Chapter 2. Only one way to find out

Difficluties on the last one. sorry about that.

School for Gentlemen (I forgot what it's called)

There was a new kid at his school. Artemis went over to his desk.

"Sam I presume." He said.

"Hello." He said with a small voice. There was really no point in doing so. There was nobody around. Not even the teacher since it was lunch. Artemis and the butler always ate in the room. But today, there was a visitor.

Artemis stuck out his hand. "The only other person to get a perfect score on the SATS. Congratulations."

Sam looked at his hand. Then he shook it.

"Smart boy. He said. "Or should I say, girl?"

Sarah looked up from her sandwich. "Girl?" she asked still in her male voice.

Artemis laughed. "Of course. It is obvious. Number one, normal males don't sound like a mule. Two, you never go into boys' bathroom. And three, There is still a bit of nail polish on your nails that the nail polish- remover didn't seem to get out." He paused a moment. He looked into her eyes. "And those are the most flamboyant pair of eyes I have ever seen."

Sarah smiled. "Genius indeed Fowl." She said in her regular voice. "I suppose you won't let me go without an explanation."

"Not really, no." He said.

Sarah sighed. "My father doesn't believe that females are just as good as males. I get perfects scores in public schools but he says that they're just doing that because I am a girl. So I decided to do a little show and tell."

"Doesn't your father care that you are going into a school with a bunch of males, a beautiful lady as yourself?" he asked.

"No. He is always on his business trips. Barley even time to send money to his own family." She partly lied.

"I understand." He said.

"Is my identity safe then? She asked.

Artemis thought a moment. The he had a smirk on his face. "One thousand dollars." He said. This was very unlikely of Artemis since he already had enough money for life. But still, he missed the old days where he and Butler would go out for crime. It was better than nothing.

"Fowl, you heard me. My father doesn't even send money to us. We barley have enough money to keep us alive. We feed upon the minuscule salary that my mom makes." She said with a straight face.

"Business." He said.

"You already stole that fairy gold!" She blurted out.

Artemis's eyes widened. "How did you know about that?!" He almost yelled.

"I have my resources." She said. Now it was her turn to smirk.

"Butler." Artemis said. Butler's knuckles cracked loudly.

Sarah rose on of her eyebrows. "Bring it on." Butler first threw on of his wanna-be famous punches since he was not the man he used to be. Sarah grabbed it without twitching and crunched it as if it were a paper ball. Butler screamed for pain. Sarah twisted his arm and used her foot to slam him into the ground. She looked at Artimis. "Don't ever try anything so…mindless on me again." She said.

Artemis ran over to Butler. "Butler!" Artimus worried. He looked at Sarah with his evil eye.

Sarah smiled. "Business." And walked away.

In the Hospital

"A few broken fingers and a knuckle. He'll be fine." Reported the nurse. Artemis took a sigh of relief.

"May I see him?" he asked.

"Sure. Com'on in." She said. He walked in.

"Butler?" He said. Butler looked at him and got up.

"Hello, Artemis." Butler said.

"I…I…I'm really sorry." Artemis said.

"It's cool. It was good practice. At least we know what were up against."

"No. If I didn't ask you to..." He started.

"It's perfectly fine." Butler interrupted. "Nothing that hasn't happened before." Artemis was a little relieved. "She's an attractive lady." Butler said. "And she's got spunk. Your type."

Artemis looked at him. "I am well aware of what you're trying to say butler and it is not going to happen." Butler laughed.

"Well, you are 15 now… it's about time that you…"Butler said.

"Don't say it." Artemis said with a straight face. "My life is fine as it is. I can not be more pleased with it myself."

"Ok." Butler said with a smirk. Just then an unexpected visitor came in.

"How is my patient doing?" Sarah said. Artemis's face grew dark. She still had her uniform on but her eyes were still the same.

"What are you doing here?" Artemis jerked out, trying to find a nicer way to put it.

"Just checking to see what kind of damaged I've done once again." She answered.

"Well it's enough." He muttered.

Sarah smiled. "I didn't mean to hurt your butler. It was just basic self defense. It would be a little 'Unintelligent' if I just stood there."

"She has a point." said Butler. Artemis was still not amused.

"Alright. You're here for something. What do you want?" He asked.

"You've clearly have a lot of experience Fowl." She smiled. She took out a little PC and showed him a little video. In that screen there was a women screaming, running around, trapped in what seemed like a box the size of a closet.

"ARTEMIS!" the women screamed. Immediately he knew who that was.

"Mother." He almost whispered. His face grew dark. But the video was not finished yet. Behind her was Sarah with a needle. She stabbed her with it. Angeline started to what it seemed to be either calming down, or dying. Artemis stared into Angeline's eyes.

Sarah said to the camera. "You might realize who this is and that person all tied up in the corner." Butler's eyes widened. It was Juliet. "Don't worry, that was just what you would say, a sleeping pill. Turned into liquid, of course. 80 thousand pounds, tomorrow, midnight, at the docks in exchange for your mother and butler's sister." That was the end of the movie. Butler dared not to get up, for he did not want to make the same mistake as last time. But Artemis however, because of the sadness in the eyes of his mother got up and threw one of the weakest punches. Sarah grabbed it. She waved her index finger at him and pushed him all the way back to the other side of the room.

"Artemis!" butler said.

"Oh yes," said Sarah. "and this is yours. I stole it." She smirked and threw him back the PC.

"Why?" Artemis said.

"You weren't very nice to me either." She answered. "Oh, and don't even try to connect with your father. His material has been, confiscated." She walked back out. Artemis felt pain all over his body.

"Artemis are you ok?!" Butler said. Artemis felt very sleepy. His eyes were dripping down by the second.

"She dosed…me." He said weakly.

"Artemis?" butler asked shaking him with one hand. "Artemis?!"

Back at home

Artemis found himself in his own room. He slowly got up. "Butler?" he asked.

"Welcome back, Artemis!" Butler said handing him a cup of water.

"She dosed me, when I threw that punch. She had a needle…"

"I what know she did, Artemis. Rest ok?" Artemis leaned back.

"Not a very beautiful thing after all. Am I right butler?" joked Artemis.

Butler sighed. "No, no, she still is."

"How can you say that?!" Artemis said.

"She is still beautiful, it's just that, you can't feel it, she's hiding something."

"How do you know?"

Butler smiled. "Been around for longer than you have."

Artemis looked at him.

"We're going." He said.

"What good would that do?" asked butler. "You felt that push! She could be a fairy for all we know. No human girl could break my knuckles! I don't think…"

For the first time, Artimis did not know. "What could she be hiding? That is her weak point. Maybe she…"He looked at butler.

"No, that's impossible! It's it….?"

Artemis smirked. "Only one way to find out."

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