Disclaimer: Even if the Chicago mafia torchers me into saying I do, I still don't own Artemis Fowl and Co.
Fowl Jet
It took Artemis a matter of seconds to find the location of Jason Spiro. It was very helpful to the search that Jason's brother Jon inserted a GPS system in his arm. All Artemis had to do was hack into the GPS signals, which wasn't all that hard, and follow it to Chicago.
So Artemis, Holly, Butler, and Nick hoped onto the Fowl's private jet and flew to America. The ride was rather boring for Artemis since he had been on planes many times before, but for Nick it was a new experience.
Nick had never been permitted to ride on a plane before. Clyde and Bonnie knew that if Nick rode an airplane he would have to have a full body x-ray. This could be a problem given the fact Nick had to extra limbs.
"Wow, this is so awesome! I can't believe I'm on a plane! I'm flying without even trying! Hey that rhymes! Did you know…?" Nick babbled.
"This is going to be a long flight." Holly whispered.
"Yes, it was a lot quieter when he was unconscious." Artemis mumbled.
"You mean you sedated him for the ride over here?!"
"Of course not! I had a little magic left and mesmerized him into sleeping. I try not to sedate anyone unless it is completely necessary." Artemis explained.
"I suppose sedating me on a certain full moon night was necessary." Holly hissed.
"I wouldn't have had to sedate you if you came along willingly. I thought you weren't going to bring that up any more."
Holly was about to respond when Nick screamed.
"That is the weirdest thing I have ever seen!" The young sprite exclaimed.
Artemis came over to the window to see what it was. He saw that they had landed and outside a dwarf was unhinging his jaw and opening his bum flap. The problem was that the rear was pointed at the window.
"Get down! Quick!" Holly yelled, following her own instructions.
The two boys ducked just as a large wad of recycled dirt flew through the window. The wad fell on Nick's sneaker and the boy screamed. He quickly shuffled away from the clod of, err, dirt and hid behind Butler.
"Looks like someone was expecting us." The huge manservant grumbled.
"Was that a dwarf? I've never actually seen one in action." Nick asked, quickly regaining his composure.
"Indeed it was. Try never to get too close to a dwarf in action; it could be bad for your health." Artemis said, brushing glass shards off of his jacket.
Butler went outside to grab the dwarf, from the front. Never ever approach a dwarf from the backside. It could be dangerous, and not for the dwarf. Butler knew this from a rather nasty experience in the Fowl wine cellar.
Nick crouched under the broken window and listened.
"What do you think you are doing?" Butler inquired gloomily.
"Err, uh, they told me you'd be big but I never guessed…" The dwarf blubbered.
"Please fasten your trousers and walk slowly onto the plane." Butler said coldly.
The dwarf did as he was told. When he got on the plane he gasped. The dwarf started to spin himself out of the plane when he saw Nick. Butler turned him around.
Holly turned on her helmet computer database and searched for information to match this dwarf. She groaned when it popped up, "Mr. Ragby, we met again. But this time you don't have your softnose." Holly grunted.
"Corporal, oh that's right, I hear its Captain now. Unless you got demoted for killing Root?" Bobb Ragby smirked.
"You know as well as I do that Opal came into play in the murder of Julius Root. Unless no one can get information into that thick skull of yours." Holly smirked back.
Artemis rolled his eyes at the macho banter. Cops could be rather annoying at times.
"I see you know our little assassin, would you mind introducing him to the rest of us." Artemis complained.
"This guy is part of the reason I got promoted to Captain way back then. You and Turnball." Holly spat.
Holly explained the story of how Turnball Root lured his brother to an island and captured Holly.
Nick listened intently to all of this. "Is your first name Bobb?" Nick asked.
"So Clyde and Bonnie told you about me. You don't look like that great of a burglar." Bobb snorted.
"What does this dwarf have to do with you foster parents?" Holly inquired.
"I don't know the details but apparently my parents hired this guy when I refused to get them into a museum back home." Nick explained.
"So why is he in Chicago?" Holly said, turning to Bobb.
"Clyde pulls me over one day and says to me, 'Bobb, the brat's uncle wants me to do a job. He wants the boy gone. Permanently.' So he tells me that he don't wants to get the brat, that's you by the way, and tells me he'll pays me big dough if I do it for him." Bobb shrugged.
"You're saying that Nick's uncle hired Nick's dad to murder him." Holly frowned.
"I don't know who is who in this set up but I do know that someone wants that brat very dead. Clyde even tells me that the uncle suggested a bio bomb. If I could get ahold of that stuffs then all of you would be very much dead." Bobb shrugged.
Artemis grimaced at the horrible grammar. "Holly, what do we do with him? I certainly do not wish to leave him here."
"I'll have to take him down below. I'll meet you when I can. Come on Ragby. You're due for a time-out." Holly said roughly pulling on Bobb's arm.
Artemis glanced around the airplane. Nick was no where's to be found. He glimpsed out the broken window and spotted Nick running away. Artemis sighed and rubbed his temple. Normal teenagers got scared so easily.
Nick knew that if he hung around Artemis much longer he would be endangering lives. That and bad luck seemed to follow Artemis around.
So Nick sprinted out of the plane as soon as everyone was distracted. With luck, no one would notice his absence for a few minutes. Unfortunately for Nick, luck wasn't on the menu.
Butler was out of the plane faster than you can say "banana". Nick put on an extra burst of speed and just managed to pop his wings out of his shirt before Butler could grab him. Nick flopped in the air for a minute and then straightened out. The boy felt bad about leaving the others but knew it was for the best.
"I'm sorry Butler! Tell Artemis that I couldn't risk it!" And then Nick was gone, flying quickly over a tall building.
A/N: I know this chapter was short. I'm sorry it couldn't be longer, I'm exhausted.
