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I'm sorry about spelling/grammar mistakes, it's not my fault.. ;) English is not my mother tongue! I'm sorry, but I'm doing my very best..

By the way, I have now corrected a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes in chapter 1, 2 and 3, AND added some extra lines here and there, to make it better, and give the characters some more personality (especially Root)..
I don't know if I'll have time to correct more chapters today, but I'll definately get going with the other chapters soon.. :) My English has become a lot better lately (thanks to amazing English teacher), and I'm such a perfectionist, so I just have to correct everything.. :D

How Artemis comes into the story? You'll hear about it in this chapter... Happy? ;)

I have now re-wrote the whole romantic scene between Holly and Trouble in chapter 1. It sucked before, and it works much better now, so please read that part one more time. :)

Hm... And then, how Holly could go from Captain to Commander? She doesn't anymore, I've corrected that too.. :)

Hm... I don't own any of Eoin's characters, but I do own Dominic Richter..

Chapter 3 - The E-mail

Police Plaza –Haven City –Year 2106

Foaly galloped into Holly's office.

"Commander!" he neighed. Holly started to get worried. If Foaly called her 'commander', there was definitely something wrong.

"What's going on?"

"We've just received an e-mail from… Eeh… From…"

Holly stood up. "From? What are you trying to tell me Foaly!?"

Foaly took a deep breath. "We've just received an e-mail from a Mud man," he said, with eyes as huge as tennis balls.

"Is it hostile?" she said.

"Well…" Foaly scraped a hoof against the floor. "Yes, it certainly is."

"Oh, no. Foaly, meet me in the conference room in five minutes." Foaly galloped out of the office. Holly grabbed the microphone on her desk, and turned it on. Half a second after, her voice sounded all over the Police Plaza, from every single loudspeaker. "We have a crisis situation, I repeat: A crisis situation. All the captains and majors are to present themselves in the conference room. Immediately!"

Five minutes later, Holly, Foaly and all the Captains and Majors were sitting in the conference room.

Foaly opened an e-mail on the big screen. Then he opened an attached file.

A Mud man came to sight on the screen. His eyes were black as two pieces of coal and he had short, dark brown hair. Everyone gasped, when he started to speak.

"Fairies," his cold voice said. "My name is Dominic Richter, and I know everything about your secret little underground civilization. Take my advice and contact me. I would like to… negotiate with you. I'm sure that you'll find me, in some way."

The film stopped. No one said anything. Then everyone looked at Holly. She made a decision.

There was no doubt that this human wasn't just going to have a nice, little chat with them.

They couldn't handle this threat by themselves. To defeat a Mud man she needed… Holly sighed. She didn't like the thought, but help was absolutely necessary.

There was nothing else to do.

"Foaly, when can that time machine, you are building be finished?"

"The time machine? Today or tomorrow, I think. It's almost complete. Why?"

Holly sighed. "We definitely need help. And we need help from another Mud man. There is only one other Mud man, than this Mr. Richter, who has ever known about our existence, and wasn't mind wiped."

"Artemis Fowl," Trouble muttered.

"Exactly. We have to get a time travel permission from The Council, so that we can take back and get him to our time. Foaly, get video connection to Lieutenant Colonel Root. He's our best opportunity to get the permission."

"Right now?"

"Right now!"

Root's face appeared on the screen.

"Hello, sir."

"Hello, Commander Short. What is the problem?"

"One: a Mud man called Dominic Richter has discovered The People. He's sent us an e-mail, and claims to get to negotiate with us. The Council must close everything down. Two: I'll need to get a time travel permission."

Root looked very surprised. His face turned from white to deep red and then back to white. A very exceptional phenomenon, in Julius' case. "But, it hasn't happened since…"

"Since Artemis Fowl. And that's exactly the person I am going to bring here, from the past. We need Artemis' help one more time, sir."

Root seemed to be thinking for a while, and then he said: "Ok, commander. You'll get the permission."

Holly sighed in relief. "Thank you sir! And you'll take care of the shut-down?"

"Of course. Good luck Holly. I'll catch up on you later, ok?"

"Got it, sir. Bye."

Holly turned off the screen. "Ok, Foaly. Get that time machine finished. As fast as possible!"

Fowl Manor –Year 2005

Mulch Diggums was sitting in an armchair in Artemis Fowl's room. It was, of course, nighttime, because at the day, the sun would have fried him in no time. The door opened, and he heard Artemis enter behind him. He had gone downstairs, to get Mulch a glass of water.

"Finally Mud boy, I'm thirsty!"

But it wasn't Artemis. Mulch found out as he felt a gun pointed towards the back of his head.

"What a surprise," a familiar voice said. "Mulch Diggums? Here? Funny, it was exactly you I was going to arrest! How lucky! Would it be a problem for you, to come with me underground?"

Captain Holly Short was delighted. Finally, she got him. She was pointing a gun at his head.

"Would it be a problem for you, to come with me underground?" she asked. She had him exactly, where she wanted him. Or, she thought so, until she felt a gun on the back of her own head.

"Yes, that would actually be a problem Captain Short," a cold voice said.

"You wouldn't dare Mud boy," Holly snarled.

"Neither would you."

That was actually true. She had got orders to bring Mulch back underground, not to shoot at him. At least not if it wasn't necessary. She lowered her gun, and the same did Artemis. Holly turned around.

"When did you learn to use that?" she asked, and pointed at the gun, in his hand.

"Three weeks ago, when I got my memories back. I thought that it would be a good idea, if I should get in a situation like this."

"Well, you were right. As usual. But if you'll excuse me, I need to take Mr. Diggums here, with me. I have an arrest order. And by the way. Since you've got all your memories back, I'll probably also need to take you with me, Fowl."

Artemis sighed. "Is that really necessary, Holly?"

"I'm afraid so," she said, with her mesmerizing voice. "You have to come with me." She stopped the mesmerizing, and turned around. "And you follow me too, Mulch."

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