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In the Shuttle, Haven, Underground
Holly was excited. She knew that flying this shuttle was going to be a blast. If the others knew what she had done they probably would have gotten off. Unbeknownst to her fellow riders, while she was disabling some locks she didn't tell Artemis about, she tweaked the engine a little.
Many years ago, Holly had worked part-time in an equivalent to a car shop trying to put herself through college. So she knew a thing or two about cars and their engines. She knew how to keep a shuttle going fast, and how to make one go above the legal speed limit a shuttle could fly. Because this ship was already the fastest shuttle ever created its speed was above the legal limit.
Holly had crossed a few wires and shifted some gears. With a shot of magic (also illegal if used on a shuttle) the shuttle could now go almost double of its original speed. Holly smirked. That's fast enough to yank the pants off any gnome, Holly thought smugly. And Frond knows how tight they were their pants.
"Captain. Captain? Are we going to get going anytime soon?" Artemis said while waving his hand in front of her face in a rather undignified manner. Holly immediately snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head.
"Get back in the designated passenger area before I buzz you with my baton into oblivion." Holly snapped. She could get the temper of a junkyard dog defending its territory when she was flying a shuttle. Artemis didn't need to be told twice. He had seen how violent Holly could get when provoked.
"No need to get an attitude." He mumbled as he started to make his way back to his seat. The fact that fairies have sensitive hearing must have slipped his mind, and he immediately regretted speaking those words. Quick as lightning, Holly had whipped around and grabbed Artemis' shirt collar. She gripped it just right so that he couldn't breathe, much less speak. In one move she pulled him down so that their faces were only inches apart.
"Listen up, Fowl. I don't need your attitude while I'm driving. Don't give me a reason to conveniently run this shuttle into a wall so that we all die. 'Cuz I've had it up to here with you and your snappy remarks. I'm sick and tired of it. And let me just remind you that one day, when you are old and weaker, Butler won't be there to save your narrow behind." Holly hissed in warning. Artemis' face showed no emotion but Holly could see the fear in his eyes. Lucky for her that Butler was engrossed in a deep conversation with the Commander on which weapon is most effective for hunting duck. Holly let go of Artemis and pushed him back into the passenger area.
He knew what she said was true. By the time he was old and gray Butler would have to face the inevitable. Holly would still look as young as she is now. In a way she could use that to her advantage. In a way, her youthfulness is a way of escaping the harsh realities of time compared to the human race. She would then be able to get her revenge without Butler there to stop, or attempt to stop, her.
It would be wise to keep the fairies, especially Holly, as allies. So that, if they even cared by that time, he would have someone to protect him when Butler could not. Surely he would still have enemies, unless he went completely straight, which would never happen. No matter how much he tried to fool himself he would always be a criminal at heart.
Trouble had seen Holly's little attack on the Fowl boy. He smirked. Holly was finally acting the way he had always thought that she acted around Fowl. The comment she made was rather cruel. Of course, it was always better when Holly was thinking about Fowls demise than rather about him in other ways for Trouble. This meant that he had a shot with her because now his suspicions that she had feelings for Fowl were all gone. Oh Frond, he thought. I'm starting to think like Chix now.
"Are we going to get this show on the road anytime soon, Short?" a voice barked. It was Commander Root, of course.
"Yes, sir." She said through gritted teeth. Holly just wasn't in the mood to be yelled at, at the moment. She put the key into ignition and heard the engine rev up. "Oh, I'll get the show on the road, Commander. Much more than you or anyone wants me to." She whispered quietly. Holly used all the strength she possessed in her leg as she pressed down on the gas. She didn't even bother memorizing which side of the gas pedal the brakes were on. It wasn't like she was going to use them, right?
Within three seconds the shuttle had gone from zero to three hundred sixty miles per hour. Holly could hear sounds of furniture crashing to the floor mixed with disgruntled shouts of surprise. The shear speed had Holly firmly pressed back in the drivers seat. Holly dared a glance in the mirror. The first thing she saw was Fowl. I've never seen anyone look so green, she thought. At least without throwing u-
As if hearing her thoughts, on cue Artemis threw up into a trashcan that was secured next to him. He didn't have to wait long to stop feeling like a pansy because seconds later Trouble barfed. Sadly he missed the trashcan.
Holly pulled down into a dive and then a loop-de-loop. The disgusting bile was guided into the trashcan thanks to Holly's superb piloting skills. It was a shame this was making the others sick or she would have done more acrobatics.
"Stop, please stop." Artemis muttered weakly as he clutched his stomach. Others nodded in agreement vigorously.
"Aw. Is poor, little Artemis losing his composure?" she said sweetly. He nodded hastily. "And because this doesn't happen very often I don't really want it to end." She laughed, obviously enjoying his discomfort.
"Short, if you don't slow down I'll have your badge." Root shouted.
"Actually, Commander, at this rate you probably won't make it to the fissure leading to Koboi labs in time. If you don't make it today we will have to wait a whole week." Came Foaly's voice from someone's helmet, no one really caring at this moment whose. Several moans could be heard from the back. Holly smirked.
"Then I better go faster." To everyone's obvious displeasure three hundred sixty miles per hour wasn't as fast as the shuttle could go. Holly pushed harder on the gas till the speed was somewhere over four hundred. She came to a part where they would be going completely vertical going down. Holly decided to have a little fun.
Core diving is illegal and she had had a few suspensions due to it. But, since Commander Root had blacked out a few seconds ago, she didn't think he would mind. She floored the gas pedal and she spun the shuttle like a twister straight out of hell. The group's screams of terror were mixed with Holly's enthusiastic laugh.
"Record this, Foaly. I have a feeling I'm going to break Root's record!" she shouted into the helmet mike. She had been trying to beat his record for ages. Everyone knew that, even if he didn't show it, Root took great pleasure in the fact that she couldn't beat his core diving record. And Holly is the best.
Holly risked a look in the mirror and saw Mulch screaming his head off. His scream was only rivaled by Artemis'. Butler and Trouble were just gripping their seats so hard that their knuckles were white. She was going to have such fun making fools of them later. Holly maneuvered her helmet- cam so that it faced the pathetically frightened group.
"Save this film, Foaly." She said mischievously.
"I, I, Captain!" he confirmed in glee. Oh the blackmail he could create using this film. Maybe if I crop it so that nobody sees anything but Artemis, I can send it to everyone in Haven. And Ireland. Or the whole world, Foaly thought manically. That would be supreme humiliation.
Operation Booth, Haven, Underground
Foaly laughed out loud at his own ingenious idea. That would be all of too perfect. He would die of shame. Foaly started saving the film. He had already begun copying and cropping the bit he wanted. He looked over his work. All you could see now was Fowl screaming at the top of his lungs as tears managed to escape his tightly shuteyes.
"Ah, I'm am so brilliant. Fowl won't know what hit him." Foaly laughed again. "If only this moment could last forever."
"And what moment would that be?" came a woman's voice.
In the Shuttle, Haven, Underground
Holly was excited. She knew that flying this shuttle was going to be a blast. If the others knew what she had done they probably would have gotten off. Unbeknownst to her fellow riders, while she was disabling some locks she didn't tell Artemis about, she tweaked the engine a little.
Many years ago, Holly had worked part-time in an equivalent to a car shop trying to put herself through college. So she knew a thing or two about cars and their engines. She knew how to keep a shuttle going fast, and how to make one go above the legal speed limit a shuttle could fly. Because this ship was already the fastest shuttle ever created its speed was above the legal limit.
Holly had crossed a few wires and shifted some gears. With a shot of magic (also illegal if used on a shuttle) the shuttle could now go almost double of its original speed. Holly smirked. That's fast enough to yank the pants off any gnome, Holly thought smugly. And Frond knows how tight they were their pants.
"Captain. Captain? Are we going to get going anytime soon?" Artemis said while waving his hand in front of her face in a rather undignified manner. Holly immediately snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head.
"Get back in the designated passenger area before I buzz you with my baton into oblivion." Holly snapped. She could get the temper of a junkyard dog defending its territory when she was flying a shuttle. Artemis didn't need to be told twice. He had seen how violent Holly could get when provoked.
"No need to get an attitude." He mumbled as he started to make his way back to his seat. The fact that fairies have sensitive hearing must have slipped his mind, and he immediately regretted speaking those words. Quick as lightning, Holly had whipped around and grabbed Artemis' shirt collar. She gripped it just right so that he couldn't breathe, much less speak. In one move she pulled him down so that their faces were only inches apart.
"Listen up, Fowl. I don't need your attitude while I'm driving. Don't give me a reason to conveniently run this shuttle into a wall so that we all die. 'Cuz I've had it up to here with you and your snappy remarks. I'm sick and tired of it. And let me just remind you that one day, when you are old and weaker, Butler won't be there to save your narrow behind." Holly hissed in warning. Artemis' face showed no emotion but Holly could see the fear in his eyes. Lucky for her that Butler was engrossed in a deep conversation with the Commander on which weapon is most effective for hunting duck. Holly let go of Artemis and pushed him back into the passenger area.
He knew what she said was true. By the time he was old and gray Butler would have to face the inevitable. Holly would still look as young as she is now. In a way she could use that to her advantage. In a way, her youthfulness is a way of escaping the harsh realities of time compared to the human race. She would then be able to get her revenge without Butler there to stop, or attempt to stop, her.
It would be wise to keep the fairies, especially Holly, as allies. So that, if they even cared by that time, he would have someone to protect him when Butler could not. Surely he would still have enemies, unless he went completely straight, which would never happen. No matter how much he tried to fool himself he would always be a criminal at heart.
Trouble had seen Holly's little attack on the Fowl boy. He smirked. Holly was finally acting the way he had always thought that she acted around Fowl. The comment she made was rather cruel. Of course, it was always better when Holly was thinking about Fowls demise than rather about him in other ways for Trouble. This meant that he had a shot with her because now his suspicions that she had feelings for Fowl were all gone. Oh Frond, he thought. I'm starting to think like Chix now.
"Are we going to get this show on the road anytime soon, Short?" a voice barked. It was Commander Root, of course.
"Yes, sir." She said through gritted teeth. Holly just wasn't in the mood to be yelled at, at the moment. She put the key into ignition and heard the engine rev up. "Oh, I'll get the show on the road, Commander. Much more than you or anyone wants me to." She whispered quietly. Holly used all the strength she possessed in her leg as she pressed down on the gas. She didn't even bother memorizing which side of the gas pedal the brakes were on. It wasn't like she was going to use them, right?
Within three seconds the shuttle had gone from zero to three hundred sixty miles per hour. Holly could hear sounds of furniture crashing to the floor mixed with disgruntled shouts of surprise. The shear speed had Holly firmly pressed back in the drivers seat. Holly dared a glance in the mirror. The first thing she saw was Fowl. I've never seen anyone look so green, she thought. At least without throwing u-
As if hearing her thoughts, on cue Artemis threw up into a trashcan that was secured next to him. He didn't have to wait long to stop feeling like a pansy because seconds later Trouble barfed. Sadly he missed the trashcan.
Holly pulled down into a dive and then a loop-de-loop. The disgusting bile was guided into the trashcan thanks to Holly's superb piloting skills. It was a shame this was making the others sick or she would have done more acrobatics.
"Stop, please stop." Artemis muttered weakly as he clutched his stomach. Others nodded in agreement vigorously.
"Aw. Is poor, little Artemis losing his composure?" she said sweetly. He nodded hastily. "And because this doesn't happen very often I don't really want it to end." She laughed, obviously enjoying his discomfort.
"Short, if you don't slow down I'll have your badge." Root shouted.
"Actually, Commander, at this rate you probably won't make it to the fissure leading to Koboi labs in time. If you don't make it today we will have to wait a whole week." Came Foaly's voice from someone's helmet, no one really caring at this moment whose. Several moans could be heard from the back. Holly smirked.
"Then I better go faster." To everyone's obvious displeasure three hundred sixty miles per hour wasn't as fast as the shuttle could go. Holly pushed harder on the gas till the speed was somewhere over four hundred. She came to a part where they would be going completely vertical going down. Holly decided to have a little fun.
Core diving is illegal and she had had a few suspensions due to it. But, since Commander Root had blacked out a few seconds ago, she didn't think he would mind. She floored the gas pedal and she spun the shuttle like a twister straight out of hell. The group's screams of terror were mixed with Holly's enthusiastic laugh.
"Record this, Foaly. I have a feeling I'm going to break Root's record!" she shouted into the helmet mike. She had been trying to beat his record for ages. Everyone knew that, even if he didn't show it, Root took great pleasure in the fact that she couldn't beat his core diving record. And Holly is the best.
Holly risked a look in the mirror and saw Mulch screaming his head off. His scream was only rivaled by Artemis'. Butler and Trouble were just gripping their seats so hard that their knuckles were white. She was going to have such fun making fools of them later. Holly maneuvered her helmet- cam so that it faced the pathetically frightened group.
"Save this film, Foaly." She said mischievously.
"I, I, Captain!" he confirmed in glee. Oh the blackmail he could create using this film. Maybe if I crop it so that nobody sees anything but Artemis, I can send it to everyone in Haven. And Ireland. Or the whole world, Foaly thought manically. That would be supreme humiliation.
Operation Booth, Haven, Underground
Foaly laughed out loud at his own ingenious idea. That would be all of too perfect. He would die of shame. Foaly started saving the film. He had already begun copying and cropping the bit he wanted. He looked over his work. All you could see now was Fowl screaming at the top of his lungs as tears managed to escape his tightly shuteyes.
"Ah, I'm am so brilliant. Fowl won't know what hit him." Foaly laughed again. "If only this moment could last forever."
"And what moment would that be?" came a woman's voice.