Author's Note:

Sorry, that it took a few days for me to post this, but I experienced some...rather disturbing things...laughs nervously...anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Artemis Fowl...period

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Unknown Area

The three fairies and three humans landed in a heap of tangled bodies.

A series of moans was heard, everyone seemed alive.

Root was the first to react, "WHAT HAPPENED?!"

Foaly shakily got up, "I think I want to know the answer to that question too."

They all looked at Artemis, who was staring at the pendant curiously. "It somehow..." he mumbled.

"What? It somehow what?" Holly asked impatiently.

"When we were cornered...I thought in my mind for us to get far away, and it happened."

"The crystal did it?" Juliet asked, bewildered.

Artemis nodded, "There's no other explanation."

"Uh, where are we actually?" Butler asked out loud, looking around them, they did the same.

They seemed to be in the middle of a forest...or what was a forest. What it was now is nothing more than a wasteland; dried plants were present here and there. Even a few corpses of animals were slumped in various places.

Holly frowned deeply, "I don't know where we are, except that Mud men seemed to be having a thing in destroying nature."

"I don't think the Mud men did this, Holly," Foaly confronted while looking around.

"What do you mean?" Holly asked confusedly.

He pointed one of the unlucky animals, "See those burnt marks? The animals seem to have burned, but the plants just wilted...strange."

"Yes, yes, very nice, now, could we concentrate on our little problem here?" Root growled.

"Oh, yeah sure," Foaly muttered sheepishly.

"I think our problem is actually solved," Artemis said clearly.

"Kindly share you amazing discovery with us!" Holly exclaimed sarcastically.

Artemis held up the pendant, "If this got us here, I assume it could do a lot more."

"Well, what are you waiting for? Try it!" Root bellowed.

Artemis didn't heed the commander's words and took his time, closing his dark blue eyes, he thought, what do we need to do?

Himself, along with his companions were suddenly whisked into a blinding white light. Around them were various pictures...memories actually, but whose memories? Each of them gazed at the pictures with wonder; they were like movie clips, incomplete.

"What are these pictures for?" Juliet wondered.

"I'm not sure..."Artemis said blankly, a certain picture caught his attention, it showed a silver silhouette, he edged closer, and gasped. He recognized those eyes, those eyes that had once smiled at him; the ones which had just recently gave him a cold and dangerous stare, Cyrenela's eyes.

"What are you goggling at, Mud boy?" Holly asked, but after following his gaze she herself was speechless.

Artemis reached a shaking hand to touch it, and they were once again, pulled into a different view.

They landed softly on the ground.

"Where are we now?" Butler muttered.

What seemed like a gathering of different animals were surrounding the silver wolf, which was gazing at the sky blankly. Artemis took a few steps forward, his eyes not leaving the lone figure. More animals gathered though Cyrenela didn't seem to mind.

"What must I do?" Artemis found himself asking.

No answer was given to his question, this was just a memory, how would Cyrenela answer him? But still, he had asked the crystal...surely, there must be a reason why it transported them here.

Cyrenela morphed into her human form, still looking above.

Artemis waved a hand in front of her face, but he received no response. He withdrawed his hand when a squirrel climbed up the girl's shoulder, dropping an acorn on her hand.

"Artemis..." Holly whispered, looking cautiously around them.

Artemis ignored this and moved closer as Cyrenela smiled at the furry creature, her warm smile slowly disappeared and was replaced by a sad frown.

He noticed how much she had changed after her transformation...you wouldn't recognize her unless you knew her well. The scar in her cheek glowed unusually brighter than he remembered, she seemed to notice this too, suddenly, she spoke. "Oh, no..." she whispered.

All of them waited for what's to happen next with baited breath.

The animals froze too, she waved her hand at them and they left hurriedly...something's happening and it wasn't good.

Cyrenela then closed her silver eyes and her colors changed rapidly, all seemed fine, but then, a disturbance occurred, they could sense her struggling to maintain control of herself, but failing.

Then Darkness suddenly surrounded them, Artemis heard her friends' cries of surprise. He also heard animal cries as they succumb to the darkness, he suddenly knew why those creatures died.

He saw something move in the darkness, ignoring his friends constant cries to stay where he is, he went closer.

He saw a figure come into clearer focus; the darkness slowly faded and revealed the destruction it caused.

Butler rushed over to him when everything was visible, "You alright, Sir?" he asked worriedly.

Artemis didn't answer; he was staring at the figure, Cyrenela.

Cyrenela looked around her with a satisfied smirk, as is delighted with what just happened, which she was.

Then she seemed to talk to herself, but that can't be, there was no one around.

Artemis closed his eyes, trying to catch the sound of the slightest breeze or the simple fall of the dried leaves. And he did hear it.

good, good, now, what's your name? The voice was cold, and from it flowed fear, pure fear.

"Memento Mori..." she answered.

Yes, and who am I?

"You're my Master," she answered steadily.

Correct, now I want you to do something...there's this boy called Artemis Fowl II, I want you to destroy him, and if necessary or just plain amusing, you could kill his companions in any way you want.

Artemis' eyes widened with shock and fear. Memento seemed to doubt the order for a second, Artemis found himself hoping that she would somehow break free. But she returned into her previous state, and answered, "I'll do it."

See to it that you won't fail

"I never fail," she answered back, Artemis felt the devil's fear, how could that be? The devil has no reason to be afraid of anything...

He soon erased that fear and drawled, Make sure...and Artemis felt his presence leave.

Memento stood there and after a moment, she said, "I'm coming, Fowl."

Before Artemis could react, he and his friends were, once again, whisked away.

Hell

The devil paced in front of the group, his red flaming eyes darting towards them every now and then, fury written all over his features. How did Fowl escape like that?

He tried to find his current location, but he found nothing, it's as if he vanished from the face of the earth along with his stupid friends. "There's absolutely no sign of them?" he asked once more.

Memento, along with the others mentally sighed, how many times must they answer that question?

"No, I tried sensing their life force, aura, the fairies' magic, everything...there's no sign of them, and I did tell you this countless times before" Memento hissed impatiently. The devil was getting on her nerves.

The others however didn't have the courage to get on the devil's bad side and remained quiet, actually succeeding in looking sorry.

"I know...but no one can escape me, what does this boy have in his possession that could outmaneuver me?" he asked menacingly, "Nothing, that's the answer."

"There's obviously something, if there isn't how did Fowl manage to do a feat like that?" Memento scoffed.

A thought flashed in the devil's mind. Yes, there must be something...but who gave it to him? The One Above can't have, he never messes with lives, leaving them to their free will as he says. Aside from Him, there was the girl, but he had her in his authority, how could she help Fowl?

Another thought flashed, and he smiled...cunningly.

"My dear, Memento." He started. He received a raised eyebrow for this.

"What?" Memento's respect for him had vanished for some strange reason since her encounter with Artemis.

"I have an experiment to try, help me," it was an order.

Her eyes narrowed "What kind of experiment?"

"Do not question me," he snarled, "Are you forgetting what I can do?"

"I can do better," Memento whispered.

The devil's arm shot out and grabbed her by the collar, Memento displayed no reaction.

"Why are you speaking to me like this?"

Memento asked herself the same question, she somehow felt different after those memory flashes before, but she did not say this aloud.

The others looked fearfully at the pair, Knowledge decided to make a move. "Err...Sir? Maybe she did help them before she was transformed."

Memento looked at her questioningly, "Who are you talking about?"

"Never mind," the devil interrupted. "Look at me, Memento."

She did and the devil went in the depths of her mind, searching for her past memories.

Nothing, nothing...ah, what do we have here?

He came by an object, a pendant actually, being given to the boy. That was the reason, no doubt about the recent events.

Memento staggered backward as the devil came out of her mind, she wasn't really delighted.

"What was that for?!" she said irritably, glaring at him.

The devil didn't reply, he was muttering to himself, not really looking pleased.

That thing he saw was made by the girl while she still wasn't under his control, it would, no doubt, complicate his plans, it must be destroyed.

Unfortunately, he can't risk Memento getting near the boy with that, he saw what happened earlier, he almost lost control of her when she came in contact with it, he can't take any chances.

"The boy has this...charm with him, I need it destroyed."

Memento raised her eyebrows, "You don't seem to be directing this order to me..."

"Yes, I think the others will be more capable of handling this particular mission," he sneered.

The others looked at him with a confused expression; the devil knew very well that Memento is more powerful than them, even if their powers were put together, so why is he sending them and not her?

"Well, what are you waiting for?" he snarled.

As an answer to his question, they disappeared with a faint crack.

Memento narrowed her eyes; he wasn't telling her something...she's sure. She didn't want to be treated like this. Why would he send them? She knew they were good, but they're riff raff compared to her.

"You're not going to tell me the reason why you sent them, are you?"

He smiled, his teeth like fangs, "No, I'm not."

She smiled inwardly, really? Then she'll find out herself.

"I'm going for a walk," she informed him calmly...innocently.

"Where?" he asked suspiciously.

"Anywhere," she said, while walking away.

"Just don't follow the others," he warned.

She grunted, "Sure," I won't follow them...I'll make my own way.

The Ops Booth

Our heroes landed in a messy heap once more, but in a different venue.

When they looked around, they were shocked, though Foaly was on the verge of crying.

"What happened to my beautiful computers? My inventions? My works? My technology?" he wailed miserably.

Holly placed a comforting hand on his side, not able to reach his shoulder.

"Don't worry, after our mission, I'm sure the booth will be back to its original glory," Holly said gently.

Root looked at her, "You make it sound so easy, Short. As if you're sure we'll even win."

Holly merely shrugged.

Artemis walked over to them, "We need to go, I'm sure they're still looking for us, we need to hide and make a plan."

"Where do we go, Artemis?" Juliet asked.

"I'm not sure, but I know it does," he answered, pointing at the glowing pendant.

"It's a thing, Mud boy. I never knew you'd sink lower to place our lives in the hands, no, wait...it doesn't have any hands, of this thing, "Root said defensively.

Artemis suddenly felt a tinge of hurt, "This was given by Madam Perfecto to help us in her absence, I have no doubt she didn't give it to be looked down upon. You know what she's capable of and..." he trailed of.

"And?," Root prompted.

"And you should have thought better of her," he finally said, quietly.

Everyone present in the room gaped at him, had Artemis just defended someone?

"Fowl..." Holly mumbled. "Did I just hear, what I thought I heard?"

Artemis rolled his eyes, not really aware of what caused the other's shock.

He was about to snap something at them when a crash resounded down the hall, alerting everyone's attention.

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Author's Note:

Is my grammar bad? O got a review saying it was horrible, and I was wondering if it is true....answer honestly, please! I promise I won't be angry!

Reviews:

no one

Sorry, but is it really that horrible? Sorry about the Butler's gun too...

Identity99

I love those series too! I even cried at some of the parts, did you? It's just so depressing, but good! And I know what BTW means, its By the Way! TNX a lot for your reviews!

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