Painful Findings

Disclaimer: I don't own anything relating to Artemis Fowl not even Artemis himself.

Holly looked down, "I don't know Foaly. Really, I don't." She sat up as if she had just remembered something, which she had. "Foaly, before you blacked out you said, 'Sool.' Why?"

"I don't know," Foaly said after thinking about it. "I can't remember anything except that you left to tell Artemis."

This is not good, Holly thought. Foaly was the only one that could figure things out and when he had, he was almost killed and had forgotten it.

Holly thought about, then said out loud, "Don't try to remember. Don't try again anyway. Besides, I know a way to find out." With that, she stood up and started to walk out of his room.

"Where are you going?" Foaly croaked.

"Back to Fowl Manor."

Holly grabbed her wings and a visa to the surface. She bought a ticket and the gnome looked at her. "You quit." Holly only smiled and walked to the shuttle.

When she got onto the surface, she fired up her wings and put her shield on. When they cleared her to go, she shot off and in fifteen minutes, she was at Fowl Manor. Butler answered the door and Holly unshielded for a second. He nodded and moved aside. She stepped in and looked at him. His eyes were puffy and red. Even though Butler never admitted it, he cried. He couldn't help it, it just happened. Artemis Fowl's manservant wiped his eyes and smiled. "Nice to see you."

Holly tried to smile and couldn't manage it. Her lips trembled to stop her when she tried. "Nice to see you, too."

"So, what's up?" Butler stepped aside and wiped his eyes again.

"Did you get it on tape that fairy that shot Artemis?"

"Yeah, but he was shielded, remember?" Butler reminded her.

Holly nodded. "Yeah, but I know how Artemis saw us when we were shielded on tape."

Butler cursed himself silently. Stupid fool! You forgot, didn't you? He ran upstairs, tripping over a rug, fell down, and ran faster than ever. Holly followed at a more respectable pace.

Butler searched for the tape and shoved it into the TV's VCR. Holly, Butler, and Artemis appeared on the screen.

"Bet," Butler muttered again.

Butler sped the tape up a little.

Artemis looked at the window.

Butler zoomed into the window and went to frame-by-frame. Slowly, a figure started to form.

"Sool," Holly whispered.

"Yes, me." Ark Sool appeared, standing slightly behind them with a rifle raised.

A/N: CLIFFHANGERS! Review?