Chapter eighteen ~ In the Boot
"No wait, I'll tell you." Artemis croaked.
"Ah, I thought you'd see to my way of thinking, good choice boy, very good indeed. So where is she Fowl? Where is my daughter?"
"She's.she's in my hotel suite."
"Well, you cant blame me if I don't entirely trust you Fowl, so you're coming too. Lars you stay here, guard him, if he makes a single move, shoot him."
Lars nodded. "But boss why don't we just shoot him now?"
"Why you dimwit? Why? What if the boy is lying to us? Huh? What about that? We might need him again!"
The two gorillas dragged Artemis into the boot of the car, where he struggled uncomfortably against the rope, which bound him. his mind raced, had he done the right thing? He continued to struggle helplessly in the boot of the car, if he had stayed still, Towers might have suspected something.
He could just make out the odd word from the front of the car. He caught the word Koboi, hotel, and the phrase 'sort her out'. He didn't like the sound of any of them and wriggled uncomfortably. Suddenly the car jolted to a stop, Artemis closed his eyes with fear. He had no idea if what they had planned would work, they had no time to test it, make any adjustments. It would have to work first time, or he Artemis Fowl would be going to join his father. Butler was probably already dead, but he hoped that many Tamarisk and Holly could escape.
The boot was pulled open and dark flooded in.
"Which is your suite?" Towers demanded, behind him stood Carlson, a grin stretched over his scrawny face.
"Well, well, well, we meet again, Fowl." He laughed.
Artemis replied with a scowl, and was brought back to reality with a slap from Towers. "What number, Fowl?"
"You don't know, you sent Lars to kill me remember?"
"You might have changed rooms, I know I would."
"Well, call me stupid but I didn't think of that."
Towers smirked. "Oh I'll have fun finishing you off later Fowl, believe me I will!" he said as he closed the boot, trapping Artemis once more in the dark. It was a new sensation to Artemis, to be helpless, he had only felt it once before and that was when Jon Spiro had got the better of him, and he thought
Butler was going to die. This time it seemed Butler really was dead, maybe even Tamarisk and Holly had been caught. He didn't know if he had done the right thing, sending Towers up to the hotel suite. There were lots of things that could go wrong, especially since Butler was gone and Artemis had been banking on him being there to take charge of the situation.
He managed to turn around so he could look out of the keyhole in the boot. He could make out a figure, standing close by, and calculating his height and stature, it had to be Towers. Another thing Artemis had been banking on, was Towers accompanying his men to the hotel room.
It was then he saw a faint shiver as something glided past, it had to be a fairy. And sure enough Koboi showed herself.
"Where is everyone?" she barked.
"They have gone to fetch my daughter."
"See I told you everything would work out for the good, didn't I? and I have sorted out Captain Short once and for all."
Artemis didn't like to think what she meant when she said she had sorted Holly out once and for all.
But at least it meant that Holly wasn't in the hotel suite, which probably meant that Tamarisk and Emma weren't either.
He waited, counting the seconds, surely it couldn't take this long for them to reach the room. As he reached 37, it happened.
The noise was deafening, even inside the boot of the car. The bomb had gone off, and the car with Artemis inside was thrown across the street.
A/N please tell me what you think!! =)
"No wait, I'll tell you." Artemis croaked.
"Ah, I thought you'd see to my way of thinking, good choice boy, very good indeed. So where is she Fowl? Where is my daughter?"
"She's.she's in my hotel suite."
"Well, you cant blame me if I don't entirely trust you Fowl, so you're coming too. Lars you stay here, guard him, if he makes a single move, shoot him."
Lars nodded. "But boss why don't we just shoot him now?"
"Why you dimwit? Why? What if the boy is lying to us? Huh? What about that? We might need him again!"
The two gorillas dragged Artemis into the boot of the car, where he struggled uncomfortably against the rope, which bound him. his mind raced, had he done the right thing? He continued to struggle helplessly in the boot of the car, if he had stayed still, Towers might have suspected something.
He could just make out the odd word from the front of the car. He caught the word Koboi, hotel, and the phrase 'sort her out'. He didn't like the sound of any of them and wriggled uncomfortably. Suddenly the car jolted to a stop, Artemis closed his eyes with fear. He had no idea if what they had planned would work, they had no time to test it, make any adjustments. It would have to work first time, or he Artemis Fowl would be going to join his father. Butler was probably already dead, but he hoped that many Tamarisk and Holly could escape.
The boot was pulled open and dark flooded in.
"Which is your suite?" Towers demanded, behind him stood Carlson, a grin stretched over his scrawny face.
"Well, well, well, we meet again, Fowl." He laughed.
Artemis replied with a scowl, and was brought back to reality with a slap from Towers. "What number, Fowl?"
"You don't know, you sent Lars to kill me remember?"
"You might have changed rooms, I know I would."
"Well, call me stupid but I didn't think of that."
Towers smirked. "Oh I'll have fun finishing you off later Fowl, believe me I will!" he said as he closed the boot, trapping Artemis once more in the dark. It was a new sensation to Artemis, to be helpless, he had only felt it once before and that was when Jon Spiro had got the better of him, and he thought
Butler was going to die. This time it seemed Butler really was dead, maybe even Tamarisk and Holly had been caught. He didn't know if he had done the right thing, sending Towers up to the hotel suite. There were lots of things that could go wrong, especially since Butler was gone and Artemis had been banking on him being there to take charge of the situation.
He managed to turn around so he could look out of the keyhole in the boot. He could make out a figure, standing close by, and calculating his height and stature, it had to be Towers. Another thing Artemis had been banking on, was Towers accompanying his men to the hotel room.
It was then he saw a faint shiver as something glided past, it had to be a fairy. And sure enough Koboi showed herself.
"Where is everyone?" she barked.
"They have gone to fetch my daughter."
"See I told you everything would work out for the good, didn't I? and I have sorted out Captain Short once and for all."
Artemis didn't like to think what she meant when she said she had sorted Holly out once and for all.
But at least it meant that Holly wasn't in the hotel suite, which probably meant that Tamarisk and Emma weren't either.
He waited, counting the seconds, surely it couldn't take this long for them to reach the room. As he reached 37, it happened.
The noise was deafening, even inside the boot of the car. The bomb had gone off, and the car with Artemis inside was thrown across the street.
A/N please tell me what you think!! =)