Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl. Are you surprised?
A/N Sorry no romance in the last chapter.
Chapter Six: Midget
Half way to the airport Artemis' cell phone rang. "Hello?... Yes mother... Everyone?... Goodbye. That was my mother, she, my father and Juliet are taking a vacation Spain."
"I take it this is why you were not worried about being gone so long?" Holly asked.
"Yes," he replied her simply.
At the airport Holly exposed, she had put all her LEP weaponry in a travel bag (Foaly had installed them so they could not be picked up by sensors).
"Look, there's a midget!" someone in a group of teenage boys said. They obviously hadn't noticed that Butler was with them.
"I don't think that's very wise," Artemis calmly told them.
They scoffed at him, "And why not?" the tallest of their group asked.
Butler cracked his knuckles menacingly; the boys scattered.
"Thank you," Holly said with a chuckle.
As she walked through the scanner that checked for weapons Holly hopped desperately that the radar deflector Foaly had put on her gun worked. It did, she had forgotten that the soles of her shoes had steel lining. The metal detector beeped.
"Step this way little girl," the security guard said to her. Thinking that her size had to do with age rather them species, you can't really blame the guard for that.
Holly looked around franticly, it was too crowded to try and mesmer the guard, someone would be bound to notice. Well, maybe someone would notice.
Holly smiled up at the guard, "O.K.," she said brightly, layering her voice with the mesmer. The guard's will was not strong; he was bored and put up no resistance. When she was at the place where they he wanted she asked him a question, "Could I see your metal detector? It's fascinating how it works," she changed her voice slightly so she sounded more like the 'little girl' he had called her.
"Sure," he said, his voice emotionless under the mesmer.
When he gave it to her she turned it over in her hands, quickly she turned it off and gave it back to him. It took about five minutes for him to see if she was carrying in metal, then she was off. When she was a few passes away she released him from the mesmer so he could go back to work.
"It really would have been faster to take a shuttle," she muttered to Artemis.
"No, this is a lot better," if she hadn't known he so well she would have never guessed that he was amused.
"You just don't like shuttles," she retorted.
"What is there to like?"
She laughed openly at this; some people would never understand the thrill of core diving.
"We'd better be going," Butler told them.
Artemis bent down to tie his shoe. He smiled at the back of Holly's head, he longed to caress it, but his nose wouldn't let him. Someday, maybe.
They all sat down in the waiting area to, obviously wait.
"So what's our plan after we reach Seattle?" Artemis asked.
"The long term plan is to stop whatever is going on. But first we need to find out who sold the secret of making the neutrinos," Holly told him.
"Ooh, isn't that cute, to little kids pretending to be adults," the woman siting in the row behind them said.
Artemis was about to say something witty to the woman when he caught Holly's eye. "It's best just to let her believe whatever she likes," she informed him in a low voice.
Artemis agreed, he was mad at himself; he had almost run the risk of their plan failing. If the woman thought that the plan was real she might have told someone in Seattle. It was unlikely that that person would know about the neutrinos but there was still a chance.
"What's the chance of this plan crashing?" Holly asked. She had tried not to show that she was nervous but she had to know.
"Oh, it's about one out of three possibility that we will all die in the ocean," Artemis said back.
Holly stared at him, how in the world had she ever been foolish enough to think about boarding this mud man device. Then she noticed that Artemis was grinning slightly.
"That's not true, I know it's not," she told him.
"Of course it's not," he said.
"You'll get it someday for that, I'll make sure you do."
Artemis made a mental note to himself to stay with Butler at all times for the rest of his life. He had seen Holly in a temper before and he didn't want to again. Once was plenty.
Holly seemed to notice what he was thinking because she grinned at him evilly. "Or would you like a lollypop?" she said in an innocent voice.
He gave her the coldest glare that he could, it usually had the effect of scaring whoever he was looking at, but it seemed to bounce of Holly like she was made of rubber.
"The plane has arrived and you will be boarding in five minute. Please gather your bags and prepare to load," in female voice said over the intercom.
After the last person got off the plane they were told to line up in three different lines of what class tickets they had. Holly, Artemis and Butler all had first class tickets, thanks to Foaly.
Holly got even more nervous as she boarded the plane. No matter how much she told herself that there had been test runs and that this plane had never crashed before she was still nervous.
The seats were in rows of four, Butler on the end, Holly in the middle and Artemis on the edge with an empty seat beside him.
The last person in the line of first class tickets sat in that seat.
A/N hehehehe, cliffhanger. Actually, I don't know who that person should be, could somebody please give me a character to be that person? It could be you or just someone you made up. (Please no people form other stories.) Just tell me what they look they look like and a bit of their personality. Please! Somebody!
A/N Sorry no romance in the last chapter.
Chapter Six: Midget
Half way to the airport Artemis' cell phone rang. "Hello?... Yes mother... Everyone?... Goodbye. That was my mother, she, my father and Juliet are taking a vacation Spain."
"I take it this is why you were not worried about being gone so long?" Holly asked.
"Yes," he replied her simply.
At the airport Holly exposed, she had put all her LEP weaponry in a travel bag (Foaly had installed them so they could not be picked up by sensors).
"Look, there's a midget!" someone in a group of teenage boys said. They obviously hadn't noticed that Butler was with them.
"I don't think that's very wise," Artemis calmly told them.
They scoffed at him, "And why not?" the tallest of their group asked.
Butler cracked his knuckles menacingly; the boys scattered.
"Thank you," Holly said with a chuckle.
As she walked through the scanner that checked for weapons Holly hopped desperately that the radar deflector Foaly had put on her gun worked. It did, she had forgotten that the soles of her shoes had steel lining. The metal detector beeped.
"Step this way little girl," the security guard said to her. Thinking that her size had to do with age rather them species, you can't really blame the guard for that.
Holly looked around franticly, it was too crowded to try and mesmer the guard, someone would be bound to notice. Well, maybe someone would notice.
Holly smiled up at the guard, "O.K.," she said brightly, layering her voice with the mesmer. The guard's will was not strong; he was bored and put up no resistance. When she was at the place where they he wanted she asked him a question, "Could I see your metal detector? It's fascinating how it works," she changed her voice slightly so she sounded more like the 'little girl' he had called her.
"Sure," he said, his voice emotionless under the mesmer.
When he gave it to her she turned it over in her hands, quickly she turned it off and gave it back to him. It took about five minutes for him to see if she was carrying in metal, then she was off. When she was a few passes away she released him from the mesmer so he could go back to work.
"It really would have been faster to take a shuttle," she muttered to Artemis.
"No, this is a lot better," if she hadn't known he so well she would have never guessed that he was amused.
"You just don't like shuttles," she retorted.
"What is there to like?"
She laughed openly at this; some people would never understand the thrill of core diving.
"We'd better be going," Butler told them.
Artemis bent down to tie his shoe. He smiled at the back of Holly's head, he longed to caress it, but his nose wouldn't let him. Someday, maybe.
They all sat down in the waiting area to, obviously wait.
"So what's our plan after we reach Seattle?" Artemis asked.
"The long term plan is to stop whatever is going on. But first we need to find out who sold the secret of making the neutrinos," Holly told him.
"Ooh, isn't that cute, to little kids pretending to be adults," the woman siting in the row behind them said.
Artemis was about to say something witty to the woman when he caught Holly's eye. "It's best just to let her believe whatever she likes," she informed him in a low voice.
Artemis agreed, he was mad at himself; he had almost run the risk of their plan failing. If the woman thought that the plan was real she might have told someone in Seattle. It was unlikely that that person would know about the neutrinos but there was still a chance.
"What's the chance of this plan crashing?" Holly asked. She had tried not to show that she was nervous but she had to know.
"Oh, it's about one out of three possibility that we will all die in the ocean," Artemis said back.
Holly stared at him, how in the world had she ever been foolish enough to think about boarding this mud man device. Then she noticed that Artemis was grinning slightly.
"That's not true, I know it's not," she told him.
"Of course it's not," he said.
"You'll get it someday for that, I'll make sure you do."
Artemis made a mental note to himself to stay with Butler at all times for the rest of his life. He had seen Holly in a temper before and he didn't want to again. Once was plenty.
Holly seemed to notice what he was thinking because she grinned at him evilly. "Or would you like a lollypop?" she said in an innocent voice.
He gave her the coldest glare that he could, it usually had the effect of scaring whoever he was looking at, but it seemed to bounce of Holly like she was made of rubber.
"The plane has arrived and you will be boarding in five minute. Please gather your bags and prepare to load," in female voice said over the intercom.
After the last person got off the plane they were told to line up in three different lines of what class tickets they had. Holly, Artemis and Butler all had first class tickets, thanks to Foaly.
Holly got even more nervous as she boarded the plane. No matter how much she told herself that there had been test runs and that this plane had never crashed before she was still nervous.
The seats were in rows of four, Butler on the end, Holly in the middle and Artemis on the edge with an empty seat beside him.
The last person in the line of first class tickets sat in that seat.
A/N hehehehe, cliffhanger. Actually, I don't know who that person should be, could somebody please give me a character to be that person? It could be you or just someone you made up. (Please no people form other stories.) Just tell me what they look they look like and a bit of their personality. Please! Somebody!
