Disclaimer: Artemis and associated characters below to Eion Colfer etc.

A/N: Thank you so much for all the reviews! I'm so glad people like it ! : ) I'm sorry for not updating, I was away on a trip for a couple of days. Anyway thanks to the following for reviewing:

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"Hurry up and sit down stupid! This journey isn't gonna go smoothly!"

In truth Foaly was grinning to himself, pleased that Root would miss the shuttle, and also sharing in the excitement of Holly's plan (if it could be called a plan).

He hit a yellow button and pulled down a switch.

Inside the shuttle the doors slid shut and there was a violent jerk. The pilot hadn't yet arrived, so it was up to Holly to steer them to Tara.

"Holly? Holly!? WAIT! Trubs not here yet, or Root!" Grub Kelp tapped her on the shoulder.

"They can't come Grub. Important meeting or something" Holly lied quickly. Grub was slow, he wouldn't work out was going on for a while.

Lilli Frond came over and sat next to her in the pilot seat.

"You know this is mad?" she said.

"Yes" said Holly.

"You know your going to lose your badge?"

"Most probably"

"And all for the mud boy?"

"I have to see it Lilli. I couldn't live with myself when they did the mindwipes. I need to see for myself that Artemis Fowl has escaped" Holly told her.

She had never really gotten on with Lilli Frond, but she was the only one aboard who didn't seem to be against her.

The shuttle launched, the G force rising as they gained speed. The fact that the whole squad could be turned to ash in milliseconds did not register for once. The true consequences of what Holly had just done did instead.

Why did she need to see it? They weren't even sure it was Artemis that the activity was coming from. …But what if it was? More crazy schemes, that was sure. And that suited Holly fine.

Lilli was watching her, even though the shuttle shook in abnormal amounts. Holly was concentrating on directing them, but even so she noticed.

"What?" her voice was detached due to the speed they were moving.

"I want to help you" Lilli said.

"What do you mean?"

"Your probably going to end up in prison or something, sharing a cell with Opal Koboi. And actually… I think you every right to do what your doing" Lilli continued.

"Hmmmm…." Holly didn't know where she was going.

"I can back you up. An alibi"

"But there are ten other people who are going to be against your word. Thanks Lilli, but there's no point in you losing your job too" sometimes Lilly really was stupid, Holly thought.

Lilli smiled.

"You think? Watch…" she scanned the people shaking in their seats, just as Holly landed the shuttle with a jolt.

"Hey, Grub" Lilli said, fluttering her enormous eyelashes.

Grub's eyes widened.

"Y-yes?"

"You don't know why Root never got on the shuttle do you?" she started curling her blonde hair around her finger.

"No! Of course!" he knew the answer with one look between Lilli and Holly.

"And you didn't see the pilot?" she stood up and stretched.

"N-n-no. I was too busy checking equipment!" Grub stammered.

Lilli smiled at him.

"Oh, good" she said, and turned back to Holly, who had an eyebrow raised.

"See" Lilli mouthed.

"Thanks… I think" Holly said, amused. She was watching Grub who had been reduced to a gibbering mess.

The crew disembarked and realised one problem. They didn't have the commander, therefore they didn't have instructions.

Holly kept quiet, trying to keep the attention of their hijacker.

"I say we contact base for directions" said one more sensible officer.

Most people seemed fairly pleased, however, that Root was not going to be ordering them around for once, and it was decided they would approach the manor themselves before asking for further assistant.

This suited Holly fine, and she flew behind the group slightly, hoping beyond hope she was going to succeed.

But what if he wasn't himself? Even with Lilli Frond's help, she would definitely be losing her job. Was it really worth it in the end? Artemis was, or had been, her friend it was true- but did it matter so much if she saw him again?

Her thoughts stopped fead as the view of Fowl manor appeared. Suddenly nervous she turned to Lilli.

"Are we going straight in then?" Holly asked her.

"No, we don't all want to lose our jobs!"

"I thought you were on my side!?"

"Right behind you Holl!" said Lilli enthusiastically, patting her new friend on the back.

They were hovering outside the gate now, shielded of course. One of the more important captains was having a heated discussion of his communicator with an apparently furious beyond possible Root.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" he roared.

Lilli made a point of winking at the captain, who then panicked.

"The shuttle left sir! No idea why!" he gibbered back.

"NOT GOOD ENOUGH! STAY WHERE YOU ARE! THE ENTIRE FORCE!" sounding more like a blocked air conditioning system then the commander of the LEP."AND IF A SINGLE ONE OF YOU PUT A FOOT INSIDE THOSE GATES, I CAN GARUNTEE  YOU'LL BE CHAINED UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!"

"Yes- yes sir!" the captain said, turning to the group.

"No-one goes in. Orders!" he announced as if nobody had heard the ranting conversation beforehand.

Holly took a deep breath.

"If I don't go now, I won't get a chance"

Lilli nodded.

"I'll distract them" she said.

"For some reason, I do not want to know how!" Holly breathed out slowly and the familiar determined look spread across her face.

"Good Luck!" Lilli said, smiling at her.

Holly took off to the sounds of "Hey the zip on my jumpsuit broke!" and nine heads whipping around.

Now she thought about it, she didn't really know what she was going to do. Warn Fowl? Maybe… all she really wanted was proof he had memories again.

An upstairs window was open luckily enough, and she slipped through. Still shielded, she took off the wings and looked around.

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