GIB: Operation Artemis Fowl.
Chapter 4. Sorry guys- I lost the original.. so it's a new one. Hope you enjoy it anyway. (Ev- its you who's after Alex, and me who's after Artemis. K?) Listen to VERTIGO with this.. you'll see why..
Kallessinreddragon
A black limousine drew up to Chicago airport half an hour after a certain group of girls who named themselves "GIB" had arrived from Nice with a young lad who looked completely stoned. He looked as though he had no idea where he was, or why he was alive. After some urging by the girls, the lad climbed awkwardly into the limousine, closely followed by the females. The spy watching them had set a tracker onto the limousine, and as the group drove off he decided that they were heading North West. He grabbed his phone and called his accomplice. "Fowl. North West. Destroy.".
Ten minutes later, the black limousine had a crash with a huge truck, while coming out of a tunnel. There were no survivors, as the limousine and truck had turned into a giant fireball. It was not discernable how many bodies there had been.
Watching the news on a screen in a hotel, Harry chuckled to herself. Again, GIB had outsmarted the enemy. Of course they would. Where would an enemy set a trap? Just after the tunnel. The tunnel also blocked the signal of the tracker. Lucky.. lucky.. after all, when the limousine came out, there was no time to check whether or not the group had craftily changed cars so as not to be killed. Hehe.
She looked over at Artemis Fowl, who was beginning to look a little less stoned. He had explained the situation, which.. was rather complicated. But basically, they were to rescue Rider, preferably killing Spiro and his niece. Sabrina Pleasure. THAT was who Rider had swapped Artemis for. Oh, and they were supposed to stop Butler from killing Alex Rider. Artemis obviously was panicking, as he thought that GIB were never going to stop his bodyguard. He had changed his mind about wrecking ultimate revenge on his former boyfriend- and he was sure that It would be too late. He had not taken into account the fact that Harry and Butler kept in regular correspondance- and it was Harry's turn to phone..
Hello?
Hello Butler. Domovoi, if you prefer.
Harry?
Yep.
I would talk, but I've just been taken prisoner.. another of Artemis' jobs, you understand.
Yes. I know. I'm on my way.
You what?
Artemis asked GIB to help him out. Incidentally, he says not to kill Rider. He's changed his mind.
I thought he might. I haven't really had chance to try.. as I said, I've been taken prisoner.
Yes. Well.. I'm intending to get you out.. but can you do me a few favors?
Certainly. Go on..
Harry switched off her phone. Smiling happily. This was not going to be a normal Operation, and therefore should not have normal parameters. Of course she had not told anyone her complete plans. Why?
Sherbet sat with Artemis Fowl in a corner, discussing his traditional methods for revenge in comparison to what GIB was actually going to do. Ant and Ever looked at plans that Artemis had drawn up of the Spiro tower, remembered from his adventure there. Ant called Harry over. "This isn't going to be easy, Harry.. we don't have time to find equipment to get in without being caught.. I really don't see how we can do this. " Harry looked at Ant, her eyebrows slightly raised. "I can." Ever turned, sensing something was up. "What? What do you know that we don't?" Harry chuckled. "Well, for a start, Rider, Butler and co are not in that building." She turned around to Sherbet and Artemis, beckoning them over. "I have a plan. Let me explain."
A few hours later. Outside Chicago, an old-style "mansion" stood imposingly in the middle of nowhere. There were cameras every few metres surrounding the building, obvious signs of someone's vanity. Butler sat in a "cell" in the basement of this mansion, huffing slightly. GIB were late. Harriet had promised that he would be out by now. Still.. he had done all the work she wanted him to do- hide a few speakers here and there. Listen hard. Dig.Wait patiently and rest. He was having difficulty waiting. Obviously he was becomingh old and less concentrated. Butler sighed and settled down for another few minutes.. hours? Generally GIB were on time, but when they were late, there was no telling exactly how late they would be.
In fact, Harry was dragging Artemis forcibly through an underground passage to the mansion which Butler had found and informed Harry about. Although she was, unfortunately, hopelessly in love with Artemis, Harry did wish that he would stop yelping every time a bit of mud splashed onto him. It didn't help with the concentration. Ant and Ever were on quad bikes (obviously) ad Sherbet was using the old fashioned way in- walking accross the grounds, camouflaged with some of that wonderful Nasa stuff used to hide heat. They seemed to be fine, talking through the mikes.. but Artemis would NOT shut up.
"Honestly. Why did I come to you again? I can be an absolute cretin at times. OW! What was that? Oh, more mud. If I had properly evaluated the situation, I would NOT be crawling through mud. I would have called Butler, then got some of his contacts to assist me. I don't need your help. Im sure I could have worked out how to get alex back- and by the way, you haven't told me where Butler is, or what his role is going to be. Tell me now. Hello? Harriet Miral? ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?"
Harry looked at Artemis in surprise. "You noticed I wasn't answering? Well done. For a genius, you really can be thick at times." She shook her head sadly, then continued, a hand still on Artemis' neck, dragging him forward as he protested. Maybe she shouldn't have made him drink that whisky to give him energy. He couldn't stop talking.
Eventually, when Harry and Artemis emerged from Butler's tunnel, Artemis didn't notice anything. He kept on talking as Harry gave Butler a mike, a pat on the back, and disappeared into another corner of the room to unblock the door. It took Artemis fully five minutes to realize Butler was there. When he eventually fainted from the effect of the drink, both Butler and Harry were rather relieved. Now they could get on with their work.
Twenty minutes later. Artemis had been woken up, courtesy of a few large ice cubes found in a freezer in the "kitchen" of the mansion. Harry stood with Ever and Ant in the main room, waiting for Sherbet to ferret out Rider and his captives. Butler was standing next to a big black box, waiting for a signal.
Finally Sherbet emerged from a side door, holding two very limp figures. One of them kept having spasms. Artemis moved forward, worried. Alex Rider was not in a good way. He looked up at Artemis, eyes unfocused. He straightened up, flailing Sherbet out of the way. No one spoke, as all were watching Artemis and Alex. Alex finally focused his eyes, and began to talk,.. slowly.. hesistantly, as though he had forgotten how.
"Arte.. mis? What are you doing here?"
A voice came out of the gloom. "He's come to take you away.". Everyone turned. It was the figure under Sherbet's arm. Sabrina Pleasure. She looked around the room. "Who the hell are you lot? MI6? Come to take Alex back?" She turned hysterical. "I WONT LET YOU! I WONT LET YOU! Not only did you and your rotten Operations make Alex gay, and stopped him loving me, but he says my uncle is a crook! I won't let you take him away from me while I'm healing him!" She grabbed Alex, and pressed a hidden button on a wall. Artemis dived for Alex, but too late. A sort of cage rose up from the floor, protecting Alex and Sabrina. Alex was trying to get to Artemis, but couldn't get through. Harry took Artemis by the shoulders as he tried to get through solid steel bars using only his fingernails. "Will you calm down? Of curse we planned for this." Artemis turned at her, incomprehending. "We knew something like this was bound to happen. Now will you let us get on with what we came here for? You'll get Alex back. Whether or not he is no longer drugged is a different question.""Drugged?" "Obviously. Cannabis, I think. Why do you think his eyes are like that? Now shut up."
Harry looked around her agents, examining their expressions. They appeared very annoyed at being outsmarted. No matter. Harry seemed to ponder for a second, then asked. "Everyone here likes U2, right?" A few wide eyes turned to Harry as she asked this, but generally nods were given as answers. Harry smiled. "Good. I do get so bored of music-less Operations. Now then. Ant, you go to the top of that staircase behind the "cage." Butler will tell you what to do. Sherbet, you stay here on guard. Ever, come here." Harry briefly explained something to Ever, who ran to a corner and searched through a black bag frantically, then took a few steps back. "I think that's everything then. Wait for the signal now." Sherbet looked annoyedly at Harry as she leant against a wall, preparing to watch the proceedings. "and what will you be doing, Harry?" Harry looked at Sherbet incredulously. "Me? Keeping out of the way, of course. Now wait."
Suddenly a door hidden behind the staircase opened, and five armed men, guards, came out, ready for battle. Harry nodded. "Butler? That's your signal." Butler clicked a small switch on his black box. Immediately U2's Vertigo blared out of speakers hidden in the mansion. The effect was immediate- the guards were confused, Artemis, Alex and Sabrina all fell over from shock, and GIB recognised the signal. Harry really was becoming more and more inventive in her choice of signals.
Ever quickly returned from her black bag and gave Harry and Sherbet some electric batons- stunning batons. With these, Sherbet and Ever plunged into the fray, attacking the confused security men with great gusto. Butler gave Ant a gun, and then picked her up and threw her into the "cage" in which Alex and Sabrina were- it had no top. Within seconds Ant has disactivated the cage, the guards were all asleep, and Artemis and Alex were reunited. Butler came down from his perch and ushered Alex and Artemis out of the room- the two were sobbing into each other's shoulders. All was well then. Nearly.
Vertigo came to an end. Silence reigned as Ant kept her gun trained on Sabrina. Harry had a few questions to ask.
"Where is your uncle?"
Sabrina looked beaten. She answered softly. "He..s away. He has no idea about Alex. But.. who are you?"
"Never mind that. What did you do to Rider in our absence?"
"Mainly drugs.. he was in a bad way.. he'd had some kind of big row with that guy.. his.. boyfriend." She said the word with utter disgust. "So what are you going to do now? Kill me?"
"Harry looked at Ever. "Maybe. Hang on a second." Harry raised her eyebrows at Ever, then held her hand out to Ant. "Gun, please." They exchanged the gun, still keeping it on Sabrina. Harry looked at Ever. "Look. You're the one with the experience with guns. Do you want to do this?" Ever looked pensive. "Id like to.. revenge for Alex and all that.. but.. I promised myself I wouldn't kill anyone until I was 18." Harry looked at Ever and shook her head. She thought that may be a lie. "Very well. Everyone out then."
GIB shuffled out of the room, Ant looked over her shoulder as Harry threw away the gun and drew a hidden Japanese sword- a boken. Of course. With Harry doing Aïkido, it was only natural for her to choose the sword. Harry looked determined.. she was about to try something she had never done before.. and oddly, she was looking forward to it.
Chop
No screams. Just a chop. Then something rolled into the room where GIB was. Ant picked up Sabrina Pleasure's head by her hair and looked at it for a second. She sighed, then put it down. "that's that, isn't it?"
Harry emerged from the other room, with a rather creepy smile on her face. "Yep. Now then. Let's go home, shall we?" She began to stride off as though taking a walk in the woods.. and thus, GIB followed her.. pretending nothing had happened..
Chop. Chop. I love that. Hehe. Sorry- that was very heavy.. but I enjoyed it
Kallessinreddragon