Chapter 8
Shiinmaru-dono: Hiya, my beloved viewers! I enjoy your votes and CC! We shall end the "to be raped or not to be raped" poll on February 10th, so get your votes in quick! #cracks whip at whimpering Sho-dono; "Do the damn disclaimer, slave!"#
Sho-dono: #hunched in corner sulking# we do not own Artemis Fowl in any way shape or form.
Shiinmaru-dono: #pets Sho-dono's head# That was very good, slave. I'll give you a cookie later. On with the fic!
Artemis was bored, bored, bored; that was really all that could be said. He was lying in bed, bored, and not allowed to do anything. "You realize that I hate you right now, right?" he asked Butler who was busy unpacking and cleaning the house they now resided in.
Butler turned and gave him a stern look "You have a choice. You can stay in bed or you can help me unpack." He said simply.
Artemis' eyes widened at the thought of actually doing work. "I am not going to lower myself to the point where I actually have to do my own work. That's what you're here for," Artemis grumbled; sometimes Butler really hated his job.
THUMP!
Artemis fell off the bed in an unconscious heap. "Artemis? Artemis!? Artemis, wake up!" now Butler was worried. He ran to the unconscious teen's side and pressed a large hand to his forehead. Artemis was burning up, "Damn it, Artemis, why do you insist on putting me through these things?" Butler placed Artemis back on the bed and trudged downstairs to fetch a cold cloth to place on Artemis forehead. He made it half-way to the kitchen when the doorbell rang. What now? Who in the hell could possibly be here? Butler was becoming exasperated; it seemed that the world was against him today. The doorbell rang once more.
"Hold your horses! I'm coming!" Butler shouted in the direction of the front door. He walked away from the kitchen and to the front entrance. Opening the door, Butler scowled, "What do you want, Liam?"
Liam smirked; annoying Butler amused Liam to no end, "It's after school and I promised that I'd be here to help with homework." Liam held up the basket in his right hand, "I brought sweets and a steak for you; you can cook it yourself or I can cook for you." Liam was smiling and Butler felt a little of his hatred for Liam ebb. "Where's Artemis?"
Butler sighed, "Artemis is asleep with a high fever." Which is unusual; Artemis doesn't normally get sick…Why would he fall ill now? "I was just about to get him a cold cloth," Butler groaned, "There's still all the unpacking to do…Though it pains me to say this; I could use your help."
"What would like me to do?" Liam asked as he stepped inside.
"Be his nurse for a while; get the cold cloth and make him do some homework if wakes up. I'll unpack and clean; and later, you can help me make dinner," Butler pinched the bridge of his nose.
Liam smiled, "I'll help, but you need to rest for a bit. If you exhaust yourself, who will make sure Artemis doesn't get himself killed?"
"Not funny." Butler said with a scowl.
"Ha ha. You know if you need help unpacking the munchkins would be more than willing to help… For a price that is," Liam smirked.
"How good are they?" Butler would take any help he could get.
"They can clean better than most maid services. Here, if you're not satisfied then you don't have to pay them. How's that?" Butler could tell that Liam was being overly generous.
"How much do they cost?" Butler queried.
"Twenty dollars and hour for five helpers," Liam replied.
"Hmmm," it was a very tempting offer, and with him only paying four dollars an hour per person it was a great deal and he could just stand by and make sure they didn't break anything…"Deal."
Liam grinned, "Expect your help to arrive in approximately…five seconds."
"Wha..?" was all Butler got out before the pounding of little fists on the front door interrupted him. Butler looked incredulously at Liam; the blind boy seemed even more dangerous every time Butler was near him. Butler opened the front door for the second time that day; in front of him stood five pre-teens. The eldest was a young, tough looking girl with bandages wrapped from the tips of her fingers to her shoulders on both arms. The girl was slightly taller than Artemis, had black hair, blue eyes, and a hooked shaped scar across her left eye.
"Yo, I'm Beka Boon; Liam called for us, said you needed some help unpacking," the girl - now know to be called Beka – stated with one hand on her hip, the other rolling a coin over her knuckles. The rest of the teens weren't as oddly dressed but they all had the same punk-ish attitude.
What have I gotten myself into? "What do you mean he called you? He only got here two minutes ago." Butler said, glaring.
"Dude, there is such a thing as cell phones ya know." drawled a boy with dirty blond hair.
"You gonna let us in or are we just gonna stand out here till we turn to dust?" Beka snapped.
Butler moved aside and allowed the five teens to enter. He went about giving jobs and telling them where everything went and just sat back and watched as all the work was done for him. Ah, this is the life, Butler thought as he sat down in the recliner.
In the mean time Liam had reached Artemis' room and was currently examining him for signs of illness. "Hmmm, a high fever, yet you're shivering and have a racking cough." Liam's thoughts chased each other around through his mind. Was it an illness sent by Rei or was it nothing more than the flu coming to bite Artemis in the butt for hiding from the sun? Liam reached his hand out towards Artemis' forehead but was zapped by a blue spark. "Well, that answers that question; Rei is going to pay for this later. But now, I need to fix you up, Moons," Liam spoke to Artemis' sleeping form; Liam forced his hand through the blue spark barrier and stroked Artemis' forehead. Liam began to chant in an ancient language; when he finished, Liam leaned down. When he was a hair's breath away from Artemis' lips, he said, "Blessed be, Moons." And he kissed Artemis full on the lips.
Shiinmaru-dono: Heya, readers! My b-day is coming up and I thought I'd treat you all to Artemis' first kiss (in this little universe mine and Sho-dono's mind have concocted). Anyway…Please don't kill Sho-dono and I for not updating quicker! We were struck by a bought of horrible Writer's Block. This youko loves all of her readers and hopes for you all to spread word of her writings. #cracks whip; "Sho-dono! Finish up, my beloved servant, and you'll rewarded. Fail, and I'll make you wish you were never born!# Shiinmaru-dono out!
Sho-dono: lol if any of you are wondering y Shiinmaru-dono is calling me servant, it's because I let her have her way with a thing in another fic we're writing. If we finish it we may upload it. Maybe.