I woke up at 9:48 AM. I quickly woke Rashelle up, with some effort. We had survived our first night!
"Rashelle, lets go see if boy genius is up."
We quickly got dressed, brushed our hair, brushed our teeth, and ran downstairs. We went into the kitchen, and there, on the table, was a feast fit for a king! There was sausage, bacon, eggs, hash browns, pancakes, waffles, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, milk, orange juice, and water! Rashelle and I both grabbed a plate and started stuffing food onto them. Rashelle had orange juice, and I had water. We both had at least one of everything!
When we had finally finished, Artemis made an announcement.
"I will be in my room if anyone needs me."
Rashelle and I went to the game room to play a little air hockey for a while. After waiting an hour, we changed into our new swimsuits. We hurried off to the pool.
We had a lot of fun, but then I decided that it was time for the plan.
"You remember the plan, right, Rashelle?" I asked seriously.
"Of course I remember the plan!" Rashelle cheered.
We dried up with some towels, then put some clothes over our swimsuits. We ran up to Artemis' room.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Come in," Artemis called.
"Remember," I reminded Rashelle, "just let me do all of the talking. Just agree with me."
"Okay, I know. Let's go!"
Rashelle and I put on worried expressions and entered the room.
"Artemis! Artemis! You won't believe what happened! We need your help!" I cried.
"Why? What's wrong?" Artemis asked.
"It's too horrible for words! Just come with us!" I struggled to keep the smile off my face.
"Yeah! Come on!" Rashelle urged.
We ran to the pool room with Artemis a couple of yards behind.
When he finally caught up, he was all out of breath. He finally asked, "What is this all about?"
"Look into the water! It's at the bottom of the pool! It's horrible!"
He leaned over the pool, and Rashelle and I pushed him in! The look on his face made it all worth it! You could not have guessed that he was a genius by the look on his face!
Luckily, I had my cell phone out and had taken many pictures to remember this moment.
He climbed out of the pool with a struggle. "What was that all about?" he exclaimed.
Rashelle and I burst out into giggles. "Don't you get it?" Rashelle asked, gasping for air.
"We tricked you, then pushed you into the pool!" I continued. "You said that you hated water, so we came up with this plan!"
"How childish!" Artemis cried. "You two are so-" he never finished that sentence, for at that moment, Butler ran into the room.
"Artemis! Something horrible has happened!"
"You mean something worse than me being pushed into the pool by these two?" Artemis asked, annoyed.
"Um- well, yes," Butler stammered, trying not to smile. "Holly is missing. All I can find is her communicator!"
There was a long silence, and then I spoke up.
"Well, let's go," I said.
"What do you mean?" Artemis asked.
"I mean, we have to go find her. Let's go!"
"'We' are not going anywhere. Butler and I are going to alert Foaly, and the three of us will find her. You are staying here.
"Fine," I said. "Come on, Rashelle. Let's go up to our rooms."
We went into the house, but before we got to our room, I pulled Rashelle aside.
"Rashelle, there is no way we are going to stay here. We are going with them, whether they know it or not."
While Artemis and Butler were contacting Foaly, we snuck outside. We located the Fowl Bentley out of the many cars there. We tried all of the doors, and luckily, the doors were unlocked! Butler must have forgotten to lock them after carrying the sleeping Artemis to his bedroom! We climbed into the back. I gasped. I had been counting on hiding under some random blankets in the car, but there was nothing!
"Starla, what are we going to do now?" Rashelle asked.
I thought for a moment. "We'll just have to hide under the seats here in the back. They look about big enough."
"But what if they look back here? They'll see us!"
"We'll have to take that chance. We don't have enough time to do anything else, and there is no way that we are staying in the Mansion and missing all of the action!" We quickly climbed under the seats as far as we could and tried to look inconspicuous. Well, as inconspicuous as two girls hiding under some car seats can look.
"We'll have to hide back here for a long time," I said. "Maybe until the car stops and we reach our destination, or else they'll try to take us back to the mansion. And we can't make any noise at all."
"Where are we going? How are we going to save Holly? What are we going to do?" Rashelle asked. She sounded scared.
"I don't know yet, but Artemis is a genius, and so is Foaly, remember? They'll think of something."
Just then, the front car doors opened. The time for talking was over. The worst part was the suspense. We had no idea if they were looking at us, or what they would do if they did see us. However, the engine of the car started and soon we were moving. Now it was just a matter of time before we had to give up our hiding places and face the consequences.