*Author's note- I was utterly amazed at all the reviews I got… I wasn't expecting them, to say the least. Most of you liked it… Except for a few (*cougharsescough*) who left rude comments. Anyway… I re-read it… and realized where it went wrong. So Here is the second chapter, nice and fixed..
Holly
Short was walking through the hallways, chewing her lip in anger. She
couldn't explain what had come over her in the simulator. She returned to her
office,
where she picked up the stack of papers and tried to file them. Only when she
placed
"Goblin Fights" under the C-section did she realize she needed to take a break.
She
considered going to get a bite to eat, but she wasn't hungry. So she finally
rested on the
idea of going to see Foaly.
Holly went to the Operations
Booth and sat on the counter, mildly chatting with
Foaly.
"By the way Captain…I was
monitoring you in the simulator." Faoly said off-
handily.
Holly froze and the gadget in
her hand cracked. "W-what?"
"Holly! I haven't gotten to
test that yet! Would you please be more careful with
my creations?" Foaly snapped, click-cloppiting over to her and taking the broken object
out of her hand.
"Ah… yes of course Foaly, sorry about that. Er… what
exactly did you see in the
simulator?" Holly asked quietly.
"…Why, are you worried Holly?" Foaly responded.
"What? No not at all! Just a
little curious why you brought it up."
"Well, I was thinking about
making you your own system, something more
difficult. So I was monitoring what you had more trouble with on the simulator.
I noticed
that you lost when the Artemis Fowl part came up."
Holly winced at the name and
bit her lip. "Oh. I –
"No need to explain Holly."
Foaly said quickly. Then deciding he didn't want to
have Holly around to burst on him. "You better get back to work before Root
pitches a
fit."
Holly nodded "You're probably
right. I'll see you later." Holly said, leaving.
"That was close. Have to be
more careful about confronting Holly about her
lovers Foaly…" He muttered to himself after the door
had closed behind Holly.
*
"Who are you?" Artemis asked the girl.
"Not as if you care. Even though I saved your life." The girl said.
"What happened?" Artemis asked
her.
"You took in a good bit of salt
water. You hit your head on a rock.
"Now if you're done
interrogating me, I have better things to do than chat with an
inconsiderate rude pig." She snapped, standing up and making to walk off.
"No!" Artemis said suddenly,
grabbing her elbow. "I still don't know your name."
She stared at him searchingly, then nodded as if decided. "Jael. And you are?"
"Artemis
Fowl. Nice to meet you." He said, holding out
his hand.
Jael
stared at his hand curiously for a moment, then
cautiously took it. He gripped
her delicate hand firmly and shook it.
"You're a bit odd, you know."
She said.
Artemis narrowed his eyes. "Better odd than a rude simpleton."
Jael's
mouth opened, and she set her jaw. "I do believe you're the one being rude now."
She said firmly.
As she walked away,
Artemis watched her carefully. He was letting her get away, but he would find
out more about her.
*
Holly was in her office, once
again filing papers. She couldn't think straight.
"It's this free time. It's
driving me insane. Not enough work." She muttered to
herself. A thought arose. 'Or maybe you miss Fowl.'
"Miss Fowl? Stuck up little
rat. No reason to miss him. Thank Rond he doesn't
remember about the People."
'Are you sure that doesn't
bother you a little?'
"Why would it?"
'After all you did for him, all
you went through, and he doesn't remember you?'
Holly sighed. "D'Arvit. It is a bit… irritating." She admitted to herself.
"Oh! I'm
talking to myself!" She said angrily, slamming the filing drawer shut, directly
on her
fingers. "Artemis Fowl! If I ever see you again I will
punch you so hard you'll forget a
lot more than just the People!" She shouted.
Foaly,
who was listening to this in the Operations Booth, chuckled and turned the
mic off.
*
Artemis was sitting in his hotel room, typing away at his lap top. Butler entered the room,
carrying a glass of orange juice. He brought the glass to Artemis, who took it
gratefully. "Thank you, Butler." He sipped at it as
he scrolled down a web page, then set it down and looked at his bodyguard.
"Butler… What do you know about a firearm that can pierce a hole directly in the middle of a coin?" He asked.
Butler answered quickly. "There are a number of ways it could be done. Lasers are the most likely."
Artemis nodded. "Yes, of course." He shut the lid on his laptop and sighed. "We have a new project, Butler." Butler straightened up, awaiting orders. "I need you to find out about a girl—
Butler's eyes widened and he raised a single eyebrow.
"No, not anything like that. Honestly, you of all people should know me better than that…"
*So this is my redone second chapter… I hope you like this one better, and I am still working on Jael… Please review!
