Hey guys! SORRY this took so long to get out I've been a little swamped by school for a few weeks, all the teachers gave me assignment at the same time. I think the plan it that way. And on top of all that I just finished my half yearly exams and now reports are going out… that's going to be interesting… Oh and before I forget AGAIN I'm really bad at grammar and stuff like that so if anyone wants to be my BETA I would be so grateful. I use to think I was ok but I'll admit it now that I'm CRAP. Someone offered to be my BETA when I started this thing and I should have taken them up on the offer so I'm sorry about the shotty grammar in my stories its my own stupid fault!

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They arrived at Narrandera half an hour behind schedule at 11:00 am. The first stop they made was the hospital, seemed logical seeing as that was where they had been born. As they walked up the stairs Artemis wondered, not for the first time, what he had gotten himself into. This was different to everything else- this was personal. It was like Russia all over again, trying to find a family member was incredibly stressful. At least this time there wasn't an evil pixie trying to take over The Haven this time.

They entered the hospital and walked over to the front desk. Sitting there was a nurse who looked about late-twenties, early-thirties.

" Hi, what can I do for you?" she said in the strong Australian accent Artemis was getting use to. He never realised how fast Australians talk until yesterday but he was starting to understand most of what they said.

" I'm Sergeant John Bennet and I'm looking for a person who was last seen here 14 years ago" Butler said, pulling out his fake police badge and showing the nurse, who's nametag said her name was Megan

Megan looked excited "Ooh like a missing persons case, how exciting. How can I help?"

"Can you please find me some records from about 14 years ago? They would be under the name of Angeline Fowl. She was in the maternity ward."

Megan frowned "I don't think the computer holds information from that long ago sergeant."

"Is there any other place I could find them?" Butler asked

"Well there is the basement where we keep all the old records. We keep them pretty neat so it shouldn't be too hard to find. Follow me and I'll show you the way"

They followed Megan down a flight of stairs to a room filled with filing cabinets; there was probably about 70 all up

"These are the records dating all the way back to1930, one filing cabinet a year. They have the year written on the so it shouldn't be too difficult." Megan said as they all walked in.

"Thankyou for your assistance Megan, you've been very helpful. I think it would be best if you just leave us to it. We'll call if we need help." Butler said smiling. Wow, thought Holly, he can be really charming when he wants to be.

Megan turned to walk out but as she reached the door she turned around and asked, " I was wondering, if this is a police investigation why have you dragged a kid and two midgets to work with you?"

"We prefer little people, thankyou very much" Mulch said indignantly

Butler rolled his eyes and said " The kid is my nephew, my sister made me baby sit him today. I had no choice but to bring him to work and the other two are my partners," he dropped to a whisper and said, " They're a little sensitive about their height"

Megan nodded "ok then, just wondering. Call me if you need anything"

"Ok we will"

Then she closed the door and they were alone with seventy years of health records.

An hour later they found the records.

"I got it!" Holly called, waving it triumphantly above her head. Artemis grabbed it out of her hand and opened it up, looked at it for a minute or two and then said

"What the hell?"

"What is it Artemis?" butler said, concerned

Artemis passed the manila folder over to butler. He skimmed through it before saying "I don't believe it"

Holly looked from one to the other

"What is it?" she demanded

"It says my sister was stillborn" Artemis said, hardly believing what he was reading

"That's not possible," said Butler "I saw her with my own eyes"

"I smell a rat" holly said, looking around at the group theatrically

Mulch looked around guiltily

"My bad" he said apologetically

Artemis ignored him and turned to butler " are you sure they delivered two alive and healthy children?"

Butler nodded in confirmation "yes, there was definitely two of you"

"Right, well in that case who was the doctor who delivered us? We need to find him and ask him a few questions"

"It was," Holly grabbed the folder off butler and started to read " Dr Neil Wells. It doesn't have a address though so how do we find him?"

"I have contacts" Butler said "in a few hours I can have anything you want to know about Dr Wells, I can even tell you when his last dentist appointment was"

Artemis nodded "Then get started while we photocopy this. Now I've stared this I just want to find her"

Six hours later they all crowded around the small laptop to read the email Butler had received from his contacts about Dr Wells.

"It says here he lives with his wife and kids at 52 Audley Street. The kids go to Saint Francis high school in Leeton and the wife is a teacher at Narrandera public school." Butler said reading off the tiny screen. He looked up and said, " I think we should pay Dr Wells a visit"

"An excellent idea" said Artemis "but seeing as its now 6:00 at night I think we should wait until tomorrow"

Holly and Mulch nodded in agreement. They were still jetlagged and were asleep on their feet.

They had a quick dinner that consisted of vegemite sandwiches because that's all that seemed to be in the cupboard and no one wanted to go down to the pub for an actual meal. No one liked the vegemite much except for Mulch who eats pretty much anything and after watching the last bit of The Simpsons they went to bed. There were only two rooms so Artemis and Butler shared one and Holly and Mulch were in the other.

Artemis lay on his back, staring at the roof, wondering what happened to his sister, why all this crazy stuff happened to him- it was a burden being a genius sometimes, and finally what tomorrow would bring because that was the most immediate worry. No one could tell what Dr Wells could tell them and his greatest worry- ok fear- was that he wouldn't be able to tell hem anything.

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so, what do you think? Remember REVIEW! Thanks to everyone who does though, you guys rock! Should I keep Artemis' twins name as Ellie? I'm not sure any more but if you can think of a better one let me know, I'm open to suggestions.

Well, till the next update, shine on you crazy diamonds!

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