So. You're probably wondering why this chapter doesn't look the way it used to.
The answer is simple - I screwed up. I left this little part out, which turns out to be quite important. The transition between this chappie and the next one did seem a little odd, didn't it?
Ah well, here's a shortie for ya.
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Chapter Five: The Mystery
"Commander, they disappeared - they just disappeared! I swear, it had to be magic, or something… And there was one with a funny blue eye who could see right through shields. Shields, just like Fowl! And he did something to those people so they couldn't…"
"Holly?" For the first time she could remember, Root sounded genuinely concerned. "Look, Holly, this is completely beyond any of us. Sit tight, lay low, and wait for Trouble. They'll arrive within the hour. Holly?"
"Commander, I can't. I have to follow him." Her voice was still shaky, but gathered strength with every word.
"I thought you said they had all disappeared…"
"Not this one. I don't think he has the magic. I have to follow him - he's going somewhere - it's the only way we can find something out about these people."
"You do that, then," he said, wondering at a sight so strange that it would send a seasoned Recon officer babbling. "Look, I'm going to leave you with Foaly - I'm coming up myself." There was the sound of static as Root left the speaker system.
"Holly?"
"Foaly, I'm fine, really I am. Just a little shaken."
The centaur snorted. "That would be the understatement of the year."
"But," said Holly after a short silence, "I wonder, really, what is the connection?"
"The connection between these people and Fowl? You know it wasn't a coincidnce that it was only him and the other boy that were taken. The's some purpose behind this - and we can't even begin to guess what it is."
"It really bothers you, huh," asked Holly, laughing weakly.
"You have no idea…"
