A/N: Have a little mercy on the elf base, I don't know much about them.
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!!!!!"
Chapter 3
Brian stared out the Bentley window, trying to ignore Aidan's gaze. She had been staring at him as if he was crazy ever since they left the manor. He was going to leave her there, but she begged him to let her come until finally he said yes. Now, though, he wished that he had not, she happened to be chewing her gum very loudly and it was distracting.
"Brian?" Aidan's voice broke him out of his train of thought, as usual.
"What?" He said, not bothering to hide his irritation.
"We don't know what this H.Short person looks like, and we certainly don't know where in Tara to look," She said matter-of-factly.
"Well, he or she knows dad well enough to have his e-mail address, so they must know that he's rich. Most likely, since we have the Bentley, they will find us."
"What if they don't?" Asked Aidan, her big blue eyes watching Brian.
Brian didn't answer. He didn't have time to, because suddenly Kyle started speaking to John, his brother and Aidan's bodyguard.
"What do you think that is?" Kyle pointed out the car window at a nearby field, one that used to be empty. Now, though, in the middle of the field stood what looked like a landing pad that you would see in a Star Wars movie.
"Pull over," Brian immediately ordered.
Kyle obeyed without question. As soon as the car came to a stop Brian tossed the door open and jumped out.
"Can one of you hand me the binoculars?" Asked Brian without looking at the others.
The expensive binoculars were immediately placed in his hand. He pulled the caps off and lifted the binoculars to his eyes. The area that had seemed so small from where the Bentley was park seemed suddenly huge. Lights flashed all over the area. There were movements that he could make out, but what was moving he didn't know. What he did know was that this field was empty yesterday, and there was no way that this building could be put on so fast.
~*~
"D'arvit!" cried Captain Trouble Kelp as a blast from a gun shot his way. He quickly ducked and heard Foaly in his ear.
"Those blasts are the least of your problems Kelp," stated Foaly. "The shields on the Tara Base are down. Even the dumbest mud person could spot us now."
"D'arvit," repeated the captain. "What are we going to do? Dealing with Cudgeon is hard enough without dealing with the mud people too."
"I'll try to get the shield back up, but I think that a fuse up there might be broken," answered Foaly as a chomping sound came through the mike.
"Foaly are you eating?!" roared another voice suddenly on the mike. "How can you eat at a time like this?"
"Sorry Commander," replied Foaly, though he did not sound the least bit sorry. "Nervous habit."
"Well break it and tell me were the broken fuse is!" shouted Root.
"Not fuse, Julius, wire," Foaly didn't seem to mind being shouted at. "Go to the lunchroom."
Root obeyed, letting the Julius thing slide.
After nearly being shot several times, Root skidded into the lunchroom.
"Now what?" He asked Foaly, slightly out of breath.
"Head over to the vending machine," replied Foaly, and to Root's surprise there was no sarcasm or chewing. "Push it away from the wall and there should be a little box."
Root obeyed, and did find a little silver box.
"Open it," came Foaly's voice.
Again, Root obeyed and found a whole mess of wires. "Which one?" He demanded.
"The broken one, duh," answered Foaly, calm as ever, but the sarcasm was back.
Root used the tips of his fingers to hunt through the wires. No broken ones.
~*~
Aidan, Brian and the Butlers headed towards the building. No spoke, no one wanted to, they all were trying to figure out what the thing ahead of them was, and why the hell it wasn't there yesterday.
Brian was lost in deep thought when suddenly something flew by his face. Dazed, his eyes shot up and he saw, to his own personal shock, a green creature with wings flying quickly ahead of them and landing near the building, which they were now much closer to.
They all froze.
"Did everyone else see that?" asked Aidan.
No one answered, they did not have to, their expressions spoke for themselves.
"What was it?" asked John.
"I'm not sure, and there is only one way to find out," said Brian and he signaled to Kyle and John.
They both smiled and crept forward, their dart guns ready.
~*~
Artemis stepped out of the open car door, a smile on his face. His bank account was considerably larger.
He sauntered confidently into the manor and then the living room. He found his wife and Juliet sitting on the living room couch yelling at the television screen. He went and stood behind them, looking at the screen. He sighed, I should have known, he thought. Wrestling.
"You know, your rotting your brains," he said.
They both jumped.
"Artemis!" started Amber. "We didn't see you come in. Where are the twins?"
A puzzled look crossed Artemis's face, something that doesn't happen often. "What do you mean?"
"The twins," she said slowly. "They said that you told them to meet you in Tara."
"I didn't tell them anything about meeting me anywhere!" he cried.
Ella Butler, Juliet's 15-year-old daughter who had just entered the room, interrupted this conversation.
"Mr.Fowl?" she started. "I thought that I should tell you that you left your computer on."
Everything suddenly fell into place and Artemis quickly ran upstairs to prove his theory correct. He was not disappointed.
Artemis, trubl in hvn. Cdgon has son, tring to get rvnge for fthrs dath. Ned hlp, ples cme to tara.
Flashed on the screen.
Artemis groaned. The twins had gone to Tara.
A/N: Please Review!!!!!
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!!!!!"
Chapter 3
Brian stared out the Bentley window, trying to ignore Aidan's gaze. She had been staring at him as if he was crazy ever since they left the manor. He was going to leave her there, but she begged him to let her come until finally he said yes. Now, though, he wished that he had not, she happened to be chewing her gum very loudly and it was distracting.
"Brian?" Aidan's voice broke him out of his train of thought, as usual.
"What?" He said, not bothering to hide his irritation.
"We don't know what this H.Short person looks like, and we certainly don't know where in Tara to look," She said matter-of-factly.
"Well, he or she knows dad well enough to have his e-mail address, so they must know that he's rich. Most likely, since we have the Bentley, they will find us."
"What if they don't?" Asked Aidan, her big blue eyes watching Brian.
Brian didn't answer. He didn't have time to, because suddenly Kyle started speaking to John, his brother and Aidan's bodyguard.
"What do you think that is?" Kyle pointed out the car window at a nearby field, one that used to be empty. Now, though, in the middle of the field stood what looked like a landing pad that you would see in a Star Wars movie.
"Pull over," Brian immediately ordered.
Kyle obeyed without question. As soon as the car came to a stop Brian tossed the door open and jumped out.
"Can one of you hand me the binoculars?" Asked Brian without looking at the others.
The expensive binoculars were immediately placed in his hand. He pulled the caps off and lifted the binoculars to his eyes. The area that had seemed so small from where the Bentley was park seemed suddenly huge. Lights flashed all over the area. There were movements that he could make out, but what was moving he didn't know. What he did know was that this field was empty yesterday, and there was no way that this building could be put on so fast.
~*~
"D'arvit!" cried Captain Trouble Kelp as a blast from a gun shot his way. He quickly ducked and heard Foaly in his ear.
"Those blasts are the least of your problems Kelp," stated Foaly. "The shields on the Tara Base are down. Even the dumbest mud person could spot us now."
"D'arvit," repeated the captain. "What are we going to do? Dealing with Cudgeon is hard enough without dealing with the mud people too."
"I'll try to get the shield back up, but I think that a fuse up there might be broken," answered Foaly as a chomping sound came through the mike.
"Foaly are you eating?!" roared another voice suddenly on the mike. "How can you eat at a time like this?"
"Sorry Commander," replied Foaly, though he did not sound the least bit sorry. "Nervous habit."
"Well break it and tell me were the broken fuse is!" shouted Root.
"Not fuse, Julius, wire," Foaly didn't seem to mind being shouted at. "Go to the lunchroom."
Root obeyed, letting the Julius thing slide.
After nearly being shot several times, Root skidded into the lunchroom.
"Now what?" He asked Foaly, slightly out of breath.
"Head over to the vending machine," replied Foaly, and to Root's surprise there was no sarcasm or chewing. "Push it away from the wall and there should be a little box."
Root obeyed, and did find a little silver box.
"Open it," came Foaly's voice.
Again, Root obeyed and found a whole mess of wires. "Which one?" He demanded.
"The broken one, duh," answered Foaly, calm as ever, but the sarcasm was back.
Root used the tips of his fingers to hunt through the wires. No broken ones.
~*~
Aidan, Brian and the Butlers headed towards the building. No spoke, no one wanted to, they all were trying to figure out what the thing ahead of them was, and why the hell it wasn't there yesterday.
Brian was lost in deep thought when suddenly something flew by his face. Dazed, his eyes shot up and he saw, to his own personal shock, a green creature with wings flying quickly ahead of them and landing near the building, which they were now much closer to.
They all froze.
"Did everyone else see that?" asked Aidan.
No one answered, they did not have to, their expressions spoke for themselves.
"What was it?" asked John.
"I'm not sure, and there is only one way to find out," said Brian and he signaled to Kyle and John.
They both smiled and crept forward, their dart guns ready.
~*~
Artemis stepped out of the open car door, a smile on his face. His bank account was considerably larger.
He sauntered confidently into the manor and then the living room. He found his wife and Juliet sitting on the living room couch yelling at the television screen. He went and stood behind them, looking at the screen. He sighed, I should have known, he thought. Wrestling.
"You know, your rotting your brains," he said.
They both jumped.
"Artemis!" started Amber. "We didn't see you come in. Where are the twins?"
A puzzled look crossed Artemis's face, something that doesn't happen often. "What do you mean?"
"The twins," she said slowly. "They said that you told them to meet you in Tara."
"I didn't tell them anything about meeting me anywhere!" he cried.
Ella Butler, Juliet's 15-year-old daughter who had just entered the room, interrupted this conversation.
"Mr.Fowl?" she started. "I thought that I should tell you that you left your computer on."
Everything suddenly fell into place and Artemis quickly ran upstairs to prove his theory correct. He was not disappointed.
Artemis, trubl in hvn. Cdgon has son, tring to get rvnge for fthrs dath. Ned hlp, ples cme to tara.
Flashed on the screen.
Artemis groaned. The twins had gone to Tara.
A/N: Please Review!!!!!