Hello, mates. Sorry about the updates! Today, we have a sliced piece of conflict, covered in our thickening plot sauce!

PS: Whenever you see ||, that's Artemis's earpiece. (Holly, Root, Foaly, Regis Philban, etc.) Artemis Fowl was troubled. What could the fairies want? All of a sudden, his earpiece crackled. ||Testing testing. One two three. Trolls cause terrible trouble in a tantrum. ||

"Holly?" Artemis jumped. "When is some one going to tell me what is going on?"

||Hold your swear toads, Mud Boy. ||, Holly smirked in the Ops booth. || Here's the hole thing: An experiment involving an everlasting time stop resulted in the British Prime Minister and his Cabinet retaining fairy memories. We want your help in-|| Holly was quite rudely (not that anyone would notice) interrupted by the doorbell.

"Funny. Our monthly Interpol inspection isn't till next week."

||Are things like that generally told to the ones being inspected? ||

"It is so interesting what the Interpol server passwords are." Artemis's turn to smirk came. "Butler, show our mystery guest in." As Butler did so, he noticed several military stripes on the guest's shirt.

"Salutations, Fowl," were his first words. "I am General Harold Calan of the Global Attack Force. "

||D'arvit. I was afraid of this ||

"Really, General? I have no knowledge of such agency." Artemis replied. And for once it was the truth. "But I know of you. Forty-six successful missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom, I believe? These include the one that captured Saddam Hussein." [A/N: I needed to give this guy a lot of clout. Whether or not Saddam will be captured, I cannot say. This is just something to give him a touch of reputation. And big-headedness.]

"Haven't done your hacking yet today? Anyway, it is a group of the worlds finest armies gathered together to fight fairies."

|| We did not expect this. ||

Artemis was a criminal, and criminals are some of the world's best liars. Still, he found it hard to keep a poker face. "Fairies? I tell you, when I am of voting age, I shall not vote for such crazy people."

"Oh, Fowl, but they are quite stable. Unless the kidnapping, C Cube, and the incident with your father were hallucinations of yours, that is." || We REALLY didn't expect that. D'Arvit, D'Arvit, D'Arvit! ||

Now Artemis was in a bind. He could not escape these questions. "Err," Now he was using nonexistent words. [Actually, the spell checker accepted that.] "Very well. You have me. What do you want and what will I get?"

"Good boy, Fowl. I want you to help our planning. -"

||That's what we want to, by the way. ||

" -And in return you will be allowed six months in which you may do any possible criminal thing, and not be arrested."

Big deal, Artemis thought, I can do that already.

" Oh, and by the way, you may choose three bank accounts and get that much money with no computing power needed."

Now Artemis' brain went wild. Bill Gates. No, all of Microsoft. And Wal- Mart [A/n: Largest retail company]

"Think about it. I'll be back in three days." Calan said as he walked out the door.

"Well, Holly, I'm up for bidding." Artemis said, obviously troubled.

|| Ok, Number 1: We don't kill you. Number 2: We give you a mystery gift. ||

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They also get to name said chapter.

New title ideas also wanted.

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