Keeping it Legal
Chapter 2: The Great Goblin Escape
Fireballs started flying instantly. Artemis and Butler ducked behind one of the support beams for the shopping center while Mulch went back into the Electronics store, and **accidentally** knocked the phone off the front desk counter. (The people inside the store hadn't noticed the goblins yet.)
Butler and Artemis drew their guns. The goblins directed all fire (literally) at the pillar Butler and Artemis were hiding behind.
They were fighting smarter. In fact, it seemed like they WERE smarter than their last encounter with the Goblins.
Artemis peeked out for a moment.
The Goblins were firing in a synchronized manner. In fact they were chanting. "Fire one! Fire two!"
This wasn't good. Artemis noticed something about the Goblins. They were wearing headphones and a weird bracelet. The weird thing about the bracelet is it went on top of the head like a halo except without the floating.
They must be receiving orders through the headsets.
Butler fired off a few shots. The first two made a sound as if they struck metal. The third shot was followed by a loud explosion Butler had shot the fuel tank on one of the cars. The goblins got up and picked their wounded from the ground. There was a faint blue glow as the Goblins faded out of sight.
Holly- the shopping center
Holly did a quick overhead flyby. No Goblins in sight they had been there though. A car had been exploded and a pillar had been half melted.
"Wha?" she mumbled
'I could've sworn that was Artemis over there.'
Holly brushed it off as a hallucination
"Holly?" Foaly said in her helmet "The Goblins disappeared from all screens. Either they're gone or they're dead. Doesn't matter which. However now there's been a Howler's Peak breakout. I don't know how many escaped yet but get your little trigger-happy self back here. We need you."
Holly sighed. This was going to be a long day.
Artemis- Fowl Manor
"What?" Juliet demanded "What do you mean telaporting goblins? The People haven't even invented telaporting yet."
"You think I don't know that?" Artemis responded
"Well. looks like the dung has hit the fan then." Mulch supplied
"Naw. you don't say?" Artemis replied, sarcasm dripping from his voice
Mulch, Butler and Juliet stared at him as though he had just flunked a test or something.
"Y-y-you. you used sarcasm?" Juliet spluttered
"Whoa!" Butler exclaimed in a very un-Butlerlike manner
Mulch was speechless.
"What is wrong with sarcasm?" Artemis asked
"Nothing. It just doesn't suit you." Juliet replied
**With Holly- Howler's Peak**
Holly stood at the gates of the prison. It was quiet, too quiet. Howler's Peak was usually louder than a thousand drunken mud men. Holly drew her Neutrino from it's holster and motioned for the rest of the squad to follow suit.
There came the sound of twenty-nine more Neutrinos being drawn. Holly lead the squad to the password operated fireproof door and typed in the eleven digit number and the door hummed to life. The door moved upwards revealing to Holly the scariest thing she had ever seen.
All of the cells were empty. Every last one of them.
**With Artemis- The next day in the computer lab**
"The cordless internet designs are complete, people start work on the factory Tuesday. IBM paid me one billion dollars to design a working product for them. I finished that as well. It's time to make a new invention. But what type of invention?" Artemis said to himself
"You're the genius, not me. I just hurt people." Butler replied
Artemis ignored him and continued talking to himself.
"I need to find something that will help people. Maybe the cure to a disease? POLLUTION! That's a major problem in the world. What is a major pollutant that needs to be remedied." Artemis looked at the car model Butler was working on and grinned. There was money in the automobile market just waiting to be had.
**With Holly- Ops booth**
"EVERY GOBLIN UNDER THE EARTH CAN'T JUST 'GO MISSING!' FIND THEM FOALY! D'ARVIT!" Root howled
Foaly was ready to faint. He hadn't slept since the before the Goblins vanished two days ago. Holly looked around the room, from the ground to a pulp cigars to the scary look on Root's face. Holly decided that she did not want to be anywhere near there and walked towards the door. Holly evaded anyone in the building who might stop and attempt conversation with her, and a few people who wouldn't. She wanted sleep. She hadn't slept either.
She opened the door to her room and closed it behind her. Holly threw herself onto her bed and fell asleep instantly. She was to have an amazing night of Artemis filled dreams.
Chapter 2: The Great Goblin Escape
Fireballs started flying instantly. Artemis and Butler ducked behind one of the support beams for the shopping center while Mulch went back into the Electronics store, and **accidentally** knocked the phone off the front desk counter. (The people inside the store hadn't noticed the goblins yet.)
Butler and Artemis drew their guns. The goblins directed all fire (literally) at the pillar Butler and Artemis were hiding behind.
They were fighting smarter. In fact, it seemed like they WERE smarter than their last encounter with the Goblins.
Artemis peeked out for a moment.
The Goblins were firing in a synchronized manner. In fact they were chanting. "Fire one! Fire two!"
This wasn't good. Artemis noticed something about the Goblins. They were wearing headphones and a weird bracelet. The weird thing about the bracelet is it went on top of the head like a halo except without the floating.
They must be receiving orders through the headsets.
Butler fired off a few shots. The first two made a sound as if they struck metal. The third shot was followed by a loud explosion Butler had shot the fuel tank on one of the cars. The goblins got up and picked their wounded from the ground. There was a faint blue glow as the Goblins faded out of sight.
Holly- the shopping center
Holly did a quick overhead flyby. No Goblins in sight they had been there though. A car had been exploded and a pillar had been half melted.
"Wha?" she mumbled
'I could've sworn that was Artemis over there.'
Holly brushed it off as a hallucination
"Holly?" Foaly said in her helmet "The Goblins disappeared from all screens. Either they're gone or they're dead. Doesn't matter which. However now there's been a Howler's Peak breakout. I don't know how many escaped yet but get your little trigger-happy self back here. We need you."
Holly sighed. This was going to be a long day.
Artemis- Fowl Manor
"What?" Juliet demanded "What do you mean telaporting goblins? The People haven't even invented telaporting yet."
"You think I don't know that?" Artemis responded
"Well. looks like the dung has hit the fan then." Mulch supplied
"Naw. you don't say?" Artemis replied, sarcasm dripping from his voice
Mulch, Butler and Juliet stared at him as though he had just flunked a test or something.
"Y-y-you. you used sarcasm?" Juliet spluttered
"Whoa!" Butler exclaimed in a very un-Butlerlike manner
Mulch was speechless.
"What is wrong with sarcasm?" Artemis asked
"Nothing. It just doesn't suit you." Juliet replied
**With Holly- Howler's Peak**
Holly stood at the gates of the prison. It was quiet, too quiet. Howler's Peak was usually louder than a thousand drunken mud men. Holly drew her Neutrino from it's holster and motioned for the rest of the squad to follow suit.
There came the sound of twenty-nine more Neutrinos being drawn. Holly lead the squad to the password operated fireproof door and typed in the eleven digit number and the door hummed to life. The door moved upwards revealing to Holly the scariest thing she had ever seen.
All of the cells were empty. Every last one of them.
**With Artemis- The next day in the computer lab**
"The cordless internet designs are complete, people start work on the factory Tuesday. IBM paid me one billion dollars to design a working product for them. I finished that as well. It's time to make a new invention. But what type of invention?" Artemis said to himself
"You're the genius, not me. I just hurt people." Butler replied
Artemis ignored him and continued talking to himself.
"I need to find something that will help people. Maybe the cure to a disease? POLLUTION! That's a major problem in the world. What is a major pollutant that needs to be remedied." Artemis looked at the car model Butler was working on and grinned. There was money in the automobile market just waiting to be had.
**With Holly- Ops booth**
"EVERY GOBLIN UNDER THE EARTH CAN'T JUST 'GO MISSING!' FIND THEM FOALY! D'ARVIT!" Root howled
Foaly was ready to faint. He hadn't slept since the before the Goblins vanished two days ago. Holly looked around the room, from the ground to a pulp cigars to the scary look on Root's face. Holly decided that she did not want to be anywhere near there and walked towards the door. Holly evaded anyone in the building who might stop and attempt conversation with her, and a few people who wouldn't. She wanted sleep. She hadn't slept either.
She opened the door to her room and closed it behind her. Holly threw herself onto her bed and fell asleep instantly. She was to have an amazing night of Artemis filled dreams.