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A/N We are back to Artemis again! Thank you for everyone that has read my story so far:) I'm glad that people are enjoying my first FF! (Begins crying) Thank you! I love you all! Jokes. On with the story!
Chapter 6- Connection?
Artemis looked up at the ceiling. Butler, Juliet, Holly, Mulch, and him were in a gigantic suite. He didn't like it. Nothing would seem like home again. Fowl Manor was the only home for him and he was going to miss it. It's all Johnson's fault. This was a place Artemis had planned on coming in just in case of a loss for a home. Don't think of Artemis as a paranoid person. Just think of him as someone who looks at everything in every a different angle. It was a house/mansion on a hillside. Everything was beautiful and had cost a lot of money. But then again, Artemis was rich. He was also a genius.
"I'm not a fool, miss Short. I don't keep all of my money in my house. I keep most of it in a top-security safe. Some in a coded computer, and some in an abandoned warehouse that nobody would suspect" Artemis remembered telling Holly when they got to financial talk after the explosion. However, all the gold wasn't gone either. He had split that in multiple places. Artemis walked around the house. It was a house/mansion more inclining to mansion but it felt like any house to him. It had a gleaming kitchen, gleaming washroom, comfortable bed, and a pool. But it wasn't Fowl Manor. Artemis chose a room and unpacked his things. But other than all of the changes, there was one change that made everything completely different. He was undercover. After the explosion, he had paid the press a good amount to keep his whereabouts secret. Now nobody knew where the Irish teenager was. Johnson was probably looking for him. Artemis had to be hidden. Suddenly, his communicator rang. He checked the screen and saw a message. We need your help- Foaly. Help? He hadn't been on a "save Haven" adventure since Opal Koboi's return. Artemis had been earning for one since then. He couldn't help grinning. Haven needs my help once again. It would help get his mind off the whole Johnson problem. He sent a message back to Foaly telling him to come to the surface and also gave him his address.
"Butler! We'll be getting a visitor!" Artemis shouted at the main floor. Butler came almost immediately.
"Who?" he asked concernedly.
"Foaly" Artemis said with a smile. "Haven needs our help once again." He then informed Holly and Mulch about their visitor.
"Pony boy huh? He better not try arresting me," said Mulch.
"I wonder what he needs…" thought Holly out loud.
An hour later, the bell rang.
"Human! Give us permission to come into your household!" yelled a familiar voice… Sool!
"I give Foaly permission to come in, not you" replied Artemis from the other side of the door.
"I'll take that as a general invitation" said Sool. And when the door opened, Sool, Foaly, Trouble, and three LEP officers walked in. Artemis waited for the vomiting to begin, but nothing happened. I guess one invitation is enough for all of them. I have to keep that in mind. Butler led the party into the living room.
"This is a cozy place, Fowl," said Foaly.
"Yes, you have gotten some nice accommodations," Sool said plainly. "But we have to get to business. It was donkey boy's idea to drag you into this, but we need your mud man help." When Artemis was about to answer, Holly cut in.
"Artemis will help if you don't even try arresting me or Mulch," she said angrily.
"Now hold on Holly…" Artemis began but was interrupted by Sool.
"No one asked for your assistance Short! You will not be attending this mission! Now I'm feeling nice so I'll give you a minute to flee before we slap the irons on your wrists!" Foaly gave a look of surprise, Trouble looked at the floor quite ashamedly, and the officers grinned and sneered.
"You're lucky Commander Sool is being nice to you, Short! Or should I call you, rebel?" sneered one of the officers. Holly hadn't forgotten about Root yet.
"SOOL IS NO COMMANDER! THE ONLY REAL COMMANDER TO THE LEP HAS BEEN COMMANDER ROOT!" she exploded in fiery rage. Sool made a look of a mock hurt face.
"That's really quite STUPID of you miss Short. What a wrong day to try my patience" Sool responded. He then motioned to the officers to get her. "Don't forget the dwarf." They came in on them, Neutrinos at the ready. Juliet jumped in front of Mulch and Holly.
"You have to get through me first," she said. The officers looked at Sool. Sool nodded. Butler then came in front of Juliet.
"And me" he growled.
"Now listen here!" Artemis suddenly cut in. "There will be no violence in my household!" Sool smiled.
"He's right, Sool," Foaly said. The new commander hit Foaly at the side of the head! Everyone stood shocked for a moment. Sool looked enraged before he grinned.
"That's commander for you, donkey. And you take my side of the damn argument, you hear me!" he told Foaly. The centaur stayed on the floor, looking shocked.
"YOU BASTARD!" holly shouted from behind the Butlers. She flew out and attacked Sool. They struggled for a moment before he kicked her off.
"State your business now Sool or Butler and Juliet will knock you out cold!" Artemis shouted. Everyone was surprised at Artemis' harsh words.
"There's a problem in Haven," said an angry ready-to-kill Sool. "There's a toxic disaster. If we don't act quickly, all the citizens will die. There have already been five unlucky citizens that fell to its harmful chemicals. Foaly." Foaly began his speech as soon as his name was mentioned. He began to talk about his research (which he sounded greatly proud of) and finally got to the point.
"The chemicals are human things. The toxic was created by a human," Foaly said. At first Artemis was shocked and angry.
"Are you accusing me of something?" he said.
"Of course not," Foaly responded. "But we'll need your help to find this person. Someone else knows about us." Someone else knowing about the People sounded impossible, yet they couldn't be wrong.
"I can help you," Artemis replied simply. "But I'll need the help of Holly Short and Mulch Diggums." Sool looked astonished.
"Absolutely not! I will not…" he started but was interrupted by Trouble.
"You're putting a rivalry in front of the safety of Haven sir." After about a minute of swearing he sighed and agreed.
"I'm going to get right to work," Artemis said. He hurried upstairs to his laptop. Little did anyone know that he already had a suspect. It was either his anger telling him it was true, or it was his intelligence. It is possible. I have some proof that it is him. If it is you, Johnson, I'll let the People take care of you. Artemis turned on his laptop, and instantly began researching on the exact length and width of Fowl Manor. Holly had said it was on a wall in the main floor. When he had the estimated measurement of his old manor, he researched bombs. Seeing he was getting nowhere, he called Holly. No answer. Suddenly, he heard grunting. Artemis hurried downstairs. Butler was taking on all three officers. They were particularly good fighters, so Butler had only knocked one out.
"What in the name of…" Artemis began. He went into the kitchen and saw Mulch and Trouble throwing fists at each other while Holly and Sool struggled once again. When Juliet was dazed on the ground next to them. When finally Butler finished the officers, Butler burst into the room, picked up Trouble and stuffed him in a cabinet. He then kicked Sool. Artemis, Butler, and an awoken Juliet, made Sool sign a temporary peace treaty. Artemis wrote it so that there would be no loopholes. After that, Holly went up to his room with him.
"Can you give me a drawing of what you think the bomb looked like?" Artemis asked. When he had a collected and illustration from Holly and Mulch, he took it upstairs to his room. They both looked roughly about the same. Artemis searched for bombs such as those when he hacked into a couple of military bases. He had a couple of seconds before they realized there was a hacker. He copied all of the bombs, and pasted them somewhere safely. He then looked them over. Nothing. Artemis would have to do something very tricky now. Hack into Johnson's weapon's facility. Artemis first had trouble finding a page he could use that mentioned Johnson's company at all that Artemis could use to hack. He then threw the defense avatars some coded bait elsewhere so that he could get inside the system. He finally got into the hard drive! He then did the same to the bombs section (complete and incomplete) as he had done to the military's. Finally Artemis found some parts that were in the illustration in several different bombs. Maybe he somehow fused them? No, there are still some parts missing and that doesn't explain the radius of the bomb. Artemis looked through all of the bombs and only found certain parts of the bomb. There isn't any bomb that would cause an explosion in a certain direction. A normal bomb would have destroyed half of Fowl Manor and taken the rest of the damage on the garden. This bomb was on the west wall and sent the explosion north, south, and east but not west. Artemis was getting frustrated. Then he had an idea.
"Foaly, can you get up here?" Artemis yelled from his room. After about half a minute, Foaly appeared at his doorway.
"Yes?" he asked, his brow raised.
"I need you to give me access to all of Haven's weapon's" he replied. This made his brow rise even farther up.
"I'm getting very close to figuring something out, Foaly. Do you want to find this guy or not?"
"I guess… Move aside, kid," he replied enthusiastically. He typed and bragged at the same time at how easy this task was. He finally got to a very military looking like screen. Then he stopped typing.
"I'm asking them permission to access the weapon's facility, because I sure as hell aint' hacking," he said. "Okay, they granted us permission," he said a little while later. His hands were over the keyboard once again.
"Any weapon in particular?" he asked.
"Bombs. All types. With these parts," Artemis said and handed Foaly the piece of paper in which the parts were written down. He typed quickly and soon three bombs and a report on them appeared on the screen.
"Whoa. That narrowed it down quite a bit," said Foaly. Artemis found the one at last. In the report it was one of the most valuable bombs. No wonder. The user could direct the bomb wherever he/she wanted.
"Well, I found our guy, Foaly," Artemis informed him.
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Everyone including the fairies was seated at the table.
"I've been doing some extensive research of one Damien Johnson," Artemis began. He explained every little detail of why he accused him and how he knew Johnson was responsible. He also gave a brief explanation of how he had figured out the fairy business.
"My guess is that he believes in folk tales and other stories a littler to much. I researched more about him and he has a… habit of sometimes mixing fiction with reality. No doubt he read about fairies when he was small and he's been pursuing that ever since. I have more research to back that theory up. So basically, Johnson is your man, Sool." Everyone looked impressed at his search.
"Horsey here was right. Your knowledge is worth coming up to the surface for. But you're coming with us. All of you are. We're going to need more help. Artemis grinned. His next adventure in Haven awaited. YES! And I can chase Johnson while saving Haven!
"Lets get him," said Artemis.
A/N Woohoo! You see? My book has taken an unexpected twist that made it more interesting wouldn't you say? I'll update as soon as possible. And once again- REVIEW:)