Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Artemis Fowl, Foaly, Butler, Holly Short, Chix
Verbil, Trouble Kelp, blah blah blah... I do own the twins, John, Kyle,
Henry and me/Nicole, obviously. No one sue me, I am innocent! *Shifts
eyes guiltily*
Chapter 4
Henry loaded his gun calmly on one side of the building. Captain Kelp had sent him, since he was the only sprite besides Chix, to make sure that no more of Cudgeon's men were sneaking up on them. Well, there was no more sneaking going on, so Henry thought he might as well load his gun while he can out of the battle.
Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in the nape of his neck. Two mud men the size of mountains were behind him, along with a pretty, human girl and an icy looking human boy. The huge men pulled a needle out from his neck.
Any minute now, he thought, I'll be the next Holly Short..but, I don't feel drowsy.
"Who...." Henry started.
"Shut up," snapped the boy. "We'll do the questioning."
As soon as the mud boy said the word questioning Henry knew what they had injected into him. Truth serum.
"Now," said the boy. "Let's start with name and species....."
~*~
"Foaly!" shouted Root."
"Yes commander?" replied Foaly over the mike casually.
"I don't see any broken wire!"
"But.. Commander.. It has to be there, all the wires that power the system are there," Foaly seemed genuinely stumped. "They couldn't have beat my system. None of Cudgeon's men have that kind of intelligence."
"Well then what happened?" demanded Root.
"Well that's what I'm trying to figure out," replied Foaly. Root could hear buttons clicking. "According to the computer everything is down, but I can't find a source for the problem."
~*~
"... and we are not allowed to enter mud peoples dwellings without their permission," finished Henry drowsily.
"Anything else?" prodded Brian.
Henry thought hard for a moment, and then shook his head. "Nope, I think that's it."
"Dad knew about these people?! And He didn't tell ME?!" roared Aidan from behind Brian.
"Of course he didn't tell you," said Brian, rising up from the sitting position he had been in while speaking with Henry. "Why would he? According to Henry no one has spoken with our father since he was 19."
"So what? Dad forgot about them? Is that what happened? I seriously doubt it," whined Aidan.
"Breath Aidan. If you had kidnapped an elf and stolen gold would you have told your kids?" Pointed out Brian calmly.
Aidan was quiet for a moment. "Maybe," she finally said.
Brian smirked. "Exactly."
"So what now?" Asked Aidan.
Brian smiled.
~*~
Artemis and Amber were in the second Bentley within five minutes of reading the e-mail.
"What were they thinking?" Amber said for the 100th time, shaking her head.
Artemis did not reply. The first time she had said that he had been wondering the same thing. Then another thought passed through his mind. If he had read that e-mail on his father's computer, what would he have done?
He almost smiled at the answer. He would have gone to Tara looking for this H.Short person. It almost scared him how much Brian was like him, and to an extent, Aidan was the same way.
"You know this is all your fault?!" snapped Amber suddenly, pulling Artemis out of his thought.
Artemis frowned, "how is this my fault?"
"If you had let me tell them about The People like I wanted to this wouldn't have happened cause they would have known who Holly was!"
"When they were little the words 'keep this a secret' meant 'tell everyone you know!'" replied Artemis quickly. "Plus, even if we waited till recently to tell them everyone still would have known! Aidan has a big mouth."
Amber scoffed then looked out the window.
"Pull over up here Butler, you remember where the base is," called out Artemis as the Fairy Base got closer.
Butler obeyed without a word. As soon as the car had stopped, Amber and Artemis jumped out, heading for the clearly visible base.
"Haven and the LEP must be in real trouble if their shields are down," commented Amber.
"What is Foaly doing?" Artemis frowned at the building. Something very bad was happening.
A/N: Please Review!
Chapter 4
Henry loaded his gun calmly on one side of the building. Captain Kelp had sent him, since he was the only sprite besides Chix, to make sure that no more of Cudgeon's men were sneaking up on them. Well, there was no more sneaking going on, so Henry thought he might as well load his gun while he can out of the battle.
Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in the nape of his neck. Two mud men the size of mountains were behind him, along with a pretty, human girl and an icy looking human boy. The huge men pulled a needle out from his neck.
Any minute now, he thought, I'll be the next Holly Short..but, I don't feel drowsy.
"Who...." Henry started.
"Shut up," snapped the boy. "We'll do the questioning."
As soon as the mud boy said the word questioning Henry knew what they had injected into him. Truth serum.
"Now," said the boy. "Let's start with name and species....."
~*~
"Foaly!" shouted Root."
"Yes commander?" replied Foaly over the mike casually.
"I don't see any broken wire!"
"But.. Commander.. It has to be there, all the wires that power the system are there," Foaly seemed genuinely stumped. "They couldn't have beat my system. None of Cudgeon's men have that kind of intelligence."
"Well then what happened?" demanded Root.
"Well that's what I'm trying to figure out," replied Foaly. Root could hear buttons clicking. "According to the computer everything is down, but I can't find a source for the problem."
~*~
"... and we are not allowed to enter mud peoples dwellings without their permission," finished Henry drowsily.
"Anything else?" prodded Brian.
Henry thought hard for a moment, and then shook his head. "Nope, I think that's it."
"Dad knew about these people?! And He didn't tell ME?!" roared Aidan from behind Brian.
"Of course he didn't tell you," said Brian, rising up from the sitting position he had been in while speaking with Henry. "Why would he? According to Henry no one has spoken with our father since he was 19."
"So what? Dad forgot about them? Is that what happened? I seriously doubt it," whined Aidan.
"Breath Aidan. If you had kidnapped an elf and stolen gold would you have told your kids?" Pointed out Brian calmly.
Aidan was quiet for a moment. "Maybe," she finally said.
Brian smirked. "Exactly."
"So what now?" Asked Aidan.
Brian smiled.
~*~
Artemis and Amber were in the second Bentley within five minutes of reading the e-mail.
"What were they thinking?" Amber said for the 100th time, shaking her head.
Artemis did not reply. The first time she had said that he had been wondering the same thing. Then another thought passed through his mind. If he had read that e-mail on his father's computer, what would he have done?
He almost smiled at the answer. He would have gone to Tara looking for this H.Short person. It almost scared him how much Brian was like him, and to an extent, Aidan was the same way.
"You know this is all your fault?!" snapped Amber suddenly, pulling Artemis out of his thought.
Artemis frowned, "how is this my fault?"
"If you had let me tell them about The People like I wanted to this wouldn't have happened cause they would have known who Holly was!"
"When they were little the words 'keep this a secret' meant 'tell everyone you know!'" replied Artemis quickly. "Plus, even if we waited till recently to tell them everyone still would have known! Aidan has a big mouth."
Amber scoffed then looked out the window.
"Pull over up here Butler, you remember where the base is," called out Artemis as the Fairy Base got closer.
Butler obeyed without a word. As soon as the car had stopped, Amber and Artemis jumped out, heading for the clearly visible base.
"Haven and the LEP must be in real trouble if their shields are down," commented Amber.
"What is Foaly doing?" Artemis frowned at the building. Something very bad was happening.
A/N: Please Review!