foes of the Dyxs Elves for a long time. She was a strong one but Agamemnon wasn't worried as much. He should be worried, the approaching trio had taken down Opal Koboi and Cudgeon and the multimillionaire Jon Spiro AND the elusive bodyguard Arno Blunt. There didn't seem to be much in the stopping of Holly, Artemis and Butler.
~Howler's Peak Prison, Haven City~
Over four hundred Goblins had been apprehended and locked up. Some were new culprits but most were the old felons out for revenge. Anthony had subdued a lot of Goblins this night, there was a LEPrecon pool as to who could catch the most Goblins and Trouble was beating Claws by the hair on a dwarf's chin. 'Alright, the night's still young TROUBLE,' he grinned, 'I'll beat you yet.' 'Yeah, right. you're too you, I'm surprised you even got one!' Trouble Kelp grinned back, 'Little kid Claws' Grub stepped in to defend his friend, 'He may be a kid but he's beating you, bro! The numbers just came in, Claws 83, Trouble 79!' Grub said, the LEP officers in the room fell around laughing, Trouble stood shocked. 'Yeah, well. we got time to go still, I'll win yet!' he stormed from the room. Claws grinned and eyed up the pile of gold that had grown over the night in the LEP wagon
So, Artemis and Holly were developing their newfound relationship and Holly planned on spending some extra time with Artemis in the Manor. Butler had found new things to be silent about since Holly and Artemis started having conversations he hand no part in.
Meanwhile, back at Fowl Manor, Juliet was having a heart attack over the whereabouts of her brother just as a loud knock sounded on the large oak door.