A/N: I own nothing to do with Artemis Fowl.

Chapter 5: Her Demands

Artemis and Foaly winced.

"How could they be with Opal!" Holly cried. "She's in jail!"

Trouble, Mulch and Doodah looked at her.

"You mean no one told you?" Trouble asked.

"Told me what?" Holly snapped.

Trouble sighed. "Opal Koboi escaped from jail about 2 ½ years ago and no one has heard from her since."

Artemis and Holly looked at Foaly.

"Why didn't we now about this?" Artemis demanded.

Foaly shrugged. "It was so long ago, I guess I forgot.

"Forgot?!" Holly said loudly, calming down a little bit. "You forgot to tell us that a criminal that tried to take over the world TWICE, escaped from jail!"

After a few seconds she said, "Wait a second, how do you know that they're with Opal?"

"Well take a look at this." Artemis said pointing at the computer screen.

Holly got up and stood next to the mud boy. "What? How can you tell that they're with Opal?" She asked, "It just says the location."

Foaly rolled his eyes. "Think about it Holly. These demons just got here, how could they now about Koboi labs? Demons aren't as stupid as trolls or goblins but lots of them are just dumb muscle. They wouldn't think to capture No1 and Qwan, so who could give them the idea?"

Holly sighed. "But still Opal doesn't have a grudge on No1 and Qwan."

"Opal escaped 2 ½ years ago. Obviously she'll be plotting on how to get revenge on us. Now she thinks that we'll be on our guard so what does she do? She takes our friends instead hoping to lure us there." Artemis said logically.

Mulch groaned. "I thought we were over that bitter little pixie."

Doodah looked at him reproachfully, "But how do you know that she wants us to come?" he asked.

Foaly looked at the pixie. "Mainly because Opal has a jammer in place now. She should have done it at the beginning, unless she wanted us to know where to find her."

Suddenly a face appeared on Foaly's computer screen. A human girl, or that's what it looked like, was standing there clapping her hands. Artemis and Holly tensed. They knew that she wasn't a human child but the pixie Opal Koboi.

"Very good Foaly." The pixie said smirking. "But you know that if I didn't want to be found I wouldn't have been. As you know I have your friends."

The screen showed a picture of No1 and Qwan chained to a wall in a white room. The picture went back to Opal.

"That room is my pride and joy. No magic can be used in that room. No healing, no shielding, no nothing. Now I don't now anything about these demons except that they are your friends so if you ever want to see them alive you'll meet my demands."

Artemis rolled his eyes. "I think you watch to many mud man movies Koboi. That is very cliché."

Opal glared at the boy. "Regardless. I can kill them and it'll be no worse for me, but for you and Captain Short. Well you don't share consciousnesses without it leaving a mark."

Holly gritted her teeth. "What do you want Koboi?" she asked angrily.

"I want you and Artemis Fowl. You come here to Koboi labs and I'll release your demon friends."

"No way!" Trouble yelled.

Holly put a gentle hand on his arm.

"We'll do it." She said to Opal.

"What?!" Mulch, Foaly, Doodah and Trouble said in unison.

Opal smirked. "Obviously you are trying to come up with some way to escape once you are in the labs but I doubt you'll get out of this one. Come to Koboi labs in one hour. Then your demon friends will be safe."

Than she cut the connection.

Trouble looked at Holly. "You're crazy. I'm not going to let Koboi have you."

Holly smiled sadly. "I'm sorry Trouble, but it's the only way. Besides once we're inside, Artemis and I'll find a way to escape."

Mulch shrugged. "I don't know, Koboi seems to have covered every angle."

Artemis looked at him. "No one can cover every angle."

With that the boy genius went into thinking mode. Everyone quietly left the Ops Booth; knowing that they shouldn't disturb Artemis right now.

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