A/N: I own nothing to do with Artemis Fowl.
Chapter 8: The Battle: Part 1
"Hello. Enjoying the movies?" Opal's face appeared on screen.
Holly glared icily at her. "You've gone to far Koboi. All this for a childish pixie's revenge!"
"No need to be rude." Opal tutted. "Besides I believe you've said that before. And I will once again say that I'm not a pixie anymore."
Artemis glared openly at her. "Just shut up."
Opal scowled at him. "I'll see you in a few minutes. You two, bring them to me." She said pointing at two elves behind her.
She turned off the screen and Artemis sighed. "You're right Holly. I don't think we'll make it. I'm sorry." Holly smiled sadly. "It's been fun Artemis."
All this time I bet you're wondering what happened to Mulch, Doodah and Trouble. Well while all this drama was happening to Holly and Artemis they were actually just below Koboi labs. Mulch had remembered another fission in the foundations, actually at the other end of the building from the one they had gotten in last time. They were just below it, waiting for the fission to appear.
"Do you think this'll work?" Trouble asked through his helmet's com link.
Mulch shrugged, "We made it through the last one. We didn't go through this one because even though it's open longer, it's much smaller. The shuttle wouldn't have made it. We should be able to make it."
Doodah gulped.
"Ok guys, let's go." He said as the rock began contracting.
The three 'heroes' gunned their wings and flew through the crack.
"It's getting really tight." Trouble grunted when they were halfway through.
"Just keep going!" Mulch replied.
"It's starting to expand!" Doodah yelled. "Hurry!"
Trouble gunned the wings faster, thankful that Foaly had given them wings that were completely silent. He saw the end of the crack.
"Guys we're almost there." He called through the com link. He made it through.
"Hurry!" He called down.
Mulch flew through the crack and not a second to soon Doodah did. The crack completely disappeared leaving 3 panting fairies.
"That was to close." Doodah panted. "We are not doing that again!"
"Come on we have to find Holly and Artemis." Trouble said looking around and spotting a video camera. He quickly went over to it and wound a fiber optics cable around the first wire he saw.
"Foaly. Have you got video?"
Foaly's voice came through the com link. "Got everything."
"Where are Holly and Artemis?" Trouble asked.
"One second...oh no!"
"What!" Trouble asked sounding worried.
"Listen Trouble, you need to get into the computer room now! Opal has Artemis and Holly in there with guns pointed at their heads."
Trouble's heart stopped. "Change in plans. We're going to just burst in now! Follow me!"
He started running in the direction Foaly told him to go. Mulch and Doodah looked at each other, shrugged and ran after him.
"Any last words?" Opal snarled pressing a gun to Artemis's head.
"Not really. I have no intention of going to pieces for your amusement."
Holly had a sense of deja vu of Artemis having said something like that before.
"Very well then. Say goodbye." Opal flicked the safety switch off and was about to shoot when... "Ahhhh!" Opal shrieked as a laser burst hit the gun out of her hand. Artemis and Holly looked up to see Mulch, Doodah and Trouble come in.
"Drop them Koboi." Trouble ordered.
"Not a chance, you LEP freak." Opal snarled.
"What are you waiting for? Get them!" She shrieked at her army.
Suddenly Mulch, Doodah and Trouble were faced with about 40 elves with guns. Trouble pulled something out of his belt and threw it. A smoke bomb exploded.
"Come on." He yelled pulling Mulch and Doodah behind a collapsed wall. Holly suddenly grabbed Artemis as best she could (she and him were wearing handcuffs) and shoved him behind the wall. All this happened in less than 4 seconds. The smoke cleared and Trouble aimed his gun and shot 2 elves before they even realized that they were still there.
Holly turned to Doodah as Mulch began shooting as well.
"Get us out of these, so we can help." She hissed.
Doodah pulled out the fairy acid and squeezed a couple drops on the handcuffs. They dissolved and he handed Holly a weapon. She began shooting along with Trouble and Mulch as Doodah did the same with Artemis.
Artemis grabbed a spare LEP helmet that Doodah had next to him and put it on.
"Foaly we need back up! We're completely outnumbered. Koboi labs should be easy to get in to. Just hurry!"
Foaly immediately did as he was told without any smart comments, which was probably a first for him. Meanwhile the clones (that's what Opal's army was) had taken refuge behind an old computer. Opal was screaming orders.
"Trouble I need to talk to you." Holly said while taking a small breather.
"Not now Holly." Trouble hissed.
Holly glared at him but stopped as a shot came dangerously close to her head. Holly looked around at her teammates. Suddenly she saw Artemis holding his arm. She crawled over to him.
"Are you ok? What happened?" She asked while ducking to avoid a laser blast.
"Got shot in the arm. I'm fine." Artemis said through clenched teeth.
Holly knew immediately that he was lying. Mainly because there was blood seeping through his fingers but also because he had spoken an incomplete sentence.
"Mulch cover me. Artemis needs healing." She said not waiting to hear an answer.
She placed her hand on his arm and whispered, "Heal."
Blue sparks flowed from her fingers and healed Artemis's arm. 2 seconds later he started breathing easier.
"Thanks Holly. Now we're even."
Holly shook her head. "You saved my life, all I did was stop pain."
"Um guys. Now's not really the time." Doodah grunted.
All of a sudden the room was full of LEP operatives.
"Thank goodness." Artemis murmured.
"You called them, didn't you?" Holly said. He nodded.
Opal shrieked. "That's it!" she screamed. She threw a huge grenade looking thing at the middle of the room, causing at least 5 LEP officers to get thrown off their feet.
The wall that Artemis, Holly, Doodah, Mulch and Trouble were hiding behind collapsed leaving them exposed.
"Oh great." Holly muttered.
A/N: One chapter left! At least two reviews and I'll post it. :)