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Last Time: "Do you think that he wants to expose the People?" Holly asked.
"I'm not sure, but I would like your help so that we could find out."
Inside of Fowl Manor, Ireland
"So, umm, does Commander Root know that you are here?" Artemis faltered. Umm? He never said umm! That is not even a real word according to the dictionary. This making small talk was harder than he thought it would be.
"Yeah. And he wanted me to kill you if you didn't give me a straight answer. So, in other words, he sent me to be your assassin." Holly said perkily, a little too perkily if you asked Artemis. The thought that she had a slight grin on her face when using that choice of words frightened him a bit.
"You aren't going to do that are you?" he asked, barely managing to control his quivering voice.
"Well, it was a direct order." Holly said while lazily fingering her Neutrino. She looked up at him and shot a smile his way. "I don't think I will, today."
Artemis sighed a sigh of relief. Butler was at the grocery store and Juliet was in America doing her wrestling thing and his parents were off on some vacation in the Caribbean so there was not anyone here to protect him from Holly and her dangerous tendencies. What a bad time it would have been for groceries if she had planned on killing him.
"Okay. On to business. Has this person published and marketed any of these books yet?"
"No. I paid off one of the publishing companies so that they wouldn't release the books for another year." Artemis said.
"Well that's good. Do you know where he is living because we need to find this guy and fast, before the People are discovered preferably." Holly said in a not so friendly tone. She must still be a little hostile over my discovering the People, Artemis thought a little guiltily. After all, he wanted to be Captain Short's friend and not someone she got angry at over things that they have done in the past.
"Well, he lives in Ireland and I have found the address. So now, all we need to do is get there and then we can start interrogating him for information." Artemis said smartly.
"Or, you know, there is always the shoot him to death approach." Holly smiled again with that eerie grin of hers.
"And when you do that his neighbors will notify the police and they will come, arrest us, and while doing so, discover the People."
"You seem to be mistaken. You see once that happens, I will shield and you will be caught and you will go to jail." She said perkily.
"Ah, but you forget. I am a genius and therefore I will trick the police into letting me go." Artemis retorted. He found it very annoying to argue with someone of lower intelligence but with someone like it Holly it was rather amusing. She always had a witty remark for any comment thrown her way. Artemis really admired her.
"Ah, but then they will call your mother and father or Butler and then you will have to explain to them how you got to a place without driving." Holly said in a tone mocking Artemis'. "And I highly doubt that they will believe that you walked or rode a bicycle."
"I could say I took the bus."
"You would never take the bus due to its lack of sophistication. You wouldn't even if your life depended on it." She said, while quirking her eyebrow.
"I have ridden in a dilapidated shuttle with you as its pilot, and my life didn't depend on it." He said, thinking he had the lead in their little argument.
"But that little ride was on the way to saving your fathers life." She had cornered him. There really wasn't a way to retort to a thing like that, even if you did have the highest intelligence quotient in all of Europe. And to tell you the truth he was still rather sensitive over that matter, even though he wouldn't bring himself to show it to anyone. He didn't like losing an argument. To anyone, even if this was a friendly quarrel.
Artemis frowned slightly as Holly gave him a smug grin. She knew she had won and that just made Artemis even angrier. He did have a come back but he was afraid, yes Artemis was afraid, that that would earn him a very painful punch in the face from Captain Short. She had punched him in the face two times in the past and he didn't plan on having it done to him again any time soon. But, then again, he couldn't stand to see her win. Artemis opened his mouth ready to speak as Butler walked in with a large grocery bag in each arm.
"Hello, Captain Short. Long time no see. How are you today." Came Butler's deep voice. Holly could tell that he had been wheezing earlier by the way his voice was so raspy. He coughed a few times. That healing process a few years ago must have taken a lot out of him, Holly thought.
"I'm fine, but you really should see someone about that cough of yours. It may be walking pneumonia or strep throat." Holly was genuinely worried. Butler was a good friend of hers and she didn't like to see him ill like this. Besides, he was one of the strongest people she knew, physically and mentally, and this really seemed to be bringing him down.
"It's nothing, I'll be fine. I purchased the caviar you wanted, sir. Along with the escargot and calamari. Is there anything else that you want me to go get?" said Butler.
"No, that will be all." Artemis would have suggested having Butler go back for those specialty desserts he liked so much if it hadn't been for Holly muttering about him treating Butler like a common maid under her breath. Do I really treat him that way? Holly seemed to think so, Artemis thought in perplexity.
Artemis was brought back to reality as Holly's voice made its way back to him. "So, Butler, do you know about the situation at hand?"
"Yes, the one with Eion Colfer." He said.
"No, the one with Artemis' plan to use an evil pack of rabid giraffes to help him break into Disney World's gift shop." Apparently Holly and Artemis had been doing a bit of arguing to get her in such a sardonic mood, Butler thought. "So are you going to be helping or what?" "With the Eion Colfer thing or the giraffe thing?" he asked.
Holly just looked at him that suggested she had no more patience left whatsoever and that he should just answer the question rationally. "Of course."
"Good. Now to contact Foaly and fill him in.," she said as she pressed a few multicolored buttons on her helmet. Within seconds Foaly's voice floated on over the intercom.
"Hello all." Came his all too perky voice from Holly's helmet. "I've been listening in, and so has Julius but I'm afraid he has had a heart attack so he won't be of much help for the next few days."
"WHAT?" Holly was truly alarmed by this information.
"Well, it isn't every day that he learns we've been discovered, but we all try to make it a joyous occasion." He commented. "But he should be fine. So anyway, are you going to be needing a team for this mission."
"Probably."
"Well that's too bad," Foaly paused a minute as he laughed, " because you don't have clearance AND if the council found out about this you would be fired and possibly serve a very long sentence in jail, because we know how fond they are of you in particular."
"Oh yes, they just love me." She said sarcastically. It wasn't like she didn't know this could get her fired. But, then again, almost anything she did could get her fired. "Are you going to help us?"
Foaly sighed, "I suppose so."
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Last Time: "Do you think that he wants to expose the People?" Holly asked.
"I'm not sure, but I would like your help so that we could find out."
Inside of Fowl Manor, Ireland
"So, umm, does Commander Root know that you are here?" Artemis faltered. Umm? He never said umm! That is not even a real word according to the dictionary. This making small talk was harder than he thought it would be.
"Yeah. And he wanted me to kill you if you didn't give me a straight answer. So, in other words, he sent me to be your assassin." Holly said perkily, a little too perkily if you asked Artemis. The thought that she had a slight grin on her face when using that choice of words frightened him a bit.
"You aren't going to do that are you?" he asked, barely managing to control his quivering voice.
"Well, it was a direct order." Holly said while lazily fingering her Neutrino. She looked up at him and shot a smile his way. "I don't think I will, today."
Artemis sighed a sigh of relief. Butler was at the grocery store and Juliet was in America doing her wrestling thing and his parents were off on some vacation in the Caribbean so there was not anyone here to protect him from Holly and her dangerous tendencies. What a bad time it would have been for groceries if she had planned on killing him.
"Okay. On to business. Has this person published and marketed any of these books yet?"
"No. I paid off one of the publishing companies so that they wouldn't release the books for another year." Artemis said.
"Well that's good. Do you know where he is living because we need to find this guy and fast, before the People are discovered preferably." Holly said in a not so friendly tone. She must still be a little hostile over my discovering the People, Artemis thought a little guiltily. After all, he wanted to be Captain Short's friend and not someone she got angry at over things that they have done in the past.
"Well, he lives in Ireland and I have found the address. So now, all we need to do is get there and then we can start interrogating him for information." Artemis said smartly.
"Or, you know, there is always the shoot him to death approach." Holly smiled again with that eerie grin of hers.
"And when you do that his neighbors will notify the police and they will come, arrest us, and while doing so, discover the People."
"You seem to be mistaken. You see once that happens, I will shield and you will be caught and you will go to jail." She said perkily.
"Ah, but you forget. I am a genius and therefore I will trick the police into letting me go." Artemis retorted. He found it very annoying to argue with someone of lower intelligence but with someone like it Holly it was rather amusing. She always had a witty remark for any comment thrown her way. Artemis really admired her.
"Ah, but then they will call your mother and father or Butler and then you will have to explain to them how you got to a place without driving." Holly said in a tone mocking Artemis'. "And I highly doubt that they will believe that you walked or rode a bicycle."
"I could say I took the bus."
"You would never take the bus due to its lack of sophistication. You wouldn't even if your life depended on it." She said, while quirking her eyebrow.
"I have ridden in a dilapidated shuttle with you as its pilot, and my life didn't depend on it." He said, thinking he had the lead in their little argument.
"But that little ride was on the way to saving your fathers life." She had cornered him. There really wasn't a way to retort to a thing like that, even if you did have the highest intelligence quotient in all of Europe. And to tell you the truth he was still rather sensitive over that matter, even though he wouldn't bring himself to show it to anyone. He didn't like losing an argument. To anyone, even if this was a friendly quarrel.
Artemis frowned slightly as Holly gave him a smug grin. She knew she had won and that just made Artemis even angrier. He did have a come back but he was afraid, yes Artemis was afraid, that that would earn him a very painful punch in the face from Captain Short. She had punched him in the face two times in the past and he didn't plan on having it done to him again any time soon. But, then again, he couldn't stand to see her win. Artemis opened his mouth ready to speak as Butler walked in with a large grocery bag in each arm.
"Hello, Captain Short. Long time no see. How are you today." Came Butler's deep voice. Holly could tell that he had been wheezing earlier by the way his voice was so raspy. He coughed a few times. That healing process a few years ago must have taken a lot out of him, Holly thought.
"I'm fine, but you really should see someone about that cough of yours. It may be walking pneumonia or strep throat." Holly was genuinely worried. Butler was a good friend of hers and she didn't like to see him ill like this. Besides, he was one of the strongest people she knew, physically and mentally, and this really seemed to be bringing him down.
"It's nothing, I'll be fine. I purchased the caviar you wanted, sir. Along with the escargot and calamari. Is there anything else that you want me to go get?" said Butler.
"No, that will be all." Artemis would have suggested having Butler go back for those specialty desserts he liked so much if it hadn't been for Holly muttering about him treating Butler like a common maid under her breath. Do I really treat him that way? Holly seemed to think so, Artemis thought in perplexity.
Artemis was brought back to reality as Holly's voice made its way back to him. "So, Butler, do you know about the situation at hand?"
"Yes, the one with Eion Colfer." He said.
"No, the one with Artemis' plan to use an evil pack of rabid giraffes to help him break into Disney World's gift shop." Apparently Holly and Artemis had been doing a bit of arguing to get her in such a sardonic mood, Butler thought. "So are you going to be helping or what?" "With the Eion Colfer thing or the giraffe thing?" he asked.
Holly just looked at him that suggested she had no more patience left whatsoever and that he should just answer the question rationally. "Of course."
"Good. Now to contact Foaly and fill him in.," she said as she pressed a few multicolored buttons on her helmet. Within seconds Foaly's voice floated on over the intercom.
"Hello all." Came his all too perky voice from Holly's helmet. "I've been listening in, and so has Julius but I'm afraid he has had a heart attack so he won't be of much help for the next few days."
"WHAT?" Holly was truly alarmed by this information.
"Well, it isn't every day that he learns we've been discovered, but we all try to make it a joyous occasion." He commented. "But he should be fine. So anyway, are you going to be needing a team for this mission."
"Probably."
"Well that's too bad," Foaly paused a minute as he laughed, " because you don't have clearance AND if the council found out about this you would be fired and possibly serve a very long sentence in jail, because we know how fond they are of you in particular."
"Oh yes, they just love me." She said sarcastically. It wasn't like she didn't know this could get her fired. But, then again, almost anything she did could get her fired. "Are you going to help us?"
Foaly sighed, "I suppose so."
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