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Sorry I haven't updated in a while but I've been writing my other story and then the internet was down so I couldn't post it. Sorry! Chapter 5 will be up quicker though.

I'm writing another AH fic. It's called Brain-washed. It's when Opal Koboi kidnaps Artemis from Fowl Manor, returns to him the memories of the People and brain-washes him so he will work for her, and help destroy Haven. Holly tries to help, but just makes matters worse… and you'll have to read it to see what happens after that. It is longer and much more detailed than this story, so please R&R!

Thanks again to my reviewers and here's chapter 4 of My Mind was Somewhere Else.

Haven

Holly strode happily into her office the following day, with a broad grin spread on her nut-brown face. She placed the huge pile of paperwork, that she had carried all the way from her apartment, on her desk and began ploughing through them. Trouble watched her over the top of his computer.

"You seem happier than yesterday," he commented. "Got over MudBoy?"

"I certainly have, Captain Kelp, I certainly have," Holly answered without looking up from the paper she was signing. "I was thinking about it last night and it occurred to me that you were right. I would have got fed up of him. He's just a fourteen-year-old mudboy, who is slightly smarter than the average person. There's nothing special about him at all."

Trouble tried and failed to not look smug. "See, I told you." He expected Holly to yell at him for being pleased with himself, but she didn't. The total opposite happened.

"Yes, you did, and I am very thankful for your advice. For as long as I live I don't care if I never she that boy again."

Trouble coughed uncertainly. "So, don't you think you should mindwipe him?"

Holly nodded. "Good idea, Trouble. And maybe I'll punch him a few times first."

Trouble smiled. "I'm proud of you, Short. I thought it would take you an age to see sense. Clearly, you're smarter than I thought."

Holly laughed. "I'd be careful how you choose your words there, Trouble. You're starting to sound like Root, and Frond knows that isn't a good thing." She paused. "And were you telling the truth when you said that you hadn't told him about me going up to see him?"

Trouble's smile faded slightly at the lack of Holly's trust. "Of course I was telling the truth, Holly. You're one of my best friends, I wouldn't lie to you."

"OK, OK, no need to think that. I was just checking. You know, after yesterday I don't know what to expect. Sorry if I offended you."

Trouble waved a hand. "Don't worry. I've had worse insults. Anyway, what do you say to meeting my at Spud's Spud Emporium tonight around seven. My treat. You deserve some decent food after yesterday."

"Yeah, sure. Seven. I think I'm free. I can't stay too long though. I've got to wake up early for a hard day of serious mudboy whop-ass."

Just as the two captain's conversation came to an end, Commander Root's voice echoed through the loud speakers. "Captain Short, my office now! No delaying. You've got five minutes."

Holly gave a half-hearted sigh and stood up. "I wonder what old Julius wants now."

Trouble winked. "Have a nice time. Remember, seven o'clock."

Holly left the office and made for the commander's office at snail pace. She knew that the longer it took you to get there, the angrier he became. But Holly didn't care at the moment. Nothing could bother her today. She was in a good mood for the first time in months.

She came to the steel door marked "Commander Julius Root", knocked and entered. Root was sat at his huge desk, hidden by a wall of documents that were sat, waiting to be signed. The only part of him that was visible was the top of his head, and a thick cloud of fungus cigar smoke. Holly approached the desk with only the slightest hint of caution. She stood for and few minutes, in deadly silence, wondering if she should talk first. Deciding that this would probably be the quickest way, she opened her mouth to speak.

"Good mor-" she began.

"Short!" The commander smashed the remains of his cigar into his now full ashtray and stood up, hands on the desk.

Holly swallowed calmly. He had put on this act many times before. It was getting rather tiresome now.

"Short," Root barked again.

"Yes, Commander?"

Root scowled at her. "Oh, don't you put on that innocent tone with me. I know what you've been up to, Captain."

Holly's stomach dropped. He knew. "Up to, sir?"

Root walked round from behind his desk and stopped in front of Holly. He bent down so his nose was inches from her own. "It has been reported that a female LEP officer forced herself into a pod yesterday. She had no evidence that she was on a mission, and insisted on travelling on the chute E1. And where does Chute E1 lead to, Captain? Hmmm? Ireland, that's right. Now, I wonder, who could that officer possibly be?"

"Lie," Holly told herself. "Lie." She breathed calmly. "I can explain, sir."

"You better explain, Short. And it better be good."

Holly wrinkled her nose at the stench of Root's breath. "I was simply going up to check on Fowl, sir." Ooh, big mistake. Big mistake. So much for lying.

Root went purple with fury. "YOU WHAT!?"

Holly mentally punched herself. "I'm sorry, sir, but don't worry; he didn't see me."

"I should hope not, Short." Root's voice had lowered, now in gravelling, threatening tones. Again, a technique he kept coming back to. "For if he had seen you, you would have lost your job faster than Mulch Diggums could blast his way from one side of this room to the other. I NEVER WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE ABOVE GROUND, ESPECIALLY TO IRELAND, WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. IS THAT CLEAR?

Holly nodded slowly. "Yes, sir."

"And, furthermore, I am taking you off missions for a month. You can deal with paperwork."

Holly leapt at the chance to argue. "But-"

Root glared at her and pointed a fat finger towards the door. "No buts, Captain. Now, get out, before I get really nasty."

Holly scowled and left. It seemed a good time to visit Foaly. He would probably have some pointless story to tell her about his latest invention, but that was the LEP's centaur for you.

It took her all of two seconds to reach Foaly's office. She spoke clearly down the speaker. "Hey, Foaly, it's Holly. Mind if I come in?"

There was no reply, but the double doors slid open, revealing blinking lights, huge monitor screens, tables covered in various gadgets and many more things that Holly was only too familiar with. She approached Foaly, who was sitting in his swivel chair, on the opposite side of the room.

"Morning, Foaly."

Foaly didn't return her greeting; he just gazed up at her with a questioning look in his eye. He drew a breath. "What, in Frond's name were you thinking, Holly?"

Holly was confused. "Sorry?"

"Going up to Fowl Manor like that, giving him back his memories, and then… you know. Holly, he's a Mudboy! And when he said no, you ran away, leaving him to cause all the havoc in the world."

Holly felt a lump in her throat. What had turned out to be a brilliant day had turned into a horrible, tangled mess. "How do you know?"

How do you think I know? That is why you wear helmets."

"Well, I'll have you know that I was going to mindwipe him first thing tomorrow. I'm going down to Fowl Manor and-"

Foaly spun his chair round and began typing at lightening speed at one of the largest computer keyboards in the office. "You won't find him there. He's gone."

"What do you mean?"

"He's not at Fowl Manor. He left last night; to find you."

Fowl Manor

No matter how many times Juliet had persuaded him not to go, Artemis was determined to find Holly. He couldn't believe he had been so stupid as to just let her go like that. For one of the first times in his life, Artemis did not understand the concept of something. The concept of love.

Artemis shut down the computer, after finding the quickest route to Tara. He was heading for Chute E1, which he knew was the People's way of travelling to and from Ireland from Haven.

He turned to leave, only to find Juliet standing in the doorway. "Artemis, if you don't stop right now, I'll get Butler involved."

Artemis sighed, the sign of defeat. He stared at her for a few seconds. "Fine, I won't go. I'll wait for Holly to come here."

Juliet almost jumped in surprise. "You're taking my advice?"

Artemis shrugged. "Why not? You seem to be the expert here. Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to dinner."

Juliet stepped aside, allowing Artemis to walk through the door, into the hall. But Artemis didn't go back to the dining room. He made for the front door. He grabbed his coat, and was standing outside, in the cold winter evening, before Juliet knew what had happened. He began to hurry down the road, Juliet shouting at him from Fowl Manor.

Artemis Fowl had business to attend to, and he would not rest until it was dealt with.

Haven. Foaly's office

Foaly had tracked down Artemis and found him not far from Chute E1. Holly, meanwhile was strapping on her helmet and preparing to go above ground.

"I'll keep you updated with his whereabouts. You find him, you mindwipe him and you come home. Oh, and you might want to take him back to Fowl Manor and mindwipe the rest of his family, just in case."

Holly nodded. "Just promise me one thing - you won't tell Root."

Foaly sighed. "I won't tell him if you do this now. Get moving, Captain. The pod's leaving in around ten minutes."

Holly said goodbye to Foaly and dashed out of the door towards the pods. She would have to be quick, and make sure she was the only officer to fly to Ireland between now and when she returned home. If Artemis wasn't far from the Chute, then anything could happen. Everyone below knew about Artemis Fowl.

Holly was held up for time when she came face to face with the same elf who had told Root about Holly's other trip up to Ireland. Holly ignored this fact and approached him importantly.

"I have been given orders by Foaly the centaur to go up to Ireland."

The elf peered at suspiciously. "You're the one who came here before, aren't you. Without orders. Sorry love, but I've been given strict orders by Commander Root not to let you though until further notice. And besides, the centaur isn't allowed to command orders."

Holly gritted her teeth. "I hope you realise, that if you don't let me pass right now, I have the strength to smash your face in. Literally."

The elf winced slightly at the thought. He had heard about Holly Short. "I have been told not to let you though," he said again.

"Right, then." Holly rolled up her sleeve and curled her fingers up into a fist. "You asked for it."

Holly had never known how much power she had. Not that you could call what she was doing power, blackmail more like, but it worked. Better than she'd hoped in fact. The elf jumped back, letting out a high-pitched squeak. "Ok, ok. You can go. But just this once. If Root finds out about this then I'll be fired."

Holly smiled. "Good for you. I hope you are fired." And with that she hopped into the pod in front and strapped herself in.

Most members of the LEP couldn't stand flying in the pods, but for Holly, it had to be one of the top five things about being a LEPrecon officer. Yes, it was a little bumpy, but that just added to the fun. Holly had arrived in Ireland in ten minutes, only a little shaken from the dodgy start she had had at the take off. She suspected that the elf had something to do with it because she definitely hadn't caused it.

Holly jumped out of the pod, landing on the soft grass. She breathed in deeply, almost glad to back up in Ireland, despite the mission at hand. She had to admit that Ireland was one of her favourite places above ground. There was something special about it that no other place had.

She called up the map of Ireland on her helmet. It showed that Artemis was on foot, alone, less then a mile north away. Holly set off in that direction, shielded, imagining how she would break it to Artemis.

She was thinking all the possibilities through in her head, when it suddenly hit her. How was she going to actually mindwipe him. She only had the equipment in her bag for a block mindwipe, which meant that Artemis could suffer from an IQ drop. Did Foaly want her to use it, or had he just not thought it through? Holly highly doubted that it was the second option, because it was Foaly after all, but it was always best to make sure.

She spoke into her mouthpiece, hoping that Foaly was still watching from his office. "Foaly? Are you there?"

There was a couple of seconds of white noise while she waited for his reply. "I'm here, Short. What's the problem?"

"How am I going to mindwipe him? I've only got the stuff for a block mindwipe."

"Use that, then."

"But, he'll get an IQ drop, won't he."

"Not for such a short period of time. You're only wiping about a day and a half from his memory. That's not enough to cause anything like that."

"You sure?"

"I invented the thing, Hol. Of course I'm sure."

"Ok, then," Holly sighed. She disconnected and switched on her wings. She flew slowly, not far from the ground, and it didn't take long for her to find her target. He looked awful, as though he hadn't slept in days. His hair was a mess and had dark circles around his eyes. Holly wondered how long he had been travelling on foot. Oh well, it was always more fun to scare them when they're tired.

She landed gently a few metres in front of him, waiting for the perfect moment.

He was five metres away, and counting. Four. Three. Two. One. She unshielded just before he walked into her. Artemis jumped about a foot and a half into the air in surprise. Holly felt a broad grin creep up her face. She would have paid good money to see that again.

It took Artemis longer than Holly had expected to compose himself, but he eventually managed to mutter out the word: "H-Holly?"

Holly swallowed. This was going to be harder then she had hoped. "Hi, Artemis," she said weakly. Pull yourself together, Short. He's just a Mudboy. Just tell him and get it over and done with. "Erm… well." She drew herself up tall. "I have been given strict orders to mindwipe you and your family. I never should have reminded you about the People and now it is time for us to say good bye for the last time." She looked down at her feet at the final few words.

"But, Holly?" She could hear the hurt in his voice. "What about all those things you said-"

Holly held up her hand to make him stop talking. Foaly's voice had just erupted through the speakers in Holly's helmet, and it sounded urgent.

"Holly! Get back down here now. You're going to have to bring Fowl with you because this can't wait!" And with that the connection died.

Chapter 4 is complete! I will put Chapter 5 up quickly to make up for the slow update of this chapter.

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