Poor Foaly


Mottled light came through the ratty curtains of the room, illuminating the room weirdly.

She was lying on something wet, and from the smell of it, it could've been one of many bodily fluids.

She rolled over onto her side and came face to face with her brother. His skin was waxen and had a bluish tinge to it. Caroline heaved, but there was nothing in her stomach for her to throw up. She wished her hands weren't bound for many reasons, but at this point mostly so that she could shut her brother's eyes.

Her stomach rumbled so loudly that one of her captors stirred from where he slept.

She was jealous; she hadn't been able to sleep since they'd been captured.


Caroline was sitting by herself on the couch once more, seeing as Artemis and the others (minus Foaly, who just sulked and stomped around angrily) had gone out again.

The genius explained to her that whenever the People (as they called themselves) were in a spot of trouble, they'd call on him in return of favors. She got the feeling that it was a lot more complicated than he explained, as things often were, but she didn't pry.

This was one of the times, Artemis had further explained, and she was the favor. She grinned at him and said something crude about returning it as soon as they got back to the surface. This had caused Artemis' cheeks to turn pink and his expression sour.


The group had left over two hours ago, and he'd told her to expect them back in s further half an hour.

For some time she'd tried to figure out the language on the screen, but it was weird and Foaly got fed up with her. He gave her a piece of his carrot cake to shut up and leave him alone. She ate it with relish and started counting Mulch's muddy tracks on the floor.

She was amazed to see that they were already half gone, and she inferred that the floor was self-cleaning. She then bugged Foaly to explain it to her because she was boreeeed and after ten minutes of whining he did.

There was a layer of nanobots in the floor that broke down organic material. They fed off of the electrons from the atoms of the broken-down compounds and only needed to be replaced after two years or if there was a fire. After two years, the nanobots 'died' and were melted down and recycled.

Foaly went on to explain that it was he himself that had created the nanobots in hope that she would realize what a great genius he was, and that he was not to be bothered. It was a stupid thing to hope.

"Can you make me a toy?"

"No."

"Fine, just something cool then."

"No."

"Is that all you can say?"

"No."

Caroline giggled.

"Are you a child?" Foaly was up to the teeth with her.

"No," she mimicked his voice and stomped her foot.

Foaly started counting to ten in hopes of calming down, but he didn't.

He wondered if Caballine had ever been like Caroline, or if girls all went through a phase like that. If they did, he didn't want one.


Foaly could've cried at the sight of the genius boy when he came back (twenty minutes late). He was the cleanest of the troupe, but still shuffled uncomfortably with dust and dirt on his suit. He informed Caroline that they would be home when she woke up. The girl had only enough time to make a noise of inquiry before dropping into Holly's waiting arms. The elf had widened her stance in preparation to catch Caroline, but she'd overcompensated; the girl didn't weigh nearly what Holly had expected.

"Feed her," she told Artemis sternly.

"I know," Artemis sighed.

"Don't let her out of your sight," she said.

Foaly hid a grin behind a hairy hand. Artemis just rolled his eyes and nodded. He picked Caroline up with little strain, giving him the appearance of being stronger than he actually was. Nobody else really wanted to touch the girl.

Once the little group had left to board a titanium pod, Foaly danced a little bit, while digging his hand into a drawer and scattering nanobots onto the filthy couch.

It was really too comfortable to throw out. These were a different type, and he instructed them through his computer to wipe the last traces of Caroline from the room.

He then remembered that she would be back in five days.

He opened a drawer to finish his piece of carrot cake angrily, but found it empty.

He screamed.


Sorry for the short update/long wait.

I've been ill for quite some time but I'm feeling better!

chaos0marine, don't apoligize! I changed the name without warning and everything, but I'm glad you like it (:

Hikari6007, thanks a lot! I try and I'm glad you like my story. I'm not planning on Caroline and Artemis falling in love, though; she's really too annoying and Artemis is just caring for her as someone would a cancerous dog, clinically and carefully.

talk to me guys, I really would like to have some friends on ff that i could talk to about this story

and the others i have hidden away.