Please note:
1. I do not own any of the characters or places you see here.
2. This is my first fanfic, so please tell me what you think.
3. SPOILER: in the next chapter the baddie is introduced and Holly and
artemis meet again.
Thanks.
Artemis Fowl
The Answer in the Eye
Chapter 1 – Total Recall
Fowl Manor Artemis Fowl leaned back in his chair, rubbing his bright, aching, blue eyes. He stared at the tiny lens under his top-quality microscope feeling more irritated by the minute. Who made this lens, and what was it doing in his eye? Artemis had examined the lens very closely and found the most minute workmanship he had ever seen. Artemis was just thinking about going to bed and having another crack tomorrow when there was a soft knock on the door.
"Artemis?" Butler poked his head around the door.
"Ah, Butler, you've returned." Replied Artemis. "Any success, or will we have to try elsewhere?"
"We don't know yet, Artemis" said the manservant, stepping into the room now he knew he was welcome. "Professor Roberts couldn't identify the lens straight away, but was very intrigued by it. He asked if he could keep it for a little longer to study it properly. I let him, as we have another two, and he may be able to tell us who made it after closer examination."
"Very good Butler, thank you." Said Artemis, turning back to the microscope. He plucked the lens out, turned it over, and looked at the other side in the microscope.
Butler was about to leave when his ex-principal spoke again.
"Butler!" Artemis got up and beckoned his friend towards him. "Have a look at this"
Butler crossed the room, bent down and peered through the microscope. His old eyes widened in surprise as he straightened up. Written in the tiniest letters on the back of the lens were the letters 'LEP'. A trademark.
Artemis' eyes were also wide, but with excitement.
"Butler, I believe we have our culprit. The LEP... sounds familiar, but I cant put my finger on it. Do you know who they are?"
It sounded vaguely familiar to Butler too. It felt as though he knew who it was, and the answer was hidden in his own mind. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the letters. Then a single word came out of his mouth, totally of its own accord. Butler had no idea where it came from.
"Foaly."
Artemis started. He recognised that word. No, not a word... a name. Artemis also closed his eyes, and concentrated on the two words. In his minds eye, Artemis saw a flash. A flash of hieroglyphs. Then another flash, this time of a woman, with auburn hair, dairk skin, brown eyes and pointed ears. Then a third flash, of a man this time, also with pointed ears, but with a face as red as a tomato and a vein pulsating in his temple. Fourth flash, a centaur coming towards him with a strange contraption that looked like it's used to unplug the pipes. A fifth flash, of a strange creature licking its own eyeballs, about to be blasted away be a small hairy man with an open bum flap. A sixth flash, his father, scars all over his face covered in blood with the woman he saw before crouching over him...
"I remember!" Artemis found himself shouting. More and more images kept flashing at him, and he found he knew what all of them were. He spoke to his manservant, willing him to remember too.
"Butler, don't you realise? Fairies! Our last three missions were with them, but they had to mind wipe us so we wouldn't cause more trouble! Butler!"
Butler was staring into space, his eyes still wide in shock from the sudden rush of memories that had came rushing back to him. He nodded, coming out of his stupor, and said two words.
"Where's Juliet?"
Haven City, The Lower Elements
Captain Holly Short of the LEP academy was lying on her futon, staring up at the ceiling thinking about what she had done. She had finally changed him into a decent human being, stopped him obsessing over gold, and actually made friends with the boy, then she had to mind wipe him. She sat there, fuming, muttering to herself, telling herself yet again how unjustified she was.
"Robbed him of at least two years of memories, changed him back into the monster he once was, made Butler 15 years older and now he wont even know why..." she grumbled, furious with Commander Root for ordering it, and with herself for letting it happen. Tears started to form in her eyes and roll down her face as she continued. "He wasn't even going to be a threat anymore, he said that would he his last mission, he told us he wasn't a threat to the people, he had just started to realise that his stupid money making schemes only hurt the people who cared about him. We were starting to make so much progress with him, and its all wasted, all gone..."
Then the tears suddenly stopped and she was furious again. "And then Beetroot goes and takes the word of the Psych Brotherhood." Commander Root had earned the name 'Beetroot' from his tendency to turn a deep shade of purple when ever he got angry. "I mean, who in their right mind would trust any of their psycho rubbish..."
In her frustration, she threw her pillow at the wall, only to miss and break her glass of water, spilling it all over the floor.
"D'Arvit!" she yelled, throwing herself under the covers, and pounding the mattress until she fell asleep with exhaustion.
That's all I've done for the moment, please comment and tell me how I've done so far.
Artemis Fowl
The Answer in the Eye
Chapter 1 – Total Recall
Fowl Manor Artemis Fowl leaned back in his chair, rubbing his bright, aching, blue eyes. He stared at the tiny lens under his top-quality microscope feeling more irritated by the minute. Who made this lens, and what was it doing in his eye? Artemis had examined the lens very closely and found the most minute workmanship he had ever seen. Artemis was just thinking about going to bed and having another crack tomorrow when there was a soft knock on the door.
"Artemis?" Butler poked his head around the door.
"Ah, Butler, you've returned." Replied Artemis. "Any success, or will we have to try elsewhere?"
"We don't know yet, Artemis" said the manservant, stepping into the room now he knew he was welcome. "Professor Roberts couldn't identify the lens straight away, but was very intrigued by it. He asked if he could keep it for a little longer to study it properly. I let him, as we have another two, and he may be able to tell us who made it after closer examination."
"Very good Butler, thank you." Said Artemis, turning back to the microscope. He plucked the lens out, turned it over, and looked at the other side in the microscope.
Butler was about to leave when his ex-principal spoke again.
"Butler!" Artemis got up and beckoned his friend towards him. "Have a look at this"
Butler crossed the room, bent down and peered through the microscope. His old eyes widened in surprise as he straightened up. Written in the tiniest letters on the back of the lens were the letters 'LEP'. A trademark.
Artemis' eyes were also wide, but with excitement.
"Butler, I believe we have our culprit. The LEP... sounds familiar, but I cant put my finger on it. Do you know who they are?"
It sounded vaguely familiar to Butler too. It felt as though he knew who it was, and the answer was hidden in his own mind. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the letters. Then a single word came out of his mouth, totally of its own accord. Butler had no idea where it came from.
"Foaly."
Artemis started. He recognised that word. No, not a word... a name. Artemis also closed his eyes, and concentrated on the two words. In his minds eye, Artemis saw a flash. A flash of hieroglyphs. Then another flash, this time of a woman, with auburn hair, dairk skin, brown eyes and pointed ears. Then a third flash, of a man this time, also with pointed ears, but with a face as red as a tomato and a vein pulsating in his temple. Fourth flash, a centaur coming towards him with a strange contraption that looked like it's used to unplug the pipes. A fifth flash, of a strange creature licking its own eyeballs, about to be blasted away be a small hairy man with an open bum flap. A sixth flash, his father, scars all over his face covered in blood with the woman he saw before crouching over him...
"I remember!" Artemis found himself shouting. More and more images kept flashing at him, and he found he knew what all of them were. He spoke to his manservant, willing him to remember too.
"Butler, don't you realise? Fairies! Our last three missions were with them, but they had to mind wipe us so we wouldn't cause more trouble! Butler!"
Butler was staring into space, his eyes still wide in shock from the sudden rush of memories that had came rushing back to him. He nodded, coming out of his stupor, and said two words.
"Where's Juliet?"
Haven City, The Lower Elements
Captain Holly Short of the LEP academy was lying on her futon, staring up at the ceiling thinking about what she had done. She had finally changed him into a decent human being, stopped him obsessing over gold, and actually made friends with the boy, then she had to mind wipe him. She sat there, fuming, muttering to herself, telling herself yet again how unjustified she was.
"Robbed him of at least two years of memories, changed him back into the monster he once was, made Butler 15 years older and now he wont even know why..." she grumbled, furious with Commander Root for ordering it, and with herself for letting it happen. Tears started to form in her eyes and roll down her face as she continued. "He wasn't even going to be a threat anymore, he said that would he his last mission, he told us he wasn't a threat to the people, he had just started to realise that his stupid money making schemes only hurt the people who cared about him. We were starting to make so much progress with him, and its all wasted, all gone..."
Then the tears suddenly stopped and she was furious again. "And then Beetroot goes and takes the word of the Psych Brotherhood." Commander Root had earned the name 'Beetroot' from his tendency to turn a deep shade of purple when ever he got angry. "I mean, who in their right mind would trust any of their psycho rubbish..."
In her frustration, she threw her pillow at the wall, only to miss and break her glass of water, spilling it all over the floor.
"D'Arvit!" she yelled, throwing herself under the covers, and pounding the mattress until she fell asleep with exhaustion.
That's all I've done for the moment, please comment and tell me how I've done so far.