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Now none of you can sue me! *Sticks tongue out*
Chapter 15
"He's not here," concluded Trouble as he and Holly looked into and under every hiding place possible. "Two reasons; he either was already here or hasn't found it yet. Either way we have a problem. Do we wait here for him or hunt through the base?"
"We could split up," replied Holly. "You could stay here and I could go through the base."
Trouble frowned. "Why do I have to stay here?"
"Because I've dealt with the Fowls before."
"Not this one."
Holly smiled. "I seriously doubt that he could be any worse than Artemis."
"Technically he is Artemis," a voice came from the doorway.
Grub was standing there, to jars in his hands. "Foaly told me to bring these to you," he explained. "They have the iris cams in them, he wants you to put them on."
Holly and Trouble exchanged glances, smiling.
~*~
"What do you say kid?" Brice said in his cool, smooth voice, his hand outstretched for Brian's.
"Brian!" interrupted Mulch. "I know that his offer sounds tempting but this is not someone that you want to get mixed up with....."
Brice waved his hand and suddenly Mulch had a gag in his mouth. "I think that Brian can make his own choices."
Brice extended his hand again out to Brian. Brian stared uneasily at it, then he put his own hand out and they shook.
~*~
"Why is he doing this?" Artemis asked Amber, running a hand through his raven hair. "What did we do that made him so angry....."
"When you kidnapped Holly, did you do it because you were angry at something?" replied Amber, touching his arm.
Artemis shook his head.
"So what makes you think that Brian is mad at something.... Or someone?" Amber asked, though she knew as well as he did what Artemis was going to say.
"I haven't been there."
"You're busy," Amber said gently.
"So was my father."
Amber shook her head. "There's a difference."
"What is it then?" Artemis looked up from the ground at her.
"You do more than he did, and if you recall he wasn't there much with the little that he did do. It wasn't till he got back from Russia that he actually spent time with you, and that was only because the doctor's were making him take it easy."
"So what your saying," Artemis said with a bemused smile. "Is that bad fathers run in my family?"
Amber smiled back. "I was simply stating that if your father wasn't there, then unconsciously you don't think that you should be there for your son. You don't think that you need to be."
"You sound like a psychiatrist."
"Don't say that," she snapped. "Bad, bad memories."
He smiled and kissed her.
~*~
"Just stay in the closet," Trouble was saying to Grub. "Just stay in there and if anyone comes radio to us."
"And you'll come right away right?" said Grub in a timid voice. "Cause if you don't I'll tell momma."
Trouble smiled. "I'll come right back, I promise."
Grub nodded and went into the closet.
"I hope that we find him," said Holly as she and trouble entered the hallway.
Chapter 15
"He's not here," concluded Trouble as he and Holly looked into and under every hiding place possible. "Two reasons; he either was already here or hasn't found it yet. Either way we have a problem. Do we wait here for him or hunt through the base?"
"We could split up," replied Holly. "You could stay here and I could go through the base."
Trouble frowned. "Why do I have to stay here?"
"Because I've dealt with the Fowls before."
"Not this one."
Holly smiled. "I seriously doubt that he could be any worse than Artemis."
"Technically he is Artemis," a voice came from the doorway.
Grub was standing there, to jars in his hands. "Foaly told me to bring these to you," he explained. "They have the iris cams in them, he wants you to put them on."
Holly and Trouble exchanged glances, smiling.
~*~
"What do you say kid?" Brice said in his cool, smooth voice, his hand outstretched for Brian's.
"Brian!" interrupted Mulch. "I know that his offer sounds tempting but this is not someone that you want to get mixed up with....."
Brice waved his hand and suddenly Mulch had a gag in his mouth. "I think that Brian can make his own choices."
Brice extended his hand again out to Brian. Brian stared uneasily at it, then he put his own hand out and they shook.
~*~
"Why is he doing this?" Artemis asked Amber, running a hand through his raven hair. "What did we do that made him so angry....."
"When you kidnapped Holly, did you do it because you were angry at something?" replied Amber, touching his arm.
Artemis shook his head.
"So what makes you think that Brian is mad at something.... Or someone?" Amber asked, though she knew as well as he did what Artemis was going to say.
"I haven't been there."
"You're busy," Amber said gently.
"So was my father."
Amber shook her head. "There's a difference."
"What is it then?" Artemis looked up from the ground at her.
"You do more than he did, and if you recall he wasn't there much with the little that he did do. It wasn't till he got back from Russia that he actually spent time with you, and that was only because the doctor's were making him take it easy."
"So what your saying," Artemis said with a bemused smile. "Is that bad fathers run in my family?"
Amber smiled back. "I was simply stating that if your father wasn't there, then unconsciously you don't think that you should be there for your son. You don't think that you need to be."
"You sound like a psychiatrist."
"Don't say that," she snapped. "Bad, bad memories."
He smiled and kissed her.
~*~
"Just stay in the closet," Trouble was saying to Grub. "Just stay in there and if anyone comes radio to us."
"And you'll come right away right?" said Grub in a timid voice. "Cause if you don't I'll tell momma."
Trouble smiled. "I'll come right back, I promise."
Grub nodded and went into the closet.
"I hope that we find him," said Holly as she and trouble entered the hallway.