A/N thanks to BSBbaby506...hopefully now my chapter will upload properly!!
Chapter fifteen - The Story of Koboi
"So, tell me." Artemis said, sitting down opposite Emma.
She nodded. "what do you want to know? You ask a question and I'll answer it as best I can."
"Fine, how did Towers and Koboi get involved with each other?"
"Well, I don't know the whole story, there is just bits I pieced together talking to them. It was two years ago, when Koboi tried to take control of the Lower Elements, as she called it, I didn't know what that was not until Holly explained. I thought it was some company or gang, not a race of people…fairies. So my father suspected the existence of this group, he was always muttering things as he was typing on the computer, stuff I didn't really understand at the time, which all makes sense now. I think he said he saw one during the ritual, I thought this well…it doesn't matter what I thought. But he hacked into their computer…"
"Impossible, no way, the only one who has ever hacked us was Fowl, and he was using fairy technology, there is no way a normal mud man could do, with normal mud man technology." Holly said defensively.
Emma smiled. "My father could hardly be referred to as normal, and as for his technology, it is far more advanced then anything available in the shops, its not just a computer but…"
"Emma, continue about Koboi." Artemis said softly.
She nodded. "Where was I before I was interrupted?" she said pointedly at Holly.
"Towers hacked into the fairy computer…" Tamarisk prompted her.
"Well, the only reason it was possible was because Koboi had temporary control, she had opened up the computers, willingly so that they could be hacked. This was so that one clever human could hack in and she could speak to them. After the first hacked in she closed it up again. he was the fly in her web. Koboi was one of those people who planned ahead, she knew what she was going to think before she thought it. so she planned ahead in case things went wrong with the LEP, she fed my father's mind with tails of the under world. And he, like the mug he is, lapped in every word. Anyway as you know she was caught and put in prison. She had told my father about the shutes and how to help her bust out of prison. I didn't understand what was happening at first, I mean how could she get out of prison? And there was a lot of talk about goblins as well. and even though she had betrayed them, and was planning to kill them she managed to worm them around her little finger. They helped her escape." Emma sighed. "You need to be careful with people like that, a few words from her could convince people to go against their principles to do what she willed them, a few words from her and you'd be lost forever. She's in control, it's not dad any more. That's one of the reasons I despise him, for the weak, twisted man he is."
"She allowed a human to hack our computers? Oh that imp has a lot to answer for, we'll lock her up and throw away the key." Holly said angrily.
Emma scorned. "Didn't work last time, did it? Will you ever learn from your mistakes?"
"I'm not sure I believe you, whether we had control or not, Foaly would have traced a hacker."
"Koboi is cleverer then you give her credit for. Well she would have to be blooming stupid to leave evidence of that calibre just lying round. She erased the very memory of the transaction from both computers. It's a pity she's so bad, she would make a wonderful LEP officer." Emma said snidely.
Holly laughed. "Some how I don't think so, you need more then brains to be a LEP officer, it takes a lot of bravery and…" she began.
But was interrupted as the door banged open and Mulch walked in. "It's all set up." He said more to himself then to any one else. Both Butler and Artemis were immediantly alert.
"Good." Artemis replied, nodding at Butler and returning to look at Emma.
"So how are you going to do it?"
"Do what?" Artemis asked, as he watched Butler and Muclh quietly conversing.
She scowled. "Are you even listening?"
Artemis smirked. "Go on, I'm listening."
"Well you must have a short memory! How are you going to keep your half of the bargain? You going to shoot him, drown him…"
"Not so fast Ms Towers, you havent finished yours yet, there is much more I want to know. Whats your dear father planning?"
She shrugged.
"Liar." Artemis said. "You don't keep your side, and I won't keep mine."
"You know what he is planning. The deal with your father was falling through, he was leaving and taking a good bulk of the fortune with him…"
"Nothing he didn't deserve." Artemis said sharply.
"I never said he didn't deserve it, you are too qick to give your opinion Artemis Fowl, you might learn more if you just shut up and listen." Emma said angrily.
Artemis was shocked at the way she spoke to him, but maybe it had a hint of truth in. he should stop interrupting her to give a meaningless point, nobody doubted his father. And even if they did, what other people thought wasn't important, it never had been.
He remained silent and she took this as a cue to continue.
"Well, my father loathed the idea of paying out such a sum, it would surely leave him bankrupt. So he had him dealt with…"
"You mean he had him killed, say the word, Emma!" Tamarisk yelled, to everyone's surprise.
Emma glared at her. "What is it with you people? Do you want to hear this or not?"
Tamarisk nodded, reluctantly.
"Fine, listen then! Father thought that was the end of it, then you showed up Fowl, asking questions about the money and about Mr Fowl. My father was getting shaky, he didn't have much claim to the money if you took him to court. But if you joined him and died, then nobody could deny the money was his. But now it seems he will have to kill you without you joining him, unless you kill him first." She said pointedly.
"Does Koboi go everywhere with him? to business meetings? Pay offs? Things like that?"
"You mean will she be there when he pays you the money?"
Artemis nodded.
She shrugged. "I don't know about that, what I do know is that Koboi does what she likes, she doesn't tell my father what she does in her spare time. She pulls the strings, she's in charge. She only goes to the really important meetings and is rarely in the office with him. but you never know Fowl, she might deem you important, she might not." Emma said with a smirk.
A?N please review...the next chapter is a LOT better i promise!!
Chapter fifteen - The Story of Koboi
"So, tell me." Artemis said, sitting down opposite Emma.
She nodded. "what do you want to know? You ask a question and I'll answer it as best I can."
"Fine, how did Towers and Koboi get involved with each other?"
"Well, I don't know the whole story, there is just bits I pieced together talking to them. It was two years ago, when Koboi tried to take control of the Lower Elements, as she called it, I didn't know what that was not until Holly explained. I thought it was some company or gang, not a race of people…fairies. So my father suspected the existence of this group, he was always muttering things as he was typing on the computer, stuff I didn't really understand at the time, which all makes sense now. I think he said he saw one during the ritual, I thought this well…it doesn't matter what I thought. But he hacked into their computer…"
"Impossible, no way, the only one who has ever hacked us was Fowl, and he was using fairy technology, there is no way a normal mud man could do, with normal mud man technology." Holly said defensively.
Emma smiled. "My father could hardly be referred to as normal, and as for his technology, it is far more advanced then anything available in the shops, its not just a computer but…"
"Emma, continue about Koboi." Artemis said softly.
She nodded. "Where was I before I was interrupted?" she said pointedly at Holly.
"Towers hacked into the fairy computer…" Tamarisk prompted her.
"Well, the only reason it was possible was because Koboi had temporary control, she had opened up the computers, willingly so that they could be hacked. This was so that one clever human could hack in and she could speak to them. After the first hacked in she closed it up again. he was the fly in her web. Koboi was one of those people who planned ahead, she knew what she was going to think before she thought it. so she planned ahead in case things went wrong with the LEP, she fed my father's mind with tails of the under world. And he, like the mug he is, lapped in every word. Anyway as you know she was caught and put in prison. She had told my father about the shutes and how to help her bust out of prison. I didn't understand what was happening at first, I mean how could she get out of prison? And there was a lot of talk about goblins as well. and even though she had betrayed them, and was planning to kill them she managed to worm them around her little finger. They helped her escape." Emma sighed. "You need to be careful with people like that, a few words from her could convince people to go against their principles to do what she willed them, a few words from her and you'd be lost forever. She's in control, it's not dad any more. That's one of the reasons I despise him, for the weak, twisted man he is."
"She allowed a human to hack our computers? Oh that imp has a lot to answer for, we'll lock her up and throw away the key." Holly said angrily.
Emma scorned. "Didn't work last time, did it? Will you ever learn from your mistakes?"
"I'm not sure I believe you, whether we had control or not, Foaly would have traced a hacker."
"Koboi is cleverer then you give her credit for. Well she would have to be blooming stupid to leave evidence of that calibre just lying round. She erased the very memory of the transaction from both computers. It's a pity she's so bad, she would make a wonderful LEP officer." Emma said snidely.
Holly laughed. "Some how I don't think so, you need more then brains to be a LEP officer, it takes a lot of bravery and…" she began.
But was interrupted as the door banged open and Mulch walked in. "It's all set up." He said more to himself then to any one else. Both Butler and Artemis were immediantly alert.
"Good." Artemis replied, nodding at Butler and returning to look at Emma.
"So how are you going to do it?"
"Do what?" Artemis asked, as he watched Butler and Muclh quietly conversing.
She scowled. "Are you even listening?"
Artemis smirked. "Go on, I'm listening."
"Well you must have a short memory! How are you going to keep your half of the bargain? You going to shoot him, drown him…"
"Not so fast Ms Towers, you havent finished yours yet, there is much more I want to know. Whats your dear father planning?"
She shrugged.
"Liar." Artemis said. "You don't keep your side, and I won't keep mine."
"You know what he is planning. The deal with your father was falling through, he was leaving and taking a good bulk of the fortune with him…"
"Nothing he didn't deserve." Artemis said sharply.
"I never said he didn't deserve it, you are too qick to give your opinion Artemis Fowl, you might learn more if you just shut up and listen." Emma said angrily.
Artemis was shocked at the way she spoke to him, but maybe it had a hint of truth in. he should stop interrupting her to give a meaningless point, nobody doubted his father. And even if they did, what other people thought wasn't important, it never had been.
He remained silent and she took this as a cue to continue.
"Well, my father loathed the idea of paying out such a sum, it would surely leave him bankrupt. So he had him dealt with…"
"You mean he had him killed, say the word, Emma!" Tamarisk yelled, to everyone's surprise.
Emma glared at her. "What is it with you people? Do you want to hear this or not?"
Tamarisk nodded, reluctantly.
"Fine, listen then! Father thought that was the end of it, then you showed up Fowl, asking questions about the money and about Mr Fowl. My father was getting shaky, he didn't have much claim to the money if you took him to court. But if you joined him and died, then nobody could deny the money was his. But now it seems he will have to kill you without you joining him, unless you kill him first." She said pointedly.
"Does Koboi go everywhere with him? to business meetings? Pay offs? Things like that?"
"You mean will she be there when he pays you the money?"
Artemis nodded.
She shrugged. "I don't know about that, what I do know is that Koboi does what she likes, she doesn't tell my father what she does in her spare time. She pulls the strings, she's in charge. She only goes to the really important meetings and is rarely in the office with him. but you never know Fowl, she might deem you important, she might not." Emma said with a smirk.
A?N please review...the next chapter is a LOT better i promise!!