Artemis Fowl: Opal's Revenge Chapter Eleven

Sorry it took so long to get another chapter up. For those who enjoy fart humor, Mulch is here to supply it!

I apologize for grammar or spelling errors, as it is late and I need to go bed.

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Artemis lay unconscious on the ground, dreaming of seeing his mother die on the carpet, his own hands, controlled by Opal, stabbing her with the glass, the blood, her last words.

He twitched slightly on the grass. "Mom," he moaned.

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Butler awoke upstairs, feeling dazed. He checked himself for injuries, and found that there were none. He felt like he needed to rest, but there was no time for that. He forced himself up and ran out of the room and down the stairs. Holly was standing there, with No1 and Mulch. He caught a glimpse of Angeline through the window, skipping to the car.

"Where is Artemis?" growled Butler.

"We don't know," said Holly. "Opal attacked Angeline. She was dead on the carpet, but No1 revived her. I mesmerized her so she would forget what happened and told her to go back to the Dunphee's."

Butler stared. "Opal-she-she-killed Angeline?"

Holly nodded. "But thanks to No1, she's okay now. Hopefully nothing will trigger a recall of that horrific memory. Being killed by your own son, or what you think is your son-" she broke off and shuddered.

"We have to find him," said Butler. "Before he does something else drastic."

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Artemis awoke on the grass. Opal had used her magic to heal his head. She didn't want a body with a bashed up brains, it would not be a good look for future ruler of the world.

Artemis moaned and managed to get to his hands and knees. He crawled off to a clump of bushes and hid in them, shivering, trying to forget everything that had just happened.

Opal could sense a part of him was cracked, maybe permanently, she wasn't sure. She was trying to take over control of his body again, so she could go off, but somehow, despite the trauma, he was holding her off.

"Stop fighting me," she growled. Somehow, Artemis's mind was bucking, keeping her at bay. "Go to sleep or something, and let me do what I need to do."

Artemis shook his head in the bushes.

"Don't you shake your head at me!" she roared. "Why must you be so obstinate!?"

Artemis said nothing, curled on the leaves and twigs, burying his face in his arms.

Opal had an idea.

"Listen Mud-B- Artemis," she crooned softly. "Why don't you just go away, permanently, and let me have your body? You can get away from all this, and let me have your body. I'll treat it good, I promise. And you can go away, forever, and never have to think of anything again. You'll be at peace, and never have bad dreams, or see anything bad. You'll be safe and sound. If you do that for me, I'll even spare your friends."

Artemis was silent and still.

He could hear voice outside. Holly and Butler were walking across the grounds.

"Now that Angeline went back to the Dunphee's, we can look," Holly was saying.

"We need to be careful," grunted Butler.

Artemis eye's flickered open.

"Just let me have control, you can rest and never be hurt, or scared again."

"H-Holly-," he croaked.

"What is it with that stupid elf girl?!" Opal exploded. "You're worthless; I can't even control your body!"
Opal pondered her predicament for a moment. She came up with a good solution, although it would need a lot of magic, a LOT. But she had plenty. She would have to be quick and careful however, if she didn't do it right, and keep a calm and level head, she would dissolve into nothing, and the afterlife would claim her. She took a moment to right herself, knowing a fit of rage would make it impossible to do. It would be better if she could get Artemis body close enough, to touch somebody, but she would have to make do.

She summoned herself out of Artemis's body. A blast of magic erupted from the bushes, and Opal propelled herself towards the group on the grass. She could feel the afterlife calling to her, pulling her. She was supposed to be dead after all, and not supposed to be floating around possessing people. She would to choose quickly-whoever was closest.

"Who shall have the honor of being my next host?"

Artemis jerked as Opal extracted herself.

"I'm free..." he thought. Then he thought nothing because the magic explosion knocked him out cold.

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Butler could see a sort of black cloud moving dangerously fast toward the group. It looked to be headed toward them.

The group scattered in terror. No1 actually screamed like a frightened girl and shot a lightning bolt at the mass. It passed right through, doing nothing. Butler shot his Sig Sauer, and Holly blasted the Neutrino at it, but again, nothing.

Mulch began working up the bubbles in his system, to produce a stupendous fart. But it would a take a minute or so.

Butler stumbled over a rock and fell backwards. For some reason, he looked down at it, and noticed it was smeared with blood.

"Artemis," he muttered.

Then the black cloud overtook him.

Butler flailed his arm as it enveloped him and went inside him. He could hear Opal sighing. She was taking over him.

"No-" he muttered weakly.

"Yes!" hissed Opal, merging with him. "I did it!"

Butlers eyes rolled for a moment, and he laid still, while Opal got used to being in a bigger body.

Holly stared, frozen with fear.

Butler got up, and he looked angry.

Holly swore.

Butler could feel himself getting up. He couldn't control himself.

"Guess who?" sang Opal.

Holly realized Opal was in Butlers body. It was almost funny to hear her high pitched pixie voice coming from Butlers mouth. She almost laughed.

Butler aimed his Sig Sauer at No1 who was standing there, a ball of magic posed on his finger, ready to fire. But looking at Butler, who was supposed to be a friend, he hesitated.

That was all it took. Butler shot of three bullets rapidly at No1 and dodged a blast from Holly's Neutrino. No1 took two of the shots in the chest and another one in the head. He landed on his back, bleeding. His magic was powerful enough that the wounds wouldn't be fatal, but his system would shut down for a bit, while the magic healed him.

Holly shot again at Butler, who dodged with surprising quickness for a man his side. Holly remembered the last time she had fought him, and shuddered.

"Butler! Fight her! I know you're in there!"

Butler could hear her, but he couldn't respond. He could only sit in his own mind, and watch, in horror, the events that played out.

Butler lunged forward, swiping the Neutrino out of her hand. Holly gasped, her hand hurt, and she rolled to the side. Butler shot at her, and clipped the bullet lodged on the outside part of her arm.

Holly grunted in pain and pulled the bullet from the wound. Magic fizzed around it, healing the wound instantly. Butler swiped at Holly, knocking her flat.

Mulch, having enough gas built up, decided he'd better hurry up. He turned around and unbuttoned his bum flap.

"What are you doing?" asked Opal, just noticing. "How dare you present your ugly posterior to my noble eyes? I ought-"

But what Opal ought to have done was never heard, because at that moment, a fart of mighty and epic proportions erupted from Mulch's backside.

Holly felt the wind blast by her, but luckily she was already flat on the ground. Her eye balls watered from the sheer force and stink of it. Mulch must have eaten something foul in the woods earlier…

Butler was knocked backward by the blast, the smell nearly shriveling the inside of his nose. He landed on the grass, hard.

Opal shook with rage. She had just been blasted by a fart. A stinky, nasty, disgusting propulsion of air from a dwarfs bum!

"I WILL CUT OFF YOUR BEHIND AND FEED IT TO YOU!" she roared.

Mulch tooted out the last few bits of air, which was quite a lot, compared to humans. He played a bit of Beethoven's fifth symphony with it and, satisfied, buttoned up his flap.

"Wobbled a bit on the last note there," he said to himself.

The stink actually brought Artemis back to consciousness.

"Beethoven," he mumbled to himself, disoriented. "That last note was off however."

His eyes snapped open. Opal had left him.

He got up out of the bushes.

Butler, trapped in his mind, remembered the last time Mulch had farted at him, with disastrous consequences.

Opal, infuriated, seen Holly trying to get her fallen Neutrino, which was near him. She lashed out and grabbed Holly by the ankle. Holly just managed to grab the gun, and, when Butler flung her by her leg, she let off a shot.

She seen Artemis suddenly come running out of some bushes.

"GET OUT OF HIM!" he roared, running toward Butler.

The shot hit Butler, stunning him. Artemis jumped on Butlers chest.

"GET OUT OF HIM!" he shouted again, smacking Butlers face. "LEAVE BUTLER ALONE OPAL!"

Opal, angered and stunned by the Neutrino, exited Butlers body. She was so angry, she would been called to the afterlife, unable to use her magic properly and definitely incapable of being calm, but with Artemis touching her, she didn't have to travel much at all.

She went right back into Artemis's body.