Wrong Place at the Right Time
Chapter 8: Escape from down under
Geesh.. this is so not my style (too mushy for my liking)
Artemis cast Holly a glance. The ever cool-headed, calm and composed Recon captain was on the verge of having a nervous breakdown. "Uh Holly?" Artemis dared enquire. She spun around, her eyes dilated and her body trembling slightly. "What?! This is a really inappropriate time to go lovey-dovey on me! Its --" she blared out, only to be silenced by Artemis's soft kiss. Her rigid composure began to relax, and she embraced him back.
"Its going to be ok. Trust me, I think I've just figure it out already," the boy-genius replied gently as he pulled back. He pointed to his extreme left, to the sky-top, then to his extreme right. "Cudegeon must have programmed this for his personal leisure time (as if he needed it). By my opinion, it could either be a really advanced virtual system, or a hell of a magicked alternate dimension. It's pretty simple. Nothing that spending a little illegal gold couldn't solve." Holly looked doubtful. "How could you know for sure? You have a device of some sort?" she asked. "The areas that I had pointed to you are sort of static lines, like when a monitor screen begins to fizz, but its almost invisible to the naked eye."
Holly squinted here eyes. True enough, there were pale lines flickering every few seconds. She turned and looked at Artemis thoughtfully. "Nothing ever escapes your attention, does it?" she mused aloud. Artemis was slightly startled at the question.
"Well.no. You slipped away from me all these years. I'll never do that again," he replied hesitantly. Holly smiled weakly. A serious Artemis was really intense stuff. A squeaking sound buzzed incessantly in his ears, followed by hair-raising whines, as though someone was fine-tuning a radio.
"FOWL!!!" came a loud blast. Artemis clutched his ear in pain. "What the hell is it with you! You nearly burst my eardrums, Foaly you imbecile!"
Then he sobered up. "Foaly? How did you manage to-" "Cut the story short, I'll explain later. I need you guys to seek cover somewhere solid. I successfully managed to overload the program system that holding you captive. It will generate enough force to blast the exit and probably the fools waiting outside. In 5, 4.." Artemis wasted no time grabbing Holly and throwing each other behind a massive stone.
"BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Foaly flinched at the major impact. He did not even want to think about how the two were faring down there. That Mud Boy sure had a few cards up his sleeves. Little did he know the centaur-genius had rigged up a micro-mini- microphone attached to the suit. He chuckled, once, twice. That little mushy confession and repeat telecast was certainly potential 'bargain' material. Holly would definitely be bringing his coffee these few days. Ok, jokes aside. An incoming transmission appeared on the screen. It was Root.
"How's the mission so far? Any improvements?" he gruffly said, though there was a tinge of anxiety in his voice. "They're safe for the time being, and currently escaping from their location. I have a bad feeling about this. It just seems so.so easy. I feel that we're playing right into Cudegeon's hands." Root snorted. "Have courage, centaur. You weren't picked by the Recon to go weak in the legs at a time like this. Better buck up." And with that, he ended the transmission.
Foaly gulped. Now he did he know that?
PS: Hi peeps! Sorry for the reallyreallyreallyreallyreally long wait.I can explain, honest! I've been so tied up with work and exams, I swear, I'm gonna kill myself. My Cambridge 'O' level exams are in a short three months time, I think I'll only be able to update at least another two more chapts.hope you don't mind.
PPS: Thanks for all those reviews, loved them, really. Uh.does Arty really sound that marshmallow-like? Artemis whips head over, shots the end-all glare of all end-all glares* Ok, I'll tune it down. seeya!
Chapter 8: Escape from down under
Geesh.. this is so not my style (too mushy for my liking)
Artemis cast Holly a glance. The ever cool-headed, calm and composed Recon captain was on the verge of having a nervous breakdown. "Uh Holly?" Artemis dared enquire. She spun around, her eyes dilated and her body trembling slightly. "What?! This is a really inappropriate time to go lovey-dovey on me! Its --" she blared out, only to be silenced by Artemis's soft kiss. Her rigid composure began to relax, and she embraced him back.
"Its going to be ok. Trust me, I think I've just figure it out already," the boy-genius replied gently as he pulled back. He pointed to his extreme left, to the sky-top, then to his extreme right. "Cudegeon must have programmed this for his personal leisure time (as if he needed it). By my opinion, it could either be a really advanced virtual system, or a hell of a magicked alternate dimension. It's pretty simple. Nothing that spending a little illegal gold couldn't solve." Holly looked doubtful. "How could you know for sure? You have a device of some sort?" she asked. "The areas that I had pointed to you are sort of static lines, like when a monitor screen begins to fizz, but its almost invisible to the naked eye."
Holly squinted here eyes. True enough, there were pale lines flickering every few seconds. She turned and looked at Artemis thoughtfully. "Nothing ever escapes your attention, does it?" she mused aloud. Artemis was slightly startled at the question.
"Well.no. You slipped away from me all these years. I'll never do that again," he replied hesitantly. Holly smiled weakly. A serious Artemis was really intense stuff. A squeaking sound buzzed incessantly in his ears, followed by hair-raising whines, as though someone was fine-tuning a radio.
"FOWL!!!" came a loud blast. Artemis clutched his ear in pain. "What the hell is it with you! You nearly burst my eardrums, Foaly you imbecile!"
Then he sobered up. "Foaly? How did you manage to-" "Cut the story short, I'll explain later. I need you guys to seek cover somewhere solid. I successfully managed to overload the program system that holding you captive. It will generate enough force to blast the exit and probably the fools waiting outside. In 5, 4.." Artemis wasted no time grabbing Holly and throwing each other behind a massive stone.
"BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~***~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~**~
Foaly flinched at the major impact. He did not even want to think about how the two were faring down there. That Mud Boy sure had a few cards up his sleeves. Little did he know the centaur-genius had rigged up a micro-mini- microphone attached to the suit. He chuckled, once, twice. That little mushy confession and repeat telecast was certainly potential 'bargain' material. Holly would definitely be bringing his coffee these few days. Ok, jokes aside. An incoming transmission appeared on the screen. It was Root.
"How's the mission so far? Any improvements?" he gruffly said, though there was a tinge of anxiety in his voice. "They're safe for the time being, and currently escaping from their location. I have a bad feeling about this. It just seems so.so easy. I feel that we're playing right into Cudegeon's hands." Root snorted. "Have courage, centaur. You weren't picked by the Recon to go weak in the legs at a time like this. Better buck up." And with that, he ended the transmission.
Foaly gulped. Now he did he know that?
PS: Hi peeps! Sorry for the reallyreallyreallyreallyreally long wait.I can explain, honest! I've been so tied up with work and exams, I swear, I'm gonna kill myself. My Cambridge 'O' level exams are in a short three months time, I think I'll only be able to update at least another two more chapts.hope you don't mind.
PPS: Thanks for all those reviews, loved them, really. Uh.does Arty really sound that marshmallow-like? Artemis whips head over, shots the end-all glare of all end-all glares* Ok, I'll tune it down. seeya!