Chapter two: Foolproof Till Tomorrow
"Do you know who it was?" Holly questioned Mulch when he got back to base.
"No," replied Mulch. "The voice…the voice was familiar though."
"And you have no idea?"
"None whatsoever."
Foaly and another elf walked into the room from the ops booth. The elf was Captain John Oak, a ninety five year old LEPrecon officer. His good looks often distracted the damsel in distress at a crime scene. Despite his female fan club, he took his job very seriously and had at least 20 successful missions in the past two months. He was soon to be promoted to major.
"What have we got so far?" said Captain Oak.
"Nothing at the moment, Captain," Holly replied.
"What did this mystery person say?" Butler asked.
Mulch thought for a moment. "She said something about…what happened in San Francisco. She said that was one of her many failures. She said because of you, Holly, and Artemis and the mud kids, she failed to get her revenge on all those who foiled her plots."
Lauryn looked thoughtful. "Does anyone here, by any chance, know someone," she said, "by the name of 'Koboi'"
Six heads spun in her direction. "Koboi?" cried Holly, Mulch, Foaly, John, Butler, and Artemis in unison. Brian, Allayne, Qwan, and Nº 1 looked blank.
"Where did you hear that name?" Artemis demanded.
"Nowhere, actually. I read it on the back of that remote doohickey that stopped all of horsy-boy's," Foaly glared at her, "stuff. It said in little words, I had to use a magnifying glass to read it, Koboi Labs."
"What's the big deal with this Koboi person?" Brian asked. "What has this person done?"
"She is a ruthless, cold-blooded killer," spat Holly. "She has no love for the People. She would kill her own mother to get her way."
"Charming lady," Lauryn commented.
"What are we going to do now, Fowl?" Captain Oak said.
"We are to proceed with the plan," replied Artemis.
"We're going to begin the next part of the plan tomorrow," Holly said, joining John in by the wide window in the staff rec room. She'd never admit it, but she admired him for sticking to his job and ignoring the love struck female elves…unlike Chix Verbil. Plus she thought he looked cute with his strait, dark hair hanging down, almost to his shoulders.
"Yeah," he replied. They stood by the window in silence for a while, watching the traffic go by down below.
"Do you think Artemis' plan will work?" John asked her.
Holly thought for a moment. "I don't know, John," she said. "I hope so. Artemis' plans rarely go wrong. But if it does, that would mean catastrophe for our whole race."
"I wonder, Holly, if he really knows what he's doing. Koboi is not to be underestimated."
"And I don't think he would underestimate her. Besides, his plan is pretty foolproof."
"We'll see," John said. "We'll see come tomorrow." John looked at her. Her large, bi-colored eyes stared out the window. He always grew annoyed with all the girls following him all the time. He wouldn't he so annoyed, however, if Holly was one of those girls.
Aww! How cute! I want to say thank you right now to Tardyarty. He has been a LIFE SAVER!!!!!!!!!! He and his genius mind helped me to think up Artemis' plan. Next chapter coming up!!!