CHAPTER 3: CARRIS QUESTIONS
SHUTTLE PORT V7
A SWAMP MEADOW
"Where are they?" roared Commander Sool, standing at the entrance to the port with an enraged look in his eye. "
I don't know, sir," said a traffic reporter, backing away in the process.
" If they aren't here within the next 5 minutes, I'll personally make sure Short pays for it." This was typically normal for Sool around this time. His nickname around LEP was ExplosiveGas if you get what I mean. With a drop, Holly, Artemis, and Butler landed in front of Com. Sool.
" Short!" he roared. "Where have you been? We've been waiting for over 20 minutes past your due arrival time!"
"Commander, need I remind you that I no longer work for the LEP, and that this was a favor to Foaly, so please do not assume I have to be here on your set time," Holly said calmly, but with that kind of enraged look in her eye.
" Don't you be smart-mouthing me, Short. Otherwise you'll see hide nor hair of Carris! She wants to see you," and with that statement, Sool walked over to the shuttle and gestured toward it. "C'mon, don't keep us waiting over here."
"Carris?" said Holly as she walked over to the shuttle with Artemis and Butler. " Hollies Carris? Wow! I can't believe it….oh yes that's right, she replaced me! I need to pay her a visit."
" Who's Hollies Carris?" asked Artemis as they dropped under the earth.
" My old school mate, and my room mate at the fairy university. She's great. You should meet her, she's terribly pretty," replied Holly, thinking about how much Artemis would like Hollies.
" Holly, are you trying to play match-maker?" asked Artemis, sensing a little push to meet her.
" Oh no, Artemis, why would I do such a thing?"
LEPRECON HEADQUATERS
" Artemis Fowl, please pass through the Checker373, and do not resist," said the minor, a little afraid of Butler and his enormous height. Artemis and Butler passed the test and followed Sool into his office.
"Now, Mr. Fowl, please have a seat and wait while I go cancel my previous appointment with Ms. Carris," said Sool while he trudged toward the door. Artemis nodded and Sool walked out and slammed the door shut.
" Butler," started Artemis, " doesn't it seem like the LEP fortress has been enlarged for the fitting of a human?"
" Sure does seem so," replied Butler.
" But why," Artemis asked himself. " And why has that some of a jerk asked us here. Surly not for an interview, the little git…"
But as soon as he got that far, a human, a teenage girl, evidentially, walked into the room, arms full of papers, and said " He is a git, isn't he?"
