A/N: Got a lot of good reviews; a lot of them asking if Trouble died and how good the cliffie was. Thanks guys! I know you all are looking forward to what might happen, so I won't keep you waiting. So, here's the chapter. ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl. Simple as that!
Chapter Five
Third Person POV
No1 was completely baffled. The monitors were showing the weirdest things, stuff that could never be possible. His heart rate sped up and slowed down in a pattern. It went up an d then a few seconds later it went down dramatically. His brain waves were out of control and so was his blood pressure. He was totally unresponsive. He was breathing, but it came in sharp and choppy. No1 didn't know what to do, no one did! He was going to have to call in a professional. A few actually. And he knew one of them wasn't going to like this one bit.
He rushed out of the room and into the hall. He had to tell her the news. It wasn't good, but she deserved to know what was going on.
"Holly, I have news, bad news. Trouble is unresponsive, and things are going crazy. We're trying our best to get things under control. But if you want him to get better, I need you do me a favor." Holly looked up at No1. Her eyes were red and she looked really tired. Poor girl. "I need you to go down to Atlantis to get someone, you won't like who it is, but it's our only hope. Bring Foaly with you if you can. He'll hate it too, but he'll find a way to get her down here." That's when Holly guessed. Opal Koboi. They were asking Opal Koboi for help. Holly thought about that for a moment. Maybe her time in the Deeps changed her a little. Holly thought. But what if she's still the same? Holly let out a breath and nodded.
"Okay. I'll bring Foaly. I still need to get revenge on him for last time anyway." Holly gave a small laugh, then got up. "I'll be back soon. Text me the update, okay?" Artemis nodded. She ran down the hall to the elevator, and then ran out the front doors. She ran toward Police Plaza. Once she got there, she went straight towards the Ops Booth.
"Oh, hey Holly. What's up?" Foaly asked she came in, gasping for air. That was a long run. She thought. She sat down in one of the chairs.
"I need you to do something with me. It involves Trouble." Foaly nodded.
"What is it? Do I need to invent something?" Foaly smirked. But he wouldn't like what was coming.
"I need you to come with me to Atlantis to retrieve Opal Koboi. We need her help." Holly finished. Foaly sat there in silence. The expression on his face was priceless. Holly smiled a little. Revenge was sweet.
"No. I'm good. I'll stay here." Foaly replied quickly. He turned back to his computer screens.
"No. You have to come with me. If my plan to get Opal doesn't work, your technology will." Foaly turned around again and then sighed.
"Okay. But I need to pack everything." He got up and started giving orders to his tech boys. Telling them what to get, and where to put it. In half an hour, they would be in a shuttle headed toward Atlantis.
Half an Hour later
Holly wasn't surprised when they got to the shuttle port. It was crowded. Filled to the brim with tourists. Holly pushed her way through. When she got to the front, the gnome refused to let her pass.
"What makes you think that I can get you through before the required time, and all these people can't?" the gnome asked.
"I'm a LEP officer. They're not." Holly retorted.
"Well, I still can't let you through. Just because you're a LEP officer doesn't mean you get to have the first ride to Atlantis."
"It's police business sir. Life or death actually."
"Who's life?"
"The commanders, thank you very much. I have to go down to Atlantis to get…" She leaned down and whispered it in his ear. No one else needed to know that Opal Koboi was coming. They would freak out. Literally.
"Fine. But what about the centaur? Is he with you?" The gnome pointed to Foaly.
"No. I'm just stalking her. What do you think?" Foaly asked, annoyed. He was wearing his LEP jacket and his suitcase said LEP across it too. This guy was less observant than a goblin.
He let them pass and they got into one of the many empty shuttles. Foaly tried getting comfy in the co-pilots seat, but it wasn't designed for centaurs. So he ended up putting his front hooves up on the dash.
"So, you never told me. Did they find out what's wrong with Trouble?" Foaly looked over at Holly. Sadness covered her entire face.
"No. It confuses us all." Holly replied.
"Did they let you see him, at least?"
"Yeah." Holly took in a deep breath. Her breathing was shaky, like she was going to cry again.
"What happened?"
"I…I was in there and it just all happened so fast. I…" She wiped tears from her eyes. Foaly put his hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay." He said in a calming voice. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. I'll have Artemis tell me later."
Holly nodded and concentrated and flying the shuttle. She thought about a lot while she was flying; mostly about how she would get Opal to corporate. What could she do?
The Deeps
Holly and Foaly arrived at the Deeps at least half an hours later. They got there in such a short time because of Holly. She flew that shuttle very fast. It usually takes the average shuttle pilot takes one hour to get from Haven to Atlantis, but Holly was no average shuttle pilot. She was the fasted.
Holly already knew where Opal's cell was. You don't want to know how she knows. She just does. She walked up to her cell and found Opal sitting in a chair facing the wall.
"Hello Opal."
A/N: So? What did you think? Sorry the Deeps part is short. But I wanted to leave it there. Please leave a review! I enjoy them!
