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Chapter 8: The council of war
Artemis found Holly waiting for him outside. She was already on the chair, with her helmet under her arm, pinching in the settings. As the platform floated silently along the corridors, Artemis found himself bursting to talk about last night, but even in his eagerness, he could sense how much Holly didn't want to talk about it. They met Foaly four floors down, and as usual, Foaly was joking and making sarcastic comments, which annoyed Holly very much. "OH SHUT THE HELL UP FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!" Screamed Holly, which encouraged Foaly even more. Foaly turned to Artemis and rolled his eyes. "Don't you just love screaming Recon elf captains?" Chuckled Foaly. "NO!" Came the reply from Holly. "That's because you think every single one of them has guns tucked down their throats even if they are 8000 years old, naked and wearing clone shoes in front of you! You worry too much, Holly, even for the people who knew about the war yet-to-come." Said Foaly, 'But if you had slept with a Mud Boy, that's a different matter.' Added Artemis secretly in his head. "NO, I WORRY THE EXACT CORRECT AMOUNT!! IT'S JUST THAT YOU DON'T WORRY!!!!!" Screamed Holly, clutching both of Foaly's shoulders, causing the platforms to collide slightly. Foaly goggled at Holly. "What has got into you?" "NOTHING!!!" "Then I think your common sense or your self control must have got out." Foaly chuckled again. Holly sank back into her chair, looking exhausted. They arrived at a large metal door, quite different from the other doors. Inside was a round, hollow table. It looked perfect for discussion, which Artemis had known they would do. They took their seats quickly and waited for other guests. There was a stout-looking dwarf, a grand-looking elf, a spirit, a pixie, Foaly, Root, several captains and two of Root's personal lieutenants (including Holly). The elf addressed the group. "Now, commander, I trust you have a proof of a goblin army you reported?" Root nodded. "Ask the Mud Boy. He found it, and he has the information." A tiny gap appeared on the armrest of his chair, Artemis slid his disk into the gap, and a 3D blue print of a goblin army and several tube-like machines appeared in the center of the hollow table. The dwarf all most fell off his chair, the spirit gasped, the pixie gave a small squeak and the elf stared at the blue print in astonishment. "Several weeks ago I recovered my memory and found this. I was doing a sonic scan of the world using a sonic satellite for simple amusement, and found a huge sonic blows in Peru, which was strange because the inhabitants of Peru usually hardly even use sonic power, let alone a huge machine. So I had a closer look, and saw this. I decided to do a small research, so I logged on to the most insecure part of the fairy database; the news. From there I found that several DNA cloning prototypes have been stolen, which explains the large number of goblins. I still have not told Foaly everything yet, there is the gap in WHO is organizing the goblins, and WHO can have such intelligence to break both the Howler's Peak security AND Foaly's laboratory's too. May Foaly please tell us the status of Howler's Peak?" He ended, waiting for Foaly's respond. "Surely. When no one picked up the conference link, I logged into the security cameras' status center. Though the cameras I saw the guards all on the floor, sleeping, as it seems. I turned the camera to the cells, and I saw as I had suspected; they were empty. So may Fowl kindly tell us WHO is behind all this?" Demanded Foaly. "I thought you could have known, Foaly! Who is the only non-goblin creature locked in the cells?" Foaly's eyes widened to the size of apples. "The only one clever enough to poison the guards. Koboi." All but Artemis and Foaly either fell out of the chairs, turned purple because of their huge gasps, or had high self-control and simply stared (I am sorry I forgot about Root, who was turning his beetroot red.). The elf broke the silence. "Well? What can we do to stop them? We cannot risk war!" demanded the elf. "WAR IS UPON YOU RATHER YOU RISK IT OR NOT!! YOU AND THE PEOPLE HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES: TO FIGHT AND RISK GETTING PERISHED, OR STAY AND DEFEND, AND GET WIPED OUT!! IT IS NOT ONLY YOU THIS TIME, IF YOUR PEOPLE IS OVERTHROWN, THE HUMANS WILL BE THEIR NEXT TARGET!!!! (please read this while listening to LOTR movie songs) THE WORLD WILL DIE, YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BESIDES FIGHTING EXCEPT HANDING THE WORLD TO THEM NOW!!! FIGHTING WILL DELAY THEM AND GIVE YOU HONOR, OR DEFEAT THEM AND GIVE YOU PEACE!!! WHAT DO YOU CHOSE? DIE, DEFEAT THEM, OR DIE TRYING? THERE IS NO WAY OUT, FOR THEY HAVE LED YOU IN WITHOUT YOU KNOWING!!! WAR IS UPON YOU!!!" shouted Artemis. It was true. All of it. The humans will die with the People like falling domino blocks. So naturally, silence covered the room. That is, until Root broke it. "The Mud Boy is right! And I have chosen to fight! There should be no denying that the Mud Boy's words are true, for he, after all, has enough intelligence to heal the mind wipe! I shall fight, for honor if not peace! All those who will come with me stand, but heed this; you are not forced! And I don't care if no one is as crazy as me, for I will fight even if I have to do it myself!!!" Several people stood with him; Holly and Trouble, who were his lieutenants, several captains, and Artemis. Seated behind Root, and forgotten by the group, was Foaly. He stood up and talked in a low and growling voice, much unlike his usual one. "Does anyone remember the fall of Calinbor, the centaurian city?" He began. Everyone in the room put on a serious yet pitiful frown, and put their heads down, except for Artemis, of course, who never knew the tale. "Crystal was the walls of Calinbor, wise was the people. The king was Cheiron; the wisest, most civilized, most powerful of all creatures. He was the most ancient of kings, most famous. Then there were the goblins, FILTHY,VANDALISING, DISGUISTING, MOST STUPID creatures of existence!!!" Foaly clutched his hands into fists, Root patted him on the shoulder and sighed deeply, and then let Foaly continue. "They slaughtered the innocent and wise, the young and the old. They smeared blood on the crystal walls, they melted the gate. THEY MURDERED THE QUEEN AND TIED HER BODY ON THE TAIL OF A HORSE, AND TAUNTED THE PEOPLE BY DRAGING HER BODY ROUND AND ROUND THE CITY WALL, SMEARING HER BLOOD ON THE MARBLE FLOOR.... THEY CAUGHT THE KING BY BACK-STABBING, AND TORTURED HIM FOR 3 DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH.. They cut his organs and laugh at his screams, they chopped his hooves and made him eat them..they starved him.they.they." Foaly was lost for words. Root patted him pitifully and sighed again, He stood up and explained. "Foaly is the heir of Cheiron, although he had kept the secret for many centuries now. and I think what he is saying simply is that he wants the goblins DEAD." After Root said this, the pixie, the spirit and the dwarf stood up, meaning that they would fight. All eyes are on the elf now. After all, he was the prime minister. There was a long silence. Then the elf stood up. "We should fight." He said.
Chapter 8: The council of war
Artemis found Holly waiting for him outside. She was already on the chair, with her helmet under her arm, pinching in the settings. As the platform floated silently along the corridors, Artemis found himself bursting to talk about last night, but even in his eagerness, he could sense how much Holly didn't want to talk about it. They met Foaly four floors down, and as usual, Foaly was joking and making sarcastic comments, which annoyed Holly very much. "OH SHUT THE HELL UP FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!" Screamed Holly, which encouraged Foaly even more. Foaly turned to Artemis and rolled his eyes. "Don't you just love screaming Recon elf captains?" Chuckled Foaly. "NO!" Came the reply from Holly. "That's because you think every single one of them has guns tucked down their throats even if they are 8000 years old, naked and wearing clone shoes in front of you! You worry too much, Holly, even for the people who knew about the war yet-to-come." Said Foaly, 'But if you had slept with a Mud Boy, that's a different matter.' Added Artemis secretly in his head. "NO, I WORRY THE EXACT CORRECT AMOUNT!! IT'S JUST THAT YOU DON'T WORRY!!!!!" Screamed Holly, clutching both of Foaly's shoulders, causing the platforms to collide slightly. Foaly goggled at Holly. "What has got into you?" "NOTHING!!!" "Then I think your common sense or your self control must have got out." Foaly chuckled again. Holly sank back into her chair, looking exhausted. They arrived at a large metal door, quite different from the other doors. Inside was a round, hollow table. It looked perfect for discussion, which Artemis had known they would do. They took their seats quickly and waited for other guests. There was a stout-looking dwarf, a grand-looking elf, a spirit, a pixie, Foaly, Root, several captains and two of Root's personal lieutenants (including Holly). The elf addressed the group. "Now, commander, I trust you have a proof of a goblin army you reported?" Root nodded. "Ask the Mud Boy. He found it, and he has the information." A tiny gap appeared on the armrest of his chair, Artemis slid his disk into the gap, and a 3D blue print of a goblin army and several tube-like machines appeared in the center of the hollow table. The dwarf all most fell off his chair, the spirit gasped, the pixie gave a small squeak and the elf stared at the blue print in astonishment. "Several weeks ago I recovered my memory and found this. I was doing a sonic scan of the world using a sonic satellite for simple amusement, and found a huge sonic blows in Peru, which was strange because the inhabitants of Peru usually hardly even use sonic power, let alone a huge machine. So I had a closer look, and saw this. I decided to do a small research, so I logged on to the most insecure part of the fairy database; the news. From there I found that several DNA cloning prototypes have been stolen, which explains the large number of goblins. I still have not told Foaly everything yet, there is the gap in WHO is organizing the goblins, and WHO can have such intelligence to break both the Howler's Peak security AND Foaly's laboratory's too. May Foaly please tell us the status of Howler's Peak?" He ended, waiting for Foaly's respond. "Surely. When no one picked up the conference link, I logged into the security cameras' status center. Though the cameras I saw the guards all on the floor, sleeping, as it seems. I turned the camera to the cells, and I saw as I had suspected; they were empty. So may Fowl kindly tell us WHO is behind all this?" Demanded Foaly. "I thought you could have known, Foaly! Who is the only non-goblin creature locked in the cells?" Foaly's eyes widened to the size of apples. "The only one clever enough to poison the guards. Koboi." All but Artemis and Foaly either fell out of the chairs, turned purple because of their huge gasps, or had high self-control and simply stared (I am sorry I forgot about Root, who was turning his beetroot red.). The elf broke the silence. "Well? What can we do to stop them? We cannot risk war!" demanded the elf. "WAR IS UPON YOU RATHER YOU RISK IT OR NOT!! YOU AND THE PEOPLE HAVE ONLY TWO CHOICES: TO FIGHT AND RISK GETTING PERISHED, OR STAY AND DEFEND, AND GET WIPED OUT!! IT IS NOT ONLY YOU THIS TIME, IF YOUR PEOPLE IS OVERTHROWN, THE HUMANS WILL BE THEIR NEXT TARGET!!!! (please read this while listening to LOTR movie songs) THE WORLD WILL DIE, YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BESIDES FIGHTING EXCEPT HANDING THE WORLD TO THEM NOW!!! FIGHTING WILL DELAY THEM AND GIVE YOU HONOR, OR DEFEAT THEM AND GIVE YOU PEACE!!! WHAT DO YOU CHOSE? DIE, DEFEAT THEM, OR DIE TRYING? THERE IS NO WAY OUT, FOR THEY HAVE LED YOU IN WITHOUT YOU KNOWING!!! WAR IS UPON YOU!!!" shouted Artemis. It was true. All of it. The humans will die with the People like falling domino blocks. So naturally, silence covered the room. That is, until Root broke it. "The Mud Boy is right! And I have chosen to fight! There should be no denying that the Mud Boy's words are true, for he, after all, has enough intelligence to heal the mind wipe! I shall fight, for honor if not peace! All those who will come with me stand, but heed this; you are not forced! And I don't care if no one is as crazy as me, for I will fight even if I have to do it myself!!!" Several people stood with him; Holly and Trouble, who were his lieutenants, several captains, and Artemis. Seated behind Root, and forgotten by the group, was Foaly. He stood up and talked in a low and growling voice, much unlike his usual one. "Does anyone remember the fall of Calinbor, the centaurian city?" He began. Everyone in the room put on a serious yet pitiful frown, and put their heads down, except for Artemis, of course, who never knew the tale. "Crystal was the walls of Calinbor, wise was the people. The king was Cheiron; the wisest, most civilized, most powerful of all creatures. He was the most ancient of kings, most famous. Then there were the goblins, FILTHY,VANDALISING, DISGUISTING, MOST STUPID creatures of existence!!!" Foaly clutched his hands into fists, Root patted him on the shoulder and sighed deeply, and then let Foaly continue. "They slaughtered the innocent and wise, the young and the old. They smeared blood on the crystal walls, they melted the gate. THEY MURDERED THE QUEEN AND TIED HER BODY ON THE TAIL OF A HORSE, AND TAUNTED THE PEOPLE BY DRAGING HER BODY ROUND AND ROUND THE CITY WALL, SMEARING HER BLOOD ON THE MARBLE FLOOR.... THEY CAUGHT THE KING BY BACK-STABBING, AND TORTURED HIM FOR 3 DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH.. They cut his organs and laugh at his screams, they chopped his hooves and made him eat them..they starved him.they.they." Foaly was lost for words. Root patted him pitifully and sighed again, He stood up and explained. "Foaly is the heir of Cheiron, although he had kept the secret for many centuries now. and I think what he is saying simply is that he wants the goblins DEAD." After Root said this, the pixie, the spirit and the dwarf stood up, meaning that they would fight. All eyes are on the elf now. After all, he was the prime minister. There was a long silence. Then the elf stood up. "We should fight." He said.
