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Artemis looked around again. The female centaur was headed toward him. She waved.

"I assume you are Artemis Fowl?"

"Correct."

"It is a pleasure to meet you. You know, for a mudbo- well, you look more like a mudman to me, either way, Foaly thinks highly of you."

"Really?" Artemis almost laughed at the thought of Foaly's face if he found out that someone had told Artemis that.

"Yes. Oh, how rude of me, my name is Fiora."

"Well, you already know my name, but to be polite, I am Artemis."

Fiora smiled, and turned. "Well then, Artemis, I assume I will see you later."

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As Artemis watched her go, he heard Holly, calling for. "All mudmen and mudboys to get over here, unless they want a blaster up their…" but she stopped at an angry, yet amused look from Domovoi Butler.

"Okay, since being burnt to a crisp is not on most peoples Top Ten Things to do Before I Die List, we, will be walking."

Artemis strode over to Holly and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Yes, Artemis?"

"I have one small question. Why can we not take the chutes, I have been on them before, and I did not spontaneously combust, or burst in to flame."

"For two reasons Artemis. One, there is not a shuttle under the Earth large enough for your family, myself, two centaurs, and a dwarf. Two, there are, no shuttles to take."

Artemis looked questioningly at Holly. "No shuttles?"

"No shuttles. The LEP, Shuttle Corp, and pretty much all of the major companies and organizations have been bought out by, well, I doubt you will believe it.."

"Who, Holly?"

"Well, it seems that a certain mudman has a fairy associate, though we still don't know who he is."

"Holly…"

Holly sighed, "Well, Artemis, you will remember him. He went mad a couple of years ago, and was mesmered by a fairy, that fairy used the gold to buy all the major corporations."

"Holly," Artemis began, though he knew the answer, "who is the man?"

"Jon Spiro."

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Well, I know it is short, but I just didn't feel like writing a long chapter today. Trust me, the next one will be a lot longer. This is more of the in-betweeney chapter that sets another initial conflict. (YAY Mutliple Plotlines!!!) Also, I wanted to do a bit with Foaly's girlfriend, thus the first paragraph. I don't know if she's going to be that important later on though. It just depends on how the story goes.