Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl.
Darklight ascendant: Yeah, I make a lot of mistakes with tenses and then just simple grammatical errors. It's my biggest flaw, I'm always so eager to post the new chapter that I don't proofread it. Thanx for the review. Oh and in answer to your question, Holly didn't heal herself because the guards would notice when they turned around if one minute she was wounded and the next she was healed.
Becca and Dragoness Fighter: thanx for the reviews!
Chapter 30
Brice stormed through the door with a hue on his face almost red enough to rival Root. Almost.
He immediately snatched Chix up and held him by the throat aloft. "Where is Root?"
Chix shook his head. "I don't know."
Brice threw him down roughly. "You're a liar Verbil. You can act like a brave soldier all you want, it doesn't matter. Root will fail and I will become ruler of the world, and if you help me you will reap much better benefits then if you help the LEP."
"I can't betray my friends," said Chix. The first act of real bravery in his life.
Brice's eyes burned fire. "Fine, have it your way." He turned to one of his mercenaries and said, "tie him up with the others, and kill him and the humans if anyone tries to break through." Brice turned and walked out of the room.
~*~
Root lifted himself from the floor, and kept watch while his officers did the same. After they were all in the hallway way he slid the tiling back in place.
There were about fifty guards around the corner, surrounding the computer room. Root had about twenty-five to thirty men. The odds were uneven, extremely uneven. Just the way Root liked them. A hard battle made him feel young again.
"Is everyone ready?" He asked softly.
They nodded, Root lifted his neutrino and fired.
The blast blew out the brains of one of the guards, and alerted his companions that they had company.
Everyone was firing now, bodies were falling all over. The battle had begun.
~*~
"We better come out here," said Artemis, touching the ceiling above him and the officers.
"Why?" Asked trouble.
"If the diagram that Foaly showed us of this room is correct, we should come out behind a row of desks," explained Artemis. "The odds of the guards spotting us are less likely...."
He was interrupted by a voice that was coming in over the headsets
"You're a liar Verbil. You can act like a brave soldier all you want, it doesn't matter. Root will fail and I will become ruler of the world, and if you help me you will reap much better benefits then if you help the LEP."
"I can't betray my friends."
"Fine, have it your way. Tie him up with the others, kill him and the humans if anyone tries to break through."
"Wow," said a nearby private. "Chix was actually brave."
"D'arvit," said Trouble. "This means that two of our officers are captured. We'll have to be careful to keep them out of the crossfire when we get in there."
With that, Trouble put his weight on the large tile above his head and pushed it out. It made a scarping sound that all of them froze at, but when nothing reacted, they sighed and climbed out.
The ten of them sat hunched behind a row of desks, Butler with more difficulty then the others. Trouble cautiously glanced around the desk corner to see the two guards; Holly lying on the ground next to Chix and Brian, and across the room Aidan sat tied to a chair. He had a clear shot of the guards, and he took it without hesitation.
Both of them were on the ground within two minutes, one dead, and one alive but not getting up for a long time.
~*~
The minute Holly's glazed eyes saw those guards go down, she released her magic and sighed with relief, the pain dimmed, and the life returned to her.
Trouble ran to her side and leaned over her. "Are you alright? Do I need to find a medic?"
Holly choked out a small laugh. "No Trouble, just give me a minute and I'll be fine."
Artemis untied Aidan and Brian, not saying a word to either of them. A fellow LEP officer, who congratulated him on his bravery, untied Chix.
"It was nothing," said Chix, not without a trace of his ego. "Bravery just comes easy to some of us."
Holly rolled her eyes as she allowed Trouble to help her up.
"There's a battle going on outside," she said, hearing the fire. "We better get out to it."
"All you need to do is stay here," said Trouble, gently shoving Holly into a chair. "We'll help Root, you've been through too much."
Holly opened her mouth to protest, and then realized that it was no use. Trouble was dead set in keeping her there.
Trouble turned to the humans. "You stay here too, this shouldn't take long."
Trouble, followed by his officers, ran out the doors to the battle, where Brice's guards found themselves surrounded.
~*~
"How did you end up here?" Amber asked Becca.
"I'm not sure," Becca replied, shaking her head. "The last thing I remember is starting off to go see Thorn to help him with his homework, then a cold sensation in my neck and then I woke up here."
"Where did you get that liquid that you used to help us?" asked John.
"It's an LEP potion that the warlocks whip up in huge stocks for us. Just add a zip of magic and it cures everything. Well..... not everything.... but a lot of stuff."
Amber had long since fallen out of the conversation. Her mind was too busy wondering what had happened with Artemis and Brian.
~*~
"Please tell me that you have some compunction for what you've done," Artemis turned cold eyes on Brian.
Brian just shrugged, not looking at him.
Artemis grabbed his chin and forced his face up. "Look at me when I talk to you. Do you not care that you've hurt people?"
At that moment, Brian shocked everyone in the room. He started crying.
Artemis didn't know what to do. Yelling he could have handled, rude comments he could have handled, breaking things, apologizing, Artemis expected everything but this. How was he supposed to react to crying?
So he did what he had never done before, he hugged him.
A/N: Please review!
Darklight ascendant: Yeah, I make a lot of mistakes with tenses and then just simple grammatical errors. It's my biggest flaw, I'm always so eager to post the new chapter that I don't proofread it. Thanx for the review. Oh and in answer to your question, Holly didn't heal herself because the guards would notice when they turned around if one minute she was wounded and the next she was healed.
Becca and Dragoness Fighter: thanx for the reviews!
Chapter 30
Brice stormed through the door with a hue on his face almost red enough to rival Root. Almost.
He immediately snatched Chix up and held him by the throat aloft. "Where is Root?"
Chix shook his head. "I don't know."
Brice threw him down roughly. "You're a liar Verbil. You can act like a brave soldier all you want, it doesn't matter. Root will fail and I will become ruler of the world, and if you help me you will reap much better benefits then if you help the LEP."
"I can't betray my friends," said Chix. The first act of real bravery in his life.
Brice's eyes burned fire. "Fine, have it your way." He turned to one of his mercenaries and said, "tie him up with the others, and kill him and the humans if anyone tries to break through." Brice turned and walked out of the room.
~*~
Root lifted himself from the floor, and kept watch while his officers did the same. After they were all in the hallway way he slid the tiling back in place.
There were about fifty guards around the corner, surrounding the computer room. Root had about twenty-five to thirty men. The odds were uneven, extremely uneven. Just the way Root liked them. A hard battle made him feel young again.
"Is everyone ready?" He asked softly.
They nodded, Root lifted his neutrino and fired.
The blast blew out the brains of one of the guards, and alerted his companions that they had company.
Everyone was firing now, bodies were falling all over. The battle had begun.
~*~
"We better come out here," said Artemis, touching the ceiling above him and the officers.
"Why?" Asked trouble.
"If the diagram that Foaly showed us of this room is correct, we should come out behind a row of desks," explained Artemis. "The odds of the guards spotting us are less likely...."
He was interrupted by a voice that was coming in over the headsets
"You're a liar Verbil. You can act like a brave soldier all you want, it doesn't matter. Root will fail and I will become ruler of the world, and if you help me you will reap much better benefits then if you help the LEP."
"I can't betray my friends."
"Fine, have it your way. Tie him up with the others, kill him and the humans if anyone tries to break through."
"Wow," said a nearby private. "Chix was actually brave."
"D'arvit," said Trouble. "This means that two of our officers are captured. We'll have to be careful to keep them out of the crossfire when we get in there."
With that, Trouble put his weight on the large tile above his head and pushed it out. It made a scarping sound that all of them froze at, but when nothing reacted, they sighed and climbed out.
The ten of them sat hunched behind a row of desks, Butler with more difficulty then the others. Trouble cautiously glanced around the desk corner to see the two guards; Holly lying on the ground next to Chix and Brian, and across the room Aidan sat tied to a chair. He had a clear shot of the guards, and he took it without hesitation.
Both of them were on the ground within two minutes, one dead, and one alive but not getting up for a long time.
~*~
The minute Holly's glazed eyes saw those guards go down, she released her magic and sighed with relief, the pain dimmed, and the life returned to her.
Trouble ran to her side and leaned over her. "Are you alright? Do I need to find a medic?"
Holly choked out a small laugh. "No Trouble, just give me a minute and I'll be fine."
Artemis untied Aidan and Brian, not saying a word to either of them. A fellow LEP officer, who congratulated him on his bravery, untied Chix.
"It was nothing," said Chix, not without a trace of his ego. "Bravery just comes easy to some of us."
Holly rolled her eyes as she allowed Trouble to help her up.
"There's a battle going on outside," she said, hearing the fire. "We better get out to it."
"All you need to do is stay here," said Trouble, gently shoving Holly into a chair. "We'll help Root, you've been through too much."
Holly opened her mouth to protest, and then realized that it was no use. Trouble was dead set in keeping her there.
Trouble turned to the humans. "You stay here too, this shouldn't take long."
Trouble, followed by his officers, ran out the doors to the battle, where Brice's guards found themselves surrounded.
~*~
"How did you end up here?" Amber asked Becca.
"I'm not sure," Becca replied, shaking her head. "The last thing I remember is starting off to go see Thorn to help him with his homework, then a cold sensation in my neck and then I woke up here."
"Where did you get that liquid that you used to help us?" asked John.
"It's an LEP potion that the warlocks whip up in huge stocks for us. Just add a zip of magic and it cures everything. Well..... not everything.... but a lot of stuff."
Amber had long since fallen out of the conversation. Her mind was too busy wondering what had happened with Artemis and Brian.
~*~
"Please tell me that you have some compunction for what you've done," Artemis turned cold eyes on Brian.
Brian just shrugged, not looking at him.
Artemis grabbed his chin and forced his face up. "Look at me when I talk to you. Do you not care that you've hurt people?"
At that moment, Brian shocked everyone in the room. He started crying.
Artemis didn't know what to do. Yelling he could have handled, rude comments he could have handled, breaking things, apologizing, Artemis expected everything but this. How was he supposed to react to crying?
So he did what he had never done before, he hugged him.
A/N: Please review!