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And now to my next chapter. . .

Chapter four ~ Out All Night.

Foaly sat the computer, tapping away with a satisfied grunt emitting every now and then. Holly Short stood watching at the door. she was scowling angrily at the new computer.

"Still here, Holly?" Foaly asked, not turning round.

She smiled, sarcastically. "Oh yes, since I've been sacked, I don't have anything better to do then watch you."

"Yeah that's right, you watch a genius at work, pick up a few tips."

Holly laughed. "As much as I hate to admit it, if I wanted to watch a genius, I'd pay Fowl a visit. Talking of Fowl, did he get the email?"

Foaly nodded. "And I can tell you he read it at exactly thirty seven minutes and three seconds past two."

"Alright, show off." She muttered. "So if this computer is so good, why can't you find Koboi?" Foaly remained silent.

"Ha!"

"I could find her if I wanted to, it would take a while, and by the time I have traced her she will probably have moved, she won't stay in one place for long. Besides Root has given up trying to find her, she can't come back down here, that's for certain."

Holly smiled. "Fowl's computer could trace her."

Foaly laughed. "I wouldn't bet on it, Short."

"Could you trace Fowl?"

"Yeah, if I wanted to, but again Root doesn't want to persue."

"Bet you couldn't!" Holly said.

"Are you trying to suggest that that mud boy is clever then me?! I'll show you." He typed a few symbols in to the computer, clicked a few buttons and entered a few passwords.

"I thought the idea of a super computer was that it didn't need someone to operate it."

"Well, its still in the experimental stage, we haven't given everything over to technical control, just yet, not until we're sure it can handle it." he replied. "There, Fowl is currently in Fowl Manor, and er." Foaly broke off.

There was a video link, and an image appeared on the screen, it was small and unclear, Holly could just make out the form of Butler and Artemis. Artemis was standing up with a gun in his hand. Butler seemed slouched, unwillingly to get up.

"Huh what's going on?" Holly demanded.

Foaly shrugged and clicked the mouse angrily as the image disappeared.

"Bad connection?"

"See, if we surrendered our control, completely, this wouldn't happen."

"Foaly, I don't care about the stupid computer, what just happened?"

"Looked like mudboy has got himself into a spot of bother again. Oh well, its not our problem."

Holly frowned. "That's the thing though, Fowl's problem usually is our problem!"

"Must you exaggerate everything?"

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2 days ago at Fowl Manor.

Mrs Fowl sat in the lounge, gazing at the beige walls, with a look of misery on her face. She often did that, sitting staring into space for hours at a time, not moving, just letting time lapse by.

"It's a beautiful picture, miss." Juliet said, as she came into the room bringing a pot of tea in on a tray. She set it down on the coffee table and poured out a cup, before passing it to her mistress.

Mrs Fowl looked up. "Hmm?"

"The picture, ma'am." Said Juliet, indicating to the picture on the wall, where she had thought her mistress was looking.

Mrs Fowl glanced over at it. It was a picture of a storm, a storm attacking the sea. The impact of the intricate brush stokes pulled you into the picture.

Juliet took the tray, and went towards the door, before turning back.

"Was there something, Juliet?"

"Well, miss, it's just Harold wants to take me out again."

"That's nice, dear."

"This afternoon."

"Hmm."

"Well?"

"Well?"

"Can I go then?"

Mrs Fowl turned to her, shrewdly. "What's this Harold like?"

Juliet smiled. "He's clever, good looking, got the money and style and likes wrestling, what more can I say?"

Mrs Fowl nodded. "Yes, Juliet, you can go, but tell Butler first."

"Thanks." Juliet said, walking from the room.

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"I trust her, it's him I don't." Butler grumbled, to Artemis. Juliet had been out over three hours, and Butler was getting worried.

"I'm sure she can look after herself." Artemis replied.

Emma was sitting quietly in the corner emersed in her road theory book, she had failed by five marks, and was determinedly memorising the highway code.

Butler was strolling the room, glancing out of the curtains every time he heard a car.

Mulch had gone out "for a walk" and not returned, yet.

Emma threw the book side, and stood up.

"I thought you were going to read it until you learnt it." Artemis said.

Emma grinned. "Yeah, but there is such a thing as too much work, my motto is too much revision fails the test."

Artemis grinned. "That'll work."

"So what you doing?" She said, going up behind him.

"I'm trying to contact Holly."

"Why?"

"Something in the last email, I mean why make it self-destruct, why withheld the email address?"

"Maybe you're reading too much into it, maybe it's just like Holly said, new technology, which she doesn't want to share with you, for well.obvious reasons!" Emma replied.

Butler went to the window again.

"Juliet told you about this bloke, what's he like?" he grunted to Emma.

Emma shrugged. "She just said he was very clever, something about his own business at eighteen, er.something about wrestling, why? You're not worrying about her? She is nearly nineteen."

Butler didn't reply.

It was three o'clock in the morning when Juliet got in. Needless to say neither her brother nor Mrs Fowl were pleased.

A/N Please Review!! And if you like Pirates of the Caribbean please check out my fic 'The Sparrow Rebellion'. Many Thanks!! ~ JessieRose ~