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Within less than an hour, everyone was in Cassie's barn, all anxious to hear what the news was.

"Hey, Rachel, look what I can do!" Marco exclaimed, balancing a spoon on his nose.

Well...almost everyone.

Jake burst through the doors to Cassie's barn, looking as if he had just ran a marathon. He was dressed in his morphing suit: a tight T-shirt and black biking shorts. Beads of sweat were trickling down his face and he was panting uncontrollably.

"Well, well, what do you know?" Marco said, "Big Jake, late for his own meeting? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk."

"Sorry, I'm late, guys," he said, ignoring Marco. "I had to feed Homer." Jake wiped the sweat off of his face and straightened his posture, assuming his "leader" look. "Anyway, I have good news. Kids, we're going on a field trip!"

Everybody laughed except Ax who did not get it, and Marco who just rolled his eyes. "Really? It's funny when he makes that joke, but not me?"

Jake waited a couple of second for his friends to quiet down. He had learned to always start things on a light note. "Okay. Seriously, guys. Back to business. We're are going to Ireland."

"Ireland?"

"What?"

((Ireland is a human country. It is the third largest Island in Europe and the twentieth largest island in the world. It lies to the northwest of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland is Great Britain, separated from it by the Irish Sea. The island is divided between separate jurisdictions: the Republic of Ireland, which covers just under five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the remainder and is located in the northeast of the island. The population of Ireland is estimated to be 6.2 million people, with just under 4.5 million in the Republic of Ireland and just under 1.8 million in Northern Ireland.))

Everybody stared at Ax, eye wide, and mouthes agape, somewhat like confused goldfish.

((Ax,)) Tobias said quietly.

((Yes?))

((Have you been memorizing wikipedia again?))

"Butler?" Artemis pleaded one last time, hoping the bodyguard would answer. But he knew it was no use. Butler would have never abandon him out of free will; something horrible must have happened. He knew he shouldn't have come to this meeting! How could he have been so incredibly stupid? He was a genius, he was supposed to know these things! But how come I didn't hear anything? he wondered. Surely if something like that would happen, I would have noticed something.

To his surprise and utter relief, Bulter opened the door. He felt as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

Artemis ran to him. "Butler, old friend. You have no idea how glad I am to see you. Let's get out of here." He grabbed Butler by the arm and started running. But Butler did not budge. Something was very wrong.

"Butler? Come on, let's go!" said Artemis desperately.

"Don't worry, Artemis. Everything is going to be fine. Just listen to what Ini-I mean Chapman and Tom say to you."

Whoever this man was, he was not Butler.

The thought of what happened to him ran a chill through Artemis's spine. Was he okay? Though, he should be more worried about himself right now.

The three men cornered him, forcing Artemis further and further away form the door.

In the corner, there was a chair.

"Sit," Chapman ordered.

"But-" he knew it would be useless to argue with these people. He may have had brains, but strength was a completely different matter.

Reluctantly, Artemis sat in the chair. Immedeatily metal cuffs locked his wrists to the arm rests, and legs to the chair. And for once Artemis's mind went blank. He didn't know what to do.

Artemis tried to meditate, but what good would that do in a time like this?

Tom lifted up one of the floor tiles, and what was underneath gave Artemis the chills. It was a tank. Filled with a dirty liquid of some kind. But the worst part was, inside the tank, swimming around inside, were little creatures that somewhat resembled slugs. It was quite a repulsive sight. And to his horror, Chapman scooped up one of the slug creatures, and brought it over to Artemis, getting ready to slip it in his ear!

Sorry that this chapter was shorter :P

I'll try to make the next one longer.

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