Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl, I do not own anything else that you
might recognize in this chapter or the last either, except maybe the twins,
and John and Kyle Butler, and Amber. Well okay I do own a lot of them, but
you get what I'm saying. In other words "don't own em, don't claim too,
don't sue me!!!!!"
A/N: I would like to thank SurrealAllStar for allowing me to use The Carmody Academy.
Thank you everyone who reviewed, especially Mage Kitty, I didn't realize I had the things as one big paragraph. Thanx!!!!
Chapter 2
Just as Brian suspected Artemis didn't notice the black and blue bruise. Actually, Artemis barely noticed him. Brian got home around 1:15, due to him being suspended, and went up to his room. He passed Artemis on the staircase, and said a greeting. Artemis was carrying several papers, glanced up for a moment, and said a quick hello then walked right past. The 6'6 Butler was right behind him, who at least acknowledged his cousin Kyle better then Artemis had acknowledged his own son.
Artemis left for about two hours and when he returned home he locked himself in his study, and didn't leave it till around 6:30, and that was to go out again. Amber, Brian's mother, did indeed notice the black eye though, and the conversation went something like this:
"Oh my god, Brian what happened?" she gasped when she saw him.
Brian sighed and recounted the entire story for her.
Amber was hardly shocked or distressed by this news, at least not as bad as Angeline would have been.
"Did you win?" She had asked when he had finished.
"I beg your pardon?" Brian raised an eyebrow.
"Did you win?" She said slowly.
"Well, I guess I came off better then Connor did," he stared in shock at his mother.
"That's my boy," she had said, then walked off without a second glance.
Aidan, on the other hand, had been completely livid.
"You get a week off from school for being bad?! That is so not fair at all!" She had screamed at him when she got home from school. "While as us non-fighting kids get homework you get the week off!"
"With failing grades for all the homework and tests," he had told her calmly.
She had simply scoffed and walked off.
Brian had taken a leaf out of his father's book and had locked himself in his room for several hours reading. When he finally ran out of books to read in his room around 7:15, he reluctantly went into his father's study to search the books in there.
The study, now empty, was almost eerie with just one lamp lit in it. Brian ran his fingers over the books spines, quickly reading the titles. Read it, read it, read it. then his fingers fell onto a book which spine was labeled "The Thread that runs so true."
What is this? He silently asked himself.
He stood in his father's study, completely immersed in the book when a beeping sound from his father's computer made him jump.
"You've got mail," an electronic voice from the computer stated.
"Father never leaves his computer on," Brian wondered aloud as he stepped towards the computer, planning to shut it down.
His fingers lay on the mouse and he was about to go to the shut down button when the computer screen caught his eye.
From: Cap.H.Short@LEP.com
Subject: none
Hello, he silently thought, and who might you be? He was about to click on 'check mail' when another voice in his heads screamed that this was wrong, this was his father's private e-mail. He debated with himself for several minutes until his curiosity got the better of him and he collapsed into Artemis's chair. He clicked on 'check mail'.
The e-mail popped out at him, and it was obvious that it had been typed in a hurry.
Artemis, trubl in hvn. Cdgon has son, tring to get rvnge for fthrs dath. Ned hlp, ples cme to tara.
It was easy enough for Brian to decode, but some words didn't seem to mean anything that made sense:
Artemis, trouble in ____. _____ has a son, trying to get revenge for father's death. Need help, please come to Tara.
"Watcha doin'?" suddenly a female voice made Brian jump.
"Aidan!" He snapped. "How many times do I have to tell you not to sneak up of me?!"
"You've never told me that."
"Well I'm telling you now. Go away, I'm busy," he replied angrily.
"Ooooooo, your reading dad's e-mail, I'm gonna tell," chanted Aidan in a singsong voice. "Dad'll..... What the heck?"
"I know, it doesn't make any sense except for that someone needs dads help," said Brian. "I'm going to track this e-mail to see where it was sent from."
"Who's H.Short?"
"That's why I'm tracking the e-mail, to find out," said Brian, clicking buttons on the keyboard.
"Oh."
"What's going on? The computer..." suddenly the computer went dead. No explosives, nothing, it just went dead.
"What happened?" asked Aidan.
"I'm not sure," replied Brian. "But I know a way to find out, I'm going to Tara."
A/N: That's all I've got for you so far. Please review!!!!!
A/N: I would like to thank SurrealAllStar for allowing me to use The Carmody Academy.
Thank you everyone who reviewed, especially Mage Kitty, I didn't realize I had the things as one big paragraph. Thanx!!!!
Chapter 2
Just as Brian suspected Artemis didn't notice the black and blue bruise. Actually, Artemis barely noticed him. Brian got home around 1:15, due to him being suspended, and went up to his room. He passed Artemis on the staircase, and said a greeting. Artemis was carrying several papers, glanced up for a moment, and said a quick hello then walked right past. The 6'6 Butler was right behind him, who at least acknowledged his cousin Kyle better then Artemis had acknowledged his own son.
Artemis left for about two hours and when he returned home he locked himself in his study, and didn't leave it till around 6:30, and that was to go out again. Amber, Brian's mother, did indeed notice the black eye though, and the conversation went something like this:
"Oh my god, Brian what happened?" she gasped when she saw him.
Brian sighed and recounted the entire story for her.
Amber was hardly shocked or distressed by this news, at least not as bad as Angeline would have been.
"Did you win?" She had asked when he had finished.
"I beg your pardon?" Brian raised an eyebrow.
"Did you win?" She said slowly.
"Well, I guess I came off better then Connor did," he stared in shock at his mother.
"That's my boy," she had said, then walked off without a second glance.
Aidan, on the other hand, had been completely livid.
"You get a week off from school for being bad?! That is so not fair at all!" She had screamed at him when she got home from school. "While as us non-fighting kids get homework you get the week off!"
"With failing grades for all the homework and tests," he had told her calmly.
She had simply scoffed and walked off.
Brian had taken a leaf out of his father's book and had locked himself in his room for several hours reading. When he finally ran out of books to read in his room around 7:15, he reluctantly went into his father's study to search the books in there.
The study, now empty, was almost eerie with just one lamp lit in it. Brian ran his fingers over the books spines, quickly reading the titles. Read it, read it, read it. then his fingers fell onto a book which spine was labeled "The Thread that runs so true."
What is this? He silently asked himself.
He stood in his father's study, completely immersed in the book when a beeping sound from his father's computer made him jump.
"You've got mail," an electronic voice from the computer stated.
"Father never leaves his computer on," Brian wondered aloud as he stepped towards the computer, planning to shut it down.
His fingers lay on the mouse and he was about to go to the shut down button when the computer screen caught his eye.
From: Cap.H.Short@LEP.com
Subject: none
Hello, he silently thought, and who might you be? He was about to click on 'check mail' when another voice in his heads screamed that this was wrong, this was his father's private e-mail. He debated with himself for several minutes until his curiosity got the better of him and he collapsed into Artemis's chair. He clicked on 'check mail'.
The e-mail popped out at him, and it was obvious that it had been typed in a hurry.
Artemis, trubl in hvn. Cdgon has son, tring to get rvnge for fthrs dath. Ned hlp, ples cme to tara.
It was easy enough for Brian to decode, but some words didn't seem to mean anything that made sense:
Artemis, trouble in ____. _____ has a son, trying to get revenge for father's death. Need help, please come to Tara.
"Watcha doin'?" suddenly a female voice made Brian jump.
"Aidan!" He snapped. "How many times do I have to tell you not to sneak up of me?!"
"You've never told me that."
"Well I'm telling you now. Go away, I'm busy," he replied angrily.
"Ooooooo, your reading dad's e-mail, I'm gonna tell," chanted Aidan in a singsong voice. "Dad'll..... What the heck?"
"I know, it doesn't make any sense except for that someone needs dads help," said Brian. "I'm going to track this e-mail to see where it was sent from."
"Who's H.Short?"
"That's why I'm tracking the e-mail, to find out," said Brian, clicking buttons on the keyboard.
"Oh."
"What's going on? The computer..." suddenly the computer went dead. No explosives, nothing, it just went dead.
"What happened?" asked Aidan.
"I'm not sure," replied Brian. "But I know a way to find out, I'm going to Tara."
A/N: That's all I've got for you so far. Please review!!!!!