Chapter Six

Wow my creativity Daemaeon has been busy! So here is chapter six. It is sort of sad. Not really. Juliet will kill me.

Big thanks to Yamachanis myman. Your review made me very happy, for some odd weird reason. Did I say Dea is smarter than Artemis? Didn't mean to...oh well. And Dea's past...that's a whole separate thing that I shall type up for you all one day when its 4am and I'm sugar high. Feel free to suggest any flaws you can think of for Dea...don't we all need anger management?

Do you know what I've always wanted to do?

audience NO NO NO!

Too bad, anyways I've always wanted to go 2 a psychiatrist and freak them out a...bit. Wouldn't that be fun...You could be all weird and screwy and they would be like they're crazy and I would go MUAHAHHAAH! Sound fun? Call 1800- IDO-OWNARTEMISFOWL and pay me a million dollars...sees lawyer copying # down...er that is 1800-IDONOT-OWNARTEMISFOWL

Thank you to my reviewers, you all rock! This chapter kinda stinks...oh well

Snuffles208, Daine, Talia, Butler, the crazy werewolf...

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"And after we finish, I have an important announcement," said Mr. Fowl as they ate lunch the following morning.

"Father, I see no reason why you cannot tell us now."

"I said after Artemis, do not bother me." Mr. Fowl pushed his plate aside and got to his feet stiffly.

"I can tell you now, as I am finished. I have just recently changed the number of staff in The Manor. As of now, Bu-"

"Master Fowl! Madam! Butler is gone!" Juliet burst through the doors.

Mr. Fowl sighed, "Thank you Juliet, for announcing it for me. Yes, as of now Butler is now no longer a Fowl employee."

"What?"

"Just like I said, Artemis. I have fired Butler."

"WHAT?" screeched Juliet. "No! When is he coming back?"

"Never, I'm afraid."

"Never? That's it, I quit." Juliet slammed her fist onto the table.

"I am afraid you cannot, dear. You are my employee and will remain so for the next few years as the contract you signed states."

Juliet stared at him. Then very slowly she walked up to him. "It is nice to know that." She dropped into a low spinning kick and broke the two table legs near her. She then jumped up and ran out before Mr. Fowl could realize that all the leftover lunch food was sliding down the table, directly at him.

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Butler strode out the gate and down the road. He had left his car for Juliet and taken only what he really needed. He was working on autopilot. Fowls never fired Butlers. Ever, no matter what. Having finished that train of thought, his mind turned to where he was going to stay. He turned left and headed to the poorer side of the city. He had a few friends who would be glad to help get him a place. He could have just headed towards any apartment rental office, but Mr. Fowl had only let him leave with a certain amount of money. The Butler account in the bank was filled, but he didn't want to draw out of his savings. He could live without it. Deep inside he was excited, finally something had happened. Something other than the daily death threats Artemis received. He had just turned the corner when two boys appeared.

"Butler," they bowed deeply. "We extend our invitation."

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"ARTEMIS!" Juliet's cry startled Artemis from his sleep.

"You flippin' little son of a b-"

"Juliet! May I ask why you are in my rooms, late at night and calling me unappropriated names?"

"Well first of all, I got lowered to MAID! Me a maid? No, I don't think so! And why didn't you protest?"

"Protest to what?" Asked Artemis with his know-it-all smirk.

Juliet had had enough. She let her fist fly, hitting Artemis right in the eye.

"Ow!" he yelped. She turned away from the side of his bed and marched to his files. "Now up and at them, Master Artemis. If you don't have something in these files that can bring Butler back to us then I'll skip getting my blue diamond."

"What? No Juliet, do not touch those fi-" Too late, Juliet had yanked open the nearest cabinet. The handle did not recognize her finger prints and went into a security lock mode.

"Look what you did! Do you know how long it will take me to unlock those things with out alerting my parents?"

"Ask Dea to do it for you. After all, she is the technological genius."

"Juliet, Miss. Nuhad is not here."

"Oh, right. You sent her to a mental facility. Stupid."

"I needed to get rid of her. The fairies cast a charm so she couldn't leave without true consent. One way was to send her away to a mental facility, being her 'guardian' I gave full, true consent."

"Well, now you can get to work thinking about how we're going to get her out. If you tried to get her released your father will find out, our other option is a breakout."

"A breakout? I think not."

"Artemis, the time when you had options was in the past," Juliet placed her hand on his throat. "We break her out, now get to work."

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"So this is the famed headquarters?" asked Butler as he dropped his bag.

"Yes sir!" said a very enthusiastic boy. "Dinner is at nine, wake up is at five thirty. Just call if you need something."

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Dea turned towards the nearest nurse. It was late and getting dark.

"I want to go to the bathroom!" she demanded.

"Of course Miss. It's so nice you're using your words."

"NOW!" she screeched.

"Yes, this way," the nurse said leading her down the white hallway.

"I had a turkey once! His name was BK!" she babbled.

"Yes, you did! Now, I'll be right out here if you need me, okay?"

"His name was really BK!" Dea continued as she hurried through the door. The second the door was closed she sighed. Playing a mentally insane person 24/7 was straining. Fortunately she was in a less intensive care ward and the bathrooms had ground level windows. Pulling out a shirt and pair of jeans from under her ward issued dress she changed and pulled out her lock pick set. Stonefields must be going under. She thought as she managed to open the window and crawl out. She had already memorized the guard positions and managed to slip easily by them. Now all that was left was waiting until the guard turned and climbing over the wall.

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"See? I told you we could get in here," smirked Juliet as the slowly made their way along the wall of the building.

"I do not see why I am here."

"You are here as an expandable fool. Now shut up." Normally Juliet wouldn't be so mean to Artemis, but this was technically all his fault. "What's that?" She spotted a crouched figure.

"Who's there?" the figure issued a challenge.

"None of your business. Who are you?"

"If I told you, your life would end."

"That's a big threat for someone so small," commented Juliet as she crept closer.

"Oh yeah?" The figure jumped up and Juliet could see their face.

"Dea?"

"Juliet?"

"What are you doing out here?"

"Taking my pet turkey on a walk."

"Your wh- Never mind, I won't ask."

"Don't, what's Stoneface doing out here? I didn't know he could come this far. Come to think of it, I didn't know he run, walk, survive-without-a-computer at all."

"I will take that as a complement and point out the fact that we had three minuets before the next guard is due."

"So lets go!" Juliet grabbed Dea by the hand and started running towards the outer wall. Once there they had to wait for Artemis to catch up.

"How are we going over?" asked Dea.

"Why don't you tell us how you planned to get over single handed?"

"I was going to climb, but I doubt that is an option for you."

"I-"

"Shut it. I brought ropes, we'll climb up the Artemis, we'll pull you up."

"No yo-"

"Two minutes," said Dea.

"Right lets go, before the guards get here." Juliet grabbed a rope and started to climb up, Dea followed leaving Artemis standing on the ground. Once they were on top of the wall, they threw a sling like creation down to Artemis. Very unwillingly, he sat down on it and let Juliet and Dea haul him up.

"Godsą½€ Do you know how heavy you are?" gasped Dea as she collapsed.

Artemis frowned at her. "I would have thought that you would be able to handle my weight, obviously I was wrong. You are weak."

SMACK. Dea had slapped Artemis across the face.

"Strong enough for you?"

"Right, as much as I hate to break this up, we should get moving," suggested Juliet.

"How are we getting down?"

"I left some padding on the ground. We should be able to jump and land safely."

"Should?"

"I believe they are right here. Juliet?"

"I see some dark shape, but" Juliet squinted in the dark, "I'm not positive."

"I am almost one hundred percent sure this is where they were, one minute."

"I'll jump and make sure they are set, okay?"

"Are you crazy? You might die!" said Dea.

"Fifty seconds, Juliet, jump now."

"I'll call up if they are there." Juliet paused then dropped over the edge.

One second, two seconds, three...then a soft thump.

"Okay! There they are!" exclaimed Dea.

"Juliet?" Called Artemis. "Is it safe to jump?"

No answer.

"Juliet?"

"JULIET!" Screamed Dea. Still nothing.

"Please answer!" There was no answer, no noise, nothing.