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Chapter 7: State of Mind

Flying Somewhere Above Ireland

Our story moves back to a certain confused fairy.

Holly was about to open a line to talk to Foaly, but he beat her to it.

"Holly, we have a situation."

Holly frowned as she squinted through the trees, searching for the elf.

"You're telling me. My target just disappeared."

"I wouldn't be at all surprised if a talking donkey flew past you at the moment. Haven was pinged. We're going into lockdown in two minutes and thirty seconds."

Holly went cold. "Talk fast! What happened?" she asked quickly

"We don't know. It took less than a second and it was un-traceable. Luckily I was on the computer at the right time or we wouldn't have even known it had happened. It came from somewhere in Italy, but that's all we know."

"This stinks worse than a swear-toads slimy behind." Said Holly, frowning

"I know what you're thinking, and although it sounds very familiar, it wasn't Fowl. But that's the second thing I needed to tell you. He's back, Holly. I'm almost ninety-nine percent sure that Fowl has got his memories returned to him."

Holly's heart skipped a beat. "Explain"

"I've been monitoring mud-boy's computer since we mind wiped him, but he hasn't used it. He probably bought a new laptop or something under a new name and put it on a secure line. Fowl, somehow, must have known he was being watched. There's no way I could have got through his firewall anyway, unless I was on-site. But half an hour ago he logged onto his old computer and played a very interesting video wave. Strangely, it had a lot about fairies in it."

"So if he's back, how do you know it wasn't him that pinged us?"

"Fowl was on his computer in Ireland. We were pinged from Italy. Fowl's good, but he's not me." Foaly's voice grew very serious, "Listen Holly, we haven't got much time, in five seconds you will be completely cut off from Haven. Someone intelligent is behind this, maybe someone more intelligent than mud-boy. Us fairies can't do it alone. We need Artemis Fowl on our side. Pay him a visit, Holly, and please be carefu-"

Foaly's voice was cut off and static filled her earpiece. Holly closed the link and took a deep breath to calm herself. Regulation LEP vehicles would all get a ten-minute burst of power so they could get safely back to headquarters. This included all wings. However, wings would get a further twenty minutes of energy, just in case they were flying over the ocean and couldn't reach solid ground. Holly had another half an hour of flying time to get to Fowl Manor. There was no time to lose. Without hesitating, Holly threw the wings up to full power and zoomed off into the horizon. Guess it was time to pay mud-boy a visit…

Fowl Manor

On the floor, Artemis was slowly regaining consciousness. His body ached.
Artemis sat up and glanced at the computer screen. A list of files had appeared. Fairy files.
Artemis felt his mind reel. He remembered so many things now… The new, greedy Artemis had hidden away all emotions and feelings. Now Artemis felt himself again, and with it came a flood of feelings, guilt, hatred, respect and love. It was such a weight to be put back on his shoulders after so long of ignorance. He couldn't help it. Artemis broke down on the floor and cried.

After his tears had subsided, Artemis felt slightly better.

Groaning, he pulled himself off the floor and turned off the computer. Stumbling into the bathroom, Artemis went to the basin and turned on the tap, splashing cold water onto his face. He felt groggy, and slightly nauseous. He needed air. Artemis turned off the tap and opened the window.
He pulled back the curtains and felt the cold wind on his face.

Sighing, he looked out into the darkening night and wondered what the fairies were doing now. Were they happy? Was it all-peaceful, now that Artemis Fowl had been removed?

Suddenly, Artemis felt cold. His head was still aching. He shut the curtains and turned away from the window, facing the bathtub.

A bath would make him feel better. Artemis felt like taking a bath. He turned on the taps to full blast and searched under in the sink cupboards for the bubble-bath container.
Butler and Juliet were probably wondering why he hadn't joined them for tea. No doubt they had heard him pounding on the floor. But then again, maybe they hadn't. Fowl Manor's floors were made from layers of stone after all.

Artemis opened the lid of the bubble-bath and started pouring it into the water and in his tired and dream-like state Artemis accidentally added too many bubbles. He pulled his hand away just fast enough to see over half of the liquid from the bottle go into the water.

"Oh, well. The more the merrier," Artemis thought blearily.

As he was waiting for the bath to fill up, Artemis retrieved a white fluffy towel from the linen closet and his bathrobe. By the time he had returned, the bath was completely full. He stripped off and tested the water with his foot. Perfect. Artemis stepped into the bath and submerged himself under the warm water. He sighed, and shut his eyes…

Things weren't going as smooth for Holly. Her thermo suit didn't seem to be reacting well with the loss of power, and flying through the cold air at top speed was freezing her to the bone. No doubt mud-boy would have to thaw Holly out when she got there. That is, if she got there. She shivered a little. Frond, she was cold.
Holly checked the time. Ten past six. Holly gritted her teeth. She could easily see Fowl Manor now, in the darkness ahead. But she only had five more minutes of power left in her wings. Holly tried to bump up the power a bit, but she was already going as fast as the wings would allow. Maybe it was better not to push it. It wouldn't be pleasant if the wings overloaded and she was sent falling to the ground.
Holly shivered again.

Fowl Manor was closer now; Holly could see the bright windows winking at her in the gloom. Suddenly Holly stopped. In her rush to make it to Fowl Manor she had forgotten completely about Artemis. What was she going to say to him? He most probably had all of his memories back now. He would have remembered how cold Holly had been towards him…

"And why shouldn't you have been cold towards Artemis?" a voice in Holly's mind asked, "After all, he did kidnap you and hold you up for ransom!"
Holly shook her head. "Yes, but Artemis is different now. He's a different person. We were practically friends when we last parted."

"But how do you know he is the same Artemis he was when you last parted? How can you be sure?"

Holly bit her lip, suddenly feeling nervous. The voice was right, how could they all be sure that the mind wipe had caused Artemis' mind no damage?
Holly hovered next to an open window and checked the time. Fourteen past six. She only had one more minute left of power. No time to hesitate. Holly unshielded and flew straight into the open window.

They're almost re-united! But you'll have to wait for the next chapter for that to happen! :P in a singsong voice Naaananaaananaaaa! Sticks out tongue Hehehe.. Anyway, read and review! I keep using 'Holly' and 'love' in the same sentence. This doesn't mean Artemis and Holly will be hooking up anytime soon. The sentence "Now Artemis felt himself again, and with it came a flood of feelings, guilt, hatred, respect and love." I was actually referring more to the love Artemis feels towards his parents. Saying this, it doesn't mean that they won't hook up at all. You'll just have to keep wondering!
OKAY, I want to know what you all think is the best pairing from Artemis Fowl! I'm quite partial to Artemis/Holly, but I know there are a few Holly/Root (no offence but YUCK!)
So tell me what you think!!!