Holly and Root were meeting in the Ops Room with Foaly when Trouble
came in.
"What do you want, Lieutenant?" growled Root. "We're in the middle of something important."
"Diggums sent me, sir, to-"
"You're taking orders from a convict! Get outta my sight, Kelp!"
"He wanted to know about the job you're pulling him out for!" squeaked Trouble, backing away.
"Tell him that he'll get the information when we're good and ready."
"Yessir, Commander Root, sir!" Trouble made a quick salute and dashed off.
"That boy . . ." he said threateningly. "I can see why you broke up with him."
"What do you mean, sir?"
"He's a wimp."
Holly's reply was stiff. "No he's not. It's not any of your business why I broke up with him, sir, but for your information, it was a mutual break up because I've got better things to do in my life than go out to dinner and dancing or movies."
"I'm sorry, Holly. I didn't mean it that way. You're like a daughter to me and sometimes I get over involved in these things."
"Understood, sir."
Foaly cleared his throat, "Can we get back to the matter at hand?"
"Right, donkey-boy. Let's go over this again. Just what makes you think Fowl is monitoring the Haven?"
"Well, it's really just a hunch." Foaly looked incredibly sheepish.
"A HUNCH?"
"Human technology seems to be advancing faster than it should."
"Just because the mud men are getting a little smarter you're having us go pull Fowl out of his own home?" asked Holly.
"I found a bug in my Ops Room."
"A bug?" asked Root.
"A monitoring device. But I couldn't trace where it was sending feedback to."
"I know what a bug is!" he snapped.
"Touchy."
"What makes you so sure it's Fowl and not another fairy?"
"Nobody under the earth is smarter than me."
"So, donkey, are you saying Fowl is smarter than you?" asked Holly, with an evil grin.
"NO! But I don't generally allow fairies in here without me. My guess is that Fowl installed the bug somehow the last time he was here."
"And they didn't notice the last time they changed the batteries?"
"That's how we found out about the bug. The battery being changed." The batteries on Foaly's cameras had to be changed every 6 months or so; Foaly said that using a nuclear-powered battery would mess with cameras too much.
Sorry this chapter's so short. I'll update ASAP. R&R por favor!
"What do you want, Lieutenant?" growled Root. "We're in the middle of something important."
"Diggums sent me, sir, to-"
"You're taking orders from a convict! Get outta my sight, Kelp!"
"He wanted to know about the job you're pulling him out for!" squeaked Trouble, backing away.
"Tell him that he'll get the information when we're good and ready."
"Yessir, Commander Root, sir!" Trouble made a quick salute and dashed off.
"That boy . . ." he said threateningly. "I can see why you broke up with him."
"What do you mean, sir?"
"He's a wimp."
Holly's reply was stiff. "No he's not. It's not any of your business why I broke up with him, sir, but for your information, it was a mutual break up because I've got better things to do in my life than go out to dinner and dancing or movies."
"I'm sorry, Holly. I didn't mean it that way. You're like a daughter to me and sometimes I get over involved in these things."
"Understood, sir."
Foaly cleared his throat, "Can we get back to the matter at hand?"
"Right, donkey-boy. Let's go over this again. Just what makes you think Fowl is monitoring the Haven?"
"Well, it's really just a hunch." Foaly looked incredibly sheepish.
"A HUNCH?"
"Human technology seems to be advancing faster than it should."
"Just because the mud men are getting a little smarter you're having us go pull Fowl out of his own home?" asked Holly.
"I found a bug in my Ops Room."
"A bug?" asked Root.
"A monitoring device. But I couldn't trace where it was sending feedback to."
"I know what a bug is!" he snapped.
"Touchy."
"What makes you so sure it's Fowl and not another fairy?"
"Nobody under the earth is smarter than me."
"So, donkey, are you saying Fowl is smarter than you?" asked Holly, with an evil grin.
"NO! But I don't generally allow fairies in here without me. My guess is that Fowl installed the bug somehow the last time he was here."
"And they didn't notice the last time they changed the batteries?"
"That's how we found out about the bug. The battery being changed." The batteries on Foaly's cameras had to be changed every 6 months or so; Foaly said that using a nuclear-powered battery would mess with cameras too much.
Sorry this chapter's so short. I'll update ASAP. R&R por favor!