Disclaimer : I don't own so much as a hair on Artemis Fowl's head. Dammit.

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Still frozen, Artemis Fowl could see everything that was happening around him. Through the crack in the door he could see Captain Frost's business partners being thrown off the ship.

Who is this girl anyway? He thought, trying to process the events that lead him here. Everything was Blank. The furthest he could remember was at Fowl Manor, eating with his parents. Then a few hours on the computer, bed. What HAPPENED? The Captain strode into the room.

She waved her finger and tutted. "What did I tell you Mister Fowl?" She waited for an answer, soon to realize he was frozen and couldn't speak. Terra coughed a laugh and pulled out a spike shaped azurite, she held it tight in her palm and squeezed.

The colour in her cheeks began to fade. The cabin became misty, swirling around Artemis's head. Slowly, a warm feeling was coursing round his body, melting all the ice that had frozen him into submission. The nerves in his limbs and body began to feel again. As he stumbled to the floor, the haze cleared and the Captain collapsed next to him. Artemis took a few seconds to reflect. He stood up, shaking dust off his black Armani suite. He looked down at the unconscious girl.

"..." He sighed. Intrigued by the situation, he hauled the Captain onto the chair. She groaned and opened her eyes, they were cold and dark.

"Remind me never to do it that quickly again..." She said, rubbing her forehead. Artemis stared, still trying to comprehend what she had done.

"Don't look so smug, kid," Terra stood up, meeting him at eye level. Artemis was about to object to being called 'kid' when a fat man with a curved blade finally broke down the spindly door. It practically sighed with relief.

"CAPTAIN!" He yelled. Terra flinched, he spoke a few decibels lower, "those scoundrels are firing at us!"

She rubbed her ears; this was the action she had been waiting for. She stood up and looked at Artemis, nodding to herself or to him, he didn't know, but after that short spell the Captain obviously decided it was okay for him to be by himself. She strode over the collapsed door and out of the cabin.

Artemis looked after the Captain. Now to find Butler. A smile creased his lips.

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"Sie Weibchen!" Schaper cursed from his speedboat, he held up the fake Titan, which had fallen apart. Oops, Terra thought. The Germans boat was parked near the ship. Schapers cronies were firing shots at them, all the crew was on the floor.

"Put the sails up! Head west!" She commanded, the crew was unsure, "right bunch of noblemen you are..." She sighed. Schapers guards were still shooting.

"Look!" She yelled, standing on the rim of the ship, arms flailed out, "those clowns couldn't hit a fly with a swatter!" The Captain was right; they were all missing at point blank range. The crew jumped up and started work immediately. The Captain trotted off the side of the ship, to notice Artemis Fowl walking casually along the deck.

"Your babysitter is incapacitated, Fowl, unless you want to swim half way across the Atlantic, of course, there's no way out" she joked, Artemis kept his composure. How he hated being underestimated.

The Captain patted her hips, damn, she thought.

"Ho! Yeah, John!" It was the stubbled pirate from before. He tied down the rope he was handling and trotted over to Terra. He saluted.

"Where's my sword?" She sounded annoyed. Her eyebrows dropped as John thought. Maybe it isn't such a good idea to let her get weapons... Artemis thought.

"Your study, Cap'in." He stated. The Captain paused, and looked as though she was contemplating what colour would go best on her bedroom wall. She quickly snapped out of it.

"Stay here," she said to Artemis, motioning her hand down. She strode away again, below deck. John looked Artemis up and down.

"You 'aint the usual sort," he commented. Artemis' eyes widened.

"How do you mean?" He questioned. Curious to know what he defined as 'usual'.

"She normally goes wiv' foreign drug lords and the like."

"Do you know what she wants from me?"

John shrugged, "She generally keeps 'erself to 'erself... good cap'in though."

Artemis nodded. He turned round, following the sound of steel hitting wood.

"Hey Lucio!" The Captain shouted, as she appeared on the next deck. A small Italian looking man looked up. "Toss that rope."

He did so, Captain Frost grabbed it, clamping a large silver dagger between her teeth and swung over board.

The gunshots stopped.

"What is she doing?" Artemis asked, stepping to the edge of the ship. He looked down, to see Captain Frost sitting in the boat alone.

"You okay, captain!" The crew yelled, concerned. She looked up, smiling broadly. The businessmen were flailing about in the water a little was off from their boat. Every time one came near, the Captain kicked him away with the back of her boot.

By now the whole crew were staring at the scene before them, some blank, and others on the floor with laughter. Artemis couldn't help but pull a smile. What is going on here? He questioned himself, drawing back from the edge of the ship. He took a long look around while the crew hauled the Captain out of the boat, which she had so gracefully ripped the engine off.

They were certainly in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but gleaming blue ocean for miles around.

Knowing his only chance of escape was with Butler, Artemis headed down a flight of creaking wooden stairs and into a short, damp corridor. He crept into the first door on the right, and creaked it open. Just as Artemis was about to step into the room, a hard metal object connected with his head at an extraordinary speed, knocking him out of consciousness and leaving him a smartly dressed heap on the floor.

Butler stepped out of the shadows in the corner. He sighed.

"I knew I should have checked first."

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And that is that. W0000T! Fairy's in the next chapter :P