Gah! Pointless, pointless chapter.
miroku
-Aw, I'm touched... :)
Shadow- I'll tell you there'll be a happy ending, I just don't know if it's going to be true. I want there to be a happy ending, but things seem to go from bad to worse for poor Arty... Oh yeah, writing any stories by the way? I want to read...
Lugian- Sorry, there's another cliffhanger, bwahaha. I'm hyper too! Sometimes...
aperfectattitude- yeah, I feel so bad for him. But I love Chrysanthene so... I don't know who I'll make happy here.
Disclaimer- I own Chrysanthene and I love her. If I post the fic I'm working on, her last name will be revealed...


"I like you, Artemis Fowl the Second," Chrysanthene said dramatically. "Unfortunately for you I don't like you enough to let you escape. And if I die, which I highly doubt, I'm dragging you down with me."

Artemis was desperate. "Chrysanthene, please."

"Please what?"

"Don't do this to me again. I don't want to be controlled anymore. You have no idea how bad it is for me. When will I ever be able to live my own life again?"

"Humph. Never thought that about poor Butler there, huh?"

"Butler?"

"Yeah. The poor guy's all about protecting the Principal. Can't even be called by his own name. His name is Domovoi, right? A Slavic guardian spirit. Rather apt, don't you think?"

"Yes. Rather apt."

"And he can't even be called that, not even by his sister! I mean, honestly. Who would want that? And you're lucky. People call you by your actual name. Not Fowl, but Artemis, or Arty. They don't know it's not you."

"But… Butler protects me not only because he has to, but because he's my friend."

"Yeah right," Chrysanthene said scornfully. In truth, she had found out that they really were friends, and Artemis was right. But who cared? Apart from Artemis, that was. Her motto was 'Torture the more'. Well, actually it wasn't. But who cared? "He isn't your friend. He's only saying that so you won't be hurt. His job is to prevent people from hurting you, no?"

The boy looked at her as if unsure whether to believe her or not. It was tugging at her conscience, but she ignored it. "Listen, Artemis, I don't usually lie. Believe me. I've been in his head and know all his secrets."

"He… isn't?"

"That's right, Arty boy, he isn't. And about that possession thing… I've changed my mind."

"Changed your mind?"

"I'm not going to control you anymore."

Artemis was disbelieving. "Pardon me if I don't believe you, but I'd say you aren't the most trustworthy person on earth."

"Oh, I'm one of those people anyway. Evil, perhaps, but trustworthy. When I give you my word, I usually stick to it. And I'm really not possessing you anymore."

"I still don't believe you."

"No. Honestly. I know enough of your secrets to blackmail you for the rest of your life. Now, would you want anyone to know that you-" she whispered in his ear.

His eyebrows rose. "No thank you. I'd rather not have anyone know."

"Or that you-" she whispered again.

His eyes widened and he paled considerably. "No one has… has to know about that. It's a secret."

She smiled triumphantly. "See? Blackmail. I think I'll be very good in that business, don't you think?"

"Very good. You simply possess people for a moment, and when you get the chance, you blackmail them."

"Yes, I think you have it right."

"So all you are going to do is blackmail me?"

"Oh, I wouldn't say all I was going to do, if I were you." She raised the weapon and flicked the setting up. "The setting is up high enough to kill, you know."

"What will you do with me?" There was an unmistakable hint of fear in that voice.

"I'm going to keep you."


Sorry for the cliffhanger again... I just can't help myself!