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Rewind: "Who are you?" Artemis asked, he was tied up to one corner of a room with a formally suited elf looking at him.

"I'm Grey. Jason Grey." The elf smiled.

"Ok, Mr. Grey. Where am I?"

"Venice, Italy."

"What am I doing in Italy, tied up!"

"You question your kidnapper too much, young Artemis Fowl."

"I'm not young. I'm 15!"

"Be what you want, Fowl, but I will have to leave you here. Arrivederci." Grey waved him and went out the door.

Venice Artemis thought where Kent grew up; I believe she is doing something to rescue me…I hope.

---------Invisible chute, somewhere in France-------

"Were not going to use the Alps, we have to stop by France." Foaly said looking at the visuals while Holly was trying to stay away from Switzerland borders.

"I know the Alps are dangerous, but why stop?" Butler asked while buckling his gun belt.

"Were out of carrots, and you are not going to need those guns. You are going to stay here with the old centaur. Leave those to Juliet."

He did so and pouted, still holding the communicator Kent handed him. They landed at France and bought some carrots after pursuing the merchant to take dollars instead of French money.

---------Private chute in Italy--------

"Thank you Joe. I knew I could count on you." Kent winked on her pilot as they were landing at the Lim house; she took a deep breath of Italy air.

"Home again, and I thought I'd never get back here. Now, where are they?"

She looked up the sky hoping to see her friends once again, in Venice. Now's not the time to dream, but its time to look for Jason Grey. She looks at her watch, 15 minutes till the gates close.

Kent ran as fast as she could, hoping she could still make it.

---------Invisible chute--------

Foaly landed carefully at the Lim mansion, they saw Joe cleaning his chute.

"Do you think that…..never mind." Holly said. Everybody thought the same thing, could Kent disobey orders and went to Venice on her own?

"The stats say he lives near the Grand Canal, at Fondamenta Bollani 223. Where the heck is that?" Juliet asks.

"Were near Piazza San Marco, we'll run out of time if we walk, we have to take a cab. Who knows how to speak Italian, other than me?" Holly asks.

For some moments no one moved.

"Come on! You two should know some words!" She demanded.

----------Accademia, Galleria dell'----------

Grey walked out of his black limousine and showed the guard his invitation.

"Benvenuto, Signore Grey" the guard bowed low

Grey walked inside the Academy of Fine Arts, the biggest gallery and museum in Venice. They were going to have a great opening of the "Rose Room" a room dedicated to the old Doges of Venice, for their possessions, portraits and busts.

"Vietato l'ingresso!" he heard the guard shout behind him, addressing to a trespasser, which probably meant "no admission." Grey ignored him.

---------Old warehouse-------

"Mump" Artemis tried to chew out the fabric that was tied to his mouth. There's no guard or anyone that's watching me, this Grey does not know how to kidnap a boy.

There was a loud thumping outside, either someone was there to help him or just another dog. Artemis had been visited by three dogs and over ten rats since his kidnapper left.

"Artemis? Are you here?" a familiar voice said.

Kent? "Mmmfffttttt!" Artemis tried to shout, his hopes up high.

Kent appeared from behind the boxes. Her smile should have been the happiness of Arty, but something was clouding her. She had another attack and fainted even before she could reach him.

"Kent!" he cried.

--------Piazza San Marco------

"Now what?" Juliet asked her small companion, who in the other hand, shielded.

"Flag down a cab and just tell him whatever I'm going to tell you." Holly said hovering over her, she was using a new pair of wings; Butterfly is made up of real butterfly wings. Waterproof and very quiet.

Juliet did what she was told. She was wearing a photographer jacket with matching cargo pants, a fisherman's hat and a fake camera hanging down her neck. What a tourist usually wear, it pays to camouflage.

"Portare mi a Academia, Galleria dell'" she said to the driver, the driver agreed.

Holly sat at the front and un-shielded, thinking that the driver would not suspect her, till…

"Nice child you've got here, Signora, looks like Signore Grey." He said.

"You think so? How do you know Grey? And you speak English?" Holly asked in a mesmerizing tone.

"Signore Grey owns mostly 300 branches all over Italy. He's short and his ears are pointy. We call him 'The Elf. 'I speak my language; I came from N.Y. far away from here." He said, driving.

"Say… isn't that a coincidence that he's called 'The Elf', that fairy." She muttered.

They arrived at the gates of the museum; they saw Grey walking to the entrance, by instinct, Juliet ran to the entrance doors. Grey had just shown his invitation and Juliet ran after him.

"Vietato l'ingresso!" the guard stopped her. Holly, shielded, got in the building easily.

She followed Grey to the "Rose Room"; she flew high above him, and not knowing he already sensed another fairy in the room.

Grey was silent and waited patently for the ribbon cutting, and he would attack.

---------Lim Mansion--------

"What is your position Holly?" Foaly tried to connect with her "no answer! Juliet, your position?"

"Outside the museum, this is the first time I'm in a mission without any plans. Remind me again why we left Kent, she's the one who knows about the Crystal." Juliet complained through the speaker.

"Because she's sick! Where's Holly?" Foaly commanded

"She's following Grey inside. I'm here stuck with a mesmerized driver whom we haven't paid yet." Her voice was bored.

"Why did she turn off her communicator?"

"She didn't, I saw her turn it on before I ran after Grey."

"Then what happened?"

"I dunno…maybe there's this radar sensors inside that drains the signal, the museum in Ireland has one, I had to go in and out the museum so that I could call my manager."

"Let's hope she's ok." Foaly looked at Butler, looking at his chest. Thinking of Artemis and all the disasters they got themselves into. He could only hope that he's ok.

----------Old warehouse-------

"Arty?" Kent opened