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

Chapter 7: Torture

Doodah pulled the shuttle about two blocks from Koboi labs.

"Are you sure you have to do this?" Mulch asked, "Because no offence Holly, but you're not exactly looking up to doing this."

Holly nodded her head. "I'm sure. Now you two know what you half to do?"

Doodah and Mulch nodded simultaneously.

"Good, let's go Artemis." Holly pulled the mud boy to his feet and dragged him from the shuttle.

"Remember." He whispered to Mulch and Doodah as they came to the gate of Koboi Labs. "You have to come at exactly the right time."

"No prob." Doodah said.

Holly and Artemis walked quickly to the supposedly abandoned Koboi Labs. They stood in front of the door and Opal came out followed by... about 10 identical looking elves.

Holly was gaping at them.

"Like them?" Opal said. "My newest army. I can't be bothered with goblins this time. Come with me. Or should I get my army to over power you?"

Artemis glared at her. "We'll come, but keep your promise. Let No1 and Qwan go. Then we'll come quietly."

Opal shrugged her shoulders. "As you wish."

She motioned to the nearest elf that brought No1 forward. Another elf brought forward Qwan. They were unconscious.

"Here they are, now come." Opal said.

Holly flinched as the two identical elves threw the two demons to the ground. Artemis looked around everywhere but at the demons.

"I said come!" Opal growled. "The dwarf and the pixie can take them to safety."

Holly glanced at the duo, and walked into the building with Artemis.

Mulch and Doodah quickly picked up the demons and flew them (with borrowed wings) to Police Plaza.

Trouble was sitting moodily in the Ops booth with Foaly when Mulch and Doodah came in.

"We dropped the two demons off at the medical bay." Doodah said. "Now we need what Artemis requested."

Foaly nodded, and went over to a cabinet. Inside were 5 guns, 3 pairs of wings, some fairy acid, rope, cam foil and 5 LEP helmets.

Trouble looked confused. "Why are there 5 guns?"

Foaly looked at him. "Well you're going to aren't you?"

Trouble shook his head.

"What? But you love Holly! She could be in real danger and you'll just be sitting here!"

Trouble set his jaw. "She has the mud boy to protect her. Not that she needs protecting in the first place."

Doodah, Mulch and Foaly's mouths hung open.

"Ok you did not just say that ARTEMIS FOWL could protect her?" Mulch said. "Have you seen how skinny this kid is?"

"Yeah so if Holly dies, it'll be on your head." Doodah added.

"Fine! I'll come! But only because I'd like to get Opal myself." Trouble snapped.

"Right." Foaly muttered.

"It could be worse." Holly muttered.

"I fail to see how it could get ANY worse." Artemis said.

"We could be dead!"

"We will be, Koboi just likes it when we suffer for a few hours." Artemis retorted.

Indeed things did look grim. They were in that white room chained to a wall and were watching a computer screen on the other end of the room. It was showing various footages, like Root being blown up, they being chased by trolls, Foaly bawling in the Ops Booth, a goblin shooting at Police Plaza and at Spud's Spud Emporium. They weren't watching because they wanted to, they were watching because they had to. The chains kept them from turning their heads away.

As the footage of Root being blown up came on screen Artemis could hear Holly sobbing quietly.

"Holly, I'm so sorry. I had no idea how terrible it was."

Holly gulped. "No one does. It was probably the worst thing I ever had to go through."

Artemis wished with all his heart that Koboi would just kill them and get it over with. This torture was too much. But of course this was the way Koboi liked to work.

A/N: You know the drill. Only 2 more chapters left.