Arty Cam
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Authors Note: I am very, very, very, very, sorry for not updating sooner. I was going to have more in this chapter, but I decided to make it shorter and get the next chapter as soon as possible. The next chapter will be a flashback, were we find out exactly what happened to Artemis after the time tunnel.
Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! You guys are great, and I'm sorry I kept you waiting. I also want to thank my beta reader CriminalMastermind.
Disclaimer:
Artemis: ( sore from being poked so much) Pirates for Life, a.ka., Alannah, does not own any of the characters, places, or ideas found in Artemis Fowl, just this incredibly pathetic excuse for a fanfic.
Authoress: You're just grumpy cause you got poked with a stick!
Artemis: (rolls eyes)
Authoress: Anyway, onwards with the fanfic! starts poking Artemis again with stick This really is a great stress reliever!
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Chapter 2
In which there are show pitches, new inventions, and lame puns
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Haven, Underground: present time;
Foaly had just finished explaining the idea of what (at least, in his mind) was going to be the next big TV show to Holly and Mulch. Mulch was laughing at the clips Foaly was showing, but was quickly silenced by a fiery glare from Holly.
"Look Foaly," she said speaking slowly the way you might to foreigners or small children," Artemis is our friend. Being friends with someone is not the same as embarrassing them all over public TV (1)!" Holly now began to speak faster and with more anger, "You're not even supposed to be watching him with satellites, and here you are trying to make a show about him! Did you even talk to Artemis about this?" She was now an angry red reminiscent of the late Commander Root.
Foaly, for his part had subconsciously backed away from Holly. You did not want to mess with Holly when she was angry, or really any other time for that matter. He knew she would probably not like the idea, but he hadn't suspected she would be this enraged.
"Holly, he won't know. This might even make the general public like him more anyway."
"You know he can and has been hacking into your system. Its only a matter of time before he finds out. He even knew about Section 8."
"Yes, but this is going to be filmed with a camera, not a satellite. Actually, an amazing piece of new technology invented by me with various and numerous useful functions, but still essentially a video camera. So it won't be on my main computers. Plus, I've been updating my security."
Holly sighed, but didn't say anything more. There was no stopping him when Foaly began to explain about technology he invented or how smart or unappreciated he was. Foaly walked over to his desk, and after rummaging around a bit, took something small off it.
"This," he said, while holding up in the palm of his hand, what appeared to be a small spider. "is, basically, a camera. Although, that's practically an insult comparing this to a camera. It has all the features of the iris cam plus it's equipped with night vision. The sound quality is amazing as well. It can register frequencies that are either too high or too low for both fairy and human ears. This thing could pick up a fly's sneeze from 50 miles away." Foaly finished with the smug grin he wore when showing off his inventions. "And that's not the best part." He continued. "It can become invisible. Evanesco. (2)" The tiny device in Foaly's palm disappeared. Both Holly and Mulch had impressed looks on their faces. "Of course, I can also make it disappear using controls."
"How did you make it disappear?" Mulch asked.
"I was improving the cham foil technology while Holly and Artemis were away. After all the times it got short circuited, I wanted to try and make a better version, and then one late night…"
Foaly was about to continue, but Holly managed to stop him.(3) She wasn't in the mood for another one of Foaly's two hour talks about Foaly's genius and insightfulness at the inventions he built. It didn't matter that he was mostly right, it was still annoying.
"What's it called?" Mulch asked, trying to change the subject.
"I call it the spy-der." Foaly said with a grin. "Get it?"
Mulch and Holly stared at him with blank, unamused faces.
"You know it looks like a tiny spider, and it's used for spying?"
"That is probably the lamest name you've thought up for an invention. Ever." Mulch said with a grin.
"Just because I'm a genius doesn't mean I have to be good at naming things also." Foaly replied, looking slightly hurt. "Well, do you have any suggestions o wise and creative dwarf?"
"Well, actually…"
But Mulch was interrupted because at that moment one of Foaly's alarms started to go off.
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(1) This is mostly true for everyone except for celebrities, who not only make it a point to embarrass their friends, but also themselves, random strangers, family members, and their pets. It is speculated that there is a school somewhere in Beverly Hills that teaches them exactly how do to this.
(2)For those of you who don't have the gift of tongues that's roughly disappear in Latin.
(3)A rare occurrence.
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A cliffhanger! Wow, I am evil! First I take forever to update then I write a waayy too short chapter, and then I leave you with a cliffhanger. :) Once again, I apologize for not only the short chapter but also for the lack of updating. I've been swamped with school work. My teachers seem to hate me.
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Pirates for Life