Disclaimer: Do I still have to do this? Oh well anyway I do not own Artemis Fowl or associated characters etc... blah blah blah.

A/N: I decided to post more because I enjoyed writing it. Thank you sooo much for the reviews!!!

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Holly's eyes widened.

"WHAT!?"

"I'm serious! They've picked up some interesting activity in the area, and it needs checking out" he explained.

"He's got passed the mindwipes?" 

A secret burst of hope spread through her.

"It seems so" Foaly said.

 The centaur tried to look serious, but he broke into a triumphant smile which Holly returned.

"I think our favourite mud boy is back" he said.

"Foaly?" Holly said.

"Yes?"

"Get Root in a good mood"

"Why?" Foaly said suspiciously.

"I'm coming in" she hopped off the bench and ran all the way back to headquarters.

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Commander Julius Root was not in a good mood. After all their efforts, Artemis Fowl had out-smarted them again.

There was a knock at his office door.

"What?" he grunted.

Holly stepped in, and even though she was nervous, she still has the determined expression on her face.

"Short you are suspended. I thought it was made clear you had to leave?" he said.

"Sir, I'd like you to reconsider" Holly said.

"Why?"

"Because I made a mistake" she hated having to admit her faults to Root, but this was more important to her.

Root snorted.

"Foaly told you then?" he muttered, tapping an intercom button. "Foaly you are losing you're pay for today"

Foaly's voice came grumbling back, but too quietly to distinguish his words.

"Do you really think I'm going to let you on after you disobeyed orders? Just because you wanted to meet up with Fowl again? No Short, you've missed your chance, I've told you" he said.

Holly glared.

"He's a dangerous mud boy, not an old school friend I'm asking you to visit!" the commander was enjoying this, he knew how hard it would be for her to admit missing Artemis. Truth be told even he had been secretly hoping that one day it would all pop back up again.

"Well…. Maybe I would like to see Fowl again sir. But I would be the best person for the job, knowing him better than the others" she tried not to let his words taunt her.

"Yes, you did get rather close didn't you?"

Holly could have slapped him. But it wasn't her style. Instead she clenched her fists and bit her tongue. Hard.

"Get out of here. Or I may have to give you another week!" Root was turning the usual shades of purple. It never was a good sign.

She left, and found Trouble waiting on the other side of the door.

"Holly? How come your still here?" he said.

"Trouble! When is the shuttle leaving?" she asked.

"Now. I was just going over to the launch station" Trouble answered said, frowning at her.

"Thanks!" Holly started running again.

If Root thought she had given up, he was very much mistaken. She skidded into the shuttle bay and climbed inside.

Most of the officers from Recon and Retrieval were already inside, and they watched in amazement as Holly came flying through the door and grabbed the microphone that connected the shuttle to Foaly in the operations booth.

"Foaly? FOALY? Can you hear me!?" she called.

"Holly? Is that you? What are you doing? If Root finds out-"

"I need you to get this shuttle out of here before that" she interrupted, all too aware of the fact her plan could be heard by the eleven or so occupants.

Foaly sighed.

"Seeing as you're desperate, and that my pay is already out of the window"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she yelled in a way a seven year old might

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