A/N: Ok, my summary kinda got cut off. So I'll just tell you the summary
here k?
Haven, the home circuit of the LEP is trapped in a Time Stop set by an unknown enemy. The Time Stop is locked and there is no way for even the technical genius, Foaly, to unlock it from the inside. In the meantime the world is crashing down around them and there is nothing they can do. In order to free themselves they must unlock a key on the other end of the earth that will 'reboot' time all over the world- which would be impossible being unable to step off the premises of Haven. However, there is rumored to be a way to escape a time stop; but there is only one person ever to have accomplished this feat. and he doesn't even know they exist.
-HAVEN- 2 yrs later
Captain Holly Short walked along the chrome hallway, headed to her monthly checkup. She didn't find the chrome very tasteful- it was a Mud Man thing. They thought it helped make things look futuristic. The LEP however, had the most advanced technology available- or rather NOT available as most of it was top secret- on earth, so it wasn't like they needed the layer of shiny metal paint to help them look any better than they already were.
Things had been going well for the past 2 years. Holly hadn't seen Artemis Fowl in that long except when she had been sorting through the LEP's criminal records a year ago. She had happened upon his file and so she had taken it home and burned it- he wouldn't be causing any harm to the People ever again.
The LEP was finally back on track after hiring a new financial advisor so Foaly was finally getting the full support that he needed to invent all of his ingenious gadgets that kept the LEP several steps ahead of every other leading business in the underworld.
Holly had been promoted and given her own squad to command, due to her hard work and excellent demonstration of leadership during the round up of the B'wa Kell.
Almost everything in Holly's life was perfect. The only thing that seemed to be wrong with her was her height. She was abnormally tall, standing a good 8 inches over her fellow 4'8'' squad of fairies. She was second in height only to Commander Julius Root who was a blooming 5'5''. Although their height was an advantage to their position in the LEP, the fact remained: it was unnatural.
At first it was hard to tell- when Artemis had been mind wiped Holly had grown about an inch since she had first met him but it was nothing to make her stand out; a lot of fairies could grow a couple inches taller than was the average height. But after 6 months Holly had sprouted another 2 inches making her even taller than Chix, and sprites were generally taller than fairies. Root had noticed that he had to lower his swivel chair to fit his legs under his desk and that he no longer had to reach quite as far to get to his drawer full of fungus cigars. So it was then that the two confused fairies decided to seek advice from the intellectual centaur of the LEP.
Foaly had detected radio-activity in their blood streams which he judged was triggering growth.
"Foaly? Would you like to tell me how in the name of Frond radio-activity got in my D'arviting blood!?" Root had demanded, rather worried about his health.
"My best guess would be that it happened when you went to the Arctic." Said Foaly while examining the information being fed to him by his computer, "The radioactive environment had to have been so strong that it somehow managed to work its way through my memory latex- which was an ingenious invention if I may say so myself- and from there it somehow entered your body and found its way into the blood stream. Don't have a troll over it though, Julius, it seems as though the particles have bonded on a subatomic level with the genetic makeup of-"
"In Gnommish Foaly!" ordered Root.
Foaly sighed. It was almost as though he couldn't speak and be understood without all his sentences consisting only of monosyllabic words. The only person he'd ever been able to converse with on an equal intellect level was one Artemis Fowl.
"The radiation isn't dangerous, Julius." Foaly adjusted, "The only thing it seems to have affected was your growth. I'm not sure if its permanent or not though, you could grow an inch every month for the rest of your life or you may slow down and stop someday, just as though you were going through a growth spurt."
Foaly had recommended that they come back regularly for a check up, just in case. So every month Holly would go to the command room to see Foaly and get her checkup at 3:00 and Root would come later that day at around 6. The last time she had been there Foaly had detected that her growing had slowed significantly and he predicted that she would likely be finished growing the next time she came. Holly could only hope that he was right.
Captain Short pressed the button on the wall outside of the commands room and the metal door slid open noiselessly. Foaly was tapping away on his keyboard, although the speed at which his fingers flew over the flashing buttons made the tapping more of a constant buzz that hung itself like a thick fog all around the room.
The sound of Holly's boots on the floor told Foaly that someone was there and the buzzing stopped as the Centaur looked up to face the captain.
"Well if it isn't Captain Holly Short coming to pay me a visit." He said with emphasis on Captain, "I'm flattered."
"You should be." She replied, "I hope you have good news for me today."
"Well let's see what I can do."
Foaly walked over to a large screen on the opposite side of the room and brought up a screen with a blank, grid.
"You know the drill," he said, "stand on that pad and relax."
Holly did know the drill; she had gone to these half hour examinations 18 times now over the past 2 years. She walked over to a pad on the floor and breathed deep. Lines started to spread across the screen. This was the part Holly could never comprehend, even though she had been doing this for months. She just didn't understand the different readings, symbols and equations, and, she decided that was okay. Otherwise she might start being able to understand Foaly and that would scare her even more than growing an inch for the rest of her life.
"Hmmm.," Foaly said, "That's interesting." He stared at the screen silently.
"Foaly, don't leave me hanging like that, you know I'm really anxious."
Foaly smiled, happy with himself that he had managed to cause Holly some angst, but he decided to be merciful this time and just tell her what she needed to know.
"Well, Captain, it appears as though there's no more radiation residue in your bloodstream and I can't detect any recent growth patterns. The last one was.," Foaly scanned the readings, "3 weeks ago."
Holly let out a deep sigh of relief, trying to restrain from showing the excitement that was coursing through her. She felt like jumping up and down and screaming and whooping. She even felt a slight inclination to give Foaly a big bear hug but she contained herself.
"You're absolutely sure right? I mean, maybe you should check just in case. I have to know it's for real."
"It's 'for real' Holly. Besides, I thought you hated needles."
"Oh please Foaly," she pleaded, "I need to be assured with something besides a bunch of numbers and symbols- I need something I can understand!"
Foaly sighed, "Fine, I'll run a scan. Sit tight, I need to grab the equipment."
Foaly had taken no more than two steps when the world went dark.
-- A/N: Okay, that's right, I forgot about this big part that I had to write. okay so the NEXT chapter will have Artemis in it. I think. I'm pretty sure. I'm sorry if your one of those people who have to have Artemis in the story to make it interesting (I'm one of those people) but if you can't stand it then how about coming back in a few days. By then I'll have the chapters you like up. And if you like Artemis/Holly stories you are going to love this.
Haven, the home circuit of the LEP is trapped in a Time Stop set by an unknown enemy. The Time Stop is locked and there is no way for even the technical genius, Foaly, to unlock it from the inside. In the meantime the world is crashing down around them and there is nothing they can do. In order to free themselves they must unlock a key on the other end of the earth that will 'reboot' time all over the world- which would be impossible being unable to step off the premises of Haven. However, there is rumored to be a way to escape a time stop; but there is only one person ever to have accomplished this feat. and he doesn't even know they exist.
-HAVEN- 2 yrs later
Captain Holly Short walked along the chrome hallway, headed to her monthly checkup. She didn't find the chrome very tasteful- it was a Mud Man thing. They thought it helped make things look futuristic. The LEP however, had the most advanced technology available- or rather NOT available as most of it was top secret- on earth, so it wasn't like they needed the layer of shiny metal paint to help them look any better than they already were.
Things had been going well for the past 2 years. Holly hadn't seen Artemis Fowl in that long except when she had been sorting through the LEP's criminal records a year ago. She had happened upon his file and so she had taken it home and burned it- he wouldn't be causing any harm to the People ever again.
The LEP was finally back on track after hiring a new financial advisor so Foaly was finally getting the full support that he needed to invent all of his ingenious gadgets that kept the LEP several steps ahead of every other leading business in the underworld.
Holly had been promoted and given her own squad to command, due to her hard work and excellent demonstration of leadership during the round up of the B'wa Kell.
Almost everything in Holly's life was perfect. The only thing that seemed to be wrong with her was her height. She was abnormally tall, standing a good 8 inches over her fellow 4'8'' squad of fairies. She was second in height only to Commander Julius Root who was a blooming 5'5''. Although their height was an advantage to their position in the LEP, the fact remained: it was unnatural.
At first it was hard to tell- when Artemis had been mind wiped Holly had grown about an inch since she had first met him but it was nothing to make her stand out; a lot of fairies could grow a couple inches taller than was the average height. But after 6 months Holly had sprouted another 2 inches making her even taller than Chix, and sprites were generally taller than fairies. Root had noticed that he had to lower his swivel chair to fit his legs under his desk and that he no longer had to reach quite as far to get to his drawer full of fungus cigars. So it was then that the two confused fairies decided to seek advice from the intellectual centaur of the LEP.
Foaly had detected radio-activity in their blood streams which he judged was triggering growth.
"Foaly? Would you like to tell me how in the name of Frond radio-activity got in my D'arviting blood!?" Root had demanded, rather worried about his health.
"My best guess would be that it happened when you went to the Arctic." Said Foaly while examining the information being fed to him by his computer, "The radioactive environment had to have been so strong that it somehow managed to work its way through my memory latex- which was an ingenious invention if I may say so myself- and from there it somehow entered your body and found its way into the blood stream. Don't have a troll over it though, Julius, it seems as though the particles have bonded on a subatomic level with the genetic makeup of-"
"In Gnommish Foaly!" ordered Root.
Foaly sighed. It was almost as though he couldn't speak and be understood without all his sentences consisting only of monosyllabic words. The only person he'd ever been able to converse with on an equal intellect level was one Artemis Fowl.
"The radiation isn't dangerous, Julius." Foaly adjusted, "The only thing it seems to have affected was your growth. I'm not sure if its permanent or not though, you could grow an inch every month for the rest of your life or you may slow down and stop someday, just as though you were going through a growth spurt."
Foaly had recommended that they come back regularly for a check up, just in case. So every month Holly would go to the command room to see Foaly and get her checkup at 3:00 and Root would come later that day at around 6. The last time she had been there Foaly had detected that her growing had slowed significantly and he predicted that she would likely be finished growing the next time she came. Holly could only hope that he was right.
Captain Short pressed the button on the wall outside of the commands room and the metal door slid open noiselessly. Foaly was tapping away on his keyboard, although the speed at which his fingers flew over the flashing buttons made the tapping more of a constant buzz that hung itself like a thick fog all around the room.
The sound of Holly's boots on the floor told Foaly that someone was there and the buzzing stopped as the Centaur looked up to face the captain.
"Well if it isn't Captain Holly Short coming to pay me a visit." He said with emphasis on Captain, "I'm flattered."
"You should be." She replied, "I hope you have good news for me today."
"Well let's see what I can do."
Foaly walked over to a large screen on the opposite side of the room and brought up a screen with a blank, grid.
"You know the drill," he said, "stand on that pad and relax."
Holly did know the drill; she had gone to these half hour examinations 18 times now over the past 2 years. She walked over to a pad on the floor and breathed deep. Lines started to spread across the screen. This was the part Holly could never comprehend, even though she had been doing this for months. She just didn't understand the different readings, symbols and equations, and, she decided that was okay. Otherwise she might start being able to understand Foaly and that would scare her even more than growing an inch for the rest of her life.
"Hmmm.," Foaly said, "That's interesting." He stared at the screen silently.
"Foaly, don't leave me hanging like that, you know I'm really anxious."
Foaly smiled, happy with himself that he had managed to cause Holly some angst, but he decided to be merciful this time and just tell her what she needed to know.
"Well, Captain, it appears as though there's no more radiation residue in your bloodstream and I can't detect any recent growth patterns. The last one was.," Foaly scanned the readings, "3 weeks ago."
Holly let out a deep sigh of relief, trying to restrain from showing the excitement that was coursing through her. She felt like jumping up and down and screaming and whooping. She even felt a slight inclination to give Foaly a big bear hug but she contained herself.
"You're absolutely sure right? I mean, maybe you should check just in case. I have to know it's for real."
"It's 'for real' Holly. Besides, I thought you hated needles."
"Oh please Foaly," she pleaded, "I need to be assured with something besides a bunch of numbers and symbols- I need something I can understand!"
Foaly sighed, "Fine, I'll run a scan. Sit tight, I need to grab the equipment."
Foaly had taken no more than two steps when the world went dark.
-- A/N: Okay, that's right, I forgot about this big part that I had to write. okay so the NEXT chapter will have Artemis in it. I think. I'm pretty sure. I'm sorry if your one of those people who have to have Artemis in the story to make it interesting (I'm one of those people) but if you can't stand it then how about coming back in a few days. By then I'll have the chapters you like up. And if you like Artemis/Holly stories you are going to love this.