Chapter 4
Butler left, feeling guilty. What if Artemis lied? He didn't uselly ingnore his instincs, but latley with Artemis he was doing it a lot.
"Hey, Stephanie." Butler asked.
"Yeah, Butler?" she replied.
"Artemis is-"
"What?Untrustworthy?Devius?Annoying?Genius? I don't nessisarily trust him in there all alone, just a gut feeling though."
"He isn't untrustworthy, or annoying.In this particular- Its just- I don't think- Well"
"Butler, you don't trust him in there either, do you?"
"No, I don't. Where is Roots office?" he was good at changing the subject.
"About 5 klicks from here."
"And we have to walk!Butler? Come on!"Juliet complained.
"We don't have to walk moron."Stephanie said,"I have connections, only a few calls away from a car."
Artemis sat in the shuttle, smiling a vampire smile. He had done it. The one thing he had not accomplished yet, and he had completed it. What he made was a wepon. A small, laser, capable of going through solids, liquids, gases, it was industructable. Anything it touched it would destroy, not even Foaly's safty nets could block this thing. It was pocet size, black,and had a single trigger.'Wow' Artemis thought'Amazing that all I had to do was put together a few farie electronics and human electronics, and presto it's done. Time for a test drive'. Of course, he was going to wait for the oppertune moment. Artemis decided to catch up to the others, he poceted the laser, and ran out the door.
When they arrived at Roots office, Butler knocked.
"WHAT!" Root yelled.
"Hey, its the mudpeople." Stephanie yelled back.
"Come in!" He said, yes, he ~said~ it. Butler, Juliet, and Kathren walked in.
"So, where is Fowl?" Root said, his face a nice shade of peach. They all looked around at eachother, Juliet decied it would be best to tell him that Artemis would be there momentarily.
"He will be here soon, Commander." Juliet said. And he was, two minuets later, Arty arrived.
"Hello, Commander. Just a short delay, everything has worked itself out to the best I hope." Artemis said. Then Holly joined them.
"Mudboy." she said, paying almost no attention to him.
"Captin."
"You two, stop your bickering. At this very-"
"What bickering?" Artemis cut in.
"At this very second, someone is planning an attack on Haven. The Mudboy can help, we will pay half the ransome money, or help with an above ground issue of yours."
"Well,Commander, I need to know what I am getting myself into. I need more information than 'someone is planning an attak', you get information and we will go from there." Artemis said.
"I'll get foaly to do a search and-" at that exact moment, a human popped in. I don't mean like open the door and pop in I mean like disintagrated from thin air in front of Roots desk.
"Hi Root. I just popped in because, I found out who sent the e-mail. You want the good or the bad?"
"I'm busy."
"Okay,Julius. If you go six-feet under, we will all know why."
"Come back in ten. I am talking to the-"
"Famous Artemis Fowl. Wow. Butler? You bulked up a bit haven't you?"
"And you would be..."
"Sarah. Ring any bells? I am the one who-"
"Oh yeah. You... Wait what did you do?"
"Oh, geez, Butler. She is the one who helped me break into seventeen casino valts, three banks, and his manor, all in one night." Stephanie said, putting her arm around Sarah. They both smiled, Artemis raised an eyebrow, and Butler foled his arms.
"Julius, come on. Let me give you a little information and I will fill you in on the details later." Sarah said pleadingly. Foaly poped up on the plasma screen behind Root.
"Hi. Julius, what is the Mudboy doing here? And he brought the whole gang." Foaly was partly happy that Artemis was back, no one els underdtood him, and he was partly confused, why didn't the comander tell him that he was putting the life of the People in Fowls hands, this was going to be a bummpy ride.
"Sarah, fill me in. Listen Foaly, you have3 to remember this."
"His name is Julius Root, he is a Cammander for the Mudpeople, and he knows everything there is to know about us. He lives in LA. He is going to be trouble." When she finished, everyone exept Artemis looked worried.
"Whats up with you, Fowl? That still scares me and I have known about it for hours." Sarah asked.
"I have a plan." He didn't know why, but those 4 words scared him more than the whole US army.
Butler left, feeling guilty. What if Artemis lied? He didn't uselly ingnore his instincs, but latley with Artemis he was doing it a lot.
"Hey, Stephanie." Butler asked.
"Yeah, Butler?" she replied.
"Artemis is-"
"What?Untrustworthy?Devius?Annoying?Genius? I don't nessisarily trust him in there all alone, just a gut feeling though."
"He isn't untrustworthy, or annoying.In this particular- Its just- I don't think- Well"
"Butler, you don't trust him in there either, do you?"
"No, I don't. Where is Roots office?" he was good at changing the subject.
"About 5 klicks from here."
"And we have to walk!Butler? Come on!"Juliet complained.
"We don't have to walk moron."Stephanie said,"I have connections, only a few calls away from a car."
Artemis sat in the shuttle, smiling a vampire smile. He had done it. The one thing he had not accomplished yet, and he had completed it. What he made was a wepon. A small, laser, capable of going through solids, liquids, gases, it was industructable. Anything it touched it would destroy, not even Foaly's safty nets could block this thing. It was pocet size, black,and had a single trigger.'Wow' Artemis thought'Amazing that all I had to do was put together a few farie electronics and human electronics, and presto it's done. Time for a test drive'. Of course, he was going to wait for the oppertune moment. Artemis decided to catch up to the others, he poceted the laser, and ran out the door.
When they arrived at Roots office, Butler knocked.
"WHAT!" Root yelled.
"Hey, its the mudpeople." Stephanie yelled back.
"Come in!" He said, yes, he ~said~ it. Butler, Juliet, and Kathren walked in.
"So, where is Fowl?" Root said, his face a nice shade of peach. They all looked around at eachother, Juliet decied it would be best to tell him that Artemis would be there momentarily.
"He will be here soon, Commander." Juliet said. And he was, two minuets later, Arty arrived.
"Hello, Commander. Just a short delay, everything has worked itself out to the best I hope." Artemis said. Then Holly joined them.
"Mudboy." she said, paying almost no attention to him.
"Captin."
"You two, stop your bickering. At this very-"
"What bickering?" Artemis cut in.
"At this very second, someone is planning an attack on Haven. The Mudboy can help, we will pay half the ransome money, or help with an above ground issue of yours."
"Well,Commander, I need to know what I am getting myself into. I need more information than 'someone is planning an attak', you get information and we will go from there." Artemis said.
"I'll get foaly to do a search and-" at that exact moment, a human popped in. I don't mean like open the door and pop in I mean like disintagrated from thin air in front of Roots desk.
"Hi Root. I just popped in because, I found out who sent the e-mail. You want the good or the bad?"
"I'm busy."
"Okay,Julius. If you go six-feet under, we will all know why."
"Come back in ten. I am talking to the-"
"Famous Artemis Fowl. Wow. Butler? You bulked up a bit haven't you?"
"And you would be..."
"Sarah. Ring any bells? I am the one who-"
"Oh yeah. You... Wait what did you do?"
"Oh, geez, Butler. She is the one who helped me break into seventeen casino valts, three banks, and his manor, all in one night." Stephanie said, putting her arm around Sarah. They both smiled, Artemis raised an eyebrow, and Butler foled his arms.
"Julius, come on. Let me give you a little information and I will fill you in on the details later." Sarah said pleadingly. Foaly poped up on the plasma screen behind Root.
"Hi. Julius, what is the Mudboy doing here? And he brought the whole gang." Foaly was partly happy that Artemis was back, no one els underdtood him, and he was partly confused, why didn't the comander tell him that he was putting the life of the People in Fowls hands, this was going to be a bummpy ride.
"Sarah, fill me in. Listen Foaly, you have3 to remember this."
"His name is Julius Root, he is a Cammander for the Mudpeople, and he knows everything there is to know about us. He lives in LA. He is going to be trouble." When she finished, everyone exept Artemis looked worried.
"Whats up with you, Fowl? That still scares me and I have known about it for hours." Sarah asked.
"I have a plan." He didn't know why, but those 4 words scared him more than the whole US army.
