"I'll have the New York steak."
"And your child?" the waitress's fake smile spread even further as she looked at Artemis, who was leaning over the table to see the adult's menu, completely disregarding the child's one she had given him earlier.
"I'm not his child. I'll have the lobster tail with the cocktail sauce and a glass of water."
The waitress smiled her plastic smile, collected the dinner menus and ambled off toward the kitchens. After she was out of sight, Artemis turned to Butler. "Do you know what my father wanted with me?"
"No. All he had said was that he needed to have a little chat with you. Most likely about your illegal habits." Butler drained his glass of iced tea. "You know, if you were normal, the only 'talks' you'd have with your father would be about sex."
"Well, then I'm happy I'm not normal then." Artemis said with a ghost of a smile.
The waitress returned with Butler's steak and Artemis's lobster. He looked at his food for only a moment. "I asked for cocktail sauce and a glass of water, too."
The waitress glared at him and stalked off. This brought Artemis to smile widely with the vampire smile he was famous for.
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"Holly! We've got a rouge vampire up there!"
"What? I thought we got them all!" Holly dashed up to the computer and, sure enough, there was video feed from a heat sensor camera in New York. It was sitting silently and unnoticed among all the potential victims, waiting for someone. "Another one outside!"
Foaly brought up the outside camera and there was another bright blue figure in the shape of a Mud Man. "No way! Root's gonna kill us if he figures out that we missed a few vampires!"
Foaly laughed a horse-like laugh and said, "Julius will figure it out sometime."
As if the was a cue, Root threw the door open and his face was a deep maroon color. The commander stormed over to Foaly's computers and started yelling as loud as his voice would let him. "Is this true? Captain Short, I told you to find all the unregistered vampires and escort them down here and get them in cells!"
"But, I thought I--"
"Explain to me why there are two unregistered vampires stalking around in New York City!"
"Three," Foaly corrected Root as he changed camera views again.
"What?"
"There's three vampires now. And not only that, there's also a Mud Boy you should take into account."
Root looked up to the screens and saw something that was worse than vampires. Artemis Fowl the Second.
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It all happened so fast. One moment, Artemis was reaching for his cocktail sauce, the next moment; he was in a girl's arms and was being carried outside. The table flipped over as Butler jumped up and took out his gun. He was sure it was that girl from David's limo. He knocked over more than a few people as he sprinted toward the glass doors.
Outside, there were cars upon cars in the street. There was no way he'd be able to check every car. "Butler!" Butler looked up and saw Artemis was on the roof, with someone holding a gun to his head. Butler started to run inside the building to look for a flight of stairs when a chilling voice that sounded so close that it made Butler wheel around said, "Move again and the mortal child gets it."
Butler tried to get his gun up without being conspicuous. Then there were gunshots, four loud cracking gunshots. Butler bolted for the doors and looked for stairs. He found some and took them. People were still eating and chatting happily while there were gunmen outside.
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An: another chap up! Sorry it was so short. R&R! Chap 3 up soon!
"And your child?" the waitress's fake smile spread even further as she looked at Artemis, who was leaning over the table to see the adult's menu, completely disregarding the child's one she had given him earlier.
"I'm not his child. I'll have the lobster tail with the cocktail sauce and a glass of water."
The waitress smiled her plastic smile, collected the dinner menus and ambled off toward the kitchens. After she was out of sight, Artemis turned to Butler. "Do you know what my father wanted with me?"
"No. All he had said was that he needed to have a little chat with you. Most likely about your illegal habits." Butler drained his glass of iced tea. "You know, if you were normal, the only 'talks' you'd have with your father would be about sex."
"Well, then I'm happy I'm not normal then." Artemis said with a ghost of a smile.
The waitress returned with Butler's steak and Artemis's lobster. He looked at his food for only a moment. "I asked for cocktail sauce and a glass of water, too."
The waitress glared at him and stalked off. This brought Artemis to smile widely with the vampire smile he was famous for.
= = = = = = = =
"Holly! We've got a rouge vampire up there!"
"What? I thought we got them all!" Holly dashed up to the computer and, sure enough, there was video feed from a heat sensor camera in New York. It was sitting silently and unnoticed among all the potential victims, waiting for someone. "Another one outside!"
Foaly brought up the outside camera and there was another bright blue figure in the shape of a Mud Man. "No way! Root's gonna kill us if he figures out that we missed a few vampires!"
Foaly laughed a horse-like laugh and said, "Julius will figure it out sometime."
As if the was a cue, Root threw the door open and his face was a deep maroon color. The commander stormed over to Foaly's computers and started yelling as loud as his voice would let him. "Is this true? Captain Short, I told you to find all the unregistered vampires and escort them down here and get them in cells!"
"But, I thought I--"
"Explain to me why there are two unregistered vampires stalking around in New York City!"
"Three," Foaly corrected Root as he changed camera views again.
"What?"
"There's three vampires now. And not only that, there's also a Mud Boy you should take into account."
Root looked up to the screens and saw something that was worse than vampires. Artemis Fowl the Second.
= = = = = = = =
It all happened so fast. One moment, Artemis was reaching for his cocktail sauce, the next moment; he was in a girl's arms and was being carried outside. The table flipped over as Butler jumped up and took out his gun. He was sure it was that girl from David's limo. He knocked over more than a few people as he sprinted toward the glass doors.
Outside, there were cars upon cars in the street. There was no way he'd be able to check every car. "Butler!" Butler looked up and saw Artemis was on the roof, with someone holding a gun to his head. Butler started to run inside the building to look for a flight of stairs when a chilling voice that sounded so close that it made Butler wheel around said, "Move again and the mortal child gets it."
Butler tried to get his gun up without being conspicuous. Then there were gunshots, four loud cracking gunshots. Butler bolted for the doors and looked for stairs. He found some and took them. People were still eating and chatting happily while there were gunmen outside.
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An: another chap up! Sorry it was so short. R&R! Chap 3 up soon!