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Chapter twelve ~ A change of ideas.
But the next day Tussock arrived at the hotel with news that turned Artemis thinking in a whole new direction. Tamarisk sat down opposite watching as Artemis and Tussock shook hands.
"I heard bout what happened, let me offer my condolences."
Artemis nodded. "Well, Butler said you had something to tell me."
"Yes, when I was here last, you said anything I could remember that would be of use to you." Tussock began.
Artemis nodded. "Yes."
"Towers has a daughter. I drove for her a few times before.before our disagreement. She's sixteen, and he adores her. If you're looking for revenge, well that's how I'd go about it." Tussock told him.
Tamarisk jumped up. "He never mentioned a daughter to me."
"It would be considered a weakness, a way for other people to get to him. Towers keep business and his private life separate, always has." Tussock explained.
Tamarisk nodded. "Yeah, that sounds like him. So what you going to do Artemis?"
"If he truly would do anything for his daughter then the money would be nothing to him, no object." Artemis said slowly, almost to himself.
Tussock nodded. "Well, she's kept under lock and key I can tell you, getting to her wont be easy."
"But you use to drive her?"
"That's right, I don't see how that's gonna help though."
"Who drives her now?"
"Carlson, he use to be a getaway driver, before he went inside for a five years, now he works as chauffeur."
"I am sure Butler could persuade Carlson round to our way of thinking." Artemis said.
"Carlson will not come cheap."
"I do not intend to buy him, not when I can get him for free." Artemis said.
So later that day Butler went off in search of Carlson.
"What exactly are you planning, Artemis?" Holly asked.
Artemis smirked. "Towers will be more compromising when his daughter's life is our hands."
"You're not going to hurt her are you? It's not her fault Artemis, she's innocent." Tamarisk said.
"Not unless he forces me too. But, no, she's safe as long as he compiles to my wishes."
"Well, Artemis, you should be a natural at this, after all you have past experience." Holly said, sarcastically.
"Captain Short, I thought we had forgotten all about then." He said, wistfully.
She gave a hollow laugh. "I have neither forgiven or forgotten, Fowl."
Tamarisk rolled her eyes. "I don't want to sound like the only mature person here, but what are you planning? We can't help if you don't tell us Artemis."
"He gets his daughter back if I get my money, simple as that."
"What about."
"Koboi? We'll deal with her later."
"You're right when you say she wants the Lower Elements, we'll get even with Towers then sort her out. I thought your first idea was pretty good."
Artemis nodded. "Well, we'll cross that when we come to it."
It was mid afternoon when Butler returned, with him was Carlson. A weedy man with a long face and ironed suit. He strolled into the room, almost as though he owned the place, sitting down on the chair with ease.
"This is him, sir. Carlson." Butler said, hitting the man rather hard on the back. Carlson didn't flinch.
"So, you must be Artemis Fowl junior?" he sneered.
"No longer junior, Carlson." Artemis replied.
"Huh?" he said, suddenly taken aback.
"I'm no longer Fowl junior. My father is dead, and you're going to help me."
"Am I?" he sneered again.
Artemis smirked. "Yes, you are. And I can assure you if you don't, it will be I who has the last laugh."
Carlson looked at him, staring intently at the fourteen-year-old.
"You're joking, right?"
"Few fins out, and the one's who do, don't live to tell the tale. It's up to you. I could have you killed right now on the spot, but you may prove useful. You drive for Tower's daughter, I believe."
"What? Emma? Emma Towers? What do you want with her?"
"Answer the question, yes or no." Butler said, menacingly from behind.
"Alright, so what if I do?"
"When will you be seeing her next?"
Carlson shrugged. "I don't know."
"Let me refresh your memory." Said Butler, pulling out a gun.
Carlson stared at if for a moment before turning to Artemis. "If I help you what do I get out of it."
"The chance to walk away with your life. The feeling of doing a good deed." Artemis shrugged.
"Tonight, I'm seeing her tonight."
"Well, instead of taking her."
"She lives with her mother, I have to pick her up and take her to her father's house."
"Well, instead of that, you'll bring her here."
That day, Artemis and Butler left the hotel to check up on the records of Fowl's death. Tamarisk went in search of a payphone to ring her father, as Artemis forbade her to use the one at the hotel. Mulch took Holly for a second look at Tower's Towers. The apartment was left empty for over two hours. Artemis returned, and changed. He was sitting in the sitting room, when the car horn sounded from below. Butler ran down the stairs and when he got back he was pushing a very scared sixteen-year-old in front of him. Carlson trailed aimlessly behind.
She was thrown down on the couch; she pushed the hair out of her eyes and stared coolly up at Artemis.
"Where am I?" she panted. She turned to Carlson. "I trusted you, scum, my father trusted you. You'll pay for this."
Artemis smirked. "Well actually, it's your father who's paying at the moment. If you co-operate you won't be harmed, that is to say if your father co-operates."
"What do you want? Who are you?"
"My name is Artemis, this is Butler and Tamarisk. My soul aim is revenge."
"Revenge? Against who?"
"Your father, of course."
"What has he done?"
"Never mind." Artemis turned to the driver stood by the door. "What are you still doing here?"
"Waiting for my pay." Carlson said, braver then he felt.
"Then you'll be waiting a jolly long time, now get out."
"No," he said taking a shaky step forward. "I'm not leaving until I get my money, and if I don't get it, I'll go straight to Towers."
"And tell him what exactly, that you kidnapped his daughter? If you won't leave on your own, I am sure Butler could show you the door."
Carlson turned and marched out of the room, he looked back a final time. "You'll regret this Fowl. You'll wish you were never born."
A/N what do you reckon???
Chapter twelve ~ A change of ideas.
But the next day Tussock arrived at the hotel with news that turned Artemis thinking in a whole new direction. Tamarisk sat down opposite watching as Artemis and Tussock shook hands.
"I heard bout what happened, let me offer my condolences."
Artemis nodded. "Well, Butler said you had something to tell me."
"Yes, when I was here last, you said anything I could remember that would be of use to you." Tussock began.
Artemis nodded. "Yes."
"Towers has a daughter. I drove for her a few times before.before our disagreement. She's sixteen, and he adores her. If you're looking for revenge, well that's how I'd go about it." Tussock told him.
Tamarisk jumped up. "He never mentioned a daughter to me."
"It would be considered a weakness, a way for other people to get to him. Towers keep business and his private life separate, always has." Tussock explained.
Tamarisk nodded. "Yeah, that sounds like him. So what you going to do Artemis?"
"If he truly would do anything for his daughter then the money would be nothing to him, no object." Artemis said slowly, almost to himself.
Tussock nodded. "Well, she's kept under lock and key I can tell you, getting to her wont be easy."
"But you use to drive her?"
"That's right, I don't see how that's gonna help though."
"Who drives her now?"
"Carlson, he use to be a getaway driver, before he went inside for a five years, now he works as chauffeur."
"I am sure Butler could persuade Carlson round to our way of thinking." Artemis said.
"Carlson will not come cheap."
"I do not intend to buy him, not when I can get him for free." Artemis said.
So later that day Butler went off in search of Carlson.
"What exactly are you planning, Artemis?" Holly asked.
Artemis smirked. "Towers will be more compromising when his daughter's life is our hands."
"You're not going to hurt her are you? It's not her fault Artemis, she's innocent." Tamarisk said.
"Not unless he forces me too. But, no, she's safe as long as he compiles to my wishes."
"Well, Artemis, you should be a natural at this, after all you have past experience." Holly said, sarcastically.
"Captain Short, I thought we had forgotten all about then." He said, wistfully.
She gave a hollow laugh. "I have neither forgiven or forgotten, Fowl."
Tamarisk rolled her eyes. "I don't want to sound like the only mature person here, but what are you planning? We can't help if you don't tell us Artemis."
"He gets his daughter back if I get my money, simple as that."
"What about."
"Koboi? We'll deal with her later."
"You're right when you say she wants the Lower Elements, we'll get even with Towers then sort her out. I thought your first idea was pretty good."
Artemis nodded. "Well, we'll cross that when we come to it."
It was mid afternoon when Butler returned, with him was Carlson. A weedy man with a long face and ironed suit. He strolled into the room, almost as though he owned the place, sitting down on the chair with ease.
"This is him, sir. Carlson." Butler said, hitting the man rather hard on the back. Carlson didn't flinch.
"So, you must be Artemis Fowl junior?" he sneered.
"No longer junior, Carlson." Artemis replied.
"Huh?" he said, suddenly taken aback.
"I'm no longer Fowl junior. My father is dead, and you're going to help me."
"Am I?" he sneered again.
Artemis smirked. "Yes, you are. And I can assure you if you don't, it will be I who has the last laugh."
Carlson looked at him, staring intently at the fourteen-year-old.
"You're joking, right?"
"Few fins out, and the one's who do, don't live to tell the tale. It's up to you. I could have you killed right now on the spot, but you may prove useful. You drive for Tower's daughter, I believe."
"What? Emma? Emma Towers? What do you want with her?"
"Answer the question, yes or no." Butler said, menacingly from behind.
"Alright, so what if I do?"
"When will you be seeing her next?"
Carlson shrugged. "I don't know."
"Let me refresh your memory." Said Butler, pulling out a gun.
Carlson stared at if for a moment before turning to Artemis. "If I help you what do I get out of it."
"The chance to walk away with your life. The feeling of doing a good deed." Artemis shrugged.
"Tonight, I'm seeing her tonight."
"Well, instead of taking her."
"She lives with her mother, I have to pick her up and take her to her father's house."
"Well, instead of that, you'll bring her here."
That day, Artemis and Butler left the hotel to check up on the records of Fowl's death. Tamarisk went in search of a payphone to ring her father, as Artemis forbade her to use the one at the hotel. Mulch took Holly for a second look at Tower's Towers. The apartment was left empty for over two hours. Artemis returned, and changed. He was sitting in the sitting room, when the car horn sounded from below. Butler ran down the stairs and when he got back he was pushing a very scared sixteen-year-old in front of him. Carlson trailed aimlessly behind.
She was thrown down on the couch; she pushed the hair out of her eyes and stared coolly up at Artemis.
"Where am I?" she panted. She turned to Carlson. "I trusted you, scum, my father trusted you. You'll pay for this."
Artemis smirked. "Well actually, it's your father who's paying at the moment. If you co-operate you won't be harmed, that is to say if your father co-operates."
"What do you want? Who are you?"
"My name is Artemis, this is Butler and Tamarisk. My soul aim is revenge."
"Revenge? Against who?"
"Your father, of course."
"What has he done?"
"Never mind." Artemis turned to the driver stood by the door. "What are you still doing here?"
"Waiting for my pay." Carlson said, braver then he felt.
"Then you'll be waiting a jolly long time, now get out."
"No," he said taking a shaky step forward. "I'm not leaving until I get my money, and if I don't get it, I'll go straight to Towers."
"And tell him what exactly, that you kidnapped his daughter? If you won't leave on your own, I am sure Butler could show you the door."
Carlson turned and marched out of the room, he looked back a final time. "You'll regret this Fowl. You'll wish you were never born."
A/N what do you reckon???