A/N: Right, here's the second chapter to my first fanfic (again kind of short, sorry). Oh and this is how I indicate thought-speak: ~ ~.

And again, Eoin Colfer owns Artemis Fowl and K.A. Applegate owns Animorphs. Not me.

Chapter Two

Two hours later, we were in Cassie's barn. "We" includes me, Jake, Rachel/Xena, Cassie, Ax in his human morph and Tobias, our Bird-boy in the rafters. All around us were sick or injured animals in cages. Cassie was giving medicines to a kestrel. A lot of other times, she's giving it to a wolf, or worse, a skunk.

You'd think saviours of the world like us would have a cooler meeting place, like a secret underground facility. But the barn is the best place for a hideout. Besides, the nearest 'secret underground facility' is the Yeerk pool, and it is not cool in any way.

Cassie was the last one to read the article.

"Isn't Artemis a girl's name?" she asked.

I shrugged. "Maybe it is. So what? Does the name really matter?"

"I think the question is," Rachel said slowly, "how does this concern us?"

"Can you be one hundred per cent sure Yeerks aren't involved?"

"Can you be one hundred per cent sure Yeerks are involved? It'll be a waste of time and the weekend."

"Actually," Jake interrupted. "Yeerks aren't involved in this mystery, but they'll get involved soon enough."

One by one, we all turned to look at him.

Ax, who had never really understood the concept if suspense among humans, asked, "I have a question. Question. Who is this Artemis Fowl the Second?"

Rachel laughed. "We'll never get this made into a movie. We've already destroyed the drama on the moment."

"The movie will take a hundred years to develop," I said. "You'll spend fifty per cent of the time in the make-up studio."

Cassie said, "If it is made into a movie, how will they show the morphing process?"

"I asked a question," Ax reminded us, not really putting the sharp tone that usually accompanies such statements.

I sighed. "Artemis Fowl is a fourteen-slash-seventeen-year-old criminal mastermind and heir to the Fowl criminal-slash-humanitarian empire. He's also a genius. He's got a million-something award for his achievements and has also patented a number of impressive inventions."

"Whoa. 'Patented?'" Rachel asked. "Marco just used the word 'patented.'"

~We were in the middle of an important discussion~, Tobias said, using thought-speak.

"Tobias is getting irritated," I remarked. "There is a crow in a cage here. Also, he's not finding enough mice to eat."

Jake cleared his throat and everyone snapped back to attention. "Can we please continue our discussion? As in, the important one? Good. Now, Ax kind of ruined the moment, but I'll speak anyway. Artemis Fowl? He's the Yeerks' next target. Last night, Tom was talking on the phone. At midnight. And he definitely mentioned our genius."

"We can't even be sarcastic about Artemis Fowl," I muttered. "He's already a genius."

"Can it be possible he was just discussing the article with somebody?" Cassie asked.

I rolled my eyes. "Puh-leez. At midnight?"

"Prince Jake," Ax interrupted. "I think the publicity Artemis Fowl is having has attracted the Yeerks. He is the perfect target—intellectual, wealthy and powerful. Power. Full. Hence I believe the situation does concern us."

"So what do we do?" Cassie questioned

"Prince Jake must know."

I looked at our unofficial leader. "Prince Ja—I mean, Jake?"

Jake didn't answer immediately. I could tell he was thinking. He thought for what seemed like an eternity. Then he said, "We need additional information."

I cocked an eyebrow. "That's your master plan?"

"We aren't getting any information from Tom," Cassie pointed out.

~Which leaves only one person. Erek.~

"Right," Rachel muttered. "Remind me again how we knew what the Yeerks were doing before the Chee came along."

Jake nodded at me. "Marco, go and get him."

A/N: I'll update soon, please post your reviews!