DISCLAIMER: blah, blah, blah, you know the drill…I own nothing but my plot and my characters – Carmen Geum, Basil Kobalde, and the All-Seeing-Eye. Right, can we get on with the story yet?
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ELSEWHERE…
"Is everything in place?" asked the All-Seeing-Eye irritably, glaring down at the goblin army assembled below. "Because if everything is not absolutely perfect tomorrow night, heads will roll." The generals gulped. "Your heads. Do you understand?"
"Yes sir," said one of the goblin generals quickly, licking his eyeballs nervously, while shifting from scaly foot to scaly foot. "The LEP don't suspect a thing. As soon as you give the order we will strike and annihilate them once and for all. We'll show them what happens when you mess with the B'wa Kell!" He allowed himself a little swagger as he thought this might help display his confidence to do the job. He thought it would impress the boss. Wrong. It just succeeded to annoy him further.
"Fool!" he snapped, slitted eyes bearing down on the unfortunate individual. "Never underestimate your opponent. You do that and the battles already lost before it's begun. Do I make myself clear?"
The goblin nodded furiously, dumb with terror. It was incredible how frightening just the plasma image of the All-Seeing-Eye was. The goblin dreaded the day he would have to meet the Eye in person. All of them did. He had control over minds. He knew what they were thinking. It was a pretty accurate description really, considering it had been thought of by a goblin. Very impressive really. But what else would they call him? No one alive knew his real name. There were a few who had come close, but they had mysteriously 'disappeared'. Even goblins had the cranial capacity to acknowledge the warning. You'd have to have the brain of a cheese and tomato sandwich to miss it. All anyone knew about the Eye was that he had lots of cash, used it to back the B'wa Kell and was probably the most dangerous underworld criminal in all of Haven. One thing that made him dangerous was that most fairies had never even heard of him, let alone knew anything about him, including the LEP. So no one ever even had a glimmer of a suspicion when he was about to strike with deadly force. The Eye liked it this way and took steps to ensure that the number of fairies who knew about him was kept to a minimum. He didn't believe in mind wipes – they were too unreliable. So he took other steps. Sometimes violent steps. He preferred dead to forgetful. Let's just say you wouldn't want to meet him down a dark alley at night. Or anywhere for that matter.
The petrified goblin was still nodding furiously. The Eye wondered fleetingly if it would make him feel any better to watch and see how long it took the pathetic creature's brain to shut down for the stress put upon it, but decided he couldn't be bothered. He had more important things to do than watch a worthless minion put itself into a coma.
The All-Seeing-Eye cut the connection and turned away from the screen in disgust. He was literally counting the hours until he could rid himself of these repulsive creatures. And if it hadn't been for the LEP, he wouldn't have had to even make contact with these vile excuses for life forms. If the LEP hadn't destroyed the B'wa Kell his life would be a lot better right now. And goblin free.
The Eye ground his teeth in frustration. If it hadn't been for the LEP, he wouldn't have lost so much power and money. He'd put more millions into the B'wa Kell than he could count. It had been a perfectly simple arrangement – I give you cash, you do whatever I say. Easy. He had had the whole organisation wrapped round his little finger. And he didn't have to personally deal with a single goblin. They never even saw or spoke to each other. Bliss.
But then, when everything was going just great, that idiot Cudgeon had had to step in and mess everything up. Then the LEP arrived, and it all just went down the drain quicker than you could say 'Atlantean stink balloons'. The B'wa Kell had been destroyed, and the Eye had had to disappear for 11 days. Not the longest time, admittedly, but it could have been near catastrophic for his 'empire'. A lot could happen in 264 hours. In addition to the loss of the B'wa Kell, he'd lost about a fifth of what he had in the smuggling market, a tenth in the power and water supplies, three seventeenths in the transport industries, and much more besides. Criminal corruption was a fast game, and if you dropped out for a second it was very hard to get back in again. Near impossible in fact.
However, the Eye hadn't lost everything. Far from it. He still had a terrifying amount of power, and he planned to bring it up to par with what it had been a few months ago as soon as possible. But even that wasn't enough for him. He wanted more…that's where the LEP came in.
The All-Seeing-Eye wanted the LEP for two main reasons – revenge, and power. He had his foot in almost every aspect of life in Haven – from weapons production to supermarket chains. Just a few small areas were missing. And one big one. The biggest. The LEP.
Occasionally, the Eye found himself daydreaming about the incredible power that he would possess if he had the LEP under his control. It would be more power than any fairy had had since the time of the monarchy. And he was the elf to get it. When he wasn't daydreaming about the power, he was plotting and scheming, trying to find a way to get it. And now he had. It was the perfect opportunity – all the most important fairies in the LEP, all in one room together. Like lambs to the slaughter. Although death wasn't quite what he had in mind. It was more like slavery really. He could force them to do whatever he wanted – all it took was a quick trip inside their heads, and voilá! The LEP would be his slaves. Perfect.
The Eye allowed himself a small chuckle, before leaving his 'office' and heading home. He had a lot to do for tomorrow night – stocking a custom-made dinner jacket with deadly weaponry was a complicated procedure, and took time and concentration. Even if one enjoyed it.
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Well, there you go, that was it, second chapter finally up!! Sorry it took so long, but you know how it is...you get writers block and you just can't think of how the story's gonna go!!! It's terrible!!! Anyway, I hope you liked it, this one was quite fun to write, oh and also...PLEASE REVIEW!!!! I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER IF YOU DO!!! PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSEEEEE!!!! Hey and if you wanna email me (flyingpurpletreefrog@hotmail.com), that's fine too, cos I'd love to hear from you, and nobody ever emails me anyway, so please do feel free. I'm really likely to email you back, so please do. Next chapter up as soon as pos.
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