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Chapter 32
"Good evening," a calm voice floated throughout the darkness.
Amber, John, and Becca shot to their feet.
"Brice," Becca breathed softly.
"Oh, so you've heard of me?" He seemed amused.
"Of course," she hissed out, not bothering to keep the venom from her voice. "Every faerie and their brother-in-law has heard of you. Not in the good way though."
"How that wounds me," he mocked.
"You'll be more wounded when Commander Root gets a hold of you!" cried Becca.
Suddenly lights instead of darkness surrounded them, and they could see Brice clearly.
Brice wagged a finger in front of her nose. "If he gets a hold of me. No one knows about this little cell except for me, you three, and a bunch of dead people."
The confidence in Becca's face dropped a notch, but she still was able to muster up a reply. "That's what you think. Foaly has his ways."
"Just tell yourself that little faerie," Brice pat her head, and she immediately jerked back.
"Learn from the mistakes of others," she said, glaring fire at him.
He raised an eyebrow. "And what is that suppose to mean?"
"It means," she started, her confidence back. "That your father failed, and so will you. You'll end up crazy and deformed, just like him."
The next thing Becca knew she was lying on the ground with a stinging cheek.
"My father was a great man!" Brice shouted, an insane glint in his eye. "And if it wasn't for your precious commander Root," he looked at Amber. "And your husband then he would be ruler of the world! He died before he could accomplish his dream though, and now, even though my hope of taking over the world is gone, I will do one thing for him. I'll kill Commander Julius Root and Artemis Fowl."
~*~
"Is there anyway we can find him?" Demanded Trouble.
Foaly was speaking with the LEP through a screen and communicator.
He rolled his eyes. "Now think Trouble, if I could something that wouldn't I have done it by now?"
Trouble glared at him. "We have to do something!"
"Calm down captain," said Root. "We are going to do something, we just don't know what yet."
Suddenly, before Trouble could reply, a face appeared beside Foaly's. It was the face of a young elf cadet, completely out of breath.
"Commander!" cried the elf. "Cadet Rebecca Moss has gone missing!"
"What?!" said Holly, jumping to her feet.
The boy's voice sped up into a panicky tone. "She's gone, she was suppose to be helping me with my homework because I don't get piloting and she never showed up so I went to go look for her and she's not anywhere on the base! I think that Brice might have taken her!"
"Or maybe she blew you off," suggested Foaly.
The boy glared at him briefly before remembering his place. "No, she wouldn't do that. It was Brice, definitely."
"We could scan for her suit," said Holly. "Foaly had chips installed in all of them after the Artemis Fowl affair."
"I'm perfectly aware of that Short," said the Commander, then he sighed. "Foaly, do the scan."
"Why would he take Becca?" wondered Trouble aloud while Foaly scanned.
"Hard to say," Holly said thoughtfully. "Maybe he wanted to have a prisoner that the LEP would care about?"
"That's weird," mumbled Foaly, staring at his computer screen.
"What is?" Commander Root demanded.
"According to my scanner, Becca's underground."
"Aren't we all?" Chix asked, a little to casual.
Holly glared at him.
"Not what I meant Verbil, but you'd know that if you would shut up and listen," Foaly looked at them through the screen. "It says that she's underneath ICP, right below corridor 10."
"That's where Brice vanished at!" said Trouble, almost excitedly.
Commander Root grabbed his neutrino off a desk and hooked it to his belt. "Short, Kelp, Brock, Verbil and Rose, you're coming with me. The rest of you, stay here and pay attention to those coms, we may need you down there in a minute."
With that, Root and his five officers headed out of the database down to corridor 10.
~*~
Holly hunched on the ground, staring at a wall. It looked exactly like every other wall in the 10th corridor, white and smooth. If there was some sort of door there, it was hidden well.
She sighed and stood up. "Nothing here Commander."
Root rubbed his temples. "There has to be something. That Pony's annoying, but he's hardly ever wrong."
"I don't see anything either," said Chix, leaning back on a wall. "And if there was something here I'd notice it."
"Look!" Holy pointed at Chix, or rather, behind him. "The wall, when Chix leaned on it it caved a little!"
Chix moved and the other five ran up to examine the wall.
"She's right," said Lieutenant Rose. "The wall caved when he was here, but molded back when he moved."
"Everyone stand back," said Root, pulling a small hand grenade from his pocket.
They all moved. After all, who wanted to end that way?
~*~
The silence around Amber had been deafening, and the sudden noise had made her jump out of her skin. Something had blown from above her and the others.
"D'arvit," said Brice, pulling out his own neutrino and waiting for the smoke to clear enough for him to see.
"Come out here Brice and we'll go easy on you," a voice came from the smoke and debris. Commander Root's voice.
Brice knew he was hugely outnumbered, he also knew that if he fired they wouldn't hesitate to shoot him. None of that mattered though, all he could think about was revenge. Therefore, he started shooting, and in reply so did they.
Strangely, Brice was able to dodge the majority of their blasts for several moments, but then one nailed him in the leg. He fell over in pain.
With a wave of his hand, Root stopped the fire, then walked grimly over to Brice and bent down next to the fallen body.
"It's over Brice," the commander said calmly.
Brice spat at him. "It'll never be over, you'll never be rid of me!"
Suddenly one of the larger chunks of debris hit Brice in the temple, knocking him out cold.
"Whoops," said Holly innocently.
A/N: Wow, only one more chapter to go. I can't believe that I'm almost finished! Anyway, please review!
Thank you all who reviewed!
kris x: dude, what's wrong with you? Why is it that everything I write you seem to hate? If you didn't like my first piece then why read more? You need to chill out.
Chapter 32
"Good evening," a calm voice floated throughout the darkness.
Amber, John, and Becca shot to their feet.
"Brice," Becca breathed softly.
"Oh, so you've heard of me?" He seemed amused.
"Of course," she hissed out, not bothering to keep the venom from her voice. "Every faerie and their brother-in-law has heard of you. Not in the good way though."
"How that wounds me," he mocked.
"You'll be more wounded when Commander Root gets a hold of you!" cried Becca.
Suddenly lights instead of darkness surrounded them, and they could see Brice clearly.
Brice wagged a finger in front of her nose. "If he gets a hold of me. No one knows about this little cell except for me, you three, and a bunch of dead people."
The confidence in Becca's face dropped a notch, but she still was able to muster up a reply. "That's what you think. Foaly has his ways."
"Just tell yourself that little faerie," Brice pat her head, and she immediately jerked back.
"Learn from the mistakes of others," she said, glaring fire at him.
He raised an eyebrow. "And what is that suppose to mean?"
"It means," she started, her confidence back. "That your father failed, and so will you. You'll end up crazy and deformed, just like him."
The next thing Becca knew she was lying on the ground with a stinging cheek.
"My father was a great man!" Brice shouted, an insane glint in his eye. "And if it wasn't for your precious commander Root," he looked at Amber. "And your husband then he would be ruler of the world! He died before he could accomplish his dream though, and now, even though my hope of taking over the world is gone, I will do one thing for him. I'll kill Commander Julius Root and Artemis Fowl."
~*~
"Is there anyway we can find him?" Demanded Trouble.
Foaly was speaking with the LEP through a screen and communicator.
He rolled his eyes. "Now think Trouble, if I could something that wouldn't I have done it by now?"
Trouble glared at him. "We have to do something!"
"Calm down captain," said Root. "We are going to do something, we just don't know what yet."
Suddenly, before Trouble could reply, a face appeared beside Foaly's. It was the face of a young elf cadet, completely out of breath.
"Commander!" cried the elf. "Cadet Rebecca Moss has gone missing!"
"What?!" said Holly, jumping to her feet.
The boy's voice sped up into a panicky tone. "She's gone, she was suppose to be helping me with my homework because I don't get piloting and she never showed up so I went to go look for her and she's not anywhere on the base! I think that Brice might have taken her!"
"Or maybe she blew you off," suggested Foaly.
The boy glared at him briefly before remembering his place. "No, she wouldn't do that. It was Brice, definitely."
"We could scan for her suit," said Holly. "Foaly had chips installed in all of them after the Artemis Fowl affair."
"I'm perfectly aware of that Short," said the Commander, then he sighed. "Foaly, do the scan."
"Why would he take Becca?" wondered Trouble aloud while Foaly scanned.
"Hard to say," Holly said thoughtfully. "Maybe he wanted to have a prisoner that the LEP would care about?"
"That's weird," mumbled Foaly, staring at his computer screen.
"What is?" Commander Root demanded.
"According to my scanner, Becca's underground."
"Aren't we all?" Chix asked, a little to casual.
Holly glared at him.
"Not what I meant Verbil, but you'd know that if you would shut up and listen," Foaly looked at them through the screen. "It says that she's underneath ICP, right below corridor 10."
"That's where Brice vanished at!" said Trouble, almost excitedly.
Commander Root grabbed his neutrino off a desk and hooked it to his belt. "Short, Kelp, Brock, Verbil and Rose, you're coming with me. The rest of you, stay here and pay attention to those coms, we may need you down there in a minute."
With that, Root and his five officers headed out of the database down to corridor 10.
~*~
Holly hunched on the ground, staring at a wall. It looked exactly like every other wall in the 10th corridor, white and smooth. If there was some sort of door there, it was hidden well.
She sighed and stood up. "Nothing here Commander."
Root rubbed his temples. "There has to be something. That Pony's annoying, but he's hardly ever wrong."
"I don't see anything either," said Chix, leaning back on a wall. "And if there was something here I'd notice it."
"Look!" Holy pointed at Chix, or rather, behind him. "The wall, when Chix leaned on it it caved a little!"
Chix moved and the other five ran up to examine the wall.
"She's right," said Lieutenant Rose. "The wall caved when he was here, but molded back when he moved."
"Everyone stand back," said Root, pulling a small hand grenade from his pocket.
They all moved. After all, who wanted to end that way?
~*~
The silence around Amber had been deafening, and the sudden noise had made her jump out of her skin. Something had blown from above her and the others.
"D'arvit," said Brice, pulling out his own neutrino and waiting for the smoke to clear enough for him to see.
"Come out here Brice and we'll go easy on you," a voice came from the smoke and debris. Commander Root's voice.
Brice knew he was hugely outnumbered, he also knew that if he fired they wouldn't hesitate to shoot him. None of that mattered though, all he could think about was revenge. Therefore, he started shooting, and in reply so did they.
Strangely, Brice was able to dodge the majority of their blasts for several moments, but then one nailed him in the leg. He fell over in pain.
With a wave of his hand, Root stopped the fire, then walked grimly over to Brice and bent down next to the fallen body.
"It's over Brice," the commander said calmly.
Brice spat at him. "It'll never be over, you'll never be rid of me!"
Suddenly one of the larger chunks of debris hit Brice in the temple, knocking him out cold.
"Whoops," said Holly innocently.
A/N: Wow, only one more chapter to go. I can't believe that I'm almost finished! Anyway, please review!