Riot in Haven
Captain "Trouble" Kelp was doing his best to get every LEP fairy in the Police Plaza out to help with riot control. "You there, set your neutrino to stun, not mortally wound!" he yelled. "Frond, Verbil! Stop freaking out and help. You didn't become a LEP fairy because you were pretty!" Trouble spots a young fairy, no mores than a couple hundred years old cowering in the corner, a look of pure terror on her face. "There, there it's OK. It's not as bad as it seems." He tried to reassure her.
"I'm sc-scared" She managed to mutter. The name on her uniform read Private Jasmine, LEP Police Force. Jasmine stared at Trouble even though she was not looking directly at him.
"Warlocks get over here! This fairy's in shock!"
Trouble left the Police Plaza to help the fairies already outside. What he saw astounded him. Haven was no longer the peaceful, bustling city it was, just 1 hour before. There were fires burning everywhere. Building were torched and looted. All of the LEP policemen were lined in a line with photon shields to protect them from the oncoming riot.
"Kill the mud men!" yelled one fairy. "Yeah, they deserve to die!" The crowd had gotten anything they could get their hands on and made it into a makeshift weapon. A few goblins had joined up, probably just for fun, and were shooting fireballs at everything in sight. The police were doing their best to calm the riot but for every fairy they stunned, two more joined the mass of fairies.
"Alright, why are the mud men so bad?" Trouble asked the mob.
"They just blew up our home and our families!" There were murmurs of "Yeah" and "That's right!"
"We at LEP will look into the incident, but we will not take action just yet."
"What! No action! Do you even care what happened to our home?"
"Yes we care very deeply, but it is up to the Elder's Council to approve of a war, and that will take three days minimum." Trouble said, trying to be as calm as he could.
"Alright then, if you won't take action, we will. Everyone to the shuttle ports!"
"Calling Police Plaza, this is Trouble speaking. Lock down all shuttle ports. I don't want any shuttles leaving. And get fairies over there to guard against hijacking." Trouble shouted into his mike over the roar of the mob charging the nearest shuttle port. "Holly, is everything alright with you and Foaly?"
"Were still looking, we've only found 5 people, alive. What's going on at your end?" crackled the reply into his headset.
"There is a full scale riot going on near Police Plaza."
"OK, I'll be right there. Leaving Foaly in charge."
Holly landed right next to Trouble about 5 minutes later. "good to have you here commander." Said Trouble grimly.
"I'm glad I came. It looks like you got your hands full."
"I could use the help, I'm getting a little fatigued." Holly, Trouble and some of the LEP police force made their way toward the shuttle station where the mob went. They were glad to see that the mob had thinned out, and the fairies guarding the shuttle were holding strong. "Stop!" Holly ordered. "Stop this nonsense! Rioting is going to get you nowhere it will actually make you worse off. Now do you want to go to war with the mud men?"
"Yes! Kill the mud men!" the crowd cried unanimously. The crowd seemed to be listening so Holly continued. "Then stop this rioting, the will decide in due time whether a war with the mud men is right. Keep up the riot and the Elder's Council will think the People are no ready for war.
The crowd slowly dispersed, but there was still a hostile feeling. By now, about half of Haven was either damaged or destroyed. Fairies were crowded in the buildings that were left. Luckily though, the Police Plaza was left standing. "Good job Holly." Trouble said into her headset. "Good tactic, but to you really think the Elder's Council will approve of a war?"
"I'm hoping they won't. The mud men have technology almost equal to ours, and they have lots more of there kind. They outnumber us fifty to one. It would be global destruction if we attacked."
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A/N Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the Artemis Fowl series. The only characters that are mine are Private Jasmine, and The Elder's Council. By the way the idea for a disclaimer is not mine either. Mad Sam had the idea first and I copied it from him.
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Just ahead: Chapter 4 The Elders Council.
Captain "Trouble" Kelp was doing his best to get every LEP fairy in the Police Plaza out to help with riot control. "You there, set your neutrino to stun, not mortally wound!" he yelled. "Frond, Verbil! Stop freaking out and help. You didn't become a LEP fairy because you were pretty!" Trouble spots a young fairy, no mores than a couple hundred years old cowering in the corner, a look of pure terror on her face. "There, there it's OK. It's not as bad as it seems." He tried to reassure her.
"I'm sc-scared" She managed to mutter. The name on her uniform read Private Jasmine, LEP Police Force. Jasmine stared at Trouble even though she was not looking directly at him.
"Warlocks get over here! This fairy's in shock!"
Trouble left the Police Plaza to help the fairies already outside. What he saw astounded him. Haven was no longer the peaceful, bustling city it was, just 1 hour before. There were fires burning everywhere. Building were torched and looted. All of the LEP policemen were lined in a line with photon shields to protect them from the oncoming riot.
"Kill the mud men!" yelled one fairy. "Yeah, they deserve to die!" The crowd had gotten anything they could get their hands on and made it into a makeshift weapon. A few goblins had joined up, probably just for fun, and were shooting fireballs at everything in sight. The police were doing their best to calm the riot but for every fairy they stunned, two more joined the mass of fairies.
"Alright, why are the mud men so bad?" Trouble asked the mob.
"They just blew up our home and our families!" There were murmurs of "Yeah" and "That's right!"
"We at LEP will look into the incident, but we will not take action just yet."
"What! No action! Do you even care what happened to our home?"
"Yes we care very deeply, but it is up to the Elder's Council to approve of a war, and that will take three days minimum." Trouble said, trying to be as calm as he could.
"Alright then, if you won't take action, we will. Everyone to the shuttle ports!"
"Calling Police Plaza, this is Trouble speaking. Lock down all shuttle ports. I don't want any shuttles leaving. And get fairies over there to guard against hijacking." Trouble shouted into his mike over the roar of the mob charging the nearest shuttle port. "Holly, is everything alright with you and Foaly?"
"Were still looking, we've only found 5 people, alive. What's going on at your end?" crackled the reply into his headset.
"There is a full scale riot going on near Police Plaza."
"OK, I'll be right there. Leaving Foaly in charge."
Holly landed right next to Trouble about 5 minutes later. "good to have you here commander." Said Trouble grimly.
"I'm glad I came. It looks like you got your hands full."
"I could use the help, I'm getting a little fatigued." Holly, Trouble and some of the LEP police force made their way toward the shuttle station where the mob went. They were glad to see that the mob had thinned out, and the fairies guarding the shuttle were holding strong. "Stop!" Holly ordered. "Stop this nonsense! Rioting is going to get you nowhere it will actually make you worse off. Now do you want to go to war with the mud men?"
"Yes! Kill the mud men!" the crowd cried unanimously. The crowd seemed to be listening so Holly continued. "Then stop this rioting, the will decide in due time whether a war with the mud men is right. Keep up the riot and the Elder's Council will think the People are no ready for war.
The crowd slowly dispersed, but there was still a hostile feeling. By now, about half of Haven was either damaged or destroyed. Fairies were crowded in the buildings that were left. Luckily though, the Police Plaza was left standing. "Good job Holly." Trouble said into her headset. "Good tactic, but to you really think the Elder's Council will approve of a war?"
"I'm hoping they won't. The mud men have technology almost equal to ours, and they have lots more of there kind. They outnumber us fifty to one. It would be global destruction if we attacked."
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A/N Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the Artemis Fowl series. The only characters that are mine are Private Jasmine, and The Elder's Council. By the way the idea for a disclaimer is not mine either. Mad Sam had the idea first and I copied it from him.
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Just ahead: Chapter 4 The Elders Council.