Holly glared at the Mud Men and dwarf. "Give me one good reason why I
shouldn't Mesmer you now and take you down to the Haven to be mindwiped."
"Because you need me," Artemis answered casually but promptly.
"What would we need with a Mud Boy like you?" she spat.
"You think I'm stealing Fairy technology. I am not, but obviously someone is. You'll need help finding out whom. I can be of service."
Holly didn't miss the slight but obvious sneer in his voice. She drew her weapon. "Come on, boys."
Butler was alert. He didn't think the elf would shoot his charge; if she did she'd heal him, most fairy weapons weren't designed to kill. To be on the safe side, Butler walked in front of Artemis, covering him as much as possible. Holly immediately cuffed Mulch's wrists.
"Take it easy, Holly, these hurt," Mulch whined.
"My name is Captain Short, convict." She put the reflective visor down on her helmet; she'd be on the safe side and leave no way for the Mud Boy to order her.
"You sound more and more like Julius everyday."
"Thank you," she snarled and tapped him with her buzz baton.
"It wasn't a compliment," Diggums replied, rubbing his smarting rear.
Holly brought the three of them outside.
"What?" thundered Root.
"I caught Diggums trying to cut a deal with Fowl."
"I'm adding 30 years to your sentence, convict!"
"But you said you were taking away 12," he whined; it was beginning to look as though he might not escape after all.
"Fine. I'm taking off 12 years and adding 42!"
Mulch sulked as the Mud Man drove them and their gear back to Tara.
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Eventually they smuggled Fowl, Butler, and Mulch into the Ops Room. Mulch was only there because he'd threatened to scream that Mud Men were on the premises if they returned him to his cell so soon. Foaly was not happy.
"Anything in that you need to report, horse?"
"Yeah. There's two Mud Men in my Ops Booth."
"FOALY!"
"Nothing," he said miserably.
"Because you need me," Artemis answered casually but promptly.
"What would we need with a Mud Boy like you?" she spat.
"You think I'm stealing Fairy technology. I am not, but obviously someone is. You'll need help finding out whom. I can be of service."
Holly didn't miss the slight but obvious sneer in his voice. She drew her weapon. "Come on, boys."
Butler was alert. He didn't think the elf would shoot his charge; if she did she'd heal him, most fairy weapons weren't designed to kill. To be on the safe side, Butler walked in front of Artemis, covering him as much as possible. Holly immediately cuffed Mulch's wrists.
"Take it easy, Holly, these hurt," Mulch whined.
"My name is Captain Short, convict." She put the reflective visor down on her helmet; she'd be on the safe side and leave no way for the Mud Boy to order her.
"You sound more and more like Julius everyday."
"Thank you," she snarled and tapped him with her buzz baton.
"It wasn't a compliment," Diggums replied, rubbing his smarting rear.
Holly brought the three of them outside.
"What?" thundered Root.
"I caught Diggums trying to cut a deal with Fowl."
"I'm adding 30 years to your sentence, convict!"
"But you said you were taking away 12," he whined; it was beginning to look as though he might not escape after all.
"Fine. I'm taking off 12 years and adding 42!"
Mulch sulked as the Mud Man drove them and their gear back to Tara.
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Eventually they smuggled Fowl, Butler, and Mulch into the Ops Room. Mulch was only there because he'd threatened to scream that Mud Men were on the premises if they returned him to his cell so soon. Foaly was not happy.
"Anything in that you need to report, horse?"
"Yeah. There's two Mud Men in my Ops Booth."
"FOALY!"
"Nothing," he said miserably.