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Chapter 2 ~ A meeting with Mulch.
Fowl Manor
Juliet had read the disc and she was half looking forward to seeing Mulch Diggums again, though she would never admit it. Juliet and Mulch had had to work together to save Artemis and the C Cube. She paced the hall two days later waiting for him to arrive. Butler smiled at her. "If I didn't know better, Juliet, I'd say that you were looking forward to seeing Diggums again."
She scowled at him. "As if!" and stalked angrily up to her room. Artemis was sitting in the study, his father was due back in three days and he was anxious to settle with Mulch before then.
Mulch was an hour later then he said, but Artemis had not expected him to be punctual. He was shown into the study and sat down without waiting to be asked. "Well, well, Fowl."
"Diggums. So you got out."
He nodded. "Root was angry, so was Short, but there was no evidence. They can't make a case on no evidence."
"Are you sire you're not being watched?"
"Nope, Root's not allowed, I'm innocent that's the end of it."
"Not if I know Root."
"Well, he's got more important things to be doing."
"Like what?" Artemis asked suspiciously.
"Doesn't concern you, Fowl. Lets keep our thoughts above ground."
Artemis nodded, there was no point in arguing with Mulch, he would find out more if he did it discreetly.
"If I didn't know better, Diggums, I'd say you were scared of Commander Root."
Mulch glared at the fourteen-year-old. "Scared of Root?" he sneered. "Julius is a walkover, why, he cant even keep." he broke off.
"Can't?" Artemis prompted.
"Its not important, I want nothing to do below ground anymore, the future is here. So if I know you, you've got a plan."
Artemis nodded, but remained silent, the meeting was not going as planned. Butler stood in the corner with his sig saucer, not that he would need it, and watched Mulch intently. He was shifting uncomfortably, Artemis had already noticed. There was something Mulch was keeping secret.
"Well?" Mulch's turn to prompt.
Artemis still remained silent. Butler shifted slightly.
"What about the C Cube?" Mulch barked suddenly, it was something, which had been bothering him for a long time. "What about it?"
"Are you planning to make another one?"
Artemis stared straight at Mulch. "Why?"
"Because the people are monitoring the house, Foaly has a computer which searches for Fairy technology."
"I wasn't planning to, I have no need for it."
Mulch nodded. "Very well. Where do we begin?"
"I am finalising a few plans. Where are you staying?"
"A hotel, The Bodkin, its not far from here."
"Stay there until you hear from me."
Mulch nodded and got up. "Remember no fairy technology; it will be traced right back to you."
Artemis nodded as Mulch left the room and Butler followed to let him out.
Juliet emerged from her room, she was disappointed to find Mulch gone, but shrugged it aside. Butler sat down in front of Artemis.
"What are you planning?"
Artemis looked up, broken from his chain of thought. "Nothing yet, its good enough to have my memory back. I'm just wondering what is going on in the Lower Elements, what Mulch refused to tell me."
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LEPrecon building, Root's office.
"Escaped, escaped from Howler's Peak." Root spat across the table at Captain Holly Short. She knew better then to say anything when Root was in this mood.
"First that criminal Diggums gets off and now this." Root got up and began to pace the room. "Opal Koboi, vanished, vanished in the middle of the night, vanished without a trace. The person who almost succeeded in over taking the LEP." Root was rambling now. Holly was thinking of an excuse to escape.
"Have the whole of the Lower Elements been searched?"
Root nodded gruffly. "Of course they have, from top to bottom, three times, no sign of the little imp."
"Then that means she has gone to the surface, how we control all the shuttle ports?"
"An insider has helped her, she could not have escaped on her own. And what's more it must be someone from the LEP."
Holly was shocked; one of her fellow officers had helped the master criminal escape from the notorious Goblin Prison.
"I don't know what she is planning, but we must find out, I dare say she will attempt some sort of revenge on the LEP. Captain Short, I want you to go to the surface, find Koboi and bring her back at all costs."
A/N what do you think? Should I continue? Please R&R.
Chapter 2 ~ A meeting with Mulch.
Fowl Manor
Juliet had read the disc and she was half looking forward to seeing Mulch Diggums again, though she would never admit it. Juliet and Mulch had had to work together to save Artemis and the C Cube. She paced the hall two days later waiting for him to arrive. Butler smiled at her. "If I didn't know better, Juliet, I'd say that you were looking forward to seeing Diggums again."
She scowled at him. "As if!" and stalked angrily up to her room. Artemis was sitting in the study, his father was due back in three days and he was anxious to settle with Mulch before then.
Mulch was an hour later then he said, but Artemis had not expected him to be punctual. He was shown into the study and sat down without waiting to be asked. "Well, well, Fowl."
"Diggums. So you got out."
He nodded. "Root was angry, so was Short, but there was no evidence. They can't make a case on no evidence."
"Are you sire you're not being watched?"
"Nope, Root's not allowed, I'm innocent that's the end of it."
"Not if I know Root."
"Well, he's got more important things to be doing."
"Like what?" Artemis asked suspiciously.
"Doesn't concern you, Fowl. Lets keep our thoughts above ground."
Artemis nodded, there was no point in arguing with Mulch, he would find out more if he did it discreetly.
"If I didn't know better, Diggums, I'd say you were scared of Commander Root."
Mulch glared at the fourteen-year-old. "Scared of Root?" he sneered. "Julius is a walkover, why, he cant even keep." he broke off.
"Can't?" Artemis prompted.
"Its not important, I want nothing to do below ground anymore, the future is here. So if I know you, you've got a plan."
Artemis nodded, but remained silent, the meeting was not going as planned. Butler stood in the corner with his sig saucer, not that he would need it, and watched Mulch intently. He was shifting uncomfortably, Artemis had already noticed. There was something Mulch was keeping secret.
"Well?" Mulch's turn to prompt.
Artemis still remained silent. Butler shifted slightly.
"What about the C Cube?" Mulch barked suddenly, it was something, which had been bothering him for a long time. "What about it?"
"Are you planning to make another one?"
Artemis stared straight at Mulch. "Why?"
"Because the people are monitoring the house, Foaly has a computer which searches for Fairy technology."
"I wasn't planning to, I have no need for it."
Mulch nodded. "Very well. Where do we begin?"
"I am finalising a few plans. Where are you staying?"
"A hotel, The Bodkin, its not far from here."
"Stay there until you hear from me."
Mulch nodded and got up. "Remember no fairy technology; it will be traced right back to you."
Artemis nodded as Mulch left the room and Butler followed to let him out.
Juliet emerged from her room, she was disappointed to find Mulch gone, but shrugged it aside. Butler sat down in front of Artemis.
"What are you planning?"
Artemis looked up, broken from his chain of thought. "Nothing yet, its good enough to have my memory back. I'm just wondering what is going on in the Lower Elements, what Mulch refused to tell me."
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LEPrecon building, Root's office.
"Escaped, escaped from Howler's Peak." Root spat across the table at Captain Holly Short. She knew better then to say anything when Root was in this mood.
"First that criminal Diggums gets off and now this." Root got up and began to pace the room. "Opal Koboi, vanished, vanished in the middle of the night, vanished without a trace. The person who almost succeeded in over taking the LEP." Root was rambling now. Holly was thinking of an excuse to escape.
"Have the whole of the Lower Elements been searched?"
Root nodded gruffly. "Of course they have, from top to bottom, three times, no sign of the little imp."
"Then that means she has gone to the surface, how we control all the shuttle ports?"
"An insider has helped her, she could not have escaped on her own. And what's more it must be someone from the LEP."
Holly was shocked; one of her fellow officers had helped the master criminal escape from the notorious Goblin Prison.
"I don't know what she is planning, but we must find out, I dare say she will attempt some sort of revenge on the LEP. Captain Short, I want you to go to the surface, find Koboi and bring her back at all costs."
A/N what do you think? Should I continue? Please R&R.