People from the internet, girls and boys,women and men, I do not own Artemis Fowl. Eoin Colfer does. Just to remind you. Oh and one more thing; I don't mind people critizing my stories, but don't complain about it if you don't like it. Just don't read it if you don't like it... Enjoy chapter 10!
Artemis sighed. He felt exhausted, grumphy and hopeless. He probably looked like it too, with bags under his eyes and disheveled hair.
He had been up for hours, working without any breaks. He had occasionally sipped from a cup of coffee and nibbled on some toast, but he hadn't slept in a long time.
He was in his laboratory. Fowl manor had a lot of chambers, but the one Artemis valued most was a well hidden one. One chamber that only he could find. And maybe Butler. But Butler was his guard, loyal to the Fowls only, and the closest he once had to a father. Now , he was one of Artemis' best friends.
And he normally was the only person that could force Artemis to take a break once he had locked himself in his laboratory. But now, even Butler wouldn't be attainable to force him to stop or just take a short break.
Artemis had almost finished his experiment. He was really close, he knew. And he should be. This experiment had drained a lot of his energy and time. He had been here for the entire day, only stopping to go to the toilet or take a sip from his coffee. And the long, exhausting day was taking its toll. Artemis felt horrible. Just like his laboratory looked.
The laboratory was a mess. Normally, Artemis liked things to be orderly and well-organized, but his laboratory looked like there had been an explosion. There were large piles of papers everywhere, filled with equatations, calculation and notes from Artemis. They were on the ground, on table, everywhere. You could barely walk in there.
Apart from the papers, there were also empty coffee mugs spread through the astonishing large room, pieces of toast , Artemis' tie and jacket, numerous ingredients, a few animals, books, pictures and countless test tubes.
Artemis didn't look much better than his lab. His hair was disheveled, giving him the crazy scientist look, he wore a shirt which was wrinkled and stained, his pants had burning holes on them and were shattered and his shoes had somehow melted when he tried a new reaction. It hadn't worked out really well. The chemicals had reacted a little too strongly for Artemis' liking. And has almost succeeded in setting everything on fire. Including Artemis.
But now, after all the experiments, all the hours of work , he was almost done. And he was relieved. He couldn't have taken it much longer. He needed to sleep too.
He turned back towards his work, focusing hard. He only needed to write one more thing down and do some experiments to assure the formula and substance worked. After that, he would be done.
He was strartled when he suddenly heard Butler's voice. " Artemis? Artemis! Are you there?" he heard. Butler wasn't in his lab of course; the door was looked. And even Butler couldn't take a door made from titanium down. Well, technically he could with the right weaponry, but Artemis would have noticed if Butler had blown up the door or something else.
Artemis had wanted to install some high-tech communication system he had invented himself, and earned a few millions with, but Butler had given him a walkie-takie instead. Which was were Butler's voice was coming from now.
Artemis sighed and pushed the button that allowed Butler to hear Artemis. " Yes Butler, what is so significant you have to bother me while I'm very occupied?" he asked, trying to sound calm and controlled instead of annoyed and tired.
" Sorry Artemis, but Holly can be here any minute. She called me to let know she will be a little early".
Artemis froze. He had totally forgotten Holly would come in a few hours. He had planned to clean his lab a bit before she came. He had promised her to show it, along with some of his newest inventions and experiments. He couldn't show her the lab like it was now!
Butler chuckled. " Had you forgotten she would come, Artemis?".
Artemis cleared his throat. " Unfortunete my old friend, Holly's visit has disappeared from my mind for a few hours. Would it possible for you to delay her for some time so I get the chance to tidy up my laboratory a bit?".
Butler chuckled again. " Sure Artemis. Leave Holly to me and go clean your lab".
Artemis sighed, relieved. " Thank you old friend".
He turned around to inspect the damage. The first thing he would have to change, were the animals. He only used the animals for harmless experiments, but he was assumed Holly would still be furious if she discovered he used animals to experiment on. He opened a hidden closet, hidden by the same techniques chameleons used; camouflage, and put the cages with animals in it. The animals would be fine there.
The next step in making his lab representable was disposing of all the empty coffee mugs and half eaten pieces of toast. He walked towards the corner of his lab and keyed a code on the panel that was on the wall there. A painting shifted and the small, hidden elevator Artemis used to get food when he was in his lab was revealed. He put the food and drink in it and pushed up. He keyed another code and the elevator was hidden once again.
The last thing he would have to change about the state of his lab, was all the papers. He made tidy piles of them and placed them in his filing cabinet, that could only be opened with his finger print and DNA and also consisted of a supercomputer with all Artemis experiments on it. Even Foaly would be impressed if he saw the filing cabinet. It was really modern and Artemis was quite proud of it.
He turned and walked back towards the table with the walkie-talkie on it. " I am prepared to recieve Holly now Butler". " Good, because she is already on her way down with the map you gave her".
Right at that moment, there was a loud baging on the door. Apart from being almost industructable, the doors could be made soundproof by Artemis with one push on a button. They obviously weren't soundproof now, because Artemis could hear Holly's was screaming he should let her in.
Artemis walked towards the door and opened the door by keying the letter-number combination, giving his finger print, allow it to read his DNA, make an iris-scan and speak his password.
After all this, the door finally opened to reveal a certain auburn haired fairy. Holly was dressed in her LEP suit, like always.
She took one look at Artemis and held her hand before her mouth, trying to stop a laughing fit. " Wow Artemis. Trying the mad scientist look huh ?" she said, a few giggles escaping her mouth.
Artemis frowned. What does she intend to declare? The mad scientist look? What- His eyes widened when he realized he had cleaned his lab, but hadn't done anything about himself. He must look horrible.
He looked at Holly, who was still giggling a bit. It must be really bad then. Holly didn't giggle that often, unless she found something very funny. Like her best friend being all disheveled while he was normally dressed in suits.
Artemis sighed. " My apologies for that Holly. I got a little carried away, I am afraid".
Holly finally stopped giggling. " It doesn't matter. The mad scientist look actually fits you".
Artemis rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything. Holly walked inside, looking around her. Her expression was stunned. She obviously was impressed. And she should be. Artemis lab was ultramodern, maybe even more advanced than the newest fairy technology. Only someone like Artemis would have been able to create it.
He smiled at her. "Impressive, don't you think? I created the entire laboratory myself. It took quite some time. It is more advanced than any laboratory on the world and is better guarded than every other facility on earth".
Holly whistled. " Wow. Leave it to Artemis Fowl to create some sciencefiction laboratory. Show me around Arty".
Artemis smiled. " It would be my pleasure". The next hour,Artemis showed Holly his lab. It was gargantuan, with four sections. One section was dedicated to science. Another to physics. Another to neuroscience. And the last one to genetic manipulation.
He showed Holly his latest inventions and all the information he had gathered. He had been occupied with creating eco-friendly technology lately. Cars that ran on water, machines that could erase smog, factories that wouldn't pollute the air and so on. Holly was very impressed when she saw all the process Artemis had made. He had already sold a lot of eco-friendly material and was still busy making new ones.
Everything went fine, Holly and Artemis were chatting, Artemis exclaiming everything when Holly saw the potion. Artemis had totally forgotten it. And that was a very big mistake.
Holly saw the pink-redish potion and ran towards it. " He Arty what is this?" she asked, grabbing the potion and trying to remove the cork that closed it.
Artemis rushed towards her, taking the potion out of her hands. " Holly, don't even contemplate touching that! It is very dangerous".
Holly snorted. " Come on Arty, I have battled goblins, trolls, Opal Koboi, giant squids and the Russian maffia. Why would I be afraid of some substance".
" You don't comprehend! It isn't just any substance, it is filled with pheromones and-".
Before Artemis could explain why it was so dangerous, Holly gave out a cry of victory when she managed to remove the cork. That was when she tripped and spilled the substance all over Artemis. " D'arvit! I hate it when that happens and- what do I smell? Wow Artemis, did you smell this good a minute ago?" Holly asked with a dreamy expression and glazed eyes. She took a step towards Artemis, dropping the test tube in her hands. It broke on the ground, but even the sound of breaking glass couldn't wake Holly from her trance.
Artemis took a few steps back and raised his hands. " Holly, calm down. Listen to me all right? You are under influence of pheromones, meaning your feelings aren't real. Those pheromones make you feel a gargantuan attractiom towards me and- Holly!".
Artemis was interrupted when Holly suddenyl ran towards him and grabbed the collar of his shirt to pull him down. He tried to struggle, but the elf was a lot stronger, despite her height. She pulled him down with a lot of force and roughly pressed her lips on his.
Artemis tried to escape, but Holly wouldn't let him. She pushed her tongue inside his mouth and Artemis felt suddenly dizzy. The feeling of her warm, moist lips on his was overwhelming. Artemis couldn't help himself ( he is still a teenager people) and kissed her back.
He grabbed her hips and lifted her, pulling her against him. She wrapped her legs around him and moved her hands from his collar to his shoulders.
Artemis didn't know how long they had been kissing when Holly pulled back. Her cheeks were flushed, her lips were swollen, her eyes glazed and she looked shocked.
She bit her lip. " Artemis. Why exactly are we kissing ?" she asked. She looked really confused and shocked.
Artemis took a deep, shuddering breath. " You dropped pheromones on me. Something called the Vomeronasal Organthey, which is positioned in your nose of course, detected them and they were transported towards hypothalamus in the cortex of the brain where emotional and emotional responses are produced. The phermones illicited sexual attraction. I strengthened the pheromones that were in that test tube and you are a fairy, with stronger primal senses, so that is why you reacted that strongly" Artemis explained. And tried to ignore the fact he had Holly in his arms and wanted to kiss her again.
Holly blushed. " Oh. So I attacked you?".
" Yes, but I should have warned you earlier" Artemis said. He did feel really guilty. No matter how much he wanted to kiss Holly, he would never force her to kiss him. Or trick her into it.
Holly bit her lip." Artemis?".
" Yes?".
" Would you please put me down"?
" Oh sure, sorry". Artemis felt the blood travel to his cheeks and quickly put her down. " Sorry" he mumbled. H
olly stared at the floor. " It doesn't matter. Really". She looked up at Artemis, hesistant. " Is it normal to react like that?" she said.
Artemis blushed even more. " Not really, but it could be you are more sensitive to it because you are an elf". He tried to sound calm, but he didn't really succeed.
" Oh. Well, it could also be because you are an amazing kisser". Holly froze, all blood going to her cheeks, when she realized what she had just said. " I-I didn't, I mean-" she stuttered, her cheeks red from embarressment.
Artemis stared at her, then smirked. " Really?" he asked.
Holly nodded, still red. She didn't look at him.
Artemis hesitated, but decided he should ask. It is worth the wager. And I have been craving this forever.
He took a the last mug of coffee, this one filled with black coffee, from the table and threw it over himself.
Holly stared at him, her mouth a little open. Artemis only smirked in response, his normally cold eyes filed with misschief. " You know Holly, I need your help" he purred.
Holly swallowed. " Really? F-for what?".
" Well, I need to know if you reacted like that because you are more sensible to pheromones. I need you to kiss me again, for science. The coffee should neutralize the pheromones".
Holly stared at him for such a long time Artemis had though he had blown it. He blushed, already starting to walk away from her, when she suddenly grabbed his collar again and pulled him down.
They kissed until they were breathless and had to pul apart. " You are definetely an amazing kisser" Holly breathed and pulled him down again for another kiss.
Tadah! My attempt at some real AxH. What did you think? Love it, hate it?